tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24366696829665719362024-02-07T22:14:01.951-08:00Parrish FamilyLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070360622546040910noreply@blogger.comBlogger207125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436669682966571936.post-31565897357688924632012-03-24T19:07:00.002-07:002012-03-24T19:39:05.504-07:00Ian's Piano Recital<div>Ian had his first piano recital this afternoon. He played "Love Theme" from Star Wars the Clone Wars. We are so proud of him and happy that he is learning to read and play music! </div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyUqugYWl-Pn2GQKId2ElbQPlUkfUvPolnCo8e0hdscyGsr-48mcm_hPAbBqXLwvClJQqQgB3u0xfYU-Xo3Ng' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070360622546040910noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436669682966571936.post-87652572146207816632012-02-23T14:11:00.003-08:002012-02-27T11:01:23.375-08:00BJ B-Day<div align="left">The twins turned 3 on the 19<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span>. Here are some thoughts I have about 3 year <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">olds</span>:<br /><br />1. 3 year <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">olds</span> like to sleep in their parents' bed.<br />2. 3 year <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">olds</span> do not like to clean up.<br />3. 3 year <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">olds</span> must get potty trained before they are 4 year <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">olds</span>.<br />4. 3 year <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">olds</span> don't want to take naps any more.<br />5. 3 year <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">olds</span> are too smart for my own good.<br /><br />Oh the horror. </div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">We had Jill's family down for the birthday. Jackson was so excited for "my Tyler" to come over for his birthday. Hailey was convinced that it was only Brandon's birthday. We let them open their cards that morning. Marianne sent some that made noises/sang songs. They Played with them for a good half hour. We went to church and the nursery leaders gave them candy bars. Afterward they had a birthday nap. Then we had birthday tacos, birthday presents, and birthday cake. What more could 2 little kids ask for?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-40N1LsPNXl0Ox-9zWzKVXCMQ02jD46b4D_cx9qPDY2FgIocBBz781b93vSO6jbHIZSdapkbYO55H7j2n2lSqJ7SL_FKeQ9RCKApZNqXdDmG2snEM_NkLqe_tS7ErsmaLxh_kzAnPfc/s1600/01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713886878389837554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-40N1LsPNXl0Ox-9zWzKVXCMQ02jD46b4D_cx9qPDY2FgIocBBz781b93vSO6jbHIZSdapkbYO55H7j2n2lSqJ7SL_FKeQ9RCKApZNqXdDmG2snEM_NkLqe_tS7ErsmaLxh_kzAnPfc/s400/01.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyaJv4B-XdLH6u2GsQK_awKtNXG57h4YcUgLgNPI3xPGGdQiqe5RwrQFTzGCI4UvfzO81z9aV6mL1Vv18DvbRvopxIoHfFvZn33iEfxNPVi17zMtH21uZy0PHNbKQHSbzTagUcG-cWdAA/s1600/02.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713886874399035906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyaJv4B-XdLH6u2GsQK_awKtNXG57h4YcUgLgNPI3xPGGdQiqe5RwrQFTzGCI4UvfzO81z9aV6mL1Vv18DvbRvopxIoHfFvZn33iEfxNPVi17zMtH21uZy0PHNbKQHSbzTagUcG-cWdAA/s400/02.jpg" /></a></p><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgasVWA2isgHQG6xpigOZwlz4LPSY-3flbU2K2-ScfvTI2-DdRGb396alA-LkxOXgKFsVZOYsTOVoF2j-VihoDdvQAOy_ePBPN2xSzRM7NwoByCQpmb4EDzE73NF0E9whoIXx5RPCUs-34/s1600/05.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713886863924821746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgasVWA2isgHQG6xpigOZwlz4LPSY-3flbU2K2-ScfvTI2-DdRGb396alA-LkxOXgKFsVZOYsTOVoF2j-VihoDdvQAOy_ePBPN2xSzRM7NwoByCQpmb4EDzE73NF0E9whoIXx5RPCUs-34/s400/05.jpg" /></a>I don't know if I've ever seen a kid love a birthday present so much.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaMDjocVou8j-4DErSNOYXYfSQTEJgoGwNNSahK87AKMQzj5C1fVqstjzQZiOSpkrk7TDU2FkG_FDm8KLn3zFkka23NLlZ59YUKdx9TgpphtV7TdN8UrGIRPf0-H3nPGG4ErCpwwwExPs/s1600/04.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713886859106935186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaMDjocVou8j-4DErSNOYXYfSQTEJgoGwNNSahK87AKMQzj5C1fVqstjzQZiOSpkrk7TDU2FkG_FDm8KLn3zFkka23NLlZ59YUKdx9TgpphtV7TdN8UrGIRPf0-H3nPGG4ErCpwwwExPs/s400/04.jpg" /></a>The older kids seemed to enjoy the dragon castle even more than the birthday boys, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">haha</span>.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVbVT93mIoj4Y00B7sFdMVgQp-hZCOgwRLW-Sb6H7r9-W12RBjA56hi4nGCyT33ieWV0Vm1SJ4_3WpokU8F5kD7w-7r01bM_eQdoN4IT_li_78-zRZN9B9Si1a92_iEx_9-96SX_fAO0s/s1600/03.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713886855205838706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVbVT93mIoj4Y00B7sFdMVgQp-hZCOgwRLW-Sb6H7r9-W12RBjA56hi4nGCyT33ieWV0Vm1SJ4_3WpokU8F5kD7w-7r01bM_eQdoN4IT_li_78-zRZN9B9Si1a92_iEx_9-96SX_fAO0s/s400/03.jpg" /></a>Let's see....where to begin? Brandon and Jackson have become quite the pair. They are finally playing together a lot, which is usually in a destructive manner. Brandon loves dinosaurs, Jackson loves Power Rangers. Brandon is now a full 2 inches taller than Jackson. And quite a bit heavier. They both love candy. Jackson and Hailey pal around a lot. Sometimes they lay on the couch together under a blanket. Brandon still loves yogurt, and eating in general. Jackson still sleeps with all his "friends" in his bed and has added a couple more since I last wrote about it. They are both funny little guys, and mischievous. I keep finding them hiding under the table eating cookies or candy they aren't supposed to have. I can't help but laugh every time because the fact is, it's kind of hilarious that they steal candy and cookies and hide under the table to eat them. We spend a lot of time at the park these days, trying to burn off all their energy. Brandon likes to ride his tricycle down a big hill at the park, he must take after his mom, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">lol</span>. <br /></div></div><br /><p align="center">So we survived 3 years of infant/baby/toddler twin boys. They say the worst is over....but I know 3 year <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">olds</span>. I'm sure this next year will be full of fun surprises.</p>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070360622546040910noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436669682966571936.post-46753575373807114652012-02-06T09:33:00.001-08:002012-02-06T10:06:31.201-08:00January<div align="center">January flew by way too fast. Adam had his surgery on the 19th. So far, so good. He hasn't had any episodes since and we are hopeful that he never will again. My mom came to help out with the kids for the surgery and took over 100 pictures. Here are a few.</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJBLmNxU5URR8pdwrHIYMT7LD9BzBE3z89OoyWBJtirDorxbB32BRW_k923Z5dNOB2n4zl3tphPDKqIKumUvRr8Qu2aMq1W34z-ZYpM4VoRDPa76qusii1AkS1cktUIXA0r2Jj9oPCGco/s1600/01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706079282958876738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJBLmNxU5URR8pdwrHIYMT7LD9BzBE3z89OoyWBJtirDorxbB32BRW_k923Z5dNOB2n4zl3tphPDKqIKumUvRr8Qu2aMq1W34z-ZYpM4VoRDPa76qusii1AkS1cktUIXA0r2Jj9oPCGco/s400/01.jpg" /></a>Brandon wore a bandaid on his forehead for 3 days straight. He did not have a boo-boo.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3dEgh6v4ywRe8dcEwUo1uckho8xt8OT40rAdrRo_qPZau_9BR1eEFY4_0DlpZCd6iwIdeD4-mya6CpXuzvww31bIAxX2yI6H6SqkCxQvSusd2sqVxRNSIr9tMiiMSsJ8gzYGDbJN8WE0/s1600/02.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706079278172956898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3dEgh6v4ywRe8dcEwUo1uckho8xt8OT40rAdrRo_qPZau_9BR1eEFY4_0DlpZCd6iwIdeD4-mya6CpXuzvww31bIAxX2yI6H6SqkCxQvSusd2sqVxRNSIr9tMiiMSsJ8gzYGDbJN8WE0/s400/02.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJ-alHsmtwzNFOSb6j79Lt_vWIm-f0rEJG6GkcPXt8i8Ur2l9yY8sjoSdi9aWwVcFh1qcmI-NfjJSBFiJ2BOljnOtfMD35LRejbIgbMEVoSrq_FP-Iugmg8bIQutShw5OTernw-wFZUs/s1600/03.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706079266371419682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJ-alHsmtwzNFOSb6j79Lt_vWIm-f0rEJG6GkcPXt8i8Ur2l9yY8sjoSdi9aWwVcFh1qcmI-NfjJSBFiJ2BOljnOtfMD35LRejbIgbMEVoSrq_FP-Iugmg8bIQutShw5OTernw-wFZUs/s400/03.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitg6-tp7JR1LnkaPyJru42-sHwXQ35iH9D1xO-_dx-Q4urdckTGpUhhIAPf2sUxamdCvZ9nNsTWL8qmuYeMHraI5pvqraM-Gjty8AoEtuVOb1EFTFmLQ6d9T5TPUDwcuPKGZZ8ln8fZ8k/s1600/04.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 270px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706079262125694066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitg6-tp7JR1LnkaPyJru42-sHwXQ35iH9D1xO-_dx-Q4urdckTGpUhhIAPf2sUxamdCvZ9nNsTWL8qmuYeMHraI5pvqraM-Gjty8AoEtuVOb1EFTFmLQ6d9T5TPUDwcuPKGZZ8ln8fZ8k/s400/04.jpg" /></a>That Jack is something else...<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXAXBv7VSTizdU4B4r9B_sNhI8-dKaT0Wn3YasDhn2BXi6Ro62aFcMiwin0p4oDn8-EIqhaebciEJAtac3URiur7EyupIDLVxZzPbZSgrnl3XkW1UTCB9sMH_aRffGC2gpPgRjMOfdwkk/s1600/05.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706078391986544130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXAXBv7VSTizdU4B4r9B_sNhI8-dKaT0Wn3YasDhn2BXi6Ro62aFcMiwin0p4oDn8-EIqhaebciEJAtac3URiur7EyupIDLVxZzPbZSgrnl3XkW1UTCB9sMH_aRffGC2gpPgRjMOfdwkk/s400/05.jpg" /></a>Ian and his cousins, Chad and Tyler.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_WqvwTZhSy9GygqysOQjjsUBmFeuuzGHyG_rme7HHW21TpXC6xqRq2NATnw6CZsZBV6zK25kpmwWGulXfy08yTz2OHo1lmsDbb3ioAq4UAb4VqCvSRheF5LnX9AcvT7RhmfhWmsc7yg/s1600/06.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706078384916885650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_WqvwTZhSy9GygqysOQjjsUBmFeuuzGHyG_rme7HHW21TpXC6xqRq2NATnw6CZsZBV6zK25kpmwWGulXfy08yTz2OHo1lmsDbb3ioAq4UAb4VqCvSRheF5LnX9AcvT7RhmfhWmsc7yg/s400/06.jpg" /></a>Brandon and Jackson doing what they do best: rough-housing. Jackson has recently discovered Power Rangers, so he goes around the house saying "hi-yah!" and kicking the air (sometimes people). Brandon likes to chase everyone around with his "Dinosaur Rex." Here they are doing both to each other.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPcPHSeY2tuwu9RtLN2ZNtsiYK8PTFcoHqjQsfr-yX4wD3cALItoam0DuzsTbNyZ7dnaBc_Gd89XiKZHt0zwDDPD9XjGvjhKAUIC9vCbXKaciAQdorgZM7PRUec_mWkP1rMpFDkAlUTC4/s1600/07.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706078383956748066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPcPHSeY2tuwu9RtLN2ZNtsiYK8PTFcoHqjQsfr-yX4wD3cALItoam0DuzsTbNyZ7dnaBc_Gd89XiKZHt0zwDDPD9XjGvjhKAUIC9vCbXKaciAQdorgZM7PRUec_mWkP1rMpFDkAlUTC4/s400/07.jpg" /></a>Hey, if you're going to throw a tantrum you may as well go for the full face plant into the floor style.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzM8RVL0iJz9ROyNtB7WGDOG1WM3VHnBflGAH2BPIR31plUL9egB4NoNm0Ts5oCCqafkjOpiihyphenhyphenEtIU4KueOTSxhDAWY2OA_uv9N5niVjMouuITa7Ycn1-Eh8KzZ4qrOscnMLS-L_vZkc/s1600/08.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706078375680019250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzM8RVL0iJz9ROyNtB7WGDOG1WM3VHnBflGAH2BPIR31plUL9egB4NoNm0Ts5oCCqafkjOpiihyphenhyphenEtIU4KueOTSxhDAWY2OA_uv9N5niVjMouuITa7Ycn1-Eh8KzZ4qrOscnMLS-L_vZkc/s400/08.jpg" /></a>Ian got to go to lunch with Grandma. It was, of course, the best day ever.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQy2bJ0aiYybUkTMgsIkKqxEXEfXO8AMtBw-EtSwsOX6mH17mB-axQkzTXYg3Fpijdesd5-SOzDtOjsMjYR_lOKbjhlJ2xOOVXs0YkkwlW7T4MZv1nZvJQKW_HO14mlZIDJkdKU2CsKo/s1600/09.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706078370997922066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQy2bJ0aiYybUkTMgsIkKqxEXEfXO8AMtBw-EtSwsOX6mH17mB-axQkzTXYg3Fpijdesd5-SOzDtOjsMjYR_lOKbjhlJ2xOOVXs0YkkwlW7T4MZv1nZvJQKW_HO14mlZIDJkdKU2CsKo/s400/09.jpg" /></a>After my mom left, Adam's mom came. It's been way too long since her last visit, the kids were so excited. Ian played games with her any chance he got.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUA3oYpJdFqMSuqem0B_o8Xi10ZsZ7Axfp-rWtaSMeUPiarYch2KUULxINnjm1AMbpOvT_P-f1qJR6s-bB4erZwE-FmDM2Qi0pQ7VHYPdiVEnY5QyjWZHQQk77nB7cTcO-xI6E2M_E_SU/s1600/Grandma+K+and+Kids.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706079776615576370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUA3oYpJdFqMSuqem0B_o8Xi10ZsZ7Axfp-rWtaSMeUPiarYch2KUULxINnjm1AMbpOvT_P-f1qJR6s-bB4erZwE-FmDM2Qi0pQ7VHYPdiVEnY5QyjWZHQQk77nB7cTcO-xI6E2M_E_SU/s400/Grandma+K+and+Kids.jpg" /></a>One day I got a phone call from my sister Jill who said, "Hurry, walk out your front door!" I did, and this is what I saw. WOW.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBf6tIva7RkaFXCGuuWr8ak7vxrrv0wyQb6sRLA1Dbmvj2Celb3TvezC5cJJG0wSbNdJCgIRZnYaMzVM4-ZC4euoA_farutucV2LraPjdGLFI8p9iWUDDjrdup0i8DsBedd8HT3lGFq1A/s1600/Cool+Sunset.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706079775945391250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBf6tIva7RkaFXCGuuWr8ak7vxrrv0wyQb6sRLA1Dbmvj2Celb3TvezC5cJJG0wSbNdJCgIRZnYaMzVM4-ZC4euoA_farutucV2LraPjdGLFI8p9iWUDDjrdup0i8DsBedd8HT3lGFq1A/s400/Cool+Sunset.jpg" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070360622546040910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436669682966571936.post-51536834394820189822011-12-29T19:23:00.001-08:002012-01-03T07:29:22.295-08:00Wow, finally finished!Catching up with 7 months worth of posts has taken all day, but it is done. I am proud of myself for doing it before the end of the year. This year has been pretty crazy. We were so sick for the first 6 months. Ian and I had strep over and over again. His surgery seems to have cured that problem. Hooray! Adam made more than 6 trips to the emergency room because of his heart. One while we were on vacation. Four of those trips were in an ambulance. He is having another ablation procedure in January. We are hoping this time he will be fixed for good. When he's not at the hospital he is working working working. Ian is busy with school and piano and playing with his siblings, friends, and his video games. Hailey loves to draw and play Play-Doh. Brandon likes to wander around and eat all day long. He also loves his dinosaurs. Jackson is my little wild child. He's got a great big personality for such a tiny kid and he makes me laugh all the time. He also loves to wear his "Shrek shirt and green pamps" every day. I have been teaching piano lessons. I have 3 students. I finally joined the ward choir and am still the Primary Secretary. Life is super busy. What more can I say? I am trying to enjoy this stage more than hate it, but some days the hating it side wins. My children are very demanding and young and there are a lot of them. But we survive. And they all seem happy. That's what matters right? I can very easily say "goodbye and good riddance" to 2011 and we are hoping for a wonderful new year.<div><br /></div><div>PS you have to click on "older posts" at the bottom to see all of the updates.</div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070360622546040910noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436669682966571936.post-39044328783802273612011-12-29T18:54:00.000-08:002011-12-31T11:22:25.514-08:00Summer Randomness<div align="center">Random photos and events from the last 7 months.</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKqsQZPfrsOP80d5HyL1xFFvTf5GEZFNH7oRbsuDwaYWHpBgc5hWNjUgOzpsyn3qLP5-rbrEbcWS0NjxdTdKe3Mm3fu80676Mq2lukxoO3TQhh3c0psY0s2CNpxVJWJp9CT6KMLD9uouU/s1600/Random01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691752675231783106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKqsQZPfrsOP80d5HyL1xFFvTf5GEZFNH7oRbsuDwaYWHpBgc5hWNjUgOzpsyn3qLP5-rbrEbcWS0NjxdTdKe3Mm3fu80676Mq2lukxoO3TQhh3c0psY0s2CNpxVJWJp9CT6KMLD9uouU/s400/Random01.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqqret7lo7RaOMQ0UHUwUdJWOk4chkUl5RgDK7ayM1X0EFxLKS9Gm5wkPhxSC_Eh6dezNUHlrFBJyaMvw-Bj-rAO6VMAP8MvYVNcrXPau-QRhOMdEtt27fpCcXv70US62AD3Mza7HfKoc/s1600/Random02.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691752669527804818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqqret7lo7RaOMQ0UHUwUdJWOk4chkUl5RgDK7ayM1X0EFxLKS9Gm5wkPhxSC_Eh6dezNUHlrFBJyaMvw-Bj-rAO6VMAP8MvYVNcrXPau-QRhOMdEtt27fpCcXv70US62AD3Mza7HfKoc/s400/Random02.jpg" /></a>Jackson went through a Minnie Mouse phase. He called it "Mickey Mouse" though. We didn't have a Mickey. He wouldn't go to bed without her. Since then he has added Barney, a Care Bear, a dinosaur, Donald Duck, and Winnie the Pooh. He has to have all of his "friends" in his bed with him at nap and bed time. Cute.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0cORnqofaxE8udXMR9eliSXFbENik1Ji9Iw8fzTZCF9ZhPB_7uNDCjQPg2LNUl-RXxBXGtC0kOQvP6YMZhQe1t8GJjnkFlMAukRNSuDmSO65tA07PgKbLw6S90RLnjJg5vX81EAb5Bzc/s1600/Random03.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691752227533929858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0cORnqofaxE8udXMR9eliSXFbENik1Ji9Iw8fzTZCF9ZhPB_7uNDCjQPg2LNUl-RXxBXGtC0kOQvP6YMZhQe1t8GJjnkFlMAukRNSuDmSO65tA07PgKbLw6S90RLnjJg5vX81EAb5Bzc/s400/Random03.jpg" /></a>Adam's grandparents (<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Slama</span>) stopped over for a surprise visit. We were happy to see them, this was the second time in one year, a record! Doesn't Adam look like his grandpa?<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6JCDZnf70KCj3w_zyWu4-Yk7m10lZ8VLqbebGvrnicJjNRr1dcgQtGiXR7Qrd9oQ8283tU8u2XjSrx5HSxn9sTi_cOAQPuVsQA4pNJiVm9ahDlUWpxoAOD613_AHQnxlLJpe2_LT_y6o/s1600/Random+04.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691752214384790786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6JCDZnf70KCj3w_zyWu4-Yk7m10lZ8VLqbebGvrnicJjNRr1dcgQtGiXR7Qrd9oQ8283tU8u2XjSrx5HSxn9sTi_cOAQPuVsQA4pNJiVm9ahDlUWpxoAOD613_AHQnxlLJpe2_LT_y6o/s400/Random+04.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI4TJQJYnX7Qw1TT-3qCNvP78srRgF79_28Yr_8FRxdaUpknomkc94Fjciqq5n9GvbtL4CcbETZpR3h4vQjXcoIvlgqEQO304zOICCAOPHyQ4NO7yBTkSXCeUAc6UaY_hlDER9DhG73D4/s1600/Random+05.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691752209815766530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI4TJQJYnX7Qw1TT-3qCNvP78srRgF79_28Yr_8FRxdaUpknomkc94Fjciqq5n9GvbtL4CcbETZpR3h4vQjXcoIvlgqEQO304zOICCAOPHyQ4NO7yBTkSXCeUAc6UaY_hlDER9DhG73D4/s400/Random+05.jpg" /></a>We spent A LOT of time at the park near the end of the summer. Especially any park with a water feature. This particular park had a small shaded sand pit besides the water area. It was a favorite summer destination.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh50yLPy91WLLLdWbZA2bbz09DyIzYNqMFSxLdA5lstF2ZkQG4MVEEXS98CvzZrdUL4UdBWYD_EZRiiDoZGJsMjVGb96i7Ggkx7wtQ_TCruOAqWR84ypNYn78ji9FskvXB5NtiU0745SKQ/s1600/Random06.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691752203530089986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh50yLPy91WLLLdWbZA2bbz09DyIzYNqMFSxLdA5lstF2ZkQG4MVEEXS98CvzZrdUL4UdBWYD_EZRiiDoZGJsMjVGb96i7Ggkx7wtQ_TCruOAqWR84ypNYn78ji9FskvXB5NtiU0745SKQ/s400/Random06.jpg" /></a>One night we found Ian in the hall upstairs like this:<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPiXL7jEHL9mYMv7dsboq3xjP3bi22wK9H6WBi2zhVmDMaF47SJrMDN6Z6U6aknD7qoEMHgsYJAGXuY37fkhOMuOB5DV9z-eB1qF0MtwSalXXPDuW9ACSJod9DilTahX6z3QAFpUaiXUQ/s1600/Random+07.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691752200201255170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPiXL7jEHL9mYMv7dsboq3xjP3bi22wK9H6WBi2zhVmDMaF47SJrMDN6Z6U6aknD7qoEMHgsYJAGXuY37fkhOMuOB5DV9z-eB1qF0MtwSalXXPDuW9ACSJod9DilTahX6z3QAFpUaiXUQ/s400/Random+07.jpg" /></a>He had set up booby traps at our door and the top of the stairs. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Hee</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">hee</span>.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuH9vMTdYH4a3sgnCclRgXzjs-xP0bGv4SjGGiy6SQwygNDvrKZUe0g6ToKpTbpljHvv4FbYFoOceBj1DTmCSKLCvlTUhIgMJQdS3fNdB-Qg_9qrTdfgnFxo2llv8_cNblgLQUJEJrDTM/s1600/Random08.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691751027776063330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuH9vMTdYH4a3sgnCclRgXzjs-xP0bGv4SjGGiy6SQwygNDvrKZUe0g6ToKpTbpljHvv4FbYFoOceBj1DTmCSKLCvlTUhIgMJQdS3fNdB-Qg_9qrTdfgnFxo2llv8_cNblgLQUJEJrDTM/s400/Random08.jpg" /></a>We got a new gas grill on Labor Day. It is awesome. Adam is awesome at cooking on it. Yes, that is grilled corn on the cob. Yum.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelBqjmemyjGuUgX4I8AON5LfkHPoPMu5UyZyyeHgQK4TMr1H0zW09TgxfKFYNIC263DkTFloRCEC3-s0FuyJtUKx4WJ22EMrGvPxBxI284J7Ua0vxOkkGN9TbWtpR8VCIFQAhOlrHhTs/s1600/Random09.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691751018484647122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelBqjmemyjGuUgX4I8AON5LfkHPoPMu5UyZyyeHgQK4TMr1H0zW09TgxfKFYNIC263DkTFloRCEC3-s0FuyJtUKx4WJ22EMrGvPxBxI284J7Ua0vxOkkGN9TbWtpR8VCIFQAhOlrHhTs/s400/Random09.jpg" /></a>My Birthday.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBPzu9CrCsxe3S57rUnmh3LqtU8awqbb6D8_mAq9hX2fHUSt0ZRhv6NtwpR_mKpdeLAi6G1Y0H2wFrk950pI0ox0ZtADL97qoiPAV-DYykPkz0QkKdDMkQHMmOAhiYQZjNBznQBqWb5-Q/s1600/Random10.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691751011515961010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBPzu9CrCsxe3S57rUnmh3LqtU8awqbb6D8_mAq9hX2fHUSt0ZRhv6NtwpR_mKpdeLAi6G1Y0H2wFrk950pI0ox0ZtADL97qoiPAV-DYykPkz0QkKdDMkQHMmOAhiYQZjNBznQBqWb5-Q/s400/Random10.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTF506oalFOHuLwuPeOQGZT-oQPBPM18heOxc-Wogi_1sjVpT7UEztbugyMsbY9PBudrIsOWJDrLUQlowqyn6JRFwREghiO9jfSSHThL1bKIRmhU3lekTEQhAoLNtKuk9HtIwRIa3END0/s1600/Random11.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691751006125613602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTF506oalFOHuLwuPeOQGZT-oQPBPM18heOxc-Wogi_1sjVpT7UEztbugyMsbY9PBudrIsOWJDrLUQlowqyn6JRFwREghiO9jfSSHThL1bKIRmhU3lekTEQhAoLNtKuk9HtIwRIa3END0/s400/Random11.jpg" /></a>Jackson with his dinosaur tattoo. And blue smudge over his eye.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuTmCdjoI5gzh_sVcThCRBJihFLKfyd72W8pz5lSpEB-xmFn8ndwUEyVBz6WN57eEOVHTyxA_bjITtE2qvaY0xtp7E_HkMObDSrCQaNTxAtcPkNGJv8_uDUdN93ePf4uD7qcNXBZxjOU0/s1600/Random12.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691751003932158946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuTmCdjoI5gzh_sVcThCRBJihFLKfyd72W8pz5lSpEB-xmFn8ndwUEyVBz6WN57eEOVHTyxA_bjITtE2qvaY0xtp7E_HkMObDSrCQaNTxAtcPkNGJv8_uDUdN93ePf4uD7qcNXBZxjOU0/s400/Random12.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQar6qCD1y_TRJgRhlkb37h7mvevXIhJyyzMeNBKBXs5flm0X6Ar1efG7LjzVPdKAFRSP10pEXJteOtvlBZ7hyPbS6JcBHHD-UwlDWSp2UEgTYd-9tnUVl0iHrxNoMNa2bUmHWNQEw8Rw/s1600/Random13.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691750153733745794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQar6qCD1y_TRJgRhlkb37h7mvevXIhJyyzMeNBKBXs5flm0X6Ar1efG7LjzVPdKAFRSP10pEXJteOtvlBZ7hyPbS6JcBHHD-UwlDWSp2UEgTYd-9tnUVl0iHrxNoMNa2bUmHWNQEw8Rw/s400/Random13.jpg" /></a>Jackson showing off his great fashion sense.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCIkFFqq-a_ecst-RdTvF-9CPRe0R1iYm43NSRGaIWQyoCy3O_NkPMmJ2yaXA0c16ZSyI36zZ1PzVmtdYnN-1lGj7qlSWNM03tbd0DQcGaaEE53iLZhAOpE_W9DKM9g8njbl9kZusBS0w/s1600/Random14.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691750146281290914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCIkFFqq-a_ecst-RdTvF-9CPRe0R1iYm43NSRGaIWQyoCy3O_NkPMmJ2yaXA0c16ZSyI36zZ1PzVmtdYnN-1lGj7qlSWNM03tbd0DQcGaaEE53iLZhAOpE_W9DKM9g8njbl9kZusBS0w/s400/Random14.jpg" /></a>One day I looked in the snack cupboard and found a whole unwrapped King Size candy bar with one bite out of it.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPUCsOW2wd3HoxcZkQkFaoKscz6rpM-cj-P2C_JPm4SIWLu-KqhyddZLL_BR7EE8l4fFMUCkTmypFf-OMcHa-suc9HwzGgPpYwXDzZY48rLRPMRi4v-cxB806nNeZjZf6BhtUFCJmC9qM/s1600/Random16.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691750149595989378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPUCsOW2wd3HoxcZkQkFaoKscz6rpM-cj-P2C_JPm4SIWLu-KqhyddZLL_BR7EE8l4fFMUCkTmypFf-OMcHa-suc9HwzGgPpYwXDzZY48rLRPMRi4v-cxB806nNeZjZf6BhtUFCJmC9qM/s400/Random16.jpg" /></a>Ian's tower.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdZ4xykN4t8PStZNewI-wm4HSo_Zxu2CjV9UdvuFHAswapZEJWsU_C3hVrFpClEThR8EEEChzhPEIOtoSs6NPLFzW9pwlJmnI2bdZJnsBMLzA4WXOqpYi3f3h2V4nYhCrshwsknRV59Qc/s1600/Random17.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691750136291183842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdZ4xykN4t8PStZNewI-wm4HSo_Zxu2CjV9UdvuFHAswapZEJWsU_C3hVrFpClEThR8EEEChzhPEIOtoSs6NPLFzW9pwlJmnI2bdZJnsBMLzA4WXOqpYi3f3h2V4nYhCrshwsknRV59Qc/s400/Random17.jpg" /></a>The kids on Christmas Eve. <div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfoWp3s4vqG-Z8zW3vPBYvD1gWqLRnLA-z8Uk413Fw4ZIaSbDKDvcJeP5m8dkT847ji-SIRLTh7HTsLxa-Kw9ZhomEcRZJ8sfWhDag5fxjPmXjXJlpUyl_KXzyFfJ6YlRF5bUJiacx3p0/s1600/Random18.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 224px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691750137000812898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfoWp3s4vqG-Z8zW3vPBYvD1gWqLRnLA-z8Uk413Fw4ZIaSbDKDvcJeP5m8dkT847ji-SIRLTh7HTsLxa-Kw9ZhomEcRZJ8sfWhDag5fxjPmXjXJlpUyl_KXzyFfJ6YlRF5bUJiacx3p0/s400/Random18.jpg" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070360622546040910noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436669682966571936.post-89716304446680670552011-12-29T18:07:00.001-08:002011-12-29T18:53:53.736-08:00Halloween 2011<div align="center">The kids loved Halloween, the twins were so cute. Jackson would say "I got it!" after every bit of candy got put in his pumpkin. Ian was a storm trooper and Hailey was Darth Vader. Hey, that's what she wanted to be. Halloween turned Brandon into a little candy monster devil child. I had to get rid of all the candy after about 2 days. My mom came for a visit that week and we enjoyed her company.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLshsLfTklrE-e49lk-oCUO68kmGrgZJDGTKJkdi5hTyTm5wxnpzhPeCqqev9HRFLQ0aIZKjdFtxdW-NKfQIWL25Omzib1Q2W-51kTinWgx_KIrg2bm6B6BYX04db33U2DCOXpbIhO87U/s1600/01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691738651397565314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLshsLfTklrE-e49lk-oCUO68kmGrgZJDGTKJkdi5hTyTm5wxnpzhPeCqqev9HRFLQ0aIZKjdFtxdW-NKfQIWL25Omzib1Q2W-51kTinWgx_KIrg2bm6B6BYX04db33U2DCOXpbIhO87U/s400/01.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKSRFfcB9Bi4mNkSYuhBf7Ve9IG8NKQFWkcUXcYQ2-RPyMbUXRzgbkOUciLYX0sXdEDQe7lV0blrH7834dTU3bjc0z8_pce2d0PY2x-67AEj7USeSMAx3-cLznTTuk_Dt6TbpTKarsKx4/s1600/02.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691745160817410226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKSRFfcB9Bi4mNkSYuhBf7Ve9IG8NKQFWkcUXcYQ2-RPyMbUXRzgbkOUciLYX0sXdEDQe7lV0blrH7834dTU3bjc0z8_pce2d0PY2x-67AEj7USeSMAx3-cLznTTuk_Dt6TbpTKarsKx4/s400/02.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRgH27_LfsOGPuK8nj20_zravnWkSR8b88a-lXXUCwfLHcP_joaT4uxInal2J-1S3GvgXElggSdBxeif8_Q2DpqJRdLb0Rk5_GO71xCOxI5hPcdOF2Suq3Et731CS8mJ0ggjNljAp2MAQ/s1600/03.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691738638326422130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRgH27_LfsOGPuK8nj20_zravnWkSR8b88a-lXXUCwfLHcP_joaT4uxInal2J-1S3GvgXElggSdBxeif8_Q2DpqJRdLb0Rk5_GO71xCOxI5hPcdOF2Suq3Et731CS8mJ0ggjNljAp2MAQ/s400/03.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7j2KYqFjEIGvy8L8tap3lv_LjRzLlAUXvdKWwLr5eKnmC1awOMHViSmtY2oFA-Aej_aUhR0fCLayD1JYpFIu1pkhVaD1ycGFpz5hBM5ZwIFaWQBv5m4YSOotmTR3VMnuzc-PCQOonUmQ/s1600/04.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691738635329380642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7j2KYqFjEIGvy8L8tap3lv_LjRzLlAUXvdKWwLr5eKnmC1awOMHViSmtY2oFA-Aej_aUhR0fCLayD1JYpFIu1pkhVaD1ycGFpz5hBM5ZwIFaWQBv5m4YSOotmTR3VMnuzc-PCQOonUmQ/s400/04.jpg" /></a>We went to the ward Trunk or Treat and then to a few houses in the neighborhood. The twins thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifofcCU8-QnOJfQBpBxGDAKXnYywT6Ctg7oH_4IS96-6keaYPX2SzxkwvWEtOdaJrpr6OLvCkgdqCSv6s0-p2Ra-iSoAoitS_ZFLWK1vRMBHmQQx1_ChWmG74F1a3ykTVYZvujeJZztEs/s1600/05.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691738627043203426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifofcCU8-QnOJfQBpBxGDAKXnYywT6Ctg7oH_4IS96-6keaYPX2SzxkwvWEtOdaJrpr6OLvCkgdqCSv6s0-p2Ra-iSoAoitS_ZFLWK1vRMBHmQQx1_ChWmG74F1a3ykTVYZvujeJZztEs/s400/05.jpg" /></a>The Four Amigos. To Ian's left is Liam Clayton, Ian's best friend. <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2r1Bq7ZyFCI1ttuhpblyCW6J3XtL8j0ZEhao3mjgAZyDEdxrAAZ2OkTl2HcpN1c73XD2TE4miez8CRGGqZn68K2dmvfmvf1x_UuQdB0hYo8IjFT8aSY7WXhYz4yJ23akzaUhn4IkPbm0/s1600/06.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691737931315985298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2r1Bq7ZyFCI1ttuhpblyCW6J3XtL8j0ZEhao3mjgAZyDEdxrAAZ2OkTl2HcpN1c73XD2TE4miez8CRGGqZn68K2dmvfmvf1x_UuQdB0hYo8IjFT8aSY7WXhYz4yJ23akzaUhn4IkPbm0/s400/06.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNXH0C-cYgV3HL1f0tY0F2cfWiP_FizGFHbxByOJKWxxEc20h1Ys0uss2paFHc4ZobJL9VI9F-f1k6mXqTwafVavzKQM31ulcCBWNPGEDcMICatuZoOWbLD5l9HSR1UJ0-7dmSWUWFzeE/s1600/07.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691737929464438466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNXH0C-cYgV3HL1f0tY0F2cfWiP_FizGFHbxByOJKWxxEc20h1Ys0uss2paFHc4ZobJL9VI9F-f1k6mXqTwafVavzKQM31ulcCBWNPGEDcMICatuZoOWbLD5l9HSR1UJ0-7dmSWUWFzeE/s400/07.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisLeOXmi_E2MIxTmGEtx8b49btpDMUg25WQDlsj6eYIsSAzFJ_6WW5xFjKOBjv3BCZwPgsP-LQN6m1lGm_sh1mcBEN2ZY0RuPykqtaiTVpJti5y3SM8G763mFNa8Rv87rVZkmGCBipzEE/s1600/08.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691737919304040274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisLeOXmi_E2MIxTmGEtx8b49btpDMUg25WQDlsj6eYIsSAzFJ_6WW5xFjKOBjv3BCZwPgsP-LQN6m1lGm_sh1mcBEN2ZY0RuPykqtaiTVpJti5y3SM8G763mFNa8Rv87rVZkmGCBipzEE/s400/08.jpg" /></a>I carved Mario myself. Thank you very much.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOspRGwpwa-T2nfIhFxH98y3itUoFRrM4MF5asMYu1x4gjPT4UHQBcauZ7rTd2-OhEdsDsmoJtcNsE3b23rXh6biAVSp8g28ZBPGNKBB2xcmeNsSguDYzfXAXUN3DvbPeA40yPyplXY1g/s1600/09.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691737915233374658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOspRGwpwa-T2nfIhFxH98y3itUoFRrM4MF5asMYu1x4gjPT4UHQBcauZ7rTd2-OhEdsDsmoJtcNsE3b23rXh6biAVSp8g28ZBPGNKBB2xcmeNsSguDYzfXAXUN3DvbPeA40yPyplXY1g/s400/09.jpg" /></a>That week I chopped about 10-12 inches off my hair. It was over due. I love my new look!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKMUGBOP5WYbdPYq7IpBmDSpp7daOlf02ykZfUrBlLWGTroKG2RgaVKBskQM5JF8h7vQOZBlov00LJi96RNwQNpCeEg6HxUwgXpw7DJykD5vwXRbu_hSygxB7QC3MzrcXlC6fGgSYAf0/s1600/Haircut.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691737915495340930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKMUGBOP5WYbdPYq7IpBmDSpp7daOlf02ykZfUrBlLWGTroKG2RgaVKBskQM5JF8h7vQOZBlov00LJi96RNwQNpCeEg6HxUwgXpw7DJykD5vwXRbu_hSygxB7QC3MzrcXlC6fGgSYAf0/s400/Haircut.jpg" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070360622546040910noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436669682966571936.post-35514591991073821542011-12-29T17:19:00.000-08:002011-12-29T17:59:50.173-08:00Hailey Turns #5<div align="center">Hailey turned 5 on November 22<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">nd</span>. I really can't believe she's 5 years old!</div><br /><div align="center">We had birthday smoothies for breakfast.</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr3L_C748POZ4Y9IMbps0znlsaKpI_gMgLv7E1uh8cpGcft5esBD4X0SQgWWX63bsWeLJdBduoEWwPg5tl68onFpj8CfrqC3AeOzwFbE5__gXLJPaTet4YxZsiZ8Bl73QZrBuG64hJ1jk/s1600/Hailey1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691726811215621330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr3L_C748POZ4Y9IMbps0znlsaKpI_gMgLv7E1uh8cpGcft5esBD4X0SQgWWX63bsWeLJdBduoEWwPg5tl68onFpj8CfrqC3AeOzwFbE5__gXLJPaTet4YxZsiZ8Bl73QZrBuG64hJ1jk/s400/Hailey1.jpg" /></a>Since her birthday was 2 days before Thanksgiving, Auntie Marianne flew in for the big day.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir0rbgl-DOvKNRs-l6u_Ho47Qy5P_kk7tjCJ8CAg4yff4z8rsUvoux3-PsNuJwx0xxzClfDlMEFmXpt6mbFM3Lh30uC7pg-kaGyuN_6co8X8SPCmdmNMAlfrZTCWoG2XlmJgkkqhK_47w/s1600/Hailey2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691726799309275490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir0rbgl-DOvKNRs-l6u_Ho47Qy5P_kk7tjCJ8CAg4yff4z8rsUvoux3-PsNuJwx0xxzClfDlMEFmXpt6mbFM3Lh30uC7pg-kaGyuN_6co8X8SPCmdmNMAlfrZTCWoG2XlmJgkkqhK_47w/s400/Hailey2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVTMYd5wfRBIH0Wl3pSm_0YqLuVDnb-Z-RS5rcKCN6GrogU_ibM5RQnuJQbCGAx-_IRGlQ7kABcGG3by9jBcUvWXhKqFX8px8rWZ1GsRFMTBGktcnhFNRgx6xslEcHKntvI5rCtZuEQMw/s1600/Hailey3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691726794789213842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVTMYd5wfRBIH0Wl3pSm_0YqLuVDnb-Z-RS5rcKCN6GrogU_ibM5RQnuJQbCGAx-_IRGlQ7kABcGG3by9jBcUvWXhKqFX8px8rWZ1GsRFMTBGktcnhFNRgx6xslEcHKntvI5rCtZuEQMw/s400/Hailey3.jpg" /></a>Dora the Explorer was the theme. I ordered this cake from <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Albertson's</span> and was so happy with the results. It sure saved me a headache trying to make a Dora cake too.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Gzkk8Tr84F19rl3u0HfNOAP140At4XsKgnILB3HNZV0velMpuVFwqOkICR-_4aYJVr0EdrxCYKTFD0PdJUyM8KZS45_63qeHWjc04M-_dpssHCu9o_UUAZbg3qtbqBTOKvvHB1Krt_Q/s1600/Hailey4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691726791871593074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Gzkk8Tr84F19rl3u0HfNOAP140At4XsKgnILB3HNZV0velMpuVFwqOkICR-_4aYJVr0EdrxCYKTFD0PdJUyM8KZS45_63qeHWjc04M-_dpssHCu9o_UUAZbg3qtbqBTOKvvHB1Krt_Q/s400/Hailey4.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhsZIeUbDB62uIAcb4-CMUJIfbPjnss1_EItFzzRrQbNBrC7K5nvFuVxAz9xjNECJWSqbOagqyNjzLfvJZFARCltK-TaGvVpQbv77PYegdpg2ipnKqyUwkXTqMjhgmAkFPNxo0PwcuHkw/s1600/Hailey5.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691725628596598834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhsZIeUbDB62uIAcb4-CMUJIfbPjnss1_EItFzzRrQbNBrC7K5nvFuVxAz9xjNECJWSqbOagqyNjzLfvJZFARCltK-TaGvVpQbv77PYegdpg2ipnKqyUwkXTqMjhgmAkFPNxo0PwcuHkw/s400/Hailey5.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjrHlzLAQX9UkSqLx9ps8M_uPz1JvFgDV9F5fnngDYezjWmbqq7wHd552-TBCOmetl2MAPsc-QROYQX20mI_Px__FeIKxD1-KFYkutyormlw6jtaNA6dROkrIHwgYaqlHy_nZ3JrOZIHE/s1600/Hailey6.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691725623463083874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjrHlzLAQX9UkSqLx9ps8M_uPz1JvFgDV9F5fnngDYezjWmbqq7wHd552-TBCOmetl2MAPsc-QROYQX20mI_Px__FeIKxD1-KFYkutyormlw6jtaNA6dROkrIHwgYaqlHy_nZ3JrOZIHE/s400/Hailey6.jpg" /></a>The Green cousins came over for a little cake party.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5A_cFjIgiyjTA3gqGeKb7Rsc1SXMTMgvmjxp6mP7PgQdmZqo34CmRaOu8aiCjxAt2mdb2MwNH9iCbPqHL4yisYFs0Qk0kR74T4g7dBKenipFkd3AunrnDYogrFwTPXdHs8yggmuZP0E8/s1600/Hailey7.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691725616347373346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5A_cFjIgiyjTA3gqGeKb7Rsc1SXMTMgvmjxp6mP7PgQdmZqo34CmRaOu8aiCjxAt2mdb2MwNH9iCbPqHL4yisYFs0Qk0kR74T4g7dBKenipFkd3AunrnDYogrFwTPXdHs8yggmuZP0E8/s400/Hailey7.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjS0oetmKRi1TLUs0s7rkZOppWk3snhrAu5feFvTqdmQi3He37C9WxjJf6wO6g-aos4xMNJFvWcrsrPFgmNqu7dO_gJ5sRoi003da0AZdxErdbhYfAERlY0xajMAJiyCPrAs_C-XYgwic/s1600/Hailey8.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691725610720782018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjS0oetmKRi1TLUs0s7rkZOppWk3snhrAu5feFvTqdmQi3He37C9WxjJf6wO6g-aos4xMNJFvWcrsrPFgmNqu7dO_gJ5sRoi003da0AZdxErdbhYfAERlY0xajMAJiyCPrAs_C-XYgwic/s400/Hailey8.jpg" /></a>Hailey got a Dora bike. She rides it around our small patio in the backyard daily.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_F2mJ231_UDBGX-apP8oX5cSTMdM47aB4xbkSvKc1O5QNTLJo_U4M6D6tPDxjj07mw36QQrLundp8tHLw3Gl0Iqi9Ud_CKjj7XVtE-tPc0TDRF0lLhCYFc2tdKEZDNyA8tWUA8tA3Ds4/s1600/Hailey9.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691725606616708994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_F2mJ231_UDBGX-apP8oX5cSTMdM47aB4xbkSvKc1O5QNTLJo_U4M6D6tPDxjj07mw36QQrLundp8tHLw3Gl0Iqi9Ud_CKjj7XVtE-tPc0TDRF0lLhCYFc2tdKEZDNyA8tWUA8tA3Ds4/s400/Hailey9.jpg" /></a>Hailey has really blossomed recently. She has been quite a handful the last few years but is starting to become more agreeable and actually quite sweet and funny. She loves school and has a few friends in her class. The teachers call them the three amigos. She is learning to write her name and practices on every surface she can find, including the fridge. She still has many of those "special" moments, but they are getting fewer. She makes our lives interesting.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I don't have any pictures of Thanksgiving but thought I would mention that I made the turkey this year and it turned out delicious. I was very nervous about it. We had a great time with Jill's family and Marianne. On Thanksgiving morning Jill's husband, Doug, and my nephews, Chad and Tyler, surprised us with a major service project in our backyard. They chopped down all 4 of our Oleander trees and hauled away all the yard waste back there. They were amazing. They worked on it for about 5 hours and did an awesome job. We were really surprised and so so happy.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070360622546040910noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436669682966571936.post-1090781515697984822011-12-29T17:07:00.000-08:002011-12-29T17:18:49.837-08:00Tale of a Grasshopper<div align="center">Over the summer we got into making "Green Smoothies." Which are basically smoothies with spinach added for extra vitamins. The kids love them and they are quite nutritious. One day I pulled out my half used bag of spinach and, to my surprise, found what I thought was a dead cricket in the spinach. Yuck! I didn't think too much of it except that it was really gross and threw the remains of the cricket and the spinach away. But, the next morning, I found this in an empty garbage can right next to my full one:<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjab7DR7Ine2k9QUS8YZ3Ggl26pLCE_URkCA4MRfuF2Uyld7Vi9PvDuBdszLgxHLaQ1RH5_8DJAyxxnTsjV_JnlUl5wgEhLZ0-K-WInZQd8mX05QoK27ILyemmX9b3z0Q34Xqu0zu19VuQ/s1600/Grasshopper1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691722101861608786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjab7DR7Ine2k9QUS8YZ3Ggl26pLCE_URkCA4MRfuF2Uyld7Vi9PvDuBdszLgxHLaQ1RH5_8DJAyxxnTsjV_JnlUl5wgEhLZ0-K-WInZQd8mX05QoK27ILyemmX9b3z0Q34Xqu0zu19VuQ/s400/Grasshopper1.jpg" /></a>Yes, it was actually a grasshopper. And it was alive. And after thawing out in the trash overnight, it had climbed out and into the other trash can.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">I felt that this grasshopper had been through enough, so I set it free in the backyard. It perked up and walked away.</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD67lIWBnV7v1HEusARbdckm__FmFoyRrhg8Xmy2WSTE0iiG-aPZqIPfx_rWTRS4PvMpGQni-vjGUVSwHXrRzJq-8KynqlXXhr1d9x_3ig2OmCG_VfVRSDgmKx00hdT1ku1BAzJf1SkAk/s1600/Grasshopper2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691722096543407938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD67lIWBnV7v1HEusARbdckm__FmFoyRrhg8Xmy2WSTE0iiG-aPZqIPfx_rWTRS4PvMpGQni-vjGUVSwHXrRzJq-8KynqlXXhr1d9x_3ig2OmCG_VfVRSDgmKx00hdT1ku1BAzJf1SkAk/s400/Grasshopper2.jpg" /></a>And then I called Kroger and complained that there was a live grasshopper in my spinach. The woman I talked to said she had never heard a story like this and couldn't help but laugh the entire time she was taking my account of "the incident." I was <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">reimbursed</span> $5.</div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070360622546040910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436669682966571936.post-24589786385191722772011-12-29T16:58:00.000-08:002011-12-29T17:07:16.500-08:00Ian the Soccer Star<div align="center">Since Ian was having a difficult time adjusting to school starting up again, I thought he might enjoy a little extra curricular activity. Enter, Black Eagles.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">Don't they look professional?</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIpER9emvxr0pYbBhRIvXpzgTX2FXvKr3hQlTVExF2F8637HHuNeEOVjyTVt_Oy1BHAh2MuN-FF7gJwSNhSmAN17DB-wMOiZQa_B9KhbpG_w6FidpQo0NTfTgS54vPTjUGzpG3yHdYKgU/s1600/Soccer1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 338px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691719960235312402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIpER9emvxr0pYbBhRIvXpzgTX2FXvKr3hQlTVExF2F8637HHuNeEOVjyTVt_Oy1BHAh2MuN-FF7gJwSNhSmAN17DB-wMOiZQa_B9KhbpG_w6FidpQo0NTfTgS54vPTjUGzpG3yHdYKgU/s400/Soccer1.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjHGizFONHbnHiC-MFk-5Ze8yKfwcbEE-VQDNQ_pBH2Sl2ZZ2G556RdiLUbDsrijPUlDuuJmBb7X6-Dy2VOgsr9S7CF_YXP4Sd5C5TidabcYz4-N0Gp5BUNE7XBBVrm5U1WG0_6xh8UwQ/s1600/Soccer2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691719952705588322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjHGizFONHbnHiC-MFk-5Ze8yKfwcbEE-VQDNQ_pBH2Sl2ZZ2G556RdiLUbDsrijPUlDuuJmBb7X6-Dy2VOgsr9S7CF_YXP4Sd5C5TidabcYz4-N0Gp5BUNE7XBBVrm5U1WG0_6xh8UwQ/s400/Soccer2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFE-Mi6X3p4O4pt1FlkKp3Rdu7Rsp6OyS9JVzp3nwYsk3wXibT4VNDO7FrDE_lzF7QVqrySAWdvwLBSi8paIdGiVNxGQ_EoeRsVW_DlRzhg7g3A0SFqtkbY8wKfCxfrSq1K50SBU6qrcc/s1600/Soccer3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691719948200429010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFE-Mi6X3p4O4pt1FlkKp3Rdu7Rsp6OyS9JVzp3nwYsk3wXibT4VNDO7FrDE_lzF7QVqrySAWdvwLBSi8paIdGiVNxGQ_EoeRsVW_DlRzhg7g3A0SFqtkbY8wKfCxfrSq1K50SBU6qrcc/s400/Soccer3.jpg" /></a>Ian had a really good time, and it did help him to be a little happier after the rough start to the school year. He was best at playing defense and made a lot of new friends on his team. I am kind of glad it's over though. It was difficult keeping the younger children entertained during the games since they were all at a middle school (no playground). I think we will skip a few seasons till the twins are a little older and easier to manage.</div><br /></div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070360622546040910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436669682966571936.post-58596433101271423172011-12-29T16:51:00.000-08:002011-12-29T16:58:34.406-08:00First Day of School 2011<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqFSIiFbc1LjHzl1jch3nwYqxYf4b305BHWrKn5qYlE2Q6DVXFUJ5w1vR28MnskLJrOVfLMwGfk5Ic4VqEW2tE28vuLNzdXesgOhqHo0l87awL8cHGsevL2Dl5zVc4SGH49kxp3lRZ2_0/s1600/First+Day+of+School.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691717899567555906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqFSIiFbc1LjHzl1jch3nwYqxYf4b305BHWrKn5qYlE2Q6DVXFUJ5w1vR28MnskLJrOVfLMwGfk5Ic4VqEW2tE28vuLNzdXesgOhqHo0l87awL8cHGsevL2Dl5zVc4SGH49kxp3lRZ2_0/s400/First+Day+of+School.jpg" /></a>During the month of July, Hailey had summer school. It was a terrible experience and I think it kind of traumatized her. We had originally thought it would help her to stay in the school mindset through the summer but it basically did the opposite, because it was at a different school with different teachers. As a result, the first 2 weeks of the regular school year were somewhat of a challenge. Hailey threw many a tantrum getting on and off the bus. One day a friend of mine told me she had seen Hailey's teacher dragging Hailey off the bus and into the classroom. Oh boy. It took her a while to readjust but is now doing quite well in school and even exceeding the teachers' and my expectations. She seems to be a happy girl again and her speech has come a long way just in 4 months. Her teachers are confident that she will be able to join the "mainstream" kids in kindergarten next year.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">Ian had a little bit of a rough time adjusting too. The 3rd day of school he actually tried to escape and ran half way to a friend's house near the school before he was caught by my sweet neighbor who now takes him to school for me. He has gotten used to things and seems to enjoy second grade now.<br /><br /></div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070360622546040910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436669682966571936.post-43795528573108031262011-12-29T16:40:00.000-08:002011-12-29T16:49:18.936-08:00Ian Turns #7<div align="center">Ian's 7th birthday was July 12th. We had cake with the cousins and took him out to Cici's all you can eat pizza. He ate about 18 pieces of pizza. No kidding.</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Z7ir_fuDkdEao8e7ZfFUBT9_fGCs-xaGM4whP31aDpB7_AFiuKFerkgfZToh1euz6M0x6CE4cNkvacMGGU2_9GlRU_J23GNfRyk1IOrBW0X2Ec6UhMB1QaaCkqNRQJtnsgdQUSKZRjg/s1600/Ian+4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691715386429460530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Z7ir_fuDkdEao8e7ZfFUBT9_fGCs-xaGM4whP31aDpB7_AFiuKFerkgfZToh1euz6M0x6CE4cNkvacMGGU2_9GlRU_J23GNfRyk1IOrBW0X2Ec6UhMB1QaaCkqNRQJtnsgdQUSKZRjg/s400/Ian+4.jpg" /></a>He wanted a "4 color cake." This is what I came up with.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8PyW3vrT5JTrQY6-D_XjH7EhRsHGmuFvVNiWr4WZN7Pm_1OZXkL6LJvHbz6EBazVFkEKptenrVWYST7ALx-NiHta7GhWfXlRk4OqxViomN-yGEArypd4zn4NjHZFvJIkxza68f1Tw_go/s1600/Ian+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691715382329197362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8PyW3vrT5JTrQY6-D_XjH7EhRsHGmuFvVNiWr4WZN7Pm_1OZXkL6LJvHbz6EBazVFkEKptenrVWYST7ALx-NiHta7GhWfXlRk4OqxViomN-yGEArypd4zn4NjHZFvJIkxza68f1Tw_go/s400/Ian+2.jpg" /></a>He enjoyed it thoroughly.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihnkV2h_ri0ZatKgtqIsjXaI1o9l2uJUSaPut9BgwLeqB9ZD8X2gscxGg0TNTZBzzC-5iU4_qeR22wk0G2gtlQ7RGGKb-bVsb2puk6MHRvABSfpK8g9R8fhnl3RtYDQegFPL2-cCRkwVM/s1600/Ian+3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691715371050125314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihnkV2h_ri0ZatKgtqIsjXaI1o9l2uJUSaPut9BgwLeqB9ZD8X2gscxGg0TNTZBzzC-5iU4_qeR22wk0G2gtlQ7RGGKb-bVsb2puk6MHRvABSfpK8g9R8fhnl3RtYDQegFPL2-cCRkwVM/s400/Ian+3.jpg" /></a>He got a new bike for his birthday.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc3TilYPTBdUbE6poZ66GyWmlmyWgn_J9OSySulAkL05LIIOTVlNUllEv9zG4VEbXEELNlOfKPL7IplSaQXbyaEfBzJFHgzCwn1RJiVQKGvqm-WRc4fTVe4eIPGzEYkPCT13hFW50luiQ/s1600/Ian+1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691715368707191666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc3TilYPTBdUbE6poZ66GyWmlmyWgn_J9OSySulAkL05LIIOTVlNUllEv9zG4VEbXEELNlOfKPL7IplSaQXbyaEfBzJFHgzCwn1RJiVQKGvqm-WRc4fTVe4eIPGzEYkPCT13hFW50luiQ/s400/Ian+1.jpg" /></a>Ian is a great kid. The first thing his teacher said to me at our parent teacher conference is "Ian's a great student." I'm a proud mama. He loves to read silly books, especially the Adventures of Captain Underpants series. He loves to play the Wii and computer. He loves to play at the park. He is very good at math and reading in school. He has recently started piano lessons and is excelling at it. And he always has funny things to say. We love him.</div></div><br /></div><br /><p align="center">Ian also had a tonsillectomy in the end of July. It was a long recovery, but after having strep 5 times at the beginning of the year we felt that it was necessary. He has been a lot healthier since then. We all have.</p>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070360622546040910noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436669682966571936.post-28789936795034698382011-12-29T16:08:00.000-08:002011-12-29T16:40:21.279-08:00Grandma's 90th Birthday Bash<div align="center">After our trip to Idaho we made our way down to Salt Lake City, Utah for a big Nelson Family reunion and my <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">gradmother's</span> 90<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> birthday celebration. Everyone in the entire family minus one grandson-in-law made it for the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">occasion</span>. I think it was around 72 people! Our family stayed in a hotel with my parents, my sister Marianne, my sister Amy and her family, my brother Ryan and his family, and my brother Devin. We had a really good time. One day we went up to a canyon to throw rocks into the creek. The water was raging.</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCZ7weSok6VHUzupzlOmpLDuz41RsCLE2ur9fQu37uAS-l7ttOVTWP3QurNLlLbFcUJcKhgRjspG7Nc1rNnWa58RjNYefrIOhAGtgf3Rkp8RPdzO429SfzYu-FdeZXmQ6hkr1eIdv2sGU/s1600/Utah+01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691710779542874658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCZ7weSok6VHUzupzlOmpLDuz41RsCLE2ur9fQu37uAS-l7ttOVTWP3QurNLlLbFcUJcKhgRjspG7Nc1rNnWa58RjNYefrIOhAGtgf3Rkp8RPdzO429SfzYu-FdeZXmQ6hkr1eIdv2sGU/s400/Utah+01.jpg" /></a>My children, of course wanted to keep us on our toes.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizd4w292ZQTBwlqznHjhz-6LLw7R5WHM7D9_l_3aEtxnxyLTgTtqWD3-fjJRzQ8EBH4bsbYm5WjHzjx8sgDJdq94hFDsXUd9F2jmwq4Xt3Rg9-z3tk9zSjRd9DKmC7nNVwhR3wgPWjQ7o/s1600/Utah+02.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691710773918347170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizd4w292ZQTBwlqznHjhz-6LLw7R5WHM7D9_l_3aEtxnxyLTgTtqWD3-fjJRzQ8EBH4bsbYm5WjHzjx8sgDJdq94hFDsXUd9F2jmwq4Xt3Rg9-z3tk9zSjRd9DKmC7nNVwhR3wgPWjQ7o/s400/Utah+02.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7blaOFwXizTcMg1WMFd5s7jxR0agnxOKKNkMaX3B39nvRNbi3YnKCvSI-Mg2x7biF7ZnXCvpoQWWc5vyTWKr3kB4BDc0PETdjPBZPpn_lBocus3YYk39g_0W_18I9WqQVMiI2HKR8g20/s1600/Utah+03.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691710766676945266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7blaOFwXizTcMg1WMFd5s7jxR0agnxOKKNkMaX3B39nvRNbi3YnKCvSI-Mg2x7biF7ZnXCvpoQWWc5vyTWKr3kB4BDc0PETdjPBZPpn_lBocus3YYk39g_0W_18I9WqQVMiI2HKR8g20/s400/Utah+03.jpg" /></a>We left pretty quickly. We then headed to a park with a tall slide with a very tall, steep, and somewhat dangerous ladder. Don't worry, Jackson only fell off it once.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDdpfAxUJdn2zTQw2zXjWDQMB0D862eH1tH4OdVxcb7CGLhSAuto4jTTpVVK8ObKh5ruYcCTxXFxO-BEBvYdiW8s-A1SZ7sz2Tdo03KHVQ9r0sdB5wGIivDoozZ-C3GfrFi8V4w2474g8/s1600/Utah+04.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691710125288106978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDdpfAxUJdn2zTQw2zXjWDQMB0D862eH1tH4OdVxcb7CGLhSAuto4jTTpVVK8ObKh5ruYcCTxXFxO-BEBvYdiW8s-A1SZ7sz2Tdo03KHVQ9r0sdB5wGIivDoozZ-C3GfrFi8V4w2474g8/s400/Utah+04.jpg" /></a>Marianne and Brandon<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDGQ1Q0GLz10ZKVn9EA7rYyZbbIUagWMujqNri8eFZ-5drRZM4uMNknX5n0cVs0ymZaLrbuK7Z1CiENDzhw2jXtPL5RTjRRgue0zkxSBnN3BbP2pwHksYP4cTKkE6Fbg-I_TzzQFN6Qg/s1600/Utah+05.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691710117677861138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDGQ1Q0GLz10ZKVn9EA7rYyZbbIUagWMujqNri8eFZ-5drRZM4uMNknX5n0cVs0ymZaLrbuK7Z1CiENDzhw2jXtPL5RTjRRgue0zkxSBnN3BbP2pwHksYP4cTKkE6Fbg-I_TzzQFN6Qg/s400/Utah+05.jpg" /></a>All the adults went to a lovely dinner at the Lion House in downtown Salt Lake. My grandma had 3 babysitters at her house to watch all of my and Amy's kids. The house wasn't burned to the ground when we got back, so we called it a success. Here are my sisters and I, Jill, Amy, me, Marianne, and Ryan's wife Renee.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBl8SphZ215zpRyrR6Q6UldV-YSxEZJI_sr0dAZ77P3cUaizSJf1BQeAJFyNFBK6LmwjmbobREztnKpc8dl2YXGFmgjbGtMVa49Grx8bs6Jim3swixR2keDiG2zo08UeWkfwxhUqUPPPc/s1600/Utah+06.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691710116069182498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBl8SphZ215zpRyrR6Q6UldV-YSxEZJI_sr0dAZ77P3cUaizSJf1BQeAJFyNFBK6LmwjmbobREztnKpc8dl2YXGFmgjbGtMVa49Grx8bs6Jim3swixR2keDiG2zo08UeWkfwxhUqUPPPc/s400/Utah+06.jpg" /></a>We had a big party in my grandma's yard. Everyone wore party hats (off and on).<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj9g6WNtcpeRkbWRSgxKqKagmP3G320RKodrMDLP7WAXaULSMCfNv6QhSZOyIHjRr3Q7rw27MquEBx_A-WKi1E68qPHouXHLqLJlv6r39LqMv2Bxht6rZBl8Vpf7GwvkIp8aEHcw1Q3q0/s1600/Utah+07.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691710107051449250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj9g6WNtcpeRkbWRSgxKqKagmP3G320RKodrMDLP7WAXaULSMCfNv6QhSZOyIHjRr3Q7rw27MquEBx_A-WKi1E68qPHouXHLqLJlv6r39LqMv2Bxht6rZBl8Vpf7GwvkIp8aEHcw1Q3q0/s400/Utah+07.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwrXbdsFkyWAEid3qDCodQ9WophY7U3ETy0HBLcUEzAXnS940VrBxh12bV6pwCKtziYtoLvs2KR_ikje7LWvmXD-YPc2l8UY5RASnIY_6uYggStav5Xklqax-ywe_JTm3PFakbnhjqm4/s1600/Utah+08.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691710100525169650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwrXbdsFkyWAEid3qDCodQ9WophY7U3ETy0HBLcUEzAXnS940VrBxh12bV6pwCKtziYtoLvs2KR_ikje7LWvmXD-YPc2l8UY5RASnIY_6uYggStav5Xklqax-ywe_JTm3PFakbnhjqm4/s400/Utah+08.jpg" /></a>Me and my grandma Nelson. She was just so happy to be with the whole family. I'm sure she was exhausted too. I love my grandma so much, I am so thankful we could make it to her birthday. She is an inspiration to me!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcxiMokrbOMmbGfSWA6R-RMZRKxKFFqR5xCYz-c6b6WZfRB1BMe2dmWWtY1dYKBlsV523i_rJ4Fc7dY0aiz8Fi7NF1s8gNMI28VBftJnLTzA7t2FTUFf5gQjAeoXpP_ZrZ8bgTXQW7p20/s1600/Utah+09.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691709427165479682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcxiMokrbOMmbGfSWA6R-RMZRKxKFFqR5xCYz-c6b6WZfRB1BMe2dmWWtY1dYKBlsV523i_rJ4Fc7dY0aiz8Fi7NF1s8gNMI28VBftJnLTzA7t2FTUFf5gQjAeoXpP_ZrZ8bgTXQW7p20/s400/Utah+09.jpg" /></a>Brandon and Jackson hung out at the punch bowl.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0G5DnjKfnbk_GmxTICPXJbMHFegiOCL4KJ3Jj1LTecT95z0aBgQPDCd6yAMIMUtOmjDwig3F1DMe3Y0uDbT0KAxGAWUexaXPqxH2B6n8sAvqgJtGb06CNqxEtGBaAEbHL0AYekA9t-Rw/s1600/Utah+10.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691709424169698226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0G5DnjKfnbk_GmxTICPXJbMHFegiOCL4KJ3Jj1LTecT95z0aBgQPDCd6yAMIMUtOmjDwig3F1DMe3Y0uDbT0KAxGAWUexaXPqxH2B6n8sAvqgJtGb06CNqxEtGBaAEbHL0AYekA9t-Rw/s400/Utah+10.jpg" /></a>Since Jackson got his cast off just in time for this trip, we got to go swimming at the hotel pool. Hailey only tried to drown once.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf1CzQOycbJ-X_Zd9JKf0OcuCsSwc1cu7UI5niwqrYTewHRXdYeXI3zx8wuL8kgzNYvr_cvDLUpAnOemJ3FpofOmWKHg1URFXySph-rVDjHm5pCYjNtv879zsiTijeueS7NQjlr6XaNyg/s1600/Utah+11.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691709417542239074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf1CzQOycbJ-X_Zd9JKf0OcuCsSwc1cu7UI5niwqrYTewHRXdYeXI3zx8wuL8kgzNYvr_cvDLUpAnOemJ3FpofOmWKHg1URFXySph-rVDjHm5pCYjNtv879zsiTijeueS7NQjlr6XaNyg/s400/Utah+11.jpg" /></a>Ian learned how to swim under water.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzWiCGg_TU8lR0tq0kl8TNTjZNaYxj4VBsFsB1JgzqFWsgj42rjW_lToh1r8sqlkli9QTaZlu1c4QWG1JegpD19eaU9Ulm_srT59TFZXuBuNQrfE4s2YeOakSLtaujsjBhZzYwYd8GgsY/s1600/Utah+12.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691709406066060594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzWiCGg_TU8lR0tq0kl8TNTjZNaYxj4VBsFsB1JgzqFWsgj42rjW_lToh1r8sqlkli9QTaZlu1c4QWG1JegpD19eaU9Ulm_srT59TFZXuBuNQrfE4s2YeOakSLtaujsjBhZzYwYd8GgsY/s400/Utah+12.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAXEDXYt1kPqKhDiLOt-i74fQLJKSIMktrHbSAVdD4AvsXaAMzkda2a9vYmDkJRygZAA4E14eDRTy4Bu1XCk37_IwldPC6wN1-G7Bn66SjDputFHNAS23JcXhOa88XCuV-RYyU9F4V3WA/s1600/Utah+13.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691709407725210626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAXEDXYt1kPqKhDiLOt-i74fQLJKSIMktrHbSAVdD4AvsXaAMzkda2a9vYmDkJRygZAA4E14eDRTy4Bu1XCk37_IwldPC6wN1-G7Bn66SjDputFHNAS23JcXhOa88XCuV-RYyU9F4V3WA/s400/Utah+13.jpg" /></a>It was a very very long trip, but so wonderful to be with family and make memories. We hope it's a few years before another one like this, but we look forward to doing it again some day. I will probably do another post from this trip with the family pictures. I don't have those on this computer....</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070360622546040910noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436669682966571936.post-34000872606957388972011-12-29T15:38:00.000-08:002011-12-29T16:07:32.007-08:00Boise Vacation<div align="center">In June we visited Adam's dad and step-mom in Boise, Idaho. We had never been up there for a visit since they moved there a few years ago. We enjoyed it so much we want to go back soon! Grandpa set up a fun day at the farm with a family from his ward. They own a big dairy farm so we went and saw where milk comes from. There were hundreds, probably thousands, of cows.</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOcaEPlrZDdsA2f-7nAnMVGQin-vroHRzAAHpWJF0EDYbIZAFFe0lBWAeCZwa2LZlQMDPd6QVFJmSzyfVrlhpsA_6pzwvK1Zh9dT9sa6ymq6FC5UdeOI837u6c-334PapTdIZ4EpJg-AY/s1600/Idaho+01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691701484488304146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOcaEPlrZDdsA2f-7nAnMVGQin-vroHRzAAHpWJF0EDYbIZAFFe0lBWAeCZwa2LZlQMDPd6QVFJmSzyfVrlhpsA_6pzwvK1Zh9dT9sa6ymq6FC5UdeOI837u6c-334PapTdIZ4EpJg-AY/s400/Idaho+01.jpg" /></a>We got to pet a baby calf that had been born just the day before. I was surprised the kids went near it since they seem to be scared of most animals. But funny enough they seem to love all farm animals. Grandpa says Hailey was born for farm life. I think I might agree.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ3GG2Jylaa8YK7VWekKx29Bx3mZU6usz9f4CrRpnP5lD6lkiM9js_YmW6BybvPHTKEm7RsOdEPf4szeyTFlQ7_fPYY1L5xk2Phs0tjpHjz0ZNhRBitDZ2kGcpXSaIKGAmmXAXtGuAH2M/s1600/Idaho+02.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691701482922039074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ3GG2Jylaa8YK7VWekKx29Bx3mZU6usz9f4CrRpnP5lD6lkiM9js_YmW6BybvPHTKEm7RsOdEPf4szeyTFlQ7_fPYY1L5xk2Phs0tjpHjz0ZNhRBitDZ2kGcpXSaIKGAmmXAXtGuAH2M/s400/Idaho+02.jpg" /></a>After the dairy we went back to the farmer's house where Hailey's dreams were made a reality.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGp5StiAhGVB3L9jBYbrTktIfZNegEMSNx0KECw1RkFyFuEQVtXzSicbLfaKF4muOJpuIblDTyGVQWp9T5oymaqEqftSZAZUy8hrtWm3Xpb1P9h4WreI67G3VydJvAoAGXDjF2OpYlDWI/s1600/Idaho+03.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691701473431287682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGp5StiAhGVB3L9jBYbrTktIfZNegEMSNx0KECw1RkFyFuEQVtXzSicbLfaKF4muOJpuIblDTyGVQWp9T5oymaqEqftSZAZUy8hrtWm3Xpb1P9h4WreI67G3VydJvAoAGXDjF2OpYlDWI/s400/Idaho+03.jpg" /></a>Eeyore the horse quickly became her best friend and took her for a ride around in a circle for about half an hour. She could not get enough of Eeyore. I really couldn't believe how brave she was to sit up on that horse all by herself!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgHt7-3bCn59l7CjXk3VtmlkFevX9rYhcd3Z-Z7r5eKTS7eeg-NiNPC9s3owTmjh2pSYE64ILMsY2O6XtjRYKFjFUF0JT6m9NGVLypwkELCBe2VPnL1HD8B-LOaAs-CKvvNJeHC9Dx_UM/s1600/Idaho+04.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691700718244028994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgHt7-3bCn59l7CjXk3VtmlkFevX9rYhcd3Z-Z7r5eKTS7eeg-NiNPC9s3owTmjh2pSYE64ILMsY2O6XtjRYKFjFUF0JT6m9NGVLypwkELCBe2VPnL1HD8B-LOaAs-CKvvNJeHC9Dx_UM/s400/Idaho+04.jpg" /></a>Ian got to ride Eeyore too.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3SnHeytpuVXlMXfl3rZKFSPrSuZzbm8YTtiIE8GcEav3w2onZgaUQrkg97jG3iP6ZjeO1LZ1ihPw4ny5fNd7Qt58vEVS85lJsNM4HDNRh5LLOtQ0EHOwQCecMY7W826s4JtCSWLtcjGU/s1600/Idaho+05.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691700711733644914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3SnHeytpuVXlMXfl3rZKFSPrSuZzbm8YTtiIE8GcEav3w2onZgaUQrkg97jG3iP6ZjeO1LZ1ihPw4ny5fNd7Qt58vEVS85lJsNM4HDNRh5LLOtQ0EHOwQCecMY7W826s4JtCSWLtcjGU/s400/Idaho+05.jpg" /></a>And so did Jack. For about 2 seconds.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJIrXsvCk5B7twzlalJCh7si6We53OsHhHR0GXy6S965Yvf02K5X1JDiPArmZ_6KedCLhBcH7tNSYKPhPIk98wbQbmilWM3FM2ao_SrvDAgliv6x4kt3XRabwT47QLedgYageUiWRVAc/s1600/Idaho+06.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691700708720203266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJIrXsvCk5B7twzlalJCh7si6We53OsHhHR0GXy6S965Yvf02K5X1JDiPArmZ_6KedCLhBcH7tNSYKPhPIk98wbQbmilWM3FM2ao_SrvDAgliv6x4kt3XRabwT47QLedgYageUiWRVAc/s400/Idaho+06.jpg" /></a>I think he was traumatized.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhorfkkuOmPscCf65sIBbwrKd1KSi1Ae7wisAcwMpOyjwpNRSkjQwCrKyhni0d_I4VIgPWzJmPrnKJtuO4fPZmXkUsKV9W7SjOZYAYLBPLUZ7GaWReyHcpNyfFdhIfkvmw5PhoBMl8GgI/s1600/07.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691701478717295714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhorfkkuOmPscCf65sIBbwrKd1KSi1Ae7wisAcwMpOyjwpNRSkjQwCrKyhni0d_I4VIgPWzJmPrnKJtuO4fPZmXkUsKV9W7SjOZYAYLBPLUZ7GaWReyHcpNyfFdhIfkvmw5PhoBMl8GgI/s400/07.jpg" /></a>Brandon stayed far away from Eeyore. But enjoyed running around and watching the baby colt and its mother.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_EqPIi_y5q3BMYV2q5DiuqljhbX5sB3nxl_4-JJaRl6Zmr_MdnNovUxQr8mvt_T9HGu6sopBdKT8th9aiLfH-XFhIiLzRmFNWt2siniDyH5N8LjldMmjWdmcub5zTmIt_5Ym5yewFD5Y/s1600/Idaho+07.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691700700825486338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_EqPIi_y5q3BMYV2q5DiuqljhbX5sB3nxl_4-JJaRl6Zmr_MdnNovUxQr8mvt_T9HGu6sopBdKT8th9aiLfH-XFhIiLzRmFNWt2siniDyH5N8LjldMmjWdmcub5zTmIt_5Ym5yewFD5Y/s400/Idaho+07.jpg" /></a>Hailey surprised us again when she wanted to be locked in the chicken coup along with all the chickens. I'm telling you, she's a farm girl at heart.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQW0ycL-0Ddy-Rq64Dpdsf9U6HKOFnehLkXwOfWtA3ytoTomaqk0uin8LlJAvhfudXliozz3RkHSO4ExFlsb5W0hVCm64k61gOIMojOldSQxbNZ0J1rDu1HEEbtExuM3wg_EfioEA68Ew/s1600/Idaho+08.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691700697868147410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQW0ycL-0Ddy-Rq64Dpdsf9U6HKOFnehLkXwOfWtA3ytoTomaqk0uin8LlJAvhfudXliozz3RkHSO4ExFlsb5W0hVCm64k61gOIMojOldSQxbNZ0J1rDu1HEEbtExuM3wg_EfioEA68Ew/s400/Idaho+08.jpg" /></a>The kids and grandpa went fishing near a fish hatchery. They were convinced that this would improve their odds of getting a bite.<br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEcOaP7Dst5cashjfyQHYImK-lC_GB1SOvjPPYi7SI3fv6kBGR2R07whnhIweD_BkbpG5jWrmTXk19eTiKz4ZcxE6oTLvU6BEaB54P95V_ljClP8QRLPbBEQrGZ2mI4qce6c5lTr4S10Q/s1600/Idaho+10.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691699888770499810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEcOaP7Dst5cashjfyQHYImK-lC_GB1SOvjPPYi7SI3fv6kBGR2R07whnhIweD_BkbpG5jWrmTXk19eTiKz4ZcxE6oTLvU6BEaB54P95V_ljClP8QRLPbBEQrGZ2mI4qce6c5lTr4S10Q/s400/Idaho+10.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2FiHyTOcDTY0buPWvtAoP6FituVzlzIh-DaCefkhLlcdpmKwonEb013MqBPq-oFnYcGMZ8KuFo9y69R7iWmwfOwknRattGpv9KRRxwbqjvw5HZKpSSNVJxmjiYUMS6JWJYOkrV9XX6Tk/s1600/Idaho+11.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691699869855103378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2FiHyTOcDTY0buPWvtAoP6FituVzlzIh-DaCefkhLlcdpmKwonEb013MqBPq-oFnYcGMZ8KuFo9y69R7iWmwfOwknRattGpv9KRRxwbqjvw5HZKpSSNVJxmjiYUMS6JWJYOkrV9XX6Tk/s400/Idaho+11.jpg" /></a>Where are the fish?<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgngQcUU8YvVrqex3RViXWcOz99SdW_kM2-e6k6wn5rdOJgqDRYHkHructAAaGpJfyEuaUz5U6ucLUwssLGQI3L1RaDpanYblQAgU-rbs2qPemp3j2TLEFBK9K1ZW_-54hl80iL9Tokw2U/s1600/Idaho+12.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691699868875389986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgngQcUU8YvVrqex3RViXWcOz99SdW_kM2-e6k6wn5rdOJgqDRYHkHructAAaGpJfyEuaUz5U6ucLUwssLGQI3L1RaDpanYblQAgU-rbs2qPemp3j2TLEFBK9K1ZW_-54hl80iL9Tokw2U/s400/Idaho+12.jpg" /></a>Oh don't worry. They're down there. Hundreds of them. Mocking you.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ4_ILdIAx-BREo2IP2dcmyQxg0725HCs6A1lDNc4RgVDlYom0xaTR4wrvLJE0RxK5-I4WcOJjfP10DUviU9Xl3TAcPzFWOCkN7lWSKihv401IckpiyzkIYwUAGn_gZIUQkMOu-iJB5vk/s1600/Idaho+09.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691699888667687698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ4_ILdIAx-BREo2IP2dcmyQxg0725HCs6A1lDNc4RgVDlYom0xaTR4wrvLJE0RxK5-I4WcOJjfP10DUviU9Xl3TAcPzFWOCkN7lWSKihv401IckpiyzkIYwUAGn_gZIUQkMOu-iJB5vk/s400/Idaho+09.jpg" /></a>I couldn't get a great picture where they were all looking and smiling so I thought I'd include this silly one. I love Jackson's face.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiftyYNbL1LvxSMXu3JtEqcKUUN-a7lXzVrCVCVx7U4d3NED-MQI6G6alMmRERDXfsKEuM6TYgRcS2Z0WbBYeU5Z3fznPFAc_dHOijS_rvNd-gi-jQRMxYHEYiOVmocOOu6pSk-3dhmu8E/s1600/Idaho+13.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691699866876534626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiftyYNbL1LvxSMXu3JtEqcKUUN-a7lXzVrCVCVx7U4d3NED-MQI6G6alMmRERDXfsKEuM6TYgRcS2Z0WbBYeU5Z3fznPFAc_dHOijS_rvNd-gi-jQRMxYHEYiOVmocOOu6pSk-3dhmu8E/s400/Idaho+13.jpg" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070360622546040910noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436669682966571936.post-5521163830331427322011-12-29T15:19:00.000-08:002011-12-29T15:38:31.186-08:00Family Wedding<div align="center">In the end of May we got to go to Newport Beach for Adam's cousin, Brandon's, wedding in the Newport Beach Temple. We had a wonderful time and the children enjoyed staying in a hotel. We, the parents, had different feelings about 6 people (including 2 toddlers) staying in one hotel room.<br /></div><br /><div align="center">The happy couple, Brandon and Callie Slama. (I know it's far away, bad editing)</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMdw21eFA1T_dUJ7qPxOFTR_gYvVJ8F99NINBAHeN9CineIDVBQkn3Oun1kwyDKz8eUm216bUd0I0KuINgNhHa8oZxNRCwZeZr1iU32OJq8HY-zg8HkoJweBbnMiPtruW5ncnrMNhrYD8/s1600/Wedding+6.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691695992296642338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMdw21eFA1T_dUJ7qPxOFTR_gYvVJ8F99NINBAHeN9CineIDVBQkn3Oun1kwyDKz8eUm216bUd0I0KuINgNhHa8oZxNRCwZeZr1iU32OJq8HY-zg8HkoJweBbnMiPtruW5ncnrMNhrYD8/s400/Wedding+6.jpg" /></a>Our family outside the temple. Notice this was when Jackson had his cast. No beach for us! :(<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNoBuq9XSiqZ1-LEM-J9pvxtwJql1cOgo7nyy3VAPalTJK3YKvuMOtzfVDFwBlORDfy6GobrnX-E7XII_D2t8_n9fjEZk_zOkUtnNolpA_M8PmchwhKjVj1KWsCBHsPA-JNaaj_Xmj_oI/s1600/Wedding+8.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691695990378874562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNoBuq9XSiqZ1-LEM-J9pvxtwJql1cOgo7nyy3VAPalTJK3YKvuMOtzfVDFwBlORDfy6GobrnX-E7XII_D2t8_n9fjEZk_zOkUtnNolpA_M8PmchwhKjVj1KWsCBHsPA-JNaaj_Xmj_oI/s400/Wedding+8.jpg" /></a>The kids met their uncle Devery for the very first time at the wedding. We hope it's not another 8 years before we see him again!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFysXK8pX_OgDGFJ3dNSrrnOXXb8jCKHhtyemddIQWk3O3uEjIdevH3cPGHESdLEqyiKUDG3Id5A7JGwBrj1IxVX36MKtksNiRC_7zs2Wdw93fnrDQ64zpZohJNbIJDhrKaWzCur7_3d4/s1600/Wedding+7.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691694739201707426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFysXK8pX_OgDGFJ3dNSrrnOXXb8jCKHhtyemddIQWk3O3uEjIdevH3cPGHESdLEqyiKUDG3Id5A7JGwBrj1IxVX36MKtksNiRC_7zs2Wdw93fnrDQ64zpZohJNbIJDhrKaWzCur7_3d4/s400/Wedding+7.jpg" /></a>The Evans/Parrish family minus Adam's brother, Brian. <br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6YH-4C781i0WHyLSyoO97NXh5OOqOeCkxs4FqEN6Sha4Iks6phyphenhyphenUw7Wz_6wP0uYgdMPtO1NPTHx9L4V5E3WiGumIH0OpZZ6d0R794f629k0HiwzEEZ-_tldNr2GTATd0Oi3DOgVWifwY/s1600/Wedding+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691694734847688690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6YH-4C781i0WHyLSyoO97NXh5OOqOeCkxs4FqEN6Sha4Iks6phyphenhyphenUw7Wz_6wP0uYgdMPtO1NPTHx9L4V5E3WiGumIH0OpZZ6d0R794f629k0HiwzEEZ-_tldNr2GTATd0Oi3DOgVWifwY/s400/Wedding+2.jpg" /></a>The kids had a blast dancing at the reception. I could have watched them all day.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi07wU4DZbTLxKMjYK55CiW-h6jHWmdWnXHg92CeVTF8vBeCtnWP3ACK37eo0e0r1znsY3ZSr8Djq0-zReWP-48TEzUxFs-H2AoalkVc_9-pmUpufGwkrLhQd7wtuJravfepnOyKhVROJY/s1600/Wedding+3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691694718389913938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi07wU4DZbTLxKMjYK55CiW-h6jHWmdWnXHg92CeVTF8vBeCtnWP3ACK37eo0e0r1znsY3ZSr8Djq0-zReWP-48TEzUxFs-H2AoalkVc_9-pmUpufGwkrLhQd7wtuJravfepnOyKhVROJY/s400/Wedding+3.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhavG95SE3JfgID2-FM6pw-PqRtzGvAMX2FmTPjfmC5LvLkkT-6-GpqKc9oXgMG43eyFFfmeupFjgwYS6OLEa4yRgsKIMYb4Sf1n8BvCriDRCrotHqUC_58fqYdI00kHzbCsD2z9Ti81do/s1600/Wedding+4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691694712392128530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhavG95SE3JfgID2-FM6pw-PqRtzGvAMX2FmTPjfmC5LvLkkT-6-GpqKc9oXgMG43eyFFfmeupFjgwYS6OLEa4yRgsKIMYb4Sf1n8BvCriDRCrotHqUC_58fqYdI00kHzbCsD2z9Ti81do/s400/Wedding+4.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitBx1LdH_zVyQJa_2tjneNiER8C_3nE1ZO3Rl_rlSeoz-sgO5ag0zoyB3xNgLCrLGGXneWFNJOkDMtZQbRfJEaPOWSdHFg4iVJ50L2t2eBkdhxj5FvU5p6_yyI9tMuGDrkJ2g3zH1Kzkc/s1600/Wedding+5.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691694707236372498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitBx1LdH_zVyQJa_2tjneNiER8C_3nE1ZO3Rl_rlSeoz-sgO5ag0zoyB3xNgLCrLGGXneWFNJOkDMtZQbRfJEaPOWSdHFg4iVJ50L2t2eBkdhxj5FvU5p6_yyI9tMuGDrkJ2g3zH1Kzkc/s400/Wedding+5.jpg" /></a>Evidence that Hailey and Ian don't hate each other after all. :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDG4kLddom7Q4RoCSycBpYdhmVPoey6ECDyJQ-Ng5Z1U4LLgSZXGOsZQAEc3gtWuXyaBySBermEabwYU-M8OgyXkxJc0f66nu7L_kzg0evJiOQ4kHmpV9CgO5Ud9WYWm6xUMg6RZmibTA/s1600/Wedding+9.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691696005361075266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDG4kLddom7Q4RoCSycBpYdhmVPoey6ECDyJQ-Ng5Z1U4LLgSZXGOsZQAEc3gtWuXyaBySBermEabwYU-M8OgyXkxJc0f66nu7L_kzg0evJiOQ4kHmpV9CgO5Ud9WYWm6xUMg6RZmibTA/s400/Wedding+9.jpg" /></a></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070360622546040910noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436669682966571936.post-3465016212581404352011-12-29T14:50:00.000-08:002011-12-29T15:19:00.229-08:00Broken Jack<div align="center">Back in May, Jackson broke his arm. It's not an exciting story. He climbed up on top of a table in the living room and fell off. Both bones were broken right by the wrist.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">Here he is when we got home from Urgent Care.</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8lNd17ZPtOAnkYVzXDgd8KbMIBfNqj_4XexVyzH6fSrsmit3YX8ImciTQhX1-0a9aetP0-ywA-QrGPrbbnqSawcYD5fi4fbI-yFYmnseYXLWEaGcRxghu0JlvkRuZs_YzFZ3_yGG5_8/s1600/Arm+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691688800715980946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8lNd17ZPtOAnkYVzXDgd8KbMIBfNqj_4XexVyzH6fSrsmit3YX8ImciTQhX1-0a9aetP0-ywA-QrGPrbbnqSawcYD5fi4fbI-yFYmnseYXLWEaGcRxghu0JlvkRuZs_YzFZ3_yGG5_8/s400/Arm+2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDPHPxtakLzRGrd2E2vyyzoKZxC1sNd0sPrTKCwjD_T6hQVDOVMijea_nRkUU0oAh4gmeMNGVlfqqm3OuaBuQ-KxsxIar1nwiCvJPak5z7_UQEPnoSClFn-sKHPmHaM1HtDiKxQnXlIIU/s1600/Arm+1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691688793815437730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDPHPxtakLzRGrd2E2vyyzoKZxC1sNd0sPrTKCwjD_T6hQVDOVMijea_nRkUU0oAh4gmeMNGVlfqqm3OuaBuQ-KxsxIar1nwiCvJPak5z7_UQEPnoSClFn-sKHPmHaM1HtDiKxQnXlIIU/s400/Arm+1.jpg" /></a> He was a little trooper getting his cast on. We picked his favorite color, green.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wkSEcBU5l2g-C0k89Z53X3zu2YewVU0SzkRfOoo9MXyyRPMwLe0rhwrUUv0yr1R84kJyFrVmcQJUxO8CRI11QHxk2Lh8aRF7DN8ygq_wod-k9Lqtga43aguz5p2CFpLHl7R0Q-D2r0c/s1600/Jackson+Arm.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691688784733055906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wkSEcBU5l2g-C0k89Z53X3zu2YewVU0SzkRfOoo9MXyyRPMwLe0rhwrUUv0yr1R84kJyFrVmcQJUxO8CRI11QHxk2Lh8aRF7DN8ygq_wod-k9Lqtga43aguz5p2CFpLHl7R0Q-D2r0c/s400/Jackson+Arm.jpg" /></a>Having a 2 year old with a broken arm is quite the task. I was always so worried he would get it wet or dirty. Especially since Jackson tends to throw up randomly in his bed. It was a nerve wracking 4 weeks. I would put a grocery bag over his cast during meals since he is a messy eater. He got used to it.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidz-mGIKHjUQsgNvSPnsXsMHvkA2rxV8dTFJ4E49PG46evOLFO3vjCIfY-p9DBgZ6b1w-_oCAAkKh7FVkvl6g6Q2YE229Ba-OmkuCtxOSzPK6ENCUa0lsWo6CPbqhvMnjTeEYxGBIFmh0/s1600/Arm+3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691688780767543010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidz-mGIKHjUQsgNvSPnsXsMHvkA2rxV8dTFJ4E49PG46evOLFO3vjCIfY-p9DBgZ6b1w-_oCAAkKh7FVkvl6g6Q2YE229Ba-OmkuCtxOSzPK6ENCUa0lsWo6CPbqhvMnjTeEYxGBIFmh0/s400/Arm+3.jpg" /></a>Finally off.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQcxX5DlwWwGqyHZEgpfz4QS6Th5jDbOn0Ix2ybggnhhnZsio1Eikh8UMg3yJ17x0HXNVStrC6dLRF0-kKxjXNUK-x5h1jp3FDQJNs16mYUjBRZt14cxwzjtZMJzbOHb4RKims8oEVjk/s1600/Arm+4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691688777900528738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQcxX5DlwWwGqyHZEgpfz4QS6Th5jDbOn0Ix2ybggnhhnZsio1Eikh8UMg3yJ17x0HXNVStrC6dLRF0-kKxjXNUK-x5h1jp3FDQJNs16mYUjBRZt14cxwzjtZMJzbOHb4RKims8oEVjk/s400/Arm+4.jpg" /></a>I did not save the cast. It smelled. Bad.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>This kid is so accident prone. A couple months later he fell on his face at the park and his whole nose area and one of his eyes were bruised. His tooth even started to turn gray but it went back to normal after a couple months. He also had a TV fall on his leg and I thought it was broken. Thank goodness it wasn't! Crazy kid!</div></div><br /></div></div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070360622546040910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436669682966571936.post-80872308726353998462011-12-25T20:54:00.000-08:002011-12-25T21:35:28.139-08:00Christmas 2011<div style="text-align: center;">A holiday post on the actual holiday? I know, it's a Christmas Miracle! We had a wonderful Christmas. Here are some pictures:</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxdQHzHnh40UW9QmMS8KOE1I6hgHIuPsE9dDA9S6tX4TY8bWBb9n7cCOjFViYUNPnp9FQKs3la-MA1VERsHT2n4WQAl-0KdEu3IDcvU4J2YriKAh4winzAJvcCVganZGKuKnjT1PbV6sw/s1600/IMG_0009.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/AVvXsEgxdQHzHnh40UW9QmMS8KOE1I6hgHIuPsE9dDA9S6tX4TY8bWBb9n7cCOjFViYUNPnp9FQKs3la-MA1VERsHT2n4WQAl-0KdEu3IDcvU4J2YriKAh4winzAJvcCVganZGKuKnjT1PbV6sw/s400/IMG_0009.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690298544060096066" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><u><br /></u></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBn8KshNgtYssUUKClwHlQFPb5_YUYDw8MObFe5EDXf-KLc4S_QyZwPITjWeJmJ_3_o8gOYCSRSz2KcfKzpy2XMCxASHHWWGxNZddmu4v5RtmOokMsGQqNXwlG7OzZyYCuAUAx36MzDpY/s1600/IMG_0014.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/AVvXsEiBn8KshNgtYssUUKClwHlQFPb5_YUYDw8MObFe5EDXf-KLc4S_QyZwPITjWeJmJ_3_o8gOYCSRSz2KcfKzpy2XMCxASHHWWGxNZddmu4v5RtmOokMsGQqNXwlG7OzZyYCuAUAx36MzDpY/s400/IMG_0014.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690298534814345634" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Gifts from Santa</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNZ9eqAxIb6uduJKICt1ixNj7mfM5cKC2wY3eyiDnrzjS0Ohh10lCT17R3GOUPxtrTh-OT0eHPS190KclXk3PgL5aVinc5J3NsvEzhQG4Aorok_wvG__IhS1-6sQsxDVIqzvq_kPfkzJM/s1600/IMG_0020.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/AVvXsEiNZ9eqAxIb6uduJKICt1ixNj7mfM5cKC2wY3eyiDnrzjS0Ohh10lCT17R3GOUPxtrTh-OT0eHPS190KclXk3PgL5aVinc5J3NsvEzhQG4Aorok_wvG__IhS1-6sQsxDVIqzvq_kPfkzJM/s400/IMG_0020.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690298532852577474" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Each of them got their own personalized memory book from Adam's mom. They all love looking at pictures of themselves and our family. What a sweet gift!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7emYYGp5HaLbY2Od0iOMnDHFVdivOOzePMfQWkY-n8pGB2ldRzsoTmA7c7onoDDOWzftZwHjs4dkV88QCxCSgkHzkdnle0GfBuw4JYr8CUVo_ndlzOYgojRZXHZuYWRkJ8m9mNdcZns/s1600/IMG_0016.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/AVvXsEhG7emYYGp5HaLbY2Od0iOMnDHFVdivOOzePMfQWkY-n8pGB2ldRzsoTmA7c7onoDDOWzftZwHjs4dkV88QCxCSgkHzkdnle0GfBuw4JYr8CUVo_ndlzOYgojRZXHZuYWRkJ8m9mNdcZns/s400/IMG_0016.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690298523958778370" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">A much needed new Sunday outfit for Ian from my mom.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis39_uv3T4QcgxuM4yDO0x2lsldn2k_HFiykOSartif_YtbcC7yVoiQsoPGrVlmb6xZhyphenhyphensdTdlcZUfG0bpQNmfwN2NYa8bYggTpTbh6iOsvrZbspoV8lVOLPGt2OO2GZiP662fji6knyg/s1600/IMG_0021.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/AVvXsEis39_uv3T4QcgxuM4yDO0x2lsldn2k_HFiykOSartif_YtbcC7yVoiQsoPGrVlmb6xZhyphenhyphensdTdlcZUfG0bpQNmfwN2NYa8bYggTpTbh6iOsvrZbspoV8lVOLPGt2OO2GZiP662fji6knyg/s400/IMG_0021.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690305030965407218" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ian's village that he built right before bedtime.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYaVPjf73bagAPnDJ5kYTbzOb6msze9luAO_qA4F8RjMxTlXF_iiysPdDboMIVUYJW6V1cGJ7cR1R3lct_jal9W0z3SbA5OVFLtNg9YUHTewjgrQPevY4MgCJ4N0WnZkwZG_nKcDXVd4/s1600/IMG_0024.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/AVvXsEhMYaVPjf73bagAPnDJ5kYTbzOb6msze9luAO_qA4F8RjMxTlXF_iiysPdDboMIVUYJW6V1cGJ7cR1R3lct_jal9W0z3SbA5OVFLtNg9YUHTewjgrQPevY4MgCJ4N0WnZkwZG_nKcDXVd4/s400/IMG_0024.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690298519805836898" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">The kids had so much fun and we had a blast watching them. Brandon loved playing with all his dinosaurs and eating candy. Jackson danced with his Mickey Mouse and got into everything. Hailey cooked with her new toy pots and pans and had a tea party. Ian tried out his new video games and played with everyone else's toys too. Mom and Dad tried to keep up with everybody and cooked a most delicious ham dinner.</div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070360622546040910noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436669682966571936.post-49308727657933889932011-10-03T19:50:00.000-07:002011-10-03T19:52:52.403-07:00A Letter to my MomMom, I am really losing it over here. Those children, they are out to get me. I know they hold secret meetings in the middle of the night to discuss how they can turn their mother into a crazy basket case. You know those shelves in the stair well? Hailey started climbing them up to the ledge that goes across the stairs. If she fell she would fall about 12 feet or more. Just about gave me a heart attack. I'm glad I caught her before she got there. Then the twins pulled over Hailey's dresser and totally broke it. Possibly beyond repair. Then Hailey threw a big tantrum for no reason and I sent her to her room. I started cleaning up dinner and heard Jackson crying. Brandon and Ian (although Ian denies it) had stuffed him and all their toys/books into that black table with the cupboards and wedged it between the couch and wall so he couldn't get out. I got him out, went up to check on Hailey. She had peed all over herself and the floor because she was mad (she even said that's why she did it) and walked all over the hallway in her pee soaked socks.<br />I just can't stand it anymore!! What is wrong with these children?!? Please continue to pray for me....<br />LisaLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070360622546040910noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436669682966571936.post-11063114284680265452011-07-15T12:25:00.001-07:002011-07-15T12:29:48.213-07:00One of these days......I will get around to updating this blog! Some things I may or may not post about: Jackson broke his arm, we went on a trip and a vacation, the children destroyed various things around the house, Ian turned 7, and Jackson "broke his face" at the playground. I know, you're just drooling in anticipation.Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070360622546040910noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436669682966571936.post-33251467277025846222011-05-07T15:29:00.000-07:002011-05-07T15:50:16.043-07:00Christmas and a snow day<div align="center">I am determined to have a post of Christmas. Now that it is May, here it is.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0AKuVaw0CJaFSRXHuHE-Tq2EJfO03qI8tMeFYHPlSU8ECNQi5HeWji_L0jaNlbUBoZKUE6SheaeDUCHYfKrWkg7997EKdbYAWicWfoyLE4yIvP6hyphenhyphenedi9_oDKdFmHfGRCsA6eJotHtJE/s1600/82.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604108147929340258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0AKuVaw0CJaFSRXHuHE-Tq2EJfO03qI8tMeFYHPlSU8ECNQi5HeWji_L0jaNlbUBoZKUE6SheaeDUCHYfKrWkg7997EKdbYAWicWfoyLE4yIvP6hyphenhyphenedi9_oDKdFmHfGRCsA6eJotHtJE/s400/82.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-cYQ_wliy_Y2Jlviy9SkqB5QdilIdvGHXamrjhGZ78BgCs89J6RMOJbDkzB8RNN0rqp6xx0D-nug60mrtWJsMBfpIR6MreuGr6Rnh-V4qz0Qz2fA3Nype2QgpK7Qe9z7utEriQpSqIjw/s1600/83.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604108144172206322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-cYQ_wliy_Y2Jlviy9SkqB5QdilIdvGHXamrjhGZ78BgCs89J6RMOJbDkzB8RNN0rqp6xx0D-nug60mrtWJsMBfpIR6MreuGr6Rnh-V4qz0Qz2fA3Nype2QgpK7Qe9z7utEriQpSqIjw/s400/83.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5EUjwFfP5z6cdNGN-zOQ9RtBwtwxdgw6zzzzrbM4_Wk-K3d1vPMXg66RzHpZVYgabYy6YiUDspV8VV4vavpTiQuWIPolT5RT0PQIgJZt0Xh5wX9g8X6knQ-VwtGkJtoSFMx5T7zcv1Yg/s1600/84.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604108146113661714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5EUjwFfP5z6cdNGN-zOQ9RtBwtwxdgw6zzzzrbM4_Wk-K3d1vPMXg66RzHpZVYgabYy6YiUDspV8VV4vavpTiQuWIPolT5RT0PQIgJZt0Xh5wX9g8X6knQ-VwtGkJtoSFMx5T7zcv1Yg/s400/84.jpg" /></a>The aftermath:<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidaFu1WeYOdV0UBZM86u-Ko863Yb2V0UNHLlMWD-t5f6AKBFPzXJqbjc8X_lw0ozOg2vXIDqGrdr0rmpGIL-Q3Arn5R-CmTDpxyzHkhyphenhyphendZb3l1PD5z_Il3irg2fo09cYBffe2Zxhdpv-Q/s1600/85.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604108140332728674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidaFu1WeYOdV0UBZM86u-Ko863Yb2V0UNHLlMWD-t5f6AKBFPzXJqbjc8X_lw0ozOg2vXIDqGrdr0rmpGIL-Q3Arn5R-CmTDpxyzHkhyphenhyphendZb3l1PD5z_Il3irg2fo09cYBffe2Zxhdpv-Q/s400/85.jpg" /></a>Christmas gets more fun every year as the kids get older. Ian wanted to do everything just like last year. It was amazing how much he remembered. We wanted to tone down the presents this year, but the kids still ended up with way too much stuff. Ian got some video games, Hailey got a new scooter, and the twins got lots and lots of mega blocks. Plus a million other things from us and relatives. There aren't a ton of pictures because I think I was so worried about the twins getting into the kitchen and other stuff that I forgot to take very many. Oh well. We had a nice holiday even though some of us were a little sick. As we always are that time of year.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>One day in January it snowed. This is a rare occurrence in Las Vegas and deserves much celebration.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOnyX2peUQYK3aO3Jcst2vbhrvF5C2QqfZFqAsCQNOCg4mb0XAHPs2_1I4gKgWzdqmfd50-F8aKRQhVBj11zu8fYAmNvOUncdVaKM0vzqUeiMS5eNrBX2SiCDfGVbgmCcmq2IgFhkHuiQ/s1600/76.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604105831176999234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOnyX2peUQYK3aO3Jcst2vbhrvF5C2QqfZFqAsCQNOCg4mb0XAHPs2_1I4gKgWzdqmfd50-F8aKRQhVBj11zu8fYAmNvOUncdVaKM0vzqUeiMS5eNrBX2SiCDfGVbgmCcmq2IgFhkHuiQ/s400/76.jpg" /></a>Ian making a snow angel.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXqHsiRyrDnMAAdNL15k9ek3JKFlJOaYTzCfin3w0nwfo1pZsqW_eKLoehzWzsS1XtFXZtmpK825z5s_eb45yRe7HJJNiAOJxABMaIcFOdNbvmzx2jSkf0FadHXVD16bUNGrlcD3MzZ9M/s1600/78.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604105826567776802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXqHsiRyrDnMAAdNL15k9ek3JKFlJOaYTzCfin3w0nwfo1pZsqW_eKLoehzWzsS1XtFXZtmpK825z5s_eb45yRe7HJJNiAOJxABMaIcFOdNbvmzx2jSkf0FadHXVD16bUNGrlcD3MzZ9M/s400/78.jpg" /></a>The finished product, haha.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdvW1r5-PytoXC3GAnkM5-iBPdAS5uyNmfFfJViq-Sz5sDWoOgPruWVqCL_yjVlDUeik-VAa-21k8Vh_EVCj1MN8amKfP2QvVpkeOQNqZ9iV70GX0jR4bb0B2D_sh0Nrqzx21seYdet9o/s1600/77.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604105824322722098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdvW1r5-PytoXC3GAnkM5-iBPdAS5uyNmfFfJViq-Sz5sDWoOgPruWVqCL_yjVlDUeik-VAa-21k8Vh_EVCj1MN8amKfP2QvVpkeOQNqZ9iV70GX0jR4bb0B2D_sh0Nrqzx21seYdet9o/s400/77.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVPhrp3JUEbiGGJJP6EMu9H2C1gJwJJmWOfBmBYeUPI4s3EU3ZblHujuWqbsE0dpYtUBkXxpUQkcIsx7mAtb5XuIcZ4bOblvy4kIRWmSJTFJOoUTFpr6kLHAmEVexhPnkW_O6zVYiwHpU/s1600/79.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604105821016048594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVPhrp3JUEbiGGJJP6EMu9H2C1gJwJJmWOfBmBYeUPI4s3EU3ZblHujuWqbsE0dpYtUBkXxpUQkcIsx7mAtb5XuIcZ4bOblvy4kIRWmSJTFJOoUTFpr6kLHAmEVexhPnkW_O6zVYiwHpU/s400/79.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwcrox7uFCaJqQa2UhD0rdexD-rodxE3PvdKmd6LymeJxzsy_4duIRPDYMiZLeHwEn4z9EGaB3z9SlYMpASbF7a7FYCxghdA0jtUewaePo1hd-ldzJhgypGJXFiwL7PNN1kwOY3oIzP3w/s1600/80.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 385px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604105815050882178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwcrox7uFCaJqQa2UhD0rdexD-rodxE3PvdKmd6LymeJxzsy_4duIRPDYMiZLeHwEn4z9EGaB3z9SlYMpASbF7a7FYCxghdA0jtUewaePo1hd-ldzJhgypGJXFiwL7PNN1kwOY3oIzP3w/s400/80.jpg" /></a>Since the kids had school, they only got to play in the snow for about 30 minutes. We didn't even get to build a snowman, which was tragic. The snow melted before Ian got home from school.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070360622546040910noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436669682966571936.post-49189818345291747942011-05-07T14:59:00.000-07:002011-05-07T15:28:09.207-07:00Daily life around the house<div align="center">Some random pictures from the last few months for your viewing pleasure:</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeeATpOoP9iB2QYnbmzASKhD0U6_pxc9BqpCwj86wldBlQ4LIu567QzoRA2LVLVj2zV5fBB5XAEPrcNX4ysESOrszAuS7zVTvEotZ21KzjVMvq2rNfAYBhvuI7V4Rv1O0whcYEdVKQISU/s1600/Jacksonbrandonhailey.bmp"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 396px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604102618280456354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeeATpOoP9iB2QYnbmzASKhD0U6_pxc9BqpCwj86wldBlQ4LIu567QzoRA2LVLVj2zV5fBB5XAEPrcNX4ysESOrszAuS7zVTvEotZ21KzjVMvq2rNfAYBhvuI7V4Rv1O0whcYEdVKQISU/s400/Jacksonbrandonhailey.bmp" /></a>Typical Brandon.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIrtY-ZKjbDnTiyjSfJMAbMnSTp9dN0e4QtPil6Tddj-2wYzigNxpycj7wk_mJOf6Q7ch3RcwmyaM9e6q4y7wMVVxKcR6n3qTCmGuKEpy1je6Tz8uNix2NCpE2sD7P3OVdmU2jk8kyeN8/s1600/81.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 362px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604101534690779330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIrtY-ZKjbDnTiyjSfJMAbMnSTp9dN0e4QtPil6Tddj-2wYzigNxpycj7wk_mJOf6Q7ch3RcwmyaM9e6q4y7wMVVxKcR6n3qTCmGuKEpy1je6Tz8uNix2NCpE2sD7P3OVdmU2jk8kyeN8/s400/81.jpg" /></a>My little leprechaun.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmDLXJM9FaJiffrWsev-Dh2XZlVMNx8voOpLcoo31GNjUL1nqzozvsuXJAfrESAt861NVMIxnVvzX-nHnFJhS_Lu2Dv5NzR9Fl5UwM28F_dmpeqcTukdwEXBOT226JaXvzeVlbcLNg-E/s1600/54.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604101531995426930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmDLXJM9FaJiffrWsev-Dh2XZlVMNx8voOpLcoo31GNjUL1nqzozvsuXJAfrESAt861NVMIxnVvzX-nHnFJhS_Lu2Dv5NzR9Fl5UwM28F_dmpeqcTukdwEXBOT226JaXvzeVlbcLNg-E/s400/54.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhckmWVDX8pA8A0uZ3617VXw6Pch0VxiJuHHHepr2NuZLe2Dbn7XzTrDFpanbGBWODyohruJtmyuJVWhKWh6dK2MNmtirCwYnSnTcsW-bblYPkBWG6fxSUh8ZHAz7vDsVumau_OB0Unj2Q/s1600/49.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604101527376643938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhckmWVDX8pA8A0uZ3617VXw6Pch0VxiJuHHHepr2NuZLe2Dbn7XzTrDFpanbGBWODyohruJtmyuJVWhKWh6dK2MNmtirCwYnSnTcsW-bblYPkBWG6fxSUh8ZHAz7vDsVumau_OB0Unj2Q/s400/49.jpg" /></a> <br /><div align="center">Hailey's first encounter with make-up.</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKZPoSv0FQPoulDBx35KAaukqgdQQW4u0rskY8E4L-rQBmrDlFYOfByUHjg-PA9ioqL33FJmQrCZglrZQRv4zE8tVR7xh3NqbxmtfDByBVL3gnF4oY-arCAtrGiM3gzLR1edejSg-pBH4/s1600/52.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604101520973166866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKZPoSv0FQPoulDBx35KAaukqgdQQW4u0rskY8E4L-rQBmrDlFYOfByUHjg-PA9ioqL33FJmQrCZglrZQRv4zE8tVR7xh3NqbxmtfDByBVL3gnF4oY-arCAtrGiM3gzLR1edejSg-pBH4/s400/52.jpg" /></a>Our first California Poppy.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQSIS6XrkiXZmjGKjbSK7wOpl-gFk8kDsMDTA9xKNsFFFy0B3QMu3WDTbEzibfPyjS3Ijlr4qdHsVIs0UFTMgK1C-gAwpRlhsf6V4qmw7eSoKW58z_wAc9HcjN23f2BAkygjiPB9_f6Vk/s1600/51.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 372px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604101519439407714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQSIS6XrkiXZmjGKjbSK7wOpl-gFk8kDsMDTA9xKNsFFFy0B3QMu3WDTbEzibfPyjS3Ijlr4qdHsVIs0UFTMgK1C-gAwpRlhsf6V4qmw7eSoKW58z_wAc9HcjN23f2BAkygjiPB9_f6Vk/s400/51.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipDby6SkMeiklmHDEnl2xgEvWlMsXqyfZjGSZeEbm00im2TTZm_cyuAlLLW9LCIsmvCyTyttsfb5C5cv3GNAVzH1saPxL2lDiwbAboQ3DKZdToiw_P7s0q3YNnqf7KZ4CQnHTi9UZtTDs/s1600/53.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604100294161520802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipDby6SkMeiklmHDEnl2xgEvWlMsXqyfZjGSZeEbm00im2TTZm_cyuAlLLW9LCIsmvCyTyttsfb5C5cv3GNAVzH1saPxL2lDiwbAboQ3DKZdToiw_P7s0q3YNnqf7KZ4CQnHTi9UZtTDs/s400/53.jpg" /></a>A picture Ian took of himself.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9BMs5HLqe10VUnUPF3ZhJ4TvDLnjNPML91AiXq5o6aRauBy5zfCecRS_01aFGYwdA5VFX4ZX4NVL2Ue5JZvQzaDpZmP_zJraQ6eOXS2lfod5o2CXP8KAqJ6l3bHeMBcxU_Ce_h9tRDcE/s1600/50.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604100293669791474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9BMs5HLqe10VUnUPF3ZhJ4TvDLnjNPML91AiXq5o6aRauBy5zfCecRS_01aFGYwdA5VFX4ZX4NVL2Ue5JZvQzaDpZmP_zJraQ6eOXS2lfod5o2CXP8KAqJ6l3bHeMBcxU_Ce_h9tRDcE/s400/50.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdJhxpRcsTrnlwm5U-x6tCHGCBa2XE9osY1XXlSlmMHBrqyYEjq8HcfpQL9iAkCdMdmKwPm3BuZ_c-IHhOvhazBjTdNBbUXJwRf70XfzncF1rTaxnkGDX20XMu4WKXixAlJQt3pByetos/s1600/43.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604100290365625378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdJhxpRcsTrnlwm5U-x6tCHGCBa2XE9osY1XXlSlmMHBrqyYEjq8HcfpQL9iAkCdMdmKwPm3BuZ_c-IHhOvhazBjTdNBbUXJwRf70XfzncF1rTaxnkGDX20XMu4WKXixAlJQt3pByetos/s400/43.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQSC_gPhp4TzLUGPAgwq8JAlJ_DK95pWMFErAcCTud2rmuU6APWVxYNGCKfg0kA7LtXSQr4vfFK74D4S0QxC9P4xKV6nn2zM1zcOLBs51A_Q5MdHaEZK0M2Flqd-xpNA-JA3hjTJgT9_c/s1600/42.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604100283506405266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQSC_gPhp4TzLUGPAgwq8JAlJ_DK95pWMFErAcCTud2rmuU6APWVxYNGCKfg0kA7LtXSQr4vfFK74D4S0QxC9P4xKV6nn2zM1zcOLBs51A_Q5MdHaEZK0M2Flqd-xpNA-JA3hjTJgT9_c/s400/42.jpg" /></a>These three are something else.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjecbLw1uv7R6e9l_8Q7o2jeO6Fns_KcP9fPBbiJk2w0D9UrQNS_Knpw4rj2D98oS5sQxTQlBRP-4YT4hX0WGDaGmtNkVSNPY87bNwyocjnZ0rAXn5CvkqHkh3HQjE_6ZKrLxNzf57nKRw/s1600/62.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604099157478433970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjecbLw1uv7R6e9l_8Q7o2jeO6Fns_KcP9fPBbiJk2w0D9UrQNS_Knpw4rj2D98oS5sQxTQlBRP-4YT4hX0WGDaGmtNkVSNPY87bNwyocjnZ0rAXn5CvkqHkh3HQjE_6ZKrLxNzf57nKRw/s400/62.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmp3eBWkmU145rO9arAXN56Gf3beYFHgnFe2ebMM55dK00mcMUd5XITWLYNEw4zSuHsf5bCY-1WGKtyo78u1tjBF98adnoqZTThTrlHoKJ6jNzwOE2W-zbCDba33MqrvN1e0ASVx2Tz-I/s1600/63.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604099154529413298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmp3eBWkmU145rO9arAXN56Gf3beYFHgnFe2ebMM55dK00mcMUd5XITWLYNEw4zSuHsf5bCY-1WGKtyo78u1tjBF98adnoqZTThTrlHoKJ6jNzwOE2W-zbCDba33MqrvN1e0ASVx2Tz-I/s400/63.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQmR_zmHVWRIWEI19Tbo1669MWgvfWg-MkmBIRtbVCgcjLZUSTL4xKaxEEDPrXfbyZoUlnszThhF124aVbBKFETVSU45b4TzWLjDiB382NaLaPvsuByOQmoJXEx42QeIX3ID-REjQmU18/s1600/70.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604099151806891410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQmR_zmHVWRIWEI19Tbo1669MWgvfWg-MkmBIRtbVCgcjLZUSTL4xKaxEEDPrXfbyZoUlnszThhF124aVbBKFETVSU45b4TzWLjDiB382NaLaPvsuByOQmoJXEx42QeIX3ID-REjQmU18/s400/70.jpg" /></a>One of the signs Brandon is ready to be potty trained.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEUvur5gnWQuI-UZCZypyvi3ZJsPUyJqGzAj2kod-zM3MIkU5dBP0hGdrmJISuq2UjqUU1TssswWLFgNZ-NiSdJCkk_2FxABZWNwKVQjaSwo9ukHH7_Az_BNo0fGFNsH9RCLWCiodNFnU/s1600/72.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604099146411175330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEUvur5gnWQuI-UZCZypyvi3ZJsPUyJqGzAj2kod-zM3MIkU5dBP0hGdrmJISuq2UjqUU1TssswWLFgNZ-NiSdJCkk_2FxABZWNwKVQjaSwo9ukHH7_Az_BNo0fGFNsH9RCLWCiodNFnU/s400/72.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8FCnpRZFIAikRLtGMhXbLUhFqZNYJ_5iaIz2sGeQTPdmw1cakAQHQIvb4LdAAWhPWzMesayNXxy2mlWNTVLjdyqSE2skEzk7bkdGrwzlQuYGr8LCCAEGf4lNjWVYw-lYM7r14yWE8gGw/s1600/64.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604098188850649282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8FCnpRZFIAikRLtGMhXbLUhFqZNYJ_5iaIz2sGeQTPdmw1cakAQHQIvb4LdAAWhPWzMesayNXxy2mlWNTVLjdyqSE2skEzk7bkdGrwzlQuYGr8LCCAEGf4lNjWVYw-lYM7r14yWE8gGw/s400/64.jpg" /></a>One day Ian decided to be a king. All the kids got into it and it was SO cute! They played nicely together for over an hour. Still probably the record.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj11djecfTr4kifbNsTJtwRh8qrfEaX-nxEapYOITxJQdkA-SP-vPVXOsu1HIUZwV92DZTXYAEJ2daxsQiJnQ_5uDT6lgHlyB4rveRWb3DzxLj8WSGkZU7FTjYaVUiZ8a_Enp4miiXncIk/s1600/67.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604098190268106258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj11djecfTr4kifbNsTJtwRh8qrfEaX-nxEapYOITxJQdkA-SP-vPVXOsu1HIUZwV92DZTXYAEJ2daxsQiJnQ_5uDT6lgHlyB4rveRWb3DzxLj8WSGkZU7FTjYaVUiZ8a_Enp4miiXncIk/s400/67.jpg" /></a>Ian in his throne.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRn2-Jb9Dn76AKYxeChmfaUxR8gZ34_ylO5SeZOqFq66XP_ESK2V4oCcPqeOo66ne94BNmRKSJ1IYbqxred-SrM4PrFu5W0JxJjKnQoIhGpaEduxE8m1cVNSuK0kVwHIKiCUCCF2w4f-E/s1600/68.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604098183371947362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRn2-Jb9Dn76AKYxeChmfaUxR8gZ34_ylO5SeZOqFq66XP_ESK2V4oCcPqeOo66ne94BNmRKSJ1IYbqxred-SrM4PrFu5W0JxJjKnQoIhGpaEduxE8m1cVNSuK0kVwHIKiCUCCF2w4f-E/s400/68.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie2jC5kOdmJH1uzv_APdMNU5F1MRcHcn93qc8KwNREAkLLSpptY-06whXRHZTZNWrL7vSHNEYmq4B-Khd6qvMmvS5wWsazMm-jvzC8dx4htR1tZQw94wDYygqOHqnUcTmQfLqX7nGo0MA/s1600/66.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 265px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604098181063526498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie2jC5kOdmJH1uzv_APdMNU5F1MRcHcn93qc8KwNREAkLLSpptY-06whXRHZTZNWrL7vSHNEYmq4B-Khd6qvMmvS5wWsazMm-jvzC8dx4htR1tZQw94wDYygqOHqnUcTmQfLqX7nGo0MA/s400/66.jpg" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div></div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070360622546040910noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436669682966571936.post-57416415767732460032011-05-07T14:50:00.000-07:002011-05-07T14:58:31.079-07:00Cute times 2<div align="center">The twins are finally starting to play together sometimes. It is so darn cute!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCMRicAtzCdCCs4M0Yv30E76ymBLf6C6gMms4KCKRIe_-Q7RxUf_pBUUs2Ibzs1RkHMK4YnyjntwV8esZCiweiZIMP11DljQs2lA-y253XR6b4eH3A2cDjd_ixHJnk3AmqZ3RhEFZDt9o/s1600/69.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604096279759886354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCMRicAtzCdCCs4M0Yv30E76ymBLf6C6gMms4KCKRIe_-Q7RxUf_pBUUs2Ibzs1RkHMK4YnyjntwV8esZCiweiZIMP11DljQs2lA-y253XR6b4eH3A2cDjd_ixHJnk3AmqZ3RhEFZDt9o/s400/69.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFdRR_0yY9eh80vFcaWov7Oqs0syqW28e7Qo8G23n2k28otEtPqe82wYxfitocceJJuPk2X3T9b4IantrJB9YZcp4TEnA77_g_yRULUY45mMJJc5t2opZKVWdAH16NGqmy09HAn3zwLdM/s1600/41.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 377px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604096274143252274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFdRR_0yY9eh80vFcaWov7Oqs0syqW28e7Qo8G23n2k28otEtPqe82wYxfitocceJJuPk2X3T9b4IantrJB9YZcp4TEnA77_g_yRULUY45mMJJc5t2opZKVWdAH16NGqmy09HAn3zwLdM/s400/41.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGh3hZ-BCX34FbZuIBY_i9coSBg3-yp468kz8D4FgllSei-DRQvb9Tumi0fPwSecuV2-s_iF_DiZmvvVGLWQs8L565rZ0aP3mOvNXUsprVreC7wARoclPpeYInmDp1unsnG392yX_LhU/s1600/74.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604096268637460994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGh3hZ-BCX34FbZuIBY_i9coSBg3-yp468kz8D4FgllSei-DRQvb9Tumi0fPwSecuV2-s_iF_DiZmvvVGLWQs8L565rZ0aP3mOvNXUsprVreC7wARoclPpeYInmDp1unsnG392yX_LhU/s400/74.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcbDCEo0ISqhvPQ1faaXMyI02-3o1ug7Z4JkfPzOs0qMwbS2PWnD3fffqh4cuHOlWJ_uEXNMzO89kApBmUPm9AIgGlVWEC1W_HwK7WaVskhURwaqpYJMsaAPGzJjb3Ygxsd4aUKY25J2o/s1600/71.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604096265445374482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcbDCEo0ISqhvPQ1faaXMyI02-3o1ug7Z4JkfPzOs0qMwbS2PWnD3fffqh4cuHOlWJ_uEXNMzO89kApBmUPm9AIgGlVWEC1W_HwK7WaVskhURwaqpYJMsaAPGzJjb3Ygxsd4aUKY25J2o/s400/71.jpg" /></a></div></div></div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070360622546040910noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436669682966571936.post-91165266794919857902011-05-07T13:27:00.000-07:002011-05-07T14:06:03.708-07:00Number 2<div align="center">Brandon and Jackson turned 2 back in February. Two 2-year-olds, phew!</div><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 388px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604076049195074450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkGZGnvXFCN-u8DEwwDv7SUag6VhY_flCZGfSDeS0csQFgzYN9txBDNXvCaUtk_i2kPPBOs5sWSOpKWw70TUqIjFfu3wMGx-nZSqxfVgqjceOKzAMB0Pa2xwgYg_WSE0JMfYDRQVfp7QU/s400/61.jpg" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicPPNIDrTFmPYyrNUXz2TjKOjNWDoBp-uWZFkk7U5q8YVHy562GYhiZqOL-oCkixDeiZLFFYzWECH6GI49dO5NqUb6LPogz4xDma0o6zrixCWQDJsGK19ZgiNDfTAehUAwWpVgpEKp-Os/s1600/60.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604076044315669794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicPPNIDrTFmPYyrNUXz2TjKOjNWDoBp-uWZFkk7U5q8YVHy562GYhiZqOL-oCkixDeiZLFFYzWECH6GI49dO5NqUb6LPogz4xDma0o6zrixCWQDJsGK19ZgiNDfTAehUAwWpVgpEKp-Os/s400/60.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYhxQjZi9IGsd8RHyLd4AYVmOPqdrjHWVjiky537EETA_1NFZLF8BPmljso_CUh-MkWovDgmVuEYWuI4N7m2pTsruNVQyCkBI88dinsLIKUCTzoUR93YNFOyz8_DK2UMryn6RjGgyGaU/s1600/58.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604076040459518082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYhxQjZi9IGsd8RHyLd4AYVmOPqdrjHWVjiky537EETA_1NFZLF8BPmljso_CUh-MkWovDgmVuEYWuI4N7m2pTsruNVQyCkBI88dinsLIKUCTzoUR93YNFOyz8_DK2UMryn6RjGgyGaU/s400/58.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vn2lCM7l0oEUek__IjYM0jw9Tq68uClq8hkI-NBxbK4pAH3bKvDOOQBy_GE7jvKCx8_8aAjtJ8CuFRLbwYePSnJf_QIA91eA_wFFq6gVG3jCFaeymnw5qIOZ5ZhEJWnK3YqFBqFKkCw/s1600/59.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604076039784709058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vn2lCM7l0oEUek__IjYM0jw9Tq68uClq8hkI-NBxbK4pAH3bKvDOOQBy_GE7jvKCx8_8aAjtJ8CuFRLbwYePSnJf_QIA91eA_wFFq6gVG3jCFaeymnw5qIOZ5ZhEJWnK3YqFBqFKkCw/s400/59.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604075491312774626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUKJFZ38kUALBF_iMM-pwyjfnX1zT0rAbokEQEbSjIeCb0lxlodOurNqu621xmzVUGFZBCqIuiMyvRsVDzpra5ojuzJP9TmVyDbLCyxCCD1lvLnI2C1IgaOiTGpQujtl1YspxZ52tU7Q/s400/57.jpg" /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTyVaK9O6HPg7JWGfvwQc2QSJLw-o8m3aw4Bm6zkR_EF4be6qWCox6CFVcK5tA4CGjMEoGqM6YGvlSkKvJAHvfwLI_Si_pGjVUjjKQSGSkmJ_f5or1Ko6VR13CxRUMucuBRZvn6390a78/s1600/56.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604075484901879682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTyVaK9O6HPg7JWGfvwQc2QSJLw-o8m3aw4Bm6zkR_EF4be6qWCox6CFVcK5tA4CGjMEoGqM6YGvlSkKvJAHvfwLI_Si_pGjVUjjKQSGSkmJ_f5or1Ko6VR13CxRUMucuBRZvn6390a78/s400/56.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604075481217064130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTs22u-1jzgszPjL-wEUg3ZkngnhNY7ua8IQtciOY7fPehlUuIq4y6rN-OmM_LCMfa9VICg9YN8t2gwLr0cPAUs2xdjmTys7e8dArKnfmC3jDeu2LC1WFikNCF6NJdUC3qNRCDRNuEp4I/s400/55.jpg" />I'm pretty sure somebody had strep that week (I have had it 4 times since the new year), so we had a pretty low-key party with just the immediate family (since we didn't want to spread germs). They got lots of clothes, which was just what they (I) wanted, and some books. It was just right for 2 toddlers. Happy Birthday Babies!</div><br /><br /><div>Some things you should know about Brandon:</div><br /><div>Brandon is a little sweetheart. He wants the sole attention of his mommy or daddy and always looks for moments when he can worm his way into our laps. He says quite a few words and understands us exceptionally well for a 2-year-old. He likes to climb things, splash in the toilet, eat yogurt, take his diaper off, cry a lot, scream (whether happy or sad), eat candy, go down the slide, play outside, dump water on his own head, laugh out loud at movies, wear Hailey's dress up shoes, and skip. He can be very moody, and sometimes drives me crazy with his crying, but when he is happy he is just the sweetest little thing you could imagine.</div><br /><br /><div>Some things you should know about Jackson:</div><br /><div>Jackson is silly silly silly. Sometimes I just don't know where he comes up with things! He speaks gibberish a lot, to other people and to himself. He is putting words together and saying things I don't think I ever taught him! He has a weird relationship with his pants. He will take them off and then cry because he wants them back on. Don't ask me what his problem is. He likes to run around with his older siblings, splash in the toilet, eat cereal, play outside, play at the park, beat up Brandon, pee on the floor, get into mischief, give hugs and kisses, make messes, and sing and dance. He knows the words to most of the songs on his videos and does a cute and funny little dance where he moves his hips around. This kid makes me laugh all the time, even when I am about ready to tear my hair out in frustration. </div><br /><br /><div>The twins are currently in the process of potty training. This has been a scary thing for me, but must be done. Jackson has shown more than readiness, and is pretty much trained already. Brandon has yet to go in the potty, but I'm not in a big hurry. Potty training twins is quite the journey, and there is no one way to do it. I figure since Jackson is more ready we will get him done and then work more with Brandon. So far, so good.</div></div></div></div><br /></div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070360622546040910noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436669682966571936.post-3916541734397114412011-05-07T12:34:00.000-07:002011-05-07T16:00:17.631-07:00Easter and a new pet<div align="center">I am going to try to catch up with the blog, so I figured I may as well start with the most recent. We had a somewhat laid back Easter, including an egg hunt at a park (forgot my camera) and a few dyed eggs and Easter baskets. My mom was in town for Easter. We had my sister Jill's family and my mom over for a delicious Easter dinner.</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJzBIsQ8Ogs2RW20zW0SkfR8D9dQbTN3u8OhC-eCfscO56SyOO6aL7KSsie600MuHXRH0ZBpOFGSoBG9jZLg7OTAm5kUNkLVNjchBexmTlo013v65UA7aj43UUGTi-6iMDlAUPyzeCt0/s1600/45.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604068212712129890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJzBIsQ8Ogs2RW20zW0SkfR8D9dQbTN3u8OhC-eCfscO56SyOO6aL7KSsie600MuHXRH0ZBpOFGSoBG9jZLg7OTAm5kUNkLVNjchBexmTlo013v65UA7aj43UUGTi-6iMDlAUPyzeCt0/s400/45.jpg" /></a>Apparantly the eggs are kind of depressing....<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMntg3USTiN3JP_hXUN4QFY2DxncNuokM0hVCOqRWa-oIoM__ML8nbD1Au9kDqBabzniBlBcxIOCdI3IVDqg1hSjI_YcgwuZ4YGVustHlJkxNd8-CAsxq2kta2JmJ9ap4Zp_zjNkapOI0/s1600/44.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604068213616700082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMntg3USTiN3JP_hXUN4QFY2DxncNuokM0hVCOqRWa-oIoM__ML8nbD1Au9kDqBabzniBlBcxIOCdI3IVDqg1hSjI_YcgwuZ4YGVustHlJkxNd8-CAsxq2kta2JmJ9ap4Zp_zjNkapOI0/s400/44.jpg" /></a>Ian is at that awkward stage where he can't smile like a normal person for pictures.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKHbuJZ354tXRuc54AHk1TzNSmNR30-zRRormxsiwU-KROfHMlkRRzsZIM4ADp6e7RFOIGjVjRuOem3UHYCvOG7PIw2oH46e-pwyHgwKVXP-FZ-ZlAHD5VDtoKLSxC2QcP0Ifm89hFarc/s1600/47.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604067221967953042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKHbuJZ354tXRuc54AHk1TzNSmNR30-zRRormxsiwU-KROfHMlkRRzsZIM4ADp6e7RFOIGjVjRuOem3UHYCvOG7PIw2oH46e-pwyHgwKVXP-FZ-ZlAHD5VDtoKLSxC2QcP0Ifm89hFarc/s400/47.jpg" /></a>Hailey has candy in her mouth.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSPPilC5ZXNfSdSrjdtQa7DpAE3d_xshcrPdiyoSeNWxSdOZLwEyS7EDr3NWNNX_IGb4qFsyVkjR02n7M-E2yl4PNb09kCjIFIqU_gtZXDVgA56QKbShuoDrH2pjLK1eUOxroYjVAcqAE/s1600/48.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604067212187233922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSPPilC5ZXNfSdSrjdtQa7DpAE3d_xshcrPdiyoSeNWxSdOZLwEyS7EDr3NWNNX_IGb4qFsyVkjR02n7M-E2yl4PNb09kCjIFIqU_gtZXDVgA56QKbShuoDrH2pjLK1eUOxroYjVAcqAE/s400/48.jpg" /></a>The twins wouldn't even look at the camera, they knew they had to shove as much candy in their mouths as possible before mommy took the candy away.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCRZrwLanE7Jx2Z8d9IelWV8-jbTSiuWhpBUHxdCYwbB-43RMXZ1V0fLCXFBNZb3WSGQ-wn_0auZKRa_zD9Ep7PwQUt8P4RPDtza2oafL5JrBYjn7wIuXrEXIpPQUqDpFWmAtGQ8OT_o/s1600/46.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604067210213347890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCRZrwLanE7Jx2Z8d9IelWV8-jbTSiuWhpBUHxdCYwbB-43RMXZ1V0fLCXFBNZb3WSGQ-wn_0auZKRa_zD9Ep7PwQUt8P4RPDtza2oafL5JrBYjn7wIuXrEXIpPQUqDpFWmAtGQ8OT_o/s400/46.jpg" /></a>For Easter, we decided it was finally time to get a pet. The only pet this family can handle is a fish, of course. The kids got the bowl and we got it all ready and went to pick out a fish. Ian picked out "Darkos", a goldfish with a little black on the tips of its fins. Ian loved him, and would tell him stories and "spend time with him." I've never seen a boy love a fish so much.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidiW0a_ZqKp8HhU5ktgqwuan3MKQQjS4qE5K1YnkEaYF5uhFZiLKuq0FAbPw8gPW8bkL-xUT4qBz9BnEGqg9SDwnAJk1_-g6SVCkiclChgXoXE0LMFzuUMxSjXFgvRh7-DhFKUAJu3Hh4/s1600/Darkos.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604068227058565858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidiW0a_ZqKp8HhU5ktgqwuan3MKQQjS4qE5K1YnkEaYF5uhFZiLKuq0FAbPw8gPW8bkL-xUT4qBz9BnEGqg9SDwnAJk1_-g6SVCkiclChgXoXE0LMFzuUMxSjXFgvRh7-DhFKUAJu3Hh4/s400/Darkos.jpg" /></a>Sadly, Darkos only lasted for 4 days. I went and bought a "Darkos 2" while Ian was at school, but then I remembered that a friend had offered her fish tank a few months ago. I sent her a message and she still had it and wanted to get it off her hands. I told her we would take it, and later that day we went to pick it up. What I wasn't expecting, however, was this:<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2X5dI4ZRkRxjhF2EVFb2W5F_H7pgPkItBH2JBTmzREmdVGyji0IrFubI2yEJm-PYaP8Xqe9D3lRfC-sGviT21tHc9CDQQ6ukHFLbUCzrdNzKNwaLYLJX4qJdgKHXQsF9QvmBCRe-Vi7A/s1600/Giant+Fish.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604068222205138642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2X5dI4ZRkRxjhF2EVFb2W5F_H7pgPkItBH2JBTmzREmdVGyji0IrFubI2yEJm-PYaP8Xqe9D3lRfC-sGviT21tHc9CDQQ6ukHFLbUCzrdNzKNwaLYLJX4qJdgKHXQsF9QvmBCRe-Vi7A/s400/Giant+Fish.jpg" /></a>Three gigantic goldfish that were 3 years old! The biggest one was about 7 inches long. At first I thought the kids would be fascinated by them, and they were, but the fish were obviously way too big for a 5 gallon tank. So I posted them on Craigslist. I got 6 calls in 2 and a half hours and a guy came and picked them up that night. Problem solved! I cleaned out the tank and we put Darkos 2 and two new goldfish in. One of the new ones died, but we still have 2 going strong now. Oh the joys of pet ownership, haha.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtkhjNjyNO_O6OXHyUvt_qftEcbuYegges3ZMwwZGZ1Qu1PNtVeF2uc1Yr1fc7L5CVtsk9CfbWW-nmzw1iL41iLy6t3aIAdUqTM6STIZwA5mUdwEg3dLb9xPby7KdLv_uOUIyqT0MnVq4/s1600/New+Fish.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604068225090288834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtkhjNjyNO_O6OXHyUvt_qftEcbuYegges3ZMwwZGZ1Qu1PNtVeF2uc1Yr1fc7L5CVtsk9CfbWW-nmzw1iL41iLy6t3aIAdUqTM6STIZwA5mUdwEg3dLb9xPby7KdLv_uOUIyqT0MnVq4/s400/New+Fish.jpg" /></a></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070360622546040910noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436669682966571936.post-38250952119528866312011-04-22T07:35:00.000-07:002011-04-22T07:48:26.131-07:00The Paint Incident<div align="center">Every wall in our house is white. Plain, white. I don't really have a problem with this, but I wouldn't mind adding some color here and there. My sister Jill was nice enough to find me some beautiful "purple shimmer" paint for Hailey's room. I was getting excited about actually painting a room in the house, even though I had never painted before. We were going to add sparkles to it too. So pretty! Unfortunately, on March 4th, my dreams were dashed by a terrible and mysterious disaster:</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwFtSmeSXsWYkLHn01VoBNiZeYa-esz-SQIZOdwPQGmOpAovKTzYQXlcb0CsZkkj250vPyJUo2citb8xtaAriHVU7bHSoK8AMSAU6EdtdX4JtBB9Ns4_IbMfw60FhNFtdqh6DX75eyKuo/s1600/Paint+Disaster.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598416828191284178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwFtSmeSXsWYkLHn01VoBNiZeYa-esz-SQIZOdwPQGmOpAovKTzYQXlcb0CsZkkj250vPyJUo2citb8xtaAriHVU7bHSoK8AMSAU6EdtdX4JtBB9Ns4_IbMfw60FhNFtdqh6DX75eyKuo/s400/Paint+Disaster.jpg" /></a></div>The weirdest part was that I could not find a single speck of paint on any of my children. And no one would fess up to it either. I am pretty sure it was Jackson. I think the can of paint was knocked off of the DVD case I had stupidly left it on and just burst open by itself. Aaaagh! It took 2 hours, 3 rolls of paper towels, a toothbrush, rags, and half a big bottle of Pine Sol to get it cleaned up. And amazingly, I got every bit of paint off the floor and wall! So, lesson learned, never EVER leave a can of paint where children can get to it. You would think I would already know that!Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070360622546040910noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436669682966571936.post-70399147377167668422011-04-22T06:41:00.000-07:002011-04-22T07:25:48.000-07:00My crazy life, via FacebookI thought it might be fun to post some of my Facebook statuses over the last few months. Things have been kind of crazy around here with sickness and toddlers running around (thus the lack of blog updates). Enjoy!<br /><strong>1/31<br /></strong>"Winkle winkle Hailey star, how I Hailey what you are. Up above a Hailey high, wike a Hailey in a sky. Winkle winkle Hailey star, how I wonder Hailey are." ♥ ♥ ♥<br />I could listen to that all night. If it weren't for the fact that she is drawing on my piano with a crayon while she's singing it!!<br /><strong>2/4<br /></strong>GASP! At Target today while I was strapping the twins into the shopping cart, Hailey ran across the front of the store and out the front door. I had to leave the twins with a very nice stranger to chase after her and found her outside, around the corner, sitting on a bench, with only one shoe, crying. I just about had a heart attack. I really hope she is traumatized enough to never do that again!!!<br /><strong>2/16<br /></strong>My babies are turning 2 on Saturday. This will be the first time we have ever celebrated a second birthday without me being pregnant. :) Now if I could just get over this stupid flu so I can make some cupcakes....<br /><strong>2/18<br /></strong>Lunch at the Parrish house: popcorn for the kids, butterscotch pudding for mom. I think we've reached a new low.<br /><strong>2/19<br /></strong>Happy Birthday to my baby boys!! I can't believe I have two 2-year-olds!<br /><strong>2/20<br /></strong>I love that my son has a best friend. I love that they are "tooth twins." I love that they practically sit on top of each other in Primary. I love that when his friend was sick for a week Ian wrote him a 3 page get well letter and gave him cookies. There's nothing better than a good best friend when you're 6.<br /><strong>2/23<br /></strong>I think I have the sickest family ever. Ian and I both have strep again. So frustrating!!<br /><strong>2/25<br /></strong>Took the twins for their well-checkups. Left with 2 prescriptions for antibiotics. Ear infections. Go figure.<br /><strong>2/26<br /></strong>Nice to have Adam home for the weekend for once. We took a trip to the Natural History Museum, and the twins walked almost the whole time! I can't believe how big they are getting and what good listeners they are! They ran around pushing all the information buttons<br /><strong>2/28<br /></strong>I pointed at my cheek for Hailey to give me a kiss. She leaned in towards my ear and whispered "go away" with a big smile on her face.<br /><strong>3/1</strong><br />Took the twins to story time at the library this morning. Jackson cracked a couple smiles by the end, and Brandon pretended to be asleep.<br /><strong>3/1<br /></strong>Had a breakthrough today! Barbie.com --- you can cut and style Barbie's hair! Definitely a new favorite for a certain little girl in this house, and maybe now she won't feel the need to cut her own!<br /><strong>3/4<br /></strong>Yep, that's a gallon of "purple shimmer" paint on my wall and floor.<br /><strong>3/5<br /></strong>Note to self: Don't let your husband forget his cell phone when you go to Red Lobster, because one of the children might puke in his crib and the poor babysitter won't be able to get ahold of you.<br /><strong>3/7</strong><br />Heaven help me! Jackson took off his diaper at nap time and peed on the floor. And so it begins. Meanwhile, Hailey was downstairs flooding my kitchen counter with water. I really think those two are in cahoots.<br /><strong>3/9<br /></strong>I just realized I sent Hailey off to school without breakfast. Great start off to the day. I hope those Pringles she snitched this morning will hold her till snack time at school. Oh, and Ian's home sick. Again.<br /><strong>3/12<br /></strong>Despite the sad death of our microwave, and Hailey has a very painful ear infection, and the twins have colds.... we have had quite the productive day. Best thing that happened: we now have chain locks on the front and garage doors so the children cannot escape. Hooray!<br /><strong>3/17<br /></strong>Brandon locked me in the garage this morning. No older kids around to figure out how to open it back up. Thank goodness I didn't put the extra lock on the sliding door in the back last night!<br /><strong>3/17<br /></strong>I took the plunge and bought Hailey a new dress. She has worn the same dress every Sunday for the last year and it is starting to fall apart. When she got home from school I got out the bag. "Hailey look what I bought for you!" She came over with excitement. I started to pull it out of the bag, but when she realized it was a dress, she screamed and cried at it. And now you know why she only wears one dress.<br /><strong>3/18<br /></strong>Pizza is for eating, Brandon, not for hugging.<br />He was also stroking it while hugging it....and brushing his hair with Crazy Bread.<br /><strong>3/23<br /></strong>I just love how Hailey spends most of the morning before school in time out. What a relaxing, stress-free way to start the day.<br /><strong>3/29<br /></strong>Two weeks ago our computer crashed :'( Today a co-worker of Adam's was miraculously able to recover the 5 years worth of pictures that were on it :) Back up your pictures, people! Don't wait!!<br /><strong>3/30<br /></strong>Why can't toddlers gain a sense of responsibility as fast as they can figure out how to open doors, climb over baby gates, and take their clothes off?<br /><strong>3/31<br /></strong>My twins discovered the joy of sprinklers this morning on our walk. I haven't laughed so hard in a while! I even saw some people driving by slow down and laugh too. Love my boys :)<br /><strong>3/31<br /></strong>I love having a printed out menu for the week, including side dishes and desserts. It sure makes my life easier! No more popcorn for dinner at this house! Well, at least not as often ;)<br /><strong>4/2<br /></strong>And I thought the "naked phase" was bad with just one toddler!<br /><strong>4/5<br /></strong>"My name is Ian. I is for I. A is for ant. N is for no." - the final draft of Ian's poem, which he cut out with "fancy" scissors and posted proudly on the refrigerator. ♥♥♥<br /><strong>4/7<br /></strong>Ian wants to have 3 jobs when he grows up. He wants to be president, a marine, and a chef. He says "if I get a day off from saving the town, I'll cook!" Have I said how much I love that boy?<br /><strong>4/9<br /></strong>Ian is following Adam around the yard as he sprays for bugs, probably talking his ear off. ♥<br /><strong>4/11<br /></strong>And the diaper war continues.....looks like potty training will commence in 2 weeks (after Grandma comes for a visit). Pray for me.<br /><strong>4/13<br /></strong>Ian will be getting his very own library card this afternoon. He is very excited to show it to the Cat in the Hat at school tomorrow. :)<br /><strong>4/14</strong><br />Well at least one of the kids likes the potty videos....(the one who is already potty trained). She is even watching the parent tutorial right now, haha. Maybe she'll do the dirty work for me!<br /><strong>4/15<br /></strong>I hate it when it's the 4 year old who is getting up 3 times a night. Mommy is tired Hailey! Just stop it already!<br /><strong>4/19<br /></strong>Ian has strep (again) and a very bad ear infection. He has been crying all day and right now has a temp of 103.5 I am so so sad for him! I've never seen him in so much pain :(<br /><strong>4/20<br /></strong>I thought the twins were upstairs playing with Ian in his room. Noooooo. Someone had left my bedroom door open. I found them in my bathroom. They had found a bag of cough drops and were putting the wrappers in the toilet , and the cough drops in their mouths. Then spitting the couch drops into the toilet , then putting them back in their mouths! I am so grossed out right now I think I might puke!<br /><strong>4/20</strong><br />So I go to check on the twins who are making way too much noise for nap time and find Jackson, diaperless, everything in the bed is wet including his precious blankie. Great. Now he probably won't go to sleep because I have to wash said blankie. All I can think is 'gee, I'm just thankful it wasn't more than just wet.' If you know what I mean. The day just keeps getting better and better!Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070360622546040910noreply@blogger.com2