tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63298581590150454222024-03-13T14:00:55.160-07:00BEAUTIFUL DAY...LIFE should be Fragrant Rooftop to the Basement--BONOaaron and jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730663181312692810noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329858159015045422.post-82151524944050025942010-10-03T08:33:00.000-07:002010-10-03T08:52:01.983-07:00signing off...Dear blog readers,<br /><br />I am no longer doing a blog:O)....haha, if you haven't noticed.<br /><br />I am on facebook and will post some pics every now and again, so for family who is really interested and friends too....you can see some pics there.<br />I decided to put my pictures/thoughts directly into a photobook (blurb) and don't really want to keep this blog up. I know some people use their blog and put them directly into their photobook....but for me, I just find it easier to do it the way I am doing. I may revive the blog someday if I ever feel the need, but as of now....I'm signing off.<br />Thanks for all of the fun and kind comments!<br /><br />Enjoy this fall season, I know we are!!!!!!<br /><br />cheers,<br />sly,<br />carpe diem,<br />ciao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!aaron and jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730663181312692810noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329858159015045422.post-89690357906609436982010-04-11T22:21:00.000-07:002010-04-12T08:38:32.917-07:00emotional wreckit's been a long week.<br /><br />I'm tired, I'm emotional, I'm pms'ing. I feel love, I feel frustration, I feel anger, I feel resentment, I feel discouraged, I feel overwhelmed, I feel like curling up in a ball far far away where nobody can see.<br /><br />And so I will cry.<br /><br />Q4 of nursing school started out as merry as can be; besides the fact that I wasn't feeling "ready" for a new schedule/teachers/requirements/growth in the clinical/classroom setting. Spring break was good and all... but I was not rejuvenated in any shape of the word.<br /><br />But we started out good....All was well.<br /><br />And then a fellow nursing student in the program committed suicide, and everybody in the program has had their world turned upside town.<br /><br />We are a tight-knit community in our program, and though I did not know her, most everybody who I do know, knew her....and I have been reflecting on life ever since.<br /><br />Life is precious.<br /><br />At the end of the day, no matter the day, the thing I think about before I go to sleep are my children. "Why was I so impatient", "Why did I yell", "why am I not learning how to be more patient", "Oliver is just getting so big and I love him so much", "Eliza....oh eliza, you melt my heart, but man you're in a tricky stage", "Heavenly Father please let them grow and develop and lead long-happy lives"............<br /><br />I watch them as they sleep. Oliver sleeps with a night cap on nearly every night. He is beautiful in his sleep, Angelic, and as peaceful as can be. I take his night cap off because it is so big....I give him a kiss and tell him I love him. Every once in a while he will respond with "I love you too mommy".<br />Eliza is just like me. She sleeps anywhere, so as long as she can be by somebody else. She has a nice little mattress on our floor where she "sleeps"....however, she doesn't choose to sleep there. She "quietly" and "slowly" makes her way to Aaron and/or I....she'll set up her blanket (sometimes pretending that she is only putting boopoo to bed there and not herself.....), but finally she will join boopoo in his covers, suck her thumb and his tail....and fall asleep. Just now I stepped on her because she fell asleep in the hallway/in the dark, waiting for me to finish in the bathroom while I was getting ready for bed...I did move her back to her bed, where she is peacefully sleeping as I type.<br />This is exactly how I was when I was a girl. I would fall asleep wherever I could, so long as somebody was by me. This must be genetic (as she has not "learned" this trait from me:O).<br /><br />This week has been full of reflection, and continues on still.<br /><br />On friday, I was supposed to spend the day in the lab at school, studying and practicing skills for clinical. Oliver had a field trip and I was to drop him off while I went and studied. Just as I was getting ready to take him, I decided "maybe I should take a few extra things...just in case they need some extra help on the field trip"....<br />I ended up staying for his field trip; not because they "needed" the help...but because I needed to be with my oliver. I truly needed to see him with his friends. I needed to see how he interacted with his teachers, how he played, what he likes to do, who he really likes to play with...I needed to be a part of this experience. I needed the memory of that day.<br />It was magical. Perfectly magical.<br />When oliver was younger he was a leader. I don't know why or how it came about, but he was "usually" a good friend, and his friends liked his way of playing and would often do as he did. He wasn't the "bossy" leader. He did his thing because it was interesting to him...and then others would often follow.<br />However, I have not seen him in this way for quite some time.<br /><br />On the field trip, I saw my oliver. He is still a leader, he is still a good friend. It's not the fact that he is a "leader" that interests me. It is the fact that he has seemed to have that personality trait ever since he was born...it was just apparent. If that were to all of a sudden disappear, I worry he would be missing a part of himself, and it would break my heart.<br /><br />I have not seen him so happy for a long time. It was a brilliant day.<br /><br />That afternoon he also had his very first soccer class. This is his first extracurricular experience, and I pray only that he will enjoy himself and be happy there. He didn't want to go at first because he was very tired from the field trip...however, I told him we needed to go this once just to see how he liked it. He told me "if it doesn't work out, do I have to go next week?".....I of course told him no. He tiredly got dressed in his new soccer shoes and shin guards. He rode his bike to the field and dubiously lined up with the rest of the students. As soon as the coach spoke to him personally....Oliver was hooked. He lit up, and loved the rest of class. It was so fun watching him participate with other kids and the coaches.....it was just thrilling for a mom.<br /><br />We went home and made ourselves a "blue" alligator smoothie, and all was well with the world:O)<br /><br />It was a magical day in every way possible.<br /><br />Saturday was sure to be "magical" as well.<br /><br />I've officially got myself a new running partner since my dear friend moved away.<br />I've needed somebody to run with for a long time, and sure enough, when I had just about given up hope, a fellow classmate from another quarter wore running tights to school......the rest is history:O). She was heaven sent, and I am very grateful for our new friendship. We ran early in the morning up our favorite "mountain". It was a great run; peaceful, beautiful, sweaty and painful....it really doesn't get better then that.<br /><br />Now for the next part, and where my guilty conscience comes in.....<br /><br />We have never taken our kids to the temple...to SEE the Temple....EVER! That's right, neither one of them have ever seen a Temple in real life.<br />Due to the intensity of emotions and feelings going through my every CELL lately.....Friday night, aaron and I decided it was time. And so it was.<br />We took them to the Oakland Temple Saturday morning.<br />It was a stormy, windy, COLD day.<br />It was beautiful.<br />The kids were a little overwhelmed with the "newness". They ran around the temple grounds like two little crazy children who had never seen the light of day......I was a little embarrassed, to be honest. I thought to myself...."why isn't this magical"...."Isn't the temple a magical place for a child, especially if they've never seen it in real life?" "Why don't they feel something special and meaningful?"....."don't they feel the reverence that the Temple surrenders?"<br /><br />I got discouraged, but then realized.....this is their first time. Let them experience something so new in their own way. Oliver loved it so much. He loved it, it was just different than what I had "expected" (ps....expectations are really painful sometimes, aren't they?)<br />We watched a movie in the visitors center and they both seemed to really like it. We wandered around everywhere we could, and just took it in. I'm slowly but surely learning about the impracticality of expectations....one day I will get it right.<br /><br />After our excitement at the temple, we drove to a beautiful place. Ed Levin County Park. It is near Mission Peak, and OH MY.....it was beautiful. Incredibly beautiful.<br /><br />There is nothing like the beautiful - spacious outdoors to calm a troubled heart.<br /><br />And then today...oh how I dread sundays. Since honesty is no stranger in this post, I will not stop here.<br /><br />Sundays are nearly, most often times DREADFUL. They are my least favorite day. Today was an especially bad day at church; a day when we decided to sit in the "middle" of the congregation (heaven forbid) rather than in the back where sometimes it is easier to hide...<br />Kids were not cooperative and I cried out in anger and frustration....of course I kept myself in control so as not to make a scene...but my heart was shouting at the top of its lungs, kicking, screaming, sobbing, RESENTING........it was miserable.<br />The only good thing at church for me right now are 2 things.....1. The days our kids are "decent" in sacrament meeting, and I don't feel like I'm going to go crazy. 2. My 7-8 year old class. I love them. I love them. I love them. They are as perfect as can be (most of the time:O).<br />Me and "church" are not on the same page as of now....but I'm not giving up hope.<br />I'm not sure why I find it so difficult, but I do...I just do, and that is it.<br /><br />And now we're at day's end. It's pouring rain outside. We did have a little smoothie and no-bake cookie party this afternoon and watched a little movie together as a fam.....that was a good moment.<br /><br />Everybody is asleep but me (I should be...)<br /><br />And thus begins my reflecting....and thus I write, and have written:O).<br /><br />It's been a long week, an emotional roller-coaster, if you will. I'm a bit concerned to be starting on the floor tomorrow with real live patients, and feeling the way I do. I'm kind of an emotional mess (if not apparent by all of my ramblings).<br /><br />But....I'm excited. I love nursing school. I love my classmates, ALL OF THEM, dearly. I love what we are learning, and I love that I am finally on the road to helping people the way I have wanted to for so long. I read in one of our books that nurses must not only where their hearts on their sleeves, but they must also wear their brains on their sleeves....I love that. I want to not only have and feel love for the people I will be taking care of...but the brains/critical thinking/judgement skills necessary to figure out what it is they NEED in that critical moment and time.<br /><br />And now that my children are sleeping....I love them dearly:O). I love them always.... but sometimes through all of the whining, crying and screaming...it is hard to see-FEEL that love....but I know it is ALWAYS there, no matter what. I love them more than anything. I love my husband more than anything. I love the beauty of the Earth...it's always an inspiration to me when I'm feeling the weight of the world....I can escape up a hill, and run all of my energy out into the dirt below me....and feel lightened.<br />ah.<br /><br />And it is time for bed. Past time.<br /><br />Good night.<br /><br />I'll leave you with a few pictures (I'll try to do a long picture post another day....I have a lot:O). sly and good night<br />and remember to click on below picture to view the album.......<br /><br /><table style="width:194px;"><tr><td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/joniannkatz/TempleAndABeautifulHike?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/S8LTiwWNgwE/AAAAAAAAFkE/-z0EMpDOmQY/s160-c/TempleAndABeautifulHike.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;"></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/joniannkatz/TempleAndABeautifulHike?feat=embedwebsite" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">Temple and a beautiful hike...</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />before I go...<br /><br />"God be with you till we meet again; by his counsels guide, uphold you, with his sheep securely fold you; God be with you till we meet again.<br />God be with you till we meet again; neath his wings securely hide you, daily manna still provide you; God be with you till we meet again.<br />God be with you till we meet again; when life's perils thick confound you, put his arms unfailing round you; God be with you till we meet again<br />God be with you till we meet again; keep love's banner floating o'er you, smite death's threatening wave before you; God be with you till we meet again."<br /><br />Rest in Peace our fellow nursing student, you will be missed...<br />slyaaron and jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730663181312692810noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329858159015045422.post-23207612295441254412010-04-02T22:10:00.000-07:002010-04-02T22:48:36.918-07:00Nature Inspires me (just so you know)...here is what it looks like when you use fresh things from nature and add it to EASTER eggs....it really is amazing, you should try it:O)<br /><br />I guess I will give a small intro to the below pictures. Last year I really wanted to make my own dye for coloring Easter eggs (you know...using stuff that is natural, to be one with the earth:O)....however, I didn't get started early enough....so it just didn't happen. This year however, I was DETERMINED to at least attempt it...and here is how it turned out. I am very proud I must say....it turned out much different then I could have ever expected (I wasn't expecting anything because I really had no idea how it would turn out...so I guess it was no surprise:O). They are very dark and I will try and work with a few more color schemes the next go around (tomorrow maybe?..haha, I really want to figure out a few "kinks")....BUT, this is a start to a very fun Easter egg tradition!!!!! <br />ps....Dear Grandma, I hope you can see these eggs from all the way up there, because every time I look at them I think of you......I'm MOST definitely your grand-daughter if I have a LOVE for the beauty of eggs, just like you!.....I love you! (p.s.s...if you saw my hands right now, you would be proud. They look just like yours at the end of a long day out in the garden....)<br /><br />Items used:<br /><br />Red Onion peels + raspberries and blueberries<br />Brown Onion peels + Paprika<br />Greens picked from outside: leaves, grass, flowers......and so on:O)<br />Spinach<br />Vinegar!<br /><br /><br /><div align="center">Wa-La!</div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/S7bRtmxVxcI/AAAAAAAAFfM/v09O5GgBQqc/s1600/DSC_7184.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455778580037748162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/S7bRtmxVxcI/AAAAAAAAFfM/v09O5GgBQqc/s400/DSC_7184.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/S7bRj3aYo3I/AAAAAAAAFfE/CH_26tybFt0/s1600/DSC_7185.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455778412706177906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 241px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/S7bRj3aYo3I/AAAAAAAAFfE/CH_26tybFt0/s400/DSC_7185.jpg" border="0" /></a>above: grass + "orange" mixture<br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/S7bRjUXzAcI/AAAAAAAAFe8/hxsaZakOSHo/s1600/DSC_7186.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455778403300082114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/S7bRjUXzAcI/AAAAAAAAFe8/hxsaZakOSHo/s400/DSC_7186.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/S7bRirnuJGI/AAAAAAAAFe0/9nEOuCEYptQ/s1600/DSC_7187.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455778392361018466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/S7bRirnuJGI/AAAAAAAAFe0/9nEOuCEYptQ/s400/DSC_7187.jpg" border="0" /></a>above left: leaves + purple mixture<br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/S7bRiZegmeI/AAAAAAAAFes/EL_ckabM1ZQ/s1600/DSC_7188.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455778387490544098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/S7bRiZegmeI/AAAAAAAAFes/EL_ckabM1ZQ/s400/DSC_7188.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/S7bRiH9OjgI/AAAAAAAAFek/5sLUdXLbbdI/s1600/DSC_7189.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455778382787546626" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/S7bQYKYX0hI/AAAAAAAAFd0/xMd_sc67qP8/s400/DSC_7202.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/S7bQXh8XnaI/AAAAAAAAFds/0drnItYFz5w/s1600/DSC_7205.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455777101273079202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/S7bQXh8XnaI/AAAAAAAAFds/0drnItYFz5w/s400/DSC_7205.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/S7bQXXD8GnI/AAAAAAAAFdk/k-RcT8JPNII/s1600/DSC_7208.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455777098352040562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/S7bQXXD8GnI/AAAAAAAAFdk/k-RcT8JPNII/s400/DSC_7208.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/S7bQV0GiCvI/AAAAAAAAFdc/EXYSD34bgiE/s1600/DSC_7209.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455777071787805426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/S7bQV0GiCvI/AAAAAAAAFdc/EXYSD34bgiE/s400/DSC_7209.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/S7bQVKSTZzI/AAAAAAAAFdU/oPFRE551ipM/s1600/DSC_7212.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455777060562888498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/S7bQVKSTZzI/AAAAAAAAFdU/oPFRE551ipM/s400/DSC_7212.jpg" border="0" /></a> Happy Easter Everybody...</div><div>sLy<br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>aaron and jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730663181312692810noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329858159015045422.post-67652489314715391872010-03-31T10:04:00.000-07:002010-03-31T10:27:45.177-07:00HALF WAY!Dear followers....<br />I doubt there are many of you left, but I do know there are a few:o)<br /><br />Here are the beach pictures from when I went with my classmates in celebration of making it to the HALF WAY point in nursing school!<br />hoooorayyyyyyyyyyyy!<br />Enjoy<br /><table style="width:194px;"><tr><td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/joniannkatz/SpringBreak2010_CLASSMATES?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/S7OBSi7h0IE/AAAAAAAAFc0/LvMxUmk3SEg/s160-c/SpringBreak2010_CLASSMATES.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;"></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/joniannkatz/SpringBreak2010_CLASSMATES?feat=embedwebsite" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">Spring Break 2010_CLASSMATES!</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />(remember to click on the pic to see the album)<br />ps...does anybody know of a better way to show friends and family online photo albums? This doesn't seem like the best way to do this...but I DO NOT have the time it takes for all of my pics to download onto this blog page via "blogspot"...do you know what I mean? If anybody knows of something that works better then what I am doing...please do share your tips!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...please please please.....haha:O)aaron and jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730663181312692810noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329858159015045422.post-41945034793774752652010-03-29T19:53:00.000-07:002010-03-29T20:02:22.629-07:00Spring Break 2010Here's to a Beautiful....BEAUTIFUL day at the beach!<br /><br />We had a blast and I am so happy that the weather was nice over the weekend so we could go...now it is back to raining!<br /><br />We went as a family on saturday, and my classmates went the friday before in celebration of our HALF WAY mark of being done with nursing school!!!!<br />It was soooo fun. I love my classmates so much.<br />Enjoy the pictures!<br /><br />SLY<br /><br /><table style="width:194px;"><tr><td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/joniannkatz/SpringBreak2010?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/S7FgfiDW-_E/AAAAAAAAFZI/ibU09SIG6zI/s160-c/SpringBreak2010.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;"></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/joniannkatz/SpringBreak2010?feat=embedwebsite" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">Spring Break 2010</a></td></tr></table><br />ps....click on the album to see all of our pictures. Also, after you click on the album, click on the slideshow button and then on the full screen button....they just look better when they are bigger.<br />ok,<br />cheers!<br />SLYaaron and jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730663181312692810noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329858159015045422.post-86385906479199905152010-01-03T23:44:00.000-08:002010-01-04T00:08:27.635-08:00once upon a time...I ran a marathon<table style="width:194px;"><tr><td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/joniannkatz/StGeorgeMarathon2009?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/S0GhTzMXPkE/AAAAAAAAE6Q/UfXkf_p8cuo/s160-c/StGeorgeMarathon2009.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;"></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/joniannkatz/StGeorgeMarathon2009?feat=embedwebsite" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">St. George Marathon - 2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br /><br />so....<br />here's to running marathons..."cheeers!"<br /><br />ok,<br />now for a little TMI<br /><br />Here is what I learned from running this marathon!...again, this might be TMI for you, so beware.<br /><br />1. If you are not used to eating fast food or random food from a gas station....don't eat this right before you run 26.2 miles.<br /><br />2. If you choose to eat the above items which may or may not include: a Wendy's Frosty (come on...I couldn't help myself, I really only get it once a year), subway sandwich, CHEEEEEEEEEEESEY taco soup, and a fettuccine Alfredo pasta/chicken dinner...ps, this wasn't all in one sitting; this was the day prior to me "having" to run 26.2 miles.<br /><br />3. Again...if you perhaps chose to eat the above items before running for a very VERY LONG time....here is what may or may not possibly happen:<br /><br />a. diarrhea<br />b. throwing up<br />c. nearly passing out<br />d. needing an IV related to the above complications....<br /><br />and yes....all of the above occurred to me on the day of the marathon. Unfortunately the "D" word presented throughout the race.... 3 TIMES!!!!!!!!!!!!.... One of which could not be held until the next porta-potty...and I had to run out into the bushes, up a hill and behind a tiny little stub of a bush to "you know..." Fortunately the other two items (barfing and IV) did not have to occur until after I crossed the finish line.<br /><br />so...<br />LUCKILY I had my great friend Brooke who ran with me (part of it....she is much faster than me :O),<br /><br />AND<br /><br />LUCKILY I had my two beautiful sisters to help me when I honestly thought I was going to pass out...I was miserably miserable, but the IV fluids rejuvenated me and I was able to spend a few pleasant hours with my sisters whom I love and adore, and then had to catch a shuttle to the vegas airport.<br />I flew home that night and was OH SO HAPPY to see my family!<br /><br />Ok folks...<br />I'm caught up as of now, and I probably will not revisit this blog until the end of the quarter; if you are lucky (or not...depending on how you look at it:O), I'll be back in 6 weeks with an update!!!<br /><br />wish me luck on this quarter, it's supposed to be the second hardest out of our whole nursing program...so I'm anxious to get it over with!!!<br /><br />good night and <br />sLy...<br />(ps...most of the pictures were taken from my sister's blog.....thanks bean, I hope you don't mind me snatching these:O)....I'm just glad you took some pictures!aaron and jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730663181312692810noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329858159015045422.post-21766342721627537622010-01-03T23:19:00.000-08:002010-01-03T23:44:00.185-08:00obsessive bandana collector and a triathlon!yep!<br />....I can't not buy an interesting bandana; it's impossible to stop myself.<br />Thanks Grandma Beth (it all started with using her bandanas as dress ups when we were kids...now I have a bunch of her old bandanas, and add to the collection, WHENEVER I find an interesting one:O)<br />sLy! <br />The really "neat" blue one that eliza is wearing came from a tiny little shop in downtown Leavenworth Washington...how I love that place!<br /><br />oh...and yes, the triathlon was a blast! looking forward to trying some more...next summer maybe :O)???<br /><br />Cheers!<br /><br /><table style="width:194px;"><tr><td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/joniannkatz/BandanasAndATriathlon?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/S0GX6FRowxE/AAAAAAAAE5E/qo6f_6eXDeo/s160-c/BandanasAndATriathlon.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;"></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/joniannkatz/BandanasAndATriathlon?feat=embedwebsite" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">bandanas and a triathlon!</a></td></tr></table>aaron and jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730663181312692810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329858159015045422.post-51168304979479381382010-01-03T22:50:00.001-08:002010-01-03T23:19:22.659-08:00yes....beach time at the end of this last summer!!!Enjoy the sun....<br />revisiting these pictures makes me LLLONNNG for hot summer days!...Oh sun how I love thee!<br /><br />sLy<br /><br /><table style="width:194px;"><tr><td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/joniannkatz/THEBEACHAndAFewOtherThings?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/S0GPh0oWPRE/AAAAAAAAE00/xGgf1kHXA84/s160-c/THEBEACHAndAFewOtherThings.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;"></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/joniannkatz/THEBEACHAndAFewOtherThings?feat=embedwebsite" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">THE BEACH!!!!!!...and a few other things!</a></td></tr></table>aaron and jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730663181312692810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329858159015045422.post-15424982347300812462010-01-03T22:45:00.000-08:002010-01-03T22:48:52.675-08:00ummm...just me!hey,<br />so ~ I was just going to send these to my mom, but decided to just post for the world to see...yes I did a Halloween "photo shoot" in my witch costume because I didn't get any pictures of me in it...and my mom really wanted to see the outfit (maybe I just wanted to show her since she was a witch too and I thought we chose a pretty similar attire! :O)<br />A big thanks to mr. katz for taking so many pictures...he wasn't thrilled, but it was kind of fun :O)<br />Anyway,<br />....<br />that is my disclaimer! hahaa<br /><br />sLy<br /><br /><table style="width:194px;"><tr><td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/joniannkatz/WitchCostume?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/S0FwTDEol2E/AAAAAAAAEtM/Ht5rsiTm3RU/s160-c/WitchCostume.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;"></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/joniannkatz/WitchCostume?feat=embedwebsite" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">Witch costume!</a></td></tr></table>aaron and jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730663181312692810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329858159015045422.post-36440966388763073512010-01-03T20:29:00.000-08:002010-01-03T20:30:27.060-08:00HALLOWEEEN ~ 2009click on pic to view the album!!!!!<br />sLy<br /><br /><table style="width:194px;"><tr><td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/joniannkatz/HALLOWEEEN2009?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/S0FqW_EA_jE/AAAAAAAAEsU/CLewdQuY5II/s160-c/HALLOWEEEN2009.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;"></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/joniannkatz/HALLOWEEEN2009?feat=embedwebsite" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">HALLOWEEEN-2009!!!!</a></td></tr></table>aaron and jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730663181312692810noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329858159015045422.post-63428864629046802392010-01-03T19:11:00.000-08:002010-01-03T19:12:22.413-08:00first set of October!Enjoy!<br /><br />ps...remember, to see the whole album you need to click on the picture!!!!<br />sLy<br /><br /><table style="width:194px;"><tr><td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/joniannkatz/OCTOBER?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/S0FWsnU0z2E/AAAAAAAAEmI/JLNELDE7vO8/s160-c/OCTOBER.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;"></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/joniannkatz/OCTOBER?feat=embedwebsite" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">OCTOBER!</a></td></tr></table>aaron and jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730663181312692810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329858159015045422.post-87048533343785690002010-01-02T02:03:00.001-08:002010-01-02T03:34:52.862-08:00let's see if this works....ok folks....click on the pic for more!....this website takes way too long to get pictures uploaded, so I'll do this and see how it goes!<br />mom, dad...does this work for you? :O)<br />sly<br /><br /><br /><table style="width:194px;"><tr><td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/joniannkatz/December_3_200902?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8RTnAv_jE/AAAAAAAAEMw/hYe-jDHcRoQ/s160-c/December_3_200902.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;"></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/joniannkatz/December_3_200902?feat=embedwebsite" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">December_3_2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br /><br /><table style="width:194px;"><tr><td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/joniannkatz/DRESSUPFunnnn?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8ayUn4QqE/AAAAAAAAEPY/JGLF41Hk6_0/s160-c/DRESSUPFunnnn.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;"></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/joniannkatz/DRESSUPFunnnn?feat=embedwebsite" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">DRESS UP! funnnn...</a></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table style="width:194px;"><tr><td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/joniannkatz/November_Thanksgiving_beach_dressUp?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8obScZhVE/AAAAAAAAEWo/yKEHKeUe99o/s160-c/November_Thanksgiving_beach_dressUp.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;"></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/joniannkatz/November_Thanksgiving_beach_dressUp?feat=embedwebsite" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">November_Thanksgiving_beach_dress-up</a></td></tr></table>aaron and jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730663181312692810noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329858159015045422.post-58333428685601995492010-01-02T00:20:00.000-08:002010-01-02T01:21:29.458-08:00lots of pictures....<blockquote><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8L58kefRI/AAAAAAAAEJs/bqZhKRTvzFU/s1600-h/bwDSC_4624.jpg"></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8L58kefRI/AAAAAAAAEJs/bqZhKRTvzFU/s1600-h/bwDSC_4624.jpg"></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><p align="center">More of December 2009</p><blockquote></blockquote><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422065566516935954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8L58kefRI/AAAAAAAAEJs/bqZhKRTvzFU/s400/bwDSC_4624.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></p><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8L5vmUsHI/AAAAAAAAEJk/Obr0VTKxVNY/s1600-h/bwDSC_4637.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422065563035021426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 388px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8L5vmUsHI/AAAAAAAAEJk/Obr0VTKxVNY/s400/bwDSC_4637.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8Lkk_BdtI/AAAAAAAAEJc/_OHBkcvaApU/s1600-h/bwDSC_4679.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422065199408576210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8Lkk_BdtI/AAAAAAAAEJc/_OHBkcvaApU/s400/bwDSC_4679.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8LkebDWkI/AAAAAAAAEJU/Tl8Pjfq9K0w/s1600-h/bw2DSC_4625.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422065197647092290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8LkebDWkI/AAAAAAAAEJU/Tl8Pjfq9K0w/s400/bw2DSC_4625.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8LkLcbmDI/AAAAAAAAEJM/tbfE1kaf4R8/s1600-h/bw2DSC_4633.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422065192552601650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 332px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8LkLcbmDI/AAAAAAAAEJM/tbfE1kaf4R8/s400/bw2DSC_4633.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8Lj9HSMKI/AAAAAAAAEJE/wmLvFbKwBGs/s1600-h/bw2DSC_4672.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422065188705808546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8Lj9HSMKI/AAAAAAAAEJE/wmLvFbKwBGs/s400/bw2DSC_4672.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8LjiTndkI/AAAAAAAAEI8/2LQWOCpf794/s1600-h/bw2DSC_4682.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422065181509776962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8LjiTndkI/AAAAAAAAEI8/2LQWOCpf794/s400/bw2DSC_4682.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8K-ofYpoI/AAAAAAAAEI0/QiLdaJ0L0KI/s1600-h/bw2DSC_4986.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422064547514590850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8K-ofYpoI/AAAAAAAAEI0/QiLdaJ0L0KI/s400/bw2DSC_4986.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a 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href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8Gcrd5rbI/AAAAAAAAEFk/m0LFGgJg9sw/s1600-h/DSC_4782.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422059566151609778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 302px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8Gcrd5rbI/AAAAAAAAEFk/m0LFGgJg9sw/s400/DSC_4782.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8GcZwfIZI/AAAAAAAAEFc/PjWclJMXoXE/s1600-h/DSC_4787.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422059561397723538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8GcZwfIZI/AAAAAAAAEFc/PjWclJMXoXE/s400/DSC_4787.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8GcEwl5DI/AAAAAAAAEFU/oijnZabde_Q/s1600-h/DSC_4790.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422059555761022002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 308px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8GcEwl5DI/AAAAAAAAEFU/oijnZabde_Q/s400/DSC_4790.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8GbzkIYuI/AAAAAAAAEFM/T_fXCxNtuLI/s1600-h/DSC_4796.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422059551145353954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8GbzkIYuI/AAAAAAAAEFM/T_fXCxNtuLI/s400/DSC_4796.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8F1G9tYoI/AAAAAAAAEFE/ZflgDTqXcRc/s1600-h/DSC_4804.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422058886338011778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 347px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8F1G9tYoI/AAAAAAAAEFE/ZflgDTqXcRc/s400/DSC_4804.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8F011yRRI/AAAAAAAAEE8/fJFolcrxZy8/s1600-h/DSC_4807.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422058881741374738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 290px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8F011yRRI/AAAAAAAAEE8/fJFolcrxZy8/s400/DSC_4807.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8F0pR8TcI/AAAAAAAAEE0/LXj66J9uVDw/s1600-h/DSC_4808.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422058878369811906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8F0pR8TcI/AAAAAAAAEE0/LXj66J9uVDw/s400/DSC_4808.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8F0RKwH0I/AAAAAAAAEEs/cgKLuUWtx80/s1600-h/DSC_4810.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422058871897202498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8F0RKwH0I/AAAAAAAAEEs/cgKLuUWtx80/s400/DSC_4810.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8F0IOdrAI/AAAAAAAAEEk/7cE0rbSbCzg/s1600-h/DSC_4811.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422058869496851458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8F0IOdrAI/AAAAAAAAEEk/7cE0rbSbCzg/s400/DSC_4811.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8FSUQMXuI/AAAAAAAAEEc/ATXTEOyYUiQ/s1600-h/DSC_4840.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422058288609779426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 298px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8FSUQMXuI/AAAAAAAAEEc/ATXTEOyYUiQ/s400/DSC_4840.jpg" border="0" /></a> my friend didn't have a star for her christmas tree...</div><div align="center">so I decided to make her one.</div><div align="center">I like how it turned out :O)<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8FSILADKI/AAAAAAAAEEU/68--9th7seE/s1600-h/DSC_4830.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422058285366774946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 245px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8FSILADKI/AAAAAAAAEEU/68--9th7seE/s400/DSC_4830.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8FR2SRAvI/AAAAAAAAEEM/fOtqbS__U20/s1600-h/DSC_4848.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422058280565408498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8FR2SRAvI/AAAAAAAAEEM/fOtqbS__U20/s400/DSC_4848.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8FRtFGNQI/AAAAAAAAEEE/Dj5HPY8lIFs/s1600-h/DSC_4856.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422058278094255362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 308px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8FRtFGNQI/AAAAAAAAEEE/Dj5HPY8lIFs/s400/DSC_4856.jpg" border="0" /></a>little ornaments we made...<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8Ed9AYpII/AAAAAAAAED8/EQ2hI8eXE-E/s1600-h/DSC_4862.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422057389016261762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 227px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8Ed9AYpII/AAAAAAAAED8/EQ2hI8eXE-E/s400/DSC_4862.jpg" border="0" /></a> Aaron and the kids working on our weekly bread...</div><div>he makes it once a week,</div><div>and it lasts until the next week!</div><div> </div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8EdWKVHII/AAAAAAAAED0/80t-CJYCJoA/s1600-h/DSC_4869.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422057378588990594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8EdWKVHII/AAAAAAAAED0/80t-CJYCJoA/s400/DSC_4869.jpg" border="0" /></a> getting SOOO good at staying in the lines!!!!!!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8EdOastxI/AAAAAAAAEDs/rsXxJXUpfKw/s1600-h/DSC_4876.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422057376510162706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8EdOastxI/AAAAAAAAEDs/rsXxJXUpfKw/s400/DSC_4876.jpg" border="0" /></a> Christmas Eve!</div><div>Homemade cranberry/orange/walnut bread and Eggnog for Santa...and us:O)</div><div>(and a carrot for the reindeer)<br /></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8Ec8b_yvI/AAAAAAAAEDk/XeSqntkc8-o/s1600-h/DSC_4877.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422057371683769074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 260px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8Ec8b_yvI/AAAAAAAAEDk/XeSqntkc8-o/s400/DSC_4877.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8EcdkEaOI/AAAAAAAAEDc/X9NTT_gR6M8/s1600-h/DSC_4882.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422057363396126946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8EcdkEaOI/AAAAAAAAEDc/X9NTT_gR6M8/s400/DSC_4882.jpg" border="0" /></a>aaron's eggnog was SO delicious!!!</div><div>mmmmmmmm<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8DrJK3SoI/AAAAAAAAEDU/Rgae8KagnCE/s1600-h/DSC_4890.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422056516108110466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8DrJK3SoI/AAAAAAAAEDU/Rgae8KagnCE/s400/DSC_4890.jpg" border="0" /></a>Santa had a BLAST this year!!!!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8Dq-wescI/AAAAAAAAEDM/UiwlpAOHBFI/s1600-h/DSC_4912.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422056513313092034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8Dq-wescI/AAAAAAAAEDM/UiwlpAOHBFI/s400/DSC_4912.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8DqtvkpyI/AAAAAAAAEDE/hxRSlfkHef8/s1600-h/DSC_4926.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422056508745885474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 383px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8DqtvkpyI/AAAAAAAAEDE/hxRSlfkHef8/s400/DSC_4926.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8DqEcLhBI/AAAAAAAAEC8/40RpPfN7NkQ/s1600-h/DSC_4944.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422056497658692626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8DqEcLhBI/AAAAAAAAEC8/40RpPfN7NkQ/s400/DSC_4944.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8C6wr3I0I/AAAAAAAAEC0/zubW1ujyL2c/s1600-h/DSC_4939.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422055684901905218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 301px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8C6wr3I0I/AAAAAAAAEC0/zubW1ujyL2c/s400/DSC_4939.jpg" border="0" /></a>thanks mom and dad!</div><div>we love it....<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8C6hh5WgI/AAAAAAAAECs/s6L0SlKPJ9I/s1600-h/DSC_4940.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422055680833575426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 263px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8C6hh5WgI/AAAAAAAAECs/s6L0SlKPJ9I/s400/DSC_4940.jpg" border="0" /></a>Trix and Reeses Peanut Butter Puffs are a tradition every year for Christmas...</div><div>the kids get them in their stockings!!!!</div><div> </div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8C6ftnL-I/AAAAAAAAECk/h2wEvkRJRLE/s1600-h/DSC_4960.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422055680345845730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8C6ftnL-I/AAAAAAAAECk/h2wEvkRJRLE/s400/DSC_4960.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8C6HBGPgI/AAAAAAAAECc/kSHKy9GAm3M/s1600-h/DSC_4963.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422055673716686338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 328px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8C6HBGPgI/AAAAAAAAECc/kSHKy9GAm3M/s400/DSC_4963.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8C53YFMII/AAAAAAAAECU/ZeVUs_SsnvU/s1600-h/DSC_4964.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422055669518119042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 336px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8C53YFMII/AAAAAAAAECU/ZeVUs_SsnvU/s400/DSC_4964.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div>Merry Christmas!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>aaron and jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730663181312692810noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329858159015045422.post-12567335212561393292010-01-01T18:24:00.000-08:002010-01-02T00:19:00.524-08:00"The PINK star"...<div align="center">ok...</div><div align="center">so, I really wanted to get eliza a kitchen for christmas. </div><div align="center">Here is what I found on Craigslist.</div><div align="center">...I couldn't wait to fix it up.</div><div align="center">Before I even got to making it look "pretty".... Oliver and eliza came up with a name for it:</div><div align="center">"the PINK star"</div><div align="center">We don't know where they came up with that idea, but it sure stuck.</div><div align="center">From that~I decided to paint the kitchen red, and print on it the name they chose....</div><div align="center">so here it is...</div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">the</span> <span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6666;">pink</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">star!</span></strong></span></em></div><div align="center">sly</div><div align="center">(and its transformation)</div><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8AE9BK50I/AAAAAAAAECM/L-lzPPNYtgU/s1600-h/DSC_4703.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422052561476314946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8AE9BK50I/AAAAAAAAECM/L-lzPPNYtgU/s400/DSC_4703.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8AEnIpP9I/AAAAAAAAECE/6J-U3qfryOA/s1600-h/DSC_4752.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422052555602083794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8AEnIpP9I/AAAAAAAAECE/6J-U3qfryOA/s400/DSC_4752.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8AEalEpaI/AAAAAAAAEB8/sdZYTnFXP1s/s1600-h/DSC_4752.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422052552231658914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8AEalEpaI/AAAAAAAAEB8/sdZYTnFXP1s/s400/DSC_4752.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8ADyLcDpI/AAAAAAAAEB0/QEKZ1Kf_jME/s1600-h/DSC_4824.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422052541386722962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz8ADyLcDpI/AAAAAAAAEB0/QEKZ1Kf_jME/s400/DSC_4824.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz7-2Un3cbI/AAAAAAAAEBs/Xg3eCaY__c4/s1600-h/DSC_4994.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422051210602967474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 237px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz7-2Un3cbI/AAAAAAAAEBs/Xg3eCaY__c4/s400/DSC_4994.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz7-2I7zhhI/AAAAAAAAEBk/qaQ9R4z5LZU/s1600-h/DSC_4894.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422051207465371154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 231px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz7-2I7zhhI/AAAAAAAAEBk/qaQ9R4z5LZU/s400/DSC_4894.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz7-12C2wEI/AAAAAAAAEBc/CTeIz83y24Q/s1600-h/DSC_4971.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422051202394669122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 319px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz7-12C2wEI/AAAAAAAAEBc/CTeIz83y24Q/s400/DSC_4971.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz7-1htptEI/AAAAAAAAEBU/RgeAjvuMUAc/s1600-h/DSC_4970.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422051196937024578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz7-1htptEI/AAAAAAAAEBU/RgeAjvuMUAc/s400/DSC_4970.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz7-1EzSRTI/AAAAAAAAEBM/e8aH74yNoOs/s1600-h/DSC_4991.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422051189176026418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 366px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz7-1EzSRTI/AAAAAAAAEBM/e8aH74yNoOs/s400/DSC_4991.jpg" border="0" /></a>Merry Christmas sister!!!!!!!<br /><br /><div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz79WgnooNI/AAAAAAAAEBE/W8PmVeWqq_g/s1600-h/bw2DSC_4548.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422049564555780306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 321px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz79WgnooNI/AAAAAAAAEBE/W8PmVeWqq_g/s400/bw2DSC_4548.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>aaron and jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730663181312692810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329858159015045422.post-21832091576719491472010-01-01T10:58:00.000-08:002010-01-01T18:24:14.782-08:00can you say....CATCH UP!yep...I'm catching up.<br />This is a post-quarter-pre-quarter update! I'm going to try and go from December back to September before monday, which is when school starts up again.....(we'll see how far I get!)<br />sly<br />ps...this post is dedicated to "HOORAAAAAAAAY, she did it!".....and lots and LOTS AND LOTS of AIRPLANES! Thanks mom and dad, these planes have provided us hours on end of FUN FUN FUNNN!<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz6sdH9jfOI/AAAAAAAAEA8/jZvY5aYYO6A/s1600-h/DSC_5213.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421960617754066146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz6sdH9jfOI/AAAAAAAAEA8/jZvY5aYYO6A/s400/DSC_5213.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz6sczHcWPI/AAAAAAAAEA0/6b-5tADjdm0/s1600-h/DSC_5209.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421960612158396658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz6sczHcWPI/AAAAAAAAEA0/6b-5tADjdm0/s400/DSC_5209.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz6sclr53WI/AAAAAAAAEAs/2MD7K68_7W0/s1600-h/DSC_5191.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421960608553229666" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 257px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz6pDPwP4FI/AAAAAAAAD-c/3KvIXCBRsoQ/s400/bwDSC_5123.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz6pCyrGZXI/AAAAAAAAD-U/gzp1O86jgH8/s1600-h/bwDSC_5115.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421956866828035442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz6pCyrGZXI/AAAAAAAAD-U/gzp1O86jgH8/s400/bwDSC_5115.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz6pCoTGcsI/AAAAAAAAD-M/pcrvXN4dcWw/s1600-h/bwDSC_5112.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421956864043020994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 247px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz6pCoTGcsI/AAAAAAAAD-M/pcrvXN4dcWw/s400/bwDSC_5112.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz6pCTxSSZI/AAAAAAAAD-E/P4AjDOArEqM/s1600-h/bwDSC_5077.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421956858532481426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 353px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz6pCTxSSZI/AAAAAAAAD-E/P4AjDOArEqM/s400/bwDSC_5077.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz6pBwW2ipI/AAAAAAAAD98/KxFLCsmfMHI/s1600-h/bw2DSC_5089.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421956849026370194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 353px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz6pBwW2ipI/AAAAAAAAD98/KxFLCsmfMHI/s400/bw2DSC_5089.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>aaron and jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730663181312692810noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329858159015045422.post-24613805481640126582010-01-01T10:31:00.001-08:002010-01-01T10:56:34.765-08:00welcome 2010!!!!!Hey folks,<br />uh...long time no NEW POSTS!!!!!<br />hahaha....<br />Well, I don't have time to write much, and my parents just want to see pics anyways....so here is a post of what we did on New Years Eve 2009. It was NOT exciting at all, but that is ok. We had a family photo shoot (just for you mom:O), and then we watched a movie. The kids went to sleep at 10 and I fell asleep somewhere in between 10 and 12....Aar woke me up to "ring" in (half a sleep) the NEW YEAR!...I'm pretty lame sometimes:O)<br />So here is our photo shoot. A big thanks to our Photographer (aaron and I's LLLONG Arms)....and Mr. Oliver!<br />sly<br />and mom and dad~ enjoy!<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz5EXatB22I/AAAAAAAAD90/uQpIsQm2fLY/s1600-h/DSC_5303.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421846170496523106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 331px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz5EXatB22I/AAAAAAAAD90/uQpIsQm2fLY/s400/DSC_5303.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz5EXOqSdGI/AAAAAAAAD9s/K-9VGVrz7qw/s1600-h/DSC_5302.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421846167263802466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 312px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz5EXOqSdGI/AAAAAAAAD9s/K-9VGVrz7qw/s400/DSC_5302.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz5EW0I5a1I/AAAAAAAAD9k/DiUg0_RT35w/s1600-h/DSC_5241.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421846160144427858" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 339px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz5CfDmnT5I/AAAAAAAAD8E/Ud_n5R03ezk/s400/bwDSC_5248.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz5B8HCslnI/AAAAAAAAD78/8rox6jiOByI/s1600-h/bwDSC_5244.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421843502338971250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz5B8HCslnI/AAAAAAAAD78/8rox6jiOByI/s400/bwDSC_5244.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz5B7iPuQGI/AAAAAAAAD70/MfUEChc0cKg/s1600-h/bwDSC_5243.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421843492461494370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz5B7iPuQGI/AAAAAAAAD70/MfUEChc0cKg/s400/bwDSC_5243.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz5B7Y_pO5I/AAAAAAAAD7s/DhnHYiYvDCQ/s1600-h/bwDSC_5241.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421843489978137490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 270px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz5B7Y_pO5I/AAAAAAAAD7s/DhnHYiYvDCQ/s400/bwDSC_5241.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz5B7Ffyx5I/AAAAAAAAD7k/ebCV9gnsZhs/s1600-h/bwDSC_5239.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421843484744271762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 322px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz5B7Ffyx5I/AAAAAAAAD7k/ebCV9gnsZhs/s400/bwDSC_5239.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz5B6k3_kSI/AAAAAAAAD7c/qtTIKpaN9ZQ/s1600-h/bwDSC_5235.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421843475987403042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 340px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Sz5B6k3_kSI/AAAAAAAAD7c/qtTIKpaN9ZQ/s400/bwDSC_5235.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>aaron and jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730663181312692810noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329858159015045422.post-44484206042317884782009-08-26T23:09:00.000-07:002009-08-26T23:35:06.960-07:00the beach...<div align="center">So...</div><div align="center">yesterday my friend got in touch with me (after much trial and error on her part :O)...sorry ash!</div><div align="center">She told me that she was headed down to Santa Cruz before her and her sister and their husbands headed back home to Utah.</div><div align="center">She invited me and the kids....so we decided to go!</div><div align="center">It was really fun (mainly because the kids just really LOVE sand, water, waves, buckets, shovels...and so on:O)</div><div align="center">It was also fun catching up with my dear friend!</div><div align="center">(however, I'm not sure we'll ever meet up at "the boardwalk" in Santa Cruz ever again:O)</div><div align="center"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">haha</span>...</div><div align="center">ANYWAY, </div><div align="center">so here are the pics from our little Excursion.</div><div align="center">And a big thanks to Mikkel for finding 75 cent hot dogs!</div><div align="center">(parking cost an arm and a leg...so at least the kids got a CHEAP meal (and I'm just grateful that they haven't shown any signs of food poisoning:O)....<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">haha</span>, we're not sure about the food standards of the place we picked them up at.</div><div align="center">Enjoy the pics.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">These kids are so cute.</div><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYmW4XLpFI/AAAAAAAAD58/ERPES_tElno/s1600-h/bwDSC_2842.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374525379841860690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 346px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYmW4XLpFI/AAAAAAAAD58/ERPES_tElno/s400/bwDSC_2842.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYl-UcbYEI/AAAAAAAAD5s/n_0NwCZ30cU/s1600-h/bwDSC_2865.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374524957883326530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 243px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYl-UcbYEI/AAAAAAAAD5s/n_0NwCZ30cU/s400/bwDSC_2865.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYl9-Ga1oI/AAAAAAAAD5k/2xQgCMAeZm8/s1600-h/bwDSC_2874.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374524951885436546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 387px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYl9-Ga1oI/AAAAAAAAD5k/2xQgCMAeZm8/s400/bwDSC_2874.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYl9QlPCVI/AAAAAAAAD5c/zVTca6KpPWU/s1600-h/bwDSC_2884.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374524939666655570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 312px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYl9QlPCVI/AAAAAAAAD5c/zVTca6KpPWU/s400/bwDSC_2884.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYlfYMU3pI/AAAAAAAAD5U/nyF9Nkh_OGs/s1600-h/DSC_2805.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374524426313588370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 284px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYlfYMU3pI/AAAAAAAAD5U/nyF9Nkh_OGs/s400/DSC_2805.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYlfNYzX5I/AAAAAAAAD5M/XVk0tiYxyMM/s1600-h/DSC_2807.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374524423413129106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYlfNYzX5I/AAAAAAAAD5M/XVk0tiYxyMM/s400/DSC_2807.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYleUl9wLI/AAAAAAAAD5E/cfFuZA91DWU/s1600-h/DSC_2811.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374524408167514290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 288px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYleUl9wLI/AAAAAAAAD5E/cfFuZA91DWU/s400/DSC_2811.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYld27scdI/AAAAAAAAD48/_SeUTBpZaE4/s1600-h/DSC_2814.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374524400205590994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYld27scdI/AAAAAAAAD48/_SeUTBpZaE4/s400/DSC_2814.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYldo6YfJI/AAAAAAAAD40/hF-i_wt7Y4M/s1600-h/DSC_2833.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374524396441992338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 282px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYldo6YfJI/AAAAAAAAD40/hF-i_wt7Y4M/s400/DSC_2833.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYk7vH89KI/AAAAAAAAD4s/nXA3IOOpJWw/s1600-h/DSC_2836.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374523813993968802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 305px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYk7vH89KI/AAAAAAAAD4s/nXA3IOOpJWw/s400/DSC_2836.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYk7D_3axI/AAAAAAAAD4k/5GuZCkWn2tU/s1600-h/DSC_2840.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374523802417326866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYk7D_3axI/AAAAAAAAD4k/5GuZCkWn2tU/s400/DSC_2840.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYk6qtBNzI/AAAAAAAAD4c/f-u_LPf1Xg8/s1600-h/DSC_2847.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374523795627390770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 388px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYk6qtBNzI/AAAAAAAAD4c/f-u_LPf1Xg8/s400/DSC_2847.jpg" border="0" /></a> he's looking so "macho" to me....</div><div align="center">or something :O)<br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYk6P5x59I/AAAAAAAAD4U/15H4T2brAHA/s1600-h/DSC_2854.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374523788433156050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 335px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYk6P5x59I/AAAAAAAAD4U/15H4T2brAHA/s400/DSC_2854.jpg" border="0" /></a>me and miss <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">ashley</span>!!!!!<br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYk53YncuI/AAAAAAAAD4M/yQCqtYQnYUI/s1600-h/DSC_2856.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374523781851607778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYk53YncuI/AAAAAAAAD4M/yQCqtYQnYUI/s400/DSC_2856.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYkbTd5jRI/AAAAAAAAD4E/qWjXNgwhAaY/s1600-h/DSC_2860.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374523256814013714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 352px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYkbTd5jRI/AAAAAAAAD4E/qWjXNgwhAaY/s400/DSC_2860.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYka3wZfII/AAAAAAAAD38/j7pAS9Sdudo/s1600-h/DSC_2861.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374523249375411330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 398px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYka3wZfII/AAAAAAAAD38/j7pAS9Sdudo/s400/DSC_2861.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYkaW72ssI/AAAAAAAAD30/tzy2RNa9FbE/s1600-h/DSC_2868.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374523240565093058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 272px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYkaW72ssI/AAAAAAAAD30/tzy2RNa9FbE/s400/DSC_2868.jpg" border="0" /></a> more macho-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">ness</span> :O)<br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYkaNzuROI/AAAAAAAAD3s/Rr_6brlC7fI/s1600-h/DSC_2874.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374523238115067106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYkaNzuROI/AAAAAAAAD3s/Rr_6brlC7fI/s400/DSC_2874.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYkZmIsAHI/AAAAAAAAD3k/Ydn1bP5Roqw/s1600-h/DSC_2876.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374523227465580658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYkZmIsAHI/AAAAAAAAD3k/Ydn1bP5Roqw/s400/DSC_2876.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYj69zlRkI/AAAAAAAAD3c/ZrTS0gOyIBY/s1600-h/DSC_2880.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374522701243565634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYj69zlRkI/AAAAAAAAD3c/ZrTS0gOyIBY/s400/DSC_2880.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYj6XQMRqI/AAAAAAAAD3U/2j63ocvt1C0/s1600-h/DSC_2884.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374522690894579362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYj6XQMRqI/AAAAAAAAD3U/2j63ocvt1C0/s400/DSC_2884.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYj5z4Q_YI/AAAAAAAAD3M/WTVuhDMVHEk/s1600-h/DSC_2889.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374522681398984066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 290px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYj5z4Q_YI/AAAAAAAAD3M/WTVuhDMVHEk/s400/DSC_2889.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYj5bTNZzI/AAAAAAAAD3E/UcYmtvq9siQ/s1600-h/DSC_2890.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374522674801108786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 337px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYj5bTNZzI/AAAAAAAAD3E/UcYmtvq9siQ/s400/DSC_2890.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYj4-0kBxI/AAAAAAAAD28/AYcjKv4cGWw/s1600-h/DSC_2891.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374522667156375314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 348px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpYj4-0kBxI/AAAAAAAAD28/AYcjKv4cGWw/s400/DSC_2891.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>aaron and jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730663181312692810noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329858159015045422.post-37034159625849137612009-08-22T21:13:00.000-07:002009-08-22T23:26:04.857-07:00vist...graduation....birthday.... = PARTAYYYY!!!!<div align="center">hello blogging friends and family :O)</div><div align="center">I know I've been a slacker this summer...but do you see that I am trying to catch up by all of my marathon entries?</div><div align="center">SO,</div><div align="center">here goes another "LOTS of pictures" entry!!!</div><div align="center">they are out of sequence for the first several pictures as I took some pictures from my moms camera and also was playing around with editing/coloring.....</div><div align="center">so I won't give too much info. on the first several pictures.</div><div align="center">BUT....</div><div align="center">if you are patient, after a while, I will give more info. on the pics!!!</div><div align="center">enjoy</div><div align="center">SLY!!!!!!!!!!!</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDO8mbN6VI/AAAAAAAAD20/xGp0Tv5hbT8/s1600-h/005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373021895955179858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDO8mbN6VI/AAAAAAAAD20/xGp0Tv5hbT8/s400/005.jpg" border="0" /></a> now that is a precious <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">smooootch</span> if I do say so myself:O)<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDOn7q1bOI/AAAAAAAAD2s/zKMfXg_64IA/s1600-h/094.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373021540880575714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDOn7q1bOI/AAAAAAAAD2s/zKMfXg_64IA/s400/094.jpg" border="0" /></a>And that is a PRECIOUS <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">cheeser</span> as well!<br />an "it's my birthday and I'll do what I want to", type of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">cheeser</span>:O)<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDOnalWRLI/AAAAAAAAD2k/qqJM4ZAZ4_c/s1600-h/bw-005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373021531999192242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 322px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDOnalWRLI/AAAAAAAAD2k/qqJM4ZAZ4_c/s400/bw-005.jpg" border="0" /></a> precious kiss in black and white....<br />SO ROMANTIC<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">haha</span>, I know I'm funny, don't worry!!!! :O)<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDOnAPEFTI/AAAAAAAAD2c/tE94PcrehaI/s1600-h/c-003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373021524926403890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 353px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDOnAPEFTI/AAAAAAAAD2c/tE94PcrehaI/s400/c-003.jpg" border="0" /></a> just two little cuties!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDOmg4TDgI/AAAAAAAAD2U/vdo4pl_yve8/s1600-h/c-040.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373021516509416962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 306px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDOmg4TDgI/AAAAAAAAD2U/vdo4pl_yve8/s400/c-040.jpg" border="0" /></a>Oliver graduated with his PhD!</div><div>...bet you thought it was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">aaron</span> all along:O)<br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDOmY1NgqI/AAAAAAAAD2M/IrQOcf63QUk/s1600-h/cr-047.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373021514348987042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 302px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDOmY1NgqI/AAAAAAAAD2M/IrQOcf63QUk/s400/cr-047.jpg" border="0" /></a> maybe he'll want to be a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">professional</span> photographer someday....?</div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">hmmm</span>? that would be cool!</div><div></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDNz4np08I/AAAAAAAAD2E/kK8R3PY8io8/s1600-h/bwDSC_0429.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373020646708728770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 309px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDNz4np08I/AAAAAAAAD2E/kK8R3PY8io8/s400/bwDSC_0429.jpg" border="0" /></a>our neighbors cute little turtle!!!! </div><div>(we really need to get the kids a turtle....they love them so much)<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDNzXyMbLI/AAAAAAAAD18/WiyFaz4Ufb4/s1600-h/bwDSC_0887.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373020637894569138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 372px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDNzXyMbLI/AAAAAAAAD18/WiyFaz4Ufb4/s400/bwDSC_0887.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDNyztFl6I/AAAAAAAAD10/0Qq2I4cZtM0/s1600-h/cDSC_0705.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373020628209473442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 330px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDNyztFl6I/AAAAAAAAD10/0Qq2I4cZtM0/s400/cDSC_0705.jpg" border="0" /></a> who could resist...<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDNySCVx5I/AAAAAAAAD1s/1-m2SOzk5KY/s1600-h/cDSC_0752.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373020619171809170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 399px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDNySCVx5I/AAAAAAAAD1s/1-m2SOzk5KY/s400/cDSC_0752.jpg" border="0" /></a> Grandpa J and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">eliza</span>.....</div><div>we miss you dad.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDNx_zlNTI/AAAAAAAAD1k/1JnAAWu8KPc/s1600-h/cDSC_0764.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373020614278067506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 395px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDNx_zlNTI/AAAAAAAAD1k/1JnAAWu8KPc/s400/cDSC_0764.jpg" border="0" /></a> a little <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">oreo's</span> and milk in his "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">oliver</span>" cup...</div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">YUMMMMMM</span><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDM6k0hLiI/AAAAAAAAD1c/fE17kJM_x2A/s1600-h/cDSC_0795.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373019662141435426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDM6k0hLiI/AAAAAAAAD1c/fE17kJM_x2A/s400/cDSC_0795.jpg" border="0" /></a><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">geeez</span>...aren't they a cute pair.</div><div>grandma j and sister.... </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDM6Gs_-dI/AAAAAAAAD1U/SLMrYI3-E5A/s1600-h/cDSC_0798.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373019654056835538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDM6Gs_-dI/AAAAAAAAD1U/SLMrYI3-E5A/s400/cDSC_0798.jpg" border="0" /></a><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">ps</span>...this was a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">VERRRY</span> long flight of stairs up </div><div>to the stadium seating for Aaron's graduation.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDM5_AE9YI/AAAAAAAAD1M/tNC9B7bSiaY/s1600-h/DSC_0804.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373019651989370242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDM5_AE9YI/AAAAAAAAD1M/tNC9B7bSiaY/s400/DSC_0804.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDM5baTpoI/AAAAAAAAD1E/oqVUVfc3crI/s1600-h/cDSC_0897.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373019642435708546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDM5baTpoI/AAAAAAAAD1E/oqVUVfc3crI/s400/cDSC_0897.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDM5HvtviI/AAAAAAAAD08/7ZeV1_TIprM/s1600-h/cDSC_0898.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373019637156789794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDM5HvtviI/AAAAAAAAD08/7ZeV1_TIprM/s400/cDSC_0898.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDMItNwJ2I/AAAAAAAAD00/2egk2Hk7EXw/s1600-h/DSC_0415.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373018805401298786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 384px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDMItNwJ2I/AAAAAAAAD00/2egk2Hk7EXw/s400/DSC_0415.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDMIFJnXUI/AAAAAAAAD0s/9w4MZWuVKZc/s1600-h/DSC_0429.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373018794646527298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 395px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDMIFJnXUI/AAAAAAAAD0s/9w4MZWuVKZc/s400/DSC_0429.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDL5UWpZFI/AAAAAAAAD0k/Mmmyj01w10w/s1600-h/DSC_0535.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373018541029680210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDL5UWpZFI/AAAAAAAAD0k/Mmmyj01w10w/s400/DSC_0535.jpg" border="0" /></a> an afternoon at a Reservoir....</div><div>gosh it was BEAUTIFUL!!!!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDL5NzPvmI/AAAAAAAAD0c/_4MRS7WIbiY/s1600-h/DSC_0538.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373018539270585954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDL5NzPvmI/AAAAAAAAD0c/_4MRS7WIbiY/s400/DSC_0538.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDL49MOc0I/AAAAAAAAD0U/4LDZUQDalBY/s1600-h/DSC_0541.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373018534811956034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 369px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDL49MOc0I/AAAAAAAAD0U/4LDZUQDalBY/s400/DSC_0541.jpg" border="0" /></a> something so sweet about </div><div>daddy and daughter....<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDL4bDtSQI/AAAAAAAAD0M/cnBddlb1QsE/s1600-h/DSC_0574.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373018525649422594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDL4bDtSQI/AAAAAAAAD0M/cnBddlb1QsE/s400/DSC_0574.jpg" border="0" /></a> I LOVE HIM!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDLdaPjFHI/AAAAAAAAD0E/k_NEg9G5ltI/s1600-h/DSC_0588.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373018061574182002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDLdaPjFHI/AAAAAAAAD0E/k_NEg9G5ltI/s400/DSC_0588.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDLdDUvHII/AAAAAAAADz8/l7WKO3sMR-A/s1600-h/DSC_0589.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373018055421926530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDLdDUvHII/AAAAAAAADz8/l7WKO3sMR-A/s400/DSC_0589.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDLctryK5I/AAAAAAAADz0/98-XapflKs0/s1600-h/DSC_0666.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373018049613015954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 329px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDLctryK5I/AAAAAAAADz0/98-XapflKs0/s400/DSC_0666.jpg" border="0" /></a>Eliza giving Oliver a haircut with a kitchen Utensil...</div><div>went rather well.</div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">haha</span><br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDLcGdbBuI/AAAAAAAADzs/1P89vJQ6EIs/s1600-h/DSC_0667.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373018039083796194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 319px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDLcGdbBuI/AAAAAAAADzs/1P89vJQ6EIs/s400/DSC_0667.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDLbxyRmWI/AAAAAAAADzk/TXu5fNkeNOM/s1600-h/DSC_0689.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373018033534114146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDLbxyRmWI/AAAAAAAADzk/TXu5fNkeNOM/s400/DSC_0689.jpg" border="0" /></a>We love cupcakes at our house...</div><div>LOVE THEM!</div><div>(cupcakes WITHOUT the wrapper though...very important. </div><div>I don't like cupcakes unless they are "wrapper-less")</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDKl5OW2pI/AAAAAAAADzc/j0zKZWFUDc8/s1600-h/DSC_0706.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373017107818011282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 307px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDKl5OW2pI/AAAAAAAADzc/j0zKZWFUDc8/s400/DSC_0706.jpg" border="0" /></a><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">TOOO</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">COOOOL</span>!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDKlUib8WI/AAAAAAAADzU/8X-GMABSq6s/s1600-h/DSC_0721.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373017097970119010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 288px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDKlUib8WI/AAAAAAAADzU/8X-GMABSq6s/s400/DSC_0721.jpg" border="0" /></a> Oh the joys of DRESSING UP!!!!</div><div>one of my very most favorite things to do as a little girl!<br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDKlK1oRPI/AAAAAAAADzM/hwT708C8avc/s1600-h/DSC_0722.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373017095366264050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 333px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDKlK1oRPI/AAAAAAAADzM/hwT708C8avc/s400/DSC_0722.jpg" border="0" /></a>(ps...that beautiful apron is from russia...)</div><div>SO CUTE!<br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDKK-WuOEI/AAAAAAAADzE/VmNlfUeunhg/s1600-h/DSC_0724.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373016645338806338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 295px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDKK-WuOEI/AAAAAAAADzE/VmNlfUeunhg/s400/DSC_0724.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDKKW2n8GI/AAAAAAAADy8/MR7Tcxn1vWU/s1600-h/DSC_0727.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373016634735194210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDKKW2n8GI/AAAAAAAADy8/MR7Tcxn1vWU/s400/DSC_0727.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDKJ27dlJI/AAAAAAAADy0/S29U4mdaOgE/s1600-h/DSC_0717.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373016626165552274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDKJ27dlJI/AAAAAAAADy0/S29U4mdaOgE/s400/DSC_0717.jpg" border="0" /></a>grandma j and grandpa <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">jon</span> brought <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">oliver</span> THE COOLEST TOY EVER!!!!</div><div>A very sturdy, very yellow...very <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">COOOL</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">TONKA</span> TRUCK!</div><div>(my dad said he always wanted one of these as a boy and never had one...so he had to get one for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">oliver</span>....thank you grandpa <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">jon</span>...HE LOVES IT and plays with it EVERYDAY!!!)<br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDKJvDollI/AAAAAAAADys/_zu2aSkuPlA/s1600-h/DSC_0737.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373016624052344402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 380px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDKJvDollI/AAAAAAAADys/_zu2aSkuPlA/s400/DSC_0737.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDKJRTBBwI/AAAAAAAADyk/I3jqYpmYCwc/s1600-h/DSC_0752.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373016616063796994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDKJRTBBwI/AAAAAAAADyk/I3jqYpmYCwc/s400/DSC_0752.jpg" border="0" /></a> so sweet....<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDJUlX_zbI/AAAAAAAADyc/BtjZGcAj-vA/s1600-h/DSC_0753.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373015710920330674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDJUlX_zbI/AAAAAAAADyc/BtjZGcAj-vA/s400/DSC_0753.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDJUEBA0QI/AAAAAAAADyU/uSljtBfzjbU/s1600-h/DSC_0764.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373015701965558018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDJUEBA0QI/AAAAAAAADyU/uSljtBfzjbU/s400/DSC_0764.jpg" border="0" /></a> we've got ourselves a "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">dunker</span>"</div><div>....actually both of our kids dunk everything.</div><div>(thanks to their mother:O)<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDJTzYpWRI/AAAAAAAADyM/rp0qSnVoasg/s1600-h/DSC_0773.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373015697501280530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 323px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDJTzYpWRI/AAAAAAAADyM/rp0qSnVoasg/s400/DSC_0773.jpg" border="0" /></a> precious?</div><div>I do think so....<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDJTZyLLKI/AAAAAAAADyE/NXy0bAM1QTc/s1600-h/DSC_0776.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373015690629033122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 354px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDJTZyLLKI/AAAAAAAADyE/NXy0bAM1QTc/s400/DSC_0776.jpg" border="0" /></a> The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">funnnnest</span> mess EVER!!!!!</div><div>(packing-popcorn that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">oliver</span> and grandpa <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">jon</span> cleaned up by putting loads and loads of it into the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">Tonka</span> truck and then dumping it into a bag....very clever!!!! :O)<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDJTORWQEI/AAAAAAAADx8/ZFOugW2_fvk/s1600-h/DSC_0783.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373015687538556994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDJTORWQEI/AAAAAAAADx8/ZFOugW2_fvk/s400/DSC_0783.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">oliver</span> and the lady bug...<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDIm-fzzxI/AAAAAAAADx0/XwpeMHRQshI/s1600-h/DSC_0785.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373014927390002962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 282px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDIm-fzzxI/AAAAAAAADx0/XwpeMHRQshI/s400/DSC_0785.jpg" border="0" /></a> now this brings tears to my eyes....honestly.</div><div>I didn't realize until I was editing this picture that there are 3 different hands together in this picture:</div><div>grandma j (nickname = lady bug, or just really in love with them :O), <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">oliver</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">eliza</span>.</div><div>It just seems so symbolic and meaningful to me.</div><div>For those who don't know, my mom loves lady bugs. She has them EVERYWHERE decorating her house, and even on her clothes she manages to have <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">at least</span> one on a day.</div><div>She even has a beautiful ladybug pillow that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">oliver</span> fell in love with while she was here visiting. </div><div>My mom let him borrow it while she is away in russia, and he takes such good care of it, and sleeps with it EVERY NIGHT!!!!</div><div>I love you mom and we miss you so much. </div><div></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDImdaAs1I/AAAAAAAADxs/lWKdAZjjJjg/s1600-h/DSC_0789.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373014918507311954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 284px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDImdaAs1I/AAAAAAAADxs/lWKdAZjjJjg/s400/DSC_0789.jpg" border="0" /></a> oliver and grandpa jon making the trek up the never-ending stairs!</div><div>up-up-up</div><div></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDImElcMoI/AAAAAAAADxk/YsLlHT0F1Pw/s1600-h/DSC_0795.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373014911844364930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDImElcMoI/AAAAAAAADxk/YsLlHT0F1Pw/s400/DSC_0795.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDIl870I1I/AAAAAAAADxc/2ewZU9RXBew/s1600-h/DSC_0803.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373014909790724946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDIl870I1I/AAAAAAAADxc/2ewZU9RXBew/s400/DSC_0803.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDIlY9MIDI/AAAAAAAADxU/ByQJdDSTZuo/s1600-h/DSC_0812.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373014900132814898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 258px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDIlY9MIDI/AAAAAAAADxU/ByQJdDSTZuo/s400/DSC_0812.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDH-EJbZlI/AAAAAAAADxM/9e3t24krJcM/s1600-h/DSC_0814.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373014224532104786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 396px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDH-EJbZlI/AAAAAAAADxM/9e3t24krJcM/s400/DSC_0814.jpg" border="0" /></a>eliza and "boo-poo"...</div><div>they're rarely apart!<br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDH9jkmYcI/AAAAAAAADxE/o4MLo0NOwhU/s1600-h/DSC_0817.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373014215787700674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDH9jkmYcI/AAAAAAAADxE/o4MLo0NOwhU/s400/DSC_0817.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDH9VGe_gI/AAAAAAAADw8/Wg4FvjAJsJ8/s1600-h/DSC_0820.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373014211903290882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDH9VGe_gI/AAAAAAAADw8/Wg4FvjAJsJ8/s400/DSC_0820.jpg" border="0" /></a>love it...</div><div>just seems so "BOY!!!!"<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDH80HZZ6I/AAAAAAAADw0/taZr9EPL6S8/s1600-h/DSC_0822.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373014203048748962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 303px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDH80HZZ6I/AAAAAAAADw0/taZr9EPL6S8/s400/DSC_0822.jpg" border="0" /></a> love this look on oliver's face...</div><div>what are you contemplating boppy???<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDH8ZsZU-I/AAAAAAAADws/HgeoCNf_s_A/s1600-h/DSC_0836.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373014195956175842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDH8ZsZU-I/AAAAAAAADws/HgeoCNf_s_A/s400/DSC_0836.jpg" border="0" /></a>The Stanford Graduation "WACKY WALK!!!"</div><div>(a guy in his underwear and "where's Waldo"... so clever :O)<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDHMRY7heI/AAAAAAAADwk/KscW04pqtvc/s1600-h/DSC_0844.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373013369093326306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDHMRY7heI/AAAAAAAADwk/KscW04pqtvc/s400/DSC_0844.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDHLw8GM8I/AAAAAAAADwc/2VDkYCGLZ18/s1600-h/DSC_0857.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373013360382456770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDHLw8GM8I/AAAAAAAADwc/2VDkYCGLZ18/s400/DSC_0857.jpg" border="0" /></a> the best way to kill time......</div><div>on granpa jon's shoulders.</div><div>thanks dad :O)<br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDHLjLyUHI/AAAAAAAADwU/lSvkctc9zpQ/s1600-h/DSC_0861.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373013356690165874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDHLjLyUHI/AAAAAAAADwU/lSvkctc9zpQ/s400/DSC_0861.jpg" border="0" /></a>Anthony M. Kennedy, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court</div><div>was the commencement speaker at the ceremony held at the Stanford Stadium. </div><div>(It was amazing, and it made me cry...) </div><div>(ps...aaron just informed me that this picture is not of Anthony M. Kennedy...it's the President of Stanford....my bad:O)...however, this doesn't change my remarks that I wrote above. It really was a great commencement speech!)<br /></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDHLGMBlzI/AAAAAAAADwM/SH3vnij31Wo/s1600-h/DSC_0863.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373013348906538802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDHLGMBlzI/AAAAAAAADwM/SH3vnij31Wo/s400/DSC_0863.jpg" border="0" /></a>The graduates :O)</div><div>(I never saw Aaron THE WHOLE TIME :O(...</div><div></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDHK4HcEGI/AAAAAAAADwE/Khc9Tyj8oFo/s1600-h/DSC_0870.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373013345129205858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 330px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDHK4HcEGI/AAAAAAAADwE/Khc9Tyj8oFo/s400/DSC_0870.jpg" border="0" /></a>Dr. Katz....</div><div>and sister</div><div>(don't ever call him doctor though..haha)<br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDGfDZ0vCI/AAAAAAAADv4/DSyp-NuKLCA/s1600-h/DSC_0876.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373012592244866082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDGfDZ0vCI/AAAAAAAADv4/DSyp-NuKLCA/s400/DSC_0876.jpg" border="0" /></a>her face cracks me up in this picture:O)<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDGeQiOI0I/AAAAAAAADvs/OURqqQ-cn78/s1600-h/DSC_0897.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373012578589877058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDGeQiOI0I/AAAAAAAADvs/OURqqQ-cn78/s400/DSC_0897.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDGd39jFxI/AAAAAAAADvk/LUh2ZybDs68/s1600-h/DSC_0906.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373012571993610002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDGd39jFxI/AAAAAAAADvk/LUh2ZybDs68/s400/DSC_0906.jpg" border="0" /></a> the simple things...<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDGdXGyTNI/AAAAAAAADvc/2W75kwERQ8k/s1600-h/DSC_0918.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373012563173985490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDGdXGyTNI/AAAAAAAADvc/2W75kwERQ8k/s400/DSC_0918.jpg" border="0" /></a> being cheered up after scuffing her knee,</div><div>thanks dad...</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDGc4bwvmI/AAAAAAAADvU/w0QvG6tOmm0/s1600-h/DSC_0928.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373012554940464738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDGc4bwvmI/AAAAAAAADvU/w0QvG6tOmm0/s400/DSC_0928.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDFpcuy9DI/AAAAAAAADvM/1EYye1U7irA/s1600-h/DSC_0940.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373011671330780210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDFpcuy9DI/AAAAAAAADvM/1EYye1U7irA/s400/DSC_0940.jpg" border="0" /></a>wow...she was tired<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDFpC7bLYI/AAAAAAAADvE/OsFg5TsjvZw/s1600-h/DSC_0958.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373011664404426114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDFpC7bLYI/AAAAAAAADvE/OsFg5TsjvZw/s400/DSC_0958.jpg" border="0" /></a>...and so was he!!! </div><div>(thanks for the strong arms mom :O)</div><div>(this was at Aaron's School of Engineering graduation on the same day as the "main commencement..."<br />More personal, and really was very cool!<br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDFoj40mDI/AAAAAAAADu8/ogtmWjwiFoc/s1600-h/DSC_0963.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373011656072009778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 343px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDFoj40mDI/AAAAAAAADu8/ogtmWjwiFoc/s400/DSC_0963.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDFoT_jRII/AAAAAAAADu0/XcW0TPpcFhY/s1600-h/DSC_0976.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373011651805267074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 306px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDFoT_jRII/AAAAAAAADu0/XcW0TPpcFhY/s400/DSC_0976.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDFn4JOfSI/AAAAAAAADus/kDh8E-9oujo/s1600-h/DSC_0989.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373011644329655586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDFn4JOfSI/AAAAAAAADus/kDh8E-9oujo/s400/DSC_0989.jpg" border="0" /></a> Aaron and his very cool and Eccentric Advisor,</div><div>Professor Jameson.</div><div>love him...both of them!<br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDEo332DGI/AAAAAAAADuk/RuyNis4NHPo/s1600-h/DSC_0995.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373010561924992098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 156px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDEo332DGI/AAAAAAAADuk/RuyNis4NHPo/s400/DSC_0995.jpg" border="0" /></a> My parents made great timing....</div><div>Aaron's graduation, and eliza's 2nd birthday (both on the same day :O)</div><div>....it was SUCH A BUSY DAY!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDEosxflwI/AAAAAAAADuc/X0yYM6RNe94/s1600-h/DSC_0999.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373010558945564418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 245px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDEosxflwI/AAAAAAAADuc/X0yYM6RNe94/s400/DSC_0999.jpg" border="0" /></a> After being gone all day at Aaron's graduation,</div><div>I didn't feel like celebrating eliza's birthday...I WAS SOOO POOPED, and so were the kids.</div><div>HOWEVER!</div><div>Thanks to some encouragement from my mom, aaron and the neighbors (who knew it was eliza's birthday and really wanted to help us celebrate....)</div><div>We threw a party together in just minutes</div><div>and had a great time.</div><div>There are a lot of girls around here that range from 10-12. They were all playing outside, so we invited them in to celebrate eliza's birthday by decorating cupcakes, eating ice cream...and of COURSE singing happy birthday!</div><div>It turned out great...really great.</div><div>Low key, and just so fun.....</div><div></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDEoNfg2WI/AAAAAAAADuU/rV-Il7qUOv4/s1600-h/DSC_1016.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373010550548650338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 303px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDEoNfg2WI/AAAAAAAADuU/rV-Il7qUOv4/s400/DSC_1016.jpg" border="0" /></a> (oliver's "first" cupcake masterpiece)<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDEnms6uTI/AAAAAAAADuM/kLRMrJFLpM4/s1600-h/DSC_1019.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373010540135889202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDEnms6uTI/AAAAAAAADuM/kLRMrJFLpM4/s400/DSC_1019.jpg" border="0" /></a> "the girls", eliza, oliver and grandma j<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDDtA5UQLI/AAAAAAAADuE/DfdKn5-QsHk/s1600-h/DSC_1029.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373009533554933938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 294px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDDtA5UQLI/AAAAAAAADuE/DfdKn5-QsHk/s400/DSC_1029.jpg" border="0" /></a>he was in heaven...<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDDsod8AAI/AAAAAAAADt8/WXY5pDObKyM/s1600-h/DSC_1030.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373009526997647362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDDsod8AAI/AAAAAAAADt8/WXY5pDObKyM/s400/DSC_1030.jpg" border="0" /></a>and so was she...<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDDsLpms7I/AAAAAAAADt0/o_28VQA3FSE/s1600-h/DSC_1045.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373009519261954994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDDsLpms7I/AAAAAAAADt0/o_28VQA3FSE/s400/DSC_1045.jpg" border="0" /></a>one of the girls' masterpiece....</div><div>so creative!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDDraqBjLI/AAAAAAAADts/hSPDCiU5AXM/s1600-h/DSC_1083.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373009506110377138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 335px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDDraqBjLI/AAAAAAAADts/hSPDCiU5AXM/s400/DSC_1083.jpg" border="0" /></a>(they thought/think eliza's name is spelled with an "s".....)</div><div>that's ok...:O)<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDDq-oPixI/AAAAAAAADtk/pCAuUiJYz-U/s1600-h/DSC_1082.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373009498586712850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SpDDq-oPixI/AAAAAAAADtk/pCAuUiJYz-U/s400/DSC_1082.jpg" border="0" /></a> a very SLEEEPY sister....</div><div></div><div></div><div>Thanks grandma j and grandpa jon for coming to visit.</div><div>We love you so much and miss you so much too.</div><div>We had a great time while you were here,</div><div>and can't wait to see you "soon" :O)</div><div></div><div>SLY</div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>aaron and jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730663181312692810noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329858159015045422.post-82189516541324196312009-08-18T12:25:00.000-07:002009-08-18T15:36:07.816-07:00Leavenworth, Washington!!!!!!<div align="center"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ok</span>...so here they are:</div><div align="center">Pictures from our vacation to Leavenworth!</div><div align="center">and...there are a LOT :O)</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">We started out very early on a Wednesday morning and drove to Pinewood Lake in Oregon.</div><div align="center">We camped the night there, and then drove the rest of the way to Leavenworth on Thursday!!!!</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">So this is our stop at Pinewood Lake!</div><div align="center">WE LOVED IT HERE!!!!!</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosWqo2zDvI/AAAAAAAADtc/rb6hW-tSQCs/s1600-h/DSC_1258.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371411902347022066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosWqo2zDvI/AAAAAAAADtc/rb6hW-tSQCs/s400/DSC_1258.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosWqSAP5eI/AAAAAAAADtU/rBz3b9_MStw/s1600-h/DSC_1265.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371411896212645346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 193px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosWqSAP5eI/AAAAAAAADtU/rBz3b9_MStw/s400/DSC_1265.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosWp13bmAI/AAAAAAAADtM/Qz1_eVldbEc/s1600-h/DSC_1271.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371411888659470338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 248px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosWp13bmAI/AAAAAAAADtM/Qz1_eVldbEc/s400/DSC_1271.jpg" border="0" /></a> lots of fun things to do...</div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Frisbee</span>, badminton, baseball....<br /></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosWpqD6V7I/AAAAAAAADtE/UBLnXPpPPXg/s1600-h/DSC_1276.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371411885490591666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosWpqD6V7I/AAAAAAAADtE/UBLnXPpPPXg/s400/DSC_1276.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosWpOifpfI/AAAAAAAADs8/E5Jo1FjvvpA/s1600-h/DSC_1294.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371411878102672882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 298px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosWpOifpfI/AAAAAAAADs8/E5Jo1FjvvpA/s400/DSC_1294.jpg" border="0" /></a>little explorers...<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosV5sLVemI/AAAAAAAADs0/leeTu8oh51w/s1600-h/DSC_1299.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371411061424880226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosV5sLVemI/AAAAAAAADs0/leeTu8oh51w/s400/DSC_1299.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosV5TETduI/AAAAAAAADss/EgBaOGZJuaU/s1600-h/DSC_1300.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371411054684501730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 283px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosV5TETduI/AAAAAAAADss/EgBaOGZJuaU/s400/DSC_1300.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosV4zFYw3I/AAAAAAAADsk/TVed4AC4gZY/s1600-h/DSC_1301.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371411046099108722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 307px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosV4zFYw3I/AAAAAAAADsk/TVed4AC4gZY/s400/DSC_1301.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosV4WE3qfI/AAAAAAAADsc/tY3K-vinE0E/s1600-h/DSC_1303.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371411038312311282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosV4WE3qfI/AAAAAAAADsc/tY3K-vinE0E/s400/DSC_1303.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosV368zXiI/AAAAAAAADsU/cjt_Ovp_giM/s1600-h/DSC_1311.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371411031030717986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosV368zXiI/AAAAAAAADsU/cjt_Ovp_giM/s400/DSC_1311.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosVMRCdv6I/AAAAAAAADsM/jEP58RLHdz8/s1600-h/DSC_1339.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371410281045802914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 264px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosVMRCdv6I/AAAAAAAADsM/jEP58RLHdz8/s400/DSC_1339.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosVMIFmoII/AAAAAAAADsE/smy2szR0sRQ/s1600-h/DSC_1357.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371410278643048578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosVMIFmoII/AAAAAAAADsE/smy2szR0sRQ/s400/DSC_1357.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosVLdKTZlI/AAAAAAAADr8/oJHKsLDMiX4/s1600-h/DSC_1363.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371410267120035410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 251px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosVLdKTZlI/AAAAAAAADr8/oJHKsLDMiX4/s400/DSC_1363.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosVLGjA49I/AAAAAAAADr0/NF_9PL_STN8/s1600-h/DSC_1375.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371410261049664466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 313px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosVLGjA49I/AAAAAAAADr0/NF_9PL_STN8/s400/DSC_1375.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosVKnUb69I/AAAAAAAADrs/TcEffcWZ95o/s1600-h/DSC_1382.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371410252667022290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 395px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosVKnUb69I/AAAAAAAADrs/TcEffcWZ95o/s400/DSC_1382.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosUYaDy5XI/AAAAAAAADrk/StE4_cba16s/s1600-h/DSC_1388.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371409390114104690" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosUYaDy5XI/AAAAAAAADrk/StE4_cba16s/s400/DSC_1388.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosUYHOSoGI/AAAAAAAADrc/_xjCqVZ61HQ/s1600-h/DSC_1396.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371409385057853538" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 337px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosUYHOSoGI/AAAAAAAADrc/_xjCqVZ61HQ/s400/DSC_1396.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />cool, eh?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosUXvvefKI/AAAAAAAADrU/Nb6zVO_NvRg/s1600-h/DSC_1402.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371409378754591906" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosUXvvefKI/AAAAAAAADrU/Nb6zVO_NvRg/s400/DSC_1402.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />see...I told you it was SHORT!!!</div><div> </div><div align="left"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosUXbf14JI/AAAAAAAADrM/K0wRQKqoufU/s1600-h/DSC_1407.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371409373320306834" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosUXbf14JI/AAAAAAAADrM/K0wRQKqoufU/s400/DSC_1407.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />just the way we like it:O)...<br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosUW52zXWI/AAAAAAAADrE/FIiwuodrZmU/s1600-h/DSC_1439.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371409364289805666" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosUW52zXWI/AAAAAAAADrE/FIiwuodrZmU/s400/DSC_1439.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Fun in the tent!!!!<br /></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosTrIryd2I/AAAAAAAADq8/_wzCuhbW5y8/s1600-h/DSC_1471.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371408612355897186" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 314px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosTrIryd2I/AAAAAAAADq8/_wzCuhbW5y8/s400/DSC_1471.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosTqkl8suI/AAAAAAAADq0/UbgFq5JTIoo/s1600-h/DSC_1517.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371408602667725538" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 174px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosTqkl8suI/AAAAAAAADq0/UbgFq5JTIoo/s400/DSC_1517.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />the cute frog we found...<br /></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosTqKZwmBI/AAAAAAAADqs/9WgNyYpkDkY/s1600-h/DSC_1525.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371408595637278738" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosTqKZwmBI/AAAAAAAADqs/9WgNyYpkDkY/s400/DSC_1525.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosTp7z4LRI/AAAAAAAADqk/xEXkj6I1uB8/s1600-h/DSC_1528.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371408591720295698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosTp7z4LRI/AAAAAAAADqk/xEXkj6I1uB8/s400/DSC_1528.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosTpSCBKtI/AAAAAAAADqc/5Tef9TJdH6Q/s1600-h/DSC_1532.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371408580505316050" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosTpSCBKtI/AAAAAAAADqc/5Tef9TJdH6Q/s400/DSC_1532.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />a beautiful sunset<br /></div><div align="left"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosSzyfzV5I/AAAAAAAADqU/6o-fb0FbGnc/s1600-h/DSC_1542.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371407661507237778" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosSzyfzV5I/AAAAAAAADqU/6o-fb0FbGnc/s400/DSC_1542.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />we finally made it to Leavenworth!<br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosSzgm_ejI/AAAAAAAADqM/nbiE8P7URuQ/s1600-h/DSC_1547.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371407656705554994" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosSzgm_ejI/AAAAAAAADqM/nbiE8P7URuQ/s400/DSC_1547.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosSzYZiVnI/AAAAAAAADqE/k4-exx3k4FI/s1600-h/DSC_1577.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371407654501635698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 290px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosSzYZiVnI/AAAAAAAADqE/k4-exx3k4FI/s400/DSC_1577.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="center">Ready to go around the icicle river...<br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosSYI-XDII/AAAAAAAADp8/IO1PaHJVOv0/s1600-h/DSC_1579.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371407186504649858" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 308px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosSYI-XDII/AAAAAAAADp8/IO1PaHJVOv0/s400/DSC_1579.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />THE HAT SHOP!!!</div><div> And doesn't he look thrilled!<br /></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosSXnue_FI/AAAAAAAADp0/ylH9icogoZo/s1600-h/DSC_1587.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371407177579691090" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosSXnue_FI/AAAAAAAADp0/ylH9icogoZo/s400/DSC_1587.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosR5iXknYI/AAAAAAAADps/8jb2yEhkWs8/s1600-h/DSC_1598.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371406660745338242" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 328px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosR5iXknYI/AAAAAAAADps/8jb2yEhkWs8/s400/DSC_1598.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />SEXY!!!!???<br /><br /><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosR5GtdG2I/AAAAAAAADpk/xafFZVX1uvA/s1600-h/DSC_1599.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371406653320928098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 302px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosR5GtdG2I/AAAAAAAADpk/xafFZVX1uvA/s400/DSC_1599.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />VERY SWEET!<br /></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosR4_AzX2I/AAAAAAAADpc/rlzTHxSVVlY/s1600-h/DSC_1600.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371406651254595426" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 260px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosR4_AzX2I/AAAAAAAADpc/rlzTHxSVVlY/s400/DSC_1600.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosR4cOlm4I/AAAAAAAADpU/AlgHhJhURgs/s1600-h/DSC_1605.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371406641917172610" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosR4cOlm4I/AAAAAAAADpU/AlgHhJhURgs/s400/DSC_1605.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosR4Pw9XEI/AAAAAAAADpM/MwsOL5cbHx8/s1600-h/DSC_1611.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371406638571674690" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 362px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosR4Pw9XEI/AAAAAAAADpM/MwsOL5cbHx8/s400/DSC_1611.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosQwe8vpKI/AAAAAAAADpE/pwUhey_lT0M/s1600-h/DSC_1626.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371405405697057954" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 344px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosQwe8vpKI/AAAAAAAADpE/pwUhey_lT0M/s400/DSC_1626.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />ICE CREAM FOR EVERYONE!!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosQwGhqLsI/AAAAAAAADo8/NmlONwTqsBQ/s1600-h/DSC_1648.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371405399141002946" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosQwGhqLsI/AAAAAAAADo8/NmlONwTqsBQ/s400/DSC_1648.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>she is<br />so messy, it's hilarious!!!!!!<br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosQvnvWRVI/AAAAAAAADo0/BWsfjuGdXrg/s1600-h/DSC_1637.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371405390876919122" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosQvnvWRVI/AAAAAAAADo0/BWsfjuGdXrg/s400/DSC_1637.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />A game of chase...nothing more fun than that!!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosQvR6tvJI/AAAAAAAADos/K4kCk-AdHTA/s1600-h/DSC_1645.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371405385019014290" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosQvR6tvJI/AAAAAAAADos/K4kCk-AdHTA/s400/DSC_1645.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosP3mjVd4I/AAAAAAAADok/mK25tw-Gbpo/s1600-h/DSC_1677.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371404428485425026" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 217px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosP3mjVd4I/AAAAAAAADok/mK25tw-Gbpo/s400/DSC_1677.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We LOVE YOU LEAVENWORTH!!!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosP3O2BsOI/AAAAAAAADoc/toWMEn7rPc4/s1600-h/DSC_1678.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371404422121369826" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosP3O2BsOI/AAAAAAAADoc/toWMEn7rPc4/s400/DSC_1678.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />daddy and sister LOVE!!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosP2olikDI/AAAAAAAADoU/NMyC0XV6W8w/s1600-h/DSC_1700.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371404411851673650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosP2olikDI/AAAAAAAADoU/NMyC0XV6W8w/s400/DSC_1700.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Dilly-dallying....it's what she does best!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosOYzqI26I/AAAAAAAADoM/mLp4CItjqDM/s1600-h/DSC_1703.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371402799916047266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosOYzqI26I/AAAAAAAADoM/mLp4CItjqDM/s400/DSC_1703.jpg" border="0" /></a>His favorite toy there!!!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosOYrKCttI/AAAAAAAADoE/OJE7KFOfRyA/s1600-h/DSC_1726.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371402797633943250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosOYrKCttI/AAAAAAAADoE/OJE7KFOfRyA/s400/DSC_1726.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />a favorite treat of his....</div><div>he can never wait to go camping because he wants S'MORES SO BAD!!!!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosOYeTzPEI/AAAAAAAADn8/6OmJr-UKik0/s1600-h/DSC_1727.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371402794185210946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosOYeTzPEI/AAAAAAAADn8/6OmJr-UKik0/s400/DSC_1727.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosOX9oP8UI/AAAAAAAADn0/GEqHGX-Q8Ms/s1600-h/DSC_1741.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371402785412608322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosOX9oP8UI/AAAAAAAADn0/GEqHGX-Q8Ms/s400/DSC_1741.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosOXks4xgI/AAAAAAAADns/v5GgbDuGxno/s1600-h/DSC_1759.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371402778721175042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosOXks4xgI/AAAAAAAADns/v5GgbDuGxno/s400/DSC_1759.jpg" border="0" /></a>heading to Black Bird Island!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosNn60uFkI/AAAAAAAADnk/dnHW_2a9Bj0/s1600-h/DSC_1771.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371401960025888322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 322px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosNn60uFkI/AAAAAAAADnk/dnHW_2a9Bj0/s400/DSC_1771.jpg" border="0" /></a>Watermelon Anybody? </div><div><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosNnopDeBI/AAAAAAAADnc/zhC1-yQWLok/s1600-h/DSC_1773.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371401955145119762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosNnopDeBI/AAAAAAAADnc/zhC1-yQWLok/s400/DSC_1773.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosNnJYmA8I/AAAAAAAADnU/xpgDJ7xLIK8/s1600-h/DSC_1781.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371401946754581442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosNnJYmA8I/AAAAAAAADnU/xpgDJ7xLIK8/s400/DSC_1781.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosNmnoff2I/AAAAAAAADnM/l7_8JgADmzE/s1600-h/DSC_1784.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371401937694457698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosNmnoff2I/AAAAAAAADnM/l7_8JgADmzE/s400/DSC_1784.jpg" border="0" /></a>she'll eat the rind and all!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosNN7fSQsI/AAAAAAAADnE/GX1kbDGuRDI/s1600-h/DSC_1795.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371401513527820994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosNN7fSQsI/AAAAAAAADnE/GX1kbDGuRDI/s400/DSC_1795.jpg" border="0" /></a> Puppy Love....</div><div>so sweet<br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosNNqhOmOI/AAAAAAAADm8/K5hJmDs3NVQ/s1600-h/DSC_1798.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371401508972566754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosNNqhOmOI/AAAAAAAADm8/K5hJmDs3NVQ/s400/DSC_1798.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosNNNRy1GI/AAAAAAAADm0/LOtYj5bC6ik/s1600-h/DSC_1804.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371401501123204194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 210px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosNNNRy1GI/AAAAAAAADm0/LOtYj5bC6ik/s400/DSC_1804.jpg" border="0" /></a>a little baseball on the peninsula!!!!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosMvyQnmDI/AAAAAAAADms/KkeyeLS5ofc/s1600-h/DSC_1811.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371400995654309938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 273px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosMvyQnmDI/AAAAAAAADms/KkeyeLS5ofc/s400/DSC_1811.jpg" border="0" /></a>Mr. Bono himself...... </div><div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosMvWZUcpI/AAAAAAAADmk/p57mxRTpgkY/s1600-h/DSC_1824.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371400988174611090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 366px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosMvWZUcpI/AAAAAAAADmk/p57mxRTpgkY/s400/DSC_1824.jpg" border="0" /></a>bono with his microphone!</div><div>He was really serious about this....</div><div>haha, so CUTE!</div><div>We had a dance party upstairs one night, we played a bunch of U2 songs, and danced and sang our hearts out. Oliver gave his impression of Bono singing "crazy" and "elevation"...his two most favorite songs right now...oh, and "sexy boots!"<br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosMu91OopI/AAAAAAAADmc/CHioHBZDlz4/s1600-h/DSC_1832.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371400981580784274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosMu91OopI/AAAAAAAADmc/CHioHBZDlz4/s400/DSC_1832.jpg" border="0" /></a>looks a little worried....<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosMuewrsoI/AAAAAAAADmU/DK817R9XgEI/s1600-h/DSC_1842.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371400973240218242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosMuewrsoI/AAAAAAAADmU/DK817R9XgEI/s400/DSC_1842.jpg" border="0" /></a>doughnut time!!!!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosMt2ceWAI/AAAAAAAADmM/8-6MToEJ3k0/s1600-h/DSC_1846.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371400962418038786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosMt2ceWAI/AAAAAAAADmM/8-6MToEJ3k0/s400/DSC_1846.jpg" border="0" /></a>showing us how it's done....</div><div>(tyler and myrna making the doughnuts!)<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosMCGcJMJI/AAAAAAAADmE/ZcH0XFQfS-o/s1600-h/DSC_1849.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371400210797375634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 383px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosMCGcJMJI/AAAAAAAADmE/ZcH0XFQfS-o/s400/DSC_1849.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosMBroi7SI/AAAAAAAADl8/715K91aKlqE/s1600-h/DSC_1876.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371400203601636642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosMBroi7SI/AAAAAAAADl8/715K91aKlqE/s400/DSC_1876.jpg" border="0" /></a>cuteness...<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosMBdgpyrI/AAAAAAAADl0/oKP9glzT9xQ/s1600-h/DSC_1878.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371400199810435762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosMBdgpyrI/AAAAAAAADl0/oKP9glzT9xQ/s400/DSC_1878.jpg" border="0" /></a>more cuteness...<br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosMA0rY1fI/AAAAAAAADls/VWVVMtPc-Ro/s1600-h/DSC_1881.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371400188849608178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosMA0rY1fI/AAAAAAAADls/VWVVMtPc-Ro/s400/DSC_1881.jpg" border="0" /></a>tired in the car....</div><div>after a very long day at "slide waters!!!"<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosKvy-K5_I/AAAAAAAADlk/wEJURvt2Fqo/s1600-h/DSC_1901.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371398796822112242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosKvy-K5_I/AAAAAAAADlk/wEJURvt2Fqo/s400/DSC_1901.jpg" border="0" /></a> at a park..<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosKvsQCVUI/AAAAAAAADlc/rCYhi4wg4Is/s1600-h/DSC_1904.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371398795017999682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosKvsQCVUI/AAAAAAAADlc/rCYhi4wg4Is/s400/DSC_1904.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosKvEFTSEI/AAAAAAAADlU/ktrI40IFAt0/s1600-h/DSC_1906.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371398784235554882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosKvEFTSEI/AAAAAAAADlU/ktrI40IFAt0/s400/DSC_1906.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosKumaMIUI/AAAAAAAADlM/d6E8L2F_GDU/s1600-h/DSC_1908.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371398776270102850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosKumaMIUI/AAAAAAAADlM/d6E8L2F_GDU/s400/DSC_1908.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosJ_FNjpGI/AAAAAAAADlE/g4EEJJUKbkQ/s1600-h/DSC_1942.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371397959904896098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosJ_FNjpGI/AAAAAAAADlE/g4EEJJUKbkQ/s400/DSC_1942.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />classic eliza shot....</div><div>eliza and boopoo<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosJ-td3kuI/AAAAAAAADk8/C49kuIYJV9g/s1600-h/DSC_1967.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371397953530860258" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosJ-td3kuI/AAAAAAAADk8/C49kuIYJV9g/s400/DSC_1967.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosJ-aZxtyI/AAAAAAAADk0/DVgBt1tEpzU/s1600-h/DSC_1981.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371397948413425442" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosJ-aZxtyI/AAAAAAAADk0/DVgBt1tEpzU/s400/DSC_1981.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />he was so tired...</div><div>he fell asleep so fast in the car and then stayed asleep even after we transported him from the car to the playground by the lake!</div><div> <br /></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosJ94qFueI/AAAAAAAADks/XX67KFZvQw0/s1600-h/DSC_1991.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371397939355040226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosJ94qFueI/AAAAAAAADks/XX67KFZvQw0/s400/DSC_1991.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />just hangin' out...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosJRF1MU2I/AAAAAAAADkk/NWKDAcT86h4/s1600-h/DSC_1993.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371397169797157730" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosJRF1MU2I/AAAAAAAADkk/NWKDAcT86h4/s400/DSC_1993.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />aaron was pretty impressed by this picture...</div><div>so I thought I would post it:O)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosJQ3wG7DI/AAAAAAAADkc/oBag1gZZOcQ/s1600-h/DSC_2003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371397166017735730" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosJQ3wG7DI/AAAAAAAADkc/oBag1gZZOcQ/s400/DSC_2003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosJQaKnEVI/AAAAAAAADkU/zP7OeHHQ6SA/s1600-h/DSC_2007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371397158075830610" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosJQaKnEVI/AAAAAAAADkU/zP7OeHHQ6SA/s400/DSC_2007.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />sweeter than honey....<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosJP2UXNBI/AAAAAAAADkM/6sBSsxmZxMQ/s1600-h/DSC_2024.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371397148453057554" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosJP2UXNBI/AAAAAAAADkM/6sBSsxmZxMQ/s400/DSC_2024.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />oliver finally woke up...</div><div>but he wasn't too thrilled</div><div>:O)</div><div>(and neither was eliza apparently, haha)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosJPqODilI/AAAAAAAADkE/kUfCGr-jKwA/s1600-h/DSC_2035.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371397145205377618" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosJPqODilI/AAAAAAAADkE/kUfCGr-jKwA/s400/DSC_2035.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />so sad...but SO cute<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosIryrem3I/AAAAAAAADj8/M-yfrYhZ6Ko/s1600-h/DSC_2070.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371396529000979314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosIryrem3I/AAAAAAAADj8/M-yfrYhZ6Ko/s400/DSC_2070.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />sexy?...I THINK SO!!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosIrbHxhGI/AAAAAAAADj0/iGbIwQ5yGFY/s1600-h/DSC_2071.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371396522677208162" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosIrbHxhGI/AAAAAAAADj0/iGbIwQ5yGFY/s400/DSC_2071.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />that's right....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosIqx-1XhI/AAAAAAAADjs/PFm4jxCbk3U/s1600-h/DSC_2074.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371396511633858066" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosIqx-1XhI/AAAAAAAADjs/PFm4jxCbk3U/s400/DSC_2074.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />they found a bag of chips on the grass and decided to feed it all to the birds...</div><div>FUNNN</div><div>(cousins...aren't they sweet!)<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosIqbejFmI/AAAAAAAADjk/xY3U5wanWdo/s1600-h/DSC_2079.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371396505592862306" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosIqbejFmI/AAAAAAAADjk/xY3U5wanWdo/s400/DSC_2079.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />daddy and lize....</div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> </div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosIpzT3gKI/AAAAAAAADjc/7imjcjURcvk/s1600-h/DSC_2094.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371396494810644642" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosIpzT3gKI/AAAAAAAADjc/7imjcjURcvk/s400/DSC_2094.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I love this boy!!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosH5esGT_I/AAAAAAAADjU/2mkxNArKNno/s1600-h/DSC_2159.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371395664641413106" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosH5esGT_I/AAAAAAAADjU/2mkxNArKNno/s400/DSC_2159.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> We found a fun, quiet river beach to play on....it was a blast!!!!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosH4wVkIhI/AAAAAAAADjM/F0B5qKHxE_U/s1600-h/DSC_2161.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371395652198867474" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosH4wVkIhI/AAAAAAAADjM/F0B5qKHxE_U/s400/DSC_2161.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosH4jG-grI/AAAAAAAADjE/Dp_n4B6oVjo/s1600-h/DSC_2174.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371395648648020658" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosH4jG-grI/AAAAAAAADjE/Dp_n4B6oVjo/s400/DSC_2174.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosH4BoHBQI/AAAAAAAADi8/FVBRHMVUnlU/s1600-h/DSC_2233.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371395639660184834" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 334px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosH4BoHBQI/AAAAAAAADi8/FVBRHMVUnlU/s400/DSC_2233.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />this boy was having too much fun...</div><div>again he fell asleep, while eating his KIX and grapenuts!!! </div><div>YUMMM<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosG6IucpBI/AAAAAAAADi0/V9l-5smwJiw/s1600-h/DSC_2260.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371394576413926418" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosG6IucpBI/AAAAAAAADi0/V9l-5smwJiw/s400/DSC_2260.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />cherry pickin' time!!!!</div><div>I know he looks thrilled :O)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosG5-2yvDI/AAAAAAAADis/x-0FtLLsnB0/s1600-h/DSC_2280.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371394573764574258" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosG5-2yvDI/AAAAAAAADis/x-0FtLLsnB0/s400/DSC_2280.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />can you believe all those</div><div> CHERRIES!!!<br />YUMMMMMMMM<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosG5QfvqXI/AAAAAAAADik/pxX8lCP_Sjw/s1600-h/DSC_2248.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371394561319872882" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosG5QfvqXI/AAAAAAAADik/pxX8lCP_Sjw/s400/DSC_2248.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosG5Cb145I/AAAAAAAADic/KPpXfoUHGdw/s1600-h/DSC_2281.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371394557545407378" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 337px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosG5Cb145I/AAAAAAAADic/KPpXfoUHGdw/s400/DSC_2281.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />family fun....</div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> </div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosG4iybqXI/AAAAAAAADiU/eYDnNmACggs/s1600-h/DSC_2299.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371394549050222962" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosG4iybqXI/AAAAAAAADiU/eYDnNmACggs/s400/DSC_2299.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />wild thing!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosGEKvJH0I/AAAAAAAADiM/mU_gdNYqh64/s1600-h/DSC_2316.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371393649240776514" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 345px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosGEKvJH0I/AAAAAAAADiM/mU_gdNYqh64/s400/DSC_2316.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The lady at the cherry orchard "you pick", had these beautiful labs for sale...</div><div>I wish we could have one.</div><div>Hopefully when we move.......</div><div>we'll have a cat named "cat" and a lab named "polly"....it's already been decided!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosGDncri3I/AAAAAAAADiE/lThhvYa7yYY/s1600-h/DSC_2331.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371393639768099698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosGDncri3I/AAAAAAAADiE/lThhvYa7yYY/s400/DSC_2331.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />after driving for over an hour in the 90+ degree sun/heat....with NO AC....aaron finally found the best deal on apricots and peaches!!!!</div><div>yummers!<br />I couldn't have been more relieved...atleast me and the kids had bono to jam out to....if we hadn't have had that, I'm sure there would have been a riot!!!!</div><div>:O)<br /></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosGDewVKJI/AAAAAAAADh8/oP8P9rVod_o/s1600-h/DSC_2332.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371393637434599570" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosGDewVKJI/AAAAAAAADh8/oP8P9rVod_o/s400/DSC_2332.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />My DREAM house!</div><div>Seriously, one of these days I'm going to knock on their door and ask to buy their "blue prints" for this house.</div><div>I love it, love it, love it!!!!</div><div>I know it's not a great picture...but use your imagination:O)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosGC2AQzWI/AAAAAAAADh0/YS8VrX7bZMw/s1600-h/DSC_2341.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371393626495569250" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 369px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosGC2AQzWI/AAAAAAAADh0/YS8VrX7bZMw/s400/DSC_2341.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />More lovin'<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosGCkuFgqI/AAAAAAAADhs/nsHHgwTsjhI/s1600-h/DSC_2343.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371393621855928994" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosGCkuFgqI/AAAAAAAADhs/nsHHgwTsjhI/s400/DSC_2343.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosEbvOQBaI/AAAAAAAADhk/YSq8t989fLY/s1600-h/DSC_2367.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371391855148664226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosEbvOQBaI/AAAAAAAADhk/YSq8t989fLY/s400/DSC_2367.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A lost kitten found the perfect home!</div><div>(atleast while these cute kids were around :O)</div><div>they gave that cat so much love and attention...and food.</div><div>it was really sweet.</div><div>Oliver really loved him.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosEbasf-gI/AAAAAAAADhc/Ty0NwzNOpm4/s1600-h/DSC_2371.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371391849638394370" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosEbasf-gI/AAAAAAAADhc/Ty0NwzNOpm4/s400/DSC_2371.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosEa6wv4kI/AAAAAAAADhU/oXYO-fx4uKU/s1600-h/DSC_2372.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371391841066279490" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 295px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosEa6wv4kI/AAAAAAAADhU/oXYO-fx4uKU/s400/DSC_2372.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosEaWeeqEI/AAAAAAAADhM/VX7k4gu4nXc/s1600-h/DSC_2375.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371391831325976642" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosEaWeeqEI/AAAAAAAADhM/VX7k4gu4nXc/s400/DSC_2375.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosD10OalGI/AAAAAAAADhE/DIALL2vUwZo/s1600-h/DSC_2378.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371391203656504418" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 234px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosD10OalGI/AAAAAAAADhE/DIALL2vUwZo/s400/DSC_2378.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I love playing in the sand...</div><div>probably one of my favorite things to do.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosD1ZzDRRI/AAAAAAAADg8/UkOt07oZfKA/s1600-h/DSC_2381.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371391196562408722" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosD1ZzDRRI/AAAAAAAADg8/UkOt07oZfKA/s400/DSC_2381.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosD1Bdh3QI/AAAAAAAADg0/u-Y9bSr9Reg/s1600-h/DSC_2412.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371391190029688066" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 292px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosD1Bdh3QI/AAAAAAAADg0/u-Y9bSr9Reg/s400/DSC_2412.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I'm sad because I forgot my camera when we went to pick huckleberries..</div><div>but here is what we made with the delicious little things...</div><div>huckleberry syrup for our waffles!</div><div>yummmmm<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosD0RLB0aI/AAAAAAAADgs/miDIbua3YHg/s1600-h/DSC_2431.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371391177067188642" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosD0RLB0aI/AAAAAAAADgs/miDIbua3YHg/s400/DSC_2431.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />a little pb an j on the rock climbing expedition!!!</div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> </div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosD0KNUoBI/AAAAAAAADgk/s3j3jMu1cI8/s1600-h/DSC_2434.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371391175197761554" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosD0KNUoBI/AAAAAAAADgk/s3j3jMu1cI8/s400/DSC_2434.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosCtjSMMxI/AAAAAAAADgc/ztQu3kOHKxE/s1600-h/DSC_2471.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371389962158355218" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosCtjSMMxI/AAAAAAAADgc/ztQu3kOHKxE/s400/DSC_2471.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />oliver getting prepped for the climb!!!</div><div>thanks nate and debbie,</div><div>that was SOOO FUNN!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosCtM1vfoI/AAAAAAAADgU/mfBwVVn7wnY/s1600-h/DSC_2482.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371389956133453442" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosCtM1vfoI/AAAAAAAADgU/mfBwVVn7wnY/s400/DSC_2482.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />up up and away....</div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> </div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosCstQGCRI/AAAAAAAADgM/0caTj6R6-FM/s1600-h/DSC_2496.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371389947654048018" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosCstQGCRI/AAAAAAAADgM/0caTj6R6-FM/s400/DSC_2496.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div>don't hold back sister...</div><div>don't hold back!</div><div>haha,</div><div>she is SOOO FUNNY!</div><div>and look how dirty those hands are...</div><div>man, vacations are the best!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosCsXGCebI/AAAAAAAADgE/mXk0zFN_V_Y/s1600-h/DSC_2515.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371389941706291634" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosCsXGCebI/AAAAAAAADgE/mXk0zFN_V_Y/s400/DSC_2515.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />that would be me...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosCrwtDaYI/AAAAAAAADf8/IBUSfgh-W94/s1600-h/DSC_2534.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371389931400948098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosCrwtDaYI/AAAAAAAADf8/IBUSfgh-W94/s400/DSC_2534.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />strut that little thing....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosBxEXAQ-I/AAAAAAAADf0/pSgaZOtUTpI/s1600-h/DSC_2550.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371388923064894434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosBxEXAQ-I/AAAAAAAADf0/pSgaZOtUTpI/s400/DSC_2550.jpg" border="0" /></a>roastin' the S'MORES!!!!</div><div>again...</div><div>:O) </div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosBwsfMqOI/AAAAAAAADfs/-xpwOtnc5KI/s1600-h/DSC_2567.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371388916656810210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosBwsfMqOI/AAAAAAAADfs/-xpwOtnc5KI/s400/DSC_2567.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosBwIZHOGI/AAAAAAAADfk/O0SvDB-Z_xI/s1600-h/DSC_2592.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371388906967611490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 203px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosBwIZHOGI/AAAAAAAADfk/O0SvDB-Z_xI/s400/DSC_2592.jpg" border="0" /></a>all of the grandkids (minus creede who was sleeping at the moment....I think:O),</div><div>being read to by grandma katz on the last night of our trip, it really was so sweet.</div><div>Oliver really came to LOVE LOVE LOVE his grandma katz this trip.</div><div>He told her after a while, "I used to be shy of you...but now I'm not". He was so sad to leave her and wants to see her all of the time. Whenever we go running on the dish you can see the ocean in the distance and he always describes how he would cross that ocean so he could get to grandma katz's house so he could see her....he wanted to use a boat, but I told him an airplane would be much faster, so he decided on the airplane!</div><div>He also on our run one time randomly asked about her back (it broke while we were together on our trip)...he said he remembered that she hurt it, and wanted to call and see if she was ok.</div><div>So grandma katz, just so you know, Oliver loves you dearly, and he thinks about you always, and can't wait to see you again!<br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosBvl6szAI/AAAAAAAADfc/Hk1FrljQDxE/s1600-h/DSC_2598.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371388897713245186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosBvl6szAI/AAAAAAAADfc/Hk1FrljQDxE/s400/DSC_2598.jpg" border="0" /></a> on our way home we stopped to camp at another place in oregon....</div><div>Oliver caught this grasshopper ALL BY HIMSELF, and was so proud.</div><div>It was his first catch EVER, and he really wanted me to get a picture of it.</div><div>He also was excited to tell Tyler about it.</div><div>(Tyler, along with all of the other cousins are experts at catching grasshoppers, Now oliver is ready to join the club, and he has the "grasshopper picture" to prove it! :O)</div><div> </div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosBvGSdywI/AAAAAAAADfU/MKamePYNBx4/s1600-h/DSC_2600.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371388889222990594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SosBvGSdywI/AAAAAAAADfU/MKamePYNBx4/s400/DSC_2600.jpg" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>aaron and jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730663181312692810noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329858159015045422.post-88369634893611794012009-08-17T22:57:00.000-07:002009-08-18T09:36:56.272-07:00pics...Pics...PICS :O)<div align="center">just a few...I'm tired :O)</div><div align="center">enjoy</div><div align="center">and good night</div><div align="center">sly</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">I've always been "kind of" obsessed with bandanas.</div><div align="center">therefore, it's always my favorite when the kids will wear them...</div><div align="center">too cute.</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopHMqxe12I/AAAAAAAADfI/LGrW-4onVGU/s1600-h/cDSC_2725.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371183788558571362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 330px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopHMqxe12I/AAAAAAAADfI/LGrW-4onVGU/s400/cDSC_2725.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopGxIEwa2I/AAAAAAAADfA/mDJd1zukPmI/s1600-h/bwDSC_2661.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371183315387706210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopGxIEwa2I/AAAAAAAADfA/mDJd1zukPmI/s400/bwDSC_2661.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">lizey</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">boopoo</span><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopGw0-ZnAI/AAAAAAAADe4/4n2mEMtIASI/s1600-h/DSC_2745.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371183310260771842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 340px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopGw0-ZnAI/AAAAAAAADe4/4n2mEMtIASI/s400/DSC_2745.jpg" border="0" /></a><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">mr</span>. tough<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopGwfHuKRI/AAAAAAAADew/J_rxOxN6p28/s1600-h/DSC_2739.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371183304394287378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 333px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopGwfHuKRI/AAAAAAAADew/J_rxOxN6p28/s400/DSC_2739.jpg" border="0" /></a>this was a bandanna I purchased from a really cool shop in<br />Leavenworth, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Wa</span>.<br />I LOVE IT!!!!<br />so cute on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">eliza</span>....SO CUTE!<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopGwIMElSI/AAAAAAAADeo/m2kEVEb32ZI/s1600-h/DSC_2735.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371183298238518562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopGwIMElSI/AAAAAAAADeo/m2kEVEb32ZI/s400/DSC_2735.jpg" border="0" /></a>just so HANDSOME...<br />getting so big!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopGvkd9-cI/AAAAAAAADeg/CaAiKoq9RCs/s1600-h/DSC_2725.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371183288649906626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 330px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopGvkd9-cI/AAAAAAAADeg/CaAiKoq9RCs/s400/DSC_2725.jpg" border="0" /></a>in color...<br /><br /><br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">ok</span>...these are triathlon pictures...</div><div>ENJOY :O)</div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">haha</span><br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopFhecLa3I/AAAAAAAADeY/CS97JjpjVrQ/s1600-h/DSC_2718.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371181947001990002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 397px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopFhecLa3I/AAAAAAAADeY/CS97JjpjVrQ/s400/DSC_2718.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopFgxDZf5I/AAAAAAAADeQ/RfhgCWu65fI/s1600-h/DSC_2687.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371181934818459538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 360px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopFgxDZf5I/AAAAAAAADeQ/RfhgCWu65fI/s400/DSC_2687.jpg" border="0" /></a>a sexy HARD CORE bunch!!!!</div><div>love you guys!!!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopFgYWRJwI/AAAAAAAADeI/CANu3MaEesc/s1600-h/DSC_2685.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371181928186717954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopFgYWRJwI/AAAAAAAADeI/CANu3MaEesc/s400/DSC_2685.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopFgPmMG4I/AAAAAAAADeA/HsWtBW7JxsM/s1600-h/DSC_2678.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371181925837577090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 271px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopFgPmMG4I/AAAAAAAADeA/HsWtBW7JxsM/s400/DSC_2678.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopErbVfcpI/AAAAAAAADd4/E6Vn5s-fzH4/s1600-h/DSC_2668.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371181018455700114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 372px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopErbVfcpI/AAAAAAAADd4/E6Vn5s-fzH4/s400/DSC_2668.jpg" border="0" /></a> just an interesting shot...</div><div>cute little "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">boppy</span>"<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopEq-sHVaI/AAAAAAAADdw/27GFUqUAXyA/s1600-h/DSC_2644.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371181010765960610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopEq-sHVaI/AAAAAAAADdw/27GFUqUAXyA/s400/DSC_2644.jpg" border="0" /></a>We've got a PAINTER on our hands. HE LOVES TO PAINT!</div><div>this picture was of a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">waterfall</span> that was "falling on both sides" he said...</div><div>CUTE!<br /></div><div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopEqgAZKwI/AAAAAAAADdo/ufreciGCass/s1600-h/DSC_2629.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371181002529516290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopEqgAZKwI/AAAAAAAADdo/ufreciGCass/s400/DSC_2629.jpg" border="0" /></a> sister and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">boppy</span> working together...<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopEqHosXKI/AAAAAAAADdg/T1Fs8rs0tdM/s1600-h/DSC_2622.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371180995987659938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopEqHosXKI/AAAAAAAADdg/T1Fs8rs0tdM/s400/DSC_2622.jpg" border="0" /></a>sister's masterpiece!<br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Just playing around with color...</div><div>Why?, you ask....</div><div>BECAUSE IT'S <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">FUNNNN</span>!!!!!<br /></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopD38r0V9I/AAAAAAAADdY/CCBd2hj6cXU/s1600-h/cDSC_2745.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371180134054516690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 340px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopD38r0V9I/AAAAAAAADdY/CCBd2hj6cXU/s400/cDSC_2745.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopD3q1gAEI/AAAAAAAADdQ/yU0knKxAsKU/s1600-h/bwDSC_2742.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371180129263288386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopD3q1gAEI/AAAAAAAADdQ/yU0knKxAsKU/s400/bwDSC_2742.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopD3KLdnDI/AAAAAAAADdI/0NfBRKA2PhI/s1600-h/bwDSC_2739.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371180120497036338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 333px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopD3KLdnDI/AAAAAAAADdI/0NfBRKA2PhI/s400/bwDSC_2739.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopD2mjam9I/AAAAAAAADdA/PGkkyqVFZAA/s1600-h/bwDSC_2730.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371180110933826514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 220px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopD2mjam9I/AAAAAAAADdA/PGkkyqVFZAA/s400/bwDSC_2730.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopD2PwTjkI/AAAAAAAADc4/J2ICD6K61jc/s1600-h/bwDSC_2725.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371180104813874754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 330px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SopD2PwTjkI/AAAAAAAADc4/J2ICD6K61jc/s400/bwDSC_2725.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />cheers,</div><div>and may you all have a very good week to come.</div><div>Enjoy the rest of summer.....</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>aaron and jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730663181312692810noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329858159015045422.post-79770318320598296472009-08-17T21:40:00.000-07:002009-08-17T22:38:29.369-07:00life...Life...LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!Ok folks,<br />I don't even know where to begin. Honestly. So much has happened, so much I have wanted to post about...but just haven't.<br />so....I guess I will just start from the beginning of the summer.<br /><br />For finals week, we had my friend ashley williams fly out to help us watch the kids while I studied and aaron worked. I studied a lot...but I also think we had a really fun time too (wouldn't you agree ash?....hahaha, I'm not sure she would, she was the one watching our crazy kids:O)<br />On the last day of school and right after my very last final of my first quarter of nursing school....<br />we jumped into the car and headed to a salon. I CHOPPED MY HAIR OFF, and DYED IT TOO!!!! I'm not sure I was in my right mind as I had just had a miserable week of trying to study for finals....<br />BUT...<br />Ashley did a great job in "attempting" to make my hair look "cute" after we returned home. It looked great while she was here, but since she has left, I have done my hair ONCE (and she left at the end of june). I am bad when it comes to hair, I just never find the time to do it like I should...OH WELL, haha:O)<br />But thanks Ashley for such a great time....It really was fun to have you here; and thanks for putting up with "kipper", it has since been BANNED from ever being watched, so you would be pleased:O)<br /><br />I also went to visit my other dear friend Ashley Brown/jackson (oliver very lovingly calls her "brown-ashley"....very cute :O). She was/is living in a near by city for the summer, so the kids and I went to stay for a night with her and had a really great time. I love reuniting with high school friends, they really are so special, and could never be replaced:O).<br /><br />In the middle of july we went to Leavenworth, Washington....<br />Oh my gosh, this is honestly my very most favorite place to go on vacation (so far:O). Every summer we go, and each summer it gets better and better. I love it there...love it.<br />Aaron's mom and brother and sister along with their families were all able to meet up there ( along with many of their cousins...) We had a great time spending time together. We slept outside for a couple of nights, played badminton, picked huckleberries, and cherries, made cobblers, and huckleberry syrup for breakfast, made dough-nuts, floated and swam down the icicle river, skipped rocks, soaked up the hot sun, the boys went fishing (oliver caught 4 fish), we went shopping (I finally bought something from the fun Leavenworth shops), visited the HAT shop, got ice cream, went for several EARLY morning LLLLONG runs, debbie and I explored lots of new places to run...one of which took us "almost" to the top of a mountain where we had the most BEAUTIFUL view....man, that was a VERY memorable run...between the view, the intensity of the run (in other words I almost killed over), and "the bear scares"....It was very memorable indeed!<br />We go to Leavenworth because that is where Aaron's grandmother lives. However when we went this summer she was in a nursing facility, so we were able to visit her there. It was sad to see her in there, and it seemed pretty clear that she was ready to be with her husband....<br />she died last week, and we are so sad that she's gone, but even more happy that she is with her husband and other family members, and at peace on the other side. We love you and miss you grandma blanchard...<br />Thanks to the Katz family for such a great trip to Leavenworth this year. It was a very memorable trip; Aaron's mom broke her back while we were there (and I won't go into detail on how it happened because if it weren't for us...she wouldn't have broke her back...and I feel really bad about it).<br />But...she says it is getting better, and I hope and pray she will recover FULLY, very soon.<br /><br />After Leavenworth, we had a lot of BIG IDEAS....we are so tired of living in such a busy place. We dreamt of moving to Oregon or Washington and living on an Orchard where we would grow lots of delicious fruits...and also have a garden full of yummy vegetables.....a home with LOTS of land for the kids to run FREE on.<br />We really hope one day our "DREAM" will come true...<br /><br />We've done a lot of camping and it has been A BLAST! I am very happy about that because I remember the summers being FILLED with camp outs with my grandma and grandpa martin.....I've missed it a lot, and this summer it just worked out so perfectly to go out a lot...<br />Oliver loves it so much, and I love seeing him so happy.<br /><br />We've spent a LOT of time with our Stanford friends this summer. We picked up and moved so fast last spring that we didn't get a good chance to tell them goodbye, or even hang out with them while I was in school...it was just so CRAZY.<br />We realized how much we missed them and how lonely we feel here...so we go back to campus A LOT and visit. IT'S THE BEST!!!! Thanks for being there you guys, and for loving us even though we kind of dropped off the face of the earth for quite some time:O)<br /><br />I just did a triathlon with a few of my friends.....IT WAS AMAZING! I loved every second of it...even though it was REALLY REALLY HARD! I cannot believe I've been missing out on such a fun EVENT! I hope to do many more...it was one of the FUNNEST things I have done in a long time. It was so different too than anything I have ever done before...so...it was just amazing...end of story.<br />ps... It was a sprint triathlon and consisted of a: 400 meter swim, 11 mile bike ride and a 3 mile run.....it doesn't sound hard, but come on....you try it and tell me if you think it's a "piece of cake" :O). I about killed over, but man...I will do it a hundred times over, the adrenaline you get from doing it is incredible....<br /><br />and now....<br />we're just hanging out. I've had a lot of fun hanging out with the kids this summer. We've done a TON TON TON of swimming because there is a pool here at our new place (community pool). Oliver is a FISH. HE LOVES TO SWIM SO MUCH!!!! He'll go under water for a long time and just hang out there and swim (try to swim)...he doesn't swim great, but he can do it, and is getting better and better. <br />Eliza is the cutest thing you ever did see...honestly, she is just so cute (sure, I know I'm bias:O)...<br />none the less, she is darling, and just so funny. Her and oliver love to play together and will go quite some time playing a game together (just silly games that they make up:O), without fighting at all....just lovingly playing. It is very sweet, and I couldn't ask for more.<br /><br />Well... I hope to post pictures tomorrow. There are so many, so I'm not sure how to get them all up...but I will do my best.<br /><br />Have a great night everybody~<br />SLYaaron and jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730663181312692810noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329858159015045422.post-57236111828190149952009-06-17T21:49:00.001-07:002009-06-17T23:02:22.854-07:00pics...the best weekend in a VERRRY long time!<div align="center">No time to chat, but thought I'd send some very fun pics!!!!<br />SLY<br />I love my husband, whom I am so proud of...I love my dear sweet two year old....and I love our little oliver..</div><div align="center">I love that my mom and dad were able to come and visit us, and be here for Aaron's Graduation....it really meant a lot to both of us.</div><div align="center">thanks mom and dad,</div><div align="center">for everything...</div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SjnJaNgeJpI/AAAAAAAACwI/UPL5smb3rw4/s1600-h/DSC_1044.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348527484618811026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SjnJaNgeJpI/AAAAAAAACwI/UPL5smb3rw4/s400/DSC_1044.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SjnJIjcz8xI/AAAAAAAACwA/ru26Fd3w3JU/s1600-h/DSC_1000.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348527181271397138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 305px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SjnJIjcz8xI/AAAAAAAACwA/ru26Fd3w3JU/s400/DSC_1000.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SjnJIbgIGFI/AAAAAAAACv4/vh2XmA7RuX0/s1600-h/DSC_0999.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348527179137816658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SjnJIbgIGFI/AAAAAAAACv4/vh2XmA7RuX0/s400/DSC_0999.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SjnJIKNBlpI/AAAAAAAACvw/i8zZo3pXucI/s1600-h/DSC_0989.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348527174494295698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SjnJIKNBlpI/AAAAAAAACvw/i8zZo3pXucI/s400/DSC_0989.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SjnJH2JlvcI/AAAAAAAACvo/u21O1Cmgdgg/s1600-h/DSC_0963.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348527169111178690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 343px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SjnJH2JlvcI/AAAAAAAACvo/u21O1Cmgdgg/s400/DSC_0963.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SjnJHUKROyI/AAAAAAAACvg/YoYUYEQ-vQs/s1600-h/DSC_0928.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348527159987223330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SjnJHUKROyI/AAAAAAAACvg/YoYUYEQ-vQs/s400/DSC_0928.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SjnIchi8mSI/AAAAAAAACvY/3oeb_zeJVZE/s1600-h/DSC_0857.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348526424846014754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SjnIchi8mSI/AAAAAAAACvY/3oeb_zeJVZE/s400/DSC_0857.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SjnIcQOYd-I/AAAAAAAACvQ/lE0O97lNwuM/s1600-h/DSC_0795.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348526420196358114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SjnIcQOYd-I/AAAAAAAACvQ/lE0O97lNwuM/s400/DSC_0795.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SjnIcM0wkoI/AAAAAAAACvI/pbepMzwc7yo/s1600-h/040.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348526419283579522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SjnIcM0wkoI/AAAAAAAACvI/pbepMzwc7yo/s400/040.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SjnIcFP6fGI/AAAAAAAACvA/AuteNCeVESU/s1600-h/007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348526417249991778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SjnIcFP6fGI/AAAAAAAACvA/AuteNCeVESU/s400/007.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SjnIb1WaBBI/AAAAAAAACu4/JAqMr6QLUW8/s1600-h/005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348526412982256658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/SjnIb1WaBBI/AAAAAAAACu4/JAqMr6QLUW8/s400/005.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>aaron and jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730663181312692810noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329858159015045422.post-59772644950717667602009-05-22T22:47:00.000-07:002009-05-24T14:23:14.480-07:00have I told you lately....<div align="center">that I LOVE YOU!!!!!!</div><div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Shjd-ZN24jI/AAAAAAAACt0/Rbl8yZvFMj8/s1600-h/DSC_0069.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339261422238360114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Shjd-ZN24jI/AAAAAAAACt0/Rbl8yZvFMj8/s400/DSC_0069.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Shjd-P6Sa2I/AAAAAAAACts/5GK6UBg2uEM/s1600-h/DSC_9351.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339261419740359522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 292px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Shjd-P6Sa2I/AAAAAAAACts/5GK6UBg2uEM/s400/DSC_9351.jpg" border="0" /></a>oliver is a real mountain climbing pro.<br />He loves it, even though it doesn't really look like it in this picture :O)<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Shjd91tEatI/AAAAAAAACtk/udlBCTBq9Yk/s1600-h/DSC_9430.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339261412705594066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Shjd91tEatI/AAAAAAAACtk/udlBCTBq9Yk/s400/DSC_9430.jpg" border="0" /></a> Oliver took this picture.<br />I think he did a really GREAT job!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Shjd9meQvVI/AAAAAAAACtc/JUJQ52-rhSU/s1600-h/DSC_9397.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339261408616955218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Shjd9meQvVI/AAAAAAAACtc/JUJQ52-rhSU/s400/DSC_9397.jpg" border="0" /></a> he took this one too :O)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Shjd9fEwXmI/AAAAAAAACtU/uZ43n5hG4qg/s1600-h/DSC_9396.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339261406630927970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/Shjd9fEwXmI/AAAAAAAACtU/uZ43n5hG4qg/s400/DSC_9396.jpg" border="0" /></a> scootin'<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ShjbWc0huVI/AAAAAAAACtM/JnSVNDFyHmw/s1600-h/DSC_0157.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339258536987834706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 356px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ShjbWc0huVI/AAAAAAAACtM/JnSVNDFyHmw/s400/DSC_0157.jpg" border="0" /></a>the kids sportin' my hat!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ShjbWBT256I/AAAAAAAACtE/JWAooT_OgM4/s1600-h/DSC_0147.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339258529603053474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ShjbWBT256I/AAAAAAAACtE/JWAooT_OgM4/s400/DSC_0147.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ShjbV7UgQSI/AAAAAAAACs8/suuqNxPoIW0/s1600-h/DSC_0143.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339258527995150626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ShjbV7UgQSI/AAAAAAAACs8/suuqNxPoIW0/s400/DSC_0143.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ShjbVhb7BMI/AAAAAAAACs0/6ckq1TyZXeI/s1600-h/DSC_0109.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339258521046942914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 338px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ShjbVhb7BMI/AAAAAAAACs0/6ckq1TyZXeI/s400/DSC_0109.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ShjbVVnWYGI/AAAAAAAACss/iABQA8F-vYA/s1600-h/DSC_0096.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339258517873647714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ShjbVVnWYGI/AAAAAAAACss/iABQA8F-vYA/s400/DSC_0096.jpg" border="0" /></a>a little water fun...</div><div>on a COLD evening (this was tonight:O)<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ShjY6I3EMwI/AAAAAAAACsk/zkSqWAoIlDU/s1600-h/DSC_0073.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339255851570180866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 373px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ShjY6I3EMwI/AAAAAAAACsk/zkSqWAoIlDU/s400/DSC_0073.jpg" border="0" /></a> I love this picture.</div><div>They were having SOOOO MUCH FUN!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ShjY5_dQblI/AAAAAAAACsc/dsaMdFc3QVs/s1600-h/DSC_0057.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339255849046011474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ShjY5_dQblI/AAAAAAAACsc/dsaMdFc3QVs/s400/DSC_0057.jpg" border="0" /></a>I love him<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ShjY5kYx8yI/AAAAAAAACsU/VodXuJ3joaM/s1600-h/DSC_0056.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339255841779479330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ShjY5kYx8yI/AAAAAAAACsU/VodXuJ3joaM/s400/DSC_0056.jpg" border="0" /></a>I love them.....<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ShjY5ffQlZI/AAAAAAAACsM/O6FlcI6VVzY/s1600-h/DSC_0040.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339255840464475538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 321px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ShjY5ffQlZI/AAAAAAAACsM/O6FlcI6VVzY/s400/DSC_0040.jpg" border="0" /></a>2 little cuties....</div><div>and one little wedgy</div><div>(sorry boppy)<br /></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ShjY5FzB7JI/AAAAAAAACsE/FahxLRZeVtI/s1600-h/DSC_0027.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339255833568078994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 367px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ShjY5FzB7JI/AAAAAAAACsE/FahxLRZeVtI/s400/DSC_0027.jpg" border="0" /></a>Oliver took this one too!</div><div>he's so good...<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ShjWT35GMKI/AAAAAAAACr8/4ldW44WnA50/s1600-h/nursing+school4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339252995157012642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ShjWT35GMKI/AAAAAAAACr8/4ldW44WnA50/s400/nursing+school4.jpg" border="0" /></a> clinical....<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ShjWTlO3GEI/AAAAAAAACr0/KMBWTNf4w7g/s1600-h/nursing+school3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339252990148024386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ShjWTlO3GEI/AAAAAAAACr0/KMBWTNf4w7g/s400/nursing+school3.jpg" border="0" /></a> Blood pressure time!</div><div>We had to do EVERYBODY in our class....</div><div>so this is us doin the BP!</div><div>(I wish I had a picture of "the butt")</div><div>"the butt" is what we practice putting sterile dressings on....it's pretty sweet.<br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ShjWTdtbwSI/AAAAAAAACrs/ikseNE74hMc/s1600-h/nursing+school2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339252988128772386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ShjWTdtbwSI/AAAAAAAACrs/ikseNE74hMc/s400/nursing+school2.jpg" border="0" /></a>clinical group!</div><div>(not the whole class, just half of us!)</div><div>"Pop that collar, throw up that sign- L.A.C. puttin' it DOWN, baby!!!"</div><div>This was entitled by one of my classmates!</div><div>I love them....</div><div>I really love love love my classmates!</div><div>and ps...don't worry, I know I look like an idiot:O)</div><div></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ShjWTcqZsJI/AAAAAAAACrk/Kuls2c1vgvA/s1600-h/nursing+school1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339252987847618706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ShjWTcqZsJI/AAAAAAAACrk/Kuls2c1vgvA/s400/nursing+school1.jpg" border="0" /></a>Us being normal...</div><div align="left">haha<br /><br />Well,</div><div align="left">it's been a long time.</div><div align="left"><br />I have had a hard time updating my blog because I have NO pictures to add...not because I haven't taken any....believe me there are TONZZZZZZZZZZZz your're missing out on:O).....but.</div><div align="left"><br />Alas....I am a stinking perfectionist and haven't had the time to go through ALLLLLLLLLLLLLL of them and weed out the bad (which there are way too many, which is why I probably don't even go there....) and dig hard and deep to find the good. (I'm talking picture quality if you weren't quite following the whole "bad" and "good" thing:O)</div><div align="left"><br />Anyway....</div><div align="left"><br />lame I know...but deal with it because that is just how it is:o) ha!</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">anyway (I just had to get that off my chest).</div><div align="left">(after I finished writing this post...I decided to add a few "sneak peak" pictures....not many....but hey, it's something, right!?)</div><div align="left"><br />The reason I am posting tonight is because I am seriously HEAD OVER HEALS IN LOVE! I'm not kidding you....I have never been more in love in my life.</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">I'm in love with my husband more than I have ever been....and I am SOOO in love with these two beautiful children who are sleeping peacefully and sweetly as I type this..... children whom my husband and I get to cherish and love for time and eternity....</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">my heart is so full...</div><div align="left"><br />Things have been crazy lately. School has kept me very busy and I am exhausted so much of the time that sometimes I wonder if we/our family/I will make it out of these two years SANE!</div><div align="left"><br />But through this SANITY, I have a CONSTANT....his name is Aaron. I cannot tell you how grateful, how blessed, and how TRULY lucky I feel to have him as my husband. He has stepped to the side from his own persuits, to let me have the dream I have/we have been waiting for, for so so long.</div><div align="left"><br />My husband cooks our meals, he does our grocery shopping, he stays home 2 days a week with the kids, and still works 40+ hours a week for his job.</div><div align="left"><br />He is my hero in this time of craziness....I couldn't do it if I didn't have him. I couldn't. He keeps me sane by helping keep our life as orderly and chaotic free as possible, even though what I used to think was chaotic is quite normal these days.</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">I've had to let a few things go...which has been hard...but we're going to get through this none the less.</div><div align="left"><br />And just for the record, here are the things that I have had to somewhat let go of, and just take care of when possible: LAUNDRY...this has been a big one. It gets done and folded eventually...but a big CLEAN pile builds up in a corner of our room. I do laundry at night because that is really the only time to do it...but it's usually in the middle of aaron working(from home) and myself studying...so as soon as it comes out of the dryer...it just goes to "the corner". It's awful, and I HATE IT...but, it's one of those things that I've had to kind of let go. I've also had to let the TOYS go....I had them so organized and so functional....now, in order to keep things as CLEAN AS POSSIBLE, AS FAST AS POSSIBLE!.....they just get thrown in any one of the toy bins that happens to be sitting there.....so, to find anything is really impossible. </div><div align="left"><br />Running has also fallen to the way-side. This has been really hard on me..... I want to go so bad, but honestly I have not had the energy to get myself out there...plus I've learned something new about myself...I HATE RUNNING IN NEIGHBORHOODS! ....that's a strong word...I know, but it's true. Therefore, in order to run, which I have to do with the kids because there is no other time....it has to be in a neighborhood, on a sidewalk (because the have no paths here and the streets are pretty busy, the ones that are "through" streets anyway)....so, to say the least it's hard to get myself out there because I just don't enjoy it much.....AT ALL actually:O)</div><div align="left"><br />I'm a trail runner. I like the hills, I like the dirt...I like THE QUIET/no cars... I like the fresh, clean air, I like the smells, I like it because it makes me feel so good, it's so much more of a release than running on a street. My body has a LOT to sweat out, things that are on my mind...anxiety, fears, frustrations, emotions that just have no other escape than SWEATING out in a peaceful place:O)</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">I need it.</div><div align="left">So...it's been hard trying to find the time and energy to run, but I think I'm getting the hang of this first quarter for now (knock on wood)....so I'm getting back into it. I've gone 4 times this week, and it felt really good. Saturday mornings I run at Rancho (my long run), on monday's I go back to "the dish" and run with the kids. On tuesday I run with a friend, 6 am at Rancho. On thursdays we're trying to go together as a family....this week was our "pilot" week...AND IT WAS SUCH A SUCCESSSS!!!! I loved every minute of it (even though we were in neighborhoods). I LOVE NOTHING MORE than being with my family. I have missed more than you can ever know, running with my husband and our two beautiful little "boopoos"(that's what aaron has begun to lovingly call them...eliza's giraffy, whom she loves and adores probably more than aaron and I, is named "boopoo", so oliver and eliza are our "boopoos".....)...anyway...it was an incredible feeling to all be together, running, getting fresh air and just being outside. I told you...I am so in love right now, I can hardly stand it.</div><div align="left"><br />I'm ok writing this maybe "cheesy" post because it's not always like this. There are times when oliver and eliza have driven me so crazy during the day that I feel like I am going to burst...</div><div align="left">and often times it's not only for a "day"....it's like a week...or MAYBE even a month at a time.</div><div align="left"><br />Life is hard and there is a lot that can be bad some of the time.</div><div align="left"><br />BUT, right now it IS good. And I want to remember how incredible it feels.</div><div align="left"><br />Tonight was precious. We have started putting the kids to bed in separate rooms because they keep eachother awake FOR HOURS if we let them sleep together. It's really fun to hear them giggling and playing...but it has really affected their sleep...which they need in order to function...</div><div align="left"><br />anyway, so every night we get to make the switch at about 10pm. We move eliza from our room back into oliver's room. I do "the pick up" and aaron moves the bed and gets it ready in oliver's room (it's the pack'n play).</div><div align="left"><br />"the pick up" is one of the best parts of my day. It includes holding our beautiful sleeping baby in my arms, as tightly as I can....who doesn't love that? It really is the most peaceful feeling in the world. I never feel so much love and peace as I feel when I'm holding our sleeping children...</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">I could hold them forever, and sometimes I wish I could.</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">(my computer froze and I just lost a ton of this entry....so I'm just going to end here because I am too tired to figure out what I lost :O)</div><div align="left"><br />Anyway~just thought I would let you know we're still kickin' and going about our lives!</div><div align="left"><br />I love school, and am really happy that I am finally doing what I've been wanting to do for so long. It's craziness, but it'll only get harder, so I'm trying not to get too lost in it all...because I have to save myself/our family for what's to come. At least that's what everybody says who are in quarters ahead of us, so I am bracing myself, and hopefully we'll just make it through :)</div><div align="left"><br />Ok,</div><div align="left"><br />I think that's it for now.....have a great week everybody, and a Happy Memorial Day!</div><div align="left"><br />SLY</div><div align="left"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>aaron and jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730663181312692810noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329858159015045422.post-78737615874072749402009-03-18T19:44:00.000-07:002009-03-18T21:46:11.369-07:00THE DISH!!!! My solace....<div align="center">I present to you...</div><div align="center">"the dish"</div><div align="center">My solace.</div><div align="center">So this is the run that I've done for the past 4.5 years. I don't stray too much from this route because, well....It's beautiful...it "speaks" to me...It has hills, my body needs lots of hills, lots of SWEAT...it's long and I like LONG (time to think)....one of my closest friends was made by running this time after time together....</div><div align="center">This has been a really emotional experience for me. I'm not sure why I feel so torn from here, but I do. My heart is full.</div><div align="center">So here it is....the dish.</div><div align="center">Enjoy, and don't judge too harshly my picture taking skills. This is not for "eye-candy" purposes...this is for the sake of learning a little more about me...what I love, and what I hold very close to my heart.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">THE FIRST HILL </div><div align="center">(it's only just begun :O)!</div><div align="center">(ps..this is the first 1/2 of the first hill...it continues for quite a while :O)</div><div align="center">isn't it beautiful?</div><div align="center">(this is looking behind me...not ahead :O)</div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG9CRCeODI/AAAAAAAACrc/NNj9jqo-XNk/s1600-h/DSC_7305.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314736881905055794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 245px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG9CRCeODI/AAAAAAAACrc/NNj9jqo-XNk/s400/DSC_7305.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG9CL_ka4I/AAAAAAAACrU/RvTFBrfuYiQ/s1600-h/DSC_7306.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314736880550701954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG9CL_ka4I/AAAAAAAACrU/RvTFBrfuYiQ/s400/DSC_7306.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"my" tree.</div><div align="center">I could not get a good picture of this little tree...but I always spot <div>him and we share a little moment. No matter the time of day I would see this tree, the scenery surrounding him was always breathtaking. Gosh I love the outdoors.</div><div>ps...don't mind the spots on my camera/lens...not sure why they are in some pics and not in others...unfortunately, this one has lots of SPOTS :O)</div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG9BtxHenI/AAAAAAAACrM/b0Y6ugyGL30/s1600-h/DSC_7319.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314736872437021298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 285px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG9BtxHenI/AAAAAAAACrM/b0Y6ugyGL30/s400/DSC_7319.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"looking back"</div><div>the bell tower, one of oliver's all time favorite structures on campus (this and the 2 cranes that never go anywhere)<br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG8akPQgEI/AAAAAAAACrE/VE5fbiP3sC0/s1600-h/DSC_7326.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314736199864188994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 383px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG8akPQgEI/AAAAAAAACrE/VE5fbiP3sC0/s400/DSC_7326.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />another looking back...</div><div>and nearing the end of that VERY long hill!</div><div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG8aWf8vqI/AAAAAAAACq8/DxOk_oSdEn8/s1600-h/DSC_7342.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314736196176101026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 383px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG8aWf8vqI/AAAAAAAACq8/DxOk_oSdEn8/s400/DSC_7342.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Off to the left....</div><div>beautiful foothills.</div><div>(are you getting why this place is my solace? :O)</div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG8aADT6zI/AAAAAAAACq0/5OMR8qblYpI/s1600-h/DSC_7347.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314736190150404914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG8aADT6zI/AAAAAAAACq0/5OMR8qblYpI/s400/DSC_7347.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />me and sister!</div><div>I took her on this picture taking journey, and she was a CHAMP!</div><div>I would have gone by myself...but I needed a "camera holder" :O)</div><div>This run usually takes a little less than an hour...on this day it took us an hour and 45-50 minutes :O) </div><div>thanks eliza for humoring me....</div><div>I love you :O)</div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG8aGPLzEI/AAAAAAAACqs/8leT6PyBCWo/s1600-h/bwDSC_7353.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314736191810817090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 211px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG8aGPLzEI/AAAAAAAACqs/8leT6PyBCWo/s400/bwDSC_7353.jpg" border="0" /></a> see the sweat beads.... :O)</div><div>ah, the joy!<br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG8ZrlEe0I/AAAAAAAACqk/_VgPRhlJuio/s1600-h/DSC_7351.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314736184654854978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 237px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG8ZrlEe0I/AAAAAAAACqk/_VgPRhlJuio/s400/DSC_7351.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Again to my left!<br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG7J6aQKcI/AAAAAAAACqc/7961RP3c9wc/s1600-h/DSC_7365.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314734814246480322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 199px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG7J6aQKcI/AAAAAAAACqc/7961RP3c9wc/s400/DSC_7365.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG7JZKjCbI/AAAAAAAACqU/EVPCq_ND2Eo/s1600-h/DSC_7369.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314734805322238386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 204px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG7JZKjCbI/AAAAAAAACqU/EVPCq_ND2Eo/s400/DSC_7369.jpg" border="0" /></a> Straight in front of me and to the right a little bit :O)<br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG7JQ7FbBI/AAAAAAAACqM/JF-txCo_azo/s1600-h/DSC_7371.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314734803109899282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 195px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG7JQ7FbBI/AAAAAAAACqM/JF-txCo_azo/s400/DSC_7371.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div> Isn't that fog COOOL!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG7JSN8pbI/AAAAAAAACqE/UDc2oiG0K8o/s1600-h/DSC_7375.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314734803457451442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 206px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG7JSN8pbI/AAAAAAAACqE/UDc2oiG0K8o/s400/DSC_7375.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG7JEl-kWI/AAAAAAAACp8/FOzQvK2mJOw/s1600-h/DSC_7379.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314734799800144226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 208px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG7JEl-kWI/AAAAAAAACp8/FOzQvK2mJOw/s400/DSC_7379.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div>"the big dish"</div><div>off in the distance</div><div>pretty cool eh?</div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG6Ws9Hq6I/AAAAAAAACp0/c6QPB6rRCDw/s1600-h/DSC_7382.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314733934461299618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 271px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG6Ws9Hq6I/AAAAAAAACp0/c6QPB6rRCDw/s400/DSC_7382.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG6WXDPxhI/AAAAAAAACps/IQ1RePc0j0E/s1600-h/DSC_7385.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314733928581416466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 231px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG6WXDPxhI/AAAAAAAACps/IQ1RePc0j0E/s400/DSC_7385.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />three little trees lined up in a row...<br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG6WKDaTnI/AAAAAAAACpk/yo7b9aKU4q4/s1600-h/DSC_7387.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314733925092445810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 229px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG6WKDaTnI/AAAAAAAACpk/yo7b9aKU4q4/s400/DSC_7387.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG6V2d8wqI/AAAAAAAACpc/fwg91QazWNk/s1600-h/DSC_7392.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314733919835046562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG6V2d8wqI/AAAAAAAACpc/fwg91QazWNk/s400/DSC_7392.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />not sure how I feel about this shot...<br /><div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG6VKVPVFI/AAAAAAAACpU/RKqGJIRtlQw/s1600-h/DSC_7393.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314733907987354706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 345px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG6VKVPVFI/AAAAAAAACpU/RKqGJIRtlQw/s400/DSC_7393.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />the end of the first hill....</div><div>flattening out for just a bit :O)<br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG5YlihFgI/AAAAAAAACpM/KsL0xMfOIkE/s1600-h/DSC_7396.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314732867318781442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 204px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG5YlihFgI/AAAAAAAACpM/KsL0xMfOIkE/s400/DSC_7396.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />the little dish<br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG5YsrrxcI/AAAAAAAACpE/xkxKfO5kGbw/s1600-h/DSC_7404.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314732869236278722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG5YsrrxcI/AAAAAAAACpE/xkxKfO5kGbw/s400/DSC_7404.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />the cows!</div><div>We LOVE the cows :O)<br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG5YJkT7PI/AAAAAAAACo8/c4E2NzKcvZ0/s1600-h/DSC_7405.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314732859810114802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 231px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG5YJkT7PI/AAAAAAAACo8/c4E2NzKcvZ0/s400/DSC_7405.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />close up of </div><div>"little dish"<br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG5XwbFb2I/AAAAAAAACo0/BfV1LqWYQZ0/s1600-h/DSC_7407.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314732853060530018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 252px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG5XwbFb2I/AAAAAAAACo0/BfV1LqWYQZ0/s400/DSC_7407.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />the valley below :O)<br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG5XeXPHAI/AAAAAAAACos/njy8YZPJhqg/s1600-h/DSC_7408.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314732848212548610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 234px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG5XeXPHAI/AAAAAAAACos/njy8YZPJhqg/s400/DSC_7408.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG4hUBX4nI/AAAAAAAACok/-i8KyiJfUEU/s1600-h/DSC_7410.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314731917723558514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 243px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG4hUBX4nI/AAAAAAAACok/-i8KyiJfUEU/s400/DSC_7410.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />overlooking the tail end of the bay...<br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG4hSMtIuI/AAAAAAAACoc/AOGP4e4wfeQ/s1600-h/DSC_7412.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314731917234217698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 206px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG4hSMtIuI/AAAAAAAACoc/AOGP4e4wfeQ/s400/DSC_7412.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />a glorious tree...</div><div>don't you think? :O)<br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG4hKQVw3I/AAAAAAAACoU/tak_uKJWTnE/s1600-h/DSC_7416.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314731915101979506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 242px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG4hKQVw3I/AAAAAAAACoU/tak_uKJWTnE/s400/DSC_7416.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />another pretty valley...</div><div>gosh I love this place</div><div>(ps..this is my friends "favorite" hill...I will forever think of her when I run that hill.....haha...I love it so much, puts a smile on my face :O)</div><div>love you brooke</div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG4g5MHGbI/AAAAAAAACoM/WNFs0u0uHGE/s1600-h/DSC_7418.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314731910520838578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG4g5MHGbI/AAAAAAAACoM/WNFs0u0uHGE/s400/DSC_7418.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />back to the hills...<br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG4gVkonfI/AAAAAAAACoE/MV0n0xq6GXE/s1600-h/DSC_7422.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314731900960022002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG4gVkonfI/AAAAAAAACoE/MV0n0xq6GXE/s400/DSC_7422.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />I like this picture...</div><div>kind of cool :O)<br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG3q7sW-8I/AAAAAAAACn8/wFKuwvblpCM/s1600-h/DSC_7424.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314730983480032194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG3q7sW-8I/AAAAAAAACn8/wFKuwvblpCM/s400/DSC_7424.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />going down folks!!!!</div><div>Indeed, this is a very steep and long down hill part...not my fav. because it hurts my knees a bit :O)<br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG3qnA93LI/AAAAAAAACn0/smDtmvNLUww/s1600-h/DSC_7428.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314730977929321650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG3qnA93LI/AAAAAAAACn0/smDtmvNLUww/s400/DSC_7428.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />oliver calls those white things below snowmen or astronauts....</div><div>he's so funny!<br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG3qT9a5BI/AAAAAAAACns/jwbMrGi21Lg/s1600-h/DSC_7429.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314730972814173202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG3qT9a5BI/AAAAAAAACns/jwbMrGi21Lg/s400/DSC_7429.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG3qC-R8ZI/AAAAAAAACnk/Q2zhqTJYqms/s1600-h/DSC_7431.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314730968254378386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG3qC-R8ZI/AAAAAAAACnk/Q2zhqTJYqms/s400/DSC_7431.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG3p7iEsnI/AAAAAAAACnc/GZlYmkF8PmU/s1600-h/DSC_7435.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314730966257021554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 218px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG3p7iEsnI/AAAAAAAACnc/GZlYmkF8PmU/s400/DSC_7435.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Oliver's cranes!</div><div>Nearing the end of our run (depending which way I go...) the cranes are there...</div><div>he loves them so much and always wants to stop and watch them pick something up!</div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG2ydh1GrI/AAAAAAAACnU/1z93bMQPPqI/s1600-h/DSC_7438.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314730013310130866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 218px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG2ydh1GrI/AAAAAAAACnU/1z93bMQPPqI/s400/DSC_7438.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />roller coaster hills ahead!!!</div><div>This shot was taken at the top of another very long gruesome hill....(it's behind me :O)<br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG2yXUKrsI/AAAAAAAACnM/c8JxlLQGmm8/s1600-h/DSC_7444.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314730011642212034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 354px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG2yXUKrsI/AAAAAAAACnM/c8JxlLQGmm8/s400/DSC_7444.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG2yAZvaDI/AAAAAAAACnE/CZMRa1UnAsM/s1600-h/DSC_7445.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314730005491574834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 245px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG2yAZvaDI/AAAAAAAACnE/CZMRa1UnAsM/s400/DSC_7445.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />bell tower, with a bridge in the back :O)<br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG2yEWhFdI/AAAAAAAACm8/zfAubCQuCEw/s1600-h/DSC_7447.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314730006551795154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 242px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG2yEWhFdI/AAAAAAAACm8/zfAubCQuCEw/s400/DSC_7447.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />don't mind this one.. it is out of order</div><div>(it comes later :O)<br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG2xWYrPuI/AAAAAAAACm0/OJ6ImwZlB00/s1600-h/DSC_7499.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314729994212818658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 318px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG2xWYrPuI/AAAAAAAACm0/OJ6ImwZlB00/s400/DSC_7499.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Another one of oliver's favorites...</div><div>"the heron"</div><div>we watched one swallow a whole rat once...YIKES!</div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG1szxu4vI/AAAAAAAACms/5PM-FdswV2U/s1600-h/DSC_7454.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314728816691569394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 220px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG1szxu4vI/AAAAAAAACms/5PM-FdswV2U/s400/DSC_7454.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />a cool ditch!<br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG1s9JXZ_I/AAAAAAAACmk/MLeT-oxi50g/s1600-h/DSC_7458.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314728819206612978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG1s9JXZ_I/AAAAAAAACmk/MLeT-oxi50g/s400/DSC_7458.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />off the dish and on a very cozy little pathway to my home....</div><div>I love this path.<br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG1sTbIdYI/AAAAAAAACmc/RAJLJsV0Vrg/s1600-h/DSC_7476.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314728808006841730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG1sTbIdYI/AAAAAAAACmc/RAJLJsV0Vrg/s400/DSC_7476.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG1sHYXPYI/AAAAAAAACmU/O64wPPwTU94/s1600-h/DSC_7478.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314728804774002050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG1sHYXPYI/AAAAAAAACmU/O64wPPwTU94/s400/DSC_7478.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG1rmxYO9I/AAAAAAAACmM/S1xaQjLYvM4/s1600-h/DSC_7483.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314728796020554706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG1rmxYO9I/AAAAAAAACmM/S1xaQjLYvM4/s400/DSC_7483.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Not a great picture, BUT, that is a duck in flight near the top and to the right :O)<br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG0RIIErZI/AAAAAAAACmE/pKSHJd4TrtE/s1600-h/DSC_7487.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314727241606016402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 298px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG0RIIErZI/AAAAAAAACmE/pKSHJd4TrtE/s400/DSC_7487.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />there are usually ducks here and the kids LOVE seeing them!<br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG0QpVuAfI/AAAAAAAACl8/8kAPLU2M2nY/s1600-h/DSC_7492.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314727233341751794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG0QpVuAfI/AAAAAAAACl8/8kAPLU2M2nY/s400/DSC_7492.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG0QbdEZvI/AAAAAAAACl0/qdSAm3iQgig/s1600-h/DSC_7499.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314727229614483186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 318px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG0QbdEZvI/AAAAAAAACl0/qdSAm3iQgig/s400/DSC_7499.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />over the bridge and through the woods.... :O)<br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG0QIKd-uI/AAAAAAAACls/FB3_TVvBt-c/s1600-h/DSC_7503.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314727224436194018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG0QIKd-uI/AAAAAAAACls/FB3_TVvBt-c/s400/DSC_7503.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />out of the woods and this is the<br />last straight shot!</div><div>MAKE A RUN FOR IT....<br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG0PlFNX7I/AAAAAAAAClk/tvUoVJzdBrM/s1600-h/DSC_7511.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314727215018893234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScG0PlFNX7I/AAAAAAAAClk/tvUoVJzdBrM/s400/DSC_7511.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />memories....<br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScGzBD8G4BI/AAAAAAAAClc/DIOa5lQZ7A0/s1600-h/DSC_7513.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314725866092552210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScGzBD8G4BI/AAAAAAAAClc/DIOa5lQZ7A0/s400/DSC_7513.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />bell tower in view.....<br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScGzApEC4xI/AAAAAAAAClU/EmrrPYH2VWU/s1600-h/DSC_7521.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314725858878087954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScGzApEC4xI/AAAAAAAAClU/EmrrPYH2VWU/s400/DSC_7521.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />gorgeous blossoms...</div><div>spring is in the air<br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScGzApin2XI/AAAAAAAAClM/_H6E_msmsP8/s1600-h/DSC_7528.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314725859006339442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScGzApin2XI/AAAAAAAAClM/_H6E_msmsP8/s400/DSC_7528.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />cute little sister at the end of our journey!</div><div>(and her "boo-poo"...you rarely find her without him :O)<br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScGzAZthIyI/AAAAAAAAClE/uWOJx-ANz_Q/s1600-h/bwDSC_7532.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314725854757069602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScGzAZthIyI/AAAAAAAAClE/uWOJx-ANz_Q/s400/bwDSC_7532.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Our home!</div><div>The tall building in back is where Aar and I first lived when we moved to Stanford. See the single straight line of windows going vertical? Those are bathroom windows. If you go to the one on THE VERY TOP (the 12th floor)...that was Aaron and I's :O)</div><div>We always point to that window and tell oliver that he lived there when he was in my tummy....he asks about it often when he sees the building :O)</div><div>That is also where we did our laundry our ENTIRE time at Stanford.</div><div>6 loads a week...all on the same day...GRUESOME!</div><div>and yes...</div><div>our U-haul....</div><div>our apartment is behind the truck tot he left just a bit :O)</div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScGy8Ccf8EI/AAAAAAAACk8/uzg6p-Uit2Y/s1600-h/DSC_7537.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314725779792195650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 367px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu_dSjuiKI/ScGy8Ccf8EI/AAAAAAAACk8/uzg6p-Uit2Y/s400/DSC_7537.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The Memories and Happy times will forever live in my heart.</div><div>Oliver and Eliza were both born at the Hospital on Stanford Campus...this was the home we brought them to.</div><div>This is where all of their memories up to this point are...where all of our memories as a FAMILY began.</div><div>In that respect it makes me so sad to leave.</div><div> One night before we left I sobbed (really)....I didn't want anybody to move in after we left... and "take" our memories away.</div><div>I loved our times there. We loved our friends (don't worry we still do :O).</div><div> </div><div>ok...</div><div>I'm going to sign out for now.</div><div>Tomorrow I will post pics from our new apt.</div><div><br />goodnight!</div><div>SLY</div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>aaron and jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730663181312692810noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329858159015045422.post-91557659001051023812009-03-11T12:15:00.000-07:002009-03-11T14:08:10.635-07:00wow...that's all I can sayhey folks.....<br /><br />Well here I am. A lot has changed in our lives since the last post...It's been crazy to say the very least.<br />So let me start from the beginning. (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ps</span>..I'm in journal mode because that's what I planned on doing during naps, but I left my journal in our room....and that is where <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">eliza</span> is sleeping....thus I write here :O)<br />Anyway... I will start from the Beginning.<br /><br />In September Aaron presented his thesis. He passed. This was 4 years exactly from when we had begun our adventure at Stanford. Since he would be graduating soon...we knew we would be needing to move.<br />In November, I finally <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">FINALLLLLLY</span> got a spot in the Spring 2009 Nursing program at De <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Anza</span>. At first I was angry (to say the least :O) because I didn't get into the program starting right away in January...I had to wait CLEAR UNTIL APRIL!<br />Anyway, so we knew a change would be coming in April and that we would need to figure out what we were doing with our lives.....who would watch our kids while I was in school, and where we would move to.<br />In the beginning we felt strongly that we didn't want to uproot our kids from their life at Stanford and their social group at church as well.<br />Therefore, we decided when we had to move we would stay in the very close by area so that we would be in the same ward and keep the same social happenings alive.<br />Everything was planned to a "T". We had the babysitter, we knew we would be moving very close by in June or August...and that was that. No <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Suprises</span>, right?<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Ok</span>...<br />So...<br />a few weeks ago Aaron and I decided/felt that for some reason we should be looking into different options (as far as where we may want to live). Somewhere closer to my school perhaps.<br />On a Saturday (a little over 3 weeks ago), we took the kids out and went hunting for nice areas in which we might like to live. Places that were closer to my school.<br />We never really found much, but we did have the feeling that when we did move, it wouldn't be as we thought before. We would be moving farther away which meant changing everything for the kids.. (However, keep in mind that this move wouldn't take place until June at the earliest, and August at the latest.)<br />On that Saturday night, after we got done looking for nice areas to live, we decided to make a map. We made a BIG Map that would show all of the places we could live, keeping in mind Aaron biking to work and me getting to school (we needed wherever we chose to be easily <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">accessible</span> for both of us.)<br />We found all of the good schools and marked them on the map as well (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">oliver</span> will be starting kindergarten here, in 2010...YIKES).<br />So that was kind of fun for us to look at and kind of see places where we could maybe find to live.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Ok</span>...so, this was a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">saturday</span> that we did all of this.<br /><br />Now...On the very next MONDAY (only 2 days after we had really even decided to start looking for places to live), Aaron got a call from the housing people at Stanford. In that call they politely explained to Aaron that we had to be moved out by March 22<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">nd</span>. They needed our apartment for another family.<br /><br />This changed everything. If we had to move, we needed to do it quick so that we could be settled in a new place before I started nursing school.<br />It was a mess.<br />We spent the next 5 days searching night and day for an apartment. Not just any apartment, but the apartment that was best for us, and for what is going on in our lives.<br />There are tons of apartments here, and it was gruesome to try and figure out the best place for us to live.<br /><br />I found my "dream" apartment (so I thought) on that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">wednesday</span>. We called the lady and went to check it out. It had a 2 car garage, a loft, wash and dryer, 2 bathrooms, and it was really close to outdoor recreational activities...also decently close to my school.<br />well...come to find out (and believe me, a long story short) this place was not for us. When we arrived there for our first time, we realized that the place was EMPTY....like a ghost town really. We couldn't figure out why. As the story unfolded we found that this place was mostly filled with older people who really didn't wand ANY NOISE AT ALL! The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">HOA</span> rules were ridiculous (you couldn't even leave your shoes outside by the front door. They didn't want any interacting with people, they didn't want people walking/playing on the nice grassy areas, and they didn't want kids playing after a certain time in the afternoon. WOW! And can you believe that they didn't even tell this to us until a few days later. We were thinking for a while that that was the place we would end up.<br />But on the next saturday morning, I called the lady and she told me this info. I was shocked.<br />Anyway,<br />In the mean time, we did find another apartment that was a possibility. However, we COULD NOT GET A HOLD OF THE LAND LORD! <br /><br />(just a little <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">fyi</span>, and backing up...:O) During these 5 days, Aaron and I seriously were searching almost non stop for the perfect place. And on the occasion of this last apartment, we both called the lady within 5 minutes of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">each other</span> and left messages. Then we called <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">each other</span> to tell <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">each other</span> about it...and it was just very comical. He called her, left a message...and then tried to call me. The line was busy because I was calling her too.... Then I called him to tell him about it... it was so funny.<br />Anyway...<br /><br />So this last apartment looked GREAT (on craigslist), but we didn't know anything about it except that it was RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY SCHOOL :O) :O) :O) :O)<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">ok</span>...<br />so, where was I......<br />Oh ya,<br />It was on a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">saturday</span> that I found out that we did not want to move into the "ghost town apartment" because the rules were way too ridiculous.<br />Aaron had gone to the store with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">oliver</span> and I was frantically wondering what we should do next. The place that we had been hoping for fell through, and I didn't know what to do.<br /><br />In my anxious state of "oh crap", I dialed the lady about the apartment that we didn't know anything about (except that it was across the street from my school :O).<br />I of course got a message and in that message I'm sure I sounded very VERY desperate. I told her we needed to find a place soon and that we really wanted to go look at the apartment so we could see if it was something that would work for us...and then told her to call me back :O)<br /><br />About 15 minutes later the phone rang and it was her (I was at a friends house a few houses down, and heard the phone all the way from there and RAN as fast as I could to get it....not wanting to be too hopeful that it might be the lady I had been wanting to talk to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">about</span> the apartment.<br /><br />IT WAS HER!<br /><br />On the phone I told her of our situation, and told her that we really wanted to come see the apartment....we were desperate.<br />She continued to tell me that she was out of town and could not show us the apt....I was worried because I just didn't want to lose this place to somebody else.<br />Another long story short, this is what happened :O)<br />She told me that if I sent her a fax/copy of my drivers license, she would give me the code to the locked apartment so we could go in and check it out....without her.<br />I jumped on the chance and did just what she said. I was so nervous because <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">aaron</span> was gone and I was being so proactive about this whole apartment thing...and I just hoped that I was doing the right thing, but also felt VERY cool that I was taking the lead :O) (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">ps</span>...when aaron got home and I had everything all situated to go see this apartment...he was very impressed/excited:O).<br />Anyway, she sent us the code and we were able to go check it out all by ourselves!<br />It was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">soooo</span> fun.<br />It was fun to feel a little sneaky walking around in an empty apartment. And to do it without somebody showing us around was kind of fun. I enjoyed exploring on my own :O)<br /><br />We decided we LOVED it! Here are some of the best things about this place:<br /><br />1. It is a 3-5 minute walk to my Nursing Lab.<br />2. It has a washer and dryer (which we didn't know from the add...so we were kind of worried that it wouldn't have one. We've lived without them for 4.5 years and we were REALLY ready to do laundry whenever we <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">NEEEEEDED</span>!)<br />3. It's right by the top 1 and 5 elementary school's in the area.<br />4. Our ward meets in a building that is only a few blocks away.<br />5. It's a few blocks from a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">REALLLLY</span> fun park.<br /><br />As soon as we got home, we called the lady and told her we wanted it! We got money orders and all of our paperwork ready that night.<br />The next day we came and made it final.<br />On Thursday we signed the lease, and on Saturday we moved in....whew!<br /><br />It has been a really <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">hectic</span> 3 weeks. We're excited to finally be able to get settled here. Yesterday I finished unpacking and we went to celebrate that night.<br /><br />Oliver and I have been having a rough spell for the past few months now. For some reason we just have been at <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">each other's</span> throats (I feel like I am a kid again :O). It's been really hard.<br />This whole moving thing added stress to our relationship and I really felt like I was becoming a monster....not fun if you can imagine :O)<br /><br />Anyway....Aaron came up with a plan. And this is what we decided...Oliver is just fine when <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">eliza</span> is not around. He really is a very good kid. When <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">eliza</span> is around, he feels threatened (or so it seems). I think this is common...but how to deal with it is the hard part.<br />Oliver is not very cuddly and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">eliza</span> is ALL about that. So I think it bothers <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">oliver</span> to watch her be cuddled and loved (even though it's usually <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">intiated</span> by her....) it seems to bother him because I think he would like to be cuddly, but he just isn't and doesn't want to be.<br />Therefore he does everything in his power to make her miserable. And not only that, but he also becomes very defiant to me as well...and then I am angry and nobody is happy :O)<br /><br />So yesterday evening, he and I went on a DATE! Just me and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">oliver</span> and nobody else! I had to get a shot on campus (De <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">Anza</span>), so we decided to walk there and do some exploring. IT WAS SO FUN! Seriously it was a blast. We saw the swimming pool, a soccer field where they were playing soccer, a track...all of these places were just crowded with people and it was such a FUN atmosphere! Oliver was amazed. Then we went and got my shot (that wasn't too exciting :O).<br />After that we went and found a fountain and played in it for a long time. He'd throw sticks and bark into the bowl on top and then watch it flow out....it was really fun.<br />We even heard the bells from a bell tower, but we couldn't find the bell tower. We'll have to go back and see if we can find it. Oliver found a quarter and couldn't wait to go home and show daddy his treasure. We found a duck in a pond and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">oliver</span> thought he was so cute. We think he was waiting for food because he paddled to us and looked anxious for us to do something :O). Oliver talked to him for a while and then we left. Oh, we also saw a really cool statue of a turtle on campus! It was cool.<br /><br />We decided to go home and have some dinner, and we were both excited because we had also planned a family DATE to get some ice cream from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">McDonalds</span>!<br />We were celebrating our finally getting moved in and unpacked....Crawling through piles and piles of boxes for 3 days gets REALLY REALLY frustrating.<br /><br />Anyway, it was so fun being with just <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">oliver</span>. I want to do it more often. And it was also fun going on our family date. <br /><br />This morning was fun because we just did what we wanted. Oliver is into making "cards" so we made a card, watched a little <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">caillou</span> and then went to the park to play! It was very fun. I took the camera and after a while <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">oliver</span> begged and begged to take pictures as well. I'm excited to get them downloaded so that I can post them on here. He actually took some really great pictures! :O)<br /><br />We came home, ate yummy peanut butter sandwiches...and now they are napping peacefully. I love my kids.<br />It's been a long time since I've had a really good day. That may sound depressing, but it's the truth.<br />Last night was a really good night (my date with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">oliver</span> and our family date :O), and today has been a really good day. I feel happy. I feel very happy, and I'm grateful for these moments when I can feel so good inside......<br /><br />On Saturday (the day we moved), I did one last run up to the dish (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">ps</span>. I plan on going there as often as I can, but it won't ever be quite the same....I can't just run out of my house, up to the dish and back home)...<br />I decided to take pictures of all of my favorite things up there...I took a lot of pictures. Basically the whole route of my run was captured on camera :O). <br />It's mind boggling to think about how many times I've run that thing, and all of the thoughts that have been cleared up there....all of the steam that has <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">dissipated</span>, all of the good talks that I've been able to have with a really good friend of mine/running partner, all of the "baby names" I've come up with (up there is where I first thought of Eliza Beth as a name for our daughter :O)....<br />The dish is my solace away from home. I love it up there. It's always refreshing to me, no matter how many times I've run it. <br />I miss it already, and hope that I can make it back as often as I possibly can.<br /><br />Now, for all of you who have actually made it this far in my huge long post and who had any part in helping us with our move.... Thank you!<br />I seriously cannot thank everybody enough. We had friends watch our kids while we scurried to find a place to live, we had friends help us load and unload the moving truck, friends who watched our kids on the day of the move, a friend who made us a dinner for our first night in this apartment, and friends who watched our kids the last couple of days so that I could get our house in order.........<br />I really really can't thank everybody enough for all of your help. We couldn't have done it without you, and that is the honest truth. We feel so blessed to feel of your love and support...and to be able to be on the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">receiving</span> end of such kindness. We love you all so much.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">ok</span>.<br /><br />I think I am done now. I'm tired and think I will go lay down and rest for a bit!<br /><br />SLY<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45">ps</span>...pictures to come later :O)aaron and jonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730663181312692810noreply@blogger.com9