tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977803273943430762024-03-13T10:02:37.794-06:00Wilson WondersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger146125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297780327394343076.post-25794525258267748972012-03-22T21:30:00.001-06:002012-03-22T21:31:21.531-06:00The Final Day(This is the 2nd blog of our trip, due to too many pictures in first blog! So, read previous blog first, then come back to this one.)<br />
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Saturday was our final day. We made one last trip to Times Square to finish up our souvenir shopping. We were definately wiped out!<br />
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Our final stop was Carlo's Bake Shop from Cake Boss. I expected it to be busy, but not the busy that it was! First we have to wait in a line across the street by CVS. An employee comes over to hand out number tickets. Then he tells when it is time to cross the street to stand in front of the store. Then when you get to the front of the line, you are told when it has cleared out enough for you to go in. Total we waited 1 hour to get inside. </div>
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Once inside, you fight the crowds to look in the goodie cases to pick out your prize. Our total time was 1 hour and 20 minutes to get our goods!<br />
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A few blocks from the bakery is a park by the river. So we went there to enjoy our pastries.<br />
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Carlo's is actually in New Jersey, just on the other side of the river from New York City. There we made our final goodbyes and headed for the airport.<br />
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It was a fabulous trip. We were able to see and do so many things. Would we do it again? Yes, but next time will choose a different destination!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297780327394343076.post-89740323687718646912012-03-22T21:09:00.000-06:002012-03-22T21:09:02.359-06:00Spring Break 2012 - New York CityWe began our journey to New York City on Sunday, March 11th.<br />
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This was our mode of transportation!</div>
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On Monday we began our tour through New York City. We started with the Staten Island Ferry. The Statue of Liberty was closed for renovation, so we decided to just take this (free) ferry that cruised right by it.<br />
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Then we headed over towards ground zero. I had forgotten that in order to see the memorial, you have to get tickets because they only allow so many people in a time. When I looked, it was a 2 hour wait, so we decided not to go. However, we walked around the area and saw the new buildings they are building</div>
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When completed, this will be the tallest building in New York - higher than the Empire State Building</div>
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We also walked around 5th Avenue. This is where the Rockefellar Center, NBC Studios, FOX Studios, and the shopping district is.</div>
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We took a break and had some cupcakes from the Magnolia Bakery which was recommended to me on the airplane. They were REALLY good!<br />
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We ended back in Times Square where we visited M&M World<br />
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We headed over to China town for lunch. </div>
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On Tuesday, we began our day volunteering at a local soup kitchen. This paticular soup kitchen in in the Catholic Church. We got there around 9:30. By 10:15, we were given our assignments and at 10:30 the doors were open. Halee and I were in charge of drink refills on boiling hot tea. Ed and Hannah were at the dish scraping station. That day they fed about 940 people. Some days they feed almost 1,200! Anyone that comes will be fed, no matter the situation. It was a great experience to serve those in need.</div>
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After lunch, we headed over to the Intrepid Air and Space Museum. This aircraft carrier is now a musuem, but is the actual carrier that was used in WWII through Vietnam. It began it's service in 1943 and was decommissioned in the 1970s and made 7 trips around the globe.<br />
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This is the hangar deck inside where they stored and repaired the airplanes.</div>
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This company, VA95, is the company that Ed's dad was a part of. This is the actual ship he worked on.</div>
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Halee is navigating</div>
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We also toured the Growler submarine</div>
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This is a piece of the World Trade Center.</div>
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Then we took a bus (we actually rode only 2 busses) over to FAO Schwarz and did a little shopping.</div>
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We ended our day with Halee loosing her tooth!</div>
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Wednesday the weather was beautiful! It was a great day to visit the Empire State Building.</div>
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The Flatiron Building</div>
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The flowers and trees were budding out. It was beautiful!</div>
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We stopped at the Chess & Checkers House for a game of checkers.</div>
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This is an obelisk that was gifted to NYC in 1881.</div>
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Then we took a subway ride up to the Bronx to check out the Yankees Stadium. Here we found a Jamacin restraunt.</div>
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On our way home this evening, we went through Grand Central Station. We actually went through this station several times, but only once did we go up to see the main terminal.<br />
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Thursday we made our way to the Bronx Zoo. This was actually the coldest day we were there. The sky was overcast most of the day.</div>
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From the zoo, we took a little walk through Little Italy of the Bronx (there is one in Manhattan too). We went into this cheese shop to buy some homemade cheese. Hannah wanted the bunny shaped cheese and he gave Halee the pig shape cheese. He says that he makes the cheese into shapes to give to the kids so that they will like the cheese! We were willing to pay, but he said we couldn't. He was a very nice man and filled us in on the history of why the Italians were there and how the cheese was made.<br />
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We also found a pastry shop called De Lillo's. Fabulous! We each chose a pastry and got a fancy drink. (This place was actually better than Carlo's!)<br />
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Friday was the rainiest day. It was just misty in the morning and then cloudy the rest of the day.</div>
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We made our way on train 7 to the New York Hall of Science. This is the best children's science museum I have been too! It has so many different exhibits from space, to light, to sound, to math, atoms.<br />
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The museum is actually located on the property where the World's Fair was held in 1964-65. This is the old Met's stadium. The new stadium is located to the right of this one.<br />
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Then we found a Mexican restraunt to try for lunch. When we walked in, we saw this sign that Guy from Diner, Drive-Ins and Dives had eaten here!<br />
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We took our longest train ride, about 1 1/2 hours down to Coney Island. We had our famous Nathan's Hot Dog!<br />
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and played in the waves. Halee actually fell down when I wave came up and she wasn't paying attention. She was digging a hole in the sand for the water to fill and the wave actually came and filled her hole!<br />
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Train 7 was our "home base" train. Our hotel was a block from the station. So anywhere we went, we rode train 7 and the connected with whatever we needed to get where we were going. We were very impressed with the subway. It was clean and efficient and pretty much got us where we needed to be.<br />
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We were able to enjoy some time with my family in Denver with dinner at Beau Jo's Pizza and some visiting at my uncle & aunt's. We then ventured on to my grandmothers in Clovis, NM. As always, we got some card games in.<br />
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We helped my Granny do some chores around her house. One of the chores was raking leaves. The kids were so excited to actually have a pile of leaves to jump in!<br />
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Once in Amarillo, TX, we visited the Discovery Center with my mom and niece, Emily.<br />
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This is my grandmother who is 91 years old. Isn't she beautiful? Well, I think so, but I am a bit partial!<br />
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This is my niece, Emily. The girls were quite excited to play with her.<br />
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We had Thanksgiving Dinner at the Big Texan. Boy, was that an experience!<br />
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Thanksgiving afternoon, we took some time to see a few sights around Amarillo. These are the stone legs.<br />
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And Cadillac Ranch<br />
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On our way home, we made a pit stop at the American Girl store. How exciting to walk away with 2 brand new American Girl dolls!<br />
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Almost 2,500 miles, 8 days, traveling through 5 states, we are back home again!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297780327394343076.post-3104979135107419622011-10-31T20:40:00.003-06:002011-10-31T20:40:28.682-06:00Happy HalloweenHalloween festivies at our house...pumpkin carving and trick or treating. We carved pumpkins Saturday afternoon. The girls both did most of the carving all on their own. Tonight we did some trick or treating around the neighborhood and then went to HighGate Senior Center. It was a fun night!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Recently we had a few days off of school. So, we decided to take a little trip. We went to Spokane, Washington. There were several attractions we wanted to see. The first attraction was the Spokane Waterfalls. You can take a gondola out over the falls. The falls is located within Riverside Park. There were several other attractions there like the Big Red Wagon. <br />
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The next attraction that we went to see was Green Bluff Growers. This is an area where about 30 different farms let you come to pick their produce. We picked apples from the tree. We also visited several other farms and got squash and pumpkins. (Insert apple picking pictures here!)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Fall colors were beautiful!</td></tr>
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We also toured the town looking for letterboxes. We found the 2 we were in search of.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The result of our apples - homemade apple pie filling.</td></tr>
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This summer we decided to embark on a new hobby....letterboxing. Little treasure boxes are placed somewhere in nature and you get to go and find them. Clues are given on the internet (letterboxing.org) and away you go. They are all over the world. Here we found a letterbox near Mt. Rushmore.</div>
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We began our summer in May by taking a trip to Devil's Tour and Mt. Rushmore. Then beginning the first weekend school got out, we were basically at Bible Camp every other week. Somehow, I ended up cooking for 5 weeks. I don't think I'll do that again! The kids went with me each time, however Ed only stayed the week of Early Family Camp. He is the manager of that camp and also taught 13 small children all week. That is also the week that a huge wind storm blew through camp while we were eating lunch and knocked down 6 trees, one of which scrapped the back our our camper (no damage, just a few small dents). We were home for the 4th of July and enjoyed some fireworks. At the end of July we made a camping trip to Glacier National Park. We enjoyed hiking to several waterfalls and just enjoying the scenary. In August, my parents came for a visit. Dad was able to get some fly fishing in and mom played with the kids. They are put on a birthday party for the girls while they were here. School began August 27th. Hannah is a 4th grader and Halee is a 2nd grader. The girls birthday's have also come around....Hannah is now 9 and Halee is 7. That wraps up our summer! Enjoy the pictures :)</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297780327394343076.post-5054456796601465502011-04-23T16:58:00.003-06:002011-04-23T17:59:05.755-06:00Piano RecitalThis is music performance week. Today was Hannah's first piano recital. She played a piece called Tranquility Bay by Peter Jancewicz. She did an excellent job! Enjoy.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QZpAPu7uUcQ/TbNeg7Bt9mI/AAAAAAAAB54/zvhdwa2fEuU/s1600/DSC04430.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598922681445381730" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QZpAPu7uUcQ/TbNeg7Bt9mI/AAAAAAAAB54/zvhdwa2fEuU/s320/DSC04430.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyOx2cToByazvzEbnazIs5u0_JHWynu-lhH3yuulLdByJuwfb1zWhlXuXag4G_Id1lQjI36e6qj0Cd8uxRZwQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297780327394343076.post-71243490466255154092011-04-21T16:31:00.008-06:002011-04-21T20:20:15.371-06:00Music TimeIt is spring music program time! At our school, the programs are just each individual class performances. After the performance, Hannah's teacher invited us into the classroom to see the hats that they made. Here is Hannah and her hat.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-itCNkvaxVxs/TbDjlrZvXFI/AAAAAAAAB5w/Rqdgf0N7zus/s1600/4-20-11%2BHannah%2Bmade%2Bthis%2Bhat.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598224573266877522" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-itCNkvaxVxs/TbDjlrZvXFI/AAAAAAAAB5w/Rqdgf0N7zus/s320/4-20-11%2BHannah%2Bmade%2Bthis%2Bhat.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1t5y4P5c-78/TbDjR5KBQPI/AAAAAAAAB5o/wSbE0c8HaQU/s1600/4-20-11%2BHat%2BHannah%2BMade.JPG"></a>Here are a few of the songs that Hannah's class sang. She is in the second row on the left side with the green headband.<br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzrPznhOxm57QVldSIt44rZsJcdzzmWh25OMvU0L-q3GuU5uHJ76Pcl8EOSy-IhAgCQO7_rxXeds3nw6dWxAg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />Rockin' Robin<br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzbWGAjIJxVDZSWBAFo2nn2Uu4SPFhVwAZ5QFLnFIthGjRyS1PKrJVKXb89xnRXYwEAEhSQ0IG3FqJAkRjs3g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />Don Gato<br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyPAbFaKWpNn-HpHIxP7fOdhYJkETf2lR0Z7uZ7HXjJrDm0Q9zxGd1Q3UilWM9QClQvuCiWSdHtF6sJxI32-Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />Tiger<br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxARy-I7VhnU-_ksZgZg6_Mww_vMCxiGItEpT-b8BsdmWuaXpwbEcoAWzKtgSRfMBxDNDRrPc3g4_pNxfUSpA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />Ram Sam Sam</div><br /><div><br />Now for Halee's class. Halee is in the 2nd row with the brown shirt with colored hearts all over it.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxkmOkoztjkx4w3_vVDWmRpEB2NLAUTOwiie2CjeFdFy-euQt2hguhqTsd1jT9eI67j4xmvzyXtleKskTaOVw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />Good Things Come in Small Packages<br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwjDuYZrBdfbryA_lfHzYXRIooP6LXmv4ABhvoRzHTau2Uj6kQmxkpWlXxPhgEKtl4CZ7RBvwTp83StmedmEg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />One Big Happy Family<br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy6Zwp3OsKjSzByc-G9QXyPmy2mRVnfs3U4CkuRB74W4WEidOrBduyDGvA8LONTyOa0a4WmpduXhQsj97TBTw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />Greatest Mom/Dad in the World<br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxoA72GoZJZ4H6HHKW2L__M6ezMnFeC6rUUzbjhgNCsGQT3ekVWSkTg4p2gUGoLbwiRAxqT4T3SIgTbRKbv7g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div>Part of My Family Tree</div><br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297780327394343076.post-19593436443386011912011-03-20T15:43:00.018-06:002011-03-20T16:25:19.070-06:00Spring BreakWell, as it turns out, we had a pretty eventful, fun spring break!<br /><br />It started on Sunday with my mom and grandmother flying in to town. We picked them up at the airport Sunday afternoon. Monday we went to the Bozeman Hot Springs for a swim. Tuesday, the girls wanted manicures.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kvubP7M5NGk/TYZ7crDhQRI/AAAAAAAAB5g/vDOFbrMKHIY/s1600/3-15-11%2BHalee%2Bmanicure.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586288120323719442" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kvubP7M5NGk/TYZ7crDhQRI/AAAAAAAAB5g/vDOFbrMKHIY/s320/3-15-11%2BHalee%2Bmanicure.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Yam5RQEqk94/TYZ7XiOnzpI/AAAAAAAAB5Y/fXf_MoYA0to/s1600/3-15-11%2BHannah%2Bmanicure.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586288032055021202" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Yam5RQEqk94/TYZ7XiOnzpI/AAAAAAAAB5Y/fXf_MoYA0to/s320/3-15-11%2BHannah%2Bmanicure.jpg" /></a> Wednesday we went to the Museum of the Rockies to check out the frog exhibit. Halee was excited to see the tomato frogs.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lJE-yafmk_4/TYZ7RfFSGLI/AAAAAAAAB5Q/PJ3NcGaotgY/s1600/3-16-11%2Btomato%2Bfrog.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586287928131328178" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lJE-yafmk_4/TYZ7RfFSGLI/AAAAAAAAB5Q/PJ3NcGaotgY/s320/3-16-11%2Btomato%2Bfrog.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9N82UYl-FxM/TYZ65awK_vI/AAAAAAAAB5I/UkorlT8_o2A/s1600/3-16-11%2BHalee%2B%2526%2BTomato%2BFrog.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586287514652180210" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9N82UYl-FxM/TYZ65awK_vI/AAAAAAAAB5I/UkorlT8_o2A/s320/3-16-11%2BHalee%2B%2526%2BTomato%2BFrog.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ILuB4tD5p_I/TYZ6ksqxqpI/AAAAAAAAB5A/6GM3WQqL0hs/s1600/3-16-11%2BHannah%2B%2526%2BFrog.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586287158684134034" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ILuB4tD5p_I/TYZ6ksqxqpI/AAAAAAAAB5A/6GM3WQqL0hs/s320/3-16-11%2BHannah%2B%2526%2BFrog.JPG" /></a><br />Thursday mom took the girls to McDonalds and I took Granny Dot to Santa Fe Reds. We played a long game of Uno. They flew out early Friday morning.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9GpTCF_XRwg/TYZ6GRZd8mI/AAAAAAAAB44/9G1frqaxdgQ/s1600/3-17-11%2Bgirls%2B%2526%2BGranny%2BDot.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586286635967705698" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9GpTCF_XRwg/TYZ6GRZd8mI/AAAAAAAAB44/9G1frqaxdgQ/s320/3-17-11%2Bgirls%2B%2526%2BGranny%2BDot.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9pcP-DXrLrc/TYZ5vFtr_yI/AAAAAAAAB4w/f1X-rMfNj98/s1600/3-17--11%2BLoree%252C%2BHalee%252C%2BHannah%252C%2BGranny%2BDot%252C%2BMom.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586286237694295842" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9pcP-DXrLrc/TYZ5vFtr_yI/AAAAAAAAB4w/f1X-rMfNj98/s320/3-17--11%2BLoree%252C%2BHalee%252C%2BHannah%252C%2BGranny%2BDot%252C%2BMom.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J3x0Vu5UenM/TYZ5ZpWuuhI/AAAAAAAAB4o/ILXLeqi-Th8/s1600/3-17-11%2BHalee%252C%2BHannah%252C%2BGranny%2BDot%252C%2BLoree.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586285869304560146" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J3x0Vu5UenM/TYZ5ZpWuuhI/AAAAAAAAB4o/ILXLeqi-Th8/s320/3-17-11%2BHalee%252C%2BHannah%252C%2BGranny%2BDot%252C%2BLoree.JPG" /></a> Friday afternoon we decided to head to Billings. We stayed at Ed's parent's house even though they weren't home. Saturday we decided to try out letterboxing. We found our first letterbox in Boothill Cemetary. We had fun going on this treasure hunt and will have to look more into it. I see there are a bunch of them here in Bozeman.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-onQc6kUiTc4/TYZ5CRmL7aI/AAAAAAAAB4g/Sw633H6jZc0/s1600/3-19-11%2Bfound%2Bit.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586285467789946274" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-onQc6kUiTc4/TYZ5CRmL7aI/AAAAAAAAB4g/Sw633H6jZc0/s320/3-19-11%2Bfound%2Bit.JPG" /></a> I think the basic gist is that someone hides this letterbox somewhere and then logs the clues onto the website. You follow the clues to find the letterbox. In the letterbox is a journal and a stamp. You are supposed to have your own stamp and journal. You put your stamp in the letterbox journal and the letterbox stamp in your journal.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rlrtXWNc8b0/TYZ4cuBWqKI/AAAAAAAAB4Y/-q2qLFn6OcI/s1600/3-19-11%2BBoot%2BHill%2BCemetary%2BLetterbox.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586284822585059490" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rlrtXWNc8b0/TYZ4cuBWqKI/AAAAAAAAB4Y/-q2qLFn6OcI/s320/3-19-11%2BBoot%2BHill%2BCemetary%2BLetterbox.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g24d9qnnC08/TYZ4HBFWdII/AAAAAAAAB4Q/LnWGYNEGv8s/s1600/3-19-11%2BHalee%2Bsigning%2Bthe%2Bbook.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586284449744974978" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g24d9qnnC08/TYZ4HBFWdII/AAAAAAAAB4Q/LnWGYNEGv8s/s320/3-19-11%2BHalee%2Bsigning%2Bthe%2Bbook.JPG" /></a><br />Then you hide the letterbox for the next person to find.</div><div><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tOWek-T4QM8/TYZ3q_fhGKI/AAAAAAAAB4I/mxKwVUtdmsw/s1600/3-19-11%2Bhiding%2Bletterbox.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586283968281516194" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tOWek-T4QM8/TYZ3q_fhGKI/AAAAAAAAB4I/mxKwVUtdmsw/s320/3-19-11%2Bhiding%2Bletterbox.JPG" /></a><br />The main reason we headed to Billings was to go to The Reef indoor water park. It was FUN! 2 big water slides, a wave pool, and water playhouse with smaller slides, and an activity pool. In the activity pool were these lily pads that you climb across. <br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ekS454r4T8c/TYZ3Td0jTnI/AAAAAAAAB4A/Gg0n3OGp4X4/s1600/3-19-11%2BTHAT%2BWAS%2BFUN.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586283564105944690" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ekS454r4T8c/TYZ3Td0jTnI/AAAAAAAAB4A/Gg0n3OGp4X4/s320/3-19-11%2BTHAT%2BWAS%2BFUN.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UzsD7-I35MU/TYZ2rlrb9UI/AAAAAAAAB34/CwTMNROhkh8/s1600/3-19-11%2BHalee%2Bon%2Bsmall%2Bslide.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586282879020430658" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UzsD7-I35MU/TYZ2rlrb9UI/AAAAAAAAB34/CwTMNROhkh8/s320/3-19-11%2BHalee%2Bon%2Bsmall%2Bslide.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O2BN2Y4wMhE/TYZ15Zi3okI/AAAAAAAAB3w/2pqPjlgSM7I/s1600/3-19-11%2BHalee%2B%25284%2529.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586282016769811010" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O2BN2Y4wMhE/TYZ15Zi3okI/AAAAAAAAB3w/2pqPjlgSM7I/s320/3-19-11%2BHalee%2B%25284%2529.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DjpFC_0LJJQ/TYZ1g3YGo0I/AAAAAAAAB3o/ESLnQcTUMJ4/s1600/3-19-11%2BHannah%2B%25283%2529.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586281595280991042" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DjpFC_0LJJQ/TYZ1g3YGo0I/AAAAAAAAB3o/ESLnQcTUMJ4/s320/3-19-11%2BHannah%2B%25283%2529.JPG" /></a> Now it is Sunday and time to head back to school! (And I can't believe that I have updated this before Spring Break is even over!!!)<br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297780327394343076.post-57572683142155094132011-03-11T17:41:00.009-07:002011-03-11T18:14:24.679-07:00Winter 2011Our lives have been fairly boring since Christmas! Same old, same old. <br /><br />We were able to hit the slopes a few times.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0nd8uQBPLlQ/TXrDx8S9iyI/AAAAAAAAB3g/v4TppudcbkQ/s1600/1-15-10%2BHalee.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582989950845815586" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0nd8uQBPLlQ/TXrDx8S9iyI/AAAAAAAAB3g/v4TppudcbkQ/s320/1-15-10%2BHalee.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0arDOuEHv-g/TXrDfF5_uvI/AAAAAAAAB3Y/AphaEpMeVZk/s1600/1-15-10%2BDenali%252C%2BBriley%252C%2BHannah%2B%2526%2BHalee.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582989627007941362" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0arDOuEHv-g/TXrDfF5_uvI/AAAAAAAAB3Y/AphaEpMeVZk/s320/1-15-10%2BDenali%252C%2BBriley%252C%2BHannah%2B%2526%2BHalee.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v2Tm9pCzMFk/TXrC1msSVpI/AAAAAAAAB3I/JJMp1VQyt4k/s1600/1-15-10%2Bskiing.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582988914254304914" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v2Tm9pCzMFk/TXrC1msSVpI/AAAAAAAAB3I/JJMp1VQyt4k/s320/1-15-10%2Bskiing.JPG" /></a><br />The girls decided they wanted to sew an outfit. Halee chose to go first.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WM-IKzbOKpw/TXrCZ1YplII/AAAAAAAAB3A/nbi451sM46I/s1600/1-21-11%2BHalee%2Bsewing.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582988437162136706" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WM-IKzbOKpw/TXrCZ1YplII/AAAAAAAAB3A/nbi451sM46I/s320/1-21-11%2BHalee%2Bsewing.JPG" /></a><br />And here is what she made!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LVXqKOkhALY/TXrCFHXKkpI/AAAAAAAAB24/-Mrixz6DcfY/s1600/1-30-11%2Bthe%2Bdress%2BHalee%2Bmade.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582988081210495634" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LVXqKOkhALY/TXrCFHXKkpI/AAAAAAAAB24/-Mrixz6DcfY/s320/1-30-11%2Bthe%2Bdress%2BHalee%2Bmade.JPG" /></a><br />Hopefully we'll get to Hannah's this next week.<br /><br />Our gear for the Super Bowl:<br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C3I_Zs9GQ54/TXrBvHzVTuI/AAAAAAAAB2w/Y243WhsWEt0/s1600/2-6-11%2Bgo%2Bpackers%2Bfor%2Bsuper%2Bbowl.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582987703371517666" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C3I_Zs9GQ54/TXrBvHzVTuI/AAAAAAAAB2w/Y243WhsWEt0/s320/2-6-11%2Bgo%2Bpackers%2Bfor%2Bsuper%2Bbowl.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297780327394343076.post-46200099795926057972010-12-25T13:17:00.012-07:002010-12-25T13:40:04.930-07:00Merry ChristmasWe have just finished up our third Christmas this year. So nice to spread it out over a month! We had our first Christmas with my family in Texas on Thanksgiving (I'll post pictures soon, I hope!) We had our second Christmas in Billings last weekend with Ed's family. Then we had our third Christmas now! <br /><br />I wasn't thinking as I added these pictures, so they are in reverse chronilogical order!<br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554720426501483634" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TRZUzDg6LHI/AAAAAAAAB2g/1fauJ0KuqAQ/s320/IMG_2487.JPG" /><br /><div align="center">Halee Christmas morning with Stocking Stuff</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TRZUfj47zBI/AAAAAAAAB2Y/GCoPNrqQImQ/s1600/IMG_2482.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554720091594804242" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TRZUfj47zBI/AAAAAAAAB2Y/GCoPNrqQImQ/s320/IMG_2482.JPG" /></a> Hannah's stocking<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TRZUE-EzUpI/AAAAAAAAB2Q/a0mvReINDFo/s1600/IMG_2480.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554719634767434386" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TRZUE-EzUpI/AAAAAAAAB2Q/a0mvReINDFo/s320/IMG_2480.JPG" /></a>Ed's parents<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TRZT3MklEgI/AAAAAAAAB2I/79irBYthLm4/s1600/IMG_2479.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554719398140645890" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TRZT3MklEgI/AAAAAAAAB2I/79irBYthLm4/s320/IMG_2479.JPG" /></a>Lots of homemade gifts this year. Halee made this candy dish.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TRZTo_I23WI/AAAAAAAAB2A/Navba7_IBNc/s1600/IMG_2475.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554719154016542050" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TRZTo_I23WI/AAAAAAAAB2A/Navba7_IBNc/s320/IMG_2475.JPG" /></a> Ed's new hat<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TRZTWI_N-oI/AAAAAAAAB14/CdOO2ZYK4-8/s1600/IMG_2473.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554718830242953858" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TRZTWI_N-oI/AAAAAAAAB14/CdOO2ZYK4-8/s320/IMG_2473.JPG" /></a>Hannah's new jammies<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TRZTGecUKJI/AAAAAAAAB1w/C-on-m4oux4/s1600/IMG_2469.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554718561124231314" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TRZTGecUKJI/AAAAAAAAB1w/C-on-m4oux4/s320/IMG_2469.JPG" /></a> Halee's new snuggy<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TRZS4p9mZRI/AAAAAAAAB1o/OgGqKLdh3Qc/s1600/IMG_2464.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554718323698459922" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TRZS4p9mZRI/AAAAAAAAB1o/OgGqKLdh3Qc/s320/IMG_2464.JPG" /></a> Wow, Poppa! That's quite a tape measure!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TRZSmgPgnFI/AAAAAAAAB1g/grIk4iHd6Y4/s1600/IMG_2451.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554718011851578450" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TRZSmgPgnFI/AAAAAAAAB1g/grIk4iHd6Y4/s320/IMG_2451.JPG" /></a> Magnetic earrings were quite a hit this year<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TRZSNbafmQI/AAAAAAAAB1Y/UAie2a7e6oA/s1600/IMG_2444.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554717581058742530" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TRZSNbafmQI/AAAAAAAAB1Y/UAie2a7e6oA/s320/IMG_2444.JPG" /></a>We did some Wii playing too!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TRZRyBrXTjI/AAAAAAAAB1Q/_Qt2mRJb7qY/s1600/DSCF0569.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554717110293712434" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TRZRyBrXTjI/AAAAAAAAB1Q/_Qt2mRJb7qY/s320/DSCF0569.JPG" /></a>Hannah's new snuggy</div><div> </div><div>It has been a blessed holiday. Hope yours was too! </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297780327394343076.post-66849748824107961722010-12-23T15:50:00.004-07:002010-12-23T21:05:16.314-07:00Holiday Happenings<p>Here is a snipette of the girls Christmas Program. The first 3 videos are of Halee's class. She is in the 2nd row withe the red "Santa" dress on. The last 3 are of Hannah. She is in the second to top row with a green and white sweater on. Enjoy!</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwG_E6iROJOqEwrhHffFp9kcw2HD1n9_HEJPbXxzOLSlig8_XvNTsZHadyFDCaW-OKLpjhHm_T_w7TqQm6urA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxdGCAWdFZPGnzaubX4BoHjU76ipe8XkUn54LyG6PRRAD22wnJ9MXUD8eldoXo4TbQr43yBsk7mnIppEQw1dg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyUiKxMMsdWwYyMaZseAuJVeKMdTkePtj91mVmdejyM1wie8Ayixg7zNW8F9NcZ6MJ0tTa4aP33ZRuGlZNI9A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxgaCSCV3fOyt5yvs6orY_0KCFgoKjNuAMPEnfOV_dkyZwdx80rPJr1vf-7HHD2hWrk5LGR2k_L0P3KDvsRiQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwshD0T_jssKY9BYJqDT1S7NaDKYzbOBofU5VIL_tDuAC8MCSQWA-X13YU3GWagENMSrA-8EwJ9-t5a81EJJw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzHnSUSh35c8GNh4mLdMCA_1POqM8DfldsLUIQmQXE5vjjKfSeQqKYuFCDBSkNg3Q1w2sLCS5S6V5ltnPwKsg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297780327394343076.post-82639719715366744152010-11-06T09:41:00.015-06:002010-11-06T10:11:04.125-06:00Happy HalloweenThis year we hosted a pumpkin carving party for the YAC. We decorated our garage for the festivities. Here is what the serving line looked like.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TNV8tZtxocI/AAAAAAAAB1I/RAiW4h9a5XI/s1600/10-22-10+buffet+line.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536468436360733122" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TNV8tZtxocI/AAAAAAAAB1I/RAiW4h9a5XI/s320/10-22-10+buffet+line.JPG" /></a> We made several different appetizer type foods that were "halloweenish." Here we have eyeball meatballs.<br /><div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TNV8WQQoPMI/AAAAAAAAB1A/gTMhKNbFpGU/s1600/10-22-10+eyeball+meatballs.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536468038685572290" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TNV8WQQoPMI/AAAAAAAAB1A/gTMhKNbFpGU/s320/10-22-10+eyeball+meatballs.JPG" /></a> Floating Hand Punch<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TNV8B2h6LjI/AAAAAAAAB04/HDKQTjy2-y0/s1600/10-22-10+floating+hand+punch.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536467688181345842" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TNV8B2h6LjI/AAAAAAAAB04/HDKQTjy2-y0/s320/10-22-10+floating+hand+punch.JPG" /></a> Pumpkin Roll Ups<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TNV7tJ7i47I/AAAAAAAAB0w/TQrQZr6QTug/s1600/10-22-10+pumpkin+roll+ups.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536467332611892146" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TNV7tJ7i47I/AAAAAAAAB0w/TQrQZr6QTug/s320/10-22-10+pumpkin+roll+ups.JPG" /></a> Spider Web Dip<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TNV7ZcmX7xI/AAAAAAAAB0o/6cEE9pz6gTQ/s1600/10-22-10+spider+web+dip.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536466994025983762" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TNV7ZcmX7xI/AAAAAAAAB0o/6cEE9pz6gTQ/s320/10-22-10+spider+web+dip.JPG" /></a><br />Then the carving began. This year we even let Halee do her own carving. She actually did a pretty good job!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TNV7Eta-gLI/AAAAAAAAB0g/SlcuAU8U6d0/s1600/10-22-10+yes,+we+let+Halee+do+the+cutting.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536466637764329650" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TNV7Eta-gLI/AAAAAAAAB0g/SlcuAU8U6d0/s320/10-22-10+yes,+we+let+Halee+do+the+cutting.JPG" /></a><br />Hannah<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TNV6w6jaXGI/AAAAAAAAB0Y/57DLwqMUKko/s1600/10-22-10+Hannah+carving.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536466297691987042" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TNV6w6jaXGI/AAAAAAAAB0Y/57DLwqMUKko/s320/10-22-10+Hannah+carving.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TNV6bS42Y5I/AAAAAAAAB0Q/_aH2gd6kKK0/s1600/10-22-10+Courtney.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536465926267233170" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TNV6bS42Y5I/AAAAAAAAB0Q/_aH2gd6kKK0/s320/10-22-10+Courtney.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TNV6DZYaaqI/AAAAAAAAB0I/B4jr5MOtpPI/s1600/10-22-10+Janna.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536465515693370018" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TNV6DZYaaqI/AAAAAAAAB0I/B4jr5MOtpPI/s320/10-22-10+Janna.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TNV5v5ONspI/AAAAAAAAB0A/jSuqPsr-8f0/s1600/10-22-10+Kalyn+%26+Kevin.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536465180643144338" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TNV5v5ONspI/AAAAAAAAB0A/jSuqPsr-8f0/s320/10-22-10+Kalyn+%26+Kevin.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TNV5VT1wdWI/AAAAAAAABz4/2K6IUIeYFNE/s1600/10-22-10+Shane+and+friend.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536464723931854178" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TNV5VT1wdWI/AAAAAAAABz4/2K6IUIeYFNE/s320/10-22-10+Shane+and+friend.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TNV4_bcashI/AAAAAAAABzw/QF_2a_JN01o/s1600/10-22-10+Joe.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536464348015931922" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TNV4_bcashI/AAAAAAAABzw/QF_2a_JN01o/s320/10-22-10+Joe.JPG" /></a> And here are all the end results!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TNV4XDFIjCI/AAAAAAAABzo/aytD6rXXyGs/s1600/10-22-10+the+end+results.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536463654281055266" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TNV4XDFIjCI/AAAAAAAABzo/aytD6rXXyGs/s320/10-22-10+the+end+results.JPG" /></a><br />Then Halloween finally came. Hannah chose to dress up as a fairy.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TNV4CTGtMMI/AAAAAAAABzg/mJI4p0fufDM/s1600/10-22-10+Fairy+Hannah.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536463297805365442" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TNV4CTGtMMI/AAAAAAAABzg/mJI4p0fufDM/s320/10-22-10+Fairy+Hannah.JPG" /></a> And Halee as Snow White.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TNV3rRCL8BI/AAAAAAAABzY/YLzRFLJH6zc/s1600/10-22-10+Snow+White+Halee.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536462902112546834" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TNV3rRCL8BI/AAAAAAAABzY/YLzRFLJH6zc/s320/10-22-10+Snow+White+Halee.JPG" /></a> </div><div>We went trick or treating around one block of our neighborhood. Then we visited Highgate Senior Living and the church building parking lot for Trunk or Treating. It was a great event!<br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297780327394343076.post-26248712733276890492010-09-25T10:35:00.009-06:002010-09-25T10:54:40.249-06:00Harvest 2010<div id="ms__id189">This year we had big expectations for our garden that did not come to fruition. We tripled the size of our garden, planted several rows of different veggies. The cool summer and huge hail storm did not help!</div><div id="ms__id192"> </div><div id="ms__id193">For over a month, I have been gathering the necessary supplies to can beets, one of Ed's favorites. I borrowed a pressure cooker, had to buy the pressure gauge, found the recipe and read up one what to do. Today was the day! I went out this morning pick the beets and found that the voles really like them. So, needless to say, 6 beets is not worthing canning! I will cook them up for dinner and Ed can eat on them this week. He's a bit disappointed.</div><div id="ms__id191"> </div><div id="ms__id190"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TJ4nXd0dBiI/AAAAAAAABzQ/F-Y2tGYR3Qg/s1600/DSC04165.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520893477297915426" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TJ4nXd0dBiI/AAAAAAAABzQ/F-Y2tGYR3Qg/s320/DSC04165.JPG" /></a> The items that grew well are the squash and pumpkins. For some reason I thought we would need 2 rows of yellow squash. What was I thinking? We have more squash than we know what to do with. The voles like it too, so I am sure they will get their fair share.</div><div id="ms__id194"><br /><div id="ms__id195"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TJ4nEFMG0hI/AAAAAAAABzI/sTcvIq4MzT8/s1600/DSC04166.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520893144268722706" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TJ4nEFMG0hI/AAAAAAAABzI/sTcvIq4MzT8/s320/DSC04166.JPG" /></a> We do have 2 good size pumpkins. Someone told me that you should carve the kids names in them and when the grow, the names will be scarred into them. You can see Halee's name on the bottom of the pumpkin (along with vole teeth marks!).<br /><br /><div id="ms__id188"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TJ4mqzl7IjI/AAAAAAAABzA/YHSCTFlz3dI/s1600/DSC04167.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520892710048440882" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TJ4mqzl7IjI/AAAAAAAABzA/YHSCTFlz3dI/s320/DSC04167.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div id="ms__id196"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TJ4mUcZXGUI/AAAAAAAABy4/Xv0mqqcU7rs/s1600/DSC04168.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520892325864610114" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TJ4mUcZXGUI/AAAAAAAABy4/Xv0mqqcU7rs/s320/DSC04168.JPG" /></a> Another item that actually grew were the carrots. Last year was my first year to grow carrots. Someone shared a tip that in the fall when you pull the carrots, tear the tops off and put them in a ziplock bag. Do not clean them! They will keep in the fridge until next year. Last year we had carrots until January. <br /><br /><div id="ms__id197"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TJ4l7qkBwcI/AAAAAAAAByw/9eRK957QjGU/s1600/DSC04164.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520891900170715586" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TJ4l7qkBwcI/AAAAAAAAByw/9eRK957QjGU/s320/DSC04164.JPG" /></a>3 gallon ziplock bags full of carrots!<br /><br /><div id="ms__id187"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TJ4llcLxkvI/AAAAAAAAByo/5Olv76yK0Vk/s1600/DSC04171.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520891518353773298" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TJ4llcLxkvI/AAAAAAAAByo/5Olv76yK0Vk/s320/DSC04171.JPG" /></a> The girls have been waiting until they could have a carrot from the garden. (We have company this weekend and they are all enjoying carrots!)<br /><br /><div id="ms__id186"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TJ4lJwTBnMI/AAAAAAAAByg/5wWexm9l62s/s1600/DSC04162.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520891042716556482" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TJ4lJwTBnMI/AAAAAAAAByg/5wWexm9l62s/s320/DSC04162.JPG" /></a> Happy Harvest!<br /><div id="ms__id185"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297780327394343076.post-20280129170733597912010-07-25T14:16:00.023-06:002010-07-25T15:28:57.483-06:00Summer 2010I know it has been a while since I made a post. We are just very busy and finding time to download pictures is not top priority! So, here is a brief version of what he have been up to...<br /><br />In May, we made our journey to Florida to visit DisneyWorld. This is a dream I have had since I was small and it finally came true. We had a blast. Of course that trip should have a blog of it's own, so I will just give you a few highlights.<br /><br />We arrived on May 9th. Monday we began our journey at Animal Kingdom. Here we are in front of the tree of life.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEypKCKfvjI/AAAAAAAAByQ/MMBdHKqmF7g/s1600/DSC02917.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497955234957213234" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEypKCKfvjI/AAAAAAAAByQ/MMBdHKqmF7g/s320/DSC02917.JPG" /></a>Tuesday we visited Epcot.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEyojySGc2I/AAAAAAAAByI/GO-SvsdvM5U/s1600/DSC03288.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497954577859113826" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEyojySGc2I/AAAAAAAAByI/GO-SvsdvM5U/s320/DSC03288.JPG" /></a> Wednesday we made our way to Hollywood Studios.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEyn-ZWZh6I/AAAAAAAAByA/59axWdeYLKg/s1600/DSC03492.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497953935511095202" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEyn-ZWZh6I/AAAAAAAAByA/59axWdeYLKg/s320/DSC03492.JPG" /></a>We saved the best for last...Thursday we visited Magic Kingdom. We bought tickets for 5 days and decided to visit Magic Kingdom for 2 of those days...Thursday and Saturday.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEynFLWyvXI/AAAAAAAABx4/i0Mm728UfGg/s1600/DSC04027.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497952952502107506" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEynFLWyvXI/AAAAAAAABx4/i0Mm728UfGg/s320/DSC04027.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEymd7ya9pI/AAAAAAAABxw/Uwuh8hz4GLQ/s1600/DSC03918.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497952278308124306" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEymd7ya9pI/AAAAAAAABxw/Uwuh8hz4GLQ/s320/DSC03918.JPG" /></a> Friday, we took a break from DisneyWorld and went out to play in the ocean. <br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEylwa9kEtI/AAAAAAAABxo/fkEXebxZdwQ/s1600/DSC03846.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497951496402375378" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEylwa9kEtI/AAAAAAAABxo/fkEXebxZdwQ/s320/DSC03846.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEylOhN-H7I/AAAAAAAABxg/7Yk18gl5mFk/s1600/DSC03907.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497950913966251954" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEylOhN-H7I/AAAAAAAABxg/7Yk18gl5mFk/s320/DSC03907.JPG" /></a> We picked this day in particular because one thing Ed has always wanted to see was a space shuttle launch. We ended up on a beach about 30 miles south (because we were not willing to sit in traffic). <br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEykxTxtb9I/AAAAAAAABxY/gu27UMWckJI/s1600/DSC03877.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497950412141850578" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEykxTxtb9I/AAAAAAAABxY/gu27UMWckJI/s320/DSC03877.JPG" /></a> It seems like we spent most of June at Yellowstone Bible Camp. We went there for Memorial Day weekend and our family camp. We were home a week and then back for Elementary Camp. During that week, we shot off a few fireworks at home and then went to the Kmart parking lot to see the city show.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEyj-loDmEI/AAAAAAAABxQ/EkChzU2YzLs/s1600/DSCF0419.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497949540759869506" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEyj-loDmEI/AAAAAAAABxQ/EkChzU2YzLs/s320/DSCF0419.JPG" /></a> The girls got a little scared because one of the fireworks fell over and started shooting towards us. So, they decided to watch from the garage.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEyjacS2GNI/AAAAAAAABxI/gDBcnn9Mp44/s1600/DSCF0450.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497948919779694802" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEyjacS2GNI/AAAAAAAABxI/gDBcnn9Mp44/s320/DSCF0450.JPG" /></a><br />This year I was able to cook at Elementary Camp. This camp is much different from what we are used to...more structured most of the time. This is the class of Pre-Campers.<br /><div><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEyiOib1lGI/AAAAAAAABw4/HzC2K4yE15o/s1600/DSC04064.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497947615757964386" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEyiOib1lGI/AAAAAAAABw4/HzC2K4yE15o/s320/DSC04064.JPG" /></a><br />Camp is also a good place to make great friendships. Here is Halee and Emma.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEyhs2q0ZVI/AAAAAAAABww/0WP6FrRV_ic/s1600/DSC04077.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497947037073958226" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEyhs2q0ZVI/AAAAAAAABww/0WP6FrRV_ic/s320/DSC04077.JPG" /></a> and Hannah and Lindsey.<br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEyhWdz_tjI/AAAAAAAABwo/THIHG7g3-3c/s1600/DSC04073.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497946652444440114" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEyhWdz_tjI/AAAAAAAABwo/THIHG7g3-3c/s320/DSC04073.JPG" /></a><br />A very talented artist painted this picture perfect place. This was the theme of Elementary Camp this year.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEygy4o8WvI/AAAAAAAABwg/4qa4QlY3Yd8/s1600/DSC04067.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497946041170549490" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEygy4o8WvI/AAAAAAAABwg/4qa4QlY3Yd8/s320/DSC04067.JPG" /></a><br />Hannah came home for camp and went directly to a birthday party. At this party she got 10 strands of blue tinsel tied into her hair and her fingernails painted. So much fun!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEygRy_jPGI/AAAAAAAABwY/MuHlwx6Chco/s1600/DSC04079.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497945472719076450" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEygRy_jPGI/AAAAAAAABwY/MuHlwx6Chco/s320/DSC04079.JPG" /></a><br />It has finally warmed up here in Bozeman. We are hitting the 80's most every day now. So, the girls got the slip and slide out one day.<br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEyftY8TMTI/AAAAAAAABwQ/6WZ872cGgRc/s1600/DSCF0458.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497944847250829618" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEyftY8TMTI/AAAAAAAABwQ/6WZ872cGgRc/s320/DSCF0458.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEyfNeUUDRI/AAAAAAAABwI/bhJ5Q-B8yMo/s1600/DSCF0457.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497944298937912594" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEyfNeUUDRI/AAAAAAAABwI/bhJ5Q-B8yMo/s320/DSCF0457.JPG" /></a><br />Last week, Ed's family came to town. This is Ed's cousin Charissa whom we haven't seen in several years.</div><div><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEyexl_kFoI/AAAAAAAABwA/ju7pBHYS2dQ/s1600/DSC04084.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497943819962029698" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEyexl_kFoI/AAAAAAAABwA/ju7pBHYS2dQ/s320/DSC04084.JPG" /></a> They decided to go camping up at Hyalite. Monday evening we invited our YAC group to join us for dinner.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEyeYBfpYUI/AAAAAAAABv4/3rOOfhjbUzQ/s1600/DSCF0482.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497943380667752770" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEyeYBfpYUI/AAAAAAAABv4/3rOOfhjbUzQ/s320/DSCF0482.JPG" /></a> Hannah at the creek with Charissa and Arthur.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEyd92iIsxI/AAAAAAAABvw/PzDBJ6As6M4/s1600/DSCF0479.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497942931048805138" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEyd92iIsxI/AAAAAAAABvw/PzDBJ6As6M4/s320/DSCF0479.JPG" /></a> Yesterday was a great day to float the river. The girls wanted to try to tube it. It didn't last long, but great intentions!<br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497941247050124194" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEycb1JkC6I/AAAAAAAABvo/HK6wukfZLhI/s320/DSCF0500.JPG" /><br /><br />Ed let them row a while so that he could fish. We mostly went in circles down the river because they were each rowing in different directions.</div><div><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEycFrJ6BYI/AAAAAAAABvg/x5qmElZz_Ac/s1600/DSCF0504.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497940866410087810" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/TEycFrJ6BYI/AAAAAAAABvg/x5qmElZz_Ac/s320/DSCF0504.JPG" /></a> And now we are heading to Wyoming Bible Camp. Summer is coming to an end, but it's been fun!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297780327394343076.post-12114526266719654832010-04-28T18:54:00.004-06:002010-04-28T20:56:17.677-06:00FriendsLast week, Hannah's class put on a musical for the families. It was about friendship. Hannah has a speaking part in the first video. The last video she does a solo. The music teacher said that the speaking parts were not optional, however, singning solos were. That is something she has always enjoyed doing....singing. I am glad she had this opportunity. Enjoy the show!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dydmWDQOmFFOv4o5dIZtoLPxOUH-VmCypcP7mGJo_QbmaZ8tYRttI4bqOgsFALQz-gnTfQLATcY4l-3CROI1Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwN0JLeeNr1ZxdWWVM7f3A9B97zb5FTXc_WGB8L6zpntroKVh02AfpHp6i4NZ1PRlb9TiTqQ_NymkDRf_DxcA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxC2j8VEGpNCIxzN1y6YLeKQUW8cm2C_Kfjjpd1Qd0J-GbgQcWHrrWXeTY1DAmH99Y_GmTlsT2RimgdEEQL7g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz6JrIHuwA8SdcffLUoFL6FsVgFrqlT2oUy9Khq30oLm8mHm2L98l9Mmm9y2QPdGIydYTcD891VgAgARYDIHw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzJ-yAtWcx7iKpjTwwRR8LjzLZ8rfI_E_ILDVEOZ9Q0QIxkPd1Vgt-ZQWlrjNa0dxTg3u5AJnKtqCIuzyW3Xg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />After the show, we went back to the classroom and she showed me her millworm, Zoe. She opened the "cage", picked it up and put it on her hand. This is huge steps for her. She used to not want to touch any bug. Now, she can't wait. It was a nice visit to the classroom to see all that they are doing.<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465386657957083890" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S9j0NWOw-vI/AAAAAAAABvY/zR94F2u_HTU/s320/DSC02885.JPG" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297780327394343076.post-29118755322738559642010-04-17T15:11:00.009-06:002010-04-17T15:37:20.989-06:00Our New ToyEd got a new toy! His parents have given us one of their 4-wheelers. We brought it home last weekend, and I think it has been riden every day since! The kids love it.<br /><br />We haven't purchased 4-wheeler helmets, so for those around-the-block rides, they have been wearing their ski helmets.<br /><br /><div align="center">Here Hannah is waiting for her turn.</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S8oomqHdFGI/AAAAAAAABvQ/vx5Glbqnen4/s1600/DSC02868.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461222142745842786" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S8oomqHdFGI/AAAAAAAABvQ/vx5Glbqnen4/s320/DSC02868.JPG" /></a> And it's time to go!</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S8ooJicfajI/AAAAAAAABvI/4sKTpWho4ms/s1600/DSC02859.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461221642470386226" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S8ooJicfajI/AAAAAAAABvI/4sKTpWho4ms/s320/DSC02859.JPG" /></a> Halee is being her usual self while waiting for her turn.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S8onsCJxcwI/AAAAAAAABvA/zsefKfob3gw/s1600/DSC02857.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461221135585735426" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S8onsCJxcwI/AAAAAAAABvA/zsefKfob3gw/s320/DSC02857.JPG" /></a><br />Ed is showing her how to push the throttle. She pushed it alright!<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S8onM7-WRWI/AAAAAAAABu4/ZBQwUd8p4-k/s1600/DSC02865.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461220601351259490" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S8onM7-WRWI/AAAAAAAABu4/ZBQwUd8p4-k/s320/DSC02865.JPG" /></a><br />Up to this point, Ed has been having them sit in the front. They wondered if they both could ride on the back. Here they go!<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S8omkYrNRFI/AAAAAAAABuw/CNZvn5KV9hQ/s1600/DSC02872.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461219904680969298" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S8omkYrNRFI/AAAAAAAABuw/CNZvn5KV9hQ/s320/DSC02872.JPG" /></a> Have fun! Stay safe!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S8omIkSJ0bI/AAAAAAAABuo/Jf9mvB6t7mY/s1600/DSC02873.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461219426760774066" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S8omIkSJ0bI/AAAAAAAABuo/Jf9mvB6t7mY/s320/DSC02873.JPG" /></a> Here they come! The first movie is Hannah and the second movie is Halee.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxI1xwy3x8t0qOfP0ApIiDPHOvsH6snHej9DUqNeDkOXOvVSJB-3wLY7czeFzDe9cPAEvmZzIKd4HdYTCIlXg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyuXZdFQl6G85JpWi1KEE4jop3owHWyKVXOvxEdUysWyxTBJ4tu_b_WSrqgagwhOip2XdTVTRXSWnu4Oa-23g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297780327394343076.post-12413775545119223922010-03-06T07:25:00.020-07:002010-03-12T14:49:28.976-07:00Winter Happenings<div align="center">This entry is all jumbled up, but this is what we have been up to lately.<br /></div><div align="center">January 30th, we had a sledding party with the young adults. We took them to "Snowfill" and had a great time. Afterwards, they all came over to the house for a chili supper.</div><div align="center"> </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447860858992777298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S5qwllYE2FI/AAAAAAAABug/WbYU8HI8a9U/s320/Photo+8.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">Mallory and Halee enjoying hot chocolate by the fire<br /></p><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S5qqfTlyZII/AAAAAAAABuY/Jg02UWfihAk/s1600-h/DSCF0385.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447854154069468290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S5qqfTlyZII/AAAAAAAABuY/Jg02UWfihAk/s320/DSCF0385.JPG" border="0" /></a> Ed and Halee<br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S5qpu_CbYBI/AAAAAAAABuQ/XtJGpZOxVK4/s1600-h/DSCF0372.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447853323918729234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S5qpu_CbYBI/AAAAAAAABuQ/XtJGpZOxVK4/s320/DSCF0372.JPG" border="0" /></a> Hannah<br /></div><div align="left">We have also spent a lot of time at the ski hill. We were able to go skiing 6 times this winter. Several times we met up with our friends for lots of skiing fun. They even had "ski names." I can't remember who was who, but the names were Ski 3PO, Princess Ski-alot R2Ski2, Ski Baka, Halee Ski-Walker. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S5hkXcvxdVI/AAAAAAAABuI/pwDMTNGRayk/s1600-h/3-6-10+-+Briley,+Denali,+Halee+%26+Hannah.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447214103320950098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S5hkXcvxdVI/AAAAAAAABuI/pwDMTNGRayk/s320/3-6-10+-+Briley,+Denali,+Halee+%26+Hannah.JPG" border="0" /></a>Denali, Briley, Halee, Hannah<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S5hkAUDtkaI/AAAAAAAABuA/mS_VIPjRtxA/s1600-h/3-6-10+Hannah.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447213705851670946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S5hkAUDtkaI/AAAAAAAABuA/mS_VIPjRtxA/s320/3-6-10+Hannah.JPG" border="0" /></a> Hannah<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S5hjR08EU1I/AAAAAAAABt4/FgJ-tf5UxLs/s1600-h/3-6-10+Halee.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447212907224126290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S5hjR08EU1I/AAAAAAAABt4/FgJ-tf5UxLs/s320/3-6-10+Halee.JPG" border="0" /></a> Halee<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S5hi1IhKDnI/AAAAAAAABtw/oj3ZKdZyyiA/s1600-h/3-6-10+-+Hannah.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447212414263758450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S5hi1IhKDnI/AAAAAAAABtw/oj3ZKdZyyiA/s320/3-6-10+-+Hannah.JPG" border="0" /></a>Hannah<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S5hiUDRpqFI/AAAAAAAABto/2j_xVD81cSU/s1600-h/3-6-10+-+Halee.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447211845920860242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S5hiUDRpqFI/AAAAAAAABto/2j_xVD81cSU/s320/3-6-10+-+Halee.JPG" border="0" /></a> Halee seeing what happened to Hannah<br /><br />Halee's class celebrated Dr. Suess' birthday by making this hat.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S5hdiYk-QlI/AAAAAAAABtg/6xCObE38hLI/s1600-h/3-5-10+-+Halee.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447206594599076434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S5hdiYk-QlI/AAAAAAAABtg/6xCObE38hLI/s320/3-5-10+-+Halee.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Halee got some roller skates for Christmas. Due to the season, we have not been able to go outside and try them out. She was anxious to try them on at home. We decided that she should have some safety gear on....<br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447206134730416210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S5hdHnbvYFI/AAAAAAAABtY/LHSDQIy0YiU/s320/1-30-10+-+Halee+getting+ready+to+roller+skate.jpg" border="0" />Hannah is modeling the new hat and scarf I made for her.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S5hcy5fWK8I/AAAAAAAABtQ/nTTdhG1P-sk/s1600-h/2-27-10+Hannah.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447205778800126914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S5hcy5fWK8I/AAAAAAAABtQ/nTTdhG1P-sk/s320/2-27-10+Hannah.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />In Febrary, we had a game night at our house for the Young Adults. About 10 came over for some Wii, ping pong and board games.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S5hcR9SrNbI/AAAAAAAABtI/2U7KTU8IDC8/s1600-h/2-20-10+-+YAC+Game+night.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447205212885038514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S5hcR9SrNbI/AAAAAAAABtI/2U7KTU8IDC8/s320/2-20-10+-+YAC+Game+night.JPG" border="0" /></a> Kevin, Scott & Kalyn<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S5hb1oRu-5I/AAAAAAAABtA/EKFBymRbaqc/s1600-h/2-20-10+-+YAC+-+Zacharia+%26+Kevin.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447204726207609746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S5hb1oRu-5I/AAAAAAAABtA/EKFBymRbaqc/s320/2-20-10+-+YAC+-+Zacharia+%26+Kevin.JPG" border="0" /></a>Zacharia and Kevin<br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S5hbWsf5BkI/AAAAAAAABs4/dStC4e8my4E/s1600-h/2-20-10+-+Melanie+bowling.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447204194764785218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S5hbWsf5BkI/AAAAAAAABs4/dStC4e8my4E/s320/2-20-10+-+Melanie+bowling.JPG" border="0" /></a>Shane and Melanie<br /><br />Hannah participated in Jump Rope for Heart. She raised $50 and the school raised $3000.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S5ha7SfcozI/AAAAAAAABsw/6RA3_-XJEK4/s1600-h/2-20-10+-+Hannah+at+jump+rope+for+heart+(3).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447203723927135026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S5ha7SfcozI/AAAAAAAABsw/6RA3_-XJEK4/s320/2-20-10+-+Hannah+at+jump+rope+for+heart+(3).JPG" border="0" /></a> Hannah is second from right<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyNxYNTwXAfPLUYdXYBZbburuWEJgfKIgLk1h1IYebcCqCTQjXnPkZxYJkwkRsa_YHUtk1irxPVhRI6Re9inA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div align="center">They are playing "Helicopter, Helicopter." Hannah is in the yellow shirt on the left side.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">I think that brings you up to speed on what we have been up to. We start spring break this afternoon!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297780327394343076.post-5197928916729049852010-01-14T20:09:00.006-07:002010-01-14T20:17:01.838-07:00Beautiful LengthsToday was the day for the haircut! We have been growing our hair to donate to cancer patients for wigs. We finally made the 8 inch mark, which is the required length.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S0_dygF34GI/AAAAAAAABso/VUzYaIUuRxI/s1600-h/1-14-10+Hannah.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426799935682502754" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S0_dygF34GI/AAAAAAAABso/VUzYaIUuRxI/s320/1-14-10+Hannah.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S0_ddecNU4I/AAAAAAAABsg/AwUk0dbxoQc/s1600-h/1-14-10+Halee.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426799574462059394" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S0_ddecNU4I/AAAAAAAABsg/AwUk0dbxoQc/s320/1-14-10+Halee.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426798841169101570" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S0_cyytiwwI/AAAAAAAABsQ/h-t5ma0QvmU/s320/1-14-10+8+inches+gone.JPG" /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S0_dISV9OSI/AAAAAAAABsY/dFStn-00Kb0/s1600-h/1-14-10+the+back.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426799210437359906" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/S0_dISV9OSI/AAAAAAAABsY/dFStn-00Kb0/s320/1-14-10+the+back.JPG" /></a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297780327394343076.post-49812657843521561902010-01-01T13:06:00.010-07:002010-01-01T13:36:14.473-07:00Merry Christmas and Happy New YearWe spent Christmas in Billings with Ed's parents. It was a very nice relaxing time.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sz5Y8mKnpDI/AAAAAAAABsI/UDCzU4JEiuA/s1600-h/DSCF0295.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421868799461139506" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sz5Y8mKnpDI/AAAAAAAABsI/UDCzU4JEiuA/s320/DSCF0295.JPG" /></a><br />American Girl Dolls was the theme of Christmas this year. Halee got a doll from my mom and then Ed's mom got each girl a doll. Here is Halee with Elizabeth who is a friend of Felicity that she already had.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sz5YlsV0JDI/AAAAAAAABsA/CpsltDMcs7E/s1600-h/DSCF0335.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421868405981717554" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sz5YlsV0JDI/AAAAAAAABsA/CpsltDMcs7E/s320/DSCF0335.JPG" /></a> Hannah named her doll Genevive. They also received several outfits that Gramma made for them.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sz5YV41fV-I/AAAAAAAABr4/oCIZRAAD160/s1600-h/DSCF0336.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421868134457890786" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sz5YV41fV-I/AAAAAAAABr4/oCIZRAAD160/s320/DSCF0336.JPG" /></a> Santa knew they were getting these dolls, so that he brought them beds for the dolls.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sz5YA5o9ZeI/AAAAAAAABrw/iesOlzF2ZTY/s1600-h/DSCF0344.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421867773896517090" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sz5YA5o9ZeI/AAAAAAAABrw/iesOlzF2ZTY/s320/DSCF0344.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sz5XuYnlAxI/AAAAAAAABro/zbJgnVaIVHs/s1600-h/DSCF0343.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421867455794709266" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sz5XuYnlAxI/AAAAAAAABro/zbJgnVaIVHs/s320/DSCF0343.JPG" /></a><br />We decided to just spend New Year's Eve at home. We roasted marshmallows,<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sz5XQizcjEI/AAAAAAAABrg/cvX8qKi4POY/s1600-h/12-31-09+roasting+marshmellows.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421866943132765250" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sz5XQizcjEI/AAAAAAAABrg/cvX8qKi4POY/s320/12-31-09+roasting+marshmellows.JPG" /></a> Shot off some poppers,<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sz5W6VYpNzI/AAAAAAAABrY/LOB8UqwtVkg/s1600-h/12-31-09+Halee+poppers.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421866561573566258" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sz5W6VYpNzI/AAAAAAAABrY/LOB8UqwtVkg/s320/12-31-09+Halee+poppers.JPG" /></a> Did some sparklers,<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sz5WjnUtPoI/AAAAAAAABrQ/G43JfNiuyU8/s1600-h/12-31-09+Hannah+sparklers.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421866171251900034" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sz5WjnUtPoI/AAAAAAAABrQ/G43JfNiuyU8/s320/12-31-09+Hannah+sparklers.JPG" /></a> and played the Wii.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sz5WMkS-3hI/AAAAAAAABrI/8p2LUex8KVE/s1600-h/12-31-09+wii+game.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421865775302368786" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sz5WMkS-3hI/AAAAAAAABrI/8p2LUex8KVE/s320/12-31-09+wii+game.JPG" /></a><br />It was a great family night. Now for the beginning of the next year! We pray it brings blessings to all.<br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297780327394343076.post-28400681375109442782009-12-27T17:48:00.004-07:002009-12-27T19:28:41.368-07:00Christmas Program<p>Here is the girls Christmas program. The exciting part of the Christmas program this year was that we only had to go to one! Both girls are now in the same school and had the same program. The interesting part is that it is during the school day. It worked out best for me to go at 9:30 and Ed at 12:45! </p><p>I started with the end and worked my way to the beginning because when you load pictures, that is how you have to do it. Well, with video, I guess you don't! Anyway, just some snippettes of songs they sang.</p><p>Hannah is on the middle row in a black shirt. Here are the names of the songs in the order you will hear them. 1. Zumba, Zumba 2. The 12 Days of Christmas 3. Mistletoe Gifts</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dybZVvXxl5YCW1Fd_enMsmVeZsQY5S8nqdrvP30BfZqr6GTEmRD9JfF09GM6mJE4l2ArsJWUc3LvcUDGDiSCw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxGki5OmcpJmk447IEbr-teW1MiHCfMVpnGEtqtwZiZ6IeXp1QFLYsYDpPoh_-0wOI59PaPlXbhchD3cZNRkg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p>(Blogger is not being very user friendly for me tonight!) So, Halee's songs are next. Halee is in the front row in the red dress with the white collar. She is singing... 1. Decorate the Tree 2. Jolly Old St. Nicholas 3. If I could fly like a snowflake. Enjoy!</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwJ532fVbu9WGRcFCKD_g7VmJcwlnEUx-ScSzOzFYy6BEwuQ_Q8gFcluolMjW4cHQ_xvQDE_yIpmQgFePUgWg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyRfoiXKAM3k4CbipMaioZZOPyrOxFxlzDpJ4KZBefRf-b5OeuvZjBX3z3qTHFmXktSyQA0SkQVhb7cJvjYdg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy-mqh9falX4dzV1XqGEFF8iNMG7jCUG4ULu67Dmp0OMPPAE5QuWkjHqI7syO76e-WrowSs4Blg6L_jFYCTNQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxafB9mXnqMCu03V9XNWf5ulySb-KzaxOz0chV6VdOYEqdwByiEeReAFpQkQ_oxCQktzrP2HQ6j7iolX_-o0Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p>Next, to work on Christmas!</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297780327394343076.post-75668506720311482342009-12-20T16:13:00.022-07:002009-12-20T17:16:28.505-07:00Thanksgiving in TexasGoing backwards in time, this post is our trip to Texas for Thanksgiving. We gone 7 1/2 days, traveled almost 2800 miles, stayed at 3 relatives homes, and saw all of my family except 5 cousins.<br /><br /><div><div>Our trip began on Friday, November 20th. We headed to Billings. Saturday morning, we were out of town by 7 am. Our destination - Denver!<br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy62v_YLI6I/AAAAAAAABqo/sIZrla2zilA/s1600-h/11-27-09+Hannah+in+the+car.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417468337356219298" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy62v_YLI6I/AAAAAAAABqo/sIZrla2zilA/s320/11-27-09+Hannah+in+the+car.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy62W9ls-EI/AAAAAAAABqg/87j3Wop4-mU/s1600-h/11-27-09+Halee+-+comforts+in+the+car.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417467907379361858" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy62W9ls-EI/AAAAAAAABqg/87j3Wop4-mU/s320/11-27-09+Halee+-+comforts+in+the+car.JPG" /></a> In Denver, we stayed at my Uncle Kerry and Aunt Marsha's home. 3 of their kids (my cousins) came over for dinner. We were going to get a picture of all the kids, but forgot. Connor and Braxton were there also, but had already headed home. These are my cousin Jennifer's boys.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy62GYSmyTI/AAAAAAAABqY/xPknHq99LsY/s1600-h/cousins+-+David,+Halee,+Hannah,+Aiden,+Sean.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417467622489246002" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy62GYSmyTI/AAAAAAAABqY/xPknHq99LsY/s320/cousins+-+David,+Halee,+Hannah,+Aiden,+Sean.JPG" /></a> Saturday when we got to town, we headed to Casa Bonita for dinner. We sat at a table right by the diving pond and watched the diving show 3 times!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy61kUl2SSI/AAAAAAAABqQ/z6ump3U-SBA/s1600-h/11-21-09+Casa+Bonita.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417467037380659490" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy61kUl2SSI/AAAAAAAABqQ/z6ump3U-SBA/s320/11-21-09+Casa+Bonita.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div>Sunday began by going to church in Castle Rock. Always good to worship with old friends! Lunch was at Chipotle - Ed's favorite restaurant. He enjoys the one pound burrito! </div><div><br /> </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417469964946020754" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy64Oun0mZI/AAAAAAAABqw/VJ7uj8i4KdY/s320/11-22-09+Ed+eating+Chipotle+burrito.JPG" />After lunch we headed to the Butterfly Pavillion.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy61QztvQfI/AAAAAAAABqI/L9eQIM7oXYA/s1600-h/11-22-09+Butterfly+Pavillion+(20).JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417466702137868786" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy61QztvQfI/AAAAAAAABqI/L9eQIM7oXYA/s320/11-22-09+Butterfly+Pavillion+(20).JPG" /></a><br />So many different types of butterflies!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy60oUrFzJI/AAAAAAAABqA/jtS49aTFaRA/s1600-h/11-22-09+Butterfly+Pavillion+(4).JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417466006610496658" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy60oUrFzJI/AAAAAAAABqA/jtS49aTFaRA/s320/11-22-09+Butterfly+Pavillion+(4).JPG" /></a> The butterfly pavillion has this large open atrium where the butterflies just flutter around.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy60T4nbujI/AAAAAAAABp4/AxXzwSIeyQ8/s1600-h/11-22-09+Butterfly+Pavillion+(7).JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417465655481580082" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy60T4nbujI/AAAAAAAABp4/AxXzwSIeyQ8/s320/11-22-09+Butterfly+Pavillion+(7).JPG" /></a><br />Hannah and Halee were trying to stand still to see if a butterfly would land on them!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy6z5HF0ZEI/AAAAAAAABpw/7uC0pj-iBdg/s1600-h/11-22-09+standing+still+to+see+if+butterfly+will+land+on+them.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417465195510654018" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy6z5HF0ZEI/AAAAAAAABpw/7uC0pj-iBdg/s320/11-22-09+standing+still+to+see+if+butterfly+will+land+on+them.JPG" /></a> We finished the day off with a trip to the mall and dinner at my uncle and aunt's.</div><br /><div>Monday, we headed for Clovis to visit my Granny Dot. Always good to still be able to visit her. She will celebrate her 90th birthday in April. She still lives in her own home by herself, drives her car wherever she needs to go, volunteers at the Hope Center a couple of times a week, and plays lots of bridge.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy6zleZ3Z2I/AAAAAAAABpo/1jfPXdpvCpA/s1600-h/11-24-09+Halee+%26+Granny+Dot.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417464858171369314" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy6zleZ3Z2I/AAAAAAAABpo/1jfPXdpvCpA/s320/11-24-09+Halee+%26+Granny+Dot.JPG" /></a> Tuesday we finally made it to Amarillo.<br /></div><div>Wednesday evening the big treat was dinner at the Big Texan!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy6zUGznCTI/AAAAAAAABpg/mg6l-fZwOPo/s1600-h/11-25-09+Big+Texan+(2).JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417464559779121458" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy6zUGznCTI/AAAAAAAABpg/mg6l-fZwOPo/s320/11-25-09+Big+Texan+(2).JPG" /></a> We had our dinner, were serenaded by the band and enjoyed the games afterwards. The girls were given some tokens by a generous man in the lobby and tried their hand at gambling! We played until all the coins were gone....no winnings!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy6y_ftm8MI/AAAAAAAABpY/-MSUVk4E598/s1600-h/11-25-09+Big+Texan+(6).JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417464205687582914" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy6y_ftm8MI/AAAAAAAABpY/-MSUVk4E598/s320/11-25-09+Big+Texan+(6).JPG" /></a> Dad also played the shooting game with Halee.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy6yrxX9MEI/AAAAAAAABpQ/Q1h10ovuZ-0/s1600-h/11-25-09+Big+Texan+(5).JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417463866831220802" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy6yrxX9MEI/AAAAAAAABpQ/Q1h10ovuZ-0/s320/11-25-09+Big+Texan+(5).JPG" /></a><br /><div>We celebrated Christmas that evening with my parents. Ed had a large package that warranted a large bow.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy6x3McX1mI/AAAAAAAABpA/ukfBZ-gBu6c/s1600-h/11-25-09+xmas+in+Texas+Ed+(5).JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417462963564435042" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy6x3McX1mI/AAAAAAAABpA/ukfBZ-gBu6c/s320/11-25-09+xmas+in+Texas+Ed+(5).JPG" /></a> Of course, the girls helped open up everyone else's presents also.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy6xjl8L3iI/AAAAAAAABo4/_6l6ThlG-SA/s1600-h/11-25-09+xmas+in+Texas+Granddad.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417462626811371042" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy6xjl8L3iI/AAAAAAAABo4/_6l6ThlG-SA/s320/11-25-09+xmas+in+Texas+Granddad.JPG" /></a><br />Halee finally got an American Girl doll (although generic, she loves it!).<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy6xHu3AOBI/AAAAAAAABow/3K3n6ukOiCg/s1600-h/11-25-09+xmas+in+Texas+Halee+(9).JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417462148169218066" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy6xHu3AOBI/AAAAAAAABow/3K3n6ukOiCg/s320/11-25-09+xmas+in+Texas+Halee+(9).JPG" /></a> This is my mom very excited to receive her gifts.<br /><div><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy6wghB5-iI/AAAAAAAABog/Sy723LlJRPo/s1600-h/11-25-09+xmas+in+Texas+Nana+(2).JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417461474441951778" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy6wghB5-iI/AAAAAAAABog/Sy723LlJRPo/s320/11-25-09+xmas+in+Texas+Nana+(2).JPG" /></a></div><div>Hannah presents all seemed to follow a science theme this year. However, her favorite seems to be these moon boots.</div><div> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417473340788247954" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy67TOnVDZI/AAAAAAAABq4/RNc8IzALoAM/s320/11-25-09+xmas+in+Texas+Hannah+(11).JPG" />Another present she got was the diet coke experiment. Peter was very excited to go outside and blow it up! We all enjoyed the explosion and tried it again.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyrIklSqVE-35QzYj2GqHV4Qpz9ydx1f10HMSFKtdz8iNp6RiHLRBsRx_n78xMFNiMkkrV-L5MYReMSyPoU-w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div> </div><div>Lastly, were able to see my brother, Peter. We haven't seen him since 2005! The girls always seem to enjoy rough housing and tickling with Uncle Peter.</div><div> </div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417473640170128114" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/Sy67kp5iAvI/AAAAAAAABrA/yJvuq4iMJ8w/s320/11-26-09+playing+with+Uncle+Peter.JPG" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><p>Our journey home began on Friday, November 27. We were able to stop in Colorado Springs and have lunch with some friends. We made it all the way to Cheyenne. Saturday we drove on home. It was a great trip, but glad to be home again.</p><p>Now, onto Christmas! I will try to post soon the girls Christmas program...stay tuned!</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297780327394343076.post-88235577260304051572009-12-16T20:57:00.001-07:002009-12-16T21:00:29.207-07:00Merry Christmas 2009Our Christmas Card this year:<br /><br />Dashing through last year<br />Was really quite a scare<br />We thought that we would move<br />It was for God to prove.<br />Ed’s office closed the door<br />Colorado was the goal<br />Our house was on the market<br />We thought we had a target.<br />Wilson tales, Wilson tales, this is what we did<br />We waited and we waited to see what God would bid!<br />It became clear to us<br />Colorado was not the plus<br />To stay in Montana<br />Seemed very clear to us.<br />Ed was offered a previous position<br />To work at Stahly Engineerin’<br />We are in a happy disposition<br />To see God’s provision.<br />Wilson tales, Wilson tales, this is how we’ve been<br />We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy 2010!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297780327394343076.post-37760686185353793002009-11-03T20:25:00.007-07:002009-11-03T20:43:55.380-07:00Happy HalloweenWhen thinking about costumes this year, we visited Gramma's pattern supply. Halee found a pattern of a mermaid and was set. We went to the fabric store and it had to look exactly like the picture. I think we did a pretty good job!<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SvD2bjrU_JI/AAAAAAAABn4/HxGbaaeOeyg/s1600-h/10-31+Mermaid+Halee.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400086906511096978" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SvD2bjrU_JI/AAAAAAAABn4/HxGbaaeOeyg/s320/10-31+Mermaid+Halee.JPG" /></a><br />Hannah had several ideas in mind before she settled on a bunny. She recently lost the two teeth on each side of the front middle teeth (sorry I don't know the name!) So, she had bunny teeth! I was willing to sew the whole bunny outfit, but she just wanted a white sweat suit with a tummy and tail. Did you know that you cannot find white sweat pants in this town? Well, I ended up making them!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SvD2F4QbntI/AAAAAAAABnw/niNJxKhdiUs/s1600-h/10-31+Bunny+Hannah.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400086534078308050" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SvD2F4QbntI/AAAAAAAABnw/niNJxKhdiUs/s320/10-31+Bunny+Hannah.JPG" /></a> Actually all of us were in costume this year. (but guess who was behind the camera!) Ed dressed up as a sword belonging to the Holy Spirit.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SvD1rZGDoCI/AAAAAAAABno/uAcFNHlF-nY/s1600-h/10-31+sword+Ed.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400086079036694562" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SvD1rZGDoCI/AAAAAAAABno/uAcFNHlF-nY/s320/10-31+sword+Ed.JPG" /></a> Our church decided to hold a trunk or treat. One emphasis that they wanted to have was to give the community something more than candy. There were several biblical based games. Our was a pictionary game where someone drew something from the Bible and they had to guess what it was. Two from our YAC group helped run the game, but in the end Hannah ended up drawing most of the pictures! It was definately beneficial to her to be on the giving side.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SvD1TV9lSvI/AAAAAAAABng/h0qbEWXbBbY/s1600-h/10-31+Hannah+drawing.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400085665878985458" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SvD1TV9lSvI/AAAAAAAABng/h0qbEWXbBbY/s320/10-31+Hannah+drawing.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SvD09a_aRpI/AAAAAAAABnY/iIin4aiJJzw/s1600-h/10-31+pictionary+game.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400085289271707282" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SvD09a_aRpI/AAAAAAAABnY/iIin4aiJJzw/s320/10-31+pictionary+game.JPG" /></a><br />Here is our trunk. Can you guess what it is?<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SvD0jC-dDrI/AAAAAAAABnQ/WRCuXJdWyr4/s1600-h/10-31+our+trunk,+Jonah+%26+big+fish.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400084836148645554" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SvD0jC-dDrI/AAAAAAAABnQ/WRCuXJdWyr4/s320/10-31+our+trunk,+Jonah+%26+big+fish.JPG" /></a> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Jonah and the Big Fish! Ed did a great job putting this one together.<br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297780327394343076.post-1888183026047887902009-10-24T18:12:00.019-06:002009-10-24T18:58:56.728-06:00Fall 2009Well, fall is here and we in full swing with school. The girls are now going to Emily Dickinson Elementary school. Hannah is in 2nd grade. School started for her on August 26th.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuOe12pZUnI/AAAAAAAABnA/Cw-x7tETIg8/s1600-h/DSC02287.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396331426559382130" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuOe12pZUnI/AAAAAAAABnA/Cw-x7tETIg8/s320/DSC02287.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuOefYSmLcI/AAAAAAAABm4/E84J-p4L2Fc/s1600-h/DSC02288.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396331040453569986" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuOefYSmLcI/AAAAAAAABm4/E84J-p4L2Fc/s320/DSC02288.JPG" /></a><br />Halee started Kindergarten on September 2nd. You will find her picture below because I can't get it moved to where I want it!<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuOeBdQVBcI/AAAAAAAABmw/TY7gN1dpIEs/s1600-h/9-2-09.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396330526390158786" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuOeBdQVBcI/AAAAAAAABmw/TY7gN1dpIEs/s320/9-2-09.jpg" /></a> Just a cute picture of the girls!<br /><br />We ended our Yellowstone Bible Camp season on Labor Day. I was not the cook and Ed was not the manager. We did a lot of nothing that weekend and enjoyed camp. We had a great time! We will miss the camp until next year, but sure did enjoy this year.<br /><div align="left"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuOd2Dy7CuI/AAAAAAAABmo/VZvRd98MK_g/s1600-h/9-7-09.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396330330577373922" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuOd2Dy7CuI/AAAAAAAABmo/VZvRd98MK_g/s320/9-7-09.JPG" /></a>On September 12th, Grandma and Chloe came for a visit. We decided to go to Rocky Creek Farm. It is a farm that grows vegetables for the public to come and pick.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuOde1uC1oI/AAAAAAAABmg/7tAnFoi1ESc/s1600-h/9-12-09.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396329931661825666" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuOde1uC1oI/AAAAAAAABmg/7tAnFoi1ESc/s320/9-12-09.JPG" /></a><br />You ride on a tractor out to whereever it is you want to go. They always give the kids the opportunity to drive. This driver let all 3 drive 2 times! The kids loved it.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuOdIp4AZAI/AAAAAAAABmY/euwzFRpfETs/s1600-h/9-12-09+tractor+driving.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396329550525260802" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuOdIp4AZAI/AAAAAAAABmY/euwzFRpfETs/s320/9-12-09+tractor+driving.JPG" /></a><br />We picked raspberries, apples, corn and squash.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuOczTtD0oI/AAAAAAAABmQ/o-mmtrJ8dRw/s1600-h/9-12-09+Hannah%27s+ready+to+eat+it.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396329183796515458" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuOczTtD0oI/AAAAAAAABmQ/o-mmtrJ8dRw/s320/9-12-09+Hannah%27s+ready+to+eat+it.JPG" /></a> There is always lots of hay bales around.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuOceBMtLrI/AAAAAAAABmI/ijGpR9i_FUQ/s1600-h/9-12-09+Gramma+and+grandkids.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396328818051722930" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuOceBMtLrI/AAAAAAAABmI/ijGpR9i_FUQ/s320/9-12-09+Gramma+and+grandkids.JPG" /></a> On August 31st, Halee had her 5th birthday.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuOcCYqu0JI/AAAAAAAABmA/jCztqth5Q4U/s1600-h/8-31-09+the+gits.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396328343315337362" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuOcCYqu0JI/AAAAAAAABmA/jCztqth5Q4U/s320/8-31-09+the+gits.JPG" /></a> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396327965531220242" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuObsZT-qRI/AAAAAAAABl4/9U1am8Ge29I/s320/DSC02290.JPG" />(Here is the picture of Halee's 1st day of school)<br /><br /><div>This year we decided to have a joint birthday party for the girls at the Ridge. The Ridge is an athletic club with a kids play zone. They chose a swimming party.<br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuObW2ARMVI/AAAAAAAABlw/GRpn5ziRvD4/s1600-h/HandH_Birthday_Party_083.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396327595276054866" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuObW2ARMVI/AAAAAAAABlw/GRpn5ziRvD4/s320/HandH_Birthday_Party_083.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuObSWz8XzI/AAAAAAAABlo/ue3RlCT1TMM/s1600-h/HandH_Birthday_Party_079.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396327518183382834" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuObSWz8XzI/AAAAAAAABlo/ue3RlCT1TMM/s320/HandH_Birthday_Party_079.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuObNByL6wI/AAAAAAAABlg/8jlV7m99xEI/s1600-h/HandH_Birthday_Party_036.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396327426639522562" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuObNByL6wI/AAAAAAAABlg/8jlV7m99xEI/s320/HandH_Birthday_Party_036.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuObHggWwiI/AAAAAAAABlY/AY5tfKxHdcQ/s1600-h/HandH_Birthday_Party_012.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396327331807019554" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuObHggWwiI/AAAAAAAABlY/AY5tfKxHdcQ/s320/HandH_Birthday_Party_012.jpg" /></a><br />We are still working with the YAC (Young Adult Christian) group. They come to our home every Monday for a Bible study. We have been having 12-14 every week along with the Atwoods. The Atwoods are the other couple that we work with in this ministry.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuOa5FbiZgI/AAAAAAAABlQ/ly_wHphabgc/s1600-h/DSC02321.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396327084020884994" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuOa5FbiZgI/AAAAAAAABlQ/ly_wHphabgc/s320/DSC02321.JPG" /></a><br />On September 19th, Hannah turned 7. All she wanted was a camera!<br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuOZTINC73I/AAAAAAAABlI/ZLuBsGcFfjM/s1600-h/DSC02327.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396325332418752370" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuOZTINC73I/AAAAAAAABlI/ZLuBsGcFfjM/s320/DSC02327.JPG" /></a><br />Skip forward one month....Last weekend we went to Hamilton to visit some friends. They toured us around the area doing kid friendly things. One of the things we did was feed the ducks. They were a hungry group of ducks!</div><div><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuOY9HhfDZI/AAAAAAAABlA/8ztVnihjkG8/s1600-h/DSC02339.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396324954278923666" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuOY9HhfDZI/AAAAAAAABlA/8ztVnihjkG8/s320/DSC02339.JPG" /></a><br />We also went to this place called Qwivals. We wanted to do the corn maze. Due to the early arrival of winter, the corn all shrunk! We did part of the maze anyway. Afterwards, we found this place for a picture. <div></div><div></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuOYmPduU3I/AAAAAAAABk4/WYLivPdjjHw/s1600-h/DSC02348.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396324561273639794" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xfO0Y16cyLc/SuOYmPduU3I/AAAAAAAABk4/WYLivPdjjHw/s320/DSC02348.JPG" /></a></div><div>The last of the big news is that Ed is employed again! Stahly Engineering has rehired him on a part time basis. He started working just 24 hours a week, but has moved up to about 30 hours. It works out well for us right now. I still go to work at 7, he gets the kids ready and takes them to school, goes to work and then gets off in time to pick them up. I get off at 4. As his hours increase we may have to work something else out, but for now, this works. We are thankful that God has taken care of us.</div><div></div><div>I think this gets you caught up on what we have been up do. Since school started, we haven't done too much. It has been nice to stay home!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3