tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42017435805107155822024-03-06T00:51:01.338-05:00ByrdsEye ViewNicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763978940197988525noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201743580510715582.post-84495669713872524682012-01-27T12:26:00.003-05:002012-01-27T12:51:09.105-05:00This post brought to you by Pinterest...<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji0FwOlgnpNIZVED8oKZaC4ZehExmHDpzgpKkHaBB8kCnBGUiAMWXzT9OagoepFDJ9-stVexNKGFTSrwuucP5gB1lsfaU9-jl0yfbcT4mBC9Ih7bZ9lcATODKEjkNUThSetZ_kAOYGkuU/s1600/DSC_0101.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji0FwOlgnpNIZVED8oKZaC4ZehExmHDpzgpKkHaBB8kCnBGUiAMWXzT9OagoepFDJ9-stVexNKGFTSrwuucP5gB1lsfaU9-jl0yfbcT4mBC9Ih7bZ9lcATODKEjkNUThSetZ_kAOYGkuU/s320/DSC_0101.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center">I know I am not the only one who has been spending way too much time on Pinterest. So for Christmas this year I decided to do some of those things I had actually pinned. </div><div align="center">The above photo is the super simple wrapping I did on these cute ribbon book marks. Just a folded piece of card stock with a ribbon tie. I used a couple scrap booking dots to hold the bookmarks on. The book marks are made by cutting a piece of ribbon and fray-checking each end. I then added a jump ring and a charm. Pinch shut with pliers. That simple!<br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAyIRSATd_Em7XLfkh_sXU6H1QDQPv2-aGl1vMfhR0E3AgD4bjjZrDI8yA90O_iPS2dGYPITdN0tYvsrHv24otJuVTLUgXjbjH7evpHi1RZ4PLw0v4jVhwdCBzhWPuoLspqxtlGvE1UKY/s1600/DSC_0100.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAyIRSATd_Em7XLfkh_sXU6H1QDQPv2-aGl1vMfhR0E3AgD4bjjZrDI8yA90O_iPS2dGYPITdN0tYvsrHv24otJuVTLUgXjbjH7evpHi1RZ4PLw0v4jVhwdCBzhWPuoLspqxtlGvE1UKY/s320/DSC_0100.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"> </div><div align="center">These super cute ornaments are one of my new favorite gifts. I made one earlier this year with one of my best friends wedding invitations. These were made for teacher gifts this year. Simply type up the names of all the students in a class leaving a few spaces between the lines for cutting. Cut them into strips. Wrap the strips around a pencil to curl and stuff into a clear ornament. Add a cute ribbon or embellishment and voila! I used a sharpie to add the year to the bottom of each ornament also. <br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik4EIkd67eAHOyMVpTsQQYiuoaxA6tLTGuqYplo8DU58F-5ReZGtZD5oKLdj-h9_C9wQBz5EXbSUU7MVZjWrON__cgH4hzSVFbnEa96isLqnCHUvRwXgtH21rjRmz6IC485Wtkl3K9dUU/s1600/DSC_0095.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik4EIkd67eAHOyMVpTsQQYiuoaxA6tLTGuqYplo8DU58F-5ReZGtZD5oKLdj-h9_C9wQBz5EXbSUU7MVZjWrON__cgH4hzSVFbnEa96isLqnCHUvRwXgtH21rjRmz6IC485Wtkl3K9dUU/s320/DSC_0095.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOEAyw_ohtFq4T7Rstuo4IC-CXf3Bzdd2ha9SPyi4eM_wkutV6SE-mdbps38vQqLqnSP4IGc9yS504cZjPRaO_NiWB6u6zJZEZ0k9WPI15VNLXcNgRwnmUA5m7KbVIATaWs9zGX0HL1jA/s1600/DSC_0094.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOEAyw_ohtFq4T7Rstuo4IC-CXf3Bzdd2ha9SPyi4eM_wkutV6SE-mdbps38vQqLqnSP4IGc9yS504cZjPRaO_NiWB6u6zJZEZ0k9WPI15VNLXcNgRwnmUA5m7KbVIATaWs9zGX0HL1jA/s320/DSC_0094.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center"><br />I made these little snowman guys as class gifts this year too. I went to Michael's and got a package of pretzel bags. They were a bit long so I trimmed them to size. Stuff with marshmallows, tie a ribbon around the neck and then draw a face and buttons with a sharpie. We attached a little note also. I was able to do enough for both kids classes for about $4!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvWbXj_I0392MoVDctaaZvFPXnEmBmLmYtObFp6x2h-pRYcLZGBt2TSZ35V1_nmR77o4WboJA1D4fxb-8ArJjeK_s_3qiVVtyxP1MdI-zu6qSjw8DZwQQevBStFV8hKc4uGvCbEfHLN4/s1600/DSC_0090.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvWbXj_I0392MoVDctaaZvFPXnEmBmLmYtObFp6x2h-pRYcLZGBt2TSZ35V1_nmR77o4WboJA1D4fxb-8ArJjeK_s_3qiVVtyxP1MdI-zu6qSjw8DZwQQevBStFV8hKc4uGvCbEfHLN4/s320/DSC_0090.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"> </div><div align="center">Jaeden's teacher loves frogs so he wanted to give her something frogs for Christmas. Not an easy thing to find. So I made her a mod podge clip board. My sister in law made me some die cuts of frogs to use also. We decided to keep the front simple with just one frog since it will have papers on it most of the time and added a few more frogs to the back. <br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwbAKbjBC9s3q2uGwIAWDQ4ilWURiMUVof5LNthh16ZPsJhSUOttFicFpb8GDmiOx_HFwheDlwYARjaYsVzF1eFzUS8QAGRdbzHs59aYOCVuT5xTdtr2bxgnaoz7sbZ5H9F7FOSjMJyBY/s1600/DSC_0021.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwbAKbjBC9s3q2uGwIAWDQ4ilWURiMUVof5LNthh16ZPsJhSUOttFicFpb8GDmiOx_HFwheDlwYARjaYsVzF1eFzUS8QAGRdbzHs59aYOCVuT5xTdtr2bxgnaoz7sbZ5H9F7FOSjMJyBY/s320/DSC_0021.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2xKKiFDVD1Wbqc6taAzZYz0CToJK9y57I3-jiUfIx_oq1xS4V5XA-2mLOcc6LWoS1eqAboLJlb7BNx-irqw8cmnawnlvUDnwsHZ8o_S8pI1-4C0EpKEDxfLhtucaVxR7EGHrWi8pc_yk/s1600/DSC_0022.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2xKKiFDVD1Wbqc6taAzZYz0CToJK9y57I3-jiUfIx_oq1xS4V5XA-2mLOcc6LWoS1eqAboLJlb7BNx-irqw8cmnawnlvUDnwsHZ8o_S8pI1-4C0EpKEDxfLhtucaVxR7EGHrWi8pc_yk/s320/DSC_0022.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center"><br />My mom writes a note to my dad most everyday. Usually little things like " don't forget to pick take out the trash" So when I saw these adorable note boards I knew I had to make her one. It is so simple. Place a piece of cute scrapbook paper into a picture frame. I added letters to spell out Notes also. Soooo simple! I am making a Menu board for our kitchen the same way. </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqBmEUKAhBowPjZc55LF-mJJ2AyNnwVPw0vO4TifiKSdLGbNl-SP8rp5wO5x3KIlSqSToT762D6tafQDxYVD1Kq7tWgSwqHn8G4BYJfyXeSZM_7pRkm0tw_0M0bUse5eq_BZiriSpPNts/s1600/DSC_0004.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqBmEUKAhBowPjZc55LF-mJJ2AyNnwVPw0vO4TifiKSdLGbNl-SP8rp5wO5x3KIlSqSToT762D6tafQDxYVD1Kq7tWgSwqHn8G4BYJfyXeSZM_7pRkm0tw_0M0bUse5eq_BZiriSpPNts/s320/DSC_0004.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center"><br />I kept seeing these adorable photo blocks all over Pinterest. As I was telling Jeremy about them, he told me we already had enough scrap wood in the garage to make those- score! Being the great guy he is, he cut, sanded and painted them black for me. Then I simply mod podged a piece of scrapbook paper on, the added an embellishment with mod podge. Finally we hot glued on clothes pins that we had painted black and clipped on a photo. </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjquCeoh_7Fvd2WN4Q8FwMri05q3pk6p1N95OX5h_xi-Y5QN-aHG9AZSJ3S3gVV_D2C4Lc-dySHJmE36foCsf4MFHL5Set29ODGhVBYvcmd5oMM0V1qvLSuurJkmP4MyUsBdNDhRWMYE7c/s1600/DSC_0004.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjquCeoh_7Fvd2WN4Q8FwMri05q3pk6p1N95OX5h_xi-Y5QN-aHG9AZSJ3S3gVV_D2C4Lc-dySHJmE36foCsf4MFHL5Set29ODGhVBYvcmd5oMM0V1qvLSuurJkmP4MyUsBdNDhRWMYE7c/s320/DSC_0004.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphenp1MUZYA9iDU6h-jRnbFkl23o6TAZ2qCnzSMRS61ZqNGwlwvFzfAd0GnGbYYnCrRmtoFg5DW_y0sHk5ArZFMJZ-ow0VJxlUFXbEdFFCUWNRS9VnbftJxAArQH5NEijvVqAKtEBRaEME/s1600/DSC_0001.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphenp1MUZYA9iDU6h-jRnbFkl23o6TAZ2qCnzSMRS61ZqNGwlwvFzfAd0GnGbYYnCrRmtoFg5DW_y0sHk5ArZFMJZ-ow0VJxlUFXbEdFFCUWNRS9VnbftJxAArQH5NEijvVqAKtEBRaEME/s320/DSC_0001.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">I am sure there were be several more Pinterest posts to come..... </div><div style="text-align: center; clear: both;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="background: 0% 50%; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763978940197988525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201743580510715582.post-64369975043531052011-12-28T20:30:00.002-05:002011-12-28T20:38:57.093-05:00A Christmas Tradition<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe-4Nst9FRj8vIzqbjwRIOnyQTKR1RXsAQJUXfrbNUw_F8WUOdr0GnS0wGwEgHGUhT8Xir6O-X5GalDXCRbpFNOS_uTSUSb5hpHo1Y4oT4ayB4VDOzyAfpw02jIuSqGiVqGMQLECHfVqA/s1600/DSC_0010.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe-4Nst9FRj8vIzqbjwRIOnyQTKR1RXsAQJUXfrbNUw_F8WUOdr0GnS0wGwEgHGUhT8Xir6O-X5GalDXCRbpFNOS_uTSUSb5hpHo1Y4oT4ayB4VDOzyAfpw02jIuSqGiVqGMQLECHfVqA/s320/DSC_0010.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">One of my favorite Christmas traditions is taking the kids to the Purdue Memorial Union to see the Christmas tree and gingerbread house. Nothing smells like Christmas more than a giant, fresh tree and a life-sized gingerbread house. Jaclyn and I got to go twice this year. We took our annual trip with my <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">besties</span> Jen and Erin with all of our little <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">besties</span>, Jaclyn, Ali, and Andrew. Then a few days later Jeremy and I headed over with the kids. Such fun!</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD2CDmpRuddYBjwhK_JBfQuPjxm6MorvFUdc9ve7FtegAo2kpr1e9kw49O9Mik7nF1ZCKg1xByV3u-Vac6miIyo487FgHj9kFO9cSXVhLBhf4qB1PzKTSewf9kr6wSZIf9eC7S_2lgyQE/s1600/DSC_0036.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD2CDmpRuddYBjwhK_JBfQuPjxm6MorvFUdc9ve7FtegAo2kpr1e9kw49O9Mik7nF1ZCKg1xByV3u-Vac6miIyo487FgHj9kFO9cSXVhLBhf4qB1PzKTSewf9kr6wSZIf9eC7S_2lgyQE/s320/DSC_0036.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center">The view from the upstairs balcony of the tree.</div><div align="center"> <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9soMwe84Uq6jiWLlYNpXsaqdkQ86Z2D3KNWvYiqZWe_wElg4aXojoz7kC_I20qqbccuO38_ppsCFfzx_2Ihyphenhyphenj8hcLKg1NLPROKQNErsxRBYSht-rM49ggyu92970ceVldhyphenhyphenWrk_-p1zY/s1600/DSC_0079.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9soMwe84Uq6jiWLlYNpXsaqdkQ86Z2D3KNWvYiqZWe_wElg4aXojoz7kC_I20qqbccuO38_ppsCFfzx_2Ihyphenhyphenj8hcLKg1NLPROKQNErsxRBYSht-rM49ggyu92970ceVldhyphenhyphenWrk_-p1zY/s320/DSC_0079.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center"><br />Me and my girl on our first trip to the tree. </div><div align="center"><br /> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyLAUenvjkKMch-L6uL_yd3uKPr3yheiNrolHfMEiK6Ag1fM8rV51GePAQMkBKjvKst7I9LAkLNg0ZAW9TT1aMWcycFVChwl-dRBqleUgLVILznr8HR2KgHqHVN7Tpw7LL1Ro31sz2g58/s1600/DSC_0097.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyLAUenvjkKMch-L6uL_yd3uKPr3yheiNrolHfMEiK6Ag1fM8rV51GePAQMkBKjvKst7I9LAkLNg0ZAW9TT1aMWcycFVChwl-dRBqleUgLVILznr8HR2KgHqHVN7Tpw7LL1Ro31sz2g58/s320/DSC_0097.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center">I can't <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">believe</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Jman</span> is almost too tall for the gingerbread house window!</div><div align="center"><br /> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg7lWY5UTQ5cICCVG4JTf8Ig5nlum0sfekpd6pNhkKxUn_VHYHvv2ygFEBZmJnCnPS4mBTJFdhRRy8WyUVx74M3EL1C2fwsmz0Ft7QOgO_5_IFBYs14pm1dA64T2Q363Qq8BKN4jqY_0Y/s1600/DSC_0104.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg7lWY5UTQ5cICCVG4JTf8Ig5nlum0sfekpd6pNhkKxUn_VHYHvv2ygFEBZmJnCnPS4mBTJFdhRRy8WyUVx74M3EL1C2fwsmz0Ft7QOgO_5_IFBYs14pm1dA64T2Q363Qq8BKN4jqY_0Y/s320/DSC_0104.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center">They thought it would be fun to sit on the presents this year. </div><div align="center"><br /> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNB_92Lij4h80u0Spo0P2GqOxyDaTlqcdSW4Gy64HXnylxWO6zd4-5r6ZHVOfMspy51itgAetSJLmYYD0dn2jgNnVFF04iCz_FioSN6bb5rQl6DgGGfvBCpn4LjVglfI5LGGUVJlsvms/s1600/DSC_0108.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNB_92Lij4h80u0Spo0P2GqOxyDaTlqcdSW4Gy64HXnylxWO6zd4-5r6ZHVOfMspy51itgAetSJLmYYD0dn2jgNnVFF04iCz_FioSN6bb5rQl6DgGGfvBCpn4LjVglfI5LGGUVJlsvms/s320/DSC_0108.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center">3 of my favorite people in this world!<br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiumSd2w6uoqotyUCgfiSWLKNm9kI7ChP_hs91RGN0EfD-KN1-xjcQUxvSbU9zqLsiQR-hAJdPV99GAUiwtoI6IyiVA7NGl5WED8N5dypFj-zIFmIpZVUGVZnMZLRudpw3D5UTqpMUxM1k/s1600/DSC_0110.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiumSd2w6uoqotyUCgfiSWLKNm9kI7ChP_hs91RGN0EfD-KN1-xjcQUxvSbU9zqLsiQR-hAJdPV99GAUiwtoI6IyiVA7NGl5WED8N5dypFj-zIFmIpZVUGVZnMZLRudpw3D5UTqpMUxM1k/s320/DSC_0110.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center"><br /> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIqtxl29zEbD7oO2ANpizQj_SXODXBgCT8aCR4GJ5o1iCpChsNHTAyG_ksjW5JZ83TPs7dgT9I4geEc367HUXbxXPAhC9fI6kGyGCy8_26rtj-CCVK4Bbxc4L1oNw4iMC3DoPbM5PkC2Y/s1600/DSC_0111.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIqtxl29zEbD7oO2ANpizQj_SXODXBgCT8aCR4GJ5o1iCpChsNHTAyG_ksjW5JZ83TPs7dgT9I4geEc367HUXbxXPAhC9fI6kGyGCy8_26rtj-CCVK4Bbxc4L1oNw4iMC3DoPbM5PkC2Y/s320/DSC_0111.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center; clear: both;">In front of the gingerbread house with the amazing sugar swirled windows!</div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763978940197988525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201743580510715582.post-26408861767320494642011-12-15T16:56:00.008-05:002011-12-16T11:24:46.764-05:00It's Beginning to Look Alot Like (Less) Christmas<div align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLne47N7pKFyohmbwZvVhM4pA77XQz91UbHYyUEU_lqlQwYDcLPKmwVljDJJSkYGLA1NNj16lnQgyUa7DPWtbsmwlEb1rZ6D6xu8sYLb_4_J80Cu7CLou5Hg7bms1ZOTk4WZA5TocAC5Y/s1600/DSC_0046.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 214px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686480581511528466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLne47N7pKFyohmbwZvVhM4pA77XQz91UbHYyUEU_lqlQwYDcLPKmwVljDJJSkYGLA1NNj16lnQgyUa7DPWtbsmwlEb1rZ6D6xu8sYLb_4_J80Cu7CLou5Hg7bms1ZOTk4WZA5TocAC5Y/s320/DSC_0046.JPG" /></a>We have decked our halls. Well, as much as we are going to this year. This year we are scaling back on the the crazy decorating, scaling back on the crazy shopping, scaling back on the crazy scheduling and trying to put a focus on what Christmas is really about- Christ. The Children's Department at our church has been doing the Advent Conspiracy campaign. Which essentially is Spending Less to Give More. I am loving this idea.<br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLXSEwExxoql660byehjscRu79ih9UlQno9jDJP4_lRCoev32-cg2-p3Rjep0hhIBNjSJLRkdkwhBQt_xqTTHE_WnEloX5lYAau0fViinuPDWqwiPMfkQPusvpkqJW6lggrSBrUNrKWo8/s1600/DSC_0049.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 214px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686480570824398626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLXSEwExxoql660byehjscRu79ih9UlQno9jDJP4_lRCoev32-cg2-p3Rjep0hhIBNjSJLRkdkwhBQt_xqTTHE_WnEloX5lYAau0fViinuPDWqwiPMfkQPusvpkqJW6lggrSBrUNrKWo8/s320/DSC_0049.JPG" /></a>So this year we are doing most of our favorite holiday things, but remembering what the season is all about. It is a year of making handmade gifts, and cutting out some of the excess. We are still buying gifts but being more mindful of what we purchase ( I know Dave Ramsey would be proud- Ha!)<br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiANfksEthTp0HfapHYULh785_ivkt96EohcY_VIdpDrQra5IWSDacELXCus5P-_722x49KXtoSBWUkTRfjJ6494CNNEOGiE5lriRS0jxWnpJ6zzLbGdHb1R33etJvRR1QLk0K9bpj9sEU/s1600/DSC_0052.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 214px; height: 320px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686480566513210818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiANfksEthTp0HfapHYULh785_ivkt96EohcY_VIdpDrQra5IWSDacELXCus5P-_722x49KXtoSBWUkTRfjJ6494CNNEOGiE5lriRS0jxWnpJ6zzLbGdHb1R33etJvRR1QLk0K9bpj9sEU/s320/DSC_0052.JPG" /></a></div><div>We have decorated the tree...</div><div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizlIaxa_psieXXOrFR_Q3m3ORTodYLTPucq9V4UMi8cnQmak88PpFmhN0DzaOJBedQj4QZyEitI_1vV8W7VrrCxMFz_CTGaA1BIy7CzTuXeIM2iqAeR14sgcx8M_evgBeSTvhnm5nVZTU/s1600/DSC_0033.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 214px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686479359158291266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizlIaxa_psieXXOrFR_Q3m3ORTodYLTPucq9V4UMi8cnQmak88PpFmhN0DzaOJBedQj4QZyEitI_1vV8W7VrrCxMFz_CTGaA1BIy7CzTuXeIM2iqAeR14sgcx8M_evgBeSTvhnm5nVZTU/s320/DSC_0033.JPG" /></a>Put out the nativity set-- this is one of my most favorite things. It was my moms, and sure the faces are getting chipped and the donkey is missing an ear, but I love the nostalgia of it.<br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSsQ6TKQUtqlgjP7gmPORCQqEGJdDUGJOlqBOUI3_jyLY4Wjsa7bn-UyfSUTpmUhKRQcIq9cw2GCFy7nZ-P2od-P5RwmhXwKdqk4xaLIEOFxXfjOp3rM_I8RIPqvQNCyBZ0Zgjv-kbOm4/s1600/DSC_0015.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 214px; height: 320px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686479349173560002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSsQ6TKQUtqlgjP7gmPORCQqEGJdDUGJOlqBOUI3_jyLY4Wjsa7bn-UyfSUTpmUhKRQcIq9cw2GCFy7nZ-P2od-P5RwmhXwKdqk4xaLIEOFxXfjOp3rM_I8RIPqvQNCyBZ0Zgjv-kbOm4/s320/DSC_0015.JPG" /></a>And decorated the table... This year I tried something a little different with the table. We had a Ladies Ornament Exchange at church and they decorated with mason jars filled with <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Epsom's</span> salt and candles. So simple! So I came home and pulled out the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Epsom's</span> salt we had and put it in these cute cups with an ornament and a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">tulle</span> bow. I love the snowy feel of it.<br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUw0EAvfAGf5XZSF_LNpLnTBh3LlX0Cq562KCO7ezMYhu0Mui3obKxF7CBYMsQmJwmfvv5i-B-MnFy-SkSSSM0DPEYNGoIROECTT97tlXzWJ2GvGFe1q_ChjnHTUR0XBVtYCJ3sqyRPks/s1600/DSC_0014.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 214px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686479339992345266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUw0EAvfAGf5XZSF_LNpLnTBh3LlX0Cq562KCO7ezMYhu0Mui3obKxF7CBYMsQmJwmfvv5i-B-MnFy-SkSSSM0DPEYNGoIROECTT97tlXzWJ2GvGFe1q_ChjnHTUR0XBVtYCJ3sqyRPks/s320/DSC_0014.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKTy84C0e2txl1xESLEUlBq19lV9NvI4EEUAvx_Ui9679irYmcCuU0j40RXzB_761wJQgRGmU-J82k8tfgh1I-BWDR8wtm0Qo3LZDskihufyPLveKSymD9BNviQO-cKDCpBK-1QU1JV70/s1600/DSC_0041-1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 214px; height: 320px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686479332085500178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKTy84C0e2txl1xESLEUlBq19lV9NvI4EEUAvx_Ui9679irYmcCuU0j40RXzB_761wJQgRGmU-J82k8tfgh1I-BWDR8wtm0Qo3LZDskihufyPLveKSymD9BNviQO-cKDCpBK-1QU1JV70/s320/DSC_0041-1.JPG" /></a>This little guy was my prize at the Ornament Exchange. Isn't he adorable! He makes me smile <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">every time</span> I look at him. I actually didn't win him, but one of my <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">bestest</span> friends did. Erin knew how much I adored "Timmy" and let me take him home. =)</div><div> </div><div>Can't wait to share some of our favorite Christmas traditions like going the Purdue Memorial Union to see the giant Christmas Tree and gingerbread house!<br /><div> </div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763978940197988525noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201743580510715582.post-89033692724691067722011-11-27T12:02:00.001-05:002011-11-27T12:08:49.466-05:00May your Holidays be Merry & Bright<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6CDCrUU66fKYpMQzt9zk6UF0ZndeNzT1vLTP8tsEnV2QNgQl-AWrlQ_s3eSMKQCdbUbv4KdlgulXuEIfKfrz3JKxsaO9GkOAK0MXrnIFUdJj9ooMtO0eK3HgYYoDQxEiaLpoVEFrGz7A/s1600/DSC_0006.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6CDCrUU66fKYpMQzt9zk6UF0ZndeNzT1vLTP8tsEnV2QNgQl-AWrlQ_s3eSMKQCdbUbv4KdlgulXuEIfKfrz3JKxsaO9GkOAK0MXrnIFUdJj9ooMtO0eK3HgYYoDQxEiaLpoVEFrGz7A/s320/DSC_0006.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center">It's that time of year again. Time to take the Christmas card pictures, put up the tree, untangle the lights, sing carols at the top of our lungs, drink lots of hot chocolate and hopefully get to make some snow angels before too long. </div><div align="center"><em>I LOVE CHRISTMAS!</em><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYvRES9MAUzEaG100Jn-ggWF7hdNCwno3ZovoJxue1QYZUgKogP6-pVE8T2KT9ywu_Ef116hBoxRsKRoQF5_kSTp7wwT5bia3EnAQbeTx6xhWiZtqwmCOxnEtwt81qpVfqkQ7jYgcg-to/s1600/DSC_0020.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYvRES9MAUzEaG100Jn-ggWF7hdNCwno3ZovoJxue1QYZUgKogP6-pVE8T2KT9ywu_Ef116hBoxRsKRoQF5_kSTp7wwT5bia3EnAQbeTx6xhWiZtqwmCOxnEtwt81qpVfqkQ7jYgcg-to/s320/DSC_0020.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center"><br /> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhup9j_CH4IbzWD1McOz4vaGRhDjB8ww650jmIOr8eVNeYnYB3-mTMvdA0flkyVDzVVgeJ2mh3VDvpI1xDwj7rQRaDB9Hwtpkb-njO4ECZREAfxzjF-cktfAGao1JcE4d_vmZ0SwRQB2fQ/s1600/DSC_0032.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhup9j_CH4IbzWD1McOz4vaGRhDjB8ww650jmIOr8eVNeYnYB3-mTMvdA0flkyVDzVVgeJ2mh3VDvpI1xDwj7rQRaDB9Hwtpkb-njO4ECZREAfxzjF-cktfAGao1JcE4d_vmZ0SwRQB2fQ/s320/DSC_0032.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUPPc6xdQZ3dZ0_ad-FJVbhK1nts5ae5GPb_fXUuhzK0KRl4hCefHyb9QCpO14n1133ewJeODWVxznbzSA4HCuGwwhtkvykmBtlVF8A8w4mEk_rAuxdSr6dhUtZ86Q-62xJnjOAAscKME/s1600/DSC_0049.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUPPc6xdQZ3dZ0_ad-FJVbhK1nts5ae5GPb_fXUuhzK0KRl4hCefHyb9QCpO14n1133ewJeODWVxznbzSA4HCuGwwhtkvykmBtlVF8A8w4mEk_rAuxdSr6dhUtZ86Q-62xJnjOAAscKME/s320/DSC_0049.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBHzgbw1DBxm0seXyIzHeXkdkLaXVRuCz7xIXR51JH8ieIcrYAYR8sKbtmC8z9wUj3aZHPxbMyDKW-GqUPKcSmug1VcYoArK3_5A1daY206FZWFW3Dr_xgZEnAFMGHrhfinmNPQF5guac/s1600/DSC_0028.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBHzgbw1DBxm0seXyIzHeXkdkLaXVRuCz7xIXR51JH8ieIcrYAYR8sKbtmC8z9wUj3aZHPxbMyDKW-GqUPKcSmug1VcYoArK3_5A1daY206FZWFW3Dr_xgZEnAFMGHrhfinmNPQF5guac/s320/DSC_0028.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center"><br />Even Lily and Cinder have gotten into the Christmas spirit this year. =)</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJyz7isbmKXKjhslGaSG2leidTW3pypl0H_sOGIdVOuXL0FoBngcDN4o0tFIAVRWg1e21UdkGWqXkboj-gnZkHQqz2XFPHGk7NnSWP1f-rrFt60h2P4mol_oIKnTo4at3O4u8mhfMEGFM/s1600/DSC_0013.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJyz7isbmKXKjhslGaSG2leidTW3pypl0H_sOGIdVOuXL0FoBngcDN4o0tFIAVRWg1e21UdkGWqXkboj-gnZkHQqz2XFPHGk7NnSWP1f-rrFt60h2P4mol_oIKnTo4at3O4u8mhfMEGFM/s320/DSC_0013.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center"><br />And my wonderful hubby just celebrated his birthday. I am so thankful to have such a funny and loving man who is such a fantastic father in my life. </div><div align="center">The shirt I am wearing was a little part of his gift this year. =o)<br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzKvYJih5qehnrE16HVDief1cLUUOF3c2kmFwS0jU8ElMxl03jSC_MvuS530IpFXJrdZ9A_GunsArHCu_hI9sCkWizpnsY7Tp7g6L_xGC7DPNBrYKvPPIt9lgVL4w6INrIhv4uWp40oD8/s1600/DSC_0056.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzKvYJih5qehnrE16HVDief1cLUUOF3c2kmFwS0jU8ElMxl03jSC_MvuS530IpFXJrdZ9A_GunsArHCu_hI9sCkWizpnsY7Tp7g6L_xGC7DPNBrYKvPPIt9lgVL4w6INrIhv4uWp40oD8/s320/DSC_0056.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center; clear: both;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="background: 0% 50%; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763978940197988525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201743580510715582.post-308574157697607202011-11-27T11:23:00.001-05:002011-11-27T11:32:07.964-05:00Fall Programs<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWP75k7S8GKuaBAX3kGFRKgoKSqHkfuZNZg9iqBgW8ZxKFi7BXmskk2xulpH8JESjzXwXB2NTf4yuy4MKuqqtJAcpq1-pmrPxmBnqC7sdxzqOudQL8dmtwyjXkOZ643fVB0TOgrgRbUQ/s1600/DSC_0036.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWP75k7S8GKuaBAX3kGFRKgoKSqHkfuZNZg9iqBgW8ZxKFi7BXmskk2xulpH8JESjzXwXB2NTf4yuy4MKuqqtJAcpq1-pmrPxmBnqC7sdxzqOudQL8dmtwyjXkOZ643fVB0TOgrgRbUQ/s320/DSC_0036.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">Both kids <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">participated</span> in Fall Programs over the last couple weeks. The 2<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">nd</span> graders at Cumberland put on "Fall Into the Thanksgiving Season". They did a fantastic job. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Jaeden</span> was a Sweet Potato and had his first speaking lines! He did an amazing job. </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijyg-ayEmwaO5paVRnIzurAJYs82XYo_5KXO_ZZUEYEb9pWR-ja9MxYoZyYdFi9jnZI1Cm-suK37BYJyP6q7jwCMmvNO5s93vXwu1JSJPOrqEhq9ZTIV2TbCjlYVNrFHE3GN8X7Qp_vFg/s1600/DSC_0048.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijyg-ayEmwaO5paVRnIzurAJYs82XYo_5KXO_ZZUEYEb9pWR-ja9MxYoZyYdFi9jnZI1Cm-suK37BYJyP6q7jwCMmvNO5s93vXwu1JSJPOrqEhq9ZTIV2TbCjlYVNrFHE3GN8X7Qp_vFg/s320/DSC_0048.JPG" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIIlXaycyUCAfFu7iC-oS9-RuBye-MO_mLUgv0-WAU66bKsiL9x1EAE2DLYird9mFz4xos4W_3vIPgJury9cZS4nybbgijHzJMhZT4zOHCiQK-vsdlJ9A-BRoGGLlS2EuXJzVe_klguHo/s1600/DSC_0068.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIIlXaycyUCAfFu7iC-oS9-RuBye-MO_mLUgv0-WAU66bKsiL9x1EAE2DLYird9mFz4xos4W_3vIPgJury9cZS4nybbgijHzJMhZT4zOHCiQK-vsdlJ9A-BRoGGLlS2EuXJzVe_klguHo/s320/DSC_0068.JPG" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE0LU9K_7MIVQ4fUPEfpGwbChD7Gn6pj2yD5NmqdxQh4Jo1JqNoDR9MjckEeQL1rD70Gx_UkpCJoA2JD6KM1YARgCFkT1bSZ-sUCtnUDw1ufPD1SIEsE6IUHRYexMg-mxj8Ul-5vFbLiU/s1600/DSC_0090.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE0LU9K_7MIVQ4fUPEfpGwbChD7Gn6pj2yD5NmqdxQh4Jo1JqNoDR9MjckEeQL1rD70Gx_UkpCJoA2JD6KM1YARgCFkT1bSZ-sUCtnUDw1ufPD1SIEsE6IUHRYexMg-mxj8Ul-5vFbLiU/s320/DSC_0090.JPG" /></a><br />Grandma Nana and Papaw were able to make it up to see <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Jaeden's</span> play as well. =)<br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">Jaclyn's preschool held <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">their</span> Thanksgiving program as well. It was filled with adorable little Pilgrims and Indians. </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqkVa54bWBWDznwVgLaAgh2bz0liD0cJFTTpKdUFS27tsOc2MZ2kh-QJEu1QBFEwGJUGIG1CZLxNgNFZVIPd5ftlTmMTOazNk4wE5sfAAD2MfQwhSZJk9hMPyX0VoJesWQv5xhgCZq_YM/s1600/DSC_0012.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqkVa54bWBWDznwVgLaAgh2bz0liD0cJFTTpKdUFS27tsOc2MZ2kh-QJEu1QBFEwGJUGIG1CZLxNgNFZVIPd5ftlTmMTOazNk4wE5sfAAD2MfQwhSZJk9hMPyX0VoJesWQv5xhgCZq_YM/s320/DSC_0012.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center">My favorite little <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Indian</span> had to be Flower Power. =)<br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Aj8_PnDwlK320z6kr9gibGAnIwNrRmPk1y23xs0Azy7ekfbuAoDnNyyVbKuatq7ml4WQmHBgaMyTnfL-1gtWevpn_pozhmYhqzZl9c4xvR4DbfpSIY6NU3pURihm_5Lu73B4-MddBvQ/s1600/DSC_0048.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Aj8_PnDwlK320z6kr9gibGAnIwNrRmPk1y23xs0Azy7ekfbuAoDnNyyVbKuatq7ml4WQmHBgaMyTnfL-1gtWevpn_pozhmYhqzZl9c4xvR4DbfpSIY6NU3pURihm_5Lu73B4-MddBvQ/s320/DSC_0048.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4E4QbdHPXawwCExm1g99T2JXRP5EY-I2eMWe5rzFm4hxdajbN_Ps0y0I1GHyNsEL0rNZFAEroxuMGrdYARDoBSgO7SqnR5qakBeCe4Axd6mbXy7aXmZvEvhYssTGzBU8f7KvMZykXRjE/s1600/DSC_0075.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4E4QbdHPXawwCExm1g99T2JXRP5EY-I2eMWe5rzFm4hxdajbN_Ps0y0I1GHyNsEL0rNZFAEroxuMGrdYARDoBSgO7SqnR5qakBeCe4Axd6mbXy7aXmZvEvhYssTGzBU8f7KvMZykXRjE/s320/DSC_0075.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihVYAxZqB2nYsDpY6Yumw01r9N1pTF0ZDXpQ5C7jDX5LvSR0d5QZcTxSDEhjPCqE6SI1N6_-0MntiFRdzFyYwpubjFqKe0t2j2vxZTjrnvppq6MNNxwS6iHiu61hyiOguarXliur9bsw8/s1600/DSC_0092.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihVYAxZqB2nYsDpY6Yumw01r9N1pTF0ZDXpQ5C7jDX5LvSR0d5QZcTxSDEhjPCqE6SI1N6_-0MntiFRdzFyYwpubjFqKe0t2j2vxZTjrnvppq6MNNxwS6iHiu61hyiOguarXliur9bsw8/s320/DSC_0092.JPG" /></a> </div><div align="center"> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitICd9jz8Thwoum1psPUZ7GETpiN_NIjXzpJ2QRQAF5lX3PPbvd_4u9jMThzO5cCpGOAYLkUlLB2KPatinXZSAUbGFBWoE0IFLsdX1S_1Ykdp05IuovmBY2-o7XNcMUkxQhkQcXzfk-IQ/s1600/DSC_0089.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitICd9jz8Thwoum1psPUZ7GETpiN_NIjXzpJ2QRQAF5lX3PPbvd_4u9jMThzO5cCpGOAYLkUlLB2KPatinXZSAUbGFBWoE0IFLsdX1S_1Ykdp05IuovmBY2-o7XNcMUkxQhkQcXzfk-IQ/s320/DSC_0089.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center; clear: both;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="background: 0% 50%; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763978940197988525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201743580510715582.post-69966979137471773482011-11-10T09:15:00.004-05:002011-11-10T09:36:53.619-05:00Fall, Beautiful Fall!<div align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk-GRazSTTaZMqyrLbm5FWIEi301hpWX74BaevJIb3A3GTyNqY0k9LYTYSupXLIVA-Nool7LnKG_1QmSVciQKHCekOQ4ooodvXew0gX3zGMkryp2-9kvMiUb4RtIruS2w7iUDb5-iMrEs/s1600/DSC_0080.JPG"><em><font color="#cc6600" size="4"></font></em><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 214px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673374158567311458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk-GRazSTTaZMqyrLbm5FWIEi301hpWX74BaevJIb3A3GTyNqY0k9LYTYSupXLIVA-Nool7LnKG_1QmSVciQKHCekOQ4ooodvXew0gX3zGMkryp2-9kvMiUb4RtIruS2w7iUDb5-iMrEs/s320/DSC_0080.JPG" /></a></div><div align="center"><font color="#cc6600" size="4"><em>The older I get, the more I love Fall. I love the crunch of the leaves under my feet as I walk, the smells, the crispness in the air and the explosion of color all around me. </em></font></div><div align="center"><font color="#cc6600" size="4"><em>Here are a few of my favorite photos this season. </em></font></div><div align="center"><font color="#cc6600" size="4"><em>( More to come, I promise.)</em></font></div><div align="center"><strong><em><font color="#cc6600" size="4"></font></em></strong> </div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9NL0AhqsFXlE2JEK5Ge5gJ2zZigI46-m5lgRPMAayMr41vtq7Sz56NSFb7h5sT9y-E6-lyWZuFz4sv9TVfSDyY3VZ0hAo3LrkpZ5ra6yp8Hcsr5E0vBhHK9xOKJB_1b0ttKrNJkSXcgs/s1600/DSC_0099.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 214px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673374154305407874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9NL0AhqsFXlE2JEK5Ge5gJ2zZigI46-m5lgRPMAayMr41vtq7Sz56NSFb7h5sT9y-E6-lyWZuFz4sv9TVfSDyY3VZ0hAo3LrkpZ5ra6yp8Hcsr5E0vBhHK9xOKJB_1b0ttKrNJkSXcgs/s320/DSC_0099.JPG" /></a></div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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width: 320px; height: 214px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673371735530213122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEBD81z85Z0jLx1Lk5CcLAzkEI2WNBgHQwZ3uSwFYgLVyWAGYclWK-xGRS3QMgRJ17jPU5Oumi65JNVBN2GjLXXJ_MQLyWz81Bd2kG3g1ynL7nsJkV-NDn8GGAJb06nSjqC5d858skEqY/s320/DSC_0209.JPG" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiesIJtlwPP3bXgzk9pnsv5M9TgJJMknbsm0vRKIsK7YhJshxRP0xN0U7DxTxlgukCFpxUF3Hc_r6l0svYcpCJBV-lokgTHjIP_0XVeFpHufrfkQV1t51GGnE74cYmDxoWGM8-a0iRk8vw/s1600/DSC_0188.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 214px; height: 320px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673371731763981570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiesIJtlwPP3bXgzk9pnsv5M9TgJJMknbsm0vRKIsK7YhJshxRP0xN0U7DxTxlgukCFpxUF3Hc_r6l0svYcpCJBV-lokgTHjIP_0XVeFpHufrfkQV1t51GGnE74cYmDxoWGM8-a0iRk8vw/s320/DSC_0188.JPG" /></a></div></div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763978940197988525noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201743580510715582.post-43486138492982189252011-11-01T13:10:00.006-04:002011-11-01T13:59:42.208-04:00Halloween 2010<div align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis0rHrqnMvLoxsZpvHf-gQjiw2Ri2Kx2R97wyRFraC6W-FxApSNPyd4mhJXCsmwC0SNOF2Oh_D8AYSLHKcQdDJ_whVIdocfSgkx09I_OD_Aliu9gotJdIp74weeCtTOdLq3YllNRsOn5o/s1600/DSC_0016-1.JPG"><font color="#000000"></font><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 214px; height: 320px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670085975425026034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis0rHrqnMvLoxsZpvHf-gQjiw2Ri2Kx2R97wyRFraC6W-FxApSNPyd4mhJXCsmwC0SNOF2Oh_D8AYSLHKcQdDJ_whVIdocfSgkx09I_OD_Aliu9gotJdIp74weeCtTOdLq3YllNRsOn5o/s320/DSC_0016-1.JPG" /></a>We had a great Halloween this year. We started with Trunk or Treat on Wednesday, then carved pumpkins, and yesterday hit the trick or treat trail. <br /><div align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAHnw3tWLVAa3qpTJ23-rxj3trgxd6svID5XSdriFJM1_cs2xFQlzDm2ImJurEKo8FZPgEQf3QdqmVPGCOvxGMzwevshcFJGVRroQDQHhfH3U3zG6CSEyVhJHRy-DoyR30OKdcD9ukiMY/s1600/DSC_0007.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 214px; height: 320px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670079555794489426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAHnw3tWLVAa3qpTJ23-rxj3trgxd6svID5XSdriFJM1_cs2xFQlzDm2ImJurEKo8FZPgEQf3QdqmVPGCOvxGMzwevshcFJGVRroQDQHhfH3U3zG6CSEyVhJHRy-DoyR30OKdcD9ukiMY/s320/DSC_0007.JPG" /></a>It's not really pumpkin carving until you have to get out a saber saw. =) We had a great time scooping out our pumpkins while letting Jeremy put the finishing touches on them. <br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0X2hxlFaukDzb6hc2r8_FYy7Ifgtd-pXUENIJMfXvrYzO4_NAUyT5NSaMTjuoA0FOSDrtDi24HwOJ7ZcXmyIey7dlbab8wLgi7n0H8NEKM2-SRc_qOA1eg1NGpmNpDCpH_7ieyzqpTao/s1600/DSC_0008.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 214px; height: 320px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670079537483824018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0X2hxlFaukDzb6hc2r8_FYy7Ifgtd-pXUENIJMfXvrYzO4_NAUyT5NSaMTjuoA0FOSDrtDi24HwOJ7ZcXmyIey7dlbab8wLgi7n0H8NEKM2-SRc_qOA1eg1NGpmNpDCpH_7ieyzqpTao/s320/DSC_0008.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIGnxzaIKOzIFFhFa63XLJJO6P27Xvpnaq-Uj0-Xw8e6_fH4o2JDYbOg8Q-YaCDUlp36iypS-UyL67MXdXfkWufPYQ-qwlnWrx1N8HTh-dmnFkNKXzLYjZ129WS9mBObhJX2fvpAXi5m0/s1600/DSC_0011.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 214px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670079533806707474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIGnxzaIKOzIFFhFa63XLJJO6P27Xvpnaq-Uj0-Xw8e6_fH4o2JDYbOg8Q-YaCDUlp36iypS-UyL67MXdXfkWufPYQ-qwlnWrx1N8HTh-dmnFkNKXzLYjZ129WS9mBObhJX2fvpAXi5m0/s320/DSC_0011.JPG" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1IjiutmS6k148rPBqT23mprO0e4Qkn9WRNQt43OWT8HZQuoaiTzHE47id8BDH2O68T-XVXstuc7J2I_T9vYJMOB-Un5LQvsqf7YXbNvhG9KU-esg0qbZhiFzjVpYCoqyg8XEqT2f16NI/s1600/DSC_0012-1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 214px; height: 320px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670079520086529602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1IjiutmS6k148rPBqT23mprO0e4Qkn9WRNQt43OWT8HZQuoaiTzHE47id8BDH2O68T-XVXstuc7J2I_T9vYJMOB-Un5LQvsqf7YXbNvhG9KU-esg0qbZhiFzjVpYCoqyg8XEqT2f16NI/s320/DSC_0012-1.JPG" /></a>Jaclyn was a mermaid this year. She just so happened to get a mermaid doll for her birthday. She has a new best friend in, Evelyn. <br /><div align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQsPIPm8h2zP2NJKwTN2PrThy9BDchV6dIgpMOrxt4wtvcIcG2kqedTWu3yZrrmc7XZpU0NQCVg32OeUFwfpFZN841HprQgkh9fNGb3OBqsGsq2Yqa9LxyKeR-NIUl7TQ6HtpLWOGqanE/s1600/DSC_0006.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 214px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670079518996450866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQsPIPm8h2zP2NJKwTN2PrThy9BDchV6dIgpMOrxt4wtvcIcG2kqedTWu3yZrrmc7XZpU0NQCVg32OeUFwfpFZN841HprQgkh9fNGb3OBqsGsq2Yqa9LxyKeR-NIUl7TQ6HtpLWOGqanE/s320/DSC_0006.JPG" /></a><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Jaeden</span> is so into Star Wars so this year it just made since to be a Jedi. Every one kept asking if he was Obi Wan and he would just reply " no, I'm just a Jedi.". Love him!</div><div> </div><div align="center">Happy Fall!!<br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763978940197988525noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201743580510715582.post-27823381946790166992011-10-31T10:21:00.007-04:002011-10-31T11:01:11.466-04:00Mermaid Party!<div align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNOQy5E7GSnfL3IXWIp2wRHul27XBsH_YorvV3x8_wuNvwhqheJPTsvJqFZnygMC13Yox262J1ZEWTZpSbmv6SLbZjmx9tzW44PXCFaE3QWTl9zL5ME3g9X23ZvUJXgeXOz4_A10F_lUA/s1600/DSC_0033.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 214px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669670164931975906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNOQy5E7GSnfL3IXWIp2wRHul27XBsH_YorvV3x8_wuNvwhqheJPTsvJqFZnygMC13Yox262J1ZEWTZpSbmv6SLbZjmx9tzW44PXCFaE3QWTl9zL5ME3g9X23ZvUJXgeXOz4_A10F_lUA/s320/DSC_0033.JPG" /></a>Miss Jaclyn turned 5!!! To celebrate we had a Mermaid Party. It was a great time! Here are some photos from the day. <br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSlESwZZYaXtH_t_qgSRmdXxct7faEnJQuPX5mNFL8xE7Ag8yguCLrsQvyabq7btMFGKndSPrXEm8Jao0Q_N_3h_xRhJzdmxNSNhCbQCFF5AKV750qQW-80PVoPrWWDo3uESaZyRTRdc0/s1600/DSC_0035.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 214px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669669876730641090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSlESwZZYaXtH_t_qgSRmdXxct7faEnJQuPX5mNFL8xE7Ag8yguCLrsQvyabq7btMFGKndSPrXEm8Jao0Q_N_3h_xRhJzdmxNSNhCbQCFF5AKV750qQW-80PVoPrWWDo3uESaZyRTRdc0/s320/DSC_0035.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL7FBHhVpLOgW39WlhzjsfwxAWb4Px3gY_FfQOrP9VLxdpa3PZR_MYXfCV1Z4Qyy_PChNyb5YL2OzsEelATtec2BHdqjusQ6jd8UNZ6Wd_Xnp5MJxWtjLrjjpkCY2iMgpJC_JS-HSdJ9o/s1600/DSC_0010.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 214px; height: 320px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669669866204875282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL7FBHhVpLOgW39WlhzjsfwxAWb4Px3gY_FfQOrP9VLxdpa3PZR_MYXfCV1Z4Qyy_PChNyb5YL2OzsEelATtec2BHdqjusQ6jd8UNZ6Wd_Xnp5MJxWtjLrjjpkCY2iMgpJC_JS-HSdJ9o/s320/DSC_0010.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhYimOOXSpGdgJlK_k5ahl5SM-1JfV76-lOGu38M2yBLThhTIVt6gjPQ82snFSJrQrVFmJ_g1qBOjOXwms2rywq5UNqBmAIppMfXrqRQH58kdCrdS5qjoYadJVOeDXGPZesidAEKKXlqQ/s1600/DSC_0051.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 213px; height: 320px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669664404843003106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhYimOOXSpGdgJlK_k5ahl5SM-1JfV76-lOGu38M2yBLThhTIVt6gjPQ82snFSJrQrVFmJ_g1qBOjOXwms2rywq5UNqBmAIppMfXrqRQH58kdCrdS5qjoYadJVOeDXGPZesidAEKKXlqQ/s320/DSC_0051.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZPzo9bAPdUkgxkHxEZvLJvmlHeUgu6UXSlu3Zr4LMTF1MjnwmLSSZ_hVhz__JVOHgyjuK2AAR4Fu7Y3RzaIWcpuhHnS3cY8YlM1p3_FmdKcax0P9L_0e0Y4m-_DN8l2jgue9BcMQVxJs/s1600/DSC_0022.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 214px; height: 320px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669664400529919746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZPzo9bAPdUkgxkHxEZvLJvmlHeUgu6UXSlu3Zr4LMTF1MjnwmLSSZ_hVhz__JVOHgyjuK2AAR4Fu7Y3RzaIWcpuhHnS3cY8YlM1p3_FmdKcax0P9L_0e0Y4m-_DN8l2jgue9BcMQVxJs/s320/DSC_0022.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIasGrXmIzMSFtdgWeiwCqwioU3YZiewfEK8vpWY5G-S0xWbwSTgtCCIwjZNzoaGXjbM04IWAKIOY5LxN-sF6bT7k7tPo1AOE1oDUf2Jd9RyYqX8RGvMVKkB006wO6erkUeJwW-dsZopA/s1600/DSC_0026.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 214px; height: 320px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669664390974070658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIasGrXmIzMSFtdgWeiwCqwioU3YZiewfEK8vpWY5G-S0xWbwSTgtCCIwjZNzoaGXjbM04IWAKIOY5LxN-sF6bT7k7tPo1AOE1oDUf2Jd9RyYqX8RGvMVKkB006wO6erkUeJwW-dsZopA/s320/DSC_0026.JPG" /></a>We made "jellyfish" and bead necklaces and bracelets before playing "Fish, Fish, Mermaid". <br /><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 214px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669664385833477138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXa-7QQ_di1XxCkzsllECkowETIe78DtKpztiQcBSTdIfbHQNFOdV09j1OQMIKFbRgZa_pT3YN6grZEDfEwhmbGxKrYVpSthUDhNlN3VXSj_SZ1NWSI9-bc5XxyxpNdSjI5FuG-NFrm1o/s320/DSC_0025.JPG" />Each girl was give a mermaid skirt and lei when they arrived. :o)<br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAZarP6zJyMIBeSgQ0qXN0fqlXgfxfjrR3H0PeLQraUU40rRPVxmdxuZswIpZ2y3KiACvWoFC50dHkpc5x5Yo8IF7O_ly_LzSnKcWhNAajDgjH_2WetEpWnnlTo41_ynL8smXJpVW66VQ/s1600/DSC_0018.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 214px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669664383605720834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAZarP6zJyMIBeSgQ0qXN0fqlXgfxfjrR3H0PeLQraUU40rRPVxmdxuZswIpZ2y3KiACvWoFC50dHkpc5x5Yo8IF7O_ly_LzSnKcWhNAajDgjH_2WetEpWnnlTo41_ynL8smXJpVW66VQ/s320/DSC_0018.JPG" /></a></div><div>We had the best time on land or sea! Happy birthday to my sweet, princess Jaclyn!!<br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763978940197988525noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201743580510715582.post-30772820363064242332011-09-16T07:57:00.000-04:002011-09-16T07:57:00.115-04:00Cousins<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">A few weeks ago, my sister and her family packed up and moved to California. My brother-in-law had a great job opportunity offered to him. So the Brown's are now on a new adventure. Here are some of my favorite recent pictures of Sydney-8, Jaeden-7, Xavier-6, and Jaclyn- almost 5. </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">We miss and love you guys!!</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8gKg8Ad8I-KxjxlUGm846BXBa1ykkIiT27bToz8k1nyknhK-rJBwzZpr6kzsnl95NRq8yNNOqqfRroXQzFMyhOzuHjq5nQbhdswqdmPZFCT4kpRCU8Ux7YVozOt_fN60PrIcD25CQ_M/s1600/DSC_0043.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8gKg8Ad8I-KxjxlUGm846BXBa1ykkIiT27bToz8k1nyknhK-rJBwzZpr6kzsnl95NRq8yNNOqqfRroXQzFMyhOzuHjq5nQbhdswqdmPZFCT4kpRCU8Ux7YVozOt_fN60PrIcD25CQ_M/s320/DSC_0043.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj59Z7THVuVxdK71wshtUSwZfGENfTBWO4YPGgyvI3fw9yrOHzL_WPIMsF0a9lIIhVdVaiZII8nHmptRShHE3v1YRj_Jsr38ckObLim9gStNxqQiV1xMbhNljFozLr9QP0oROZ5DJKB6r0/s1600/20110522_14-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj59Z7THVuVxdK71wshtUSwZfGENfTBWO4YPGgyvI3fw9yrOHzL_WPIMsF0a9lIIhVdVaiZII8nHmptRShHE3v1YRj_Jsr38ckObLim9gStNxqQiV1xMbhNljFozLr9QP0oROZ5DJKB6r0/s320/20110522_14-1.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyxgbGfUmbst8X6AS1eks5IWmXOMR4yCkcCBIyFdf_3WJ1yhxPCuBjkJh3hYXYwlK8QiWvA0NA0g2QYcEVJaQXxp3C8XRBbVCfFEcKOhzofbiOkMDYCoo9zsZCMWwKoMFPnXTOMjLZO1w/s1600/20110522_27.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyxgbGfUmbst8X6AS1eks5IWmXOMR4yCkcCBIyFdf_3WJ1yhxPCuBjkJh3hYXYwlK8QiWvA0NA0g2QYcEVJaQXxp3C8XRBbVCfFEcKOhzofbiOkMDYCoo9zsZCMWwKoMFPnXTOMjLZO1w/s320/20110522_27.JPG" /></a><br /></p><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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CLEAR: both">Best of luck, Stacey, Troy, Sydney & Xavier!!!! </div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763978940197988525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201743580510715582.post-34705947707662063222011-09-15T10:34:00.003-04:002011-09-15T10:38:51.506-04:00Hodge Podge<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">Since I have been so behind in blogging, I thought I would do a hodge podge post of some of my favorite photos I have taken lately. </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQxs1qXAk_h14IJr3zCz_5dx69bbdgLSWOd-vFzFH7MWMp0s3tocJIaruJOZxQ9__dBx5e7riUGDWNvz1cJ-2FX8NU9R5kUFeYDz8574iZk6rcrNECQmbxwmQC4Tiq8eL-kvwjZApQBQA/s1600/DSC_0035-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQxs1qXAk_h14IJr3zCz_5dx69bbdgLSWOd-vFzFH7MWMp0s3tocJIaruJOZxQ9__dBx5e7riUGDWNvz1cJ-2FX8NU9R5kUFeYDz8574iZk6rcrNECQmbxwmQC4Tiq8eL-kvwjZApQBQA/s320/DSC_0035-1.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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Finally!Since it was a chilly 43 degrees when I got up this morning, I figured I would finally post some photos from our trip to Wildwood and Ocean City this summer. Here is a mere drop in the bucket of the hundreds of photos I took while we were in New Jersey. Who knew that they had such amazing beaches and food! To say that we had an amazing time would be an understatement. The gorgeous scenery and even better company was just what we needed this summer. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDTQWLs2xEqbc7nntKLdlKPQqrlc9Br5qUlrJtYQhZzUBqjSzR456YbmObLns6FNaK6gr7D1rmqSuzDz2Zsda2VRkw_tLF1szCcGNvj16hbj11uKhpcWQ5oxGUl53sHT7nzzBWF1SFU3E/s1600/DSC_0301.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652589682600328914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDTQWLs2xEqbc7nntKLdlKPQqrlc9Br5qUlrJtYQhZzUBqjSzR456YbmObLns6FNaK6gr7D1rmqSuzDz2Zsda2VRkw_tLF1szCcGNvj16hbj11uKhpcWQ5oxGUl53sHT7nzzBWF1SFU3E/s320/DSC_0301.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYL7nymGN1MF8X0K9-bXhwsniPoVcUf_jETycKBPLOgZ37GlJs15rZJmP1a6PTOR6-LuvsLGThWXBWNChwZITovtCnWWZvSRTz_7a8RA7CLEworlcm-kTSq4no5bmI5xwvxBzccPd2WkM/s1600/DSC_0237.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652587765744242674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_SbgA3EntS2OCp2Hmyyp_ivzGdhb93lk8ex43Hcxq4iCPJoAWLEz2qYa2j7l5OP_Q14dCRShGeDP4TId2cEETisQO3YXFRZX_ZFC_0ZwGDR-jHoufIte68MZ5b3Gcq2JhFc2ZEEf0c0E/s320/DSC_0022.JPG" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763978940197988525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201743580510715582.post-80026361934459837382011-08-07T22:57:00.011-04:002011-08-08T07:40:58.063-04:00I Heart Faces photo Challenge<div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPkWQciw-4YVDByNszZwUCiifF28-W-iECIyfnq5c7VES2i-A0cf09podSq_tHYyEu6GjmwFd72zIMWesvdIKhsAoT2WF05umdIzCXcaKAIRuTqHRxE6TMvM2ndPFi6UQMNivRsNhg_oo/s1600/20110520_36.JPG"><font color="#000066"></font><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638323490565174722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPkWQciw-4YVDByNszZwUCiifF28-W-iECIyfnq5c7VES2i-A0cf09podSq_tHYyEu6GjmwFd72zIMWesvdIKhsAoT2WF05umdIzCXcaKAIRuTqHRxE6TMvM2ndPFi6UQMNivRsNhg_oo/s400/20110520_36.JPG" /></a></div><div>I am always up for a new reason to take photos. So I joined the I Heart Faces weekly photo challenge. This weeks theme is Friendship.<br /><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFGIJXtZaGKqHf0qF5PWhEk5Q7WDWoyGZfMFaDhUcQiXHPbL9Iec6EadtsISW6Idmj9KzPi5EoFWKY28FTQccKbGWWcAhbNLz6MCx9k4cIGK_X-c2GbP2diZyUINxRnwJTHO26ROHP6Rg/s1600/I_Heart_Faces_Photography_125.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 125px; height: 125px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638323148689359490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFGIJXtZaGKqHf0qF5PWhEk5Q7WDWoyGZfMFaDhUcQiXHPbL9Iec6EadtsISW6Idmj9KzPi5EoFWKY28FTQccKbGWWcAhbNLz6MCx9k4cIGK_X-c2GbP2diZyUINxRnwJTHO26ROHP6Rg/s200/I_Heart_Faces_Photography_125.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /><div><div><div><div><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </font><br /><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></font><br /><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></font><br /></div><div> </div><div><a href="http://http://www.iheartfaces.com/">http://http://www.iheartfaces.com/</a></div><div> </div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763978940197988525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201743580510715582.post-87725354932624048142011-07-27T18:34:00.009-04:002011-07-27T19:03:15.145-04:00Take me out to the ball game.... Vacation Part 1<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">We just returned from another amazing vacation with our dear, dear friends Kris and Jen. We look forward to our summer visits to New York and the adventures that follow. This year we went to a Minor League baseball game for the Tri-City Valley Cats. What a fun night it was! A bride and groom whom were married threw out the first pitch-- still in their wedding attire! Siobhan from American Idol sang the National Anthem. The kids loved the ball park food, cheering for the mascot Southpaw and running the bases after the game. </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://localhost:56604/3bce3e92e2dbfe9aff9875ee128435d2/image/e3c63a145957cf40.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:56604/3bce3e92e2dbfe9aff9875ee128435d2/image/e3c63a145957cf40.jpg?size=320" /></a><br />Ready for the game to start</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://localhost:56604/3bce3e92e2dbfe9aff9875ee128435d2/image/f17527f10d552684.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:56604/3bce3e92e2dbfe9aff9875ee128435d2/image/f17527f10d552684.jpg?size=320" /></a> </div><div align="center">Bella trying to get Southpaw to come see her.<br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://localhost:56604/3bce3e92e2dbfe9aff9875ee128435d2/image/add489d08bde99e7.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:56604/3bce3e92e2dbfe9aff9875ee128435d2/image/add489d08bde99e7.jpg?size=320" /></a> </div><div align="center">MMMMmmm... Dippin Dots<br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://localhost:56604/3bce3e92e2dbfe9aff9875ee128435d2/image/c70fa49a88c74197.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:56604/3bce3e92e2dbfe9aff9875ee128435d2/image/c70fa49a88c74197.jpg?size=320" /></a> </div><div align="center">And Hot Dogs...<br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://localhost:56604/3bce3e92e2dbfe9aff9875ee128435d2/image/7aa5e3f5525ae25.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:56604/3bce3e92e2dbfe9aff9875ee128435d2/image/7aa5e3f5525ae25.jpg?size=320" /></a> </div><div align="center">And Kettle Corn!<br /><br /><a href="http://localhost:56604/3bce3e92e2dbfe9aff9875ee128435d2/image/ac9e3104116d5c3.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:56604/3bce3e92e2dbfe9aff9875ee128435d2/image/ac9e3104116d5c3.jpg?size=320" /></a> </div><div align="center">Southpaw<br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://localhost:56604/3bce3e92e2dbfe9aff9875ee128435d2/image/7d2d9a7aeae0b53a.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:56604/3bce3e92e2dbfe9aff9875ee128435d2/image/7d2d9a7aeae0b53a.jpg?size=320" /></a> </div><div> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://localhost:56604/3bce3e92e2dbfe9aff9875ee128435d2/image/675e8f2f7a18926d.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:56604/3bce3e92e2dbfe9aff9875ee128435d2/image/675e8f2f7a18926d.jpg?size=320" /></a> </div><div align="center">Jaclyn really is a dirt princess- even on a baseball field. <br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://localhost:56604/3bce3e92e2dbfe9aff9875ee128435d2/image/87f75ac7ad31654b.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:56604/3bce3e92e2dbfe9aff9875ee128435d2/image/87f75ac7ad31654b.jpg?size=320" /></a> </div><div align="center">Heading Home after running the bases. <br />******</div><div align="center">We spent an afternoon around the house playing slip n slide </div><div align="center">and nerf wars too!<br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://localhost:56604/3bce3e92e2dbfe9aff9875ee128435d2/image/e1e0c654b3b7e752.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:56604/3bce3e92e2dbfe9aff9875ee128435d2/image/e1e0c654b3b7e752.jpg?size=320" /></a> </div><div> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://localhost:56604/3bce3e92e2dbfe9aff9875ee128435d2/image/c88f19654726c0c3.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:56604/3bce3e92e2dbfe9aff9875ee128435d2/image/c88f19654726c0c3.jpg?size=320" /></a> </div><div> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://localhost:56604/3bce3e92e2dbfe9aff9875ee128435d2/image/e5ec82c55a74a338.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:56604/3bce3e92e2dbfe9aff9875ee128435d2/image/e5ec82c55a74a338.jpg?size=320" /></a> </div><div align="center">Can't forget who the biggest kid around is...</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://localhost:56604/3bce3e92e2dbfe9aff9875ee128435d2/image/330c031e38502aca.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:56604/3bce3e92e2dbfe9aff9875ee128435d2/image/330c031e38502aca.jpg?size=320" /></a> </div><div align="center">****<br />Every year since Kris and Jen have put in their play structure we have taken a photo of all the kids on it. This is the third year! We had their new dog Tyson in it this year too. </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://localhost:56604/3bce3e92e2dbfe9aff9875ee128435d2/image/616b6c5eeff42a69.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:56604/3bce3e92e2dbfe9aff9875ee128435d2/image/616b6c5eeff42a69.jpg?size=320" /></a> </div><div> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://localhost:56604/3bce3e92e2dbfe9aff9875ee128435d2/image/1b762003397278c3.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:56604/3bce3e92e2dbfe9aff9875ee128435d2/image/1b762003397278c3.jpg?size=320" /></a> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">More to come on our trip to the Drive Thru Safari and the Beach!!</div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763978940197988525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201743580510715582.post-87049470231070453082011-07-26T17:05:00.005-04:002011-07-26T19:06:53.246-04:00My little man is SEVEN!!<div align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJSbapM9dHvcwpJ_1dMEa8WlwPYgBQxkN8lFDNsvXQ-7kvJN5EGdSjEFmQQjBEIPk9vVbfZ22TlIyCz8xooQcq6MRfbfhWTCE6_4DQnhbtJ5pbMsokSrmfXufpxPogKTr_qbzcx9n5YJs/s1600/DSC_0016.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 214px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633793551465551746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJSbapM9dHvcwpJ_1dMEa8WlwPYgBQxkN8lFDNsvXQ-7kvJN5EGdSjEFmQQjBEIPk9vVbfZ22TlIyCz8xooQcq6MRfbfhWTCE6_4DQnhbtJ5pbMsokSrmfXufpxPogKTr_qbzcx9n5YJs/s320/DSC_0016.JPG" /></a>I can't believe Jaeden is 7 now!! We celebrated his birthday on vacation this year (more to come about that soon!). We were at Kris and Jen's and once again they went above and beyond finding the perfect cake. Jaeden has been super into maps and geography. His favorite book right now is the National Geographic Kids Atlas. He is so artistic and getting so smart. It is so great to see Jaeden coming out of his shell and getting to be quite the funny little guy. <div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8hnDeEEMjRWgOoqV1DgSTE5BTU5_KlwFLcuxOQg6HRxZq-dRcIGexN761GYiOPD7anB9YYcowLNSpYMSHp0lVQuNM1r4ljEecMjzu34wjEFmEyd6Z-RzL5aD49KeueO4lU1Hh4YyEyH0/s1600/DSC_0009.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 214px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633772549485725362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8hnDeEEMjRWgOoqV1DgSTE5BTU5_KlwFLcuxOQg6HRxZq-dRcIGexN761GYiOPD7anB9YYcowLNSpYMSHp0lVQuNM1r4ljEecMjzu34wjEFmEyd6Z-RzL5aD49KeueO4lU1Hh4YyEyH0/s320/DSC_0009.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk1X9UXoNMWXhsyueWIVv61lvyxzhLW431qleRPalQX2zRPVdZqhauChuRMsbGm0IR7Vity9AhJpQiaSsKUBfRO92KQdTgjPxGvbpExdusXsEU1zIL0KpVwUaAsrUQNQYqJ3NsZUtBoDM/s1600/DSC_0014.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 214px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633772540503990850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk1X9UXoNMWXhsyueWIVv61lvyxzhLW431qleRPalQX2zRPVdZqhauChuRMsbGm0IR7Vity9AhJpQiaSsKUBfRO92KQdTgjPxGvbpExdusXsEU1zIL0KpVwUaAsrUQNQYqJ3NsZUtBoDM/s320/DSC_0014.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLbaKN6AcBQY2RjBRFHZnthWq57GRMpqW9-o2TlRPHecmYV4dtIct_EH59NLodL25fWblMGIjMhdtnPp6AAcCCFM1Uqe8V3aLP8jo6W-_u3ibrmhNLFrSyRigNl0GjKJhjQMybvEtzRHc/s1600/DSC_0019.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 214px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633772535667534994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLbaKN6AcBQY2RjBRFHZnthWq57GRMpqW9-o2TlRPHecmYV4dtIct_EH59NLodL25fWblMGIjMhdtnPp6AAcCCFM1Uqe8V3aLP8jo6W-_u3ibrmhNLFrSyRigNl0GjKJhjQMybvEtzRHc/s320/DSC_0019.JPG" /></a>We took out a couple gifts to give Jaeden on his actual birthday. - It was a driving day for us as we were on our way home. He loves the cards that play music and Jaclyn had a blast picking out the perfect one for him. <div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEa64cs51yHsIQYvNg14IFi3KyTpKFWgm_YAiwRcVk2_pdFFeJksa5H2e7gW7VILIIvE3RqFULd1oRNrRfiUapx6Zr4PE3e9y82D0K7s2lj7xzFKoOzmVnvGmDzXMcLgIwJpVlmxPKGrg/s1600/DSC_0004.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEa64cs51yHsIQYvNg14IFi3KyTpKFWgm_YAiwRcVk2_pdFFeJksa5H2e7gW7VILIIvE3RqFULd1oRNrRfiUapx6Zr4PE3e9y82D0K7s2lj7xzFKoOzmVnvGmDzXMcLgIwJpVlmxPKGrg/s320/DSC_0004.JPG" /></a><br />After we got home we had scheduled a birthday party for Jaeden at our the Columbian Park Zoo. It is a little local zoo here in town. They have a party room with a tank of bearded dragons and a snake in the other. The walls are all covered with an animal mural. You are able to pick which animals you want the educators to bring to your party. The educators teach the kids about the animals and then give them a chance to pet and even smell the animals. Jaeden chose a Happy the ferret, Julius Squeezer the boa constrictor, Frekles the Leopard Gecko and a baby alligator. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7U6fDyIHq6MsgJJMcaul0OWV0fL0v-DwAUhjs-3D5GavGq1bxiDu1Ia-cIG3eWhq0HBl4jL1e2CnKH9lGNSb666vbxyGtnq2KgCdqnbp2ZShBMhLHIry-cYPVSk0NxZAOaGtRSW7GyGA/s1600/DSC_0021.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7U6fDyIHq6MsgJJMcaul0OWV0fL0v-DwAUhjs-3D5GavGq1bxiDu1Ia-cIG3eWhq0HBl4jL1e2CnKH9lGNSb666vbxyGtnq2KgCdqnbp2ZShBMhLHIry-cYPVSk0NxZAOaGtRSW7GyGA/s320/DSC_0021.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Julius Squeezer was the hit of the party. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcmKGOnLUlBwXWjA3VQckePLMh5io_8L3uK7RYT6iVUD5PMPp3viPmhb69axsxwPgI10CiSrEaPevzLRy6a4blFL5V9NZRZgg2yE7UJ-vjBCDRorRq2nxyCX4UusfAhPGL7owb-aaHgfo/s1600/DSC_0036.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcmKGOnLUlBwXWjA3VQckePLMh5io_8L3uK7RYT6iVUD5PMPp3viPmhb69axsxwPgI10CiSrEaPevzLRy6a4blFL5V9NZRZgg2yE7UJ-vjBCDRorRq2nxyCX4UusfAhPGL7owb-aaHgfo/s320/DSC_0036.JPG" /></a> </div><div>After we met all the animals the kids each made a foam picture frame and got to have thier picture taken with Freckles. Such a cute momento to take home. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjClZBf51oG5XDHXfcEp-Q6yUGsTwMKScQ53U01_gHJNkkvD6Wgioy65eOxZAoZoVsurxNaczGtyU2ED-J4mvsCi0hM4aGese59soql8fZfgdZfVq6CULaaO_JZeOHQZofew4-iNGyydqM/s1600/DSC_0043.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjClZBf51oG5XDHXfcEp-Q6yUGsTwMKScQ53U01_gHJNkkvD6Wgioy65eOxZAoZoVsurxNaczGtyU2ED-J4mvsCi0hM4aGese59soql8fZfgdZfVq6CULaaO_JZeOHQZofew4-iNGyydqM/s320/DSC_0043.JPG" /></a> </div><div><br /> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVIie1g03s4mfj3iQqVBVSi-bwxZa44Ge2Pj8-Sp2iazNDqXw5zY-IQXhXGHesGef0vpFnrLmNqsx5CQTR2uHoyFSkc1WMf-yVITdkD3FCj_CsxcrI6ydo2BDrSrE8JL6vZjlSnwU0fKk/s1600/DSC_0044.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVIie1g03s4mfj3iQqVBVSi-bwxZa44Ge2Pj8-Sp2iazNDqXw5zY-IQXhXGHesGef0vpFnrLmNqsx5CQTR2uHoyFSkc1WMf-yVITdkD3FCj_CsxcrI6ydo2BDrSrE8JL6vZjlSnwU0fKk/s320/DSC_0044.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Jaeden still gets embarrased when we sing Happy Birthday. <br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkt_R5GoyacjOpG-o5zV47m77QltOtF55LHJTDg2SodeooAGLFTIKioAk43ULzfRiApPUZcaonB9fNGCMPePtWJSZH8A8s4J89U6Qp3R2liKiU37ocL7KL71eAvkq0xsl82z9EQd9NGdQ/s1600/DSC_0058.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkt_R5GoyacjOpG-o5zV47m77QltOtF55LHJTDg2SodeooAGLFTIKioAk43ULzfRiApPUZcaonB9fNGCMPePtWJSZH8A8s4J89U6Qp3R2liKiU37ocL7KL71eAvkq0xsl82z9EQd9NGdQ/s320/DSC_0058.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3xapRdVEdj_-ucXhnnefr22od6prVUCZe6eAOniTWr-NssOpA1UDx9kQEs_LMZs20fR3pczS78LONIYO_K870Sq9eBxhu77hZtxHL-cd0meQKfvH2CkOTFspgyfCt_WGedKH2wvSC2PY/s1600/DSC_0063.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3xapRdVEdj_-ucXhnnefr22od6prVUCZe6eAOniTWr-NssOpA1UDx9kQEs_LMZs20fR3pczS78LONIYO_K870Sq9eBxhu77hZtxHL-cd0meQKfvH2CkOTFspgyfCt_WGedKH2wvSC2PY/s320/DSC_0063.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Funny enough, one of the hits of the party were the tiny little sticky lizards I had picked up for the kids to take home. Apparently they stick to the walls. So you can guess how about 15 minutes were spent. Full of belly laughes and flying lizards!<br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinyEJ0gQPt7a20mdX1hDGKeyuQ8omE-v2LWtFwoVoMOUUdj9AFf04WEthwuWB7bT7LNzcfMBdgzCnmWPTpEh9exu_SMw8_4EvFk2siABDuW1jGgYl23L_EvFFq5LjCJ_TTn0SFihJkRcc/s1600/DSC_0068.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinyEJ0gQPt7a20mdX1hDGKeyuQ8omE-v2LWtFwoVoMOUUdj9AFf04WEthwuWB7bT7LNzcfMBdgzCnmWPTpEh9exu_SMw8_4EvFk2siABDuW1jGgYl23L_EvFFq5LjCJ_TTn0SFihJkRcc/s320/DSC_0068.JPG" /></a> </div><div><br /> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0sHBNL018V5QJuJy5ovimGNH-Tm-h4mbd-y13PkoWXfQYo9JxAzvBBw-UvXaD2A_dIEt_amRNzqJ8ooCIUgOfStkqOA1gK1HyAzbpvD8bMOdzqKnw3P0sWz9pJiTUAxy9LRqUy3dS_gg/s1600/DSC_0070.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0sHBNL018V5QJuJy5ovimGNH-Tm-h4mbd-y13PkoWXfQYo9JxAzvBBw-UvXaD2A_dIEt_amRNzqJ8ooCIUgOfStkqOA1gK1HyAzbpvD8bMOdzqKnw3P0sWz9pJiTUAxy9LRqUy3dS_gg/s320/DSC_0070.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">Happy Birthday, Jman- I can't wait to see what the next year brings for you. </div><div style="text-align: center; clear: both;"><img style="background: 0% 50%; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></div></div></div></div></div></div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763978940197988525noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201743580510715582.post-3186546365579040492011-06-20T14:49:00.006-04:002011-06-20T15:18:48.584-04:00It's been a long time...So it has been forever since I have been on here. And I am going to do much better at keeping this up. Especially for our families that live further away. So here is a recap of what we have been up to the last few months...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivAirRfwHDtkKwO5teCz1hvRQjxel7-ehJQUiZTiiBJxJzLVXLPl55mBLWSqrH3PeBb7PvghU_bXu-F5Qxa91r7LgGIEuCM8HvywCKaN_ZOMJl9Wwj9EAN6qR_4nC4ujG9UZXjDvk0iJE/s1600/DSC_0042.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620380991600389762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivAirRfwHDtkKwO5teCz1hvRQjxel7-ehJQUiZTiiBJxJzLVXLPl55mBLWSqrH3PeBb7PvghU_bXu-F5Qxa91r7LgGIEuCM8HvywCKaN_ZOMJl9Wwj9EAN6qR_4nC4ujG9UZXjDvk0iJE/s320/DSC_0042.JPG" /></a> We had one big construction project that we completed.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpuPeCKD9eo4Ls2N83mii9ci0RWFlubTHJCUaDxfC7jrB0R6e5HGx3lwsOfcu3Fv-l-yWdMDdWHjvWZ8rqVnDgcPij_YHc7ZsSGNaHqiTfrq21a40Ao1ETl2JnEF3UCw6sTHQRHsdv3ss/s1600/20110525_66.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620380980184724226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpuPeCKD9eo4Ls2N83mii9ci0RWFlubTHJCUaDxfC7jrB0R6e5HGx3lwsOfcu3Fv-l-yWdMDdWHjvWZ8rqVnDgcPij_YHc7ZsSGNaHqiTfrq21a40Ao1ETl2JnEF3UCw6sTHQRHsdv3ss/s320/20110525_66.JPG" /></a> Jaeden finished 1st grade and was awarded "The Sunshine Award" which is kind of like a mental attitude award for school. Major proud Momma moment. :o) He also recieved a Presidential Physical Fitness Award. <br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVXpSqnmwKqvRIw9EIxk9gJkNFvOeSvJAMzEyoLz57eeb9B1IBkvKL0p2Kv2wAjSz389-dxQ4MFn4HIFLVrR4AoRUSIozHGGZPs3G0aYChjH4by8fiyCWg7zHXX8hCRloksBK0cOdLyMw/s1600/20110530_5-1.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620378751413917506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVXpSqnmwKqvRIw9EIxk9gJkNFvOeSvJAMzEyoLz57eeb9B1IBkvKL0p2Kv2wAjSz389-dxQ4MFn4HIFLVrR4AoRUSIozHGGZPs3G0aYChjH4by8fiyCWg7zHXX8hCRloksBK0cOdLyMw/s320/20110530_5-1.JPG" /></a> We have enjoyed several watermelons....<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXnwqWU3diScsb7jRUd8BcdJdb8fVwnFjsLIjEhwH6xnxub7nzU87O889v3VUZlS1Lw31en5Pq2pAtG2Pkf_5nySIu_H_AgZi1KGuFS1BCaC5lK8P3wmkFIh0aUMn76APibu4d-HeihSs/s1600/20110528_43.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620378740348560754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXnwqWU3diScsb7jRUd8BcdJdb8fVwnFjsLIjEhwH6xnxub7nzU87O889v3VUZlS1Lw31en5Pq2pAtG2Pkf_5nySIu_H_AgZi1KGuFS1BCaC5lK8P3wmkFIh0aUMn76APibu4d-HeihSs/s320/20110528_43.JPG" /></a> Placed flags at the cemetary for Memorial Day with Boy Scouts. ..<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEuVQkdTO7hvAF4lV-lbtyTdcZwSfyGChJv33qxWq_0Q9Zj9bqisosN5NKPWihBLQk1ofyHGMX0AWFiCn8bqeWTSAeRbiKbsxAD64SpNAzbkv0miijX9ube4cmVowFj32HyssOcle_0yE/s1600/20110530_15.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620378720957422962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEuVQkdTO7hvAF4lV-lbtyTdcZwSfyGChJv33qxWq_0Q9Zj9bqisosN5NKPWihBLQk1ofyHGMX0AWFiCn8bqeWTSAeRbiKbsxAD64SpNAzbkv0miijX9ube4cmVowFj32HyssOcle_0yE/s320/20110530_15.JPG" /></a> Lounged by the pool...<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_OWawUkXU4tPDAHyktt_Haw6S53t6Eeee8BxOtwY7CURtbLtUWy2u4YDCKziHAJmtYK2kZbXbfNmRWBZtTTGWD1pfUB5O2uLG5u7ApoYK3VmroaBT65JMXr3dwHZJx7BHo0iwVw2WOaw/s1600/DSC_0017.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620378701245908114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_OWawUkXU4tPDAHyktt_Haw6S53t6Eeee8BxOtwY7CURtbLtUWy2u4YDCKziHAJmtYK2kZbXbfNmRWBZtTTGWD1pfUB5O2uLG5u7ApoYK3VmroaBT65JMXr3dwHZJx7BHo0iwVw2WOaw/s320/DSC_0017.JPG" /></a> Enjoyed our time out of school ...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi77rVeG7HOfJLMgX7eCOm2nscUhL_kG7L2J7XIguKZQ_21i8igGQo2jJMBEfN8uyGplZZa8UZFSjXNpgB4e66sGU6LMCoX5r2GQ-mY3KUJ17llUBPfZaqK5lMb28GpgrxdM5bUZvEQFDw/s1600/DSC_0015.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620378684042178210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi77rVeG7HOfJLMgX7eCOm2nscUhL_kG7L2J7XIguKZQ_21i8igGQo2jJMBEfN8uyGplZZa8UZFSjXNpgB4e66sGU6LMCoX5r2GQ-mY3KUJ17llUBPfZaqK5lMb28GpgrxdM5bUZvEQFDw/s320/DSC_0015.JPG" /></a><br />Savoured our sno cones....<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicVSh-3dUbFQmeMlIIuzcBEouNAX9W-HsagiiaWRXXbpGCUdVvfZDHr_KcbZnRoPojhdsC0urmwz-mRSE3SJp7qzosin_H3vsok97FgXcT1DEXzx3m-zHQ9dA0onA7Z_UY22Ght2FLSLY/s1600/DSC_0052.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620377387917427522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicVSh-3dUbFQmeMlIIuzcBEouNAX9W-HsagiiaWRXXbpGCUdVvfZDHr_KcbZnRoPojhdsC0urmwz-mRSE3SJp7qzosin_H3vsok97FgXcT1DEXzx3m-zHQ9dA0onA7Z_UY22Ght2FLSLY/s320/DSC_0052.JPG" /></a> Had one little mishap- Cinder jumped off the pool deck before it was done and broke her foot :o(<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglozg8EOAwmgHHax2MEFh1YQhag6TIRDDvmmJ1G_YGQ9Hxt9lBsFs0Yqy5Swu7iAjHKi0kzrlgjm50x48XXh39Kn8tIAu7ndimjGO9fh91OckpT6FMG3M1D7pf2LddprsJnPztHJZ4eR8/s1600/DSC_0023-1.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620377370249220466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglozg8EOAwmgHHax2MEFh1YQhag6TIRDDvmmJ1G_YGQ9Hxt9lBsFs0Yqy5Swu7iAjHKi0kzrlgjm50x48XXh39Kn8tIAu7ndimjGO9fh91OckpT6FMG3M1D7pf2LddprsJnPztHJZ4eR8/s320/DSC_0023-1.JPG" /></a> Lily is completly part of our family now...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1sbrd33lpPAnCl2B5bJrgRbPJFuuJIPKdfLxTf71Z0RuLR5PQNSznXCRv5eubXitH-JtkLgVWMLYyJ3dzmOQYLnRGPqBWSSYASDMvva8qYwKvpC3jNdWeUZQrJ48kU5D_pggdF1QWOE/s1600/DSC_0076.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620377350493102674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1sbrd33lpPAnCl2B5bJrgRbPJFuuJIPKdfLxTf71Z0RuLR5PQNSznXCRv5eubXitH-JtkLgVWMLYyJ3dzmOQYLnRGPqBWSSYASDMvva8qYwKvpC3jNdWeUZQrJ48kU5D_pggdF1QWOE/s320/DSC_0076.JPG" /></a> Jaeden has become a master fisherman....<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuimK-HV0sMqAgY35WB6Lqk7yObHGn-T4Bq_0G2I57S1thPPXdwPVog3fP99thw7TBpLCR1sIlRtna4siuvBcvq1S-ShxbYSeCQAEnJfd3izIYouG4231cgkfgMmEFnvA8jCuIfi0WOL8/s1600/DSC_0068.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620377340260770818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuimK-HV0sMqAgY35WB6Lqk7yObHGn-T4Bq_0G2I57S1thPPXdwPVog3fP99thw7TBpLCR1sIlRtna4siuvBcvq1S-ShxbYSeCQAEnJfd3izIYouG4231cgkfgMmEFnvA8jCuIfi0WOL8/s320/DSC_0068.JPG" /></a> Jaclyn and I joined Mom at the Friendship Tea for her Progressive Club. We all enjoyed getting dressed up in our hats and all. <br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih5kC_dC9Z-_8ucUZG60hsOKmQQ8XtFCpqinYIPMQgzduSzRxgfx7hsEAgPHqmC4kKif3kqBlnnHH0yZVXHPedhKDNHo6eFrEihZTuXcamgEiShoNDTPT6KgEQ8-p0rpQGuHO-XkuRjFM/s1600/DSC_0064.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620377327730612850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih5kC_dC9Z-_8ucUZG60hsOKmQQ8XtFCpqinYIPMQgzduSzRxgfx7hsEAgPHqmC4kKif3kqBlnnHH0yZVXHPedhKDNHo6eFrEihZTuXcamgEiShoNDTPT6KgEQ8-p0rpQGuHO-XkuRjFM/s320/DSC_0064.JPG" /></a> More to come soon-- I promise!!<br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763978940197988525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201743580510715582.post-10090322287505522612011-01-18T09:40:00.005-05:002011-01-18T10:27:10.963-05:00Winter<div><div align="center"><em><span style="color:#00cccc;"><strong>There is nothing more beautiful than the forest</strong></span></em><br /></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color:#00cccc;"><strong>clothed to its very hollows in snow.</strong></span></em><br /></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color:#00cccc;"><strong>It is still the ecstasy of nature, wherein every spray</strong></span></em><br /></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color:#00cccc;"><strong>every blade of grass, every spire of reed,</strong></span></em><br /></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color:#00cccc;"><strong>every intricacy of twig, is clad with radiance.</strong></span></em></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em><span style="color:#00cccc;"><strong>~William Sharp</strong></span></em></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#00cccc;"></span></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563537946707531682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-K0uEkjrDNda38ztPDPg7_1YfDPXj2EcwWzu9FsE4NRqjoFyXGoi6FGIJqusHLLK2YQnkQhwiGWuzlokdPiiP5DgQ5-3R7S3E06KHWbwPG_ykNwWtw2NYpRRcmnjTbNtXK_147LjWbs/s320/100_3797.jpg" /></a><br /><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwXcj29FAb7roCkkRi9VhIfFraiY60SugTlg27Fw1CpuysXr2crVwkO0VNjOEcHWqLA174UWpmsqy9vELnMpqRVzNnz0VeHfB4iIqie5m0vrtYvLe_OvQaiggR7y73B6ydKV3lzslA8uE/s1600/100_3020.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563537937369556146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwXcj29FAb7roCkkRi9VhIfFraiY60SugTlg27Fw1CpuysXr2crVwkO0VNjOEcHWqLA174UWpmsqy9vELnMpqRVzNnz0VeHfB4iIqie5m0vrtYvLe_OvQaiggR7y73B6ydKV3lzslA8uE/s320/100_3020.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-6CM8JBVjrc0TbgmAnnpRVBSVaCgK6mWZAdvMBEcN1Zy5ZFHfrpfGoncsNZmsVP4tF14QANt4jBhd-Rx6_ygKNuCwSmXhrwmrx7N7nirLuyRlCVz-8Io9-rg1a-Xa1856OnryXgtRxs/s1600/100_3008.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563537925910316258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-6CM8JBVjrc0TbgmAnnpRVBSVaCgK6mWZAdvMBEcN1Zy5ZFHfrpfGoncsNZmsVP4tF14QANt4jBhd-Rx6_ygKNuCwSmXhrwmrx7N7nirLuyRlCVz-8Io9-rg1a-Xa1856OnryXgtRxs/s320/100_3008.jpg" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763978940197988525noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201743580510715582.post-6953041740820285202011-01-10T21:52:00.005-05:002011-01-10T22:26:56.830-05:00Happy 2011!<div align="center">We had a great Holiday this year. We were able to spend great quality time with all of our families and some very much needed relaxing time at home together. We were so lucky to have our dear friends Kris and Jen down for </div><div align="center">New Years again this year--9th year in a row!! </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Here is a little glimpse into our Christmas and New Years weekend. </div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZEj2tRRF__WBdpay1qt6NBqis0JVwIHJVgNzh7MEX1AM1XK6BFsi3NZHIch3TSkAqVz2b45AF29L4leQnh2PeEbg_MwIUe07CGBWEiUhTm8WmhopzRSNE0LRDH8ly2gz3-lOgHn91Fc8/s1600/100_3792.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560761110503887202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZEj2tRRF__WBdpay1qt6NBqis0JVwIHJVgNzh7MEX1AM1XK6BFsi3NZHIch3TSkAqVz2b45AF29L4leQnh2PeEbg_MwIUe07CGBWEiUhTm8WmhopzRSNE0LRDH8ly2gz3-lOgHn91Fc8/s320/100_3792.jpg" /></a> We had a White Christmas this year!! </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPNBjkKwKsZ-i6hN-hkbJB02kgVfeIIbn1NNalS385wNYiOYtmcSmqrcMR9yacYa-8Y_vOKLYKbc6mLaxlbLrcMJOzyklhg_LDTPBqVqDhctpS0wUQHBpCtj0r2BeoXgKHiF5Lp3r0lDE/s1600/100_3087.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560760698763392466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPNBjkKwKsZ-i6hN-hkbJB02kgVfeIIbn1NNalS385wNYiOYtmcSmqrcMR9yacYa-8Y_vOKLYKbc6mLaxlbLrcMJOzyklhg_LDTPBqVqDhctpS0wUQHBpCtj0r2BeoXgKHiF5Lp3r0lDE/s320/100_3087.jpg" /></a> Byrd Grandkids at the Byrd Christmas<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFtexypVgAPsDLZZ9vgnM6dZfytgBVX2fV7oZv4odu227CqSgFi0E8Xx-IAGZYCjeqOxVdCod-WrKiqML6IqBQ5H69WRck-bGet6aLlOjJEmX0yeJBYs3A3lO_IU_rJ39eMR2ZGgAsYE/s1600/100_3556.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560760694323604946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFtexypVgAPsDLZZ9vgnM6dZfytgBVX2fV7oZv4odu227CqSgFi0E8Xx-IAGZYCjeqOxVdCod-WrKiqML6IqBQ5H69WRck-bGet6aLlOjJEmX0yeJBYs3A3lO_IU_rJ39eMR2ZGgAsYE/s320/100_3556.jpg" /></a> Santa paid a visit to the Schneider Farm<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOIRgBgosnu1egicFXAROZni1yGb3Wwm09WpR4f2MEuqmt1kpizaR7sOryYzJOYEzB0Nc5gn_72LAh1jF97UzIBe8hofFm1mifEuLbxQXRA1-uBN_augl8JzioET9biItMarqbv0xxr98/s1600/100_3525.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560760683642054578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOIRgBgosnu1egicFXAROZni1yGb3Wwm09WpR4f2MEuqmt1kpizaR7sOryYzJOYEzB0Nc5gn_72LAh1jF97UzIBe8hofFm1mifEuLbxQXRA1-uBN_augl8JzioET9biItMarqbv0xxr98/s320/100_3525.jpg" /></a>Jaclyn wasn't so sure about Santa at first.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi51Uvag1pe6RTasGqw7dzosRaA2ClVBFFfx6Kazfd0mcZAN4dBECSRERG-v9FZKfbZhDfTKgcD9cEWaYDXy2X6Oau1ju3AmodbD_pwdgLrXv28G4QjBlESAeSAj2s4B5DI4ublXpQEJxg/s1600/100_3755.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560760682640402562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi51Uvag1pe6RTasGqw7dzosRaA2ClVBFFfx6Kazfd0mcZAN4dBECSRERG-v9FZKfbZhDfTKgcD9cEWaYDXy2X6Oau1ju3AmodbD_pwdgLrXv28G4QjBlESAeSAj2s4B5DI4ublXpQEJxg/s320/100_3755.jpg" /></a> We did the "set up the tripod and smile at the flashing light" thing. </div><div>A gift for me. :o)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYCDRMt502yCCDVurYbT8xq5bC3xUqPBkk3k7or1aDgSQfq6T0MWwCKyb3NaVUPqNx6HQjmHYUpfG-P1bimHYLI6Ydj2STkoFAUpse_MG8Z-RlRRZwABcYX2JbSwlPYBqPNQmRVYQMQ5w/s1600/100_3764.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560760671080726754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYCDRMt502yCCDVurYbT8xq5bC3xUqPBkk3k7or1aDgSQfq6T0MWwCKyb3NaVUPqNx6HQjmHYUpfG-P1bimHYLI6Ydj2STkoFAUpse_MG8Z-RlRRZwABcYX2JbSwlPYBqPNQmRVYQMQ5w/s320/100_3764.jpg" /></a><br />The kids had a great time playing in the snow at the park across the street from our house.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQBO6xsFVJlDmEgUmyp2s70ArGxfSSolyKQo5q9hCctu12z6OyOWbLO73oq-3Oss_Vnxt9edbn8vMDkFn0TMfYLuKL-jX3ZivxPMTlT6_htvZu1uz6_79446C1pEKY3QJSjkKdz5OOYQ/s1600/100_3774.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560759394493819762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQBO6xsFVJlDmEgUmyp2s70ArGxfSSolyKQo5q9hCctu12z6OyOWbLO73oq-3Oss_Vnxt9edbn8vMDkFn0TMfYLuKL-jX3ZivxPMTlT6_htvZu1uz6_79446C1pEKY3QJSjkKdz5OOYQ/s320/100_3774.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-v7X0YmGyetlwOB-go8xHb0WT9nlTgEtnlikcyNJh_eg-mgebt86C1GZ6jo0pZYPX3W_QFmMTAGpIJUkEfI0SyJ1S9fE2srSXS6DML6ykhhaAyae0ox7sMWc7H89zf7WqNnXkNnR-yDk/s1600/100_3776.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560759388308033826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-v7X0YmGyetlwOB-go8xHb0WT9nlTgEtnlikcyNJh_eg-mgebt86C1GZ6jo0pZYPX3W_QFmMTAGpIJUkEfI0SyJ1S9fE2srSXS6DML6ykhhaAyae0ox7sMWc7H89zf7WqNnXkNnR-yDk/s320/100_3776.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKccXeTD5ycgf6eI1hd4YH3rMmnWKjXKAbWNLtTOmTP52_nobKJuQB1Xn2167-xQeE9LMb1Hm9S1nF7WZx7GvkikZuAJzZe69PaGBhFwNmpjqEZg3JNB-HNbU6T0VgT7r_6UuljEe6zEg/s1600/100_3838.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560759381789001250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKccXeTD5ycgf6eI1hd4YH3rMmnWKjXKAbWNLtTOmTP52_nobKJuQB1Xn2167-xQeE9LMb1Hm9S1nF7WZx7GvkikZuAJzZe69PaGBhFwNmpjqEZg3JNB-HNbU6T0VgT7r_6UuljEe6zEg/s320/100_3838.jpg" /></a> The kids made it to midnight this year!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBRqKQYSmFbf-bq0raZGtP18FuQh8oPzol6AGN65DxllOMJDIDjY0lOpyXVY1MmAM0ChFCiJZIH92QvPj-rblEC1Rok8WUHoiOwXNJtz5hBxWG6DiqVBJwSqEgN5UgNgHhyphenhyphenNXuyXQDFg/s1600/100_3864-1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560759380319587570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBRqKQYSmFbf-bq0raZGtP18FuQh8oPzol6AGN65DxllOMJDIDjY0lOpyXVY1MmAM0ChFCiJZIH92QvPj-rblEC1Rok8WUHoiOwXNJtz5hBxWG6DiqVBJwSqEgN5UgNgHhyphenhyphenNXuyXQDFg/s320/100_3864-1.jpg" /></a>The kids know that when they are together, they are getting thier photos taken. This time we went to campus. <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNFuVlRgXk2Qkzvo8BPHJ_b5rD6ejY6aeQaVt2Fh9kcYyEnieW1LiinjBTdo5tux-8atCf3gf_20yBn9vQG-fW1UI5HUDKyGgpW0t1Mt153PIMzGtBOrwkE7BstlhPyE9fdJDIhhbXeNI/s1600/100_3872.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560759368856981090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNFuVlRgXk2Qkzvo8BPHJ_b5rD6ejY6aeQaVt2Fh9kcYyEnieW1LiinjBTdo5tux-8atCf3gf_20yBn9vQG-fW1UI5HUDKyGgpW0t1Mt153PIMzGtBOrwkE7BstlhPyE9fdJDIhhbXeNI/s320/100_3872.jpg" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763978940197988525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201743580510715582.post-4271745386482663492010-12-21T08:42:00.005-05:002010-12-21T09:32:46.428-05:00Happy First Day of Winter!<div align="center"><span style="color:#000066;">Today is the last day of school before winter break! </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000066;">Here is a peek at all the holiday things we have been up to lately.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000066;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000066;">Every year Purdue puts up a huge tree in the Union </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000066;">and a life sized gingerbread house. It is so fun to see </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000066;">and the smells are amazing. </span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQVlAWGVWUfWlWgelYgQJCXe1EAnyQMD3ikjrV4qom6eAq13xRr-3uNoFJPKlzhrSbhQkYGtOYVUrRd3tN7WceKYnZZBf7w7K5I4eBuAinLjKPUJju3YpXqwNOFh6imD9enUIdgGi-bek/s1600/100_3059.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553138966916507922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQVlAWGVWUfWlWgelYgQJCXe1EAnyQMD3ikjrV4qom6eAq13xRr-3uNoFJPKlzhrSbhQkYGtOYVUrRd3tN7WceKYnZZBf7w7K5I4eBuAinLjKPUJju3YpXqwNOFh6imD9enUIdgGi-bek/s320/100_3059.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCMgGrFHhBYNLIWvgl9wYHiW9hIJEAFa_Xthawhc_oKqFWNWT_nPNMK9d5sylPNpBOCkQ-NbXV5ADg2upjYkkqukJ9ohQHuy9pJ-P1odNy_JBB5tj2GvLHt0M0NIq1ujL3b8MrFYYH_s/s1600/100_3072.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553138651807638242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCMgGrFHhBYNLIWvgl9wYHiW9hIJEAFa_Xthawhc_oKqFWNWT_nPNMK9d5sylPNpBOCkQ-NbXV5ADg2upjYkkqukJ9ohQHuy9pJ-P1odNy_JBB5tj2GvLHt0M0NIq1ujL3b8MrFYYH_s/s320/100_3072.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj92DcrX7EeQk8spmxq13KHKsB1L_tSAbl1rw8_yGZu04EWLidOTaxM-l4h9dF9zCsnYyzjhSPOPC5OdWgLkcni-HdtSO-mDUaSs2D2NRX1xXp34qAN4hoZTsgoqW1jtb__Op86UWngMFY/s1600/100_3054.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553138644819396946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj92DcrX7EeQk8spmxq13KHKsB1L_tSAbl1rw8_yGZu04EWLidOTaxM-l4h9dF9zCsnYyzjhSPOPC5OdWgLkcni-HdtSO-mDUaSs2D2NRX1xXp34qAN4hoZTsgoqW1jtb__Op86UWngMFY/s320/100_3054.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgulfoUXaSvZPCT2PCuj2nWfLFurkyKhE9FWHdMH8oGzGaCMTaftrQeXvNKrXTYE_51-CRiHVFP6E9kJ7I3-fzwlmkaMCSNYfKlDXGqb-2pIkqnVLcWEJK9GcBWg_mCF6AkDnN0VHqlNro/s1600/100_3040-1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553138630769259634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgulfoUXaSvZPCT2PCuj2nWfLFurkyKhE9FWHdMH8oGzGaCMTaftrQeXvNKrXTYE_51-CRiHVFP6E9kJ7I3-fzwlmkaMCSNYfKlDXGqb-2pIkqnVLcWEJK9GcBWg_mCF6AkDnN0VHqlNro/s320/100_3040-1.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm5VvllT6JXDLDLeyBH2fYMLNUmr1apesZ9L2qAZzbZqw7Q4jC4ENVnrt140Tlpw9QlXsGZ7CdD6McTREzRfDSDtIVKfq_TU4afzrPzH9jdmqXI7ksUtW0D718feekK_qeTkTyIVc6TMs/s1600/100_3036.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553135596641175186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm5VvllT6JXDLDLeyBH2fYMLNUmr1apesZ9L2qAZzbZqw7Q4jC4ENVnrt140Tlpw9QlXsGZ7CdD6McTREzRfDSDtIVKfq_TU4afzrPzH9jdmqXI7ksUtW0D718feekK_qeTkTyIVc6TMs/s320/100_3036.jpg" /></a><br />We made a gingerbread house too.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinAWzx1ghAHUhgl86vJPnX8V4kk8qoVi2LzGA4U-eaZJomE0PA8q6ob8b9mu3XdYCa6pOO78s45-CtL3OYqCW1WeuoLNrN_L47I8mWXxDsQdUvExmGHskEos1kECH7IYTBVp4csMmMh5E/s1600/100_3003.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553135589867645090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinAWzx1ghAHUhgl86vJPnX8V4kk8qoVi2LzGA4U-eaZJomE0PA8q6ob8b9mu3XdYCa6pOO78s45-CtL3OYqCW1WeuoLNrN_L47I8mWXxDsQdUvExmGHskEos1kECH7IYTBVp4csMmMh5E/s320/100_3003.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center">And had our annual cookie making with the cousins and Nana & Pops.</div><div> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2SvwYX7UYm_2k40ym6OAmTZYw5EmqN8V7pvQ_LpTgK6bNxnIrfeRZXq6NC-AW5GFKsI72TaVibd3Bb_GfpAzGLuBFrmmibMu2w7dcHPQKQdxxl4ZGbi3VreKKPSqjoB5ULSqzgjUZBrk/s1600/100_2872.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 192px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553135585740001954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2SvwYX7UYm_2k40ym6OAmTZYw5EmqN8V7pvQ_LpTgK6bNxnIrfeRZXq6NC-AW5GFKsI72TaVibd3Bb_GfpAzGLuBFrmmibMu2w7dcHPQKQdxxl4ZGbi3VreKKPSqjoB5ULSqzgjUZBrk/s320/100_2872.jpg" /></a> We have also had quite a snowy December!<br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOe2GyfpGTIvBq8hAHqU1LKB7JVy6oB5CrrsnQlXd1KWOgn9clz16I6f2v4xit0-1hRESZt2rUZhTzXyFsdqFXSk1hZUv1LSvDp6lftDYsdTydTyzKscMPkOPzyote-fVHap4ft2n9uw/s1600/100_2866.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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She did a great job singing all the songs, especially Twinkle,Twinkle, Christmas Star. <br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYv0JT3ChylM1F28wKzpsz6VNDzV28_wEdfe8sAiRqr6qy4S3PzqVBV0HqFzBfrcDPDcDU9jHP_go_vixocX6KkyQ3lOuJwAmZ_TSx7kobjDYK0d4O-mIBU1_8kGu_Twcx_8QktGBQgFk/s1600/100_2991-1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553132813840008386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYv0JT3ChylM1F28wKzpsz6VNDzV28_wEdfe8sAiRqr6qy4S3PzqVBV0HqFzBfrcDPDcDU9jHP_go_vixocX6KkyQ3lOuJwAmZ_TSx7kobjDYK0d4O-mIBU1_8kGu_Twcx_8QktGBQgFk/s320/100_2991-1.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center"><u><span style="color:#0000ff;"></span></u><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvRnSwvtMZr7j6ZQGxDHRYayh9UQLyjek5-2f5ZF7vxEhBm3JXZslq723lSakH0Vk956Kv_0qZ3YFOhsOl3_pJuY0zz63YmmuR4EZh7Z12XBa8x7eV62VfbODE5c1OWdufLSfncHkSorw/s1600/100_2967.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553132808262912706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvRnSwvtMZr7j6ZQGxDHRYayh9UQLyjek5-2f5ZF7vxEhBm3JXZslq723lSakH0Vk956Kv_0qZ3YFOhsOl3_pJuY0zz63YmmuR4EZh7Z12XBa8x7eV62VfbODE5c1OWdufLSfncHkSorw/s320/100_2967.jpg" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH9RsQJiH_1D9w7cS4ZBENgGkJfRY3eX1fs1DUfqbr9aFYgi9npbmoXKm2yzyC_6qcqGS-FJMwf8opX0QMvdv73f3TSoZwbw2ZqhzKusmORJTcAkMB2_dBkosKERv9_6amqyHP45Aq8Cs/s1600/100b2490.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553132801905499730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH9RsQJiH_1D9w7cS4ZBENgGkJfRY3eX1fs1DUfqbr9aFYgi9npbmoXKm2yzyC_6qcqGS-FJMwf8opX0QMvdv73f3TSoZwbw2ZqhzKusmORJTcAkMB2_dBkosKERv9_6amqyHP45Aq8Cs/s320/100b2490.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"> <span style="color:#ff0000;"><em>MERRY</em> </span><em><span style="color:#006600;">CHRISTMAS</span><span style="color:#006600;">!!</span></em></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763978940197988525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201743580510715582.post-10834682855129852822010-11-05T21:33:00.005-04:002010-11-05T21:55:28.879-04:00And the Winner is ...To get ready for Fire Safety Week the first graders all made posters. The posters were judged by the West Lafayette Fire Department. Pretty cool, huh! <br />Jaeden's teacher stopped me one morning and told me she had something to tell me but it had to be kept from Jaeden. I had no idea what she was going to say. She told me that Jaeden was the winner for all of the 1st grade boys (they picked a girl winner too) of the poster contest!! I was thrilled. I have always thought he was incredibly talented at drawing, but for someone else to love what he has drawn as well, I was over the moon! BUT, I couldn't let Jaeden know for a whole week!!! So I contained myself and quietly let some friends and family know. Finally the day had come for the principal to announce the winners. I hung around in the hallway until announcements to see his reaction. It was precious, he was proud but kind of in a shy way. So what was the prize for winning the poster contest......<br />Jaeden got to ride home from school on the fire truck!!! Lights and Sirens and all! He didn't know what to think of it all, he even went straight upstairs to his desk to draw when he got home. He drew fire trucks of course! And as an extra surprise, Grandma Nana and Papaw were able to make it up too!! Here are some pictures of the day!!<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmcZ5Fr8sHubFWFvapn_9v65MAac-KYwsaDH8bue3gGb_znXI8KqA4wkKjmKBuhZk1ltQsfdnp2-M4UkGBej0vL3J6CjxR8LCh5bhIRSjHO0SQ0ioUAxwoQbqDjVxNC5DNfEyH5qHszs/s1600/100_2007.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536245758488505250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmcZ5Fr8sHubFWFvapn_9v65MAac-KYwsaDH8bue3gGb_znXI8KqA4wkKjmKBuhZk1ltQsfdnp2-M4UkGBej0vL3J6CjxR8LCh5bhIRSjHO0SQ0ioUAxwoQbqDjVxNC5DNfEyH5qHszs/s320/100_2007.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtm1bjvvuXMH5yYLp-LAEgK7DSB5cB6vrl2BvO7S_wlyDI6W00DZ00K1Z7HT5XxUFj-a0NnxvY79vJuFyzdFSnjHBnZ6iHf0rp4bs3ECYIdt9feJNl77hC3kShpf4CwgExf1ldRUF5AEo/s1600/100_2009.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536245751292188514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtm1bjvvuXMH5yYLp-LAEgK7DSB5cB6vrl2BvO7S_wlyDI6W00DZ00K1Z7HT5XxUFj-a0NnxvY79vJuFyzdFSnjHBnZ6iHf0rp4bs3ECYIdt9feJNl77hC3kShpf4CwgExf1ldRUF5AEo/s320/100_2009.jpg" /></a> Meeting the Fire Chief and Fireman<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3VJG8QFdjHykTtjsJwUc2yU_72vXgGiQpOogg47bxAr_vy5YE99L2Ous-QpMrE1VKsT1DVrmZRJA6Hh-By-g0vXa6ARzKYuXXxEZdiYcGZlIvrMlKLZx64hvKsL4HenLTvUBksCbhcII/s1600/100_2011.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536245593313578802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3VJG8QFdjHykTtjsJwUc2yU_72vXgGiQpOogg47bxAr_vy5YE99L2Ous-QpMrE1VKsT1DVrmZRJA6Hh-By-g0vXa6ARzKYuXXxEZdiYcGZlIvrMlKLZx64hvKsL4HenLTvUBksCbhcII/s320/100_2011.jpg" /></a> Still not sure what to think about all this<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEoexMsR-5YTbfhqNDp4sX38GWkGYZlxLZNZ63pIQ95DvRDz9kRLuLqZKY2ZnDrhn56pFdNFJEdlV3uqqFJeKkTkcWwOTOOI_ticNtP8udWiDntuDlonbbpAmOSDcZX54Lzzvo6GN4F_8/s1600/100_2017.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536245582609480002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEoexMsR-5YTbfhqNDp4sX38GWkGYZlxLZNZ63pIQ95DvRDz9kRLuLqZKY2ZnDrhn56pFdNFJEdlV3uqqFJeKkTkcWwOTOOI_ticNtP8udWiDntuDlonbbpAmOSDcZX54Lzzvo6GN4F_8/s320/100_2017.jpg" /></a> Strapped in and ready to roll<br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536245577815358610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA2uYjIChdmXlvuxyq69feWxe4e_5bFBsHVvO3b8WteEpHvdRHWw6xC4L1vzEuDUqLGc-_Y_LLdb4dFqMsnVLg7kLzP0hh3HYr3FWjG5IE6isV3iYYWmo0VIq6aG6nwgBqwGsH4hb65sY/s320/100_2020.jpg" /> Jaeden's class cheering him on as they left<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKjz82z4Iu7RjgnL7ulFi5CqP0BqoqkPVq7crpPLWebzIvncCCekhtC6KCKpsjy-KhgYH7dArIrqUzH3gd-CP7NqWTk4JHlshS_ovGLZE9JEKsFC5He3ik_QajBjFq4R_B7kLOH9Bqy88/s1600/100_2026.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536245571636770930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKjz82z4Iu7RjgnL7ulFi5CqP0BqoqkPVq7crpPLWebzIvncCCekhtC6KCKpsjy-KhgYH7dArIrqUzH3gd-CP7NqWTk4JHlshS_ovGLZE9JEKsFC5He3ik_QajBjFq4R_B7kLOH9Bqy88/s320/100_2026.jpg" /></a>Almost home..<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAIBL12LL935QhHgXU3iYcXCMB7PPTdz4wKw5kRz2NJxhZGvF73CxAxVTSpvLQaTIWMiN1PvC_i34-zjYKFLFfoyM1XJLJeFdCtqjiRQOFTnuq2Ad2YI7q2tia-o-28QcBANb_7qpD2tM/s1600/New+Image.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536245566088798098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAIBL12LL935QhHgXU3iYcXCMB7PPTdz4wKw5kRz2NJxhZGvF73CxAxVTSpvLQaTIWMiN1PvC_i34-zjYKFLFfoyM1XJLJeFdCtqjiRQOFTnuq2Ad2YI7q2tia-o-28QcBANb_7qpD2tM/s320/New+Image.jpg" /></a>The winning poster. Jaeden's was the Stop, Drop, and Roll one. </div></div></div><br /></div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763978940197988525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201743580510715582.post-17951834687869099022010-11-05T21:06:00.006-04:002010-11-05T21:23:46.249-04:00Fall ....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDF2AIF1TeYCF3kbMGKDvMNsvy2GC6c4BxgrEW1n61hvndLyypwm1OkVDcK5wQnvk6gwq8bHkIbUpBJzvB9h2YrBzMhvbjqmspt7WpS8omrlKOCzEQfig2PeEuHuhkhI-sfB2yYFFWMhM/s1600/100_1928.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536240295611330738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDF2AIF1TeYCF3kbMGKDvMNsvy2GC6c4BxgrEW1n61hvndLyypwm1OkVDcK5wQnvk6gwq8bHkIbUpBJzvB9h2YrBzMhvbjqmspt7WpS8omrlKOCzEQfig2PeEuHuhkhI-sfB2yYFFWMhM/s320/100_1928.jpg" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwoHpzYbOU6-A0Y1pCRaSNlMhOiP741YXfCXveCSePHDbLoI1pXhyJ6heZa_q2n-lKMpG_7loA0EbAnmM5OdaHxyHxcQbDPjwtWGUwhZaA1i_KDm6LsO2Ygw-dXVUdAF1PmEFcXliiHf0/s1600/100_1932.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536237842380485730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheb_YFJHLpyjEYAeFjzFpphSlrw5orZPapg0a4mHh11ESypBNOe260hHzHEmfN8frEiRGF84pqH3CHUacvkzocCu6_nZoqtVTY3NIhpQyrSUMb0WAsqknDY4RsnVrTFnD_Np15TWm5bNQ/s320/100_2230.jpg" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763978940197988525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201743580510715582.post-59597173799284443452010-10-25T09:23:00.002-04:002010-10-25T09:38:13.955-04:00A Royal Affair....<a style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; CLEAR: right" href="http://goo.gl/photos/UlcqufwTAq" imageanchor="1"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrz5pvq3I9T8TSvJdvhXljvJaIroGnImlfb-O2xID92lWxC9ddoJiqbSEIuXnaV9te1pgYlt28n1cuAvZ60R6bl7_rkxgnI-I8TJ8W9TORPGXgebKYKUd8zy3Khgaap-Bz9gaowN07YUg/s512/100_2124_00.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">Miss Jaclyn turned 4 last week!!</span> We had a whirlwind of celebrating. Both sets of grandparents were able to come up and spend time with the kids and made some great memories.</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> <em>Then</em>... on Saturday we had a Princess Tea Party for Jaclyn and 5 of her little Princess friends. I am not sure who had more fun, me planning it or Jaclyn and the girls. It was adorable to see all of them dressed in their princess dresses drinking pink lemonade in their tea cups.</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> We had pink cup cakes, pink lemonade, strawberries, grapes and cheese cubes ( a royal spread for sure!) Each princess also got to take home her tea cup. The girls started playing dolls and polly pockets, then they each made a tiara to take home and after cupcakes were right back to the dolls and polly pockets.<br />Check out the link to view all the photos. (we are having some technical difficulties with the computer. Which may or may not have been caused by me saving all my photos to the wrong spot and bogging it down!) </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#cc33cc;"><strong><em>HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY, MISS JACLYN!!! </em></strong></span><br /><span style="color:#cc33cc;"><strong><em>We love you!</em></strong></span></span></span>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763978940197988525noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201743580510715582.post-17792079075124577282010-10-05T13:52:00.006-04:002010-10-05T14:26:19.966-04:00Just one of those days...Today was one of those mornings. Nothing in particular wrong, just didn't feel right. So after I hurriedly got the kids off to school ( I woke up way after the alarm!) I ran an errand and then stopped off at the house. I came in grabbed my camera, and a drink and was off. I just need to to clear my head. I decided a walk at the Celery Bogg would do it. So as I listened to the sounds of the ducks, geese, and other animals in the woods I started to feel more peaceful. I looked around me at all the amazing things, down to that turtle I almost stepped on. Sometimes we feel overwhelmed, insignificant, or not important. But as I took in my surroundings it became crystal clear that God has a plan for all of us. His plan may not be our plan or even on the same map as ours. It is sometimes hard to see the "big picture" when it seems everything is spinning out of control. Sometimes we just need to stop take a look at the beauty around us and know that everything is going to be okay.<br />I have had this scripture on my heart as well:<br /><em><span style="color:#996633;">" And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us." Romans 5:2-5</span></em><br /><br /><br />Here are some of the photos I took this morning. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW1l5xQLLbG5wf4B26gAjuXh8G5JI80B83gpkuoEoPLyk2VYKGeLQNMijPLtocOTJcZ6HCp8o6rEGz5Sxg-_YgQtb9FR1tM68EzoCw1f-wpw_GTHCbdy57iimjN6CwlVkH_Os1ESFMe5s/s1600/100_1769.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524625446440425170" 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/AVvXsEiW1l5xQLLbG5wf4B26gAjuXh8G5JI80B83gpkuoEoPLyk2VYKGeLQNMijPLtocOTJcZ6HCp8o6rEGz5Sxg-_YgQtb9FR1tM68EzoCw1f-wpw_GTHCbdy57iimjN6CwlVkH_Os1ESFMe5s/s320/100_1769.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhemjk8i64JMbR6dWZREiLYAUAl5dQ7VRWNKmPHj_jov4_KxPYE_P-9b7RMzqHqn-IR0LyYkefoukY_4SlFTgJ9uE6-ydj-dVC7dEbh4cK154fnDkqL99BkdeYyWYMsp58HUQTcEBJOSBc/s1600/100_1767.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524625442804110610" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoL9CqJr5_ML0IocyBPKJUPMNoFuGHJazmnwu-gz3iAVgkxMx2d4ZX8NQSN8j7e_tmOhCGzCNRuwm0ubqeMCjdxaUmb8tqyr_KJ1as3O5xkJweZmnCpP4SHuqglmuuoUX2zIjxaHpys1A/s320/100_1796.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIJG9393Bu5osVdfXmmY77LANL5pmbFCI8TQdVjGTVkQx3BmEQ0p3GqKnC1ERQ7dN1IrfcnHW7B8Dd3zSYSrKKhGb89goBdaY_b0X4O17cJF1ixP09kqr2juT5hCtwmkiDGi2Fyt7hobs/s1600/100_1799.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524623076745628786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIJG9393Bu5osVdfXmmY77LANL5pmbFCI8TQdVjGTVkQx3BmEQ0p3GqKnC1ERQ7dN1IrfcnHW7B8Dd3zSYSrKKhGb89goBdaY_b0X4O17cJF1ixP09kqr2juT5hCtwmkiDGi2Fyt7hobs/s320/100_1799.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8c4KQP30DlIPiXywhyphenhyphen6WstFBlIT5MJFR6u06baDvnu1NysSJEMtqCqR1330Q55ZeX0WxA6FjZcSZbw5z8eYG7_8U4pbrxS4Xk2rgIm0gLwNbYGksxFj1LyLnIzxQLUu-VRuIUUph1gns/s1600/100_1801.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524623067208446626" 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/AVvXsEg8c4KQP30DlIPiXywhyphenhyphen6WstFBlIT5MJFR6u06baDvnu1NysSJEMtqCqR1330Q55ZeX0WxA6FjZcSZbw5z8eYG7_8U4pbrxS4Xk2rgIm0gLwNbYGksxFj1LyLnIzxQLUu-VRuIUUph1gns/s320/100_1801.jpg" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763978940197988525noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201743580510715582.post-6782594851030914742010-09-21T14:21:00.002-04:002010-09-21T14:38:08.457-04:00Indy Zoo Field TripLast week was the much anticipated field trip to the Indianapolis Zoo. The weather was <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">forecast</span> for rain and thunderstorms, but many little prayers were answered and the weather was breezy and perfect for a zoo blitz. We had just a couple of hours to see the whole zoo. It sort of seemed like I ran the zoo marathon by the time we sat down for lunch. But <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Jaeden</span> and the 2 other kids I had in my group had a great time. We were able to get up close to so many of the animals. I may have been more amazed than the kids. :o)<br />Here are a few photos from our trip. <br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWlMuIMyXtW61L6ikdBNdYsDVryYuN-eNf9biE7g8g6sL1RKC-Ob2vEmRBisGpYk8heG03YTPfsSUjTPnfLUjQFo4W6xCcO4k9qY6sPN-VoFB7YkG6rBExhRo63kkMBQC8eLuR6BcRNwQ/s1600/100_1542.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519435591415656178" 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/AVvXsEjWlMuIMyXtW61L6ikdBNdYsDVryYuN-eNf9biE7g8g6sL1RKC-Ob2vEmRBisGpYk8heG03YTPfsSUjTPnfLUjQFo4W6xCcO4k9qY6sPN-VoFB7YkG6rBExhRo63kkMBQC8eLuR6BcRNwQ/s320/100_1542.jpg" border="0" /></a><em> Checking out the seal tank</em></div><div align="center"><em><br /></em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX_-4eqtsaG4tEsK378YSJRWi7jlvq9jqwq_Shj5a2eWOUQgBPesS6-lkQO3g_W8qq7FSwX0gD51095nRuIpXrZdUa5jNZFMXFyc0d4aQ0piLgTKeJ2YhZlVcfhFggPuBw4sXVjwoJ83c/s1600/100_1533.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519435569481477666" 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/AVvXsEgX_-4eqtsaG4tEsK378YSJRWi7jlvq9jqwq_Shj5a2eWOUQgBPesS6-lkQO3g_W8qq7FSwX0gD51095nRuIpXrZdUa5jNZFMXFyc0d4aQ0piLgTKeJ2YhZlVcfhFggPuBw4sXVjwoJ83c/s320/100_1533.jpg" border="0" /></a><em> Reaching to pet a shark in the Shark Touch Pool<br /><br /></em><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihUZON9BUM6J60GoumOagbiMb4_6aMEEMiWr8y96aKwKW537jS9Ym-xMSjF2iLFazYO9GWyPIUGvs2_-3XttaghyNQMFupwx4IX8qbUsf_gcCH929s1Za62ya5I6Qr8AVLqjnmwhhpl5Q/s1600/100_1561.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519435532672695746" 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/AVvXsEihUZON9BUM6J60GoumOagbiMb4_6aMEEMiWr8y96aKwKW537jS9Ym-xMSjF2iLFazYO9GWyPIUGvs2_-3XttaghyNQMFupwx4IX8qbUsf_gcCH929s1Za62ya5I6Qr8AVLqjnmwhhpl5Q/s320/100_1561.jpg" border="0" /></a><em> The <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">giraffes</span> were amazing! They came right up to the trainer- who had treats of course! But how amazing to be so close to such gorgeous animals!<br /><br /></em><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0wIOXOb57Qwp-nrDhswa30cTrvv4FR3pHpH4_VwsTOBf8rubX0iA4M_Uw1oO7lYilBoQcuHPLXq-79XlxDfiAEOVzfijA2HGiieaQ6WK-NIB2drgcb5P9bCYhjM9cbxs8xp87T7Vfqao/s1600/100_1562.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519435516297016978" 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/AVvXsEj0wIOXOb57Qwp-nrDhswa30cTrvv4FR3pHpH4_VwsTOBf8rubX0iA4M_Uw1oO7lYilBoQcuHPLXq-79XlxDfiAEOVzfijA2HGiieaQ6WK-NIB2drgcb5P9bCYhjM9cbxs8xp87T7Vfqao/s320/100_1562.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimB1FKr8fBUi1fA9VYxFU8R0ltfDbkPp7sKHdr-t_zzrkdZLfOewWS1J4GN_mu4NHngNYfEw5xEvpaiYsw9F8jSgYaQefJboRoSpFQrgyQ6jFAdzsa41TkIBmKxZxyebJidlgLyqf30lU/s1600/100_1563.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519435012512493538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 256px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimB1FKr8fBUi1fA9VYxFU8R0ltfDbkPp7sKHdr-t_zzrkdZLfOewWS1J4GN_mu4NHngNYfEw5xEvpaiYsw9F8jSgYaQefJboRoSpFQrgyQ6jFAdzsa41TkIBmKxZxyebJidlgLyqf30lU/s320/100_1563.jpg" border="0" /></a><em> The baby even came to visit.<br /><br /></em><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOq1XP7fHB9zxP5HwT5XaBEFzNnUyC2N_qA8hRCUJL4O-te8TtGK0H3dg8AV1ALJN-2bN5i7-BCAiKFK5K6dD4W-oZf4pfjGAgeja5esaz16dCcMl6cnOS1tr1gZLpsfc4iTcAOfTBL-c/s1600/100_1568.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519434935847462530" 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/AVvXsEhOq1XP7fHB9zxP5HwT5XaBEFzNnUyC2N_qA8hRCUJL4O-te8TtGK0H3dg8AV1ALJN-2bN5i7-BCAiKFK5K6dD4W-oZf4pfjGAgeja5esaz16dCcMl6cnOS1tr1gZLpsfc4iTcAOfTBL-c/s320/100_1568.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyWI5gkyVwQLBJw1WIHTKbq08MQS_jYwYod3VPhOcV1m_cwZXgACNPWC_Uzj9uvoXi4IDicA6MkmxYv66ytSDyPiBQmoAIT4BsTLiQszQxpY2l84zIw4TePRk9VvBcU6dNnns3yhzSStQ/s1600/100_1573.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519434847988812018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyWI5gkyVwQLBJw1WIHTKbq08MQS_jYwYod3VPhOcV1m_cwZXgACNPWC_Uzj9uvoXi4IDicA6MkmxYv66ytSDyPiBQmoAIT4BsTLiQszQxpY2l84zIw4TePRk9VvBcU6dNnns3yhzSStQ/s320/100_1573.jpg" border="0" /></a> The elephants even trumpeted while we were there.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBNgKPOQW87z9s18Iny_vH7GajHLWmWs5Af4jB1Ov_DhEsrVdl8Ri2VR1M2j6LqmaXorlmz_34vC_iTr5WVkT0mg9lio4HfUag4dr7QfEPVpHQWz0B0OZHciFdB9Uy0FshHASqVpt2huE/s1600/100_1577.jpg"></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyIf_FHLvyRDmmK_gFxvV8hfcAxGBei3-AHY7GLkIgbubZ-ZhJmwChD1ydeUp-rTIBHKa0H-H_TiGO_q2pGpXS5s4GZ-Zz8EpY6XdZmUmLzs3FNYLU82FiGNh8GWl-Xkc4q_EgtGbm3z8/s1600/100_1579.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519434819847209906" 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/AVvXsEjyIf_FHLvyRDmmK_gFxvV8hfcAxGBei3-AHY7GLkIgbubZ-ZhJmwChD1ydeUp-rTIBHKa0H-H_TiGO_q2pGpXS5s4GZ-Zz8EpY6XdZmUmLzs3FNYLU82FiGNh8GWl-Xkc4q_EgtGbm3z8/s320/100_1579.jpg" border="0" /></a><em><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Jman</span>, Micah & Alyssa. My great little group. </em></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763978940197988525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201743580510715582.post-23651496222525371742010-09-15T13:45:00.002-04:002010-09-15T14:01:27.593-04:00Lead Me<p><object style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/OAKBXBXz1fo/hqdefault.jpg)" height="295" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OAKBXBXz1fo?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OAKBXBXz1fo?fs=1&hl=en_US" width="480" height="295" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></p><p>I had to share this song. It brought me to tears in the car when I heard it on the radio for the first time.</p><p>I think that every husband, wife, mother or father can completely relate to this song. We are trying to do our best to do all we need to for our spouses and children. But sometimes we forget that we aren't the ones in control and we need to follow what God has planned for us, just as a shepard leads his sheep. </p><p>This verse has become my daily prayer for our family:</p><p><em><strong>"So Father give me the strength to be everything I am called to be. Oh, Father show me the way to lead them. Won't you lead me? "</strong></em></p><p><em></em> </p><p><span style="color:#333399;">P.S. Please pray for my Uncle Tom. He is currently in the hospital with major blood clots in his leg. They are trying to figure out the cause of the clots and suspect it could be cancer. He is at this very moment having a colonoscopy. Tom has a heart condition as well. It has been a rough few days for all of the family. I have faith that his diagnosis will be better than anyone, including the doctors, could have imagined.</span> </p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763978940197988525noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201743580510715582.post-17641344326816093172010-09-14T16:10:00.002-04:002010-09-14T16:39:39.558-04:00That's my Byrdlings...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaS6f4iV6e4qhXhPjfys0YLEsK2LBGeYioZgiwNCM1G9qCFEMyr9sdZ3FDE9QU3VEoLEN1OjAktOreRHH2xS_r-VP8Lwq8o7kK9JdnFzMJUm7k5UtfxJrL8n98VIiLX1OFp1k588Jgtms/s1600/100_0916-1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516866076851997026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaS6f4iV6e4qhXhPjfys0YLEsK2LBGeYioZgiwNCM1G9qCFEMyr9sdZ3FDE9QU3VEoLEN1OjAktOreRHH2xS_r-VP8Lwq8o7kK9JdnFzMJUm7k5UtfxJrL8n98VIiLX1OFp1k588Jgtms/s320/100_0916-1.jpg" /></a><br /><p>I just have to say that I love my little Byrdlings! This week has been one full of laughs and pride from Jaeden and Jaclyn.</p><p>I ask Jaclyn to put her shoes on her shelf in the closet. Where she is to put them every time she takes them off. She put them next to the wall, behind the ottoman. I see them and ask her to put them away. She responds, " Oh, I just wanted to see if you would find them. I guess I'll put them away now." <span style="color:#993399;"><em>I am soo going to be in trouble when she is a teenager!!!</em></span> </p><p>Jaeden was working on his spelling homework. He had a worksheet with the instructions to: trace the words, copy the words, and then fold paper and write with out looking. He breezed through the first 2 columns of tracing and copying. He decided to fold his paper himself and I started reading his spelling words off to him. I read him a word, he replies "oh this is kind of hard". <strong>I look over and he is writing is words with his eyes closed!!! He really wasn't</strong> <strong>looking!!</strong></p><p><em><span style="color:#33ccff;">Never a dull moment!</span></em></p><p>I am so very proud of my little man today too. He had a note sent home from his teacher. She wanted to let me know that Jaeden has been doing an excellent job listening and following directions. She went on to say " I can always count on him to be a leader an an example for the students. I am very thankful for Jaeden!" It is so gratifying to know that your child gets "it", not just at home but when you aren't around to see. Jeremy and I try so hard to treat each other the way we want them to treat others in the real world. It fills me up to know that others think our children are the gems we know they are. </p><p><strong><em><span style="color:#330099;">I love my Byrdlings!!!</span></em></strong></p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763978940197988525noreply@blogger.com0