tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14558036586747443342024-02-19T03:25:55.168-06:00une autre mère~ just "another mom" with a little french flair!une autre mèrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08785118854145562521noreply@blogger.comBlogger279125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455803658674744334.post-60828305554406945682024-01-08T21:19:00.004-06:002024-01-08T21:21:38.090-06:00a new blog<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrnCwrMw3qkWdnr4pjEfKskzz8OlrCgo6GH-glm6eBFyCQUKyj3WBn9fCmz-DkhAXlr5O80Xqrt19n73l9jgGF68Ax5qV-4nNuMnPiT63_HaYOwIo9zio52VkFf8CTAEiODi5ViNioY8FWXUxQjNcVtv2jmuMvOou2hfU3KhXcyCjvtxqlVFFMw_6W3U/s3085/IMG_6464.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3085" data-original-width="2314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrnCwrMw3qkWdnr4pjEfKskzz8OlrCgo6GH-glm6eBFyCQUKyj3WBn9fCmz-DkhAXlr5O80Xqrt19n73l9jgGF68Ax5qV-4nNuMnPiT63_HaYOwIo9zio52VkFf8CTAEiODi5ViNioY8FWXUxQjNcVtv2jmuMvOou2hfU3KhXcyCjvtxqlVFFMw_6W3U/s320/IMG_6464.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br />If anyone is still out here, I started a new blog - <a href="http://katierenae.com">katierenae.com</a>. Come join me and see how these kiddos have grown!<p></p>une autre mèrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08785118854145562521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455803658674744334.post-17647495249682336042013-08-26T21:44:00.001-05:002013-08-26T21:49:06.904-05:00A year later... Millie's Littlest Pet Shop Party!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Yikes! Can't believe I haven't touched this ol' blog in almost a year! But nothing brings me back to the blog like birthday parties... Will I post again after birthday season is over? I do not know. But for now, let's just enjoy the highlights from Millie's 6th birthday party.<br />
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This was the year for Millie's "small" party, since last year was her big <a href="http://uneautremere.blogspot.com/2012/09/millies-rainbow-unicorn-party.html" target="_blank">Rainbow Unicorn Party</a>. I originally intended for their "small" parties to be something like having one friend over, getting pizza, watching a movie, etc. No invitations, no decorations, no THEMES. However, last year was Addie's "off" year (since the year before was her big <a href="http://uneautremere.blogspot.com/2011/08/adelines-wizard-of-oz-party.html" target="_blank">Wizard of Oz party</a>) and I made the mistake of letting her do a theme. Bad idea... give this party-lovin' mama a theme and suddenly, I can't. stop. party. planning! So, since I let Addie's "small" party last year be a <a href="http://uneautremere.blogspot.com/2012/09/adelines-dolphin-party.html" target="_blank">Dolphin party</a> with 3 friends, I had to let Millie's "off" year include a themed party with a few friends too, right? I don't want to be labeled "unfair." But I SWEAR, from now on, the "off" year parties will just be 1 friend and pizza! I will not allow them to give me a theme. That is just way too dangerous. Enough, I say!<br />
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Now that I got that off my chest...<br />
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Millie decided she wanted a Littlest Pet Shop party. Hmmm... I really don't like commercialized character parties. But she insisted, so I obliged. Plus, I thought maybe it would help limit my instincts to go all out since I wasn't as into the idea. And it did help. I really didn't do as much for this one. But I still thought it turned out rather cute.<br />
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Every party starts with an invitation, right? Instead of buying the store-bought version (which wasn't very cute), I had Millie set up a little scene with some of her Littlest Pet Shop guys and we snapped a picture. I used Walmart's photo shop to make these invitations. Easy, cheap and personal!</div>
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The party was on a Friday night, so we started with pizza. See, I didn't even do themed food! This was easy peasy and the girls loved it!<br />
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After dinner, we headed into the dining room where the Adoption Center was set up. Millie had helped me earlier by setting out all her Littlest Pet Shop characters. I bought 3 new ones that needed loving homes, so Millie's guests could adopt them (an idea I saw on <a href="http://www.whimsy-love.com/2009/07/biggest-littlest-pet-shop-birthday.html" target="_blank">this blog</a>).</div>
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The pets joined in on the celebrating, complete with party hats and gifts. Millie's touch. ;)</div>
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Trying to decide which pet to adopt. Decisions, decisions...</div>
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After adopting their pets, we gathered around the table to decorate homes for them (another idea I stole from the above-mentioned blog - she had great ideas!). The little boxes were in the wedding-favor section of the Dollar Tree, 12 for $1! So we added gems, foam decorations and had ourselves some cute little homes for our pets!</div>
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My "model." Yes, I know it looks like a 5-year old did it. I was in a hurry! Plus, I didn't want to intimidate the children with an amazingly artistic house... ;)</div>
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Even Tate got to join in on the fun! Looks like he had something important to say here... ;)</div>
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I got the idea for these cute little cupcake toppers from the blog mentioned earlier (surprise, surprise!)</div>
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These are just some of the dozen I made (this is actually a pic from our little celebration with her tonight, I forgot to get a pic of them at the party!). </div>
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Everyone got to pick their own cupcake topper.</div>
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So, the "ice cream cone cupcakes" are cute, but we decided we wouldn't make them again. The cones get soft and no one in our family was a fan of that. But at least they were cute! :)</div>
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Blow out the candles, Millie!</div>
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Millie and her guests!</div>
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Finally, it was present time! She got some really nice gifts and loved them all!</div>
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Addie and Tate used their own money to buy Millie this Littlest Pet Shop roller coaster (notice the Target clearance sticker of course!). Addie actually asked for extra chores to do to earn money to buy her brother and sister nice birthday gifts. What a sweetie. </div>
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There was a little time left before the parents came, so they used their time wisely and played hard!</div>
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Soon I'll be posting pics of our little family celebrations for Tate's and Millie's birthdays (Tate's was Saturday, Millie's was today!). Adeline's is next week, but we're putting off her party until a few weeks later. I think it'll be a fun one!</div>
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une autre mèrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08785118854145562521noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455803658674744334.post-80209085710913303792012-09-17T12:00:00.000-05:002012-09-17T12:00:59.036-05:00dolphins and unicorns and football, oh my!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We've finally arrived at our last birthday post of the year. I'm sure you're all very relieved. That's the great thing about having 3 kids whose birthdays are all within 10 days.... it's crazy for a few weeks, but then we don't have to do it again for a whole year!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">A Flashpad from Nana and Baba! A great car activity!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9L8toV5JW7HNLiMTZT1CJq0C79V7Jdnom0O0CZtIUtRoZvu6Z5fo6hDKNMr9D-yM6i_Bl0BZyUFvA6-hfdQaFbdRGM-Uh0iymMYR1X4umKIZJzvOMds5xbuVeDa2wAAJ1ZXTz-H_pxHI/s1600/P1070818.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9L8toV5JW7HNLiMTZT1CJq0C79V7Jdnom0O0CZtIUtRoZvu6Z5fo6hDKNMr9D-yM6i_Bl0BZyUFvA6-hfdQaFbdRGM-Uh0iymMYR1X4umKIZJzvOMds5xbuVeDa2wAAJ1ZXTz-H_pxHI/s400/P1070818.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And Twinkle Toes too! Here she's hitting the bottoms to show how they light up, hence the blurriness.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH2tNJEFNZ6dPX3zL8kRfGQY1SLJHomRR-8cAAJ7E5vg5w4qFqA3jMkY8s3mABj9YA8CQO9uhlPD_qew7QH4FnhixdWcCUIXUVblG_BODlEHBvXk1duGYetfQTV2kp2d-BjeLDteAmW7w/s1600/P1070824.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH2tNJEFNZ6dPX3zL8kRfGQY1SLJHomRR-8cAAJ7E5vg5w4qFqA3jMkY8s3mABj9YA8CQO9uhlPD_qew7QH4FnhixdWcCUIXUVblG_BODlEHBvXk1duGYetfQTV2kp2d-BjeLDteAmW7w/s400/P1070824.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Millie got a new dollie from Nana and Baba,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDtuQAMcINrixWX08FImvfINOMgEnmZuk3f5bTG9ABzRah-9L-wP2STb0Y7wAanR0VBIuJ76xxbqwnLjvLOsil87SNb2Y5QHaat9OJINYZLKhr_BlqGgrhU5fIg9VOYGmaASVaM6zJwAw/s1600/P1070821.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDtuQAMcINrixWX08FImvfINOMgEnmZuk3f5bTG9ABzRah-9L-wP2STb0Y7wAanR0VBIuJ76xxbqwnLjvLOsil87SNb2Y5QHaat9OJINYZLKhr_BlqGgrhU5fIg9VOYGmaASVaM6zJwAw/s400/P1070821.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">complete with a handmade dress and nightie!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqi56cNSkVHdPkCm0GT8uQEPjL9wCnu05uxgJikJ8rBDG4UTJwu9f8kk30bgCAcu3Ybd4jA1YOOKEWzqYEey89dWf3uYhyphenhypheneaARWIGtigY4cnmtP9-XZ664eiIRP-dR1sXYA1Fhyphenhyphenpqcev4/s1600/P1070825.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqi56cNSkVHdPkCm0GT8uQEPjL9wCnu05uxgJikJ8rBDG4UTJwu9f8kk30bgCAcu3Ybd4jA1YOOKEWzqYEey89dWf3uYhyphenhypheneaARWIGtigY4cnmtP9-XZ664eiIRP-dR1sXYA1Fhyphenhyphenpqcev4/s400/P1070825.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And Tate scored big with his very own Lego set from Nana and Baba!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLZd-U2ZnGN-S7i5_OVllgaKg1pv3UtW3sVWNpb7MVeFzqhTI8Neq5tLZD5iehmbazryuhcDhvTuHW9ogHOzBf_7QaeXhl0iP6m644JdbsW3O0z5GRcJjuxQlh_KgrayjYoArB6MzFn0w/s1600/P1070827.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLZd-U2ZnGN-S7i5_OVllgaKg1pv3UtW3sVWNpb7MVeFzqhTI8Neq5tLZD5iehmbazryuhcDhvTuHW9ogHOzBf_7QaeXhl0iP6m644JdbsW3O0z5GRcJjuxQlh_KgrayjYoArB6MzFn0w/s400/P1070827.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then ALL the grandkids got a big surprise from Nana and Baba...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoLxcP-q-OXhgBalz_wmNI7T4QttLN0JGSqlI1QXL4hqdMiFVCMZWdV148-UJCbGmmNJPyTRT6RrHB2w_YMP8A6iPV1EK8OAWf5XbdQ-ukpYLNEpNnrD1-FVOeN2kwpOykmTAiDCbZWM/s1600/P1070829.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoLxcP-q-OXhgBalz_wmNI7T4QttLN0JGSqlI1QXL4hqdMiFVCMZWdV148-UJCbGmmNJPyTRT6RrHB2w_YMP8A6iPV1EK8OAWf5XbdQ-ukpYLNEpNnrD1-FVOeN2kwpOykmTAiDCbZWM/s400/P1070829.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">GOLDFISH!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Time for cake!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgcTpPu7_O_ZlgMTsVddAZqfQ3_V6oCQ9ukGsWv5FBBk8T0KD9EMwSEnASa6tMSuInAfIb_f1pXwlyymv83ELAsNoTfnGJMw7Zf2RVj55KUE1NyNKVyIWXdZnHBvETTYhWHAI-RUOVoCY/s1600/P1070833.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgcTpPu7_O_ZlgMTsVddAZqfQ3_V6oCQ9ukGsWv5FBBk8T0KD9EMwSEnASa6tMSuInAfIb_f1pXwlyymv83ELAsNoTfnGJMw7Zf2RVj55KUE1NyNKVyIWXdZnHBvETTYhWHAI-RUOVoCY/s400/P1070833.JPG" width="335" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another birthday season is now behind us. Glad that the craziness is over... but sad because now my babies are 3, 5 and 7! Is it just me, or does it sometimes seem like life is in fast-forward? Where's that pause button when I need it?! :(</div><br />
</div>une autre mèrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08785118854145562521noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455803658674744334.post-67958641353497311782012-09-13T23:21:00.001-05:002012-09-14T05:43:25.154-05:00adeline's dolphin party<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Adeline turned the ripe ol' age of 7 on September 3rd. I know - SE-VEN! I can't believe my firstborn has already reached an age that requires two syllables!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As you can see, she was pretty excited about it:</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnWR8Kf9p8SQTGu93HzjmKGJ8lN0zeVLu15O0b4yo4JDfVZ46le2l7rOZY8B08UnbB6cMPrIGZp8lWX1ptCKGDnltYmQdjj1PBWc1LRz6thyxLMMTDCyBCQI96ttiL_CWlEtQ2POdSHz4/s1600/P1070753.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnWR8Kf9p8SQTGu93HzjmKGJ8lN0zeVLu15O0b4yo4JDfVZ46le2l7rOZY8B08UnbB6cMPrIGZp8lWX1ptCKGDnltYmQdjj1PBWc1LRz6thyxLMMTDCyBCQI96ttiL_CWlEtQ2POdSHz4/s400/P1070753.JPG" width="300" /></a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But she was probably mostly excited about her "little" party. As you may recall, she had her first big "friend party" last year, and we had told her that this year it would be much smaller. Like just a few friends hanging out. No big deal. Really. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well... Addie is too much like her mother when it comes to party planning. By the time her Wizard of Oz party was <i>barely</i> over last year, she was already in the works of planning her Dolphin Swim Party for this year <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(she's a HUGE fan of the movie Dolphin Tale - like maybe even obsessed)</i></span>. I kept reminding her that it was going to be <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">teensy weensy</span></i>. That there really was NO need for planning because it was really more like just having a few friends over to go swimming. But <i>all</i> throughout the year she was making lists of different dolphin game ideas, songs to play, snacks to have, decorations to make, etc, etc, etc. I didn't want to crush her dreams and thwart her party planning capabilities. But I also knew Millie was having her big party just a week before and I <i>really</i> didn't want to have a mental breakdown. So we came to a compromise of sorts. She could have 3 friends over (<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I had originally said 2, but then realized that would make an odd number and that's never good in such a small group of young girls</span></i>) and I would make a cake and have a few snacks, but she would have to do the decorating, games and activities. She was all about that. So here's what it ended up looking like:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">By her request - a dolphin cookie cake. Complete with 2 kissing dolphins and a "Lego Addie" lounging on the beach with an ice cream shake under an umbrella.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE1jNMwASkwJqcCRJYhX5fwjZOWxTnzi3yto_2DjaTerORETAQY1fE-Sk8vED0IKQzuTfGql-U5rYPucJXip49_XpmeHVGo_TKLrLLdRDMQS5VBQqVvOzy-tM2K9nrBkKf3xQDoGMSbNk/s1600/P1070752.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE1jNMwASkwJqcCRJYhX5fwjZOWxTnzi3yto_2DjaTerORETAQY1fE-Sk8vED0IKQzuTfGql-U5rYPucJXip49_XpmeHVGo_TKLrLLdRDMQS5VBQqVvOzy-tM2K9nrBkKf3xQDoGMSbNk/s400/P1070752.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The lovely decorations. Okay, so I did make the banner, but all the dolphin masterpieces are completely her own.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpHtScOHiK6BBuBNBNizgwMM7z4CZPmcDxdVxhoNuJwxV_LGG54z3sPb8QjQmfxcQCeL2sI8H5uBiF4hhpMjvfP158A2r4QYkeEkVU6UjxkpPCODQfI0KTx7Dqoj2N_OAUlf9Mf3X40IU/s1600/P1070741.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpHtScOHiK6BBuBNBNizgwMM7z4CZPmcDxdVxhoNuJwxV_LGG54z3sPb8QjQmfxcQCeL2sI8H5uBiF4hhpMjvfP158A2r4QYkeEkVU6UjxkpPCODQfI0KTx7Dqoj2N_OAUlf9Mf3X40IU/s400/P1070741.JPG" width="311" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We decided whales would make a nice snack for a dolphin party.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNs6huISKCg13qizPhNyX4htt6-CSxfw6qnptgMruZgsVEay0ekKYCbEWvnPJkftlzv69IHt_QgASuugLHuZc1wvNQ1s4nBSsCw46KjnWcwOcuA7NHCQlpk78zGCTd47zdKjXn84XeQko/s1600/P1070736.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNs6huISKCg13qizPhNyX4htt6-CSxfw6qnptgMruZgsVEay0ekKYCbEWvnPJkftlzv69IHt_QgASuugLHuZc1wvNQ1s4nBSsCw46KjnWcwOcuA7NHCQlpk78zGCTd47zdKjXn84XeQko/s400/P1070736.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another request - dolphin-shaped cookies. Fortunately she already had a "toy" dolphin cookie cutter. It wasn't the best, but it worked.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMCrb59HCk0TzsbymTXqBvimZPeBYoHutxzxxULUfk3l0Yg5OTIzHzPRem3gLjbWMybz2rdMYrHRTiZBEa4WwD9yr_13FYrWljm0GCurdtL7xsZuH2apTDaQg-LCchnI9MqWJXEHu6WcA/s1600/P1070747.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMCrb59HCk0TzsbymTXqBvimZPeBYoHutxzxxULUfk3l0Yg5OTIzHzPRem3gLjbWMybz2rdMYrHRTiZBEa4WwD9yr_13FYrWljm0GCurdtL7xsZuH2apTDaQg-LCchnI9MqWJXEHu6WcA/s400/P1070747.JPG" width="293" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You'll notice the lovely dolphin mosaics on the tables. Those were craft kits sent by Nana B. before her birthday so she could make them to use as decorations.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2jACLaFjfInk4fDhjGQaRfx-cg7N3vaKuWYWtIzTCVjcQiOMu83Abia6i2zQ3swkEgX3sga6k2VRN9YyQJYNtNdJVDv8Sh7LzY4p6OyDN_WIrdtxbfRmuVbWdnzmx181zRzJp55ZZBNU/s1600/P1070744.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2jACLaFjfInk4fDhjGQaRfx-cg7N3vaKuWYWtIzTCVjcQiOMu83Abia6i2zQ3swkEgX3sga6k2VRN9YyQJYNtNdJVDv8Sh7LzY4p6OyDN_WIrdtxbfRmuVbWdnzmx181zRzJp55ZZBNU/s400/P1070744.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The napkins and cups we already had, but I did splurge a <i>tad</i> and bought the plates when I ordered stuff for Millie's party from Oriental Trading. But they were still only $3 for 8, so I guess it wasn't that much of a splurge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The one other thing I bought was the party favors. The whale boxes were in the Dollar Spot at Target, the stuffed dolphins were from the Dollar Tree and the goldfish and M&Ms we already had. So, a total of $6 on party favors.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmdywZzyEGeQXo-st0djJ_ZRGotKClmWT9bwvIoK5QYExpYkgqF6bLP9VdwqvPpDqe3Ss4MfaK4wVcuorZ0Bhh6Mx0jAr_8QTL9SWuhRrebpWMIuWMphSqZ8KD_dWQ3_DIJNVH1sy91s/s1600/P1070749.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmdywZzyEGeQXo-st0djJ_ZRGotKClmWT9bwvIoK5QYExpYkgqF6bLP9VdwqvPpDqe3Ss4MfaK4wVcuorZ0Bhh6Mx0jAr_8QTL9SWuhRrebpWMIuWMphSqZ8KD_dWQ3_DIJNVH1sy91s/s400/P1070749.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here are the guests!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Xxv68HD5a_p8x69rHf92iObbeTuJCcLXcIOZ_UDNmunk41T1nRSzbOpvu0_RGU8SmZ5w3tzvyzDuvqLWCDd6IsTY2Cqn3Nr5D1S2yxeNgsppiyEyLH047Idf6vNOlk4hGIRJ3zpIskc/s1600/P1070757.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Xxv68HD5a_p8x69rHf92iObbeTuJCcLXcIOZ_UDNmunk41T1nRSzbOpvu0_RGU8SmZ5w3tzvyzDuvqLWCDd6IsTY2Cqn3Nr5D1S2yxeNgsppiyEyLH047Idf6vNOlk4hGIRJ3zpIskc/s400/P1070757.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Little sis Millie (she was a freebie), cousin Clara, a friend from her 1st grade class and one from her 2nd grade class. A pretty good mix. And they all got along really well too, considering nobody really knew each other.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a better picture of how they <i>really</i> acted:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGDkNqOO71o2fhDQur541gmuGQ5SXLe3drRkOmhNx-SnhxV7H6O6tuUpWeNiEt361G40ERk7OZ8NeKC1Ef3SV_duSYLP4D-V945jZdkuWA7oqKubreU866wZPNPYRWmIZkKQLbsbX1nDo/s1600/P1070758.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGDkNqOO71o2fhDQur541gmuGQ5SXLe3drRkOmhNx-SnhxV7H6O6tuUpWeNiEt361G40ERk7OZ8NeKC1Ef3SV_duSYLP4D-V945jZdkuWA7oqKubreU866wZPNPYRWmIZkKQLbsbX1nDo/s400/P1070758.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> They all got "inked up" in our dolphin tattoo parlor....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz9C_M8kv8ZXt4_rUB_j5ra3DlicyIkP4xpvkLR3rJu6r6L2NzB6ls3VL8gC-VlVVWvsajzMApVd0G11Smcw90EyoYxdYOdiz5zEJ5eJi-_yq5jXvZz6Jvo2O3ZyzLNnhmiWP3TRPJXvw/s1600/P1070755.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz9C_M8kv8ZXt4_rUB_j5ra3DlicyIkP4xpvkLR3rJu6r6L2NzB6ls3VL8gC-VlVVWvsajzMApVd0G11Smcw90EyoYxdYOdiz5zEJ5eJi-_yq5jXvZz6Jvo2O3ZyzLNnhmiWP3TRPJXvw/s400/P1070755.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And played "Pin the Tail on Winter" (If you've seen the movie, this will make more sense to you)...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBcZgc6mKAT-YWwTh_nt2gEaN1sVoY7VErIJQ8GMwJfqHNkOceLWJYOpWcC_8hSpxAErn9J0nbSyaeOWLXU72maac1Qhd0Mg_-dM0hXerz_k4g_Ul-eGJ93CFaPEbMzKRQ4Ofulx-6-ng/s1600/P1070759.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBcZgc6mKAT-YWwTh_nt2gEaN1sVoY7VErIJQ8GMwJfqHNkOceLWJYOpWcC_8hSpxAErn9J0nbSyaeOWLXU72maac1Qhd0Mg_-dM0hXerz_k4g_Ul-eGJ93CFaPEbMzKRQ4Ofulx-6-ng/s400/P1070759.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Had some yummy food...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuX6OSxaQrIZ4NtXOoasw2MbCvhju4CK74zzTeU9KvzpM1xrbMTyDrk8Z272Gd66AWzsa-aVyhvHC9pv4ZfJNfu5j19_4VXUMD7OKJqKBT3t8FdYean2i-VxrFMy6KjISXahCFL7bmJPo/s1600/P1070762.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuX6OSxaQrIZ4NtXOoasw2MbCvhju4CK74zzTeU9KvzpM1xrbMTyDrk8Z272Gd66AWzsa-aVyhvHC9pv4ZfJNfu5j19_4VXUMD7OKJqKBT3t8FdYean2i-VxrFMy6KjISXahCFL7bmJPo/s400/P1070762.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Opened presents...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Emmb-ZQi73h-eCxX6NIpEq3nfoXRUw8Lwf6w3-ck29t2RySE4a7WnBzaYxfZBLDol6eaPC8M90xZfXKXoTUElVtO59XNqJS_qKz-9pdd9mNAORGySgiEn9HEWleM0gh9FzxrPwqK23s/s1600/P1070764.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="337" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Emmb-ZQi73h-eCxX6NIpEq3nfoXRUw8Lwf6w3-ck29t2RySE4a7WnBzaYxfZBLDol6eaPC8M90xZfXKXoTUElVtO59XNqJS_qKz-9pdd9mNAORGySgiEn9HEWleM0gh9FzxrPwqK23s/s400/P1070764.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And SWAM!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6oD1d7stJg7FSL9aKhaPl8Kn29UbVky7j8baVip-PIGu9r2s-SJXLdaCef708vSfcXXO-UKJfdjjoDG19rOA5TzfPT1O46R02njtte1ERjIhIAmFffCQ7V903cDRDYwHmhZSFgchv984/s1600/P1070770.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6oD1d7stJg7FSL9aKhaPl8Kn29UbVky7j8baVip-PIGu9r2s-SJXLdaCef708vSfcXXO-UKJfdjjoDG19rOA5TzfPT1O46R02njtte1ERjIhIAmFffCQ7V903cDRDYwHmhZSFgchv984/s400/P1070770.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, it was fun. But still more work than I had anticipated after just finishing up Millie's big party. We told Addie that the next time we say, "small party," it'll be just ONE friend over for pizza, a movie and possibly a sleep over. I thought she'd be sad about that, but she seemed almost <i><b>more</b></i> excited at that possibility. Wish I would've known that a few weeks ago... ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After her friends left, we had dinner and then celebrated her birthday as a family. And no, I wasn't about to make yet <i>another</i> cake, so we just cut some pieces from her party cake.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJNh-yJdcyRMsn3vehk7FMNfEOjhsqFUDsmswCI4oM9XaoSG8bHk85ywQhRSZKUL3TEN7aTTnXSBn-9oXyNrpOaNCerBwbPoPl55ezN9zSmXX6ObchmN56yCBMX9cAfZa3VcG4VMmEV38/s1600/P1070779.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJNh-yJdcyRMsn3vehk7FMNfEOjhsqFUDsmswCI4oM9XaoSG8bHk85ywQhRSZKUL3TEN7aTTnXSBn-9oXyNrpOaNCerBwbPoPl55ezN9zSmXX6ObchmN56yCBMX9cAfZa3VcG4VMmEV38/s400/P1070779.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She was pretty excited about her Lego Friends sets. Since their birthdays, these girls have been building with their new legos like crazy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrUWnBBVtcCRZbes0fDYi-gflqfq_H4BSHFgyeTtW3abaQHYKXIPEeOGNcRV7IB5TXgIrf8ZNAqmqu3Pu0CQhldkCRCR1i_-3zM5L1QPs5h2GsewYnN6giyTS2BtwnLXV8OLrzJ9CCeyY/s1600/P1070784.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrUWnBBVtcCRZbes0fDYi-gflqfq_H4BSHFgyeTtW3abaQHYKXIPEeOGNcRV7IB5TXgIrf8ZNAqmqu3Pu0CQhldkCRCR1i_-3zM5L1QPs5h2GsewYnN6giyTS2BtwnLXV8OLrzJ9CCeyY/s400/P1070784.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She was also pretty excited to try out her new Dolphinz Petz Nintendo DS game. Anything dolphin-related is the key to this girl's heart. ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ9nFG6XJdSEf3MLMfnisyR-OCG4eRLxwp2o-mJeX3eGRnutcKUupXQWfOEPfYuiagzlCa9J3G1PfMwgCXgzSHLMbp4BmBFV_RSFTPq7hth0IZI6QP3lvpVZg8eYMt-lQuPfTCb2XN8cc/s1600/P1070790.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ9nFG6XJdSEf3MLMfnisyR-OCG4eRLxwp2o-mJeX3eGRnutcKUupXQWfOEPfYuiagzlCa9J3G1PfMwgCXgzSHLMbp4BmBFV_RSFTPq7hth0IZI6QP3lvpVZg8eYMt-lQuPfTCb2XN8cc/s400/P1070790.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So now that makes 3 birthdays and 2 parties down. 1 party (our big, combined family one) left to go. Those pics to come soon!</div><br />
</div>une autre mèrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08785118854145562521noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455803658674744334.post-79278286206576141242012-09-11T20:30:00.001-05:002012-09-11T20:30:00.495-05:00millie's rainbow unicorn party<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On August 26, our little Millie Jean turned 5!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5G2q5F4UBkuYj7W1XkUcRzWn9QPoRWacHkGlMjnUzezHPr5hrR727GGP5aax8gt2PuZOvbDLaqWz0Ks3CiFgPvZi9i2cBfJXeRhhqFGnNmCwktX_1y2E8ctvjqePEy9hyphenhyphen1C6r_LFax2c/s1600/P1070605.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5G2q5F4UBkuYj7W1XkUcRzWn9QPoRWacHkGlMjnUzezHPr5hrR727GGP5aax8gt2PuZOvbDLaqWz0Ks3CiFgPvZi9i2cBfJXeRhhqFGnNmCwktX_1y2E8ctvjqePEy9hyphenhyphen1C6r_LFax2c/s400/P1070605.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was the year for her first "friend" party, and she was set on a rainbow unicorn theme. And incase you didn't know, I LOVE to plan parties. <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I know many of you already saw these pics on facebook, so I'm sorry to be repetitive, but I wanted to document it on my blog too. </span></i> So, here are all the details:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had a hard time finding a rainbow unicorn for the cake topper, so I found a plastic horse at the Dollar Tree, hot-glued a screw to the head and spray-painted it all white (an idea I saw on <a href="http://laurahildebrand.blogspot.com/search?q=unicorn" target="_blank">this blog</a>). Then I used my kids' crayola paint to add the rainbow-colored accents. Since I really don't enjoy trying to decorate cakes, I decided to just cover the cake with rainbow Skittles, which was a big hit with the kids.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOzsVrYSwbzoJyncDskOMQVMRyxjTYKA1-tsQL5M5I1zhOWM3Pave7zQZCEVJKWxGLUyVAxHvE-zvzWOw55LoE106xTh3WHNIx4Fd5DG9ZLI-8ybbi8iZCacyXny9e4yj6sBNeqvrC0Ws/s1600/P1070587.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOzsVrYSwbzoJyncDskOMQVMRyxjTYKA1-tsQL5M5I1zhOWM3Pave7zQZCEVJKWxGLUyVAxHvE-zvzWOw55LoE106xTh3WHNIx4Fd5DG9ZLI-8ybbi8iZCacyXny9e4yj6sBNeqvrC0Ws/s640/P1070587.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I couldn't leave the inside of the cake just plain white, so I did the same thing that I did last year with Adeline's <a href="http://uneautremere.blogspot.com/2011/08/adelines-wizard-of-oz-party.html" target="_blank">Wizard of Oz cake</a> - and made it a rainbow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEn7wiBy-Cp_gPRsrsF9KIklNeviDaLQ11QWg9gy1sHiW4sma9y7od3lZRXmrUrgnpnkRuaoS_oTDRJ-zYLpMTS5L4I9cvgJIrgdQMg2ghq2cwLXU2mz0ytnsdYkjYazwmAhbhv6HST34/s1600/P1070652.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEn7wiBy-Cp_gPRsrsF9KIklNeviDaLQ11QWg9gy1sHiW4sma9y7od3lZRXmrUrgnpnkRuaoS_oTDRJ-zYLpMTS5L4I9cvgJIrgdQMg2ghq2cwLXU2mz0ytnsdYkjYazwmAhbhv6HST34/s400/P1070652.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The food table</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5bEqQnnabxjHsXF1LUrCqKA1NDO-ZJmb9fEWGY5F78kSFfRLbmYbPi5blB5BwNUisHH-lmvON5ma-qkR5gxJCiUgl5hj_dE35gAboFu0nDn2z1WN0tHNx8jHs8aom8s5AC2nnQfBO234/s1600/P1070630.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5bEqQnnabxjHsXF1LUrCqKA1NDO-ZJmb9fEWGY5F78kSFfRLbmYbPi5blB5BwNUisHH-lmvON5ma-qkR5gxJCiUgl5hj_dE35gAboFu0nDn2z1WN0tHNx8jHs8aom8s5AC2nnQfBO234/s400/P1070630.JPG" width="358" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For drinks, we did rainbow-colored Sprite. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyj8bQdHnPXItGAWqRXma5qem2YQjnQzBkuv5bmoXhu9dHTQ2MAn7o7qRSOHRWFJ7jCZVMuqpxtN6EjnxQog_dwVC0Ps16EueWsDjoTiDFNwvNg41e90ZL0B8hgQGDfiKBfoYa1OYKjYM/s1600/P1070626.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyj8bQdHnPXItGAWqRXma5qem2YQjnQzBkuv5bmoXhu9dHTQ2MAn7o7qRSOHRWFJ7jCZVMuqpxtN6EjnxQog_dwVC0Ps16EueWsDjoTiDFNwvNg41e90ZL0B8hgQGDfiKBfoYa1OYKjYM/s400/P1070626.JPG" width="228" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I didn't want to spend a lot of money on glass bottles (even though I like the look better), so I just bought a pack of the mini plastic Sunkist bottles, emptied the contents into a pitcher and peeled off the labels. Then I poured in the Sprite, added a drop or two of food coloring and added the fun straws.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivoJpcEkOQivcGAVJrSAGamvReJuVdj4p4aqlO067smNqa_cvfjMPKW48xctzI8A6JaNiZKSLaa8RUVQxzTfjdtyjfho3AKs7JFeGManIlb2J1DGUoMKwriq8l_vEmygxJK7CCBLzlonI/s1600/P1070628.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivoJpcEkOQivcGAVJrSAGamvReJuVdj4p4aqlO067smNqa_cvfjMPKW48xctzI8A6JaNiZKSLaa8RUVQxzTfjdtyjfho3AKs7JFeGManIlb2J1DGUoMKwriq8l_vEmygxJK7CCBLzlonI/s400/P1070628.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The rainbow fruit tray, same as the one I did for Addie's party last year, but this time I added big marshmallows for clouds, which the girls LOVED of course. :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHcIPL5bTxbdhRwESernkcCG2wuXS99hy_k30-KlAMNnV94UR0BGjnZPaRnVgYwmTUDy3HGK-IJiHvzMmHzg3GVWQqSIQ4uYZD78FOjA_cuz1YnF-VjMNzIBS69yv5rpfXFlOAFEgx2NY/s1600/P1070618.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHcIPL5bTxbdhRwESernkcCG2wuXS99hy_k30-KlAMNnV94UR0BGjnZPaRnVgYwmTUDy3HGK-IJiHvzMmHzg3GVWQqSIQ4uYZD78FOjA_cuz1YnF-VjMNzIBS69yv5rpfXFlOAFEgx2NY/s400/P1070618.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then we finished it off with rainbow Twizzlers, Bugles (because they look like mini unicorn horns) and rainbow-striped sour candy strips.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPNcAR2JRMTX5zrfyesdHuNlcgzMi0RhXNc4SudKc7WevXGn1BO6c4u94BN3oCe5zg7SJ-NkxTlrm_6qGlsaBNnlE3qn_XC-5ze6jS7YVN0GPLK7caEheyJiiz_Q-aisUh7hLuArFNIs/s1600/P1070616.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPNcAR2JRMTX5zrfyesdHuNlcgzMi0RhXNc4SudKc7WevXGn1BO6c4u94BN3oCe5zg7SJ-NkxTlrm_6qGlsaBNnlE3qn_XC-5ze6jS7YVN0GPLK7caEheyJiiz_Q-aisUh7hLuArFNIs/s400/P1070616.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't like a ton of matchy-matchy party decor, so I decided to just do these plates from Oriental Trading Co. I ordered them when they had free shipping for any size orders, so they were pretty inexpensive.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLH3fAy_GPbiJPUH13Z2mNV1dvDJIBc9ZsEW6ls8umX4aiDSvFa-zAhoerlk7fqQDuOthum1VIqhs7jn4qfVxE10J_anxAsmvKdX_QScneKCeJEq7edWJjfdENEbfuCRR73671JGXvl4s/s1600/P1070638.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLH3fAy_GPbiJPUH13Z2mNV1dvDJIBc9ZsEW6ls8umX4aiDSvFa-zAhoerlk7fqQDuOthum1VIqhs7jn4qfVxE10J_anxAsmvKdX_QScneKCeJEq7edWJjfdENEbfuCRR73671JGXvl4s/s400/P1070638.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I handmade her banner with good ol' cardstock and a color printer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifcin7svdSBbZ51CWOzyDMQVvFGf5CAOM7kMVZj_3hclIThNn8i_1S8yhYiPiD61Ap6M5tiRoll_P3Gv89KPKliR_OyJWqd-VYT199eeFXdQK7vAeTEysIj6sjvKaXwYzsH9MWtY9nK-U/s1600/P1070636.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifcin7svdSBbZ51CWOzyDMQVvFGf5CAOM7kMVZj_3hclIThNn8i_1S8yhYiPiD61Ap6M5tiRoll_P3Gv89KPKliR_OyJWqd-VYT199eeFXdQK7vAeTEysIj6sjvKaXwYzsH9MWtY9nK-U/s400/P1070636.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My favorite part of the whole party was the rainbow canopy set up over the table.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIMAgvEDOIEabTYcGh9PjOFjJldCfqt42SKiDSag8o0xcxfMJvgsximNCSVnDLJUlCvPAQr7vZWn39xZ1MTFfjjeEc6gwnFqsxTzNhKPBA879yWmrXvKDcnozOrU4eiOGq7reqw1kuDNI/s1600/P1070592.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIMAgvEDOIEabTYcGh9PjOFjJldCfqt42SKiDSag8o0xcxfMJvgsximNCSVnDLJUlCvPAQr7vZWn39xZ1MTFfjjeEc6gwnFqsxTzNhKPBA879yWmrXvKDcnozOrU4eiOGq7reqw1kuDNI/s400/P1070592.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was done with cheap plastic tablecloths, cut in half and tacked to the ceiling. Most of the colors were at the Dollar Tree and the rest were at Hobby Lobby for $2, so the whole canopy only cost about $8.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4JpIBrYnfXjHtUMm2OId7vAEz730lM5Vfwt3Q3EMnvAVnpaeWd6-5-qEO0NwUhZTMenJRgbnEZAwgAKtUEPH3DHxEUf5ClwnYMU3AEyFFDFJBzHLeI7Y56ZIc45fTiv6KDFBp4_uyHlo/s1600/P1070591.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4JpIBrYnfXjHtUMm2OId7vAEz730lM5Vfwt3Q3EMnvAVnpaeWd6-5-qEO0NwUhZTMenJRgbnEZAwgAKtUEPH3DHxEUf5ClwnYMU3AEyFFDFJBzHLeI7Y56ZIc45fTiv6KDFBp4_uyHlo/s640/P1070591.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Of course we had to decorate with unicorns too! This little beauty was just begging to be the center of attention.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGWSbjy38YAyQp4CWaTBtMlHQA2TZZCAJe1Xkge3tzB-4H1kljQcSDTTjMgani5R-C_3RErEQHX__UtMmYaKiRc8Xw-sYh8y7PoQmN-BUfTLl1f7lnfQIJitRT7uX1k2vID7yWW80Zy7g/s1600/P1070599.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGWSbjy38YAyQp4CWaTBtMlHQA2TZZCAJe1Xkge3tzB-4H1kljQcSDTTjMgani5R-C_3RErEQHX__UtMmYaKiRc8Xw-sYh8y7PoQmN-BUfTLl1f7lnfQIJitRT7uX1k2vID7yWW80Zy7g/s400/P1070599.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I surrounded her with white ramekins filled with rainbow colored beads for the craft. Pretty, yet functional.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIkSyHUoBHUoh7Tug_hwAFVI1m9nPF47zi0wOFEc8MIrSQOl1e9mSX8DWwqyhG9MHOqCJGGU0Vlq9Pvo5MdVdazNcJ5kzXX_JBEWIl8srxJSA2S8R5IFIyCekE5q91JWB5O7Gd-0rRtNo/s1600/P1070601.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIkSyHUoBHUoh7Tug_hwAFVI1m9nPF47zi0wOFEc8MIrSQOl1e9mSX8DWwqyhG9MHOqCJGGU0Vlq9Pvo5MdVdazNcJ5kzXX_JBEWIl8srxJSA2S8R5IFIyCekE5q91JWB5O7Gd-0rRtNo/s400/P1070601.JPG" width="397" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I prepared the girls' plates ahead of time with most of the supplies they would need to make their rainbow unicorn bracelets. This makes craft time go much smoother!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYzWGL1eW9IQTb1ibY2bfRsybhXZC91Bl6II38Uutxj_wVoWk7ivLilfUCbg0lrpn7tSng_6CK9gWGIruPiBAwmzCEwkb5e72UwTqnEnTdKqVmdx9JOQ8IJ5DDgSOuicAoevGJ9fISfoI/s1600/P1070603.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYzWGL1eW9IQTb1ibY2bfRsybhXZC91Bl6II38Uutxj_wVoWk7ivLilfUCbg0lrpn7tSng_6CK9gWGIruPiBAwmzCEwkb5e72UwTqnEnTdKqVmdx9JOQ8IJ5DDgSOuicAoevGJ9fISfoI/s400/P1070603.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These silver unicorn charms were found on eBay. I think I spent under $2 for 10. And we already had the rainbow colored beads.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rainbow Brite and her unicorn friends came to join us as well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0cP9-secxYoNtxckig46zlYbQFja1ftyBnjUOqAc65fwiPHPs_zOA-QEoSvGVoKI9GLcaR0958ki3pVRmUucI0eO0v3zmcXKcFXubyx6lVqDevexycNKAtTL-DyzrwBX9wD-MO3Vtya4/s1600/P1070595.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0cP9-secxYoNtxckig46zlYbQFja1ftyBnjUOqAc65fwiPHPs_zOA-QEoSvGVoKI9GLcaR0958ki3pVRmUucI0eO0v3zmcXKcFXubyx6lVqDevexycNKAtTL-DyzrwBX9wD-MO3Vtya4/s400/P1070595.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They stood guard over the party favors.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_u3Nc4txi5U5EqnTn6Gv76Fzj_7jsUUmHiCFejgX7CapEroD_szyLzaZVSwIdSxOHCLAV7b4KmpWvsbUVMzBxIBNczJuhEA0yX7_Mdq-FaVuU_1ukOC4AgbiL4vGblldMPTmDd-h3O0g/s1600/P1070593.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_u3Nc4txi5U5EqnTn6Gv76Fzj_7jsUUmHiCFejgX7CapEroD_szyLzaZVSwIdSxOHCLAV7b4KmpWvsbUVMzBxIBNczJuhEA0yX7_Mdq-FaVuU_1ukOC4AgbiL4vGblldMPTmDd-h3O0g/s400/P1070593.JPG" width="377" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These bags were on clearance at Target for dirt cheap, and I just used our printer to make the personalized labels.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Inside the bags were rainbow unicorn stickers and rubber duckies from Oriental Trading and rainbow unicorn lollipops from Amazon. I made unicorn coloring books by googling "free unicorn coloring pages," copying and pasting the images into Word and printing them double sided. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXAJDDhZ7WrRI5NmvNGuA6QhEa6ZJYg6wvU9IG6FVmaqOsSqRH89o47FA11_uxkatxbYaYMsg9d4X9zxHtB-65o_E6IzSurgHpLoImXluYaOUDdhomZOsG4XA3Y8P3D3f8rmExf9bKchE/s1600/P1070710.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXAJDDhZ7WrRI5NmvNGuA6QhEa6ZJYg6wvU9IG6FVmaqOsSqRH89o47FA11_uxkatxbYaYMsg9d4X9zxHtB-65o_E6IzSurgHpLoImXluYaOUDdhomZOsG4XA3Y8P3D3f8rmExf9bKchE/s400/P1070710.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I also made this "Pin the Horn on the Unicorn" party game by finding an image of a horse and printing it at 600%. Then I just used marker to color on the rainbow details.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzINmRY-eZ_biH4r2Y_G7zJekGYzfdxkkMf5MbGPnG6IkLVIhfeKuEOnOnnNxdbGi2jeYwbUjN0jyrSLJF7za3Fvdrn4y989JupSe85Kn7iryTYW-V8TSYWTlijU42lcMIMgHnEa9mEQ/s1600/P1070607.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzINmRY-eZ_biH4r2Y_G7zJekGYzfdxkkMf5MbGPnG6IkLVIhfeKuEOnOnnNxdbGi2jeYwbUjN0jyrSLJF7za3Fvdrn4y989JupSe85Kn7iryTYW-V8TSYWTlijU42lcMIMgHnEa9mEQ/s400/P1070607.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Millie had spent hours upon hours coloring and painting rainbows and unicorns with which to decorate her party, so of course we included those in the decorations too!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0wOZDbhG3DZvoaLlgW-HjokWzenX65oAvrKY1cXqUJvkGRPT0gnpBnt-Ka_t_by4GyvMar7lLastgT-WbbUOdsDq6c9ISwfu8djPc7PMJFjJTn__9Y09gSSIdI7DO8Cu9GFV4U0SqKhk/s1600/P1070609.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0wOZDbhG3DZvoaLlgW-HjokWzenX65oAvrKY1cXqUJvkGRPT0gnpBnt-Ka_t_by4GyvMar7lLastgT-WbbUOdsDq6c9ISwfu8djPc7PMJFjJTn__9Y09gSSIdI7DO8Cu9GFV4U0SqKhk/s400/P1070609.JPG" width="242" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had unicorn coloring pages ready for the girls to work on as they arrived, because there's always a few guests that come late and we didn't want the others to get antsy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS5rj23DeoXsTq1WZS0E1ErXM1xj2HxlyLb_djJkUb47sfSumd9TyvRCWuh-YCUY6L_l85SjmfYw3ZxYimSJ3Tdht9jovxv08WgBqSsDgWLQE_oz-xzP0uAH7KyM5P1G5pxDwafzrYiKU/s1600/P1070620.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS5rj23DeoXsTq1WZS0E1ErXM1xj2HxlyLb_djJkUb47sfSumd9TyvRCWuh-YCUY6L_l85SjmfYw3ZxYimSJ3Tdht9jovxv08WgBqSsDgWLQE_oz-xzP0uAH7KyM5P1G5pxDwafzrYiKU/s400/P1070620.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This sweet little unicorn sat by the entry handing out sparkly unicorn horns to all the girls.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiq8bLzTsdPyJzs1gtLm8f4_S8kLCMKTRnA4tS_UbL03xWUpF9LY4J45BF0mV-YtF4NgRn4t-R_nKR6W8Z6TsUY1VrbLOK0DlLmM8nFWU-VL7PKHNIMQBbN2Va950qXcNYrMXo4Tn7iD0/s1600/P1070589.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiq8bLzTsdPyJzs1gtLm8f4_S8kLCMKTRnA4tS_UbL03xWUpF9LY4J45BF0mV-YtF4NgRn4t-R_nKR6W8Z6TsUY1VrbLOK0DlLmM8nFWU-VL7PKHNIMQBbN2Va950qXcNYrMXo4Tn7iD0/s400/P1070589.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These horns were made with sparkly craft foam, sequined ribbon, rainbow colored elastic and hot glue.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The beautiful birthday girl!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTA63lztycU_D74G273ffN1pEJiVULkXR88Y9hkOEezDD1vpYck3vAZvLkSrZNd9mrQGkGZIoFuhkETqaGHcXpXXOGQiq7ncxqwNFWKqDfqcR8avwOJKS5fTlZw8UW5UJOXjxcQgOWj98/s1600/P1070624.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTA63lztycU_D74G273ffN1pEJiVULkXR88Y9hkOEezDD1vpYck3vAZvLkSrZNd9mrQGkGZIoFuhkETqaGHcXpXXOGQiq7ncxqwNFWKqDfqcR8avwOJKS5fTlZw8UW5UJOXjxcQgOWj98/s640/P1070624.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Millie with her cousin Ruby and big sis Addie, waiting for the guests to arrive!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj88v5xpdHH6pVZFcimMERQ38RI6duqZJDEUA5QkmPFu03uiu7hrxh6wEntapAW703Ep6FIwEfe8xxNjqJOx-wW-aFiJsa6K5D8Qbj8KVaK3aPeZ-yaF7wmXAPfybYwNlkYbCwgpb5DeIQ/s1600/P1070622.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj88v5xpdHH6pVZFcimMERQ38RI6duqZJDEUA5QkmPFu03uiu7hrxh6wEntapAW703Ep6FIwEfe8xxNjqJOx-wW-aFiJsa6K5D8Qbj8KVaK3aPeZ-yaF7wmXAPfybYwNlkYbCwgpb5DeIQ/s400/P1070622.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Showing off the glittery unicorn tattoos that all the guests would receive.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrD93s9G9OLi98l1NO9z_covkcnlSWKB6eM-7B3kvBFCwiBsAeZC3iUrb0U0YudVMom41ZXkGjyAD5EQs7-NrEexDALj9eJhS5P7sfHL2Kj4xX5nWuEmeuUwOMrlRRNwv0y4j6nqEMKGI/s1600/P1070623.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrD93s9G9OLi98l1NO9z_covkcnlSWKB6eM-7B3kvBFCwiBsAeZC3iUrb0U0YudVMom41ZXkGjyAD5EQs7-NrEexDALj9eJhS5P7sfHL2Kj4xX5nWuEmeuUwOMrlRRNwv0y4j6nqEMKGI/s400/P1070623.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As the guests arrived, they picked out a horn, got tattooed and then colored their unicorn picture.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQmwOShS_F2tzdrLBFy4zjep0SS-jWl_D5umKmQREi8PfZ_DOenCldmD9c4dDdnh_o82hNr_Z5cwq7w1rucI0HlgH6DTxAexDPs2E5Lg_P8AHAYx4woT5nk7Lr4nrHOgD-pyAZDQ9SXr4/s1600/P1070640.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQmwOShS_F2tzdrLBFy4zjep0SS-jWl_D5umKmQREi8PfZ_DOenCldmD9c4dDdnh_o82hNr_Z5cwq7w1rucI0HlgH6DTxAexDPs2E5Lg_P8AHAYx4woT5nk7Lr4nrHOgD-pyAZDQ9SXr4/s400/P1070640.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Craft time!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXK1TnnHQdlwbfJNo7rdrpOAOMV6wUAE0qUKiGe6VXZMmfeRLhasQJ0L1Fjjc0Zv_i53Yh3nnV3GWKPTE2Jr6RsckY9bfcCMof0VpHH_-FWDr-yas29jZEjQEyBb4TskFp5S0VjFepMlY/s1600/P1070642.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXK1TnnHQdlwbfJNo7rdrpOAOMV6wUAE0qUKiGe6VXZMmfeRLhasQJ0L1Fjjc0Zv_i53Yh3nnV3GWKPTE2Jr6RsckY9bfcCMof0VpHH_-FWDr-yas29jZEjQEyBb4TskFp5S0VjFepMlY/s400/P1070642.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pin the Horn on the Unicorn!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmT_re_LHEdVwknZ6MSDo0ga0UFTMEmejYCXMG0n6roEs27tIwd6t5aAjyweADtnJdC97YS1M0SpkNJo3lFSs7cXJRe2LsZVnBlz0rsRbtiHbaUZOOFMYgG10yIh1pd6N0EXOktJWWmg/s1600/P1070648.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmT_re_LHEdVwknZ6MSDo0ga0UFTMEmejYCXMG0n6roEs27tIwd6t5aAjyweADtnJdC97YS1M0SpkNJo3lFSs7cXJRe2LsZVnBlz0rsRbtiHbaUZOOFMYgG10yIh1pd6N0EXOktJWWmg/s400/P1070648.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After the first 3 girls got their horns so close, I realized that the scarf was see-through! Oops.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Easiest way to transition between activities - play with balloons!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPOqGZej_r06bhCrpe9iUqYEapijW5voYUhP2uP-U77VqRVjUgVZHaX4eEDeXh2gvz5VWv2o7_c8Nxph2g-Y5e9KZqsKY3YrPvTTcJ5KbNw_OwcASsUhtZZ-sGRLuxnZjmLo7GuuITqkk/s1600/P1070643.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPOqGZej_r06bhCrpe9iUqYEapijW5voYUhP2uP-U77VqRVjUgVZHaX4eEDeXh2gvz5VWv2o7_c8Nxph2g-Y5e9KZqsKY3YrPvTTcJ5KbNw_OwcASsUhtZZ-sGRLuxnZjmLo7GuuITqkk/s400/P1070643.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This next game has become my all-time favorite kids' party game. I learned about it from my British friend, Clare. The original version is called Dead Lions. We changed the name to Sleeping Unicorns to suit our party theme. It pretty much is what it sounds like. The goal is to lay absolutely still. The last one left without moving wins! Of course, Chad and I loved this game (it was sooo quiet!), but amazingly enough, the kids did too!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisHoi7AKHvdeVcCT-NfUlyCTPjcu_JsNyTgk0Y46N-5Hk4trKOzpAAqCj8hrBWxvdfDBQ7BXFgeqUH3SU_890-5qONUuiBG7cH62gyofwwkekyjYZgVQpY32GWfzhr3YIDD1vIfiC-_7A/s1600/P1070677.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisHoi7AKHvdeVcCT-NfUlyCTPjcu_JsNyTgk0Y46N-5Hk4trKOzpAAqCj8hrBWxvdfDBQ7BXFgeqUH3SU_890-5qONUuiBG7cH62gyofwwkekyjYZgVQpY32GWfzhr3YIDD1vIfiC-_7A/s400/P1070677.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another fun, easy game - Statue. One person poses and the rest have to match the pose. The winner is the last one still holding the pose.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMuKJ69om-d56Q2PtzQCDn_2Rb0PxhCfjvZiEei1k6hT1c9LD4jDApwAZNmrSMBGY_-RBIJCoqNxxdpNqw6fuWEbBFH65w-ILeyBRBkmr9R1p5cwFjhyoPbng17rp2I4j1Y8uTbMFgAEM/s1600/P1070678.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMuKJ69om-d56Q2PtzQCDn_2Rb0PxhCfjvZiEei1k6hT1c9LD4jDApwAZNmrSMBGY_-RBIJCoqNxxdpNqw6fuWEbBFH65w-ILeyBRBkmr9R1p5cwFjhyoPbng17rp2I4j1Y8uTbMFgAEM/s400/P1070678.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Then it was time for the cake!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihnQ9vMFq0BSvpdUti4k6osSwsy_i_EbI8-XiowzPoyzi0U76dv3WeqWBafZ3KjGxPpUhJJWCSEHKIlpM3rX4vf4teT4dBcxoNQcxenUqUJVZe80zqy0Z2IIwlO3qv5gt8Gjqrx-qtc1A/s1600/P1070649.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihnQ9vMFq0BSvpdUti4k6osSwsy_i_EbI8-XiowzPoyzi0U76dv3WeqWBafZ3KjGxPpUhJJWCSEHKIlpM3rX4vf4teT4dBcxoNQcxenUqUJVZe80zqy0Z2IIwlO3qv5gt8Gjqrx-qtc1A/s400/P1070649.JPG" width="292" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Don't mind the dripping Skittles... We were gone for a few days before the party, so I had to make the cake ahead and freeze it. I didn't really think about what that would do to the skittles... :(</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The whole unicorn gang.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFFFc5d5-7RWPfRaS2aQ7LlkfHaaP1pIjH8zubbrIBLXXbQuKl__ijQ-5dqSFZZlhigDheUH8x7RINYVdqHrK_7cNfqm-Xh1tw78Jvokep0pzhr_BFGgqLmjBALaRA-WrWHFCIuFW8yqQ/s1600/P1070646.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFFFc5d5-7RWPfRaS2aQ7LlkfHaaP1pIjH8zubbrIBLXXbQuKl__ijQ-5dqSFZZlhigDheUH8x7RINYVdqHrK_7cNfqm-Xh1tw78Jvokep0pzhr_BFGgqLmjBALaRA-WrWHFCIuFW8yqQ/s400/P1070646.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That night we had a much smaller celebration with our family.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhttcRtrTOOu_AFD7LmFkrSAaWlQe2SZMeTEi1zoriK-_g2yKtTEIIbD4_3JXzVnhicO6vIbxcorADJfS1RI09cMiVWnPFieZxsSKFLaoxRX-rFJYkpvC3SpIljfRmZWYZNwdIiMr3O9C4/s1600/P1070682.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhttcRtrTOOu_AFD7LmFkrSAaWlQe2SZMeTEi1zoriK-_g2yKtTEIIbD4_3JXzVnhicO6vIbxcorADJfS1RI09cMiVWnPFieZxsSKFLaoxRX-rFJYkpvC3SpIljfRmZWYZNwdIiMr3O9C4/s400/P1070682.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She was a little tired so we gave her some chocolate ice cream to revive her. ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Adeline surprised us all by giving Millie her stuffed unicorn. Addie has had this since she was 4, but decided Millie would appreciate it more now. How sweet is that?! Made this mama heart swell with pride. :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4v67JFIJyITCyjyh40QqEU-qGTcQM350IGXOy4z2eIHDVA1ICXJ38bbmRnn_urrJcdAsrhIuY1YAB1VdwcWevJ4FQSSBIgCviodRqYMgUNZtfc6qXjCXqHq9Zs3ZJ2YP7QE8QeX9LFAY/s1600/P1070684.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4v67JFIJyITCyjyh40QqEU-qGTcQM350IGXOy4z2eIHDVA1ICXJ38bbmRnn_urrJcdAsrhIuY1YAB1VdwcWevJ4FQSSBIgCviodRqYMgUNZtfc6qXjCXqHq9Zs3ZJ2YP7QE8QeX9LFAY/s400/P1070684.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She was super excited about her unicorn birthday card from us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbIe_fEyutbHqxAyx7qykS-cSEJsXiLxLFNi3IlZP49H9SMJnUTdNvlJSJmCZnQL1_IdcRvAiv3veYbpDBrem3RZkyJ01WOuDcCtim-OC9l9rl5AI7b3vU0TKDLMsbF8BQipxa560biWw/s1600/P1070691.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbIe_fEyutbHqxAyx7qykS-cSEJsXiLxLFNi3IlZP49H9SMJnUTdNvlJSJmCZnQL1_IdcRvAiv3veYbpDBrem3RZkyJ01WOuDcCtim-OC9l9rl5AI7b3vU0TKDLMsbF8BQipxa560biWw/s400/P1070691.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's the little things, right? ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was probably her favorite gift of all - her very own Lego set!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYYmQXJgKf3D6Sduc9RBWKsNa9oq-un383twvLCOOZEYgy9-9yov-_CRW6c7agtqTRv-x7oKWo7n1r60Zk2GFyDLFVISICDttsM3dXt6mKv-M6zKMYzeA9PeAS1bSGDEcWFTZQS0kYa0M/s1600/P1070704.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYYmQXJgKf3D6Sduc9RBWKsNa9oq-un383twvLCOOZEYgy9-9yov-_CRW6c7agtqTRv-x7oKWo7n1r60Zk2GFyDLFVISICDttsM3dXt6mKv-M6zKMYzeA9PeAS1bSGDEcWFTZQS0kYa0M/s400/P1070704.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Between this and her Lego Friends sets from Nana and Papa, she's been building like crazy for the past few weeks!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Birthday #2 done. 1 birthday and 2 parties left to go! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(They've already happened - thank goodness! - I just have yet to blog about them!)</span></i></div><br />
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</div>une autre mèrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08785118854145562521noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455803658674744334.post-58758246215965597102012-09-11T08:30:00.002-05:002012-09-11T08:41:41.962-05:00my big little boy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On August 24, my baby turned 3.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He was pretty stoked about it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was a little choked up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I just couldn't believe it had been three whole years since I'd written <a href="http://uneautremere.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_archive.html" target="_blank">this post</a> and held his beautiful little newborn self in my arms.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was his small, "filler" cake. For his <i>real</i> cake, he requested that it be a "football cake" (or as he would say - "hutbowl") which would be served at the upcoming big family party (which you'll see pics of later this week - don't get excited, it wasn't that fancy.).</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Some of his favorite gifts were his Razor scooter (thanks Nana & Papa!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeIs_OJCjU1r6yyK0qdpcPR_qy2WHcJOwSe4Lg9wsgVn9OM75c3MERRCJdSiEPFrihgX5cJgZAcLNY47BbTnyQjLP1Kk_kBd88jgd6jqoaPZbxvrcSIYfxR1CVSd4rqF_gxQi6Q_kLp1k/s1600/P1070560.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeIs_OJCjU1r6yyK0qdpcPR_qy2WHcJOwSe4Lg9wsgVn9OM75c3MERRCJdSiEPFrihgX5cJgZAcLNY47BbTnyQjLP1Kk_kBd88jgd6jqoaPZbxvrcSIYfxR1CVSd4rqF_gxQi6Q_kLp1k/s400/P1070560.JPG" width="315" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> And his new bike from us. It even revs like a motorcycle!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-UtuF_h6-AHMIb3HWTFMaazRSVzymGIlbR9donlUttOXySN7Q92sauCegVLJVCxlhd_8btxdMDe_B5LmAtFq1AOZJdP_v0Jdv-vlyuBUHEiFSXiwBekCGOiCZewjD1C8_Idue1X7VpIg/s1600/P1070571.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-UtuF_h6-AHMIb3HWTFMaazRSVzymGIlbR9donlUttOXySN7Q92sauCegVLJVCxlhd_8btxdMDe_B5LmAtFq1AOZJdP_v0Jdv-vlyuBUHEiFSXiwBekCGOiCZewjD1C8_Idue1X7VpIg/s320/P1070571.JPG" width="319" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And he wants to ride it every. single. day. :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Birthday #1 done. Only 2 more birthdays and 3 more parties to go...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Tate's birthday was the same day that Millie celebrated her upcoming birthday at school (since hers was 2 days later on a Sunday). So she got to come home wearing this special hat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8lTAQSts8Y1ySpi886CCknJD23wJnxyrz88N3jPizMAtBM-0yPVr7fM7XAnzlVvZgWjnv4uECCWnw6BavNQ0wUHKsMQcwLbPFMSZ7L66VZrnxSE5mRcMOVmYcJC0qmYsPcSeQJxbWh_s/s1600/P1070574.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8lTAQSts8Y1ySpi886CCknJD23wJnxyrz88N3jPizMAtBM-0yPVr7fM7XAnzlVvZgWjnv4uECCWnw6BavNQ0wUHKsMQcwLbPFMSZ7L66VZrnxSE5mRcMOVmYcJC0qmYsPcSeQJxbWh_s/s400/P1070574.JPG" width="286" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pics of her Rainbow Unicorn party to come soon! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Sorry to my facebook friends who have already seen it.</span></i></div><br />
</div>une autre mèrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08785118854145562521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455803658674744334.post-15674480752511885722012-09-10T13:58:00.000-05:002012-09-10T13:58:41.729-05:00back to school, tumbling and a little parade<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Okay, so I'm a <i>little</i> late on this post... Back to school for us this year started almost a month ago! August 15 was the dreaded day back. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, dreaded for mama and Millie, but highly anticipated for 2nd grader extraordinaire, Miss Adeline!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Millie started Kindergarten this year, which was a huge step since we did preschool at home, and also since she didn't turn 5 until August 26, making her the youngest in her class. And our district doesn't offer half-days or every-other-day kindergarten. It's full time, all day, 5 days a week. Ug. :(</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We debated waiting another year to send her, but then decided that her anxiety of leaving mama and being in large groups of people wasn't likely to change in a year's time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And now, halfway into week #4, we're glad we decided to send her. She's nervous in the mornings before she goes to school, and sheds a few tears now and then at drop-off, but once she's there she's totally fine. In fact, she tells me every afternoon how much fun she had. And her teacher says she's doing great and doesn't seem anxious in class at all! </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And when I saw one of her new kindergarten friends (who was kept back a year - she turned 6 end of August) crying and clinging to her mama when she dropped her off the other day, I realized that even if we would've waited another year, the problem of leaving mama wouldn't change. I don't think that'll ever really be resolved. The girl just loves her mama, and who can blame her? ;) Ha.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But since this Kindergarten experience started out so much harder than Addie's, we've decided not to risk it with Tate and register him for 4-year-old preschool next year. Addie never went to preschool either, but she's always been little Miss Independent. Millie and Tate, on the other hand, are clingers. I think sending Millie to preschool last year would've made a huge difference. Not really academically (in fact, I think she learned more at home!), but socially and for separation issues. </div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Possibly the <b><i>worst</i></b> part of back-to-school this year was that for the first three days, we weren't allowed to bring them to their classrooms, but instead drop them off in the gym for a "rally" before school. This was new to me.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, I had to leave my nervous little baby girl in a huge, cold gym full of loud kids she didn't know. I couldn't even take her to her locker and help her with her backpack. :(</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That was definitely a bad idea (and hopefully not to be continued next year!). I guess after I left her, she started crying because it was just so loud and chaotic and so foreign to her.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><i>(See the back of her sweet little head? In front of the boy in the green shirt.)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpzxVmfIYTPgJz_MmDqxkzCAb2SH_eb2h1sT5HImPPeF6iXDWMNG0aRAdEEceu5lNbF_iqi5k97QaFAXhzazjJgRZoUjv4uk2e8q-d0CZfT1CkKYmmhb86hetOS4nwQNz4dJVyt0UlTik/s1600/P1070510.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpzxVmfIYTPgJz_MmDqxkzCAb2SH_eb2h1sT5HImPPeF6iXDWMNG0aRAdEEceu5lNbF_iqi5k97QaFAXhzazjJgRZoUjv4uk2e8q-d0CZfT1CkKYmmhb86hetOS4nwQNz4dJVyt0UlTik/s400/P1070510.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thankfully, the next week, we were allowed to walk them to their classrooms, which went much smoother! And now, big sis Addie walks Millie to her class every day. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm so glad she has Adeline there. In fact, last Friday they both came bounding out of the school doors together so excited to tell me that their classrooms are "buddy classes" this year! They had an activity on Friday where Addie and Millie actually got to "buddy-up" and play bingo together! And it sounds like they'll get to do more together this year too. Thank you, God, for the little things! :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now on to tumbling...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Millie has always been a good little tumbler, so we enrolled her into the city's parks and rec 6 week tumbling class.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ULMU3efPZHV9B8rI6ghDG_Mpp3nq0Lgqc4CUADXgOrLgQbBY66s0w9ag2GG5qTGHq4rufjdC4v4S96IUrKKT7StjZ7jj3qcmUolcggwvW073Qv0gPkZL_MX0WoKzg5tICLRhyXXkKHI/s1600/P1070512.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ULMU3efPZHV9B8rI6ghDG_Mpp3nq0Lgqc4CUADXgOrLgQbBY66s0w9ag2GG5qTGHq4rufjdC4v4S96IUrKKT7StjZ7jj3qcmUolcggwvW073Qv0gPkZL_MX0WoKzg5tICLRhyXXkKHI/s400/P1070512.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She was a little nervous at first to get out there in front of all the parents watching, but once she did it, she couldn't stop smiling!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And she couldn't stop somersaulting. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tumbling ended just before birthday season got underway. So we'll end this blogpost with these pics of this adorable little "parade" that Addie and the neighbor kids (Sidney and Jonathan) made for Millie's and Tate's birthdays.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's the float:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfS-TnyeOU7M5MYzX_x_rXUtvWu-XyYASqudgc_9m8iyuSRodjCNaHo8mVugOqVB7-zBTY12P2RAEQ_FfNxLjAhtP1KfDHTUm6ZVS_Tb-4eEjs34YC1S0rZLmSybnRTJXHCyyQNq2ylZU/s1600/P1070518.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfS-TnyeOU7M5MYzX_x_rXUtvWu-XyYASqudgc_9m8iyuSRodjCNaHo8mVugOqVB7-zBTY12P2RAEQ_FfNxLjAhtP1KfDHTUm6ZVS_Tb-4eEjs34YC1S0rZLmSybnRTJXHCyyQNq2ylZU/s400/P1070518.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Complete with a football on the arch for Tate,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNrM18uo_4TyG3QE9p4-OH6W3Q2sInjYtBKjjdwYYxlc56ke0jTX7Vb8MQ9fM2nHgLI0wD3IZaU3A1_Uycu5P4s9V4j0YtZjJ55zthEiyJBMJh_cPU4odjWCp0AqWfIAR48GndGlWPjk/s1600/P1070519.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNrM18uo_4TyG3QE9p4-OH6W3Q2sInjYtBKjjdwYYxlc56ke0jTX7Vb8MQ9fM2nHgLI0wD3IZaU3A1_Uycu5P4s9V4j0YtZjJ55zthEiyJBMJh_cPU4odjWCp0AqWfIAR48GndGlWPjk/s400/P1070519.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> A rainbow made of straws and pipe cleaners on the back,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLeteVzSdUuxoFwe2VTrl1eZ0IWRfRaHd_DNHcfKNoxrHi89MVKwwZI_2hysHxI31Hc7ltmDgSH_XYr5Z8FoCyrJdNHTsbLoHW8siWYkuHuAyi3kHy99nrzLGTXmwmAymO9WhZL1sU3nA/s1600/P1070520.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLeteVzSdUuxoFwe2VTrl1eZ0IWRfRaHd_DNHcfKNoxrHi89MVKwwZI_2hysHxI31Hc7ltmDgSH_XYr5Z8FoCyrJdNHTsbLoHW8siWYkuHuAyi3kHy99nrzLGTXmwmAymO9WhZL1sU3nA/s400/P1070520.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and a unicorn for Millie.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5QGegv1h8CVuj_ytqQSd29octoUH2vGlgfcfZspAUgOvMJDI14HlmHq-KpF5vgo3m2ARu3SBKfyGR1zdHhKOuKa_nBkGB1lQRb-cEYvvs4GeOVg8161X7Fe4DwIqZm19w2boiykKi93s/s1600/P1070521.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5QGegv1h8CVuj_ytqQSd29octoUH2vGlgfcfZspAUgOvMJDI14HlmHq-KpF5vgo3m2ARu3SBKfyGR1zdHhKOuKa_nBkGB1lQRb-cEYvvs4GeOVg8161X7Fe4DwIqZm19w2boiykKi93s/s400/P1070521.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They were blindfolded (with blindfolds hand-made by Sidney)</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and led to their float.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmbWlNF3pu5eJ9sjfyFVKOnwwvVa7Jyhm18cBT5zrk8BulkD36-r1OY39kGjXqWVx19NBfmK2zkduNADFs9vZ7tea27qN7GqApTUECGUS1He4NXcEctBt_Mv9qJaQd6k1wI1DKVUsgMnU/s1600/P1070524.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmbWlNF3pu5eJ9sjfyFVKOnwwvVa7Jyhm18cBT5zrk8BulkD36-r1OY39kGjXqWVx19NBfmK2zkduNADFs9vZ7tea27qN7GqApTUECGUS1He4NXcEctBt_Mv9qJaQd6k1wI1DKVUsgMnU/s400/P1070524.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then they were pulled down the sidewalk and instead of candy being thrown <i>out</i> of the float, candy was thrown <i>into</i> the float for Millie and Tate!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9aaYmQ_5n_0tYxJRMtV2dIWvX9YIa43HcnFl2G3CsB5YlEPY5M50Az_pao9kh8N_BA1_WkOfSRQm6Id30BXeIE0qZgeqI95E7JXAplHapTBJyYoFAebEiKq0cC_OSincHk7yonTOswWo/s1600/P1070525.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9aaYmQ_5n_0tYxJRMtV2dIWvX9YIa43HcnFl2G3CsB5YlEPY5M50Az_pao9kh8N_BA1_WkOfSRQm6Id30BXeIE0qZgeqI95E7JXAplHapTBJyYoFAebEiKq0cC_OSincHk7yonTOswWo/s400/P1070525.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And thus begins the birthday season that has also now passed. I'll be posting those pictures soon!</div><br />
</div>une autre mèrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08785118854145562521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455803658674744334.post-43795625545993852022012-08-21T21:11:00.000-05:002012-08-21T21:11:11.296-05:00we camped<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;">Yes, on top of our <a href="http://uneautremere.blogspot.com/2012/08/michigan-week-2.html" target="_blank">galavanting around Michigan</a> for a few weeks, we also found a little time to do some camping. Upon returning from our Michigan vacation, we spent 6 days taking in the comforts of our home before we left for Lake Red Rock for a weekend camping adventure.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We were lucky enough to get a campsite right next to the playground. So the kids could play whenever they wanted to!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0RQp8Wtn0aZb3OMprXGEsqGsmwcoQQXCJ6RdtOgVuFdS9zvpfHgq81pozRI0ZVFSs7vowP-tGD19Vu1ilDDhpz1a1tyFR6aLxBUP2yokZIHg9DtnxupkZDHOq3Fn_qElCoYP0HDal8Vc/s1600/P1070444.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0RQp8Wtn0aZb3OMprXGEsqGsmwcoQQXCJ6RdtOgVuFdS9zvpfHgq81pozRI0ZVFSs7vowP-tGD19Vu1ilDDhpz1a1tyFR6aLxBUP2yokZIHg9DtnxupkZDHOq3Fn_qElCoYP0HDal8Vc/s400/P1070444.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Friday night, we spent some time chattin' around the fire.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcju3BhdH1bTYr4fSdyXf7QSgfUbtVTWDDutqJ1_aTdH0MzRpU5Uc5biT3TSjdzw2wQT_dAmAQw8zQg4zCR7TrVXDxe5m8Iifq7NPAQbspcf-mxvIRvxL9kcN3YIz0ZgtYI83EY7svqGU/s1600/P1070404.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcju3BhdH1bTYr4fSdyXf7QSgfUbtVTWDDutqJ1_aTdH0MzRpU5Uc5biT3TSjdzw2wQT_dAmAQw8zQg4zCR7TrVXDxe5m8Iifq7NPAQbspcf-mxvIRvxL9kcN3YIz0ZgtYI83EY7svqGU/s400/P1070404.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On Saturday morning, Chad made us some yummy french toast and eggs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiby5rBaE7DdYf2lhGVycJFb-PGthqw8Ci9ZWmrMEFeaK39p81dPPvNTs8TnUXqgMDTwAGvJGbuWRODeukSjkAVwaWrWvz6LlxONdOzkvBDagbyf730bHdc8CDqa-DVxNopRiVvH6UQ3zU/s1600/P1070409.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiby5rBaE7DdYf2lhGVycJFb-PGthqw8Ci9ZWmrMEFeaK39p81dPPvNTs8TnUXqgMDTwAGvJGbuWRODeukSjkAVwaWrWvz6LlxONdOzkvBDagbyf730bHdc8CDqa-DVxNopRiVvH6UQ3zU/s400/P1070409.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Did I mention yet how hot it was while we were camping? Pretty sure it was hovering close to 100 degrees! So we hung out in the air conditioning for awhile and played Sorry. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP0yW-LpaADy-1DxkKroqAKX2pzTE_Ki1Gebv9jVkilcGv_i7H9HpZNa8gqkv2WzCKnex111L5yFmYqQmHTO_rg3BxbfVrLOewjKwVVOHmTUOuruQmrfInf2s6dzZ2Cw5b22hEjYFobbE/s1600/P1070411.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP0yW-LpaADy-1DxkKroqAKX2pzTE_Ki1Gebv9jVkilcGv_i7H9HpZNa8gqkv2WzCKnex111L5yFmYqQmHTO_rg3BxbfVrLOewjKwVVOHmTUOuruQmrfInf2s6dzZ2Cw5b22hEjYFobbE/s400/P1070411.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> That afternoon, my parents came up to spend the rest of the weekend with us. We escaped the heat by visiting the Lake Red Rock Visitor's Center.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDG2i1rYvjjp8Qoa9A1nepWRCF4UCyR8Pn-Qfgv5d4ltjS-fDEaww5YHsRL7AHGYoXnc6jNLwR3uj3joodK0ZJgkFwuiOGFPIO0hUjjLD7qtxM2-bkBWU9kdXls7eCh92QLDrIeUCuFgk/s1600/P1070414.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDG2i1rYvjjp8Qoa9A1nepWRCF4UCyR8Pn-Qfgv5d4ltjS-fDEaww5YHsRL7AHGYoXnc6jNLwR3uj3joodK0ZJgkFwuiOGFPIO0hUjjLD7qtxM2-bkBWU9kdXls7eCh92QLDrIeUCuFgk/s400/P1070414.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There were lots of cool critters to see.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglcTi0lwbsE_aT2DuZxRpQuftwyZbu0jeNh04FZ6qpOBz6VlqUeyUVE9Je-HeDdNjzZn0Vn_HTxdRpW6jcurme4JmfZNXdDjCtJgEaKDmj2vIfhPdfSzMYnCG_ldt2RJ6oKQh5zky4tOg/s1600/P1070415.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglcTi0lwbsE_aT2DuZxRpQuftwyZbu0jeNh04FZ6qpOBz6VlqUeyUVE9Je-HeDdNjzZn0Vn_HTxdRpW6jcurme4JmfZNXdDjCtJgEaKDmj2vIfhPdfSzMYnCG_ldt2RJ6oKQh5zky4tOg/s400/P1070415.JPG" width="317" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That night, my parents took us out to eat at The Pizza Ranch to celebrate my birthday. That little Addie can eat fried chicken like no one I've ever seen. I think it was around drumstick #6 that we quit counting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUTv6UE-G6juVdALwi4ivNFWe8XakhMZaPWY3lHU8YgDq6N2ZNr3zpC8-fihuHLEocVShTZXXq1cyx71dHgtAmrtCaew99bj945acAElXzP2hPwBe0WneIYECJFPYHCNQo960vNQ2tJw8/s1600/P1070418.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUTv6UE-G6juVdALwi4ivNFWe8XakhMZaPWY3lHU8YgDq6N2ZNr3zpC8-fihuHLEocVShTZXXq1cyx71dHgtAmrtCaew99bj945acAElXzP2hPwBe0WneIYECJFPYHCNQo960vNQ2tJw8/s400/P1070418.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dad and Chad played bocce ball with the girls that night. It was a pretty cut-throat competition.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNzpuyJkXuiw4Cl-QNt1SC5FFJD5RMfZLv47viwBzxb2jgMw-pyezkJfLcRnagd3g80h6IwQJhH7N8jBy0rQJIDD1NvdYjI7pMOQujE65dtfWawT3Qdw7kGbyWmjOOotznsRrBAG0DNrI/s1600/P1070421.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNzpuyJkXuiw4Cl-QNt1SC5FFJD5RMfZLv47viwBzxb2jgMw-pyezkJfLcRnagd3g80h6IwQJhH7N8jBy0rQJIDD1NvdYjI7pMOQujE65dtfWawT3Qdw7kGbyWmjOOotznsRrBAG0DNrI/s400/P1070421.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then we went for a little walk over to the bridge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfLVwJH59chj5ccLqG2zlnMDbvSCfcVV89RZ1QZzkAldd5FhrDlGePSqbCPc0TDlnBHdBKfO0w9MY-EIDGEQtRjZOXgldNCeV1Wv3Qt7KYneEwPm5eeMgbyelIEHqzlXH68zcQ6RaHf1s/s1600/P1070425.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfLVwJH59chj5ccLqG2zlnMDbvSCfcVV89RZ1QZzkAldd5FhrDlGePSqbCPc0TDlnBHdBKfO0w9MY-EIDGEQtRjZOXgldNCeV1Wv3Qt7KYneEwPm5eeMgbyelIEHqzlXH68zcQ6RaHf1s/s400/P1070425.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tate liked looking at all the fishies in the water.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimktpzBkK4I4S2Wwn6aaMedqLV_zJFNeJ4FQ048qh11XDTte9JOgMt5NAKtgqC5RqrNiK0NmuxH-vUeSLezc7Jv39GPl2UWI8vsxzJMaj_k5sA7O5rPzFmNSozV8kiIJcrfgA0tfVgpfc/s1600/P1070423.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimktpzBkK4I4S2Wwn6aaMedqLV_zJFNeJ4FQ048qh11XDTte9JOgMt5NAKtgqC5RqrNiK0NmuxH-vUeSLezc7Jv39GPl2UWI8vsxzJMaj_k5sA7O5rPzFmNSozV8kiIJcrfgA0tfVgpfc/s400/P1070423.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So did Odie.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHDbEGCe2F10f75edzxnjBBw3q25EAJNjysx2UeoxHJxCqkpHAylSuZ0Ey-CPmP-GPrrYfoo8fFAd2hdnsXMIGx3bIaMhnDWNG3vpg9lb3mBBEObUCiBhyphenhyphenrSmvHDGvKqYZs1yhtoQ1G3M/s1600/P1070429.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHDbEGCe2F10f75edzxnjBBw3q25EAJNjysx2UeoxHJxCqkpHAylSuZ0Ey-CPmP-GPrrYfoo8fFAd2hdnsXMIGx3bIaMhnDWNG3vpg9lb3mBBEObUCiBhyphenhyphenrSmvHDGvKqYZs1yhtoQ1G3M/s400/P1070429.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After the kiddos went to bed, us adults hung out around the campfire. Looks like Dad was telling a pretty serious story. Either that or getting ready to backhand me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmp78RDg9drVnLN24rhP2S_5H3Wynt2_powuAGZPGu2v0WhssFB_uhg4QnohPDRVjspW70ar1QSU-vhaSSlAI6kzAnRwYKGd5Es9feoR8CnAklQoOuUiY9PGoDl8XWfBd6Kxh0YogksFY/s1600/P1070434.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmp78RDg9drVnLN24rhP2S_5H3Wynt2_powuAGZPGu2v0WhssFB_uhg4QnohPDRVjspW70ar1QSU-vhaSSlAI6kzAnRwYKGd5Es9feoR8CnAklQoOuUiY9PGoDl8XWfBd6Kxh0YogksFY/s400/P1070434.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sunday was my BIRTHDAY! After this many years I've sorta lost count of how old I am, but I think it's somewhere around 26 or so... ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Unf3o_ODu6vyc-zS4G8E0qffSvqEzcn4WY4wzuabcqemOSk4hzsKWfykBuvp5ZQsA5aFTAbi1GOuE_Lm5dTXQSssSnwudiBHZCFMIqOeiZRon8RT6ZkKTJgeu-qfw6jUIk4xL0H1FU8/s1600/P1070437.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Unf3o_ODu6vyc-zS4G8E0qffSvqEzcn4WY4wzuabcqemOSk4hzsKWfykBuvp5ZQsA5aFTAbi1GOuE_Lm5dTXQSssSnwudiBHZCFMIqOeiZRon8RT6ZkKTJgeu-qfw6jUIk4xL0H1FU8/s400/P1070437.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mom made my favorite cake - Angel food! And the kids did a fabulous job decorating it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLGfUaHqpB6OM3zWbNvZeGMTxcFdfb3ZsJFG1XKkGo_SWMN8bS4g5wVnNEppXSQYFLFj0eUzcVXirsPLeSomYgCTTFSAw_y01J3HYW6Fbn7Qsb0L4F8fUvlmZPkKywRj3wQgAsCw4LGs/s1600/P1070448.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLGfUaHqpB6OM3zWbNvZeGMTxcFdfb3ZsJFG1XKkGo_SWMN8bS4g5wVnNEppXSQYFLFj0eUzcVXirsPLeSomYgCTTFSAw_y01J3HYW6Fbn7Qsb0L4F8fUvlmZPkKywRj3wQgAsCw4LGs/s400/P1070448.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had a great time!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Such a good time, in fact, that we went home for another 6 days, and left again to camp for a week! Chad's parents came down from Michigan with their camper and spent that Sunday through Saturday with us at Lake Red Rock again. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Unfortunately, I didn't get very many pictures since I knew Chad's mom was taking a lot. So, once I get those from her, I may just have to post those on here! But here are some that I did get:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had super hot weather again, but we still managed to get some bike riding in. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgahZ6cNA_9-5kEcUJdo7HIkEmvHflIzIBH57C35LL8b4yhOqD3MvErCzYn4msQvL7Uwdb8qa18y_i9gl6ePm5zCQDAoN2CbVzmwgiMpgzWtAJ_JzMWBjJWfN8GKM8mSXcSWEK8mjJf5kI/s1600/P1070473.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgahZ6cNA_9-5kEcUJdo7HIkEmvHflIzIBH57C35LL8b4yhOqD3MvErCzYn4msQvL7Uwdb8qa18y_i9gl6ePm5zCQDAoN2CbVzmwgiMpgzWtAJ_JzMWBjJWfN8GKM8mSXcSWEK8mjJf5kI/s400/P1070473.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chad pulled these little cuties behind him.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Addie stopped along the way to take some pictures of the ducks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2zaMMD03lXohKg4CX446iIfR9EEcXeOlDA9qGBJeuWrUchSE2M4HseFwBdnao35SFrpUNNCKPDENJH0yjo4pmOg8coLFg9TisUNtGjPBfRPp0EiMTIYCoxpVs37fxkJ22gqwfWBCM4p4/s1600/P1070474.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2zaMMD03lXohKg4CX446iIfR9EEcXeOlDA9qGBJeuWrUchSE2M4HseFwBdnao35SFrpUNNCKPDENJH0yjo4pmOg8coLFg9TisUNtGjPBfRPp0EiMTIYCoxpVs37fxkJ22gqwfWBCM4p4/s400/P1070474.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In front of me:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUmrzgzEVmfsBqtXHACa2ow42zzo8B6vKhoOMM-Hb5lWNhNUosCwZElQhE1xliPmko_ly12jltni7LSL34fyws1-ETihU_mSU2Fc9A7kwbcO57aToIr-IGSvO4lgxNXfq23kVasph9JI8/s1600/P1070475.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUmrzgzEVmfsBqtXHACa2ow42zzo8B6vKhoOMM-Hb5lWNhNUosCwZElQhE1xliPmko_ly12jltni7LSL34fyws1-ETihU_mSU2Fc9A7kwbcO57aToIr-IGSvO4lgxNXfq23kVasph9JI8/s400/P1070475.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Behind me:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYagb-eHrUtyoOtK7TKjrQ2FOs7nJsGhQqdiQpW7NtCU3qH6rxUKBmlJf30WSgw5BBwK0lvE6PArexH7BJ3Qf7iwM66kRpML15-OkuyYu6WfvG7WeSX3GyDFuoE3XK04WQruXvfcE_s8U/s1600/P1070477.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYagb-eHrUtyoOtK7TKjrQ2FOs7nJsGhQqdiQpW7NtCU3qH6rxUKBmlJf30WSgw5BBwK0lvE6PArexH7BJ3Qf7iwM66kRpML15-OkuyYu6WfvG7WeSX3GyDFuoE3XK04WQruXvfcE_s8U/s400/P1070477.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The view from my bike basket.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmjHRyU073txKc6-DkU1DdEMS07JMQUHhWVHAqa1fTBOLdlSU8HNTDLAItLbtKbNdAmBc_4CcE4rRDwBSrOJDKpAuyiQaP-_GVpWye17sg8oyHO0Q9UP6a-CxizLVyg3JxkWbT2RH3EQ/s1600/P1070478.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmjHRyU073txKc6-DkU1DdEMS07JMQUHhWVHAqa1fTBOLdlSU8HNTDLAItLbtKbNdAmBc_4CcE4rRDwBSrOJDKpAuyiQaP-_GVpWye17sg8oyHO0Q9UP6a-CxizLVyg3JxkWbT2RH3EQ/s400/P1070478.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We also did some fishing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4IvfO8z20IgCE845XEWExyvjp9ay0EdQCQoDGyw6_SPyMbN1Vyp3-rddz4E9m6yAWptJAU0_E8TIgQ1LzTY3dw_WRfpcuwIbClu5Dxj2FgTyyyEKt6z0gMNwxKa8b1AbmazNZEtAnj-I/s1600/P1070479.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4IvfO8z20IgCE845XEWExyvjp9ay0EdQCQoDGyw6_SPyMbN1Vyp3-rddz4E9m6yAWptJAU0_E8TIgQ1LzTY3dw_WRfpcuwIbClu5Dxj2FgTyyyEKt6z0gMNwxKa8b1AbmazNZEtAnj-I/s400/P1070479.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Once again, as in Michigan, the kids caught enough fish to provide us with another fish fry!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhql3Eyg4mohaavVblYYTmDky_iJqNLmheOui1ttoTjhyphenhyphena4jxkwsSFLF2Mf2E_Pbu6jdQ7FxDAAtm7EKAHYn4pvxzOUU11J9y1TSquqqTvqtfGZbdqgXSTkLpoOUEyZ55NrU0iEBD6jCto/s1600/P1070482.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhql3Eyg4mohaavVblYYTmDky_iJqNLmheOui1ttoTjhyphenhyphena4jxkwsSFLF2Mf2E_Pbu6jdQ7FxDAAtm7EKAHYn4pvxzOUU11J9y1TSquqqTvqtfGZbdqgXSTkLpoOUEyZ55NrU0iEBD6jCto/s400/P1070482.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wish I had taken more pics! We had such a great time, despite the heat!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After our week of camping, we relaxed at home for a few days before Chad had to be back at school. And shortly after (last Wednesday), the girls started school too. :( But we'll save that for another post...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div>une autre mèrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08785118854145562521noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455803658674744334.post-50636994898255136862012-08-10T11:28:00.000-05:002012-08-10T11:28:51.339-05:00michigan: week 2!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, you thought my vacation posts were done, did you? Surprise! Remember, my husband's a teacher, so we spend much of our summer away from home. In fact, between June 17 and July 14, Chad wasn't home AT ALL, and I was only home less than 4 days! Ca-razy! Which means the summer passes by all too quickly. And which also means lots of pictures. So brace yourselves for week #2 of our Michigan adventure!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Recap: After Chad's 2-week training at the University of Iowa, the kids and I picked him up on our way to Michigan. The first week we spent <a href="http://uneautremere.blogspot.com/2012/08/michigan.html" target="_blank">with our friends in Sutton's Bay</a>, and the second week we spent with Chad's family in Cadillac.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On Saturday evening, Chad's brother Scott came down to spend the night and Grandpa and Grandma Brooks came and had dinner with us. It was so nice to be with everyone again! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipgWlmOd5pRrj9IpdGk8poOLzSrg-YncDrgAgonEe3K660Rfea_jpqjDCRkidL-rh7w8WWsTQ1UIDCi6pzUlrcl1Y1R4oUjVdjAZOsqhdDZXavWPdWOyMx7vqCvuZ0oJkPs3YcugTz4gw/s1600/IMG_9421.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipgWlmOd5pRrj9IpdGk8poOLzSrg-YncDrgAgonEe3K660Rfea_jpqjDCRkidL-rh7w8WWsTQ1UIDCi6pzUlrcl1Y1R4oUjVdjAZOsqhdDZXavWPdWOyMx7vqCvuZ0oJkPs3YcugTz4gw/s400/IMG_9421.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kids sure do love their Great Grandma and Great Grandpa!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kids love riding with Nana on the riding lawn mower around their lawn and through the woods. Addie even got to drive it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilEMauDoXl1iX9ynzpd7dmaKpQmSQT9PMrqvcFh4Lc95fOoUoLlC19l9dE8kbX_on9Eg_E-JcYHh3HB9sD-dtVC7tb1y31gQABA_t-GGTxPfq8tR3eBXg6A-ghpSTyVDBwZqJV06Ymvcc/s1600/IMG_9322.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilEMauDoXl1iX9ynzpd7dmaKpQmSQT9PMrqvcFh4Lc95fOoUoLlC19l9dE8kbX_on9Eg_E-JcYHh3HB9sD-dtVC7tb1y31gQABA_t-GGTxPfq8tR3eBXg6A-ghpSTyVDBwZqJV06Ymvcc/s400/IMG_9322.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We spent Sunday with Nana and Papa and both of Chad's brothers, Mark and Scott, tubing down the river. Unfortunately we didn't get any pictures since we couldn't bring our camera on the river. But the kids had a blast playing with their uncles. And we had fun soaking in the rays and floating along.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On Monday, we went down by a river where the kids got a close-up look at some crawdads (also known as crayfish).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXZC-Z9CrTZvjhKPW7qiQNLNkwF5zIQIo8H0GTAEnlNV5zlioE2ZB87Vyy36UXpMqIgKKbav9d0Z33CUhRgBrD3dJi9NPpVm5WJpzcKLJt6UQwRbn7OrymnicRPJXdf8sajK-QISRVCQ8/s1600/IMG_9337.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXZC-Z9CrTZvjhKPW7qiQNLNkwF5zIQIo8H0GTAEnlNV5zlioE2ZB87Vyy36UXpMqIgKKbav9d0Z33CUhRgBrD3dJi9NPpVm5WJpzcKLJt6UQwRbn7OrymnicRPJXdf8sajK-QISRVCQ8/s400/IMG_9337.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chad always did want to get his ear pierced...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt8SCfEAYURXlhSIw9xEjW1ruttuSGYcDsziNESAv-Z4WFnNusXG7NGhcXS1hOX6vbBKp82jOyrpb5ffy0Lqtt04UmX5G3W7jZ__RUif-qS2OTJ1QgNZzqbFlcDqe2KkOQ7oM0rUi-T0Q/s1600/IMG_9343.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt8SCfEAYURXlhSIw9xEjW1ruttuSGYcDsziNESAv-Z4WFnNusXG7NGhcXS1hOX6vbBKp82jOyrpb5ffy0Lqtt04UmX5G3W7jZ__RUif-qS2OTJ1QgNZzqbFlcDqe2KkOQ7oM0rUi-T0Q/s640/IMG_9343.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He does look pretty hot with an earring, if I do say so myself.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Addie thought that if Daddy could do it, she could too. She's been begging to get her ears pierced...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3nBSUBdFt4lMjvAhknPv4Kav_H81YLd0-RQdOAxrsC0CrQfQ4E8xnx-4UcE5iJjOTIoT-w_7prZgHWNr_VSkRGuVRUEV0CVcx99sgOgDuFxGpOmHpmSwUqDWO2pj87hqGBnpzcngSyHs/s1600/IMG_9345.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3nBSUBdFt4lMjvAhknPv4Kav_H81YLd0-RQdOAxrsC0CrQfQ4E8xnx-4UcE5iJjOTIoT-w_7prZgHWNr_VSkRGuVRUEV0CVcx99sgOgDuFxGpOmHpmSwUqDWO2pj87hqGBnpzcngSyHs/s640/IMG_9345.JPG" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She is so brave! I couldn't believe she actually did it. And she even did it several times before we got a good picture of it! That girl's got more guts than her mommy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Digging around for more crawdads.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV8VyXoateEC7ZneubKq5FxUsyMU0sjlHbZHqVLmuYHKA4Gca5ZLoP2a9un3sJWAbSjVOj83WtDTYlDsthrDfZc0uBadds7JB74BFyfHnG0YG1yyeKxIWfHz1AM0FYcgW3K0DaIZDQ-hY/s1600/IMG_9346.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV8VyXoateEC7ZneubKq5FxUsyMU0sjlHbZHqVLmuYHKA4Gca5ZLoP2a9un3sJWAbSjVOj83WtDTYlDsthrDfZc0uBadds7JB74BFyfHnG0YG1yyeKxIWfHz1AM0FYcgW3K0DaIZDQ-hY/s400/IMG_9346.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After our river adventure, we went to a nearby lake and did some fishing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbmVpCNCdJ5kP17KdFIrNwkNYvUDGz2QPn5NIyvu8r7yg5poxLUoKTGXqXrop1QwChCy3TaT0wVlUWW-c8ktHouXbHa-QErZtF2RqU3oaze1Pj2Y_y0G09g3ZtNpvPBz65LXTHU_bOahE/s1600/IMG_9361.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbmVpCNCdJ5kP17KdFIrNwkNYvUDGz2QPn5NIyvu8r7yg5poxLUoKTGXqXrop1QwChCy3TaT0wVlUWW-c8ktHouXbHa-QErZtF2RqU3oaze1Pj2Y_y0G09g3ZtNpvPBz65LXTHU_bOahE/s400/IMG_9361.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tate's first fish! Doesn't he look happy? ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjf50C1IzpaHEDRg0x7C1sl-AuqrDoIVYdvnh76D7bq6afOqMR82fNMPZmHf72c1zj-TsLWiNsxUl8NhGV8c8ogE-MYhmv7R1Szuv962v7KoFH-dSTip24a_ZOHLI-_AHOebd35D4cHg/s1600/IMG_9355.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjf50C1IzpaHEDRg0x7C1sl-AuqrDoIVYdvnh76D7bq6afOqMR82fNMPZmHf72c1zj-TsLWiNsxUl8NhGV8c8ogE-MYhmv7R1Szuv962v7KoFH-dSTip24a_ZOHLI-_AHOebd35D4cHg/s400/IMG_9355.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="322" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We caught lots of little fish like this, but had to throw them back.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But then Millie reeled this whopper out of the lake...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTdRq3i8QieBVEdMuLrSq9HqLlhqzJhw2Zvn0M_CwOuCz70Fe4GluWBbZeHFC8EIe3xBDVnrduYsPqtxJ5xZS8m9J2mAZZ7dR_XtBRWLjjkMgX7pG0uTSj_f4LHMFs_lleMJ1Xx6EC__A/s1600/IMG_9364.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTdRq3i8QieBVEdMuLrSq9HqLlhqzJhw2Zvn0M_CwOuCz70Fe4GluWBbZeHFC8EIe3xBDVnrduYsPqtxJ5xZS8m9J2mAZZ7dR_XtBRWLjjkMgX7pG0uTSj_f4LHMFs_lleMJ1Xx6EC__A/s400/IMG_9364.JPG" width="273" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pretty big fish for a little girl, huh?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then Addie reeled this guy in all by herself...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMOV5nbvJpDmip8XTwg2eiUzdr9uYk0VUSdAuTMUmXQ9mWiT6DSmQIBVOMXWdhNd7nHsB7axv06UZ3g2GsGOlz0GEZ3D_0mpNljSdlOK6_uYTtP6Nn6uzDfNiZC8dWdg_qKRTXtVpElWM/s1600/IMG_9368.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMOV5nbvJpDmip8XTwg2eiUzdr9uYk0VUSdAuTMUmXQ9mWiT6DSmQIBVOMXWdhNd7nHsB7axv06UZ3g2GsGOlz0GEZ3D_0mpNljSdlOK6_uYTtP6Nn6uzDfNiZC8dWdg_qKRTXtVpElWM/s400/IMG_9368.JPG" width="306" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Like her Pope hat? The wind caught her bandana just right to turn her into a cone head.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSYPPTNAcmYq1B4T7iwPbEfkupfdvxo6zb3uHW8HhTO53Ll1eEKluxzcoizOlKxc6kpdj515uiVOX8XvNeOJT37QS8Y-Cim9S5oEy2lIY-M-84vdL-GHdkX6k-zainA_s6lsqxUE2BBiY/s1600/IMG_9369.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSYPPTNAcmYq1B4T7iwPbEfkupfdvxo6zb3uHW8HhTO53Ll1eEKluxzcoizOlKxc6kpdj515uiVOX8XvNeOJT37QS8Y-Cim9S5oEy2lIY-M-84vdL-GHdkX6k-zainA_s6lsqxUE2BBiY/s400/IMG_9369.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Uncle Mark and Chad didn't do quite so well... They got the award for catching the smallest fish. Nice try, guys... ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fortunately, we caught enough big fish to have a fish fry that night! It was soooo yummy! Millie couldn't get enough!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Later that night, we had the pleasure of a visit from a few of Chad's aunts and his cousin, Betsy. Betsy and I go way back - all the way back to our first Mardi Gras together. Here's a little flashback for ya. I think this picture dates back to 2003. Give or take a year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJWR65DhN6Q6aPUAG7EIGcRY7Tt739bNrLoQc7tKiYA97kwALHnGSAukfWBZ2XlqXsFCbZv6ySrARYfiFRbxe8NHYjJ-xYX6d5QtFfuGzjZAHclG40xmt5aPcxKNEcVaA-lBUU3GleGrs/s1600/Mardi+Gras+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJWR65DhN6Q6aPUAG7EIGcRY7Tt739bNrLoQc7tKiYA97kwALHnGSAukfWBZ2XlqXsFCbZv6ySrARYfiFRbxe8NHYjJ-xYX6d5QtFfuGzjZAHclG40xmt5aPcxKNEcVaA-lBUU3GleGrs/s400/Mardi+Gras+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now Betsy lives in France (I know, some girls have all the luck, huh?) and was back in Michigan for awhile so we were lucky enough to get to see her again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgif5X3Ro_N7UbSrkt_2dY8lJMBZrhLGdTKRk4Gc2cx6sXF2tbkIG2wgOThmZzksk_iL8L17XEbT3uQto6pcjHHCtmziFdZ83NH1hPv7fIUiALAf9-WnPMzMND0euIFmzhVm0porimTWF0/s1600/IMG_9371.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgif5X3Ro_N7UbSrkt_2dY8lJMBZrhLGdTKRk4Gc2cx6sXF2tbkIG2wgOThmZzksk_iL8L17XEbT3uQto6pcjHHCtmziFdZ83NH1hPv7fIUiALAf9-WnPMzMND0euIFmzhVm0porimTWF0/s400/IMG_9371.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On Tuesday morning, Uncle Mark had to leave. :( Wish he could've stayed longer, but I guess some people have real jobs. The kids sure had a lot of fun with him!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdy91MEBJzxNVJbjECkSHBv9kWLsYSfcmJD4oas5h3m6HOcsf91nhUTlnVvdBb070hBHE365pEaz_EapOI8numX9sSZ1LlOBjTVukGYK9wYL6ky0txyW94Yz77MOBpWiOruJE6L2436cY/s1600/IMG_9373.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdy91MEBJzxNVJbjECkSHBv9kWLsYSfcmJD4oas5h3m6HOcsf91nhUTlnVvdBb070hBHE365pEaz_EapOI8numX9sSZ1LlOBjTVukGYK9wYL6ky0txyW94Yz77MOBpWiOruJE6L2436cY/s400/IMG_9373.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had a special visit from Grandpa and Grandma Porter that morning!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7l3AUWJEQf1BKEQuSbkUp7HFvHZGHfTuIcLj846OhuIWxPVqLsKripwLPA5GEsrBxmqzWoQfnGmaZBzdd-vYw4sKrw0o553zOKHd8ACm4aTuU9LSn8VcFruMrzHRXgLTfqyujU6XEfLc/s1600/IMG_9374.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7l3AUWJEQf1BKEQuSbkUp7HFvHZGHfTuIcLj846OhuIWxPVqLsKripwLPA5GEsrBxmqzWoQfnGmaZBzdd-vYw4sKrw0o553zOKHd8ACm4aTuU9LSn8VcFruMrzHRXgLTfqyujU6XEfLc/s400/IMG_9374.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then we headed over to the beautiful white sandy beach in Manistee, where Chad lived for many of his childhood years. (in Manistee... not the beach) ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSZuVL4b7Qoc9LEr3NSPn7VVmfun4mg8M-SYQ-Zit_jyFsDU8CHIKU85lUMBBIo2xlGqfNYbxBm7uuqVjlzAPo5M7H-YdCRor9QqjMBivrx94glw8uTUFEKfmhA7qAr5MwcbBxNJ2bSrU/s1600/Brooks1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSZuVL4b7Qoc9LEr3NSPn7VVmfun4mg8M-SYQ-Zit_jyFsDU8CHIKU85lUMBBIo2xlGqfNYbxBm7uuqVjlzAPo5M7H-YdCRor9QqjMBivrx94glw8uTUFEKfmhA7qAr5MwcbBxNJ2bSrU/s400/Brooks1.jpg" width="332" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was super windy, so we had some really big waves!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And we were lucky enough to run into Betsy and Aunt Angie there too! That was a fun surprise!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU44w_MFR9H6wdjL0Cq4etoYFQTPlJ1kn7JtJLBIOjnonB-T9pqtDOFMxkvKNHORL9kdLKuERELyxGcw2lBysFPGuTCeoeiBauYLkVXX1XzhKCQnnMnruPiKU5sRa8dAS_xA76TWkmz7U/s1600/Brooks11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU44w_MFR9H6wdjL0Cq4etoYFQTPlJ1kn7JtJLBIOjnonB-T9pqtDOFMxkvKNHORL9kdLKuERELyxGcw2lBysFPGuTCeoeiBauYLkVXX1XzhKCQnnMnruPiKU5sRa8dAS_xA76TWkmz7U/s400/Brooks11.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kids had fun playing with Aunt Angie in the water.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhaNZLS8rqKkzFUiOj1WE60L1B0_O-3y8gs_ypdvQ_L4rH9eYv_wW_vjEnbaK4CwcrtQyCx2xKa9jypB-_5Oe5NvrBU7Z4eENqjmpH9DfYcpv5gmn_wwa21W5m7lr2QnPNvXY-prRtDCU/s1600/Brooks2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhaNZLS8rqKkzFUiOj1WE60L1B0_O-3y8gs_ypdvQ_L4rH9eYv_wW_vjEnbaK4CwcrtQyCx2xKa9jypB-_5Oe5NvrBU7Z4eENqjmpH9DfYcpv5gmn_wwa21W5m7lr2QnPNvXY-prRtDCU/s400/Brooks2.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Between Aunt Angie and Nana, the kids were really tuckered out!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRi2rscIPV6RZfpNVNd9BN7P0cwF6fTXBTIGQ5ACc0wwUuhq9UwaJMzGZagE9FBzfI2rpLc0zQD_29fIDSgGqn3i3B-9dpuQVC4czD2TviPPvsqp_Orjy1ULPmrTaIUKELdOijM8ICKY/s1600/Brooks12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="337" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRi2rscIPV6RZfpNVNd9BN7P0cwF6fTXBTIGQ5ACc0wwUuhq9UwaJMzGZagE9FBzfI2rpLc0zQD_29fIDSgGqn3i3B-9dpuQVC4czD2TviPPvsqp_Orjy1ULPmrTaIUKELdOijM8ICKY/s400/Brooks12.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After a fun day at the beach, we all went out to dinner at <a href="http://bigalspizza.net/" target="_blank">Big Al's Pizza</a>, Chad's favorite restaurant growing up. It was soooo good! Definitely one of the best pizzas I've ever tasted!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjflQKrEWAwVVdKDFY9QWCfYjuqYj5tGq_8kyL_G03GAevMOtwhIrbNkhWIwZjSg7T-ph8Y1kfocmgkTvF-ypKp2OJbl2eyKnrk4P-YzAJ_BrKnPTklr_e62G-1crFaXm1AYzpBtIyDnJI/s1600/Brooks20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjflQKrEWAwVVdKDFY9QWCfYjuqYj5tGq_8kyL_G03GAevMOtwhIrbNkhWIwZjSg7T-ph8Y1kfocmgkTvF-ypKp2OJbl2eyKnrk4P-YzAJ_BrKnPTklr_e62G-1crFaXm1AYzpBtIyDnJI/s400/Brooks20.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">On Wednesday, we headed up to Traverse City for the Kids' Town that was going on during the Cherry Festival. There were lots of free kids' activities. Geoffrey from Toy's R Us was there!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLS1wLp2-ZeyGRKO0fhKZGcouensmZyH2AVSgvohtZJolNpYZtIIT4RMtRLtlvHwEyavO8QNoJzc4qlCiQ0AZrsoWxi-23zARdqH_JkpXuusg2yRZLkQ9Drt8EWHBSpIn1bYBFhIdorTs/s1600/IMG_9383.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLS1wLp2-ZeyGRKO0fhKZGcouensmZyH2AVSgvohtZJolNpYZtIIT4RMtRLtlvHwEyavO8QNoJzc4qlCiQ0AZrsoWxi-23zARdqH_JkpXuusg2yRZLkQ9Drt8EWHBSpIn1bYBFhIdorTs/s400/IMG_9383.JPG" width="215" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The girls had fun doing a few crafts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwFf9gQeZ1ISsubAdaDGisDdzBG850rRkjfAsJF1HdRI4CLyck6POOUEtYGshHGKVuS3KO63dn3WsO6js-Ji9g3Ug-nm3XtRZaz3_r-XXphjFM3w7w667EWuUfob_uEVsAErMduSiyLlU/s1600/IMG_9385.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwFf9gQeZ1ISsubAdaDGisDdzBG850rRkjfAsJF1HdRI4CLyck6POOUEtYGshHGKVuS3KO63dn3WsO6js-Ji9g3Ug-nm3XtRZaz3_r-XXphjFM3w7w667EWuUfob_uEVsAErMduSiyLlU/s400/IMG_9385.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We were glad they had the free antique firetruck ride around Traverse City again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixHdP8Ocku1WiLMDPSO4qZfyQ1Y4el-JNCebP9JrPfD4LfD3A6ihokIpGgJceQHW2Oh78mmFJ5Oypad19_k0IG4ISD1X7oT22SRyC1G5h_EGvQaniPv4AttOOf20ufbwu4nK9uj-TPWGQ/s1600/IMG_9395.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixHdP8Ocku1WiLMDPSO4qZfyQ1Y4el-JNCebP9JrPfD4LfD3A6ihokIpGgJceQHW2Oh78mmFJ5Oypad19_k0IG4ISD1X7oT22SRyC1G5h_EGvQaniPv4AttOOf20ufbwu4nK9uj-TPWGQ/s400/IMG_9395.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Addie made a rocket and Chad and Tate helped her launch it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZHZZ4D85Q9sCtwDJlUDQvkHgBWIvDcWFr24NVNe931bL-gcGHbT0CbW-pMT3xYWXFFpbCtT0oW90OOJPD6WVeIQPrdNSalGuj5ZpCXUuFM3lOi3UH8LNkyeJascAqK4M0w381CurxKg/s1600/IMG_9402.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZHZZ4D85Q9sCtwDJlUDQvkHgBWIvDcWFr24NVNe931bL-gcGHbT0CbW-pMT3xYWXFFpbCtT0oW90OOJPD6WVeIQPrdNSalGuj5ZpCXUuFM3lOi3UH8LNkyeJascAqK4M0w381CurxKg/s400/IMG_9402.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On Thursday afternoon, Chad and I headed up by ourselves (yes - a date!) to Traverse City. We used this time to celebrate our upcoming 12 year anniversary (July 29!) since we knew we were going to be too busy on the actual day to celebrate together. We spent the afternoon lounging on the beach and then headed up to the tip of Old Mission Peninsula. This is where Chad first told me he loved me, on my 20th birthday way back in 1999. And supposedly, 13 years later, he still does. But I love him even more. ;) Awwww.... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrPPv155L7V_QzgNbxlotKyK1ECfhezErrq0b_BUX6gvwkEksInQrXn3tfGcnJQIytdBII48A0V8WkIO8TFI-i5lCXj7dUQ2tOSGi6PszqtKjqN5O2xDuG0ho7eh_9g_ewDKHA2Fcc7_4/s1600/P1070369.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrPPv155L7V_QzgNbxlotKyK1ECfhezErrq0b_BUX6gvwkEksInQrXn3tfGcnJQIytdBII48A0V8WkIO8TFI-i5lCXj7dUQ2tOSGi6PszqtKjqN5O2xDuG0ho7eh_9g_ewDKHA2Fcc7_4/s400/P1070369.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hate this picture of me, but I had to include it since it was the only one we had at the lighthouse. So please try not to look at me. Seriously, stop it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That night we had dinner at <a href="http://www.tcgrills.com/peninsula-grill" target="_blank">Peninsula Grill</a>. I totally recommend this place if you're ever up in Traverse City. Great food, and not many tourists seem to know about it since there was no wait at all! A couple of the other places we had called had long waits. Not sure why this place didn't... the food and service both were excellent!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB_-Y5_WwSAMDxioYTHmLdSB4k1cIVa1ywF8S4VTpFHEE1KqznQruccakwqyXT37NOi7kejmqy8X-o-biKDYW0w_7SRyfO7GJW8V-CPDO_BHjxTujWBYqe_q6uPWsj2WMzUeFWZkHtraw/s1600/P1070380.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB_-Y5_WwSAMDxioYTHmLdSB4k1cIVa1ywF8S4VTpFHEE1KqznQruccakwqyXT37NOi7kejmqy8X-o-biKDYW0w_7SRyfO7GJW8V-CPDO_BHjxTujWBYqe_q6uPWsj2WMzUeFWZkHtraw/s400/P1070380.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had to stop on the way back to capture the beautiful view. From this spot on the peninsula, you can see Lake Michigan from both sides.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLSlc8V3EOXZYGtpHUsIqsipS1lxLW0HLXihWoy4ScZPmU8Ob39gt1Z-Is1mX_O7folctP1Wzn4Z-9CYnVJlzC1llw1MJCQeoMfcdhFBQ8XFJYQXsscJl6Vu5-EoKZ0iMcuAuTqYxTYOU/s1600/P1070384.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLSlc8V3EOXZYGtpHUsIqsipS1lxLW0HLXihWoy4ScZPmU8Ob39gt1Z-Is1mX_O7folctP1Wzn4Z-9CYnVJlzC1llw1MJCQeoMfcdhFBQ8XFJYQXsscJl6Vu5-EoKZ0iMcuAuTqYxTYOU/s400/P1070384.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That Saturday, we headed back home. Although we had LOTS of great fun on vacation, it felt good to be home! If only for a few more days... ;)</div><br />
</div>une autre mèrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08785118854145562521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455803658674744334.post-12634924700208240142012-08-06T22:15:00.002-05:002012-08-06T22:29:30.328-05:00michigan!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This July marked our 10-year anniversary of vacationing with our friends from Michigan. We started out in our first few years with zero children, and have since graduated to NINE! :) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29bsgYAWwiE4qivtIn99XjxHmolwU8ymZX3-TpMhtryskQI4kPNdOu3OgFoEZ1468v-PMo9qkto90B2Qw-Th_VzS_OCDfLf_vx3cVgyY981KSFK-lHrt-cSG97RsgBt9rkUrp05ybYiM/s1600/P1070231.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29bsgYAWwiE4qivtIn99XjxHmolwU8ymZX3-TpMhtryskQI4kPNdOu3OgFoEZ1468v-PMo9qkto90B2Qw-Th_VzS_OCDfLf_vx3cVgyY981KSFK-lHrt-cSG97RsgBt9rkUrp05ybYiM/s400/P1070231.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">May I present to you the lovely Stutes family...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3wwFRzGsmrACBkXPFGe6Ip3096SE4od9nH8LK69q-EJSl73iZ6RPJ38IwLIR3Mg3sZnmlnhTpHIh6iLjKCaCTPosSQUg3vZkPZ9he9CsglO8Ys1jDFh3Gm0foHB72pku8FjOLFAB_eeE/s1600/P1070240.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3wwFRzGsmrACBkXPFGe6Ip3096SE4od9nH8LK69q-EJSl73iZ6RPJ38IwLIR3Mg3sZnmlnhTpHIh6iLjKCaCTPosSQUg3vZkPZ9he9CsglO8Ys1jDFh3Gm0foHB72pku8FjOLFAB_eeE/s400/P1070240.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chuck and Teri with Carson (7), Cooper (5) and Kendal (1)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next we have the ever-popular Heagle family...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7AvYQBHnLquOD-OvMGg27WQGEu5Wpni_jgP0VAdJOpUHgZKwLltUzoxmIFAKDoSnpQ1-iT_LoeG2P_ui_jVtTE6Lx4KScE9ipjwE2a6R3oiI_FNpaZ6L04xkFKIr8Xrd22Y3Obhp9POg/s1600/P1070242.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7AvYQBHnLquOD-OvMGg27WQGEu5Wpni_jgP0VAdJOpUHgZKwLltUzoxmIFAKDoSnpQ1-iT_LoeG2P_ui_jVtTE6Lx4KScE9ipjwE2a6R3oiI_FNpaZ6L04xkFKIr8Xrd22Y3Obhp9POg/s400/P1070242.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Scott and Dawn with Will (3), Ana (5) and Sam (1)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And last of all... us!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVldWDd1L_X8g3zHVQXDTnir3Sl8tCu19JrFFdNJkyDcLdAREEjEhSzAISz3gpqfasKN2BF3xIStA1nrZFJAt505NDeLbRyOx5zrg6fQMsVM8Ivk5vFENnHL2qjj6CU1VMhY29_SmaaWU/s1600/P1070244.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVldWDd1L_X8g3zHVQXDTnir3Sl8tCu19JrFFdNJkyDcLdAREEjEhSzAISz3gpqfasKN2BF3xIStA1nrZFJAt505NDeLbRyOx5zrg6fQMsVM8Ivk5vFENnHL2qjj6CU1VMhY29_SmaaWU/s400/P1070244.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Adeline (6), Tate (2) and Millie (4)... <i>all turning 7, 3 and 5 in a few weeks!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> To start out, we spent a LOT of time at the beach in Sutton's Bay.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipJPUJwcrWDSVHZu0gTlq4PW7-Ujz2D8kNjbrronDy4gjmiLrpwrIPXmpeWCmqnE78W0Cle_3cnr34LWZDaDpSTU5gbbPhT_4bFtc0OuY6EzZG9eSaC2awUM2TSwVD49crl-TTfa6_dy0/s1600/P1070142.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipJPUJwcrWDSVHZu0gTlq4PW7-Ujz2D8kNjbrronDy4gjmiLrpwrIPXmpeWCmqnE78W0Cle_3cnr34LWZDaDpSTU5gbbPhT_4bFtc0OuY6EzZG9eSaC2awUM2TSwVD49crl-TTfa6_dy0/s400/P1070142.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We were entertained in the evenings with many shows put on by the kids. Here is one of the many renditions of "The 3 Little Pigs" with masks and all.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNM0mZIU4JK4XycGIuz53o2bTO_t1nUjmXWTPLuhXLp0X697oxV568F3ZZqjQmNnTaOB_1WYgCEtdMofudBdon3QL1fkNxJaxZKp8rOSl33rQhxiE-ABmSu2Z6a62rDJLPaK35yYauzNY/s1600/P1070155_2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNM0mZIU4JK4XycGIuz53o2bTO_t1nUjmXWTPLuhXLp0X697oxV568F3ZZqjQmNnTaOB_1WYgCEtdMofudBdon3QL1fkNxJaxZKp8rOSl33rQhxiE-ABmSu2Z6a62rDJLPaK35yYauzNY/s400/P1070155_2.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We also enjoyed hanging out at the house, especially if it involved yummy treats!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiVLaNJaT6hZ-4HlHb7uejvBG1XZI4XDxS3ySzO2M9x0PDTMmXtsXGt-d_9RY6nHnInvGeSX7lP3rf-64f6g_ouCzDRU60Vqoz5uiXeJPmq3aJwbk6uPy43g5Q8-J62D8sG3MboGG6bFo/s1600/P1070157.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiVLaNJaT6hZ-4HlHb7uejvBG1XZI4XDxS3ySzO2M9x0PDTMmXtsXGt-d_9RY6nHnInvGeSX7lP3rf-64f6g_ouCzDRU60Vqoz5uiXeJPmq3aJwbk6uPy43g5Q8-J62D8sG3MboGG6bFo/s400/P1070157.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">And there was lots of scootin' goin' on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTofhZU0JlzcVT4eCaYohZa3B-2td8-IHYW32FNoosKyRUhtlUGxeUItFXUsKvxmNb8YYLxgRHvY-v_nb4TGSTATGX5HdL2jMv1_rJKo_BvJqfq6ASuEaN2ZlPsZoi2xZzKaLzNVGU3sU/s1600/P1070158.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTofhZU0JlzcVT4eCaYohZa3B-2td8-IHYW32FNoosKyRUhtlUGxeUItFXUsKvxmNb8YYLxgRHvY-v_nb4TGSTATGX5HdL2jMv1_rJKo_BvJqfq6ASuEaN2ZlPsZoi2xZzKaLzNVGU3sU/s400/P1070158.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Of course we did our share of cramming kids into phone booths as well.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This shot was a little more comfortable, although we're missing 4 kids. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLpySzIWLSPki8GdbHSY9qRsxU6ng2u8KexeQjrERFq6jWUx3E6tWzT6Teyym9Z8p_4cKC7Fe5flOoeLKEQwrsnCWgPeVHpVe3IJoOIG5XJp5AKugkFVI2Wtt5jDzGJTfbRJofz-kU5Sk/s1600/P1070163.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLpySzIWLSPki8GdbHSY9qRsxU6ng2u8KexeQjrERFq6jWUx3E6tWzT6Teyym9Z8p_4cKC7Fe5flOoeLKEQwrsnCWgPeVHpVe3IJoOIG5XJp5AKugkFVI2Wtt5jDzGJTfbRJofz-kU5Sk/s400/P1070163.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We found this fierce cap gang hanging out in Target. They were quite intimidating.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgxrpGKeTnwHSZ5ji5pCPrBhu6_Dr9lhL8p9SQCIxWTuRK7D6e0187J2W-ySc4IXZWOT2tVWTngcJzzJ2qjIGkrtxA7poP78xpREfYNgrbZCAoGDX5OJWWQlHm3K8fwdUQ4fVognGpoFA/s1600/P1070187.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgxrpGKeTnwHSZ5ji5pCPrBhu6_Dr9lhL8p9SQCIxWTuRK7D6e0187J2W-ySc4IXZWOT2tVWTngcJzzJ2qjIGkrtxA7poP78xpREfYNgrbZCAoGDX5OJWWQlHm3K8fwdUQ4fVognGpoFA/s400/P1070187.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We also made some new friends, although they were a little stiff...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZWMuROo0bzsFSpbZjV1D5pLer9pOeEwZL1d-IZoxmwGnCD8MC62__z5wrIQ4lYxHFWpkcYaqIUQf5Q8nlYLeCos-VGKrDNpGoYCpBdPVF5B0QXlW4BRyzjz1eyBX1QKMis3mPPSvyV4/s1600/P1070189.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZWMuROo0bzsFSpbZjV1D5pLer9pOeEwZL1d-IZoxmwGnCD8MC62__z5wrIQ4lYxHFWpkcYaqIUQf5Q8nlYLeCos-VGKrDNpGoYCpBdPVF5B0QXlW4BRyzjz1eyBX1QKMis3mPPSvyV4/s400/P1070189.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The 4th of July provided some great photo-ops, especially with the beautiful, huge backyard as our backdrop.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtth9lovfgH9EAWBsCc4yP-BJr6JQ-ZkA9fKZIrKFHrQR3QdlLWB_euObGrXKlMcNKcwgM8vmabRNMKN2K12OB0RRZQd8fa1vdwAvC7Ju7FRV1tbWdzQO7ztHkuynLlRGnN-M26LDvR2I/s1600/P1070219.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtth9lovfgH9EAWBsCc4yP-BJr6JQ-ZkA9fKZIrKFHrQR3QdlLWB_euObGrXKlMcNKcwgM8vmabRNMKN2K12OB0RRZQd8fa1vdwAvC7Ju7FRV1tbWdzQO7ztHkuynLlRGnN-M26LDvR2I/s400/P1070219.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">These little girls did an excellent job of portraying our flag.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZfSsQthDAFEK_fQWT4WoMZok-X7E6zqyZ-Uj3-99DQTuVXDrlIYOrofw9UcqkFmI7QWJwoG-_F3v2bUoI74ByXch1ba8zeKwCiEF8m1QwPQ2dNR1MSEDRuGcbNVYhOu9_zFCMgojYPLo/s1600/P1070230.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZfSsQthDAFEK_fQWT4WoMZok-X7E6zqyZ-Uj3-99DQTuVXDrlIYOrofw9UcqkFmI7QWJwoG-_F3v2bUoI74ByXch1ba8zeKwCiEF8m1QwPQ2dNR1MSEDRuGcbNVYhOu9_zFCMgojYPLo/s400/P1070230.JPG" width="342" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And, of course, Independence Day isn't finished until we've done sparklers and fireworks!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEbnRnElZdwbLTPsiqiKKCVX0mVcVTukGa78wKDIiHHm5_a4QDAvX4XyxrfR50zPuLLbueATXe5p2VDFFHo9RtZgxvDyA-paFwdX50eRczkIz2woxZEw2qLAAxK0mw6Oh45Bl26b7Oi0c/s1600/P1070264.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEbnRnElZdwbLTPsiqiKKCVX0mVcVTukGa78wKDIiHHm5_a4QDAvX4XyxrfR50zPuLLbueATXe5p2VDFFHo9RtZgxvDyA-paFwdX50eRczkIz2woxZEw2qLAAxK0mw6Oh45Bl26b7Oi0c/s200/P1070264.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We were only about 15 minutes from Leland, so we took a day and hung out in historic Fishtown for awhile.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBmz4ktkrDqjEpFtZ52TXse0hbZamKx9S91zDsr2kmWnEoRrIVYQPeZHa2hYSPV6w5gbLbWMBlMdqlx3IIYRvA2pAU_jzTJJYQmXasjhB3W5ASnZQx8vFV4ZkCC7B85eH-H9-mkkEFb8/s1600/P1070322.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBmz4ktkrDqjEpFtZ52TXse0hbZamKx9S91zDsr2kmWnEoRrIVYQPeZHa2hYSPV6w5gbLbWMBlMdqlx3IIYRvA2pAU_jzTJJYQmXasjhB3W5ASnZQx8vFV4ZkCC7B85eH-H9-mkkEFb8/s400/P1070322.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">feed them early,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigUDRjxCjnNYuoiL_HgHyknaFfUFwG83j2W1DIuB3me9Q2xhUelGheeubBMTp8sUCmf3fBLCVjiz2Avbojt52qj0BlkumZRAgymTvJQ4xh_e5zPSYkHq1bKhN4WEKw01-2TPhQ9XSom1k/s1600/P1070325.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigUDRjxCjnNYuoiL_HgHyknaFfUFwG83j2W1DIuB3me9Q2xhUelGheeubBMTp8sUCmf3fBLCVjiz2Avbojt52qj0BlkumZRAgymTvJQ4xh_e5zPSYkHq1bKhN4WEKw01-2TPhQ9XSom1k/s400/P1070325.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and then send them to bed so we can...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How many men does it really take to grill a perfect steak?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHINB0a2WYZ4x6OaBtz2gODc9CUJM0NUzELUvSDCpL5hhMeroUdk4ngxQXRtxvg7dPFgv1plGtV14I7AA-JYJQ5FYUQMhQQSQ2DXnliGkg9-Xq9tOxYbwbi2d7TKOWS5sNJAdS9K40IYU/s1600/P1070331.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHINB0a2WYZ4x6OaBtz2gODc9CUJM0NUzELUvSDCpL5hhMeroUdk4ngxQXRtxvg7dPFgv1plGtV14I7AA-JYJQ5FYUQMhQQSQ2DXnliGkg9-Xq9tOxYbwbi2d7TKOWS5sNJAdS9K40IYU/s400/P1070331.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Three, I guess...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We spent our last day at the beautiful beach of Elk Rapids.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs6X-5kUK_RbJffWYMNl1-W6Rz-tdWLpM2lAPYQJoMU1pMHxh54alMkgvLt-IDY6P1ceAKLYK6B2hvTmwl9H2iQwUlXmGM-JFNNdYYILF5CcRwHuL9a67E6LzjsErMfF4a8udheZP0JcE/s1600/P1070338.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs6X-5kUK_RbJffWYMNl1-W6Rz-tdWLpM2lAPYQJoMU1pMHxh54alMkgvLt-IDY6P1ceAKLYK6B2hvTmwl9H2iQwUlXmGM-JFNNdYYILF5CcRwHuL9a67E6LzjsErMfF4a8udheZP0JcE/s400/P1070338.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the perfect spot to bring little kids, because the water stays shallow waaaaaay out. And it's crystal clear!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWEQ55nSwJu_MLME1WhjCLGw4ttYVNeHtdg7RHoCDepmvRzlxY8gKZQ4iJhP_ztUnrjZeJYsoAimzpNZtsCGxv8nSC46LkZ79QqwEY6_r-1kby-jgeMwK8t9gNqq3uajJrzM0v8lHpKPc/s1600/P1070344.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWEQ55nSwJu_MLME1WhjCLGw4ttYVNeHtdg7RHoCDepmvRzlxY8gKZQ4iJhP_ztUnrjZeJYsoAimzpNZtsCGxv8nSC46LkZ79QqwEY6_r-1kby-jgeMwK8t9gNqq3uajJrzM0v8lHpKPc/s400/P1070344.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here, I'm standing about 25 yards from the shore and look at the people way out still in water just up to their knees.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And there's fun little coves to play in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFyaV2HvNo3rPVjRTJAtT9-K0_rQkxnWPjGRDSq8ymyHmAHq_91Ypp3_618Eqb2HYwur3zdAR84EqGX8xoFW8HKRIkjauRDnsXCGNb_TnZrHQEH3BkoTWvK_RtTYh67VR69MzAC958-CM/s1600/P1070354.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFyaV2HvNo3rPVjRTJAtT9-K0_rQkxnWPjGRDSq8ymyHmAHq_91Ypp3_618Eqb2HYwur3zdAR84EqGX8xoFW8HKRIkjauRDnsXCGNb_TnZrHQEH3BkoTWvK_RtTYh67VR69MzAC958-CM/s400/P1070354.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Sam thought it was fun too!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHtIoCHvE4PTkaqeAjtiGZwZw0dmmHqkEfV3YmNRTVCk16gTLNgNSKWfEVfvNvgR2celioMq7KXF6kRTNapiOytYJ9XW7qyzkj3dJ1q-jcyVLR6kTgC4gLHA_fQg4F6gUGAKfW0BK_lkw/s1600/P1070346.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHtIoCHvE4PTkaqeAjtiGZwZw0dmmHqkEfV3YmNRTVCk16gTLNgNSKWfEVfvNvgR2celioMq7KXF6kRTNapiOytYJ9XW7qyzkj3dJ1q-jcyVLR6kTgC4gLHA_fQg4F6gUGAKfW0BK_lkw/s400/P1070346.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">The girls stayed up a little later on Friday night with a slumber party to celebrate their last night together... for this year at least!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmFkXJvHMhhYCa-U9ev6izuCA_Yhp0O7xcTK4QX_Sgo8F4f5A6OjAGn1tV5J6B-4V7dJWbJsR6MewaKLI7hnrXoll92sFfPOo1QBRzLFbhm6P1nZYmlpAjATC4-5fGPnwHtMDW6VQ7Ls/s1600/P1070359.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmFkXJvHMhhYCa-U9ev6izuCA_Yhp0O7xcTK4QX_Sgo8F4f5A6OjAGn1tV5J6B-4V7dJWbJsR6MewaKLI7hnrXoll92sFfPOo1QBRzLFbhm6P1nZYmlpAjATC4-5fGPnwHtMDW6VQ7Ls/s400/P1070359.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was sad to say goodbye, but we had a lot of fun memories to look back on!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>une autre mèrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08785118854145562521noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455803658674744334.post-16281779789481382172012-07-28T22:24:00.000-05:002012-07-28T22:24:22.015-05:00and then there was june...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">June started out with lazy days spent splashin' around in the pool, riding bikes and scooters and sleeping in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then the madness started with Vacation Bible School. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQN_5-u7EPLFdh-kELQMtAWSVdYoh7l-eSqjoLcKmBMtA-0aO0SIXhqP5THsmMQkmsG2-jsSWqJyGXui8CVZ1GDnPtd18BIJptxuqA9xStXWVUi3qHnmu5aaV4EuvEkUHsAdnGvBVjSgY/s1600/P1070054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQN_5-u7EPLFdh-kELQMtAWSVdYoh7l-eSqjoLcKmBMtA-0aO0SIXhqP5THsmMQkmsG2-jsSWqJyGXui8CVZ1GDnPtd18BIJptxuqA9xStXWVUi3qHnmu5aaV4EuvEkUHsAdnGvBVjSgY/s400/P1070054.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Adeline brought her good friend along all week and they had a blast together!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzlF9_0egRTuivbaDcQVLukEgQv4MTccqocsnspTETI5MhXe_go-wyohDIz8ZgRASDhUvDeFg5N2wd1dfLK_ACjq6r-15eLzW01uKKuyzKxpqJfZdYWFUWNRVIUI6EEcXQWdt00A4RPA/s1600/P1070014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzlF9_0egRTuivbaDcQVLukEgQv4MTccqocsnspTETI5MhXe_go-wyohDIz8ZgRASDhUvDeFg5N2wd1dfLK_ACjq6r-15eLzW01uKKuyzKxpqJfZdYWFUWNRVIUI6EEcXQWdt00A4RPA/s400/P1070014.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Millie also had a friend come with her and stuck pretty close to her cousin Ruby too!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVUEeC_KzUiNhW9Sc8AdSObjA32EtteNm0HfOchhaj1fmhhItSuXeDggWEutzfAsU-97pD1NKhjH1-Z6MsGhgNB5zH1UBQT-vt7GgI-K4DOEfN6Y6xridFXdOgihdFwQq3M2hcVTDi1UE/s1600/P1070026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVUEeC_KzUiNhW9Sc8AdSObjA32EtteNm0HfOchhaj1fmhhItSuXeDggWEutzfAsU-97pD1NKhjH1-Z6MsGhgNB5zH1UBQT-vt7GgI-K4DOEfN6Y6xridFXdOgihdFwQq3M2hcVTDi1UE/s400/P1070026.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, of course, Tate had Harper. :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOkdtsNpyDI49nPer6klAdHBUPfTHcQJmjjOCDIHJqTV7WPcMDPvAFPav6KeGrlwIx9idw2kSEGHmRtPmTLwJEnmwLztOMLjwOBPrM9A7ZBj5BfMtVXkD_iw-n8tAJJP_NdCaC9G2XcNo/s1600/P1070027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOkdtsNpyDI49nPer6klAdHBUPfTHcQJmjjOCDIHJqTV7WPcMDPvAFPav6KeGrlwIx9idw2kSEGHmRtPmTLwJEnmwLztOMLjwOBPrM9A7ZBj5BfMtVXkD_iw-n8tAJJP_NdCaC9G2XcNo/s400/P1070027.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>(FYI - it was crazy sock day... incase you were wondering)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our favorite day was probably Backwards Day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurFm6gEfUlB5IB0u31qvzxTFWh0egMlYbhvqNkmssa3P0lelxpmqCa_cTFj4Lhn4Z_0gSJl1hc916qiT4XnEf5FyzzfmlrntHP2O6y3_0IgniYnAgyqtNxmCx472kCHpXyXafuXHWQcU/s1600/P1070034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurFm6gEfUlB5IB0u31qvzxTFWh0egMlYbhvqNkmssa3P0lelxpmqCa_cTFj4Lhn4Z_0gSJl1hc916qiT4XnEf5FyzzfmlrntHP2O6y3_0IgniYnAgyqtNxmCx472kCHpXyXafuXHWQcU/s400/P1070034.JPG" width="382" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> That Friday night wrapped up our 2011-12 season of shows at the Civic Center. This was also our last weekend before Chad left us for 2 weeks. He got a new position teaching engineering at the high school this fall, so he had to go to U of I for a 2 week course. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf0cv9OZuE75enuIGi8JtDT0f3Y6BMvUBXUClb7bQqnj-A5IK1u7-BYlrlxUC6vvbMc_zBdU7BIZDwTvo-lGbvyWJNSeQTVLgoappzWHfc3XfM8NuqWLhkLKT5SyvCw_8uB5BWk_NaZVc/s1600/P1070057.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf0cv9OZuE75enuIGi8JtDT0f3Y6BMvUBXUClb7bQqnj-A5IK1u7-BYlrlxUC6vvbMc_zBdU7BIZDwTvo-lGbvyWJNSeQTVLgoappzWHfc3XfM8NuqWLhkLKT5SyvCw_8uB5BWk_NaZVc/s640/P1070057.JPG" width="460" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We decided to get tickets for next season again too. We count this as gifts for each other for every holiday/event for the entire year. Birthday, anniversary, Christmas, Mother's/Father's Day... you name it - we already have our gift for each other and it lasts all year! :) We love it because it takes the pressure off of trying to buy the perfect gift for each other all the time. Especially because Chad is so dang picky... ;)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On Sunday, which was actually Father's Day, we went to church and then it was time for Chad to leave. We said our goodbyes and he went to Iowa City and the kids and I headed down to my parents' house where we celebrated Father's Day, <i>without Chad! *sniff*,</i> and spent the week there too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Here's our Father's. Aren't they a group of handsome men?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhom4mLG97FWfcgpH82UZ49j1ztRmWE1Bi1lhsgaHGq15E8VWzt6NfP7sitne3XaTM0hrFeNNPFBsRF1cttsX1l1bSaVdb3ZVUwt7RQoV2xTYRE6CkhGzxHRIMRVjNFa01mnRbkXqOgZH8/s1600/IMG_1916.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhom4mLG97FWfcgpH82UZ49j1ztRmWE1Bi1lhsgaHGq15E8VWzt6NfP7sitne3XaTM0hrFeNNPFBsRF1cttsX1l1bSaVdb3ZVUwt7RQoV2xTYRE6CkhGzxHRIMRVjNFa01mnRbkXqOgZH8/s400/IMG_1916.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Addie and Clara felt pretty special eating at the "Big Girls' Table."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjTIACUEDrXtOXc9D23vVZQ6we3WH7U5DhdoFPE725U7CFiE-J19M7TWwTOkF_2rsT8DSGb9M3U1RJIxDW_D4Huz8TisBCLoziKeBOoIu4r0Kt79pCINj0YSYlntEihKh7pYCkzJLG_xc/s1600/IMG_1919.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjTIACUEDrXtOXc9D23vVZQ6we3WH7U5DhdoFPE725U7CFiE-J19M7TWwTOkF_2rsT8DSGb9M3U1RJIxDW_D4Huz8TisBCLoziKeBOoIu4r0Kt79pCINj0YSYlntEihKh7pYCkzJLG_xc/s400/IMG_1919.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Millie, Ruby and Taryn built a huge staircase!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNE1Btz4SUXzA7RqiZtF2qBzXEV_dugIEa_6D8ag6NxresB_QqO3QTiKrdjfMuyfnsYrd2dbfXHra0uAD3CH6Rzjgme0FFtxgdBq5RN7wqja8BZwu0bkMBAJl00hPDTPzLDFtgv7FuPsM/s1600/IMG_1920.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNE1Btz4SUXzA7RqiZtF2qBzXEV_dugIEa_6D8ag6NxresB_QqO3QTiKrdjfMuyfnsYrd2dbfXHra0uAD3CH6Rzjgme0FFtxgdBq5RN7wqja8BZwu0bkMBAJl00hPDTPzLDFtgv7FuPsM/s400/IMG_1920.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Me, my bros and my pa.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPt9JFxmhvZH2uLDFHFYNlnc27qWeoYz3C4FISqRsvKoEsZA36Ah7ZfhsA1alW07epTO_YxaQA7by0qyLfgtOj3C0ShdUT4FR6-qTcttu7ZOngNH3KoPheQx4uHhH6zLoM8x-FgFUM22o/s1600/IMG_1927.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPt9JFxmhvZH2uLDFHFYNlnc27qWeoYz3C4FISqRsvKoEsZA36Ah7ZfhsA1alW07epTO_YxaQA7by0qyLfgtOj3C0ShdUT4FR6-qTcttu7ZOngNH3KoPheQx4uHhH6zLoM8x-FgFUM22o/s400/IMG_1927.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I really couldn't have a better dad!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had a lot of fun at Nana and Baba's house that week.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Addie wore matching shirts with Baba. Or maybe hers is more of a dress?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWo_gx4xizBx0mW3nNp7wBmIF0KcDZiE-LDGKZDwiaQl0HQDtt70tIOoZ5TaauI2DkVgMPk2cfNo_PEc_lBSgY10IqKlqFqA7snSmF1tAp3J1SAROV4y4i_T1n4b1WY4v6h3zUHSI_ans/s1600/IMG_1937.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWo_gx4xizBx0mW3nNp7wBmIF0KcDZiE-LDGKZDwiaQl0HQDtt70tIOoZ5TaauI2DkVgMPk2cfNo_PEc_lBSgY10IqKlqFqA7snSmF1tAp3J1SAROV4y4i_T1n4b1WY4v6h3zUHSI_ans/s400/IMG_1937.JPG" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We enjoyed the hot temps by running in the sprinkler.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Xw6PA2ugh2Jhsqef4Lk3kn6daVImV7FdAK-5q_onSrllYbhujvMrx486iX3Z0P2fjq824EBc3l4Zv2hGzT4kPgB2R5-SFDmEbYSLBUxtHBphzGkuhPuMLnHcYXAvZRrwYsAsJOeo47I/s1600/IMG_1954.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Xw6PA2ugh2Jhsqef4Lk3kn6daVImV7FdAK-5q_onSrllYbhujvMrx486iX3Z0P2fjq824EBc3l4Zv2hGzT4kPgB2R5-SFDmEbYSLBUxtHBphzGkuhPuMLnHcYXAvZRrwYsAsJOeo47I/s400/IMG_1954.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nana spoiled us with popsicles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS0JNajg5dNXXyKoY14os54q8OXcgOfjFZBjsHQ0E_rjJQc_X-nwzEHqwYRQg0C6cdeCqlDQS9mgj5RRJX7F6woLVYw3kCP__iYZJjQS31JAXdGtphcttBXzbrCfhxJyIL4mCNWjCo1gA/s1600/IMG_1939.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS0JNajg5dNXXyKoY14os54q8OXcgOfjFZBjsHQ0E_rjJQc_X-nwzEHqwYRQg0C6cdeCqlDQS9mgj5RRJX7F6woLVYw3kCP__iYZJjQS31JAXdGtphcttBXzbrCfhxJyIL4mCNWjCo1gA/s400/IMG_1939.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kids repaid her by watering her flowers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXsOkx4V9TrGUayVOJvp4yFrFPIRKqbkjjRZLl3G8PmSdTQzUp8Hai6xwy0NjmHC2ltheDClJp6gjv-8CM-jLrCFzB6mzvakdG9-Zo_hvyPvjUMYlHBnuih78rn5us_JEe-IEzqr7aOUU/s1600/IMG_1941.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXsOkx4V9TrGUayVOJvp4yFrFPIRKqbkjjRZLl3G8PmSdTQzUp8Hai6xwy0NjmHC2ltheDClJp6gjv-8CM-jLrCFzB6mzvakdG9-Zo_hvyPvjUMYlHBnuih78rn5us_JEe-IEzqr7aOUU/s400/IMG_1941.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We went and fed the ducks at the pond with Kaiden and Taryn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnhNCEUapiL8atUtpuPJ4StAxVmeHn_uft_HlUZZJeGOwIMGZAQGIFQ-5R8p6TKZ7csXqyntpUKp5CIyn-Yk6gFT1zOFlzUQNN9yZ01hNHnrOXQ01FhxfW4kl4NCJPmL09tHohtnY3uxw/s1600/IMG_1944.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnhNCEUapiL8atUtpuPJ4StAxVmeHn_uft_HlUZZJeGOwIMGZAQGIFQ-5R8p6TKZ7csXqyntpUKp5CIyn-Yk6gFT1zOFlzUQNN9yZ01hNHnrOXQ01FhxfW4kl4NCJPmL09tHohtnY3uxw/s400/IMG_1944.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was so exciting I could barely contain myself. :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwkd2_mr4s3whoDUcsZhTBUbqBpt3ygMGlxqpNMoAmWEB9HkgIRgwYFGnU0n9hvwfB3B4ibPjXI3hBel2aq1tCRLnImXnvC1fClzBCOFfmfJ4d_7U4JwLq7ydRoUsx5SLuYrTvbQox-8E/s1600/IMG_1947.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwkd2_mr4s3whoDUcsZhTBUbqBpt3ygMGlxqpNMoAmWEB9HkgIRgwYFGnU0n9hvwfB3B4ibPjXI3hBel2aq1tCRLnImXnvC1fClzBCOFfmfJ4d_7U4JwLq7ydRoUsx5SLuYrTvbQox-8E/s400/IMG_1947.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Actually, I was mostly excited about where we were going next...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1AOorvN3xUvkjn4mq8JxKadxzscK6XQj-4uE34Qjd2fP-eJ_728-J6CWGEyq4qlirKbSXVEkI8TpBvoJY64Ni9BaNpEAe8rd7J7Iu7Z4_b4lQWf4aPOer0rfq7zqGG8KTTVZVlnTb-k/s1600/IMG_1951.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1AOorvN3xUvkjn4mq8JxKadxzscK6XQj-4uE34Qjd2fP-eJ_728-J6CWGEyq4qlirKbSXVEkI8TpBvoJY64Ni9BaNpEAe8rd7J7Iu7Z4_b4lQWf4aPOer0rfq7zqGG8KTTVZVlnTb-k/s400/IMG_1951.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We love our ICE CREAM!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The next week we headed back to our house, where we stayed for less than 4 days, and then left on the 29th to pick up Chad and headed to Michigan! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>une autre mèrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08785118854145562521noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455803658674744334.post-18629719463262909412012-07-23T21:39:00.000-05:002012-07-23T21:39:58.225-05:002 months later...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, yeah, I haven't updated this ol' blog in about 2 months... I think that may be a new record for me. But we actually have done some stuff since May! In fact, we've hardly been home, which is what I'm using as my excuse for not blogging. :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, let me back up a few months (don't worry, I won't unload the whole 2 months in one post). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After Chad was done teaching in May, we took a weekend, dropped our kids off at my parents' house and went to the Amana colonies. For Christmas, my parents gave us a gift certificate for a room at the <a href="http://zubershomesteadhotel.com/index.htm">Zuber Homestead Hotel</a>. It was beautiful and so spacious and comfy! We will definitely stay here again! Our room actually had 2 queen beds in it. You can only see one in this pic:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-vFkneIZMtKNoDvBT8HAtpCsss8x8yoVv4w3iU07nWuuJUyc8mFHOoMP-bVzhnvkDTj55ADt-xuUPbLvPrONj5NsZtE9vUGG20MS_Q6YKE-7cPbQVU9__GaJR5rV4c8U32njOovOqPE/s1600/P1060882.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-vFkneIZMtKNoDvBT8HAtpCsss8x8yoVv4w3iU07nWuuJUyc8mFHOoMP-bVzhnvkDTj55ADt-xuUPbLvPrONj5NsZtE9vUGG20MS_Q6YKE-7cPbQVU9__GaJR5rV4c8U32njOovOqPE/s400/P1060882.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On Friday afternoon, we thought it'd be fun to go to a few shops. Then this happened:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGONruktP7gtfuZ2boBOwY62ay-xgN20vgMg7x8Fq-MzFHn_Q08A-W-oeBqLk15uYyXXnI29uWheNu5FY8RiFv5wozWLNMzUX0JMnr-Asp7D5jhizeBBWgJ10EkdV84mMkzuCpyeT7cts/s1600/P1060887.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGONruktP7gtfuZ2boBOwY62ay-xgN20vgMg7x8Fq-MzFHn_Q08A-W-oeBqLk15uYyXXnI29uWheNu5FY8RiFv5wozWLNMzUX0JMnr-Asp7D5jhizeBBWgJ10EkdV84mMkzuCpyeT7cts/s400/P1060887.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And happened a little more:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCWdFFVuNAQm_g0SRIZBqn4Wi3OLIbBAsPKl-X0bvMaZobqjDazgGOwFW6hrg3n6b7c5oJH5u2GD5LeRM5bZlseb_-VJ6A0JSjv6_8sw92kAAlA9p34zKsC8SpV82mHVmuzjafEDkF8t4/s1600/P1060889.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCWdFFVuNAQm_g0SRIZBqn4Wi3OLIbBAsPKl-X0bvMaZobqjDazgGOwFW6hrg3n6b7c5oJH5u2GD5LeRM5bZlseb_-VJ6A0JSjv6_8sw92kAAlA9p34zKsC8SpV82mHVmuzjafEDkF8t4/s400/P1060889.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But we didn't let that get us down! We just sat on a bench, relaxed and had fun hanging out.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And we enjoyed our fresh "squeaky" cheese we had just purchased at the General Store.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEwf1koylMz8FshN7dMsNaeTVHq1SSkK1zsf9hYDvsVdsjIatEKS42YekHvuXBebV1_0twj330zmGIdrFhw5bhQHQmpIcfav6xNAGB-sB_FVCg7LdrBUvUBTl3xJkaMddd218KlyCxwwg/s1600/P1060893.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEwf1koylMz8FshN7dMsNaeTVHq1SSkK1zsf9hYDvsVdsjIatEKS42YekHvuXBebV1_0twj330zmGIdrFhw5bhQHQmpIcfav6xNAGB-sB_FVCg7LdrBUvUBTl3xJkaMddd218KlyCxwwg/s400/P1060893.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When the rain stopped, we ventured out for dinner at The Ronneburg.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwxh_VdkdxQQBrG8mi0VMPKtZDTxDIbb7a-CqvJy0OSxDQL3MLDTFsCqJRBApq3FeHw5vpbx2H9mlEwpWjDO-riJXtCnm5iwZKlLpP6lUy_vAIDMTuTCjsV6IuiIS8iH7l4VJF6HJsd6Y/s1600/P1060894.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwxh_VdkdxQQBrG8mi0VMPKtZDTxDIbb7a-CqvJy0OSxDQL3MLDTFsCqJRBApq3FeHw5vpbx2H9mlEwpWjDO-riJXtCnm5iwZKlLpP6lUy_vAIDMTuTCjsV6IuiIS8iH7l4VJF6HJsd6Y/s400/P1060894.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Where I had my long-awaited Chicken Schnitzel and spaetzle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxVK5F1w9GsAOhi0fUinbtVX8biFaoRk4TxWXa3QLfOooPWYxM9VRhyphenhyphen-xD0tX5VhZObCNRRTR88Po2_XHU9-OVu-ufMM-AXtbKvX4LuwdzKUMjyNn3iRmSXQ1R-K4A6Rc67c3HVubWojQ/s1600/P1060895.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxVK5F1w9GsAOhi0fUinbtVX8biFaoRk4TxWXa3QLfOooPWYxM9VRhyphenhyphen-xD0tX5VhZObCNRRTR88Po2_XHU9-OVu-ufMM-AXtbKvX4LuwdzKUMjyNn3iRmSXQ1R-K4A6Rc67c3HVubWojQ/s400/P1060895.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On Saturday, we enjoyed a rain-free day walking around the shops and eating more good food. We ended the day with some ice cream.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Don't judge me by the size of my ice cream bites.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdGuf1L78iACnGXyYHk-3a_kKsV_L9Mdv8rd2b4447Kt_2-zhJydIG71mrDVIQ7h84wuBoGI7QoxnRYfLFbZ3Q3WDUvJBET0-scWpIRV0U0pesyro9mp1pvpjSYe8IJYgpnlgQZJKsFYs/s1600/P1060902.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdGuf1L78iACnGXyYHk-3a_kKsV_L9Mdv8rd2b4447Kt_2-zhJydIG71mrDVIQ7h84wuBoGI7QoxnRYfLFbZ3Q3WDUvJBET0-scWpIRV0U0pesyro9mp1pvpjSYe8IJYgpnlgQZJKsFYs/s400/P1060902.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That next Sunday was the day before Memorial Day, so we dressed the kids up in their red, white and blue.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdY5pVU97r-RuImhXquPffiEGNAR5ecX8XXsEgWZ1t9A0wau3rlurLdIdQWdrRbrEVq4kdHtNapfgZ259N0ncEZaFln1FBF62PLIYjg-K3AGGY5wlOnR2pR6_2ovM-aM_Pp6-2vO_GPXU/s1600/P1060907.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdY5pVU97r-RuImhXquPffiEGNAR5ecX8XXsEgWZ1t9A0wau3rlurLdIdQWdrRbrEVq4kdHtNapfgZ259N0ncEZaFln1FBF62PLIYjg-K3AGGY5wlOnR2pR6_2ovM-aM_Pp6-2vO_GPXU/s400/P1060907.JPG" width="260" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That night we decided to "camp" at our house. We roasted hotdogs over the fire...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBod95PfPM2Iw6_3vNsReLRhLhUw6qHk5OFJ0AyfqXep3jKA5B5ezhd4kZo7CyV-UEI2cS-aDnmlhWeCBLrSv4UvyIBuaNlMg31fiHUwxHocJ87qlovUpjyoqB35XeNy-qBINkctTnLVk/s1600/P1060910.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBod95PfPM2Iw6_3vNsReLRhLhUw6qHk5OFJ0AyfqXep3jKA5B5ezhd4kZo7CyV-UEI2cS-aDnmlhWeCBLrSv4UvyIBuaNlMg31fiHUwxHocJ87qlovUpjyoqB35XeNy-qBINkctTnLVk/s400/P1060910.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and ate them in our pop-up camper in the driveway.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrMn0YOVm_2ViVybbsiOEB_zgwBtVp5jKU3LXoPDErLBhZ8ZHcUW3pk0CKMR_wwQQjLmPlApAM2n5fEHwRop1guXGxLYeOhQd9r-jV0mRl-WVPWL5x0cWm-nSo2nHCmCY7TDhoOeF-aXc/s1600/P1060915.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrMn0YOVm_2ViVybbsiOEB_zgwBtVp5jKU3LXoPDErLBhZ8ZHcUW3pk0CKMR_wwQQjLmPlApAM2n5fEHwRop1guXGxLYeOhQd9r-jV0mRl-WVPWL5x0cWm-nSo2nHCmCY7TDhoOeF-aXc/s400/P1060915.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kids practiced sleeping after dinner. We all slept in the camper that night while it rained. This was the first time we'd had it open in the rain, so we were relieved to know it really is leak-proof! :)</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But before bed, we played some bocce ball in the backyard.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPrxgNy3EqeRXvsntNG4BVo57zL0ZICZtWuZK3v8DmgCtp7a2aNLZWWZgXx5enqmsHOYojojKXQXY05s_Txm60FIgG8R7EVvVOUm50SWDGiM11kr6PwUo_x7LFwbmhMmigvCXlngyFnCo/s1600/P1060922.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPrxgNy3EqeRXvsntNG4BVo57zL0ZICZtWuZK3v8DmgCtp7a2aNLZWWZgXx5enqmsHOYojojKXQXY05s_Txm60FIgG8R7EVvVOUm50SWDGiM11kr6PwUo_x7LFwbmhMmigvCXlngyFnCo/s400/P1060922.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And ended the night with stories and games around the campfire. It was perfect!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWoRjzPD1hgWGZxnqywVq771k2YM2FskgIC6Cb4fbjvbHn2ZS0hGIXnFDEn0Gj1ISU38pn1BfkJ6KV16O6Kopl5PNQJGEGsBNqM3qRW2hGkxWEYhwhrxxI1xbT6o9YxjKYWpIa_gDdChU/s1600/P1060925.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWoRjzPD1hgWGZxnqywVq771k2YM2FskgIC6Cb4fbjvbHn2ZS0hGIXnFDEn0Gj1ISU38pn1BfkJ6KV16O6Kopl5PNQJGEGsBNqM3qRW2hGkxWEYhwhrxxI1xbT6o9YxjKYWpIa_gDdChU/s400/P1060925.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, we made it through the rest of May. Now I just have all of June and most of July to catch up on. Stay tuned... ;)</div><br />
</div>une autre mèrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08785118854145562521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455803658674744334.post-9251238087328159882012-05-22T08:38:00.000-05:002012-05-22T08:38:01.242-05:00mother's day officially celebrated at last<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So we finally got around to celebrating Mother's Day with my family. It was perfect timing too, because my dad's cousins were here visiting from Holland! I hadn't seen them in ages, like probably since high school! So I guess it wasn't really <i>that</i> long ago, was it? Ha! ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHdK1m3YaBn7t_fEbXRw5lEWeTo_OSaq4dDH7HgQ1unOjm15rNBjEXzH-B2odsXHVH9u0pqmIQwVlF2OQDRwVhpDO5ECpXUP3Xdetmb_QY8PkS8f1juqgQ6jM_x_XUzd0erIFTXYPfUxg/s1600/P1060829.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHdK1m3YaBn7t_fEbXRw5lEWeTo_OSaq4dDH7HgQ1unOjm15rNBjEXzH-B2odsXHVH9u0pqmIQwVlF2OQDRwVhpDO5ECpXUP3Xdetmb_QY8PkS8f1juqgQ6jM_x_XUzd0erIFTXYPfUxg/s400/P1060829.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">They even got to play in the pool!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig8VdyojELKhAnU5p15L4WEAO2TLWB0PdBdARnTAR1VLfkHVt1Xzj-K_ak430ffwSgmPYslbZjyFwvXyO81olQRGKAy2wLR8IGkiAgGUQvfscMKw_NnaFJt9CadGXCnYGzfU6CsskBS2w/s1600/P1060832.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig8VdyojELKhAnU5p15L4WEAO2TLWB0PdBdARnTAR1VLfkHVt1Xzj-K_ak430ffwSgmPYslbZjyFwvXyO81olQRGKAy2wLR8IGkiAgGUQvfscMKw_NnaFJt9CadGXCnYGzfU6CsskBS2w/s400/P1060832.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These two had so much fun. I think they forgot anyone else was even here!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Whereas the little ones got a little too chilly and needed some warming up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhewl3e67pvfRHzvhGN1RsUbYehEuaREYVgEAioKtrRwwTX_3dWgBxjP_Gd4eObTAzI_ColYuL-aJX59iL2ZOYtzc419_Yx_nFXNKxUCLtqMNHM3zm1sUzI4VekO3nULRF8ukBUK8ZfRj0/s1600/P1060833.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhewl3e67pvfRHzvhGN1RsUbYehEuaREYVgEAioKtrRwwTX_3dWgBxjP_Gd4eObTAzI_ColYuL-aJX59iL2ZOYtzc419_Yx_nFXNKxUCLtqMNHM3zm1sUzI4VekO3nULRF8ukBUK8ZfRj0/s400/P1060833.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The adults got some good conversation time in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLLMjFHb-AcFFaBenP8jI2WXKn9QhJUJXSKNdPdRT2Lu1XP_SK6eiEtaMMNG2ICXpBXVkSnatDHkR40d98u3UmAswxsPEIZxQ5ub4uwfFexVz1dww4Om0taxf6-xTe0d8c5CqzF9fBpWg/s1600/P1060837.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLLMjFHb-AcFFaBenP8jI2WXKn9QhJUJXSKNdPdRT2Lu1XP_SK6eiEtaMMNG2ICXpBXVkSnatDHkR40d98u3UmAswxsPEIZxQ5ub4uwfFexVz1dww4Om0taxf6-xTe0d8c5CqzF9fBpWg/s400/P1060837.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anton and Yanni's (our relatives from the Netherlands) son and his wife are missionary doctors in Haiti, so we got to see a lot of great pictures of where they live and hear some very interesting stories.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had such a great time catching up with them. Wish we could've spent even more time with them!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9eSOsyMn3SjEcy4bMbyiI2P6UNdNq-bvoLX7F_VpBdm6YSNUEffukzin9ll7YTui5GEUutyOizN27TkePqaoI1hubYplXGAy5B9jPLlbzVHa_4VTZrA_UTgljIzFyto5z0QOk7KQZOH8/s1600/P1060836.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9eSOsyMn3SjEcy4bMbyiI2P6UNdNq-bvoLX7F_VpBdm6YSNUEffukzin9ll7YTui5GEUutyOizN27TkePqaoI1hubYplXGAy5B9jPLlbzVHa_4VTZrA_UTgljIzFyto5z0QOk7KQZOH8/s400/P1060836.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And since this was a Mother's Day celebration, here's a picture of the world's best mom!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5cHiWFd2EDHpE3T-HgByWDZr2Ay3fP9BEPPkV_SS38e5_jIxDsnEuR3LIS5AYrHveUD6xxS61NArOg93oqjdFudRtbya0HxL9U2rzmt8QZkqFAXzM7QomL17PaRnr34ksOLxI_sO1PzI/s1600/P1060839.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5cHiWFd2EDHpE3T-HgByWDZr2Ay3fP9BEPPkV_SS38e5_jIxDsnEuR3LIS5AYrHveUD6xxS61NArOg93oqjdFudRtbya0HxL9U2rzmt8QZkqFAXzM7QomL17PaRnr34ksOLxI_sO1PzI/s400/P1060839.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After all she's done for us, maybe one of us should've volunteered to scrape the dog poop off her shoes...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5GgmBo30fu28OZTfXN-HnAJo3yUbA2lQMgTnuSiEsJw7MDPf6tNjzeESu7gHV-tEeu3uJXPhfx70tJU2pEU8-RS5zGstB0AlZN1nqz1w6rSD_qnHSEKmRnEjPmTZqBlxH7Id1EDtNwHE/s1600/P1060840.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5GgmBo30fu28OZTfXN-HnAJo3yUbA2lQMgTnuSiEsJw7MDPf6tNjzeESu7gHV-tEeu3uJXPhfx70tJU2pEU8-RS5zGstB0AlZN1nqz1w6rSD_qnHSEKmRnEjPmTZqBlxH7Id1EDtNwHE/s400/P1060840.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think she was trying to teach us an important life lesson here: You gotta walk through a lotta crap as a parent, but it's totally worth it in the end (excuse my language). Yup, pretty sure she did that on purpose. She's always trying to teach us life lessons through visual imagery. Great lesson, mom. Point taken. ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Of course, the kids had lots of homemade cards for her!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMrmYbYcabWO2lKba5wMdjtKW11Y9F59ROOQyuRC-ljbAh546LW_5KOWiV3uenDOXsFmgKQcJXzk7JHHmTkRJwBefjA1GuozyYmH-a9OojUckLuv9a1Uz4dfH4G2eeMIooMNM9nWDnwsU/s1600/P1060841.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMrmYbYcabWO2lKba5wMdjtKW11Y9F59ROOQyuRC-ljbAh546LW_5KOWiV3uenDOXsFmgKQcJXzk7JHHmTkRJwBefjA1GuozyYmH-a9OojUckLuv9a1Uz4dfH4G2eeMIooMNM9nWDnwsU/s400/P1060841.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Millie made her 3!</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Even Tate made one (and he can't sit and color for longer than 30 seconds!) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotmsBKbTI7B6R7wjZ9Rt7F7BXpfYn7F0HEJWldPzFZXXF5u2rmsJH_JuZcrRb4AqQwgA54O5YNCV0hg-HkiHjDPrS2SZjvrJJqSl5UHK_9G_G_MAxIEwRI_EThmvcHKtfBHl_n_i_Od8/s1600/P1060846.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotmsBKbTI7B6R7wjZ9Rt7F7BXpfYn7F0HEJWldPzFZXXF5u2rmsJH_JuZcrRb4AqQwgA54O5YNCV0hg-HkiHjDPrS2SZjvrJJqSl5UHK_9G_G_MAxIEwRI_EThmvcHKtfBHl_n_i_Od8/s400/P1060846.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And Adeline made her a book full of Mother's Day poetry. :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQtrNydIlvOAuP5vZd4J2dnqLoxCdKCm8JzXpONwCQwC8W3NkU4mYTNyw2MiZmH5kfcw9etF3sVg0nuo6znr-yMVXES80fOE7lZyMA8FP0bEjw6Yucmq0SATThK6HK5IFyxM_WbA3GXUc/s1600/P1060847.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQtrNydIlvOAuP5vZd4J2dnqLoxCdKCm8JzXpONwCQwC8W3NkU4mYTNyw2MiZmH5kfcw9etF3sVg0nuo6znr-yMVXES80fOE7lZyMA8FP0bEjw6Yucmq0SATThK6HK5IFyxM_WbA3GXUc/s400/P1060847.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These kids sure love their Nana Lois!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEituFDHdyvpjaJPyQ_vPV6BGwd2vcg3sdRwR7vzpqC6f6wySkvzpdw8OiAqibBxFGMyIpmMeiDLzEGyHCMdq4Ou08sxYZVVn30Lh-lsZk_EDEAaJDL2jVRTulhAr9iMoakRMKTTfWND2Zs/s1600/P1060853.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEituFDHdyvpjaJPyQ_vPV6BGwd2vcg3sdRwR7vzpqC6f6wySkvzpdw8OiAqibBxFGMyIpmMeiDLzEGyHCMdq4Ou08sxYZVVn30Lh-lsZk_EDEAaJDL2jVRTulhAr9iMoakRMKTTfWND2Zs/s400/P1060853.JPG" width="395" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And even though this Nana lives farther away, we could never forget about her! She's dearly loved by us all as well and is such a wonderful mom, mother-in-law and nana! We love you, Nana Brooks! See you soon! :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFuLnDvwg_eAZof7zkyLJ0HHbfZ3uZSmJqEiifW0G8ipbOAety_BVy5cNS0EW4rYiHaucMHBA2yPZLHgjR5Kn_KLd8u9PLi7VBndHps0Ch86kTCv8Q2QozxUD70epOjyhqSayLy9kD568/s1600/IMG_9113.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFuLnDvwg_eAZof7zkyLJ0HHbfZ3uZSmJqEiifW0G8ipbOAety_BVy5cNS0EW4rYiHaucMHBA2yPZLHgjR5Kn_KLd8u9PLi7VBndHps0Ch86kTCv8Q2QozxUD70epOjyhqSayLy9kD568/s400/IMG_9113.JPG" width="363" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope you all got a chance to honor your mothers too! Have a great week!</div></div>une autre mèrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08785118854145562521noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455803658674744334.post-52231856723324990272012-05-17T16:14:00.001-05:002012-05-17T16:17:33.230-05:00one lucky mama!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mother's Day started for me last week Friday at Adeline's school. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixA4UNHf4UL2RgdTZRuw5qsljlVY2UGhYY4sIpWQNauG0FtOUJtp6wN5-8Q6_StsoDCXs7StZcaI45eRrtz0e4mMwkvJDd_JF6vc1VaZMJJa6m_SVdEEsnV9RN8rt3x0wQc6hyIGesP4Q/s1600/P1060772.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixA4UNHf4UL2RgdTZRuw5qsljlVY2UGhYY4sIpWQNauG0FtOUJtp6wN5-8Q6_StsoDCXs7StZcaI45eRrtz0e4mMwkvJDd_JF6vc1VaZMJJa6m_SVdEEsnV9RN8rt3x0wQc6hyIGesP4Q/s400/P1060772.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The first grade classes had their annual "Mother's Day Tea" where they invite all their moms to come to their class and then they surprise us with treats, homemade goodies, songs, poems and more!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My favorite part had to be this darling book she made for me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7RCx1JP7SrC4JGVdr0LW0KsqcCPWYn2ed5w3PZinxW96dtYKziP-YkxuMAN4_qqxRGsqPTY_edhrs1iPrDvUsHw4bulEs5Cbruq3P-5kxIfv29zVntpVDFM_Xa4ga6_HtICL-x883OAc/s1600/P1060778.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7RCx1JP7SrC4JGVdr0LW0KsqcCPWYn2ed5w3PZinxW96dtYKziP-YkxuMAN4_qqxRGsqPTY_edhrs1iPrDvUsHw4bulEs5Cbruq3P-5kxIfv29zVntpVDFM_Xa4ga6_HtICL-x883OAc/s400/P1060778.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's a book all about me! Complete with adorable pictures! :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They sang the sweetest songs and said the cutest poems.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM591EhVOa4-TMxZRCZ5u9AtqH8zy_xmSkd2oSH7IULyI_X-kYnMEhaCgkvcU8ALEfKOe0wk9_l1E6J87otViRPxUlEnosIiQ-YTi_Ve4yfY56zPB_rdRyHhoTH3dPKFQU4IFcdYnAIPk/s1600/P1060783.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM591EhVOa4-TMxZRCZ5u9AtqH8zy_xmSkd2oSH7IULyI_X-kYnMEhaCgkvcU8ALEfKOe0wk9_l1E6J87otViRPxUlEnosIiQ-YTi_Ve4yfY56zPB_rdRyHhoTH3dPKFQU4IFcdYnAIPk/s400/P1060783.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I couldn't stop smiling the entire time. Every single bit of it was so darn cute and sweet. I have to admit my eyes did leak a little bit... but I wasn't the only one! ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here is the best first-grade teacher in the entire world. Hands down. No arguing with me on this one! She is truly the sweetest teacher ever.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDbyhtVuDq_YbPLA7_Z1ke6Bo50JzDHdbAwvE-mC2FX588rC-gqMUgfy-ZCuc0ndnQel7sKhZLKyqKg4fm2e7pxzX9y0INSl9MY4lPYI_o4q8xTacvll5r3U7TRj4NfRToOLVQCTKINjk/s1600/P1060788.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDbyhtVuDq_YbPLA7_Z1ke6Bo50JzDHdbAwvE-mC2FX588rC-gqMUgfy-ZCuc0ndnQel7sKhZLKyqKg4fm2e7pxzX9y0INSl9MY4lPYI_o4q8xTacvll5r3U7TRj4NfRToOLVQCTKINjk/s400/P1060788.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Saturday morning Tate woke up at 1:30 with a high fever and then again at 4:30 with vomit. :( Poor little guy. I knew right then that our Mother's Day celebration with my parents and brothers' families scheduled at our house for the next day would probably have to be postponed. Especially since I was terrified it might be hand, foot and mouth disease (that is going around like CRAZY here!) Thankfully, it ended up just being a fever with no more vomit! We cuddled together almost all day, which was really quite wonderful! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sunday morning, I kept Tate and Millie home with me (incase Tate was contagious and to keep Millie away from the dreaded hand, foot and mouth!). When Chad and Addie came home from church, we headed out for a yummy Chinese lunch. Then we spent the rest of the day hanging out in the yard and going for a walk. It was so nice! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The kids had already given me beautiful hand-made cards that morning, but that evening the kids surprised me with this big card they had picked out all by themselves. :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3CGJt75cvGfHjCYJ6qXAMZ2lgQuDFu8By7ft8COa6HDUWHp9LMvn4MJQrdb_43cqYOaJCD-WMzoNzxaHnCpans0-i-fNJ6C1GbCSaN9La1vbGJl66oWY6AgTk08ciH22R11ejwHZ2mE/s1600/P1060789.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3CGJt75cvGfHjCYJ6qXAMZ2lgQuDFu8By7ft8COa6HDUWHp9LMvn4MJQrdb_43cqYOaJCD-WMzoNzxaHnCpans0-i-fNJ6C1GbCSaN9La1vbGJl66oWY6AgTk08ciH22R11ejwHZ2mE/s400/P1060789.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They caught me by surprise when I was coming downstairs. It was so cute to see them all lined up waiting for me. :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFXB9zcesLMD_ANefFchp3aGVZtZyW6TxerWr6fXjeNpCVjXvku3LAMoBBugcM5suFskl0knw9nsXPrB-98HiAcPrBtQm37bYeZwRxRFH68LrmLVlHpGsleWs2_C604KH8D3hF6EUriQ/s1600/P1060790.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFXB9zcesLMD_ANefFchp3aGVZtZyW6TxerWr6fXjeNpCVjXvku3LAMoBBugcM5suFskl0knw9nsXPrB-98HiAcPrBtQm37bYeZwRxRFH68LrmLVlHpGsleWs2_C604KH8D3hF6EUriQ/s400/P1060790.JPG" width="358" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">One very blessed mama!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieveLFRYNFwAj4qfQa4zh5Pf0jZkbzaU1IOhZZpW7R2fLXYKARBsOd4o2_UzdSTPSySmBhHRi9MUvpvWHfZ5E8axxlRg_X5KpAqFborXu6u7NFo6jp3F5XqOKAlEPJgP161FO79ZptT3I/s1600/P1060795.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieveLFRYNFwAj4qfQa4zh5Pf0jZkbzaU1IOhZZpW7R2fLXYKARBsOd4o2_UzdSTPSySmBhHRi9MUvpvWHfZ5E8axxlRg_X5KpAqFborXu6u7NFo6jp3F5XqOKAlEPJgP161FO79ZptT3I/s400/P1060795.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, Mother's Day may be over, but we still have a celebration to look forward to on Sunday!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Onto the rest of the week... the weather has been soooo gorgeous here!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG-nko15JD6APPm1-2Jwc3-5udOJ6YwPl7C4X1V6qUJqmeeVLukAZ4IaiThchMBuFsOvmyZtj4k5XBobhARDtvqHsY7wF5q0zoEzCJ9VgoBABsKrZhgDTd5Vq7Lmmgiyny7dv0kY_SQ-c/s1600/P1060803.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG-nko15JD6APPm1-2Jwc3-5udOJ6YwPl7C4X1V6qUJqmeeVLukAZ4IaiThchMBuFsOvmyZtj4k5XBobhARDtvqHsY7wF5q0zoEzCJ9VgoBABsKrZhgDTd5Vq7Lmmgiyny7dv0kY_SQ-c/s400/P1060803.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> We spent some time at one of the parks here in town with our neighbor girl (and good friend!) Stephanie.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">She let Tate fish with her and guess what....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68gteY4DZ2LGGuoMONXZko0d_gBSgkIrZnG27gYTTod3isLPpP6XBPqBja_44wDoDVxG-574dHZMnVo-thD9IgIL5V4cg6jDO1TXttsXGj5KBzxWd1GfaOdyWYuWmAX0QRWs_9inV1ok/s1600/P1060805.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68gteY4DZ2LGGuoMONXZko0d_gBSgkIrZnG27gYTTod3isLPpP6XBPqBja_44wDoDVxG-574dHZMnVo-thD9IgIL5V4cg6jDO1TXttsXGj5KBzxWd1GfaOdyWYuWmAX0QRWs_9inV1ok/s400/P1060805.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> they caught a fish!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">She took it off and let them touch it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg33jyDQ0JR7U106ov21BxiDeC8XiU28J86Y7wkqgzOjZ-pRp0gqR0LQkqEtQ4tKaKrSD0T5Yak8rD6B3u1l8d2_SC_55f14gZKEpHdakprB49TiEcJEKiKJAklo4Tczt2OnKpVrEgfhw8/s1600/P1060806.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg33jyDQ0JR7U106ov21BxiDeC8XiU28J86Y7wkqgzOjZ-pRp0gqR0LQkqEtQ4tKaKrSD0T5Yak8rD6B3u1l8d2_SC_55f14gZKEpHdakprB49TiEcJEKiKJAklo4Tczt2OnKpVrEgfhw8/s400/P1060806.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then they threw it back in and tried for some more.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Millie and I watched from the sidelines with great anticipation!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVUEacc32bTnXRU-KUCrl3n1fSzPqRBzHxeKZM74pWHcETAjFLn1eppUpJ1nripHrOJGEb0gzwzpZXR3Udv4RccgpMZi5FWrjS3IXd1i5gF-eQYIbwnMQHKM6AikATh7rcdJYh-m88BE/s1600/P1060812.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVUEacc32bTnXRU-KUCrl3n1fSzPqRBzHxeKZM74pWHcETAjFLn1eppUpJ1nripHrOJGEb0gzwzpZXR3Udv4RccgpMZi5FWrjS3IXd1i5gF-eQYIbwnMQHKM6AikATh7rcdJYh-m88BE/s400/P1060812.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Here they are throwing food to the ducks. You can't see them now, but they came at us in droves. There were probably 30-40 encircling us, quacking loudly for our bread. It was a little freaky. I couldn't even get a picture of it because the kids were holding onto me so tightly. They liked it, but were a little scared at the same time. When the bread was gone, it was hard to convince them to move on. I think they thought we were holding out on them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xlE496LugReh-FkCiGP9jnTnYYUXD6xrtYMtqtFrbwp3NZ0pR1GgeAmyhSX5FfXRqpxH9cCj6ms5hHP438uE4P77ED6kp8srFq-wzQspEr2TTJeWVCARbLGh_Sq7EaTgkskGGU4tvuY/s1600/P1060814.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xlE496LugReh-FkCiGP9jnTnYYUXD6xrtYMtqtFrbwp3NZ0pR1GgeAmyhSX5FfXRqpxH9cCj6ms5hHP438uE4P77ED6kp8srFq-wzQspEr2TTJeWVCARbLGh_Sq7EaTgkskGGU4tvuY/s400/P1060814.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">They did finally leave us in peace so we could focus on this adorable little family instead. They were much less threatening.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVmFAQKFkmzhl5nf3MJ4E7FFrH4Ap_vjRmJHU3w62tKQcl6uuJAkIo4v07SrEPG7N5gvlUEd3ATnsj8-vhZMRmkN-qwqbESza96vfr4gc3hE3B0NrS1JOLyp9cd0PuVs8LmvUH1hTbIdk/s1600/P1060817.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVmFAQKFkmzhl5nf3MJ4E7FFrH4Ap_vjRmJHU3w62tKQcl6uuJAkIo4v07SrEPG7N5gvlUEd3ATnsj8-vhZMRmkN-qwqbESza96vfr4gc3hE3B0NrS1JOLyp9cd0PuVs8LmvUH1hTbIdk/s400/P1060817.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, there are a few of my highlights from this week. Hope you're enjoying this gorgeous weather too!</div><br />
</div>une autre mèrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08785118854145562521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455803658674744334.post-16490984634235825822012-05-01T16:56:00.001-05:002012-05-01T16:58:30.774-05:00all we need is a may pole...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ah, May Day! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So glad our neighborhood kids celebrate this fun holiday. I did growing up <i>(with my elderly neighbor lady - she would drop baskets of candy off at my door and try to hobble away before I caught her - how adorable is that?!?)</i>, but when I married a Michigander, I was made to believe I was making the whole thing up. It <b>really</b> is a holiday. It <b>really</b> does involve baskets, candy and a maypole. I'd love to give you the whole history here, but seriously... you can google that yourself.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So here we are, loaded up with "baskets" full of snacks, waiting to be delivered.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMExw67jYakeQT3pJr0_BXb3VDusvnT63A5GiXYx39cnZRQq19MQJBuzFRPqF7vRZgFtEU5Usvuuev9N4FXL_sPaKr-ozdvaETTBYnrM1bGhKOP7nUEHzu8bZpcqDcPFlp0RvH-ALiA-M/s1600/P1060646.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Off to the first unsuspecting neighbor's house...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMExw67jYakeQT3pJr0_BXb3VDusvnT63A5GiXYx39cnZRQq19MQJBuzFRPqF7vRZgFtEU5Usvuuev9N4FXL_sPaKr-ozdvaETTBYnrM1bGhKOP7nUEHzu8bZpcqDcPFlp0RvH-ALiA-M/s1600/P1060646.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMExw67jYakeQT3pJr0_BXb3VDusvnT63A5GiXYx39cnZRQq19MQJBuzFRPqF7vRZgFtEU5Usvuuev9N4FXL_sPaKr-ozdvaETTBYnrM1bGhKOP7nUEHzu8bZpcqDcPFlp0RvH-ALiA-M/s320/P1060646.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Don't worry little Tater... someday you'll be leading the pack! ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgva2ReFppKlRXuD8T6S6tbLUCTnyuD2S66ArlM6PkTDheG4rPYogqNNOOMPxizocgge8BmlaeLSGNLjNVtP76bESBU392WlNf26eJytLUyYNVl8nOPHOF7qoqu07UZffn9gJpRiZOelMI/s1600/P1060647.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgva2ReFppKlRXuD8T6S6tbLUCTnyuD2S66ArlM6PkTDheG4rPYogqNNOOMPxizocgge8BmlaeLSGNLjNVtP76bESBU392WlNf26eJytLUyYNVl8nOPHOF7qoqu07UZffn9gJpRiZOelMI/s400/P1060647.JPG" width="298" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back after a <i>nearly</i> successful drop-off. I guess Tate was just a tad too slow...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Time to pick up another load!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHUB6EEMZPX00OeIosG8i3qjNdO5jT8a9U6EW4DHOglNg8aR_gs7xuUF_27HA_9yTJ5yKnDLsMOFoOe9-LY1s4VD2dXAkN8uO6Hf_9UXzHeA7a1xaQKnezgXbsNgOUGzXLhArhyphenhyphenrMywuE/s1600/P1060648.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHUB6EEMZPX00OeIosG8i3qjNdO5jT8a9U6EW4DHOglNg8aR_gs7xuUF_27HA_9yTJ5yKnDLsMOFoOe9-LY1s4VD2dXAkN8uO6Hf_9UXzHeA7a1xaQKnezgXbsNgOUGzXLhArhyphenhyphenrMywuE/s400/P1060648.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This time I gave some helpful strategy... let Tate get a head start before you ring the doorbell. And it worked. They got off scott-free! Seriously, I think I should get paid a consulting fee. Like maybe a few Skittles or something? No?</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And not only did we <i>give</i> baskets, but we also <i>received</i> plenty!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiVtriGHCDnbL4ETTYP2MN2r7nnSQBAxQVQwxOf_dZ4TO6ksjBv7-MBsAilgQTxidMVQ0i0cjyacIAGtgIYFSZd3r8J5EelBWDmZsZBq0j7zZH8ogEbo483CQS8oTx3TtdsUziERL7kY/s1600/P1060654.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiVtriGHCDnbL4ETTYP2MN2r7nnSQBAxQVQwxOf_dZ4TO6ksjBv7-MBsAilgQTxidMVQ0i0cjyacIAGtgIYFSZd3r8J5EelBWDmZsZBq0j7zZH8ogEbo483CQS8oTx3TtdsUziERL7kY/s400/P1060654.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy May Day! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now please tell me at least <i>some</i> of you do this too! ;)</div><br />
</div>une autre mèrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08785118854145562521noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455803658674744334.post-4559107468368004392012-04-23T20:39:00.000-05:002012-04-23T20:39:41.046-05:00my latest project :)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The last two weeks I've had a nasty sinus infection and didn't really feel like going anywhere or doing anything. I was starting to get a little stir crazy, so I decided maybe I should do something productive, so I painted our door to the garage in chalkboard paint! My very clever friend, Katie L, gave me the suggestion when I was complaining to her that I didn't like the color of my door. It's so nice to have friends who have good ideas! She also told me about "chalkboard markers" so if you want something to stay on longer and not get erased, you can use the markers. So like if you wanted to draw a calendar on your door like this...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2LrB4ltchVKZtayUt5ys-8KUzeYxLwP6sjISoGKRyTIuGs8DEOYCF1N7CKfILlWT6HtJP_rvDBrIEeWa5Ca31AQs2K6cKFiph-pjBw49JOe8zJeoBUStvjkHGphok1br27A0Smc8Nwk/s1600/P1060581.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2LrB4ltchVKZtayUt5ys-8KUzeYxLwP6sjISoGKRyTIuGs8DEOYCF1N7CKfILlWT6HtJP_rvDBrIEeWa5Ca31AQs2K6cKFiph-pjBw49JOe8zJeoBUStvjkHGphok1br27A0Smc8Nwk/s400/P1060581.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">then when you go to erase the dates/events, the calendar part will stay put. And when you want to erase it, you can used rubbing alcohol and it comes right off. Cool, huh? Maybe you already knew about those markers, but I never had! Maybe I need to get on Pinterest more... ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Below our family calendar, I made a chore chart for the kids and also made some magnets to go with it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisrqEfkYSvdqcIEIClhs3WDdl2w42LGT3AB0_YZPZ-omtLYn0oj_5cW4MfUftKA1BaFyTkPtycyaYMNXnlW_IFvGRvvIGZV_VXiwveXzx0xUT7y2CXIN49Gm0cqefBDSyrr8jx_clI5kU/s1600/P1060582.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisrqEfkYSvdqcIEIClhs3WDdl2w42LGT3AB0_YZPZ-omtLYn0oj_5cW4MfUftKA1BaFyTkPtycyaYMNXnlW_IFvGRvvIGZV_VXiwveXzx0xUT7y2CXIN49Gm0cqefBDSyrr8jx_clI5kU/s400/P1060582.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The "$" column is for chores they get paid for (just a quarter), so when they put their magnet there, I know I need to pay them. Sure helps trying to remember if I gave them their quarter yet or not. They don't take the magnet off until they have their money! :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The kids LOVE their new chore chart. They especially like getting to move their magnets to the "Done" or "$" column!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are a few examples of our magnets... <i>they're not perfect, so please don't judge me or look too closely...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg04sQhWkNa2URlc4oySqDPbeRsetUDN4w5d3uJK6jG3L5ZEFMGrRkHuAUGKhduHNWCwYyVs9SsY-zE_t4mBWsqqaFC8ibGSda_jWizAhVh_rIqKklYzRZVKvs7NutneVrNdqwSzdnl6nI/s1600/P1060584.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg04sQhWkNa2URlc4oySqDPbeRsetUDN4w5d3uJK6jG3L5ZEFMGrRkHuAUGKhduHNWCwYyVs9SsY-zE_t4mBWsqqaFC8ibGSda_jWizAhVh_rIqKklYzRZVKvs7NutneVrNdqwSzdnl6nI/s400/P1060584.JPG" width="322" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">dusting...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXnLSHRyK_NMwLMSp57a7qEeGkb3EJ9a1x2Y2f1GByKvnPt78Lb-Wc2QGIafyaughiC4-Cx6afxyg-cPrw31vFRTZSgu0BWbTBq_zF-y1yIs13t8kOfmxWY1xDqJ5-k-aXGkE9tRjpHxA/s1600/P1060585.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXnLSHRyK_NMwLMSp57a7qEeGkb3EJ9a1x2Y2f1GByKvnPt78Lb-Wc2QGIafyaughiC4-Cx6afxyg-cPrw31vFRTZSgu0BWbTBq_zF-y1yIs13t8kOfmxWY1xDqJ5-k-aXGkE9tRjpHxA/s400/P1060585.JPG" width="258" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">cleaning the bathroom, setting the table</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitdRUUK1pqFVufrR4jiec1QKxZOTwrUcDM2c1RTZeaAn9R6kWE9KJk0VT9pQXnJJSI3ZEVCUt4ARWJRwrSDAhUzX2eYLtGwKggB3zvU8M1Qe9vmS9ZjXrrB9BtCSNF_pV9ujsdjfIEiYo/s1600/P1060586.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitdRUUK1pqFVufrR4jiec1QKxZOTwrUcDM2c1RTZeaAn9R6kWE9KJk0VT9pQXnJJSI3ZEVCUt4ARWJRwrSDAhUzX2eYLtGwKggB3zvU8M1Qe9vmS9ZjXrrB9BtCSNF_pV9ujsdjfIEiYo/s400/P1060586.JPG" width="290" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">folding laundry, watering plants</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">If you've never made magnets before, they're easy breezy. Here's a quick tutorial:</div><div style="text-align: center;">*You need (1) those glass round things (don't know what they're called, but you can find them in the floral section of Hobby Lobby), (2) some magnets (the round, stronger kind), (3) some clear tacky glue, and (4) hot glue or E6000. I actually just used E6000 for both types of glue. That stuff is seriously the strongest glue I've ever seen. It ate right through a foam plate I had it on one time. So don't put it on styrofoam! And be careful because the back of it says prolonged exposure to skin has been known to cause cancer in California. Not sure why just California... maybe their beautiful, tanned, beachy skin is more sensitive? ;) </div><div style="text-align: center;">*Then find some cute clipart online. Print it out on cardstock or matte photo paper.</div><div style="text-align: center;">*Use packing tape to "laminate" the pictures so they don't bleed when you glue them. (this is an optional step... some papers don't bleed as much as others)</div><div style="text-align: center;">*Cut the pictures into circles the size of the magnets.</div><div style="text-align: center;">*Use clear tacky glue or E6000 to glue the pictures to the magnets.</div><div style="text-align: center;">*When mostly dry, use hot glue or E6000 to glue the magnets to the back and Voilà! You have homemade magnets!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Back to the door, I'm not thrilled with this bottom part here, but I wanted the kids to have a place to create their works of art too.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEo4efYSQn7nZBIKGf3LjYtu5FAVybREyBTMZLIVKrQXFcEE15odijOSyHHAg4rsHnf5aN7Efh2BZF6fbJPZF6rpPkicqlSNOjAlqVRBvkVe-FpIU4c9g7-HZMJUnKnpAoim74h_SKB18/s1600/P1060588.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEo4efYSQn7nZBIKGf3LjYtu5FAVybREyBTMZLIVKrQXFcEE15odijOSyHHAg4rsHnf5aN7Efh2BZF6fbJPZF6rpPkicqlSNOjAlqVRBvkVe-FpIU4c9g7-HZMJUnKnpAoim74h_SKB18/s400/P1060588.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">If I decide to keep the frames, I may need my uber-talented friend Abby to come over and re-do them for me. <i>Up for a playdate, Abby? ;)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's what Millie and Tate did today. It was too nice out when Addie got home from school, so she'll do her picture tomorrow.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJXrw-c1T9A5kdEr_JvXeWz17Lj8Lw2-lKt43WTjjFO3Zh8wwPH_zsQViHzr_zX4BDHmc4uNC8O3azE_HVGrkedWVsu3m2SsWqf_279c1ExAxIu6ieM101cR1iCqysPHfQ7aw144nqA7I/s1600/P1060593.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJXrw-c1T9A5kdEr_JvXeWz17Lj8Lw2-lKt43WTjjFO3Zh8wwPH_zsQViHzr_zX4BDHmc4uNC8O3azE_HVGrkedWVsu3m2SsWqf_279c1ExAxIu6ieM101cR1iCqysPHfQ7aw144nqA7I/s400/P1060593.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tate wanted me to draw a raincloud for him and he did the "grass." ;) And Millie's is a yellow heart in a blue sky with green grass. Sweet. :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And here's the door all together. I thought it looked too busy with the magnets there, so I moved them so they line up down the right side of the chart. Looks much better. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgltaX2sy6U6YG_BZHCCXOiV6SBCbAi1ZJIgA3iWu9Trd86v6KXRCaXf07u-24ZVRWTaXvRByKC3T7DQmv-ROlytcvmcttNrvwIX_HJvY868bxQ6rGC3YSryFJ1BJEDZQNqn0GHvgutBKw/s1600/P1060580.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgltaX2sy6U6YG_BZHCCXOiV6SBCbAi1ZJIgA3iWu9Trd86v6KXRCaXf07u-24ZVRWTaXvRByKC3T7DQmv-ROlytcvmcttNrvwIX_HJvY868bxQ6rGC3YSryFJ1BJEDZQNqn0GHvgutBKw/s400/P1060580.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And I'm still not sure about those frames... Maybe I'll do one big one to kinda match the chart and calendar? Any ideas?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, and here's a picture of the door before I did my stuff on it. This was waiting for me when I came home from a retreat a few weekends ago...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUPZ0qaxZpsPH8Chs7mUHFTRVqb8BiP9pR432MyG4uC5kcipWyZsylPH1iyIrw_PDCuNrM4OamSTOKGTDqQV3m-X3fzzdli-vlYcikTrZP9c1h-7j4LllWEd-1r5kPvM-NzVZ5zMf2-ls/s1600/P1060522.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUPZ0qaxZpsPH8Chs7mUHFTRVqb8BiP9pR432MyG4uC5kcipWyZsylPH1iyIrw_PDCuNrM4OamSTOKGTDqQV3m-X3fzzdli-vlYcikTrZP9c1h-7j4LllWEd-1r5kPvM-NzVZ5zMf2-ls/s400/P1060522.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Aw, isn't that sweet!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So now my sinus infection is over, but I'm on this nasty antibiotic until Sunday. Seriously, the nastiest pill I've ever taken. It's ginormous and makes my mouth taste metallic-y ALL DAY. It's so bad that it makes me nauseous. Not kidding. My doctor recommended sucking on candy to help with the taste. Also she said if I'm in the sun, it'll make me break out in a rash and it also causes the Achille's tendon to weaken and tear, so I can't do my normal workout. (This is what you get when you're allergic to penicillin and sulfa drugs!) So my teeth might rot, I may gain 5 pounds this week, break into a nasty rash and tear my tendons... all thanks to my sinuses. ;) Has anyone else ever been on such a nasty antibiotic? I never knew one as lethal as this existed!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, just a reminder... please continue to pray for my cousin's son, TJ. <a href="http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/tjgoemaat/journal">Click here to read about him</a>. He's been without a feeding tube now for 26 days and is deteriorating right in front of his parent's eyes. Can't even begin to imagine how difficult that would be. Please pray that God will take him home peacefully. Makes me feel like a HUGE baby for complaining about my pill. Really gives life a whole new perspective.</div><br />
</div>une autre mèrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08785118854145562521noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455803658674744334.post-86107129466209651452012-04-09T20:52:00.000-05:002012-04-09T20:52:37.252-05:00this week<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yup. That's the most original title I can come up with right now. I have a cold. I'm tired. But I just wanted to get these pictures on here before life ran away with me and I forgot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wednesday night we had a church skate night. This was little Tate's first time skating. He skated for about the first 30 minutes and then tuckered out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIJoexMLDm2M88yvtxFarc3LBApjMZALHRhAiVCU-CcYwKYGwE7yIcAb6UM5CCR-yIEx0wKkY1miz1NCug05EvPCYU9wbEWAHeRMaoWt4FyCbCPVPGhQmmv3OUmblWHyCyBkfPszJnF5c/s1600/P1060444.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIJoexMLDm2M88yvtxFarc3LBApjMZALHRhAiVCU-CcYwKYGwE7yIcAb6UM5CCR-yIEx0wKkY1miz1NCug05EvPCYU9wbEWAHeRMaoWt4FyCbCPVPGhQmmv3OUmblWHyCyBkfPszJnF5c/s400/P1060444.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Addie and her friends helped each other out. They were so cute.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhEs5NuuoK1ZaL2V3OZTU0FvXJb1LGyFmDPWYJ-VluAEWFTaIOmNG1RfPXW025B-KnyZZ43xvpJwYtJOL_r2uPPNl2Mohgvmhl0z1e3pM14F7OvsKGe0TqeF-Z3YzzDxDlhu0W69y4zX4/s1600/P1060447.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhEs5NuuoK1ZaL2V3OZTU0FvXJb1LGyFmDPWYJ-VluAEWFTaIOmNG1RfPXW025B-KnyZZ43xvpJwYtJOL_r2uPPNl2Mohgvmhl0z1e3pM14F7OvsKGe0TqeF-Z3YzzDxDlhu0W69y4zX4/s400/P1060447.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Millie taking her try at independency.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_lmp3fy8_qpoGcULIfKd4ky0bkDVy45KKSr531tZe9kWzBhYjOZx_ARhBKjYMfNkAUueDlwZLgxp5O_fLd3pup6TR_03e91YJSqoainnVDU8G6eH800oWEaCdgLHiOnhpiiJFCW1NtA0/s1600/P1060454.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_lmp3fy8_qpoGcULIfKd4ky0bkDVy45KKSr531tZe9kWzBhYjOZx_ARhBKjYMfNkAUueDlwZLgxp5O_fLd3pup6TR_03e91YJSqoainnVDU8G6eH800oWEaCdgLHiOnhpiiJFCW1NtA0/s400/P1060454.JPG" width="366" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Sorry these pictures are so blurry. I guess zooming in from the sidelines doesn't do much for photo quality.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2sYtOzRcR1m_3Ngj9lfPBOW4CEBKCOzPWT_RXlB52z4YbR5HS9VwBQ_75RAdVLaX-gsQFuHQlcP9A3J6ajEwoRQOF9-6wahfXzm-gos0_asHAWsxwTr9fejK971ijydssF-9kattBYTw/s1600/P1060455.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2sYtOzRcR1m_3Ngj9lfPBOW4CEBKCOzPWT_RXlB52z4YbR5HS9VwBQ_75RAdVLaX-gsQFuHQlcP9A3J6ajEwoRQOF9-6wahfXzm-gos0_asHAWsxwTr9fejK971ijydssF-9kattBYTw/s400/P1060455.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> Thursday night we dyed our eggs. Yeah, I know.... kinda last minute, but we squeezed it in!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7oZR2zb3N8ZK4epbaq2n6-1ZsIK2uMLixL5j0Jxn05NxZTGd1cB5sPjvCc9eIwfCIYtqKD-pyS49XYpd-6LfmGTlj2LN_Q7bZvoXo7EhhPVMfX02TknZlmvBENk5Eg3GvNShj3RpToE8/s1600/P1060459.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7oZR2zb3N8ZK4epbaq2n6-1ZsIK2uMLixL5j0Jxn05NxZTGd1cB5sPjvCc9eIwfCIYtqKD-pyS49XYpd-6LfmGTlj2LN_Q7bZvoXo7EhhPVMfX02TknZlmvBENk5Eg3GvNShj3RpToE8/s400/P1060459.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">They did such a great job!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrzfLegGcMXMN8ZED_fCnGLUrCEg2WMxeinwWd6LEguPIGAR6rLnvDglvB8UbIQC_qYc9ifgvbn0DOadCkVQkLQbnW1Sm9orsWubSV-hNe-xuCm_EUWN-wgnWmFbfK3L4_N99RHs83V08/s1600/P1060463.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrzfLegGcMXMN8ZED_fCnGLUrCEg2WMxeinwWd6LEguPIGAR6rLnvDglvB8UbIQC_qYc9ifgvbn0DOadCkVQkLQbnW1Sm9orsWubSV-hNe-xuCm_EUWN-wgnWmFbfK3L4_N99RHs83V08/s400/P1060463.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sunday morning we got dressed in our best and started the morning with an Easter egg hunt.</div><div style="text-align: center;">On your marks, get set, GO!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNGvYHstiguh_nUBlLyLqq_0CPqN7XriEOKlfPu-aqeY8XbSuS_x6lBQetDMCTkaaEUeGAk25DfQz31DDP9QOKIzOGxkp5zZYcIHqsVC_mat78dgRcVtxQrG_JAJ_nmSG3iG9ZqXvWHdM/s1600/P1060471.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNGvYHstiguh_nUBlLyLqq_0CPqN7XriEOKlfPu-aqeY8XbSuS_x6lBQetDMCTkaaEUeGAk25DfQz31DDP9QOKIzOGxkp5zZYcIHqsVC_mat78dgRcVtxQrG_JAJ_nmSG3iG9ZqXvWHdM/s400/P1060471.JPG" width="336" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Checking out the loot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmbAZHKMK5-n3zhNzIETufXR_omece0wTrpmQYZyD4eGShnhWBv5QF5lGztp9Bt9ReBD8QVLDXmWlkgCalRm8_BI0OxBv5aF1ogSntMmBYtEcIQLQ2nm8lt5Sz17QroamCAeLfP3iXqgk/s1600/P1060480.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmbAZHKMK5-n3zhNzIETufXR_omece0wTrpmQYZyD4eGShnhWBv5QF5lGztp9Bt9ReBD8QVLDXmWlkgCalRm8_BI0OxBv5aF1ogSntMmBYtEcIQLQ2nm8lt5Sz17QroamCAeLfP3iXqgk/s400/P1060480.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">After an amazing Easter service at church, we headed down to my parents house where we posed in their backyard for a family picture,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9gRACpSEOqEOupguDCUfnZOy0PFnQhME8XRsIoE3znSwurs4dpaqz1BlQFUhnFKR1XwYXIZWp5m_-fd-Rg-p-R_Y_Wgu321Lz-UsMFyNUizfcT1yqE0R09GQnirFz83_IXHes8eZv4yU/s1600/P1060488.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9gRACpSEOqEOupguDCUfnZOy0PFnQhME8XRsIoE3znSwurs4dpaqz1BlQFUhnFKR1XwYXIZWp5m_-fd-Rg-p-R_Y_Wgu321Lz-UsMFyNUizfcT1yqE0R09GQnirFz83_IXHes8eZv4yU/s640/P1060488.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>looks like somewhere along the way the girls lost their arms...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">had a delicious dinner (which I have no pictures of, so you'll just have to trust me),</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and had yet another Easter egg hunt! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXqortWhGMNFtIDvQGWhw5JaDqZwPhyphenhyphenu_hIR5fX53Lttuq70NvUw3AOcmhYDzYPTI2nGXoe-EA6T3LjfTZbn5WM7VcbLZ9TxpgTB6n5HpFO-1UD2fmVgMvB6kQsnGwtsVZtPzOq7FDgfY/s1600/P1060492.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXqortWhGMNFtIDvQGWhw5JaDqZwPhyphenhyphenu_hIR5fX53Lttuq70NvUw3AOcmhYDzYPTI2nGXoe-EA6T3LjfTZbn5WM7VcbLZ9TxpgTB6n5HpFO-1UD2fmVgMvB6kQsnGwtsVZtPzOq7FDgfY/s400/P1060492.JPG" width="262" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Those guys know how to hide eggs. Waaaaay out of any kids reach! ;)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And here are the kiddos with all their new found treasures!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGDsuqmmTJzYq-ry5EbxXSdMuV9PFvOcppbvaYE2WvempWRb0Ka-_DZdAKuxsmwlA_RqmMxGOYYs62nRS4LU1PAOwQEyJ7YFPIy9N9YpYPyJzqBIgLat_XBgF2dtyYlmrwF2w2Ie86E84/s1600/P1060496.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGDsuqmmTJzYq-ry5EbxXSdMuV9PFvOcppbvaYE2WvempWRb0Ka-_DZdAKuxsmwlA_RqmMxGOYYs62nRS4LU1PAOwQEyJ7YFPIy9N9YpYPyJzqBIgLat_XBgF2dtyYlmrwF2w2Ie86E84/s400/P1060496.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope you all had a lovely week too! Now I'm off to take some Benadryl and get some zzz's. G'night!</div></div>une autre mèrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08785118854145562521noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455803658674744334.post-58357441773309102392012-04-02T10:11:00.000-05:002012-04-02T10:11:03.711-05:00spring break (or is it summer?!)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If it weren't for the fact that our weather has been unseasonably warm this past winter, I would've thought yesterday's weather was some kind of April Fool's joke. 87 degrees! On April 1st! No kidding. We even had to get our kiddie pool out to cool off. I'm sure you all have been experiencing similar weather too. I LOVE IT!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, anyways, Addie and Chad had spring break a few weeks ago and it was so fun to get to hang out as a family for a week! Here are a few of our highlights:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We headed down to my hometown of Oskaloosa on Sunday night because we had a tax appointment on Monday. I know, it's crazy we drive over an hour to have our taxes done, but we just love our tax guy! And he's very inexpensive :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kids had fun checking out Baba Cornie's big truck.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">He even let them drive it! ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0v-2LH3QQ3sdujyDbsKFrOPMk-7tqQgeunJwwjAIZOMkXhH9bDhajxsHqi9iWT0d88wCnbdivQvFfwR4m00-bo94wJGA_RPf87EoqYX-FP9A11CNcnSIZU56-HqXLecb_X7cqwDqcoG8/s1600/IMG_0271.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0v-2LH3QQ3sdujyDbsKFrOPMk-7tqQgeunJwwjAIZOMkXhH9bDhajxsHqi9iWT0d88wCnbdivQvFfwR4m00-bo94wJGA_RPf87EoqYX-FP9A11CNcnSIZU56-HqXLecb_X7cqwDqcoG8/s400/IMG_0271.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikuc6HSy5gnVmvKLwUbGA48mt4gVMPpfU8v1UwmGnQ1LqkHKO4tEsQng8I2fQG1HjxehPvi8vBELbhcZnvY5FW-8kB9fxLEROYbCWAWJFTDPgdDhqMiHvNcl2a_yM1__rkW99YkwFsBk4/s1600/IMG_0273.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikuc6HSy5gnVmvKLwUbGA48mt4gVMPpfU8v1UwmGnQ1LqkHKO4tEsQng8I2fQG1HjxehPvi8vBELbhcZnvY5FW-8kB9fxLEROYbCWAWJFTDPgdDhqMiHvNcl2a_yM1__rkW99YkwFsBk4/s400/IMG_0273.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaXUf9mBK1Qw2xyJnOSBbhEEmOy-T_V1JhUFXWsH2p-sA9GylQoeXEpbzOA_CvWaSWGJ1lufVURvRJ72AamDN6UVoS15d_XEIey6mXr8CK6skpjh8JIDevEdryiHUAttVFAulMZK7dvsU/s1600/IMG_0278.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaXUf9mBK1Qw2xyJnOSBbhEEmOy-T_V1JhUFXWsH2p-sA9GylQoeXEpbzOA_CvWaSWGJ1lufVURvRJ72AamDN6UVoS15d_XEIey6mXr8CK6skpjh8JIDevEdryiHUAttVFAulMZK7dvsU/s400/IMG_0278.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> This is my truck driver face.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikv-fqT1D-lzbLxSq0g5ZjuMb_eM7Eyvd9vwbFmaNCilo3DILJIRIPWlTQweMKkZH6MbL34TB30YQg9g0worO3f6giin7fRfEJDavTD4DoFgY8q7DZKKn85ReJG_JOsdf2vcutOVMGR48/s1600/IMG_0284.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikv-fqT1D-lzbLxSq0g5ZjuMb_eM7Eyvd9vwbFmaNCilo3DILJIRIPWlTQweMKkZH6MbL34TB30YQg9g0worO3f6giin7fRfEJDavTD4DoFgY8q7DZKKn85ReJG_JOsdf2vcutOVMGR48/s400/IMG_0284.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> We didn't trust Chad to drive it by himself, so Tate helped him out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDkCKMHbyFJoxe_Lf12QybyL1OUhiy8EFv8EYOolDle7e0LF6a7r_AtRo3phFfeBOuZVzfe1T2XDDyKNDmtCTdwaQUCSIXo0RFnbBZ54yx0R0NhPXxRos5sR8qGfhPAGBLW4WeDCsE6dk/s1600/IMG_0293.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDkCKMHbyFJoxe_Lf12QybyL1OUhiy8EFv8EYOolDle7e0LF6a7r_AtRo3phFfeBOuZVzfe1T2XDDyKNDmtCTdwaQUCSIXo0RFnbBZ54yx0R0NhPXxRos5sR8qGfhPAGBLW4WeDCsE6dk/s400/IMG_0293.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> On Monday we headed out to the big wooden playground with Nana.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibrbYCdtB4tHRJSmQqgmkRa-a4pJaOktJZvn4jimB2gk1XXZbpmPALl00s9oYbFkt1wFTxjXPrYMTcapTzJgZlySIkkbrsPfbNATZer8yJ-fVM8H-AhCEvfvSoNxaAICamQyz_Om0ICQc/s1600/IMG_0296.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibrbYCdtB4tHRJSmQqgmkRa-a4pJaOktJZvn4jimB2gk1XXZbpmPALl00s9oYbFkt1wFTxjXPrYMTcapTzJgZlySIkkbrsPfbNATZer8yJ-fVM8H-AhCEvfvSoNxaAICamQyz_Om0ICQc/s400/IMG_0296.JPG" width="272" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> My favorite part of the playground is the "old school" part. This is what I remember playing on when I was a kid.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKX21srSJ4MWHBlT7zNtbX2ZChkq5BaLWtv5ZUMshYpIZpNwXYfv4vENlzSMZ9ywMlo4u6V8JoKlqhEwvfkIrs-jTUpvjvT_K3ekKaT7TYXakHA5RqAtNOdXexSN00Bcc-_Xhn57iWvDw/s1600/IMG_0301.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKX21srSJ4MWHBlT7zNtbX2ZChkq5BaLWtv5ZUMshYpIZpNwXYfv4vENlzSMZ9ywMlo4u6V8JoKlqhEwvfkIrs-jTUpvjvT_K3ekKaT7TYXakHA5RqAtNOdXexSN00Bcc-_Xhn57iWvDw/s400/IMG_0301.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's so fun seeing my kids doing the same things I did when I was little.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7y5IOPC2zSD8iuFfcxqrT2mcobbCCLDBSDnjl-sjnjSOJehHlMbryFyCs8ZK3LwdJyA9R21raAKFoDUQd69iWq1WmcxDe6igGy_vauEot3bJNfuVipRZ6LhgUG6-UyK_YzoYP_bFcLw/s1600/IMG_0303.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7y5IOPC2zSD8iuFfcxqrT2mcobbCCLDBSDnjl-sjnjSOJehHlMbryFyCs8ZK3LwdJyA9R21raAKFoDUQd69iWq1WmcxDe6igGy_vauEot3bJNfuVipRZ6LhgUG6-UyK_YzoYP_bFcLw/s400/IMG_0303.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back home on Monday night. Chad spent the next 3 days working on finishing the basement (I'll show those pics in a later post!). So we set aside Friday for some more family fun.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We took the kids to the mall for a surprise bowling trip. Although they didn't know there was a bowling alley in the mall, so they thought our "surprise" was watching these bunnies. I think they were a little disappointed. We played along for awhile and then took them to our real surprise! :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6qDldlkChnTAHTSgqUg2XLti1-B7HHJjpVSVeGdH0ryeszw7NR3yyzfeDPKV8bWe_s7p2UHk4zvUSj8dw4mvCfx6xmx-As1Brgzx1U4oo69IkbOu2lb5ScjdEibGYHXAF1wpiZ1wz2Sg/s1600/P1060167.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6qDldlkChnTAHTSgqUg2XLti1-B7HHJjpVSVeGdH0ryeszw7NR3yyzfeDPKV8bWe_s7p2UHk4zvUSj8dw4mvCfx6xmx-As1Brgzx1U4oo69IkbOu2lb5ScjdEibGYHXAF1wpiZ1wz2Sg/s400/P1060167.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Our first family bowling adventure!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkvyFHSGxhVVId41sDNXx5_qAwfFb7kxE2vYQuycMjlpZHVDYsZcqjE7yWfsP7ZGiu3KWBnoOxei9imM73_IArGdDdGtlSWEWWz6O4LwjGRtJRwFU5NaU_f5qGuwE6_x-4n-8s8W0nbK0/s1600/P1060170.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkvyFHSGxhVVId41sDNXx5_qAwfFb7kxE2vYQuycMjlpZHVDYsZcqjE7yWfsP7ZGiu3KWBnoOxei9imM73_IArGdDdGtlSWEWWz6O4LwjGRtJRwFU5NaU_f5qGuwE6_x-4n-8s8W0nbK0/s400/P1060170.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After bowling, we headed downtown to tour the state capitol (or the "palace" as Tate calls it). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUrOGIZ6QRT3VpnjVlXwknJEVrnmR4whKVxwXQDVnM7y1JhKg7m6sCYBtqjS2OjmKGTar2M3o-Hyhroz4dGLHyvmA82SI7Oa1qu2yCGboIgmJP7bZAkf8Uutfp2UjPm8MR6Fcn_sJ8axA/s1600/IMG_0340.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUrOGIZ6QRT3VpnjVlXwknJEVrnmR4whKVxwXQDVnM7y1JhKg7m6sCYBtqjS2OjmKGTar2M3o-Hyhroz4dGLHyvmA82SI7Oa1qu2yCGboIgmJP7bZAkf8Uutfp2UjPm8MR6Fcn_sJ8axA/s400/IMG_0340.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ah, the top of the dome. Beautiful!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-pR85auUIx-OtcFY53lzmhAX0ZTmnQdTXXXTs5lAhyYudxump0zDMBfOZemPnCLvq4H5jw6RDhMza8AAbSWNCk4LuLI9qamVJc-bJKTfoMRaolqlqt9N0lDNRgpQd8v9OIsKSovCKbhI/s1600/P1060186.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-pR85auUIx-OtcFY53lzmhAX0ZTmnQdTXXXTs5lAhyYudxump0zDMBfOZemPnCLvq4H5jw6RDhMza8AAbSWNCk4LuLI9qamVJc-bJKTfoMRaolqlqt9N0lDNRgpQd8v9OIsKSovCKbhI/s400/P1060186.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gotta love free tours!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I thought this case of first lady dolls was very interesting. They're all dolls of the governor's wife from every term wearing their inaugural ball gowns. So if we ever have a female governor, they'll make a male doll for her husband. Wonder if that guy will be a little humiliated? ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTkDqo-k6XGcBZxL8VqaFt9gbDTOL2oucN7tO3cEBFUJ8MPU04MonO5j3qDVq5UY9I_yWq3DS9j_7Jq-c86IQfk4pCLgom_NTm1pLvUCQn2FhzTFVO-148roiN9z7pc6gy8CbSMnC0W6c/s1600/P1060195.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTkDqo-k6XGcBZxL8VqaFt9gbDTOL2oucN7tO3cEBFUJ8MPU04MonO5j3qDVq5UY9I_yWq3DS9j_7Jq-c86IQfk4pCLgom_NTm1pLvUCQn2FhzTFVO-148roiN9z7pc6gy8CbSMnC0W6c/s400/P1060195.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We were lucky enough to even get to see the governor's office.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHrJdzxUUVZt7jnFxkklBEW6HGLyHCNB5I8sG0AX2s3o4sHqYQI_AFb_dTubJ639S3FFV6BJcDOri7weSMpeYXz32lVSkcw6Ev79QXvWdotm_8ZZ41KHkby3kb2iz9Z3JWLiWLGOIE-Ug/s1600/P1060200.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHrJdzxUUVZt7jnFxkklBEW6HGLyHCNB5I8sG0AX2s3o4sHqYQI_AFb_dTubJ639S3FFV6BJcDOri7weSMpeYXz32lVSkcw6Ev79QXvWdotm_8ZZ41KHkby3kb2iz9Z3JWLiWLGOIE-Ug/s400/P1060200.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">My favorite room was probably the library. Stunning.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHps9-z5sHz0dIEt-6je81YoZUhusE9dfmh4ZST-j7M66AdWz4r2z4rThU1NMs7W8keYye08ZrK8ZYuhI5fJHyqhLpVC2-wtvQYSq17ON9UqLqY7qxCUXZJPWaWRoFil804ReeZE1zexU/s1600/P1060203.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHps9-z5sHz0dIEt-6je81YoZUhusE9dfmh4ZST-j7M66AdWz4r2z4rThU1NMs7W8keYye08ZrK8ZYuhI5fJHyqhLpVC2-wtvQYSq17ON9UqLqY7qxCUXZJPWaWRoFil804ReeZE1zexU/s400/P1060203.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Here we are in the House of Representatives. Cool to see the room where lots of important stuff goes down.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzmYXqrRz61dEcOKyp4TacBpRXx0UJRHBTBi-7ok8AioPpefuw2YvmcQq7cn2TYmY9TKZ9NsI_rlzcp3k69iueusfbWe4bpNc-Y9bR0JHLW7yRl8Bqc4GNb-It3-Nf7tDa7nOmo_1f7E/s1600/IMG_0315.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzmYXqrRz61dEcOKyp4TacBpRXx0UJRHBTBi-7ok8AioPpefuw2YvmcQq7cn2TYmY9TKZ9NsI_rlzcp3k69iueusfbWe4bpNc-Y9bR0JHLW7yRl8Bqc4GNb-It3-Nf7tDa7nOmo_1f7E/s400/IMG_0315.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> Chad and Addie got to go all the way to the top of the dome, but Millie and Tate weren't old enough, so we hung out below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbPKqLzteRT7R1x7pb3fXsvwuppyZvp3pKTQlJ8_C7Iar_cByTShRAdPRuSOCKphS2K736Pn8NFCTrjfJmqSvisgRBFOoNrQLJ-ll-ZLUrtX0169MzucsrKp_wMxymYvchFyluGiYphlY/s1600/IMG_0323.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbPKqLzteRT7R1x7pb3fXsvwuppyZvp3pKTQlJ8_C7Iar_cByTShRAdPRuSOCKphS2K736Pn8NFCTrjfJmqSvisgRBFOoNrQLJ-ll-ZLUrtX0169MzucsrKp_wMxymYvchFyluGiYphlY/s400/IMG_0323.JPG" width="285" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Addie thought that was quite a treat! I tried to get a pic of them at the top, but couldn't get the camera to work. :(</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitJudxO-Y9iV7nNlIVaTP_5agCa1bV9QdDZdZXzch6CBUZge61bA0Rn17NGnVwYYNRReq_xHvt1MiHUKoYvSaWCAFJqbP_REikxbVtEIitKOMyKL2z_VPVmhTbSkZKYeARwsIiqC-tfKw/s1600/IMG_0326.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitJudxO-Y9iV7nNlIVaTP_5agCa1bV9QdDZdZXzch6CBUZge61bA0Rn17NGnVwYYNRReq_xHvt1MiHUKoYvSaWCAFJqbP_REikxbVtEIitKOMyKL2z_VPVmhTbSkZKYeARwsIiqC-tfKw/s400/IMG_0326.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Saturday night, we headed back to Oskaloosa to go to my cousin's son, TJ's, fundraiser. If you don't know what I'm referring to, check out my last post for a link to his CaringBridge site. He was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor just a few months ago and is already in Hospice preparing to go home to heaven. Truly heartbreaking, but I encourage you to read his CaringBridge page. It's so full of hope. His parents are truly amazing! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> So, back to the fundraiser... here's my niece Taryn and Millie showing off their "TJ Tough" bracelets.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4PxkIClF-1ONRmZk3qb0dfaSAwiD_l_e9vzrF_A1syXDELObgK-jPHdBKoVLqF0Jb4PhEQIxEA34O7IiDB_v7266uJNRbe4l5xIxPygOOwY7TUiSWhaCD3d2ATR1NxExy6EsUGO08X0k/s1600/IMG_0345.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4PxkIClF-1ONRmZk3qb0dfaSAwiD_l_e9vzrF_A1syXDELObgK-jPHdBKoVLqF0Jb4PhEQIxEA34O7IiDB_v7266uJNRbe4l5xIxPygOOwY7TUiSWhaCD3d2ATR1NxExy6EsUGO08X0k/s400/IMG_0345.JPG" width="295" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Tate hangin' out with my brother Travis and my dad.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXji-VY6rbndFPwRw2CBxWgt9aV2YpoqyTqoqp6NKJ5u2ITkSLU3Qu2U6n3naZRFvW4YcC7k0ytO91lAL0p4BKSwmoTVUipyaD3MwiMMvHFd1FwCTyIz_GBpxkYJjXO9BrxqGenBknsXM/s1600/IMG_0348.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXji-VY6rbndFPwRw2CBxWgt9aV2YpoqyTqoqp6NKJ5u2ITkSLU3Qu2U6n3naZRFvW4YcC7k0ytO91lAL0p4BKSwmoTVUipyaD3MwiMMvHFd1FwCTyIz_GBpxkYJjXO9BrxqGenBknsXM/s400/IMG_0348.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Addie and Kaiden were there somewhere too, they were just too busy to get a good picture of!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lots of fun inflatables for the kids. And Tyler Sash was there signing autographs! (He's our hometown hero who plays for the NY Giants who just won the SuperBowl. Pretty cool!) Turns out there were over 6,000 people there that night!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3_NpKSBh2CgXx5QhlltTj6NSiNCkf4kcKaG1wALlZpQ_Q2H30XjtlkaPDMSboANlGP_FQoOWYMJ8gvxvubanqcvmo40k0oMjiEXxC-YfK6DXDtlMhEZ3TZ5KPIODk97tsZcpesfyriY/s1600/IMG_0349.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3_NpKSBh2CgXx5QhlltTj6NSiNCkf4kcKaG1wALlZpQ_Q2H30XjtlkaPDMSboANlGP_FQoOWYMJ8gvxvubanqcvmo40k0oMjiEXxC-YfK6DXDtlMhEZ3TZ5KPIODk97tsZcpesfyriY/s400/IMG_0349.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eventually Sunday came around, signaling our last day of spring break. So we headed out to the Circus for one last hurrah!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09YeVP00hMean6TKFUurv_x4IC1tRWJi8Io5toDh5t50HSjzkZPScGvmc-awHWwdG_d_TQsGhzj8XLmrx2alsHY6A76t_kL1hi4fHy6aWZPjQIsNUAvdIladDQaCPoLFhyovQbi22hyphenhyphenM/s1600/P1060206.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09YeVP00hMean6TKFUurv_x4IC1tRWJi8Io5toDh5t50HSjzkZPScGvmc-awHWwdG_d_TQsGhzj8XLmrx2alsHY6A76t_kL1hi4fHy6aWZPjQIsNUAvdIladDQaCPoLFhyovQbi22hyphenhyphenM/s400/P1060206.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It had everything a circus needs... trapeze artists,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbj_kio8s8LKflKB5NJ19dnfV-XagDpYiODZ2uMYZveSIwdRa0NvJzNQc7oKCRMN1DofGzWhelb_LXx_DvDYWs60xFx9t-qubz5wy7NRPmBU0I3Me3qBOihp0N4eNADEDaWyhLmZ6-SYE/s1600/P1060209.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbj_kio8s8LKflKB5NJ19dnfV-XagDpYiODZ2uMYZveSIwdRa0NvJzNQc7oKCRMN1DofGzWhelb_LXx_DvDYWs60xFx9t-qubz5wy7NRPmBU0I3Me3qBOihp0N4eNADEDaWyhLmZ6-SYE/s400/P1060209.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">tigers jumping through rings of fire,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVU94525XzmNavCyiU1BNZftmS_rQrj_HH1dW7SQh7qhLCpyyi2tOyDO-KiWC-YC8Z1FdbeHd-j3dkkl7JWWBj2OuhTtmhf5BVd2dWvex7uIWY3mJ1QjFVdc1hcpjQWR-M-9b7BBpl8sI/s1600/P1060211.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVU94525XzmNavCyiU1BNZftmS_rQrj_HH1dW7SQh7qhLCpyyi2tOyDO-KiWC-YC8Z1FdbeHd-j3dkkl7JWWBj2OuhTtmhf5BVd2dWvex7uIWY3mJ1QjFVdc1hcpjQWR-M-9b7BBpl8sI/s400/P1060211.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">clowns (the freakiest part for me),</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6yJtAWZ4gTSoI8ZeLMSJ0_Go1WtEVjTri_xzM2ma9XsO-A3U9rnIVC8Y7wEqvNxUrCbeTAUAPj0paBCQg2Gp3LQu88TWwKxvhtc7YwOoz-mDxYDCnRA5gx48tys2MVC_hSjTDD-nxNpc/s1600/P1060215.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6yJtAWZ4gTSoI8ZeLMSJ0_Go1WtEVjTri_xzM2ma9XsO-A3U9rnIVC8Y7wEqvNxUrCbeTAUAPj0paBCQg2Gp3LQu88TWwKxvhtc7YwOoz-mDxYDCnRA5gx48tys2MVC_hSjTDD-nxNpc/s400/P1060215.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">crazy guys who like to defy death in balancing acts,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwnYikjFgVZizYx8DDTX0IiG7ONtIG_K4HiswIlnjdc9gV2ukv-adQEIP41ogcMy7kmJljsWNqKaIAx-1oto2-BhCKr69tUdNVqbpbsvDKTxt3Gc-VNdO6Sw3voupgxsU85rpKSZa2h1I/s1600/P1060218.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwnYikjFgVZizYx8DDTX0IiG7ONtIG_K4HiswIlnjdc9gV2ukv-adQEIP41ogcMy7kmJljsWNqKaIAx-1oto2-BhCKr69tUdNVqbpbsvDKTxt3Gc-VNdO6Sw3voupgxsU85rpKSZa2h1I/s400/P1060218.JPG" width="186" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">13 year old girls doing tricks on prancing horses,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAyAjxVO-k3PS7U-wF7djLQpaH9cApPvJCSA28RFoJNriS5IWpQQTQgVcqWpQNEQ5mAuWPvKV1MhnkTS0SVS81_NaHW0S8zJ8Q7TDcTFZ0AKkTK_axPFbUtHmJ2cVfUcekop1Tuf09K7A/s1600/P1060223.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAyAjxVO-k3PS7U-wF7djLQpaH9cApPvJCSA28RFoJNriS5IWpQQTQgVcqWpQNEQ5mAuWPvKV1MhnkTS0SVS81_NaHW0S8zJ8Q7TDcTFZ0AKkTK_axPFbUtHmJ2cVfUcekop1Tuf09K7A/s400/P1060223.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and this guy,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7F3z45nDFU9ZJhVgT1OnCtmEElgkBS26gJOF6XH5TwGm5IxwRGkvpBn6jn8-2CcpzmoWgojF2qkgNjDhwo2ZqXe0rnbBD_t3kljBolQuMzxVmHlGmLUQjTH14qKFk6TUNFhzGUQjwUU/s1600/P1060235.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7F3z45nDFU9ZJhVgT1OnCtmEElgkBS26gJOF6XH5TwGm5IxwRGkvpBn6jn8-2CcpzmoWgojF2qkgNjDhwo2ZqXe0rnbBD_t3kljBolQuMzxVmHlGmLUQjTH14qKFk6TUNFhzGUQjwUU/s400/P1060235.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">balancing elephants,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJTMkgYnIAuFpYlVhEKhEoNOdFDxIdNEASv-AaB0iNRoATPUlJOIl9m-m98kUPam7BnMKmcJzVjJJFPye6gwUHSDvL8VM3s95qeR18DbR4khb4WpIeJ1jGRFfUp_-suCwg6M4rHggx2Wk/s1600/P1060237.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJTMkgYnIAuFpYlVhEKhEoNOdFDxIdNEASv-AaB0iNRoATPUlJOIl9m-m98kUPam7BnMKmcJzVjJJFPye6gwUHSDvL8VM3s95qeR18DbR4khb4WpIeJ1jGRFfUp_-suCwg6M4rHggx2Wk/s400/P1060237.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and impressed onlookers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbf1GFtUXerKWNoKSlHwBnL-vNHIUv0l0enq0T8fub2KtdZftxn5SofQ6S_t6YgnZa_j-Bch2TQIf9EBbgZ529B6qnVta7FArqT0swh8o4O6WgDd0zQZCus5eix5cxcL2yD9OF64jHQH0/s1600/P1060220.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbf1GFtUXerKWNoKSlHwBnL-vNHIUv0l0enq0T8fub2KtdZftxn5SofQ6S_t6YgnZa_j-Bch2TQIf9EBbgZ529B6qnVta7FArqT0swh8o4O6WgDd0zQZCus5eix5cxcL2yD9OF64jHQH0/s400/P1060220.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, that was our Spring Break 2012! Hope you had an enjoyable one as well. And enjoy this summer weather! :)</div><br />
</div>une autre mèrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08785118854145562521noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455803658674744334.post-86373728610493149882012-02-15T13:29:00.000-06:002012-02-15T13:29:56.036-06:00prayers needed<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I don't know if there are many of you who read this blog anymore (especially since my updates have been so few and far between), but for those of you who do, I'm asking for your prayers for a special family. My cousin, Jon, and his wife, Tami, just found out Friday night that their 10-year-old son, TJ (the oldest of 4 boys), has an inoperable brain tumor. I can't begin to imagine what they must be going through, but Tami has poured out her heart so beautifully into words on his CaringBridge site: <a href="http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/tjgoemaat/journal">http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/tjgoemaat/journal</a>. I don't know TJ as well as I wish I did, but I do know that he is truly the sweetest, most polite and well-mannered boy I have ever met. And he must carry that out into his every day life as well since the support for him and messages left in his "guestbook" are so numerous. So I'm asking you to please take some time to click on the link above and read his story. I know it will tug at your heart and I hope it will also bring you to your knees to pray for TJ and his family. They really need those prayers right now. Thank you.<br />
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</div>une autre mèrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08785118854145562521noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455803658674744334.post-68347552963708609252012-02-13T21:48:00.000-06:002012-02-13T21:48:40.026-06:00a toe-tappin' post<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our little Millie Jean just finished her six-week tap dancing class tonight.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">She learned lots of great toe and heel tappin' moves.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSvFUsD22IP9P3Phlf9O1eFzKogEhoHynpwMa6RMP9OcD_OM5Dm-5WBuVHUKx3YhuQ80PUsJsRnD2hNh2HZPv00wDsVzT8y12KkZibqdqSt6Zh0S2gaW5HD6qVot4yqCAk8OZ0DIQCio/s1600/P1050027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSvFUsD22IP9P3Phlf9O1eFzKogEhoHynpwMa6RMP9OcD_OM5Dm-5WBuVHUKx3YhuQ80PUsJsRnD2hNh2HZPv00wDsVzT8y12KkZibqdqSt6Zh0S2gaW5HD6qVot4yqCAk8OZ0DIQCio/s400/P1050027.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And had fun choosing different outfits to wear each time! :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjekdMEvzBS4kecWc3iRxQTeK70pMMr00TRcVoc5V88n4W10mk_MwP39-u8dnlIJWV6rhAFWiw25wYZP4Z0vytDvtkxW1pnIxyO2MJR-dRI16aTGVgZum0_JkA0rmpKketxpLi_AlUqnDU/s1600/P1050036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjekdMEvzBS4kecWc3iRxQTeK70pMMr00TRcVoc5V88n4W10mk_MwP39-u8dnlIJWV6rhAFWiw25wYZP4Z0vytDvtkxW1pnIxyO2MJR-dRI16aTGVgZum0_JkA0rmpKketxpLi_AlUqnDU/s400/P1050036.JPG" width="235" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tonight was her recital, so she wanted to dress <i>extra</i> fancy.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They performed their "Cruella Deville" dance for us.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She did a fantastic job!</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> And a big thank you to her wonderful teacher!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx80Ceg2_hVY0Yw1rCJhmLPyoM7fJrvyU-gYMdv9V-QFgiDHseDd_RXzfdfU8Pz-8iA_RVxwDtFZceOr4sjKnkoXRpsFN309KFs7Cd_L1QQv6kAUxgC5BETZ3Z0gJq9dfrRpWq4fRNJek/s1600/P1050479.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx80Ceg2_hVY0Yw1rCJhmLPyoM7fJrvyU-gYMdv9V-QFgiDHseDd_RXzfdfU8Pz-8iA_RVxwDtFZceOr4sjKnkoXRpsFN309KFs7Cd_L1QQv6kAUxgC5BETZ3Z0gJq9dfrRpWq4fRNJek/s400/P1050479.JPG" width="241" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Great job, Millie! You are our tap dancing star! :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="goog_451359695"></span><span id="goog_451359696"></span></div><br />
</div>une autre mèrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08785118854145562521noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455803658674744334.post-28163317776092062612012-02-04T15:41:00.002-06:002012-02-04T15:45:54.506-06:00bonne saint valentin!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Bienvenue à la soirée!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ZI-4axEfBPuAkWuNekBpeQiXeS9jWLGXaGkOYYTtj95ZYVp1ynEY6z0XZMXpS2MFg01L4T4xr4QD4SfQ5FeYqeor40bGeU31LtyfTu4wURLmxtagtfmFlzbide5ZFKEvzyIu_cYhFsA/s1600/P1050261.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ZI-4axEfBPuAkWuNekBpeQiXeS9jWLGXaGkOYYTtj95ZYVp1ynEY6z0XZMXpS2MFg01L4T4xr4QD4SfQ5FeYqeor40bGeU31LtyfTu4wURLmxtagtfmFlzbide5ZFKEvzyIu_cYhFsA/s400/P1050261.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We hope you enjoy your time at our little "café."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Every proper French café needs a striped awning, yes?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And choose from our three different soups and desserts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> (I completely forgot to get pictures of the food. Which is a bummer, because Dana made some totally beautiful and delicious desserts.... so you'll have to just see one of the description cards instead). <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">:(</span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM7NEV0lO5sBRU-SjscyDLzLVJLyst_ljZfEN3ZUz6SxztYULO7CD3ENOseS8m_lt6Xtgw_Znk3T8BGt9DlbYCrWl2gpiM-vYCMUwX1f0hG7vzPhqqKP7Bkr-cG9-HILe7gWdIqR5Sqw0/s1600/P1050252.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM7NEV0lO5sBRU-SjscyDLzLVJLyst_ljZfEN3ZUz6SxztYULO7CD3ENOseS8m_lt6Xtgw_Znk3T8BGt9DlbYCrWl2gpiM-vYCMUwX1f0hG7vzPhqqKP7Bkr-cG9-HILe7gWdIqR5Sqw0/s400/P1050252.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh, and don't forget your "moustache." </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguyloCfGBg4qqdHfH0De69c_2UBTJ0McX1sKmSXgrcym89QwzLslf6TL7Y6rNzQ11xtdL4m8mCGCMkLWoV0DbxOON_Q96EAA6NgBlA9PWzcSb9wHmwDcHoSitBaJSpRbUMOkFwci2nv68/s1600/P1050263.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguyloCfGBg4qqdHfH0De69c_2UBTJ0McX1sKmSXgrcym89QwzLslf6TL7Y6rNzQ11xtdL4m8mCGCMkLWoV0DbxOON_Q96EAA6NgBlA9PWzcSb9wHmwDcHoSitBaJSpRbUMOkFwci2nv68/s400/P1050263.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> We had a little contest to see who could keep their mustache the longest. If you were caught saying "please" or "thank you" instead of "s'il vous plait" and "merci" then your mustache was taken away.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg2_qF6jpI1Fy7y02d2Jy6dkg15JpRmcDqbVdLBFZ9wNNzf2biTVTx8RBapWSeaFWLq2_MY4n1ydjtzA6Ama15_-xDl3gnMjL23EPntk5UryMhVVaPX2Tt5Pu18a3I2hyAqSeehLLcaXg/s1600/P1050264.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg2_qF6jpI1Fy7y02d2Jy6dkg15JpRmcDqbVdLBFZ9wNNzf2biTVTx8RBapWSeaFWLq2_MY4n1ydjtzA6Ama15_-xDl3gnMjL23EPntk5UryMhVVaPX2Tt5Pu18a3I2hyAqSeehLLcaXg/s400/P1050264.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After dinner, we visited "Le Louvre," where couples had to draw a picture of something to do with their relationship. The trick was that they had to do it with their arms around each other, each using only one hand. If this is confusing you, just hold on until you see the pictures below. ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Et voilà!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5X5j6MzbnoalcgB1nLzavg5yeY93NdQsauKmk1NvELBeFxyjxwPdPUGLjWvM104ne5xFOoh4gfHFKH95eN_iFCjTV9Brp1YD0UM8DnVErm3BqE4J-7Shi6qM_Ey1408QeEu65GLvHhc/s1600/P1050286.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5X5j6MzbnoalcgB1nLzavg5yeY93NdQsauKmk1NvELBeFxyjxwPdPUGLjWvM104ne5xFOoh4gfHFKH95eN_iFCjTV9Brp1YD0UM8DnVErm3BqE4J-7Shi6qM_Ey1408QeEu65GLvHhc/s1600/P1050286.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">C'est magnifique!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And we finished strong with some good laughs around the fire.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrCDa2X92c0AD0EKtEFm_Kpxmp4ZvAuzi-PzmDrWzCvU3e2YTBIwQIlUkvotCF0qu85Houjz4ov-aCtj7QX-D1-W44-wl9mlhiUzUED82TcDCp0pI7FwBlzUdF-r7rJ6qapTSZRtndf40/s1600/P1050287.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrCDa2X92c0AD0EKtEFm_Kpxmp4ZvAuzi-PzmDrWzCvU3e2YTBIwQIlUkvotCF0qu85Houjz4ov-aCtj7QX-D1-W44-wl9mlhiUzUED82TcDCp0pI7FwBlzUdF-r7rJ6qapTSZRtndf40/s400/P1050287.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Bonne Saint Valentin!"</div><br />
</div>une autre mèrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08785118854145562521noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455803658674744334.post-10728903075888540702012-02-01T15:38:00.000-06:002012-02-01T15:38:01.931-06:00the not-so-extreme home makeover: kitchen edition<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We've lived in this house now for four years.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For FOUR YEARS I've lived with a fruity kitchen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(No offense to you if you have a fruity kitchen... it's just not really my style...)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I kept thinking I could live with it just a <i>little bit </i>longer... just long enough to get a new backsplash installed. But have I mentioned that we've also been working on finishing our basement for four years? Yeah... Chad's been pretty much tied up with that in most of his "free time." So I started to get the feeling that my kitchen tile wouldn't get touched until the basement was done. <i>Which may be awhile....</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">This past weekend, I decided it was time to take matters into my own hands. One of our friends has a kitchen similar to ours and her tile is painted. So, I thought to myself, if her tile is painted, why can't I paint mine? Anything's gotta be better than that fruit, right? I guess I'll let you decide.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br />
</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Here's the kitchen before:</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEa8pKjcDHBUAKJ6jEjtYS8kM15YKvgjU9c8lxVR3EhyEu_IYXL8Q_h7pGcfH1LJ4DNLupIsBm94qJscQOEwqhyphenhyphenju1SdPoldFQ2pzOH5-NI69OPeZr7c8cwTNfGEKi9-NLems-aovOedM/s1600/P1050193.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEa8pKjcDHBUAKJ6jEjtYS8kM15YKvgjU9c8lxVR3EhyEu_IYXL8Q_h7pGcfH1LJ4DNLupIsBm94qJscQOEwqhyphenhyphenju1SdPoldFQ2pzOH5-NI69OPeZr7c8cwTNfGEKi9-NLems-aovOedM/s400/P1050193.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And just incase you couldn't see the beautiful fruit well enough...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN0jcm4_2uzOLnnXgI0nz52pEb26FMCAdVr1fKl7BXkSLrtOVrwOhkjiPu90iKViMjXLnr-qh-L7xDmrTS3Up4WKO7puL75cS_bV_fhZa9gW2M86Oo_m8dEERtIdP8CYzEGFa_ByYWOOk/s1600/P1050192.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN0jcm4_2uzOLnnXgI0nz52pEb26FMCAdVr1fKl7BXkSLrtOVrwOhkjiPu90iKViMjXLnr-qh-L7xDmrTS3Up4WKO7puL75cS_bV_fhZa9gW2M86Oo_m8dEERtIdP8CYzEGFa_ByYWOOk/s400/P1050192.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Chad did help out and sand down the fruity tiles for me and he also wiped down the rest while I was out buying the paint.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, several hours, 2 coats of primer and 2 coats of grey later...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIy8QfriAG-BSeDbx0XkjUVHYKKhikCUndJAgTSriBBAJZGBijblF-pQ0_9QZlqsHky9sdNTjEu9VbYEu-7ukuttYf1Ljs8-f0fxhBz6HM6HN8z65asaeGVk8Kf1ETwgq3k7Dj_DlFEvQ/s1600/P1050244.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIy8QfriAG-BSeDbx0XkjUVHYKKhikCUndJAgTSriBBAJZGBijblF-pQ0_9QZlqsHky9sdNTjEu9VbYEu-7ukuttYf1Ljs8-f0fxhBz6HM6HN8z65asaeGVk8Kf1ETwgq3k7Dj_DlFEvQ/s400/P1050244.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Voilà!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">My <i>slightly</i> more modernized kitchen!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwWTk6FtUX7Av91vZAmv5yIExvX-M_kc5pBpaiJi-9SNPkMaVzlK0DzEVRDIveeT-RKDK1HjDciF4V9wG5TxbwEil6sal-yadGXGuG_DrhkCp2asUaecAUycPht5LDlJY24pILK8wuhA/s1600/P1050245.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwWTk6FtUX7Av91vZAmv5yIExvX-M_kc5pBpaiJi-9SNPkMaVzlK0DzEVRDIveeT-RKDK1HjDciF4V9wG5TxbwEil6sal-yadGXGuG_DrhkCp2asUaecAUycPht5LDlJY24pILK8wuhA/s400/P1050245.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also painted the top of the kitchen a lighter green.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes, I do realize we still have a ways to go, what with the nasty peel 'n stick floor and the outdated countertops, cupboards and appliances... but hey, at least we're on our way! :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stay tuned for my next "Not-So-Extreme" Home Makeover: Bedroom Edition! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="goog_607203988"></span><span id="goog_607203989"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="goog_1262144109"></span><span id="goog_1262144110"></span></div><br />
</div>une autre mèrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08785118854145562521noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455803658674744334.post-57684955314369922842012-01-07T22:11:00.000-06:002012-01-07T22:11:15.047-06:00our Christmas 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">It feels very strange to be writing a Christmas post after just enjoying a sunny 60 degree day here in Iowa. Ridiculously amazing weather. We played outside without wearing coats!! And I even worked up a sweat raking leaves! If only this weather would last for the next three months... but I have a feeling that's not going to happen. <br />
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Anyways, I wanted to sneak these pictures in from our Christmas before it got too late. And as always, brace yourselves for the never ending round of pictures...<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Christmas Eve</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We all pitched in and made Monkey Bread so we could enjoy it on Christmas Day. The kids had a blast putting the dough in the bag and shaking the sugar and cinnamon all over it. They also placed it in the pan all by themselves. So my only job was to cut the dough. They did awesome!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOIZys0i-OqcaEh6NRT_fwLOmEshtJZR_76bsiUGoodfEMmvlTNt-UUECgCbnW19eGeIpYbXQy4_hKfo7rfSnhEwdTMKVD3AeD2gHelHAItH8sBTKLisi2PMXQmtKHCQsmmZKMPqqWq7A/s1600/P1040893.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOIZys0i-OqcaEh6NRT_fwLOmEshtJZR_76bsiUGoodfEMmvlTNt-UUECgCbnW19eGeIpYbXQy4_hKfo7rfSnhEwdTMKVD3AeD2gHelHAItH8sBTKLisi2PMXQmtKHCQsmmZKMPqqWq7A/s320/P1040893.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then the girls made their very own calendar for their room, complete with pictures of themselves throughout the past year!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3bvN30pKYIEYQCq9RYkNsWCmxS2k9GAaUayhoysLiYa9PSJUqyvtwpHiOxZ2xaNeTsX0tBPuVG9JHpMsHOK3Bi_IRy1Qixioza0RTZiJaB74oVHiTv9BgJusXsEtakzPOdo6_xfd8V_8/s1600/P1040884.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3bvN30pKYIEYQCq9RYkNsWCmxS2k9GAaUayhoysLiYa9PSJUqyvtwpHiOxZ2xaNeTsX0tBPuVG9JHpMsHOK3Bi_IRy1Qixioza0RTZiJaB74oVHiTv9BgJusXsEtakzPOdo6_xfd8V_8/s320/P1040884.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> Since our church was having a Christmas Eve service that evening, our traditional Christmas Eve Dinner got promoted to a Christmas Eve Lunch. It was complete with our traditional hamballs, mashed potatoes, cheesy broccoli and garlic rolls.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFjG6thUDU3MMjN0FSw7g38wsNe9fLLhjSUDC_TrOTpVpVi4_skzssHry8vDMg4IiaehddGOEl4mn3sBE-97kb905LTT9b6aKv2TH2cp0vr209-ObiOGf6-rS_argzItPYW4gQLv7gr1M/s1600/P1040899.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFjG6thUDU3MMjN0FSw7g38wsNe9fLLhjSUDC_TrOTpVpVi4_skzssHry8vDMg4IiaehddGOEl4mn3sBE-97kb905LTT9b6aKv2TH2cp0vr209-ObiOGf6-rS_argzItPYW4gQLv7gr1M/s320/P1040899.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">After watching Polar Express and working on a 1000 piece puzzle (which is still in the works in my dining room...) we got all dressed up for the Christmas Eve service.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwMvldVeza5GY8cBvUxuc_gPuwtBKAQBIvZ7jumzmS-FXZzrfT9423xFY_1rQPPr9JSXBuukj2a40RHeR85dklFCepQbRDASTeE7LqKN0F8BmCOmKIgPGDDRe6TwNzhgnUOKszpV1zQOA/s1600/P1040903.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwMvldVeza5GY8cBvUxuc_gPuwtBKAQBIvZ7jumzmS-FXZzrfT9423xFY_1rQPPr9JSXBuukj2a40RHeR85dklFCepQbRDASTeE7LqKN0F8BmCOmKIgPGDDRe6TwNzhgnUOKszpV1zQOA/s320/P1040903.JPG" width="310" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The service was excellent!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(You may be wondering why our fireplace is covered with a large piece of chevron fabric... so to ease your curious minds, we have an extremely drafty fireplace and therefore it must be covered up in the winter to prevent drastic energy costs, unless we have a fire burning constantly, but then we would have to be chopping wood every hour to keep that up. So I covered a big piece of styrofoam with fabric. No, I know it's not perfect, but it's better than the big black blanket we had hanging there before!)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">When we got home, the kids each got to open one present - a movie for our trip to Michigan! :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwYmGej4TsIiOrBhzohKnWAXQv6BX3009tu7ME_gUevMbDV91ek5j7A-po7F_h-Nx2MIYNcaXigO_8HBrEsePMzEQf4J2vpl7DLTYob0sbBqA5UDuQbs63TMU8TbOEx1LBiIxuDgBba4/s1600/P1040906.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwYmGej4TsIiOrBhzohKnWAXQv6BX3009tu7ME_gUevMbDV91ek5j7A-po7F_h-Nx2MIYNcaXigO_8HBrEsePMzEQf4J2vpl7DLTYob0sbBqA5UDuQbs63TMU8TbOEx1LBiIxuDgBba4/s320/P1040906.JPG" width="296" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We woke up Christmas morning to a warm fire and full stockings!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtt8X2E-6VXpxzZ108R_v5di3fpHREMYh7vOpuGtpszliMpnAZoZDq3mAZINQT-YPU92eeDH1yf1PhwQ8ol2Eq-7sZzQRELg8O81DK8RfTddIga1rzy0565U3KdUDb8WZBRTS11l8bQ8w/s1600/P1040919.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtt8X2E-6VXpxzZ108R_v5di3fpHREMYh7vOpuGtpszliMpnAZoZDq3mAZINQT-YPU92eeDH1yf1PhwQ8ol2Eq-7sZzQRELg8O81DK8RfTddIga1rzy0565U3KdUDb8WZBRTS11l8bQ8w/s400/P1040919.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My favorite part of Christmas is all the handmade gifts. The girls spend several hours throughout December coloring, cutting, and pasting to make gifts for everyone. This year I limited them to one gift bag per family member that they could fill as they pleased.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLxlBBJssL-RQscja96RBS0SXkneqf89kMd7CL32LkYoBkOdirmirdXFKsDWxoQ_E5PCTyEn4rqa-eGG3pN_mT9BMEz4PZCtIYcVKEyZ8YUZzLIgQUScy21mVxyGdgEeUTkI2xlksZv6E/s1600/P1040926.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLxlBBJssL-RQscja96RBS0SXkneqf89kMd7CL32LkYoBkOdirmirdXFKsDWxoQ_E5PCTyEn4rqa-eGG3pN_mT9BMEz4PZCtIYcVKEyZ8YUZzLIgQUScy21mVxyGdgEeUTkI2xlksZv6E/s400/P1040926.JPG" width="287" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Adeline made me a book all about the First Christmas. It is truly priceless!</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Millie spent quite a lot of time cutting out shapes for daddy. Adorable! :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTa_wCJFvsanmCMUQZfo5dkqcVukyCg9I1TnWUvFVahdvdhnTS_2DpOGmFSEdaqp8XeDFnYrLsZn_D4ubYlu-MYxQmovyiPjdIMdXag5mzoB3B8Pxu6EoN5W1uSpJqlkkFgErtNRjHLq4/s1600/P1040928.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTa_wCJFvsanmCMUQZfo5dkqcVukyCg9I1TnWUvFVahdvdhnTS_2DpOGmFSEdaqp8XeDFnYrLsZn_D4ubYlu-MYxQmovyiPjdIMdXag5mzoB3B8Pxu6EoN5W1uSpJqlkkFgErtNRjHLq4/s400/P1040928.JPG" width="308" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Perhaps my favorite is the huge smile in Millie's eyes here when she received this partially colored "suitcase for holiday stuff" from Addie (which, as you'll notice, originally said "Adeline", but was crossed out to give to her sister). ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKdaw27PZcYhb2Kq7xVko68Hdu2y3R_4PahSmRNI1GEAG1JpEVROlPXVw3CeN29H_r6iqHiqm-MeY0dw787nRMPVt7FodYr6iaOroxkVV7wCJXYNITf2-CHH6U_7VUgHSsqhv0bY5XHO8/s1600/P1040929.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKdaw27PZcYhb2Kq7xVko68Hdu2y3R_4PahSmRNI1GEAG1JpEVROlPXVw3CeN29H_r6iqHiqm-MeY0dw787nRMPVt7FodYr6iaOroxkVV7wCJXYNITf2-CHH6U_7VUgHSsqhv0bY5XHO8/s400/P1040929.JPG" width="328" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Beautiful stamping done by Millie. :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisLWp9eh5WtkySazbVrTMx1EEYYzE3_PwzAMAi26jRNh5AaX-kO-y7zsfbW3e0ZO5D4zzaCu01uiabFYZ_hrAgk74zKUtrfpZc51Ft9571F3aaa77AQZi1xIsNvllJ-AhYwkJR7DwbnXM/s1600/P1040930.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisLWp9eh5WtkySazbVrTMx1EEYYzE3_PwzAMAi26jRNh5AaX-kO-y7zsfbW3e0ZO5D4zzaCu01uiabFYZ_hrAgk74zKUtrfpZc51Ft9571F3aaa77AQZi1xIsNvllJ-AhYwkJR7DwbnXM/s400/P1040930.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Tate was wondering when we were going to move on to the other presents... ;)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Odie got a new bone!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCunLsQ-3By78PXTyjghqpqY8mFLr0zPos-YjBqUTSgV8VirtWMRmv_LnGoFbH3xuv4OXk5jXA9ht2klde5us0uW_sKNyVZYL9znY6amT57ZCt5GFTy3mprJhjXAevO60JTupeH1RP8Wk/s1600/P1040932.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCunLsQ-3By78PXTyjghqpqY8mFLr0zPos-YjBqUTSgV8VirtWMRmv_LnGoFbH3xuv4OXk5jXA9ht2klde5us0uW_sKNyVZYL9znY6amT57ZCt5GFTy3mprJhjXAevO60JTupeH1RP8Wk/s400/P1040932.JPG" width="373" /></a>\</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">New slippers!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_2B8fKd0h7rss12SgUc7_o1BnohQc__yNuGE-na60eW5G2D3SO21xC7pYXs0IP4PiURxIjRquv6tzYN1RBzFUUIF1fgT3-htr9dtols6kuk7yg9IJR5kr4XaoSmaRs3hYUkis-hvRg0/s1600/P1040938.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_2B8fKd0h7rss12SgUc7_o1BnohQc__yNuGE-na60eW5G2D3SO21xC7pYXs0IP4PiURxIjRquv6tzYN1RBzFUUIF1fgT3-htr9dtols6kuk7yg9IJR5kr4XaoSmaRs3hYUkis-hvRg0/s400/P1040938.JPG" width="380" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tap dance shoes, skirt and lessons for Millie! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXJwOTw_cPVN16G37J0FJDh6LChY2CkQF0VqdgXsuO4oFEpJ7nqEwzjLgcBHNbv4Q245y3nbqm_9f4eUBn6vtj6itARbIeY1Orze7kH4ejYOixCGKOI-xISbG5Q305PbvpwUIL4WPwFA/s1600/P1040943.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXJwOTw_cPVN16G37J0FJDh6LChY2CkQF0VqdgXsuO4oFEpJ7nqEwzjLgcBHNbv4Q245y3nbqm_9f4eUBn6vtj6itARbIeY1Orze7kH4ejYOixCGKOI-xISbG5Q305PbvpwUIL4WPwFA/s400/P1040943.JPG" width="318" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Addie's "American Girl" doll! Okay, so it's actually just the Target brand one, but she could care less. :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9UetsLVrsTpqQRhruPjuxQA1Jpuu4oRHqtoLg5wnP8Vic8b5mwhWTsBz09-jXSKLwc46JeuIYVG0hZjoHhUqDLStltWzLgUzF8dyfYdCsFKE2yXF-TPCf3TjlRN4vC-LvtNHBeuK7qI/s1600/P1040953.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9UetsLVrsTpqQRhruPjuxQA1Jpuu4oRHqtoLg5wnP8Vic8b5mwhWTsBz09-jXSKLwc46JeuIYVG0hZjoHhUqDLStltWzLgUzF8dyfYdCsFKE2yXF-TPCf3TjlRN4vC-LvtNHBeuK7qI/s400/P1040953.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">A new tool set for Tate so he can help daddy finish the basement.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW24JyBQt0qQI1SNlF9cWOqsELsvAHY2VDS-gsQ0JHdQCC5WEpygpnBFsVc93VROjAph8I80e3hLx-J1f8C4bsgVSdlgZJE3zboYOnZKSs9siCC2CGm19iMr0Oe44UijdzCZjNGHIyHDk/s1600/P1040955.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW24JyBQt0qQI1SNlF9cWOqsELsvAHY2VDS-gsQ0JHdQCC5WEpygpnBFsVc93VROjAph8I80e3hLx-J1f8C4bsgVSdlgZJE3zboYOnZKSs9siCC2CGm19iMr0Oe44UijdzCZjNGHIyHDk/s320/P1040955.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Perhaps Addie's favorite gift - matching nighties for her and her new doll, Katelyn!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ3bSiIKeUlf4lV1g93_XAojbWvR04IVO5cyw2LZ4AkGwxoWK5ooOANKYs_1qcl-VGGzo30eSjXeUBlzQXSMNe-ZBonObMEwzEd1H6417l0GIYatwVlDhtK_TbESXtoER3ltdGUvkMcNw/s1600/P1040964.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ3bSiIKeUlf4lV1g93_XAojbWvR04IVO5cyw2LZ4AkGwxoWK5ooOANKYs_1qcl-VGGzo30eSjXeUBlzQXSMNe-ZBonObMEwzEd1H6417l0GIYatwVlDhtK_TbESXtoER3ltdGUvkMcNw/s400/P1040964.JPG" width="201" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After presents, we sang Happy Birthday to Jesus and blew out the candles on the Monkey Bread "birthday cake" that the kids had made. Yes, it was just as yummy as it looks! :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwMVkfLChQd6BRDiW5ZzfdROjDZ3wK0rG5VUbjofsuWVo16fOgpZbylei5FBEh0SnIlmeoKhkiINjw9WeadeZ4w6auPbSl3jVWDiiEq9FwIJ2mwk-yagDn4ScKnG0fTh9IZWIaTjbJlc/s1600/P1040967.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwMVkfLChQd6BRDiW5ZzfdROjDZ3wK0rG5VUbjofsuWVo16fOgpZbylei5FBEh0SnIlmeoKhkiINjw9WeadeZ4w6auPbSl3jVWDiiEq9FwIJ2mwk-yagDn4ScKnG0fTh9IZWIaTjbJlc/s320/P1040967.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then we read the Christmas Story from the Bible and The Light of Christmas (check out my last post for info on this awesome book).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then it was time to head off to Nana and Baba's house, just over an hour away. But Tate didn't make it very far...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG0_qmiW0Ogv1RDQ4GScV-q31zCWM-9BxSat0KRUYZslc8RaNyG8lAvU1JzDCdZQ4VFOF08K857V1Dd9WA3FrmiIwIHyiwvyEV7SPXrnjfHXkm0-WBB_3GdW0q3ThiTRt2WrBFMfyTW5A/s1600/P1040971_2.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG0_qmiW0Ogv1RDQ4GScV-q31zCWM-9BxSat0KRUYZslc8RaNyG8lAvU1JzDCdZQ4VFOF08K857V1Dd9WA3FrmiIwIHyiwvyEV7SPXrnjfHXkm0-WBB_3GdW0q3ThiTRt2WrBFMfyTW5A/s320/P1040971_2.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kids got to enjoy another birthday cake for Jesus and Addie and Clara read the Bible story on Baba's lap.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidKtUgqHWmHe3zzS42x-pbEBeXkrb9mkI2tHxVi-AkAFdjv0-42Ezv0lrDVdr4dqsyXOMcD8b4GL1yrkVZq-mh99Cxr80PGbaRefgOWjV7waaVJYkrkoUhrHBW9mMIG42pfXqaOP21gX8/s1600/P1040974.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidKtUgqHWmHe3zzS42x-pbEBeXkrb9mkI2tHxVi-AkAFdjv0-42Ezv0lrDVdr4dqsyXOMcD8b4GL1yrkVZq-mh99Cxr80PGbaRefgOWjV7waaVJYkrkoUhrHBW9mMIG42pfXqaOP21gX8/s320/P1040974.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Of course, the girls had to bless us all with their lovely Christmas carols.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji4BN7V4is0JD-JG4ddFbel97J4N6B759CTSIEt9sjVwSy5ULnpAINgcARsIqmKIqL93J_t9Lv88tFTkD2H-JJEvDdXQDAlQAAVQRNT28ebD9r5sPCR7Sy4WRkaTA0L1ayzhxz2FKAXL0/s1600/P1040978.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji4BN7V4is0JD-JG4ddFbel97J4N6B759CTSIEt9sjVwSy5ULnpAINgcARsIqmKIqL93J_t9Lv88tFTkD2H-JJEvDdXQDAlQAAVQRNT28ebD9r5sPCR7Sy4WRkaTA0L1ayzhxz2FKAXL0/s320/P1040978.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then my memory card was full. :( So you'll just have to trust that we had a ton of fun with Nana and Baba and all their cousins and aunts and uncles! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The Day After Christmas</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Monday morning, we loaded up the car and headed up to Cadillac, Michigan to see the Brooks side... (with an <i>empty</i> memory card). I don't believe we've ever made this trip in less than 11 hours. This time, however, we did it in only 9 1/2! The kids did awesome. We only stopped ONE time. Let me repeat that... <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">ONE TIME</span></b>! And that was just for lunch, potty breaks and gas. I thought for sure we'd have to make at least one more stop, but no one was complaining, so we just headed on. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had our Christmas celebration with them on Tuesday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEQV6uIEUKE_N8hisKV-P43buhTQbCytwpFIZs88uLiodf8LciX2JpWS4QMv7iy4Am36STQLLRbAwPZOU7_LFRqN0bWx-PCxZf3XOpNWpxh3X3ei1Be_taIFq97XYY0FEMgWbV8m4_XTQ/s1600/IMG_8911.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEQV6uIEUKE_N8hisKV-P43buhTQbCytwpFIZs88uLiodf8LciX2JpWS4QMv7iy4Am36STQLLRbAwPZOU7_LFRqN0bWx-PCxZf3XOpNWpxh3X3ei1Be_taIFq97XYY0FEMgWbV8m4_XTQ/s400/IMG_8911.JPG" width="298" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And of course, receiving them too. :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4rqtqZBB9omPBkUXJx5Rk29uEWVz7HzZqyjGL8EQqICDf1kLfY8iHA38w2Jn9Gea-KY31MS0xfMdr6NjGucFUIyob_rjporJSSD1NmgDzvRwcyRgtNNZS9iNOAqMOpyetkNSyM8HLrIs/s1600/IMG_8951.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4rqtqZBB9omPBkUXJx5Rk29uEWVz7HzZqyjGL8EQqICDf1kLfY8iHA38w2Jn9Gea-KY31MS0xfMdr6NjGucFUIyob_rjporJSSD1NmgDzvRwcyRgtNNZS9iNOAqMOpyetkNSyM8HLrIs/s400/IMG_8951.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Here, Addie's showing me her latest, greatest toy - a Nintendo 3DS, purchased with $$ from Great Grandpa and Great Grandma. She found an awesome deal on Craigslist. That girl's got a nose for bargains... I'm so proud of her. ;) And Uncle Mark got her some fun games for it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2LK1NDRkCS_SZoBQBpxQSQ-xFC19UtIm04Hxo4tC78hT3SGxCb4hFqsAy4w0Mi_z_Fd_DZLghaiCJxZ0Ci_XtBg5A1EwLvjo3I2Cob59HGNEAGak1HHiYIsteMpEEbuYJ07bdg51u7Rg/s1600/IMG_8957.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2LK1NDRkCS_SZoBQBpxQSQ-xFC19UtIm04Hxo4tC78hT3SGxCb4hFqsAy4w0Mi_z_Fd_DZLghaiCJxZ0Ci_XtBg5A1EwLvjo3I2Cob59HGNEAGak1HHiYIsteMpEEbuYJ07bdg51u7Rg/s400/IMG_8957.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> Uncle Scott got the girls Snuggies. Really, who doesn't need a Snuggie?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH11lMdih_u95KdpgAumhwazJXQ2WFa6b57MdBHxWKZumcIGC9Sf_B_GxJhyphenhyphenJY8TO53VLO17ojzGQbi-7KFnLOmP_Jrl2jTEgkSC1cOxoGPyRS7krQYL4gE9MvSvAzEqDAlHu9kqMfRd8/s1600/IMG_8968.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH11lMdih_u95KdpgAumhwazJXQ2WFa6b57MdBHxWKZumcIGC9Sf_B_GxJhyphenhyphenJY8TO53VLO17ojzGQbi-7KFnLOmP_Jrl2jTEgkSC1cOxoGPyRS7krQYL4gE9MvSvAzEqDAlHu9kqMfRd8/s400/IMG_8968.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Modeling their new jammies and tutus.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKMDCjGKd1O_083eXXc5Y5ncCwWnSiRr7fvXkA8-H9toMgrUri6sB40mOmOWTB-h2OZKttpnRPFn8kc5pEhV3qDLNoSwzu4C7iO2GTNPKcgV_PplEZjzzVI0P8baFFFYWZAEHiPNV-u8k/s1600/IMG_8982.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKMDCjGKd1O_083eXXc5Y5ncCwWnSiRr7fvXkA8-H9toMgrUri6sB40mOmOWTB-h2OZKttpnRPFn8kc5pEhV3qDLNoSwzu4C7iO2GTNPKcgV_PplEZjzzVI0P8baFFFYWZAEHiPNV-u8k/s400/IMG_8982.JPG" width="296" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kids went out sledding with Daddy and Nana.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh75UlDWF0D3xINGe4JCoTXWaVaTUDgAA26B_LXvEwlP8qM280EQ4j45vidaGcWn8JAFxsc79c_KO9IAwEAPMRGMSIXBKAzWDqKWpjKSI3EbBf1-hFRaWnzGcLUg7OXUN9zQRdTIkKLmhk/s1600/IMG_9006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh75UlDWF0D3xINGe4JCoTXWaVaTUDgAA26B_LXvEwlP8qM280EQ4j45vidaGcWn8JAFxsc79c_KO9IAwEAPMRGMSIXBKAzWDqKWpjKSI3EbBf1-hFRaWnzGcLUg7OXUN9zQRdTIkKLmhk/s400/IMG_9006.JPG" width="303" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And made cornbread muffins with Nana.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2MDZmflrQ_0dUCpFdbmqvdv6_fGF4QIUHwAKTkY5RwYmFDO6HOQssGAToNqIwc9aEQ5ZNZ0Hmpvze_bJ1Apipj_8-NiDFIgUd0Y3A5_8vww8A1zFqD_Gwyi1zHwvMFeZnv8gR-CHXmd4/s1600/IMG_9018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="327" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2MDZmflrQ_0dUCpFdbmqvdv6_fGF4QIUHwAKTkY5RwYmFDO6HOQssGAToNqIwc9aEQ5ZNZ0Hmpvze_bJ1Apipj_8-NiDFIgUd0Y3A5_8vww8A1zFqD_Gwyi1zHwvMFeZnv8gR-CHXmd4/s400/IMG_9018.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Tate doing a little target practice with his new toy from Uncle Scott. I believe the box said ages 8+... but the men were sure Tate could handle it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOz5ZPpfkGRjJwlvbQngyFhGNmMl0nBX9j3D1vSh3Bhm4UF6qRWEQgsG6HkozN7mBe1U6OJdK-8jHb_bt5m3vQX1a8n_Env56IMbuiwG8UB2bG2hK5pKxrsvCi4WCcR5_ssvJET3XNvEU/s1600/IMG_9022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOz5ZPpfkGRjJwlvbQngyFhGNmMl0nBX9j3D1vSh3Bhm4UF6qRWEQgsG6HkozN7mBe1U6OJdK-8jHb_bt5m3vQX1a8n_Env56IMbuiwG8UB2bG2hK5pKxrsvCi4WCcR5_ssvJET3XNvEU/s400/IMG_9022.JPG" width="258" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Playing Addie's favorite game, Disney Monopoly, with Great Grandma and Papa.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVe0oiMKff2ZwZ5YYeqemDu3rT-5kvDXudQ8K694pNq38n4gW5ZXYKoWA7F01UBz-0VCr0btpBanvLRbbR1z30qsmmrhGBXsiDGIbFsfyseV5iFOmGQ7ioeCQKtj2kg0eyJKOe3h_FFmU/s1600/IMG_9038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVe0oiMKff2ZwZ5YYeqemDu3rT-5kvDXudQ8K694pNq38n4gW5ZXYKoWA7F01UBz-0VCr0btpBanvLRbbR1z30qsmmrhGBXsiDGIbFsfyseV5iFOmGQ7ioeCQKtj2kg0eyJKOe3h_FFmU/s400/IMG_9038.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The men in a serious game of Double Deck Euchre.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ZqIVO9pnPWjIjpbT-KzJrOEpriOCqIxCVlf1G2K1NQR2ywYOQohlZK3UefCw6J5pjyv6YCOrnaPTID5Fc_bVEEUKD8OM5ocqYzoWT2ceIVw5TnqmoYwQ_oe1r3EO2krULtyG6dbDbSA/s1600/IMG_9040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ZqIVO9pnPWjIjpbT-KzJrOEpriOCqIxCVlf1G2K1NQR2ywYOQohlZK3UefCw6J5pjyv6YCOrnaPTID5Fc_bVEEUKD8OM5ocqYzoWT2ceIVw5TnqmoYwQ_oe1r3EO2krULtyG6dbDbSA/s400/IMG_9040.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now she's sucked Uncle Mark into the game too... Look out, Addie, I hear he's a shark! :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPO9Mz7oUDnNRagHR31c0FVxC5l9KjhRTg9MWwUh_Y0xnKVzEQADzI3GrNearBLkoC0IO97eddSxRTWIG3gDp-htlxIMYoc0uI1T5TKcpCSYFB6DxMr4IFH-LQ4l_N26b1maWwhgM5GXM/s1600/IMG_9054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPO9Mz7oUDnNRagHR31c0FVxC5l9KjhRTg9MWwUh_Y0xnKVzEQADzI3GrNearBLkoC0IO97eddSxRTWIG3gDp-htlxIMYoc0uI1T5TKcpCSYFB6DxMr4IFH-LQ4l_N26b1maWwhgM5GXM/s400/IMG_9054.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Notice she's in dance clothes. The girls wore these for a good part of the time. You never know when they might decide to put on a show!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Driving cars in the basement! Millie has become an excellent driver.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjIUmGSgMzpbkVM8G-9l5E3xGeRY9qmspMABaYqMSB38Q8TJ5ACO9hZWCMTBDYM_Rpiwp9NknYIvCYkxDRRqs1ruITY6RbwwPOqedGYHFTHof_KCb2D4hc4BS0YXW0RsMNwUKZPTYkQRY/s1600/IMG_9091.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjIUmGSgMzpbkVM8G-9l5E3xGeRY9qmspMABaYqMSB38Q8TJ5ACO9hZWCMTBDYM_Rpiwp9NknYIvCYkxDRRqs1ruITY6RbwwPOqedGYHFTHof_KCb2D4hc4BS0YXW0RsMNwUKZPTYkQRY/s400/IMG_9091.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">And of course, the kids enjoyed cuddle time with Nana!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrA26VeejnIPvTg0dtSvpY0fk_wAP3K7W1IgHLOCYpGVSRDngmH-l_9bLEnpiSxmy7JiyH3dh6LLQ1J-AyBVMpK2gFb-Cn_ro1SnnMZ7m9qAfjHgSArU25Zlkhyb0G49TNeueUEJ5xlSk/s1600/IMG_9113.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrA26VeejnIPvTg0dtSvpY0fk_wAP3K7W1IgHLOCYpGVSRDngmH-l_9bLEnpiSxmy7JiyH3dh6LLQ1J-AyBVMpK2gFb-Cn_ro1SnnMZ7m9qAfjHgSArU25Zlkhyb0G49TNeueUEJ5xlSk/s400/IMG_9113.JPG" width="363" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, there's our big Christmas 2011! Hope yours was stupendous as well!</div><br />
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</div>une autre mèrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08785118854145562521noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455803658674744334.post-14258153500683573832011-12-20T10:23:00.002-06:002011-12-20T19:29:51.321-06:00hello, december!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh, December... you always catch me off guard and fill my camera with so many pictures, I just can't decide what to post. So, here's a "few" I thought showed best what we've been up to...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The evening after Thanksgiving, we put up our tree.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLLmeZ9hBrK33dJe6WoGB5dzjsprQQ2n8nT7E2WIuMrGJfFFC9sQ5Qh63gjT0FFyTBxnQmwuL3H5KYaXpKFC_o-El1PSz5eMmPi7x4ddrMvuWLnUOBd7XcuMb_fRIzRtZceO3NXws7GrA/s1600/P1040810.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLLmeZ9hBrK33dJe6WoGB5dzjsprQQ2n8nT7E2WIuMrGJfFFC9sQ5Qh63gjT0FFyTBxnQmwuL3H5KYaXpKFC_o-El1PSz5eMmPi7x4ddrMvuWLnUOBd7XcuMb_fRIzRtZceO3NXws7GrA/s400/P1040810.JPG" width="275" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was Millie's turn to put the star on top this year!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJCvhKo9y0lfvyeNaG7VaUwLyR7VLixm3yN-3Fg9G_miAxtI5ypP82T27RhYO5zz4nN2ctaMNbsBJ1Mi1XYe6Z7LaKwdpvsJ3dVq97tMKnFQ_ncmyn64KOo8DiHb6ZqnMD0ckuwWNOAiE/s1600/P1040820.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJCvhKo9y0lfvyeNaG7VaUwLyR7VLixm3yN-3Fg9G_miAxtI5ypP82T27RhYO5zz4nN2ctaMNbsBJ1Mi1XYe6Z7LaKwdpvsJ3dVq97tMKnFQ_ncmyn64KOo8DiHb6ZqnMD0ckuwWNOAiE/s400/P1040820.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="322" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Instead of making our traditional popcorn balls on "tree night," Chad made this yummy fudge instead that we poured over popcorn. Thank you, Chad, for saving my sanity... I <i>detest</i> making popcorn balls, <i>especially</i> when I'm in the middle of trying to help put up our decorations, and thus I've deemed this our new tradition. :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnsn-6OwQ9fyedYxzQTrW3Cf5D9M30SpqcCj4bdd1tkhWw_tiJSuguSltoNmk0WJF9mY0oSSgmXhpZKdBmcqdyur4V6pBaqUXHV5ykF9S3E60EtFdTuGYsoxoLKJ9YatK2OoQZD-ryeN8/s1600/P1040815.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnsn-6OwQ9fyedYxzQTrW3Cf5D9M30SpqcCj4bdd1tkhWw_tiJSuguSltoNmk0WJF9mY0oSSgmXhpZKdBmcqdyur4V6pBaqUXHV5ykF9S3E60EtFdTuGYsoxoLKJ9YatK2OoQZD-ryeN8/s400/P1040815.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Saturday night after Thanksgiving, I took the girls to The Des Moines Playhouse to see "Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells." It was very cute and the little actors and actresses did a splendid job! We completed our Girls Night Out with dinner at Fazoli's. They enjoyed yummy *free!* kid's meals of spaghetti!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9sJg-JSwfPagJgP3uhCg1b5sM7hvp_pBs0nWG_3x-fYTRIvZpWvIoUCrolupyKYLtPNrJ1ebpQfd3sEiaJ39FS1in5jRr3lE0Okd_usiDfJ6V8oEIYB1c3ycQztpa656qkT-pft8-to/s1600/P1040821.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9sJg-JSwfPagJgP3uhCg1b5sM7hvp_pBs0nWG_3x-fYTRIvZpWvIoUCrolupyKYLtPNrJ1ebpQfd3sEiaJ39FS1in5jRr3lE0Okd_usiDfJ6V8oEIYB1c3ycQztpa656qkT-pft8-to/s400/P1040821.JPG" width="361" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> One way the kids have endured these cold days has been putting their big Zhu Zhu pet house together. This helps kill some time! :) It's amazing how much entertainment those little hamsters provide.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitwk5x_lYYGhXFHq3wInoJyzaisMukjyx9sEMNDGvZK7aAFCrwyWV20f2h2hmsPG3QU3KUjvC5fD_WA2rVTMW3CSbxOaqto4TFxr5DXC0ZQZLEXWA1PgH3Fh9w6jwSbW8e6W_-6hMTnsY/s1600/P1040832.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitwk5x_lYYGhXFHq3wInoJyzaisMukjyx9sEMNDGvZK7aAFCrwyWV20f2h2hmsPG3QU3KUjvC5fD_WA2rVTMW3CSbxOaqto4TFxr5DXC0ZQZLEXWA1PgH3Fh9w6jwSbW8e6W_-6hMTnsY/s400/P1040832.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A few Sunday evenings ago, the ladies of our small group invited a few friends over for a Christmas Craft Night. I was truly impressed that my friend, Jess, even attended with her 2-day old baby! She had just come home from the hospital that day and still wanted to come! Of course, we were thrilled to have them!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjorHTEhW2ufM29NHBMKrlANv5SNxvEyvRMFM-5VpfrlE2hBEJ3jGPUFQM7cnYtWZQ6RrZusBkl4wtA9ehfUGHVd69JO7khgou8JT7eml6mytU68SwMA_xSz0p7iZksu7frl4sSh3tJ45s/s1600/P1040834.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjorHTEhW2ufM29NHBMKrlANv5SNxvEyvRMFM-5VpfrlE2hBEJ3jGPUFQM7cnYtWZQ6RrZusBkl4wtA9ehfUGHVd69JO7khgou8JT7eml6mytU68SwMA_xSz0p7iZksu7frl4sSh3tJ45s/s400/P1040834.JPG" width="281" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> We started the evening with food and stories of Christmas memories.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsRlh2uPK7vydfYrzx7anBbniltUuLryT3yvv00izFIW0GYStL3KaRwHSXJgEQ8F4o1Z0D6CrErcFMsPmPM7jIy3hwBciXy3bwVw26l8itO4ifQXyP89SpPZ4-dPwPn9s6oRVu0pERvqk/s1600/P1040835.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsRlh2uPK7vydfYrzx7anBbniltUuLryT3yvv00izFIW0GYStL3KaRwHSXJgEQ8F4o1Z0D6CrErcFMsPmPM7jIy3hwBciXy3bwVw26l8itO4ifQXyP89SpPZ4-dPwPn9s6oRVu0pERvqk/s400/P1040835.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then we took a few minutes to focus on the true meaning of Christmas by reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Light-Christmas-Dandi-Daley-Mackall/dp/0758612702?ie=UTF8&tag=uneautremere-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969">The Light of Christmas</a>. I know I've mentioned it before, but seriously... if you don't have this book, buy it NOW! :) It's the one our family reads every Christmas morning... it clearly explains the reason why Jesus came and the kids LOVE it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Then we headed into the dining room to tackle making our Advent Calenders from mini muffin tins. For info on how to make them, check out <a href="http://uneautremere.blogspot.com/2010/12/handmade-stockings-and-advent-calendar.html">my post here from last year</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbSheZLdXH0WQZAUvpYkILbh1rsniRdMIySnRZrfNfmkPlSzIgo0oaFg-VrScKrjVw5-8Flg8bpHpSBQkcylMK7ktcw_xM9XgZVLuKjouh5HJcGSawZsRU2kwBzJq1vxx5K7HENt_urD0/s1600/P1040842.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbSheZLdXH0WQZAUvpYkILbh1rsniRdMIySnRZrfNfmkPlSzIgo0oaFg-VrScKrjVw5-8Flg8bpHpSBQkcylMK7ktcw_xM9XgZVLuKjouh5HJcGSawZsRU2kwBzJq1vxx5K7HENt_urD0/s400/P1040842.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's Lydia with her finished product:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDgJpahD6AR2tTt1X4Jh3DX_k8h3IyoyW-DC9REuM9kVC39aCYo1X-G4PGXBBrxdcprGjwm3_V0DGs9kPasgabkyh_54IipU51lUURhlDh05etj_nkXxL9Cg2G-drtqtIDwQGvGKDF5I4/s1600/P1040845.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDgJpahD6AR2tTt1X4Jh3DX_k8h3IyoyW-DC9REuM9kVC39aCYo1X-G4PGXBBrxdcprGjwm3_V0DGs9kPasgabkyh_54IipU51lUURhlDh05etj_nkXxL9Cg2G-drtqtIDwQGvGKDF5I4/s400/P1040845.JPG" width="286" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was a fun night!</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Next in our camera roll is... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia6V9LnG1JpQHaPCH9Ixqi1MRSGkEDIVWdsU99w0CmupqWGYGK9YC9VteG4qF_LMNh08QAiiLOiqt5etGC7OaNfbTuF60CC4Edcjv0Ge3_vui4iNuNSaiXCOVSsEHJgiJM8X9l-a7MzB4/s1600/P1040859.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia6V9LnG1JpQHaPCH9Ixqi1MRSGkEDIVWdsU99w0CmupqWGYGK9YC9VteG4qF_LMNh08QAiiLOiqt5etGC7OaNfbTuF60CC4Edcjv0Ge3_vui4iNuNSaiXCOVSsEHJgiJM8X9l-a7MzB4/s400/P1040859.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our Gingerbread House!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiOT7c0qSi7wOtzsnPWUX2WzJUdbWNWuJ1WLGPVOoA5H4JY_P9pyxyeOlk0WeHcQDY12GjHRiJlYvVhty_i39aN9EwNScdaLCkSlPCxRJ4YaurcvY7POffP-HiKZZVFJE_gyXh6BnLzWI/s1600/P1040861.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiOT7c0qSi7wOtzsnPWUX2WzJUdbWNWuJ1WLGPVOoA5H4JY_P9pyxyeOlk0WeHcQDY12GjHRiJlYvVhty_i39aN9EwNScdaLCkSlPCxRJ4YaurcvY7POffP-HiKZZVFJE_gyXh6BnLzWI/s400/P1040861.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A few Sunday nights ago, the kids had their Christmas program at church. This was the first year they all three got to be in it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoO2h2uj2qB4yyQpdHzMHTxXBjxJ_rBECMlrNixfR2xfLPpfpUCrVzmlsX2Kz1Ry-z2khs4rbCFM5gxIi34GRTWv2NBHmwP_jZk7_xfc4ygVLRZi_fTrSnO9FaUdsjcBtYRfWmo7rvdwo/s1600/P1040867.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoO2h2uj2qB4yyQpdHzMHTxXBjxJ_rBECMlrNixfR2xfLPpfpUCrVzmlsX2Kz1Ry-z2khs4rbCFM5gxIi34GRTWv2NBHmwP_jZk7_xfc4ygVLRZi_fTrSnO9FaUdsjcBtYRfWmo7rvdwo/s640/P1040867.JPG" width="472" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tate with his girl, Harper, before the program. He adores her. :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH4JKHpoFFw8HjAON2AgUM5O4zfUMQ6RSggRy5im8OIUjY4q1qlmzcOxNxDPFqRWTRFjdEqBY4AAIZJwLwGtCMUxojKurrbYZiN2Dm0i4Jm5iAbZPugthd-7dl6ICFhb6BwFBgfoaBdKk/s1600/390487_10150598812823082_673073081_11846847_1505933586_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH4JKHpoFFw8HjAON2AgUM5O4zfUMQ6RSggRy5im8OIUjY4q1qlmzcOxNxDPFqRWTRFjdEqBY4AAIZJwLwGtCMUxojKurrbYZiN2Dm0i4Jm5iAbZPugthd-7dl6ICFhb6BwFBgfoaBdKk/s400/390487_10150598812823082_673073081_11846847_1505933586_n.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>*Thanks for the photo, Abby!*</i></div></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of the kids in the program because I was recording it the whole time. But I was able to steal this one from my friend, Jessica's facebook...</span><br />
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</span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"> And this is one that I got from our recording, so it's not that great because there was no flash...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccIf56bJPEFnlsLMR1q9A87z3E6BkpP-rUlzDQxyRIPs7c_p2vZcIIg3LVxUVdCym7ts0lo0sTg_NfC1XbAjnzgiLg3nS7KDF6BBFWs0cLr182Wv812aTz_MGmGmRKetSaB3I0P6v-aE/s1600/P1040875_2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccIf56bJPEFnlsLMR1q9A87z3E6BkpP-rUlzDQxyRIPs7c_p2vZcIIg3LVxUVdCym7ts0lo0sTg_NfC1XbAjnzgiLg3nS7KDF6BBFWs0cLr182Wv812aTz_MGmGmRKetSaB3I0P6v-aE/s400/P1040875_2.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Addie did a fantastic job singing her heart out! :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If any of my church friends got better pictures of Addie or Tate, please let me know! I'm willing to shell out big bucks for those! :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> This past weekend, the Advent calendar said to go through toys and books to donate for the needy. The kids LOVED doing this and it made more room for their soon-to-come new Christmas toys! :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT08k_SK67K8RBzhaIM2qgRydarf1wQ7oXcuknNBB9IemnSgvh43Zss8dy2uoodqEV83GFaPLdpEeV0sU0AHrVcDY1vMLqUC-Mz-2XcKcEHftqYascjZHOm7-7qKD5PJ1VDSVY5BP2K9k/s1600/P1040877.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT08k_SK67K8RBzhaIM2qgRydarf1wQ7oXcuknNBB9IemnSgvh43Zss8dy2uoodqEV83GFaPLdpEeV0sU0AHrVcDY1vMLqUC-Mz-2XcKcEHftqYascjZHOm7-7qKD5PJ1VDSVY5BP2K9k/s400/P1040877.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, finally, Adeline and I made this clipboard for her teacher, closely following the instruction from <a href="http://onegirlamongboys.blogspot.com/2011/11/thankful-for-great-teachers.html">my friend Liz's blog</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMIuXUGdshx3gptznvAlA-HAigpsWI06JYd2WKXv4Lhaoz98w8vPEezDCl9NNUut0CGsSfKytNv4y8tmC89meabTcTjIS6UrQpQ-2vU1T2rCIsBigXMEzbcSmzShbBmwuIDBG-EegU9ow/s1600/P1040880.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMIuXUGdshx3gptznvAlA-HAigpsWI06JYd2WKXv4Lhaoz98w8vPEezDCl9NNUut0CGsSfKytNv4y8tmC89meabTcTjIS6UrQpQ-2vU1T2rCIsBigXMEzbcSmzShbBmwuIDBG-EegU9ow/s400/P1040880.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="303" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My favorite part was the note Adeline wrote on the paper pad we included...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfEoSz8yLrnvtibpTC1ev6YwL8UMPJm0zB_owAwC1j1JoaNjpdlpQxosSAJ_fSSyomv1TGJCgKwvZafJSWS7EuQGl-mpwjPGU4OnVrRqPjDgg-b-IT6L_8h-gS45w12TXV_yCUFn5u42A/s1600/P1040879.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfEoSz8yLrnvtibpTC1ev6YwL8UMPJm0zB_owAwC1j1JoaNjpdlpQxosSAJ_fSSyomv1TGJCgKwvZafJSWS7EuQGl-mpwjPGU4OnVrRqPjDgg-b-IT6L_8h-gS45w12TXV_yCUFn5u42A/s400/P1040879.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All I told her to do was write a nice little note, and she took off from there! :) She does have an awesome teacher this year and we are soooo thankful for that!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope you're all having a wonderful Christmas season too!</div><br />
</div>une autre mèrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08785118854145562521noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455803658674744334.post-82546600200248766372011-11-29T11:08:00.000-06:002011-11-29T11:08:13.525-06:00so long, fall<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I realize that fall doesn't officially end for another 21 days or so, but once Thanksgiving is over, fall might as well be too. December just doesn't sound or feel like a fall month. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So here's my official "So long" salute to the season that brought us...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*a beautiful all-kid-made leaf centerpiece*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgasFOrd2Aq6ObpVvq-3JVHKh8URvcz_f7xXkMQ19lB3DdRweShxDjiMt_RpMyxCHOhqPN-3O8pjX5VAbd0uNr_36oIiG5DfBY08TqKW6JbDdCXiKH95amZl8q5Dguqv1YoSXdFFSiqNpA/s1600/P1040765.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgasFOrd2Aq6ObpVvq-3JVHKh8URvcz_f7xXkMQ19lB3DdRweShxDjiMt_RpMyxCHOhqPN-3O8pjX5VAbd0uNr_36oIiG5DfBY08TqKW6JbDdCXiKH95amZl8q5Dguqv1YoSXdFFSiqNpA/s400/P1040765.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> *cute brown corduroy outfits*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA6YBv66IGyn8xkLEvYkiYVqGpp3OJ78A4i1taeuiLvEYi8MuCQ5uyoGDZSpAtteWLgV-l_IcUpMqZ6VGDmqrf0luK57bBb0W8MTZGHrriJyLt_RpPx47ZpqIKtJeZ4vU8LRLsB7C-ag0/s1600/P1040771.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA6YBv66IGyn8xkLEvYkiYVqGpp3OJ78A4i1taeuiLvEYi8MuCQ5uyoGDZSpAtteWLgV-l_IcUpMqZ6VGDmqrf0luK57bBb0W8MTZGHrriJyLt_RpPx47ZpqIKtJeZ4vU8LRLsB7C-ag0/s400/P1040771.JPG" width="393" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I guess it also brought us the big scab under Millie's nose... aka "Millie's face meets the sidewalk." Ow.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">*special moments shared with family*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyiXvN6QfuoapUdGHXA0AmcTfZL17b8Cw1vpE3qNqPq44rDZG1-FFz8c-ksVCdauqoZ_v34gZz-9V53PuEPCZ8rE8dwc9x9sYR-9H_xH3cZJn7iiZ69Mb3H1rFdKkn2EQd_eLIwrc_T_w/s1600/IMG_1538.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyiXvN6QfuoapUdGHXA0AmcTfZL17b8Cw1vpE3qNqPq44rDZG1-FFz8c-ksVCdauqoZ_v34gZz-9V53PuEPCZ8rE8dwc9x9sYR-9H_xH3cZJn7iiZ69Mb3H1rFdKkn2EQd_eLIwrc_T_w/s400/IMG_1538.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> *an endless supply of leaves*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinKWkLnZWNzCW1OvgJvSKrKjHpY0lLW0fDLGZAT04YaQ6cR7BmT6Jds_zRtOmXER2gx70FSz96lKiyhl_KRTxrhuNut3tluATXqCE2-4XbI_haZGPv98ibuXxkMJ-1rYOgdT-Bux1qt7I/s1600/P1040776.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinKWkLnZWNzCW1OvgJvSKrKjHpY0lLW0fDLGZAT04YaQ6cR7BmT6Jds_zRtOmXER2gx70FSz96lKiyhl_KRTxrhuNut3tluATXqCE2-4XbI_haZGPv98ibuXxkMJ-1rYOgdT-Bux1qt7I/s400/P1040776.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> *a fun daddy who rakes up all the leaves, just to let the kids scatter them all about again*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc2z1BA3x9zyR6JQcWey-1k2GDP5zzgnlcFpEzLuquRzLRE8h9heUfs8kj3co2e297e0-qJClgFmpUi2A-lwtMLa8Ci_kVvJ-Fn8Va63CAFLvChAr4NnPmmtK0Gl9fhfG4gs_t-LN50zU/s1600/P1040789.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc2z1BA3x9zyR6JQcWey-1k2GDP5zzgnlcFpEzLuquRzLRE8h9heUfs8kj3co2e297e0-qJClgFmpUi2A-lwtMLa8Ci_kVvJ-Fn8Va63CAFLvChAr4NnPmmtK0Gl9fhfG4gs_t-LN50zU/s400/P1040789.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">*a Thanksgiving Dinner with loved ones*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlGg3Rm1cbPI8HYZ09N7KgHqGxhkbKK_gF-72YDL1jFte44cUNuy1wu308JFTmHUM8jmApGaEEMZ7sssxQ-2KNVG-XInZDrWDjqouET7G03_7Y0FspiuVLVwjhI_7w_7u9PmaZxB1L7JI/s1600/P1040801.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlGg3Rm1cbPI8HYZ09N7KgHqGxhkbKK_gF-72YDL1jFte44cUNuy1wu308JFTmHUM8jmApGaEEMZ7sssxQ-2KNVG-XInZDrWDjqouET7G03_7Y0FspiuVLVwjhI_7w_7u9PmaZxB1L7JI/s400/P1040801.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*a grandpa who hides around corners scaring kids and tickling them relentlessly*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbypg48ZprUXqWUYbyPBukxb4ARggSrzxMdTYk4UubGXoh9kH71W6vVDj-dZmAyOZRiaU9d1WJkp0Jlt3NjdNK3JuzZVd1FgWQvEShOQs5jim19PUtWQg4_eGD9P2CdfbwsvU3ip7PutI/s1600/P1040802.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbypg48ZprUXqWUYbyPBukxb4ARggSrzxMdTYk4UubGXoh9kH71W6vVDj-dZmAyOZRiaU9d1WJkp0Jlt3NjdNK3JuzZVd1FgWQvEShOQs5jim19PUtWQg4_eGD9P2CdfbwsvU3ip7PutI/s400/P1040802.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">*a grandma who plays soccer with the young'uns until she's plum out of breath*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOq13geUkop5AMxB0abZIrkpcm6XKPfOWfsWEPMZPG_id8LNCFeu0fAVRDQn5rsTRGBrAz56JWG5fCj6iA0Qk4_P0lw9plwdcorTc5oBVoNlTMbxoaTKDYsSYaOL2YmUiDorpxYAwIMQw/s1600/P1040800.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOq13geUkop5AMxB0abZIrkpcm6XKPfOWfsWEPMZPG_id8LNCFeu0fAVRDQn5rsTRGBrAz56JWG5fCj6iA0Qk4_P0lw9plwdcorTc5oBVoNlTMbxoaTKDYsSYaOL2YmUiDorpxYAwIMQw/s400/P1040800.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8No6PNUHpbERhyphenhyphenLD1VZBppQrqn0Xb4cLbqYwC7XHE82G3jlnTRItHyU1eK9L3NHz3m6lZpNftHh8PgLcFzVxJxfaNU8-Ew224z1tftbZO2Y5FXzUKlf6gHCNKgOOT9ckgaWY9IPRKOk4/s1600/P1040797.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8No6PNUHpbERhyphenhyphenLD1VZBppQrqn0Xb4cLbqYwC7XHE82G3jlnTRItHyU1eK9L3NHz3m6lZpNftHh8PgLcFzVxJxfaNU8-Ew224z1tftbZO2Y5FXzUKlf6gHCNKgOOT9ckgaWY9IPRKOk4/s400/P1040797.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"Run, Nana, Run!"</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"> *precious time spent with cousins*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9kwByL5isr25QH0RK_BUcgQ5gPjn4KAr7NMCuKxTuw05j4T0hRP4c6pmH8HxJPa_mXNskWW_5tV-je2PIc16oi5wDn6Nz1Ack00jMP6RpKq_xO_zIfwO5cYr-d0RfINh03CpXAM6p0Pc/s1600/P1040806.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9kwByL5isr25QH0RK_BUcgQ5gPjn4KAr7NMCuKxTuw05j4T0hRP4c6pmH8HxJPa_mXNskWW_5tV-je2PIc16oi5wDn6Nz1Ack00jMP6RpKq_xO_zIfwO5cYr-d0RfINh03CpXAM6p0Pc/s400/P1040806.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There you have it. My fall wrap-up. Now our tree is up and Christmas music is playing. As much as I hate to admit it, snow will soon be falling and temperatures will be plummeting. Time to usher in winter!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope you all had a lovely fall!</div></div>une autre mèrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08785118854145562521noreply@blogger.com4