tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52629138189958337102024-02-18T22:25:04.167-07:00Li'l GrippersA look into our livesMarcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496234844268274711noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262913818995833710.post-86331342671785188282011-10-24T15:40:00.000-06:002011-10-24T15:40:16.786-06:00What we've been up to<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We've had a couple of busy months, and I wanted to catch up before things get more crazy (because I KNOW they will).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Addie had a birthday! My little princess turned 6 in August. She is such a joy, and such a challenge. With every ounce of sweet comes an equal ounce of sass. This includes stomping (literally) off and rolling eyes and TONE! But she's also the best helper I could ask for, she watches out for her brothers, and she is easily the most excited to have a baby sister come into our family. This may be because I promised she could have a bunk bed only if she had a sister to share it with. I keep reminding her that this is easily 5 years away, but she's confident that she's getting the coveted double decker :) I love this girl and am grateful for being her mom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center">Addie also started 1st grade this year. We are soooo lucky to live one house away from the school walkway, and we get to walk to school nearly every day with great friends. Here she is with Emily on the first day of school. Herding little boys and excited girls to school was not the most conducive to picture taking, so I failed a little on the first day pics. Oh, well.</div><br />
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<div align="center">Not the best pic (goofy look) but Addie's lost her two bottom teeth. Her first was the night before her dentist appt, and she was a total trooper! I was determined that the dentist would not be involved in that milestone, so we worked hard all week to make sure that didn't happen. Turns out that tying floss around the tooth and giving it a good yank up works great! We're two for two. </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQbA2Ujd1GOtozptfsJybZQzizpYPWCL1ixkb0-jQtDFUVItdKzoHT0YWLEKb-zq6M1bWA4MlTnKuWNiM0uQAccjmEdB03kiAlhtZ3_Lrw-jYT328bx6MS3BoSI5JIMI36n_FRJx4_WasS/s1600/more+002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQbA2Ujd1GOtozptfsJybZQzizpYPWCL1ixkb0-jQtDFUVItdKzoHT0YWLEKb-zq6M1bWA4MlTnKuWNiM0uQAccjmEdB03kiAlhtZ3_Lrw-jYT328bx6MS3BoSI5JIMI36n_FRJx4_WasS/s320/more+002.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center">And Max also started school. He doesn't look too enthusiastic, but he truly loves going to school. My little man that refuses to acknowledge me teaching him anything can now write his name and is starting to identify letter sounds in words, so I am totally loving preschool.</div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmUwy1uLRqZt74teivLOCSROehG105ylXWQCyVUuYKtEmJVLHBYIVsN8AQ1Ms9lth-a5W4IbV_sz7HGkEq8pJRnjrlUgRKYnl_wZyNYCEfcPYv_RbEXKm3lEVQ5HBiGsTnQdE6VwzKUs0s/s1600/September+024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmUwy1uLRqZt74teivLOCSROehG105ylXWQCyVUuYKtEmJVLHBYIVsN8AQ1Ms9lth-a5W4IbV_sz7HGkEq8pJRnjrlUgRKYnl_wZyNYCEfcPYv_RbEXKm3lEVQ5HBiGsTnQdE6VwzKUs0s/s320/September+024.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Poor Hudson wants to do EVERYTHING Max does. Including carrying a backpack and going to school. Don't worry, I've since upgraded his backpack to a cool Buzz Lightyear backpack instead of a pink hand-me-down from his sister.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center">And Max had a birthday, too! He's now a big 4 year old, and he takes this responsibility very seriously. I love this sweet little man, and he is easily my most cuddly and loving child. That means he's also the most tender-hearted, so he has his fair share of crying. He tolerates Hudson so well, the taking things away and the beating up and the tantrums. In turn, Hudson thinks the world of Max. Good thing :)</div><div align="center"><br />
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<div align="center">One of the things that have kept us very busy is the work we've been doing/having done on our house. The biggest and best thus far is changing our backyard from a trashy dump to a great place to be.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">We started out with this...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWSidyZiFNRDMbEZKf6UWTgxPJsgsLRunW1Q5t3krkzQ1lJNpHvgWO08G3LxDmi9ORDWYEfwIzgbF9EH2V1fVlymsMKLoZtpahDnaZSFzf2gyGAUNC3SQoujfhJhiKty9pzOvd1QCyW0KZ/s1600/max+bday+017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWSidyZiFNRDMbEZKf6UWTgxPJsgsLRunW1Q5t3krkzQ1lJNpHvgWO08G3LxDmi9ORDWYEfwIzgbF9EH2V1fVlymsMKLoZtpahDnaZSFzf2gyGAUNC3SQoujfhJhiKty9pzOvd1QCyW0KZ/s320/max+bday+017.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and this...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3n_vQTXgtR3H8Nhd8e8FJm6SPX6YmDJkSjrfYtvcbtk6-Zy7mspUhnNUUkm7B5DmG35GDYke9Sw1keGwgw-iahAn6vTCnCVdwaGTSWk6G8LTSzMNtBOthkRKhuRjdIOOZUuq-cjeNEV2/s1600/max+bday+020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3n_vQTXgtR3H8Nhd8e8FJm6SPX6YmDJkSjrfYtvcbtk6-Zy7mspUhnNUUkm7B5DmG35GDYke9Sw1keGwgw-iahAn6vTCnCVdwaGTSWk6G8LTSzMNtBOthkRKhuRjdIOOZUuq-cjeNEV2/s320/max+bday+020.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and went thru this...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikdBzOmA7aU7gYzM-weUd-_7Of_Sf5yajS2QuIORCBpWVQoQ8-UjuhrsyxamTZ1uwMqn-CvG28dHfyImYK6XNp1gROKh9Uz-0shgYLki1Ws-7b6NUlBJEokQtQt8ni9qGixGyW928kdFei/s1600/max+bday+028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikdBzOmA7aU7gYzM-weUd-_7Of_Sf5yajS2QuIORCBpWVQoQ8-UjuhrsyxamTZ1uwMqn-CvG28dHfyImYK6XNp1gROKh9Uz-0shgYLki1Ws-7b6NUlBJEokQtQt8ni9qGixGyW928kdFei/s320/max+bday+028.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center">and this...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHrnKenAwo2s8c1hcqL-5D_IDpPqFRWtNQmCoRsOb8MeQ_Yy2_qM96IfKHQhrxWKMxXVq2KygYLI-OlIeskLcauKp57voap1FjgfPzU27LlbVuKicSv6Bcr994HDhgwkFVx9D7gXhANBkj/s1600/max+bday+026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHrnKenAwo2s8c1hcqL-5D_IDpPqFRWtNQmCoRsOb8MeQ_Yy2_qM96IfKHQhrxWKMxXVq2KygYLI-OlIeskLcauKp57voap1FjgfPzU27LlbVuKicSv6Bcr994HDhgwkFVx9D7gXhANBkj/s320/max+bday+026.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">to this...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpIsZXQE1sUS0x_Nkyc8kJrQ1iPfa34Gei2hnp7p8OtMt5WhK_pSaa3aJSUIVL6j2CMHugY7j9CjeV9oHRTmoDyA-8k18cy1DvKW1-Bcm_5nE9OByN7SOUIHHODIPT6r3ENgvPSD23BYr5/s1600/patio+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpIsZXQE1sUS0x_Nkyc8kJrQ1iPfa34Gei2hnp7p8OtMt5WhK_pSaa3aJSUIVL6j2CMHugY7j9CjeV9oHRTmoDyA-8k18cy1DvKW1-Bcm_5nE9OByN7SOUIHHODIPT6r3ENgvPSD23BYr5/s320/patio+003.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and this...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVr10IiNeIT7Xt4R990b1aCJHQO_5EkUbDTH0cK0zTeyd2NjGl8gXY4YpcK_sYAdlF3RSRskn0J1JMli-BO2YLQJhJ1zQ4InF2Zk60ZItu7jYT8EUtpWu52IR9L5ZhGfdTH-Qx_aj4lta2/s1600/patio+004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVr10IiNeIT7Xt4R990b1aCJHQO_5EkUbDTH0cK0zTeyd2NjGl8gXY4YpcK_sYAdlF3RSRskn0J1JMli-BO2YLQJhJ1zQ4InF2Zk60ZItu7jYT8EUtpWu52IR9L5ZhGfdTH-Qx_aj4lta2/s320/patio+004.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and this...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzEc7sL7CpfyPzg4mo1_35YybMI4RoKWtkO0DdvHQ7x2ywaNBg5KDspbq5hoUFehxLyskpQC-rzDXGsqeHIDng63KBcKP42Sk1NIiZwzSbX2w2Zbbq6fQEvsFsVSXlzoD0btfC6vMn-WyK/s1600/patio+012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzEc7sL7CpfyPzg4mo1_35YybMI4RoKWtkO0DdvHQ7x2ywaNBg5KDspbq5hoUFehxLyskpQC-rzDXGsqeHIDng63KBcKP42Sk1NIiZwzSbX2w2Zbbq6fQEvsFsVSXlzoD0btfC6vMn-WyK/s320/patio+012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center">and finally THIS...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlbsipwgxAao2_troSTOiRz5are29GychBWHhXJDHyTeIGp0DX9AyAJowzTVkwWFltXg_nkp1-Ng5_nmjc3xU6M1wQLAwG1_IKH_7CB-RbKtkVNwUjFHAr3Nlgp7it4KIRPUrxEvWFdA6i/s1600/patio+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlbsipwgxAao2_troSTOiRz5are29GychBWHhXJDHyTeIGp0DX9AyAJowzTVkwWFltXg_nkp1-Ng5_nmjc3xU6M1wQLAwG1_IKH_7CB-RbKtkVNwUjFHAr3Nlgp7it4KIRPUrxEvWFdA6i/s320/patio+003.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center">and THIS!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXTwg-J7HI2g8LddUfV6FivrikH7B0ye-TvQbUKbX2bCgiVHitX6HP4qCpxl5aMNdGMLLYV0UOsNCyjADbz2LDQN-_ydJLtaRTy7bn6GgABIbmCKCZxZ4jZIoZF1RiRFbrAQAmoTSkwi8U/s1600/patio+001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXTwg-J7HI2g8LddUfV6FivrikH7B0ye-TvQbUKbX2bCgiVHitX6HP4qCpxl5aMNdGMLLYV0UOsNCyjADbz2LDQN-_ydJLtaRTy7bn6GgABIbmCKCZxZ4jZIoZF1RiRFbrAQAmoTSkwi8U/s320/patio+001.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sorry for all the patio pics, but it's something long desired. Even in Milwaukee, we dreamed of extending our patio into something great to hang out on but never did anything about it. If you need concrete work done, I know the man to use!! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I know I'm a little early, but we had Trunk or Treat last weekend so I'll put up pics of that so I'm current for the next time I decide to catch up my blog. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Man, did we luck out! All three kiddos were good with costumes we already had, so I just had to supplement them a little and we were good!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlnsJLXnnrZmfgw1YJxP_wSXpoFuni6uzaNNFnzonGEYpl3YoaKcuY0JeaWruQvgAJAgLNgTR9IdVbvx00ihQzh7gDDm19r99mHRmPF-3Rwn48_IdzwZ9sK836Lvw9fIPk_dWvaKp8pl0M/s1600/october+001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlnsJLXnnrZmfgw1YJxP_wSXpoFuni6uzaNNFnzonGEYpl3YoaKcuY0JeaWruQvgAJAgLNgTR9IdVbvx00ihQzh7gDDm19r99mHRmPF-3Rwn48_IdzwZ9sK836Lvw9fIPk_dWvaKp8pl0M/s320/october+001.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Captain America was a hit, and all I had to do was buy the shield.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqDS9YhILXokbZOU_1bYJmJrE6cZ_YcP3CFj1XSeC9JlkyHvwrkBH1WXrZABjhunYEU5kLiiJYpAqqId7KTGGhGz30Ed5yr1eWAAxUDDLlCMBhYKmiJvmAWhOQm2HvPEcFj8ac-xBwvZ7U/s1600/october+008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqDS9YhILXokbZOU_1bYJmJrE6cZ_YcP3CFj1XSeC9JlkyHvwrkBH1WXrZABjhunYEU5kLiiJYpAqqId7KTGGhGz30Ed5yr1eWAAxUDDLlCMBhYKmiJvmAWhOQm2HvPEcFj8ac-xBwvZ7U/s320/october+008.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center">With a Scooby-doo costume in his hand at WalMart, Hudson decided to be the dinosaur we had at home. I promised a little face painting, and we were golden!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLppFY9rumW2doDVKwHuRTHYS4dBuqXrDYvp_7ux8r_T9Kp4NRXL9ef1_TcnEyY4LNu2DwYI5KwiAdBUrnfhAhdOYczUFcFDPkmKDMfyUuNgQ8-1lEY8NqX1p21wpPUi_ruEpSqr7Svxx9/s1600/october+005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLppFY9rumW2doDVKwHuRTHYS4dBuqXrDYvp_7ux8r_T9Kp4NRXL9ef1_TcnEyY4LNu2DwYI5KwiAdBUrnfhAhdOYczUFcFDPkmKDMfyUuNgQ8-1lEY8NqX1p21wpPUi_ruEpSqr7Svxx9/s320/october+005.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center">You should've seen the costume list this girl came up with, most that needed to be purchased. She ended up deciding on a witch, again because of the face paint! Left over wig from Daphne, tights and a broom and she was set!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2IKxRlZCdkFgrFIVh0VgCIBpwDz_DdtsscM3fWwnB3MSquK8mrMn8yN3TF_fnjqNMD8E43WjIzC_fFYta_gHL2eCd_yli9ked_svGfYjikX41V2Nbp9kPy0-nFUZMEXxDPpFiGLYp-kZR/s1600/october+006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2IKxRlZCdkFgrFIVh0VgCIBpwDz_DdtsscM3fWwnB3MSquK8mrMn8yN3TF_fnjqNMD8E43WjIzC_fFYta_gHL2eCd_yli9ked_svGfYjikX41V2Nbp9kPy0-nFUZMEXxDPpFiGLYp-kZR/s320/october+006.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center">And then Sunday was the Primary Program so I had to capture these cuties before church.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy56nm5zbR95Mz3XbBgO6vNcyHe6tLDCDaqCgyhxO_KunxufAqYZTbxhAu_q1enCDPIYnTbYrdtrz8dovfNRCHn4gtpW33xdDhscOO35Y-tLbQ2unOfsc_A8riKEpma98UeoCn_NrnP5nB/s1600/october+021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy56nm5zbR95Mz3XbBgO6vNcyHe6tLDCDaqCgyhxO_KunxufAqYZTbxhAu_q1enCDPIYnTbYrdtrz8dovfNRCHn4gtpW33xdDhscOO35Y-tLbQ2unOfsc_A8riKEpma98UeoCn_NrnP5nB/s320/october+021.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Better pic, but Hudson still had his mouth open showing the googly-eye he was chewing on. Stinker! They did so well in the program, Addie singing her heart out and Max walking confidently to the microphone to recite his parts. It was great! I forgot how easy church could be when I only had one child crawling onto my disappearing lap and Corey sitting next to me again. <em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sigh! </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA8Y1JnsMLa2ud-MQNESp9Ic1QT_h32NdW8DlcJSfNgNLekzaTcK9XMhEX34WzqWPNsZoWTRIAqEBje7VSfQJM73ZCHS_wobdXfAyA_85j2G498y3Yb5avaS9djGbE1443b-3OlFN-zPoi/s1600/october+024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA8Y1JnsMLa2ud-MQNESp9Ic1QT_h32NdW8DlcJSfNgNLekzaTcK9XMhEX34WzqWPNsZoWTRIAqEBje7VSfQJM73ZCHS_wobdXfAyA_85j2G498y3Yb5avaS9djGbE1443b-3OlFN-zPoi/s320/october+024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Speaking of disappearing laps, I am down to 5 weeks left and can hardly wait! I don't have a belly pic for you, but will probably get around to taking one before she makes her appearance -- right around Thanksgiving! Hooray!</div>Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496234844268274711noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262913818995833710.post-52966719550808258232011-08-26T21:23:00.000-06:002011-08-26T21:23:57.844-06:00Summer FunWe have had quite the summer, and I hardly know where to begin. I guess if I blogged more often, I wouldn't have to think this hard. Oh, well, here's to lofty goals.<br />
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I feel like we've had a crazy summer, but that may just be because I'm always on the go even if it's just to the grocery store. Life with three busy kids is leaving me a little breathless.<br />
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Our first trip of the summer took us to Kansas City, MO. No real reason except a baseball game, and church history sites. We had such a good time, even though it was H-O-T!!! We had awesome seats for the game, about 8 rows up on the 3rd baseline. We were able to stand about 1/2 an inning before beating it for the shade. 100* plus major humidity nearly did us in. Good thing there was a splash park for kids, and shade in the very, very top of the stadium. We spent most of the game wandering around and spending a fortune on cold drinks and slushies, all in the name of baseball. <br />
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I painted up the kids, Corey rounded up all his Twins hats, and we were blessed with a ball from batting practice (mainly because Addie turned on the Twins charm for the visiting team). Corey was elated!<br />
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Did I mention the heat? Poor Max is a head sweater, and we were all dying.<br />
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Even though he was sick on this trip (his temp after the game was 102* poor kid) he was a total trooper.<br />
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Just to prove I was there, supporting the visiting team!<br />
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Corey was in his element, loving the game and loving traveling.<br />
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</div>We also visited Liberty Jail and Adam-ondi-ahman. The jail was interesting, but I can't describe the spirit we felt walking on hallowed grounds at the gathering spot, knowing that Christ will walk where I was standing. And we almost skipped it knowing there wasn't much there, not even a visitor's center. If you have the chance, GO THERE!<br />
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All the fam, in front of the jail replica.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Doesn't look like much, but Adam-ondi-ahmen was amazing!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmpjlxDiVILLlD71rKGDVRtYSYWcqnZczQw8LD0aObEovYoiBaGbrHupuO5b143ISl-UlxxfmCkSXUfpVtZ-nKNQTd9K8U8MetD2h_LUVQ5Hx4SSV49SABLcdZgXUc3eglbPivV9su-QEL/s1600/kansas+city+trip+071.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmpjlxDiVILLlD71rKGDVRtYSYWcqnZczQw8LD0aObEovYoiBaGbrHupuO5b143ISl-UlxxfmCkSXUfpVtZ-nKNQTd9K8U8MetD2h_LUVQ5Hx4SSV49SABLcdZgXUc3eglbPivV9su-QEL/s320/kansas+city+trip+071.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Here we are visiting the Renaissance Fair. We had a good time trying new things, and people watching was great fun with that group.<br />
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Yes, that is Kathy riding an elephant! Max was with her, and I was also riding with Hudson. Those things are BIG!!<br />
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Addie on the javelin horse.<br />
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And, of course, the shows! Love the jousting knights, but the theatrics were a bit much. That's okay, I was munching on a turkey leg so I didn't mind.<br />
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</div>We visited family in Minnesota, and had a wonderful time. Possibly the best family visit we've had! No one got sick, was too crabby, or misbehaved (too much). I loved it!<br />
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We actually had a little alone time with Hudson before heading out, because Kathy was going to MN the week before us and asked if she could take Addie and Max with her for an early visit. It was strange only having one child again, but by the end of the week we all -- including Hudson -- were ready to be one big family again.<br />
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Here's Max at Grandma Mickey's house. She has the best toys for the grandkids!<br />
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Cousin Sully is a major baseball player, even made the allstar team for MN! Look at that form!<br />
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Hudson taking in all the baseball fun.<br />
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Corey and his Grandma Mickey, with Rhonda loving on Addie.<br />
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Addie with one of her all time favorite people!! Auntie Ra-Ra was so fun to be with!<br />
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One of the many friends of the Wood girls, Tanner was a major hit with all three kiddos!<br />
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Look at a couple of my men! I just love them!!<br />
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Corey took Sully to a Twins game while we were there, they had soooo much fun!<br />
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Sully is the youngest, with two older sisters, so he loved stepping in as the 'older brother' for the kids. And he treats them sooo well, tolerating their constant need for attention and wrestling!<br />
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But he showed them a thing or two, and wasn't taken advantage of too much. We love you, Sully!<br />
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One of our major highlights was hanging out with our good friends at their neighborhood pool... about twice a week the whole summer long! And when I say hanging out, I mean from 10:00-4:00, snacking, potty runs, nap time, impromptu swimming lessons, sunscreen sunscreen sunscreen, and more sunscreen!! Every once in a while I would hear comments from Corey like, "I wish I could hang out at the pool all day long!" Any of you that have multiple children know that going to the pool with six kids ages six yrs to six months spread between only two mothers is anything but a relaxing day at the pool, but we had a great summer, thanks Desi!<br />
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Here's Addie, contemplating jumping off the diving board into the arms of the swim instructor that was playing with the kids in her off time (what a sweetie!)<br />
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And she had to be helped the whole way down, holding on for dear life to Desi's fingers while I held the baby and took pics.<br />
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Hudson double-fisting the tootsie pops. Did I mention that Desi is the snack queen?<br />
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Our summer trip to Utah was cancelled, so we took our own little Colorado stay-cation and had a ball. Corey got in a couple rounds of golf, we went to a baseball game, hit up Water World, then went camping with the Rogers for a couple days. Most relaxing vacation (aside from the work of camping) we've ever taken!<br />
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Hud and Dad hanging at the baseball park. Love the playground they've set up for the young ones! Note Corey's lack of facial hair? He's back in the Bishopric. Oh, well. They've released me from YW Pres, so I'm awaiting my next calling (prob in Primary, I assume).<br />
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Kiddos staying out of trouble (kind of). Mordecai, Emily, and Hudson wondering what Addie and Max were up to in the tent.<br />
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Soooo sweet! Actually caught the boys being nice to each other a couple times for pictures :)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Even these two! Max and Mordecai showing the love.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJYzb-1MaxyWEM5Gp10pVjYZPWErLiBvVPFPNOC2RN8zxcfDc_G1wDYnVzqjp4KvjIvqQlVk1jRKlewGOEqQK2_pNTlhjZn9Bg9LjogsHV05ZxB7S7rjvF-Bsja4WVejGFS2daePTNA6yk/s1600/P8170038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJYzb-1MaxyWEM5Gp10pVjYZPWErLiBvVPFPNOC2RN8zxcfDc_G1wDYnVzqjp4KvjIvqQlVk1jRKlewGOEqQK2_pNTlhjZn9Bg9LjogsHV05ZxB7S7rjvF-Bsja4WVejGFS2daePTNA6yk/s320/P8170038.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Mike and Emily reviewing their fun pics!<br />
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Dad and Addie having a little father/daughter chat.<br />
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So do these two!! Not the best picture of Ruby, especially since she was a total trooper on this trip (as far as a six month old goes). She's such a beauty, must come from her mama!<br />
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Tough man guarding the peach cobbler, shooing off the millions of flies we shared our campsite with.<br />
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Me in all my prego glory! Not my best presentation, but this was after a sleepless night listening to a skunk munch on peanuts half the night, not three feet from our tent door.<br />
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I can't tell you how FILTHY this kid got!! You should've seen the bathwater when we got home, Oi!<br />
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And Emily was one of the clean ones!<br />
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Last but not least, this has been a summer of accomplishments! Addie and Max have shed their training wheels, Addie lost two teeth in one month (the second was tonight), we found out we are having a baby GIRL, and Hudson is potty trained!! Maybe trained is a bit strong, but this is day three and his two accidents were due to being left in a pull up. He's waking up dry and even accomplished #2 without my prompting him to remember! Wish us luck, I could use a few months diaper-free before starting over again.<br />
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A couple vids of the kids, then I'm signing off. I may only blog once in awhile, but I make up for it in loooonnnnnnggggggggggggggg posts!!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy0EzYnidf25w0Q2MFlZVchBInskWTerjwF1MNxjyEVsoIdeAqkTr7VYj1K6NaVN9yQL1eoZPEe60kW2FlWtQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"This is for you, Jerry!" Addie loves our neighbors, and Jerry wanted to see her riding her bike like a big girl. Hud is the best scooter-er (is that a word?) we've had. Good thing we have a tolerant daddy that likes taking all three on walks/rides in the park behind our house. They get lots of practice!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxufBVjCxjp2idLR8kp9muLYWi9KU96_9sKKBLeRwpKOQ0r89CB-Bl05X-_bh4GTRs8tEfXj31_j3-pDq4-Ig' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We have since upgraded Max's bike, as this was just too small. Poor kid had to pedal twice as fast as Addie just to stay upright. Now he's cruising on a Spider-man 16 incher.</div>Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496234844268274711noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262913818995833710.post-40322620155744155782011-06-14T20:45:00.000-06:002011-06-14T20:45:13.456-06:00No Excuses<div align="right" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have no excuses, I have quit blogging because it's too hard. Too hard to take the time, too hard to put scrambled thoughts into interesting stories. Mostly, it's too hard getting alone time at the computer that isn't at the end of an exhausting day where I can barely pull myself off the couch to accomplish the many things I didn't get to that day that need to get done. And, let's face it, the more time I let go by the easier it is to decide it's not important.</div><div align="right" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="right" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hardly know where to begin. Life is great in Colorado. We had a wonderfully mild winter, enough snow that the kids were able to enjoy it, but nowhere near the amount that would keep us homebound for weeks at a time. Corey is enjoying his job, and Kathy (Corey's mom who is living with us) has finished school and found a job that she enjoys as well. Addie just finished kindergarten, and she absolutely LOVED IT!!! She's been done for two weeks, and is already crying to have the summer over so she can start 1st grade. She is a proficient reader, something in her nature for certain because we did not do anything amazing to get her to where she is. She also loves math, and is in the top of her class in testing. For being one of the youngest in class, she has done amazingly well. We are so proud!</div><div align="right" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="right" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Max took a preschool class this year, and did better than I expected. He is a totally different kid than Addie. Where Addie loves to please, Max loves to do the things he chooses and will totally shut off if he suspects you are trying to teach him something he doesn't really want to learn. He is more physically capable than his sister, and kicks her butt on bike rides! He is a terror on the dirt hills, and has NO fear. One of the things he surprised me with is his total love of puzzles! It's a great quiet time activity for him, because nothing else will hold his attention like a puzzle. He is by far my most loving child, and is soft hearted and thoughtful. I love this kiddo so much and wish I had more alone time devoted to him. I sort of feel like he was ripped off having such a short time being the youngest.</div><div align="right" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="right" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And that brings me to Hudson. Oh, Hudson! What a kid!! He has put me through more craziness than the other two times 10! I should have know he'd be a handful by the way he started out, doing things his own way (stinking breech baby!). But in all the chaos, he is such a little smartie! Pretty sure he is going to be an engineer or something. He is always trying to figure things out, understand things, or be in the middle of everything. While this includes curiosity on how to remove his diaper and streak around the house, and draw all over my freshly painted livingroom just to express his artistic side, I am sure he will end up curing cancer or ending world hunger. As long as he <em>wants</em> to do something, there is no stopping him! And he loves loves LOVES his brother and sister!! It's so fun to see them playing together, or sharing toys (which happens on occasion), or to hear Hudson ask over and over again where Addie or Max is if they aren't in sight. He is a crazy ball full of energy, and is happiest in the great outdoors. He could be out and about all day long, and he'd start yelling about not going home once he recognized that's where we were headed. A little tiring, but fun none the less. He's also my child that has enjoyed Children's Hospital three times in the past year for stitches (the last time didn't quite warrent stitches, but he scarred more than the first two times). He keeps me on my toes, and is a MAJOR mama's boy (which I love sometimes and can't stand other times). I love him and enjoy every new thing he learns (except how to unlock the front door and escape).</div><div align="right" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="right" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And last, but not least I'm sure, we are expecting baby number 4 right after Thanksgiving. Strangely, I was just SURE that we needed this child, but I am more nervous for this one than any of the others. I don't know if it's that I worry for the baby's health, or if I feel like our family may explode with one more responsibility, or if I just feel inadequate in my mothering skills and think I'll just be screwing up more little minds. Whatever, it's happenning. And Corey wants to be surprised again, so I may have nothing to announce till the baby is here (not that I know now, I have 3 more weeks before I find out myself). The one thing that I <em>can</em> say with much joy in my heart is that I only have ONE baby in there, and the possibility of twins in this family has just gone to zero since this will be our last child.</div><div align="right" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="right" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Enough jabbering, enjoy the pics.</div><div align="right" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496234844268274711noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262913818995833710.post-67886915417406336032010-12-19T21:49:00.037-07:002010-12-19T22:43:40.268-07:00As good as it getsSo I have been <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">soooo</span> terribly busy, and have been working on our house instead of the computer lately that I have been out of touch. And I don't have much time now, so here are just a bunch of pictures from the last, er, three months! Enjoy!!<br /><br /><br />Did the pumpkin patch, riding the tractor.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7O06Ri-7W38u5Ej2dwYMGO3jBKPkf2sjtF3oFphfJDfxdbPvpTBmiQ4JMi3o_EDsTvxL29uqbRd3EqQQ7Ty0EKOVgS4wUpVZJpHNepFkz6Tl5W5kOe0BthP3RC9XI3OQoMRPcY_o9P9nc/s1600/Sept+032.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552627712735803362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7O06Ri-7W38u5Ej2dwYMGO3jBKPkf2sjtF3oFphfJDfxdbPvpTBmiQ4JMi3o_EDsTvxL29uqbRd3EqQQ7Ty0EKOVgS4wUpVZJpHNepFkz6Tl5W5kOe0BthP3RC9XI3OQoMRPcY_o9P9nc/s320/Sept+032.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Hudson loving his independence<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIfmAA96kId8LAzPTTNcaeClM3EE195KF8EQWHozNliAEl-o4BEW-prG-dG97IAtoCBqDRPmN4kEATUOR3lC1nInP4YeH_qfgfqG5JzXU5cMs_KIPAL3zwA1ZBb2fA0ZH52S-POZPjiJjn/s1600/Sept+021.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552627518367210834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIfmAA96kId8LAzPTTNcaeClM3EE195KF8EQWHozNliAEl-o4BEW-prG-dG97IAtoCBqDRPmN4kEATUOR3lC1nInP4YeH_qfgfqG5JzXU5cMs_KIPAL3zwA1ZBb2fA0ZH52S-POZPjiJjn/s320/Sept+021.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><br />Max loving his fruit snacks<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhafrmPvURw-nQd0_ya0vOe4tUf8p3Tl3Y9Vl32J69msQa7JJY-BMv19IxrgnruC2QBv4QtRwjClgU93sBsHKtqxxH1I8xfg98VW7RrIR7JytunpXNoe0QrjR23zPlaMEKurav_wlCvvB5w/s1600/Sept+019.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552627313694208002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhafrmPvURw-nQd0_ya0vOe4tUf8p3Tl3Y9Vl32J69msQa7JJY-BMv19IxrgnruC2QBv4QtRwjClgU93sBsHKtqxxH1I8xfg98VW7RrIR7JytunpXNoe0QrjR23zPlaMEKurav_wlCvvB5w/s320/Sept+019.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />Addie being silly, like always<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvXjElFCVn_8UAO7_gXABokdA0FTP0CXsd0V4sjWdPpqaOnh7bgaPDvhDU0RV4-JN3kV__TXXdFNQd0YWsEIJavirWyjT1VaRAUwrTObQ5iYeBV8Pw4hy_vFKTQTCcwKQ6GpF4GUnRau6/s1600/Sept+015.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552627204366028162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvXjElFCVn_8UAO7_gXABokdA0FTP0CXsd0V4sjWdPpqaOnh7bgaPDvhDU0RV4-JN3kV__TXXdFNQd0YWsEIJavirWyjT1VaRAUwrTObQ5iYeBV8Pw4hy_vFKTQTCcwKQ6GpF4GUnRau6/s320/Sept+015.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Busy pushing her brothers around<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpNNdBNhTrxL3cOF5CDT_tx0h6U0VWixlEhKUPpGixCRj3MASEVmU3SQO4RqL-MkdhGZWlN-iYkdyjdf8GjDxqIByrkoBFU9jzh01JEBRghwRDKW2-K58kwr4LZKL99u4QD9zybWLaEZuR/s1600/Sept+007.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552627072141736370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpNNdBNhTrxL3cOF5CDT_tx0h6U0VWixlEhKUPpGixCRj3MASEVmU3SQO4RqL-MkdhGZWlN-iYkdyjdf8GjDxqIByrkoBFU9jzh01JEBRghwRDKW2-K58kwr4LZKL99u4QD9zybWLaEZuR/s320/Sept+007.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Max rooting for his dad's favorite team<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnEHdP6_7BKsjwKx3ppYPQfG-bDaS7GbEqXOK0ia4vkG0xD5WRQvDWvMBdFMVzZzh5lpAiHJbN31MMsfA_Iz1A1TGcPOfxGL_eRy8Cg1NLJ7uDht3r6KtNlD0j-MhKKd0Vc04FbaLoiZAE/s1600/stuff+020.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552626744742566962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnEHdP6_7BKsjwKx3ppYPQfG-bDaS7GbEqXOK0ia4vkG0xD5WRQvDWvMBdFMVzZzh5lpAiHJbN31MMsfA_Iz1A1TGcPOfxGL_eRy8Cg1NLJ7uDht3r6KtNlD0j-MhKKd0Vc04FbaLoiZAE/s320/stuff+020.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div>I just love this kid!! Even if he is three and a willful one at that!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhog8TIbXG3nFtt2ioT85FWV8THH8I0P-66_h99Ka6vZYLlVjQu1nGnl_nGb0mlLxSL15qqRFTA5eOjjT9UJS3YVFmxotjAjv9UoeiYOm1CoG8DAfE5GI4KTEeQCXcsY4xQDCp8SKmFwB3/s1600/stuff+016.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552626555582824354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhog8TIbXG3nFtt2ioT85FWV8THH8I0P-66_h99Ka6vZYLlVjQu1nGnl_nGb0mlLxSL15qqRFTA5eOjjT9UJS3YVFmxotjAjv9UoeiYOm1CoG8DAfE5GI4KTEeQCXcsY4xQDCp8SKmFwB3/s320/stuff+016.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Finally, a freshly painted house. Bye bye peeling paint!! And, yes, Colorado does have these beautiful blue skies nearly EVERY DAY!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGls3pkJV5SUyqpqoZoxUKNhAgw501aOOuG184GvQSDRjy1xEusU8ZDyaduQJibUqD3-v8gkE07_AdX8IZ_LB5vYroJqwfiiTOL3goW0kw2rpeiRSAKi3zcaZqsRF_pEnKVOS8ez9vhuhQ/s1600/stuff+007.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552626251683776754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGls3pkJV5SUyqpqoZoxUKNhAgw501aOOuG184GvQSDRjy1xEusU8ZDyaduQJibUqD3-v8gkE07_AdX8IZ_LB5vYroJqwfiiTOL3goW0kw2rpeiRSAKi3zcaZqsRF_pEnKVOS8ez9vhuhQ/s320/stuff+007.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Hudson, stitches round two! This time he fell into the hymn book holder about 42 seconds after arriving at church. Blood everywhere!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYkgzSE33sxthPdSot3KEGTuFUCoHvf0Pas259hf6USV7TPlHUUe_QYdQmRBKqppoPWVXGNV77sDRdxONmkthDsK2cmvX-hJj1Qk055fsjhponZNYLP0HgZQc0NaxtF7Biv2Lt2XWAMv01/s1600/stuff+003.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552626065425095602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYkgzSE33sxthPdSot3KEGTuFUCoHvf0Pas259hf6USV7TPlHUUe_QYdQmRBKqppoPWVXGNV77sDRdxONmkthDsK2cmvX-hJj1Qk055fsjhponZNYLP0HgZQc0NaxtF7Biv2Lt2XWAMv01/s320/stuff+003.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Halloween with the kiddos. Addie was Aurora (Sleeping Beauty, for the princess challenged), Max was Captain America (for this pic at least), and Hudson was a dinosaur, but we didn't get a SINGLE picture! Thank goodness for skeleton <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">jammies</span>.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFAyJ0lHPebkDbcGJCSXigyQd7Uht9sXF-dVlBaJFjjb7X-idT8UlejhHgtVcfy3OMAZzyJHsOs9kbBObk2j6fJzqWNRmqp-6WVHzbVEiwZLreYPed9vXf7pD9GkIHWGp_eH9Fl0q-0ZYt/s1600/halloween+and+ebay+039.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552625481899547234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFAyJ0lHPebkDbcGJCSXigyQd7Uht9sXF-dVlBaJFjjb7X-idT8UlejhHgtVcfy3OMAZzyJHsOs9kbBObk2j6fJzqWNRmqp-6WVHzbVEiwZLreYPed9vXf7pD9GkIHWGp_eH9Fl0q-0ZYt/s320/halloween+and+ebay+039.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Was worried about the thin costume, so I made this awesome cape! It was double lined fleece with a pointed hood, just like Aurora had. Too bad Halloween was like 70 degrees and did us no good! Cute cape, though!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXNlpC4uGHnRRkgInQgQqzI-CRff0x_9K-jqjFMj-aGztbwcmok_G1cx4cCr16_xijbzElesf6fIuoaYLtLOkFt3E_SsrLvAJc5zp0NnYpBqjZGgqe2KRpx0Pp11qgeVnMmwiY_1u7Rc7N/s1600/halloween+and+ebay+036.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552625348650703794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXNlpC4uGHnRRkgInQgQqzI-CRff0x_9K-jqjFMj-aGztbwcmok_G1cx4cCr16_xijbzElesf6fIuoaYLtLOkFt3E_SsrLvAJc5zp0NnYpBqjZGgqe2KRpx0Pp11qgeVnMmwiY_1u7Rc7N/s320/halloween+and+ebay+036.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Max was <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Spiderman</span> for preschool. The best part of the day was the rubber spider he got in his <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">goodie</span> bag!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqCvw0BNuGJh894aTAQ9TY8mT4NOIXOxZFFecun2eU8i1QPkhY9n6HiwvU6-LG6jg4GkH_lsok7oCc-GlFPQN_Jtz_wp3b-9161h2twocV1aJ49ZZC-kcY-AriDTxgn8qI99brW33iVGGS/s1600/halloween+and+ebay+033.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552625209575933506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqCvw0BNuGJh894aTAQ9TY8mT4NOIXOxZFFecun2eU8i1QPkhY9n6HiwvU6-LG6jg4GkH_lsok7oCc-GlFPQN_Jtz_wp3b-9161h2twocV1aJ49ZZC-kcY-AriDTxgn8qI99brW33iVGGS/s320/halloween+and+ebay+033.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Here he is with his class, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Spiderman</span> to the right<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQ6D0VgsdKry7L5iIAFnrvDQuqvKJ-IRW3qEcqvBFFOR34v85Odz_M3apekBORtBT8wRyNsN-WAxeFx_p0GaHswyPHVLzqwdH4pDWS0oMuVAYL1Yynth-tqteW6ildMRBi-42hVdSZD-h/s1600/halloween+and+ebay+010.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552625000900574594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQ6D0VgsdKry7L5iIAFnrvDQuqvKJ-IRW3qEcqvBFFOR34v85Odz_M3apekBORtBT8wRyNsN-WAxeFx_p0GaHswyPHVLzqwdH4pDWS0oMuVAYL1Yynth-tqteW6ildMRBi-42hVdSZD-h/s320/halloween+and+ebay+010.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Menacing, isn't he?<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2QxP0jyRmG14bWHHGEMve_p2SA96InzhjkJgYu1hfuf8YyuTqSl9gaEEGhJmZLYVvbYxPRJGEZHWSCV8yg5Zzw8cC98bIX8gcF4RdULf59cYSW0MljqRwfZ_n_x46zjQmVp3Ai35Yknm/s1600/halloween+and+ebay+001.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552624646788389698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2QxP0jyRmG14bWHHGEMve_p2SA96InzhjkJgYu1hfuf8YyuTqSl9gaEEGhJmZLYVvbYxPRJGEZHWSCV8yg5Zzw8cC98bIX8gcF4RdULf59cYSW0MljqRwfZ_n_x46zjQmVp3Ai35Yknm/s320/halloween+and+ebay+001.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Our yard is a fraction of what we had in Milwaukee, so leaf cleanup was a breeze!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItgAbz33jcKvuoOsLcLbw5W_Q2b0Qj9PZOaJBwEaGwmffwSJJ-x8lwAqukc68CC7T3bTDB1SoyVLNufnKrrjSfOCczNUzqYqPgUGSNK6eLhZ8Xe7EvVna2vP6dEvuAIrzA144yaCA_n2U/s1600/fall+2010+001.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552624556556001394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItgAbz33jcKvuoOsLcLbw5W_Q2b0Qj9PZOaJBwEaGwmffwSJJ-x8lwAqukc68CC7T3bTDB1SoyVLNufnKrrjSfOCczNUzqYqPgUGSNK6eLhZ8Xe7EvVna2vP6dEvuAIrzA144yaCA_n2U/s320/fall+2010+001.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Corey is so patient!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqV6lCB9Up5mS5l-gUZsSycSa7_DqMOjT2MLXJHbC8MkCH5jwE1IPrj_CvLfGSClrvvua637IGVNcRm5svadqnA84TkZHvHaXP8wuQ7z9c3ovhbqwsmpv5ivj__RL8txy-_Iuy8o_H9wmW/s1600/fall+2010+020.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552624469181174802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqV6lCB9Up5mS5l-gUZsSycSa7_DqMOjT2MLXJHbC8MkCH5jwE1IPrj_CvLfGSClrvvua637IGVNcRm5svadqnA84TkZHvHaXP8wuQ7z9c3ovhbqwsmpv5ivj__RL8txy-_Iuy8o_H9wmW/s320/fall+2010+020.JPG" /></a><br /><div><br />Our one and only snow this season. Did I mention we've moved to God's country? Just <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">sayin</span>'...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0i-DzUDWlg6lCs9YX9uJykKlPe21dJl_6OudSa7pWJnOuDVSEQa55UGPyUw1oCYzcV7zakt_UbS1tgFD59pmAjzQBzUQtyVl_I1Qe9RgMSjAmFrbXYRJg4PAJGhVBGgwLJKE8OroCIw4M/s1600/random+002.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552624284854585954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0i-DzUDWlg6lCs9YX9uJykKlPe21dJl_6OudSa7pWJnOuDVSEQa55UGPyUw1oCYzcV7zakt_UbS1tgFD59pmAjzQBzUQtyVl_I1Qe9RgMSjAmFrbXYRJg4PAJGhVBGgwLJKE8OroCIw4M/s320/random+002.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Addie and Max enjoying the fun.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi27g_MjUw94OlY9vPOsloLurU8QUQhMcMSLQfKAmt705zsiE6HixH9sWUBmPJ153Jdsqqe14yJZx0NcreqJabQZAKaVNOlLsJQGdjLrfN5Wf_cLqhuijntmKYR9ndndfMvRTz9Roe4jaPl/s1600/random+005.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552624215915780754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi27g_MjUw94OlY9vPOsloLurU8QUQhMcMSLQfKAmt705zsiE6HixH9sWUBmPJ153Jdsqqe14yJZx0NcreqJabQZAKaVNOlLsJQGdjLrfN5Wf_cLqhuijntmKYR9ndndfMvRTz9Roe4jaPl/s320/random+005.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Addie's sassy new haircut. We're growing out her bangs, and losing some length to avoid some of the morning fights over combing through the snarls.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK55EvL4UuV47GvuJJj-fn8HvLS52i13srcNItMkYhe1dGra1tAHYq16sEbZSuwr0n6LjfYDXTwNbKCdJLFrKknhX1Ga4eg9JAkKpAh64TEtZ9gpqKPQZJf6NXgBZq6Xc9aDoG3Aj_Z73E/s1600/random+010.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552624113258876370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK55EvL4UuV47GvuJJj-fn8HvLS52i13srcNItMkYhe1dGra1tAHYq16sEbZSuwr0n6LjfYDXTwNbKCdJLFrKknhX1Ga4eg9JAkKpAh64TEtZ9gpqKPQZJf6NXgBZq6Xc9aDoG3Aj_Z73E/s320/random+010.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Max really doesn't like having his picture taken. Most pics of him are when he is distracted, otherwise he's running away in a blur! A rare treasure...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC-deeKtMRLnQP8z225vd_nm1IZSmCDynq4oZhv_CGT3ppi3wouFriMKpCiP-KArQ-eOFCV_SyFMz-T0T4VTIXUQoKQJjkiQoz886p2X7djQ_7k6uVVksd9IB6Q72yUdU6KyZI6BlsdnNV/s1600/random+080.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552624040701564914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC-deeKtMRLnQP8z225vd_nm1IZSmCDynq4oZhv_CGT3ppi3wouFriMKpCiP-KArQ-eOFCV_SyFMz-T0T4VTIXUQoKQJjkiQoz886p2X7djQ_7k6uVVksd9IB6Q72yUdU6KyZI6BlsdnNV/s320/random+080.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div><br />Sure, he looks sweet. But this kid will be the DEATH of me!! He fears nothing, doesn't learn when something hurts or causes damage. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Oy</span>!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV9BVDb621pTdDV4t1o41j693529cb769HnkP0aZ0u2enU_Z7m3xPf8jLkyaBwmQadPILCadDTSOtj5ub033ZFlw978IbYU7ztufXIvSLSYznB_v3DUuJpNt0IlaCgm8f7n7OGx5v0ncoH/s1600/random+077.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552623706103261634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV9BVDb621pTdDV4t1o41j693529cb769HnkP0aZ0u2enU_Z7m3xPf8jLkyaBwmQadPILCadDTSOtj5ub033ZFlw978IbYU7ztufXIvSLSYznB_v3DUuJpNt0IlaCgm8f7n7OGx5v0ncoH/s320/random+077.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Of course, Santa came to town. Here's Max asking for all sorts of superhero stuff!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3yn3BI-eVi285HK_Q6MfaHsYAiegw0VAfYQTQaFiir3etwPQtSqz4hV1bvXnSrdWetS9wqmJtMDudUYNOmUHV9c4KzFOqtsJ0epbPdK9aokzVlo7-i6vJ-uQW4ny5ldlSc98TErMi9WOm/s1600/random+098.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552623563324323298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3yn3BI-eVi285HK_Q6MfaHsYAiegw0VAfYQTQaFiir3etwPQtSqz4hV1bvXnSrdWetS9wqmJtMDudUYNOmUHV9c4KzFOqtsJ0epbPdK9aokzVlo7-i6vJ-uQW4ny5ldlSc98TErMi9WOm/s320/random+098.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Addie probably wanting something to do with princesses.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpGjBV5rzm9Q5qdP1Fn3VE3Sfi0rrPrduyxo_A-kUKCHJOoycaGso6WveivPwxanECIzqcOa_Nuh28DcH76MF9o2UiYG0eKF3RvyGxDEMXN03wX8J2cWSrUGK-C75iTsMvdPhGSJceD1oi/s1600/random+109.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552623400137944914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpGjBV5rzm9Q5qdP1Fn3VE3Sfi0rrPrduyxo_A-kUKCHJOoycaGso6WveivPwxanECIzqcOa_Nuh28DcH76MF9o2UiYG0eKF3RvyGxDEMXN03wX8J2cWSrUGK-C75iTsMvdPhGSJceD1oi/s320/random+109.JPG" /></a><br /><br />And convincing Santa she's been good, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">regardless</span> of what Mom and Dad say!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWsmI6PkiXsbybTICC7H0t0MTHkNZQH3rseA3nMoium6xy3cNip7XhIfmRBuac5mq8WWZom8GU8PFcOOz-7kGwLsR2WNr9CW9IflmA-ZgIO1l8wd3vH7Vj44nOY6zGRTYHHun2NeZTDKNa/s1600/random+108.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552623295310874434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWsmI6PkiXsbybTICC7H0t0MTHkNZQH3rseA3nMoium6xy3cNip7XhIfmRBuac5mq8WWZom8GU8PFcOOz-7kGwLsR2WNr9CW9IflmA-ZgIO1l8wd3vH7Vj44nOY6zGRTYHHun2NeZTDKNa/s320/random+108.JPG" /></a><br /><div></div><div>The ONLY way Hudson would get near this guy, with Mom being the buffer.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQhArG5HYQLleSf2O3b0asREGWOyEmYRyFejXSRXh0bkwvyy3jJizfL81u6jMhdOLg4-FGSy6oGVQLEafN0Ccvn1UrhAXRLx8Gz80RJwKv6h8fNM_un3CayvkSJHYW051gxtfrPIG5ugL/s1600/random+144.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552622974937754434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQhArG5HYQLleSf2O3b0asREGWOyEmYRyFejXSRXh0bkwvyy3jJizfL81u6jMhdOLg4-FGSy6oGVQLEafN0Ccvn1UrhAXRLx8Gz80RJwKv6h8fNM_un3CayvkSJHYW051gxtfrPIG5ugL/s320/random+144.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div>Max and Hudson decorating cookies at Max's preschool party.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKgtL3ENdfbx1V2XSCMPF5LjjAVvdPP7sPofmXBUJkJGM6c4m9f70vUSo1sHAbSVhXaUqqix3WkkQ_BuwCW0tGweawG6ea8faTY-lzXo8wLz70U5pyfBR233-_ZAVW8VIc1b_3n-LRjQQl/s1600/christmas+012.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552622852549434882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKgtL3ENdfbx1V2XSCMPF5LjjAVvdPP7sPofmXBUJkJGM6c4m9f70vUSo1sHAbSVhXaUqqix3WkkQ_BuwCW0tGweawG6ea8faTY-lzXo8wLz70U5pyfBR233-_ZAVW8VIc1b_3n-LRjQQl/s320/christmas+012.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Enjoying just the frosting. We had soggy cookies at the end, because they were sucked on over and over again, until the frosting on his plate of decorations was all used up! Weird kid!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPORPxNtKk6XbChbiiy4-ppiOjXPRUdNCQ5UgltqDiP266dsRaw-mbaAXy-br0P7hJlIrsp7ptXWwEnYX_RuiIcUysnmRTvkJ1kuaBGKSvCnYh9IgqrAPJCia4I-caIih_P9tZbZGA-qUL/s1600/christmas+026.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552622776765214674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPORPxNtKk6XbChbiiy4-ppiOjXPRUdNCQ5UgltqDiP266dsRaw-mbaAXy-br0P7hJlIrsp7ptXWwEnYX_RuiIcUysnmRTvkJ1kuaBGKSvCnYh9IgqrAPJCia4I-caIih_P9tZbZGA-qUL/s320/christmas+026.JPG" /></a><br /><br />I don't care if he's weird, I love him to pieces!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4X9JTfgoyqeYjLeWFjFAm6WbdP8BDVs5eW1cHxSfEweoOVEodoD7UGOCWR3VfMKSRSwgtXYKAZxgkTx2zdc6Xkxnrlu9D3m7lVo7Yg4kvc7zAfEMUd3fUWQQTlk3LdDFATyfVfi0n8xud/s1600/christmas+022.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552622690637849810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4X9JTfgoyqeYjLeWFjFAm6WbdP8BDVs5eW1cHxSfEweoOVEodoD7UGOCWR3VfMKSRSwgtXYKAZxgkTx2zdc6Xkxnrlu9D3m7lVo7Yg4kvc7zAfEMUd3fUWQQTlk3LdDFATyfVfi0n8xud/s320/christmas+022.JPG" /></a><br /><br />This one, too! Even though he's trouble.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj99flF8tOaEuoHdEuxHzZGHC3L_j0c_m2Y0eosZyo0tU30D0g9ea67j_fSaFI26PFRHw6TwRHS-fny0rQdox3KCsFs8Ep7yKuBGasAj068JLmizgkoaIaAasekmirounGcPTkUAby85R7K/s1600/christmas+032.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552622560687487906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj99flF8tOaEuoHdEuxHzZGHC3L_j0c_m2Y0eosZyo0tU30D0g9ea67j_fSaFI26PFRHw6TwRHS-fny0rQdox3KCsFs8Ep7yKuBGasAj068JLmizgkoaIaAasekmirounGcPTkUAby85R7K/s320/christmas+032.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Good thing he's CUTE!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_wDonOymvmvDMQBldu7kwEyM12MuOhO9W3ySzfDYp6SPNeXfLDZaM5KZHguh3Q3WAIGYx7XCXoRPDR6zYbm0UpzOfrJsSJYSZR-QKbzqY-A5hkC41Q2MGB0UxFr1d1B7agC24G6KKiWB/s1600/christmas+036.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552622476979089634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_wDonOymvmvDMQBldu7kwEyM12MuOhO9W3ySzfDYp6SPNeXfLDZaM5KZHguh3Q3WAIGYx7XCXoRPDR6zYbm0UpzOfrJsSJYSZR-QKbzqY-A5hkC41Q2MGB0UxFr1d1B7agC24G6KKiWB/s320/christmas+036.JPG" /></a> </div><div></div><div>There you have it, the Grips for the last three months! Hopefully I'll get better, but for now this will have to do.<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>Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496234844268274711noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262913818995833710.post-43821818362211071642010-09-20T21:34:00.021-06:002010-09-20T22:32:24.907-06:00BirthdaysWe had a very busy season of birthdays, and I didn't want to blog until it was finally over. This has been an exhausting month!!! Addie's birthday is the end of August, but we were in Minnesota visiting family the week before so we celebrated with them. Then we had to do something once we got home and actually had her birthday. But her special day was also the first day of school, and I hadn't been organized enough to schedule a birthday party with friends, so we decided to wait a couple weeks and combine parties with Max as his birthday is the end of September. That was a day of total chaos and fun!! What great people we've become friends with! And, to finally fulfill a promise made months ago, tonight we graced Chuck E. Cheese's with our lofty presence.<br /><br />Now, the children are sleeping peacefully, and I don't have to worry about another birthday for nearly three whole weeks!! Corey's mom is turning 49 <span style="font-size:85%;">(or so)</span> in October, then his dad turns an unmentionable number <span style="font-size:85%;">(tee hee hee!)</span> the first of November. We also have a nephew and uncle mixed in there, didn't talk about the few nieces' that came and went, and then comes my day of fun followed by Christmas. <em>Whew!!</em><br /><em></em><br />After all that, here are the pictures to prove our month of total fun!<br /><br />In Minnesota, lovingly enjoying her first (of many) Polly Pocket princess<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3_Xs33niwaXhk5NVUp54kAaIT-ovVF-CTjpu-HbTUweo7-TM06qyi4d0jnk8pVWpOB1RmpwU0zgDrEuvar3L3m8bD-qCs73otj2BEf6FBqy1GploRVphN5WjbbDjgmUJU5kugJh8ZzRx/s1600/August+110.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519210200990884978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3_Xs33niwaXhk5NVUp54kAaIT-ovVF-CTjpu-HbTUweo7-TM06qyi4d0jnk8pVWpOB1RmpwU0zgDrEuvar3L3m8bD-qCs73otj2BEf6FBqy1GploRVphN5WjbbDjgmUJU5kugJh8ZzRx/s320/August+110.JPG" /></a><br /><br />A rare show of affection to someone other than his mama, Hudson is warming up to cousin Sophie<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisAdk_F1fHKF_5wKVn7LfBiuI6EeXykOOum8VvNW9wFh_xtq8QEPfx2gYNiLsknKQTAWVkkOb8YKCuZV09VuBTRHFPKneaHF10Wvc12Nn1rPezcqB_gquPq2wmEf-sm_jtbRupeayk5pda/s1600/August+106.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519209933674389362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisAdk_F1fHKF_5wKVn7LfBiuI6EeXykOOum8VvNW9wFh_xtq8QEPfx2gYNiLsknKQTAWVkkOb8YKCuZV09VuBTRHFPKneaHF10Wvc12Nn1rPezcqB_gquPq2wmEf-sm_jtbRupeayk5pda/s320/August+106.JPG" /></a><br /><br />This kid LOVES to dress up! As long as it's something cool, like a real live Space Ranger. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvwU7nApPr9IdWhAFA3nebVIIR9kjH_PEaT72cDB-VgFpY1oaULYQrGQVfR8YzX2u7p2g1Xz83wcxQXQBbOfMDOUcAm7hu-sae-b02SWNOz31zBs6kD68MuTbFjfLbRPkpRx73jFWztg6/s1600/August+109.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519209832595231426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvwU7nApPr9IdWhAFA3nebVIIR9kjH_PEaT72cDB-VgFpY1oaULYQrGQVfR8YzX2u7p2g1Xz83wcxQXQBbOfMDOUcAm7hu-sae-b02SWNOz31zBs6kD68MuTbFjfLbRPkpRx73jFWztg6/s320/August+109.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Or the Hulk! Here's the only real cake I made this season. Aren't my kids darling?<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDqziYcD6a0W3Uq9jWQ-RuCT9AI6nyEbNYObT_1rRI6JMdarDDJJ8Xe-SDvgRgQ_7Yw0LxgpAKkkj-JDW3gS_9DWxzva-4Xm-Pz1vsR7Rr38NObpR_ENBMSKd0PPQbPkErnFDi4HwBSXYe/s1600/August+098.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519209546169695714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDqziYcD6a0W3Uq9jWQ-RuCT9AI6nyEbNYObT_1rRI6JMdarDDJJ8Xe-SDvgRgQ_7Yw0LxgpAKkkj-JDW3gS_9DWxzva-4Xm-Pz1vsR7Rr38NObpR_ENBMSKd0PPQbPkErnFDi4HwBSXYe/s320/August+098.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />Back home, at the beginning of our fun party. This is a common view of Hudson. Dumping the contents of whatever is within his reach onto the table, floor, over the balcony... whatever pleases him. Good thing he's cute!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3sepKzP9bqDUBdjtZmYcvvCM7ivmTEpq3YTpQXAiqs_ssvmRdp8sHU-irAYCpkLcy7S5Fn-9BRGXxJmqoBgbyNcvkcPllzLJRF_DPUdeF2V-q7ZHYLk5k1DpnzRprSGXuKq1DNsBeXLYJ/s1600/birthday+015.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519208843435789074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3sepKzP9bqDUBdjtZmYcvvCM7ivmTEpq3YTpQXAiqs_ssvmRdp8sHU-irAYCpkLcy7S5Fn-9BRGXxJmqoBgbyNcvkcPllzLJRF_DPUdeF2V-q7ZHYLk5k1DpnzRprSGXuKq1DNsBeXLYJ/s320/birthday+015.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Planning a party for kids ranging from two to six years old is a little stressful, especially since that meant there would be plenty of adults to entertain as well. I thought a pinata would be a fun crowd pleaser. I was right!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgabb9pGRMCXA2h3g3UL8jqpC3qAV_1P1Cgatl4YAtFoNnElLanGJWBpb1cZ8bAiaR8_WC6HwYbB3CTcbjMN_Kz12bOBx0esR-8lzuSf4jVTyh8I77YcLte44BCbgr5C8IQAvKIq5u5kKbJ/s1600/birthday+025.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519208558283654386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgabb9pGRMCXA2h3g3UL8jqpC3qAV_1P1Cgatl4YAtFoNnElLanGJWBpb1cZ8bAiaR8_WC6HwYbB3CTcbjMN_Kz12bOBx0esR-8lzuSf4jVTyh8I77YcLte44BCbgr5C8IQAvKIq5u5kKbJ/s320/birthday+025.JPG" /></a><br /><br />She's got a great arm, but this thing outlasted 10 kids and several hits from Dad before giving up it's bounty<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0svhBRuEM34d_3SlakjBc6bAGcQ9nCTNPUfgpbIJw8I6ebZyNm88IUNYJ0fV3Hp-RLhJagDhfH2YnD8VlWpuG0GdKVJg7le_Wjk39dPLlAHq8o3Mgzel6cuQRyLEc6oraNJudxgUf5ToE/s1600/birthday+041.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519208274202293826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0svhBRuEM34d_3SlakjBc6bAGcQ9nCTNPUfgpbIJw8I6ebZyNm88IUNYJ0fV3Hp-RLhJagDhfH2YnD8VlWpuG0GdKVJg7le_Wjk39dPLlAHq8o3Mgzel6cuQRyLEc6oraNJudxgUf5ToE/s320/birthday+041.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Even this guy got his share, the candy was <em>everywhere!</em><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7h6e4bcSFmCNTy9w-ezEQr4z2Y0_HiFKstLcKl_rW7KoNX9EeA4FULiihdwCZW001oq5YE3LlWavYad9uY1UFvSaceps4ot8ep3hiX-7etRjecoCoVSZ3XS84CXJPtfBqhz3g7cGB-mpm/s1600/birthday+054.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519208038205178786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7h6e4bcSFmCNTy9w-ezEQr4z2Y0_HiFKstLcKl_rW7KoNX9EeA4FULiihdwCZW001oq5YE3LlWavYad9uY1UFvSaceps4ot8ep3hiX-7etRjecoCoVSZ3XS84CXJPtfBqhz3g7cGB-mpm/s320/birthday+054.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Cupcake time, every girl's favorite time of day!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis7xWlObuBzLG1k5tpcJxRjy8uPRMPuK2ORWsUhHU3tLN9vBpTqKVvHlauJdUX9S4lw-zggwfzZzH6wJMAF5pCRHhBQcsJxjj_ovCSQ0_B518XGyO6i6JCOE_V5RIEkiKHIzbXed0_zrKH/s1600/birthday+067.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519207866853648898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis7xWlObuBzLG1k5tpcJxRjy8uPRMPuK2ORWsUhHU3tLN9vBpTqKVvHlauJdUX9S4lw-zggwfzZzH6wJMAF5pCRHhBQcsJxjj_ovCSQ0_B518XGyO6i6JCOE_V5RIEkiKHIzbXed0_zrKH/s320/birthday+067.JPG" /></a><br /><br />I made spiderman webbed cupcakes for Max, and I really wanted to get the right red and blue. We're still seeing the food coloring coming out of these kids.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQutjNseai9whKBHuiUn0PMA86kahGcbpgQBBnD-I7pg-5L2dsvofNtg08dF17W7Fg6FqCka5W56c6x76Pt3ZLTVi_oHgfAzlrURQkdifmAyRq3L4WTerB5Z8_EQ1oWFba9X-l99awTCdl/s1600/birthday+081.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519207713327078754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQutjNseai9whKBHuiUn0PMA86kahGcbpgQBBnD-I7pg-5L2dsvofNtg08dF17W7Fg6FqCka5W56c6x76Pt3ZLTVi_oHgfAzlrURQkdifmAyRq3L4WTerB5Z8_EQ1oWFba9X-l99awTCdl/s320/birthday+081.JPG" /></a><br /><br />PRESENTS!!!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsOdd6fzHJdnub4ZmcN3VhlfRuutqQFzJqV58pWuWoVs568fDR_j8wkqPMXnvqtDSkerE1qtX0_FigTUpphc1toqAaam5KwTZEPVxlrCw0Y3qFNPwYq1dgLk3lOBmRPHdK9yunneTODpC/s1600/birthday+095.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519207394914455122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsOdd6fzHJdnub4ZmcN3VhlfRuutqQFzJqV58pWuWoVs568fDR_j8wkqPMXnvqtDSkerE1qtX0_FigTUpphc1toqAaam5KwTZEPVxlrCw0Y3qFNPwYq1dgLk3lOBmRPHdK9yunneTODpC/s320/birthday+095.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />Corey had to make sure part of Max's dress ups included a cool football helmet and jersey<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCb_kQMV2o-GDbqGibst0dkjFd0kKx12xNKLkMInyQLtkNu4uYz7XLkTunnKcJYVrBfFMr47voJjSTr7w6KtxRmV9d85bUH9KI8ZDIzhYwKo06Wx6NMwbNGb4EYwikp-oQePYq-Z8Ffi0R/s1600/birthday+104.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519207163195802386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCb_kQMV2o-GDbqGibst0dkjFd0kKx12xNKLkMInyQLtkNu4uYz7XLkTunnKcJYVrBfFMr47voJjSTr7w6KtxRmV9d85bUH9KI8ZDIzhYwKo06Wx6NMwbNGb4EYwikp-oQePYq-Z8Ffi0R/s320/birthday+104.JPG" /></a><br /><br />How could you tell this face <em>"No!"</em><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIlLbTqy3vkwIaAAY5LRblsDtE-Fnrey9fwKViYRYCU-FV3HGgKoc9LN53pxkn3GI1_j6JYJD4Xo-tPJkWBhNxmnA6yOkPTDZeaCSU0MZLNrACJ7og754JWWbafCHz_CcZ7y0sidcWXhqO/s1600/birthday+106.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519207050013911218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIlLbTqy3vkwIaAAY5LRblsDtE-Fnrey9fwKViYRYCU-FV3HGgKoc9LN53pxkn3GI1_j6JYJD4Xo-tPJkWBhNxmnA6yOkPTDZeaCSU0MZLNrACJ7og754JWWbafCHz_CcZ7y0sidcWXhqO/s320/birthday+106.JPG" /></a><br /><br />My tough guys<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGpuH261V4XAWArXbtdxsJo_enf5lO3pKSDS4fV2vF_o-h_0qOAe4v8RfgMJE7DUXHA7L2O49ZT_q06Gd5mpDBjGxDXV_8b6vlPd4f1-L3O_Rv__sTuKN_RZJZ0u2CtemLA8lR_7m0u9WQ/s1600/birthday+113.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519206851261639442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGpuH261V4XAWArXbtdxsJo_enf5lO3pKSDS4fV2vF_o-h_0qOAe4v8RfgMJE7DUXHA7L2O49ZT_q06Gd5mpDBjGxDXV_8b6vlPd4f1-L3O_Rv__sTuKN_RZJZ0u2CtemLA8lR_7m0u9WQ/s320/birthday+113.JPG" /></a><br /><br />I love this picture. It is Addie to a tee! Has to be involved in everything fun, even if the ring on her finger clashes with the helmet head she sported for the rest of the day.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvVmd_k5OFBkDE5cU8cKvjmES40ybSGKykD6MwJQBOKyuQgS5PMCM9o66voiuNTPm3GxnAExGp1giZB9D6edqHzWvU9Gb5qu_-Yx3rjkArKiHKh2GbZ1jP5ZbL9GdIW5i3m1zROOZmTrIe/s1600/birthday+118.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519206679659024546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvVmd_k5OFBkDE5cU8cKvjmES40ybSGKykD6MwJQBOKyuQgS5PMCM9o66voiuNTPm3GxnAExGp1giZB9D6edqHzWvU9Gb5qu_-Yx3rjkArKiHKh2GbZ1jP5ZbL9GdIW5i3m1zROOZmTrIe/s320/birthday+118.JPG" /></a><br /><br />The very best idea we had was to meet at Chuck E. Cheese's at 4:00 on a Monday. It was quiet, still clean, the staff must have just clocked in because they were all very accommodating and pleasant... not what I had dreaded.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2OhoZ8KJmVJ-EVEB384M_McGIMUEBQChy_RQ7WQeUh7BdQUwTApjbzsnkMCVfMiuJzb3dRDn6nhyphenhyphen2cqDA1ifMZoUrKjn3dlPk1x09P6BqAPVQ6Kbzr0m57tLCYpQECx5lgc3psZG8Nfwu/s1600/birthday+124.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519206446712626258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2OhoZ8KJmVJ-EVEB384M_McGIMUEBQChy_RQ7WQeUh7BdQUwTApjbzsnkMCVfMiuJzb3dRDn6nhyphenhyphen2cqDA1ifMZoUrKjn3dlPk1x09P6BqAPVQ6Kbzr0m57tLCYpQECx5lgc3psZG8Nfwu/s320/birthday+124.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />A typical view of Grandma, JACKPOT!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgioJiT6PYYCiwCz7L9EGBk3gFLPwmB-xtAseh12pC9u4a0OJIa5BxpZ0jInhe6p22U6Oc1R60UN611tWxfkh-my4DDiLLgZeQaI50MPbsEAQOoqaxx8hSvLtcTvfkeBpBUBSG_ZYP8Y9Bo/s1600/birthday+133.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519206229131382770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgioJiT6PYYCiwCz7L9EGBk3gFLPwmB-xtAseh12pC9u4a0OJIa5BxpZ0jInhe6p22U6Oc1R60UN611tWxfkh-my4DDiLLgZeQaI50MPbsEAQOoqaxx8hSvLtcTvfkeBpBUBSG_ZYP8Y9Bo/s320/birthday+133.JPG" /></a><br /><br />And the final present opening! Trying to replace a night time vise with a cool pillow to snuggle. I'll let you know tomorrow if it works...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5HPc7cdBTeDy4HlwbFuL1elCbsjA-AHdAySXzj6HYyUnHcjyRDEswb0q4myhsLLru0yLESVh4j-Q1R03cY3dPt_05kXB6O9UP6EHn7mqDS9NuhvVApp8Fpp3u_Aixbp03eOi0KuKcg0pB/s1600/birthday+145.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519206036718544530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5HPc7cdBTeDy4HlwbFuL1elCbsjA-AHdAySXzj6HYyUnHcjyRDEswb0q4myhsLLru0yLESVh4j-Q1R03cY3dPt_05kXB6O9UP6EHn7mqDS9NuhvVApp8Fpp3u_Aixbp03eOi0KuKcg0pB/s320/birthday+145.JPG" /></a><br /><br />And I've started <em>sewing!!</em> I made superhero capes for my super kids, and I'm pretty proud of them. I also made Addie a dress, but made it for next year as we have a great friend that has loads of beautiful hand-me-downs she blesses us with so there is no need for now.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdfDc_S16neTUCNlJf63943r3u9RF_CqtthivXswwNBnsrmWMtnw4vtOrSBRLoy3usfazLf58Fuocu_yFfBxAF5uJ2I2t-jJKA5LdNiqXt8Zz_OXpsEG8B3qlC_dQiYiptq2BtnC89rEgP/s1600/birthday+157.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519205745898438578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdfDc_S16neTUCNlJf63943r3u9RF_CqtthivXswwNBnsrmWMtnw4vtOrSBRLoy3usfazLf58Fuocu_yFfBxAF5uJ2I2t-jJKA5LdNiqXt8Zz_OXpsEG8B3qlC_dQiYiptq2BtnC89rEgP/s320/birthday+157.JPG" /></a><br /><br />How cool is this?! Halloween is taken care of, thanks WalMart!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5CObG-8sJMV-G1iogBpiwM7OPZysVlviY4XeZanUixIWWrtPpzG4vRdJudVMwqOH8haCpn3GJC_24pFgGy-0QUPs8NjQ6x7U5EscsuJLB3571GKOJQOgzEdc08fiV55RoAgSK7NBH_Hp8/s1600/birthday+159.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519205528506620050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5CObG-8sJMV-G1iogBpiwM7OPZysVlviY4XeZanUixIWWrtPpzG4vRdJudVMwqOH8haCpn3GJC_24pFgGy-0QUPs8NjQ6x7U5EscsuJLB3571GKOJQOgzEdc08fiV55RoAgSK7NBH_Hp8/s320/birthday+159.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>Happy Birthday, to my lovely kiddos! I love you so very much, and hope you have a great year!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496234844268274711noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262913818995833710.post-55352539826077025662010-09-08T11:57:00.006-06:002010-09-08T14:03:06.088-06:00The time has come...My little boy is officially a big boy! This summer has brought much change in this kid, not the least of which is <em>underwear</em>!! And yesterday, he started school. Tiny tots, actually, as kindergarten is at least two years away (or three if we decide to hold him so he's not literally the youngest in the class). I was nervous, because this kid has <strong><em>will</em></strong>! If he wants to do something, nothing will stop him. And vise <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">versa</span>, big time! So the morning of bathing all three kids, packing backpacks, running to the doctor to get his immunization record (that I didn't realise I needed till the night before), and feeding the kiddos <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">McD's</span> because I have a 4 minute grace period between when I can drop Addie off and when I need to get Max to school, was a little chaotic! We had a successful potty break before dropping him off, but I found out my camera battery was dead as I was trying to take his <strong>first day of school</strong> photo! Thankfully, it doesn't really matter whether it was before or after class, so I got some cute ones at the end.<br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJdAxoJH24UVAd4NEqlFAFZWlgJUKwCa9hiTPxHCvsmV-YdG8a-CmFY4fKJCVrj2eIHnk_EM08C-xhkHYIs3mJkpkDtqYOiD7iUwaIzoJ6VzpAejB3t4x_m13sLLdUmORHO15VASJibEVL/s1600/August+206.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514631549192394210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJdAxoJH24UVAd4NEqlFAFZWlgJUKwCa9hiTPxHCvsmV-YdG8a-CmFY4fKJCVrj2eIHnk_EM08C-xhkHYIs3mJkpkDtqYOiD7iUwaIzoJ6VzpAejB3t4x_m13sLLdUmORHO15VASJibEVL/s320/August+206.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Here he is, looking like a big kid. All the kids sat quietly in their chairs waiting for parents to tap them on their heads before getting up for backpacks and hugs (I was impressed)!<br /><br /><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQY9C4zxGnC8m_vYvAG8Zv2lkmx2MuFV-KFlBjwG8CXk3Q6AcDzkzv6WCX69awu0LPnDkeVW48x7F_MpGaCijM99C-Xwrk9Jhtq0JEeiwm-UUcy8NVO9AgJnQ2zVeTMxwMJgXZXoHYh4a8/s1600/August+208.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514631334340513442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQY9C4zxGnC8m_vYvAG8Zv2lkmx2MuFV-KFlBjwG8CXk3Q6AcDzkzv6WCX69awu0LPnDkeVW48x7F_MpGaCijM99C-Xwrk9Jhtq0JEeiwm-UUcy8NVO9AgJnQ2zVeTMxwMJgXZXoHYh4a8/s320/August+208.JPG" /></a><br />Look at this big boy!! Picking his nose, I think. Isn't he sweet?</div><div><br /> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEn2NtTaY5BsCnpf5yMve9c5m7M62UiN69wLWWyWQusxpjUwu95GPTIcIO4m71-KRmYu6UTC5yXN2iT-pl_Ig1OHoSgkk4qAV9hyNtCF3hlucccLZq4k_ppFqK_QvNR-o7M_L9YHnVxB8F/s1600/August+210.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514631208253921490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEn2NtTaY5BsCnpf5yMve9c5m7M62UiN69wLWWyWQusxpjUwu95GPTIcIO4m71-KRmYu6UTC5yXN2iT-pl_Ig1OHoSgkk4qAV9hyNtCF3hlucccLZq4k_ppFqK_QvNR-o7M_L9YHnVxB8F/s320/August+210.JPG" /></a><br />Had to run up and down the wheelchair ramp four hundred and sixty-seven times before he was ready to go. I love this little man so much, and I'm so thrilled with his excitement for this new adventure. </div><div> </div><div>Two down, no tears!! I must be a heartless mom, but I love to see my kids growing up and loving the experience!<br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p></div></div>Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496234844268274711noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262913818995833710.post-41384585095601651672010-07-29T09:51:00.032-06:002010-08-29T20:56:32.768-06:00Back in business!<div><div><div><div><div><div>Finally have a computer, now to get back into the routine of things. Not much has happened in our life since the last post, except we finally sold our home in Milwaukee. Also, Corey's mom has moved in with us -- giving the kids an opportunity to develop a better relationship with Grandma Kathy. She is going to school in the mornings, so she gets some breaks from the chaos. And we get along very well, so there is little to no strain. Other than that, life goes on like always.<br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzd8m_BN4pF-dPPi7YZ9NcHZ5wcbgrvK_kRfZY1eRfe13h5FDPaYnWodpGd3scvtebIxHQvJoB6QTmfKKLsbQdWceL5yT6q_xhJyNI9MNFQH7Eu8D5RdS7pi8_LrbWXP7Ec0qofMYr3aaw/s1600/DSC06028.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499360173537547538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzd8m_BN4pF-dPPi7YZ9NcHZ5wcbgrvK_kRfZY1eRfe13h5FDPaYnWodpGd3scvtebIxHQvJoB6QTmfKKLsbQdWceL5yT6q_xhJyNI9MNFQH7Eu8D5RdS7pi8_LrbWXP7Ec0qofMYr3aaw/s320/DSC06028.JPG" /></a> </div><div> (note the superhero undies)</div><div><br />What am I talking about?! The biggest change for us is that MAX IS POTTYTRAINED!!!!! What a relief!! Although there are still accidents when we are out, he is nearly perfect at home. Pullups were killing us, because he just used them like a diaper. But when we got brave and committed to only underwear, the heavens opened and we finally had success! Even better, he prefers to go by himself. Addie called me to help for at least the first YEAR, so this is a major blessing. </div><div> </div><div>Addie started kindergarten (again) and is loving it. I love it, too! Her school is just behind our house, so we all walk there in less time it takes to get out the door. Max will be starting a 'tiny tots' twice a week, but that can't come soon enough for the poor boy. Dropping Addie off is heartbreaking for a little boy who wants to go to school himself. Next week big man!</div><div> </div><div>Hudson is a maniac, and has the longest reach of any baby I've seen. This kid gets into EVERYTHING!!! He just had a checkup, and even though his weight is in the 40% it's dropped off from 70% so he's on a high-calorie diet! My kid, isn't that wierd? Also, he has a verified 'outie' as the doc poked around his button. He has to do everything differently!<br /><br />Enough dribble, here are some pictures (since I haven't put any up in the last 4 months or so) </div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgssRaNo7MTONQvPFrs0_YznEGTC-Eu7QbjvKwebUCBvHBvyKYqlpjEBkIjtKUj8seqiqiLHMYTlb7RakeWFeRV3yNXY_sQt5kXB8Vfdwo0YsGUiAVgd5hOppE4Yf8OpGo5owHYZeaNJB2E/s1600/DSC06024.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499360325472563154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgssRaNo7MTONQvPFrs0_YznEGTC-Eu7QbjvKwebUCBvHBvyKYqlpjEBkIjtKUj8seqiqiLHMYTlb7RakeWFeRV3yNXY_sQt5kXB8Vfdwo0YsGUiAVgd5hOppE4Yf8OpGo5owHYZeaNJB2E/s320/DSC06024.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3-xhrVhwRd1pG0Band7qVnAnH8ULMiayNXCQa7m5BC-x2riukDOdCYgiblCmUR7PMCd8Pa3DVjFneU6CYrJhbgqLi9CCfPkS4c6Y0pkbskWcv9JsVNe-dQQ_pDgt2GxJ2nXJmHQHl9laC/s1600/DSC06162.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499363414924794946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3-xhrVhwRd1pG0Band7qVnAnH8ULMiayNXCQa7m5BC-x2riukDOdCYgiblCmUR7PMCd8Pa3DVjFneU6CYrJhbgqLi9CCfPkS4c6Y0pkbskWcv9JsVNe-dQQ_pDgt2GxJ2nXJmHQHl9laC/s320/DSC06162.JPG" /></a></div><div>Addie loves picking wildflowers, and is a handful of will!</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD5XSt3SbLKGL5CwY7MQ-UBh5E4b61LBmIgXkt_sBrBX2shwhE-ptWqLBCciKS8uNctmuE9cT7fGJ0hvbGZFPOijWsgYR2aOLiP1KtMVEGbShx_0ZwtL9R5E6Y_QdUYMXkiUH9CU4gRyCg/s1600/DSC06203.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499365494609270658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD5XSt3SbLKGL5CwY7MQ-UBh5E4b61LBmIgXkt_sBrBX2shwhE-ptWqLBCciKS8uNctmuE9cT7fGJ0hvbGZFPOijWsgYR2aOLiP1KtMVEGbShx_0ZwtL9R5E6Y_QdUYMXkiUH9CU4gRyCg/s320/DSC06203.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHK9xe_9WLOCtN_Q32gdxiGcGEhJkcmkwHr0T69kMpOJpBV4RoMKRlPllR8GNt1siR5VX1AsogdqQBpL-Njlbrie9ugRzcwzlWgyyuZmpxiHITUvlz8TJKwV8L4wjpWwmbAz0tun-o5b9z/s1600/July+006.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499366206739059282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHK9xe_9WLOCtN_Q32gdxiGcGEhJkcmkwHr0T69kMpOJpBV4RoMKRlPllR8GNt1siR5VX1AsogdqQBpL-Njlbrie9ugRzcwzlWgyyuZmpxiHITUvlz8TJKwV8L4wjpWwmbAz0tun-o5b9z/s320/July+006.JPG" /></a></div><div>Swimming in Utah and playing at the zoo in Denver</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc66GOpF6GdN9YlDFrQpJFxME_AkWEgK1Z4mcQM_fmD7bnyoa4GzdeExgnnw-LMhsUgdZrD3x7SmWQWlSxJINUyy5GbhsJ89j7QzFbPkVXb603XKtM4lr86Lb-BJkJnL_dUFBbyw-PyNgU/s1600/July+106.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499367045102518082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc66GOpF6GdN9YlDFrQpJFxME_AkWEgK1Z4mcQM_fmD7bnyoa4GzdeExgnnw-LMhsUgdZrD3x7SmWQWlSxJINUyy5GbhsJ89j7QzFbPkVXb603XKtM4lr86Lb-BJkJnL_dUFBbyw-PyNgU/s320/July+106.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7hQldClyaGF5JrB65ml-Wns2LCQ55rdf1t3eYBmSBgDkmIIdTCiXJ2rhGcur26SUtPX-uMv-_7f8_18s4pbTGDFfLvj5Hul4YF6AB6eM2eEXHebcAyUdEwG_ftwmnfEh0Y1LMcpKa_lCA/s1600/July+011.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499366327371450114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7hQldClyaGF5JrB65ml-Wns2LCQ55rdf1t3eYBmSBgDkmIIdTCiXJ2rhGcur26SUtPX-uMv-_7f8_18s4pbTGDFfLvj5Hul4YF6AB6eM2eEXHebcAyUdEwG_ftwmnfEh0Y1LMcpKa_lCA/s320/July+011.JPG" /></a></div><div>Funny girl drawing on the back deck... and holding hands with her new friend (the boy, Hayden!)</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0oLO5KuLtsOxZ2Vr5WVswLGsMyz_ombBHfmCpt20gAemvobZWjLSUQXE-K65et_0W8VgK3p4CffwWn0T5hmPlTVmgSdSQz2jnrgBpAyepBekA4ixLzlxHAQK7fLh3Tf59pEQUP6gOlBwR/s1600/DSC06194.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499365230109727506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0oLO5KuLtsOxZ2Vr5WVswLGsMyz_ombBHfmCpt20gAemvobZWjLSUQXE-K65et_0W8VgK3p4CffwWn0T5hmPlTVmgSdSQz2jnrgBpAyepBekA4ixLzlxHAQK7fLh3Tf59pEQUP6gOlBwR/s320/DSC06194.JPG" /></a></div><div>Loving an ice cream</div><div> </div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJiQ4uPRL_zIQeY6wJb6X-FkimzpgFk7WmKs5DJ_7qrTfKXTp4HUtj21f8jugEI60x3C9Hk_BnSgNP7s3BKlZsVRMoefgszXjCE4giuqd5AYsLlgiK4PMCmNi3B1-sBTaweDNp7i8X2SD-/s1600/July+004.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499366138647416786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJiQ4uPRL_zIQeY6wJb6X-FkimzpgFk7WmKs5DJ_7qrTfKXTp4HUtj21f8jugEI60x3C9Hk_BnSgNP7s3BKlZsVRMoefgszXjCE4giuqd5AYsLlgiK4PMCmNi3B1-sBTaweDNp7i8X2SD-/s320/July+004.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIhPspYrzfL2_9r6lJqZ29-BO_beRea5BBRHmac4Fm17Cuf2t4jp_QObYZGRd_zHcYPUZ9gpU8w_JIx4ygHEC6nqmtekyjHrM8aQ32o2AtGC2boH7H95IMuzhVmWPnFuVfS19iRwrjyRtZ/s1600/DSC06195.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499365321335053506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIhPspYrzfL2_9r6lJqZ29-BO_beRea5BBRHmac4Fm17Cuf2t4jp_QObYZGRd_zHcYPUZ9gpU8w_JIx4ygHEC6nqmtekyjHrM8aQ32o2AtGC2boH7H95IMuzhVmWPnFuVfS19iRwrjyRtZ/s320/DSC06195.JPG" /></a></div><div>How can you not love this face?! Especially the drip off the chin... priceless!</div><div> </div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim722-txspfh1kG0BdlvxB2OTEulUFEd3iU5Ctdxkn-jKW41_7bAKy2TSvcn0rPciq6nNzDxN4uHL26YdKykiM2GWdNslzSId6abjKeNZjzB7Vq_XWIsMVtD7uHHgd0nCsXH0S8kOw7N3c/s1600/DSC06115.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499361609729421778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim722-txspfh1kG0BdlvxB2OTEulUFEd3iU5Ctdxkn-jKW41_7bAKy2TSvcn0rPciq6nNzDxN4uHL26YdKykiM2GWdNslzSId6abjKeNZjzB7Vq_XWIsMVtD7uHHgd0nCsXH0S8kOw7N3c/s320/DSC06115.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcW7n7q5UeLGxLOC_H0ZFQT9L4q8ZabjlFCQaZ-prDPsrthwtxSA9RJ4yOPZevOSTeKVLrvHm1r54KOhJVazeZ6Dyqu-XJjQLU9elTC59fIhRvO3pP5IxTwsNFYjsNavDihns1B1tgJsuE/s1600/DSC06170.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499363620815482642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcW7n7q5UeLGxLOC_H0ZFQT9L4q8ZabjlFCQaZ-prDPsrthwtxSA9RJ4yOPZevOSTeKVLrvHm1r54KOhJVazeZ6Dyqu-XJjQLU9elTC59fIhRvO3pP5IxTwsNFYjsNavDihns1B1tgJsuE/s320/DSC06170.JPG" /></a></div><div>Hanging out in Colorado Springs, checking out the airforce and Garden of the Gods</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Qd1ae_jYfQl_GQeIMZ7UnE7Ab5OojFqHc2M0MB3UJs_kytOKppcLt8hzD-lNusZAOWEUL4oajq735xN6C9VF1Qb6C9lEuyN_0qaKnTFa8qBEz9z8iVV4ZIY5d6dnQpxjkQ8GoDDDmDyE/s1600/DSC06175.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499364559080730818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Qd1ae_jYfQl_GQeIMZ7UnE7Ab5OojFqHc2M0MB3UJs_kytOKppcLt8hzD-lNusZAOWEUL4oajq735xN6C9VF1Qb6C9lEuyN_0qaKnTFa8qBEz9z8iVV4ZIY5d6dnQpxjkQ8GoDDDmDyE/s320/DSC06175.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqjSpH7D5186rO2RywqoHwQ-0VzgQz0e1owEfOykLtEhfJdkVy1NARorZDuj94QeZFS4FIJkhKLG9UJB9PW9J3d-W8U1DD6Lyo-b8yLORo2Cb4K0nwWMld9NGced6njugBGgpFAamLgX3Y/s1600/DSC06100.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499361398756275650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqjSpH7D5186rO2RywqoHwQ-0VzgQz0e1owEfOykLtEhfJdkVy1NARorZDuj94QeZFS4FIJkhKLG9UJB9PW9J3d-W8U1DD6Lyo-b8yLORo2Cb4K0nwWMld9NGced6njugBGgpFAamLgX3Y/s320/DSC06100.JPG" /></a></div><div>We love visitors, Grandpa is one of our favorites! Dad playing fort when it got too hot for hiking.</div><div> </div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPv89Llo4H2RmEbRMueiWgNE-Wg-bjgOqGqHgeYRIcgONoJ_o46ZfU24jGpJ9bAR_JUbBl7sOZMQ9B1JhRrDsnDT4Lbu1-2zH4NOCGhJbSsB0hYGs1tUkg-wtTpm5z-0_v8a4SA-22-z2w/s1600/DSC06145.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499362670033071202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPv89Llo4H2RmEbRMueiWgNE-Wg-bjgOqGqHgeYRIcgONoJ_o46ZfU24jGpJ9bAR_JUbBl7sOZMQ9B1JhRrDsnDT4Lbu1-2zH4NOCGhJbSsB0hYGs1tUkg-wtTpm5z-0_v8a4SA-22-z2w/s320/DSC06145.JPG" /></a></div><div> On we go, troops!!!</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjqpManAHReVhb5WGz_tAXF6wH8u3lONxRiMEXSLpnAkGYI7IlLEkaIEdQ67F95UDkfxgCnc0s28EyGUlUB_zYRy9kuHaDtFpw8JxqDiiJrPhE37GJrCDdqLS6fgGyRYAdlGnIpMl8NEim/s1600/July+043.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499366762195120450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjqpManAHReVhb5WGz_tAXF6wH8u3lONxRiMEXSLpnAkGYI7IlLEkaIEdQ67F95UDkfxgCnc0s28EyGUlUB_zYRy9kuHaDtFpw8JxqDiiJrPhE37GJrCDdqLS6fgGyRYAdlGnIpMl8NEim/s320/July+043.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm17JuyNPqj24pGOkBE1wk_sOoohMPPfvtH-l0hKmhyphenhyphenLrQdKAiH-1VkExjSKl-8PSdtCUl7J90DF0ZDOkx8lbumAIYLHlc4QZ7dWOx9dwFY1Gu0bkzHdAkuvY7II-ozhTRwN8MezzDrfJK/s1600/DSC06179.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499364816453650962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm17JuyNPqj24pGOkBE1wk_sOoohMPPfvtH-l0hKmhyphenhyphenLrQdKAiH-1VkExjSKl-8PSdtCUl7J90DF0ZDOkx8lbumAIYLHlc4QZ7dWOx9dwFY1Gu0bkzHdAkuvY7II-ozhTRwN8MezzDrfJK/s320/DSC06179.JPG" /></a></div><div>My funny fella, walking all over the place (usually trying to hunt me down). And enjoying his favorite nu-tritious meal (good thing he needs the calories).</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOzrYYJ8C9FwXysxqZwcnDq6AARkM5sbBHqz6pGFE3EV418SiFUJu9BCrYQ1LNePfcYtN1WFOMgaWh37GOBYiBqRgaPbnnw3B1I0SZBqkwlRj24fmwi3m3TYtuthL7rNqtvKe6g6hiOYzd/s1600/DSC06186.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499364997537143650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOzrYYJ8C9FwXysxqZwcnDq6AARkM5sbBHqz6pGFE3EV418SiFUJu9BCrYQ1LNePfcYtN1WFOMgaWh37GOBYiBqRgaPbnnw3B1I0SZBqkwlRj24fmwi3m3TYtuthL7rNqtvKe6g6hiOYzd/s320/DSC06186.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Ipbpx5mefEwgHfflawb8sAdLSXgieV7Q8iA8JXbJkB8gw1jxS7wL56elniwWvT3Rd6hly9Od1WBO9kb7U0z_vt3v8sMo31-v5xK4QaCjANbW6FjuE1dzX3CcDuSlggW8m0t5QKIIAF8Q/s1600/DSC06130.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499361855428578786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Ipbpx5mefEwgHfflawb8sAdLSXgieV7Q8iA8JXbJkB8gw1jxS7wL56elniwWvT3Rd6hly9Od1WBO9kb7U0z_vt3v8sMo31-v5xK4QaCjANbW6FjuE1dzX3CcDuSlggW8m0t5QKIIAF8Q/s320/DSC06130.JPG" /></a></div><div> This kid know what he likes!! And doesn't!</div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGt-Yj-MEiRkfpHpXB2bjT3wPghFzIPRGrMF5LbVP1_90cM1_0tAl2JlXygNPDEaLooVHZpqSIfu5hu_AtamIbqqDhG_NepKYG7hzCd67pxh4egysw-dTHaf_w-ctPFfP1w5Pce_KdYxLg/s1600/DSC06219.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499365752059505954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGt-Yj-MEiRkfpHpXB2bjT3wPghFzIPRGrMF5LbVP1_90cM1_0tAl2JlXygNPDEaLooVHZpqSIfu5hu_AtamIbqqDhG_NepKYG7hzCd67pxh4egysw-dTHaf_w-ctPFfP1w5Pce_KdYxLg/s320/DSC06219.JPG" /></a></div><div> And DOES!!</div><div> </div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYA-mlBLcQzSmuTzIQwXRIXYYFhjYoNtQLVghghUOQDEyj3khuCgZL6Qfly4SJ4rYi6JiA_wFUSC9QUjw6NCZgEq8A_QzpJNC1HmKw7gz8Q1GWmph6G_g-Or_tOFkO8mIKBT8bCcnEK2nE/s1600/DSC06138.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499362187793176754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYA-mlBLcQzSmuTzIQwXRIXYYFhjYoNtQLVghghUOQDEyj3khuCgZL6Qfly4SJ4rYi6JiA_wFUSC9QUjw6NCZgEq8A_QzpJNC1HmKw7gz8Q1GWmph6G_g-Or_tOFkO8mIKBT8bCcnEK2nE/s320/DSC06138.JPG" /></a></div><div> Guess we're in hail country, praying for a new roof!!!</div><div> </div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnAaU5i_sayHf6VvZuvrYYw8Vc1Tf4ewhk0T2ptAyFI_AvuBu4CKQrUkpPiPKdV-WDayOhNd0Cqqu0RunntwCny6ZvEI1_Fq3ZSTkxhJeLPWvV02MRgrnXBW4tdfoJYumfrfcf0GD5W5ai/s1600/July+024.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499366516447814674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnAaU5i_sayHf6VvZuvrYYw8Vc1Tf4ewhk0T2ptAyFI_AvuBu4CKQrUkpPiPKdV-WDayOhNd0Cqqu0RunntwCny6ZvEI1_Fq3ZSTkxhJeLPWvV02MRgrnXBW4tdfoJYumfrfcf0GD5W5ai/s320/July+024.JPG" /></a></div><div>Proof that I actually exist (usually behind the camera, this <em>lovely</em> shot thanks to Addie). This must be where Hudson gets his forked tongue!</div><div> </div><div>All in all, we're doing well. Corey continues to enjoy his job, I continue to lose my mind, and the kids continue to surprise and delight us!! What more could we ask for?!</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>Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496234844268274711noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262913818995833710.post-43852397734326382222010-06-20T23:13:00.002-06:002010-06-20T23:52:05.640-06:00Missing computerAs my life settles down, my computer dies. Posting from my iPod is more difficult than I've wanted to bother with. But too much time has passed since my last post and I'm ashamed.<br /><br />Life has been crazy, but I'm learning that this is the definition of life. Where to start...? Just got back from an impromptu trip to Utah with just the kids. I hate road trips. I especially can't enjoy them while juggling 3 little ones for 9 hours each way. Good thing the kids were wonderful. Addie is SOoooo ready for kindergarten! I can't keep up with her inquisitive nature, and she need exposure to kids her age in the neighborhood. Plus, I need some alone(ish) time with Max. He is so sweet, and his speech is getting better so his temper is getting better, too. Our year has been so full of change that I haven't been able to tackle pottytraining yet, but hope to hit it hard this week. My mom is coming to visit, but we just got back from visiting her last week so I won't feel bad about not entertaining while camping out in the bathroom. I have a week and a half before our next road trip (back to Utah) so wish us luck on going down to one child in diapers!! And that leaves Hudson. What a character! He started walking (kind of) on his birthday, but mastered it while Corey's mom was in town. What a treat! The worst part of living far from family is that milestones are never witnessed by those that really matter. Hudson is also starting to talk, way earlier than even Addie. He is also my naughty boy, knowingly looking at me from over his shoulder while doing something I'm yelling at him "no!" for. But he's smart. And I love him to pieces! Corey loves his job, and I love our house, and I'm running out of batteries so I'll sign off.Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496234844268274711noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262913818995833710.post-16972861106086677492010-03-16T23:03:00.005-06:002010-03-16T23:22:28.097-06:00So lameSpent the evening catching up on blogs that I haven't looked at in weeks!! That's the ticket, wait awhile, then there's a plethera (sp?) to indulge in.<br /><br />Sort of gave me the fever, so I'm at it again<br /><br /><div><div>Here's our little update...</div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;">We're buying a house!!<br /></span><br /><br /></div><div>After two long months of looking, we found just (about) what we're looking for. We traded in the big yard on Vogel for a small lot with tons of inside square footage (our only concession). And we close next Thursday, so we are very excited.</div><br /><div>Very excited to get our things from Milwaukee, very excited to sleep on our nice king-sized mattress (hate hate <em>hate</em> the flimsy queen we're sleeping on here at the rental, plus the springs are pretty much shot on my side so I'll say hasta la vista, baby to stiff body in the mornings), very excited to have the kids' bikes to play in the lovely weather we've been blessed with here, and very excited to have my kitchen things back, especially my knives! Is that dumb? I don't think so....</div><br /><div>Here's a couple pics, but will surely be adding more when we move in. Did I mention this place has a hot tub?! Hope it's not a clunker!</div><div> </div><div>From the outside, sorry I didn't feel like running across the street for a better picture</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPJTAZ8OsVHFlH0_qq3s3sCBRgaEWV_6LyhyiI-pITfBLLlEylKXBwSfIR7KR_eoGhfQlFDRtiWnVkW4oieUhq_8mPHkRsJI89skorq9u947hNuSR1tK1Or93FdthB0uQcVr3Fl1OKOzEH/s1600-h/inspection+pics+001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449466871918132450" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPJTAZ8OsVHFlH0_qq3s3sCBRgaEWV_6LyhyiI-pITfBLLlEylKXBwSfIR7KR_eoGhfQlFDRtiWnVkW4oieUhq_8mPHkRsJI89skorq9u947hNuSR1tK1Or93FdthB0uQcVr3Fl1OKOzEH/s320/inspection+pics+001.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div>How am I going to paint these second story walls?? Better buy a bigger ladder, I guess, cause beige doesn't cut it in my world!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkZVoFevH8VGSy3plxyRMRSwKMqxnNI-tCJ17OzMDL_N_dULIcDNQCYyo34pYu9qEgmgA2UwNwmH-adnnhtc4Zj1EtdqqNqqVEwiMYOU-o_icqahojU0FjIXFxo4xmz7tmnpSxVyHFscc7/s1600-h/inspection+pics+007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449466794783343922" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkZVoFevH8VGSy3plxyRMRSwKMqxnNI-tCJ17OzMDL_N_dULIcDNQCYyo34pYu9qEgmgA2UwNwmH-adnnhtc4Zj1EtdqqNqqVEwiMYOU-o_icqahojU0FjIXFxo4xmz7tmnpSxVyHFscc7/s320/inspection+pics+007.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div>Kinda dumb, but I'm really excited about this garage. It's 2 1/2 car, so there's room on the side for storage. Plus, the cabinets were redone inside, so the old ones were repurposed as storage in the garage (and in the unfinished basement) instead of being trashed!! Here's Max, looking for treasures!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGXUs4f0zvCS7LnEI1tPLNQamJh-Ipn-oC8v-hMFrb03gBU_o-bb44B7ifg_FBdeoD3N4q35Vihl2Bl16Syg6i0m4b7ZytZnJr8niqB2tekf9jzji_xHv5BlX7VEakbMeMZgWXd7QRpAl4/s1600-h/inspection+pics+045.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449466643715249026" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGXUs4f0zvCS7LnEI1tPLNQamJh-Ipn-oC8v-hMFrb03gBU_o-bb44B7ifg_FBdeoD3N4q35Vihl2Bl16Syg6i0m4b7ZytZnJr8niqB2tekf9jzji_xHv5BlX7VEakbMeMZgWXd7QRpAl4/s320/inspection+pics+045.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div>I can't wait!</div></div>Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496234844268274711noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262913818995833710.post-77890372881136653362010-02-12T21:55:00.007-07:002010-02-18T22:30:11.374-07:00The KidsHere's a little update on our little grippers<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Addie is forever and always into dressing up. She has always loved clothes, whether they are for her or someone else. I can even get away with giving her clothes for Christmas that I bought on clearance for the next season because she loves them so much.<br /><br /><br /><br />She misses school <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">SOOOO</span> much (almost as much as her mama does). Because of this, our days are long and full of drama. We are getting better at making it to the playgroup in our new ward, and making new friends. And this helps. But, since she's a 4 year old girl, she's always on the cusp of another crying jag. Limbo is a terrible place for her, because I don't want to commit to any classes (dance, gymnastics, music... whatever) until we know where we will be living. We pray every day for a sense of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">permanence</span>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg10TjC0ufLQGaltocIDyYZt6-Rhj5cjbcOa39V1nuNVMmkBSicscKeNuNqz9ysIR9uEOjCpWkeLEJ4ANLT0jId80I_Lh1gIjRjluPOfUF_mVqLo__F4iOQX2_1RqB07r05fZHYRtUBM3rr/s1600-h/vikings+and+more+house+005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437591937822181122" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg10TjC0ufLQGaltocIDyYZt6-Rhj5cjbcOa39V1nuNVMmkBSicscKeNuNqz9ysIR9uEOjCpWkeLEJ4ANLT0jId80I_Lh1gIjRjluPOfUF_mVqLo__F4iOQX2_1RqB07r05fZHYRtUBM3rr/s320/vikings+and+more+house+005.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Max. Oh, Max. Mad Max. It's so hard to remember that he's still, in a sense, a baby. I know I thought Addie was a baby at 2 1/2. But with a little brother that is progressing so quickly, and a body the size of a 4 year old, we expect so much of him. He is such a sweet little man, and loves to give kisses and hugs. But his speech is still behind (but progressing), so his temper flares when we don't understand or give in to his demands. He is a funny little guy, and he LOVES his baby brother. If he notices that Hudson isn't around, he starts calling, "Baby! Baby!!!" until I tell him where he is. Usually he's napping, and I have to make sure Max doesn't run into his room to wake him up to kiss and love him. Hudson loves him too, as Max will let him crawl all over him and drool on his face and pull on his ears or nose. With "Baby," Max has patience to spare. That kid! He loves to copy Addie, too. Good when Addie is good, but BAD when she's not acting her best. This is a pic of what I found right after breakfast one morning. See the problem?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGLW_z4wGTWiWXn29mzpN_VwNQ4MBCEe8w6cA186YERKt5JRxVK8oTZyld7RIboFupgsBsJip-TfgpcA7A5pmEWfGCFq8ktgsqMuamtUk_kTKD0G1TqkSPWY8h8Nm7xrq4LjhfoSY5jjCn/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437591445288397186" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGLW_z4wGTWiWXn29mzpN_VwNQ4MBCEe8w6cA186YERKt5JRxVK8oTZyld7RIboFupgsBsJip-TfgpcA7A5pmEWfGCFq8ktgsqMuamtUk_kTKD0G1TqkSPWY8h8Nm7xrq4LjhfoSY5jjCn/s320/001.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />I love this kid, even though he's a handful, armful, and full <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">body</span> workout!! He's strong!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjudR0J2u8tJztmUMUrF9A27kX2NveJLoKB6CTtmKb8NrqhR05tXZLfVnWsdyLa1dS5ijrVASkowt23QlVODZ8sLVTnvcT2C-qbcwkxerSMbtk5ytk9FakrUnot2UAlwOCvUtpKpC21G6Hu/s1600-h/vikings+and+more+house+010.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437591253889646306" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjudR0J2u8tJztmUMUrF9A27kX2NveJLoKB6CTtmKb8NrqhR05tXZLfVnWsdyLa1dS5ijrVASkowt23QlVODZ8sLVTnvcT2C-qbcwkxerSMbtk5ytk9FakrUnot2UAlwOCvUtpKpC21G6Hu/s320/vikings+and+more+house+010.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Hudman</span> standing on his own after a late-night bender. Trying to find the toilet to take a leak.<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Nice, Dad!)<br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLi3kcPXDMP6j41pevDcqgEIVZeNqpu3-q5ptScsmOefCTmBJ91qQ_gBNKS9MTj1dmT6i3W_5hXS8aiRmAQwJiJOLJorGQQDUnFStr1Njpq6rBNUpAMb8fU47kxxzyeBEhXahPYrNJzUUD/s1600-h/vikings+and+more+house+022.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437589933121842786" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLi3kcPXDMP6j41pevDcqgEIVZeNqpu3-q5ptScsmOefCTmBJ91qQ_gBNKS9MTj1dmT6i3W_5hXS8aiRmAQwJiJOLJorGQQDUnFStr1Njpq6rBNUpAMb8fU47kxxzyeBEhXahPYrNJzUUD/s320/vikings+and+more+house+022.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Hudson and his dad took this latest Vikings loss very hard. In fact, his face stayed like this for three days after <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Favre's</span> interception. (Kinda hard to tell, but he's yelling, not happy) His dad nearly punched a hole in the bedroom ceiling of the rental house, if it wasn't for that darn deposit money. Anger management classes may be on the horizon, family discount perhaps?<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqMBpSqa-XXaOtlqpJSU7aCwcoNkiWRKL5KQtkLdcl8TzM2aoEjDVwYbhvW2jmW69tbn_2-NGOI18U7Cxn5Ghkwq5EhKpVKqZds5LG4LoohurfHi-AM5hAZo79xX-BjDpW-wV2S3_UTHyh/s1600-h/vikings+and+more+house+001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437588582617770290" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqMBpSqa-XXaOtlqpJSU7aCwcoNkiWRKL5KQtkLdcl8TzM2aoEjDVwYbhvW2jmW69tbn_2-NGOI18U7Cxn5Ghkwq5EhKpVKqZds5LG4LoohurfHi-AM5hAZo79xX-BjDpW-wV2S3_UTHyh/s320/vikings+and+more+house+001.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />He is getting <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">SOOO</span> big!! He loves to play games with Mama, and thinks I'm the best comic around. He started crawling right when we moved, and he's very curious. Often, I have to go find him when I realise he's not anywhere close. He pulls himself up constantly, and has started standing unassisted for a couple seconds before falling. Of course, he couldn't roll over until a couple days ago. So funny to watch, he'd just flop his feet on the floor as loudly as possible so that I'd come and rescue him. What is it with my kids and their funny development?!<br /><br />Here are my sweet boys loving each other's company...<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzYtpa0yh3Wm2i9xRB8y8nUJdkjhde1P7KxOXfqez6OvVkYyqHHCUdeEKIX77bt4ygj9Ue5mus4ZNW50AV6gg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></div>Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496234844268274711noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262913818995833710.post-65815169754220087922010-01-24T16:46:00.020-07:002010-01-24T19:27:17.555-07:00Red RocksOkay, this is mainly for you Mike (Corey's dad). I guess if Grandpa is complaining about lack of pictures, I need to get back on it.<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div>Yesterday we had a great day. I went out in the morning with our realtor to look at more houses, then came home to find a house full of people ready to go exploring. I had read online about a place called Dinasour Ridge, not far from here. Seemed to be a good place to take the kids on a nice day (51* yesterday), so we headed out. CLOSED!! There were tears, and drama, but we were right next to Red Rocks, a concert ampitheater that I had visited years ago (the only other time I'd spent time in Colorado). They keep it open for visitors, so we went exploring.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Here's what we found...</div><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPItTaU9FFY239MgcCAapcDFj5goYFL-x_oSXiW_a1b-6cO_phs8zxrKFKrFKZH3lvNia-4PQOkhhI26qbt5k9qqL42ZAYKQuu2VjNf9QbvRCnvZkbwR4e4d5iG45UB6zAqKkYeiPGmoYK/s1600-h/house+hunting+still,+red+rocks+045.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430459835651661986" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPItTaU9FFY239MgcCAapcDFj5goYFL-x_oSXiW_a1b-6cO_phs8zxrKFKrFKZH3lvNia-4PQOkhhI26qbt5k9qqL42ZAYKQuu2VjNf9QbvRCnvZkbwR4e4d5iG45UB6zAqKkYeiPGmoYK/s320/house+hunting+still,+red+rocks+045.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEillcsAlXoxU8IoUGg4VrzTLNIV1kt8x7fP7NTP8tCe0Kjshl0uHgO1RJeuaC3LMLcCabg7goZwEvV-r0LcUm2myzsw8teIpv3N1O_G-wNBV5iZfNxQ2fsXH1AM9PUPKNCGXfgqLSy5tPWy/s1600-h/house+hunting+still,+red+rocks+052.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430461450685407618" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEillcsAlXoxU8IoUGg4VrzTLNIV1kt8x7fP7NTP8tCe0Kjshl0uHgO1RJeuaC3LMLcCabg7goZwEvV-r0LcUm2myzsw8teIpv3N1O_G-wNBV5iZfNxQ2fsXH1AM9PUPKNCGXfgqLSy5tPWy/s320/house+hunting+still,+red+rocks+052.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>See the building built right into the rock? COOL!! Corey doing Daddy duty, it was a steep hill!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPItTaU9FFY239MgcCAapcDFj5goYFL-x_oSXiW_a1b-6cO_phs8zxrKFKrFKZH3lvNia-4PQOkhhI26qbt5k9qqL42ZAYKQuu2VjNf9QbvRCnvZkbwR4e4d5iG45UB6zAqKkYeiPGmoYK/s1600-h/house+hunting+still,+red+rocks+045.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430462291867111266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjda2s22H7OAZRvlS6TXT7K1NwTL80XOCyMF1po13biLvjGGCP9Hp8mtIb7CVf01qO-9uGNYct-M-rWR2jGSeahzudQO8oUlnT35fcsKxmURTFlK9nY3WFJ6glKCIl-IgwXI9gohwMmZgIV/s320/house+hunting+still,+red+rocks+062.JPG" border="0" /></a>People practicing a hula-hoop (I'm not joking) routine, while others were doing laps up and down the bleechers.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />a little out of order, heading up the hill. Outside the ampitheater<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpuQySEGmLPq1yKhs5LydsnAVRBxbXI-LaJZWr3gOiAR6aWM2ZaqowCUCWQDHNM8eSADTszWEWo6YVY-7le2r-cEassjA8pQ_3oNErRbkDRho5U6x4P8JvOMwvt8Y9ihytKkF7KqDiB05B/s1600-h/house+hunting+still,+red+rocks+048.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430461099383531698" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpuQySEGmLPq1yKhs5LydsnAVRBxbXI-LaJZWr3gOiAR6aWM2ZaqowCUCWQDHNM8eSADTszWEWo6YVY-7le2r-cEassjA8pQ_3oNErRbkDRho5U6x4P8JvOMwvt8Y9ihytKkF7KqDiB05B/s320/house+hunting+still,+red+rocks+048.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNBL2B6sVsEuxAL51TKEZpwqv2htWQwQu2O7APPujr11NbAqdxx85j00E3avh74rL1wUjMVI7SO-Db5_tKl5FfqEMdOgBo_TMCAPOJA6DeqxThHGeJJUmu3yA_DmS-Y37oezPumO-tbpXu/s1600-h/house+hunting+still,+red+rocks+040.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430459214762861186" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNBL2B6sVsEuxAL51TKEZpwqv2htWQwQu2O7APPujr11NbAqdxx85j00E3avh74rL1wUjMVI7SO-Db5_tKl5FfqEMdOgBo_TMCAPOJA6DeqxThHGeJJUmu3yA_DmS-Y37oezPumO-tbpXu/s320/house+hunting+still,+red+rocks+040.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />and up, and up, and up....<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv_TYTIdEjGJtpYIiMJsfnOTVAH_kw30Hv3K1OcPldCawr7tsiM7VT9evSXawCsTtQafOuAjTNe5qRysByTelGNXStP3u52JQBTfrY0DAixXSvsZmCNS4jHmYDeEHfOG6Eie-bcDD2wciP/s1600-h/house+hunting+still,+red+rocks+059.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430461790113720242" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv_TYTIdEjGJtpYIiMJsfnOTVAH_kw30Hv3K1OcPldCawr7tsiM7VT9evSXawCsTtQafOuAjTNe5qRysByTelGNXStP3u52JQBTfrY0DAixXSvsZmCNS4jHmYDeEHfOG6Eie-bcDD2wciP/s320/house+hunting+still,+red+rocks+059.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGaoeimxg5tNqdkYrzA9e6h1_YT5_UZE-x0hYkdqqx1cegActJ-zWmHfX7mhhPC8DI_XVDNU_I5MWs1N0Lfnlbs_i0pgvV0yLCNILBbknmX5Ns2s5rYvJE0fkawRpS7N_IAO5ZmqO59kSd/s1600-h/house+hunting+still,+red+rocks+043.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430459687013058866" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGaoeimxg5tNqdkYrzA9e6h1_YT5_UZE-x0hYkdqqx1cegActJ-zWmHfX7mhhPC8DI_XVDNU_I5MWs1N0Lfnlbs_i0pgvV0yLCNILBbknmX5Ns2s5rYvJE0fkawRpS7N_IAO5ZmqO59kSd/s320/house+hunting+still,+red+rocks+043.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /> A view from the road<br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div>Max loving being on stage!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIPrjKuUMKP_6JqsjyJBQXFcm2YvvmwAOXvKRBqstZCLUK59-qvIXva4Xv6yU9IU6BbaWCDitkWtsaEe4WctOUEijTEQBhjyl_YsFvO8AGX7ls_hqYuFS2XY926iATbyqc8Mpp9tqjsZ7D/s1600-h/house+hunting+still,+red+rocks+073.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430463527980167282" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIPrjKuUMKP_6JqsjyJBQXFcm2YvvmwAOXvKRBqstZCLUK59-qvIXva4Xv6yU9IU6BbaWCDitkWtsaEe4WctOUEijTEQBhjyl_YsFvO8AGX7ls_hqYuFS2XY926iATbyqc8Mpp9tqjsZ7D/s320/house+hunting+still,+red+rocks+073.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /> Imagine sitting between these HUGE rocks for an awesome concert!!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-wuvA8kOBQg3-4w9HSNQjyl7aA-2OwYCX763CBAq3O8UZX8EEBmWPLGHnRnsBc9HqjZDgca3MD4Shai9DN-MHkTADsUFivRKGy8TsZYfNp9vfBWfwGV9mWfSZgZDKwGiHJZ9Eb4Nozibj/s1600-h/house+hunting+still,+red+rocks+063.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430496869721361154" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-wuvA8kOBQg3-4w9HSNQjyl7aA-2OwYCX763CBAq3O8UZX8EEBmWPLGHnRnsBc9HqjZDgca3MD4Shai9DN-MHkTADsUFivRKGy8TsZYfNp9vfBWfwGV9mWfSZgZDKwGiHJZ9Eb4Nozibj/s320/house+hunting+still,+red+rocks+063.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1A3FnI9ITNsmIs1cveACX1xH6_5UgCOVYPox0d8tTVTBpYQ2NIvgaMkVKe2vWY52ZQQHcJcvUp_x-VYqXqvvbkoKHfSy-3_V5JkwO6tNnaT9bEzsEpVVH3gOCElAuq4Y9nRInECz3Pkow/s1600-h/house+hunting+still,+red+rocks+061.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430462150560595426" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1A3FnI9ITNsmIs1cveACX1xH6_5UgCOVYPox0d8tTVTBpYQ2NIvgaMkVKe2vWY52ZQQHcJcvUp_x-VYqXqvvbkoKHfSy-3_V5JkwO6tNnaT9bEzsEpVVH3gOCElAuq4Y9nRInECz3Pkow/s320/house+hunting+still,+red+rocks+061.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br />Corey and Addie went to to very top, Max wasn't interested<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpQs6WylDtfFumLP7p5x8KAmNubRc-9UfayGhQLCsdPx-DM8HZBdHFlZanw0gwo6VtBz-XHrSN1Q6gF5GkfrVmUuXm6FqXZXr4Kuxy0fKoLXtnExM2uhwRfApAotXda014HolKLEn3tEHY/s1600-h/house+hunting+still,+red+rocks+069.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430463085381496530" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpQs6WylDtfFumLP7p5x8KAmNubRc-9UfayGhQLCsdPx-DM8HZBdHFlZanw0gwo6VtBz-XHrSN1Q6gF5GkfrVmUuXm6FqXZXr4Kuxy0fKoLXtnExM2uhwRfApAotXda014HolKLEn3tEHY/s320/house+hunting+still,+red+rocks+069.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj343rx-1_sB6f4uXkktRamKh-Rc_hWVdncmAcgI8Vn_4OqjZff1-Ep-Qf9N7AU19PacxcqaMJenIkuHTEjLNhL3Myu6fYofoPUZVrLruH4fsSgCIgRVEekTAmSEpTrA0ba5Feg-Td29gxv/s1600-h/house+hunting+still,+red+rocks+071.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430463317564272434" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj343rx-1_sB6f4uXkktRamKh-Rc_hWVdncmAcgI8Vn_4OqjZff1-Ep-Qf9N7AU19PacxcqaMJenIkuHTEjLNhL3Myu6fYofoPUZVrLruH4fsSgCIgRVEekTAmSEpTrA0ba5Feg-Td29gxv/s320/house+hunting+still,+red+rocks+071.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>A view from the top. My sweet kids<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsZJLwtO5qwC5K9u8OUBDm8UBn5o4opc3FsjwcqVpMuJhwnwpEwVT_R6kOeLk1iXTQsI4EWt8vn0mO0GBcCpmYyeX-Dje-KbpH617Jf1x4d3QQxvQXSKVDN8P1neEHZHBcTYBT0cUpldEj/s1600-h/house+hunting+still,+red+rocks+067.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430462886182205746" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsZJLwtO5qwC5K9u8OUBDm8UBn5o4opc3FsjwcqVpMuJhwnwpEwVT_R6kOeLk1iXTQsI4EWt8vn0mO0GBcCpmYyeX-Dje-KbpH617Jf1x4d3QQxvQXSKVDN8P1neEHZHBcTYBT0cUpldEj/s320/house+hunting+still,+red+rocks+067.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLS5-mXERsBtbh332CLV8vBkSFw7ZR5iJr6IbpEcbFCRyjQXMZR5qNbf1GktD8iYRU-G_VpfmKvvfuu-JISdp1AO9GYZwz0ap6cT2bvnJhrbRVAwKk73AvB-Sd5B6KJvluC2o0jwpryGUe/s1600-h/house+hunting+still,+red+rocks+074.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430463704592873826" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLS5-mXERsBtbh332CLV8vBkSFw7ZR5iJr6IbpEcbFCRyjQXMZR5qNbf1GktD8iYRU-G_VpfmKvvfuu-JISdp1AO9GYZwz0ap6cT2bvnJhrbRVAwKk73AvB-Sd5B6KJvluC2o0jwpryGUe/s320/house+hunting+still,+red+rocks+074.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzAb3bBPKUmxa09qR7ZOJyhDfYTodXgwyfLsnKm0xiqlwWrv_NXj7YurB2mIDgwLEIiovANXHvmw_yyOmkRHw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQZiVgQnHKLpBl93KycVLW4RKWil3JwJz027WXxJ6zUNmBtAb1JHpDiHObFIPxTxsFDx2e4xmaIZ2hWoIxGaEJAVctvHwyKh8lFsnhwl2u5ryOAGc9wdVUasDs6usNLdHOALjlYYOMTtc/s1600-h/house+hunting+still,+red+rocks+041.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430459464091982146" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQZiVgQnHKLpBl93KycVLW4RKWil3JwJz027WXxJ6zUNmBtAb1JHpDiHObFIPxTxsFDx2e4xmaIZ2hWoIxGaEJAVctvHwyKh8lFsnhwl2u5ryOAGc9wdVUasDs6usNLdHOALjlYYOMTtc/s320/house+hunting+still,+red+rocks+041.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Boy howdy, Grandpa, if this doesn't make you want to come visit I don't know what would. See you soon!!!Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496234844268274711noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262913818995833710.post-81443398392420220522010-01-12T09:14:00.003-07:002010-01-12T10:17:42.298-07:00Aren't I lucky?!Mommy's little helper...<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyUkk3MroRtEJ-LOA9gvN8gGzNEdSQAdZWOdEJAgTmnMOt_mlgPhCXWx-s2RpzofndmCacwlrlT0hK12kwPTw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><p>I made it nearly all day without having to feed Hudson, until he rejected his dinner and made it hard for Addie to keep feeding him. I can't believe how much time I had on my hands. Not only was she making him happy, but she was too busy to be asking me for something to eat, do, watch, or talk about. Man, she's exhausting! </p><p>Here's another of Hudson's new tricks...</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz-uQCfbOl4MO2Rgc3hOPXBgCuk3LOWzlGUhD3RNkbw145F9DgIth0cfF5k52Los2oIdnmOY7j9sd6raP8a5Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p>He has started wandering into the kids' room where all the toys are, and he'll play <em>forever</em>!! Or at least 20 minutes before he starts whining for me. It's great!!</p><p>And this is the only footage I could get of Max.</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxj1O0of-obYpxbWcYJQ1_HOUHyPElhjRKhmIs09sgMmVFq65iNERM-RnMJqOZng-5SKReBAdivwL0r42jkWg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p>Corey's really enjoying his new job, but I don't have any footage of that for you. We're busy looking for a new home, and getting to know our new city. Life is interesting, with the kids getting used to the new changes, and with everyone finally getting healthy again (Hudson's got the last of the boogers). Hopefully we're on the upswing.</p>Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496234844268274711noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262913818995833710.post-61004961505390501452010-01-03T20:57:00.002-07:002010-01-03T23:00:27.987-07:00In case you didn't know....WOW!! Has this been a crazy year! I have precious little time for the computer lately, so I will just do a quick post to get rolling again.<br /><br />Where to start... many of you know this, but I will just lay out the timeline of our VERY interesting year (2009).<br /><br /><em>March-</em> Corey and I planned our Hawaii trip right before finding out we were expecting, so I enjoyed the trip while 35 weeks pregnant. While in Hawaii, we each received messages that requested an appointment with our Stake President as soon as we were back in town. So, the day after we came home, we were sitting in the Stake President's office for the third time in 5 years.<br /><br /><em>April-</em> Two weeks later, Corey was sustained as the Bishop of our newly split ward. YIKES! Oh, yeah, we'd just found out Hudson was breech and I'd have to have a C-section (bummer).<br /><br />The following week, Corey was laid off from his job. Pretty crummy, except that meant he'd be home the whole time I was recovering. Thankfully, he was blessed with a good severance package, so we had some time. Good news for our kids!! And for me. I was able to adjust to his Bishop time requirements easily because I had him around all day.<br /><br /><em>June-</em> We enjoyed a nice spring and beginning of summer with our daddy, and about the time I was getting sick of having him around 24/7, he took a contract job at a local bank while still looking for something permanent.<br /><br /><em>November-</em> After having a rough time with our kids while traveling last Christmas, we declared that we wouldn't be traveling for Christmas this year. Because of this, we planned a week over Thanksgiving to be in Minnesota. The day we left for our trip, Corey received an offer for a great job in Colorado. Thank goodness!! <br /><br /><em>December-</em> Corey's job is to start January 4<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">th</span>, so he was going to hit the road on the 1st and I'd stay back to get the house sold. Not ideal. So, when Corey found a furnished house to rent... month to month... 4 miles from his work, we jumped on it! Christmas was wonderful, I loved being in our own home -- for the first time in our marriage -- and I loved ripping Christmas down as soon as the kids were in bed so we could get our house ready for showings. I'm sure our neighbors thought we were a couple of scrooges, as our Christmas tree was on the curb the morning after Christmas!<br /><br />Ha ha, good times. Now we were on a countdown. We decided to take off New Year's Eve, so we'd have 3 days travel if needed. We had our carpet replaced on Tuesday, and were trying to wrap up all the packing on Wednesday so we could take off Thursday before noon so we could make it to Omaha (8 hrs away) Thursday night. <span style="font-size:85%;">Side note, this is tithing settlement time, so much of Corey's time is dedicated to this.</span> This Wednesday was the last chance ward members would have to meet with Corey, so I was left to fend for myself. The kids were not cooperating, and I was just trying to make it to bedtime so I could get things done after tucking them away. After yelling at Max for the third time for getting out of bed, I was at my wits end when Addie came out crying. I found her covered in vomit and shaking. Max was standing next to her, and started choking. Remembering the new carpet, I whirled him into the bathroom and make it just in time for him to hurl all over the floor. I spent the rest of the night running in to catch Addie continually throwing up into her little bucket, and if Max was awake while she was doing this, he happily joined in... in his own bucket. Did I mention that I've NEVER had vomiting kids?!? Boy, was I nervous for our drive. Fortunately, we arrived in Omaha shortly before 11pm without incident.<br /><br />Too bad our luck didn't hold. The next day, while driving through Nebraska, we stopped for gas and I needed to feed Hudson his cereal. The gas station had a Subway attached, so we bought a couple chocolate milks for the kids so I wouldn't feel too guilty sitting at their table with kids running around like crazy. I took Addie to the bathroom, then mixed Hudson's cereal. As I started feeding him, Corey noticed that Max was leaking out of his diaper. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Aargh</span>!! Of course, this station didn't have a diaper changing table, so I took him out to my car. We were packed to the rim, so my seat behind the wheel was the only open spot. I laid Max down, and realised the wet stain on the outside of his pants was oozing a yellow substance. This can't be good. Poor boy had major diarrhea. Seven or eight wipes later, during which Max discovered my stash of licorice bites and going to town on them, I escort him back into Subway so I can go wash my hands. The SECOND I walked back into Subway to get packed up, Max starts puking again... right into my hands!! Those poor saps that were stuck working New Year's Day got more than they bargained for. We cleaned up the best we could, I went into that stinky bathroom for a <em>third time</em> to wash up again, and we hit the road. Fortunately, he didn't have any other trouble, and we were driving through Denver around 7pm!! We've had the whole weekend to get settled in, and since both Corey and I got a taste of the same bug (without the puke), we didn't make it to church so we haven't met a single person since we got here.<br /><br />Wow, major rambling. Okay, so it wasn't quite a quick post, but it's gotten me current. Hopefully I'll be better at blogging, and I may include pictures next time.Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496234844268274711noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262913818995833710.post-20375297706596378302009-11-06T12:28:00.020-07:002009-11-11T20:31:52.352-07:00Halloween (belated, as usual)So here I am, over a week later trying to get my Halloween post up. Since I have to jockey between Corey, Addie, and lately Max for computer time, I know that I have to be prepared for a late night, or angry kids if I want to blog. But since I endure both all the time now, it shouldn't matter :)<br /><br /><br /><br />Addie, as usual, had several Halloween activities to enjoy. Thankfully, her school had a dress-up day (many are getting rid of it, so sad) so she was a 'beautiful princess'. The crown lasted about 3 minutes, even with bobby pins, but we did get the classic picture with the winter coat covering up most of the costume. I didn't get him in the pic, but Addie's standing by her 'best', Avery. I asked her if she was nice, and was informed with a shy smile that Avery is a boy. Good thing he seems to be a nice boy.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhvyaggoENZ2mF4J_ca_dCfYT0wyKwrq7RE_gYFVjfFRPN-SURyrpoIxnou1V0cVF8uxF7gmd1VdLr6_6ACfvrpg97qAlTy3NgRob4MCpukeCG9VlQiuiULGSd9pH0kyhziulyVxWTjPIv/s1600-h/nauvoo+053.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401078156946349570" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhvyaggoENZ2mF4J_ca_dCfYT0wyKwrq7RE_gYFVjfFRPN-SURyrpoIxnou1V0cVF8uxF7gmd1VdLr6_6ACfvrpg97qAlTy3NgRob4MCpukeCG9VlQiuiULGSd9pH0kyhziulyVxWTjPIv/s320/nauvoo+053.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Addie's dance class also had a dress up day. The day before class, a sweet girl in our church came up to Addie and asked if she would like her old ballet costume that didn't fit anymore. Um, of course!! So she had a fun dance costume for ballet. I'm trying to figure out if Addie is just a lot younger than the other girls, or is she just that short?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj5bM2ANWQRfVqmKNsnwxaC7SgySnTW5sJXDnbF5AbcT-2oxoY5zA7LUrm7pB55aQIQczFXCeWoZWqKFUV2eNgeBPiHeaekq4_pv2d7I0mA4PqfDUtuN62gnNKPeeL-rkjkiqX6gUN5rWD/s1600-h/nauvoo+033.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401076011273847250" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj5bM2ANWQRfVqmKNsnwxaC7SgySnTW5sJXDnbF5AbcT-2oxoY5zA7LUrm7pB55aQIQczFXCeWoZWqKFUV2eNgeBPiHeaekq4_pv2d7I0mA4PqfDUtuN62gnNKPeeL-rkjkiqX6gUN5rWD/s320/nauvoo+033.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Sweet little girl!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG1Vvf3x8KOO1PyxoYq6Y4jOzWqQQ-7qZUGCCuH4EBgHlA_iyQwVAvxi_O97lPFUWIW_5uUHEXqitvlF1GJjXjALjUVEWbrn5B-PdnrODny4QxAHnQmhIr0wnbR1JksyEFTwV4CEbghMC7/s1600-h/nauvoo+039.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401076131516728450" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG1Vvf3x8KOO1PyxoYq6Y4jOzWqQQ-7qZUGCCuH4EBgHlA_iyQwVAvxi_O97lPFUWIW_5uUHEXqitvlF1GJjXjALjUVEWbrn5B-PdnrODny4QxAHnQmhIr0wnbR1JksyEFTwV4CEbghMC7/s320/nauvoo+039.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Being married to Magellan the traveler, there is always a trip in the works. This time it was going to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Nauvoo</span> for Halloween. Sounds like a weird time, but if you've lived in Milwaukee you'll understand. Halloween, or rather trick-or-treating, is done on a scheduled day and time... and rarely is that scheduled on Halloween (I don't pretend to understand it, but it is what it is). Our city usually is scheduled the Sunday before Halloween, between 4 and 7pm. Also, Addie had school off the last two days of October, so off we went.<br /><br /><br />Bad Mama, this is the only picture of Max we have in his costume. The hat was a little bent, but Max was a dinosaur. Here we are in front of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Nauvoo</span> temple.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlkvTC-7iIsL-TKj8AoOQ_gja77M3vSCT9KmU69IdOJqCyX6c71HzD0FWa8LVRlyUjAb_U377fxX8NpvdIxBU-oQ91o9LuwUE1MiDJzkPw1Y-KhwwUg023EWB0i5kN4J6K4qj1sGcZfiT1/s1600-h/nauvoo+121.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401084927159956274" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlkvTC-7iIsL-TKj8AoOQ_gja77M3vSCT9KmU69IdOJqCyX6c71HzD0FWa8LVRlyUjAb_U377fxX8NpvdIxBU-oQ91o9LuwUE1MiDJzkPw1Y-KhwwUg023EWB0i5kN4J6K4qj1sGcZfiT1/s320/nauvoo+121.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Here's our little monkey...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNeH7WNBoaLoMPFTSYsJhS8mT-Hro23YDyWcf48mMvFwewAGHwwmtz-SX1_SA2bmYWUPEv8OECkgZht4DDO6kuPMmIwWAhlvEbVCuVu9NgVQdKEBgAITwO5Cq36YYW1BlDyp7JIA-dJ1eL/s1600-h/nauvoo+116.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401084075564653314" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNeH7WNBoaLoMPFTSYsJhS8mT-Hro23YDyWcf48mMvFwewAGHwwmtz-SX1_SA2bmYWUPEv8OECkgZht4DDO6kuPMmIwWAhlvEbVCuVu9NgVQdKEBgAITwO5Cq36YYW1BlDyp7JIA-dJ1eL/s320/nauvoo+116.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Fall in the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">midwest</span> is amazingly beautiful, add a temple to the backdrop and it's just gorgeous!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieAhTwvRU8pNFEWBeUSYp0fD3D9lNkPSfrvNAadz5p4XJ7szRJozqB5vi2q246hmJSRrpmxQIWSpRtcbR32ZQPzxjiE1DYMJd6iw7V2lZy8RApMTTW5KGMOtDmuDt7sbExMcRP5w5hR1gq/s1600-h/nauvoo+111.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401082902854232194" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieAhTwvRU8pNFEWBeUSYp0fD3D9lNkPSfrvNAadz5p4XJ7szRJozqB5vi2q246hmJSRrpmxQIWSpRtcbR32ZQPzxjiE1DYMJd6iw7V2lZy8RApMTTW5KGMOtDmuDt7sbExMcRP5w5hR1gq/s320/nauvoo+111.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />See?!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8sId-GDpPzT3-Uh9wyrmnm8WDspPtuIive_l0YZm_-8BONiteWe-gyKlsegoXrxaNnlEU4eDSK6L6UzXhDLPcynMeUSZnZ4f95XcnDCNqPEiDsd6vl87RdSdlDVo-5O6ar83h3PQ6sMK7/s1600-h/nauvoo+105.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401082604409781138" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8sId-GDpPzT3-Uh9wyrmnm8WDspPtuIive_l0YZm_-8BONiteWe-gyKlsegoXrxaNnlEU4eDSK6L6UzXhDLPcynMeUSZnZ4f95XcnDCNqPEiDsd6vl87RdSdlDVo-5O6ar83h3PQ6sMK7/s320/nauvoo+105.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />What a beautiful boy<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQjb4gthY_wL5PtZ5quwmDeTH5CHISkgfcUXsYuBMIrunAE_Y9e6WAclZf-qBUrnXjN7puo2em8170Hf_sJBdOF-8dIUuqYnKN75R9ZpIgVyoOXfyf6D_f0faZMUGQwLTinUEyO8nQPq5z/s1600-h/nauvoo+093.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401081381877148562" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQjb4gthY_wL5PtZ5quwmDeTH5CHISkgfcUXsYuBMIrunAE_Y9e6WAclZf-qBUrnXjN7puo2em8170Hf_sJBdOF-8dIUuqYnKN75R9ZpIgVyoOXfyf6D_f0faZMUGQwLTinUEyO8nQPq5z/s320/nauvoo+093.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /> </div><div>Kids needing to burn some energy outside the visitor's center<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwiZJj0SZxOjCx28wGsFrUNOAxiR4r5_5uhzrmpSnrbmvabQ5yBOWxGBbaEC5P77QaozLroQVGIDjaMpVjO1g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoaxiW1Q7fp0atTfuNwIZHZoQG-4iWJNlSNwpUSgwC2sFdINu3FYZPfdmnkXmzfwlnQHo8umw_lJ_NYbGcVd9rtDTK0sVn75pKKUy9wzflXJatWFdSLeXyEjUsEYs487fl4WdP4OM2hkUR/s1600-h/nauvoo+091.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401081083651891778" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoaxiW1Q7fp0atTfuNwIZHZoQG-4iWJNlSNwpUSgwC2sFdINu3FYZPfdmnkXmzfwlnQHo8umw_lJ_NYbGcVd9rtDTK0sVn75pKKUy9wzflXJatWFdSLeXyEjUsEYs487fl4WdP4OM2hkUR/s320/nauvoo+091.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Dad and Max found a fun ball to play with <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">abandoned</span> in the theater of the visitor center<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQMRp6tmJlw6ft6mYmGDPtgwiI_jmpnb2v-T5E05CBpLiE_MVRiYD2ynSQPoC5u8jaad7XWXOHQM80rIGgKrmhZqsK3CAbFbW_tjVYmqrStKMNKCmPi7YyyJka_Fk-5onvRuuauk5hE4vZ/s1600-h/nauvoo+090.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401080796007707666" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQMRp6tmJlw6ft6mYmGDPtgwiI_jmpnb2v-T5E05CBpLiE_MVRiYD2ynSQPoC5u8jaad7XWXOHQM80rIGgKrmhZqsK3CAbFbW_tjVYmqrStKMNKCmPi7YyyJka_Fk-5onvRuuauk5hE4vZ/s320/nauvoo+090.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br />Dad playing referee<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_NvDWdpPl0bAhzQEVMxBKtnU-YHwZcONKE49tg241c0AdwYVkD7raLu6fzuLulFGWDlq9GWQvYHdOI5UhGboH0CHvUIRm3djjD3ReImJIyaQWGuR9PLfCVl64zGCVbPFYsAIaTC3cj_T/s1600-h/nauvoo+082.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401080186941041746" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_NvDWdpPl0bAhzQEVMxBKtnU-YHwZcONKE49tg241c0AdwYVkD7raLu6fzuLulFGWDlq9GWQvYHdOI5UhGboH0CHvUIRm3djjD3ReImJIyaQWGuR9PLfCVl64zGCVbPFYsAIaTC3cj_T/s320/nauvoo+082.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"You <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">talkin</span>' to me? You <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">talkin</span>' to ME?!"<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX1TGQ-TUB7rDo67dkjw0yVPaynw7pJjgqRrF_1BGVhDZEzENd6_-VTsjV0ePrcA5qDgkpOQFMLFqIcYzVtnXjEYxM5Dz2LS6dc3B-Q_-D3aSr418r5XRA4VUz_kbiBdJeaintzmRU0Seu/s1600-h/nauvoo+081.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401079968616032658" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX1TGQ-TUB7rDo67dkjw0yVPaynw7pJjgqRrF_1BGVhDZEzENd6_-VTsjV0ePrcA5qDgkpOQFMLFqIcYzVtnXjEYxM5Dz2LS6dc3B-Q_-D3aSr418r5XRA4VUz_kbiBdJeaintzmRU0Seu/s320/nauvoo+081.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Joseph and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Hyrum</span> overlooking the City Beautiful<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVf_xo6mM0GXtwS9OjVNy08sIVGW6swCM4R-XhrHMIGWtaDZjsetmkDP_ju5iTikvTphl5Xhed6oENy1dosyX8mUl3Sd3ETwvNe-j4WcWpOrFP5JIZfNQMZCh1AzzRFs3NwUvNd58ne_Vc/s1600-h/nauvoo+067.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401079340605464994" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVf_xo6mM0GXtwS9OjVNy08sIVGW6swCM4R-XhrHMIGWtaDZjsetmkDP_ju5iTikvTphl5Xhed6oENy1dosyX8mUl3Sd3ETwvNe-j4WcWpOrFP5JIZfNQMZCh1AzzRFs3NwUvNd58ne_Vc/s320/nauvoo+067.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Weather was great while we were there, and made for some great pictures<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJwRjQAkm63odFLvVGJ4KsOkIRRn1hNs9pyKo1DKe88uAB4KXj1623He0FgpUPAQL3WSfc0nkyB-gFiJc0EPOJaASxPBBthlSetCZOWifq6CYK4RHL-DbyCQxZEStNwO7QXXirMqDzcDr1/s1600-h/nauvoo+063.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401079092348303026" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJwRjQAkm63odFLvVGJ4KsOkIRRn1hNs9pyKo1DKe88uAB4KXj1623He0FgpUPAQL3WSfc0nkyB-gFiJc0EPOJaASxPBBthlSetCZOWifq6CYK4RHL-DbyCQxZEStNwO7QXXirMqDzcDr1/s320/nauvoo+063.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><div><br />Postcard beautiful<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm6K9OwD3MCqoLvSkj09lUTKut4mBOBlbZedYVb3dw-3Xl_LlSbvACAfmec33x2QNY1RzDBXIJCZSaa17zWaW5gApHXkCOYuf7E34O96ouXFF4EfAxuER8yU35knq_9MaweTHzFgmBMweF/s1600-h/nauvoo+147.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401085710556107138" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm6K9OwD3MCqoLvSkj09lUTKut4mBOBlbZedYVb3dw-3Xl_LlSbvACAfmec33x2QNY1RzDBXIJCZSaa17zWaW5gApHXkCOYuf7E34O96ouXFF4EfAxuER8yU35knq_9MaweTHzFgmBMweF/s320/nauvoo+147.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And the big cleanup at home<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJvFl4ZSXM7K1sdqbBceXnSUnmqI9aOIbWaDcr7D5hJWY0zxlsjAwcS5vuuaG-YeF4UdLv615XK72Z4UPmc-rUKX806mfgI2DjGHpnx-uBvZLURo1zHBWJ9CwrS3-iXFa5hzXvhdFDLYuF/s1600-h/nauvoo+047.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401077620594773346" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJvFl4ZSXM7K1sdqbBceXnSUnmqI9aOIbWaDcr7D5hJWY0zxlsjAwcS5vuuaG-YeF4UdLv615XK72Z4UPmc-rUKX806mfgI2DjGHpnx-uBvZLURo1zHBWJ9CwrS3-iXFa5hzXvhdFDLYuF/s320/nauvoo+047.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div><br />Aren't I lucky to have such hard workers?<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyFRNsKutJHhvbYqXPmA63_c0xQinn0UaRONKq6nLAVdKzH9axqU3cQuJvV1ZxOCGkYWJ2T_FYrSYE2LXRxJA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div></div>Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496234844268274711noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262913818995833710.post-82304274206154447272009-10-22T19:33:00.006-06:002009-10-22T19:53:28.559-06:00Small snippets of family time<div>Corey is so very busy the past little while, it's been a little frustrating for me and the kids. Tack on that the weather is changing so we're inside a whole lot more, then my foot making me less likely to want to do anything extra. All this and more, and the kids are going a little stir-crazy.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>After we picked Addie up from school today, Max started crying when we turned down our street, as if to say, "What?! We're going back to that dump? Let's do something funnnnn!!" So I decided to do something fun. Corey picked up a couple pumpkins Monday night while stocking up on prunes for Hudson (note previous post) and we've been putting off carving so we could do it with Daddy. Mostly because I can't police two kids trying to carve pumpkins while Hudson is yelling for attention. Thankfully, the stars aligned this afternoon. Hudson took a beautiful nap right when I had an hour of nothing to do (if you don't count cooking, but I figured we had enough leftovers we were covered). Corey got home right near the end, about the time when my indulgent attitude was being smothered by my we-are-doing-this-my-way attitude.</div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><br /><div>Here are the results! We waited till it was very dark out, then lit the pumpkins. They looked sooo cool! I took the picture, then realised my flash is way too good. It was raining out, so very few pics worked before we dashed back in. I turned off the flash for the last one, pretty cool!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7VKY7NF0OxsHW0xk2xMfs6g5aVpbfSLrP3a8nkzkgeZY0gl2FIwSngyAYxFYHs2oOudcHyKMUg8eJwdDJ66ZsPPfDXHSvVEu1KJwOjBIpkcBGyJ_CLf7J6MR4tM5ZujJ3yCnmFJrce-Vq/s1600-h/Halloween+012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395604330734617698" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7VKY7NF0OxsHW0xk2xMfs6g5aVpbfSLrP3a8nkzkgeZY0gl2FIwSngyAYxFYHs2oOudcHyKMUg8eJwdDJ66ZsPPfDXHSvVEu1KJwOjBIpkcBGyJ_CLf7J6MR4tM5ZujJ3yCnmFJrce-Vq/s320/Halloween+012.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgix2zILogE2kVGUFJUr7-nAo56b3hHT_l-nWqDn3jJiBXufwRMXMkoUxdk6PtWZwyD6bHuyIj7Z_5oSEA5uTjAVYB3jkN8eNR_z_LAApfGPQADoyS2Uhkdco6RkMUmStT8NCnEIv5vprAg/s1600-h/Halloween+013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395604426817816066" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgix2zILogE2kVGUFJUr7-nAo56b3hHT_l-nWqDn3jJiBXufwRMXMkoUxdk6PtWZwyD6bHuyIj7Z_5oSEA5uTjAVYB3jkN8eNR_z_LAApfGPQADoyS2Uhkdco6RkMUmStT8NCnEIv5vprAg/s320/Halloween+013.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_mpF61K8TrhK8QKSvxY-BIgJRmxu8bWQyQYsiUt4ZASLVl7rur8g2BMY0aRVXniBxQZ2Qbk-PT8cpEa9G2K8pNYm7-2T4wEcbU_9hXjj0hnoiEV3Ev9mDeyeEy3dUw_L9ezZEudsf33dl/s1600-h/Halloween+009.JPG"></a></div><br /><div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395607452569253186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibRPEE2S4-CImx9yUQF6CBaP4_XFNoSxT5kEezpmFblOykqhmcPe8mHSB9UuBehNecHosIsxTXTGAnHhwrtjBhEoqscw9v8HTAxnpzVj9vjef7saeNhw8mXsw96bmOVKWtVptW0gX2lMWe/s400/Halloween+016.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div></div>Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496234844268274711noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262913818995833710.post-10876176600509149742009-10-20T12:39:00.004-06:002009-10-22T19:32:46.010-06:00Fun times, trials, and accomplishments!<div>My baby is getting so fun, I love the few chances I get alone to play with him. This Sunday Hudson was so very giggly, thankfully I thought to whip out the camera to catch it.<br /><br />Our version of peek-a-boo<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx0k6aMetoTUDDhWqNjLV4a5s2oz9LiiI43YT4wMyoYIjmM0hfnXuzT-aRTsZZeL2t7nutXqTQveWk8-RKXxA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><div>And then, the not so fun part of my week. A week ago Monday, I was running to Max to prevent him from throwing a tantrum next to Hudson's room while said baby was napping. In my haste (temper) I stormed after him, and crushed my toe into the door jamb. Thankfully, I was talking on the phone at the time so my vocabulary was kept in check.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>The results -- my first broken bone. Poor little <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">pinky</span></span> toe, all bashed up. And it hurts!! I have a friend that has had MULTIPLE broken toes (like every single one, I think), and I don't know how she handled it. Maybe this is harder because I'm a run-around mom and can't take a break to feel better. <span style="font-size:85%;">Probably not, Amber is the toughest lady I know.</span> I was advised by our friend, the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">podiatrist</span>, that I should keep my foot up and iced 3 times a day, take <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">ibuprofen</span> to keep swelling down, and take it easy. Yeah, right! I haven't iced it since Wednesday, I keep forgetting to take <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">meds</span></span>, and I have to run Addie (and therefore Max and Hudson, too) to and from school each afternoon. By the end of the day, my whole body is screaming because I'm keeping my weight off one side, walking crooked on my injured foot, and my kids can't help but trip over/step on/bump into my foot 74 times a day! </div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Here's a picture after 7 days, I even painted my toenails so I wouldn't feel so pathetic...</div><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiipB0lP9J3amDVDe4toAC4dbyda4T2x3B9wICcjT4RRxojsgUju6uPT15pcRIP3yfYU2ejzXlSX81gvoejRh8in-mnSboqyO1RAyPWQ4B8VttHAoK0QuSjpkWALq_OjgziwJ3roZoN0til/s1600-h/More+October+021.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394754721226961906" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiipB0lP9J3amDVDe4toAC4dbyda4T2x3B9wICcjT4RRxojsgUju6uPT15pcRIP3yfYU2ejzXlSX81gvoejRh8in-mnSboqyO1RAyPWQ4B8VttHAoK0QuSjpkWALq_OjgziwJ3roZoN0til/s320/More+October+021.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><p>Enough complaining about my woes, onto Hudson's woes! Poor kid is constipated. <span style="font-size:85%;">Sorry to anyone too sensitive to read about poop, but that's just part of the life of a mama. </span><span style="font-size:100%;">I've even been feeding him prunes (which he loves, so that's okay) and pumping him full of prune juice, to no avail. If there are any other ideas to clean him out, please let me know. His doctor wants to control this with diet, so I guess we wait.</span></p><p>Here he is, loving his prunes! Note how dirty my own hand is, he seems desperate for those spoonfuls of cereal. I must not be fast enough for his taste.</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC0QA0YMp1LqJUrmzB8K90R2TxsjrjA83WccJELuK84rhtxUyQFV1gGzX6Z-x1JqIiko1JB51I8Wjn5Mv3okUotRvP3Avf1VGsMjS9bqgr9oWCwzLdEF9BF8xa5iYNwLYJHV_J5h_EIBSA/s1600-h/Halloween+001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395601931652382482" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC0QA0YMp1LqJUrmzB8K90R2TxsjrjA83WccJELuK84rhtxUyQFV1gGzX6Z-x1JqIiko1JB51I8Wjn5Mv3okUotRvP3Avf1VGsMjS9bqgr9oWCwzLdEF9BF8xa5iYNwLYJHV_J5h_EIBSA/s320/Halloween+001.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><p>Lastly, we enjoyed another group doctor's appointment. Why didn't I learn the last time? Oh, well, we all survived.</p><br /><p>Addie got a flu shot. No tears, just a grouchy "ouch!" barked at the nurse (yes, <em>one</em> nurse to administer <em>six</em> shots to <em>three</em> different children... smart). Max got a flu shot and two other shots AND had blood taken for a lead test. He just watched the lab tech draw the blood, no flinching or anything, but he did cry a little with the shots. Mainly because it was one after another instead of all at the same time. And Hudson had an oral vaccine and two shots. And he cried the worst! Good thing I'm immune to crying by this point (or at least desensitized).</p><br /><p>Stats: Hudson weighed in at 18 lbs 12 oz which pu<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">ts</span> him in the 75th percentile. He is 28 1/2 in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">so</span> that's the 95th percentile, and his h<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">ea</span>d is in the 80th. </p><br /><p>Max is a tank. He weighs 33 lbs 4 oz,<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"> w</span>hich is the 90th percentile, 36 1/2 in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">ta</span>ll also the 90th percentile, an<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">d </span>his head is 75th percentile. Whi<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">le th</span>is is just SOOOO big, his doc assured me that there's nothing to worry about, as his growth is steady and he is proportional... big all around! Compare him to his sister that is twice his age, she weighs 35 lbs and is 39 in tall... soon to be surpassed by little bro!</p><br /><p>Sp<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">eaking of be</span>ing desensitized, I saw this commercial and started laughing hysterically!! Aside from the sitting on her bed doing nothing, this is totally a scene out of my own life. Can any of you relate?</p><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxFIERKj4LM4b5IKuJJ1P-g8VQmqBeX7ClTu0IBp-4Y3GQioNtle5NY88gk3rmPOjMQlt1EWjoKxb3ZtcbSVQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496234844268274711noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262913818995833710.post-46064220634283316382009-10-15T08:06:00.004-06:002009-10-20T12:39:18.242-06:00Too busy for naps!I have just clued in to why Hudson can get soooooo needy and whiny 'all of a sudden.' He's tired! Why don't I try putting him down for a nap more often? Because I feel like a slave to my schedule. I guess I figure that if I put him down for a nap an hour before I have to wake him up, he'll learn poor sleeping habits. But if I extend his time between naps just to try to get him to nap longer when I can, maybe he'll learn to deal without naps... and that would be tragic! I value nap time more than any other time of the day (even more than bed time, probably because I'm so pooped by this time that there's no productivity even though the kids are sleeping). Even with this realization, I've still been putting him off his needs.<br /><div></div><br /><div>See...</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj5N9fwqWnixfkKYXwEVqGIAe4kCPDmhpyKJ_lwfAxq9FMwU-Iry6EH0zMX7eDgPpl902vFO0hkDNS1h7xYxrc6e7jBH9CVkO2uEeGvLq87R3Exj6Y6kvgOLIWykRV-scbtYbeF0bGwVAe/s1600-h/More+October+012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394751699123101330" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj5N9fwqWnixfkKYXwEVqGIAe4kCPDmhpyKJ_lwfAxq9FMwU-Iry6EH0zMX7eDgPpl902vFO0hkDNS1h7xYxrc6e7jBH9CVkO2uEeGvLq87R3Exj6Y6kvgOLIWykRV-scbtYbeF0bGwVAe/s320/More+October+012.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div>One of the many times that I've just ignored Hudson's fussing while trying to accomplish something (I think I was making dinner this time). He's sitting up pretty much by himself now, but I still leave the Boppy around him for those times that he turfs it. I realized he was being quiet, so I came in to check and found this scene. See all the presents on and around him? The kids can't quite tune out his neediness like I can (should I brag about or apologize for this?)</div>Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496234844268274711noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262913818995833710.post-89259083027869943032009-10-13T21:47:00.003-06:002009-10-13T21:56:34.998-06:00Interpretation<p>I don't think she remembered we signed her up for <em>ballet...</em></p><p> </p><p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzZb2UNNpDEhguZl-tjHcwOi3KEtYjl5B0c0fsauubfAlDEq9nXC8xeTYWAAYaMlJ4MOHPoegClRqNZFWxb8w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p> </p><p>Funny girl!</p>Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496234844268274711noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262913818995833710.post-77106142978758813532009-10-03T21:58:00.011-06:002009-10-09T15:57:08.721-06:00Is this one really ours?<div>When Addie was born, the hospital was having a hard time drawing blood from her heel. They tried several times, and finally decided to take her to the nursery for this (I think we were making the nurse nervous after a few failed attempts). Corey's mom didn't like this and sent Corey to monitor this activity. She instructed him to not let Addie out of his sight, for fear of a baby switch. I kind of laughed at this, but the idea was planted.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>When I was recovering in the hospital with Hudson, this thought came back full force. I was marveling over my beautiful boy, when I noticed a scratch on his face. Later that day, after getting him back from his circumcision, I started wondering... He was born looking exactly like Max, but was starting to lose that look. And his scratch was gone! I'll bet I searched his face for an hour or more, looking for an expression or something that would reassure me. I blame this on post<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">partum</span> hormones.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Since then, I've stopped wondering.</div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3MLHNL3q926orxxg4BAsC-IkBSzoyjGEJ9uvY5ft-WJfUPphRgxgnUju9fhKmXvBjFP3U_fJMCrzZP9etWnDcLdjiq4AxNTUEyVDURsXd5bIPiXIAS2vN0off1rgBs4xR4egkEnSAoWO/s1600-h/bath+time+002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390597415236969314" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3MLHNL3q926orxxg4BAsC-IkBSzoyjGEJ9uvY5ft-WJfUPphRgxgnUju9fhKmXvBjFP3U_fJMCrzZP9etWnDcLdjiq4AxNTUEyVDURsXd5bIPiXIAS2vN0off1rgBs4xR4egkEnSAoWO/s320/bath+time+002.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWRRq5ymo3vmeZFnB1iUHrEBU4HhwcomgZsBndJAp-ko4LWepDhZJqc1u8eAiCwUmDYYBduNfk0yiICQbBlkT1QcMF_xlrknbqA1yScA_K9Khq6G6MXJRYTdG88vD5uM4Zv-GsAAeb3Cez/s1600-h/Addie+with+toys+01-05+025.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388592292805159282" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWRRq5ymo3vmeZFnB1iUHrEBU4HhwcomgZsBndJAp-ko4LWepDhZJqc1u8eAiCwUmDYYBduNfk0yiICQbBlkT1QcMF_xlrknbqA1yScA_K9Khq6G6MXJRYTdG88vD5uM4Zv-GsAAeb3Cez/s320/Addie+with+toys+01-05+025.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Look at these two!! Think there's a little family resemblance?</div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtX3HEl32C6hyphenhyphenkkjYbTvUdv1lzFyQZozWWoPs6ZPcDcxETZBscjKHe4VgQevObb9-ZfX192BKCyQjsFCSpmoWawv7Rn3d_zAlt0Y7_qaXOBEwTtUqcVoe72lwmLlda3hkOHgPbbr7kGJXZ/s1600-h/DSC01465.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390715382742687282" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtX3HEl32C6hyphenhyphenkkjYbTvUdv1lzFyQZozWWoPs6ZPcDcxETZBscjKHe4VgQevObb9-ZfX192BKCyQjsFCSpmoWawv7Rn3d_zAlt0Y7_qaXOBEwTtUqcVoe72lwmLlda3hkOHgPbbr7kGJXZ/s320/DSC01465.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div>Here's Max at about the same age, for comparison.<br /><br /></div><div>There are a few more things that have thrown me for a loop. Like the fact that Hudson really doesn't prefer his <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">binky</span>. Isn't it just a matter of giving him the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">binky</span>, like his brother and sister? They <em>loved loved loved</em> theirs, right from the beginning. Not Hudson, he's just as happy chewing on his fist (please don't become a thumb sucker, please please!!).</div><div><br />And there's the fact that he's my first baby that would go to sleep by himself, just needed to be laid down in a swaddle (another first, the others never liked swaddling) and he would put himself to sleep.</div><div><br />Now, he's cut his first tooth. He's only 5 months old. This is the first time his individualism is making me nervous. Addie and Max both got their first tooth right before turning one, so I just assumed that's how my kids would be. Never would I have to worry about getting nipped during nursing, since I don't make it much past 6 months. Wish me luck!<br /><br /></div><div></div>Here's my cutie in action<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxmIWG8GDx_VhvVpvcPhzVXpV6Ce8yyFV7qP0uKtoU7ERNMWy0tg7z3C5ycyNUwLsFZvJO9Aqd_3GDgjOVZ5w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496234844268274711noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262913818995833710.post-40320315986943058602009-10-03T20:28:00.008-06:002009-10-03T21:58:13.393-06:00Bro-mancing the playdough<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwC8Pv5448PRDee2vqPVzhxXsA48dA7tSp5aCWFNiuDU-wA1Ny7Tv_hqGa60YTLZvrMgk8SOazPa50WXkTTkyMlRmClHoUXgA0EwJ-bokyiVdjIQD94R-XlISwnwyS6a_YxxXvOth0-S4L/s1600-h/bro-mance+001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388582116164364386" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwC8Pv5448PRDee2vqPVzhxXsA48dA7tSp5aCWFNiuDU-wA1Ny7Tv_hqGa60YTLZvrMgk8SOazPa50WXkTTkyMlRmClHoUXgA0EwJ-bokyiVdjIQD94R-XlISwnwyS6a_YxxXvOth0-S4L/s320/bro-mance+001.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Max has a boyfriend. Seeing as he's a two year old, I think it's okay. We love Kevin, and Kevin tolerates Max's craziness so well. We watched him this Monday so his mom could clean and check out of their old apartment and officially be homeowners. This was great to keep Max happy, and since I made a HUGE batch of edible playdough the kids had lots of fun.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOZ9yhCttP0w2SR3fl14e260y2mabKWRJJ6Zuwx5QVj7ZyVcQirOcZ7hrX0ZetCia4slCuwYpqZOkJNLDjqtvWE5nDPhv08VY5mGoHzwCyFGKicGF7hFIBr2CzTsMWO-AggTK0o4xGeWUJ/s1600-h/bro-mance+008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388583581178886290" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOZ9yhCttP0w2SR3fl14e260y2mabKWRJJ6Zuwx5QVj7ZyVcQirOcZ7hrX0ZetCia4slCuwYpqZOkJNLDjqtvWE5nDPhv08VY5mGoHzwCyFGKicGF7hFIBr2CzTsMWO-AggTK0o4xGeWUJ/s320/bro-mance+008.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Aren't they cute?<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOyuxyYkpBOL_MnCHZQW6Be5DutfAsEBVtGf2ypayuciYQQQeUKxQyGMF_DO-nDJjgJBUdKTOsChBoYjxTixvJUB_mTy9T1AAAzIEpIxiwtHc5rKdeVPsainqsy7zPXtxp3pAL28M_q0z/s1600-h/bro-mance+011.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388584653314267026" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOyuxyYkpBOL_MnCHZQW6Be5DutfAsEBVtGf2ypayuciYQQQeUKxQyGMF_DO-nDJjgJBUdKTOsChBoYjxTixvJUB_mTy9T1AAAzIEpIxiwtHc5rKdeVPsainqsy7zPXtxp3pAL28M_q0z/s320/bro-mance+011.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Maybe I should add salt so he'll quit eating it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGXYy9nVYKgkHzuN-xlFPzKxQapri7c7T7FmIfIgsJlG2mQljFiRrWCPfgn9sW9wOsLGrNTVwhwRkIrfqs38NI0vjuOKKuCCmV0rOod16T8Gxh2g_91xwTXD7RQzjbtISFxntVlhtddXhU/s1600-h/bro-mance+010.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388586146627215538" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGXYy9nVYKgkHzuN-xlFPzKxQapri7c7T7FmIfIgsJlG2mQljFiRrWCPfgn9sW9wOsLGrNTVwhwRkIrfqs38NI0vjuOKKuCCmV0rOod16T8Gxh2g_91xwTXD7RQzjbtISFxntVlhtddXhU/s320/bro-mance+010.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Kevin does the best 'cheese' face ever!<br /><br /><br /><br /><p><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz5UYz9RbiqtO2KQ_Z0KTKasUxh-Ncx1nSX9WrhFuP6BKfyDGvd3j-43BZPp07ZCQBmZHzkTfJ71mBaRcPaqA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p>Edible playdough</p><p>3 1/2 cups Creamy Peanut Butter<br />4 cups powdered sugar<br />4 cups powdered milk<br />3 1/2 cups corn syrup</p>Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496234844268274711noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262913818995833710.post-83238827266142415842009-09-25T21:14:00.005-06:002009-09-30T21:56:09.378-06:00Another Birthday<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEWojc1c4jinCf20NAtV2aHqAvEBbiiSdMRoP0iD5MR-x7mMIbYOGG9xK_8uIMbVhERdZ8ko2uIq9L-p879p_vX85FyHBI4JBlgdHsCjGYBxSskb4gh0VWuVPL_GcL5m7ADeJl1e4WquKH/s1600-h/Sept+and+Max+bday+030.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385616912521957330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEWojc1c4jinCf20NAtV2aHqAvEBbiiSdMRoP0iD5MR-x7mMIbYOGG9xK_8uIMbVhERdZ8ko2uIq9L-p879p_vX85FyHBI4JBlgdHsCjGYBxSskb4gh0VWuVPL_GcL5m7ADeJl1e4WquKH/s320/Sept+and+Max+bday+030.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Oh, my, I am a bad mommy!! We've had a big birthday and I let nearly a week go by before putting this up. </div><br /><div>That's right, Max is 2! Finally! I feel like he's been 'nearly 2' forever. Could be because he's looked like a little man since he could sit up, or maybe it's because he's not exactly petite. Either way, he's a big boy now and quite the handful.</div><div> </div><div>Holy terrible twos!! Hopefully since they started early he'll pull out earlier too.</div><div> </div><div>Good thing he's a cutie!</div></div><br /><p><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzfKrIO7joxmRLFBmhAYKI_S4l1mXW2nvSMbJW4A5K9jNAoEU1obuUy9EmnQbcOlfvXKhu7rv-ZZvQ7Fuuhgw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p>Present opening went well. He tore into each toy carefully, making sure all the paper was removed. Then he wanted to play with each present (a bunch of cars, and one buzz lightyear from Addie) before moving on to the next. I love the ease of pleasing a two year old.</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385617600651803346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQRZbzCyMPJFo3LLrkswhgAfwabMP2ggskezdyOnFkwUPeBncNfuXucH8tKNrAlHB9t5ydur0DLAm8PFhXa2CC_oD8DUOtUtiHOdJQdZYMwTmzQQOeerRmIo2XnfCLgyaL3SEYmIgaYxXU/s320/Sept+and+Max+bday+038.JPG" border="0" /></p><p>We love Sunday Night Football, especially the gatorade commercials!</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz-miUJjh6g2916u698a9X0_1A4GPYofWHtuCYR5rWrPJstwYOLWH0s6SkSNfaTDYAgbJdJ6OVxtxwENOLAWQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p>Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496234844268274711noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262913818995833710.post-11922300093952070352009-09-06T21:43:00.005-06:002009-09-06T22:04:35.534-06:00RaspberriesFor being such a good "go to sleeper", Hudson is really fighting going to sleep lately. Today he barely even napped, even after the car ride home from church he only slept 20 minutes. He did crash for about an hour this evening, but that just meant that bedtime was that much harder. I finally gave in and brought him out to visit for awhile. I was holding him and Corey was entertaining him with annoying noises and pulling funny faces, and here's what he ended up learning to do...<br /><br /><br /><p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzA3KN7uk-M2C7iaqT4nzeAbK42esyB1OmN-HCiSKgXKD7KsbNEy1pMNIvdzgaB1seaJUdb2aLtNp2YPBwojA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p>BTW, not Max. Just wearing Max's layette gift from 2 yrs ago. Curse of being the second boy, I guess...</p><p> </p>Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496234844268274711noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262913818995833710.post-85018971945165593542009-08-29T21:16:00.005-06:002009-09-05T22:15:08.775-06:00Four months and four yearsSo we had a big doctor appointment this week. Hudson had his 4 month appointment and Addie had her 4 year check up on the same day. I figured it would be easier that way, instead of setting up different appointments and getting sitters for the other kids. I just brought all three, thinking I was so smart. WRONG!! What a joke! And my biggest trouble was Max. He is way too curious for the small doctor's exam room. Too many fun things for him to get into.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378202314801265394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Qu8XEbDif-YhWrYiRIkDtJAd344hAxNQcwd6IUTDhM8fPbHjzpIA3jW12aSA1fOtX9i76KJI474A3f0V3B7O-oGVXd5jD0ev604BNhMKcfhIj1Dqy09fSrTggCLsuD9Pmqwv9vjATqcN/s320/August+pics+043.JPG" border="0" />Just a sample of Max, always getting into something that you don't think will be trouble until he gets near it. Birdseed is a form of whole grains, right?<br /><div><div><div></div><br /><br /><div>So, the stats...</div><br /><br /><div>Hudson weighs 17 lbs 2 oz, and is 26 inches tall. That puts him in the 90th percentile for both. His head is at the 75th percentile, so he's BIG all around.</div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378201793412271554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3QJdwxXEKIJnqNrWlKzs65jaMI4JQTc_71yzRBf_ckqs7XbfsBCLkUQRD8fpy5uv1H_Btuv3kYdH3QOeBCcOqzqJhSiQm5VbdPG7MdCC77dlH5G7g9Uf1eCeTnfHt62qcmcBVRguAMULr/s320/August+pics+027.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Addie weighs 35 lbs and is 39 inches tall. My doctor stops doing percentiles at this age and starts talking about BMI. Terrible to think about, but at least she is perfectly in the center of where she should be. She has 20/20 vision still (probably not for too many more years as Corey and I are both very nearsighted), and is very smart (thanks APL Preschool). She is also very flexible, kind of strange that Dr Dan commented on it, but good to know. He predicts a great dancing future for her.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378201940704493666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVgZVNh7a7l4sruQGLCBUl2Ldvbkh7xq8PbDhNAK0i9FJtTe5ovvi3Ii5paYRWzGbHrv9gUMymkdGyKDLFyIsL9HUVzeDYEsbQ9g0RCYOBi2Oc9_qaXBd-u_NvfHsGCNsVjxbHSROopavl/s320/August+pics+038.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div>Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496234844268274711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262913818995833710.post-30641331930756630852009-08-26T20:37:00.019-06:002009-08-26T21:25:27.862-06:00Happy Birthday BabyOur little girl turned 4 this weekend. For some reason, I am very nostalgic this year. I'm having a hard time remembering all of her 4 years, and that bothers me because that's supposed to happen much later in my life. I constantly have people (usually little old ladies) tell/warn me that it's over much too quickly and they will soon be grown and gone. I 'yeah, yeah' them, but I'm already starting to feel it. So I'll have to be better at documenting the lives of my kids so I don't miss out on too much when my brain gives way to my years.<br /><br />We decided to attempt another water-play party, since Addie's birthday is the end of August. Surely that's all we'll want to be doing outside at this peak of summer, right? Wrong again!! TWICE I've been foiled by Mother Nature! We've suffered through <em>two</em> cold parties when we really needed the hot sunshine to play in. Oh, well. The risks of living in Wisconsin, I guess. Can't guarantee anything when it comes to weather.<br /><br />Here we are, enjoying a BBQ lunch. At least it didn't rain<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgudl_5pkOvfijBcNwuC6cqdfUsjHsuqpwW3Xzf3Ar6JXaeIGEkxRppEwFFQu5b-yqhmME0ttK0EKXa6RsfSvaiGGDpFBRquJBoio-HJfw-cfBVUsuKAV30xEUFhWUK85aBsaK_0BRAWgx6/s1600-h/005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374472550900441138" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgudl_5pkOvfijBcNwuC6cqdfUsjHsuqpwW3Xzf3Ar6JXaeIGEkxRppEwFFQu5b-yqhmME0ttK0EKXa6RsfSvaiGGDpFBRquJBoio-HJfw-cfBVUsuKAV30xEUFhWUK85aBsaK_0BRAWgx6/s320/005.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Doesn't Max look like a tough guy? Don't mess with him!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFFWMKfC7GD1WVac0HII49VME-XWflVFd6mDG9-NPXJwhZtetBUlZ4keMYVDXCCfQycgK1j5spvkE5iWfjOWRkAeUUEs7y2MvYJl_jpuJ00CEUszex-EMno2lgO8AmHMNY0tx8O5gRdAwY/s1600-h/004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374467375054008626" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFFWMKfC7GD1WVac0HII49VME-XWflVFd6mDG9-NPXJwhZtetBUlZ4keMYVDXCCfQycgK1j5spvkE5iWfjOWRkAeUUEs7y2MvYJl_jpuJ00CEUszex-EMno2lgO8AmHMNY0tx8O5gRdAwY/s320/004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><div><div><br /><div><br />Here's how Hudson spent most of the party... <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">zzzzz</span>!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pMiFccbtB3AZjS6b3TQw3wegbZ1Ar4DmmG0p12IQ0Te4pRPiFm16-2pPwlWjN35ojg7UYlwco-nyV7ENarh7eL0WXlFc7aUSm0OWX88NYOoKZddBUF3DuDruf_pP6BM46yRaH9z96I3Y/s1600-h/008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374467867494463906" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pMiFccbtB3AZjS6b3TQw3wegbZ1Ar4DmmG0p12IQ0Te4pRPiFm16-2pPwlWjN35ojg7UYlwco-nyV7ENarh7eL0WXlFc7aUSm0OWX88NYOoKZddBUF3DuDruf_pP6BM46yRaH9z96I3Y/s320/008.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>As did Baby Julia, guess the mild weather was just too soothing (plus she sleeps for her mom all the time!)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0bs64ob_ZRjlUnIGrFb_69EpoQu1ch2LBARP-ojI6vz7z6Doy1PgYvv57qSEpVZ70Vxd10mVuU31KTKSZUKddQAR3Dy1ihtGdhZes_cnE9chmT_KxSPHmZRSvwzlKYPq2phqH7Fa562CG/s1600-h/013.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374467684097838610" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0bs64ob_ZRjlUnIGrFb_69EpoQu1ch2LBARP-ojI6vz7z6Doy1PgYvv57qSEpVZ70Vxd10mVuU31KTKSZUKddQAR3Dy1ihtGdhZes_cnE9chmT_KxSPHmZRSvwzlKYPq2phqH7Fa562CG/s320/013.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div></div><div>One thing we didn't give up on (no sprinklers or pool, though). Fortunately, all the kids just wanted to throw the balloons onto the grass to pop them. Anyone realise how <em>hard</em> it is to fill up water balloons? Even with a hose attachment, you still have to tie them off. What a pain!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg50BdfK7CiioZGssWulpt-A3SfjRHnnOJWEN-ugkcXNGmOrh3TjkafQ7p6OB4wnIidLL6sI3wznPyPLXgKRtjLXOqceXGLskSUVH_5aAjwUZLH4DZmSgvlsF70_56-lVntUEZaEr9u30o4/s1600-h/035.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374468384754135010" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg50BdfK7CiioZGssWulpt-A3SfjRHnnOJWEN-ugkcXNGmOrh3TjkafQ7p6OB4wnIidLL6sI3wznPyPLXgKRtjLXOqceXGLskSUVH_5aAjwUZLH4DZmSgvlsF70_56-lVntUEZaEr9u30o4/s320/035.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div>Some got into the toss game...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh63m99Cqv7i6lSZkVCNSoNHdcUq23KnFgiHR_25akET9H_9hkhqznmiJdONVygc_QWR5TlCmi-eElik_8oRQ9YulJn1CF-tmaYVEzU9p_2jP7VZtIHyuh2c7dvtsN5fBMCqH26fPhUvSFr/s1600-h/015.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374467942779112482" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh63m99Cqv7i6lSZkVCNSoNHdcUq23KnFgiHR_25akET9H_9hkhqznmiJdONVygc_QWR5TlCmi-eElik_8oRQ9YulJn1CF-tmaYVEzU9p_2jP7VZtIHyuh2c7dvtsN5fBMCqH26fPhUvSFr/s320/015.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div>Finally I wised up. Just do cupcakes and let Addie and her 8 year old cousin, Sully, decorate them however they wanted.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigfOR5RbqJoKNSN10UUOhtXm-0iIE9Y0V8kSHdLwGenlrD99aziGyqGncVRjSfHlGkajObn8an9_Rj7S7eAhBH8-CRsMAK3wR8_UPezdeAFDpEstXbQ5uT74W0t8aziOgoighYDZtGqOAQ/s1600-h/047.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374468775574324418" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigfOR5RbqJoKNSN10UUOhtXm-0iIE9Y0V8kSHdLwGenlrD99aziGyqGncVRjSfHlGkajObn8an9_Rj7S7eAhBH8-CRsMAK3wR8_UPezdeAFDpEstXbQ5uT74W0t8aziOgoighYDZtGqOAQ/s320/047.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div></div>And they were a hit!! I did fill them (thanks Jen for the idea!) so I guess I did have a little more work than I needed, but they were tasty!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDrxaX8kR3gsfknhAU7pkDVuWAnMDFdF8YlXADyLgOUr6AtlFm5-My-I7hkTZt2WWniRYvdV8d73wmf_HUm1j2c3KVdjvU2te4ez6jaZjkIOMcLuo3ETalSgwKzqJb4mGqQBsCK9BPoC1n/s1600-h/052.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374469102791157554" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDrxaX8kR3gsfknhAU7pkDVuWAnMDFdF8YlXADyLgOUr6AtlFm5-My-I7hkTZt2WWniRYvdV8d73wmf_HUm1j2c3KVdjvU2te4ez6jaZjkIOMcLuo3ETalSgwKzqJb4mGqQBsCK9BPoC1n/s320/052.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Never one to be neat, Max got cake and ice cream all over!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUj8kof-t6v01hi2-waUqvMNJJGewE7GfZQ9jGdrrBIfvZSkNEx8vvc4e0FNT6THQXNYKlfmMyE-3z1VSUMgscSqAyg77mOElfoM53aulstNjUO_0Wt-5wj8UUchk0bPnzDRBA6erbqljD/s1600-h/051.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374468962262032098" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUj8kof-t6v01hi2-waUqvMNJJGewE7GfZQ9jGdrrBIfvZSkNEx8vvc4e0FNT6THQXNYKlfmMyE-3z1VSUMgscSqAyg77mOElfoM53aulstNjUO_0Wt-5wj8UUchk0bPnzDRBA6erbqljD/s320/051.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div></div><div>Gwen captured the way most everyone was eating... two <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">fisted</span>!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUj6BWzMPwP3Z6i9umeGj2aV220HIKMDdNTAbazG8JL5GmVjZuFXBnx74OX9QhHUYqWoXut-C6Lrl4RLB8fIgSbkFW59d3RkBJvlIOy6ea1wl13c5tPHHjonbcea888Cq4zuWqBcRAcpqS/s1600-h/059.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374469267113907090" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUj6BWzMPwP3Z6i9umeGj2aV220HIKMDdNTAbazG8JL5GmVjZuFXBnx74OX9QhHUYqWoXut-C6Lrl4RLB8fIgSbkFW59d3RkBJvlIOy6ea1wl13c5tPHHjonbcea888Cq4zuWqBcRAcpqS/s320/059.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>My little girl was so gracious over her gifts. She even got up after opening each one to hug her friend that brought her a present (well, about 80% of the time, after all she is a four-year-old)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxX_pbwPn2A_F-zWNEp-9mqKgIHZE7xUBWGSbd59mlysFMISshWHywtTBoU1P2DnzlAQdt3dR9CHEvaicKgyHmmDMWSXK7SYVB2cAD31WwBX65b51rE-e1En8uqM2CHrCe1vuAqxlrGE6e/s1600-h/078.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374469687716333474" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxX_pbwPn2A_F-zWNEp-9mqKgIHZE7xUBWGSbd59mlysFMISshWHywtTBoU1P2DnzlAQdt3dR9CHEvaicKgyHmmDMWSXK7SYVB2cAD31WwBX65b51rE-e1En8uqM2CHrCe1vuAqxlrGE6e/s320/078.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>Grandma Kathy brought the best present, a surprise of her and Sully showing up from Minnesota for the party!! Even Corey was in the dark, it was great seeing his confusion and delight to run into family when he came home from work :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9JR5b6WIoTT3giIoX1QuLfprs3dNcj2_qzyHrORvEJnJs86ROaIb7ovuqXq3v8VjY8I9zo4aaXUT4CxHaPgC6WvtsmLHlYkf0jJ98UZ0BLuS1vwE4cOu7qNwdt9SguUVdlhFN5zyfVllp/s1600-h/068.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374469469177576818" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9JR5b6WIoTT3giIoX1QuLfprs3dNcj2_qzyHrORvEJnJs86ROaIb7ovuqXq3v8VjY8I9zo4aaXUT4CxHaPgC6WvtsmLHlYkf0jJ98UZ0BLuS1vwE4cOu7qNwdt9SguUVdlhFN5zyfVllp/s320/068.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Max and Kevin, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">BFF's</span>. Doesn't this look like trouble?</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6oULR8VY3WNlR017bThV2NpM4FqdkabzBK_PkMtHdZrer2J18BS_JZczGJTzDpBEiGOLwciqDQlaRlb57v8NluSI1yZHgR3vWt9nnimF6O2zzTGypAJP_d_8WEqUXHMUnYXOiKQSO4GT7/s1600-h/021.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374468147019307458" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6oULR8VY3WNlR017bThV2NpM4FqdkabzBK_PkMtHdZrer2J18BS_JZczGJTzDpBEiGOLwciqDQlaRlb57v8NluSI1yZHgR3vWt9nnimF6O2zzTGypAJP_d_8WEqUXHMUnYXOiKQSO4GT7/s320/021.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Grandma <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">uncharacteristically</span> waited till Addie's actual birthday on Sunday before letting her open her presents.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoh22oFbRur9bToCCum0OM-VRrc_Itjlg5hWEzJSa0YybBh36URI81zCxPERWYi_U8PtAy20KXZc49Uc-sC_UsAq5YBhNCh1_CW2hFRc5e3Ty6m8YuefxU2mzZt2k-xKAP3p4QaFiGK9b0/s1600-h/Addie's+4th+Birthday+021.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374470552955988162" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoh22oFbRur9bToCCum0OM-VRrc_Itjlg5hWEzJSa0YybBh36URI81zCxPERWYi_U8PtAy20KXZc49Uc-sC_UsAq5YBhNCh1_CW2hFRc5e3Ty6m8YuefxU2mzZt2k-xKAP3p4QaFiGK9b0/s320/Addie's+4th+Birthday+021.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />What a treat to have an older cousin to play with all weekend long. Thanks Sully!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkSaTwuzhtlCCOAQQUi02STyZMso5ViHb7MhGEsQBQRxgnF8UchRnDrqRJU3ig8yPrAWqyPyWvu4mwqW_1ZuuJxIOf2GX61ikIb1-F8BFimvL-kjAaj8GqdcdPvxPTsa6BCb1P33E0AHOU/s1600-h/Addie's+4th+Birthday+042.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374470241234885906" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkSaTwuzhtlCCOAQQUi02STyZMso5ViHb7MhGEsQBQRxgnF8UchRnDrqRJU3ig8yPrAWqyPyWvu4mwqW_1ZuuJxIOf2GX61ikIb1-F8BFimvL-kjAaj8GqdcdPvxPTsa6BCb1P33E0AHOU/s320/Addie's+4th+Birthday+042.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496234844268274711noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262913818995833710.post-81753002878657369582009-08-14T22:32:00.013-06:002009-08-24T20:55:49.308-06:00How cute are my kids?!?While in Minnesota last month, we had the kids pictures taken (thanks Grandma Mickey!). I haven't put them on the blog, because I thought I had already. Oops! That was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">facebook</span>. So here are some pictures of my favorite people.<br /><br /><br /><p> </p><p><br />My all-time favorite pic, too bad you can't see <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">anyone's</span> face.</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGv110XRuyFEMDofQLVqZqiqZgNIPaYCBRnCCQffzTNsCHFonHlrDjUb6uy9_utE7cs8AM7zo5erYrPZbfoskU0lf1BmraPIldX-UMtgSwE7lVpWFvS6vbxUUY2Zwqvzgw03aYeaZBqGo/s1600-h/Photo+Session+299.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370050076479307298" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGv110XRuyFEMDofQLVqZqiqZgNIPaYCBRnCCQffzTNsCHFonHlrDjUb6uy9_utE7cs8AM7zo5erYrPZbfoskU0lf1BmraPIldX-UMtgSwE7lVpWFvS6vbxUUY2Zwqvzgw03aYeaZBqGo/s320/Photo+Session+299.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />What my house is like all the time, Max entertaining himself... and his brother and sister!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioUfZcHqe3U8Ow783tQzYlZ73C5jVN8-ZFAD1DIA2ew8y60Gtv7aZJ13Ec-QuqN8LNNKWncUnfIR1huv1blRLqP0haOQhFGWy9qnU1kJtg9XmpgmtfWNbBMpwmbpipqfgMJ9QO3foVKrNv/s1600-h/Photo+Session+290.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370049672370291426" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioUfZcHqe3U8Ow783tQzYlZ73C5jVN8-ZFAD1DIA2ew8y60Gtv7aZJ13Ec-QuqN8LNNKWncUnfIR1huv1blRLqP0haOQhFGWy9qnU1kJtg9XmpgmtfWNbBMpwmbpipqfgMJ9QO3foVKrNv/s320/Photo+Session+290.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Fun action pose!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeN_kSKmCx5SyxQT0Tg-5T1YMl9_x_PoQgLvVOvi6StTWWgpTa6aGV_61EJEteaV0PT3NX-Pm1ttLw-FDmI8VyZXT00AC8dSc9X-I3ag09plNdfuqPzbVjzpaOiXCRJa06IjJqGr4t_5dV/s1600-h/Photo+Session+288.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370049356821337234" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeN_kSKmCx5SyxQT0Tg-5T1YMl9_x_PoQgLvVOvi6StTWWgpTa6aGV_61EJEteaV0PT3NX-Pm1ttLw-FDmI8VyZXT00AC8dSc9X-I3ag09plNdfuqPzbVjzpaOiXCRJa06IjJqGr4t_5dV/s320/Photo+Session+288.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Sweet, sweet girl loving her sweet baby brother<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSgYdJw_zdyYBpv78-s13zoZvGmcl0A0rIJfTo9e_8s_l-yGSTJ5147DR13WTMPmuGMqDtTZyGXGTzXlarh36odsOCCtbbqnhZTi0Ju6M6KvVWTepaTKOlRIbk8W-3nnRUhWim6cmrIqRp/s1600-h/Photo+Session+275.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370048965260022786" style="WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSgYdJw_zdyYBpv78-s13zoZvGmcl0A0rIJfTo9e_8s_l-yGSTJ5147DR13WTMPmuGMqDtTZyGXGTzXlarh36odsOCCtbbqnhZTi0Ju6M6KvVWTepaTKOlRIbk8W-3nnRUhWim6cmrIqRp/s320/Photo+Session+275.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Classic Max, always on the go<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjN7MRZLnhTjBxThURmk3GGrGSXpXMOm32EdTOmqNdfPIU4na2rFbnJDXTazJ4tk2-LareIWIJwN53i-A5JnmkCtdMSX0O3b1JSc7uaHQoSvqIQP5vc60Jtkbivh8a8SStScJfZnOeQ71e/s1600-h/Photo+Session+269.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370047690732756850" style="WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjN7MRZLnhTjBxThURmk3GGrGSXpXMOm32EdTOmqNdfPIU4na2rFbnJDXTazJ4tk2-LareIWIJwN53i-A5JnmkCtdMSX0O3b1JSc7uaHQoSvqIQP5vc60Jtkbivh8a8SStScJfZnOeQ71e/s320/Photo+Session+269.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We had a little trouble keeping all the kids <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">on board</span> with the idea of a good photo<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsNQHChAuGbvfkNzIA7sALsu3PSDRw5ZXr_ckN7J-FqRk-WGblsIF0F9QEX7a_iTQZ708ExjKcO1MXOCO1FM1iGHvF0DTIdlP6qpdZ8_ucrBaaof5a8idsWbRpN11fQDBHwoDZcvXWxo79/s1600-h/Photo+Session+266.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370047337558791026" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsNQHChAuGbvfkNzIA7sALsu3PSDRw5ZXr_ckN7J-FqRk-WGblsIF0F9QEX7a_iTQZ708ExjKcO1MXOCO1FM1iGHvF0DTIdlP6qpdZ8_ucrBaaof5a8idsWbRpN11fQDBHwoDZcvXWxo79/s320/Photo+Session+266.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />See...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizq1t0pnM3xf4lnBX7IQCQN3yi3eXDXV5PVGoV_he629Gc3GMDMUSItSAUV0iW5YzSefYLXXk5YP1-9sypP2MRse88WPOvw38Nyge30dKfj6qCVOI1Zyq1WQ78wUWbyIf_XM9fD_cJYSVu/s1600-h/Photo+Session+249.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370046998998813330" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizq1t0pnM3xf4lnBX7IQCQN3yi3eXDXV5PVGoV_he629Gc3GMDMUSItSAUV0iW5YzSefYLXXk5YP1-9sypP2MRse88WPOvw38Nyge30dKfj6qCVOI1Zyq1WQ78wUWbyIf_XM9fD_cJYSVu/s320/Photo+Session+249.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div> </div><div>She's classy, isn't she?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLFNDCFBqFZZnJJ_VOKQ3yYSS4wcpkmHWR8-vVXDBTuDZLWuewWEGQVkzi2dai_K0EpEw18pLYHLvUTyzUAzO5WNRb5SdZKpiV4-LIRDYn66diCYR-8khTiQzQ6Vokdrz_P3ECTgomOO8w/s1600-h/minnesota+087.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370051286686082034" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLFNDCFBqFZZnJJ_VOKQ3yYSS4wcpkmHWR8-vVXDBTuDZLWuewWEGQVkzi2dai_K0EpEw18pLYHLvUTyzUAzO5WNRb5SdZKpiV4-LIRDYn66diCYR-8khTiQzQ6Vokdrz_P3ECTgomOO8w/s320/minnesota+087.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Love these kids!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQlJI86ne-1OQCVBCI3FTCv2t7FtG1t0RU-IskM_l2CeqoZlyUDgPv1p2Jye122w7VC3YqvPNqOOPUTcv9_b4Gf9HPJAy0ug-TmahkqF81_SLOjobI2xWasN-Pcw84leNNNlqooEbRxnn/s1600-h/Photo+Session+236.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370045720609585762" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQlJI86ne-1OQCVBCI3FTCv2t7FtG1t0RU-IskM_l2CeqoZlyUDgPv1p2Jye122w7VC3YqvPNqOOPUTcv9_b4Gf9HPJAy0ug-TmahkqF81_SLOjobI2xWasN-Pcw84leNNNlqooEbRxnn/s320/Photo+Session+236.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />He just melts my heart!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZdWMX3WMo_neQNhhCpy_VZtv9tN9QfuTxf3TtVnw2FL-nYzPaJIHDiSgrdBOMdTB2nGgHpDYL9g048GwGmNH6cQCB4Uaj5HSxjOTwbFUNwRRoOj0XJDA92AxejVxBOprqB8VI4QANgXIe/s1600-h/Photo+Session+287.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370045253667114722" style="WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZdWMX3WMo_neQNhhCpy_VZtv9tN9QfuTxf3TtVnw2FL-nYzPaJIHDiSgrdBOMdTB2nGgHpDYL9g048GwGmNH6cQCB4Uaj5HSxjOTwbFUNwRRoOj0XJDA92AxejVxBOprqB8VI4QANgXIe/s320/Photo+Session+287.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />There isn't a prettier face out there, I'm sure<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpe5HoiB5d4zqNpm8bicWMej7hXhp6w0R18bXE7UoTuuWTSCVX3Fr4MQIlxqmconPKWa5fRhGC8s3V7g__GHnZeghj6qtyn0xG4BvByoDwas-K1-2hup4MGJgh094q7Gbn55IVem_p5Tld/s1600-h/Photo+Session+205.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370044887810359330" style="WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpe5HoiB5d4zqNpm8bicWMej7hXhp6w0R18bXE7UoTuuWTSCVX3Fr4MQIlxqmconPKWa5fRhGC8s3V7g__GHnZeghj6qtyn0xG4BvByoDwas-K1-2hup4MGJgh094q7Gbn55IVem_p5Tld/s320/Photo+Session+205.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Practicing her glamour poses<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijTqbAMRDRSYqZB-GjXfCSbPP2k8w4l2P1FOG3OUq59ZDfUl8gYnKAs7uLJInN5R1vPqeTy_rMD0KZm2v5wZpNugr7KB8nzO54gDP_UEOLADibspdsDPa0gzLDiCS7vX7kUe84DpqDZesC/s1600-h/Photo+Session+201.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370044555749576034" style="WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijTqbAMRDRSYqZB-GjXfCSbPP2k8w4l2P1FOG3OUq59ZDfUl8gYnKAs7uLJInN5R1vPqeTy_rMD0KZm2v5wZpNugr7KB8nzO54gDP_UEOLADibspdsDPa0gzLDiCS7vX7kUe84DpqDZesC/s320/Photo+Session+201.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496234844268274711noreply@blogger.com2