tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11699972843804893672024-02-19T16:32:39.053-08:00The Childress FamilyHopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674902650183350654noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169997284380489367.post-75310548228646931432011-08-01T10:05:00.000-07:002011-08-01T10:07:16.309-07:00Check out Shutterfly!We Just made Shep's announcement on Shutterfly. 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I know Hope is busy enough chasing 3 kids around all da long, so I thought I would use the iPad to make shorter, but more frequent posts to the blog. <br />So this is just a quick recap of my trip to San Antonio. I went for the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP). <br /><br /><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/07/14/2477.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/07/14/s_2477.jpg' border='0' width='200' height='150' align='left' style='margin:5px'></a><br />It is a good meeting to get ideas for new things to try in the classroom, and is focused on pharmacy and healthcare education. I have also been able to publish my research there for the past two years. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />San Antonio was very nice, but really hot. The Alamo was much smaller than I expected, but the Tower of the Americas was huge. <br /><br /><br /><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/07/14/2478.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/07/14/s_2478.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' align='left' style='margin:5px'></a><br /><br /><br /><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/07/14/2479.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/07/14/s_2479.jpg' border='0' width='150' height='200' align='right' style='margin:5px'></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The food was great, and believe it or not I even tried the guacamole! (It was handmade at the table!)<br /><br /><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/07/14/2480.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/07/14/s_2480.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' align='left' style='margin:5px'></a><br /> <br /><br /><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/07/14/2482.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/07/14/s_2482.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' align='right' style='margin:5px'></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />In all, it was a good trip, but I am ready to be heading home today. (I Am in the air between San Antonio and Atlanta as I write this!)</font><br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad<br /><p class='blogpress_location'>Location:<a href='http://maps.google.com/maps?q=San%20Antonio,%20TX&z=10'>San Antonio, TX</a></p>Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674902650183350654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169997284380489367.post-44235991397507430512011-07-09T10:07:00.001-07:002011-07-09T10:07:05.730-07:00We Welcome the Latest Member of the Family!<font color="black" face="Marker Felt">On June 6, 2011, we welcomed the latest member of the family, Shepherd Smith Childress. <br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/07/09/2005.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/07/09/s_2005.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />The little guy came 4 weeks early, and had a hard time for the first week. He was on IV, oxygen, and minimal stimulation for the first 4 days to help him clear the fluid in his lungs. He was quite the fighter, and was able to come off of everything after 4 days. Since then he has done fantastically, gaining about a pound a week! <br /><br /><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/07/09/2007.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/07/09/s_2007.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='278' align='left' style='margin:5px'></a><br /><br /><br /><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/07/09/2013.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/07/09/s_2013.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='278' align='right' style='margin:5px'></a><br />His brother and sister are just eating him up, and we are so glad to have all at home. Now Mom and Dad have to get used to being outnumbered by the kids!<br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/07/09/2021.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/07/09/s_2021.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /></font><br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad<br /><p class='blogpress_location'>Location:<a href='http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Louisville,%20KY&z=10'>Louisville, KY</a></p>Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674902650183350654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169997284380489367.post-37365945755724084482011-05-04T21:31:00.001-07:002011-05-04T21:31:37.664-07:00Easter Sunday<font face="Marker Felt">So we got to spend Easter this year in Morgantown, hunting eggs in the rain and mud. Here are some pictures of the kiddos!</font><br /><br /><br /><a href='https://picasaweb.google.com/hope.childress/MyBlogPhotos#5603085004816893042'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE2OvLtxyzEBxNmjVMXQI0WOI3T7XH3CQzwFlt-FHyyClokThtKAnIvbg30R1mJQUwtcVGvnt-3xi9G2IucquV04HE7i778vIpLIRrsspSuMHfeuPaqVXfcaZ-W0mxhVZkNXIaMMZsjYs/s288/5.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' align='left' style='margin:5px'></a><br /><br /><br /><a href='https://picasaweb.google.com/hope.childress/MyBlogPhotos#5603085015852568482'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhaHSaaUNmrvBB3X1BAZ4-EF5pHavN8GgdhvhFFOOY2EOccRMQHO_Zke0AM48NNIM9trWB16FqXx8uYidXeG4pXNNq7DMMWdk5Mm_WTWnFbps-F6fvjjFejotIbIwoLEl1Assm7dZIGE/s288/4.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' align='right' style='margin:5px'></a><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='https://picasaweb.google.com/hope.childress/MyBlogPhotos#5603085025106719874'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Be2UR_3frfkWwyBOIpWiO2oGFbsvTt327j0lLqE3kRwt8YjVp0l0dKsTWX3RgyH3Q7mUHBVwJces8dtimoFfFBSGZQxsTMOPfBPBT-mi3X-Gy6KHqsg-Tp2_G8zmLPTnbgdoGhgYGlA/s288/3.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><font face="Marker Felt">Daddy and his girl. </font><br /><br /><center><a href='https://picasaweb.google.com/hope.childress/MyBlogPhotos#5603085029937344930'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPJ9nDiNd7irsztc1_K8dJwRNrihm2lZJw-A_3p0Wo3ggJtoCgyv0HoZTDvyTRd9qTDtjCKJsctgmpQ21ckEEQIPwssaX6kwk1sojPyJovo9CJU0HRw_FipkFP8RqNBxgg-l1Q2Q1ix1g/s288/2.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='https://picasaweb.google.com/hope.childress/MyBlogPhotos#5603085034765253938'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVGOcUGmP8DOsXnKlnrbFqd9TlEEVssvGpv41s405xmLw71Ie7cV_MabM1Jo26V_PBEmNe6k2YfWMXTm-PpNuTFjJxJOqVERsTVcSw_kbQQ_E6DAAP2wGNiXUVsI7I3W5jAFZBq3i9Q-Y/s288/1.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><font face="Marker Felt">The kids refused to cooperate for a family photo shoot!</font><br /><br /><center><a href='https://picasaweb.google.com/hope.childress/MyBlogPhotos#5603085039766481442'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiRQ6StcpPeO-UMztRhKpCslCyzgDuGtyNP0tsJwZrauRl_Ra5Tt5rO9bEvMlFjySK_k8dUoNKnck-R0CSp2D6wup6Vf2qTW7GVKqhiMFQamtr5mgT05aucvkpUenkCmzlksvuDb_XfUc/s288/0.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad<br /><p class='blogpress_location'>Location:<a href='http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Morgantown,%20KY&z=10'>Morgantown, KY</a></p>Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674902650183350654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169997284380489367.post-28692860524753735092010-09-14T12:16:00.000-07:002010-09-14T14:16:30.799-07:00Blog Worthy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgesI2tog0mgm2o9c8d3Z5QJcXLSMsLXnD-Q_PlEUqF8JtHNz0pNwhYLR9f9u0dymrQQRDiPdIk2E2d1N_zwVEpmufdgr_BwGvMQ7uULqcLVab3WzYSEXyTBUKB5R0OhgakWeUmAL1dNbA/s1600/September+2010+075.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgesI2tog0mgm2o9c8d3Z5QJcXLSMsLXnD-Q_PlEUqF8JtHNz0pNwhYLR9f9u0dymrQQRDiPdIk2E2d1N_zwVEpmufdgr_BwGvMQ7uULqcLVab3WzYSEXyTBUKB5R0OhgakWeUmAL1dNbA/s320/September+2010+075.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516861701284954898" /></a><br />So, I've been telling everyone that when I had something worth blogging about I would. Well, this is definitely something to brag, I mean blog about. Anabelle started preschool today and boy was she excited. She had no problem telling me and her daddy bye and walking into school all by herself. I didn't even take her to her classroom....crazy girl! For three hours it was just me and Sammy. BC said that three hours a day, two times a week it's the Sammy Show! Not so much today. He napped the whole time and I cleaned, while counting down the minutes until I got to see my sweet Belle-Belle again. When I picked her up she was kinda bummed that she had to leave her watercolors at school, but she said she made friends, though she couldn't remember any of their names, and she told her Uncle Kirby that she already had "boy-friends". Let's hope she just meant friends that are boys....knowing where her genes come from that it just wishful thinking. As this year rolls along be sure to know that I will keep you updated on events of Anabelle and "Spree-school".<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq43bkFIAEDNh7aB7aN0O2GodM9ogjE5yHRTO3hP3vZxvyYr3bg93PskTDnQ90N-xeRnhC2TUod3k_Qd5eccdSzm2O7Gp8BFUbEyI9Fw-OLswEajWFMIiMUoCw6b_OKeup827Wytn7ZLo/s1600/September+2010+078.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq43bkFIAEDNh7aB7aN0O2GodM9ogjE5yHRTO3hP3vZxvyYr3bg93PskTDnQ90N-xeRnhC2TUod3k_Qd5eccdSzm2O7Gp8BFUbEyI9Fw-OLswEajWFMIiMUoCw6b_OKeup827Wytn7ZLo/s320/September+2010+078.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516869551755581106" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEMlrjz8allAtstlhNb1KVZ0xmKtA8rJ3l6wI-jeJl8_z5nvPU4EL-G6QndtOPQpjlm6ZrH9_sfRn9bIUpbrYX_GErgHrk1NJvSP60ciUH-fsE8B2Qxq4wd8UqPweUNNlwBVF9VXg_1fc/s1600/September+2010+077.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEMlrjz8allAtstlhNb1KVZ0xmKtA8rJ3l6wI-jeJl8_z5nvPU4EL-G6QndtOPQpjlm6ZrH9_sfRn9bIUpbrYX_GErgHrk1NJvSP60ciUH-fsE8B2Qxq4wd8UqPweUNNlwBVF9VXg_1fc/s320/September+2010+077.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516869539468038610" /></a><br />Sammy and Belle-Belle, BFF's!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5YH-FoIE-c-KGqwcM1RBGwHIgWadIGSB6eowznnJS4r3HOvmxoGPyAeLIqu4UiBVoZ4HRHMaFMc7mGeuP1CuAXp0XHuwGQQL6PBWQqU0JKZyurWzu09LwbvqO8seXfwmT6IjOpuYzN5A/s1600/September+2010+069.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 117px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5YH-FoIE-c-KGqwcM1RBGwHIgWadIGSB6eowznnJS4r3HOvmxoGPyAeLIqu4UiBVoZ4HRHMaFMc7mGeuP1CuAXp0XHuwGQQL6PBWQqU0JKZyurWzu09LwbvqO8seXfwmT6IjOpuYzN5A/s320/September+2010+069.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516869526613092626" /></a><br />Our big Preschooler!!<br /><br />Another big event in our family's life has been that BC ran his first 5k and received 3rd place in his division. We are so proud of him and his determination to do more. He is planning on running a 10k in October. Maybe by then I'll be ready to run in a 5k. We'll see...I think whether I place in a race like that or not I will blog about it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjroFOaGcn3qm2e9xwJHsSTFVeJqQZfNDzyoGbSxA_TdgUdGu6Q_pz5bSdOgOj_F2UiD01oIxkgR9De6Z6sxc3hOIb5BuRQcvjsnXP8_CMHDm4HtYfUIqdC1D_KO0YryNdP6NCXalT0-yo/s1600/September+2010+037.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjroFOaGcn3qm2e9xwJHsSTFVeJqQZfNDzyoGbSxA_TdgUdGu6Q_pz5bSdOgOj_F2UiD01oIxkgR9De6Z6sxc3hOIb5BuRQcvjsnXP8_CMHDm4HtYfUIqdC1D_KO0YryNdP6NCXalT0-yo/s320/September+2010+037.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516873141885117954" /></a><br />Anabelle is so proud of her daddy and his shiny medal. She asked him that day after he had showered and changed why he didn't put is "nes-quese" (necklace) back on. He told her he didn't want to scratch it or lose it. She couldn't understand him not wanting to wear it all the time.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinCBXhr4DSherOcBV_ttMZ-jToVA8lFjBSbIoHBdScqMHDde5GxxFogVcX5YdmYFo-aQeSSPDKtB5t4nXlzQOvKx3vIXSneBf97FA6X3bxw3vqMm9lD8fpOiAtaMA5gBkRZFQgoyL5CXs/s1600/September+2010+034.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinCBXhr4DSherOcBV_ttMZ-jToVA8lFjBSbIoHBdScqMHDde5GxxFogVcX5YdmYFo-aQeSSPDKtB5t4nXlzQOvKx3vIXSneBf97FA6X3bxw3vqMm9lD8fpOiAtaMA5gBkRZFQgoyL5CXs/s320/September+2010+034.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516873134192514498" /></a><br />My sweetheart and his winnings. I love him so!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYVSPc1FnT8PhbagXEQwOt0ToAbfTyYTK5-047P3VQcdM-yJf7OTKxijyeKGJv3XRYClKdx1ZlAPNj1R7VyG8EqUA3BEqScm7kiNEOZWm1rRXgvrUybzEipWKKAJ4fd639OeyUFoBAt_U/s1600/September+2010+033.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYVSPc1FnT8PhbagXEQwOt0ToAbfTyYTK5-047P3VQcdM-yJf7OTKxijyeKGJv3XRYClKdx1ZlAPNj1R7VyG8EqUA3BEqScm7kiNEOZWm1rRXgvrUybzEipWKKAJ4fd639OeyUFoBAt_U/s320/September+2010+033.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516873127859535234" /></a><br /><br />After the big race we took Anabelle, Sammy and Avery to the park. I got a few good pictures that I thought I would share.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh81ZKTBoOBEWsJ6X4jxAacBHBVB5DvrPqtx3mgqQqJgzEUtu8a9yRQsAOOEyqofOx3zeM0ETKPBGl0j9HGmIiIVXoLftO8IpVPGz0_rHExhoh-7IQ-4ZCmfpEbNxGqXxqi2hjpQypvVO8/s1600/September+2010+065.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh81ZKTBoOBEWsJ6X4jxAacBHBVB5DvrPqtx3mgqQqJgzEUtu8a9yRQsAOOEyqofOx3zeM0ETKPBGl0j9HGmIiIVXoLftO8IpVPGz0_rHExhoh-7IQ-4ZCmfpEbNxGqXxqi2hjpQypvVO8/s320/September+2010+065.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516876500809930898" /></a><br />Anabelle and Avery, aren't they beautiful?!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1kSobFWRrvBWMsOg-VnG8vdZ9orV41YjHBHHabH0LRfcn3gmbVNVqYV_sYO191R-5ZKB3RpYppd9hQr-QHnfb8Xw5FQmmnzSeeeql60yhSckgecpgRiW9MSoj9vevAYfuz20C1a_JNGA/s1600/September+2010+060.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1kSobFWRrvBWMsOg-VnG8vdZ9orV41YjHBHHabH0LRfcn3gmbVNVqYV_sYO191R-5ZKB3RpYppd9hQr-QHnfb8Xw5FQmmnzSeeeql60yhSckgecpgRiW9MSoj9vevAYfuz20C1a_JNGA/s320/September+2010+060.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516876493394234866" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpNC9GV1T9NS20qDchl-y5PpcMRldM7VpdJ_kshWNXayfBnQ9QYhCMk0ooW1LwCyWA7YvA02_37Z0dzdX3HM0WHOrrCiZBx809Tvx-h6CCkby56-InYczfk373NHg7ah1537XBkpD76iE/s1600/September+2010+042.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpNC9GV1T9NS20qDchl-y5PpcMRldM7VpdJ_kshWNXayfBnQ9QYhCMk0ooW1LwCyWA7YvA02_37Z0dzdX3HM0WHOrrCiZBx809Tvx-h6CCkby56-InYczfk373NHg7ah1537XBkpD76iE/s320/September+2010+042.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516876472663680258" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPUy0PFcm1en4sg5oT-ck0zwRKGr0348qR2aXES7CMhGtFfohXSda5CmzURbRQ6OQwT3uTnuQlhoIULJe7N4DsxNjiB05Rld3TP7veZ_YZLQstaaL9q3BMc9gLiaXxJoP-uU67fOJsnNU/s1600/September+2010+040.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPUy0PFcm1en4sg5oT-ck0zwRKGr0348qR2aXES7CMhGtFfohXSda5CmzURbRQ6OQwT3uTnuQlhoIULJe7N4DsxNjiB05Rld3TP7veZ_YZLQstaaL9q3BMc9gLiaXxJoP-uU67fOJsnNU/s320/September+2010+040.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516876466244899490" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAe5XEkt8lI_xBGs-tiroYi0cEnEKT1J8q65zv0Rl-gnfJLVdVNQxfBnd17Yn_-RA1d22pYTPGWeVrLR83oTi6dwuyqhpHt12h1jVd_ObZU5dY1ZtfoFK3CdtozaDGYKlSj9c8lJs1p2Y/s1600/September+2010+014.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAe5XEkt8lI_xBGs-tiroYi0cEnEKT1J8q65zv0Rl-gnfJLVdVNQxfBnd17Yn_-RA1d22pYTPGWeVrLR83oTi6dwuyqhpHt12h1jVd_ObZU5dY1ZtfoFK3CdtozaDGYKlSj9c8lJs1p2Y/s320/September+2010+014.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516876456682596274" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8XTu9VaEQeoCzhSJ82SRKi8EKG9NclG94wuVMW8dwfH9EOv-36QzUxp63B2HLwA_nXhIngTgcXkjxe3A1wbWO07BIALmdOcGDBIeuNBEJ2pfH2ghYk6ZyLcvCvQG5G-zciHmqSBMw7es/s1600/September+2010+068.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8XTu9VaEQeoCzhSJ82SRKi8EKG9NclG94wuVMW8dwfH9EOv-36QzUxp63B2HLwA_nXhIngTgcXkjxe3A1wbWO07BIALmdOcGDBIeuNBEJ2pfH2ghYk6ZyLcvCvQG5G-zciHmqSBMw7es/s320/September+2010+068.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516879037006796466" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhChglE4iI3PbtO9lm1OGUtawsm85gRJjILh-NnEUMFtC5NLczI3UKq0CW1gM_KnXp-Ctj3HRJMKdDe1TS6ZxUIzsyTIUx9Hyat_1UdPOOtf1DPb8vrXaqXEcECzpBc_FHh6hTrW5bdda0/s1600/September+2010+067.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhChglE4iI3PbtO9lm1OGUtawsm85gRJjILh-NnEUMFtC5NLczI3UKq0CW1gM_KnXp-Ctj3HRJMKdDe1TS6ZxUIzsyTIUx9Hyat_1UdPOOtf1DPb8vrXaqXEcECzpBc_FHh6hTrW5bdda0/s320/September+2010+067.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516879028045489010" /></a><br /><br />My niece Avery lost her first tooth about a week or two ago and she has been proudly showing it off as often as she can! She is so beautiful, and, can you sense it...a bit mischievous? She comes by it honest though, now doesn't she?!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIgeaof5yXDx70V6hNhK_X2UAKVHdp-VcZZOZDXVKQyo4R4TSoAVDlzTlXq8qkGlMkXAKFlkLofs9Lcssc5n-mGVHSBSuPu0R8RzHQPwRSBWxWiyXELok3LXNVBx7AJcl9nmNO8f0FIPM/s1600/September+2010+066.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIgeaof5yXDx70V6hNhK_X2UAKVHdp-VcZZOZDXVKQyo4R4TSoAVDlzTlXq8qkGlMkXAKFlkLofs9Lcssc5n-mGVHSBSuPu0R8RzHQPwRSBWxWiyXELok3LXNVBx7AJcl9nmNO8f0FIPM/s320/September+2010+066.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516879022666268466" /></a>Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674902650183350654noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169997284380489367.post-70103780941104971872010-02-22T13:20:00.000-08:002010-02-22T18:06:02.259-08:00All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Dull Boy<object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9660392&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9660392&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/9660392">The Shining Effect</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user837596">Hope Childress</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br />I've totally been feeling "The Shining" effect. This house was starting to feel like The Stanley Hotel until this past Saturday when the sun actually popped out and it warmed up. Now it's rainy and it would be a little depressing if I wasn't having such a good day. True, I've only gotten the laundry done but hey, that ain't no small order when you got two babies and a husband who occasionally misses his mouth while eating or drinking. Today BC and I started our GET FIT routine. We are waking up early and taking turns getting our walk on. I'm really looking forward to just feeling better and taking better care of my body. <br /><br />We had a great Valentine's Day Weekend. BC surprised me with flowers, chocolate and perfume and a baby-sitter, Charlie, for Friday night. We went and saw the movie "Valentine's Day". It was pretty good and funny. Belle-Belle, Sammy and I made homemade cards and they both had fun pressing their hands into a mold to make ornaments for Daddy's office. He also got some chocolate and a basketball sucker.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcwqcFFvu5s2_n3HyB4bnXCk4ryFKJy8mrJkYQZ5BnGGkJmGFi0ZYgqLmUkTaMrguOjhTV8xi-S9hONvr9csDrL82vOPUrSdu9s4FBTWn40NW5G8Ysui96urDWsuKxp5cMMeGdLb2BOlk/s1600-h/February+2010+043.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcwqcFFvu5s2_n3HyB4bnXCk4ryFKJy8mrJkYQZ5BnGGkJmGFi0ZYgqLmUkTaMrguOjhTV8xi-S9hONvr9csDrL82vOPUrSdu9s4FBTWn40NW5G8Ysui96urDWsuKxp5cMMeGdLb2BOlk/s320/February+2010+043.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441249576856958162" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV8ceMhzqD2tejYpiFgdZYgRu1ObdU-KFOTryuR2OCbmREeGEZQO7RZi0bmrN-rn7TJCWItYpZ_xQU5NsgKUTfou0n6srShr976d74uUy-4IF0o-Zq8ddPr3Xi5_yYQEmfP8zpyAHX7sM/s1600-h/February+2010+027.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV8ceMhzqD2tejYpiFgdZYgRu1ObdU-KFOTryuR2OCbmREeGEZQO7RZi0bmrN-rn7TJCWItYpZ_xQU5NsgKUTfou0n6srShr976d74uUy-4IF0o-Zq8ddPr3Xi5_yYQEmfP8zpyAHX7sM/s320/February+2010+027.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441254257776328258" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPQSW6aD9yYi_ELLBTFYYIEpzYp-HZrp5463OahBwy_zzbon2uOj5n5fJ1f80fJraHjJPFogCpFI2y-JCBHVpD05gz8BOOb2e6O-0m5gmGXUXLtA7BjgcGkmn90m4UHiPb8G-0aEURiNw/s1600-h/February+2010+042.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPQSW6aD9yYi_ELLBTFYYIEpzYp-HZrp5463OahBwy_zzbon2uOj5n5fJ1f80fJraHjJPFogCpFI2y-JCBHVpD05gz8BOOb2e6O-0m5gmGXUXLtA7BjgcGkmn90m4UHiPb8G-0aEURiNw/s320/February+2010+042.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441249567095717506" /></a><br /><br />Meanwhile we have had a few changes since the last time I blogged. After being caged for almost 2 weeks I went to Lowe's and got materials to start a new project. I guess I should back-track a little. Before the big snow we went to Anabelle's friend, Tayan's birthday party. Tayan's mommy, Tristin is so cool and I'm hoping a new friend?. She had painted a magnetic chalkboard on her wall and bordered it in with crown molding. So, I turned her idea into a little cheaper version and painted my own border around our new chalkboard in the kitchen. It only took a day for the actual chalkboard but a couple more for the border because I used different colors and techniques to get it just right. I also painted the alcove in our half-bath downstairs and put a "potty chart" on it for Anabelle. She's really liking it and it has been a good to have it there so I know how often she really does need to go. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFIGoJzLYinq7STTiZapitTqliNPDZ_nLJhY-7eQx-PqxuldWs2doOii9_WIIZvnQMUrBOWh87m6Jqbng3ifSgLZATTa7R60icBtIdVXxbJLdTMHypYtFQ-Usl2r6ZRQuWhZr0pUpNQgI/s1600-h/February+2010+086.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFIGoJzLYinq7STTiZapitTqliNPDZ_nLJhY-7eQx-PqxuldWs2doOii9_WIIZvnQMUrBOWh87m6Jqbng3ifSgLZATTa7R60icBtIdVXxbJLdTMHypYtFQ-Usl2r6ZRQuWhZr0pUpNQgI/s320/February+2010+086.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441244113340114898" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjN-t0ABhVh9W94fGA0KsD3LSHnXMzPnD6mjs8tsg6XKyvON1DK6MPfEuunkxWOAWEGKgNpo8dCMQ0GCDRZUGKey2vDM_WGMr5YXObBa8Lk9OMsabc5ybgIf_JkpeQ7Ji0_n5m9GDA9ug/s1600-h/February+2010+079.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjN-t0ABhVh9W94fGA0KsD3LSHnXMzPnD6mjs8tsg6XKyvON1DK6MPfEuunkxWOAWEGKgNpo8dCMQ0GCDRZUGKey2vDM_WGMr5YXObBa8Lk9OMsabc5ybgIf_JkpeQ7Ji0_n5m9GDA9ug/s320/February+2010+079.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441244582601312578" /></a><br /><br />Potty training is going well. We've been doing it since Anabelle's 3rd birthday but she is still having accidents on occasion but she's waking up with dry Pull-Ups in the morning so that is a good thing. I think her big problem is that she gets really busy playing and having fun and she forgets that she's not wearing a diaper.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqLcLvgRAR5RwijazbzZwFcBaY_15pOOwhcBhwE-HNPGj9eU_3ns8N5uqnjIRvTXkVe5gTMRVLdpLIeXxC8Vtz3MSCHscgvBaVfjdWcJD0kKjL7reYOrLp2RYu0IBvC070JnqatskUfU4/s1600-h/February+2010+012.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqLcLvgRAR5RwijazbzZwFcBaY_15pOOwhcBhwE-HNPGj9eU_3ns8N5uqnjIRvTXkVe5gTMRVLdpLIeXxC8Vtz3MSCHscgvBaVfjdWcJD0kKjL7reYOrLp2RYu0IBvC070JnqatskUfU4/s320/February+2010+012.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441249531855717842" /></a><br /><br />Sammy is growing so much!! It seemed like a week ago he went to bed and then woke up the next morning 3 inches taller and looking less and less like a baby. I love it and hate it. He is starting to talk some. He's saying "Momma" and "Da-dee" when referring to us or trying to find us. He also calls the cat by name and says "dis" and "dat" while pointing at whatever it is he wants. And, of course, he is saying "ball". That boy is going to be a natural...obviously doesn't take after "The Rick" aka his mother.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQgX0R8t1ndSuqM3ecKwpo_pdGidzJkZqPx1okVjFdqql2h-pCAUy38IOi6ApE2wx_YB3G3e_RWjOrvbgh0nK2SYVhrMMRbwlhfuOgPbMhGHUKoJPMqorlTV1eB19s_wVDa3K1YtSd8EI/s1600-h/February+2010+009.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQgX0R8t1ndSuqM3ecKwpo_pdGidzJkZqPx1okVjFdqql2h-pCAUy38IOi6ApE2wx_YB3G3e_RWjOrvbgh0nK2SYVhrMMRbwlhfuOgPbMhGHUKoJPMqorlTV1eB19s_wVDa3K1YtSd8EI/s320/February+2010+009.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441249542876068194" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtILGZNK-guXgRxDW_XQ0FgoE17Tne9sx6ElGpe3yGZrEv5qiHtLnerzGII5wGF6GT2hUxT9QST2Dux7nepMEauXZuIeuZPkgwwtJZohopbBxOMB9PrK1inUnzceCCDHjrxycfgwvcTjg/s1600-h/February+2010+034.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtILGZNK-guXgRxDW_XQ0FgoE17Tne9sx6ElGpe3yGZrEv5qiHtLnerzGII5wGF6GT2hUxT9QST2Dux7nepMEauXZuIeuZPkgwwtJZohopbBxOMB9PrK1inUnzceCCDHjrxycfgwvcTjg/s320/February+2010+034.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441249554249280226" /></a><br /><br />BC was offered a position to stay on at Sullivan. We are so excited to have this assurance and I know BC is excited to have a "real job". He is still going to stay on part-time with CVS and only work a Saturday a month...mostly for the great discount. He really likes doing that and apparently many of his colleagues do the same thing.<br /><br />Oh, and we also have 2 new members of the family. They are below. I asked Anabelle what she wanted to name them and she said....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7LBl8di8vYdLVLiOt02VvLXC78Zasia_2cxV5UssifMu3yLCg5-Ye39T3dFCOwViPvn7z7qVuw_vUJwbeLRz5VFXfCFQ21kbJ3CDL_2BcLlg3cm4Qkf_Emx2fmahzIDliivf9EMnthk/s1600-h/February+2010+070.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7LBl8di8vYdLVLiOt02VvLXC78Zasia_2cxV5UssifMu3yLCg5-Ye39T3dFCOwViPvn7z7qVuw_vUJwbeLRz5VFXfCFQ21kbJ3CDL_2BcLlg3cm4Qkf_Emx2fmahzIDliivf9EMnthk/s320/February+2010+070.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441247253567054914" /></a><br /><br />Nemo and Rosa Parks...in celebration of Black History Month!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgArVubbzlkJZSqd8dTHOVw3Rz5Pmua-OSsc5AQiiwrLaR89zQI7OFn4VmaYvfuWejMYmdhuDOTC1eUL9g8B2BOWN2f7odnzhmxfQSZ62XYbFylNkEF9tqUZXN8Dc5cfTnaVreJYMfl0M0/s1600-h/February+2010+076.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgArVubbzlkJZSqd8dTHOVw3Rz5Pmua-OSsc5AQiiwrLaR89zQI7OFn4VmaYvfuWejMYmdhuDOTC1eUL9g8B2BOWN2f7odnzhmxfQSZ62XYbFylNkEF9tqUZXN8Dc5cfTnaVreJYMfl0M0/s320/February+2010+076.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441252305128910642" /></a>Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674902650183350654noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169997284380489367.post-18276410489179897392010-02-09T10:29:00.000-08:002010-02-09T14:08:33.043-08:00Spaghetti Night, More Birthday and Snow, Snow, SNOW!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEMRhsE_AfPJxbxHNwTiGnfdRKhOq-NXS6NxkAQRdacvg4mOKfjK830EGz0FWufg8U49OKAiU8C_e_IPwKtgO52xZy4FzHCpWcUge-j7Sq4b76z0L7vIUTTA7LN_4eGHXbkgUPpI6an1w/s1600-h/January+February+2010+054.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEMRhsE_AfPJxbxHNwTiGnfdRKhOq-NXS6NxkAQRdacvg4mOKfjK830EGz0FWufg8U49OKAiU8C_e_IPwKtgO52xZy4FzHCpWcUge-j7Sq4b76z0L7vIUTTA7LN_4eGHXbkgUPpI6an1w/s320/January+February+2010+054.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436317436019000098" /></a><br />Two weeks in a row!! I'm not patting myself on the back or anything because this could go south just as soon as I do! So, last week we had a spaghetti night and Sammy had a blast. I always wonder if he even really eats any spaghetti. He used to, for sure, when I was feeding it to him but now that he's older and wanting to do it on his own most of it just ends up ON him instead of IN him. He's so dang cute while he's doing it though.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmiBjpFTVBrk6JqmtNOnM_TvZEX6NK3FZe7jv3_NFURe7O8tqe2VhmoUeJpl_T8wcvn2mhuVgnYDlcm8cII3HrwOAfEmqZTuCWwvFT_TstQ3o0xRxcJy6316eRETTec7X9WejKCnqOsr8/s1600-h/January+February+2010+056.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmiBjpFTVBrk6JqmtNOnM_TvZEX6NK3FZe7jv3_NFURe7O8tqe2VhmoUeJpl_T8wcvn2mhuVgnYDlcm8cII3HrwOAfEmqZTuCWwvFT_TstQ3o0xRxcJy6316eRETTec7X9WejKCnqOsr8/s320/January+February+2010+056.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436317771804624642" /></a><br />Peek-a-boo!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq6OuYtwCUp9pqgwkVj9VCKwIjAKhlkQCNVbgxDw1TFuZZqZUB6mgwhAolTJMZjlKHoEmEjZr0tz3yc9IUf2mkznl5_zUBHDaIh1sxFeR4uhAul6-E-yksez2FjyBTnhSPDX893en06RA/s1600-h/January+February+2010+069.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq6OuYtwCUp9pqgwkVj9VCKwIjAKhlkQCNVbgxDw1TFuZZqZUB6mgwhAolTJMZjlKHoEmEjZr0tz3yc9IUf2mkznl5_zUBHDaIh1sxFeR4uhAul6-E-yksez2FjyBTnhSPDX893en06RA/s320/January+February+2010+069.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436318676417632290" /></a><br />Who wouldn't love this guy?!! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTip50tOmhBk_b571aUo84mxTNPJISdSMsLw_mPdINp6i9lrme9SWYfbZstVBMiNrMK0H13cHkL1VXYRP8SkfnpXEZxLriHzFOoVaYoMXdNK0TRy0GPRtJkXCX9toY8UcVvUbSYxrIbRk/s1600-h/January+February+2010+071.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTip50tOmhBk_b571aUo84mxTNPJISdSMsLw_mPdINp6i9lrme9SWYfbZstVBMiNrMK0H13cHkL1VXYRP8SkfnpXEZxLriHzFOoVaYoMXdNK0TRy0GPRtJkXCX9toY8UcVvUbSYxrIbRk/s320/January+February+2010+071.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436319274361491666" /></a><br />The rest of us had spaghetti too but it didn't end up as entertaining as this. Maybe next time we'll all put our plates on our heads...for the sake of the blog.<br /><br />There were a few other good birthday pictures on our other camera that I thought I would post. There's even a glimpse of the Frog Prince. I'm still proud of myself!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFezVxFtAPzFwPNLMEofXEGbEUtwxL3k-MxX7AQy90ri0JQeAew0m1R7Sb6UkSNRTwWZlqlTnc8zaFH6jrWodrYsSeVGORJd0RiKVwYkVKMI-MNbhhHEx1AHuiRXVXroIZ3r9zTSxRVR0/s1600-h/January+February+2010+095.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFezVxFtAPzFwPNLMEofXEGbEUtwxL3k-MxX7AQy90ri0JQeAew0m1R7Sb6UkSNRTwWZlqlTnc8zaFH6jrWodrYsSeVGORJd0RiKVwYkVKMI-MNbhhHEx1AHuiRXVXroIZ3r9zTSxRVR0/s320/January+February+2010+095.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436321260144892770" /></a><br />Anabelle getting her Princess Tiana from Nona and Papi. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jRSs1BWKAeItwWaFA2_u4_RY0egzgQ7zl63jMDUJCdGExzRWY50xthWAUJlihNTSFPH3edJVGRoPv-gG1QkgWnzXqTioIrwtrtar8q3sqBCDh7-uk0s3LLD-mNbW08jkki5Q5GJK8fs/s1600-h/January+February+2010+140.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jRSs1BWKAeItwWaFA2_u4_RY0egzgQ7zl63jMDUJCdGExzRWY50xthWAUJlihNTSFPH3edJVGRoPv-gG1QkgWnzXqTioIrwtrtar8q3sqBCDh7-uk0s3LLD-mNbW08jkki5Q5GJK8fs/s320/January+February+2010+140.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436321831811296354" /></a><br />All free-hand. It's amazing what you can do when you have a time crunch and a three year-old cheering you on!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9SR4_6uXJHImh5cd15woDyBMPyAGmNNn2jyp7m0rWsIfcghwZeUnkUbnDe1JoUgr43Z92pbmqtrLxH6kMb61VC3XE6WDSgEK0Kk0YtKB_uGNvd9rm3Lmb4VM-ew7PetBKek8SI4rlwOo/s1600-h/January+February+2010+093.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9SR4_6uXJHImh5cd15woDyBMPyAGmNNn2jyp7m0rWsIfcghwZeUnkUbnDe1JoUgr43Z92pbmqtrLxH6kMb61VC3XE6WDSgEK0Kk0YtKB_uGNvd9rm3Lmb4VM-ew7PetBKek8SI4rlwOo/s320/January+February+2010+093.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436323800908506098" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL_lqOCHuXxZJ6HF0vNUSOYMrCMzYYmPE8uQ233nxYej2bVXEhjtRA5SR8oOdBnqg9GKgtf491wBGdsz8zCX5C2v-7UtOfdZo-50JO5ZaDj2ftA6lXgreOeP47jXAnbAiiGYnNfcOJUwA/s1600-h/January+February+2010+092.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL_lqOCHuXxZJ6HF0vNUSOYMrCMzYYmPE8uQ233nxYej2bVXEhjtRA5SR8oOdBnqg9GKgtf491wBGdsz8zCX5C2v-7UtOfdZo-50JO5ZaDj2ftA6lXgreOeP47jXAnbAiiGYnNfcOJUwA/s320/January+February+2010+092.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436324131576785794" /></a><br />We are singing "Happy Birthday" to her. It is so unlike her to be so bashful...really, we should sing it more often!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYq2BFIZYUin9fqowUvLbndiQVPKVv6BmHvoFnqU_X0gNCP4hDWIZ5K7QuAjt0ygkENzXjzr23R6AGTbwCbQp-uHsPK-mxDsPhFs42IvTtnLNnGz5r5ONnVUvyzGg-2ong06iOYS5b1Ck/s1600-h/January+February+2010+098.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYq2BFIZYUin9fqowUvLbndiQVPKVv6BmHvoFnqU_X0gNCP4hDWIZ5K7QuAjt0ygkENzXjzr23R6AGTbwCbQp-uHsPK-mxDsPhFs42IvTtnLNnGz5r5ONnVUvyzGg-2ong06iOYS5b1Ck/s320/January+February+2010+098.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436325288184404338" /></a><br />Who is this Princess? She was a little late for the party but isn't she beautiful?! Daddy is such a good sport! He loves his little girl!<br /><br />Our family has enjoyed all this snow. Mostly Anabelle and BC have enjoyed it. I have watched out the window, reluctantly. Sammy has yearned to go out in it and play but he's had a bit of a runny nose for pretty much all of this winter and I am trying to keep it under control. I do love the snow but I hate that it forces me to stay inside and off the road. Hopefully this will be are last big snow fall and spring will come soon! In the mean time, Anabelle built her very first Snowman with her daddy today. I got to pick out his accessories. Also, BC got an extra day off, that was a great surprise, and plus!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixDCG1ZDqRLRxde8_ybmkQw8EHZjDsmPptqTZ1zexA-3LAHPomAF_B_C9KHWsGb7DVnNXvgHRUyjQcwKggtYKSIx_zz14gySx8ZSFEL7XFnnchuDjIg7uFEokvTNJhveXSfGNBaba4LqE/s1600-h/January+February+2010+085.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixDCG1ZDqRLRxde8_ybmkQw8EHZjDsmPptqTZ1zexA-3LAHPomAF_B_C9KHWsGb7DVnNXvgHRUyjQcwKggtYKSIx_zz14gySx8ZSFEL7XFnnchuDjIg7uFEokvTNJhveXSfGNBaba4LqE/s320/January+February+2010+085.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436326791538746066" /></a><br />Mr. Kirby Snowman. He was about five feet tall and had blue button eyes, one of Nona's Christmas ornaments that she left here, Daddy's hat, Sammy's mittens and Mommy's scarf. Anabelle was worried about him getting thirsty so we left him a Coke-Cola to drink. Unfortunately for Mr. Kirby (Anabelle named him that)the winds began to come through and he fell over after having only been alive for about five hours. Poor Mr. Kirby Snowman. We'll miss him, but his legend shall live on forever!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzRhiLtLfmJ6luR1bs1OK3s1bsIHYWueRQTCYbOJ7i6DcDdM0v30KC0kuoKV26k_Mwl5KZzHu23K-UAiZzWhGhDgIy9zq7Z63Wy2ITJ9NbC8MgN4KGDyqIQ0y4SGmJUgZTmIZm9kh4zdg/s1600-h/January+February+2010+083.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzRhiLtLfmJ6luR1bs1OK3s1bsIHYWueRQTCYbOJ7i6DcDdM0v30KC0kuoKV26k_Mwl5KZzHu23K-UAiZzWhGhDgIy9zq7Z63Wy2ITJ9NbC8MgN4KGDyqIQ0y4SGmJUgZTmIZm9kh4zdg/s320/January+February+2010+083.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436326783096129106" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6vPoMAkp0bY2oQJ4GwMgF5asBT-T8P25qlZdZKAMGg3-UAma0fuYWKuk-p40FMfGXt0Fst1XQHuzliSPF8o_xC0rV_PL5Lilv2vrdE7-WRGMSfUYelmd3msSo-8KnTxWfc-A26pad0wU/s1600-h/January+February+2010+079.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6vPoMAkp0bY2oQJ4GwMgF5asBT-T8P25qlZdZKAMGg3-UAma0fuYWKuk-p40FMfGXt0Fst1XQHuzliSPF8o_xC0rV_PL5Lilv2vrdE7-WRGMSfUYelmd3msSo-8KnTxWfc-A26pad0wU/s320/January+February+2010+079.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436326776956998674" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijSHHBHImUORjf-gwVgAs4qO2K7XbF8rT473Z4FT5cnimVxlCxhi9fYKPXvsfsUryALrlAjmqP6Z6viretWVMLQOLjxGZWOoZqcR3ffIjfl6hKwfLowaIsGukf0Q6JqBOzn7RNdw29rPI/s1600-h/January+February+2010+078.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijSHHBHImUORjf-gwVgAs4qO2K7XbF8rT473Z4FT5cnimVxlCxhi9fYKPXvsfsUryALrlAjmqP6Z6viretWVMLQOLjxGZWOoZqcR3ffIjfl6hKwfLowaIsGukf0Q6JqBOzn7RNdw29rPI/s320/January+February+2010+078.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436326773154731698" /></a><br />I know, I'm like Ralphie's mom on "A Christmas Story". I always thought that that mother, and all mothers really, were crazy about stuff like that. But that saying is true, "Wait 'til you have kids of your own". I am sure however that there is a Nona and Papi out there who are looking at this and saying, "That baby doesn't have enough on!" What they, and you, can't see are the three layers under that scarf, jacket and coverall. I only wish she had another hat on...or at least earmuffs!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNxZNHS1d7N6VM-8AwPxkz7nMw4VwXT_B_1JiW8BYicSaO7Y6hlKkaqwoI46JQfPRrb0zTxmctRmWORpZdhEWiKRGnhKGkiHpMHyOU7JV1BoREzRuXK-0CRITpe9eRX5QdTB3ULXDYdig/s1600-h/January+February+2010+010.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNxZNHS1d7N6VM-8AwPxkz7nMw4VwXT_B_1JiW8BYicSaO7Y6hlKkaqwoI46JQfPRrb0zTxmctRmWORpZdhEWiKRGnhKGkiHpMHyOU7JV1BoREzRuXK-0CRITpe9eRX5QdTB3ULXDYdig/s320/January+February+2010+010.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436326768254098034" /></a>Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674902650183350654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169997284380489367.post-66356156919516972222010-02-02T13:37:00.001-08:002010-02-03T13:11:40.196-08:00Princess Party<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmZH9b704kWCafg2K0Dzml6PyQnbHbcMYAfQHxgjxN-2CtPG-ZaMfVMSYP9fmF9QffFMAKylvd1omcHrsyR4WeVIBhIEW0bRpOJ2nIkJJHVph2_M0phJgJLBzf5Yypzho9f43cii6kpU/s1600-h/January+2010+108.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmZH9b704kWCafg2K0Dzml6PyQnbHbcMYAfQHxgjxN-2CtPG-ZaMfVMSYP9fmF9QffFMAKylvd1omcHrsyR4WeVIBhIEW0bRpOJ2nIkJJHVph2_M0phJgJLBzf5Yypzho9f43cii6kpU/s320/January+2010+108.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434126677617107122" /></a><br />Anabelle turned 3, or as she likes to phrase it "2 and 1", last month. We had a princess party for her and some of her, her cousins and some of her little friends from church. It was a blast!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCpb_WFLJSWTE9nEERWiAxuRUWaHs8GUorOK3pxID-7coWyP8gsgareWNjlKXuRTsI1MURG5mf1uiL4Su4ptraZzSFjYezWBlSvO-wnMGBCKgkz6adj18OqMkE6z9_toXRSOputtn3NSo/s1600-h/January+2010+092.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCpb_WFLJSWTE9nEERWiAxuRUWaHs8GUorOK3pxID-7coWyP8gsgareWNjlKXuRTsI1MURG5mf1uiL4Su4ptraZzSFjYezWBlSvO-wnMGBCKgkz6adj18OqMkE6z9_toXRSOputtn3NSo/s320/January+2010+092.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433769405862416226" /></a><br />The cake that I ordered, thankfully, for this birthday. The necklace on the pillow spells out Anabelle's name! Wasn't that cleaver? I did it all over the phone so I had no idea of how it was going to turn out. They did a perfect job!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXc8iD0wq7cN2Qe6SMFeEjcDQxGDoXgOqJ9_jI0pKhHT1lCa6PDUWSIVu8Z7-W7bJnii8RnyebA6neOpiIL-YPbNWk1kKoe-vtUqzf_tekjD8zz4QMZeHjVU7DDMQocES_NlWTP40XMs/s1600-h/January+2010+084.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXc8iD0wq7cN2Qe6SMFeEjcDQxGDoXgOqJ9_jI0pKhHT1lCa6PDUWSIVu8Z7-W7bJnii8RnyebA6neOpiIL-YPbNWk1kKoe-vtUqzf_tekjD8zz4QMZeHjVU7DDMQocES_NlWTP40XMs/s320/January+2010+084.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433769397214969026" /></a><br />Anabelle's princess costume was "Married Cinderella". For weeks she was telling me how she wanted to be the Frog Princess. Then, she changed her mind three days before. Just like a woman. I didn't mind too much...the Frog Princess dress was almost 100 dollars. Crazy Disney!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWC-PdLhl4xiObb2SY80WjX3HD85mavnl4nxsazhU-YdJz7zjFrsh0I6HpPPrjdTC5kX1wpRJiTPhAHE8TNoyVe0Ewd61uRiteagl9__Xd0MWbwfKQxL-bn5MSfLb5JpiXUeTKrDdYZ1w/s1600-h/January+2010+081.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWC-PdLhl4xiObb2SY80WjX3HD85mavnl4nxsazhU-YdJz7zjFrsh0I6HpPPrjdTC5kX1wpRJiTPhAHE8TNoyVe0Ewd61uRiteagl9__Xd0MWbwfKQxL-bn5MSfLb5JpiXUeTKrDdYZ1w/s320/January+2010+081.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433769389874248194" /></a><br />They are discussing top secret princess stuff. Too cute!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik_6wPwJ7LMxnqLiLvSSF_LjhDXtsweUv-8JKedOxX2ICgDcDYfr0ZS85trl5lkuah9DQxID85u_N2ujgMhWPXSfZkPv-W94IRi3Hbh5Fv8RqC8pso38RtUqDsmdET7xjnHs3aas6cjoM/s1600-h/January+2010+086.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik_6wPwJ7LMxnqLiLvSSF_LjhDXtsweUv-8JKedOxX2ICgDcDYfr0ZS85trl5lkuah9DQxID85u_N2ujgMhWPXSfZkPv-W94IRi3Hbh5Fv8RqC8pso38RtUqDsmdET7xjnHs3aas6cjoM/s320/January+2010+086.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433769375780790738" /></a><br />Rylee was sweet enough to paint Butterflies and hearts on all the little girl's faces. We also had a "Kiss the Frog" game too but somehow I don't have any pictures of that. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSN1DxhEjdSvh8RTdRntFUlhyLOf0jPZF2I99fzB6bpFrqugKGBPi1Q0NQyI6eXgP3EvO0zsCuxJasoFw_khCFzuLxx2IRs_zpQvXA3gbJWwFDUzS8ix66vp5Flu1aIBqVDOF62Nkvxfc/s1600-h/January+2010+085.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSN1DxhEjdSvh8RTdRntFUlhyLOf0jPZF2I99fzB6bpFrqugKGBPi1Q0NQyI6eXgP3EvO0zsCuxJasoFw_khCFzuLxx2IRs_zpQvXA3gbJWwFDUzS8ix66vp5Flu1aIBqVDOF62Nkvxfc/s320/January+2010+085.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433769382214641762" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMa4nJlKrjbHjHFgfj7tSRo7YR-FVM2tkk9Pe6KDvmSVum5bOnSfRMtjdhK_HiMEFw8n4iCLGGtjisItRw-_Sf3jS6YtQVJmH-xvwfDHU6tbPVEvUk7k5GCWqaTZ0N3tT4Nqm6UGLEVLQ/s1600-h/January+2010+088.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMa4nJlKrjbHjHFgfj7tSRo7YR-FVM2tkk9Pe6KDvmSVum5bOnSfRMtjdhK_HiMEFw8n4iCLGGtjisItRw-_Sf3jS6YtQVJmH-xvwfDHU6tbPVEvUk7k5GCWqaTZ0N3tT4Nqm6UGLEVLQ/s320/January+2010+088.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433763874736019954" /></a><br />All of the Little Princesses had their own cake to eat!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo_L-1SmBiaamn0NJt97362t4BdfzILahUII-HAphq498WidS7fOTY68S60YI6IBnAdDlcFcEatTA2GiuQGwgOPTioF-itAyX9GQ99hFYDZHc137lQ8Blk8NrLdNTdEeJbIHzF23Rcvgk/s1600-h/January+2010+099.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo_L-1SmBiaamn0NJt97362t4BdfzILahUII-HAphq498WidS7fOTY68S60YI6IBnAdDlcFcEatTA2GiuQGwgOPTioF-itAyX9GQ99hFYDZHc137lQ8Blk8NrLdNTdEeJbIHzF23Rcvgk/s320/January+2010+099.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433773114517051506" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7JajwK0_RZLl6a9cjzTbMGb2nPH2J7T5skbO_1-ISAF-z4XxDaPIxTsx2ZhovmxRd0A6SwAwRTR3Nd1bbvPrSkycWxb2q7BevK7bwTt5NEc4jhCfpOXZ2_2aAO2o8PyIPP-w9_UK1vHQ/s1600-h/January+2010+102.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7JajwK0_RZLl6a9cjzTbMGb2nPH2J7T5skbO_1-ISAF-z4XxDaPIxTsx2ZhovmxRd0A6SwAwRTR3Nd1bbvPrSkycWxb2q7BevK7bwTt5NEc4jhCfpOXZ2_2aAO2o8PyIPP-w9_UK1vHQ/s320/January+2010+102.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434126892441663506" /></a><br />Crazy homeless lady we paid ten dollars to dress up as a princess for the party. Little did we know she was going to try to cut people's heads off. Just kidding, that's Princess Nona. She came with Prince Charming, who was requested by the birthday girl. She says that Papi is her Prince Charming.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwlhHzKgRD15yGoMI7_rRed9ikmMMsnhmhSxU4Wh_YFkiGs9CuM4C9T-ICeTJnrkwV4qpLwrGaVKbyYCaH-aZ-cpZYuYLYiwhb_F_nCa3zuuSZWvsWV6i6bS2JjfAP1wywUq_Wt-7BB_w/s1600-h/January+2010+118.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwlhHzKgRD15yGoMI7_rRed9ikmMMsnhmhSxU4Wh_YFkiGs9CuM4C9T-ICeTJnrkwV4qpLwrGaVKbyYCaH-aZ-cpZYuYLYiwhb_F_nCa3zuuSZWvsWV6i6bS2JjfAP1wywUq_Wt-7BB_w/s320/January+2010+118.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434127780041335746" /></a>Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674902650183350654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169997284380489367.post-28575951008672955022010-01-14T08:08:00.000-08:002010-02-02T13:46:15.442-08:00Waking Up In Vegas<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaMJAW25EtqlYEvCmHMhyVMGeFvlDBfmS6NKH_EdqO99ImlGLISoy1rB-lS2S96aHHxMAYdK263HPACqWMrr0t9xRgA1l02ubYvcNNnkseM7eIRGfcmh6OdbVcGy3lFrbg9loLFCbHGTk/s1600-h/Clyde's+Camera+Vegas+142.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaMJAW25EtqlYEvCmHMhyVMGeFvlDBfmS6NKH_EdqO99ImlGLISoy1rB-lS2S96aHHxMAYdK263HPACqWMrr0t9xRgA1l02ubYvcNNnkseM7eIRGfcmh6OdbVcGy3lFrbg9loLFCbHGTk/s320/Clyde's+Camera+Vegas+142.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428966021888104034" /></a><br />The first week of December BC had to attend the Mid-Year Conference for ASHP. He left on a Friday and I left the following Saturday. Lucky for us Nona, Papi and Adam took Anabelle and Sammy to their house for a mini-non-vacay. It was nice to get away but we did miss them both and I worried about Nona becoming murdercidial. But they did great and had a really fun time. <br /><br />As for us, Vegas was AMAZING!! I got there late Saturday night. BC picked me up at the airport and we took the shuttle back to the hotel. The conference was in the Venetian and we stayed in the Palazzo which is connected to the Venetian. They had some amazing shows there. The Blue Man Group was there as well as The Phantom of the Opera...my favorite Broadway Musical. Unfortunately we didn't get to go. Time and funds wouldn't really allow for it. There was so much to do in the hotel, we didn't really have to go to a show. We walked around, window shopped at all of the fabulous high-end boutiques and did a lot of sight seeing and picture taking. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXpweZzVGhdTnRsIq8qyMRJZYvN6Eu8NFmZ1wN5S87JV6Qj1qkwPmB43q0kZDhgAtrimb5GM7rr-f5-HuoT3mxnZSy54Nr5DynGZWdNocs8x41eMaR6MZRnjCupwmzgx3Dcmcct4BzEZc/s1600-h/Clyde's+Camera+Vegas+126.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXpweZzVGhdTnRsIq8qyMRJZYvN6Eu8NFmZ1wN5S87JV6Qj1qkwPmB43q0kZDhgAtrimb5GM7rr-f5-HuoT3mxnZSy54Nr5DynGZWdNocs8x41eMaR6MZRnjCupwmzgx3Dcmcct4BzEZc/s320/Clyde's+Camera+Vegas+126.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433739202670829394" /></a><br />ONE of the lobbies in our hotel, all decorated for Christmas.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZMLq_MrMcefIBymDNhjXZdvrEbPE8ZgbMF4uWIYMQA6Y87tsD_aaBhs-Tsv-Yeq2zedHVPfKpi9Cgq6_3zI12EhG3VvR3z6xzjR8g4sFQxqxy8P9uf18vUhnU_UMWGbyqUlCR5fTlGKA/s1600-h/Clyde's+Camera+Vegas+136.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZMLq_MrMcefIBymDNhjXZdvrEbPE8ZgbMF4uWIYMQA6Y87tsD_aaBhs-Tsv-Yeq2zedHVPfKpi9Cgq6_3zI12EhG3VvR3z6xzjR8g4sFQxqxy8P9uf18vUhnU_UMWGbyqUlCR5fTlGKA/s320/Clyde's+Camera+Vegas+136.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433739781026584258" /></a><br />The Shops at the Venetian. You can actually take a ride in a gondola inside the hotel. The outside of the shops are made to look as though you are walking through the streets of Venice. It was very convincing...only difference, it actually smelled good in the Venetian. Venice is a beautiful city but it reeks.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6rVX4ygNW1k-fYS9AoSWHTsSx6udPRAWGavwtQ7qkqaoA6f84fATUve97Cwary9Qm7ZVHKdimzksmWOvT3u2b1Vkq-PvRcSdAxcRuOkcUiQ24zZJPha9SNYRntO13RktiaR8MR7uLG1o/s1600-h/Clyde's+Camera+Vegas+167.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6rVX4ygNW1k-fYS9AoSWHTsSx6udPRAWGavwtQ7qkqaoA6f84fATUve97Cwary9Qm7ZVHKdimzksmWOvT3u2b1Vkq-PvRcSdAxcRuOkcUiQ24zZJPha9SNYRntO13RktiaR8MR7uLG1o/s320/Clyde's+Camera+Vegas+167.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433745829182243794" /></a><br />View from our fancy dinner with the other professors and students that went to Mid-year.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS_71XorxcGHvqD3cGYo8GG8RtjOqmbIa7418jgRr0Ms7VHTT0yo6lSP-0muv-b9z8vD7Ax8xBhW7iw8_dtGDSqcHANgR1LQJ2-VBt-MUaCchESzfxYVJ9YCLjTAt8H8va-Cq6YWd4iWc/s1600-h/Clyde's+Camera+Vegas+156.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS_71XorxcGHvqD3cGYo8GG8RtjOqmbIa7418jgRr0Ms7VHTT0yo6lSP-0muv-b9z8vD7Ax8xBhW7iw8_dtGDSqcHANgR1LQJ2-VBt-MUaCchESzfxYVJ9YCLjTAt8H8va-Cq6YWd4iWc/s320/Clyde's+Camera+Vegas+156.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433741273861675538" /></a><br />Performer whose sole act was to stand still. Hey, I could do that!!<br /><br />We did happen to "venture" outside of our hotel. We stopped in Planet Hollywood Hotel and had lunch in a restaurant there, Planet Dailies, good. After we spent some time in the rain walking to the M&M store where we tried to stay dry.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIvQoJKx_IjN_QoTuISSoFjJWFsBH4lxKgyLtD0wMyMNtfW8PUGyiV1a-oQyQmp0Pbylwb9_DklZio1je1hulP7r139gX0fO9bfSTNYBtLO_mAf_6yGC-O1q5jmQ3Y4YCveJzIOa1qLjw/s1600-h/Clyde's+Camera+Vegas+199.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIvQoJKx_IjN_QoTuISSoFjJWFsBH4lxKgyLtD0wMyMNtfW8PUGyiV1a-oQyQmp0Pbylwb9_DklZio1je1hulP7r139gX0fO9bfSTNYBtLO_mAf_6yGC-O1q5jmQ3Y4YCveJzIOa1qLjw/s320/Clyde's+Camera+Vegas+199.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433744579663157122" /></a><br />BC noted that my hair looked "trippy" under the black light. Isn't that the purpose of a black light?.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhytcme6UJv2YDlw-2QAGBK3zDkORtlxMFD463XvGIqys9LH7TUi6zfKOOQSGCyc1sGFSF5Wlng1QiDL_QsjB3UVgowUppMGjT6fiirYIQI02mAs5w1XQqMMyELPRaj92C82kVQ-UT7Y/s1600-h/Clyde's+Camera+Vegas+198.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhytcme6UJv2YDlw-2QAGBK3zDkORtlxMFD463XvGIqys9LH7TUi6zfKOOQSGCyc1sGFSF5Wlng1QiDL_QsjB3UVgowUppMGjT6fiirYIQI02mAs5w1XQqMMyELPRaj92C82kVQ-UT7Y/s320/Clyde's+Camera+Vegas+198.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433744573260435410" /></a><br />Raise the roof!! HOLLA!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpSD6kOdevnAQ4NE4NO1zV0ahn4upWoTE-t451cpY7WiUCuIJuJrsioYLqLKi6ogx1b7TM4oEZ2z0gSXNIMupqcy4yByoVngNCkjEc0qheFmgMoSPFsFGlB1gnXX8Q4LYYseHI546qdg/s1600-h/Clyde's+Camera+Vegas+195.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpSD6kOdevnAQ4NE4NO1zV0ahn4upWoTE-t451cpY7WiUCuIJuJrsioYLqLKi6ogx1b7TM4oEZ2z0gSXNIMupqcy4yByoVngNCkjEc0qheFmgMoSPFsFGlB1gnXX8Q4LYYseHI546qdg/s320/Clyde's+Camera+Vegas+195.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433744567362241554" /></a><br />Feeling up Miss Green. She seemed to be pleasantly surprised!! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_EXCqLg-M96L2V4nTb7gKb8kiVXdFHRrjc3mzy07AJzs3ht3GPHOh3E1PbNXr7WqU5AQ2YTe5Z8CeKaV_I94UDO8YJLHQye0cYeJTHrkV8uZQhJr4LHVJjAoeoT3elrmqscJwey-Y6IE/s1600-h/Clyde's+Camera+Vegas+193.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_EXCqLg-M96L2V4nTb7gKb8kiVXdFHRrjc3mzy07AJzs3ht3GPHOh3E1PbNXr7WqU5AQ2YTe5Z8CeKaV_I94UDO8YJLHQye0cYeJTHrkV8uZQhJr4LHVJjAoeoT3elrmqscJwey-Y6IE/s320/Clyde's+Camera+Vegas+193.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433744562501730530" /></a><br /><br />I'm confused! If our hotel is there...how can we be all the way up here? Oh, this isn't a window! Weew!<br /><br />After that and the Coke-Cola store BC finally took me to see New Moon. I know, there we are in Vegas, why go to the movies? Well, we're on a budget people! Maybe next time when BC goes while he has a "real job". But hey, I LOVED New Moon and I was so happy to get to go! <br /><br />We walked back to our hotel after that. Stopping only to take a few pictures and see the fountain show at the Bellagio. We did record one on our camera.<br /><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9164242&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9164242&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/9164242">In Other Words</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user837596">Hope Childress</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674902650183350654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169997284380489367.post-43677349838270407492010-01-09T08:44:00.000-08:002010-01-09T19:21:12.937-08:00....And We're BACK!!!Sorry for the very long interruption of this blog. We, I, have been busy and I have let this get away from me. Let's just say that all of BC's nagging has brought me back and I am raring to go! So, so much has happened since September. We FINALLY got into the new house, Halloween and Thanksgiving, Sammy's 1st birthday, Christmas, New Year's and now, SNOW! Lots and lots of snow. Oh, did I miss something in that long list of happenings in the past four months...I did. You would think that there would be nothing left. No one would try to cram something crazy like a WEDDING in all that mess, would they? Well, if you're Molly Childress you would. Yep, Molly got married. But I'm sure that everyone who keeps up with this blog already knows that. Even though it was crammed into everything else it was a wonderful event. Molly married DJ (David...I don't know what the "J" stands for)Steffensen. He's a great guy and needless to say very lucky to have such a wonderful wife. OK, enough brown-nosing. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRUFybdax23z4mV2qbmqdj9Vx94R_yP6b3mj0rdH2Pbj9DYWyKCWazD_u5PATHQJQAfFTcImoG14OcJ5EtOpnltIae0M47yHYLkq3rFyos7FjmA8qv736_x8aUi3hlAsGSSo2hpcw1q28/s1600-h/th_MCK_0795-2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 106px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRUFybdax23z4mV2qbmqdj9Vx94R_yP6b3mj0rdH2Pbj9DYWyKCWazD_u5PATHQJQAfFTcImoG14OcJ5EtOpnltIae0M47yHYLkq3rFyos7FjmA8qv736_x8aUi3hlAsGSSo2hpcw1q28/s320/th_MCK_0795-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424785551212115922" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW9uRbnSqa6co1oW-6WPzZhWIAeZX904wayzmcBQrVJmaP20XJ92qeSkChODBG2gZm_-0LV9CnPI8EeaqBW1-QyZ3mAEa5-rFuaN_O9UZX1oUQL2pgI76rgpanT9SggtEJsyfLxuLb6QE/s1600-h/MCK_1957.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW9uRbnSqa6co1oW-6WPzZhWIAeZX904wayzmcBQrVJmaP20XJ92qeSkChODBG2gZm_-0LV9CnPI8EeaqBW1-QyZ3mAEa5-rFuaN_O9UZX1oUQL2pgI76rgpanT9SggtEJsyfLxuLb6QE/s320/MCK_1957.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424785804019474226" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4GI0eKqSPXi0eiicM2ISq-GKs96tP6a-wPLsdXg-SNxO4Z0zztANKA4du6YIOJ7JH7yHshJMVkAPy1VWtZG3cZ8zfN0s20G2wazznW9U3GgbbDLlOkjyR1cnJelBaWhBi2zIsrgGuDis/s1600-h/MCK_1165.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4GI0eKqSPXi0eiicM2ISq-GKs96tP6a-wPLsdXg-SNxO4Z0zztANKA4du6YIOJ7JH7yHshJMVkAPy1VWtZG3cZ8zfN0s20G2wazznW9U3GgbbDLlOkjyR1cnJelBaWhBi2zIsrgGuDis/s320/MCK_1165.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424788469052539410" /></a><br /><br />Anabelle and Sammy are doing great! Anabelle's birthday is on Monday but we are celebrating next Saturday and she is so excited! Sammy's 1st birthday was last month I think the most memorable moment was him eating his cake. I wasn't thinking really when I iced it or I wouldn't have used orange and blue icing. When mixed together along with tiny bits of cake it kind of resembled poo...green/brown poo. It was noticed by just about everyone and it was a bit disturbing.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixrUFycrsUiCxXhUlgD_Qneo5yL8rZKr7Ifq1KJwYZa1DhtV-7sUCGWy9d1wL2d65lVUAOCEtcrgMjWeYPrkrh_yVre4cZDPQVLeKFqNqvTYqLsOG7F49k0hbluIEElD_F0twt9vczC3o/s1600-h/Sammy+1st+birthday+006.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixrUFycrsUiCxXhUlgD_Qneo5yL8rZKr7Ifq1KJwYZa1DhtV-7sUCGWy9d1wL2d65lVUAOCEtcrgMjWeYPrkrh_yVre4cZDPQVLeKFqNqvTYqLsOG7F49k0hbluIEElD_F0twt9vczC3o/s320/Sammy+1st+birthday+006.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424790864068488034" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKjP1-sbA49DJXIMUQiY8hbYCD7lWN3AWoN601pQ-RytXtF_XKymLsoZl6e1r8-QHA_qbbz8WqSNqaPUxfgLr091hEv1WMtpWuWs3q_emVXBjIl2wQrgtu31DyEvInwAMbYtEyGgemgsQ/s1600-h/Sammy+1st+birthday+033.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKjP1-sbA49DJXIMUQiY8hbYCD7lWN3AWoN601pQ-RytXtF_XKymLsoZl6e1r8-QHA_qbbz8WqSNqaPUxfgLr091hEv1WMtpWuWs3q_emVXBjIl2wQrgtu31DyEvInwAMbYtEyGgemgsQ/s320/Sammy+1st+birthday+033.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424790355936100274" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkFN9JpMB1SprHO3RYCZq46zMLDY6rbb6SHO86LOFHklKB1cr7vebIS6c9qu1N7AJ5eGcvdHem1MzGIDxk8dDoNU7mJt9_Ew_wNx_ANGhFKF0uypzbP_6NEOwcuEXY1TRx4T_6wvWj2rk/s1600-h/Sammy+1st+birthday+009.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkFN9JpMB1SprHO3RYCZq46zMLDY6rbb6SHO86LOFHklKB1cr7vebIS6c9qu1N7AJ5eGcvdHem1MzGIDxk8dDoNU7mJt9_Ew_wNx_ANGhFKF0uypzbP_6NEOwcuEXY1TRx4T_6wvWj2rk/s320/Sammy+1st+birthday+009.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424808943927132914" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqjRdIudRQXfCF6AReVyhfglFn5Ilyo8AwEjBm8gLkC78OE81ZGFVTWGdLJRp-b6ABj7mZgKO_XWEczEzRVSKZ9ATPTX_Kkv3SssHn-naUUS7trsYXOn_XkoyZ7lYw203ZZjKfEsVLEAQ/s1600-h/Sammy+Birthday+and+Vegas+060.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqjRdIudRQXfCF6AReVyhfglFn5Ilyo8AwEjBm8gLkC78OE81ZGFVTWGdLJRp-b6ABj7mZgKO_XWEczEzRVSKZ9ATPTX_Kkv3SssHn-naUUS7trsYXOn_XkoyZ7lYw203ZZjKfEsVLEAQ/s320/Sammy+Birthday+and+Vegas+060.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424799778042332578" /></a><br /><br />Christmas was good. Santa brought Anabelle a bike, Sammy a Leapfrog learning table, Mommy and iPhone and Daddy a tie rack, thermals and a charging station for his ipod and Blackberry. It was a good Christmas. We also went to Nona and Papi's house for DJ's first Christmas with the Childress fam. I think he was impressed. On Christmas Eve we went to M-town for Christmas with my family. We got to donate food to the Mission pantry and see Aunt Debbie and Uncle Darryl while we were there. After breakfast with My parents and opening gifts with our nieces we went down to Greenville. Christmas is always busy but we sure do love it!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUE8xG0Cf6Yp1-XeZj4XI4kF67susc79LdwaGcyd6chKXwodNV5wu46AS1InevvYojogPzi7TIcXpWraDZgdffadNUSGKxTUN6sx2QxVDa6S3oaP5cpW4DOcQ_ipGVXCSP2Zh79bx5yGg/s1600-h/Christmas+2009+021.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUE8xG0Cf6Yp1-XeZj4XI4kF67susc79LdwaGcyd6chKXwodNV5wu46AS1InevvYojogPzi7TIcXpWraDZgdffadNUSGKxTUN6sx2QxVDa6S3oaP5cpW4DOcQ_ipGVXCSP2Zh79bx5yGg/s320/Christmas+2009+021.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424806063542417122" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4W5l1UgISwdzN274ApYUIQ1JvPP0nKdg0oVmsF8L0Tnjy9zv9N-eXq1Qn672WXuqT6ULK2KxW1y1vEgvUjSvdagjTcEzHAJlAIx7t5FGl1WZB_0eIFRwlkt2IFeR9wzcg-33dmHToTok/s1600-h/Christmas+2009+100.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4W5l1UgISwdzN274ApYUIQ1JvPP0nKdg0oVmsF8L0Tnjy9zv9N-eXq1Qn672WXuqT6ULK2KxW1y1vEgvUjSvdagjTcEzHAJlAIx7t5FGl1WZB_0eIFRwlkt2IFeR9wzcg-33dmHToTok/s320/Christmas+2009+100.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424806837247513506" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv0Mv3oURejcaUzpFH0w-v5F-Wzwo74lvZ1suxEauv8V9oij0LkIJ4On1E-xnVWAO3RiNSFMR15zi93DKSy-LL-nCaFmkkIRKHyyo3r_E2zjlmdO1AJRPyyW7aCgxJd3MGSxRsGlGhNbQ/s1600-h/Christmas+2009+096.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv0Mv3oURejcaUzpFH0w-v5F-Wzwo74lvZ1suxEauv8V9oij0LkIJ4On1E-xnVWAO3RiNSFMR15zi93DKSy-LL-nCaFmkkIRKHyyo3r_E2zjlmdO1AJRPyyW7aCgxJd3MGSxRsGlGhNbQ/s320/Christmas+2009+096.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424807362488678498" /></a><br /><br />Well that's all for now folks! Tune in next week for Snow, Haircuts and Vegas!!Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674902650183350654noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169997284380489367.post-62076129737657135152009-09-24T20:02:00.000-07:002009-09-24T20:26:02.775-07:00Could it Get Any Worse? Yep.So, I haven't blogged in quite a while because we have been without a computer. Our lap top has decided that windows doesn't have to reboot so, sorry no pics just yet. Right now BC is letting me use his work lap top. My knight in shinning armor. So, the house that we were supposed to move into on September 4th is still sitting there empty. We are still trying to work things out so that we can close soon but I think our hopes have been dashed and we are planning for the worst. The worst being that we have to find a place to rent for a while. I know I sound all gloom and doom but we are past the "silver lining" stage of our grief...now we're just in the grief stage of grief. However we do want to thank everyone for all of your prayers. We know that we aren't going through this alone and that does lighten our load a bit. Our new projected closing date is October 7th. Hopefully that date, or a sooner date, will be the real deal. Keep your fingers crossed and our family in your prayers. <br /><br />Love, <br /><br />HopeHopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674902650183350654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169997284380489367.post-80539097614206191042009-07-09T14:47:00.000-07:002009-07-10T20:25:44.296-07:00Pic-I-Nic<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiykv7wFvzeEaRbAWOAQMKF9BvJbOMaeZk_j_lomStujFpHdz-fn-r6d8HHPyvtBfce9s2Qne-xi_Px0jTQ9ARzez_FwEyMKwbQs5sen8pmeJo_FDjz8fqa5fpXruirJW91DNBbo1AvTe0/s1600-h/July+2009+045.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiykv7wFvzeEaRbAWOAQMKF9BvJbOMaeZk_j_lomStujFpHdz-fn-r6d8HHPyvtBfce9s2Qne-xi_Px0jTQ9ARzez_FwEyMKwbQs5sen8pmeJo_FDjz8fqa5fpXruirJW91DNBbo1AvTe0/s320/July+2009+045.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356581293907321602" /></a> We went to our favorite park in Louisville this week and had a picnic. We took sandwiches, chips, and drinks and I stopped by Kroger on the way to get some cookies but all they had was those cookie cakes that said "Happy Birthday". It didn't matter at all to two teenagers and a 2 year old. They ate that thing with their hands and loved every bite. As we sat there eating by the lake I noticed that all the ducks were starting to make their way toward our picnic blanket. So Jake grabbed a stick and frightened them away. I think he enjoyed it so later he just did it for fun and that is what I got on video. <br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5539346&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5539346&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/5539346">Man Versus Fowl</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user837596">Hope Childress</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz-Te8-mojp9ASizpRZK12Zs1k58SpwgK_zvaBkRy7sjeKPOTdoyssaNnO3l3Sx1qpMX8YUPdKxbFcPqOnRewDrQm22Z0vnA2gCwMsXM9MnqW1WWWqEnOpvZJqOBBOsL7kHClaf3lMMFs/s1600-h/July+2009+048.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz-Te8-mojp9ASizpRZK12Zs1k58SpwgK_zvaBkRy7sjeKPOTdoyssaNnO3l3Sx1qpMX8YUPdKxbFcPqOnRewDrQm22Z0vnA2gCwMsXM9MnqW1WWWqEnOpvZJqOBBOsL7kHClaf3lMMFs/s320/July+2009+048.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357034645235022674" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKfiul2nTzZ2uijnuSniMGXngnadoQ2py96d2kVeGU8LN5N0ZR35ScDgsaUoOB0m0NeHEbqM_3lYIRzixJM_x8qwarDnwnQzFWkK-ld9h25chPvgoa0-JiD7EjvJOtUY5BS5h9aNbZYKE/s1600-h/July+2009+049.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKfiul2nTzZ2uijnuSniMGXngnadoQ2py96d2kVeGU8LN5N0ZR35ScDgsaUoOB0m0NeHEbqM_3lYIRzixJM_x8qwarDnwnQzFWkK-ld9h25chPvgoa0-JiD7EjvJOtUY5BS5h9aNbZYKE/s320/July+2009+049.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357035186165956370" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjruTlToocHxywSDXLMENR4O02v8DCfmrAcESwuZWMQ1D477eAGpLhyLekU-R4m4AW8jlrkHC9ui0wYvul__Su59jWZylyxPytCQ51YNVPw5sdRGEmFWrhmP60WyVXNhZxZLkHwDCOdsfw/s1600-h/July+2009+053.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjruTlToocHxywSDXLMENR4O02v8DCfmrAcESwuZWMQ1D477eAGpLhyLekU-R4m4AW8jlrkHC9ui0wYvul__Su59jWZylyxPytCQ51YNVPw5sdRGEmFWrhmP60WyVXNhZxZLkHwDCOdsfw/s320/July+2009+053.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357035773441473458" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEholQDTbYkmOCil8zj60JoEnMWmzJBtStsX3MClwIuvrYortAV7xqMFB6W5-bR-RsP4FB4sLn9EHviRFrinLvmf1wL3Jj0kO0wM9BRztgfPbAaQ-vZc6pPuKEcjmUZm1hm9yErMYvrGhaE/s1600-h/July+2009+061.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEholQDTbYkmOCil8zj60JoEnMWmzJBtStsX3MClwIuvrYortAV7xqMFB6W5-bR-RsP4FB4sLn9EHviRFrinLvmf1wL3Jj0kO0wM9BRztgfPbAaQ-vZc6pPuKEcjmUZm1hm9yErMYvrGhaE/s320/July+2009+061.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357037568829996258" /></a><br />Anabelle really liked the cookie cake and I got the video to prove it!<br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5546663&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5546663&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/5546663">Untitled</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user837596">Hope Childress</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br />After we finished with our picnic we stopped by the playground and the kids got out and played while I stayed in the cool van with a sleeping Sammy. It wasn't long until Charlie carried Anabelle back to the car and said that Anabelle just laid her head on the side of the swing and said, "I so hot Charlie.". Two minutes later she was asleep in her carseat. I think it was a good day.Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674902650183350654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169997284380489367.post-76242605712396436012009-07-08T20:56:00.000-07:002009-07-08T21:44:06.235-07:00DAX<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrGdVUDZ7CpD15jlrdMO0Jr3ivOFugs30XberT8BKbo8ffdofCJeS3FtKL4EYnSr3iV2oFUhnTQiSxG2xGxRugDzujNaD3wCQ55VGDbrcH8sW6k0VvIbZ-2GTZ2kET30HeAO4gbDX5Ook/s1600-h/June+2009+134.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrGdVUDZ7CpD15jlrdMO0Jr3ivOFugs30XberT8BKbo8ffdofCJeS3FtKL4EYnSr3iV2oFUhnTQiSxG2xGxRugDzujNaD3wCQ55VGDbrcH8sW6k0VvIbZ-2GTZ2kET30HeAO4gbDX5Ook/s320/June+2009+134.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356306357464880834" /></a><br />Well, as of June 22nd BC and I are Uncles again!! Josh and Chelsea had a baby boy on Rylee's birthday and they named him Dax Winfield. BC has yet to meet his first nephew as they day that he was born BC was taking his boards. But he agrees with me that little Dax looked so much like his oldest sister Farrah when he was born. Chelsea, who is much better at blogging than I am, is posting pics like crazy and he is already changing! Hopefully we'll get to take a trip up to Ohio soon to see him again. Anabelle and Sammy still haven't met Dax either because they were way too little to go back to the hospital room but they did have fun playing with their cousins during the couple of days that we were there...well, Anabelle did, Sammy enjoyed all the kisses that he got from his two cousins!! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiELe953Set7u-kQryIJLqdl7lUoOjdFqBD3zovy5agn_FEGASS0faRTHT9LkA2BqDxEYPr7ZhvoZAUQSScw4Z-nBXXc4EAOdHkmhIkZl1slqnFoLVCDFin6kGYuZU06KFohFjbZ6Cnvq4/s1600-h/June+2009+133.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiELe953Set7u-kQryIJLqdl7lUoOjdFqBD3zovy5agn_FEGASS0faRTHT9LkA2BqDxEYPr7ZhvoZAUQSScw4Z-nBXXc4EAOdHkmhIkZl1slqnFoLVCDFin6kGYuZU06KFohFjbZ6Cnvq4/s320/June+2009+133.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356310131208034802" /></a> <br />The Childress Family: L to R Farrah Lynn, Dax Winfield, Chelsea Lynn, Joshua Winfield and Adra Mae.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj0x_-jLYJe1r2BwRxYtXtqd_WrI6fJEKs0uxr9qtXJWUFxXOZsnrszxzcbRzXP5bWHy-Q9aWu5So9RA60AJ0c7X9J3Bv6Q-GutGKbzva3Bl9rirmUbWR1Q0gV78-wH7oEfG-2Xb_xw2w/s1600-h/June+2009+142.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj0x_-jLYJe1r2BwRxYtXtqd_WrI6fJEKs0uxr9qtXJWUFxXOZsnrszxzcbRzXP5bWHy-Q9aWu5So9RA60AJ0c7X9J3Bv6Q-GutGKbzva3Bl9rirmUbWR1Q0gV78-wH7oEfG-2Xb_xw2w/s320/June+2009+142.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356311023917213314" /></a><br />Anabelle and her cousin Farrah just playing and playing!! I think they have their own secret language...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwunGLoHSWjwqvrontoGo7JihDwEmuSnTlVcJXv52s5qQc-CLumPnwUrvt-qCvr81Q0MNH3MyHneD92rzfV_GFcuOJH70zYPBOVjTDXWukxVtguZLDJ4hAjIMDc5jIyzVYbfPS9cysIds/s1600-h/June+2009+143.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwunGLoHSWjwqvrontoGo7JihDwEmuSnTlVcJXv52s5qQc-CLumPnwUrvt-qCvr81Q0MNH3MyHneD92rzfV_GFcuOJH70zYPBOVjTDXWukxVtguZLDJ4hAjIMDc5jIyzVYbfPS9cysIds/s320/June+2009+143.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356312470087188178" /></a> <br />What a HUG!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGntFdKXoYIFvrGFnxx9rz7QrMNDquyT67nOHaq_oWmrZM7tLXH_nigT__dDuu-CdNPitczZ4EmYc6UtENhDxHRRKJsRu4aTcAdKjUBjqUquWHs8fqNBewFLOxeVkk8k_AdQFQN9QnvA/s1600-h/June+2009+144.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGntFdKXoYIFvrGFnxx9rz7QrMNDquyT67nOHaq_oWmrZM7tLXH_nigT__dDuu-CdNPitczZ4EmYc6UtENhDxHRRKJsRu4aTcAdKjUBjqUquWHs8fqNBewFLOxeVkk8k_AdQFQN9QnvA/s320/June+2009+144.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356314169144041234" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJtRw1ieBhdu-_4bOrLMn3nDhrcjWkNN95WPMbMpO8lMJ6zVmjv9OfaXarSrRbO1X8qMxRP4as6nlxxh12yY-L81FAQZrDeWX7cjdcSQUH3sZnlevB2mHJr-FFXcX2YbG01lrJvHRm9Q/s1600-h/June+2009+139.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJtRw1ieBhdu-_4bOrLMn3nDhrcjWkNN95WPMbMpO8lMJ6zVmjv9OfaXarSrRbO1X8qMxRP4as6nlxxh12yY-L81FAQZrDeWX7cjdcSQUH3sZnlevB2mHJr-FFXcX2YbG01lrJvHRm9Q/s320/June+2009+139.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356315111880455682" /></a><br />Sammy will find a way to drink that baba for sure! Even if it means using all four limbs!!Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674902650183350654noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169997284380489367.post-67634170700340538392009-07-06T21:12:00.000-07:002009-07-06T21:38:39.381-07:00A REAL House!!!So, things have been pretty crazy lately. Living outta a suitcase doesn't leave one with too much time to blog about random life events. However there are a few things every one's been asking about and one of them just happens to be our new house. We went to the neighborhood where our house is being built and V-O-LA there is a house there!! Pretty sweet. I can't believe it's actually coming together. BC and I looked like we did on the day we found out I was pregnant with Anabelle, shocked, excited and like we didn't have a clue!! Immediately BC was like, "I'm goin' in to take a look around." I was, on the other hand, a bit trepidatious about going in there because as a child I stepped on my fair share of nails, right Mom?! But, BC walked through first and made sure that everything was safe for his wife to walk through too. I'm glad I did too because it was so neat to see everything that we had seen blueprints of actually come to life. I swear, if they told me that we could move in tomorrow I'd be there in a heartbeat. But hey, we're doin' good here...and we're scheduled to close at the end of August. Life is going pretty good and HP6 is comin' out next week so what more can a girl ask for?!!
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<br /><div style="width:480px; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w83.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/chilibean24/66918219.pbw" height="360" width="480"><a href="http://photobucket.com/slideshows" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a><a href="http://s83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/chilibean24/?action=view¤t=66918219.pbw" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn_viewallimages.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a></div>Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674902650183350654noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169997284380489367.post-54271445531407082462009-06-10T20:32:00.000-07:002009-06-10T21:18:39.156-07:00Green Beans and Glasses<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyWF2iTeCGVcSdX3BFSJkVlZphuRVTDAcut2I1uI1KpKc_DxIwyGpYn-Wjyd6UChjpXE_Ee0-rLUxcNldWjbhkq20JGQrmiE24MD68POUdyywuIAZgskSzs9EsQAeA3RHXTPc65xqP78/s1600-h/June+2009+003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345910735713019778" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyWF2iTeCGVcSdX3BFSJkVlZphuRVTDAcut2I1uI1KpKc_DxIwyGpYn-Wjyd6UChjpXE_Ee0-rLUxcNldWjbhkq20JGQrmiE24MD68POUdyywuIAZgskSzs9EsQAeA3RHXTPc65xqP78/s320/June+2009+003.JPG" border="0" /></a> Sam is just about six months old and he wants to eat. Every time we sit down for dinner he just watches us eat and tries to reach our food. Sam's been eating cereal for two months now and he's done fantastic, so I decided to go ahead and start some veggies and I have to say that the boy just can't get enough, he'd eat three jars if I let him! We started on green beans and he's done great. Today he had squash and it was a big hit too!! I'm really enjoying all of these milestones with him. It's been great to have this all again with another child, but it is all going by too fast. I guess I just have to soak in every minute so that I won't miss anything.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOvtOeT6ecOU1IRMusrRK6qu1Vze2CsREWbBTWtihBgwvmZJLQqT6CwnvXpSDYHI_e5XeaN8XNclFv4LXRZR855dNWDt8fxYxtHC5MtRQ18v19W4RzJ8pwRVmnSb9sr6tly7UCgabrA8E/s1600-h/June+2009+006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345911402091271010" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOvtOeT6ecOU1IRMusrRK6qu1Vze2CsREWbBTWtihBgwvmZJLQqT6CwnvXpSDYHI_e5XeaN8XNclFv4LXRZR855dNWDt8fxYxtHC5MtRQ18v19W4RzJ8pwRVmnSb9sr6tly7UCgabrA8E/s320/June+2009+006.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Anabelle found her daddy's glasses today and put them on. She wore them while she was playing and I didn't even notice...until she walked by me and looked up with them just barely hanging on her nose. I laughed and took her picture and then we had to put them away "because they belong to daddy and we shouldn't be playing with them." Oh man, let's hope that she'll have his vision and not mine...they we're just reading glasses, I'm pratically blind!<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkuhm3hoPDPdE5SlHkIzIRv_wP0CwABNivx5i8hHlYRLgjKsqFx7m6aKvXpRoXXk87kbMX0gTXdDm9LKiW8ADyfzFO-ejJ_08_LGGp1PAkmtFlwJVbUb-faGqBWiXVEDZuqrjZD5qqfSw/s1600-h/June+2009+019.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345919258781604818" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkuhm3hoPDPdE5SlHkIzIRv_wP0CwABNivx5i8hHlYRLgjKsqFx7m6aKvXpRoXXk87kbMX0gTXdDm9LKiW8ADyfzFO-ejJ_08_LGGp1PAkmtFlwJVbUb-faGqBWiXVEDZuqrjZD5qqfSw/s320/June+2009+019.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div>Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674902650183350654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169997284380489367.post-27215291299541354002009-05-20T15:05:00.000-07:002009-05-20T16:43:01.256-07:00Anabelle Does Yoga<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxY6uaoir4gUXqK9auRNVvNzlth9qijBoh8Q_OflhCbTio72-rcMa5N2tC5j2Y7qxqGZ7QBakic1oFnsijoTg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674902650183350654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169997284380489367.post-62506772290378752332009-05-18T09:44:00.000-07:002009-05-18T10:17:26.994-07:00Dr. Billy-Clyde<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipI0AVKlRJnSkBbXof8UogCLpgEJCNmfFOAzIHmEGnRRYMpOF7OI34Vvb_UpNdsdH5CMeCXra_J-Sc-jFzmvskH1fruHaUutKUy7VJIMtCUAOD_iWMgmfOq9Sx6VMBpdJWKUYzKTYpAZM/s1600-h/May+09+176.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337212868568261938" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipI0AVKlRJnSkBbXof8UogCLpgEJCNmfFOAzIHmEGnRRYMpOF7OI34Vvb_UpNdsdH5CMeCXra_J-Sc-jFzmvskH1fruHaUutKUy7VJIMtCUAOD_iWMgmfOq9Sx6VMBpdJWKUYzKTYpAZM/s320/May+09+176.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>The day has finally come when BC never has to go back to school again...as a student!! I have to say that it was pretty amazing to see him walk through that line with all his friends and classmates and get that hood and diploma. After that they all stood together and took their oath, it was so cool. I got a little teary-eyed and I have to admit that it's all so surreal to me still. Anabelle was so proud of her daddy and she just hugged his neck and held on to his diploma. She was so cute. I think that BC is still on a high from it all and now the pressure of the state boards is upon him. This past Saturday we had an open house for him and family came to congratulate him as well as eat and visit with one another. BC's mother, who is a pack rat, cleaned and sanitized many of the pill bottles that she has refused to throw away in the past 30 years and filled them with various candies and labeled them. They were really cute and fun. Everyone took one home as a party favor. All of the nieces were here...Anabelle had such a good time playing with all of them, and BC's mamaw came along with his Uncle Ron which was a wonderful surprise! So now all of the fun is over and it's back to work. We have to be moved out of our condo by the end of the month and I have already started packing. We're so sad to leave, especially now that Anabelle is calling this place home, but we are very excited to own our home. </div><br /><div></div>Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674902650183350654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169997284380489367.post-91276519549019940682009-05-02T22:29:00.000-07:002009-05-02T22:33:40.432-07:00Off to Atlanta!!Hey everyone! Just wanted to let you all know that we are off to the big ATL tomorrow! We are all packed and ready for a great week and BC's big graduation! Yeah for BC!!! So, hopefully I'll take lots of pictures and be able to post them next week. The week after we are headed down to Destin, FL for an early summer vacation! It should be a good time...Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674902650183350654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169997284380489367.post-89644085279224640562009-05-01T14:47:00.000-07:002009-05-01T15:22:17.802-07:00We're building a house!!So, if you've been reading this blog then you know that BC and I have been looking for a house. Well, we looked and didn't find anything that we really thought suited our needs. Then we started looking outside of Louisville and into Shelby county. And that, my friends, is where we are building our first house. We're so excited. 2 weeks ago we went and picked out carpet, cabinets and all thie fixin's and we should be moved in anywhere from August to October. In the mean time we only have a month left in our current home. After that we are loading all of our stuff up into storage and moving in with BC's Nene and her two teenagers Jake and Charlie. The summer should be interesting. Anawho, here's our house, let us know what you think!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Uft8veJmJgCK1ZqYD8TLhLiQnmajn5DAyZQCYRWO7OLQPSYHr00cSPDhTT5_OZA_x4ln0IyL_byDaVXNC1g9QTOrfyhNSgfAUUn802ppjx4U-SGySg3wet0KScemv9D9wC3brcdUk7M/s1600-h/Portland_A_4920.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330980552752601218" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 234px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Uft8veJmJgCK1ZqYD8TLhLiQnmajn5DAyZQCYRWO7OLQPSYHr00cSPDhTT5_OZA_x4ln0IyL_byDaVXNC1g9QTOrfyhNSgfAUUn802ppjx4U-SGySg3wet0KScemv9D9wC3brcdUk7M/s320/Portland_A_4920.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>Here it is! Our house doesn't have a brick front, it's stone. Our siding color is called "cactus" and our shutters and front door are chocolate brown.</div><div><br /> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEb9OdG1JLZnCDzwfrfOMNFUW5a3vCND2lK1H0ljuBrM4SOSv8GBRi96GxhfPjbNECCBQR5BVE0ONK4-zUHGxEtvrzXqpDKI1Tp_VLd3z02D4YfZNxLKo-iiR4_k4gQb6Pjg17hlGPefw/s1600-h/portland+first+floor.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330982013712205922" style="WIDTH: 215px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEb9OdG1JLZnCDzwfrfOMNFUW5a3vCND2lK1H0ljuBrM4SOSv8GBRi96GxhfPjbNECCBQR5BVE0ONK4-zUHGxEtvrzXqpDKI1Tp_VLd3z02D4YfZNxLKo-iiR4_k4gQb6Pjg17hlGPefw/s320/portland+first+floor.gif" border="0" /></a>We don't have the extension in the back...we added on the forth bedroom. Plus we don't have the fireplace.</div><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4L5oMzl0-FDM3q_ubprSH5cfcQnnZIHiLl4GlZH2NSFm2eH-XX-mYD4fFHKos-TbSU1Si8w6KUPGiJk7Jh0UfC5i2uTDpPQuL6Obc05ks1JuLIOePZgeYIoUdPfdTLPgPqveGEGs3gXs/s1600-h/Portland+second+floor+1.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330982519567824754" style="WIDTH: 154px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4L5oMzl0-FDM3q_ubprSH5cfcQnnZIHiLl4GlZH2NSFm2eH-XX-mYD4fFHKos-TbSU1Si8w6KUPGiJk7Jh0UfC5i2uTDpPQuL6Obc05ks1JuLIOePZgeYIoUdPfdTLPgPqveGEGs3gXs/s320/Portland+second+floor+1.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div>The upstairs is all about the bedrooms and the laundry room. Bedroom 2, I think will be Anabelle's room, BR 3 is the guest room and BR 4 is Sammy's room. As the other children come they will move in with the other children of the same sex. The rooms are big and so there will be space for all!<br /></div><br /><div></div>Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674902650183350654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169997284380489367.post-76494169523805763892009-04-22T12:10:00.000-07:002009-04-28T09:54:43.347-07:00BirthdaysOK, so I haven't posted any birthday news. I'm a horrible wife and mother for that, but at least there were pictures taken of the events and I am now going to to a birthday montage of Anabelle, who turned 2 in January, Danny, who turned ? in March, BC, who turned 28 in April, and Farrah, who turned 3 in April. Now, my brother, Grant, turned 39 (I think?!) in March but we weren't there to see it. Plus, my sister-in-law just had a big birthday this past weekend, and my father-in-law's birthday was yesterday...hapyy b-day Catie and Papi! <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUNmpqtbkoEnjo34UkSR84S4eGyGuUNPMYpRoM_JNm0pMaGwLmtzR2givk4kMdAYJZcW7ZiX_Zzzw5DGfYizcXvxtm7jcOzd6lqrzVQOpZ6Ip16qLHJKCfEYTTah7ZmvpX5g2jPr7E9So/s1600-h/January+2009+068.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327597227723890258" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUNmpqtbkoEnjo34UkSR84S4eGyGuUNPMYpRoM_JNm0pMaGwLmtzR2givk4kMdAYJZcW7ZiX_Zzzw5DGfYizcXvxtm7jcOzd6lqrzVQOpZ6Ip16qLHJKCfEYTTah7ZmvpX5g2jPr7E9So/s320/January+2009+068.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I think this is the one picture of her smiling!<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp45zypu4OWfZJk-1BQ-V9eNNL5ev8713h0M9neZBWcGwWBdr4cnudd96cRTiGgY9r9d_qo_5-4GIYKNZIoeP5FGtCg0GiJb8DVSPE2aLA5lf8zZ0jMhs06mzpcSyA6NnsMMHiHdYUX6U/s1600-h/January+2009+085.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327598004782235138" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp45zypu4OWfZJk-1BQ-V9eNNL5ev8713h0M9neZBWcGwWBdr4cnudd96cRTiGgY9r9d_qo_5-4GIYKNZIoeP5FGtCg0GiJb8DVSPE2aLA5lf8zZ0jMhs06mzpcSyA6NnsMMHiHdYUX6U/s320/January+2009+085.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>Lighting the candles! I know she only turned 2 but the cake has a big "2" written on top. It was an ice cream "sandwich" cake. Two layers of cake, and in the middle ice cream, YUM! I did strawberry and chocolate.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcLjtG-8Q-v9hgdPnkGxiJFQsaZ392c_h7yFr_jP8P9zxmZXbNkEZJ9sFBTnwxpxAqpE9aEVi0Vh6-IaXwgW5_NU8xooD7wfTllQRZWpwDmPZWhpNniI7ax7asmeFKsE3btu_iW9TKIv8/s1600-h/January+2009+086.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327599266541000882" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcLjtG-8Q-v9hgdPnkGxiJFQsaZ392c_h7yFr_jP8P9zxmZXbNkEZJ9sFBTnwxpxAqpE9aEVi0Vh6-IaXwgW5_NU8xooD7wfTllQRZWpwDmPZWhpNniI7ax7asmeFKsE3btu_iW9TKIv8/s320/January+2009+086.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>Anabelle didn't really like the candles or blowing out the cake...but Rylee and Avery did!</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_fdFlTTKXsmM6wiqwBtJRGA7rk8aoZMXO-FGbYl-hquUNJr2pGLamtVuN3Kjr4WgIJFGlg4omPZYzlMQqVESPxiOx29R9o5SVYRH9R0tjM-av8X6I8DXq3gxe2x2tVMZfveuxGgDIp7M/s1600-h/January+2009+104.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327600912698516578" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_fdFlTTKXsmM6wiqwBtJRGA7rk8aoZMXO-FGbYl-hquUNJr2pGLamtVuN3Kjr4WgIJFGlg4omPZYzlMQqVESPxiOx29R9o5SVYRH9R0tjM-av8X6I8DXq3gxe2x2tVMZfveuxGgDIp7M/s320/January+2009+104.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>I think everyone was tired in this picture...</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvLUmYtKjdoRQSuzTjAd0b3eTM086ey0euw_TUB8_3vicA-o1G7eGDlVHVqw3rjKTSwLz4hL0FX5cFpIqY8PtQ-ZzoZHrbhw4Ya5U2chBinPdWAB5p5woKMuKbXCcqh3aj-fJRKp4Ilx8/s1600-h/January+2009+123.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329769374033335298" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvLUmYtKjdoRQSuzTjAd0b3eTM086ey0euw_TUB8_3vicA-o1G7eGDlVHVqw3rjKTSwLz4hL0FX5cFpIqY8PtQ-ZzoZHrbhw4Ya5U2chBinPdWAB5p5woKMuKbXCcqh3aj-fJRKp4Ilx8/s320/January+2009+123.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>Uncle Darrell's birthday...another ice cream cake so Anabelle had to wear a bib!</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQm7sbwQGldTmfZ6ljLFC_gTEeKO2Wo1cW4HYENISRjewNIeFFX8wu-Q0u9C4G9oAzDXBmAWvmUuNpMb-HklL8VhqzM0DFI_bSxkyG3yvgaklV4YIPc2yQnt7CSj8ikDPWODjWgsSPP-A/s1600-h/April+2009+054.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329771828628675234" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQm7sbwQGldTmfZ6ljLFC_gTEeKO2Wo1cW4HYENISRjewNIeFFX8wu-Q0u9C4G9oAzDXBmAWvmUuNpMb-HklL8VhqzM0DFI_bSxkyG3yvgaklV4YIPc2yQnt7CSj8ikDPWODjWgsSPP-A/s320/April+2009+054.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>BC's big 28th birthday...I'm not a cougar for another 6 months. </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj76ATeeZfd1ljr41aVEU2EffTwV70FzD_rh8HNTYqQiAtwdkatSRfDn2LGBMFTgpcoaqR76MIB_9m2uSdKS5GDtaODto_GVOwpioNPapNpPUO5WbC8g4fD1wiXtPlwxkOeMspKa78f_YM/s1600-h/April+2009+067.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329773894853943202" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj76ATeeZfd1ljr41aVEU2EffTwV70FzD_rh8HNTYqQiAtwdkatSRfDn2LGBMFTgpcoaqR76MIB_9m2uSdKS5GDtaODto_GVOwpioNPapNpPUO5WbC8g4fD1wiXtPlwxkOeMspKa78f_YM/s320/April+2009+067.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>Anabelle couldn't wait to eat Daddy's cake...notice the little finger tracks?</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl3Q4rMcjhYj1_65_gBSUXHR5Wj7HH2sltu8iG3r7QnsaJ0-aCBQp810ziRXDn_vXx1xqsEI03wShSrs84R2m5J5QH_8kW0RUfQ07DsS3JSYk_seGv-XAOQCZpXPHyOSHd1oVdrJXUt7I/s1600-h/April+2009+062.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329777444918495810" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl3Q4rMcjhYj1_65_gBSUXHR5Wj7HH2sltu8iG3r7QnsaJ0-aCBQp810ziRXDn_vXx1xqsEI03wShSrs84R2m5J5QH_8kW0RUfQ07DsS3JSYk_seGv-XAOQCZpXPHyOSHd1oVdrJXUt7I/s320/April+2009+062.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>Lighting the candles...I didn't put them all on, as you can see.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEBpyF3Cct8dM3-wpSTGEeqofgdCffqR7it-NoT57bWgBJzPXxiXO2MCYAZoHxYanFUyG3ZjnjO6JNK_FdEFM_wqcV56p8L9QvYSoxCoBvCKLWHuhQy8_ISBy7l5m2cvXO_RWEvGJaGE4/s1600-h/April+2009+068.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329775616887312642" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEBpyF3Cct8dM3-wpSTGEeqofgdCffqR7it-NoT57bWgBJzPXxiXO2MCYAZoHxYanFUyG3ZjnjO6JNK_FdEFM_wqcV56p8L9QvYSoxCoBvCKLWHuhQy8_ISBy7l5m2cvXO_RWEvGJaGE4/s320/April+2009+068.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>She found a way, didn't she.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyUDtsmc6V0CbBONgoz-INUJkaVj_uaUj4ftVK-UhZO0QoK4d1HykKaAjSrym7P5JAIslzsNauKADx-A02GtbA3_TOe8hXkM5B0mR9jZSlJ_Kf192gz8Sa9MmLdrXhWZEyRsIAjcqAA8/s1600-h/April+2009+056.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329775096154724866" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyUDtsmc6V0CbBONgoz-INUJkaVj_uaUj4ftVK-UhZO0QoK4d1HykKaAjSrym7P5JAIslzsNauKADx-A02GtbA3_TOe8hXkM5B0mR9jZSlJ_Kf192gz8Sa9MmLdrXhWZEyRsIAjcqAA8/s320/April+2009+056.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>Daddy and little brother.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0dYh-kF0bXruu9WIFDMq71TdZLpDW5Kg_ui3HNNamijM1J9hqsh444IW0CIRcmRdA9XF0wyDJwVeAYp0QNI-0NJfMI8LgSMp6NGF0An8qlIctqbazeou_tEhSIHuJEEPOAqjiLimQL8/s1600-h/April+2009+078.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329779273693041682" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0dYh-kF0bXruu9WIFDMq71TdZLpDW5Kg_ui3HNNamijM1J9hqsh444IW0CIRcmRdA9XF0wyDJwVeAYp0QNI-0NJfMI8LgSMp6NGF0An8qlIctqbazeou_tEhSIHuJEEPOAqjiLimQL8/s320/April+2009+078.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Farrah's 3rd birthday. Look at that pretty cake.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdD1W3DhurlmMnnsJxKB8TJ8HLQPV4Q7m6G2rf0Y6n-C_HQwVS1sQu_t8aE97DJj8E-O6W1rtfK1c3baLJXa52zwPbXK4ubmW5yVJRyfPqN1rcvJIqRMkK-05Ud0bFH1wr2ZwF2zW86pE/s1600-h/April+2009+077.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329779070088648130" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdD1W3DhurlmMnnsJxKB8TJ8HLQPV4Q7m6G2rf0Y6n-C_HQwVS1sQu_t8aE97DJj8E-O6W1rtfK1c3baLJXa52zwPbXK4ubmW5yVJRyfPqN1rcvJIqRMkK-05Ud0bFH1wr2ZwF2zW86pE/s320/April+2009+077.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Anabelle and Farrah...pig tail cousins.</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEy6ExPf8XKk3-3x2clknm7AtrUXAHJf_cOfLbfHBjsMf4Qzm5tlXQ1JM-KzKrVVjmCFd2lipA4fdPoiIqhvK773uVsoHOTtuqcuf4hc2qtK5eKD1iPtJLPMhnZkpIgbTx8IssMxI5l2I/s1600-h/April+2009+085.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329778652946197938" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEy6ExPf8XKk3-3x2clknm7AtrUXAHJf_cOfLbfHBjsMf4Qzm5tlXQ1JM-KzKrVVjmCFd2lipA4fdPoiIqhvK773uVsoHOTtuqcuf4hc2qtK5eKD1iPtJLPMhnZkpIgbTx8IssMxI5l2I/s320/April+2009+085.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>The anticipation is killing her!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5bYR8NSWz9NMbyfbKlzk2GzntGM0GMVJALQnRC7NpNawBk7TkGzI896_ZUrwG_Z9b8PUhbhuUIvVWvYUXU6NbGkCFDSG6PpdToGBvC93ri-axLNLQIfDJ4VnVc9BV8THfj46B1gpDWdM/s1600-h/April+2009+087.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329778824377483202" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5bYR8NSWz9NMbyfbKlzk2GzntGM0GMVJALQnRC7NpNawBk7TkGzI896_ZUrwG_Z9b8PUhbhuUIvVWvYUXU6NbGkCFDSG6PpdToGBvC93ri-axLNLQIfDJ4VnVc9BV8THfj46B1gpDWdM/s320/April+2009+087.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674902650183350654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169997284380489367.post-52963046352995971802009-04-20T16:51:00.000-07:002009-04-20T17:39:11.903-07:00Garage Sale!!We are having a moving sale! There are many large items that won't be making it to our new house. I've taken pictures of some things, here they are:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsVA6J586b6E5UrgTc0pnAREgn7ylr7ssoAz4p8dhjY65kTiTp1-qxJzdgWL_U_VbHqyvUr_ZG7arTYjQ8IZw5mCS4Z1oWY9hoLIpFyRGEgQVGTwO47cSNFEO9Vuz50vgW8EQFSsyicyY/s1600-h/April+2009+158.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326929896570881346" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsVA6J586b6E5UrgTc0pnAREgn7ylr7ssoAz4p8dhjY65kTiTp1-qxJzdgWL_U_VbHqyvUr_ZG7arTYjQ8IZw5mCS4Z1oWY9hoLIpFyRGEgQVGTwO47cSNFEO9Vuz50vgW8EQFSsyicyY/s320/April+2009+158.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This bookcase is handmade. Solid wood and extremely sturdy!! $30 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">obo</span>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOQvQLNKs4v-vKU4Q6JpALSvyESaL1Cc325tqd0jL2r-NDsKkloVTANBEwKrWz2ARWzIMn0Hk-zPwjBuZERf3cORcLfETNzFYE9mcDEaVVAEgpwXVuQshORpl5aoJd3bQWAt69foVYcKQ/s1600-h/April+2009+160.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326930978289300818" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOQvQLNKs4v-vKU4Q6JpALSvyESaL1Cc325tqd0jL2r-NDsKkloVTANBEwKrWz2ARWzIMn0Hk-zPwjBuZERf3cORcLfETNzFYE9mcDEaVVAEgpwXVuQshORpl5aoJd3bQWAt69foVYcKQ/s320/April+2009+160.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Solid bookcase $20 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">OBO</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaG-73NXvDiEploXxc-85rmWhw9GHBFib81V3NiTQ9UNte9wPNAxjJTETlqigbSQ_AbcM1CoYBPapQHyD8KodAn1l7sYIIPjfi7l-zLT3I3wMtd_RYj5CedYKhb2aLmXF3Ly-MGTM0jGM/s1600-h/April+2009+161.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326931283646185090" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaG-73NXvDiEploXxc-85rmWhw9GHBFib81V3NiTQ9UNte9wPNAxjJTETlqigbSQ_AbcM1CoYBPapQHyD8KodAn1l7sYIIPjfi7l-zLT3I3wMtd_RYj5CedYKhb2aLmXF3Ly-MGTM0jGM/s320/April+2009+161.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This bookshelf is leaning in the picture, but only because it's on top of the<br />entertainment center. $10.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiMYIHpUgA1yt7djGjUmyxEQazAZQcLoBcRgtCw1L8iBYLJvAMk8-UqJmCC4swOlMxMC1l-2qAIXU4aYQ_YRgY8NEmhOO3la7ui_3H0QdO4nGwSO80Qs5kcVn0O4N9srDe5DwDPCnfbaY/s1600-h/April+2009+163.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326931791210662386" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiMYIHpUgA1yt7djGjUmyxEQazAZQcLoBcRgtCw1L8iBYLJvAMk8-UqJmCC4swOlMxMC1l-2qAIXU4aYQ_YRgY8NEmhOO3la7ui_3H0QdO4nGwSO80Qs5kcVn0O4N9srDe5DwDPCnfbaY/s320/April+2009+163.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Entertainment center minus all the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">DVD's</span>, $20 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">OBO</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiACJNJVKoopLW5Os1lxgABqfrA-VqbVPutFI_uvATGdzJZ4SQg8Aagj2RBEvCSvy3whEFLOivKLdgI2A3vOYbpxuGZ4S_be5qGy1yV5eRfNhneqBb4GiiL7Z7ArB1yfXDArEcwVEH2L24/s1600-h/April+2009+165.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326932210550273602" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiACJNJVKoopLW5Os1lxgABqfrA-VqbVPutFI_uvATGdzJZ4SQg8Aagj2RBEvCSvy3whEFLOivKLdgI2A3vOYbpxuGZ4S_be5qGy1yV5eRfNhneqBb4GiiL7Z7ArB1yfXDArEcwVEH2L24/s320/April+2009+165.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />There are 2 tall chairs that come along with this breakfast table.<br />We'll take $20 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">OBO</span>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK1JTooIr0CXuZhfU6N-wF46fR7oBfsos2dMdWSYKIURAmaMuQhYDqgI1PRHvyMUADV1vk-qy6qRcKgSQcxSlDVeSSlLsCx2BewO80LGRx6jZA_j58Cw8KJEgkunDtNXTfnyOsdEx3ToA/s1600-h/April+2009+166.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326932530545525474" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK1JTooIr0CXuZhfU6N-wF46fR7oBfsos2dMdWSYKIURAmaMuQhYDqgI1PRHvyMUADV1vk-qy6qRcKgSQcxSlDVeSSlLsCx2BewO80LGRx6jZA_j58Cw8KJEgkunDtNXTfnyOsdEx3ToA/s320/April+2009+166.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This is the glider I redid. It <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">is</span> really pretty and would look great in a girl's<br />nursery!! $20 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">OBO</span>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPypQGZScKBektM9R_mZhhnm76tCUMec-4WZgCvmVLoiiMaste_oNj_Z4TsOpUKZg8blcVAWjh-FyKqytht-I2rekjqGzEEJ1wMRv8tIoA82irAAgHzPWsvG8YFpJqDvV1u3ApSjjs3rY/s1600-h/April+2009+167.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326932811009541474" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPypQGZScKBektM9R_mZhhnm76tCUMec-4WZgCvmVLoiiMaste_oNj_Z4TsOpUKZg8blcVAWjh-FyKqytht-I2rekjqGzEEJ1wMRv8tIoA82irAAgHzPWsvG8YFpJqDvV1u3ApSjjs3rY/s320/April+2009+167.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Here are just some random floating <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">shelves</span> that we are selling, $10 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">OBO</span>.<br /><br />We are also selling a jumping chair, crib and matching changing table, lots of baby girl clothes (Newborn-24months) and a few baby boy clothes(0-3 months), and shoes! BC and I both have clothes and shoes that we are selling as well as a few smaller items. So yeah, Saturday morning, 7 am-12pm April 25<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">th</span>, we've got to sell it all so don't be afraid to contact me and let me know if you want me to hold something for you. Just pick it up on Saturday before noon or I'll be forced to sell!Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674902650183350654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169997284380489367.post-17181047383359613082009-03-24T06:40:00.000-07:002009-03-24T06:45:26.138-07:00Mommy's walking....And Sammy and Belle-Belle go along for the ride. I've been working out lately, trying to lose some weight and get ready for my big 10 year high school reunion and the kids are suffering right along with me. Well, I really wouldn't call it suffering, I think they love riding in that stroller, but...I sure am suffering! Here's some pics and a little story by Belle-Belle. Hope you all enjoy it!!
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<br /><div style="width:300px; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w83.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/chilibean24/ef6bb702.pbw" height="360" width="300"><a href="http://photobucket.com/slideshows" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a></div>Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674902650183350654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169997284380489367.post-72663889575639690122009-03-19T13:44:00.000-07:002009-03-19T15:07:04.619-07:00Belle Belle stories<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggnwfu1dGFvStU2T27zH-pJkkj1ePuUM8S2GPdNDwsMtRQ4kHepk17pIufGPrmqA-UTRGUTsKlkX4jrwSUjlZNcmO-ChRikPuFmBiEkeU7s6CbPUUELxX5iP_i1lsBT9Qr13zGcrhHqYI/s1600-h/Winter+to+Spring+2009+151.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggnwfu1dGFvStU2T27zH-pJkkj1ePuUM8S2GPdNDwsMtRQ4kHepk17pIufGPrmqA-UTRGUTsKlkX4jrwSUjlZNcmO-ChRikPuFmBiEkeU7s6CbPUUELxX5iP_i1lsBT9Qr13zGcrhHqYI/s320/Winter+to+Spring+2009+151.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315023535222032754" /></a><br />The mornings are especially wonderful for me. I'm not a morning person by any means but my children are. Anabelle usually finds her way into our bed around 5-ish and Sammy ALWAYS wakes us both up around 8:00 am. BC leaves for work every morning around 5:30 and so he unfortunately misses out on all the fun. Well, one morning this week Sammy woke Anabelle and I up and I asked Anabelle to go and get a diaper for him...she loves helping me, sometimes. She brought it back and I started to change Sam's diaper. Usually by now cartoons are on and Belle-Belle is totally submissive to the TV, but not today. This particular day Anabelle noticed Sammy's winkie. She looked at it with her brow furrowed and said "Sammy, yuck!" I told her that that was Sam's pee-pee and he used it to go potty. Then she said sweetly and almost consolingly, "Oh, no Sammy!". It was funny, alarming and sweet all at the same time. <br /><br />Anabelle loves her baby dolls. She has three that she is particularly stuck on. They are Abby, Sophie (soapy), and baby. One of these babies goes with us where ever we go no matter how long we're going to be gone. Anabelle is constantly playing "Mommy" with them and this is how I learn how my parenting skills are taken. When she plays with the dolls she's always saying things like, "I get it for you", and "just a second". I think two of my favorites are, "MY GOSH!!!, and "wook at me, OKAY!" I love being a mom, I just hate being evaluated by naked dolls all the time (they're naked because Anabelle refuses to keep their clothes on them...even at church!).Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674902650183350654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169997284380489367.post-34338191718590696952009-03-14T19:47:00.000-07:002009-03-19T13:43:33.347-07:00House HuntingWe've started our search for the perfect starter home. Yesterday I went with the realtor to look at three houses. Tuesday we're going to look at two more. We're excited, and scared, and nervous. I think BC gets nauseated every time he thinks about the commitment. Men... I've been assigned the task of weeding all the bad prospects out so that he only has to see the houses that I really like. *sigh* I'm exausted just thinking about it all.Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674902650183350654noreply@blogger.com0