tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84153469451488495172024-03-13T17:47:10.716-07:00JaxonfiveJaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289271311266698819noreply@blogger.comBlogger391125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415346945148849517.post-62873911568884274752010-12-01T22:59:00.001-08:002010-12-01T22:59:45.074-08:00Pardon me but I'm trying to have a life here I am sorry but you know how life goes. School activities , PTA fundraisers, awana , and 3 kids in sports. Oh yeah and I have 1 full time job and 3 part time jobs on top of being a stay at home mom. I just flat out haven't had time to sneeze let alone blog. But I found a cool app for my phone that let's me post on the fly. So I wanted to test it out. So there you go. One day I'll be able to enjoy my time but for now it's full speed ahead. Jaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289271311266698819noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415346945148849517.post-1946228360488420072010-08-08T08:54:00.000-07:002010-08-08T10:29:05.731-07:00Save yourself!!! No where is safe!!!!So you may remember we have had several coyote sightings over the past couple years. I have mentioned it <a href="http://jaxonfive.blogspot.com/2008/06/what-heck.html">here.</a><br /><br />It's not really that big of a deal. We see them, we shoo them away. End of story.<br /><br />This summer I have been seeing them more and more as I walk early in the mornings when they like to roam. No big deal. Just a part of suburban sprawl living. They were here first so short of my middle class guilt for moving into their home and setting up a Quiznos, there is not a lot I can do about our coexistence but leave them be.<br /><br />But lately there have been a lot of cats missing and raccoon corpses across in the field that the boys have discovered. So it sort of just is what it is.<br /><br />Well apparently Bug and his band of warriors (aka his friends) have been watching the local news and noted that the coyotes have made headlines. The coyotes, due to the urban sprawl and lack of food supply have been venturing into neighborhoods and helping themselves to nice snacks we have so nicely been leaving out like pet food and well....pets.<br />My boys have decided it was up to them to take their neighborhood back in manner of Braveheart.<br /><br />One of Bug's friends which for anonymity sake I'll call Mikey, is one of the funniest kids to watch. Every group of kids no matter which gender has one kid in the group that gets picked on just for being plain weird. Poor Mikey has few social skills and just is sort of oblivious of the world around him. Usually weird parents spawn weird kids. But not so much the case here. His parents are totally cool and try desperately to get him around other kids in hopes that social skills may rub off on him. But not so much the case with Mikey. He will wander around the neighborhood dreaming about capturing dragons or werewolves and tries in vain to engage the other boys in his obsession with the mythical. The other boys usually openly mock his love of the make believe and he blows it off none the wiser.They are never cruel as I won't allow that kind of behavior, But he is just sort of "that kid" in the group. All the kids like him for his quirks and he does have lots of friends so it's not like he is an outcast or anything. He is the type of kid that will wander into our house when our kids are not even home and try to hang out with us or just use our bathroom because it was closest to him. Even though he lives on the same block.<br />Rockstar and I secretly have deemed him as either of these stereotypes.<br /><br />Ralph Wiggum from the Simpsons<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZjH5J7dyYxpSXA5ABhKCi_0s3TtvYKwQ_MWFP5z8h-y1zrZnDHYw2FGpQScDbcN3TlvBdURAnWeTxpzir6KzlOpDVfy3z8niSN1YIP8nkY8-3Ib0fui2FhkCFtrFeOnPzFaDuln41EgY/s1600/simpsons_ralph_wallpaper.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 179px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZjH5J7dyYxpSXA5ABhKCi_0s3TtvYKwQ_MWFP5z8h-y1zrZnDHYw2FGpQScDbcN3TlvBdURAnWeTxpzir6KzlOpDVfy3z8niSN1YIP8nkY8-3Ib0fui2FhkCFtrFeOnPzFaDuln41EgY/s400/simpsons_ralph_wallpaper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503081570914720402" border="0" /></a><br />Or Butters from South Park<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib2XfwxJVn8DEOvhO6kv18P-lTh3C8l3BPGYho1UV86RR-3TdsjSz_eU7lu4FRuv9-P8TsAjUYzY6-4S8HvT9sZZvYblufm4_perkX4SO9z6k-U726y7n0yxujt7XdKy3Hw56b0UxcjGc/s1600/Butters.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 186px; height: 271px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib2XfwxJVn8DEOvhO6kv18P-lTh3C8l3BPGYho1UV86RR-3TdsjSz_eU7lu4FRuv9-P8TsAjUYzY6-4S8HvT9sZZvYblufm4_perkX4SO9z6k-U726y7n0yxujt7XdKy3Hw56b0UxcjGc/s400/Butters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503081578048744578" border="0" /></a>Yeah he's "that kid".<br /><br />He's a good kid, just a little odd but he cracks me up with his antics.<br /><br />So enough background.<br /><br />So Mikey comes blasting into our front door a couple days ago out of breath and in a frenzy.<br /><br />Bug and his friend Skyler ask him "what seems to be the problem?"<br /><br />He replies "Guys we have a serious problem on our hands!!!!The coyote's food source has run out and we need to protect ourselves and our families from this threat!!!We need to go right now up to your room and develop a plan!!"<br /><br />Bug and Skyler look at each other and just sort of chuckle.<br />"Whatever Mikey." They say and go back into the family room where he follows.<br /><br />"I'm serious this time!!! I saw one out in the field just now!!! He chased me all the way here!! We need to come up with a plan!!" he says nearly out of breath and hopping up and down.<br /><br />Now mind you, it was 2 in the afternoon. A little unlikely that there were wandering coyotes in broad daylight in the middle of the day.<br /><br />Bug- "Are you sure it was not just a dog? I doubt there is one out there now."<br /><br />Mikey- "well it might have been a dog, but this is serious!!! It's up to us!!! "<br /><br />Bug- "Ok Mikey, just chill the heck out!!! It's not like there is a T-rex waiting to pounce in the bushes!! It's just a dumb old coyote. He's more scared of us than we are of it. It's not like they eat people or anything!"<br /><br />This is what I imagine was going through Mikey's mind right now...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhahKbdiAflRlztHVSHgPHPHvKWpWYP2z9b3ZCX3mJPs4RXJO1r6gzc2HzcACUl9muWHGvC4W67CHxhW-0jiWiYo_3PrAenLyh-kaYIegseLXQu-aQ48bZslThLNXz_nV6jEnX2uDNjHQs/s1600/coyote.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 368px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhahKbdiAflRlztHVSHgPHPHvKWpWYP2z9b3ZCX3mJPs4RXJO1r6gzc2HzcACUl9muWHGvC4W67CHxhW-0jiWiYo_3PrAenLyh-kaYIegseLXQu-aQ48bZslThLNXz_nV6jEnX2uDNjHQs/s400/coyote.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503086124899069650" border="0" /></a><br />They all decided that they would talk about their plans to stop the wild coyote and protect their families and civilization after they got their wits about them.<br /><br />Another viewing of Jurassic park should do the trick to clear their minds.<br /><br />Of course Mikey spent the majority of the movie in the other room peeking around the corner just in case the dinosaurs jumped through the screen and got him.<br /><br />It took everything within me not to sneak up behind him and grab him just to watch him jump, but it turns out I'm not completely dead inside that I seek to destroy a child's nerves. I didn't, I just wanted to. <br /><br />What like it wouldn't cross your mind?<br /><br />So yeah as of yet, there have been no coyote hunting plans laid out, but I will keep you posted as it unfolds. The drama and excitement as my boys take their neighborhood back from the grips of the vicious man eating coyote.<br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwOMa5s58_wA7e7gngkbetr54ZDOsgQCozfXs4XqbkqLYqbyCUHg_YCE6IeWoAVmGhrUZ61RBXS2cYrP1PIDkKfg5MqraT9qhCfVJg_Tt030OXgdSO65pUr-JwZSIo4ZKrIOFsphmWeCQ/s1600/wile-e-coyote.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwOMa5s58_wA7e7gngkbetr54ZDOsgQCozfXs4XqbkqLYqbyCUHg_YCE6IeWoAVmGhrUZ61RBXS2cYrP1PIDkKfg5MqraT9qhCfVJg_Tt030OXgdSO65pUr-JwZSIo4ZKrIOFsphmWeCQ/s400/wile-e-coyote.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503086135015903842" border="0" /></a><br /><br />To be continued......Jaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289271311266698819noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415346945148849517.post-88298427417095378202010-07-20T10:46:00.000-07:002010-07-20T12:11:25.254-07:00Summertime awesomeness!!So since my last gigantic mega post I am now all inspired to get completely caught up on everything and start fresh back into the world of the blogesphere. (it's a word, look it up)<br />So if you look at the time stamp on this post you'll notice that we are half way through July. A lot has happened already this summer and I have dropped the ball on documenting it. Egad!! How has this happened?Well I'll tell you. I have been busier doing it than I have been documenting it. It happens. So here's what we have done thus far.<br /><br />The first official week of summer we hitched up the trailer and went camping with 2 other families. Between all of us we had 13 kids total. They had a blast running a muck over here and there. We even had one of the other kids break their arm. Because it's just not a family get away without a major injury.<br />We had fun though. hanging around the fire, playing volleyball and making smores.<br /><br />Here are some of the highlights.....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_btY_lStrjifNuAvN_qJnxBV0_BFeoIB88IhWPFUvyO1Z9lEmvKHsPRp9jWeBYm2sXg-rjWlvGNHA6jABLY8mzKonxFrKzXymH19FpWdQn8KttXJlrE24yPy1Kn1hP43P8f50y09woUE/s1600/DSCF2508.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_btY_lStrjifNuAvN_qJnxBV0_BFeoIB88IhWPFUvyO1Z9lEmvKHsPRp9jWeBYm2sXg-rjWlvGNHA6jABLY8mzKonxFrKzXymH19FpWdQn8KttXJlrE24yPy1Kn1hP43P8f50y09woUE/s400/DSCF2508.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496049363501110642" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-AgbQNr_fDrJEYEDqR_LrA8aQ7pdxCU7uLsdBaQNhPhZJlZxSqS6xZmLj8eV8V89t8rZeg00pEJxrtYoRBW6TtS9JrzoW9onO1oqg1IX8SP6le-OXxjGDhhTVPR0L0XHqFsg3_DTG-M/s1600/DSCF2511.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-AgbQNr_fDrJEYEDqR_LrA8aQ7pdxCU7uLsdBaQNhPhZJlZxSqS6xZmLj8eV8V89t8rZeg00pEJxrtYoRBW6TtS9JrzoW9onO1oqg1IX8SP6le-OXxjGDhhTVPR0L0XHqFsg3_DTG-M/s400/DSCF2511.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496049377658843698" border="0" /></a>Sunshine is decidedly the checker champion of our family. I let her win the first game and then she whipped us all on her own the rest of the weekend. She was pretty tickled with herself.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxC9jnDqbdZk9zuDeLd4w2GpbvAOysXwAoLHfYFh0qUBV3QQlbtKr1VTYMhUIyCwXrg-1RGnMX857x9bwndqBW0OFZa0vy4KFQEH9BZIW6NAaSS4FvRhehHviXxxjCXWnAgkbUempnmwM/s1600/DSCF2509.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxC9jnDqbdZk9zuDeLd4w2GpbvAOysXwAoLHfYFh0qUBV3QQlbtKr1VTYMhUIyCwXrg-1RGnMX857x9bwndqBW0OFZa0vy4KFQEH9BZIW6NAaSS4FvRhehHviXxxjCXWnAgkbUempnmwM/s400/DSCF2509.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496049370608086082" border="0" /></a>This is where I spent the better part of my weekend. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmhG0CTc-W-zbs5zDPhAAkX4QRQChpxYMx2pU6vsZk20GesIhiAhlFO9yYMhZA7qyCYvdRvEE-rzGwwClHEgv1uF5fQSQ6V8gui8SMR_sqCx9aWHtvKcsN1oOaLjCJFIO9ry3a2IUryGM/s1600/DSCF2513.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmhG0CTc-W-zbs5zDPhAAkX4QRQChpxYMx2pU6vsZk20GesIhiAhlFO9yYMhZA7qyCYvdRvEE-rzGwwClHEgv1uF5fQSQ6V8gui8SMR_sqCx9aWHtvKcsN1oOaLjCJFIO9ry3a2IUryGM/s400/DSCF2513.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496049382485084034" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMoiGtJCnIA1TlGDNhYmKQjfZ5fTZJh_cpcleWWj9CztPVzaT4AH7aDkHVf9jTdCjzdI_S8TCXqx9ZFNWCiBL-EhjGD_h-T3GF-t8joCTkwqiQGAdaYtkaY34ZzbEhb-p-ztj8FMnIyT8/s1600/DSCF2518.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMoiGtJCnIA1TlGDNhYmKQjfZ5fTZJh_cpcleWWj9CztPVzaT4AH7aDkHVf9jTdCjzdI_S8TCXqx9ZFNWCiBL-EhjGD_h-T3GF-t8joCTkwqiQGAdaYtkaY34ZzbEhb-p-ztj8FMnIyT8/s400/DSCF2518.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496050427516504722" border="0" /></a>Our cut throat volleyball game.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSYc_7d2j62F2i7JlVS13iBalmb3HnRnUDSpUJFvRkKIiAEvAmQNhL8SRuzJeDG8UV88SAXKNkXY4L2XFVCceHXHcb1EUfEkw6ncgulncRiRes7sSvNRfto6RRhAiywPuhXYy8EqggUGk/s1600/DSCF2514.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSYc_7d2j62F2i7JlVS13iBalmb3HnRnUDSpUJFvRkKIiAEvAmQNhL8SRuzJeDG8UV88SAXKNkXY4L2XFVCceHXHcb1EUfEkw6ncgulncRiRes7sSvNRfto6RRhAiywPuhXYy8EqggUGk/s400/DSCF2514.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496050423023756386" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgprPnlqF2rwVwTqr5uR8TyOAJcBQuQgrdJVRnKamX4y7klVvXU0JFApxtc3F3OYRR6eHG9PM1Dypt6DCzJfIT0J0ZsmnvYKJZa6PYJR4lnhyphenhyphenFP7mbKmLUft9ZhCE0Ub5Mz6w0miSB9QDM/s1600/DSCF2517.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgprPnlqF2rwVwTqr5uR8TyOAJcBQuQgrdJVRnKamX4y7klVvXU0JFApxtc3F3OYRR6eHG9PM1Dypt6DCzJfIT0J0ZsmnvYKJZa6PYJR4lnhyphenhyphenFP7mbKmLUft9ZhCE0Ub5Mz6w0miSB9QDM/s400/DSCF2517.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496050437747314946" border="0" /></a>Then here are some cool pictures Jason got with his phone using hipsomatic. It just puts cool filters on it and makes it look all vintage.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy_L9veZAoZBjpkx1x2CjH916_dGQSDiptYvJo90eF7L2Fg5m-SseWCwkUJboRRMzHsDWqM8Ztxkaz0SQbdW_tNTmsS5QU7q1lvXhh2FX6SyPCRx87BvIZJ7XNkY7fO1S8mQPu9AzsgNc/s1600/IMG_0119.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy_L9veZAoZBjpkx1x2CjH916_dGQSDiptYvJo90eF7L2Fg5m-SseWCwkUJboRRMzHsDWqM8Ztxkaz0SQbdW_tNTmsS5QU7q1lvXhh2FX6SyPCRx87BvIZJ7XNkY7fO1S8mQPu9AzsgNc/s400/IMG_0119.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496052510635316146" border="0" /></a>We have our cute little vintage trailer.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgON3PdxOdfYGAtoG_XfjXNpywAQUeBgXw7QA2Apz1e4Z0-kAvWPPd9z4WIXaSXegJcHH3GILYcarCryYI_QV-PPnPoQXxoPkB6pe7RmhTGB7RrWz6h5JetvMyqtTyvulBwAniQwbciF2c/s1600/IMG_0135.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgON3PdxOdfYGAtoG_XfjXNpywAQUeBgXw7QA2Apz1e4Z0-kAvWPPd9z4WIXaSXegJcHH3GILYcarCryYI_QV-PPnPoQXxoPkB6pe7RmhTGB7RrWz6h5JetvMyqtTyvulBwAniQwbciF2c/s400/IMG_0135.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496052518636696562" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwIpoX7hc7Mi1g_0qFqagB-KKdqbpaae_T_gnvCDD3f4dA2QniK3L_aFh361c3M3w1auvZzE-1o71YhUXJOVmG4mvsj1oFtshuXxrTGLDvYHxzrpiD3VmgRsJO60yr-_jG3E6PhY7k06I/s1600/IMG_0136.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwIpoX7hc7Mi1g_0qFqagB-KKdqbpaae_T_gnvCDD3f4dA2QniK3L_aFh361c3M3w1auvZzE-1o71YhUXJOVmG4mvsj1oFtshuXxrTGLDvYHxzrpiD3VmgRsJO60yr-_jG3E6PhY7k06I/s400/IMG_0136.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496052521899059282" border="0" /></a>Then there was the making of the smores.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-QDzuAm8yfv_zeQHw_Phsjfhu-PzS94V-rABSyx4cz4Q5WnVWfPwP6yNsFjZXuiootMI5TB6vJ4j1g2WEK672SNzQs9CTIdh7JbfsVK4NtadLSh2XvsOsg-WsatfJaR-AsDdkrAWcyOk/s1600/IMG_0148.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-QDzuAm8yfv_zeQHw_Phsjfhu-PzS94V-rABSyx4cz4Q5WnVWfPwP6yNsFjZXuiootMI5TB6vJ4j1g2WEK672SNzQs9CTIdh7JbfsVK4NtadLSh2XvsOsg-WsatfJaR-AsDdkrAWcyOk/s400/IMG_0148.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496053763472329810" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8uAB6IyacR4N7Ahg0BKZ20TeZ43d8zgvqw7zi0LR_47RYd_3ndjlF9dW0JxvPA60_JcXGULi1eVJaYQOsbWVBI3dpyb1L3ZzrUxOCDdxmFVwH6Xk27A8NvcithGkloEb-rHhy8fFIFU/s1600/IMG_0142.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8uAB6IyacR4N7Ahg0BKZ20TeZ43d8zgvqw7zi0LR_47RYd_3ndjlF9dW0JxvPA60_JcXGULi1eVJaYQOsbWVBI3dpyb1L3ZzrUxOCDdxmFVwH6Xk27A8NvcithGkloEb-rHhy8fFIFU/s400/IMG_0142.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496052526430196066" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQBnEdP5mcq2IV_FL08zeD2LkAtYV3vS5mWphyeXFKygvoPMrFbOHbmVXobjwjxwRn13pMr0d4ckYF0_rc8kVCBuPV7qL4MNAieAhVdmBR6WbqZrcvv3zwDDxmd5KMUcQ99p8TZIYMQIE/s1600/IMG_0150.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQBnEdP5mcq2IV_FL08zeD2LkAtYV3vS5mWphyeXFKygvoPMrFbOHbmVXobjwjxwRn13pMr0d4ckYF0_rc8kVCBuPV7qL4MNAieAhVdmBR6WbqZrcvv3zwDDxmd5KMUcQ99p8TZIYMQIE/s400/IMG_0150.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496053791604834962" border="0" /></a>All in all we had a great time.<br /><br />Next was the 4th of July.<br /><br />This year we did it a little different. My mother in law got us all tickets to see the Broadway production of the Lion King that was in town and they happened to fall on the night of the 4th of July.<br />I have only one word for this production.<br />AMAZING!!!!<br /><object id="flashObj" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0" width="480" height="270"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/85690676001?isVid=1&isUI=1"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="flashVars" value="videoId=62732180001&playerID=85690676001&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true"><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com"><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/85690676001?isVid=1&isUI=1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="videoId=62732180001&playerID=85690676001&&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" swliveconnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" width="480" height="270"></embed></object><br />It was an awesome combination of puppetry and stage production. The kids , especially Peanut was mesmerized for 3 hours straight. It was an awesome gift from my mother in law. I have such a deep love for all things Broadway related and it was fun to be able to watch it through my kids eyes and see them get excited for the same reason that I love it.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Qf0wfV-acSknU1F-fkzdySEIOM-aLKOuuNaAV_qceOcvquAwjjwdj3LoEiTISEeiZ5RquLS3MRhY_UeK8eroCYB3RAPnKbDq3vq4DkMrzC9YP_marHQwQpn8yhjtA4Qp82GEi1RBz_Y/s1600/photo(2).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Qf0wfV-acSknU1F-fkzdySEIOM-aLKOuuNaAV_qceOcvquAwjjwdj3LoEiTISEeiZ5RquLS3MRhY_UeK8eroCYB3RAPnKbDq3vq4DkMrzC9YP_marHQwQpn8yhjtA4Qp82GEi1RBz_Y/s400/photo(2).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496058872626022082" border="0" /></a>After the performance got out, it was about 9 at night so almost time for fireworks downtown. There was a ton of people pushing their way into the perfect viewing spot. We had parked on the other side of the river to avoid the parking nightmare that was surely to follow on 4th of July downtown. So we made our way across the bridge through the masses with 3 kids in tow. We were able to get out of the crowds a little and find a decent spot to watch them. We were even close enough that we could see the barge that they were shooting them off of in the river. So that was cool. They were going off literally right over head. In fact we were showered with paper and debris from the mortar shells.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikzDRYL00s7bS0QnRa62feQ2FAIFirUJhSNMwzMbMnzgKjxiO0-sE1SiE3kORkLoFaspBWlRvdjWYOL1IGMrrxBIG-wzNw46sa6pLfdj5w-Q9USc2Dghku77wMegVp2qiZr3IkTAN6XMM/s1600/IMG_0170.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikzDRYL00s7bS0QnRa62feQ2FAIFirUJhSNMwzMbMnzgKjxiO0-sE1SiE3kORkLoFaspBWlRvdjWYOL1IGMrrxBIG-wzNw46sa6pLfdj5w-Q9USc2Dghku77wMegVp2qiZr3IkTAN6XMM/s400/IMG_0170.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496061238323713346" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDcsVHm9wa8eNLsd16xlRDwD8FLDznwHOfOQJJjM7eNi_NXk8pe1X3FsYVU81tcGmZAvR2TWZDZnG7L-iO6GLb_eATtbXQvrMaKf8aglNhfwaErT_OadTwaiQY7pf_pIzn5SiGTuAmqn0/s1600/IMG_0171.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDcsVHm9wa8eNLsd16xlRDwD8FLDznwHOfOQJJjM7eNi_NXk8pe1X3FsYVU81tcGmZAvR2TWZDZnG7L-iO6GLb_eATtbXQvrMaKf8aglNhfwaErT_OadTwaiQY7pf_pIzn5SiGTuAmqn0/s400/IMG_0171.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496061244259169506" border="0" /></a>Then these next pictures I realize are not the best of quality, but they crack me up and speak a thousand words.<br />The kids lit off some of their fireworks and were all tickles as they were smoking. Then realized they were probably standing too close and should get out of there and fast. It just sort of cracked me up to see these pictures in sequence.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSQTTRw9uzDSVq_gNAZbobShoGC8aW2pnKzDPBexpYE4kklaI9JrehCy5iJkmNqPw0xSRurp84-OE1wU5OShAxOVhuAJDlg9xxFENgT0rgloHes726krJBbhPZsJJEpvzr1z7c1Fr5p4k/s1600/IMG_0165.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSQTTRw9uzDSVq_gNAZbobShoGC8aW2pnKzDPBexpYE4kklaI9JrehCy5iJkmNqPw0xSRurp84-OE1wU5OShAxOVhuAJDlg9xxFENgT0rgloHes726krJBbhPZsJJEpvzr1z7c1Fr5p4k/s400/IMG_0165.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496061260079269906" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpHva1EXwCatBVuhj7ULwA7K9Uo0EF6j4ehDz8z6dskvMLP2L3rVgR-JURzA2CqUh7gO_GhyphenhyphenNktJz6eNri-v5Gch2BLHtnHRpHWzhiCHjBlvyqodwQmBUX2OAxEua15TRO6rOonhs4kck/s1600/IMG_0166.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpHva1EXwCatBVuhj7ULwA7K9Uo0EF6j4ehDz8z6dskvMLP2L3rVgR-JURzA2CqUh7gO_GhyphenhyphenNktJz6eNri-v5Gch2BLHtnHRpHWzhiCHjBlvyqodwQmBUX2OAxEua15TRO6rOonhs4kck/s400/IMG_0166.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496061264609915602" border="0" /></a>Then last but not least.......Bug at the ripe old age of 9, finally, FINALLY, lost his front tooth. Almost all of his friends have not only lost their teeth, but have a full set of adult teeth. He got his late as a baby, so in turn lost them late too. His dentist was not too concerned. It it rare to do it this late, but it does happen. it doesn't help that he is sort of skeeved out at the thought of pulling out his own teeth so he was not exactly in there moving things along by making them loose. So they literally just need to fall out of his head on their own accord. The prospect of money doesn't even motivate him. He just sort of marches to his own little drummer and you just can't make him do something he isn't ok with. Whatever. We're one step closer now. If only we could work on getting the other one out at the same time so it doesn't look so goofy :)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvs3tbqPuLzxxbkaRSUNBfieHvoV9a0UWFO7mupgDBPTBoxDNndWInz-khKTvqGWooZWDPtkc2qud83UQjz6NxC9Mp0ulFRByHoHYA1TY4b2sEqhv2RGW36ii-1hChMWIhyqwQxky9jTQ/s1600/IMG_0172.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvs3tbqPuLzxxbkaRSUNBfieHvoV9a0UWFO7mupgDBPTBoxDNndWInz-khKTvqGWooZWDPtkc2qud83UQjz6NxC9Mp0ulFRByHoHYA1TY4b2sEqhv2RGW36ii-1hChMWIhyqwQxky9jTQ/s400/IMG_0172.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496065471547612546" border="0" /></a>At the rate he's going, he's going to be shaving when his adult teeth come in.Jaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289271311266698819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415346945148849517.post-3441067347888049492010-07-13T10:33:00.000-07:002010-07-13T20:36:18.420-07:00Good Golly Miss Molly!!!!Good grief it has been a ridiculous amount of time since I updated this blog. It looks like another epic mega post is in order to get you all up to speed in my life.<br /><br />It has been an insane several months with a lot of twists and turns.<br /><br />Here's where you left off.......<br /><br />February......Sunshine's 6th birthday.<br /><br />She decided that she wanted to do a cupcake decorating party. So we had all her besties over for some sugar fueled sticky fun.<br /><br />We decorated cupcakes....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6RCoN9nEvDCViF73I19IGvbreTlwG_m6T4jfETyJMJM8Ijh9dJUxg9h1_8JQksMcNGgAcjCxgov6EF15zzkcScTzzn3N9U5_Ld8T8VoWTLK5bYSqOGZmZkUJaV4ujodYruF6Hdw7e48g/s1600/DSCF2328.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6RCoN9nEvDCViF73I19IGvbreTlwG_m6T4jfETyJMJM8Ijh9dJUxg9h1_8JQksMcNGgAcjCxgov6EF15zzkcScTzzn3N9U5_Ld8T8VoWTLK5bYSqOGZmZkUJaV4ujodYruF6Hdw7e48g/s400/DSCF2328.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493470961934179010" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9n546OaQoXsndkbMexbHen-1Pm_YNOeZ08CTWQfsehy_87zokdwGYDlVMGEQ7EivR8564mYjQULYk93gMwdEcwx9oPcvEgf3vqvMUJCAM25mydN3VvnWu6ErmEyAXaeSsFDC2l3O1GM/s1600/DSCF2344.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9n546OaQoXsndkbMexbHen-1Pm_YNOeZ08CTWQfsehy_87zokdwGYDlVMGEQ7EivR8564mYjQULYk93gMwdEcwx9oPcvEgf3vqvMUJCAM25mydN3VvnWu6ErmEyAXaeSsFDC2l3O1GM/s400/DSCF2344.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493480493806719218" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJuR_MYlQrOVJy9PDwiLh5YmSUFASUoTChr-Ieva2W7wVLXT9pz7tdwyiyiu_2W7f7lkJXLxueFe2icrMNOvdWvkjM7g7-KoF-kS8BqYMi9UGFojK0adrTzlf_xtduSyUqnspocSgJFsQ/s1600/DSCF2333.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJuR_MYlQrOVJy9PDwiLh5YmSUFASUoTChr-Ieva2W7wVLXT9pz7tdwyiyiu_2W7f7lkJXLxueFe2icrMNOvdWvkjM7g7-KoF-kS8BqYMi9UGFojK0adrTzlf_xtduSyUqnspocSgJFsQ/s400/DSCF2333.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493470977777453474" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguHXxfnmXvlhLDMqHxiXcJ2N9p3UhTDkN8kHqMLCg6vpJtClntGbb5AuU2hg3ab6r4LBb4ZKHDnqne3MZr_ERyuKNwrkFSq4bw7pYjOY53tIrA5G1Z5Nqd95fcjSv2twBsuzDL2pMasc0/s1600/DSCF2335.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguHXxfnmXvlhLDMqHxiXcJ2N9p3UhTDkN8kHqMLCg6vpJtClntGbb5AuU2hg3ab6r4LBb4ZKHDnqne3MZr_ERyuKNwrkFSq4bw7pYjOY53tIrA5G1Z5Nqd95fcjSv2twBsuzDL2pMasc0/s400/DSCF2335.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493471003107501714" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-MwdyQo0ZF5xKuwgYqjJK1UIJP9dAo9yo32xhv2OpFyG288kNspbtkxa8FF0u7BEsbAe1eYUa1im2BMIfpJKAsSKpGgbdMYLNLdnahGYecw4qTOEFg2zrDTBvinCnrPUR6-nZ3PDOVmE/s1600/DSCF2337.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-MwdyQo0ZF5xKuwgYqjJK1UIJP9dAo9yo32xhv2OpFyG288kNspbtkxa8FF0u7BEsbAe1eYUa1im2BMIfpJKAsSKpGgbdMYLNLdnahGYecw4qTOEFg2zrDTBvinCnrPUR6-nZ3PDOVmE/s400/DSCF2337.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493471024223051042" border="0" /></a><br />Then came the pinata. Which let me just say right now that little girls wielding a bat hopped up on a sugar rush was a sort of ill thought out plan, but we made it work.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNdohpLHvNPWoNT1yTzGCDa_hydwNHF_vP3NHx7m4XRF3W8oC15kParBf5QDlmjdoR8TmsLDhcM7cNII_qRH6z9s_XOBCDXj7cJctPiJzowk3e-t4Ms2ad9oG1moEiQ7W4I4FS-qd6_qI/s1600/DSCF2346.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNdohpLHvNPWoNT1yTzGCDa_hydwNHF_vP3NHx7m4XRF3W8oC15kParBf5QDlmjdoR8TmsLDhcM7cNII_qRH6z9s_XOBCDXj7cJctPiJzowk3e-t4Ms2ad9oG1moEiQ7W4I4FS-qd6_qI/s400/DSCF2346.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493480517645101890" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGYA50x-rgPelKG-nw3jSxSHT6IPRWLrpXIee7yn6QCV3HTSS4pgNixIvdXyKSy4GtLXfsGRvXqkXu5WY_oLPpoAKFe-rDb1E9pl8DFo6gu_AHcXE6T5N02JlNw_SfLlMyKNxWYJj2vo/s1600/DSCF2345.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGYA50x-rgPelKG-nw3jSxSHT6IPRWLrpXIee7yn6QCV3HTSS4pgNixIvdXyKSy4GtLXfsGRvXqkXu5WY_oLPpoAKFe-rDb1E9pl8DFo6gu_AHcXE6T5N02JlNw_SfLlMyKNxWYJj2vo/s400/DSCF2345.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493482447931479954" border="0" /></a>When it broke ,the girls all screeched and descended on this poor thing like a pack of vultures. It happened so fast I forgot that I was no longer watching dainty little girls but sugared up fiends delighting in the prospect of candy that was surely waiting for them if only they could strike down this paper mache animal on a rope.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_f5ARcY84LmXgfecMvVvwzpQOmPny3FRd44-jcaWB77rESDAjfD4xXBGzrXw_rkRuu0Qvy_tDL6cGsFrZk3YyMFVcQk0ID59rS4blAQfajuTdtp7i5yJRLsH6tgD-OixXybXKLg4w9k/s1600/DSCF2349.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_f5ARcY84LmXgfecMvVvwzpQOmPny3FRd44-jcaWB77rESDAjfD4xXBGzrXw_rkRuu0Qvy_tDL6cGsFrZk3YyMFVcQk0ID59rS4blAQfajuTdtp7i5yJRLsH6tgD-OixXybXKLg4w9k/s400/DSCF2349.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493482456484489490" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23mKL1NJas6Ykk5FX-p5uA-r82D0duqbGADzTiAHxlbFCyairv3O0qynvZmKLMNB33_GmyqKmNMC8rAJvjd879UrWMRFPyejfsJ08n7n_ayKNNq0N7gHCHExxmTBMmetxTQ3fFvY4QgM/s1600/DSCF2352.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23mKL1NJas6Ykk5FX-p5uA-r82D0duqbGADzTiAHxlbFCyairv3O0qynvZmKLMNB33_GmyqKmNMC8rAJvjd879UrWMRFPyejfsJ08n7n_ayKNNq0N7gHCHExxmTBMmetxTQ3fFvY4QgM/s400/DSCF2352.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493482466201595330" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvj7JPTxmJ3O0JQ85CUO2fgzxQ1l1KePmGQUEHwTMP-ex6srxBelh7qlRry2Xs4b6fPtjFdPhCOXzGycQknWA8tG789JJxGOMm1Lgd7jFEHONJPjXTAKB7oHQO53YAw82JNVf8j6KE9e4/s1600/DSCF2364.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvj7JPTxmJ3O0JQ85CUO2fgzxQ1l1KePmGQUEHwTMP-ex6srxBelh7qlRry2Xs4b6fPtjFdPhCOXzGycQknWA8tG789JJxGOMm1Lgd7jFEHONJPjXTAKB7oHQO53YAw82JNVf8j6KE9e4/s400/DSCF2364.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493482478182524370" border="0" /></a>Then just to drive fear into the hearts of her enemies, she felt she needed to wear her victim around for a while. Have I mentioned lately how awesomely weird my kids are ? :)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtvPkVwdsYistp8eXrODNq55j5E49xewWrA4o35qonNGQ0O8wqyYc_1O7efJ7_VZ4InG8gada-EHEcImR80abVg8oFuWhlgHdG34T3vUJOXFbpA5nmewcQnX6hCVDdB7eWQrPY2eLbC0g/s1600/DSCF2371.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtvPkVwdsYistp8eXrODNq55j5E49xewWrA4o35qonNGQ0O8wqyYc_1O7efJ7_VZ4InG8gada-EHEcImR80abVg8oFuWhlgHdG34T3vUJOXFbpA5nmewcQnX6hCVDdB7eWQrPY2eLbC0g/s400/DSCF2371.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493485526733619362" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1p-RZ2SdbQmnPXmIDj_ppf0dud6kvNtVrPL_6scnG1u1v2EUaceCtso6kPHfzfS1adj59mbk5Ur7jF8CFd9iNkye123mGezkSCOTLVXtw30ud8IhsIuBQJKld-9-44biukRKL-ayTgOM/s1600/DSCF2373.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1p-RZ2SdbQmnPXmIDj_ppf0dud6kvNtVrPL_6scnG1u1v2EUaceCtso6kPHfzfS1adj59mbk5Ur7jF8CFd9iNkye123mGezkSCOTLVXtw30ud8IhsIuBQJKld-9-44biukRKL-ayTgOM/s400/DSCF2373.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493485538917916642" border="0" /></a>Through it all they all had a great time.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikjWnr4yEuibXuq08LC5rv16hlVDsALrNlKwyJwqZEenmlu815naFn2n0tlY4XisImpcsQctLYIF6R4ZNh60fIM57GATKWVvYN-gtOoRULBtIuyCciCPmPd5nAzz7nb3bw4ES4UO33oBA/s1600/DSCF2393.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikjWnr4yEuibXuq08LC5rv16hlVDsALrNlKwyJwqZEenmlu815naFn2n0tlY4XisImpcsQctLYIF6R4ZNh60fIM57GATKWVvYN-gtOoRULBtIuyCciCPmPd5nAzz7nb3bw4ES4UO33oBA/s400/DSCF2393.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493485547255126178" border="0" /></a><br />Next we move on to Bug's 9th birthday party in April.<br /><br />He wanted to have a small party at home but take some friends over to the aquatic park for the day. I like a man with a plan. Simple and defined. I can do that.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaD9HWkYW7jmRxvw5rwjIwervG2G9y5ggWcA3VGgNMCuSc43CIekyAqq8AZMdpLqf9NYEt5b62yGr4STJS0_wx3CWzysyqKxUuGFzr1MS1XxyI4L3nFv-IwAzuyoyYJ3wMBixOUrIEHBI/s1600/SDC11856.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaD9HWkYW7jmRxvw5rwjIwervG2G9y5ggWcA3VGgNMCuSc43CIekyAqq8AZMdpLqf9NYEt5b62yGr4STJS0_wx3CWzysyqKxUuGFzr1MS1XxyI4L3nFv-IwAzuyoyYJ3wMBixOUrIEHBI/s400/SDC11856.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493488629542247202" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdflrCOPB1Euq830bspJrCKV9L2k37Qxpq5EVZp5JDuJzJDtTt15evp2p4Awi9o8N9WgPA5LODC4avZnsxM7YddNk97BUlVK2vgajj9lI2Jqi5mVYAlh006fiJ4Zb6Zwo57HoDxBRcWeQ/s1600/SDC11861.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdflrCOPB1Euq830bspJrCKV9L2k37Qxpq5EVZp5JDuJzJDtTt15evp2p4Awi9o8N9WgPA5LODC4avZnsxM7YddNk97BUlVK2vgajj9lI2Jqi5mVYAlh006fiJ4Zb6Zwo57HoDxBRcWeQ/s400/SDC11861.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493488639893507874" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP8AGJYusCs6J_uR9NahbiZRDiS4x4cRJVGzvhz5MPKBP5QQ-PPSap34rkO5lM4LtVMe2_kd0Bk_VpllTY0xqwiKpq97t1ttUytL4cADPCqGY8rqBU6gFFxBf2H2O1R9sg0tb7slcuzUQ/s1600/SDC11880.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP8AGJYusCs6J_uR9NahbiZRDiS4x4cRJVGzvhz5MPKBP5QQ-PPSap34rkO5lM4LtVMe2_kd0Bk_VpllTY0xqwiKpq97t1ttUytL4cADPCqGY8rqBU6gFFxBf2H2O1R9sg0tb7slcuzUQ/s400/SDC11880.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493488649285255618" border="0" /></a>We opened presents. Then off to the water park we went.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPGbl-MSnxtZnH_saXnIAFLgqVak8jM5sdiV43ckc5FywNYTEJwenWbPAiZYdwtvGmleqW2aVnkhoQxlfS2Sx2bLqKu9pmxvPxkvuJYCfI-Z-LZeFtZtUYSAHwZr9P9UTgszBgwCDxY3c/s1600/SDC11864.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPGbl-MSnxtZnH_saXnIAFLgqVak8jM5sdiV43ckc5FywNYTEJwenWbPAiZYdwtvGmleqW2aVnkhoQxlfS2Sx2bLqKu9pmxvPxkvuJYCfI-Z-LZeFtZtUYSAHwZr9P9UTgszBgwCDxY3c/s400/SDC11864.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493490510455794530" border="0" /></a>It's hard to see, but that streak of lightning coming down the slide there is Bug.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLP7Hftnemu7qtyQosyE_ssdHZY7F0yxdG68CriteVGU9V981beSLTemezrZD5eiwiE15gNxI90eBCP2jhjIFJwxjFBcV6-dtjJKOZ0Lzqc7LdSLo6WYfddgeHj1gNkLf5-cjAv1PXgMw/s1600/SDC11867.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLP7Hftnemu7qtyQosyE_ssdHZY7F0yxdG68CriteVGU9V981beSLTemezrZD5eiwiE15gNxI90eBCP2jhjIFJwxjFBcV6-dtjJKOZ0Lzqc7LdSLo6WYfddgeHj1gNkLf5-cjAv1PXgMw/s400/SDC11867.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493490520470023378" border="0" /></a>Him hitting the water.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBXCsE_iAJTS7pHg5RRltm45H1LnihlzE8c8-H8k5w9h9d2Y2cQzGBxgp6dpQMOiy41h3rW56qOv4aUqAlnzWRHzqUJwqeaAKe6_JokdTQUmAT3YaPR3s022FfHVfnzFyCRQH1xz9oM5g/s1600/SDC11869.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBXCsE_iAJTS7pHg5RRltm45H1LnihlzE8c8-H8k5w9h9d2Y2cQzGBxgp6dpQMOiy41h3rW56qOv4aUqAlnzWRHzqUJwqeaAKe6_JokdTQUmAT3YaPR3s022FfHVfnzFyCRQH1xz9oM5g/s400/SDC11869.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493490533722374546" border="0" /></a>Then we came on back and had some root beer float cake. By his request of course.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL89iDm0FiiT-FN9sKd1Wq-Xx_u4wrxWw0jiE58FO_3hk6fC9wgNquZ48PZ1jbzJyvjGvil8OsnJdanDBjmkP_3TV2sB-liklzRCpYXFKkLSb7Wn2EMYMcoQ9qRmAHaBIU3vQXkRvoC9M/s1600/SDC11882.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL89iDm0FiiT-FN9sKd1Wq-Xx_u4wrxWw0jiE58FO_3hk6fC9wgNquZ48PZ1jbzJyvjGvil8OsnJdanDBjmkP_3TV2sB-liklzRCpYXFKkLSb7Wn2EMYMcoQ9qRmAHaBIU3vQXkRvoC9M/s400/SDC11882.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493490541069463378" border="0" /></a>Moving right along, also in April my friend Erin and I trained for and did a half marathon. It was sort of to round out our Biggest loser challenge we were doing for our gym. We walked it, but still that's a 13.1 mile walk. It was tough to say the least. But because we are who we are we felt compelled to not only do it , but do it in a tu-tu. Because really, why wouldn't you?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_z5VxBIK18h3WFeQ1nPDZt5ksdbHDPQgNqEPg3bOuQ1CZj-1Pox02nEv0KLGUL6QfwvAltudYb12wlljEGMj7MCqtrYDSxkijJDg07vX7SiqtPKjoXcDEbRRj7IATCcQj1ShV-XixM0/s1600/SDC11889.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 277px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_z5VxBIK18h3WFeQ1nPDZt5ksdbHDPQgNqEPg3bOuQ1CZj-1Pox02nEv0KLGUL6QfwvAltudYb12wlljEGMj7MCqtrYDSxkijJDg07vX7SiqtPKjoXcDEbRRj7IATCcQj1ShV-XixM0/s400/SDC11889.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493495487545620610" border="0" /></a>To read more about my race and see more pictures go <a href="http://whosthatfatgirl.blogspot.com/2010/05/week-18.html">here</a> to my other blog. Just so as I am not repeating myself.<br /><br />Ok....so moving right along we are now into May.<br /><br />My awesome Rockstar husband took on a huge project through his school. On top of being a straight A student he felt he needed to push himself even more and take on a project for NASA. Yes, that NASA. I'd give you the whole story, but he wrote it all out so nicely in his blog that I'll let him give you the whole back story of it. Go check it out over <a href="http://bettineski.blogspot.com/2010/06/houston-trip.html">here.</a> It's ok....I'll wait.<br /><br />What he didn't mention on his blog is that he was interviewed by a couple different publications and made all kinds of news here at home. Here are a couple pictures from his photo shoot.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaGHEM_SD6mu3EeUKbEXm19ZhWgm0zHC0hB9RvWefZCGbhQgP9C-oSXRdbYMJEp8n19XsD7kYcQ8n8Ai7VQrhUT0kvffaNITUFFjdE7Gsj0BUmIX8TTAjCR2NUXOFqI9lWrGHNaoUeR00/s1600/IMG_0086.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaGHEM_SD6mu3EeUKbEXm19ZhWgm0zHC0hB9RvWefZCGbhQgP9C-oSXRdbYMJEp8n19XsD7kYcQ8n8Ai7VQrhUT0kvffaNITUFFjdE7Gsj0BUmIX8TTAjCR2NUXOFqI9lWrGHNaoUeR00/s400/IMG_0086.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493515249165303794" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx2H28qV9uOES8eoCqcikDsnb76HBtuWi_-BamwH86BYIyNMjttzI8W7n5Rx7J6eo6Xjeysl4LwwvuLjnIbFYNUHzqLOpsGNl3gn1EWVCnbhBvcDLx5Hv28UAHa9edVhEm3Q7b8HyfCok/s1600/IMG_0082.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx2H28qV9uOES8eoCqcikDsnb76HBtuWi_-BamwH86BYIyNMjttzI8W7n5Rx7J6eo6Xjeysl4LwwvuLjnIbFYNUHzqLOpsGNl3gn1EWVCnbhBvcDLx5Hv28UAHa9edVhEm3Q7b8HyfCok/s400/IMG_0082.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493515239476854146" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We are ridiculously proud of what he has done.<br /><br />Ok now that you are up to speed as to why he was there, I'll just throw out there that I went with him for (a mini vacation) moral support. So while you got to see the inside of the space center in his blog, I'll show you what I saw that weekend.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5d4toiAhbDU3u79IRMxFYH8KCags7Wl2JWW9_TnrV_G7qcXtnOiuH5MCcb3QsTKCjG8eIbTjhPSyybO2zqz2gUM_opfs68R4DXyRKhuzk8nhsOYWuki38Zg_0dLzxNZCNpURhQtJAdo/s1600/DSCF2499.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5d4toiAhbDU3u79IRMxFYH8KCags7Wl2JWW9_TnrV_G7qcXtnOiuH5MCcb3QsTKCjG8eIbTjhPSyybO2zqz2gUM_opfs68R4DXyRKhuzk8nhsOYWuki38Zg_0dLzxNZCNpURhQtJAdo/s400/DSCF2499.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493502586291562818" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fbLG57Z43PG164m1hEb3uIQonR22JooWfBGtBmCDQAAe9tmqLq7hNijwOY3LEK90QcURuRysJy9aeGHflkH3LCmZ9r3qln_703w7nLv88guSQXVcWjyAoRBZrkKDopY3umEAz-OS_PA/s1600/DSCF2498.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fbLG57Z43PG164m1hEb3uIQonR22JooWfBGtBmCDQAAe9tmqLq7hNijwOY3LEK90QcURuRysJy9aeGHflkH3LCmZ9r3qln_703w7nLv88guSQXVcWjyAoRBZrkKDopY3umEAz-OS_PA/s400/DSCF2498.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493504331647527810" border="0" /></a>This is the outside of the space center where Jason spent the majority of his weekend. I just got to drive past it and get some pictures. In fact, I spent a lot of time just driving around and taking in Texas. I had never been and wanted to see what all it had.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib66tHJt1hyphenhyphenC-mgcRaYibfAItSEszTGGJBIC0iEksO-Rb1q_luKcABjO0j3ahQX0N-37KmJSBQeTPEPScB8IKtX6rzepdgAjuHbQkjRn_6RXbWPRevIfgeuyYjGEWVpbd_XcNzrCpWwLI/s1600/SDC11907.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib66tHJt1hyphenhyphenC-mgcRaYibfAItSEszTGGJBIC0iEksO-Rb1q_luKcABjO0j3ahQX0N-37KmJSBQeTPEPScB8IKtX6rzepdgAjuHbQkjRn_6RXbWPRevIfgeuyYjGEWVpbd_XcNzrCpWwLI/s400/SDC11907.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493505845050863010" border="0" /></a>I went through downtown Houston. Nice, but about the same as any downtown of any given city.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQArgxv_Cx0YJd0cTx-e2zoIqwNktHbfv_cb3P0_1L67eA50pVTFAwcb48siU86yRB7eS7a4Ye8KBRyckzrPgYJwF0BJ3xU5v_2YbISydW7qHldD0V2V8yg86lxsQAkuk-BQbzTJX6wC0/s1600/DSCF2502.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQArgxv_Cx0YJd0cTx-e2zoIqwNktHbfv_cb3P0_1L67eA50pVTFAwcb48siU86yRB7eS7a4Ye8KBRyckzrPgYJwF0BJ3xU5v_2YbISydW7qHldD0V2V8yg86lxsQAkuk-BQbzTJX6wC0/s400/DSCF2502.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493502622928236210" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg6nBGsXtWfpJR4MysmO7-Y26xxKzSYDRsJj-YQZgPsyHW0NcJE818JOHZ96WxiNk7_bYzE2Es33JlaMDoLIZo8qqHMZ7sYvvv2nZ-f4KRw43_INgP2nKnlq4699uV1aDrZ_tDI_m2Mlo/s1600/SDC11927.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg6nBGsXtWfpJR4MysmO7-Y26xxKzSYDRsJj-YQZgPsyHW0NcJE818JOHZ96WxiNk7_bYzE2Es33JlaMDoLIZo8qqHMZ7sYvvv2nZ-f4KRw43_INgP2nKnlq4699uV1aDrZ_tDI_m2Mlo/s400/SDC11927.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493505864826292130" border="0" /></a>I drove down to Galveston and played in the warm 82 degree gulf of Mexico. It was almost too warm. Don't get me wrong here, I am in no way complaining, I loved the warm ocean, it was just so odd seeing that I am so used to the frigid Oregon ocean. It was awfully nice though to get in and play.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1BV3Vuw-Kr6ZmNNigobxjF9VtQQtOtBniRNQwRSgbDjhKaEtPXvbONnNb6AH3UZPMF7wH1fDwMLlPekxG4PZ7lqmcOIgDzRXSKbRJjY7YRBiWLPnbzYSJIEw2XV8HmGjlCq9wNqBVdg/s1600/SDC11930.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1BV3Vuw-Kr6ZmNNigobxjF9VtQQtOtBniRNQwRSgbDjhKaEtPXvbONnNb6AH3UZPMF7wH1fDwMLlPekxG4PZ7lqmcOIgDzRXSKbRJjY7YRBiWLPnbzYSJIEw2XV8HmGjlCq9wNqBVdg/s400/SDC11930.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493505874518853746" border="0" /></a>I saw a whole bunch of oil refineries driving around. That's something you don't get to see here.<br />But here is where I spent the majority of my time away from my life......<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy61mnrdtZN39T93j7GuUdlfEJK0SGJhe7khC0kQrqqofkEt3oelqQpCw6o4i3iX9lDedu1Fh5EleXgS17vczvSYZ1NmZfGvxsNT-VUiF8lY-WJois5VpGZjoNIGqpKVDe9Q-thyutrjc/s1600/SDC11923.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy61mnrdtZN39T93j7GuUdlfEJK0SGJhe7khC0kQrqqofkEt3oelqQpCw6o4i3iX9lDedu1Fh5EleXgS17vczvSYZ1NmZfGvxsNT-VUiF8lY-WJois5VpGZjoNIGqpKVDe9Q-thyutrjc/s400/SDC11923.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493505853035353058" border="0" /></a>Either in my hotel room reading a grown up book uninterrupted with no pictures.<br />Or here..... <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7ACv7XiGG_i5usVcN7MzrKN8oIIhnCR1HMEgfUJlxyo9BM34GBCSVgGH_WosdmZLkMVfe3199GYr87LkmRwOLZb2DlttbU8xweaYcL1lJ8OqumO6Jto1bb5YpuxUUCey8tr7syEmZho/s1600/IMG_0494.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7ACv7XiGG_i5usVcN7MzrKN8oIIhnCR1HMEgfUJlxyo9BM34GBCSVgGH_WosdmZLkMVfe3199GYr87LkmRwOLZb2DlttbU8xweaYcL1lJ8OqumO6Jto1bb5YpuxUUCey8tr7syEmZho/s400/IMG_0494.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493509436744897202" border="0" /></a>choking in the crazy Texas humidity.I spent most of my time alternating between the two. It was a fun 4 days away, but I was more than ready to come home when the time came.<br /><br />Once we got home, we dove head long into baseball season. Bug was playing on the farm division of little league. He had to try out and was placed on a team where he was one of the best players to sort of stack the team. It did wonders for his self esteem. He had a really good year.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ49Za0tKI1PsySbTjyQT8rAMIXhPYcpmUVXvA0wCTQiFzEbKToK-e3b64fBnzMdYoaspLV3YkSoT3PnNouFAGE8GVr0TqENqtFdUDEXLkfErvDP8lz7SFsyu_Jp074zlLMSo46Kd4xQM/s1600/SDC11883.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ49Za0tKI1PsySbTjyQT8rAMIXhPYcpmUVXvA0wCTQiFzEbKToK-e3b64fBnzMdYoaspLV3YkSoT3PnNouFAGE8GVr0TqENqtFdUDEXLkfErvDP8lz7SFsyu_Jp074zlLMSo46Kd4xQM/s400/SDC11883.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493523038621665010" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUN0mOD9Eo92VusyOyasUKFtLvjaQCOhpZlbMkTiVCty7fXXBZiA-W-8ZyR9iwzmc0EH8elFL8rxjveBALIwMSRCulMYug1wxuud57xXwHNFmADXGyHT1nkAwmUB57spYHtSVeJHSfJt0/s1600/SDC11972.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUN0mOD9Eo92VusyOyasUKFtLvjaQCOhpZlbMkTiVCty7fXXBZiA-W-8ZyR9iwzmc0EH8elFL8rxjveBALIwMSRCulMYug1wxuud57xXwHNFmADXGyHT1nkAwmUB57spYHtSVeJHSfJt0/s400/SDC11972.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493523056865770098" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiV9Y6B4G08GLJ-WLjYX8Wbxq_2GVBAl2JMIjjdU69zFmm3G0I_D9bjrzvlNAdSnjzhaNjklGzu9SQgi7OE12lQBKrfyRAFIlb0g0gHRYRiPYaA04TDYxda1oLV69YZdfhFLIE4xFdsuw/s1600/SDC11980.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiV9Y6B4G08GLJ-WLjYX8Wbxq_2GVBAl2JMIjjdU69zFmm3G0I_D9bjrzvlNAdSnjzhaNjklGzu9SQgi7OE12lQBKrfyRAFIlb0g0gHRYRiPYaA04TDYxda1oLV69YZdfhFLIE4xFdsuw/s400/SDC11980.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493523647955307426" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLUAkIuzD_1R-s_uaNGbnZoVI7cxdRGd2NaCJQYKzyMtp3IIVpogufMrA23fKjDODx_ZqJE4mjA3x_bGYGERCxQUWwDEsNlrIoWr_O-mpNR2jXALuNtEl0EeBLYaO814pE4lxc5xVTw5k/s1600/SDC11981.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLUAkIuzD_1R-s_uaNGbnZoVI7cxdRGd2NaCJQYKzyMtp3IIVpogufMrA23fKjDODx_ZqJE4mjA3x_bGYGERCxQUWwDEsNlrIoWr_O-mpNR2jXALuNtEl0EeBLYaO814pE4lxc5xVTw5k/s400/SDC11981.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493523657808720658" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKdb4txOUEKEIQ3VY6JQlpIgu_uZB4qpVgTdMlZnEYGYBH6EThqdrUQrSpGXOpcc_kh_S19NplMg1VqL77Y-LB6QVB6duRcckxrAUXEiruJhMd5P20YgVn0oTk_XMvDfPRg9BU8VC0s80/s1600/SDC11986.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKdb4txOUEKEIQ3VY6JQlpIgu_uZB4qpVgTdMlZnEYGYBH6EThqdrUQrSpGXOpcc_kh_S19NplMg1VqL77Y-LB6QVB6duRcckxrAUXEiruJhMd5P20YgVn0oTk_XMvDfPRg9BU8VC0s80/s400/SDC11986.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493523672409223410" border="0" /></a>Moving along to the year end of Sunshine's ballet and her spring recital. They did a big production of the story of Esther. She was an angel. She had a lot of fun and did a great job. She also loved the backstage environment of getting ready with hair and make-up. It was almost alarming to see these little girls (some 3 and 4 years old) tarted up in full stage make up. Here are a few pictures from that.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJdeHH4U4Hgfd4nRSthyphenhyphenBGTunRc9jihj0VHsgWVNTPvIEiILM9HfH9nk1tHsWNdK2ELj2acMYgHyTNJtd53JC4JN4xQImOQ-cLB7gZhsFrta7QngG9eXG0PcKxQgPPZHMEoyaUbYZhB6w/s1600/SDC11936.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJdeHH4U4Hgfd4nRSthyphenhyphenBGTunRc9jihj0VHsgWVNTPvIEiILM9HfH9nk1tHsWNdK2ELj2acMYgHyTNJtd53JC4JN4xQImOQ-cLB7gZhsFrta7QngG9eXG0PcKxQgPPZHMEoyaUbYZhB6w/s400/SDC11936.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493534947121124642" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-E4cb1S-ED3QxeS_-A19jarlqek6S1lEfGtxQTGLej0GXNSrDvd0l8pOuc7cBQ3QeH0jXUilNeY9S80jZxM9cO6li09JIJ7ST-2rvb37vL4ccUwyKXdq7_ZZKrYF4HsEcvJdY6t07d7s/s1600/IMG_0515.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-E4cb1S-ED3QxeS_-A19jarlqek6S1lEfGtxQTGLej0GXNSrDvd0l8pOuc7cBQ3QeH0jXUilNeY9S80jZxM9cO6li09JIJ7ST-2rvb37vL4ccUwyKXdq7_ZZKrYF4HsEcvJdY6t07d7s/s400/IMG_0515.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493535378835915986" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMXinE8d_x2qsXx5Cl4dNlhN1twfeOv_957u1a5WDp0RL2yFAUsRq8DGWnmOc34dnFFZ41iksK6CeH-WKkoTnIvWWz66Ma8mR7qZe_dNTkXwctPHt5GF55JiQEdAdotCa0tvDxnPGyPw/s1600/gracie+ballet+5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMXinE8d_x2qsXx5Cl4dNlhN1twfeOv_957u1a5WDp0RL2yFAUsRq8DGWnmOc34dnFFZ41iksK6CeH-WKkoTnIvWWz66Ma8mR7qZe_dNTkXwctPHt5GF55JiQEdAdotCa0tvDxnPGyPw/s400/gracie+ballet+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493535386204976162" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdR3yFvAQmzTm0cYsdCCGovUOWcdyN6MmnezCfoQe5adRGObAJdoYygpsfGymKuU7Q_Wh66cAd3U5ZEYPHMQqMVe-BNfSe0RADpV_tPFZ8HGyXstr4Yg3IHz40ox1ggTpdJBAAvqzJAq8/s1600/gracie+ballet+4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdR3yFvAQmzTm0cYsdCCGovUOWcdyN6MmnezCfoQe5adRGObAJdoYygpsfGymKuU7Q_Wh66cAd3U5ZEYPHMQqMVe-BNfSe0RADpV_tPFZ8HGyXstr4Yg3IHz40ox1ggTpdJBAAvqzJAq8/s400/gracie+ballet+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493535387529639298" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEZfBqeI3o4KHE-lCagAPtVuAsoBUyfX_as2GjYBsRlHE4x-PtZ_O8n4QYp-_Joiuw1DGex-9MqwhIRwzApNhMeqMYDUHleOJGxxqX0fvY6VO9OAx9Tf_r6xRMYXoFLubP0TNhRVivVsQ/s1600/gracie+ballet+9.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEZfBqeI3o4KHE-lCagAPtVuAsoBUyfX_as2GjYBsRlHE4x-PtZ_O8n4QYp-_Joiuw1DGex-9MqwhIRwzApNhMeqMYDUHleOJGxxqX0fvY6VO9OAx9Tf_r6xRMYXoFLubP0TNhRVivVsQ/s400/gracie+ballet+9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493535399158503698" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_TkQpcpmaHvtZl1ujYuxej98_bfRSahvejzr9nTpP5KYdr459DBZs0eJsO_GGbjxy3GJzrna2o7Ag_ArIPjME07e9hPRUlwn2_RqcZukU6gFUDg-pFq-gNZ8-JTvVQ43qokJy5g9Zhw/s1600/SDC11949.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_TkQpcpmaHvtZl1ujYuxej98_bfRSahvejzr9nTpP5KYdr459DBZs0eJsO_GGbjxy3GJzrna2o7Ag_ArIPjME07e9hPRUlwn2_RqcZukU6gFUDg-pFq-gNZ8-JTvVQ43qokJy5g9Zhw/s400/SDC11949.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493534956360026402" border="0" /></a>So here we are almost ready to wrap up our school year (and this incredibly long blog post) but before we do, we need to properly Graduate Sunshine from her kindergarten class. It has been a fun year but the time has come to move up to all day "big kid" classes.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOQR4OAstlNtMu-2XW6bKJQOJUnQdz0PkAUh8nHw_-Iv3M9dwzf_SdW4R9sNhpoZPlwlv08u_zTanTs0YEihdab9KxILmbdJcQcvwlNll48YUtvZ2dWP3ppidYsf3SBYuU8pv5GJLqU1A/s1600/SDC12031.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOQR4OAstlNtMu-2XW6bKJQOJUnQdz0PkAUh8nHw_-Iv3M9dwzf_SdW4R9sNhpoZPlwlv08u_zTanTs0YEihdab9KxILmbdJcQcvwlNll48YUtvZ2dWP3ppidYsf3SBYuU8pv5GJLqU1A/s400/SDC12031.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493542441719929330" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_e0YXsf8bvvTv1GznPAnLbcA9PbDYkxgHo7usrwvqCto2Qxs2W0flZ1rvbZBtTNb1DLdzRHjzH34HaALvrXoU2EAtcmiPsMwjfxsl5BwLZ0XS5eVkQiNFbtOeFQRG9n6Kqm5pGS_lde0/s1600/SDC12035.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_e0YXsf8bvvTv1GznPAnLbcA9PbDYkxgHo7usrwvqCto2Qxs2W0flZ1rvbZBtTNb1DLdzRHjzH34HaALvrXoU2EAtcmiPsMwjfxsl5BwLZ0XS5eVkQiNFbtOeFQRG9n6Kqm5pGS_lde0/s400/SDC12035.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493542448084029202" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCOlyMtak2hX7X0tgc2VQF04NyK-bsquYKyWBntl46R2oxFFx00xVq8yPloMabrirHwB_58XkYItwLEA59ULJq8YQkQ4KCcZUZ-tdSaCVAT18hDljcyK5E2zurB8eolNLpjB8cErUhII/s1600/SDC12041.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCOlyMtak2hX7X0tgc2VQF04NyK-bsquYKyWBntl46R2oxFFx00xVq8yPloMabrirHwB_58XkYItwLEA59ULJq8YQkQ4KCcZUZ-tdSaCVAT18hDljcyK5E2zurB8eolNLpjB8cErUhII/s400/SDC12041.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493542468805316338" border="0" /></a><br />So that pretty much brings you up to speed. I now see the need to keep on top of updating this as I have spent the better part of my day getting this post up and ready to go.<br />Also, I did notice that this post is very Bug and Sunshine heavy. Peanut was feeling a little left out so here is a cute picture of him just to level the field.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJGV_VJzTepqZWjRWS4ZzjYu8VIEPxl23IfUpZ55jLA64a9OLyhh3u0nS8wr8SbH-VB6Wbr49k9hyphenhyphenI2xBP_khGDabYdhTOIr4bnMmiElhnHDPJLUWJrdvR6VOhZ_xfdpyQU-z7fpipOcg/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-05-28+at+8.13.45+PM.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 271px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJGV_VJzTepqZWjRWS4ZzjYu8VIEPxl23IfUpZ55jLA64a9OLyhh3u0nS8wr8SbH-VB6Wbr49k9hyphenhyphenI2xBP_khGDabYdhTOIr4bnMmiElhnHDPJLUWJrdvR6VOhZ_xfdpyQU-z7fpipOcg/s400/Screen+shot+2010-05-28+at+8.13.45+PM.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493545823316619714" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDkKDUswtaLStCN2FuWFn15bSLtwbDgQfgiaPxOC5wFVvDi8XQ8s9XoVfOWLBPZgoJata-X6lWIjIf5VH7zHAlpp7kf6Ci3LqKvkLcvSJZvJKBcn1f4_xNwU3plWgf8e1A2j9rFXEBSVs/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-05-28+at+8.13.53+PM.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDkKDUswtaLStCN2FuWFn15bSLtwbDgQfgiaPxOC5wFVvDi8XQ8s9XoVfOWLBPZgoJata-X6lWIjIf5VH7zHAlpp7kf6Ci3LqKvkLcvSJZvJKBcn1f4_xNwU3plWgf8e1A2j9rFXEBSVs/s400/Screen+shot+2010-05-28+at+8.13.53+PM.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493545834346933762" border="0" /></a>Jaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289271311266698819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415346945148849517.post-68107305673199218022010-02-04T10:49:00.000-08:002010-02-04T11:02:47.113-08:00What the snot?<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><br /><br />Ok look I enjoy beer as much as the next Oregonian. We love in the land of the micro brew and I am a big believer in a slice of lemon with my Hefeweizen or even a little lime. But what i discovered the other day at my local grocery store shocked am repulsed me and I felt I needed to share with the class.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUvTNRHAMvU-ZOyh9psjHxLd38_4nB6xre646ZBayRGldG69-yeCWNj3xJrpn482oyvxYOFbETEV3peiQIK_RJjEVs0tvSLPF25mtJgxBzFTqmuvtJeCeL49cvaWOTUUFx0DKT-GBOHTU/s1600-h/IMG_0408.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUvTNRHAMvU-ZOyh9psjHxLd38_4nB6xre646ZBayRGldG69-yeCWNj3xJrpn482oyvxYOFbETEV3peiQIK_RJjEVs0tvSLPF25mtJgxBzFTqmuvtJeCeL49cvaWOTUUFx0DKT-GBOHTU/s400/IMG_0408.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have only 3 words. "Barf me out"<br /><br />In other news, I have been keeping busy over at another blog that I have been working on for quite a while but have kept under wraps. I figured it is probably time to go public. It is a basic weight loss blog that tracks my progress and frustrations. You may see a side of me that you really didn't care to see and I won't be offended if you don't follow it. I just thought I would let you know what is occupying my time and brain at this very moment. I am on a weight loss war path and just thought that this blog was not the best place to document it. So check it out if you are interested.<br /><a href="http://whosthatfatgirl.blogspot.com/">http://whosthatfatgirl.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br />So until next time peace out.<br /><br /><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" border="0" align="middle" /></a></div>Jaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289271311266698819noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415346945148849517.post-3419578704411627702010-01-30T20:27:00.000-08:002010-01-30T20:57:19.601-08:00Who can make the sun shine? Sprinkle it with dew.....<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">So among some of the responsibilities I have with PTA this year is I am taking care of class parties that involve PTA. I have done a couple of them and what we do is give the kids the choice between snow cones, popcorn or cotton candy. Guess what they usually choose? Cotton candy.<br /> We have a machine at the school, but it is really loud and causes quite a stir amongst the kids that aren't getting a class party. It can get ugly real quick. So this time I opted to bring the machine home and make it all up ahead of time and then just hand out bags of cotton candy. Sounds simple right?<br />So I bring the machine home get all my stuff together and fire it up in my family room thinking if it makes a mess I can mop it off the hard wood floors. Mind you I have only ever done this outside and never really paid too close attention to the insane mess it stirs up.It seemed like such a great idea in my head. It usually does. I fire it up and instantly sugar chunks and cotton fuzz goes flying in every direction. I immediately turn it off but the damage is done. It is on the walls, ceiling and floor.<br />We quickly moved the whole works outside and away we went. I got the cotton candy made up and delivered to Sunshine's AM Kindergarten class and everybody was happy.<br /><br />Of course I spent the next couple of days picking blue sugar chunks out of the drapery.<br />Just another day in paradise.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6YFI0eTdQ2ebDPMw-3U3fT6MmpRhVu9W0lLuJASx42ENAbEC_k2oIqyrDQr81kboCmtlEqFBIPHZATOvAnNDF_OwbzXzkua1geX1b3JgWrSOpdJ19tcR-0oJjtM5Em_P4Y4MLqfl7XQ/s1600-h/SDC11716.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6YFI0eTdQ2ebDPMw-3U3fT6MmpRhVu9W0lLuJASx42ENAbEC_k2oIqyrDQr81kboCmtlEqFBIPHZATOvAnNDF_OwbzXzkua1geX1b3JgWrSOpdJ19tcR-0oJjtM5Em_P4Y4MLqfl7XQ/s400/SDC11716.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ9UrqyS7I7R1zy7lRCyaNkIe39B3tZkecb7fqVHRM7_LxmXvIYMxvi3W0Oio8lYOOPcIzdHdmuy-1fJGzjzrDqxeKnDF14ABVitvGwSK1NRqDJ3xpGI_U1sRZVd4x7TOTB01AugThWpo/s1600-h/SDC11717.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ9UrqyS7I7R1zy7lRCyaNkIe39B3tZkecb7fqVHRM7_LxmXvIYMxvi3W0Oio8lYOOPcIzdHdmuy-1fJGzjzrDqxeKnDF14ABVitvGwSK1NRqDJ3xpGI_U1sRZVd4x7TOTB01AugThWpo/s400/SDC11717.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlaH1DlkCU9AuSpcJkD1BjFYCudhC5Z5LWkwbjrb7VY6JpC04ma_iCPtWf4ZyfPCOd03W6sb1N8Iw_3JorRbOp6YaXvDQqvpbMlsHxbaD-aTx-99TB9fXc1b4e9uTxF8dLDyfBxCKIesU/s1600-h/SDC11718.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlaH1DlkCU9AuSpcJkD1BjFYCudhC5Z5LWkwbjrb7VY6JpC04ma_iCPtWf4ZyfPCOd03W6sb1N8Iw_3JorRbOp6YaXvDQqvpbMlsHxbaD-aTx-99TB9fXc1b4e9uTxF8dLDyfBxCKIesU/s400/SDC11718.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" border="0" align="middle" /></a></div>Jaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289271311266698819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415346945148849517.post-14646528398722944462010-01-03T14:23:00.000-08:002010-01-03T15:03:41.602-08:00The Holidays are over!!So finally I have had a second to get my act together and put up our holiday pictures. I have been putting them together when I thought I may as well just do it after the New year's eve pictures could go into the mix.<br /><br />To those of you that were playing the home game, we went to my in-laws for Christmas eve and had a great time as usual. It was just our family pounding down beer dogs and fondue as is our traditional Christmas eve meal in our family.<br /><br />We then spent Christmas day here at home playing with our new toys. The kids got <a href="http://www.webkinz.com/us_en/">webkins</a> and spent the day playing online with their new friends as this is a world we have managed to avoid until now. It seems to have quickly turned into an addiction with them.<br /><br />Then the day after Christmas, we packed it up and went down to the southern Oregon coast to spend Christmas with my mom who is working as a state park camp host down there. So we braved it and went camping in a yurt on the coast in late December. It was something that we could honestly say that we have never done :) It was actually a lot of fun and the yurts were nice and heated. The weather was nice (nice for the coast anyway) and my Mom, Peanut and I were even able to go out for a walk on the beach. It was chilly, but bearable. Rockstar took the older kids over to a skate park in Reedsport which was the closest town. We really did have a great time.<br /><br /> New Year's eve sort of crept up on us. We aren't really big party folk anymore and finding babysitting on a night like New years is near impossible. Luckily most of our friends are in the same boat so we all just got together and let the kids run wild together. We had 3 families and a total of 11 kids running wild. We all had a lot of fun playing video games and just hanging out.<br /><br />So there you have it. I compiled all of our Holiday adventures into one slide show and threw in my favorite version of my favorite Christmas song of all time and voila, the Holidays are finally over!!<br /><object width="445" height="364"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6gamhMkQ7Fw&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6gamhMkQ7Fw&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"></embed></object>Jaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289271311266698819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415346945148849517.post-10683323457437854942009-12-29T09:13:00.000-08:002009-12-29T14:05:07.068-08:00So let me bring you up to speed.Alright I am aware that the past several months I have gotten behind on all my blogs. I am a bad blogger. My life the past couple months has been crazy to say the least. I know a lot of you follow me on Facebook so you are aware of the drama, but for those of you that don't, I will give you a play by play of the past several months and get you up to speed.<br /><br />September....<br /><br />I realize I have blogged since then, but I know I left out a lot of things that we did.<br /><br />Such as...fruit harvest. This fall we harvested a ton of apples that were juiced and made into applesauce. Sunshine loved climbing up the tree to pick the apples out of Grandma's tree.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjakJXnLPERj2blgChnN1Aq_vauFiMJwcsHZ3fXs5WeZ1vaEJIFGAGJJoaNyG6w7Ci_kefhoBmmC_NEDC7G0DVxNAFYsDVwjSPaHz54Az_H7zy7DDTNyv0iPGiDlTKYvq5zS1Wmv-cus0M/s1600-h/IMG_0161.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjakJXnLPERj2blgChnN1Aq_vauFiMJwcsHZ3fXs5WeZ1vaEJIFGAGJJoaNyG6w7Ci_kefhoBmmC_NEDC7G0DVxNAFYsDVwjSPaHz54Az_H7zy7DDTNyv0iPGiDlTKYvq5zS1Wmv-cus0M/s400/IMG_0161.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420736238853865682" border="0" /></a><br />We also ended up with lots of plums that ended up as plum sauce, jam , dried plums and fruit leather (which I documented <a href="http://genxhomeec.blogspot.com/2009/08/fruit-leather.html">here</a>) . Then I had a friend of mine get hold of 3 boxes of concord grapes that were made into juice and now reside in my freezer. Also we got a hold of a box of figs from a friend's tree and made several things.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1zcM90rzfXkXWlz4eAcBXPA18Yo88UOKzxMV2KZb1cVi-gJUtlGl_Dyekj9BXBiT1YeLP_oU5C4ojynMZlkLCFD_5URDEljveg4uxAreowBrDEyrV764krea1YfdSv1liqqj-Np74Y24/s1600-h/IMG_0162.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1zcM90rzfXkXWlz4eAcBXPA18Yo88UOKzxMV2KZb1cVi-gJUtlGl_Dyekj9BXBiT1YeLP_oU5C4ojynMZlkLCFD_5URDEljveg4uxAreowBrDEyrV764krea1YfdSv1liqqj-Np74Y24/s400/IMG_0162.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420736244974877986" border="0" /></a> Also with fall comes all sorts of activities starting up. Bug has been busy with twice a week swimming lessons and Sunshine started ballet. They both love doing these and have really been thriving.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHXbquyNdHeXHxtBt-9D4wdA6c0HjIZhl7HT4fVVhDgkhcop_t6VkWzCfy3JMKemmbG8Dh7zblKcO20VMMRBL9quy46G-zauM29Rzg_GKz39QPIop8aJL0xibm3Ax2uhGOZ_PmAwstY1A/s1600-h/IMG_0178.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHXbquyNdHeXHxtBt-9D4wdA6c0HjIZhl7HT4fVVhDgkhcop_t6VkWzCfy3JMKemmbG8Dh7zblKcO20VMMRBL9quy46G-zauM29Rzg_GKz39QPIop8aJL0xibm3Ax2uhGOZ_PmAwstY1A/s400/IMG_0178.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420738468606485026" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqDMspkTMAxU8QISFNWvELlGe3zULNel1wfHcV7pd6meHfYW5_kvkqaB8jf0ydIr-t0IyfsU06DhQ5tGdfnpFmGEZJHu8ji0ruo2OwojUZCWzaZrLHJmDRZ-sJypZ9g4NusnYn39G58dk/s1600-h/IMG_0179.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqDMspkTMAxU8QISFNWvELlGe3zULNel1wfHcV7pd6meHfYW5_kvkqaB8jf0ydIr-t0IyfsU06DhQ5tGdfnpFmGEZJHu8ji0ruo2OwojUZCWzaZrLHJmDRZ-sJypZ9g4NusnYn39G58dk/s400/IMG_0179.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420738470044756274" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk8OxMSK_KTJ16vKCwSe1H3aN6rKGdoU9ToIkCYKi8MUwm3dUay3Li-ME_87DhOXgyKvdXYsgaqKAVqun2-CY63hWhBlhiuhkUHzkadL8thjPepNVHx4nsCigojAN9tQ755EPwyp02yGM/s1600-h/IMG_0196.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk8OxMSK_KTJ16vKCwSe1H3aN6rKGdoU9ToIkCYKi8MUwm3dUay3Li-ME_87DhOXgyKvdXYsgaqKAVqun2-CY63hWhBlhiuhkUHzkadL8thjPepNVHx4nsCigojAN9tQ755EPwyp02yGM/s400/IMG_0196.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420738478896260002" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRVv76u4HpUA0_BRtTzYhN_o6N115qP7POrHsWAsa6bgQqGzZTmKU0nn21Vkz8P-zpTRQ1ZZ7Phisyk0s2irDXLfShJzLIbM9S69wI2ProuzzKe9IRc4gqVAj1RxnJLuipOCNQsXAAg5E/s1600-h/IMG_0181.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRVv76u4HpUA0_BRtTzYhN_o6N115qP7POrHsWAsa6bgQqGzZTmKU0nn21Vkz8P-zpTRQ1ZZ7Phisyk0s2irDXLfShJzLIbM9S69wI2ProuzzKe9IRc4gqVAj1RxnJLuipOCNQsXAAg5E/s400/IMG_0181.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420738476457835922" border="0" /></a><br />Then in October we had Halloween. I had every intention to post pictures of the kids carving pumpkins and in their costumes, but time just got away from me. So better late than never.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJsNXwNRif7ggYwafo_k3jdlcwRLT5KocRX6ny2jRpbgTIXyyi6SP6VhMOjLn9AOGwI2PBqf5XoegFbp0Y_vNYqMJR0kQg_eXP9_PmHbP1VPmY_40IciuA_aAG5lXzEXu5oyXE98UWD98/s1600-h/SDC11391.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJsNXwNRif7ggYwafo_k3jdlcwRLT5KocRX6ny2jRpbgTIXyyi6SP6VhMOjLn9AOGwI2PBqf5XoegFbp0Y_vNYqMJR0kQg_eXP9_PmHbP1VPmY_40IciuA_aAG5lXzEXu5oyXE98UWD98/s400/SDC11391.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420750804437665058" border="0" /></a>They were not nearly as enthusiastic about pumpkin guts as we were.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj569yyavYlYcazzMYpSNEGbQRiI9gjeilUVDaGdDMnP2lLDV1ivSWVUmIVDm5NLdJejEzGKSNbYzTcvxyEzPr8LpOE70kCXzmP7n1YwuAKoA5FA1l2EU5g7qhM2RxHc33aV-nysDATnKc/s1600-h/SDC11395.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj569yyavYlYcazzMYpSNEGbQRiI9gjeilUVDaGdDMnP2lLDV1ivSWVUmIVDm5NLdJejEzGKSNbYzTcvxyEzPr8LpOE70kCXzmP7n1YwuAKoA5FA1l2EU5g7qhM2RxHc33aV-nysDATnKc/s400/SDC11395.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420750814536913682" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZcin7rSmj9Ds3EzaSBWnLJ4rPodFdzsG6nqZF91LolSyWtDcf3VQCcfwU5otPfAMwGCS7siAsio64dOhvNJw0S6fo_6A2p-uhDqZ3vmppmzq4uYtOKqYPUIyDgOiee5HDmWX7yujbeqM/s1600-h/SDC11396.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZcin7rSmj9Ds3EzaSBWnLJ4rPodFdzsG6nqZF91LolSyWtDcf3VQCcfwU5otPfAMwGCS7siAsio64dOhvNJw0S6fo_6A2p-uhDqZ3vmppmzq4uYtOKqYPUIyDgOiee5HDmWX7yujbeqM/s400/SDC11396.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420750828348668754" border="0" /></a>Then came the costumes. Bug was Batman, Peanut was the boy wonder sidekick Robin and Sunshine was a cat. NOT CAT WOMAN!!! She yelled at more than one person on Halloween for making that mistake. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEZmDC0GYKLankZ1foz9JoH4YNx9kuY9kRxfLuDHJQG1kKdXgb7jTYkru_GKP4nbtBHBgObnwdZeAP2xQ5vFHkoE7-6fkcKH7pHXfcXAkS-sBuoxAxhF2-bGDuLVhLaPMRq7W_iXjZrAE/s1600-h/SDC11406.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEZmDC0GYKLankZ1foz9JoH4YNx9kuY9kRxfLuDHJQG1kKdXgb7jTYkru_GKP4nbtBHBgObnwdZeAP2xQ5vFHkoE7-6fkcKH7pHXfcXAkS-sBuoxAxhF2-bGDuLVhLaPMRq7W_iXjZrAE/s400/SDC11406.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420750839298093602" border="0" /></a>We went over to my in laws house to go trick or treating but not before stopping off at my aunt Donna's house. Also my mom was able to go with us this year so that was cool.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixJcsPhOnkSkBb501OoswM7EZ1kewXISHcjpuwaFsqinJb6RcMvGdukHW-95EQ0W1hP_oenq533rITIK6stqoDMBiKmlLU-9hkFqaiIVnP5lBOa1NhPgYxQECroU-hXKH7ylp0fyqnZxE/s1600-h/SDC11404.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixJcsPhOnkSkBb501OoswM7EZ1kewXISHcjpuwaFsqinJb6RcMvGdukHW-95EQ0W1hP_oenq533rITIK6stqoDMBiKmlLU-9hkFqaiIVnP5lBOa1NhPgYxQECroU-hXKH7ylp0fyqnZxE/s400/SDC11404.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420756196531568674" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjHrDdXIYBPc-9m94XikWos0mfzK70PzbhqKRvVEbXdX7mwUs-0RSsqCQBwONFRvE5MYW_7kqVqhEId3huj4-A3VaVuHyuMUVsB6wzwuYem6gBjIj_Wjem2GX20FQQTfvFEu2ERqcSHis/s1600-h/SDC11412.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjHrDdXIYBPc-9m94XikWos0mfzK70PzbhqKRvVEbXdX7mwUs-0RSsqCQBwONFRvE5MYW_7kqVqhEId3huj4-A3VaVuHyuMUVsB6wzwuYem6gBjIj_Wjem2GX20FQQTfvFEu2ERqcSHis/s400/SDC11412.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420756210965979442" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7xMT1cyELopMyq8im7t8PhRAEXTDs0hQQSNBOPyvfwBgUqczqLfQDShIJie7MrrWm3fHnN0317GtNI7H2hD0M73zIZC-SIIUa1-KmJfa8EgHvmfdfmnB5SDfzHpy93bSznczu464z5jI/s1600-h/SDC11407.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7xMT1cyELopMyq8im7t8PhRAEXTDs0hQQSNBOPyvfwBgUqczqLfQDShIJie7MrrWm3fHnN0317GtNI7H2hD0M73zIZC-SIIUa1-KmJfa8EgHvmfdfmnB5SDfzHpy93bSznczu464z5jI/s400/SDC11407.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420756189833961234" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhizNDmfX-_ccQVN8mFfyTFtF2OkVE_XhYkHPOGtyW53EbvdJ8REuqJoaBXtb9FPsx4CQ2GgQRD7J_obpTtjlG9fS-bWT6ukaOdMVKyZq0W0V1IebmgSd0nIaCHoKnng41KRaHZ9BRQtuQ/s1600-h/SDC11409.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhizNDmfX-_ccQVN8mFfyTFtF2OkVE_XhYkHPOGtyW53EbvdJ8REuqJoaBXtb9FPsx4CQ2GgQRD7J_obpTtjlG9fS-bWT6ukaOdMVKyZq0W0V1IebmgSd0nIaCHoKnng41KRaHZ9BRQtuQ/s400/SDC11409.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420756218341947330" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR4yIFytovNwvFLeOMXKo1Oq_jA1ULivSGmIDzmN692W8JCE8u3WeLefTVA_pJHUX-O_yt_zgllTaYgEWF_C0RiIIwJgxKReKtwJ0n4yYzrJroegdecxf68y9YfYb0qWEahQ5VvdEbkjo/s1600-h/SDC11411.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR4yIFytovNwvFLeOMXKo1Oq_jA1ULivSGmIDzmN692W8JCE8u3WeLefTVA_pJHUX-O_yt_zgllTaYgEWF_C0RiIIwJgxKReKtwJ0n4yYzrJroegdecxf68y9YfYb0qWEahQ5VvdEbkjo/s400/SDC11411.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420756226958784546" border="0" /></a><br />Then believe it or not, the majority of the month of November was mostly quiet. Hard to imagine I know. But the weekend before Thanksgiving is when my side of the family does Thanksgiving. So we all met the Saturday before and had a nice Thanksgiving with family and also celebrated my Grandma's 90th birthday.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI8e5YIcqP7ycDYHQ1FVDvfi3wvHTD5-3_A7FtmmsQsNINV6oHVij1AWiN9HCRfZL4sNyJxAidmhh2GlTrOryhIzh2WSoj4wPkIY12JngkbG_3CmRLygAkaOS77z1vXWzhyphenhyphentN3874hIfU/s1600-h/SDC11498.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI8e5YIcqP7ycDYHQ1FVDvfi3wvHTD5-3_A7FtmmsQsNINV6oHVij1AWiN9HCRfZL4sNyJxAidmhh2GlTrOryhIzh2WSoj4wPkIY12JngkbG_3CmRLygAkaOS77z1vXWzhyphenhyphentN3874hIfU/s400/SDC11498.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420761534998755346" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWBWFGDqeB9CgUeYJW4RN4f8uxx25Y3rFtyHKehyb8qVHacUG1DzsvluErMCKSh6ZZGycAdQExx81sc9h7TKx-tkyr9F0mXV4JMMjYq12NlmaiVuluO9GnE0qLsW3Mj-O_bMqX9EOdhEA/s1600-h/SDC11501.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWBWFGDqeB9CgUeYJW4RN4f8uxx25Y3rFtyHKehyb8qVHacUG1DzsvluErMCKSh6ZZGycAdQExx81sc9h7TKx-tkyr9F0mXV4JMMjYq12NlmaiVuluO9GnE0qLsW3Mj-O_bMqX9EOdhEA/s400/SDC11501.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420761542502711938" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-F2CvO-xJSXrwoT1m9bL2Hkw8t4yBrST-H3WLPHIppW7Zh_3f8dJjUAbWcAMyQHdvLFJYExuZUJDEpelynmRByCXFxe2NG0WlnfrVlg97l5Mk5nyQNUWwPWuapIPdiuBC_wR_N-mOWA/s1600-h/SDC11505.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-F2CvO-xJSXrwoT1m9bL2Hkw8t4yBrST-H3WLPHIppW7Zh_3f8dJjUAbWcAMyQHdvLFJYExuZUJDEpelynmRByCXFxe2NG0WlnfrVlg97l5Mk5nyQNUWwPWuapIPdiuBC_wR_N-mOWA/s400/SDC11505.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420761552245837378" border="0" /></a><br />As soon as we got done with our Thanksgiving dinner we came home to find that Bug was not feeling so chipper. He started running a fever and had an upset stomach that soon came to be known in our family as "flupocalypse '09" in our house. After 5 days of fever I took him in to be seen and he was diagnosed with the H1N1 virus or the swine flu. He sort of got better, but then Sunshine got it. She had it worse with more unpleasant symptoms. She soon got over it after about a week, then Peanut got it. his was the worse of all. Just when it seemed that Peanut was getting over it, Bug got it again.....then Sunshine got it again.....then Peanut got it again. It cycled through our house relentlessly keeping us quarantined for a full month. It was horrible. We were advised to stay home at all costs and if we did leave we had to wear these dumb masks by request from the health department. We were like social lepers. So we just stayed home. For a long , long month.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJiswDMIA-LKf4V3nAZHAHuG1GfN801Ekqo9lpcu4YWmT2WdA5PjTDQgTsaAGjWWCT4ab0HhMM_4tMCZFpQfteCdX3kks8Werg-yOdCThgllAPkIKshuidzkZNhwYwUbGLHGmQjOGKSY/s1600-h/IMG_0264.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJiswDMIA-LKf4V3nAZHAHuG1GfN801Ekqo9lpcu4YWmT2WdA5PjTDQgTsaAGjWWCT4ab0HhMM_4tMCZFpQfteCdX3kks8Werg-yOdCThgllAPkIKshuidzkZNhwYwUbGLHGmQjOGKSY/s400/IMG_0264.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420767020363830466" border="0" /></a> But once it passed, we were able to get back out in the real world.<br /><br />In December we had ballet recitals.....<br /><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zCqlTKZSpxA&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zCqlTKZSpxA&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object><br />My perfect ballerina was the one closest to the teacher that actually followed her. She is the oldest in the class and you can really tell by her attention span and the fact that she is so much taller than everyone else. Did did great though.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtn1y__NMLYGBp4b9c-J6hZWSDk3nUMyT218VK-Q4WTWNr7ObPYZ97vMTC_29eWM0oAG9edo40adHlsX0l2MQZtDrhQXqAc8UF8MMSJ7aJEHOIUrVLd6phe-r0uFHKgSgKssdqyS6HHas/s1600-h/SDC11557.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtn1y__NMLYGBp4b9c-J6hZWSDk3nUMyT218VK-Q4WTWNr7ObPYZ97vMTC_29eWM0oAG9edo40adHlsX0l2MQZtDrhQXqAc8UF8MMSJ7aJEHOIUrVLd6phe-r0uFHKgSgKssdqyS6HHas/s400/SDC11557.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420772635426633618" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqxRy3gFzKU1EELNChPpSHpmKo8HsNDqvo0GsdT4K3oM3scXRY2gM2qwj5b0HjUg0sdHqhbLDiUdQO_pXjuY8a4b6WTD6G-UIOhSsJkVz03mFbEoBbgzG6W-fC0LnjnNsN5ugK8krJXhQ/s1600-h/SDC11566.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqxRy3gFzKU1EELNChPpSHpmKo8HsNDqvo0GsdT4K3oM3scXRY2gM2qwj5b0HjUg0sdHqhbLDiUdQO_pXjuY8a4b6WTD6G-UIOhSsJkVz03mFbEoBbgzG6W-fC0LnjnNsN5ugK8krJXhQ/s400/SDC11566.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420772642134400882" border="0" /></a>Then we were desperately trying to get into the Christmas spirit. We put a tree up for the kids and decorated the house.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMQYb3uukWaFoGzOs5raZMRbg3V6OYUUANCQ0VH9mubtjgEuxQ7kCkT5VTJcqzxOlz_1zSfVzksHF7X3As2Wd1WaP7osrzJ8GCh6qYohibWtOFckRVzekPDLKLN0t5TLQjT5AaQiBFYY/s1600-h/SDC11508.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMQYb3uukWaFoGzOs5raZMRbg3V6OYUUANCQ0VH9mubtjgEuxQ7kCkT5VTJcqzxOlz_1zSfVzksHF7X3As2Wd1WaP7osrzJ8GCh6qYohibWtOFckRVzekPDLKLN0t5TLQjT5AaQiBFYY/s400/SDC11508.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420774515918408674" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq4xvlY3Qd09A6OMixdKCwh7x4QcxVTqPJw3-CJhz5teAtYz2oZtFwgv_q35HzqQvywT_B4nbP4ve6a5DvqEM_7dNjCkwyqmu2W_lmIfrW30kX7Wa-KIYaIhlaYfsZi7yzRzzFhekJOeE/s1600-h/SDC11518.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq4xvlY3Qd09A6OMixdKCwh7x4QcxVTqPJw3-CJhz5teAtYz2oZtFwgv_q35HzqQvywT_B4nbP4ve6a5DvqEM_7dNjCkwyqmu2W_lmIfrW30kX7Wa-KIYaIhlaYfsZi7yzRzzFhekJOeE/s400/SDC11518.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420774525129447666" border="0" /></a>And I did my usual holiday bake-a-thon. This year Sunshine helped as much as she could.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxhEpkJVAdwbn5Sy58LNeRUyqPLpUQR_QtVV0RqOYyiohPc85YeB-IYI8T_b0R71m3Wax43_cRtc7T6BGrhgSMX-Ewc-p1wC_UxtJtr4qeQExJTktGADnDU9Fz9IBvqZ1oKRwt2F5L1nw/s1600-h/SDC11521.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxhEpkJVAdwbn5Sy58LNeRUyqPLpUQR_QtVV0RqOYyiohPc85YeB-IYI8T_b0R71m3Wax43_cRtc7T6BGrhgSMX-Ewc-p1wC_UxtJtr4qeQExJTktGADnDU9Fz9IBvqZ1oKRwt2F5L1nw/s400/SDC11521.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420774531846823042" border="0" /></a>Then we rounded out the holiday season with the magnificent zoo lights. For those of you that are not in the Portland area and have no idea what the zoo lights are, it is the Oregon Zoo, but much like the Disneyland's electrical light parade but not moving. It is hard to explain so Rockstar made a cool video to give you a glimpse. You do see some of the animals at the zoo, but it is mostly about the thousands of twinkling lights.<br /><object width="500" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7ia8bVOJrcE&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7ia8bVOJrcE&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="315"></embed></object><br /><br />I am still trying to compile our pictures from Christmas eve and our day after Christmas camping trip. But this about brings you up to speed from the past couple months.<br /><br />So there you go.Jaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289271311266698819noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415346945148849517.post-79394855238728560232009-11-29T07:30:00.000-08:002009-11-29T08:18:58.698-08:00And knowing is half the battleSo things have been sort of nuts around here with the Holidays and general craziness. Of course by holiday I mean the New Moon release in theaters. I will have more on that in another post.<br /><br />But today I want to talk about something I don't normally talk about nearly enough.<br /><br />Jews.<br /><br />Now I have no beef to our kosher brethren, in fact I love the culture. I have talked about that on here even. I make latkes on Hanukkah, I watch fiddler on the roof at least once a year and I love Barbara Streisand. Does this qualify me for anything great? I doubt it. But , I just thought I would lay a little bit of ground work here.<br /><br />I was driving the other day and passed this sign a couple times that day. It struck me as odd and got me thinking.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHy3jUYLxKqRqOc-XYKiCw8roK8PJ495SYTjr8QdiNNkjAomPwV5d-MokL0zkxvI8PrtEuMihLlzIFvEzaysWNUTmipZjbnT2lky1JwKDlAc4Yv9cfjaXTd1xZAL9HLQ0oOJFSsx7AKSQ/s1600/IMG_0256.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 399px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHy3jUYLxKqRqOc-XYKiCw8roK8PJ495SYTjr8QdiNNkjAomPwV5d-MokL0zkxvI8PrtEuMihLlzIFvEzaysWNUTmipZjbnT2lky1JwKDlAc4Yv9cfjaXTd1xZAL9HLQ0oOJFSsx7AKSQ/s400/IMG_0256.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409551610662546850" border="0" /></a>I am not sure what is going on there. I mean generally speaking isn't Mexico a predominately Catholic country? I mean it is the national religion. (yes I looked it up)<br /><br />Are there a lot of Jews in Mexico?<br /><br />So much so that they need a place to worship? And advertise?<br /><br />I mean I have heard of Messianic Jews (Jews that were born and raised Jewish but converted to Christianity) but this was something I hadn't yet seen.<br /><br />And so I dub this the Mexianic Jew.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJYdoYJ-lvHDWq2kQs8bYWYmXLcCV84s_C2qIvyN14ft3Z7V93H83itQJx-AkTamrhzfER-WPkbYABxgREi29h8NL7K5YBsDHVyvRP23A688qlsSwWOw7N0qSw6mdoUc-WxaQ6G4fQB8A/s1600/mexianic+jew.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJYdoYJ-lvHDWq2kQs8bYWYmXLcCV84s_C2qIvyN14ft3Z7V93H83itQJx-AkTamrhzfER-WPkbYABxgREi29h8NL7K5YBsDHVyvRP23A688qlsSwWOw7N0qSw6mdoUc-WxaQ6G4fQB8A/s400/mexianic+jew.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409560704504795714" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Hey what do I care? Last I checked we have freedom of religion. Worship Elvis for all I care (and yes we do have a church of Elvis in this fine city of roses in which I live).<br /><br />I just felt I needed to share with the class.<br /><br />Talk amongst yourselves.Jaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289271311266698819noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415346945148849517.post-63147688067548461192009-11-02T17:29:00.000-08:002009-11-02T17:54:56.899-08:00Oh don't act like you've never done this!!!So last week I got a new purse because the one that I had been using was just too big and I suspected I was toting around far more stuff than I really needed.<br /><br />So I emptied it out. Normally this isn't really cause for a write up and pictures. (I have a boring life, but not THAT boring) But this I thought spoke volumes of the silly happenings in my life.<br /><br />This is what I found.....<br /><br /><ul><li>11 tubes of lipstick (because you just never know)</li><li>4 cosmetic bags with misc. things like lotion and perfume samples</li><li>3 books (when 1 is never enough)</li><li>2 contact cases</li><li>1 package of Kleenex</li><li>1 checkbook</li><li>1 wallet</li><li>2 emery boards</li><li>4 packs of Tylenol</li><li>1 Tupperware container of medicated lotion</li><li>6 pens</li><li>4 packets of Hydroxycut</li><li>1 mini video camera (you never know when someone goes all Rodney King and you need a video camera)</li><li>1 package of Tums</li><li>2 pair of plastic potty training pants</li><li>1 mini Edward doll</li></ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd_krL38uJOHC8js5IFZsFbRw9vnF21gvjMrY8fXVoXIj2mRqRVkWrfQJCQCDLpUVnKo6dpS-8YN1_5Clkf8Cv5k7agoGzejt0dGrychA2ajrBbRCuxZ2uUrfjB9G1bzhVp18uky653lg/s1600-h/SDC11415.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 389px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd_krL38uJOHC8js5IFZsFbRw9vnF21gvjMrY8fXVoXIj2mRqRVkWrfQJCQCDLpUVnKo6dpS-8YN1_5Clkf8Cv5k7agoGzejt0dGrychA2ajrBbRCuxZ2uUrfjB9G1bzhVp18uky653lg/s400/SDC11415.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399687369485671138" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigiO2OvAipg1jfSXqDFOMS15hHVDszrpKwL8cwFzswWPlJQH-FiXkc5BQ41Cvc4qH4B2xv7c-5r-ZbTcmj1VM7XO16xqqZPv0cZhKe5MJ_FdSWxpy7z-0FMziTfHJyP_dcdwDvRkcJ24w/s1600-h/SDC11416.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigiO2OvAipg1jfSXqDFOMS15hHVDszrpKwL8cwFzswWPlJQH-FiXkc5BQ41Cvc4qH4B2xv7c-5r-ZbTcmj1VM7XO16xqqZPv0cZhKe5MJ_FdSWxpy7z-0FMziTfHJyP_dcdwDvRkcJ24w/s400/SDC11416.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399688470186814978" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmfqkOpDWgzza33mEsreK7QXTNHt1yJfpExnIkHsn4am7WNfoNCyXxXqwWU0q7Z1w7qwJ_siQuqCXFVxPOZkKuwf81Xr_sE29A73qf_64NVMR2hOtTKU8btKmF_tOuhDvVYCTMVBtZf6Q/s1600-h/SDC11418.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmfqkOpDWgzza33mEsreK7QXTNHt1yJfpExnIkHsn4am7WNfoNCyXxXqwWU0q7Z1w7qwJ_siQuqCXFVxPOZkKuwf81Xr_sE29A73qf_64NVMR2hOtTKU8btKmF_tOuhDvVYCTMVBtZf6Q/s400/SDC11418.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399687383992873458" border="0" /></a>I know that everyone has done this but the combination of all this stuff made me laugh.<br />Seriously I have the most bizarre life :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhyYmWM_zRi7suVfth3a-I4GWKhAKNdzbOepU1VAJG8aMmi99_PA-ibB5YN2IsqOa-oil27d4WcV-5ytwbKP2BiCI3vvulqNdZYC0jid2cHRZalys2QbPbbAQGMOxmalg6y4q0fb2cZew/s1600-h/SDC11417.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhyYmWM_zRi7suVfth3a-I4GWKhAKNdzbOepU1VAJG8aMmi99_PA-ibB5YN2IsqOa-oil27d4WcV-5ytwbKP2BiCI3vvulqNdZYC0jid2cHRZalys2QbPbbAQGMOxmalg6y4q0fb2cZew/s400/SDC11417.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399687379007778930" border="0" /></a>Jaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289271311266698819noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415346945148849517.post-72116674058270709382009-10-11T10:35:00.000-07:002009-10-12T08:04:50.702-07:00Good Night SummerGood night Summer.<br /><br /><br />Good night pool<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWnVsIu69xab9poMbdwYQV3POsVCpvHn23udmrZquUkTcS6rWj8dzdA5DxjnuORCjsIjbY9JhEfMc4fT98qtoZfWWik8CnXEI2VjC1FWo_BKKWVPwyhH2R9Uex6qrDgYTxjJMjKYHrIhg/s1600-h/pool.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWnVsIu69xab9poMbdwYQV3POsVCpvHn23udmrZquUkTcS6rWj8dzdA5DxjnuORCjsIjbY9JhEfMc4fT98qtoZfWWik8CnXEI2VjC1FWo_BKKWVPwyhH2R9Uex6qrDgYTxjJMjKYHrIhg/s320/pool.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391397710887768754" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Good night turtle that floated in the pool<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcNgywOg3CpJ5gwiT5c63IBTQlanAMvEXW26Pa-Nwg3wFHGOxRlTTQFV2fiSig7_XuN1hKWVxG4-0_w3T37ZC-f5a08TYWWRwJXfzjK-QKbg50W8eQZ3oJsfgGFPwkPWkdPQTs_NiBGGg/s1600-h/turtle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcNgywOg3CpJ5gwiT5c63IBTQlanAMvEXW26Pa-Nwg3wFHGOxRlTTQFV2fiSig7_XuN1hKWVxG4-0_w3T37ZC-f5a08TYWWRwJXfzjK-QKbg50W8eQZ3oJsfgGFPwkPWkdPQTs_NiBGGg/s320/turtle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391397845922244258" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Good night hanging basket<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHaqbo4C4EgnroJd3_oNGv8UmW12NZW0TmNyHfwAWMyEJxdr40quHkFZTr6ZJjxGORaXcAJtei0Qn3I5YMtE9RD9oW3IYxyF7PBel2ttVpR9lbCUuNYgPpQWIBcBHIM4IxsAxov1BJOIw/s1600-h/hanging+basket.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHaqbo4C4EgnroJd3_oNGv8UmW12NZW0TmNyHfwAWMyEJxdr40quHkFZTr6ZJjxGORaXcAJtei0Qn3I5YMtE9RD9oW3IYxyF7PBel2ttVpR9lbCUuNYgPpQWIBcBHIM4IxsAxov1BJOIw/s320/hanging+basket.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391397989900961474" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Good night roses<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFq_qG0CdOVX-IXoYVc7bb7_uplVCM0_nIPs4M1LlXbMJRHe1SdycoOxchGUNgQyXHau0XG1pw3CuK5gkkp7vli_KP8fLykgK68AbgXsbtOdHPMcJnHxLzEllxSI5eIocuZqSX7FivAFs/s1600-h/rose+bush.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFq_qG0CdOVX-IXoYVc7bb7_uplVCM0_nIPs4M1LlXbMJRHe1SdycoOxchGUNgQyXHau0XG1pw3CuK5gkkp7vli_KP8fLykgK68AbgXsbtOdHPMcJnHxLzEllxSI5eIocuZqSX7FivAFs/s320/rose+bush.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391398108087318754" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Good night line for hang-drying clotheses (deal with it)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidXqMMekwvwDKqUOrIHgtwIjEkj_hTkdfZ3vGV7fgleAkhF3L-IbnL9tUm-NeDUcoQ2VyfEISuj0Fbe0aH5r_571KByBPbTbFvHbrB0FNurYG32F6JfTvF2S5pRLQeHDL-RXKqK9Ts7TA/s1600-h/clothes+hanger.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidXqMMekwvwDKqUOrIHgtwIjEkj_hTkdfZ3vGV7fgleAkhF3L-IbnL9tUm-NeDUcoQ2VyfEISuj0Fbe0aH5r_571KByBPbTbFvHbrB0FNurYG32F6JfTvF2S5pRLQeHDL-RXKqK9Ts7TA/s320/clothes+hanger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391398231924626818" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Good night to the lady washing the chairs<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7qsXrNSpDr8zLd9cmYO9PW96HFsh-4o8QMIdRPRN5Jk_yqsVOxix6KA7nL-E72_P7fWGmA_1SnXq4NtzHZw81Y0vKngWgk2Ge6t6A-OLu0IWgMKAI21JhCHW1eEdDFRBfN9Na_4x1S2c/s1600-h/jaqui.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7qsXrNSpDr8zLd9cmYO9PW96HFsh-4o8QMIdRPRN5Jk_yqsVOxix6KA7nL-E72_P7fWGmA_1SnXq4NtzHZw81Y0vKngWgk2Ge6t6A-OLu0IWgMKAI21JhCHW1eEdDFRBfN9Na_4x1S2c/s320/jaqui.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391398378895490274" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And good night Gazebo<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheLOUagAxmTYT7sYz7jgFAYb7VEDXrQ08lyAJijs3SVd6t213K2SlYrjgzJ2YNVyglHVrQDJgz8Lup_iCIYxk1s6f64Q9hHziPMSSa5qCsUxFex1b7EM6ejhiIZ_fD9gsyL81kqSppxrI/s1600-h/gazeebo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheLOUagAxmTYT7sYz7jgFAYb7VEDXrQ08lyAJijs3SVd6t213K2SlYrjgzJ2YNVyglHVrQDJgz8Lup_iCIYxk1s6f64Q9hHziPMSSa5qCsUxFex1b7EM6ejhiIZ_fD9gsyL81kqSppxrI/s320/gazeebo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391398513037356738" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Good night summer, we'll be seeing you.Jaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289271311266698819noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415346945148849517.post-45434383308231934632009-10-03T21:46:00.000-07:002009-10-03T22:28:17.860-07:00Stop the madness!!I know I have dropped the ball with this blog. Let me give you a quick rundown of what we have been up to.....<br /><br />School started for both Sunshine and Bug. With it I started working for a friend of mine at a daycare doing transportation for her kids to and from school. My work schedule has pockets of spare time, but I have to drop off my own kids in the morning and then go and grab 5 other kids to take to school. Then I have 2 different kindergartners at noon to pick up and drop off. Then I have kids I pick up when normal school time gets out and drop off. It is a relatively easy job, just a lot of time in the car.<br /><br /> Then there is my new business. My friend Erin and I have started a new business. It is cooking and freezing home cooked meals for families that don't have time or know how to cook. You can read all about it (or order) <a href="http://freezerqueens.com/">here. </a><br /><br /> But it doesn't stop there. Oh no.<br /><br /> My mom has been having some trouble with the place she was living and so we decided it would be a good idea for her to move in with us for a while. So we have spent the past week or so moving her stuff over here and also a storage unit. We are all learning to make it work. It is not as bad as it might seem. My mom and I actually have a great relationship and so it is nice having a second mom on site to be the eyes and ears when I can't be everywhere at all times. Right now it is just finding a new normal routine to slip into.<br /><br />Then last but not least, the kids started up with their extra curricular activities. Bug starts swimming next week (pictures to come) and Sunshine started ballet a couple days ago. She was so excited and so cute with all the other little girls doing their leaps and things. She really loves it. Plus I got a super cute picture I feel I must share with the class.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLZWYJbZq8RDU-iw73TvtI47w8c4JryVSYdFf0QcSlBVo5osOl_YOv4XW6eZSBLyt6M-GDky3sepDfHPIJuE1UgsYeOTcyCdc_5dWMV4V6jZljkO4JQhY3VQswXBXGZbM0Y8qfnyYcxmw/s1600-h/photo(11).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLZWYJbZq8RDU-iw73TvtI47w8c4JryVSYdFf0QcSlBVo5osOl_YOv4XW6eZSBLyt6M-GDky3sepDfHPIJuE1UgsYeOTcyCdc_5dWMV4V6jZljkO4JQhY3VQswXBXGZbM0Y8qfnyYcxmw/s400/photo(11).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388610199231622978" border="0" /></a><br /> So in short I haven't had a night to sit and give my blog some love. But tonight is apparently the night that I catch up.<br /><br />So there you have it.Jaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289271311266698819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415346945148849517.post-40729285019518758422009-09-18T16:06:00.001-07:002009-10-03T20:50:47.513-07:00Well as long as they can hang on to their dignitySo I was at the fabric store not too long ago and looking through the pattern books for some inspiration. Oh how I found something better.<br /><br />I found this....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqng-MjNu9cMXcobAyhsClG_iCVu_80rS41EDaJ9IikyG3ZQWbrPp7EcIwI4SH5YFS7kn1Ii4-x3miBSuPe6ITVQUKk8ryM5FT-i7_Ut016tjQDi2NTm5GLx1Vd8itO-x9HoL5h9c19bA/s1600-h/elderly+bib.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 338px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqng-MjNu9cMXcobAyhsClG_iCVu_80rS41EDaJ9IikyG3ZQWbrPp7EcIwI4SH5YFS7kn1Ii4-x3miBSuPe6ITVQUKk8ryM5FT-i7_Ut016tjQDi2NTm5GLx1Vd8itO-x9HoL5h9c19bA/s400/elderly+bib.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382948756010568866" border="0" /></a>It is a bib designed specifically for the elderly.<br /><br />Because nothing says "I still have my dignity " than a Mrs. Claus bib with a matching hat. Seriously what person would dress up Grandma in this drek? And further, what right thinking elderly person would agree to wear such a homemade train wreck?<br /><br />Sometimes I wonder what is seriously wrong with people.Jaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289271311266698819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415346945148849517.post-71645081236746846992009-09-13T12:26:00.000-07:002009-09-13T12:41:00.019-07:00Sunshine's first day of KindergartenThe big day finally came after much anticipation (mostly by her) for the first day of "big kid" school. Sunshine had her first day of Kindergarten. She is now going to the same school that Bug and all his friends go to. She was so excited to go because she wants so badly to be a big kid. I think I have had a harder time with it than she has. She just seems so little, but all kids must grow up eventually I guess.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA4M0D9wQGWMs9gUMXE8fJeTouUCoHnKZw4iWMNO1dQZCTKWwTmvaIv0ngfnosWau4ui3jca5E5LuOHBu_TSlwhfa-yGN7bNGZNkOrzLke2gubnC4BYZpu22t6z92zj9Z1KmrWe7b65WY/s1600-h/SDC11156.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA4M0D9wQGWMs9gUMXE8fJeTouUCoHnKZw4iWMNO1dQZCTKWwTmvaIv0ngfnosWau4ui3jca5E5LuOHBu_TSlwhfa-yGN7bNGZNkOrzLke2gubnC4BYZpu22t6z92zj9Z1KmrWe7b65WY/s400/SDC11156.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381037190858857586" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnZno8dwwO6-TvYTSL6MG3OkTCYR6_LAxMj8pur1rSoQC8phgCjzqTSS9L2DYTpBQsfM8GOLuAedQGNOVhMyyW8vCGTinbg6fqqyHiuQZK_bl5XXJTW9eFACWkYdiaihhDve502V5fYdQ/s1600-h/SDC11166.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnZno8dwwO6-TvYTSL6MG3OkTCYR6_LAxMj8pur1rSoQC8phgCjzqTSS9L2DYTpBQsfM8GOLuAedQGNOVhMyyW8vCGTinbg6fqqyHiuQZK_bl5XXJTW9eFACWkYdiaihhDve502V5fYdQ/s400/SDC11166.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381037208321564354" border="0" /></a><br />Standing out in front of her class waiting for the bell to ring so that we could go in.<br /><br />She didn't like having to wait even a couple more minutes<br /><br />.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj88sSCYBQLLOXDjYWUJ2UhUSfVAQETuPjhmnkpTrM704M3vv2BPHa2eqTelCOYSzuJoXVBB9HN-8ppQ0I-5gNtihG0eS6MTOgrptuv31hE4bgR2wshxFxLMhU32JK-vHKV7JZUptQkABs/s1600-h/SDC11164.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj88sSCYBQLLOXDjYWUJ2UhUSfVAQETuPjhmnkpTrM704M3vv2BPHa2eqTelCOYSzuJoXVBB9HN-8ppQ0I-5gNtihG0eS6MTOgrptuv31hE4bgR2wshxFxLMhU32JK-vHKV7JZUptQkABs/s400/SDC11164.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381038271959394642" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Getting settled in her classroom. She marched right in there like she owned the place. This one is fearless. She was practically shoo-ing me out of the room.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNO9ZltKrwZWdf_0IZhJBdoB9NIYfeSu6xPzywMXRAijJtHMbPjrF0WCedQacXqQG_vWrrtf-LJv_CnyU4YaUXstaU1HxO1HTALWYmhJJZm467Kzra0Az6aNxdlnPwrfd54NQaH4WOf4g/s1600-h/SDC11169.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNO9ZltKrwZWdf_0IZhJBdoB9NIYfeSu6xPzywMXRAijJtHMbPjrF0WCedQacXqQG_vWrrtf-LJv_CnyU4YaUXstaU1HxO1HTALWYmhJJZm467Kzra0Az6aNxdlnPwrfd54NQaH4WOf4g/s400/SDC11169.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381037216315113250" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Ahh sigh. Two down only one left in the nest. During the day anyway.Jaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289271311266698819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415346945148849517.post-66838122735197177402009-09-12T22:37:00.000-07:002009-09-15T20:15:12.179-07:00Nice day for the beachSo after the week we had, what with school starting and me (sort of) going back to work, our week has just been brutal.<br /><br />Wouldn't you know I would take it upon myself to get some yard work done along with draining the pool this week. I mean hey, school is back , that means it's fall right? Wrong! I chose poorly. Had I looked at the upcoming weather forecast I would have noted that 90 degree weather was coming this weekend. But I didn't. So with this crazy freak heat on the way and no way to cool our self off, I made the split second decision this morning to head for the beach where it is always cooler than it is here. The Oregon coast is notorious for being cooler than any scorching temperature we have here.<br /><br />Today was no exception. It was perfect weather. Not too cool but warm enough to play in the normally icy waters.<br /><br />It was a great day.<br /><br />Now we are off to start another week, refreshed.....Mostly.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw_0Ijvf6ZWyjgQjje1iO3hr04jBCueX1Yn-pvPfKFZ9R8HTXr45Sh0VrwRtrgb7-tvE9TcCGoovJdLXDqivQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Jaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289271311266698819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415346945148849517.post-15459340716197863462009-09-11T23:36:00.000-07:002009-09-12T20:44:54.302-07:00Peanut turns 3 !I know I am late getting this one up. This is the plight of the third child sad to say. But his birthday was last Monday and we had all the back to school chaos this week. It's not that I love him less or didn't want to put his slide show together, I was just crazy busy.<br /><br />We had a nice cake and opened presents earlier this week.<br /><br />I think this one was one of my hardest to do because he still seems like a fragile little baby, but I guess they all grow up sometime. So he turned 3 and is hardly even fragile anymore :) He still likes to cuddle though, so we are still good.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzYpCnCzmZ-eyYT_i7E6QfSFG5dc1aKdpVZ6AN0VqSDdcfT03y-UrzJAPbFLKDM6T2EME0lmPh8hGrAhCabKw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Jaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289271311266698819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415346945148849517.post-28942538654519423252009-09-11T20:22:00.000-07:002009-09-11T20:30:21.205-07:00Attention over 30 cougars!!Only 69 days , 4 hours, 35 minutes and 47 seconds until I am fighting my way through a crowd of over sugared tweens and their pasty, overweight , under loved, cougar mothers. I fall somewhere in the middle but don't tell anyone.<br />But whose counting and judging?<br />Team Jacob 4 EVR!!LOLOLOL<br />Ok I am done.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/o2xa_JU995s&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/o2xa_JU995s&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Jaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289271311266698819noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415346945148849517.post-63552154648387887402009-09-08T08:01:00.000-07:002009-09-08T08:40:42.037-07:00Bug's first day of 3rd gradeSo today was the first day of school for the majority of the Portland metro area. It has been anxiously awaited by the kids but counted down my yours truly. I love my kids, don't get me wrong, but man, it has been a long summer :) I am ready to have my house back during the day and a small break from the bickering even for a couple hours. My hat goes off to my homeschooling sisters in arms. I love the idea of homeschooling, but just don't have the temperament and patience. I was ready for routine to get back into swing.<br /><br />So last night I set everything out to have it all ready for the morning so that everything would go off without a hitch and we would get out the door on time. I set out everyone's clothes and got toothbrushes ready. Packed backpacks , wrote names on everything in sharpie, even packed lunches.<br /><br />We got up this morning, got dressed , ate breakfast got ready to head out the door just in time only to find........one of the cats had peed on his backpack. The one that was packed with all of his supplies. Yeah that's the one.<br /><br />So I had to wash everything down, transfer his stuff over to his old backpack from last year. (which is all torn and falling apart) Then we ran out the door in a mad rush to get there just in time.<br /><br />It was a bit of a disaster to say the least. There is nothing like rushing through , showing up all sweaty and panicked and with a ratty old backpack when everybody else has nice new ones. I felt bad and I wanted to inform everyone of our mishap with our geriatric cat that sometimes has accidents, just so Bug wouldn't look bad. But I figured I would just have to let this one go.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2uU4JSa7uPu1zaaBoO9kikqRWpPXT76il_uo0N2QqW-Xd5SBxcVfqiHFQPH5q39KLW7mOGoX7QbSLYpbfRVVnvc_-vrmhyhanqKT2OXSc4miksLf30unRLGK2HzKdc7Mo8zMM90saMcs/s1600-h/SDC11149.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2uU4JSa7uPu1zaaBoO9kikqRWpPXT76il_uo0N2QqW-Xd5SBxcVfqiHFQPH5q39KLW7mOGoX7QbSLYpbfRVVnvc_-vrmhyhanqKT2OXSc4miksLf30unRLGK2HzKdc7Mo8zMM90saMcs/s400/SDC11149.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379120167062017570" border="0" /></a><br />We made it in time to get him settled in his class and say "hello" to his teacher and then he asked me to leave. I snapped a couple pictures and he then thanked me for "not embarrassing him". Funny he was more concerned about me being a " smother mother" than about his ratty old backpack he was sporting.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTsjNcIvhlDMzab5Q_Sdnllj5PNdlPeHYIEXpjzqbKhxigN-v7teplT6Lwtm9uwFe81eQ_bQmsPDBd60X45NfEfA-oDt5BKlq92uRapAtgtz7vD_grWJqGvQh_HdsBzUkZwHxnmclVKIw/s1600-h/SDC11151.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTsjNcIvhlDMzab5Q_Sdnllj5PNdlPeHYIEXpjzqbKhxigN-v7teplT6Lwtm9uwFe81eQ_bQmsPDBd60X45NfEfA-oDt5BKlq92uRapAtgtz7vD_grWJqGvQh_HdsBzUkZwHxnmclVKIw/s400/SDC11151.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379120172889447906" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiblGhdaPH935-Tvsf8Vr4O4roJJ__6YgKdY0PfGFFA8I2dgxyLe8MY1URYxEktDggjplZubErtm6Z7hANpGEbl6wHvzeE-KRkVkN2C4WBgcC-I6jGpKkh9I0RFvQivQmTXNHeE1dGGBy0/s1600-h/SDC11152.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiblGhdaPH935-Tvsf8Vr4O4roJJ__6YgKdY0PfGFFA8I2dgxyLe8MY1URYxEktDggjplZubErtm6Z7hANpGEbl6wHvzeE-KRkVkN2C4WBgcC-I6jGpKkh9I0RFvQivQmTXNHeE1dGGBy0/s400/SDC11152.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379120180874958770" border="0" /></a><br />That kid cracks me up.<br /><br />Also he has the same teacher that he had last year as they are doing a 2nd/3rd grade mega class because of budget cuts. Not exactly happy about this, but what can you do short of selling plasma to put them in private schools. We'll see how it goes.Jaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289271311266698819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415346945148849517.post-45240317837756623632009-08-20T20:53:00.000-07:002009-08-20T20:54:37.853-07:00Riddle me this....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOheDL6H9Rz1zEENLCjHUB6A8W_gcIIGOrs99oHfV6yBSPZSY23YKnlWhaXdMPlmzUorUNF9C4SqU0rMp9e754nvCwISdWj3y9UgXbhp1aNnBZywmTVWoNxp6C8lbJs_2wTct63lEdfs/s1600-h/SDC10948.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOheDL6H9Rz1zEENLCjHUB6A8W_gcIIGOrs99oHfV6yBSPZSY23YKnlWhaXdMPlmzUorUNF9C4SqU0rMp9e754nvCwISdWj3y9UgXbhp1aNnBZywmTVWoNxp6C8lbJs_2wTct63lEdfs/s400/SDC10948.JPG" alt="" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0pt; clear: both; float: left;" border="0" /></a> We have a 20,000 gallon pool to play in. Why is it they choose to play in a Rubbermaid container filled with water instead?<br /><div><br /></div><div>Priceless.</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" border="0" align="middle" /></a></div>Jaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289271311266698819noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415346945148849517.post-35884313871693233922009-08-17T23:13:00.000-07:002009-08-17T23:42:41.292-07:00Summer extravaganzaSo I know I have been sort of neglectful over here. In all honesty there has not been a whole lot of note worthy stuff going on here.<br /><br />I have been doing a lot of canning as I do every summer. In case you have forgotten last summer...let me remind you. <a href="http://jaxonfive.blogspot.com/search/label/canning">2008 summer canning extravaganza</a><br /><br />This summer has been no exception. Thus far I have done ......<ul><li>strawberry jam</li><li>raspberry jam</li><li>raspberry syrup</li><li>blueberry syrup</li><li>blueberry pie filling</li><li>apricots</li><li>beets</li><li>pickles</li><li>salsa</li><li>peach/pineapple salsa</li><li>pickled peppers</li><li>bing cherry pie filling</li><li>stewed tomatoes</li></ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJz2Ly7HcWpCrsICzZnfweW2q9NXLaHvNhmN4zdoNPsWSMygehXg7DTaFmJSpIZCXb2sXv8ZNof98xFh-hhch0UYppC9Uz_DXdOpK0zazIiDP29LSkX0DMR9ie-mdXZTWOFr2a4q4dwKE/s1600-h/SDC10930.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 381px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJz2Ly7HcWpCrsICzZnfweW2q9NXLaHvNhmN4zdoNPsWSMygehXg7DTaFmJSpIZCXb2sXv8ZNof98xFh-hhch0UYppC9Uz_DXdOpK0zazIiDP29LSkX0DMR9ie-mdXZTWOFr2a4q4dwKE/s400/SDC10930.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371190384243022498" border="0" /></a><br />My kitchen has been a nonstop conveyor belt of garden goodness. But I have not been documenting all this action on this blog. Instead I have been working a lot over at my other blog <a href="http://genxhomeec.blogspot.com/">Gen x home ec.</a> I have been working at putting up recipes and "How to's" for a lot of my basic stuff.<br /><br />Come check it out and try some of my recipes out. Lord knows they are family tested.<br /><br /><a href="http://genxhomeec.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img home="" alt="GenX" src="http://i27.tinypic.com/n2d1eg.gif" /></a>Jaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289271311266698819noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415346945148849517.post-24576533491534169522009-08-10T09:09:00.000-07:002009-08-10T09:43:00.773-07:00Tearing down the house!!!So one of the things that has always bugged me about my house was my kitchen. If you follow along here, you know that I spend the majority of my day in the kitchen because someone is always hungry in this house. I have this strong desire to feed everyone that comes though my doors.<br /><br />But my kitchen is an "L" shape that looks into my family room with this set of cabinets right at eye level. It drives me nuts. So you have to bend down to have a conversation with anyone in the basic same room. It feels closed off for no real reason.<br /><br />These are my cabinets.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDJ0MYWQn3-BIRRiuFgZjJajMyCBP3ztt2SxkR-TI0qCS1TCUbYFbBR5UhwhqX8vYJ-A7vvnEVLkmygw91mf-qt2KLXZjBjnxfDJY6beNc6ylIGdDm0yIUOyorWPyLYM1lK0A4RWx_ZAM/s1600-h/SDC10905.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDJ0MYWQn3-BIRRiuFgZjJajMyCBP3ztt2SxkR-TI0qCS1TCUbYFbBR5UhwhqX8vYJ-A7vvnEVLkmygw91mf-qt2KLXZjBjnxfDJY6beNc6ylIGdDm0yIUOyorWPyLYM1lK0A4RWx_ZAM/s400/SDC10905.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368370606227265138" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqGi66ZJOS1enGmVNAHmGcpsy6pIovJaOrUsKFlPmqbbTdiYqAAjpmUaELCVq_C4GfNAG7e46ehegBd4DuOrDJbeeEudugOnUKF8j-NJMz0uFylSQFA09Iboz6a6PVXNH9dCfhhjvbjpY/s1600-h/SDC10906.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqGi66ZJOS1enGmVNAHmGcpsy6pIovJaOrUsKFlPmqbbTdiYqAAjpmUaELCVq_C4GfNAG7e46ehegBd4DuOrDJbeeEudugOnUKF8j-NJMz0uFylSQFA09Iboz6a6PVXNH9dCfhhjvbjpY/s400/SDC10906.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368370609781430770" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So we decided yo knock out cabinets out to give more of an open feel. The cabinets we knocked out were mostly just for look anyway. They barely held anything efficiently and had weird shelves. I kept most of my dry goods out in the garage pantry anyways. So it was really not this big sacrifice.<br /><br />Well my friends Molly and Carl decided to come over and help us do the job. What it turned into is Carl knew exactly what he was doing and he did most of it himself. The whole cabinet came down in about 30 minutes. It was just screwed into the ceiling. It all came down in once piece.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiClIXRL3d5PDfBcuPPe31igs0j9GzOHtRcS5D3PYuje_0jOnZaLItubk7LzmJQd69Xwdf3S12ELuZJAigcGhnfnHF-KsJSfUqjHlvOULyKBf_S_8Ti-WtPpFWMgzIjdh1RKrLRHakofnw/s1600-h/SDC10907.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiClIXRL3d5PDfBcuPPe31igs0j9GzOHtRcS5D3PYuje_0jOnZaLItubk7LzmJQd69Xwdf3S12ELuZJAigcGhnfnHF-KsJSfUqjHlvOULyKBf_S_8Ti-WtPpFWMgzIjdh1RKrLRHakofnw/s400/SDC10907.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368372777005606098" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-uZDrz731clt5MDGvDKArrrUYxWi_zvyp_4wnB8mmUrVqUT-pABPSmGGIpIfVLdJE5h9kcEsUCbe42mvwzS80h5chZXBBHZFIss2UmgX-31NeCk0Sdbecw3k70DjKg9r8NJGfdj1SV5g/s1600-h/SDC10910.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-uZDrz731clt5MDGvDKArrrUYxWi_zvyp_4wnB8mmUrVqUT-pABPSmGGIpIfVLdJE5h9kcEsUCbe42mvwzS80h5chZXBBHZFIss2UmgX-31NeCk0Sdbecw3k70DjKg9r8NJGfdj1SV5g/s400/SDC10910.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368372785427391666" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXyqKye99F-Et9Cv-I_1tjMzvR8xHPnob9IjT_C-IksapqyI0gJRnQblwfx7pXDPr1kfMy5aRj-RYEUg802dKDYsmPWj39DF_63hNzzSQKARb80NNU-SqoGiuvgunI8xrERbtHUcLll2k/s1600-h/SDC10911.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXyqKye99F-Et9Cv-I_1tjMzvR8xHPnob9IjT_C-IksapqyI0gJRnQblwfx7pXDPr1kfMy5aRj-RYEUg802dKDYsmPWj39DF_63hNzzSQKARb80NNU-SqoGiuvgunI8xrERbtHUcLll2k/s400/SDC10911.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368372797678675986" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Then once it was done Molly and I painted it to match the rest of the kitchen. The entire project took all of an hour. It just took 4 adults. It looks so much better though.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl9iFGK2D7AdGYoFxPFvMcCJZcqvuqSR4m5USXvgUSxJLJDRmls8maoF5FdxeSYhCHiN_BuJA4UzPp2W2dmWWtKzeeOSLaYkloyn9AB0ztLr1Z9TCyXWKbdTm7yFw8M7tC1F6_wjDvPwE/s1600-h/SDC10912.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl9iFGK2D7AdGYoFxPFvMcCJZcqvuqSR4m5USXvgUSxJLJDRmls8maoF5FdxeSYhCHiN_BuJA4UzPp2W2dmWWtKzeeOSLaYkloyn9AB0ztLr1Z9TCyXWKbdTm7yFw8M7tC1F6_wjDvPwE/s400/SDC10912.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368372808149840802" border="0" /></a><br /> Also something we discovered once we started taking them down, is that the vent over our stove was hooked up to nothing. It was just a prop. There is a hole in the ceiling, but nothing was connected to it. It served no purpose. So depending on what the code is, we may need to get another one if we ever go to sell, but since we have been getting by with only the illusion of having one this long, there is no real hurry to put in another one.<br /><br /> I got up this morning and could actually keep an eye on my kids as I made their breakfast. I was awesome! Chaos didn't ensue when I left the room, because I didn't really leave the room. It totally opens up the two rooms.<br /><br />Now I need to find another project to occupy myself with. How about pulling the house back together after this one :)Jaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289271311266698819noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415346945148849517.post-57009385237641140972009-08-03T14:16:00.000-07:002009-08-03T14:31:32.620-07:00Who is Maryjane?So a couple weeks ago I posted something on here that just sort of scratched the surface of something bigger. Over 4th of July my mom, daughter and I went over to Idaho to meet Maryjane Butters and see her store opening. In that time I have had so many people ask me about this "MaryJane person" and ask what her deal is. I sort of tried to explain it, but didn't do her a whole lot of justice in the process. So I did find a couple videos that explain who she is and what she is all about. <br /><br /> I discovered her through her magazines, but once I really got into what she was trying to teach us, something just clicked in me. Her philosophy on home keeping, and just better living is exactly how I grew up and had to be reminded about. I have made a lot of changes getting back to simple basics because of her. I feel I need to spread the word :) <br /><br />Also I am starting m own farmgirl chapter. More info <a href="http://www.maryjanesfarm.org/farmgirl-connection/">here</a>. I will keep you posted on what exactly will happen with that. But let me know who is interested. I plan to have get togethers that involve big batch cooking, canning and possibly sewing or crafts. Women have been doing this sort of thing for generations. Why did we stop in the past couple of generations I am not sure, but I plan to fire it back up. <br /><br /><object width="500" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wf7ORRcmDkc&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wf7ORRcmDkc&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="315"></embed></object>Jaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289271311266698819noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415346945148849517.post-85916065247465919142009-07-28T14:22:00.000-07:002009-07-28T14:33:40.016-07:00The Coston's cabinSo we have this cabin that we go to every summer. It is in remote central Oregon. It's a little log cabin with no electricity and a propane powered water heater. The whole place is wired for propane so we do have lights but it is pretty primitive. My in laws have been going since their kids were knee high and I have been going since I married in so this is something that we do every year without fail.<br /><br />It is nestled along side a little lake stocked with tons of trout. There are also several osprey nests along the lake. The whole place is teaming with wildlife but not a lot of people. Some years we have been up there and not seen another person aside from our own family for the whole week.<br /><br /> The kids had a blast fishing and swimming and canoeing. We saw tons of deer and went on nature walks. All in all we had a great time.<br /><object width="445" height="364"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AkCp3I41Ll0&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AkCp3I41Ll0&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"></embed></object>Jaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289271311266698819noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415346945148849517.post-74888941228325618272009-07-26T19:02:00.000-07:002009-07-26T19:11:07.750-07:00Fan girl squeel!!!So this week at the San Diego Comic con, the director of New Moon released some new footage of the movie. I felt the absolute need to share with the class.<br /><br /> I apologize for the crummy quality of the hand held camera and the thousands of teenage girls screeching but I will overlook it for the awesomeness that will be this movie. November 21st can't get here quick enough!!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/z22mgGzorDk&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/z22mgGzorDk&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YY3xrEkuFAw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YY3xrEkuFAw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Oh Mylanta!!!!Jaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289271311266698819noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415346945148849517.post-64877586135835892302009-07-09T21:26:00.000-07:002009-07-09T21:58:21.189-07:004th of July weekendLast weekend was 4<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">th</span> of July and my Mom and I decided to nab Sunshine and have us a girls weekend getaway. We had been reading about some really cool events going on up in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Coeur</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">d'Alene</span>, Idaho. So we felt we needed to investigate. You see my mom and I are newly obsessed with this magazine called "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">MaryJanes</span> farm". Check her out <a href="http://www.maryjanesfarm.org/">here.</a> She is awesome beyond all belief. She teaches us how to make most everything from scratch, grow our own everything and do it all in a nifty apron. She is based out of Moscow, Idaho but was opening her second store in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Coeur</span> d"Alene. She was having a big grand opening and would be there to sign copies of her newest book. Naturally like obsessed groupies we had to find a way to get there.<br /><br /> My mom has a cute little travel trailer that we all would fit comfortably in, so we loaded up the cooler with what we had on hand and away we went. We stayed the first night in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Umatilla</span> up the Gorge and the other 2 nights we stayed in Spokane, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Wa</span>.<br /><br /> We had a great time camping and just goofing around. We got to meet <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">MaryJane</span> and had a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">wonderful</span> time in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Coeur</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">d'Alene</span>. We enjoyed the 4<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">th</span> of July parade and festivities on the lake all day. We swam and played in the park , and the fireworks over the lake were <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">incredible</span>.<br /><br />It was a lot of fun with my mom and daughter just hanging out being silly girls. Something we don't get to do often enough but I think we need to make this an annual thing for the 4th of July.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/m5TD66quYsU&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/m5TD66quYsU&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Jaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289271311266698819noreply@blogger.com0