tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341108762024-03-07T03:02:12.230-06:00Family Blah, blah, blog...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34110876.post-27860726088930459852010-05-29T06:45:00.002-05:002010-05-29T06:48:18.085-05:00HOLY COW!Hello Blogging world....it's been FOREVER! I would say, Five months is way to long. But as you know with us, there is a story.....Holiday, cray schedule, computer crash and loss of EVERYTHING, kiddos, travel schedule, events, daily life, trianing for a half marathon, and oh yea, did I mention computer crash and loss of EVERYTHING...including how to long onto Blogger. Well, long of the short is.....WE ARE BACK! I will post some photos to catch you up on us and hopefully continue to keep up with posts of our exciting lives. <br /><br />Welcome Back!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34110876.post-37574737747850626052009-12-24T05:02:00.003-06:002009-12-24T05:03:45.773-06:00Merry Christmas!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy3T3MgTLrN76VvHnVKPYQONB0koK-3t_0alHt-1k_3kVjCW5tVucb7YqjECavzi2As2-jew5pV-v-LwmWKpBABh6ra3MZLPTsPc8ImMfQwCJdMjaJCFfSNuEy6bzXEmDylyE4/s1600-h/ChristmasCard.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy3T3MgTLrN76VvHnVKPYQONB0koK-3t_0alHt-1k_3kVjCW5tVucb7YqjECavzi2As2-jew5pV-v-LwmWKpBABh6ra3MZLPTsPc8ImMfQwCJdMjaJCFfSNuEy6bzXEmDylyE4/s400/ChristmasCard.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418756494255896722" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34110876.post-36662295571911430472009-12-20T15:56:00.006-06:002009-12-20T16:05:56.830-06:00BAKAPALOOZA = THERAPY!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNqiWnTuPj_ZtwSKaEV55ik3ypMI4X86BfY4RUCZo_-821PZKO5QcFm2PP7n8Of8KfIGiWhyphenhyphenDI_-wv19D49pfe3y_-cuDGOoCW5GjncIuJtZehTW-eYdAb6miJvLlB1wDYEuGY/s1600-h/bakapalooza09.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNqiWnTuPj_ZtwSKaEV55ik3ypMI4X86BfY4RUCZo_-821PZKO5QcFm2PP7n8Of8KfIGiWhyphenhyphenDI_-wv19D49pfe3y_-cuDGOoCW5GjncIuJtZehTW-eYdAb6miJvLlB1wDYEuGY/s320/bakapalooza09.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417441122249479042" /></a><br />BAKAPALOOZA 09 = GIRL THERAPY! Got some baking on with my girls and had some wonderful girl chats! True therapy! ROCKED the oven! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLObgqESUrC30hsue_M86w9nBVW7K4PMCn4Yib_zNiLH-spXhxald2redlBxvAhNa43URUX_vHibB9bnTcZXXxQKadIr-inpnD0T8iMC2xWJlV7UAYBIrpF5sPd93w5KtF5TX7/s1600-h/wrappedandready.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLObgqESUrC30hsue_M86w9nBVW7K4PMCn4Yib_zNiLH-spXhxald2redlBxvAhNa43URUX_vHibB9bnTcZXXxQKadIr-inpnD0T8iMC2xWJlV7UAYBIrpF5sPd93w5KtF5TX7/s320/wrappedandready.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417441495156226370" /></a><br />Then Robb played Santa and delivered all the goodies to all the people on our Good list! Thanks honey! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMOXnC0zMzaw_pVaVRShqRIQNsxkDXF2z_ZG3v9v3rffSi5qXCjOLH494R3PZwoU1v3UoR4mW2flfg2ly-4cUGvUhJPnkcYEkQ0gdRAMRtG_qZGCZtL7GS1kms5vxG_hHSrxY_/s1600-h/December09+004.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMOXnC0zMzaw_pVaVRShqRIQNsxkDXF2z_ZG3v9v3rffSi5qXCjOLH494R3PZwoU1v3UoR4mW2flfg2ly-4cUGvUhJPnkcYEkQ0gdRAMRtG_qZGCZtL7GS1kms5vxG_hHSrxY_/s320/December09+004.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417442112331122306" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWcf9D6QETm5MAYGv5s1wjy7odYBAuNMNEBXLrdoY-8J9C0W38F5UZF0mVNrebwEE0BPtqjXV6908AokJYdegebf-jn8QzNKIF4oFYOoqY81ADceXl8vo2LGlbIKyDfMNI2dJy/s1600-h/December09+005.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWcf9D6QETm5MAYGv5s1wjy7odYBAuNMNEBXLrdoY-8J9C0W38F5UZF0mVNrebwEE0BPtqjXV6908AokJYdegebf-jn8QzNKIF4oFYOoqY81ADceXl8vo2LGlbIKyDfMNI2dJy/s320/December09+005.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417442428332445954" /></a><br />Kids also helped in the fun! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ryHQ92r2HD5efQNWP3YOEei24rZv7D3dcgt9EAB321EaCdOlkuFK3GHRSCr7tm4VPcGP06jFqEwlAM2k5fNRzzmxRG7n1SEHfiNfrwxpHxUppLPi6dioARHgOsBQy-6IKVyZ/s1600-h/December09+010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ryHQ92r2HD5efQNWP3YOEei24rZv7D3dcgt9EAB321EaCdOlkuFK3GHRSCr7tm4VPcGP06jFqEwlAM2k5fNRzzmxRG7n1SEHfiNfrwxpHxUppLPi6dioARHgOsBQy-6IKVyZ/s320/December09+010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417442870676202754" /></a><br />What do you get when you have 8 four-year old's over for cookie decorating and a luncheon? A big mess and lots and lots of FUN! This was the end result. <br /><br />WE ROCKED THE COOKIE WORLD THIS WEEKEND!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34110876.post-81209780017658476012009-12-17T21:40:00.009-06:002009-12-17T22:04:49.917-06:00This is JARI (pronounced Jerry - it's all 4 of our initials)...he is our very own Elf on the Shelf. He is a magical elf that works with Santa (we can't touch him though or he will lose his magic powers). He sits up on the shelf and observes our family all day, then reports back to Santa at night. Upon his return each morning, he is located in a different place of the house, so when it's breakfast time we spend it looking for Jari. However, our Jari is a bit mischievous at times, he has hung underwear's on the tree, taken our Angel from the top of said tree and took over her spot, and even mix matches all our shoes. If you ask me, I think he might even know where all the lost socks and gloves are. It's been fun having Jari around this holiday season. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxGevDNslAZ1hfKUQL3C_sEgE0OdSzmohKU4NKc6Rh_k2CeF3C_gonWz-cAiHnZ42Fo-F7mIPE3ay1AfJMEvi-B8U_aQTfTss5zrnnI0I5ihfCDPjqpOv2gc4BnwtOQTZAd6SS/s1600-h/December09+013.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxGevDNslAZ1hfKUQL3C_sEgE0OdSzmohKU4NKc6Rh_k2CeF3C_gonWz-cAiHnZ42Fo-F7mIPE3ay1AfJMEvi-B8U_aQTfTss5zrnnI0I5ihfCDPjqpOv2gc4BnwtOQTZAd6SS/s320/December09+013.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416416215372451810" /></a><br /><br />Isabella had her annual Christmas dance performance. It was really cute and she looked as though she was having some fun. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-BRvnu8nIHUYZjYyTPThizxJuVintboWfZLm_6ERoxkoWnSdcHedpn-CCfw8T_SnlhR7lYG6lYn3_sAa9V5zQFMb_JbvQNLQkOCcS6jK28P8_ixeRB-BcMuuWdexlo7586-u/s1600-h/December09+018.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-BRvnu8nIHUYZjYyTPThizxJuVintboWfZLm_6ERoxkoWnSdcHedpn-CCfw8T_SnlhR7lYG6lYn3_sAa9V5zQFMb_JbvQNLQkOCcS6jK28P8_ixeRB-BcMuuWdexlo7586-u/s320/December09+018.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416417699204794274" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJEueDrPB54y4VnUsrSWNz1Wz3xuw5cPIz4t7Gka3DIU5f-q50nbEQlm3D7McnjNkD-sqLNTy2rhGNfDuf-cUaH89N_Tb-qMr59Ukv5nZ7sDXYA42oKxmLAZAk1ixTV02jAj5/s1600-h/December09+041.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJEueDrPB54y4VnUsrSWNz1Wz3xuw5cPIz4t7Gka3DIU5f-q50nbEQlm3D7McnjNkD-sqLNTy2rhGNfDuf-cUaH89N_Tb-qMr59Ukv5nZ7sDXYA42oKxmLAZAk1ixTV02jAj5/s320/December09+041.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416418419435799778" /></a><br /><br />We have had our fist official snow day of the this school year. We of course had to get outside and play in followed with lots of cocoa and marshmallows. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguKOtkkH0uRVD2KmjwnyFFPL61Nd_u3ah0l_U-b0KSXMSfw8aHaxfPKvnoju__AJ57sikFYLlVylrMi-2a6RHEUDW6QPI1Pfyi98rmflfHMEEVsFTKaGFqdpdYcDVvTviGFL7c/s1600-h/December09+058.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguKOtkkH0uRVD2KmjwnyFFPL61Nd_u3ah0l_U-b0KSXMSfw8aHaxfPKvnoju__AJ57sikFYLlVylrMi-2a6RHEUDW6QPI1Pfyi98rmflfHMEEVsFTKaGFqdpdYcDVvTviGFL7c/s320/December09+058.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416419134765284834" /></a><br /><br />It's been a few busy weeks for Isabella. She also had her school's annual Christmas program. It again was really cute and all the kids did such a great job. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1x4b2UGSk-q_vl-aodAhwz5RoslDFhE-xINOCRXXz7YUZtRmzFUPM94XLorA77WakwVA8Uf2K-7zVJzDofvLP9Mp5VT3c31BMCye7s3hfvZzsPeqvBtah5vgjkwTTuhsRWwQB/s1600-h/December09+071.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1x4b2UGSk-q_vl-aodAhwz5RoslDFhE-xINOCRXXz7YUZtRmzFUPM94XLorA77WakwVA8Uf2K-7zVJzDofvLP9Mp5VT3c31BMCye7s3hfvZzsPeqvBtah5vgjkwTTuhsRWwQB/s320/December09+071.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416420585992100850" /></a><br /><br />Then no season would be complete with out a visit to Santa. Isabella loved him this year and kept touching his beard. When Jacob was asked what he wanted from Santa he told him to surprise him. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQKiq3YJNyD40XlLthCkkOUuksECa5jJJhtQ-uqhjmQskDpItdWaVMCOAhQyo5thzE7MUflTjmcYIxEyE7HujU5SDToFaLNP9oNCjL1iMavjBCJWL3z0-SvusHvWVtqTXfMfQS/s1600-h/December09+102.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQKiq3YJNyD40XlLthCkkOUuksECa5jJJhtQ-uqhjmQskDpItdWaVMCOAhQyo5thzE7MUflTjmcYIxEyE7HujU5SDToFaLNP9oNCjL1iMavjBCJWL3z0-SvusHvWVtqTXfMfQS/s320/December09+102.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416421357747349938" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPlZ7EMaK5HeW6S4MHCBdC1FVZlPUoZ2XeVlxIBmtQIFA8zdA8uPGIs6MJbMymNT6LUlQsbS70o03AtSca1hsdR551Cc4VnCUcKadHPfnOdRDWx9b46iOqiJSlGPstpKsQGhha/s1600-h/December09+103.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPlZ7EMaK5HeW6S4MHCBdC1FVZlPUoZ2XeVlxIBmtQIFA8zdA8uPGIs6MJbMymNT6LUlQsbS70o03AtSca1hsdR551Cc4VnCUcKadHPfnOdRDWx9b46iOqiJSlGPstpKsQGhha/s320/December09+103.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416421646970704722" /></a><br /><br />As for the rest of our year, well we have plenty of things going on, a few more really good work outs to end this year with a bang, Robb will be home for a few days of vacation to enjoy, Isabella is hosting a luncheon and cookie decorating party for some her friends, Jacob has a few more days of school to finish out his first half of first grade, Bakapalooza, couple of cookie parties for the kids, and time for sharing with family and friends. <br /><br />Enjoy it and GO GET YOUR HOLIDAY ON!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34110876.post-16916821026333216492009-11-30T16:09:00.006-06:002009-12-02T08:04:37.900-06:00What happended to November?Well - November has come and is almost gone. Happy Thanksgiving! We had a wonderful weekend filled with family and friends. <br /><br />We started off with Robb's brother from Michigan joining us here at our house. So, all four of the brothers were together, but most importantly all 9 of the cousins were together. It had been since June 208 since that happened. It was fun and at many times, the kids out numbered the adults. But I must add....Adults 1 - Kids 0! <br /><br />Thanksgiving morning I ran a 5k and hit my fastest time ever - best part....ran the entire race! Last time that will happen, but it sure felt good Thanksgiving day. I also had the pleasure of running with my two Sister-in-laws and a couple friends. Really is a great way to start off the day, see that on my list of 'to do's' for next year. <br /><br />We hosted the holiday's main meal.....with having 25 people over. Now, remember 9 of them were kids. However, we were smart enough to set another table in another room for them. Great food, better company. Heard stories of yesterday and plans for the future. The ages at our tables ranged from 86 - 2, with everyone in between. <br /><br />Had a girl cousin sleepover and might I add, we rocked Hungry Hippo for the entire night! Understand that at the boy sleepover Nerf Wars took place and the boys won. <br /><br />We also attended a Birthday party completed with cake, ice cream, lots of wine, and a balloon dude to entertain the kids. I think I also remember grandpa passing out gold coins if you could figure out his trick. <br /><br />The holiday was great and felt good kicking off the holiday season. Bring it on my friend....we are ready! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgK6WrqUbQ2O8e1NNxGmY6glK0edx-JJ1oWoBWqenTobYbMmi4otezWsjKFAXcR2B1nRNCOWJJxawm-4uqR2fKH8q-fviIVB40tFo1vRtcziH50KtrHEgQBdVf9sIls-cikq4T/s1600/Thanksgiving09.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgK6WrqUbQ2O8e1NNxGmY6glK0edx-JJ1oWoBWqenTobYbMmi4otezWsjKFAXcR2B1nRNCOWJJxawm-4uqR2fKH8q-fviIVB40tFo1vRtcziH50KtrHEgQBdVf9sIls-cikq4T/s400/Thanksgiving09.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410022516176634594" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb_i8tCl99G6sxRbH0OoOIBtnvMqHgBy-2B_qf_klAONsAg9RTf2x9iasx_cLrpZJHbyHw-YGV2GAZfqqzEMgbT30SE8IKR58aKdxerVv65bOd281YTHJtLlvDQixjpDxDQTk2/s1600-h/TurkeyTrot09.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipEv6afLPScLEgCpgrckqS8DX0oxXYFStYOxf3ThNthNMlsXI_W_AjWRQDAcskGRABVdNA_D_KEfaCIsI4yHLiy6CQi0IVcLWA7Zugg9AaRTfVgvkr_GXYpmdfidCOY3gM0RQD/s320/soccer.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399132959619492514" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig7FfgVVV89ifryVFAkiY-AKPQo6Ye1DoDBIlpQZIMidLgTpXN8oMljBY521CTbdkNimQ0tpV_uCZQkBSfAes2ejGiQsl2TRJ_DGQrAvVtRfgAlNvBfs0WkkpY5Mq9uYgPZsbj/s1600-h/jacobsoccers.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig7FfgVVV89ifryVFAkiY-AKPQo6Ye1DoDBIlpQZIMidLgTpXN8oMljBY521CTbdkNimQ0tpV_uCZQkBSfAes2ejGiQsl2TRJ_DGQrAvVtRfgAlNvBfs0WkkpY5Mq9uYgPZsbj/s320/jacobsoccers.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399132821219978562" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiznmSLe_cZawsYRnMLPgPqpayoIOdJVwi_ibKpI4yNwuk_yVE3t3mhMruTeGvyXxvurTTHCdB6uZuosvuewGPzcc_uVyCNyaD0mjUeKEWvSRb0RH_9Ld6uYAlxbq3Bat10tSaG/s1600-h/jacobsoccer4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiznmSLe_cZawsYRnMLPgPqpayoIOdJVwi_ibKpI4yNwuk_yVE3t3mhMruTeGvyXxvurTTHCdB6uZuosvuewGPzcc_uVyCNyaD0mjUeKEWvSRb0RH_9Ld6uYAlxbq3Bat10tSaG/s320/jacobsoccer4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399132422153290322" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL0XtFWJL2eI7gSbBq9XGjDIi-ewvpGHCPjxx1rB70b6pWOBRTpkecMYpmVVYq3DB5-nJhPfLJsRMUYVSt7iEbRW1xkRsAqdJ_2U7qK-9k7q416uAX8J6bbsiXXntolnGl-6rS/s1600-h/jacobsoccer3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL0XtFWJL2eI7gSbBq9XGjDIi-ewvpGHCPjxx1rB70b6pWOBRTpkecMYpmVVYq3DB5-nJhPfLJsRMUYVSt7iEbRW1xkRsAqdJ_2U7qK-9k7q416uAX8J6bbsiXXntolnGl-6rS/s320/jacobsoccer3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399132158188073954" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhbNdH04YsnfrKlV3zKRtCt4XgU9QktEdaR6r4q7WTkngBuGCeLMMZpGb0EALl7iPOdJKiPXgFTeAO6kwy9KnyKNTeMd7L_rKTChZFA3Jcmmb5Wm7floY46DuElPuTufOCPtp6/s1600-h/Halloween209.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhbNdH04YsnfrKlV3zKRtCt4XgU9QktEdaR6r4q7WTkngBuGCeLMMZpGb0EALl7iPOdJKiPXgFTeAO6kwy9KnyKNTeMd7L_rKTChZFA3Jcmmb5Wm7floY46DuElPuTufOCPtp6/s400/Halloween209.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399131628613683778" /></a><br /><br />Busy - Just like you!<br /><br />...soccer, soccer ceremony, soccer party, pumpkin hunting, birthday party, pumpkin carving, trick or treating, dinner, candy fest....today - DETOX!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34110876.post-25365757230413932652009-10-18T17:26:00.005-05:002009-10-18T17:33:48.864-05:00Gettin' Our Fall On....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ_AA88rj7EMOlOlhSBLFQGiXesE1kAEnD4l8hrcRNTvBykY3a9fXhCQdVtfvn_Tr3__n_Vtn7tYu7PjnmZ4Bxkzd5Vy1RYvMD5gLdoFxOQyXhW_nNWwTvP6jnvfdbOpbvw6mw/s1600-h/Both.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ_AA88rj7EMOlOlhSBLFQGiXesE1kAEnD4l8hrcRNTvBykY3a9fXhCQdVtfvn_Tr3__n_Vtn7tYu7PjnmZ4Bxkzd5Vy1RYvMD5gLdoFxOQyXhW_nNWwTvP6jnvfdbOpbvw6mw/s320/Both.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394071601007472754" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZ0xhdSgM0X2ERHyyUQwUeEHu48vZakvZsYovrYs4avJKKm5Uq-Q4ynDDMv11sx_t9E8iCTYotHYNwecdpnaFZr_VpcGbKDWCRsoDC2LPmB4gulrQrlPqhwvHSGjm4VPbkKtj/s1600-h/BothKids.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZ0xhdSgM0X2ERHyyUQwUeEHu48vZakvZsYovrYs4avJKKm5Uq-Q4ynDDMv11sx_t9E8iCTYotHYNwecdpnaFZr_VpcGbKDWCRsoDC2LPmB4gulrQrlPqhwvHSGjm4VPbkKtj/s320/BothKids.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394071431664013778" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXDO531k7rhASYJoh-b23G44_8FCwaixFVpmPtZFNHxNtDrOJymodUElHybuoDWAld_4p5DV-nRejbVdRPX5kupUfYrGRD_gN2MXXTXp99gjxGZLyInWdU1uhRDcwk5pdkUf9W/s1600-h/Isabella.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXDO531k7rhASYJoh-b23G44_8FCwaixFVpmPtZFNHxNtDrOJymodUElHybuoDWAld_4p5DV-nRejbVdRPX5kupUfYrGRD_gN2MXXTXp99gjxGZLyInWdU1uhRDcwk5pdkUf9W/s320/Isabella.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394071244986646002" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNV-ui256Bvkppjg4PJxQXviQRXTWqN_fSOAhu0cKBogkhPxxLD6eX0JHbSCNjeJRFC1KoNVGWhw8be-1sZm9LV7Wp2aVVTRlYmL7-OqspliN4CtqKymC4Ukasc7WO8Bc2vHVT/s1600-h/Jacob.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNV-ui256Bvkppjg4PJxQXviQRXTWqN_fSOAhu0cKBogkhPxxLD6eX0JHbSCNjeJRFC1KoNVGWhw8be-1sZm9LV7Wp2aVVTRlYmL7-OqspliN4CtqKymC4Ukasc7WO8Bc2vHVT/s320/Jacob.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394071085419427666" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4OFPvdycd1sPGfGLlpaj3RPE8kudUSxVi2JEqjQdfZr54juvGw3NqcpXPoqxqMmDxJJpe-yLrvHRAXvj73_nUvDLlJ-5DUIpdo4yzrR7zZ1h_eVzg307HX5SB1u5PwfZ5dN6N/s1600-h/FamilyPumpkinPatch.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4OFPvdycd1sPGfGLlpaj3RPE8kudUSxVi2JEqjQdfZr54juvGw3NqcpXPoqxqMmDxJJpe-yLrvHRAXvj73_nUvDLlJ-5DUIpdo4yzrR7zZ1h_eVzg307HX5SB1u5PwfZ5dN6N/s320/FamilyPumpkinPatch.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394070908002122370" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL0OU3z9Z4tZvxTmr_dGznKIJwQlggSx6Np87B6KxV1qDwVqfXz5_SPniBI5lJFzP8nX35Pri-ngnZ6X9hVmGPe4Mhn86uUP0ZfB0W9OsHVJUP_HWCrD1K8ivxooCBnwG4vqT_/s1600-h/PumpkinFamily.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL0OU3z9Z4tZvxTmr_dGznKIJwQlggSx6Np87B6KxV1qDwVqfXz5_SPniBI5lJFzP8nX35Pri-ngnZ6X9hVmGPe4Mhn86uUP0ZfB0W9OsHVJUP_HWCrD1K8ivxooCBnwG4vqT_/s320/PumpkinFamily.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394070619561850706" /></a><br /><br />Pumpkin Patch 2009 - Even if it's freezing outside. <br /><br />Been a little busy lately and letting most things slip, just to make it through each day. But this weekend we took some time out as a family and went to our local Pumpkin Patch. It was a bitter cold day and we were bundled up, but we had a great time. Enjoyed some time with friends and family, broke bread with them, and had a chance to catch up a bit. Wonderful times had by all and looking forward to many more. <br /><br />Happy Fall Ya' All!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34110876.post-67732668699563920072009-10-12T09:24:00.004-05:002009-10-12T09:36:45.352-05:00Grandma's Visit...(weekend)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUUM3Br2bUtWI5nAqp7q347JQ5zT1vQ-_lh7yp_bLuHbfK0x288SEPOmbK3yfkWjqfTZZa8-h5HJ05tXOSJ_j07KBxCBYbMRrmXr3AsWAoAdb8mxZMd6XuGthbsinGjT21tkM-/s1600-h/GrandmasVisit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUUM3Br2bUtWI5nAqp7q347JQ5zT1vQ-_lh7yp_bLuHbfK0x288SEPOmbK3yfkWjqfTZZa8-h5HJ05tXOSJ_j07KBxCBYbMRrmXr3AsWAoAdb8mxZMd6XuGthbsinGjT21tkM-/s400/GrandmasVisit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391719474186536578" /></a><br /><br />Had a great visit with Grandma this past weekend. Kids spoiled, little sleep, lots of giggles, fun, and can't wait until the next time. <br /><br />Thursday - Grandma's arrival day, pizza party, cousins, uncles, aunts, and some fun on a school night. <br /><br />Friday - School, dance class, dinner party, more cousins, uncles, aunts, along with Grannie. <br /><br />Saturday - I ran a 5K - IT ROCKED! Best time ever - still slow to most, but for freezing out butts off...my running partner and I kicked it out. Even had a cheering section at the finish line of grandma, dad, and kiddos. Soccer, brunch with friends, a little shopping, had a sitter for all kid and cousins, so grandma, aunts, and uncles could go have an adult night. Great meal, great wine, and even better company. <br /><br />Sunday - FOOTBALL! Dinner here, cousin, aunts, uncles, and granny. A little pumpkin decorating, and the best part......several months ago, Grandpa made these canvas's for me (stole the idea from Robb's brother who surprised his wife with orignal works of art for Christmas) so we could paint on them and hang them in our new house. Well, Grandma (resident artist) helped me get my butt in gear and get on this project. Not only did they start it....but also finished. Grandma, Jacob, and Isabella retrieved to the garage for the after noon...had colors picked out, looked thru Chinese art books we had, and a painting they went. Jacob did the pagoda, Isabella did the bamboo, and Grandma finished it up with the boat. The end result is absolutely fantastic. Can't wait to get them on the wall. <br /><br />Great weekend...and workin' for the next one.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34110876.post-16572819643457172802009-10-05T09:26:00.009-05:002009-10-05T10:38:35.917-05:00Really? It's been that long....WOW!Dear poor, neglected, blog....(which really means we are really diggin' life and so busy that we don't update...or we have dropped from the earth - I will go with the first scenario), <br /><br />We really are here....and just pluggin' away with life. It's groovin' well, not like the well oiled machine I would like to see, but can't or rather won't complain. Could be worse...you know, no friends, no family, no events happening, and so forth. So, here we are....about 6 weeks after our last post and still really not much to report. <br /><br />Robb - doing great. Pluggin' away at work as usual and traveling a lot. Diggin' being a home owner and of course revolves his weekends around cutting the grass. I kid you not about this one....he really does. He has taken his boat a couple of times this year and I think maybe even squeezed in a golf game. This past weekend was the American Royal BBQ Contest (considered the world series of BBQ)and his company hosted two dinners and had 6 teams participate in the contest. This was his first year actually competing with a team, and they did well; considering their were 486 entrants. Most of all, I think he had fun. He has also decided to be the Den Leader for Jacob's Tiger Cub Scouts group. He has 12 little boys he is charge of and I might add...looks pretty cute in his tan button up shirt. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNvnbm7hoTw2OJ-coWR6Y-0DhWtwQm2XTjzSLO7pDFRlU6cRBDJ00MRIPG9C9kE0wLhAi4mzO5n4S2JKSgnbS1VVVPjnNrpFo4S5nFaDd52EXZdqcn4NCD-T-YOWfSFf-Ivd1O/s1600-h/September09+046.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNvnbm7hoTw2OJ-coWR6Y-0DhWtwQm2XTjzSLO7pDFRlU6cRBDJ00MRIPG9C9kE0wLhAi4mzO5n4S2JKSgnbS1VVVPjnNrpFo4S5nFaDd52EXZdqcn4NCD-T-YOWfSFf-Ivd1O/s320/September09+046.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389129588519289730" /></a><br />Robb Gettin' his Q on making dinner for his teams and their guests. <br /><br />Me - Hmmmmm, what can I say about me...that's always a tough one. Not to good at talking about myself. I have taken the roll in our family right now as pilot and in charge of just keeping everyone else on course; albeit necessary. Even though I am busy every minute of the most every day, having to sum it up in words seems a bit on the boring side. I have also taken charge of our families nutrition, health, and fitness. Figured if I do it everyone will go kicking and screaming, but really have no choice. It's been good. We are by far eating so much better than ever before, saving our monies from eating out, and we get out and move more. I am in love with my time at the gym and getting ready to run my third 5K race this year next Saturday. Now, you must know this about me....I hate running (and let me add, running these races is really stretching the definition of running, it's more like run, hop, skip, walk, and jump...my only goals are to finish)...it's something I don't really enjoy, but love the challenge and have a great group of friends who are pushing me. I promise you when I see you running/jogging on the side of the road no matter what size and shape you are....I clap for you. I have such an admiration for you runners. It's one of the hardest things I can honestly say I have ever done. Other than that, I have managed to get a few more boxes unpacked and organized...but not completely done. We will get there someday, but in no rush...besides what will I do after I am done or what would I have to complain about? <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYuO-X54VofRJ9t_-oUFnph1ZwHCx56IrXlxsdP52UrxoSEeXjz9e-mtL4PzE0WWPjrq2vsV8j5m2BVV9oatdq8V0s5RvvgBDXPZCdKlfaYSz0hM7ZTLSApwQJfo65r_5hdOU/s1600-h/RacefortheCure.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYuO-X54VofRJ9t_-oUFnph1ZwHCx56IrXlxsdP52UrxoSEeXjz9e-mtL4PzE0WWPjrq2vsV8j5m2BVV9oatdq8V0s5RvvgBDXPZCdKlfaYSz0hM7ZTLSApwQJfo65r_5hdOU/s200/RacefortheCure.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389130214601402162" /></a><br />Susan Koman Race for the Cure last August<br /><br />Jacob - whew - this kids is busy, busy, growing and changing. He is doing great in first grade. He loves school, but hates the homework and let me say we have some every night of the week. He is still doing karate and loving that he gets to start using weapons and sparring. He is also playing soccer this season. He plays on a great team of (2) boys and (6) girls, so you can imagine the show off he has become. He also competed this past weekend in the American Royal BBQ. His age group grilled burgers. It was so cool - they even got to keep their grills. He didn't get in the top three, but he did walk away with a groovy ribbon and that made all the difference in the world. Already talking about next year. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMRTpyia2Pb5xfPxvEc9zZzYH13SUfSQxn38ga97fh7ozGnrMYL4HPMXtp76pXv1BmZ72ZZJp93g9DBfH7dc1w-hm9E_ruhfTEo-5uz7Ib-lheqtyZAGYeqDVKPkcZCQeIIoA/s1600-h/JacobSchool.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMRTpyia2Pb5xfPxvEc9zZzYH13SUfSQxn38ga97fh7ozGnrMYL4HPMXtp76pXv1BmZ72ZZJp93g9DBfH7dc1w-hm9E_ruhfTEo-5uz7Ib-lheqtyZAGYeqDVKPkcZCQeIIoA/s320/JacobSchool.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389134580918579522" /></a><br />School Project we had to work on. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgso44Dh2SXyaQukYm2M22Z2pGgfEce7vsw0OPHtNX0goegU1sQjMBIXhYjzRHTP_GnYlUZo-zMDaNshajtXIvlH-1okS5fcN1MA25t-rzNRq3ygEXsnQWQRF3V0hoNulScFdaJ/s1600-h/Leaving.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgso44Dh2SXyaQukYm2M22Z2pGgfEce7vsw0OPHtNX0goegU1sQjMBIXhYjzRHTP_GnYlUZo-zMDaNshajtXIvlH-1okS5fcN1MA25t-rzNRq3ygEXsnQWQRF3V0hoNulScFdaJ/s320/Leaving.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389135079786050066" /></a><br />Our two Q'rs leaving for the contest. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf3Ktaz8vPAmJvgIUmd7fys-uAtMexce-oD6OD3AatHOnQVun0wqSscGqpjK9RMrkFemx845keDU7VXjSftgN89fLDJMmJL55C_VVRQ4jPYiGOVN_aO4ZjZarS4Zaeu1wk2dR1/s1600-h/JacobGrillin.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 249px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf3Ktaz8vPAmJvgIUmd7fys-uAtMexce-oD6OD3AatHOnQVun0wqSscGqpjK9RMrkFemx845keDU7VXjSftgN89fLDJMmJL55C_VVRQ4jPYiGOVN_aO4ZjZarS4Zaeu1wk2dR1/s320/JacobGrillin.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389136517098612018" /></a><br /><br />Isabella - Groovin' right into the pre-k. She has a particular fondness for a certain teacher and she even mimics her at home. It is cute and this teacher is someone we all would want to mimic. She is an angel. Isabella has started dance for the season at a new studio and diggin' it with her friends. She has also started karate. The uniform and belt are bigger than she is, but she is karate chopping everything in the house. It's great. She is just blossomed over the summer and has the funniest disposition. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9eLSKYvJplxD0OMhXJmgN4ATZM1v6C8oMkcExt9n77duqhGApAPrRFAtmreBVndpdJEZ5jrkB689hzTNc26RTf0cWmKmqyg7aK4wVRgCVDqU0KSWW9InEYoDEC72BTiOy808z/s1600-h/September09+009.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9eLSKYvJplxD0OMhXJmgN4ATZM1v6C8oMkcExt9n77duqhGApAPrRFAtmreBVndpdJEZ5jrkB689hzTNc26RTf0cWmKmqyg7aK4wVRgCVDqU0KSWW9InEYoDEC72BTiOy808z/s320/September09+009.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389138177392792466" /></a><br />We do dress ourselves now and choose our own clothes; accessories and all. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhUfPVgpl1uclpzak15RtG23SYHA5IJ2EC8fj99ACqLYv7EJ875qz2kqPbKw2prgA7zamQRf2rz3uCnAihj-NIhM6Z2wqKTS9xJ65WAuoRWNr7GpaZ3XE-RS0GaVDK2HSNU7HQ/s1600-h/August09+049.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhUfPVgpl1uclpzak15RtG23SYHA5IJ2EC8fj99ACqLYv7EJ875qz2kqPbKw2prgA7zamQRf2rz3uCnAihj-NIhM6Z2wqKTS9xJ65WAuoRWNr7GpaZ3XE-RS0GaVDK2HSNU7HQ/s320/August09+049.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389138819492458130" /></a><br />This girl as NO fear. <br /><br />Until next time blog...I promise to update more often and take more photos.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34110876.post-9028584151563626672009-08-19T16:35:00.003-05:002009-08-19T16:39:49.815-05:00First Grade or BUST!Today marks the first day of First Grade. Jacob woke up with bells on, was excited and couldn't wait....he has a new teacher, friends from baseball and Kindergarten in his class. In fact, he chose to sit at a table of 5 other boys, all of which he knows...so I am sure that table will be switched soon. <br /><br />So, here is the lesson I was taught today; when you are First Grader, no more naps, they already know how to read - so what more is there to learn, and you get to eat lunch later than the Kindergartners. Sounds good. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFln0p_w0kot0EztcYQStK9Doykb74MZmUs77BrdxubYe3ofeCR0EdPa1_fD0HWb8X1HVWePD68flXacPPImCXGdvVgE-sAiJW6XOEF3MbfJEPaAyrRiF0VPCaEutSx7b6Elz8/s1600-h/Jacob1Grade.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFln0p_w0kot0EztcYQStK9Doykb74MZmUs77BrdxubYe3ofeCR0EdPa1_fD0HWb8X1HVWePD68flXacPPImCXGdvVgE-sAiJW6XOEF3MbfJEPaAyrRiF0VPCaEutSx7b6Elz8/s400/Jacob1Grade.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371792555346628034" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34110876.post-48152368624100502422009-08-18T08:34:00.002-05:002009-08-18T08:36:50.262-05:00Time Flies...and we are not getting older....19 years ago today, I hopped, skipped, jumped, ran, and even jogged down the isle to say 'I Do', today I say 'I Still'. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlpCp5hKBxR521g1LUWxGniZcjwwA-90QLGTCyM-v37n1l_Bhs8Y-DltVc0oUaLtzThyphenhyphenqta75Q1zzK9Q4GV723kL7fG8PMgrbUQgiXkPxdoC01zTIIq5G2pBd2nVd77WObk_uw/s1600-h/untitled.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 120px; height: 161px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlpCp5hKBxR521g1LUWxGniZcjwwA-90QLGTCyM-v37n1l_Bhs8Y-DltVc0oUaLtzThyphenhyphenqta75Q1zzK9Q4GV723kL7fG8PMgrbUQgiXkPxdoC01zTIIq5G2pBd2nVd77WObk_uw/s320/untitled.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371297099340857890" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34110876.post-51565371789603586012009-07-17T11:22:00.006-05:002009-07-17T11:30:23.065-05:00VACATION!10 DAYS - 2 Cases of wine - Late Nights - Great Company - Good Eats - Fun - Michigan Ocean - Cousins - Aunts - Uncles - Nephews - Nieces - Date Night - Sand - Beach - Pronto Pups - Sculpture Gardens - Water Taxi's - Navy Pier - Chicago - Sky Scrappers - Ikea - Shopping - Michigan Avenue - Lego Land - Millennium Park - Taxi Cabs - More Shopping - More great eats - Lot's of Laughs - Bicycles - Parades - Fireworks - Baseball....<br /><br />SUCCESS + Photos = PRICELESS! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn_LoVVLWKxCL_kcuHsV3WJYMhdgmGbaqSoN-US6fcp-1r0kSnrmXABc8VQqtl5DwiyPao0Vs7olTvbrdQyVfA4oa7f98NzWPDDArRV2R9pgO5Zy8N7JImC0esU7eVhMqbCKsk/s1600-h/vacation_edited-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn_LoVVLWKxCL_kcuHsV3WJYMhdgmGbaqSoN-US6fcp-1r0kSnrmXABc8VQqtl5DwiyPao0Vs7olTvbrdQyVfA4oa7f98NzWPDDArRV2R9pgO5Zy8N7JImC0esU7eVhMqbCKsk/s400/vacation_edited-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359466519021369234" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34110876.post-10963901212124957422009-06-24T07:34:00.010-05:002009-06-24T08:54:34.076-05:00Summer is here and the time is right.....WOWSA - it's been over a month since our last post. Where is the time going? Seems like it's slower than snails this week, but when I look back at photos over the past several weeks, seems like it has whirled by. <br /><br />Where to start, where to start. Well, we left off with the ending of the school year, baseball, soccer, karate, and final dance performances....that seems like so long ago. <br /><br />Since then we have started summer school (which btw, is almost over), played so much fun baseball, baseball pool party, had a birthday, a birthday party, went to professional baseball game, visited with friends, had friends over, and planned the rest of the summer....can we say slumber parties, vacation bible school, vacation, holiday with lots of sparklers, cousins, karate, soccer and swimming. <br /><br />So, kindergarten ended with a bang...you know becoming a first grader is a big deal. Apparently you run faster, eat more, have a later recess and get to bring your very own snack each and every day. Jacob started first grade summer school and is diggin' it. It's such a great program. They have a home room that they go to each morning and learn a different topic each week, then after lunch they go to three different electives for the afternoon and switch after two weeks time. The electives Jacob chose this year were Get Movin, Tech Treasures, Super Summer Science, Spectacular Sports, Music Mania and Got Games. He has at least one friend in each one of his classes, so it's just one large play date for him. I am going to be sad to see it end, but must admit...happy that we won't have to get up and movin' each day so early. Summers are hard, stay up late....get up early, makes for some grouchy kiddos each day.<br /><br />Baseball has ended for the summer - Jacob was the ball player, Robb helped coach the team, I was the scorekeeper, and on occasion Isabella was the bat girl. I am so proud of this team and Jacob. We started the season at our house not knowing that you put your glove down to bat and ended playing the catcher position and lovin' it and becoming a pretty good hitter. Although next season he has told us he wants to play pitcher. The season actually ended last week, then we had a season ending tournament to fight for the championship. It was an elimination of the best of three games, so when you lost you were done. We played a game on Saturday and won so we advanced to the next game, which was played on Monday night in 100 degree weather. It was one of the best baseball games I have ever been to - professional or other wise. It was intense and the boys were having so much fun. I think the parents were biting their nails and pacing back and forth (at least the 100 times they asked me the score). You see, we played a team that has been undefeated this season and been together for 3 years, has all the best equipment and wares, and has no less than 7 coaches. Yep, three years. Mind you, this is our first real season and at times looked liked the Bad News Bears, and most of the boys on the team were in the same shoes. Some of us didn't know how to hold a bat when we started in April. I also have to add, when we played them the first time this season we didn't score one point against them and they scored 10. Well, these boys dug down deep and played with all heart. They played an exceptional game. They kept this team on their toes, went into extra innings because of the need to break a tie, played an extra 30 minutes into the next games time, and only lost by 1 point. Final score <br />12-13 - them. IT ROCKED! Actually was told by the other's team coach, we were the best team they were up against this season and they were sweatin' it out. Wait til' next year, we are only going to improve. Did I mention, I love baseball, especially at this age, because they love it. Jacob loves it so much, we play a lot of 'pretend' baseball inside the house. We even attended a professional game and have plans to hit another professional game on vacation. <br /><br />Karate is going great and still continuing on. We have taken our summer activities to one per child until the fall. We all need a break in this house and wanted time to swim, take out the boat, and just have some fun around the house and with friends. <br /><br />Isabella turned 4, had a birthday party and is learning to ride a bike. She invited 10 of her closest friends over for a chef/cooking party. We cooked our hearts out. The girls came over for lunch and helped prepare a healthy fun kid friendly lunch, while making it a little fun playing some games. It was great. The kids did so well and actually ate their lunch and couldn't wait to decorate their cakes. I must say, I would do this again in a heart beat. She has also been a great cheerleader and bat girl for Jacob's team and I think enjoyed going out to the park as much as we have. She also is swimming like a fish, she can stay right up with the boys when she is in the water. In fact, it's hard to get her out of the water. <br /><br />Other than that, we are just livin' life, attempting to stay cool, and gearing up for vacation next week. Until next time, enjoy yourself, get your sweat on, and go outside and play.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijf1bcllwqXsOSPH7R1r0FN1yOVzvmS2zPZE4sJ9q_TggcOXrXDyS4CaezHvBnVgSHLM6H41BAWKpSLQPoJ93PtYB7HQjMe-kEkyEZ9Rdz-jq-hytW-1IU4WIl5zNWEQQhX2hJ/s1600-h/LastdayofKindergarten.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijf1bcllwqXsOSPH7R1r0FN1yOVzvmS2zPZE4sJ9q_TggcOXrXDyS4CaezHvBnVgSHLM6H41BAWKpSLQPoJ93PtYB7HQjMe-kEkyEZ9Rdz-jq-hytW-1IU4WIl5zNWEQQhX2hJ/s320/LastdayofKindergarten.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350889043421594578" /></a><br />Last Day of Kindergarten for Jacob. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh58bbf73GsGi2dcd_-oB9-YeiAq-B0vutWjoFeHLDt_7cWOtVEosDhgQeX_LxcbzzeCE214hGcBKg3Ca1fUoZ7x5M-NpY058MzzzcOczJv4pICpZLIGcY3CqY5fFZEm3nYUGWU/s1600-h/cheftwo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh58bbf73GsGi2dcd_-oB9-YeiAq-B0vutWjoFeHLDt_7cWOtVEosDhgQeX_LxcbzzeCE214hGcBKg3Ca1fUoZ7x5M-NpY058MzzzcOczJv4pICpZLIGcY3CqY5fFZEm3nYUGWU/s320/cheftwo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350888424489110066" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvslKtDawKQdIEq1XZEGlW4bjxai2IxJTKn1E1oikpsEeNPmPIP06pMC_fgxiSjldWLVU9QPLXYbGq_rGJIAPdmzSwCphCl7TT_AQoS-9Wrc9odKSEoJmuCaUMHTtwcL5HmiT/s1600-h/chefbella.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 176px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvslKtDawKQdIEq1XZEGlW4bjxai2IxJTKn1E1oikpsEeNPmPIP06pMC_fgxiSjldWLVU9QPLXYbGq_rGJIAPdmzSwCphCl7TT_AQoS-9Wrc9odKSEoJmuCaUMHTtwcL5HmiT/s320/chefbella.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350888110068639426" /></a><br />Cooking adventures! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaFCiC04TKF36Q5yW9GPtfsh80oeISW-3vSi3tetibu0Fi6p_DVgsJwns8e2qVanwMyhJgiHbFyKpSK7Jwtr1Vr3H8STck8FQvQZ7u5Zy3jef34_2mjzK3em4WYzMkIk5EBDiy/s1600-h/boat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaFCiC04TKF36Q5yW9GPtfsh80oeISW-3vSi3tetibu0Fi6p_DVgsJwns8e2qVanwMyhJgiHbFyKpSK7Jwtr1Vr3H8STck8FQvQZ7u5Zy3jef34_2mjzK3em4WYzMkIk5EBDiy/s320/boat.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350887833619560066" /></a><br />Workin' on the boat. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk6f0mYBGtpkY33oUgVFwqzo05d1XtGy20jQfDCpZI_U5HmB81EcD0CsA8h3n2nLtcNawJX3CuyHQym_1G7ZubKMaWI3P1Ya1bQUna4uvJkank2s1BwxMyl1fcrq5EOhHlIGug/s1600-h/bdaygirl.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk6f0mYBGtpkY33oUgVFwqzo05d1XtGy20jQfDCpZI_U5HmB81EcD0CsA8h3n2nLtcNawJX3CuyHQym_1G7ZubKMaWI3P1Ya1bQUna4uvJkank2s1BwxMyl1fcrq5EOhHlIGug/s320/bdaygirl.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350887299559881186" /></a><br />Resident Chefs! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXrIbD0hkY9rubvG3iSHbggmhkzzl7FV-jcBP0_LHdhBJcf6aIGCtGmsp0-n0dMK-cdN3umPwgny3Fp9YXH_xpE6MxSHfV5VmR1zgL3FxGG6TKbpxhRU4mdyaos8fl4OHdiOMs/s1600-h/Batter.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXrIbD0hkY9rubvG3iSHbggmhkzzl7FV-jcBP0_LHdhBJcf6aIGCtGmsp0-n0dMK-cdN3umPwgny3Fp9YXH_xpE6MxSHfV5VmR1zgL3FxGG6TKbpxhRU4mdyaos8fl4OHdiOMs/s320/Batter.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350885873943069042" /></a><br />Hey Batter, Batter, Batter - SWING! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5iSJQssaFsa3irK4yypiJvrZMlqvBMNFuV8w_eh2HWFnTNNXyNstZ0tXC0iPXWbueqFXWdE-oyM7cn-2dsgFqnkcI2B9qfuBLeTLJrAFtpKCWzrCTNlVmIEdQjnUXR4SSxmTp/s1600-h/baseball.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5iSJQssaFsa3irK4yypiJvrZMlqvBMNFuV8w_eh2HWFnTNNXyNstZ0tXC0iPXWbueqFXWdE-oyM7cn-2dsgFqnkcI2B9qfuBLeTLJrAFtpKCWzrCTNlVmIEdQjnUXR4SSxmTp/s320/baseball.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350885634777808146" /></a><br />Take me out to the ball game....Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34110876.post-47816303949480453682009-05-18T16:46:00.021-05:002009-05-18T17:26:10.268-05:00More going on's to report...School is almost out and the Teacher’s are ready to let the Monkey’s out. I am “one of those mom’s” who loves summer vacation. I know, I know, give me a week or two and I will be asking when does school start up again, but I love the thought of now having every minute of our day planned and actually having a day off or two during the week. 3 ½ days left and Jacob will be officially a first grader and Isabella will be a pre-K student. WOW! Time has gone by fast. <br /><br />Speaking of time, it’s been a while blog and I have photos to prove it. That’s how I will continue with this post – a photo essay of the past few weeks. Enjoy!<br /><br />Since I last posted Jacob turned 6. It’s hard for me to believe that he is already 6years old. Time flies by so quickly. What a year we have had. He started Kindergarten not knowing the entire alphabet, now he is reading to us at night, plays sports, has sleep-over’s, and this summer has a goal to learn how to ride his bike with only ‘two wheels’. <br /><br />We celebrated his birthday at home with our family and of course with cake, ice cream, presents, and dinner of his choice. He wanted to go out to eat this year and picked ‘Olive Garden’. Isabella insisted on making his favorite cake which according to her was chocolate cake, white frosting, with strawberries – so I obliged. He also wrote a birthday book at school and had to read it to all of us before opening presents. It such a great feeling hearing your child read. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLAa1MeFxNtWPlij8-9t42V5IWCMBcMjY-SVx4WmQ8pDzmBfdedDA1bZWl8XH7HSISR7lAI0IwGWz9lGfE38R42b_a891soRwIERJV-H0Vl8JELXM6bdnuRGGv4btCj9ePLTZV/s1600-h/Cake.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLAa1MeFxNtWPlij8-9t42V5IWCMBcMjY-SVx4WmQ8pDzmBfdedDA1bZWl8XH7HSISR7lAI0IwGWz9lGfE38R42b_a891soRwIERJV-H0Vl8JELXM6bdnuRGGv4btCj9ePLTZV/s320/Cake.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337285882872635538" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgESFAmKJgmlP3f34oLyXesS56qlcBuO12pkz-MCLqwxM2JcQxuih1Fv4wj0mOHbV01UhCxqzsM_lNXFMZSMws4SXD3RJIrwbsT54r5EH4U_mEN8UvaCJ7B5RkWVynZNY0foN3S/s1600-h/Read.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgESFAmKJgmlP3f34oLyXesS56qlcBuO12pkz-MCLqwxM2JcQxuih1Fv4wj0mOHbV01UhCxqzsM_lNXFMZSMws4SXD3RJIrwbsT54r5EH4U_mEN8UvaCJ7B5RkWVynZNY0foN3S/s320/Read.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337285443811761986" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-B4e2GAk5bASM8wReK6Sq13c2b1i6ERBW_3wHrFbP9j_ir3aML3wrePZxRglVAa_2PAOMR-hPZuRgqPGj-MvI626oBbRtU3EmuEjgv00eK6NkobAFJZgWvyrA-4VT_jwCww7d/s1600-h/PresentTime.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 203px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-B4e2GAk5bASM8wReK6Sq13c2b1i6ERBW_3wHrFbP9j_ir3aML3wrePZxRglVAa_2PAOMR-hPZuRgqPGj-MvI626oBbRtU3EmuEjgv00eK6NkobAFJZgWvyrA-4VT_jwCww7d/s320/PresentTime.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337284846528186946" /></a><br /><br />Then over the weekend we picked up some of his friends (6) and went bowling and out for pizza. It was a lot of fun. The kids were great and Jacob had so much fun. Parents, I recommend doing this…it was little work, didn’t have to clean my house, the boys all stayed busy, and seemed to have a great time. Then at bed time took them all home exhausted and ready for bed. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE18RwoPQHf7K9cT_lV2k7wTrsVSp_NaYjqWgoz7kteaTxzU9i5_l_m54kpGmTpuUod1BUDZfqlCbKVunAQk2QHmgFVJ__4iy9LLCa_fzqLqre6noXPjtLA04N81ttmx09IYGt/s1600-h/Bowling.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 257px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE18RwoPQHf7K9cT_lV2k7wTrsVSp_NaYjqWgoz7kteaTxzU9i5_l_m54kpGmTpuUod1BUDZfqlCbKVunAQk2QHmgFVJ__4iy9LLCa_fzqLqre6noXPjtLA04N81ttmx09IYGt/s320/Bowling.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337284647921403538" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-2x9ILKeN_tsPRDxmIPr490lGz3E8bzi5pNWQZVMWY-IuSi9J6rzPDv4rEkL0JTB3C1Zj_zxKB0xB0ReAf11dVyad5fUut2hF8TARLFc-gylMhIODy-AK5r7tJxufDf4TcB3y/s1600-h/Cake2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 233px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-2x9ILKeN_tsPRDxmIPr490lGz3E8bzi5pNWQZVMWY-IuSi9J6rzPDv4rEkL0JTB3C1Zj_zxKB0xB0ReAf11dVyad5fUut2hF8TARLFc-gylMhIODy-AK5r7tJxufDf4TcB3y/s320/Cake2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337284480885448082" /></a><br /><br />Jacob has also started baseball. He is on a great team of boys which most of from his class at school. The coaches are wonderful (Robb is one of them) and we are now eating, sleeping, and drinking baseball. In fact have a few major league games planned to attend over summer vacation. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1SuavsFpX16jqTrfDLxufhgSGuf-aEpkHfBjI2gk4lXBO6mgmY5HODo3adx6zVItgBjQYxbqG2omacUYXwJclh44-owaVjwNlgKzZGCtDkPMeHte8ZaQRsJD_Q6QvkYpymWZ7/s1600-h/baseball.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1SuavsFpX16jqTrfDLxufhgSGuf-aEpkHfBjI2gk4lXBO6mgmY5HODo3adx6zVItgBjQYxbqG2omacUYXwJclh44-owaVjwNlgKzZGCtDkPMeHte8ZaQRsJD_Q6QvkYpymWZ7/s320/baseball.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337288360528231762" /></a><br /><br />Sports, Sports, and more Sports for our house. Soccer is going great. It’s so much fun and again, we got in with a great organization. It’s on Saturday mornings and they have practice first and then play a game with three on three. I really should tape a game because she is so small out there, she laterally has to get behind the entire ball and put her entire body behind it just to kick it. We couldn’t even buy matching cleats, shin guards, and shorts with her team because they didn’t carry her size this year. So we made do with what we found and she doesn’t seem to mind at all. It is so fun to watch. She calls it her ‘baseball practice and game’ like her big brother. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzFiAlL5Re_c-QQBjQ_8s_a842sCUqu9VZSLHh4UFpuA1CNrgS9daNvKoGsYxm5iMdYbTcCf9aqH43DqFDj54G0wAhdPojEjC2wkjuNg8ihlVBDmhMc-sF0nLhDtz2QFs09zJc/s1600-h/Soccer.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 234px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzFiAlL5Re_c-QQBjQ_8s_a842sCUqu9VZSLHh4UFpuA1CNrgS9daNvKoGsYxm5iMdYbTcCf9aqH43DqFDj54G0wAhdPojEjC2wkjuNg8ihlVBDmhMc-sF0nLhDtz2QFs09zJc/s320/Soccer.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337288584716390418" /></a><br /><br />Jacob also finished his Kindergarten school year with a musical performance at school. They did a production of the Little Red Hen where he played a seed. I think he was the best seed it. Cute, cute, cute and I still hear him from to time sing some of the songs. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik88hSvluvjMxJ_rcpCNrPbTr4pdmR7IFMPLZb9vE844c1lgYFobhZKqlaqtO34VPLLQvcogx-ZHu74vJhv8dHmrxzdALZNvmi8dbvmNi9v3NyGtR4WZLuCRwVvVX8_THviMBL/s1600-h/Seed.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik88hSvluvjMxJ_rcpCNrPbTr4pdmR7IFMPLZb9vE844c1lgYFobhZKqlaqtO34VPLLQvcogx-ZHu74vJhv8dHmrxzdALZNvmi8dbvmNi9v3NyGtR4WZLuCRwVvVX8_THviMBL/s320/Seed.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337289143506104402" /></a><br /><br />On May 9 we celebrated our Metcha Day. This is the day that Isabella was placed in our arms and we met for the first time. It’s hard to believe it’s been three years. She has changed so much over this time and turning into a wonderful, funny, beautiful, smart, little girl. We are so lucky. <br /><br />2006<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitx7WsqnY6XASQLQY7y4wMCGOthrUuOtK2KUODzIDRC1Mw11R8N3qkcFNsicYYSfjLsyikcvdikSBawNCsixP6CihvMk_LOezylpUQUNudxPC77gvu5-1yQklnTBM0wRWWqVSB/s1600-h/May2006.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitx7WsqnY6XASQLQY7y4wMCGOthrUuOtK2KUODzIDRC1Mw11R8N3qkcFNsicYYSfjLsyikcvdikSBawNCsixP6CihvMk_LOezylpUQUNudxPC77gvu5-1yQklnTBM0wRWWqVSB/s320/May2006.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337289760801700018" /></a><br /><br />2007<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQidhf_o3xvl8lv0A5tfrpmFDNzJ4zvF-7evSjq7zivFqBtKWMiS2z7ZcQW_jxOzMN3JJpxVKF4TyLm7kW8nxS8RrdD73ho98zzgRdVF39C57S9_1tw80rWoIZIAHl0mJ80kgr/s1600-h/May2007.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQidhf_o3xvl8lv0A5tfrpmFDNzJ4zvF-7evSjq7zivFqBtKWMiS2z7ZcQW_jxOzMN3JJpxVKF4TyLm7kW8nxS8RrdD73ho98zzgRdVF39C57S9_1tw80rWoIZIAHl0mJ80kgr/s320/May2007.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337289973092868034" /></a><br /><br />2008<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU5ddavwbagWuym01BFLcx95hQ_Zo77nAmcNLi46GHs3Q0rZ8yL28UbKh63sPCW7mmgTwvPpt1bqptsYrzbqU2zVxasw4K1woD825Yx1RR1NmFQecZj-c-euc1Af3ZlhSM5yq9/s1600-h/2008.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU5ddavwbagWuym01BFLcx95hQ_Zo77nAmcNLi46GHs3Q0rZ8yL28UbKh63sPCW7mmgTwvPpt1bqptsYrzbqU2zVxasw4K1woD825Yx1RR1NmFQecZj-c-euc1Af3ZlhSM5yq9/s320/2008.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337290510160419730" /></a><br /><br />2009<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4_SoOTxz-EDbvSajhs6CnTAa6_l5ICtEMpH3GS3xsj-Ep3XXSruqfhQWlKnqNZ6Knb_z6-0iMSubXIumNj55fwkryvoTh7XySajDP_TKvJYM3Z8IMuGw-oBn1LUp_54i84Ww/s1600-h/Dance6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 209px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4_SoOTxz-EDbvSajhs6CnTAa6_l5ICtEMpH3GS3xsj-Ep3XXSruqfhQWlKnqNZ6Knb_z6-0iMSubXIumNj55fwkryvoTh7XySajDP_TKvJYM3Z8IMuGw-oBn1LUp_54i84Ww/s320/Dance6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337290794156053618" /></a><br /><br />Jacob has been working hard in Karate and tested a couple of weeks ago for another belt color. He did it. Last week we were at the exhibition/ceremony and he was handed a green belt. He started off with white, then earned a yellow belt, and now up to green. He loves karate and wants to continue working on his craft. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTNDtC40fPUGF76sODppdtqNH_36bgyE0I-JYB5uCivphy0ScT_kgST9eMmOM50-sEIv0L_ZMsTDBMaAT3yjhq_4zecw-jG_hML9mFa1kkMZVfpDyI6xdzKZXfQc0zyp0s4gNd/s1600-h/JacobKarate.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 241px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTNDtC40fPUGF76sODppdtqNH_36bgyE0I-JYB5uCivphy0ScT_kgST9eMmOM50-sEIv0L_ZMsTDBMaAT3yjhq_4zecw-jG_hML9mFa1kkMZVfpDyI6xdzKZXfQc0zyp0s4gNd/s320/JacobKarate.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337291160953439330" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS6iDmXnsN7FUSomRBlBgACYWmIvmd1fds_weLIQZrGkjQ2Nkug2CbuA4n53thaDeG0um-0coP6DUXdMAEfZBEKBk3bOgtXla73lIUr5M4nB9-qMZhkp_1lvObXLNByMsvEv07/s1600-h/Karate2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS6iDmXnsN7FUSomRBlBgACYWmIvmd1fds_weLIQZrGkjQ2Nkug2CbuA4n53thaDeG0um-0coP6DUXdMAEfZBEKBk3bOgtXla73lIUr5M4nB9-qMZhkp_1lvObXLNByMsvEv07/s320/Karate2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337291841620399954" /></a><br /><br />Then our last thing we have done and been up to is Isabella had a dance performance this past weekend. She has been involved in a tap/ballet class since last September and this was her year end performance. All the girls looked so cute and had so much fun. Isabella has made many friends and we look forward to next season. It was truly an honor to see them dance and how they have worked so hard through-out the school year. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw0UyQNsciKQ5raGr1eDxQs-rK6ThcYSQhmr0B0seCMoCBvZTi3YA6IPLI5BGYYvf-UwO8guHl9t2akxZfb7-VBF_isiSWkslJmSktaG84yONbsAS52uZHCYRDKlXuSbxgZwaU/s1600-h/Blog+Bella+Dance.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw0UyQNsciKQ5raGr1eDxQs-rK6ThcYSQhmr0B0seCMoCBvZTi3YA6IPLI5BGYYvf-UwO8guHl9t2akxZfb7-VBF_isiSWkslJmSktaG84yONbsAS52uZHCYRDKlXuSbxgZwaU/s320/Blog+Bella+Dance.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337292426185873794" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP0rzX4c6qBbhO8WzD4Hq5qRkvTIg935RgPj-OnWQpuYPd0Gaiphl3EN7PI8Zr4lgMkYtceHZhTQbpLIAPDH_GulW0cSVYjhMMd5rxbMYxmCG6eNWal5C18hRa0FmCstNqgics/s1600-h/Dance2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP0rzX4c6qBbhO8WzD4Hq5qRkvTIg935RgPj-OnWQpuYPd0Gaiphl3EN7PI8Zr4lgMkYtceHZhTQbpLIAPDH_GulW0cSVYjhMMd5rxbMYxmCG6eNWal5C18hRa0FmCstNqgics/s320/Dance2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337292986235084434" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXqysfIYJYE9aHg5Pjm7VD9JI3Aizr8BxxLs5BNCwzIqIcpP5hlQ9379iBuSSp5_CN6NarqLsv_P1-axlhazcLl6l1er_mX9DCWlTpEjR1RW7Pu5YcqtWJSFaEqPGZLwnfyhLK/s1600-h/Dance3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 233px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXqysfIYJYE9aHg5Pjm7VD9JI3Aizr8BxxLs5BNCwzIqIcpP5hlQ9379iBuSSp5_CN6NarqLsv_P1-axlhazcLl6l1er_mX9DCWlTpEjR1RW7Pu5YcqtWJSFaEqPGZLwnfyhLK/s320/Dance3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337293275064077794" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9atbZYoI6TyP5Q9QvLSZPUIryVzutU1Aypwf0HpGs0jojZp5qJ_-h-8Hypt6gmdfgl5kAKRQfk0_eVKQ6vFLtuS7UpIxQp63zVq76mpeVGlZrAPKIm6P7MADVsI_G1GiGp5sr/s1600-h/Dance4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 172px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9atbZYoI6TyP5Q9QvLSZPUIryVzutU1Aypwf0HpGs0jojZp5qJ_-h-8Hypt6gmdfgl5kAKRQfk0_eVKQ6vFLtuS7UpIxQp63zVq76mpeVGlZrAPKIm6P7MADVsI_G1GiGp5sr/s320/Dance4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337293483928354130" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyK3VmJL2JiElCYgxcejR3ZlYrI2ku56-LizyVjYrrMoW8ybzh2YCnIgoDDuNgPXxD2xS4apNi9D5JbLuHb5bjJiGNp8_6Hpb1LzMTXtbU_96Lx0jQJPek4Venl8E2Mq28-lio/s1600-h/Dance5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 184px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyK3VmJL2JiElCYgxcejR3ZlYrI2ku56-LizyVjYrrMoW8ybzh2YCnIgoDDuNgPXxD2xS4apNi9D5JbLuHb5bjJiGNp8_6Hpb1LzMTXtbU_96Lx0jQJPek4Venl8E2Mq28-lio/s320/Dance5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337293734926430578" /></a><br /><br />Other than that, we are just preparing our summer plans, keeping up with our activities, continue to unpack and take care of our house, and enjoying our time we have together.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34110876.post-63993893864208031662009-04-27T11:13:00.006-05:002009-04-27T11:25:57.161-05:00Run Forest, RUN!WOW – seems like I start most of our blog posts…but that’s all I can say about 2009…..it’s right up there with Rock Star status! Okay, okay, maybe not ROCK STAR yet, but it certainly is SUPER STAR! <br /><br />Set out a few goals for this year and am hitting some of them…..and feelin’ really good. They weren’t impossible things, but stayin’ on track is tough. One of my goals was to turn 40….well, I did that one. I know, it was coming regardless if I wanted it to or now, but on January 1 when we wrote our goals down, I needed at least one to be able to check off the list at the end of the year. <br /><br />Another one for me was to sign up for a race (not to run but possibly walk and jog it), set a time limit to finish, and of course FINISH it. Let’s back track a bit, if you know me…you know I am not a runner, you know I am not of an ideal weight, hell, as of January 1, I wasn’t even physically active (although working on that one and discovering, I might be liking it)….<br /><br />Well, this past Saturday was the Trolley Run. It’s a 4 mile race that benefits the visually impaired in our local town. WOW! I have such an admiration for runners, hell, even fitness walkers. That is some tough work and if memory serves me the first woman to cross the finish did it in less than 21 minutes – that is 5.25 minutes a mile. WOW! <br /><br />Turned out to be a great, great, day….no rain, wasn’t to terribly hot, and had a slight breeze every so often. IT WAS AWESOME! I DID IT! I finished. I even beat my personal time goal by almost 7 minutes. I am so darn excited. Did the race with 3 other girl friends…all of whom are not runners, trying something new…and we all did it. I am so damn proud of these girls. So, because of that, we are doing a 5k on Mother’s Day. Still decided I am not a runner, but am going to do these sorts of things from time to time to keep it interesting. YEAH US! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihsLAGWrGKfzY1bKzAFjsNirLqXkl6737gzu-bN7S5PqLuhQkuWtlXWL0FKXpCua7FHEpK6fg_Ms4gLe_ASVKD_7ZzrH-ZLWf8ztHsisizh_CMY3QIw_TXEAnbbX3MwZWHtjAe/s1600-h/running.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihsLAGWrGKfzY1bKzAFjsNirLqXkl6737gzu-bN7S5PqLuhQkuWtlXWL0FKXpCua7FHEpK6fg_Ms4gLe_ASVKD_7ZzrH-ZLWf8ztHsisizh_CMY3QIw_TXEAnbbX3MwZWHtjAe/s400/running.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329405510973475298" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGcTk-HF8VJvRqn5b7lztCnPKEdI84hdW-XuO_o7_shfifGntn9eAZvQjT95Ce0U2PnR74m3KXTPKYchfOuAxk83fnLrCnkaBmJsk7lMUQRyvifbM8JcsF1FARgDgit_KAWzi6/s1600-h/finish.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGcTk-HF8VJvRqn5b7lztCnPKEdI84hdW-XuO_o7_shfifGntn9eAZvQjT95Ce0U2PnR74m3KXTPKYchfOuAxk83fnLrCnkaBmJsk7lMUQRyvifbM8JcsF1FARgDgit_KAWzi6/s400/finish.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329406437594094498" /></a><br /><br />Last week was also ‘take your child’ to work day. So, Jacob went to work with Robb in the morning. As you can imagine with the sense of creativity that Jacob has, we had to do everything just like dad, the ‘worker guy’. From dressing like dad, had to have coffee (albeit hot chocolate) in a to-go cup, blackberry on his belt, and ID card to get in the building, and a pen on his shirt. He insisted that he also went out to lunch for business talk. So, Robb being the great dad he obliged…and I even got invited to said luncheon. We talked business, and it was great seeing them interact with one another. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTWDVT4wVLJk3TZ26mAMe4kKuzkipVteTEwN3lfqeF5S6aCam5rnK6bIcvqCA88_hUt0fZpwlrQDbFZnJYTpOXTWOjc6MiFit3Z5LCqjC9LjE8KVyrL5QMXiqvdxTrou8SkCu/s1600-h/workerguy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTWDVT4wVLJk3TZ26mAMe4kKuzkipVteTEwN3lfqeF5S6aCam5rnK6bIcvqCA88_hUt0fZpwlrQDbFZnJYTpOXTWOjc6MiFit3Z5LCqjC9LjE8KVyrL5QMXiqvdxTrou8SkCu/s400/workerguy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329406877713478178" /></a><br /><br />Last, but certainly not least…Isabella had her first Soccer game. The girls were so cute. She had so much fun. Although, I think she is in it for the gear, because she posed for the camera way to many times as the ball would go right by her. She even told us last night her favorite part of the entire weekend was Soccer Day.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Vn7BPgO6cmbNK9qV3hCAPE_R5bpqciJouJz6oDIWAmhPa38wJAOpVVDuNuVEYl-Njd1yiHzSU-vwQGc3BjJwG9sEt-oJsPV7I5NJP2W9UcDW9eE3cn6QIIystd0cleayWb9q/s1600-h/Soccer3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Vn7BPgO6cmbNK9qV3hCAPE_R5bpqciJouJz6oDIWAmhPa38wJAOpVVDuNuVEYl-Njd1yiHzSU-vwQGc3BjJwG9sEt-oJsPV7I5NJP2W9UcDW9eE3cn6QIIystd0cleayWb9q/s400/Soccer3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329408049702353122" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0WhHGHmYt8ESCwqf3MmXnpJsoRroERLGEsCuV3OUMi2-2ixg7e-mOpNpCgDI_yge1dh6YoUVgMYYuDVwCdRFSkCJSrbmVhyphenhyphenKl7jm0nURZbZ8gmpq2fkGfAs22UYY0pP7RoHa/s1600-h/soccer2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 241px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0WhHGHmYt8ESCwqf3MmXnpJsoRroERLGEsCuV3OUMi2-2ixg7e-mOpNpCgDI_yge1dh6YoUVgMYYuDVwCdRFSkCJSrbmVhyphenhyphenKl7jm0nURZbZ8gmpq2fkGfAs22UYY0pP7RoHa/s400/soccer2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329407820111963490" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjZ1i-AdUjJ4t9jQ5ZK3tY-WUpC43TIGEYu1QOgYqGuQ4NFn-z1K6t13BSJk-C3JFn3AU9pZVxfOec54W4hxaUpxvRTBPm23_yL_g61RZSpvxrwx-tlzs4ltQ3CFvATrdMtDCg/s1600-h/soccer.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 312px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjZ1i-AdUjJ4t9jQ5ZK3tY-WUpC43TIGEYu1QOgYqGuQ4NFn-z1K6t13BSJk-C3JFn3AU9pZVxfOec54W4hxaUpxvRTBPm23_yL_g61RZSpvxrwx-tlzs4ltQ3CFvATrdMtDCg/s400/soccer.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329407666820387410" /></a><br /><br />So, this week....SUCESS, FUN, ADVENTURES, and lookin' forward to the next. Until next time....ENJOY!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34110876.post-60305128161133375032009-04-22T08:49:00.004-05:002009-04-22T09:27:44.760-05:00Where oh where have we been!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ISzKwvPXXoLt_CYjf9cWgLZk0AVefaStS34aTkZ0Q2ThT0cu8JgEIh1R0yFc3DmxrqxofOfVwjrfK4Q_WDDl4OIexZHYOzli7E5dNBq_-TOMlo4T1sFTDGcqAzyAXvAKwCN3/s1600-h/SpringBreak.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ISzKwvPXXoLt_CYjf9cWgLZk0AVefaStS34aTkZ0Q2ThT0cu8JgEIh1R0yFc3DmxrqxofOfVwjrfK4Q_WDDl4OIexZHYOzli7E5dNBq_-TOMlo4T1sFTDGcqAzyAXvAKwCN3/s400/SpringBreak.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327522338080339314" /></a><br /><br />Wow - Can't believe it's been a whoppin' 23 days since we last met. Way to long, but a lotta fun goin on. <br /><br />Hmmmm, let's see...we left with Robb's birthday! <br /><br />We spent Spring Break in the lovely state of Colorado. Visited with Friends and Family and did a lot of firsts. We played tourists for a couple days, played golf a couple of days, took in some skiing for a couple of days (our first time ever with the exception of Robb) and then did a bit of retail therapy. Loved skiing and can't wait to go again and next time I am going to try snow boarding. Great Spring Break was had by all. <br /><br />Got home just in time for Easter. We were dying eggs at 10:00 PM Easter Eve. Everyone was wired from our long trip home, so we had some fun. Easter day was a quite one for us this year, unpacking, laundry, cleaning, and preparing to get back on track, but we made a nice family dinner and enjoyed each other's company. Oh yea, the Easter Bunny did find us at our new house. <br /><br />Somewhere along the line, I turned the big 4-0! I went kickin and screamin'. We were in Colorado on the actual day. It was some great fun, surrounded by family and lots and lots of yummy food. I got lots of cards and phone calls from friends back home. Then last weekend went out on date night to celebrate again with lots of friends and their hubbies.....all I can say is.....GREATEST TIME EVER - OMG - We laughed so hard, drank way, way, too much (probably been 10 years since I have seen a room spin), danced anywhere our feet would take us, a little karaoke with our thumbs, and stayed out way, way, too late. Fun times - and can't wait to do it again. With friends like you all, I would do it again in a minute and am looking forward to the next 40 years. Not to bad being 40 - seriously, I have done some great things in 2009 and it's going to be a great year. What's next, maybe a tattoo, a piercing, how about blue hair? Who knows! <br /><br />Been makin' a lot of changes and doing a lot of firsts in our house and it's been fantastic. Everyone is happier, enjoying life, and even getting some relaxing done. Not takin' things so serious. It's all good. <br /><br />Jacob is on his first baseball team. He is doing so well and loves it. We went to the batting cages last week for some practice and he did so well. WOW! Where did that little boy go. <br /><br />Isabella is on a soccer team and can't wait to go. She calls it her baseball practice. We have (2) rain out days, so she doesn't really understand it all as of yet....but she is excited. <br /><br />Robb is busy working hard at work. He plays on the weekend with his lawn, in his garage, and now his boat. Yep, I said it....BOAT. It's a small family touring boat that his grandfather made in the 80's. New hobby and everyone can't be more excited. <br /><br />As I mentioned above, I am doing well. Busy, busy, busy, makes me happy, happy, happy.<br /><br />Stay tuned for all our adventures and firsts coming up.....cool stuff, birthday to celebrate, baseball games, soccer games, and more.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34110876.post-25518929972571740422009-03-30T16:08:00.002-05:002009-03-30T16:14:46.763-05:00My old man is gettting old....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjthIh3jvSCbgBR1Tn0ZX1Kl2JXRoJO1g1Aw8r_29nq7zN0zPxVSqwvC_Ju_jEhxWXn5ehh11719KrcvGtlZ3OgObq18QV6od4bHCgzcrS2b6S0GnDYV5CHkLOMMeHOPLapnKlf/s1600-h/RobbBirthday.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjthIh3jvSCbgBR1Tn0ZX1Kl2JXRoJO1g1Aw8r_29nq7zN0zPxVSqwvC_Ju_jEhxWXn5ehh11719KrcvGtlZ3OgObq18QV6od4bHCgzcrS2b6S0GnDYV5CHkLOMMeHOPLapnKlf/s400/RobbBirthday.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319091114405228066" /></a><br /><br /><br />Nooooo - Just joking Robb! This past weekend we spent the weekend celebrating Robb's birthday. It was a great weekend. <br /><br />Started on Friday with a date night and having two other couples joining us for what could possibly be the best dinner I have had in years. Seriously, it was a great restaurant, wonderful company, and great time had by all. <br /><br />Robb wanted to spend the day Saturday with the family, so the kids made him breakfast of his choice - Egg's Benedict. Then we played the entire day. The kids made him his cake of choice - Chocolate Mayo cake with cream cheese frosting from scratch. Great little bakers they are. We ended the night with making Sushi night. It was a lot fun, yummy, and the kids ate great. <br /><br />Oh yea, forgot to mention the snow and ice storm that occured on Saturday. <br /><br />Then we ended the weekend off with a BBQ with friends and family at the house. The snow melted, Robb smoked some Pork Loin, and we had a fantastic time. <br /><br />Great weekend!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34110876.post-59415969018995528972009-03-22T17:38:00.006-05:002009-03-22T17:50:16.961-05:00Karate Tournament and more....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYLmbJ_6Nt5Xuz7dU2SXTop2bcD6xei-zHf-Tcvkyb5e23cKVqt2b794laldkWMnrHx6dT-TB5emX3MzQPx8NBr6XLDnOwzHOVQ7mxk7Xf0nQgDR4rWPrHWT235YVUyUqHn46u/s1600-h/FastestPunch.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 209px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYLmbJ_6Nt5Xuz7dU2SXTop2bcD6xei-zHf-Tcvkyb5e23cKVqt2b794laldkWMnrHx6dT-TB5emX3MzQPx8NBr6XLDnOwzHOVQ7mxk7Xf0nQgDR4rWPrHWT235YVUyUqHn46u/s320/FastestPunch.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316147977310200018" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho83DS6oP-0oTq_rS9b-8VYr45i_urudsvgxzni4iwFxEmaohKQIVMIqsYZDge7qb3_2wpnKpv8qasXnMNR26J8uw3ouHXG_MMgQr1kLexYkUytxAbYEs9oZKEKsk57yB3FWY6/s1600-h/MedelMania.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 188px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho83DS6oP-0oTq_rS9b-8VYr45i_urudsvgxzni4iwFxEmaohKQIVMIqsYZDge7qb3_2wpnKpv8qasXnMNR26J8uw3ouHXG_MMgQr1kLexYkUytxAbYEs9oZKEKsk57yB3FWY6/s320/MedelMania.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316146920673870386" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhifxb94FziKUdDcRo-AFB_Ty1JO7umrT0sujoslp62wTcYIAa9yPVAHxkxmEwmprJBfdzT-t-dqHjOKXJj53WUXgMAov2c-9B2QZJPBcX82WFKtkoEZVywZDUQ97p_MVr9P8MH/s1600-h/TrophiesGalore.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 208px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhifxb94FziKUdDcRo-AFB_Ty1JO7umrT0sujoslp62wTcYIAa9yPVAHxkxmEwmprJBfdzT-t-dqHjOKXJj53WUXgMAov2c-9B2QZJPBcX82WFKtkoEZVywZDUQ97p_MVr9P8MH/s320/TrophiesGalore.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316146657812456914" /></a><br /><br />Hmmmm, been a busy time here. Looks like it might actually be spring, so we are enjoying some wonderful time outside. We even unpacked a box or two, hung a couple more pictures, sorted the garage AGAIN, started baseball season, and attended our first karate tournament. <br /><br />Jacob participated in his first karate tournament today. He participated in the strongest punch, strongest kick, fastest kick, fasted punch, and a stanger danger drill. He did fantastic. He got one silver medal and 4 golds. He was so excited. You couldn't wipe the smile off his sweet face. Then Isabella was our resident cheerleader. She kept yelling 'go Jacob, go Jacob' amongst the 200 kids. <br /><br />Great times and great fun.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34110876.post-36000591237979457852009-03-17T13:43:00.002-05:002009-03-17T13:50:20.827-05:00Top of the O' Day to ya!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzT0hmR_CqH1-bKeiaJoFQDPWzwV3XAy6oBM30FTJ2JWAfcLkVcsEsZFk5EWI8MHIGMSbhR2nxqc-EGKo5zRKi8Z48boE1bcyjvKwJmGObymY3TYaIICYXysqWgaGoTK0dgIO/s1600-h/KidsStPattysDay.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzT0hmR_CqH1-bKeiaJoFQDPWzwV3XAy6oBM30FTJ2JWAfcLkVcsEsZFk5EWI8MHIGMSbhR2nxqc-EGKo5zRKi8Z48boE1bcyjvKwJmGObymY3TYaIICYXysqWgaGoTK0dgIO/s400/KidsStPattysDay.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314229712695031970" /></a><br /><br />Happy St. Patricks Day! <br /><br />We woke up this morning to what we can only assume was a pesky little Leprechaun. He ransacked the place and turned our milk green (the entire gallon). It's crazy! <br /><br />Jacob thinks that he came in the middle of the night to look for gold. Since there isn't any here, he got mad and turned our milk green and the place upside down.<br /><br />Isabella thinks he went next door after our house. <br /><br />Then Jacob discovered the green chocolate muffins that were left behind, therefore, they both enjoyed having that little pesky guy visit our house while they were sleeping. <br /><br />Enjoy!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34110876.post-15364660811932520842009-03-02T09:20:00.010-06:002009-03-02T09:51:23.683-06:00Missed you....Opps! It's been awhile, sorry! Robb has spent the better part of the last several weeks out of town, so I think maybe we just went into autopilot.<br /><br />Hmmmm - what have we been doing? So busy, no unpacking has happened but can't think of what we actually have been doing with our time. I think maybe it's denial -lack of willingness to work anymore on the unpacking. Did you know a box could be a desk, a table, holds lamps, books, and even a toy bin. <br /><br />Well - let's see, Chinese New Year came and went. Valentines was busy. Both kids had parties at school and came home with more candy than anyone needed. But had fun. We spent the day as a family and made pizza's at home. Then the next weekend, Robb and I went on a real date. Dinner and a movie. It was fun and yummy. The kids have had a few birthday parties to attend, we hosted a family brunch, had some girlfriends over for Margarita's, a few kiddo play dates, went to a wonderful musical, saw a few movies on day off from school days, attended parent teacher conference, and we can't forget our weekly activities we are involved in. I think we are just just busy pluggin' away at our routine. Meanwhile, waitin' for Spring. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc3ij6wFJ2OET8T4Vf5DoJK68Gu0r2Gc2Z6rdDYsBKQJi7UsXjoHQcwVBumS6DYNRfQy7406VJRm6_XreCcEVanqa33i7mEFqGe_zwIehOoBcOVZKc-8dRFCUyh7o8W-fIc5zJ/s1600-h/BellaHelping.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc3ij6wFJ2OET8T4Vf5DoJK68Gu0r2Gc2Z6rdDYsBKQJi7UsXjoHQcwVBumS6DYNRfQy7406VJRm6_XreCcEVanqa33i7mEFqGe_zwIehOoBcOVZKc-8dRFCUyh7o8W-fIc5zJ/s320/BellaHelping.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308613578844703970" /></a><br />Our dining room chairs came in and while Jacob and I were away at a birthday party, Isabella helped dad be a 'worker guy'. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIYyowuOMyE8WxerIe3IeFiXDstkMuEDY9YYlo-WHHNEzO0wKJmPuaHQzvZBXiGTBzs-OSmPpy1Rebz6uhTnDn6PLsKMYF3SO3q0g3NkSSuoJvT-OaYgwBkm_5919JUZjKgzT/s1600-h/Friday.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIYyowuOMyE8WxerIe3IeFiXDstkMuEDY9YYlo-WHHNEzO0wKJmPuaHQzvZBXiGTBzs-OSmPpy1Rebz6uhTnDn6PLsKMYF3SO3q0g3NkSSuoJvT-OaYgwBkm_5919JUZjKgzT/s320/Friday.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308613336034024306" /></a><br />This is what our front yard looked like just this past Friday....yep, geese eating and having fun in the nice warm weather. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikp0OpF9EuavEdsGPnceimnDWyofxDcD_ugrubIDZC9VNK6xeQcL3IlzCFl0XxhIEQ38BpBWbRzwpsABV0jK7eqiSCr8y5TGqMaG2O8ttAczSa3R93HBajEtolKoYYjiVKNpOP/s1600-h/BellaSled.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikp0OpF9EuavEdsGPnceimnDWyofxDcD_ugrubIDZC9VNK6xeQcL3IlzCFl0XxhIEQ38BpBWbRzwpsABV0jK7eqiSCr8y5TGqMaG2O8ttAczSa3R93HBajEtolKoYYjiVKNpOP/s320/BellaSled.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308612447982890482" /></a><br />Then we woke up Saturday morning to snow and watched it snow most of the day. This is Isabella's first time sledding. She loved it. I kept hearing her scream with laughter. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieMF4f1-B0EmcrwuJn0Ribwdp_hHTiKscfXKbBrQArR0jolJ9Qs48isHWsT_WGPvfLEgah0ytAeoSSbHRlbM-h7BaYfzpQ6VYIeuUPNUp86nQnoLrPiDwiC05f295QswdJwk3I/s1600-h/JacobSled.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieMF4f1-B0EmcrwuJn0Ribwdp_hHTiKscfXKbBrQArR0jolJ9Qs48isHWsT_WGPvfLEgah0ytAeoSSbHRlbM-h7BaYfzpQ6VYIeuUPNUp86nQnoLrPiDwiC05f295QswdJwk3I/s320/JacobSled.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308612089171437314" /></a><br />Jacob didn't want to come in - EVER! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikgGPZUjX7e4ufTW-ozdn84rm4YAWrbO2MxXkCSdP0neOgbugh4JwFr8_Pjj6ZS-S3p4ixgt_PyHhd4giC8-QcPo1FyPHXYnp_HE3w5nzkcPVrvpmhgnouCpyS_8v5VwsXc3ju/s1600-h/JakeandBella.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikgGPZUjX7e4ufTW-ozdn84rm4YAWrbO2MxXkCSdP0neOgbugh4JwFr8_Pjj6ZS-S3p4ixgt_PyHhd4giC8-QcPo1FyPHXYnp_HE3w5nzkcPVrvpmhgnouCpyS_8v5VwsXc3ju/s200/JakeandBella.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308611661412264354" /></a><br />I think Robb said we got 6 inches. So, of course we had to play outside. The kids had the greatest time.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34110876.post-69638828049605289962009-02-09T16:32:00.003-06:002009-02-10T19:39:21.025-06:00End of Chinese New Year...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC334-W5x16YCxR34n_e3ykqw2Plvd8wWt9DQjdn0__F85K6TzRYOhDQ2YhcV8IZRnZoqyw2FSv2pLJjqpT9BylEEvo-mbHNa1gx1UNrs1Qn_6wZ5DrIsin_p6xZYBmOW3jcOG/s1600-h/CNY.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC334-W5x16YCxR34n_e3ykqw2Plvd8wWt9DQjdn0__F85K6TzRYOhDQ2YhcV8IZRnZoqyw2FSv2pLJjqpT9BylEEvo-mbHNa1gx1UNrs1Qn_6wZ5DrIsin_p6xZYBmOW3jcOG/s400/CNY.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300930371646513458" /></a><br /><br />We mark the end of the Chinese New Year Celebrations....we have attended a party with friends, ate Chinese food several times, had a dumplin' makin' party, visited our local art gallery viewing thier Chinese celebrations of crafts, lion dances, music, Chinese costume show, had the privledge of watching Isabella's dance teacher perform an entire show, and the cherry on top....Isabella got to perform for an audiance group two dances that she has been practicing with her friends in her Chinese dance class since last October. It was so much fun. The girls worked so hard and looked so beautiful. They had so much fun and really enjoyed every minute of it. I think maybe a star has been born. <br /><br />Gung Hay Fat Choy (may you prosper)2009, year of the Ox!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34110876.post-74124936126033730592009-02-05T16:44:00.002-06:002009-02-05T16:46:11.590-06:00I Believe...A friend sent this to me today and thought I would just share it with whom ever reads this blog. Happy believing...<br /><br />I Believe... <br />That just because two people argue, <br />It doesn't mean they don't love each other. <br />And just because they don't argue, <br />It doesn't mean they do love each other.. <br />I Believe.... <br />That we don't have to change friends if <br />We understand that friends change. <br />I Believe... <br />That no matter how good a friend is, <br />They're going to hurt you every once in a while <br />And you must forgive them for that. <br />I Believe... <br />That true friendship continues to grow, <br />Even over the longest distance. <br />Same goes for true love.. <br />I Believe... <br />That you can do something in an instant <br />That will give you heartache for life. <br />I Believe... <br />That it's taking me a long time <br />To become the person I want to be. <br />I Believe... <br />That you should always leave loved ones with <br />Loving words. It may be the last time you see them. <br />I Believe... <br />That you can keep going long after you think you can't. <br />I Believe... <br />That we are responsible for what <br />We do, no matter how we feel. <br />I Believe.... <br />That either you control your attitude or it controls you. <br />I Believe... <br />That heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be <br />done, regardless of the consequences. <br />I Believe... <br />That money is a lousy way of keeping score. <br />I Believe... <br />That my best friend and I, can do anything, or nothing and have the best <br />time. <br />I Believe... <br />That sometimes the people you expect to kick you When you're down, will be <br />the ones to help you get back up. <br />I Believe... <br />That sometimes when I'm angry <br />I have the right to be angry, <br />But that doesn't give me the right to be cruel. <br />I Believe. <br />That maturity has more to do with <br />What types of experiences you've had <br />And what you've learned from them <br />And less to do with <br />How many birthdays you've celebrated. <br />I Believe.... <br />That it isn't always enough, <br />To be forgiven by others. <br />Sometimes, you have to learn to forgive yourself. <br />I Believe... <br />That no matter how bad your heart is broken <br />The world doesn't stop for your grief. <br />I Believe... <br />That our background and circumstances <br />May have influenced who we are, <br />But, we are responsible for who we become. <br />I Believe...... <br />That you shouldn't be so eager to find <br />Out a secret. It could change your life Forever. <br />I Believe... <br />Two people can look at the exact same <br />Thing and see something totally different. <br />I Believe... <br />That your life can be changed in a matter of <br />Hours by people who don't even know you. <br />I Believe.... <br />That even when you think you have no more to give, <br />When <br />A friend cries out to you - <br />You will find the strength to help. <br />I Believe... <br />That credentials on the wall <br />Do not make you a decent human being. <br />I Believe... <br />That the people you care about most in life <br />Are taken from you too soon.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34110876.post-81819477671524704662009-02-02T08:38:00.003-06:002009-02-03T07:02:09.911-06:00Food for thought...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnlsLzqQLIpSQrJfgM2A6EVRGte4jQtYiLmY4KBFYwBjg8LA9ZFJHOwcpst-GcocpKuzmOAsVe-EoDnEakATcIqjmvqlkYV21pJla6CZp2ETSIUmV78x027gOdIo2JUI_ziVvp/s1600-h/Dragon+Dance.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnlsLzqQLIpSQrJfgM2A6EVRGte4jQtYiLmY4KBFYwBjg8LA9ZFJHOwcpst-GcocpKuzmOAsVe-EoDnEakATcIqjmvqlkYV21pJla6CZp2ETSIUmV78x027gOdIo2JUI_ziVvp/s200/Dragon+Dance.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298555655658764818" /></a><br /><br />"You create your own reality, and if you believe you are destined to fail, chances are you will. However, if you believe you're worth it, you can achieve almost anything you want."<br /><br />Have a good day.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34110876.post-70342352020222520772009-02-01T09:36:00.004-06:002009-02-01T09:52:24.802-06:00Dumplin' of Fun!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTJVarMIAs-NUZNnAZ7hZoKp6HlPfGYMSUfZhTJAgVRj9orIIj48e4TB8-rpcH8kxp4ht2nT8yTsWYZxl2BrAkeld1A9EEI4T3jFFSpVYFPVpXfG8JU9x6jrjC8q4jd76qKtPY/s1600-h/dumplingtable.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTJVarMIAs-NUZNnAZ7hZoKp6HlPfGYMSUfZhTJAgVRj9orIIj48e4TB8-rpcH8kxp4ht2nT8yTsWYZxl2BrAkeld1A9EEI4T3jFFSpVYFPVpXfG8JU9x6jrjC8q4jd76qKtPY/s200/dumplingtable.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297856405608284066" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ZQFhI4hjtqywa0BBQq9lTcwxhwSb90nbZGUQ6SNQ97igcnNT7bzydKosB0DKisqQj09gQGn276gsDR7WpskUglI8_l5HKelss6Qz-vmeoB2c0eN13tAs0hiHiYxMF3aLI29Z/s1600-h/jacobdumpling.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 145px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ZQFhI4hjtqywa0BBQq9lTcwxhwSb90nbZGUQ6SNQ97igcnNT7bzydKosB0DKisqQj09gQGn276gsDR7WpskUglI8_l5HKelss6Qz-vmeoB2c0eN13tAs0hiHiYxMF3aLI29Z/s200/jacobdumpling.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297856638154855154" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoZTei7x0xRr1aW-3RAJ33YW3EWikwDE6bnJW1nfPOJMxzZvCzyWB0zvOHCMgjaDu__FikVmjdxLvPkLNW8R7mfl3e8q-BIBBbTrtX5JkpbW594dL4AK5Q6GXODlJEuvXZmSZi/s1600-h/belladumpling.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 144px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoZTei7x0xRr1aW-3RAJ33YW3EWikwDE6bnJW1nfPOJMxzZvCzyWB0zvOHCMgjaDu__FikVmjdxLvPkLNW8R7mfl3e8q-BIBBbTrtX5JkpbW594dL4AK5Q6GXODlJEuvXZmSZi/s200/belladumpling.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297856526043868066" /></a><br /><br />Havin' some fun bringing in the Chinese New Year. Had a dumplin' makin' dinner party last night. Filled with tons of dough, stuffing, and lot's and lot's of giggles. <br /><br />This was the kids idea. So, they sat the table and wanted to have a party. So, we decided to make dumplings, since it's a traditional Chinese New Year food. We had a few friends over and everyone sat around counter making our dinner - Chinese Pork Dumplings. It was fun to see the funny shapes and sizes that everyone made. After the making of the dumplings, we loaded our plates full of chinese food and had some fantastic converstation around the dinner table. Jacob was so excited and had so much fun throughout the day, he fell asleep at the table in the middle of dessert. <br /><br />Happy New Year!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34110876.post-85694038401822840742009-01-25T19:58:00.003-06:002009-01-26T07:32:51.968-06:00chǘn jīé küàī lè<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkQryxbseZuelzd22MdXNEMD9sH-cxkWf2U4XpddtYVoh30kBTNvu51fe-23Hx61vP8e8rmn8vvCDXKKYDH-jKsyJupudhyphenhyphenzQGfCswqC5NDSvZ_beWhTQ5mKzIh7zKmokksWLO/s1600-h/CNY.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkQryxbseZuelzd22MdXNEMD9sH-cxkWf2U4XpddtYVoh30kBTNvu51fe-23Hx61vP8e8rmn8vvCDXKKYDH-jKsyJupudhyphenhyphenzQGfCswqC5NDSvZ_beWhTQ5mKzIh7zKmokksWLO/s320/CNY.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295419844700023458" /></a><br />Happy Chinese Lunar New Year! <br /><br />We have already started the festivities with a wonderful party thrown by some of our friends and to welcome a 40th birthday in. We made lanterns, Chinese hats, bracelets/necklaces, did a wonderful Dragon dance, even had safe fireworks for the kids, and dined on traditional Chinese New Year food. Thanks friends, great way to kick off the Year of the Ox.<br /><br />Chinese New Year begins on the first day of the first moon of the year, which is considered to be a particularly auspicious day (January 26, 2009). Children are given hong bao, lucky red envelopes full of money, and households exchange visits and gifts. Most celebrants at Chinese New Year wear red, which is a lucky color, and also refrain from reflecting on the past year and uttering unlucky words, as it is believed that the first day of the new year will determine your fortune in the months to come. So let's go have a great day today. <br /><br />Chinese New Year continues with 15 days of celebration, including a day to welcome the god of wealth, a day to celebrate farming and produce, and days to celebrate friends and family. Friendships and family relationships are a very important part of Chinese New Year, and a great deal of food and dinner invitations are exchanged as part of this tradition. Numerous lucky foods are served throughout the Chinese New Year festival, and after all that rich dining, the 13th day of the festival is set aside for eating rice and bitter greens to cleanse the palate.<br /><br />On the 15th day, the Chinese New Year celebration culminates with the Lantern Festival, which is traditionally held at night. During the Lantern Festival, hundreds of citizens flood the street with lanterns representing wealth, animals, historical figures, plants, and a variety of other things. The lanterns are paraded through towns and cities throughout China, Taiwan, and parts of the world with large Chinese communities. The Lantern Festival ends with a burst of fireworks to celebrate the upcoming year while celebrants eat special round dumplings to celebrate unity.<br /><br />Happy Year of the Ox. Click <a href="http://shine.yahoo.com/page/2009-chinese-horoscope">here</a> to learn moreUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0