tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89496952799381726062024-02-21T12:23:07.925-05:00The Trinh Family BlogThe fantastic adventures of our fun family of five!Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961550431142620083noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949695279938172606.post-90904798256155486722012-08-15T22:55:00.001-04:002012-08-15T22:55:08.751-04:00Photo Book<object width="425" height="425" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"><param name="movie" value="http://images-community.shutterfly.com/flashapps/flashslideshowphotobook/slideshow_pb.swf"/><param name="flashvars" value="xmlURL=http%3A%2F%2Fws.shutterfly.com%2Fpsdata%3FprojectGUID%3D1RctWLdk1txY%26uid%3D005020701590%26size%3D0%26ts%3D1345085663000%26height%3D425%26width%3D425&size=0&ob=0&fc=0&ss=0&sb=0&ft=0"/><param name="menu" value="false"/><param name="quality" value="best"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><embed width="425" height="425" align="middle" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" name="wrapper" quality="best" menu="false" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" flashvars="xmlURL=http%3A%2F%2Fws.shutterfly.com%2Fpsdata%3FprojectGUID%3D1RctWLdk1txY%26uid%3D005020701590%26size%3D0%26ts%3D1345085663000%26height%3D425%26width%3D425&size=0&ob=0&fc=0&ss=0&sb=0&ft=0" src="http://images-community.shutterfly.com/flashapps/flashslideshowphotobook/slideshow_pb.swf"></embed></object><p style="width:425px;margin-top:0;text-align:center;"><a href="http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=1RctWLdk1cd&cid=SFLYOCWIDGET&eid=115">Click here to view this photo book larger</a><div style="margin-top: 10px; width: 425px; text-align: center;">The new way to make a <a href="http://www.shutterfly.com/photo-books" style="color: #6666cc;">photo album</a>: photo books by Shutterfly.</div><img width="1" height="1" border="0" style="padding: 0; background: #ffffff; border: none; box-shadow: none;" src="https://os.shutterfly.com/b/ss/sflyshareprod/1/H.15/111?pageName=sharekey&c1=photobook&c2=blogger" /></p>Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961550431142620083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949695279938172606.post-79432334553871253692012-07-29T00:50:00.000-04:002012-07-29T00:50:04.904-04:00Too long since last post!<br />
Ok...it's been about 3 years since I posted. That's right--3 years! Not possible to catch up so we are just going to start from here and try to do a little better in the future. I guess anything would be better! We are at the end of a 3 week family vacation in Asia. We went to see Jeff's family in Vietnam and made a little stop in China on the way---just so we could say we climbed the Great Wall! We have had quite an amazing experience and I have the pictures to prove it....and a stomach ache too!<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What an amazing trip!</span></b></div>Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961550431142620083noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949695279938172606.post-47119630086055794542012-07-29T00:37:00.001-04:002012-07-29T00:42:38.820-04:00Summer 2009...is it really over?!It is definitely over.<br />
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I am sad and I am dissappointed we didn't do more, but we did do<em><strong> so much</strong></em> that I haven't even mentioned...who has time to blog in the summer?!?!</div>
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Summer is my favorite time of year. I love that there is not a schedule and we can sleep late and not go anywhere if we don't want to<span style="font-size: x-small;"> (although this summer Chloe did a summer school enrichment program that made it feel a lot less like summer, so I am feeling a little cheated!),</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">and we can go to the pool with friends and eat lots of ice cream...I can't say enough how much I love summer....I love being hot and I love the smell of sunscreen and I love seeing my kids play outside and I love the sound of the ice cream truck driving through the neighborhood! Wow--Have I made my point? I love summer! </span><br />
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And now it's over. Sad but true so I guess I need to move on, but before I do...</div>
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here are The Trinh Family's <strong><span style="font-size: medium;">top 10 greatest things about Summer 2009</span></strong> (...I hope I can get it down to 10):</div>
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1. VBS... it rocked! Everyone loved it especially the kids (and that's what it's all about--I mean that and the awesome decorations!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Ac8f7MQxIjGQFS4x4MlLcocA-w8fY_vHrkqLeUmuRj2larsugHStiZpw-YvqlD-ikN8l_26JlurLbO6nvsrAJCkEfjriFAzsJ0mXSpAEY1HvVwjgB6VksEarNe2NpFQKFDT4paoyQCM/s1600/decorating+crew.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405651841171776914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Ac8f7MQxIjGQFS4x4MlLcocA-w8fY_vHrkqLeUmuRj2larsugHStiZpw-YvqlD-ikN8l_26JlurLbO6nvsrAJCkEfjriFAzsJ0mXSpAEY1HvVwjgB6VksEarNe2NpFQKFDT4paoyQCM/s400/decorating+crew.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></div>
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2. Cousins...you know in the summer you can spend so much more time playing with cousins either a long weekend or a birthday bash...whatever. I love that my kids get to spend time with and grow up loving their cousins.</div>
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3. Popsicles--no explanation needed. Although I will add that my personal favorite is the fudgesicle. yum! The kids like blue--but I think that is just because it turns their tounges blue.<br />
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4. Fruit...blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, peaches, watermelon, mmmmm....I love it all so much!!! And you can't leave out the watermelon seed spitting contest...great and cheap and delicious all packed into one fun fantastic family activity! You can't beat it!!! Jeff won this year's contest--no surprise there,<br />
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5. Slip-n slide--I know this is probably a major hazard <span style="font-size: x-small;">(right mandy!?)</span> but the kids love it and it is so much fun to watch someone slip-n-slide...it's even funner to do<span style="font-size: x-small;"> (unless you fall and get a concusion...)</span></div>
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6. Traveling...goodness knows we do a lot of that! This summer we went to Tennesee, Alabama, Maine, South Carolina...is that all? oh yeah---New York! We saw grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, you name it! We haven't actually been to the beach yet, but we are about to go-- so let's just add that to the list as well. Traveling is an awesome part of summer and I am so glad that I married a man who likes to go places as much as I do! We make a great team!</div>
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7. Going to the public library with the kids.. We don't do the public library in the school year because they get to check out books at the school library and there's book fairs and scholastic orders...but in the summer we go to the public library and check out books and spend lots of time reading. It's so much fun to see what they choose. I like to make suggestions, but usually those get shot down really quick! But this summer we--no, actually <strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">I</span></em></strong> found a book called Pyrates--The Lost City written by Chris Archer. It is a chapter book with no pictures so I was just looking for a book we would all enjoy that we could read together as a family...<strong>JACKPOT</strong>! The story is so great---they can't wait for me to read it to them each night (unfortunately we don't get to do it every night)---they like it better than tv...no joke!!! Since I am reading it aloud I can sensor out big kid words like "stupid" and such, but really I haven't had to do too much of that at all. It is a series so we are looking forward to finishing book #1 and moving on to #2! </div>
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8. Baseball...<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">oh my goodness...did I actually type that?</span></em> I never thought I would see the day that I would love little league! But Eliott loves it so much. And you can't love him with out seeing that...and watching him play is so much fun! And now I can see that you can't have summer without baseball.</div>
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Eliott played up this season--coach pitch with 7 and 8 year olds and he was <span style="font-size: large;"><strong><em>the man</em></strong></span>!!! <span style="font-size: x-small;">(In my completely unbiased opinion) </span><span style="font-size: small;">:) He totally has his daddy's atheletic abilities (goodness knows he didn't get any of that from me!!!) and I am so happy for Jeff to have that bond with his only son. They have such a special relationship in that they are sooo much alike and have so much fun together. I know he will always love to play sports just like Jeff, and who knows maybe it will pay his way through college like daddy too! one can hope!</span></div>
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9. back yard art parties. Everybody knows that I love art. And I love that my kids also love art. Summer is a great time to go outside and paint little masterpieces!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmJ-qlEsQQLCWq8gRRRJsYxifnhL14EN0AtnBwpt59qQK7x55NL0hD9n8NCXLRDFkbzBwrgiLBw2-2xIVjJUpMEpgDHr9Qy8Nn6Dje-89RzV5rKAFluFGjrK-4AXBu8J9zg_7XIpKD9-U/s1600/IMG_1506.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405651813834612226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmJ-qlEsQQLCWq8gRRRJsYxifnhL14EN0AtnBwpt59qQK7x55NL0hD9n8NCXLRDFkbzBwrgiLBw2-2xIVjJUpMEpgDHr9Qy8Nn6Dje-89RzV5rKAFluFGjrK-4AXBu8J9zg_7XIpKD9-U/s400/IMG_1506.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></div>
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10. I love summer, absolutely and completely! But at the end of the summer, when I am tired and worn out and the house it a disaster <span style="font-size: x-small;">(we're tripping over every kind of ball, pool toys, art supplies, the tv is on...agian, and the red chair is piled high with laundry)</span> and believe it or not the kids are even bored...I love that it is time for school to start. A fresh new start... I love it and I hate it...ya know what I mean?<br />
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How is it even possible that my baby girl has just turned 4!?!? I know time flies...I've heard it before...but does it really have to travel at light speed!?<br />
Millie is just the sweetest, most precious bundle of bouncy, sassy silliness! There that's what she is! She is the perfect one to complete our family of five. She is so much fun-- and I laugh so much because of Millie. I am so blessed to have my precious little silly Millie!<br />
Kiki made Millie a fabulous cake on her actual birthday, August 26th--it was awesome! We had a little celebration with Bekah, Lukie, and Wyatt as soon as Chloe and Eliott got off the bus. It was hard to wait that long because the cake looked soooo good! And it was delicious! :)<br />
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The weekend after Millie's birthday we had her birthday party. It was a cupcake party--so easy and so fun--lots of cupcakes, frosting and sprinkles...good times!! We decorated cupcakes and spent a little time coloring and playing. Everyone went home with their own decorated cupcake and a hello kitty coloring book. Millie got lots of baby stuff--which she loves! She likes to be "the momma" and take care of her babies. She is always changing their diapers and feeding them bottles and giving them baths...she is going to be a great mommy one day!<br />
I just can't believe how fast she is growing up. It makes me a little sad, but I love the little person she is becoming. She is just as goofy as can be. I think we have a special bond--- she actually looks like me, she's creative, silly, stuborn, not remotely shy, she has an imaginary friend (lily)...just like I did at her age, and she loves to laugh--but don't cross her or she'll push you down and tell you to shut your mouth....I just don't know who she got that from...can't be me!<br />
And she sure is good at making other's laugh! She certainly makes me laugh all day long.<br />
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Millie, I am so very thankful for the day you were born. This family has not been the same since...we have been better. You add such a special quality of fun and pure joy to our lives and I am so grateful for you. I love you! MommyBarbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961550431142620083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949695279938172606.post-17564040989530716682012-07-29T00:36:00.000-04:002012-07-29T00:42:03.540-04:00First Day of School 2009-2110-- Kindergarten and third grade too!<br />
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Chloe and Eliott went back to school today. They were both so excited. Mom was a little bit sad....and a little bit excited too!<br />
Chloe started 3rd grade with hesitation...she heard there was lots of homework in 3rd grade! She left saying "I don't want to go to 3rd grade!" and came home saying "I love 3rd grade!" She is such a drama queen. She really does love it and I am so glad---even the homework.<br />
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Eliott was so excited to go to kindergarten. The was absolutely NO hesitation...he was so ready! I did get a little teary...is my sweet little boy really old enough to go to school?! How does it happen so fast? I am going to miss having him home with me. He is such a sweet boy. I know it won't be long before he has lots of new friends to talk about. And now I will have some special one on one time with Millie before she leaves me for preschool next week. But today she really missed her big sister and brother. <br />
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They were both excited about riding the bus and I was glad that they will be picked up at our drive way! Yay! No more walking up the hill to the bus stop! We rode to school today so we could walk Eliott to class his first day, but they rode the bus home.<br />
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I love the beginning of the school year and I am so glad Chloe and Eliott love school and look forward to the first day as much as I do.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOrLW_4wDWBI1MzoGpdWfyaJis0UkTl33lxRHrblZ7rFLG68QER7SGA_fJ6onW2hfbDAfrcmu5djoennuCnxV5zdOGkyFXGbWEoWWWTJJXm596kQ_cpXcyqwMKl8DBrgZk2MbvYb73h0A/s1600/e+and+c+after+school.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406781908767186418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOrLW_4wDWBI1MzoGpdWfyaJis0UkTl33lxRHrblZ7rFLG68QER7SGA_fJ6onW2hfbDAfrcmu5djoennuCnxV5zdOGkyFXGbWEoWWWTJJXm596kQ_cpXcyqwMKl8DBrgZk2MbvYb73h0A/s400/e+and+c+after+school.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></div>Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961550431142620083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949695279938172606.post-60407790885685318892009-09-03T10:04:00.016-04:002009-10-22T22:40:37.638-04:00Summer Vacation 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdT59PXj-k8AyIM61FrbS-HFRZaK2ZiwrTZ98dLmLijMYbArPQGpxMfaO16u9wIVNzOo82AFnxNCT2OLD6bjUHyTEZ4GRTrV5c_l3p6OpAS2VtJwy9p9m-gAYpN0AcsMrH12IL0snlYWo/s1600-h/IMG_1981.JPG"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrDj5BPZO8Uj4NEA_M5vTGu2g9uoldwGSYSfQtfCyC0b_i_ERfNe4O8u0BUmuoMnAaCsYkXirX-khz_NlZM9MI-tG0OwZZW4KEtvvloIL71hsyND7qZn1bWZ1etXZr88Hs216y2LTrwE/s1600-h/IMG_1907.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 455px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 323px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389920952685043858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrDj5BPZO8Uj4NEA_M5vTGu2g9uoldwGSYSfQtfCyC0b_i_ERfNe4O8u0BUmuoMnAaCsYkXirX-khz_NlZM9MI-tG0OwZZW4KEtvvloIL71hsyND7qZn1bWZ1etXZr88Hs216y2LTrwE/s400/IMG_1907.JPG" /></a>This summer we decided to take a road trip up the east coast to see Uncle Brent, Aunt Sue, Billie Jo and Natalie in Portland, Maine. The last time we made a trip to Maine was after Natalie was born...she's 7 now! <span style="font-size:78%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;">So we were long overdue for a trip. We decided to drive because it was cheaper than flying 5 people </span><span style="font-size:78%;">(go figure! we chose the cheaper option?!?!) </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Not to mention, that's how we traveled when we were children and it was such a fantastic bonding experience for the whole family!</span><span style="font-size:78%;"> (I am lying...it was just cheaper!)</span><br /><br /><div>The weather was great--I was a little worried that it would be chilly, but honestly it was hot! What a shock! We did go to the beach and the kids felt like little human ice cubes when they got out---no way did I even touch that water!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim2Y2hecx0l74_5rxahLudoQmrKfZa0TTHvg7ds4f8H03cvZaWoCu56bArr_QX95cWwpNbI1eymvEC9gj91PiSkLcUO8vRYQXJwNn9uMecLdRKm_EhoZHJeTrutHzVvauHmd0dijAfRgk/s1600-h/IMG_2067.JPG"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDTtdoqARRlhrtGdq3lz2OcwXhdk5xmkXFEUm5vxxniYXCNDRhnn5zgeh5FbdotnluFnZvBglbk3PwAwpgeFlWKjbw8uRVBxteIBmbxSzXwAKIZT5_q3b39jdWA09rpwe6g-GBPd8fur8/s1600-h/billie+and+millie+2.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389852997288342162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDTtdoqARRlhrtGdq3lz2OcwXhdk5xmkXFEUm5vxxniYXCNDRhnn5zgeh5FbdotnluFnZvBglbk3PwAwpgeFlWKjbw8uRVBxteIBmbxSzXwAKIZT5_q3b39jdWA09rpwe6g-GBPd8fur8/s320/billie+and+millie+2.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFpQRC9XabdQgt2nMaJVppyrsrt2qcZLQNhmcWiaBI3tPMtrEokxGsu-XZQJy91emqCiVXjrldkvTG-L34vHnF3GoxXpo-SBzLHoSRNmGUkY1ADxxglvk42xukkR2JSOR1fObeQGkssWM/s1600-h/mermaids.JPG"></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx_XsjOaT-Ff_UhQoeOYPFdvqDxeRtWwOHACr_OkdVWGdwmsqWKCLn2WbfacP-AyCDLEIZKVW-taIK9m0XnCBIy_itz0SkV8RuLTe4IMbw_VHIsBxcdtyAQpFVdP4idd0jtNGjvZu1MiQ/s1600-h/IMG_2067.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389920930771385714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx_XsjOaT-Ff_UhQoeOYPFdvqDxeRtWwOHACr_OkdVWGdwmsqWKCLn2WbfacP-AyCDLEIZKVW-taIK9m0XnCBIy_itz0SkV8RuLTe4IMbw_VHIsBxcdtyAQpFVdP4idd0jtNGjvZu1MiQ/s400/IMG_2067.JPG" /></a><br /><br />We ate lobster...more than one...Jeff decided he was going to be sick of lobster by the time he left Maine and I think he was successful!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd5CT_qcsqi7m80DxizGk6mFAqEOFOmO8ZfiPwApsWVbtWgJNIZVfRvtlVGuCmG5YgbudDIJhyphenhyphenu1Gh3tK4QJVtg90C83yM0fz1Oji_pnCMFA674IOS0aa0_d-LY77-gUYazfnLr1faXNQ/s1600-h/DSC00436.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389868200492337474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd5CT_qcsqi7m80DxizGk6mFAqEOFOmO8ZfiPwApsWVbtWgJNIZVfRvtlVGuCmG5YgbudDIJhyphenhyphenu1Gh3tK4QJVtg90C83yM0fz1Oji_pnCMFA674IOS0aa0_d-LY77-gUYazfnLr1faXNQ/s320/DSC00436.JPG" /></a> Here's Eliott with his very first lobster!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2camfb_iOVMtFw-_iflwYNIPplyuuvDwMCfZf9nu2MqQyLx7R5W4mZV5avHBaGjWbGTmjODv3MkJzJbr7diNRJt4i_A2s4-U7j3ePf8G81zEjtnG-66nLgfCCYgQpPOBkQs_ksNSJE34/s1600-h/DSC00446.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389902218143761906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2camfb_iOVMtFw-_iflwYNIPplyuuvDwMCfZf9nu2MqQyLx7R5W4mZV5avHBaGjWbGTmjODv3MkJzJbr7diNRJt4i_A2s4-U7j3ePf8G81zEjtnG-66nLgfCCYgQpPOBkQs_ksNSJE34/s320/DSC00446.JPG" /></a> and here's Jeff polishing his off...I don't think he's had enough yet!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3iMwe0B4Dvnva-ivfZHX3f5ohYSlZSjv_1p92lcWhaI-70WgKXlpEI2It4mjruAkAI4mX4vz-EhCjdR_w_eUH77VibD7zYJsWhvm-o6Gj91-dipjwiyGvW9sxWnNdTapQWKeiofMGSqU/s1600-h/brent+with+lobster+lips.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389853003977016242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3iMwe0B4Dvnva-ivfZHX3f5ohYSlZSjv_1p92lcWhaI-70WgKXlpEI2It4mjruAkAI4mX4vz-EhCjdR_w_eUH77VibD7zYJsWhvm-o6Gj91-dipjwiyGvW9sxWnNdTapQWKeiofMGSqU/s320/brent+with+lobster+lips.JPG" /></a><br />Uncle Brent has apparently had too much lobster!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOyOfXnOjFXahzThK6WwBy0dHEI-PtlcluI743UF1RoHlSFnwd0DQZnkxVQuk0iWOqRSzgnEVTq5-YpdcAxWYM3hxFROoMN7oSb6TN2QQSueiZSg_ubdifiuVUUlPgsZTEytT2LE-O6ck/s1600-h/sue+with+onion+eyes.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389860930559396242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOyOfXnOjFXahzThK6WwBy0dHEI-PtlcluI743UF1RoHlSFnwd0DQZnkxVQuk0iWOqRSzgnEVTq5-YpdcAxWYM3hxFROoMN7oSb6TN2QQSueiZSg_ubdifiuVUUlPgsZTEytT2LE-O6ck/s320/sue+with+onion+eyes.JPG" /></a><br />And Aunt Sue apparently had a little too much of something else... HA HA!! :)<br /><br />We visited several light houses along the coast of Maine. It was really beautiful!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihGw9S8XcS3giYaPnlCmtB8N2Hn5Vz0gRebNb4diPyuUAkP2Ivso3OEriWPK7xix6OY5nebF9KYAdxeKU3k6eeAXwUqBe7KUZWUkH_0mLCN6IrC8VQAdm8xFQcIfiCIuvEAaPGhGhHjnw/s1600-h/DSC00549.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389868190953472930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihGw9S8XcS3giYaPnlCmtB8N2Hn5Vz0gRebNb4diPyuUAkP2Ivso3OEriWPK7xix6OY5nebF9KYAdxeKU3k6eeAXwUqBe7KUZWUkH_0mLCN6IrC8VQAdm8xFQcIfiCIuvEAaPGhGhHjnw/s320/DSC00549.JPG" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkl5_D7IeieatAGySQNHtfVecS1Z4aWPCqCaLSGKm7VJ9fgHRCPYG1DiF_LOqDPo-vA1YOSATnfT5avxvJxwc6LGUukn9dNJ2vpwUwPoJEFi_vxXamIkDWIF0-qhSA4ND-Dmwyvi15NAs/s1600-h/DSC00571.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389920923796840946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDG6VEVDGZ4xCiNUKiUoIg33AgTc73gEt6gbojh0vj_Pon4k-9IK7zCy3YF558SXrC2r-vSChX6pR1D1ndyvAWkoY-DPfZz40TdSsY_5j3lr7Nvsx8OoJcKj87crgbzbb1TwQ_vdhSAY/s400/DSC00472.JPG" /></a><br /><br />We went to a native American Indian Festival--- kids got to do a little Indian dance and then it rained a little later...apparently they were doing an Indian rain dance!<br />One night Brent and Sue whipped up some amazing sushi...it was awesome!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP-tdLxG98kxLdcqWXzVkj0KX-sB7LNXqaHWK6bKdOZPqqTDbTOV3i7OW4dYPZXaXCCtKYnoHEDGxD-VWRpu8P9FDQ6a9Sp8kNyqTaLLVI0uUKXk_YnJjsqFTlRDo_Nt_K8O6d6qV8V_8/s1600-h/IMG_2047.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389860939132361234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP-tdLxG98kxLdcqWXzVkj0KX-sB7LNXqaHWK6bKdOZPqqTDbTOV3i7OW4dYPZXaXCCtKYnoHEDGxD-VWRpu8P9FDQ6a9Sp8kNyqTaLLVI0uUKXk_YnJjsqFTlRDo_Nt_K8O6d6qV8V_8/s320/IMG_2047.JPG" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjch_j_qvQKrtIk-k3gkqoajb5m5xTpgwo_CtGOoIGn3PYzGvOfVzgdw-URsONa0i4uOVc4e6DE26pMFWj1vmBmrQLEYgAQMVRevrsPMF9XKU-PnMNwcpRV55n9rLZONJxvzVpDVnUnv2E/s1600-h/IMG_2052.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389868217285129458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjch_j_qvQKrtIk-k3gkqoajb5m5xTpgwo_CtGOoIGn3PYzGvOfVzgdw-URsONa0i4uOVc4e6DE26pMFWj1vmBmrQLEYgAQMVRevrsPMF9XKU-PnMNwcpRV55n9rLZONJxvzVpDVnUnv2E/s320/IMG_2052.JPG" /></a><br /><br />And we also cooked a lobster dinner one night...here are the kids with their lobsters. Millie wouldn't touch hers without a napkin!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhasgNceDW92jOilZ_Cs3A4Q2DJDJo-LvylvtpTk56IX2VoNh-e2Yys3LqhbOiT9zdgQtQ7aoH9bdHFE21iSDgwcv2VCtKVsoiODL8KMEmjKWlj9DiN4aQerWaop761mpvdSOPrjsq-LNg/s1600-h/IMG_1825.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389868183618899634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhasgNceDW92jOilZ_Cs3A4Q2DJDJo-LvylvtpTk56IX2VoNh-e2Yys3LqhbOiT9zdgQtQ7aoH9bdHFE21iSDgwcv2VCtKVsoiODL8KMEmjKWlj9DiN4aQerWaop761mpvdSOPrjsq-LNg/s320/IMG_1825.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Jeff also managed to make a day trip to Boston with Eliott to see the Boston Red Sox play<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0u8iPdam9QnfBICPpVVK53CS3oaTyPuazh2ZKS_d5uoEbGxMbGZt_bbq9Y3OZsGaVOywmk3rQQ1IFuW5UmGtIkitrC_pSd0_pOxp20xLjJMPyovv1DaByqKUVndMCog_pjD0SxdJjO7s/s1600-h/DSC00658.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389902236410371842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0u8iPdam9QnfBICPpVVK53CS3oaTyPuazh2ZKS_d5uoEbGxMbGZt_bbq9Y3OZsGaVOywmk3rQQ1IFuW5UmGtIkitrC_pSd0_pOxp20xLjJMPyovv1DaByqKUVndMCog_pjD0SxdJjO7s/s320/DSC00658.JPG" /></a><br /><br />and to the patriots training camp<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPSP-c1cHbvIzVSO-9LuggHZnIqur3a_CZ8IX9BLnbRsje8qSgaajN3CYkZ74yFqpIm0npPg4G8wcfru8ju9rudKLSgDbmvtpmm_rcTE3QUdcW0gTJX1uZ2gEa7OGZp-RYKCH-j78IGgU/s1600-h/DSC00642.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389902226677662706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPSP-c1cHbvIzVSO-9LuggHZnIqur3a_CZ8IX9BLnbRsje8qSgaajN3CYkZ74yFqpIm0npPg4G8wcfru8ju9rudKLSgDbmvtpmm_rcTE3QUdcW0gTJX1uZ2gEa7OGZp-RYKCH-j78IGgU/s320/DSC00642.JPG" /></a><br />Nice shot of Eliott with the Patriots cheerleaders...I am sure he will appreciate it one day!!!<br />That was the day Sue and I went shopping at the outlets in Kittery, Me. and Uncle Brent took the girls to <a href="http://allthingsmaine.blogspot.com/2007/12/fairy-houses-of-mackworth.html">Mackworth Island to build fairy houses</a>. That is also the day Millie got a huge wad of bubble gum stuck in her hair and ended up with a great new haircut<span style="font-size:85%;">...alas if only the fairies could have been there to help me get it out maybe I wouldn't have had to use scissors</span>!! :) </div><br />We really pack a lot into a vacation!!! Oh wait...we're not done yet!!<br /><br /><div></div><div>Of course we couldn't be <em><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">that</span> close</em> to NYC and not stop at Aunt Brenda and Uncle Philips place. We spent a couple of nights in New York and did just a few things before we headed back home...went to the children's museum<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ChPQzUIXfJgvqbtxRB_pmWKkwewxy8Nwa-YEv-YFtKIvw26St3JdAXUTRC5ZbxcOPLSJfOkeib6wUL0rideMDMT_CrNoCMo-i-yz9HK8BOZlLIMH25NAD8jJrULgmIRfHrLFoveRC0Q/s1600-h/coming+down+the+slide.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389853022121431650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ChPQzUIXfJgvqbtxRB_pmWKkwewxy8Nwa-YEv-YFtKIvw26St3JdAXUTRC5ZbxcOPLSJfOkeib6wUL0rideMDMT_CrNoCMo-i-yz9HK8BOZlLIMH25NAD8jJrULgmIRfHrLFoveRC0Q/s320/coming+down+the+slide.JPG" /></a><br /><br />played on one of the many playgrounds in Central Park,<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfm53aD94dlc8ogqaJKH8SAQVtt0y0z3wg0lzM-yfC3y3zHRlY7xNMsgvRJLbOxAhX8eWEgZuar4UYPIvZiDkJA4ahBbx32b3QndTfIfS0124KYtuatp80R816YiWRL_FH-pYswlKHp7Q/s1600-h/laura+and+girls+at+the+park.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389860902014200290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfm53aD94dlc8ogqaJKH8SAQVtt0y0z3wg0lzM-yfC3y3zHRlY7xNMsgvRJLbOxAhX8eWEgZuar4UYPIvZiDkJA4ahBbx32b3QndTfIfS0124KYtuatp80R816YiWRL_FH-pYswlKHp7Q/s320/laura+and+girls+at+the+park.JPG" /></a><br /><br />had a double date (with Philip and Brenda) at a great little restaurant in little Italy and dessert at Cafe Lalo...where they filmed" You've got Mail".</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilupZwIwJTCNM1P8GiUCOkccTnzmLyE_sLAP_x02qL_tnYq3-wCrSF6rvaHgN2eNp4uPz-3tYfCIighMorXeC1KVcUVAKZ4b1gwgO47Wf8DIo_Y4V00ypQPc7bgOLeuHevh7cuYGQnews/s1600-h/me+and+brenda.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389902250583309042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilupZwIwJTCNM1P8GiUCOkccTnzmLyE_sLAP_x02qL_tnYq3-wCrSF6rvaHgN2eNp4uPz-3tYfCIighMorXeC1KVcUVAKZ4b1gwgO47Wf8DIo_Y4V00ypQPc7bgOLeuHevh7cuYGQnews/s320/me+and+brenda.JPG" /></a><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389920937695699538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoIBAjHC923Qlyl7OO-ew4K-lyx7AzOvd9y65qzsHxc31yc1CJSqg9zU4HYHPFQnOA4wjNfhEVni0zWFhQUjFZbMFv9iFDMMu0mUe07jisnRgJ3f9b03OT3XgdXyIwWOZqPEV1qRKQHJk/s400/DSC00762.JPG" /><br />and of course Jeff went back to China town for some roast duck--this man is completely driven by his taste bud!!! <span style="font-size:78%;">Well, almost.</span><br />We didn't really have a long list of things we wanted to do this time---we were just there in November and it was such a quick stop. But you know we pack it in...and wouldn't ya know....Jeff would find a way to squeeze in little sporting event!<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389944361548416178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg64W_gtHMVriTR_T3PaHLKE1jVUpff9oKbSgvdHGgPEq5fEoWTwiwhBnUJNKbjaS5okaLah_zjywmw7roYbB_HQ5_xMvUqYQfqGxeXkoT69mdmwzZY0IG2TzCEADTJoxYVc7uQoDDQXoA/s320/DSC00821.JPG" /> Jeff took Eliott to a Mets game with Uncle Philip and Jonathan while Aunt Brenda, Laura, Chloe, Millie and I all went to have a little "girl time" at <a href="http://www.alicesteacup.com/">Alice's teacup </a>in Manhattan. It really was fun--I know the kids loved having their own little guy/girl time...and mom and dad loved it too!<br /></div><div>The vacation was great. Being with family was great. The road trip was...well, it was great at times, and it certainly was great to have a dvd player in the car! But need less to say, after a 10 day road trip with multiple stops, traveling with 3 small children,traffic, a 10 hour drive back and not sleeping in your own bed for too long...coming home was GREAT!!!</div><br /><div></div>I am so grateful to have a brother and a sister living in such fun places to visit! We are so blessed to be able to travel and do so much in such a short amount of time. The kids had a wonderful time--Chloe and Millie's favorite part of the vacation was Mackworth Island, ME. and the tea party in nyc and Eliott's favorite was going to baseball games with daddy...my favorite thing was being able to spend quality time with my family!!!Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961550431142620083noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949695279938172606.post-19392582515121214082009-09-03T08:13:00.012-04:002009-10-01T21:44:15.519-04:00Grandma and Grandpa's Birthday BashWell, it has become quite obvious that I can't keep up...this blogging thang is for <span style="font-size:78%;">(the birds)</span> very organized people out there with orderly and non-chaotic lives---I am just sure of it! So I am not sure what I was thinking! I am about to go on <em>another</em> family vacation and I haven't even mentioned the last one! Either I need to learn to type and upload faster or we (the trinh fam) need to <strong>SLOW DOWN</strong>!!! I think I know which one...<br /><div></div><br /><div>So even though I am pretty much lousy at this I still do it more than I ever did scrap booking<span style="font-size:78%;">...(which was..umm...Never!) </span>So I may as well keep doing what I am doing--which is better than nothing. Hopefully one day my kids will look back and love all the fabulous things we did together as a family and will overlook the fact that I posted about july after school started in September. :)</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The Wooten Family Birthday Bash goes back many years. I can't even remember when we did the first one. I do know that it was before I had Chloe because I remember getting a baby gift when I was pregnant with her...so at least 9 years. The Birthday Bash started because our family is scattered all over the US (and used to be all over the world), and remembering niece, nephew, cousin, grand children's bdays was tough and pretty much impossible to travel to all of them not to mention trying to mail out all those gifts each year! So, my parents have a weekend each summer when we cook out and have a HUGE birthday party for all of the grandchildren--11 in all! (Grandma really didn't want it to end on an odd number but it was up to me to produce grandchild #12 and Jeff was not interested---can you believe that!) </div><div>So we have hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken, potato salad, cole slaw, tons of dessert, and the occasional congealed salad (be afraid...very afraid...one should never eat something that is called" congealed"--it just sounds bad! just call it jello for crying out loud!) I mean the Wooten family does love to eat!!! And then the kids open presents from grandma and grandpa and all the aunts and uncles. It's great...just like Christmas in July! My kids absolutely love this Wooten family tradition and I am so glad that we get to see everyone usually twice a year--Christmas and Birthday Bash! I love that my parents came up with this tradition--and I am sure when it started that no one knew it was destined to become a "family tradition". But isn't that just what family is all about...finding time to be together, in spite of the distance and difficulty or cost to get there. My kids probably think it's about the presents right now, but I think they are already starting to see that the joy of being with people you love and are connected to is better than any gift they can unwrap. I know they will grow up with wonderful memories of being with family each summer---Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-V6DUlfcou01sNA6Js4mKW_J8kIea-hVKhaJTThRgyjLBN9yd-7ZtDnr9_E89f3fj2rcuYFywkegkyl71aOtosrXTDGMssgBe88HFWaqegGSVIpZw59vwg9XWlmCyECMUAKDSjBZg7UI/s1600-h/gma+&+gpa+with+grandkids.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377622647052073634" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-V6DUlfcou01sNA6Js4mKW_J8kIea-hVKhaJTThRgyjLBN9yd-7ZtDnr9_E89f3fj2rcuYFywkegkyl71aOtosrXTDGMssgBe88HFWaqegGSVIpZw59vwg9XWlmCyECMUAKDSjBZg7UI/s320/gma+%26+gpa+with+grandkids.JPG" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0NwflzkYNHiGUybsMzxlraChcSYZvqXAU3dIoi10KsBUGM0SDyRJa3dNx_c9hvCvJn_rjR3fIRQB4DiWnQNfwriZDnytauiQHv-RzbWXCnNuOYzP11gl2eujJETVDXhzyGx3Uo7-Oqzo/s1600-h/bryan"> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377622640502510002" style="WIDTH: 320px; 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CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivHzUC2zslrvM09nZzHs2OhPcLHq5irPnSHvLF6XeGbzbQ2tqOHDVeraySJs3kqn7qfM2m2cAXcRk3-bX_UB-8f6n3-ke8HNQSILmDQPDWVKPEqxuprBg4QdBGbC6N196S8B8Kbocgj9M/s320/aunt+sue+sue,+millie+and+natalie.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc15QsGS2R-HsNMxQa_E_jrILJdk7m-_5hpPGFYSZhvM1gdbptSJ2k5CYD5nTXpqswdyoRXVCsdr64sjvGKRva9JN-YG-X291QCIPjUBqEFUDQyh1nb_rZpeeRGd7Vck9uKdHgpZVhFwY/s1600-h/DSC00099.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377642127401696930" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc15QsGS2R-HsNMxQa_E_jrILJdk7m-_5hpPGFYSZhvM1gdbptSJ2k5CYD5nTXpqswdyoRXVCsdr64sjvGKRva9JN-YG-X291QCIPjUBqEFUDQyh1nb_rZpeeRGd7Vck9uKdHgpZVhFwY/s320/DSC00099.JPG" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-wzMILwbGpRT6GAUwuvxCe-meOJpxAK439gPPah8wFLjJrud1uuExubNtEIdAaXlGQXDwYJ32ArKK3hFGI9_3N2nsYaR5mAMus5KVRAukpUa-LCkb5R8UKR0o_APiW-QQV3a40fXm948/s1600-h/eliott+on+the+ball.JPG"> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377642109563902274" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-wzMILwbGpRT6GAUwuvxCe-meOJpxAK439gPPah8wFLjJrud1uuExubNtEIdAaXlGQXDwYJ32ArKK3hFGI9_3N2nsYaR5mAMus5KVRAukpUa-LCkb5R8UKR0o_APiW-QQV3a40fXm948/s320/eliott+on+the+ball.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div></div>Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961550431142620083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949695279938172606.post-87397516745209092632009-07-29T00:50:00.003-04:002009-07-29T01:12:58.288-04:00Chloe's Piano Recital<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhUNwRXSMxGaGwUP44RQZnC7dsm-wtgFz6YqdYJcJWqX7Y1jIqMzU9-6qyNpSMEOg3a7FHrCEmQUrC8sUZdoKI8rWNKwQ7fiX-F3i7XSLm2a1ceemtcy9zn9BLG-DUBeekywicnqoQdRQ/s1600-h/chloe's+piano+recital+crop.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhUNwRXSMxGaGwUP44RQZnC7dsm-wtgFz6YqdYJcJWqX7Y1jIqMzU9-6qyNpSMEOg3a7FHrCEmQUrC8sUZdoKI8rWNKwQ7fiX-F3i7XSLm2a1ceemtcy9zn9BLG-DUBeekywicnqoQdRQ/s400/chloe's+piano+recital+crop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363745532633831442" border="0" /></a>How could I forget?!?! Chloe had her piano recital in May...she was so nervous! She played two songs: Indian Dance Song and When the Saints come marching in. She did great---didn't miss a single note, but she was really glad when it was over.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhoO9sd82IaTJsYhKLxSGxeXPsZcgf9HLGoOBi2eL88X1W67qZ-4EiZIG5soLELN9mDe30i_onIJ9sx9nsLJKtZtlwNrp3DnDgJZEuB-GIo5zgQrkB31hXmw9I2MtPYAAMNYaBUCuCNJ0/s1600-h/chloe+and+miss+Ashley.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhoO9sd82IaTJsYhKLxSGxeXPsZcgf9HLGoOBi2eL88X1W67qZ-4EiZIG5soLELN9mDe30i_onIJ9sx9nsLJKtZtlwNrp3DnDgJZEuB-GIo5zgQrkB31hXmw9I2MtPYAAMNYaBUCuCNJ0/s400/chloe+and+miss+Ashley.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363743242105235858" border="0" />Chloe and Ms Ashley--her piano teacher</a><br /><br />For a child that likes attention she really didn't seem to like being in front of all those people! We really were proud of her...and maybe next time she won't be so nervous! Aunt Laurie came all the way from South Carolina to see Chloe's performance. And Mrs. Green, one of her teachers at Sherwood Forest came too. She has so many fans! :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSGOseyxOCh4jDLgOosz9qwinpY17R9reSRj0zjuyMa4iYHjoyKn7f4XRDcklSI7YZZ4Q0bn4k8PgrH3Rp6tzi0MUXXZnpmYXbpnaMvHmN11QxKATkHl6c8_OB53O1LtvUkoR3svraS1s/s1600-h/Chloe+and+Mrs.+Green.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSGOseyxOCh4jDLgOosz9qwinpY17R9reSRj0zjuyMa4iYHjoyKn7f4XRDcklSI7YZZ4Q0bn4k8PgrH3Rp6tzi0MUXXZnpmYXbpnaMvHmN11QxKATkHl6c8_OB53O1LtvUkoR3svraS1s/s400/Chloe+and+Mrs.+Green.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363743245333393170" border="0" />Chloe and Mrs. Green</a><br /><br />And of course a few photo ops before the recital...you can't pass up an opportunity to photograph these precious children when they're all dressed up!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjQYfuEfTDDMJyztaFSlgO5owwqKgLjpASxFCg71TsLiQxjjQ_d8N7S_kdgrK5dnWls-xB8v56oTTD4b84PJXnKXCKNvdTrYkk9001nG5BliUflEioM70Bf857bb071jwedDPVH2QuHtM/s1600-h/IMG_0581.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjQYfuEfTDDMJyztaFSlgO5owwqKgLjpASxFCg71TsLiQxjjQ_d8N7S_kdgrK5dnWls-xB8v56oTTD4b84PJXnKXCKNvdTrYkk9001nG5BliUflEioM70Bf857bb071jwedDPVH2QuHtM/s400/IMG_0581.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363743258273215010" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-lqIpo3F6bf1selBzUlRWnBoCY5BT4sphyfWeOa7JHPN6faIRmANEqLdby_fXyRsHX5MVyKJVvw9OX7lIIgGVYIVYaoH75SgVyJI4Ddlm5T7r1v3JPyO-AbZEw6JkMo2dqtSz6cCMKw/s1600-h/me+and+kids.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-lqIpo3F6bf1selBzUlRWnBoCY5BT4sphyfWeOa7JHPN6faIRmANEqLdby_fXyRsHX5MVyKJVvw9OX7lIIgGVYIVYaoH75SgVyJI4Ddlm5T7r1v3JPyO-AbZEw6JkMo2dqtSz6cCMKw/s400/me+and+kids.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363743263327642082" border="0" /></a>Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961550431142620083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949695279938172606.post-63538672770785140862009-07-15T11:09:00.005-04:002009-08-29T23:54:11.487-04:00June...schools out! Now what?YAY!!!! I love it when school is finally out for the summer! (for about 3 days)<br /><div> </div><br /><div>Just kidding! I do love having my kids home in the summer. There is no schedule and the days are long and the house is a disaster, but we love being together. I am so glad that my children love each other and play so well together. I hope as they grow up we can continue to foster that love for each other and the desire to spend time with each other. Don't get me wrong there are occasional fights and arguing and at times I will have to keep them apart, but deep down they clearly love each other and that brings me so much joy.</div><br /><div>As soon as school was out Chloe went to spend a week with Aunt Joy and Aunt Laurie to be spoiled and supposedly to help Aunt Joy. We are getting excited to welcome new baby Johnson at the end of this summer and Chloe was thrilled to be there to help and play with cousins Cole and Hannah Rae. Eliott didn't want to leave her in Greenville, but he was excited to have kindergarten camp at Sherwood Forest Elementary. He met his teacher, Mrs. ? and made some new friends--? And got to do some fun kindergarten stuff. I know he is so excited to be starting school this year...mommy on the other hand is having a hard time!!! Thank goodness I still have Millie home to play with me everyday. :)</div><br /><div>Finally, as June came to an end we had VBS. It was worth all the hours and hard work we put into getting it together....really--It was!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDaXvrLi8fLVwNnAL1Qx43P3qzbjfHr4RMGWQifsHjC-CTjaw5-yOn8vKfSpOuypb8tFsoOVrseOfB7zOZhWrsYUf627Uef0H1rc0E43LuJyUvaSbWAY8l4FtbLdFYNoK8dQoZPEzcClw/s1600-h/crazy+decorating.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDaXvrLi8fLVwNnAL1Qx43P3qzbjfHr4RMGWQifsHjC-CTjaw5-yOn8vKfSpOuypb8tFsoOVrseOfB7zOZhWrsYUf627Uef0H1rc0E43LuJyUvaSbWAY8l4FtbLdFYNoK8dQoZPEzcClw/s400/crazy+decorating.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375595784142705298" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftK87QSqYVZt3UtT9tzIZGkJyznrXvOXLzxct0wu_8QTw37FOmuRhVLNXtf_XCnCKuhJaZMA48ghU-6t-h1mEmFTc9A9P9YQOmYVumjs5qrUcHlfdAbN2saBrgXgkjxr4Yg4L7w1o1_c/s1600-h/eliott.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftK87QSqYVZt3UtT9tzIZGkJyznrXvOXLzxct0wu_8QTw37FOmuRhVLNXtf_XCnCKuhJaZMA48ghU-6t-h1mEmFTc9A9P9YQOmYVumjs5qrUcHlfdAbN2saBrgXgkjxr4Yg4L7w1o1_c/s400/eliott.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375595812165395058" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijpJhFLBiHj6AMPqGtb-swiwnOyYL_EU8OUIOjLvh2vqT43dFwoePS0VBnv7J3RHQyfzoO_CseKfCeH1qhNxwujsdyRaltL8D7OGIgl731LAZt0y2nbtxJ-h11kBT_2Kr3AKZ707TvPCc/s1600-h/ms+kelly.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijpJhFLBiHj6AMPqGtb-swiwnOyYL_EU8OUIOjLvh2vqT43dFwoePS0VBnv7J3RHQyfzoO_CseKfCeH1qhNxwujsdyRaltL8D7OGIgl731LAZt0y2nbtxJ-h11kBT_2Kr3AKZ707TvPCc/s400/ms+kelly.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375595800286978050" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5es17tKZVfnID7KmPtdMrPMrnLfixsevG9NLnSJ9GnOjM-1Yzxuid6ovcdpqPKOfQXjCXEoqI6EiDWGkws85X9mYH5hlp7NLKYTv77BcYrA6CeRKEGprCgBrfQ_5tWkQtvAhfEP2K8yw/s1600-h/chloe,+friend+and+guard.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5es17tKZVfnID7KmPtdMrPMrnLfixsevG9NLnSJ9GnOjM-1Yzxuid6ovcdpqPKOfQXjCXEoqI6EiDWGkws85X9mYH5hlp7NLKYTv77BcYrA6CeRKEGprCgBrfQ_5tWkQtvAhfEP2K8yw/s400/chloe,+friend+and+guard.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375595793423060914" border="0" /></a> It was the best VBS we have ever had---and that is directly from the kids! We had a little unexpected visit from Uncle Brent, Aunt Sue, Billie Jo and Natalie right before VBS started. What a great surprise! They came down for the Wooten Birthday Bash and spent a few days in Winston before heading to Chattanooga. The kids had a great time playing together...I think Billie is a little too big for playing, but hopefully she had fun anyway. We spent lots of time just trying to keep them cool---the hot weather in the south was quite a contrast to the 60 degrees and rainy days they have been having in Maine. We did the slip-n-slide...what fun!!! And went to 2 neighborhood pools and it was still unbelievably hot! <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSREs-OlFCoKnb11hy2wpNSnPMKHfnpBjDXY7FqoTGmhNaqlUU6beaMyeJ1rjbrgWpGnE4OMfyfOkDlkdymR-r7uuSRM7MpSSh2hrwbEq4V18TFcfv7L3_k4335f8GCGSv2oTMYpCYSF8/s1600-h/IMG_1326.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSREs-OlFCoKnb11hy2wpNSnPMKHfnpBjDXY7FqoTGmhNaqlUU6beaMyeJ1rjbrgWpGnE4OMfyfOkDlkdymR-r7uuSRM7MpSSh2hrwbEq4V18TFcfv7L3_k4335f8GCGSv2oTMYpCYSF8/s400/IMG_1326.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375587223646535922" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZVUex82AI69M9UXqEHLmxtV_IiuByhfq8nD-NiApeAyn-SNztpSvjRRVNOW29m5xP99_6hyphenhyphenKVHF-KOBq-6dblvtmLLxx8nrpq6s_Y7AcnBIYWNr9ydUnF9w7UinVy-3f4TgzLUlIayGI/s1600-h/IMG_1333.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZVUex82AI69M9UXqEHLmxtV_IiuByhfq8nD-NiApeAyn-SNztpSvjRRVNOW29m5xP99_6hyphenhyphenKVHF-KOBq-6dblvtmLLxx8nrpq6s_Y7AcnBIYWNr9ydUnF9w7UinVy-3f4TgzLUlIayGI/s400/IMG_1333.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375587233150465970" border="0" /></a>Charlie even got some MUCH needed and long over due attention...doesn't she look happy! :) We should spend more time in the back yard!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJly9OkpEjqIO66iQSFp-Nq2FM98dn-KkPdc_iXfYnU6Cue2D06fhYA6j8ERwy8Tyk46KSRJ8V89dqw51jggAXYzZgIYaN_rA3PUan1tjGRmWlADMdn6taIl3gJI3xSoFfp7WV3FpJQBk/s1600-h/IMG_1325.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJly9OkpEjqIO66iQSFp-Nq2FM98dn-KkPdc_iXfYnU6Cue2D06fhYA6j8ERwy8Tyk46KSRJ8V89dqw51jggAXYzZgIYaN_rA3PUan1tjGRmWlADMdn6taIl3gJI3xSoFfp7WV3FpJQBk/s400/IMG_1325.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375590397322004994" border="0" /></a>We are going to pay them back with a visit to Maine in August...hopefully it will top somewhere in the upper 70's by the time we get there...or they may have to turn the heat on for me!!!</div>Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961550431142620083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949695279938172606.post-41059625287595211062009-07-13T21:49:00.011-04:002009-08-17T15:25:46.201-04:00May...what a great month!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6NVL8duOdALDb1BhIHKfKeq6y8xG35wiDMcRb944OEItkzzNp8GROmSahiyyyiHlQRvhAbkfoPV61MN830bno9kuRzJ0BvcfSxA9BMamGavk2UU701AfY8BEkLBjAaVEe1Ed1q3_AQ94/s1600-h/IMG_0418.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363589871528946850" style="WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6NVL8duOdALDb1BhIHKfKeq6y8xG35wiDMcRb944OEItkzzNp8GROmSahiyyyiHlQRvhAbkfoPV61MN830bno9kuRzJ0BvcfSxA9BMamGavk2UU701AfY8BEkLBjAaVEe1Ed1q3_AQ94/s320/IMG_0418.JPG" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjXirjMoDZvXMLAVq1jX0LfyWv78x5CO8IuD4bfYdFMgXF3T-HEr8qacVw9KxFLA_f0lb2qqaomTXGPetWVnISuHQnprj0qsDmYqbeQ1QbClbtxa2rpzt0otB-GAHihjNBXAHGnl8pyA/s1600-h/IMG_0422.JPG"> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363589877976410642" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjXirjMoDZvXMLAVq1jX0LfyWv78x5CO8IuD4bfYdFMgXF3T-HEr8qacVw9KxFLA_f0lb2qqaomTXGPetWVnISuHQnprj0qsDmYqbeQ1QbClbtxa2rpzt0otB-GAHihjNBXAHGnl8pyA/s320/IMG_0422.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Well, May started out GREAT with the best girls weekend ever! We definitely missed Bekah, but managed to have a really great time. We spent the weekend at <a href="http://www.myseabrookcottage.com/">myseabrookcottage.</a>We decided to cook instead of eating out a lot and it turned out to be a great plan. Mandy pulled together some amazing recipes from her cooking club and<a href="http://www.thepioneerwoman.com/"> the pioneer woman</a> too. I don't know if I have ever eaten so much good food in one weekend. We definitely ate better than we would have if we had gone out each night. In addition to the great food we had some great laughs...I actually think my ribs were sore when I got home from all the laughter. We went to the pool, the beach, bike riding, shopping, watched Twilight (we were all a little disappointed in the movie--the book was much better), talked, ate, watched Mandy text :) ... and laughed <strong>A LOT</strong>!!!What wonderful therapy it is to be able to get away with friends and just enjoy spending time together and laughing til it hurts. I am sooo thankful to have such wonderful friends to escape with each spring, and a wonderful husband who knows how important it is to me.<br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQEGZYrJ26_wM6tXlAANLgDUoDzA2oIctHdUsz61O_5HJDbK9RN_9Q4KwpqFM3xXdLtE7miQTs_5oK-Nklbb1AGSMXvZVFjvfPzxnw5kOIuqJNKPNTxydQZ_MvfkPb4OTWQ8etF4gPuGU/s1600-h/IMG_0421.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358131800824486178" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQEGZYrJ26_wM6tXlAANLgDUoDzA2oIctHdUsz61O_5HJDbK9RN_9Q4KwpqFM3xXdLtE7miQTs_5oK-Nklbb1AGSMXvZVFjvfPzxnw5kOIuqJNKPNTxydQZ_MvfkPb4OTWQ8etF4gPuGU/s400/IMG_0421.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>"here's to good friends, tonight is kinda special" pretty much sums it all up!</div><div></div><br /><div></div>Preschool came to an end in May. The spring program was so cute--everyone dressed in white and denim and wore bandanas. All of the songs were a western theme. It was precious. Eliott sang his heart out and did every motion. Millie had a little stage fright, but at least she didn't hold Lukie back this time! :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh75sgnAYo9f_7dBAaZCgKG1SRfdRhz64JinW9Kl2dK3ghyphenhyphenv4tdm5xFVcOWjZE50PYgZuqcLee8uCD8E08EFWIosQ7tsB-djYrlkcBjSsneAouA6GcUyg24XIB0ZOblwBOUjB09-dDEkUI/s1600-h/eliott+spring+program+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363598464792997026" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh75sgnAYo9f_7dBAaZCgKG1SRfdRhz64JinW9Kl2dK3ghyphenhyphenv4tdm5xFVcOWjZE50PYgZuqcLee8uCD8E08EFWIosQ7tsB-djYrlkcBjSsneAouA6GcUyg24XIB0ZOblwBOUjB09-dDEkUI/s320/eliott+spring+program+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh75sgnAYo9f_7dBAaZCgKG1SRfdRhz64JinW9Kl2dK3ghyphenhyphenv4tdm5xFVcOWjZE50PYgZuqcLee8uCD8E08EFWIosQ7tsB-djYrlkcBjSsneAouA6GcUyg24XIB0ZOblwBOUjB09-dDEkUI/s1600-h/eliott+spring+program+2.JPG">Eliott's class performance and graduation </a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJRzbWiCCC13psOSrWaN2AgamLuRlu35P6t3ITeaizGFyrJtiLWCwE58MpKAgB8Xs2myAS95bqSI4rv4O4myJTj18rn6QdGmZYeLVadz1ZQkrPx602g7UAxDJNDlFQ4S0h0h8g83p8Zg/s1600-h/eliott+preschool+graduation.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363598460640845666" style="WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJRzbWiCCC13psOSrWaN2AgamLuRlu35P6t3ITeaizGFyrJtiLWCwE58MpKAgB8Xs2myAS95bqSI4rv4O4myJTj18rn6QdGmZYeLVadz1ZQkrPx602g7UAxDJNDlFQ4S0h0h8g83p8Zg/s320/eliott+preschool+graduation.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUta_J-8GadNK0lXoBfnnMS0UqW1IB2QzGaIytWA_4GLu9FKIMiyRNZ-cK5BWN59UOMqBR68VyO4a54ZcZ499fn_DbYmlDsko9HvjZG1n6m5z5ubEdZ1DWBO3mhCYyda9ZDfss94uxOOQ/s1600-h/millie+spring+program+1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363598470002167522" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUta_J-8GadNK0lXoBfnnMS0UqW1IB2QzGaIytWA_4GLu9FKIMiyRNZ-cK5BWN59UOMqBR68VyO4a54ZcZ499fn_DbYmlDsko9HvjZG1n6m5z5ubEdZ1DWBO3mhCYyda9ZDfss94uxOOQ/s320/millie+spring+program+1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Millie's class performance<br /><br /><div></div><div>Chloe's Brownie troop had their last meeting and Badge Ceremony and unfortunatley we came home with more than a few badges! Lice went through the troop and we did not escape without a few lice treatments. I guess it could have been worse, but I hope we NEVER have to go through that again!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhngE6gEfpl61aZkpNQpNB4yJGK3UtbBODJiOPqSUF6P8XXwhrp3Pf38x65KwoYHXaheKG6lN7lpQpORfT-Il9A4jOgoGMlTqLaKcJF0JTDv6iCPKhjg4ddQYSZVwZ-8xsgfat2WBJ34vw/s1600-h/Chloe+and+troop+leader.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363725569933076066" style="WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhngE6gEfpl61aZkpNQpNB4yJGK3UtbBODJiOPqSUF6P8XXwhrp3Pf38x65KwoYHXaheKG6lN7lpQpORfT-Il9A4jOgoGMlTqLaKcJF0JTDv6iCPKhjg4ddQYSZVwZ-8xsgfat2WBJ34vw/s320/Chloe+and+troop+leader.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Chloe receiving her badges from Troop leader Mrs Chaves<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR8V3AajPE9p-H_7WNznzCBnrEYNM5tpa6J4Pl7xg-STp7GqqBtVi7HowavddLwxwMQt-mbhqXyfHgfobJq1Wfngy4PAS3dbKL7ZjOvwgjsKquHk9b8eaa5-E6rN2a6Zdx4mgfakjHDwA/s1600-h/Chloe+and+friends+being+silly.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363725558950217410" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR8V3AajPE9p-H_7WNznzCBnrEYNM5tpa6J4Pl7xg-STp7GqqBtVi7HowavddLwxwMQt-mbhqXyfHgfobJq1Wfngy4PAS3dbKL7ZjOvwgjsKquHk9b8eaa5-E6rN2a6Zdx4mgfakjHDwA/s320/Chloe+and+friends+being+silly.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Here she is unknowingly being infested with head lice! Thanks friends!!! :0 Cute picture though!<br /><br />May was fun and it ended with some great end of the year parties. I know the kids had a great year and Eliott is so excited to be leaving preschool and moving on to kindergarten...sniff, sniff!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3tFIO3wOKGsLZPfEDLtCAT_2uA0DurSyZMnA04ZApopUc8uvte1s-lEGIBEb_FDTLiKBu7xV4I6Mg3I7pMk4kfGgPWbOFqnGJdPUyZF_3Vp8XxBBfkFIp9N6uAoxCWzF44S0r6UPYa3Q/s1600-h/eliott"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363733478123951026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3tFIO3wOKGsLZPfEDLtCAT_2uA0DurSyZMnA04ZApopUc8uvte1s-lEGIBEb_FDTLiKBu7xV4I6Mg3I7pMk4kfGgPWbOFqnGJdPUyZF_3Vp8XxBBfkFIp9N6uAoxCWzF44S0r6UPYa3Q/s320/eliott's+preschool+class.JPG" border="0" /></a>Eliott's party was great...there was cake...and there was WATER!!! They played and jumped in the sprinkler and then washed a few cars! Wouldn't ya just love to have that little cutie wash your car? We might hire him out in a few years!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv-O11k7fy7k4yHMwP6h1PCqo9roqA561svhRyTF6Z0A_oDQYFdTOQQjuRBzj6qxm8WSRbnMWGDpyF0TF_q5Cc81_QF2hRvxVAJm7q9ZF8bOwrz9Yr1wWU0prDxxEXGvCEQcCbJxskNwc/s1600-h/IMG_0741.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363733501345036322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv-O11k7fy7k4yHMwP6h1PCqo9roqA561svhRyTF6Z0A_oDQYFdTOQQjuRBzj6qxm8WSRbnMWGDpyF0TF_q5Cc81_QF2hRvxVAJm7q9ZF8bOwrz9Yr1wWU0prDxxEXGvCEQcCbJxskNwc/s320/IMG_0741.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkpM-HmO4NhCwz1UvC2pNs_QWUp0xMwOgH-ELApGqU62UiOYqbaBLGZlh9URQa13UJDXvB68ODYeFsFyEFSAtb-RHDy4bFOrMz1FBdv_EhVOVHOWpi52n4A_p8Pn_esEkQ6AtRCpmMwpM/s1600-h/IMG_0730.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363733496301233842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkpM-HmO4NhCwz1UvC2pNs_QWUp0xMwOgH-ELApGqU62UiOYqbaBLGZlh9URQa13UJDXvB68ODYeFsFyEFSAtb-RHDy4bFOrMz1FBdv_EhVOVHOWpi52n4A_p8Pn_esEkQ6AtRCpmMwpM/s320/IMG_0730.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />At Millie's party they splatter painted like Jackson Pollack and then played and ate ice cream...good times!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivWw0yZQe2juAiixXNJqC8qB82uXEwCBeOSKygQfvUhX3LYHmq5GNT7qYluCkwB1CGOaLErf4MgQ9UQW-2VzPlo6ORLbrPs9e6ncZQ9LU0LqrPFs0J2L84a5AgDavIHch-SN-0ockuIOU/s1600-h/IMG_0684.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363733490252564834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivWw0yZQe2juAiixXNJqC8qB82uXEwCBeOSKygQfvUhX3LYHmq5GNT7qYluCkwB1CGOaLErf4MgQ9UQW-2VzPlo6ORLbrPs9e6ncZQ9LU0LqrPFs0J2L84a5AgDavIHch-SN-0ockuIOU/s320/IMG_0684.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz-BuCxbsa23GO81lGPeDbiYEvvre-VuSJrOaLcwEkN_ckq7WioekNfnWKzZIlCqJrjyF-6z8_AQ59a8_Oro_J880g2f41qHYWNViTIxG5_I8AXgyzT7MpclsijmWQfchnHEWSe5XWEeQ/s1600-h/millie+and+painting.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363737474231537298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz-BuCxbsa23GO81lGPeDbiYEvvre-VuSJrOaLcwEkN_ckq7WioekNfnWKzZIlCqJrjyF-6z8_AQ59a8_Oro_J880g2f41qHYWNViTIxG5_I8AXgyzT7MpclsijmWQfchnHEWSe5XWEeQ/s320/millie+and+painting.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigynY5mRqF3d09sHjX-JjJJhZEnXYdNbdWwl7LS5-ydNWYsfmJHhALKaDp-SMiv8xlNE334S31B7nG6AngO10adbOvHbEdf2dgDs5QhCfqNyZ2RhtTtlyX4VPs8c9Be79SDXEXNoVnT1c/s1600-h/millie+and+icecream.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363737476351498546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigynY5mRqF3d09sHjX-JjJJhZEnXYdNbdWwl7LS5-ydNWYsfmJHhALKaDp-SMiv8xlNE334S31B7nG6AngO10adbOvHbEdf2dgDs5QhCfqNyZ2RhtTtlyX4VPs8c9Be79SDXEXNoVnT1c/s320/millie+and+icecream.JPG" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIBJCFQxJYeceM5wCuQalNlbylBrR8c6F1dRVEHnh28dU92cMWs1K5as379tpYDxLiC2maY7tnPVsLqc17NgibjFkuoj4eJdbWY5bYJ4v5ygSirvTbTcSWrovS_2_8DKBUQdL75QZFT78/s1600-h/IMG_0713.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363733493823618146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIBJCFQxJYeceM5wCuQalNlbylBrR8c6F1dRVEHnh28dU92cMWs1K5as379tpYDxLiC2maY7tnPVsLqc17NgibjFkuoj4eJdbWY5bYJ4v5ygSirvTbTcSWrovS_2_8DKBUQdL75QZFT78/s320/IMG_0713.JPG" border="0" /></a> We were very excited to have Aunt Laurie there to enjoy some time with the kiddos...and spoil them rotten...and take lots of pictures! I guess that's what Aunts are for! </div>Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961550431142620083noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949695279938172606.post-22943986411923521222009-06-26T08:28:00.014-04:002009-06-26T11:55:20.457-04:00April...whew! what a month!April was jam packed full of fun and super busy! We were actually in Winston for only one weekend of April and that weekend we had Eliott's birthday party...crazy! See why I can't find the time to blog?!?!<br /><br />First of all, I accomplished my goal: I ran the Cooper River Bridge Run on April 4th. I ran the whole way!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOpOXd1pdu5Ci9FON4gSvZ9GJgs8Cgzg_Sow7ZpwcMN2rL-3BtqpqilnXQx4oL7fxyjAjbM3w6YRTE5G45XkWDhNORgTfGyHO6EdJfWtsVGthKjgVQvq6fXPSDOlFl1ZgdD0ZXux0LVtc/s1600-h/before+the+race.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOpOXd1pdu5Ci9FON4gSvZ9GJgs8Cgzg_Sow7ZpwcMN2rL-3BtqpqilnXQx4oL7fxyjAjbM3w6YRTE5G45XkWDhNORgTfGyHO6EdJfWtsVGthKjgVQvq6fXPSDOlFl1ZgdD0ZXux0LVtc/s320/before+the+race.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351614000996091634" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkYkPBkd4hOo6l1FTOJrgOcMZSUIr7V2a91zDNbROLivvnwh9ikqkzgSwTJASG027CPu1XUXkPRK9wwvOGtHcnZwGFw-9LIISlb1kLaHXCf1USoODPph4ZPXYxd6nphO-BzU2igIktbj4/s1600-h/almost+there.JPG"> </a>Before the race...it is so exciting to be in the middle of soooo many people about to run the race...the adrenaline rush is amazing!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi5e96JK1aAChbroKrfG7FQdGOgY2phiKShmlGrxgxOhI0WcK9XlbINSYrCQr0gNTd6QOILtRzf9pQYKEf-9uyBZjmkHjwg3sRwC_9X9Ia0OCiADy1n5xrSrlCnbuXxnLw3a_kHeUHY8c/s1600-h/finish+line%21.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi5e96JK1aAChbroKrfG7FQdGOgY2phiKShmlGrxgxOhI0WcK9XlbINSYrCQr0gNTd6QOILtRzf9pQYKEf-9uyBZjmkHjwg3sRwC_9X9Ia0OCiADy1n5xrSrlCnbuXxnLw3a_kHeUHY8c/s320/finish+line%21.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351616890577934834" border="0" /></a><br />I don't know if it was adrenaline or the 4 months of training, but I made it! I actually ran the whole way...what a feeling of accomplishment!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUkfBHjMANXGKXZ36SI-1yEkT9OdK3oYR-FqD67X51iZH5jdkbtkgLBWYIYTf66ZSetdEmUvfblPWwUvIyJY39_A94sQ5xmNi_IhCcJBR9UjZ0kebsZg5dCXPJmJatRdl5Q-_RV3Q-I5M/s1600-h/DSC00648.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUkfBHjMANXGKXZ36SI-1yEkT9OdK3oYR-FqD67X51iZH5jdkbtkgLBWYIYTf66ZSetdEmUvfblPWwUvIyJY39_A94sQ5xmNi_IhCcJBR9UjZ0kebsZg5dCXPJmJatRdl5Q-_RV3Q-I5M/s320/DSC00648.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351614011404696946" border="0" /></a> Me and Jeff after the race...he was so proud of me!<br /><br />The kids ran in the Cooper River kids run.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCWw7wW1xmmfbR0EDGJLAhoxAZMb3uKiefiv3s9GbA6DtbWpRX8kxwqsUUJIILnE_l5h0oR7yz8wlFL6Jq-5poazHZy0VJt3IWoijbUswesvj-qDfZLwHWyXq-rGWscqkx1UCj2JBbYmo/s1600-h/before+race.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCWw7wW1xmmfbR0EDGJLAhoxAZMb3uKiefiv3s9GbA6DtbWpRX8kxwqsUUJIILnE_l5h0oR7yz8wlFL6Jq-5poazHZy0VJt3IWoijbUswesvj-qDfZLwHWyXq-rGWscqkx1UCj2JBbYmo/s320/before+race.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351619051891151042" border="0" /></a> Millie ran a 100 yard dash (maybe a little less than that)...for Millie is was more of a 100 yard skiphop dash!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbpCRRPQZJ9PerlTdxT_m8sE8q-nsLhtvrQjenw54y1BhIJ7Xj5cN9tvreK8uE5ugqMDAzcGoWjMlMmgHxw6KIasb3SrCNQNKVTZt2s-KUNQP6FVsSLBNyLYuVBaCjge_fI0ONDAW8gOY/s1600-h/millie's+run+1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbpCRRPQZJ9PerlTdxT_m8sE8q-nsLhtvrQjenw54y1BhIJ7Xj5cN9tvreK8uE5ugqMDAzcGoWjMlMmgHxw6KIasb3SrCNQNKVTZt2s-KUNQP6FVsSLBNyLYuVBaCjge_fI0ONDAW8gOY/s320/millie's+run+1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351621750212685618" border="0" /></a> She was so cute!<br /><br />Eliott ran a quarter mile and, according to Jeff, complained the whole way...apparently he started out really fast and ran out of steam quickly. Also, he didn't like the fact that lots of people were passing him---he really likes to win!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiptEwB1TRsMs2-hWSY41ZhMG6_Za-GW8RkkCZPldgZ6LozO8oXGnYy0D-TwPijLI-tCGmBB93xXr1-BW-73f9BHvN9XSJFQX67jx96YfeId6FLrnnQcbWFHVHRZJVg720n9n7NPpOZjPk/s1600-h/eliott's+run+2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiptEwB1TRsMs2-hWSY41ZhMG6_Za-GW8RkkCZPldgZ6LozO8oXGnYy0D-TwPijLI-tCGmBB93xXr1-BW-73f9BHvN9XSJFQX67jx96YfeId6FLrnnQcbWFHVHRZJVg720n9n7NPpOZjPk/s320/eliott's+run+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351619055955623218" border="0" /></a><br />And Chloe ran a mile--she ran the whole way!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgptHLLZSuoHPyr5mZvju1RiBBU79htARKMHxOS6f8UU24UmtGLjQu6ExkH1LNKnc6Ui5kwRjDwKpKicq2HxDZCeEcz4a1N69JbzftAdb2F6BqRf8Pv97LJK5pBm5swwqMufmB53cM-Afc/s1600-h/chloe's+run+1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgptHLLZSuoHPyr5mZvju1RiBBU79htARKMHxOS6f8UU24UmtGLjQu6ExkH1LNKnc6Ui5kwRjDwKpKicq2HxDZCeEcz4a1N69JbzftAdb2F6BqRf8Pv97LJK5pBm5swwqMufmB53cM-Afc/s320/chloe's+run+1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351619064576037538" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2MI1CAH6L0nzvVJWLLPfyAwYPyqdVq1ea_ftVKfvF2aNI32DwIgwjQPDTPD7AzvCNbo4MJlcD2zVaViBSp2mVqPEJDG1ZpN14AYx7Z32IjzKXIwi01xRLzXNFDDlqhsWxRLoZ9cxvRtU/s1600-h/kids+with+medals.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2MI1CAH6L0nzvVJWLLPfyAwYPyqdVq1ea_ftVKfvF2aNI32DwIgwjQPDTPD7AzvCNbo4MJlcD2zVaViBSp2mVqPEJDG1ZpN14AYx7Z32IjzKXIwi01xRLzXNFDDlqhsWxRLoZ9cxvRtU/s320/kids+with+medals.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351621755861291874" border="0" /></a>They all got medals...it was fun and I am so glad that my kids are learning to be physically fit. I really hope that Jeff and I continue to set a good example for them by keeping fit ourselves!<br /><br />We had a little family celebration for Eliott's bday while we were in Charleston.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Nxrcb6IoakKOjuYTD73OLO0uPKlmgF161tlKM01-dqzw2C32XtZfEX6x3pIjGjoRDgI9UB4VlTKLP2s9astRW93j7js63opGQxvmncAuBTByg0FrzETsIh_qsLAauJQCC7ykvBU2UDY/s1600-h/IMG_9655.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Nxrcb6IoakKOjuYTD73OLO0uPKlmgF161tlKM01-dqzw2C32XtZfEX6x3pIjGjoRDgI9UB4VlTKLP2s9astRW93j7js63opGQxvmncAuBTByg0FrzETsIh_qsLAauJQCC7ykvBU2UDY/s320/IMG_9655.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351624580164303250" border="0" /></a>Me,the kids and cousins, Cole and Hannah Rae at Ba Noi and Ong Noi's house<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3thVmXASmYHU63oCbVchbefjyOekOhkqi0pXJ8OUz2xyuSechg8mzidVigu_LXMgE_PtTloW8kXkOgEqrk6A2WaqqSuPoNvHePz56pe7V3lmfvc7uFS2UxbcdtsdLimlCwglWO-16aBQ/s1600-h/IMG_9665.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3thVmXASmYHU63oCbVchbefjyOekOhkqi0pXJ8OUz2xyuSechg8mzidVigu_LXMgE_PtTloW8kXkOgEqrk6A2WaqqSuPoNvHePz56pe7V3lmfvc7uFS2UxbcdtsdLimlCwglWO-16aBQ/s320/IMG_9665.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351624574659740194" border="0" /></a><br />The birthday day boy...I can't believe Eliott is 6 years old--What a big boy!!!<br />I love you so much Eliott!<br /><br />After our weekend in Charleston we went to Chattanooga for Easter weekend. We enjoyed hanging out with grandma, grandpa, aunts, uncles and cousins and the egg hunt!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCYAS-Ix1n0FkvpVM1XG-iOjInkX6g9kqkSi7v7d8WEDw3V6TnHB-OwFwoiJjrWYRBMejuVCDUd1znLy1WMwF5RX8cpxRKf2UxGGx1HBVPiP28GMM7Qq_uvYMX6h__5ROZ3ycDWIjt-7w/s1600-h/eliott,+jr+and+grandpa.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCYAS-Ix1n0FkvpVM1XG-iOjInkX6g9kqkSi7v7d8WEDw3V6TnHB-OwFwoiJjrWYRBMejuVCDUd1znLy1WMwF5RX8cpxRKf2UxGGx1HBVPiP28GMM7Qq_uvYMX6h__5ROZ3ycDWIjt-7w/s320/eliott,+jr+and+grandpa.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351633154317173522" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG5F7JmpfW9nk3Y8rVR2EZoijH40SUQXvoTSvNNOGYJxRLrg-SxoZd5v5bRCxG7uTP68uvDakmxu5nkWPAivWoBnaZ7kZEfkI0FMi0FPoFWK0H3GVIJtw7lpCU7ZMPX_NkxCiyes-iO8Q/s1600-h/the+ladies.JPG"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG5F7JmpfW9nk3Y8rVR2EZoijH40SUQXvoTSvNNOGYJxRLrg-SxoZd5v5bRCxG7uTP68uvDakmxu5nkWPAivWoBnaZ7kZEfkI0FMi0FPoFWK0H3GVIJtw7lpCU7ZMPX_NkxCiyes-iO8Q/s320/the+ladies.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351633140821310770" border="0" /></a><br />pictures of the handsome men (minus jeff--he must have taken the picture) and the ladies<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9CrkbUp79C7pFdq8pMvXju5WBoIUwZV0vO3IjqroI2Jpzqi4x8mPsdqIr4mbe9ECBAuVAs0lVOGZvxjYGra6UTNE3JXUiRiicKHIRVPN1l-cTSceZN_UzFYRXCrdwXVCQMPT-3Rogie0/s1600-h/kids+easter+pic.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9CrkbUp79C7pFdq8pMvXju5WBoIUwZV0vO3IjqroI2Jpzqi4x8mPsdqIr4mbe9ECBAuVAs0lVOGZvxjYGra6UTNE3JXUiRiicKHIRVPN1l-cTSceZN_UzFYRXCrdwXVCQMPT-3Rogie0/s320/kids+easter+pic.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351633136883234002" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwOYwP_L9sEzUK0peBmtKAJYffAkt1IId5CquaSLmcPetJGfma4-KASPO-crfhGT8-5QZSlwgAWh8oiHgrADbrHkykGjlIvRvmZoF7XoyyEP-iY8Ju-5Vby1XBUTVC4pmsGF_PtSHNSZ0/s1600-h/Millie,+jr+and+aunt+susu.JPG"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwOYwP_L9sEzUK0peBmtKAJYffAkt1IId5CquaSLmcPetJGfma4-KASPO-crfhGT8-5QZSlwgAWh8oiHgrADbrHkykGjlIvRvmZoF7XoyyEP-iY8Ju-5Vby1XBUTVC4pmsGF_PtSHNSZ0/s320/Millie,+jr+and+aunt+susu.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351633147282305218" border="0" /></a><br />The kids looking sweet in their Easter attire and Millie with Aunt Sue Sue and JR showing off all her eggs!<br /><br />That's not all we did in April...oh no...were only half done! We were home for one weekend and had a Wii party for Eliott's birthday! Lots of little boys in the house playing games...it was a little bit crazy, but it was fun!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6J8xwV5puukXMmAfl9kh-djkbnrYJ-2YKU1cl4uOUOzQk4GmYSYE7u6iNPYyP02Yk9vZHh6MjLDvqcGRggku_tpRrO5py7B3FRMlGaKP4qyu4TlQbTOpYd5o094lvLyTOqr5OwhbGPn4/s1600-h/IMG_0018.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6J8xwV5puukXMmAfl9kh-djkbnrYJ-2YKU1cl4uOUOzQk4GmYSYE7u6iNPYyP02Yk9vZHh6MjLDvqcGRggku_tpRrO5py7B3FRMlGaKP4qyu4TlQbTOpYd5o094lvLyTOqr5OwhbGPn4/s320/IMG_0018.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351640374981424338" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik1VEb_-6NnNe9TYKocBXr6BnGiJ3Gm2xSreI-SMSOrNNxqNsK4Rx1FN9NbH9DEjTJiqLntkiMnqgTtPhAsZv0UjHCC848BDVc7Rj-CByCb9aZVDo9lY3PPcJ6yc9XlbPnQTmZxWc9suI/s1600-h/IMG_0019.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik1VEb_-6NnNe9TYKocBXr6BnGiJ3Gm2xSreI-SMSOrNNxqNsK4Rx1FN9NbH9DEjTJiqLntkiMnqgTtPhAsZv0UjHCC848BDVc7Rj-CByCb9aZVDo9lY3PPcJ6yc9XlbPnQTmZxWc9suI/s320/IMG_0019.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351640382781760994" border="0" /></a><br />Eliott making a wish and blowing out his candles...I sure hope he didn't wish for a baby brother!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAWQ9wrIELKXc0AmfqCV-mlvNhVSljDTOaMya0UJ1ZozaNNMDMBTm8gdGUVC6SildkxTtPUzrGDFy0La-9oNjtlDBpPvK_Yid_2y13Wjtlr420yWfaLZpkr3-TZbxGJ2VcG7S0d0xWL90/s1600-h/IMG_0006.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAWQ9wrIELKXc0AmfqCV-mlvNhVSljDTOaMya0UJ1ZozaNNMDMBTm8gdGUVC6SildkxTtPUzrGDFy0La-9oNjtlDBpPvK_Yid_2y13Wjtlr420yWfaLZpkr3-TZbxGJ2VcG7S0d0xWL90/s320/IMG_0006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351640370386270098" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuS2zeCef-DlbBK-ErPRRqJ6BgoosVbR51SPEUE1Vr0RlqrGOkLhMlxS3PQ_0J1Rvh1WALFTXOQAe4jQt_MA4lJXgfyTJYSu4JwfpBlEYfjtij4pm2nwiZf1Htiu08a2mxNvm49P3iCbA/s1600-h/IMG_0004.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuS2zeCef-DlbBK-ErPRRqJ6BgoosVbR51SPEUE1Vr0RlqrGOkLhMlxS3PQ_0J1Rvh1WALFTXOQAe4jQt_MA4lJXgfyTJYSu4JwfpBlEYfjtij4pm2nwiZf1Htiu08a2mxNvm49P3iCbA/s320/IMG_0004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351640361008516290" border="0" /></a>Eliott's two youngest friends, Tyler and Wyatt, didn't play wii but appear to be having a good time!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIYDTsDEMIedq3v75AQDWeKNqlwAWT376w3jnZheIQbO9ZvRIRdZH9gdd4-xy-xRYxAspRgzgc-vptGJJhWKAXvXDuvoxObcSgLCCYOf3WqSAvMpVdVP2IRLSmmQaQ6rtZWqHnM46fI3Y/s1600-h/IMG_0007.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIYDTsDEMIedq3v75AQDWeKNqlwAWT376w3jnZheIQbO9ZvRIRdZH9gdd4-xy-xRYxAspRgzgc-vptGJJhWKAXvXDuvoxObcSgLCCYOf3WqSAvMpVdVP2IRLSmmQaQ6rtZWqHnM46fI3Y/s320/IMG_0007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351640368723898082" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3EmMFQaumM23a33abnO9xl0iJMjJwbsS9JbBe2hyphenhyphenfB8U9TCEgbdMwJ4dAX1TyBHxwD5uGeS1Uq1z6dyzjrhpZlPVZuzgpFWiXqAWu4B8IqOT82N20n6w4LMv0fwrbqq8_Vwk4VbnMjD4/s1600-h/IMG_0001.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3EmMFQaumM23a33abnO9xl0iJMjJwbsS9JbBe2hyphenhyphenfB8U9TCEgbdMwJ4dAX1TyBHxwD5uGeS1Uq1z6dyzjrhpZlPVZuzgpFWiXqAWu4B8IqOT82N20n6w4LMv0fwrbqq8_Vwk4VbnMjD4/s320/IMG_0001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351642058164450322" border="0" /></a>Logan, Aidan, Landon and Jake playing wii.<br /><br />Then we had a fun family trip to Washington D.C. for Jeff's cousin, Mai's wedding. 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width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkO3SJfSPJs_FwCspwi6LMDh_qABEQc-m7ePi1rEpTqIXYxH443go0j7jbcvLlNUIWZOz7lHkL_NMQ8DzrW4H8T1lCEsquBMVWGnxDhH7tv9mKWpEYcy2_k6638plQdzhbNzznvogL8QQ/s320/IMG_0133.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351654727823879234" border="0" /></a><br />The Trinh Family (minus Uncle Pete and Austin--we missed you) infront of a few attractions.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdahjkrY7sUt4K29fv7BG-QhYJ2Z8UEjLR5NXvo694Z5PTLA5-X8_4lEY3V66xtB1oW8voEYbT2Wgjpg78MkNufZ0e3i0Jc2WpW5y2Wg6hauqT0GEklE_TnHuatxDnzReyFeMHZpnYGIw/s1600-h/IMG_0248.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdahjkrY7sUt4K29fv7BG-QhYJ2Z8UEjLR5NXvo694Z5PTLA5-X8_4lEY3V66xtB1oW8voEYbT2Wgjpg78MkNufZ0e3i0Jc2WpW5y2Wg6hauqT0GEklE_TnHuatxDnzReyFeMHZpnYGIw/s320/IMG_0248.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351657408516780098" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSr7FlkNkYVr_CfjligJaDB0zAeNf8hbgJyv5NC_OaUT6ixxPfei1LNOXYLRNk6MoN9p4GMmkDAM9-sPtzxAUTMkcypJQOZ-eUQruL4bVh9PO7v76BHFUCVSqGyrY_rJrRswAg612cd9E/s1600-h/IMG_0241.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhng2K1S8EMizgvFClAy0w_eco11e-Q5wAOQEzy0-k_dRM7WiyhmQszz05OAO2kMZfYAsMgYKvO-ebfNAaRu4SR3rtCjIOTQJwOwZxFbajxSAOtBgb2AWdcdvAGio6S4HcFuEdi8H3yV9M/s320/IMG_0310.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351661422980629986" border="0" /></a><br />at the air and space museum<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7TmTOvieEKoy54o6VUz0i4TLPVJmb93_0FY9Fzb7ovdv93K1O4PUFMrdpXRtWmc5JluIBlFIZTdxQFxuaYYp6WS7KyI-i3NpqE971-rTyufVr3-6wkB8F6hXuN7fK-avmcUSpPN5w-c/s1600-h/IMG_0232.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7TmTOvieEKoy54o6VUz0i4TLPVJmb93_0FY9Fzb7ovdv93K1O4PUFMrdpXRtWmc5JluIBlFIZTdxQFxuaYYp6WS7KyI-i3NpqE971-rTyufVr3-6wkB8F6hXuN7fK-avmcUSpPN5w-c/s320/IMG_0232.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351657405040984066" border="0" /></a> <br />Taking a break from the heat with a cool treat!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQzyb8VUPjSHPoNWRr09yo1WjIWm_JTrGi_VMgMJ7rstQVSHIJa5AHJxik0F-ldgE3gNZJ2aFL2QWaob8xpIlBP02TBtrdK-Batkfez0IG4NcIm9gsJ43VD8JVJ673_hGzzYHsu1P40SU/s1600-h/IMG_0238.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQzyb8VUPjSHPoNWRr09yo1WjIWm_JTrGi_VMgMJ7rstQVSHIJa5AHJxik0F-ldgE3gNZJ2aFL2QWaob8xpIlBP02TBtrdK-Batkfez0IG4NcIm9gsJ43VD8JVJ673_hGzzYHsu1P40SU/s320/IMG_0238.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351657398231180066" border="0" /></a> These boys love each other so much...I wish we lived closer so they could spend more time together...but I guess that just makes being together more special.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioJpWLxOoqZBRxggNqaXRhPMuxILilicNk-f3TU65DDbdRPnYFACgCuPDEeymKP3lv5f9buHdalJBWPr0YUW8jZcgMiCv9bdk-iUoF4NCEZ6MT4jvd_Bg-zjkigTRX6wMS6qh1B3E-RAk/s1600-h/IMG_0222.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioJpWLxOoqZBRxggNqaXRhPMuxILilicNk-f3TU65DDbdRPnYFACgCuPDEeymKP3lv5f9buHdalJBWPr0YUW8jZcgMiCv9bdk-iUoF4NCEZ6MT4jvd_Bg-zjkigTRX6wMS6qh1B3E-RAk/s320/IMG_0222.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351657394287095874" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsAb5hagamWJVWihWCJNf30B8Zj8sxxEiajXyqAaw3Gpi0yP_-uzQ3f2-bqLHCM3bNk3o7LZLoAQwdM7mwpdlQjAixmZZs4_UxbMuIe4Gt2HyACtRYk33uRFlT_Pc3-4GXxYN7vBElBVY/s1600-h/IMG_0266.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsAb5hagamWJVWihWCJNf30B8Zj8sxxEiajXyqAaw3Gpi0yP_-uzQ3f2-bqLHCM3bNk3o7LZLoAQwdM7mwpdlQjAixmZZs4_UxbMuIe4Gt2HyACtRYk33uRFlT_Pc3-4GXxYN7vBElBVY/s320/IMG_0266.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351661417387294674" border="0" /></a><br />Millie and Eliott at the reflection pool and Chloe with Hannah Rae on the Metro<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwmIx1cPQ1eb5zm31O7D62gEIuy9s5bAFMQkHz6409vwU_mFLfRmt_qc3KFf9WlbF1yk6nien_P5qkRSCnPP7RfkeE58AdDeag8AzHegqXWsHrR2RzLP8AN4LSHsodNCiOwlmsYuFqiCA/s1600-h/IMG_0332.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwmIx1cPQ1eb5zm31O7D62gEIuy9s5bAFMQkHz6409vwU_mFLfRmt_qc3KFf9WlbF1yk6nien_P5qkRSCnPP7RfkeE58AdDeag8AzHegqXWsHrR2RzLP8AN4LSHsodNCiOwlmsYuFqiCA/s320/IMG_0332.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351661429139102322" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie32y9PshxATSfYFhnMffhQfi1HS8K8D6bkHKcq_wStEDUrTe1iezzF4-qgUQ3U_H4CqQbMLwkg7-E6aHibqgs6YdEaLKvY_Q5WmPfQLAyUFcfVIVs89PbM1qrmWmJ-2fA-LoHkKiiLpc/s1600-h/IMG_0273.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie32y9PshxATSfYFhnMffhQfi1HS8K8D6bkHKcq_wStEDUrTe1iezzF4-qgUQ3U_H4CqQbMLwkg7-E6aHibqgs6YdEaLKvY_Q5WmPfQLAyUFcfVIVs89PbM1qrmWmJ-2fA-LoHkKiiLpc/s320/IMG_0273.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351661413617230978" border="0" /></a><br />Millie and Chloe hangin' out with their awesome aunts: Joy and Laurie...they are so lucky to have such fun aunts to spend time with!<br /><br />So, obviously, April was a busy, busy month for us! I am so glad I got finish off the month with a little RandR on my annual Girls Weekend! That will have to be another post for sure!Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961550431142620083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949695279938172606.post-37111037569635134512009-06-26T07:27:00.007-04:002009-06-26T08:27:39.427-04:00MarchIn March we had a great vacation at <a href="http://www.myseabrookcottage.com/">My Seabrook Cottage</a>. It really was one of our best family vacations ever! And believe it or not...it rained most of the week! We rode bikes, went on alligator hunts, watched movies with the kids, rode bikes some more, went out on the beach looking for treasures and creatures...and founds a few! We really had to be creative with our time because it was too cold and rainy to hang out in the pool. Another reason it was great was that Jeff didn't have a lot of work to do on the house so he actually spent the week with us! That is a rare thing when we are at the beach house so it was pretty awesome. Here are a few highlights...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcRx1px13luT1aIX8ylncBtIhyTDyHC244E4x08y2Kyi0uExPASofdWUs0mNdYnE76tOhViPZ4fhxQA3IRLbbdyJoXbLd3U8VZkihGdcRWMMqUpne8YC-EegOeLAaUxAtRhGA8RSVWp_4/s1600-h/m+running+in+sand.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcRx1px13luT1aIX8ylncBtIhyTDyHC244E4x08y2Kyi0uExPASofdWUs0mNdYnE76tOhViPZ4fhxQA3IRLbbdyJoXbLd3U8VZkihGdcRWMMqUpne8YC-EegOeLAaUxAtRhGA8RSVWp_4/s400/m+running+in+sand.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351603393529783362" border="0" /></a>Millie loved running in the sand<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-R6jU0sWK7t9pPDskShTEtKrJfRmL-qUpUDz2wznUT7wWO6r5ELNNq-uGWJ9XCYAI1ABQ1Dgb1AawNQF9G5i0h5rYgKbNYmUovamult3AySEgyum6-410-vLs8epkRm6cWAPbSbngiyI/s1600-h/chloe's+name+in+sand.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 248px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-R6jU0sWK7t9pPDskShTEtKrJfRmL-qUpUDz2wznUT7wWO6r5ELNNq-uGWJ9XCYAI1ABQ1Dgb1AawNQF9G5i0h5rYgKbNYmUovamult3AySEgyum6-410-vLs8epkRm6cWAPbSbngiyI/s400/chloe's+name+in+sand.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351610422145711618" border="0" /></a> Chloe writing in the sand<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCqNohN0vO1xfYkJIVPV2HGCwUJmut8x1YdE_Pi2zStFiasssRjRmeb4D1iQSugUaxU_-ey7p68tgcZPYTsHU8UzLNzVh8q_ewIQHkl9Re3HrRqbnsNKvUCwYDdXiIZA0wKl3B2t83PR4/s1600-h/watching+starfish.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCqNohN0vO1xfYkJIVPV2HGCwUJmut8x1YdE_Pi2zStFiasssRjRmeb4D1iQSugUaxU_-ey7p68tgcZPYTsHU8UzLNzVh8q_ewIQHkl9Re3HrRqbnsNKvUCwYDdXiIZA0wKl3B2t83PR4/s400/watching+starfish.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351603375286922882" border="0" /></a> during the treasure hunt Eliott found a live starfish...can you see the tenticles? It was really cool!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX8Epf4szwC2VH1nnqGT6p_JwV_Qo2zKJMKcZmHUQ4iVx3M9QrIl-n3Wn5DpJXYnMfPseMk4gLvEL6iIuR4uuZyXD7vh_OBkApLuzfb-MvD3lcjdSQsIbOoA_K79tX3H2H09BbV9O-Y94/s1600-h/IMG_9433.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX8Epf4szwC2VH1nnqGT6p_JwV_Qo2zKJMKcZmHUQ4iVx3M9QrIl-n3Wn5DpJXYnMfPseMk4gLvEL6iIuR4uuZyXD7vh_OBkApLuzfb-MvD3lcjdSQsIbOoA_K79tX3H2H09BbV9O-Y94/s400/IMG_9433.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351599865463497746" border="0" /></a>don't worry we threw it back<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQMOXNwslaEF2FGCmdUVEJuZe3uEcpPc0AMQDCZetbnP-78y7NFeQrWkMRoXPMCO2X4ihOtMwmb1lbPb1vWDKcR8b_LFBwGM1bgTSsxbbM6a-g0_u0G3QqO1Ke6JvlQUw1GhImIht40Q/s1600-h/jeff+and+minin+jeff.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQMOXNwslaEF2FGCmdUVEJuZe3uEcpPc0AMQDCZetbnP-78y7NFeQrWkMRoXPMCO2X4ihOtMwmb1lbPb1vWDKcR8b_LFBwGM1bgTSsxbbM6a-g0_u0G3QqO1Ke6JvlQUw1GhImIht40Q/s400/jeff+and+minin+jeff.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351603389531412898" border="0" /></a>Jeff and mini jeff walking down the beach together...it was pretty deserted.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqv1z2H1ExFT-3PYsXsWdNvqLAdFV5H8MGLkD337sE4N8r8Zfy2lfMtVxTt0ibc4Fv0AneBaX8L3dfxGjamg-veZY6lL9Nkhxv-1IAlbJcS9K3Ir6lEn9JVLwQVe3p6q9KBcsV5o2Yv5g/s1600-h/daddy+and+m+on+a+ride.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqv1z2H1ExFT-3PYsXsWdNvqLAdFV5H8MGLkD337sE4N8r8Zfy2lfMtVxTt0ibc4Fv0AneBaX8L3dfxGjamg-veZY6lL9Nkhxv-1IAlbJcS9K3Ir6lEn9JVLwQVe3p6q9KBcsV5o2Yv5g/s400/daddy+and+m+on+a+ride.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351599845378322610" border="0" /></a> Bike ride to the beach<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj4RIVCpxcncQXcsQWpFVGHi6jVsdy5D-WMZF9BpEWdD1caoNn52uZFtDdrUyZEYPDnQ3ramq8VhCU0PJhk9wgP1J4OVKgqflu5a3phQ0Tm1f973WAt-th07K01BW5jRr11gdxxLZk8nk/s1600-h/IMG_9510.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj4RIVCpxcncQXcsQWpFVGHi6jVsdy5D-WMZF9BpEWdD1caoNn52uZFtDdrUyZEYPDnQ3ramq8VhCU0PJhk9wgP1J4OVKgqflu5a3phQ0Tm1f973WAt-th07K01BW5jRr11gdxxLZk8nk/s400/IMG_9510.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351610431910833730" border="0" /></a> and riding on the beach.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnB_YDRkflSvO4mAPPETvEx22bDCW8hdmz4LIDEH4c8JyjJXzZqzjk-eDKA1SCvQ0waDK0D_a2R5XEGVRvzdQIYZzwP7-h_YuhFdl9w-Y6zvrb4j9lltcUlW4sDn6iO7P3YMPc-TGMPjU/s1600-h/gator+in+the+bkgrnd.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnB_YDRkflSvO4mAPPETvEx22bDCW8hdmz4LIDEH4c8JyjJXzZqzjk-eDKA1SCvQ0waDK0D_a2R5XEGVRvzdQIYZzwP7-h_YuhFdl9w-Y6zvrb4j9lltcUlW4sDn6iO7P3YMPc-TGMPjU/s400/gator+in+the+bkgrnd.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351599858886313202" border="0" /></a>Redneck family picture with the aligator...we found one on the grass and one in the water!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSBTK2FDtLiJceT5kMORu_rL8HcXueXSOn9eljUXgxqQmRHsYV-Yn_6bJdTWMUsKPksKP3pesFYfIGXSNAdluFcfdyeBeX8_V3EdEfoDWEQ_I_j5aZZG0TlDvfqKQ_AfI9qkW5Jraz1os/s1600-h/IMG_9387.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSBTK2FDtLiJceT5kMORu_rL8HcXueXSOn9eljUXgxqQmRHsYV-Yn_6bJdTWMUsKPksKP3pesFYfIGXSNAdluFcfdyeBeX8_V3EdEfoDWEQ_I_j5aZZG0TlDvfqKQ_AfI9qkW5Jraz1os/s400/IMG_9387.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351599860297973714" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This was my favorite picture from the week...taken by the only other person we found on the beach! I am really glad she was there!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ijagYfBurUK-md0smkEEWl8o8QIaJEYOpFkyl2FBtDyK8pQ0YU7EMG9Gssrw31gifIcuSvSkRBPQP90Sn-01AYYgSWR7T2IgKADRhHtc9S5LE-FRLmjJLjr6cwqy3ucx-DNq_40cJL8/s1600-h/family+on+the+rocks.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ijagYfBurUK-md0smkEEWl8o8QIaJEYOpFkyl2FBtDyK8pQ0YU7EMG9Gssrw31gifIcuSvSkRBPQP90Sn-01AYYgSWR7T2IgKADRhHtc9S5LE-FRLmjJLjr6cwqy3ucx-DNq_40cJL8/s400/family+on+the+rocks.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351599847278169218" border="0" /></a>Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961550431142620083noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949695279938172606.post-52479526518810386662009-06-26T07:17:00.002-04:002009-06-26T07:27:49.985-04:00long time no blog...It's been a long time and much has happened in the fabulous Trinh Fam since February!!!<br />I guess it's time for one of my <span style="font-weight: bold;">super long</span> catch up blogs, but I might just break it down into months...would that be easier? hard to say...either way when you are trying to catch up on 4 months its just gonna take a little time.<br /><br />Speaking of time, I really just don't have enough to blog. I must figure out when to blog...morning, noon, evening? My days are packed and computer time is slim---I have way too much to do! And my kids hate it when I am on the computer. They say I <span style="font-weight: bold;">ignore</span> them when I am on the computer...I guess it's kinda like what they do to me when the tv is on! :) <br /><br />So for the few (4) people who actually read this...any advice? When does one find the time?Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961550431142620083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949695279938172606.post-15964581352987616112009-02-16T14:27:00.011-05:002009-02-19T17:44:05.349-05:00The Big 40!Well, I certainly dreaded it long enough. I am not sure exactly why. Maybe it was the end of a decade, maybe it was the fact that <span style="font-weight: bold;">ALL</span> of my friends and even my husband are still in their 30's (my closest friends anyway), maybe it was my inability to accept change of any kind, or maybe it was just the fact that, well, let's face it...I am getting old. 40 is really old in my mind, but I really just feel the same.<br /> I do struggle with change (and wrinkles and gray hair and arthritis) and feeling like I am closing the door on a wonderful stage of my life. I made 3 precious children in my 30's and to be completely honest, I can't imagine raising kids is nearly as exciting as making them! I even went so far as to say that I didn't know what to look forward to in my 40's... right KL? But she took me out and <span style="font-style: italic;">humorously</span> helped me come up with a list of things to look forward to in the next decade of my life. A lot of these things involve the end of having babies which is probably at the root of all of my sadness, but alas, there are actually some things about being "done" that are positive...so why not <span style="font-weight: bold;">focus on the positive</span>! So here is the list we came up with 2 nights before I turned 40:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Things to look forward to in my 40's</span><br />1. No more breast feeding...I must say aside from the fact that this also means no more babies for me, this is a really good thing!<br /><br />2. No more diapers...above note applies here also.<br /><br />3. No more getting up several times in the middle of the night because of #1 or #2. Apparently this means I will get more sleep in my 40's...we'll see.<br /><br />4. Get a house keeper. Well, I believe KL added this one and all of you that know my husband can rest assured that this will likely <span style="font-weight: bold;">NOT</span> happen in <span style="font-weight: bold;">any</span> decade of my life.(but one can dream)<br /><br />5. Get a new kitchen. This is bound to happen sometime in the next decade. I've only been talking about it and planning for it for one year now, so I feel quite certain that I will actually make up my mind...and my husband and Shawn can work something out sometime <span style="font-weight: bold;">before I turn 50</span>! :)<br /><br />5. Kay Lynn will get a clue. This is hard to imagine after reading #4. (but again one can dream.)<br /><br />6. Go to Vietnam. Jeff and I are planning on a family trip to Vietnam sometime in the next few years. I am excited about going with the kids, but didn't really want to do it until Millie was at least 5...so that's not too far away! 3o hour flight to the other side of the world with 3 kids--yikes!!!<br /><br />7. I plan to find more time for <span style="font-weight: bold;">ME </span><span>(sounds kinds selfish doesn't it)</span>... painting, drawing and reading, and (go crazy) blogging! I have already started by painting a few things for some of my friends (Mandy, yours is almost done!) and I went to the art store and bought some "supplies". There are few things in the world more exciting than <span style="font-weight: bold;">blank paper</span>!<br /><br />8. I will be able to exercise (I would say "more often" but let's be honest-- in my 30's it just didn't really happen!). And I am proud to say that I have already started this. I have been running and walking regularly on my treadmill, as well as a little yoga and strength training (but my inner core has a <span style="font-weight: bold;">LONG</span> way to go). Last run was 2 miles! Cooper River Bridge--here I come!<br /><br />9. Travel more...I know I already said Vietnam, but there are a lot of places I would really like to go. I want to go to Texas (I have lots of friends in Texas), I've always wanted to go to California, and Europe---who doesn't want to go to Europe!<br /><br />10. Girl's Weekend...this is something I will hopefully get to look forward to each year of my 40's (and beyond), but I am already looking forward to our weekend this spring!<br /><br />That's pretty much where our list ended. I was really in a funk that night and to be honest it really would have helped my mood a lot if she had just told me that I had a <span style="font-weight: bold;">SURPRISE PARTY</span> to look forward to, but apparently it was way too much fun to see me suffer!<br />A few other things that didn't make the list:<br />1. Menopause (although that may be in the near future it didn't really seem like anything to look forward to)<br />2. having "the talk" with the kids...I am cringing just thinking about it right now!<br />3. teenagers (definitely in the near future, definitely <span style="font-weight: bold;">NOT</span> looking forward to it)<br />4. going back to work--in some capacity (I am struggling to "find myself" so this is a frustration right now rather than a positive in my life--if you have any suggestions as to where I might be "found" please comment.)<br /><br />Oh, I almost forgot---I am going to focus on the positives....<br /><br />so...the real birthday celebration began at Tracey G's house for lunch with my Bible study girlfriends. This group has been so great every other Friday morning for over a year now we get together to discuss the book we are reading...it's kind of a Bible study/book club. What a great group of friends!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja92kbeYie_yCd3BrFkZVptU7Y6kgXVxpvwIiES1mhS2D4y12KvPKjcDlzlIiTmUDtktQXWEqK1EhonKVOUoUWDIHLArbVimf0YlnKu1zTsHNvIX6FgTLbRkaLGpIhLHwT6jIIQUEQw8U/s1600-h/cake+%231.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja92kbeYie_yCd3BrFkZVptU7Y6kgXVxpvwIiES1mhS2D4y12KvPKjcDlzlIiTmUDtktQXWEqK1EhonKVOUoUWDIHLArbVimf0YlnKu1zTsHNvIX6FgTLbRkaLGpIhLHwT6jIIQUEQw8U/s400/cake+%231.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304572262867666850" border="0" />cake #1</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEituShbQopnRlj-v7bZj8kO9FsvBKi-Wr-cu7RYRhJnS_fPhZaMOII-NePfUkNbwjQr__okUCTH177ZG_6WDDP33vWMypP9mhx0jEJgL3wcytnUeTZthVCV4XZNysmf_bIX5yiCkVlwzq4/s1600-h/IMG_8958.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEituShbQopnRlj-v7bZj8kO9FsvBKi-Wr-cu7RYRhJnS_fPhZaMOII-NePfUkNbwjQr__okUCTH177ZG_6WDDP33vWMypP9mhx0jEJgL3wcytnUeTZthVCV4XZNysmf_bIX5yiCkVlwzq4/s400/IMG_8958.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304572278742271538" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicKInxqSKuJ5uiEKyna8T51mBAEZUQtOvL8T6FYyGUEF9TpQGJNNJ8xzas6j_o5rfDc7VayivV2HLAERDfpz64beODLTMQ-8JgbzbkrZKxYrP4lBL_0X5AHRHbwONkqCJtydHrMLVhJD0/s1600-h/IMG_8956.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicKInxqSKuJ5uiEKyna8T51mBAEZUQtOvL8T6FYyGUEF9TpQGJNNJ8xzas6j_o5rfDc7VayivV2HLAERDfpz64beODLTMQ-8JgbzbkrZKxYrP4lBL_0X5AHRHbwONkqCJtydHrMLVhJD0/s400/IMG_8956.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304572273972611554" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Then my friend and neighbor Bekah felt a little sorry for me so she had a few neighborhood friends over for dinner and cake.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-iPd4Vz4nmyUQe1ztuR0rHLAco4kBiEV0nio3OFqFnk9xBEHWs-jC5R8bVu6ihKn2dirLjYPPa2yt4Zs7oAKEpl-x2WiSwLDMLBUIfYvDsp74rZ7dCJ2Xv5nLERCDfHBMwNjNBq3Tiw/s1600-h/IMG_8980.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-iPd4Vz4nmyUQe1ztuR0rHLAco4kBiEV0nio3OFqFnk9xBEHWs-jC5R8bVu6ihKn2dirLjYPPa2yt4Zs7oAKEpl-x2WiSwLDMLBUIfYvDsp74rZ7dCJ2Xv5nLERCDfHBMwNjNBq3Tiw/s400/IMG_8980.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304576344789293538" border="0" />I really love these kids!</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF8s163wrGJbLi-fUoU0PSH1Y-fMu7Ee-_Xg8lzAgdEZCLZ8PBygnFmOPKJnTo6FQ_UkOMwXGUQrU96fZFoqVkbQzLOhKTTgAqOxlaqUwnR1R-apgTbcVddMZITPgf2qJjVYpUr9PX7V0/s1600-h/cake+%232.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF8s163wrGJbLi-fUoU0PSH1Y-fMu7Ee-_Xg8lzAgdEZCLZ8PBygnFmOPKJnTo6FQ_UkOMwXGUQrU96fZFoqVkbQzLOhKTTgAqOxlaqUwnR1R-apgTbcVddMZITPgf2qJjVYpUr9PX7V0/s400/cake+%232.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304576338541636450" border="0" />cake #2</a><br /><br />Do I even need to say...my 40th birthday party ROCKED!?!?! I went to Allure Day Spa for a full day of pampering while Jeff's sister Joy (with a little help from some friends) turned my house into party central.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifMZpxRIWHh7apnv5h7TYcCAdfe5tHPGDkS-AihYKGIjI9QcJ5RsiVJP_GCpqy0lUWhFdqCCM6NdwiD7vNZTKpR8-JHNYBPBGzq2L8kuQcB4MqkrxyNeCmIJR8FoxzjRj0MYObFye62zQ/s1600-h/before+I+arrive.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifMZpxRIWHh7apnv5h7TYcCAdfe5tHPGDkS-AihYKGIjI9QcJ5RsiVJP_GCpqy0lUWhFdqCCM6NdwiD7vNZTKpR8-JHNYBPBGzq2L8kuQcB4MqkrxyNeCmIJR8FoxzjRj0MYObFye62zQ/s400/before+I+arrive.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304576349355355170" border="0" />I can't believe all this action was going on in my house while I got a massage and facial!</a><br /><br />It was a great day thanks to my husband--who went <span style="font-weight: bold;">all out</span> with a spa day and a party (he's pretty awesome) and friends and family who tricked me, lied to me and traveled from afar just to see the expression on my face...I hope it was as good for you as it was for me! :)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRi2YSbApMI90vFKdpat8Nvwecp-yhmMrtYbh3O8mOHUgu5shivhVHTQPvSPnybW7oGLcw8QzDXAkTZ_ECGEFmiNWfEKuaxJkva1OEyraCa3BEQaNTEDmDCoMnHqko6aC-OiDmchAUncI/s1600-h/img_1639.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRi2YSbApMI90vFKdpat8Nvwecp-yhmMrtYbh3O8mOHUgu5shivhVHTQPvSPnybW7oGLcw8QzDXAkTZ_ECGEFmiNWfEKuaxJkva1OEyraCa3BEQaNTEDmDCoMnHqko6aC-OiDmchAUncI/s400/img_1639.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304519206976730642" border="0" />what a surprise!</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYzS_cvwBeTl82GqbBq3ap2QHOTx5i3AH3yVjAYFtlp7srzaixGz0_Rls2sX0c4DBlyY9-Lx3Dv6PZwYKFqtSIpRdoN0NuSxIZXbsTKPXmIBGSLo9Em2yGH9nt3kPYlFMKrByPaZcjsB4/s1600-h/img_1648.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYzS_cvwBeTl82GqbBq3ap2QHOTx5i3AH3yVjAYFtlp7srzaixGz0_Rls2sX0c4DBlyY9-Lx3Dv6PZwYKFqtSIpRdoN0NuSxIZXbsTKPXmIBGSLo9Em2yGH9nt3kPYlFMKrByPaZcjsB4/s400/img_1648.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304519216588415858" border="0" />here come the tears!</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsYjK-yfuT72WH5vryNxaMuDKP_8brLN0VS28sgGh137FckEQLXGWuBAlo4U-ujLTkSTWmy7HFA3GdJAaexS9NusM3VdMVx9I6Mq0olcjwRtd4tZvwtEhz3o1MQGFR9OBRP2GngsO6Uac/s1600-h/img_1658.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsYjK-yfuT72WH5vryNxaMuDKP_8brLN0VS28sgGh137FckEQLXGWuBAlo4U-ujLTkSTWmy7HFA3GdJAaexS9NusM3VdMVx9I6Mq0olcjwRtd4tZvwtEhz3o1MQGFR9OBRP2GngsO6Uac/s400/img_1658.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304563978655639410" border="0" />a second moment of disbelief...where did everyone park? (Little did I know that Jeff had a shuttle service from a local deli so I wouldn't see any cars when I arrived...wow, who knew he had it in him?)</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmHW8K7uUUA3UdG3fLwMZznhqyNY1TjbP6ktUd2SGiira_erhTuUQfHPKv1rAS7rLRBA-T1uK0wy3l8_ckD5ypTKAzMxONm1lxEg8FqosQ-pBa_Cnd89enHZUw_1yqqOapB2mi6ghd8cg/s1600-h/IMG_9122.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmHW8K7uUUA3UdG3fLwMZznhqyNY1TjbP6ktUd2SGiira_erhTuUQfHPKv1rAS7rLRBA-T1uK0wy3l8_ckD5ypTKAzMxONm1lxEg8FqosQ-pBa_Cnd89enHZUw_1yqqOapB2mi6ghd8cg/s400/IMG_9122.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304519219147497778" border="0" />Mom (from Chattanooga), and my sister (all the way from New York city!) came to celebrate the fact that I am finally growing up...oh no, wait, that I am OLD, but I am never growing up!</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEv_1JLB74RzfdXbmG3jvxfk0rxfnc69clACXaYWIskDSzUQ0qJosCpNrfq5J6laST8uVSlrwkPtG8lb-80QhWuQZ708xW9scIqtRe8zP7nEaDpLvJhDN0Sa7adgzYTvUYaKZrGczCgTs/s1600-h/img_1599.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEv_1JLB74RzfdXbmG3jvxfk0rxfnc69clACXaYWIskDSzUQ0qJosCpNrfq5J6laST8uVSlrwkPtG8lb-80QhWuQZ708xW9scIqtRe8zP7nEaDpLvJhDN0Sa7adgzYTvUYaKZrGczCgTs/s400/img_1599.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304563964457764834" border="0" />good friends helping out with party prep</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8oJMbxJQWM5l4jRoeX3IvVH1so3Ku9DixoSNATR0oqb6veaYXgmGdoa8kmx6toeQwxdcamWQYzLLdvXj3RWubdoAQL8cuiQVeOJFX9a2jIZRx-jp-azRpyqcnTXb3NDPsFltC2DG2YoI/s1600-h/img_1717.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8oJMbxJQWM5l4jRoeX3IvVH1so3Ku9DixoSNATR0oqb6veaYXgmGdoa8kmx6toeQwxdcamWQYzLLdvXj3RWubdoAQL8cuiQVeOJFX9a2jIZRx-jp-azRpyqcnTXb3NDPsFltC2DG2YoI/s400/img_1717.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304563970286836610" border="0" />Mandy flew in from Alabama...what a great friend! I really didn't want to turn 40 with out you...thank you so much for being there!</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_ebVF4Sf2kcZ-EYfQeuit0XxoM92sFYvAqhqyHHOUMJ0R71OwVS5xlO1o2tgzClUqfp9iBNHoBcjZBxK55V5do6H4pPx0BpbHSj0qL2oe7Gx8o7tqS6MIxhSmFQxiNwSxPjFj20Q7Ak/s1600-h/img_1736.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_ebVF4Sf2kcZ-EYfQeuit0XxoM92sFYvAqhqyHHOUMJ0R71OwVS5xlO1o2tgzClUqfp9iBNHoBcjZBxK55V5do6H4pPx0BpbHSj0qL2oe7Gx8o7tqS6MIxhSmFQxiNwSxPjFj20Q7Ak/s400/img_1736.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304563976081146546" border="0" />Me and Bekah---she traveled all the way from across the street!</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGZuPoJoa8D4AWL_AXpR5HFNjlyu7KQdzkJ_tq34C1r98MUOd10MXlbx8zXt5VKqdxuRoWTrEUR9u6BD0P0d-vqq-n8sfi5tseaJN5fRiQSQPjLpLdFSQPZJ_N_7L8r0TmFTWq2LR_1U/s1600-h/cake+%233.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGZuPoJoa8D4AWL_AXpR5HFNjlyu7KQdzkJ_tq34C1r98MUOd10MXlbx8zXt5VKqdxuRoWTrEUR9u6BD0P0d-vqq-n8sfi5tseaJN5fRiQSQPjLpLdFSQPZJ_N_7L8r0TmFTWq2LR_1U/s400/cake+%233.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304576350906765890" border="0" />and of course...cake #3!</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2CKB9lWjn09joqiT_2xiJXfxBLaGHrUD1t6Mjtk_n86-Y6XXsgfE2bKOMiyun6GXXgPD8sbgpQpoH5Oyk6y5Kbh-ISvwZPVkH1gqMEgm-lBoToogTObelF-Hs0VAcize39Od_AKv_CQQ/s1600-h/IMG_9086.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2CKB9lWjn09joqiT_2xiJXfxBLaGHrUD1t6Mjtk_n86-Y6XXsgfE2bKOMiyun6GXXgPD8sbgpQpoH5Oyk6y5Kbh-ISvwZPVkH1gqMEgm-lBoToogTObelF-Hs0VAcize39Od_AKv_CQQ/s400/IMG_9086.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304563984296086770" border="0" />everyone enjoying the <span style="font-weight: bold;">yummy</span> food Joy made...ALL BY HERSELF!!! She is amazing!</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0-H5oWV6lbAcnD1c6kYNfJ-NtzVHSnxJ-CaNj5DzsQJlIudDCwK4hDAumUdoH3etC6LfhWBuFtgpmO_d2ZG9yb30QeZay0ZpZyqH2xrC9qCEwUARCSJNKxLl9bSDIcpzpOHO3cZuLoes/s1600-h/joy+and+brenda.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0-H5oWV6lbAcnD1c6kYNfJ-NtzVHSnxJ-CaNj5DzsQJlIudDCwK4hDAumUdoH3etC6LfhWBuFtgpmO_d2ZG9yb30QeZay0ZpZyqH2xrC9qCEwUARCSJNKxLl9bSDIcpzpOHO3cZuLoes/s400/joy+and+brenda.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304576358605199138" border="0" />the winner for "sister in law of the year" and "party guest who traveled the farthest" celebrate together</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnL4zbGfM3dIYIJWGKsBQN0ZqMnAm-EwyOdXQi72kWJH3cp35GEbIvcNWxJyuEPbmv7trvfQK4tSGO7jHjBkohC8obf2u3TkclDeXPr8TepX7PDLDYcBKIqMHehbTk7TNuh9ttcyIib8k/s1600-h/IMG_9129.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnL4zbGfM3dIYIJWGKsBQN0ZqMnAm-EwyOdXQi72kWJH3cp35GEbIvcNWxJyuEPbmv7trvfQK4tSGO7jHjBkohC8obf2u3TkclDeXPr8TepX7PDLDYcBKIqMHehbTk7TNuh9ttcyIib8k/s400/IMG_9129.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304519204824720562" border="0" />the party is over and the party planner/sneaky husband is pooped! </a><br /><br />I love you all and I am so glad that you are all a part of my life...I look forward to being with all of my wonderful friends and family for many years to come!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicWsdQ9R1YplRGpQC42LWsJsPAS-EVi-gkPSd_MRS8JiRXRJoIWdvzNtsqEdILVgV-O4EgxsxLpu5kyE26ueWvFpl7sNBa8gJBt6VrKB1CAQAi7PQR0PQjryrkENBLyaGUYNxrbf6MHqc/s1600-h/IMG_9123.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicWsdQ9R1YplRGpQC42LWsJsPAS-EVi-gkPSd_MRS8JiRXRJoIWdvzNtsqEdILVgV-O4EgxsxLpu5kyE26ueWvFpl7sNBa8gJBt6VrKB1CAQAi7PQR0PQjryrkENBLyaGUYNxrbf6MHqc/s400/IMG_9123.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304519221709545122" border="0" />I'll leave you with this lovely pic of KL...and you didn't think it was"blog worthy"...I beg to differ!</a>Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961550431142620083noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949695279938172606.post-14952211062880804932009-02-16T14:04:00.010-05:002009-02-16T16:27:48.531-05:00First Post of the New (well not so new) Year!Yeah, it's almost March and I am making my first post of 2009. I do believe I have already admitted that I am not so good at this blogging thing. I can't keep my house clean, laundry done, beds made, painting orders completed, Kids For Christ schedule organized...so why would I keep a blog up to date? The fact that I still have a blog is just to prove to my husband (and myself) that I actually can do it. I never said I would do it <span style="font-weight: bold;">well</span>---just that I <span style="font-weight: bold;">could</span> do it!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0JD2DWeCozYQCTYbfrR5xrIc6QX6nPyjyO-IyQdhRjVAjIlBtbdMCktPsjYk3Go2uP4IVn1KCuZo4w7LI499oxTYXNwfHyylcD0fpR9KQhLp_lYT-NAdLFuPdMx7Ws6c2schwaLJTHAY/s1600-h/IMG_8177.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0JD2DWeCozYQCTYbfrR5xrIc6QX6nPyjyO-IyQdhRjVAjIlBtbdMCktPsjYk3Go2uP4IVn1KCuZo4w7LI499oxTYXNwfHyylcD0fpR9KQhLp_lYT-NAdLFuPdMx7Ws6c2schwaLJTHAY/s400/IMG_8177.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303507187943933042" border="0" /></a>Since my last blog mentioned my New York city trip I think I better post a few pictures of that fantastic family vacation. I was nervous about going to "the big city" with small children (big place, lots of people, small kids...seemed a little scary), but it was <span style="font-weight: bold;">AWESOME</span>! Really...it was great!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9BMs2GlDpG-Ra__pOULFHJM5ldfGSBEbd3ARPL13udyvlkrbT6rIEN0P67BlYnLY-3DMyiuRnKR_v3tVl5kjbG_7dT79MNLI6kpF-74OHPhxBVw5SsQccThMr3yzCGg7mfpANrcBfEhE/s1600-h/brenda,+laura+and+me+at+toys+r+us.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9BMs2GlDpG-Ra__pOULFHJM5ldfGSBEbd3ARPL13udyvlkrbT6rIEN0P67BlYnLY-3DMyiuRnKR_v3tVl5kjbG_7dT79MNLI6kpF-74OHPhxBVw5SsQccThMr3yzCGg7mfpANrcBfEhE/s320/brenda,+laura+and+me+at+toys+r+us.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303482162765028946" border="0" /></a><br />We had so much fun with my sister Brenda and her family. On Halloween day we went to Toys-r-us in Times Square---there were people in costumes everywhere! I don't get to see Brenda as much as I would like and it was so much fun to be together and laugh!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXEbr_VR4OIRkzAQc1cl0dz8I5qGWJeVy9p4IbFHTm3lzIswDV2LgIGgWyKPSWwsuPN93pqRl6TqfuqHG2yUV7fQLx8NNQZ6CyNF65m_fITmAy3mfvm83DIxhAVQ4Jd5oXZgR3_JDdeGY/s1600-h/crackin+up.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXEbr_VR4OIRkzAQc1cl0dz8I5qGWJeVy9p4IbFHTm3lzIswDV2LgIGgWyKPSWwsuPN93pqRl6TqfuqHG2yUV7fQLx8NNQZ6CyNF65m_fITmAy3mfvm83DIxhAVQ4Jd5oXZgR3_JDdeGY/s320/crackin+up.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303485958390659730" border="0" /></a>We even got to celebrate Chloe's 8th birthday when we got there.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM1rdm0KLSJ5rgxPK9U-7XlEgJ_YkUSOgxotj3RQVAnWb7uu9jryb6SjOJ_3VNRqRxA5I311-wALpfjUN4mmh6QhL6Y7rBun5sOFmiGrhsHVXpK-qwBvBtBgRvjJaQJ1rtSHIgR-tzwfo/s1600-h/chloe's+bday+in+nyc.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM1rdm0KLSJ5rgxPK9U-7XlEgJ_YkUSOgxotj3RQVAnWb7uu9jryb6SjOJ_3VNRqRxA5I311-wALpfjUN4mmh6QhL6Y7rBun5sOFmiGrhsHVXpK-qwBvBtBgRvjJaQJ1rtSHIgR-tzwfo/s320/chloe's+bday+in+nyc.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303485971126877906" border="0" /></a>The kids loved it and I wish we could have stayed longer---let's face it, there is a lot to do in NYC. We managed to squeeze in the Bronx Zoo, The Museum of Natural History, the Statue of Liberty, the Staten Island Ferry, Ground Zero, China Town, Time Square, Central Park and I'm tired just thinking about it! We definitely packed a lot into the short time we were there, but I wouldn't have done it any other way. Here's some pictures of a few highlights:<br /><br />Jeff and Eliott doing a little shopping in China town<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCYvt57OUF84aCthghW3HOesQV9DOLYNEcs3zZt5KwwibwnJlrqqWkIk1zuMuvkRBQNY7RJ-PIEzl1jpqs4nIeFQsiIA0ICuiEqGgHhdoLyeISeg4mF9THB_2X2MN171AdzFpENzrbQag/s1600-h/china+town.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCYvt57OUF84aCthghW3HOesQV9DOLYNEcs3zZt5KwwibwnJlrqqWkIk1zuMuvkRBQNY7RJ-PIEzl1jpqs4nIeFQsiIA0ICuiEqGgHhdoLyeISeg4mF9THB_2X2MN171AdzFpENzrbQag/s320/china+town.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303482167116023778" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgozVOb4o7Eq31-6mq2rSorqi2YdW63ZS4wdD6M7k5xG7ajJUT_cYfqNUnbk-xfor_VI-O2S6gnzD5vBUkFxP6i-Cw0SUrRyY_2eYI0HOgFfMlX2APX1vF8bLun-r6PvJVYSwefDHpKu48/s1600-h/central+park+family+pic.JPG"> </a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgozVOb4o7Eq31-6mq2rSorqi2YdW63ZS4wdD6M7k5xG7ajJUT_cYfqNUnbk-xfor_VI-O2S6gnzD5vBUkFxP6i-Cw0SUrRyY_2eYI0HOgFfMlX2APX1vF8bLun-r6PvJVYSwefDHpKu48/s1600-h/central+park+family+pic.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgozVOb4o7Eq31-6mq2rSorqi2YdW63ZS4wdD6M7k5xG7ajJUT_cYfqNUnbk-xfor_VI-O2S6gnzD5vBUkFxP6i-Cw0SUrRyY_2eYI0HOgFfMlX2APX1vF8bLun-r6PvJVYSwefDHpKu48/s320/central+park+family+pic.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303482156070990290" border="0" /></a>The Family at Central Park<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglO3xrn1hCi9Oksp7DfNvPLt-85GsiPIrhDShNEZoHjd8Yv04pKlw6csH_RnRMGBNJAAqYz-t-nN2Aes_Jhyt1DvR6NTN1o7C9iTkR4aIVcM8QqeZgMSyBG4jXeHOpHSclAQ10PxeFdyk/s1600-h/eliott+and+sharks.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglO3xrn1hCi9Oksp7DfNvPLt-85GsiPIrhDShNEZoHjd8Yv04pKlw6csH_RnRMGBNJAAqYz-t-nN2Aes_Jhyt1DvR6NTN1o7C9iTkR4aIVcM8QqeZgMSyBG4jXeHOpHSclAQ10PxeFdyk/s200/eliott+and+sharks.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303498278644501426" border="0" /></a>Eliott and the sharks at the Museum of Natural History<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6td7wRsyH49bKYFKa7-15cY_ud_h8Fla0daYBLiXbd0qwgqwUDihLLuV6v_0k9mtWzkowSKvsoMrl5pHJoj_aeDVXg04Ybvb4_Sm01ZPfCq_J9lFo2xPD75kdAFlhTLZMcxKbzF9LiCM/s1600-h/IMG_7434.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6td7wRsyH49bKYFKa7-15cY_ud_h8Fla0daYBLiXbd0qwgqwUDihLLuV6v_0k9mtWzkowSKvsoMrl5pHJoj_aeDVXg04Ybvb4_Sm01ZPfCq_J9lFo2xPD75kdAFlhTLZMcxKbzF9LiCM/s200/IMG_7434.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303498282940304226" border="0" /></a>hanging out at Starbucks with cousin Laura<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEOzp84XzT3x3lLEYrgJkAaB7HML_1RFccEzlRtC0FDA1trLagyZ88K8irmPsPEjWYsITXB371oL1stCUazBsU1EPXjsKgh3pn-4apZ9wvrr9vFK5T1A5ngyMtfLvPZUfWLAbTadmT_7w/s1600-h/millie+and+duck+croped.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEOzp84XzT3x3lLEYrgJkAaB7HML_1RFccEzlRtC0FDA1trLagyZ88K8irmPsPEjWYsITXB371oL1stCUazBsU1EPXjsKgh3pn-4apZ9wvrr9vFK5T1A5ngyMtfLvPZUfWLAbTadmT_7w/s200/millie+and+duck+croped.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303505160106387426" border="0" /></a>Millie terrorizing the ducks at the Bronx Zoo<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv9acFH6h_GVPC46M1-KBhXqmkFhD7_CVfcZ1VpsIOm5VkXHzSJ961O2xBGktNsGAZr1MMFR0mDjn0r2NnN6MakAFQFnVTAzzgUODkoe-T6tSyytRNMv-aqtuPwDSgeqYCu4WmoQVBvZ4/s1600-h/where+are+we.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv9acFH6h_GVPC46M1-KBhXqmkFhD7_CVfcZ1VpsIOm5VkXHzSJ961O2xBGktNsGAZr1MMFR0mDjn0r2NnN6MakAFQFnVTAzzgUODkoe-T6tSyytRNMv-aqtuPwDSgeqYCu4WmoQVBvZ4/s200/where+are+we.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303505159133241570" border="0" /></a>Where are we? Lost in New York City!<br /><br />I honestly don't know what my favorite thing was...the Bronx Zoo was fantastic---lots of animals and a beautiful setting, (it was really cold that day)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3mQbcOqw0YJMjehtAQfFPSf9c0NJAe5eKZS3dVED5RwQBe6wJqYiDXpfc8Jq5TeGmVPub7afGcZ4_1KuClf0kY1biVnqsTEeAuYVn-u4163OyY0GSVorslh1LtwQ4fBbd5S0_ipfQq2E/s1600-h/family+pic+at+the+zoo.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3mQbcOqw0YJMjehtAQfFPSf9c0NJAe5eKZS3dVED5RwQBe6wJqYiDXpfc8Jq5TeGmVPub7afGcZ4_1KuClf0kY1biVnqsTEeAuYVn-u4163OyY0GSVorslh1LtwQ4fBbd5S0_ipfQq2E/s400/family+pic+at+the+zoo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303483425360176050" border="0" /></a> but I also really loved the Museum of Natural History--I could have done 2 days there because there was so much to see and learn...and the kids really loved it too (I don't think they knew it was educational)!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkYI7xr5Ldj045FmNef3yjCjVVD4nxZVh6-0K98TdN7qOm1HF3DbxupCK2bfxxdhWRfJqenYwZyiXm8b5ngi8u_R6BX9VdU2mBkMZiLGGW3CqZy3gWsSTjyWl2HTBTxYEVVN7OPatDrvE/s1600-h/dum+dum+and+family.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkYI7xr5Ldj045FmNef3yjCjVVD4nxZVh6-0K98TdN7qOm1HF3DbxupCK2bfxxdhWRfJqenYwZyiXm8b5ngi8u_R6BX9VdU2mBkMZiLGGW3CqZy3gWsSTjyWl2HTBTxYEVVN7OPatDrvE/s400/dum+dum+and+family.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303492719310026946" border="0" /></a> I am so glad we went and look forward to our next visit.Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961550431142620083noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949695279938172606.post-63028980974456047372008-11-21T08:00:00.007-05:002008-11-21T09:15:08.651-05:00October trip to the mountains<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJ9Oa0OSun-jk1T4Kq2gLCn760ywEomZSdDdGCiz94JDTMQ3d3UncN1QQ4vutcLHfsJyQbfWhzejFSYGAlRR4k-ivkjJWVoR54YIWCG4iwnc3l9Fz1wkEXTbN3P1Bz4gdrI-WERSBcu0/s1600-h/c+e+and+m+begin+the+hike.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271097662948451938" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJ9Oa0OSun-jk1T4Kq2gLCn760ywEomZSdDdGCiz94JDTMQ3d3UncN1QQ4vutcLHfsJyQbfWhzejFSYGAlRR4k-ivkjJWVoR54YIWCG4iwnc3l9Fz1wkEXTbN3P1Bz4gdrI-WERSBcu0/s320/c+e+and+m+begin+the+hike.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_A8V_iGRz6aKZ5ZxJCq0UdntWf7J-JZ-CFxnp-PlD8J5SXaAtR3RLud2Q1NxoHYKk5KRyzNbserPNDH_cNd4DJF4LKGQ57pHrHc5svoGig_I3IVeh6rt-4P4uqFsKXCvr695i5UaldQ/s1600-h/climbing+over+the+rocks+1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271102351258168658" style="WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_A8V_iGRz6aKZ5ZxJCq0UdntWf7J-JZ-CFxnp-PlD8J5SXaAtR3RLud2Q1NxoHYKk5KRyzNbserPNDH_cNd4DJF4LKGQ57pHrHc5svoGig_I3IVeh6rt-4P4uqFsKXCvr695i5UaldQ/s320/climbing+over+the+rocks+1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjknq8lM4eLmvz4bl0LC79Pe3iZufOWfb_XVrJ1nssopskFg0MgUeNqqnqnpL0fZWelGNt3iUB40fMCzTx6xxUtdG8wfCEvE-L41IumAsYVH1mTNujB4gv831EBmIAKJvE0uRaN3c8ERQI/s1600-h/dad+with++c+and+e+crop2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271102363100136290" style="WIDTH: 230px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjknq8lM4eLmvz4bl0LC79Pe3iZufOWfb_XVrJ1nssopskFg0MgUeNqqnqnpL0fZWelGNt3iUB40fMCzTx6xxUtdG8wfCEvE-L41IumAsYVH1mTNujB4gv831EBmIAKJvE0uRaN3c8ERQI/s320/dad+with++c+and+e+crop2.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3pd8YX2MkJdvsanlOm4zGh5ThVY4ZRM2x68f6EwlU9AFlRWNoJLWYBFJYnQdT1ye3G9fYVtgVk4kK6Cj_NqwBIDbtommEqIndfEEOK1iEVjHlYNrqnZN4Sx-ZIuJyVuK1lqa_iWjfBMI/s1600-h/climbing+over+rocks+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271102357000574322" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3pd8YX2MkJdvsanlOm4zGh5ThVY4ZRM2x68f6EwlU9AFlRWNoJLWYBFJYnQdT1ye3G9fYVtgVk4kK6Cj_NqwBIDbtommEqIndfEEOK1iEVjHlYNrqnZN4Sx-ZIuJyVuK1lqa_iWjfBMI/s320/climbing+over+rocks+3.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I forgot to mention --in my very long catch up blog--about our family day in the North Carolina mountains. We try to go every year in October for a little day trip and photo session. This year we went to Stone Mountain National Park and it was beautiful! We hiked down by the Stone Mountain Falls and took lots of fun pictures. The kids were fascinated by the ladybugs and rocks...I love it that they love nature and are so taken with things like rocks and bugs! Isn't that what being a kids all about?!<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMXotoSJ9VS1vlUVhXh19Xek6f5QjU7jKhRq9H413yMnPRxaqcs5NBHUomF8gg0wtY2A-6P5KFRWYxODZTpAj3nCSV2AMXzWD_9ky_tmtnTPAu-hA5TYqdK_SDdmtQueA5kGaSQHPsLHA/s1600-h/c+and+e+find+a+big+rock.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271097652033694578" style="WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMXotoSJ9VS1vlUVhXh19Xek6f5QjU7jKhRq9H413yMnPRxaqcs5NBHUomF8gg0wtY2A-6P5KFRWYxODZTpAj3nCSV2AMXzWD_9ky_tmtnTPAu-hA5TYqdK_SDdmtQueA5kGaSQHPsLHA/s320/c+and+e+find+a+big+rock.JPG" border="0" /></a> Here's one of the many rocks they tried to keep. This one just wouldn't fit in anybodies pocket!<br /></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBazLWzLbzK0GJBOdeb5iaQaX8NWMP7hSl-tbXfpl7hfc5IkCwVMwEnwkBpwuoaD6k4cfo8IWoATl2HsA4CO7t122AIGaecLgJWIJUlSQ2SUl2qCWv059nDHHpUMtAahg-8TtEQ3M5DbI/s1600-h/can"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271097667154265122" style="WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBazLWzLbzK0GJBOdeb5iaQaX8NWMP7hSl-tbXfpl7hfc5IkCwVMwEnwkBpwuoaD6k4cfo8IWoATl2HsA4CO7t122AIGaecLgJWIJUlSQ2SUl2qCWv059nDHHpUMtAahg-8TtEQ3M5DbI/s320/can't+keep+up+with+e.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0tuGfj_8nfZGe_FruUhbBU0sS26gSjFnyjLvG7eRuV_CxX2K8q56khPkyNIn7mmwjfdxVypG68LEG_G6H-T4zlUtLecRnXHzrnosU2kEDvL6dbCFuV9sz_JjdxH6t4-4A-mvIjRY7MHI/s1600-h/chloe.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271097671219940722" style="WIDTH: 205px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0tuGfj_8nfZGe_FruUhbBU0sS26gSjFnyjLvG7eRuV_CxX2K8q56khPkyNIn7mmwjfdxVypG68LEG_G6H-T4zlUtLecRnXHzrnosU2kEDvL6dbCFuV9sz_JjdxH6t4-4A-mvIjRY7MHI/s320/chloe.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>It was tough keeping up with Eliott! Chloe was a little easier to keep up with.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggc-sQzqLyFBlMtfnK4UfG7xnncIfrz-LF0JgJNWmqCAhj8VlBTK7cZdNwFBFIQr-tjvhXGd-CEeYGSKjYGLB1eSmkUXdvbQN4VrQ7OrsbHnLNMYpm2jVj-V1Jfx0O2l_1o13kL81wn2o/s1600-h/sweet+millie+glow.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271102364649194962" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggc-sQzqLyFBlMtfnK4UfG7xnncIfrz-LF0JgJNWmqCAhj8VlBTK7cZdNwFBFIQr-tjvhXGd-CEeYGSKjYGLB1eSmkUXdvbQN4VrQ7OrsbHnLNMYpm2jVj-V1Jfx0O2l_1o13kL81wn2o/s320/sweet+millie+glow.JPG" border="0" /></a>Isn't this the cutest picture of Millie! Precious little baby face! I am so glad we still have that little baby face---I am not ready for her to grow up!<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxcNHNOwe9O5b2RgVVPsb6bqxOmDueF6lDKpuASWieJfM68DMdaZgJxaVHz_ZVxOraCYWb9II8606A6xTNV4KV9VKpwBSPS4He7PH-f-2og2BYDO_tPwLi6Ey-09B_snwtUyY8jaKl-8c/s1600-h/c+and+e+being+silly.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271097657797604178" style="WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxcNHNOwe9O5b2RgVVPsb6bqxOmDueF6lDKpuASWieJfM68DMdaZgJxaVHz_ZVxOraCYWb9II8606A6xTNV4KV9VKpwBSPS4He7PH-f-2og2BYDO_tPwLi6Ey-09B_snwtUyY8jaKl-8c/s320/c+and+e+being+silly.JPG" border="0" /></a> Here's Chloe and Eliott's "silly picture"...looks a little bit like a High School Musical Wildcats dance move, doesn't it!?</div><br /><div>Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the day. I have also been playing with my photo editing program so you will have to let me know what you think about my "creative" pictures. :)</div><div> </div> Me and my girls by Stone Mtn. Falls<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271105591073019202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKToo6eRb2tQ6AzHI4MuLpgWriIdLPK95FiFgi5ODdhfjHwhfr2ZtvpFtbBu2hQnqFrz05W7VgfXq79f_-ZwTeGl3WZew_91mSS4pWl-9BVgdebqLpRSLYgy3n6Jmrdiss7xtv3WuhiYM/s400/the+girls.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /> Millie got tired of hiking...very quickly! <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271105586288593506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMfduIgSLZ2gM4MV3ZxP4qvRLcJlWXTo9y-UUkDNu4YWoEQCpZktEgbLfBp3awdTMBfKXVARUskLQ7dhWENt3fDdgk7icfkR7Oddxv4m95g_sdCVKoNfVpAY5bAh2Z7CEA2WMhAYLJwQE/s400/millie's+tired+already+orange+glow.JPG" border="0" /><br /></div> Sweet Sisters<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271105578072366114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTdUaSxd-wYYqUtyn732mQrSnnlkzoF-h-aZRCxzEAt0cvxN2ry7RLDOcQODbomeICK9hkPJUf024AiGyquDcdKqHaUqpqynFvb9rNR1rKz5wOMdiBK_de3YXQceXrsIOs6_yMa97PHys/s400/sisters2.JPG" border="0" /></div><div><br /><div> Family Photo<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271105581126880610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 260px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgytKA2NCRjm6uRefdUPPxtCiX9u1EbXFu7ceMtpHWJW7GmH3YlqS7dhuRWdasUH8zNTVGx9WnWyDsFhhzURVPTsVgn6tKJIV5E4NAMYjlEpD8YMMt3KqUI2Wro__fRYk4CSnHB5nPvvSE/s400/family+picture+2+orange+glow2.JPG" border="0" /></div><div> </div><div> Eliott's ladybug<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271111842899719522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 269px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiddKaaeKNfXkOdapUGAbMAZZUV3KNvsjGm-5SsrGMv7g0ALSyE_T2LRrWFbk5G7CFDeKDTkrV3iYgiqiaxb5nBAqJdeXGV6lAxBIGobmxUPh4CgMh7fSNJ01YWwjzItNOlE7sNSeaDv0A/s400/eliott's+ladybug2.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> Eliott took this picture of me and Jeff...not too shabby! Especially considering what he had to work with! :)<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271111838978985890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 270px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyy1C2rkkd1Plx6yrjx9soGKzFk694bYtk42HBkgSrGABK_sR0wVhaE46_Qnjtex2Dbp-A8nQ-TxqwBpN0uFyZ1F8Dr7-VJedp4SwtLXwVOEmSeF57u1oRV60A0TZH6u5qXBmNla4CHFk/s400/mom+and+dad2.JPG" border="0" />Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961550431142620083noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949695279938172606.post-4953562399341965792008-11-06T13:57:00.012-05:002008-11-10T23:20:39.347-05:00It's been way too long!My name is Barbara and I am <strong><em>not</em></strong> a blogaholic....if I were a blogaholic it would not have been 6 months since my last Blog!!! We have had lots of computer problems (crashed twice and lost about 5 months of pics), but the <strong>real</strong> reason I haven't been blogging is because I am just not very good at making time for it. It's kind of like exercise...I <strong>really</strong> want to do it, I know it will make me feel better to do it, I know that once I get started it will only get easier, <strong>BUT</strong> I just can't seem to get it into the day. I am thinking about joining a support group. I'll let you know how it goes...<br />So, here it is: A blog that will cover 6 months of the Trinh Family fun! (minus a few great pictures that were lost in the crash)<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong>May</strong>-<br />-Chloe was in the second grade musical called Mighty Minds and she sang the multiplication tables with a group of kids. Super cute--unfortunately no pics. :(</div><div>-Eliott and Millie were in the preschool end of the year program. They both sang their little hearts out and of course were unbelievably precious. :(</div><br /><div><strong>June</strong>-</div><div>-Enjoyed spending long days together, hanging out and playing and going to the pool with KL and Bekah (mooching off our friends with a pool membership)</div><div>-Kids went to Art Camp with Miss Watts (Eliott's preschool teacher). We love her! and the kids loved Art Camp and want to go every year.</div><br /><div><strong>July</strong>-</div><div>-To Chattanooga for the Wooten Family Birthday Bash.</div><div>-Began talking to Cabinet people about getting my kitchen redone, taking measurements and picking out cabinets(wow! has it really been that long we've been talking about this?! we really need to get on the ball and do it!!!)</div><div>-Working at church almost <strong>everyday</strong> to get ready for VBS Cosmic City.</div><br /><div><strong>August-</strong></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>-Chloe went to cheerleader camp with Mary Alice and had a blast. Now she cheers and dances all over the house...wait a minute, she already did that.</div><div>-Cosmic City VBS blasts off at South Fork Church of Christ. This was the best VBS yet--<strong>way to go KL and Karen!</strong></div><div>-Jeff turns 36 and had a lame church party after VBS--some may not find this so lame...Chloe thought it was AWESOME that all of our church friends were there to eat cake.</div><div>-Seabrook Island vacation with the McCalls--it's always a good time when you're with good friends!<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb0ieRsGORAc_CEi-Giw1Wz_JEiF7DwIIG67TlxOghjIdAEp37q9Kmw8PPDbDFp2-KipHVPS3ckwWuatxq3nsEGmbEMtvT2sfHGEVL_v2kVSHo7uLeUgppCPdCuj7egOlAUeH_wspu_AI/s1600-h/seabrook+fam+pic+08+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266851458993499138" style="WIDTH: 220px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb0ieRsGORAc_CEi-Giw1Wz_JEiF7DwIIG67TlxOghjIdAEp37q9Kmw8PPDbDFp2-KipHVPS3ckwWuatxq3nsEGmbEMtvT2sfHGEVL_v2kVSHo7uLeUgppCPdCuj7egOlAUeH_wspu_AI/s320/seabrook+fam+pic+08+2.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIUvGW9l3ED4qVeVTUPpWgcWEqNwJNQxBDTKgKLo7vWIf0TocJ_TVeBERrwhgg1hg9ICFAbvgVsvVdLg8XLkIq3Ceg2Thu1ss12muuyfveGU6CTx8guvuPPcZpmS9R3tPBARzOKP4tcYo/s1600-h/kids+at+seabrook+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266851455324948338" style="WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIUvGW9l3ED4qVeVTUPpWgcWEqNwJNQxBDTKgKLo7vWIf0TocJ_TVeBERrwhgg1hg9ICFAbvgVsvVdLg8XLkIq3Ceg2Thu1ss12muuyfveGU6CTx8guvuPPcZpmS9R3tPBARzOKP4tcYo/s320/kids+at+seabrook+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />-Back to school for Chloe...2nd grade!</div><div>-Millie turns 3! Is it really possible that my sweet little Millie is 3 years old! I can't believe it. I am so grateful for all the joy and happiness that she adds to our lives. Everyday she makes me feel so loved and she always makes me laugh. She is such a big girl!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ7G9ktbbsscUpdR5m_6ZR63iXw8WyNHESZDaWF2DbTZqj486RaoR3D1fUVp6XsfXy7LE_8G-f8QwUh2pSrKDw94wwTtFEugPpTCcyP_6MIMB02TeG5dJOWOnOKNG4HRYwtX3Xozka7zU/s1600-h/millie+blowing+out+candles2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266860846260650530" style="WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ7G9ktbbsscUpdR5m_6ZR63iXw8WyNHESZDaWF2DbTZqj486RaoR3D1fUVp6XsfXy7LE_8G-f8QwUh2pSrKDw94wwTtFEugPpTCcyP_6MIMB02TeG5dJOWOnOKNG4HRYwtX3Xozka7zU/s320/millie+blowing+out+candles2.jpg" border="0" /></a> This picture is from her actual birthday. David and KiKi came over for cake and brought her a new purse with a wallet and <strong>GUM </strong>inside! She was so excited!<br /><strong>September-</strong><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidMcWbzR-PVBXmR0tcl0pl4o467Xjnwf719BwCkya6egi7p9qpyQXrKLW1iUdybvi_w5U1neV2ikXCjQLEDVn1GgRppaRWWY2iD8tZOikUATQ2DL6mDs67nDqVP6thn47X_JXcFE6zz5Q/s1600-h/Millie+and+cake.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266860832436489986" style="WIDTH: 246px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidMcWbzR-PVBXmR0tcl0pl4o467Xjnwf719BwCkya6egi7p9qpyQXrKLW1iUdybvi_w5U1neV2ikXCjQLEDVn1GgRppaRWWY2iD8tZOikUATQ2DL6mDs67nDqVP6thn47X_JXcFE6zz5Q/s320/Millie+and+cake.jpg" border="0" /></a> This is a picture from her big party!<br />-Great Lady bug Birthday party (thanks to Aunt Joy's decorations) and Labor Day cook out with friends and we even got to celebrate Steve's birthday too!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi11yIKr6oZT2eQyKaDENwTU8OQ0eVhcR99nw0FrT91kuuwqh1F8XMrN530UUs3-QUp2VPl_NhFxVbXUVoZNVNer6ZMQYjWkUh6c48wIDM7O7yqAfNb0abvQ2rOaPsAg9z4jMNwgzjS5YQ/s1600-h/m+and+steve.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266860826559714274" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi11yIKr6oZT2eQyKaDENwTU8OQ0eVhcR99nw0FrT91kuuwqh1F8XMrN530UUs3-QUp2VPl_NhFxVbXUVoZNVNer6ZMQYjWkUh6c48wIDM7O7yqAfNb0abvQ2rOaPsAg9z4jMNwgzjS5YQ/s320/m+and+steve.jpg" border="0" /></a> Happy Birthday Stevo!</div><div>-Back to school for Eliott and Millie<br />-We have a new neighbor--baby Wyatt is here! Check out the <a href="http://www.siddenfamily.blogspot.com/">Bekah's blog </a>to see what a cutie he is! </div><div>-School, preschool, piano lessons, Brownies and soccer all in full swing and Jeff leaves the country for about 2 weeks! Obviously I survived, but it was scary! </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjHrbdvzIlgef-43ZKOqGY9L37zUnOO5FYmf9HaCmz6AadMoDRP3r4C7EXEDJRRAcxaTNHDniNE9mhJKdgXxmMn56PP51BVTdu3Gi56vtGMtnNgFsxN14Z8uajLLWnfydN7QdWso32gVI/s1600-h/eliot+soccer.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267162441843061570" style="WIDTH: 227px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjHrbdvzIlgef-43ZKOqGY9L37zUnOO5FYmf9HaCmz6AadMoDRP3r4C7EXEDJRRAcxaTNHDniNE9mhJKdgXxmMn56PP51BVTdu3Gi56vtGMtnNgFsxN14Z8uajLLWnfydN7QdWso32gVI/s320/eliot+soccer.jpg" border="0" /></a>Here's an action shot of Eliott. He was awesome this season. He scored almost every game and was a great team player. Jeff was sooo proud! And of course I was too.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhapMhhkOBJQHnV59IRuUDVoVPWCG5xD-Q78iJ1tZotXsXv4tOb8cYay6aFoEFjb6lUNWGGWg6P7HShdE9hLHH4nXxyDODvT8VYp_wOjylWXcGH3yG1belIhyphenhyphenc8Q0MzMbp8ehh87PKWukw/s1600-h/chloe+soccer.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267162449497123362" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhapMhhkOBJQHnV59IRuUDVoVPWCG5xD-Q78iJ1tZotXsXv4tOb8cYay6aFoEFjb6lUNWGGWg6P7HShdE9hLHH4nXxyDODvT8VYp_wOjylWXcGH3yG1belIhyphenhyphenc8Q0MzMbp8ehh87PKWukw/s320/chloe+soccer.JPG" border="0" /></a>And here's Chloe in action. We were afraid she didn't really like Soccer at the beginning of the season. But once she scored a goal she really got motivated...and I guess her competitive spirit kicked in a little bit too. She has improved so much this season. We have really enjoyed watching her play...and score!<br />-Baby Tyler was born! I have to put this on my blog because I was actually there for a large part of it, but unfortunately missed the delivery. Check out <a href="http://www.itsakeenlife.blogspot.com/">Kiera's blog </a>for more pics. He is so cute and Chloe can't wait to baby sit!<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYCzH7rCijN2Jb9Oi4AkVFXIRlvmYPdLvUb6BE90uX1FCIXig4k4lp-j6op_rADRE0B7GXmW3JnvSOP6QTMErnEpIGZoUxg8ppTlh3_dooCQeTP9oohcN5rOSoaMC_xgDbGQVmNUJJKI4/s1600-h/c+and+baby+tyler.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266850072946503874" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYCzH7rCijN2Jb9Oi4AkVFXIRlvmYPdLvUb6BE90uX1FCIXig4k4lp-j6op_rADRE0B7GXmW3JnvSOP6QTMErnEpIGZoUxg8ppTlh3_dooCQeTP9oohcN5rOSoaMC_xgDbGQVmNUJJKI4/s320/c+and+baby+tyler.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUN1MS022xGF96p9QJwuZ0eoyFdTXaarxU3qI5fpYhmGELTXuPj4dn-tjd7N6hsR3frNsBn6AMnmwCfINBg6erOBCdXmxvcyKhrTGV8CpmiGVMrhW43uSiK7IXCjrS7thD0jhVJi9Ote8/s1600-h/millie+and+baby+tyler.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266860817267809842" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUN1MS022xGF96p9QJwuZ0eoyFdTXaarxU3qI5fpYhmGELTXuPj4dn-tjd7N6hsR3frNsBn6AMnmwCfINBg6erOBCdXmxvcyKhrTGV8CpmiGVMrhW43uSiK7IXCjrS7thD0jhVJi9Ote8/s320/millie+and+baby+tyler.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Chloe and Millie holding Baby Ty-Ty for the very first time. :)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBH_8-YDlW1nqCUsXxm7WpXXy3d6Lp8fYWV3HzzyIndz2ZErchZbV4hEN2xNcStJJRW50a3VOd6XDr0KEoflT_DdiknpveS_FdQrMLG7bJV9MSZLyIC8dSVRn-ko8Re5jzS9aUn9QlRXc/s1600-h/millie+and+charlie.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266860857768743890" style="WIDTH: 219px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBH_8-YDlW1nqCUsXxm7WpXXy3d6Lp8fYWV3HzzyIndz2ZErchZbV4hEN2xNcStJJRW50a3VOd6XDr0KEoflT_DdiknpveS_FdQrMLG7bJV9MSZLyIC8dSVRn-ko8Re5jzS9aUn9QlRXc/s320/millie+and+charlie.jpg" border="0" /></a> I <strong>LOVE</strong> this picture of Millie and Charlie...don't they just look like they might get married one day?!! So sweet! </div><div></div><div><strong>October-</strong><br />-Dixie Classic Fair! We go every year and although I don't really like the fair, the kids (and Jeff) love it! So, if you can't beat 'em join 'em! </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEsJvYlsRwc5ToKmzxjo0JQHPGBtz7YpU2Q0FfgCpu4kuzOCHnPnxub7dpiuvrDGDYEcz0ArlPR_qXp7uO6AO1-GEfFhavIP1-zLUTuhHh7qPblZNn5w__rarFJ8F4y5hGomSjJzGuTks/s1600-h/millie+on+the+swing.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266855906947340242" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEsJvYlsRwc5ToKmzxjo0JQHPGBtz7YpU2Q0FfgCpu4kuzOCHnPnxub7dpiuvrDGDYEcz0ArlPR_qXp7uO6AO1-GEfFhavIP1-zLUTuhHh7qPblZNn5w__rarFJ8F4y5hGomSjJzGuTks/s320/millie+on+the+swing.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgipdSgRHWiZdmmQVJJdNIblw6p5EbQ2C42rEEGLKQafLD7O7W4OGQncMPRexG8hGX4UxGwAEP3Ts1TVJ-O2U12uptGEWqfGpHjUfHbmZN0iSpmWkM9TO-asA81O9T6xYMbrucdtgPdEYo/s1600-h/it"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266855897542250002" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgipdSgRHWiZdmmQVJJdNIblw6p5EbQ2C42rEEGLKQafLD7O7W4OGQncMPRexG8hGX4UxGwAEP3Ts1TVJ-O2U12uptGEWqfGpHjUfHbmZN0iSpmWkM9TO-asA81O9T6xYMbrucdtgPdEYo/s320/it's+not+over+yet.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLU78KHCQ51jw8zBmhhyphenhyphenXqBgzBX9ggSxj4uOfsr_ODYbHfXkPdf7tpS9qOicL6v-w9eD7RrhyphenhyphenaV7Xgpo7NcKKy1hTnPY13coJl-NabDk33axaSetFKq3RhrP2cc0loZzDRWvl8YYCQMhA/s1600-h/chloe"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266855893220113906" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLU78KHCQ51jw8zBmhhyphenhyphenXqBgzBX9ggSxj4uOfsr_ODYbHfXkPdf7tpS9qOicL6v-w9eD7RrhyphenhyphenaV7Xgpo7NcKKy1hTnPY13coJl-NabDk33axaSetFKq3RhrP2cc0loZzDRWvl8YYCQMhA/s320/chloe's+art+at+the+fair.JPG" border="0" /></a> Chloe's art work was selected to be at the fair art exhibit...such a proud moment for me! :)<br />-Sherwood Forest Elem. School Family Fun Night....it was so chaotic we didn't even take pictures! But Chloe and Eliott had a great time playing games with their new friends Jack and Sara.<br />-We walked in the Winston Salem walk to defeat ALS. It was a really cold morning and as you can see....the kids were very happy to be out in the cold! :) HA!!! It actually warmed up to be a beautiful day and it was a great way for us to remember Uncle Bill and raise money for ALS research.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhRD9owTY_aJv_kMA_Toix2LtNejK4Fwmm2BL-VIINnEM8gNezjvqGCRDN6jD1p_YzXwzeQMfE-DFrspJzkcpWZz7sqftwaTLyP3-L5NGy3aKyDaIF1k7y-QIts08PwlpqMhP2BjgE64/s1600-h/IMG_6888.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267162473461764210" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhRD9owTY_aJv_kMA_Toix2LtNejK4Fwmm2BL-VIINnEM8gNezjvqGCRDN6jD1p_YzXwzeQMfE-DFrspJzkcpWZz7sqftwaTLyP3-L5NGy3aKyDaIF1k7y-QIts08PwlpqMhP2BjgE64/s320/IMG_6888.JPG" border="0" /></a>Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim-18NghQC-qUTD7hmMk4DdA1-PpzrHMnTcxCTjeNJBxJMhTtAWhRHUJjg6-4ASsfCnc7XiCi0mCCpDkfJUj3jYpiCmue-nGbhM05CwLdyxMNBgJe1xLjSFkg4zZdoeIg7RwUDnfufsWI/s1600-h/IMG_6891.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267162475320640754" style="WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim-18NghQC-qUTD7hmMk4DdA1-PpzrHMnTcxCTjeNJBxJMhTtAWhRHUJjg6-4ASsfCnc7XiCi0mCCpDkfJUj3jYpiCmue-nGbhM05CwLdyxMNBgJe1xLjSFkg4zZdoeIg7RwUDnfufsWI/s320/IMG_6891.JPG" border="0" /></a> Yes...there are 2 small children under that blanket!<br /><br /><br /></div><div>-Messiah Moravian Preschool Carnival-- the kids all dressed up in costumes.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEeV9wbjI593zWWSTjNLKorMyzg-4MdmvuIFW5tJYeIAIMuDHZbkIby5lbqL3CnCLDMS54RV1AdWOcVU4Ua0sYfxt_WTpQlZ5JfwdFy_Ahs0VvaHrIPa0PeYfXUT-WC9HNwjepwnF2T8/s1600-h/e+and+mrs+G.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267147264583722882" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEeV9wbjI593zWWSTjNLKorMyzg-4MdmvuIFW5tJYeIAIMuDHZbkIby5lbqL3CnCLDMS54RV1AdWOcVU4Ua0sYfxt_WTpQlZ5JfwdFy_Ahs0VvaHrIPa0PeYfXUT-WC9HNwjepwnF2T8/s320/e+and+mrs+G.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzVs-t1YiNVlCvlYLRQKtj9PzoprJSuGxKeMolRYEjIDGYXMC4PjVb7-wkgCojg2WkpPYmydOEcXwsU-Vk4NtHNAAdk0MmKMgXO5hlnd5zAtmebtPEGZkxuct1JrDM9Xbq30XN4ajo1Bo/s1600-h/m+and+mrs+c+and+mrs+f.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267147233273295634" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzVs-t1YiNVlCvlYLRQKtj9PzoprJSuGxKeMolRYEjIDGYXMC4PjVb7-wkgCojg2WkpPYmydOEcXwsU-Vk4NtHNAAdk0MmKMgXO5hlnd5zAtmebtPEGZkxuct1JrDM9Xbq30XN4ajo1Bo/s320/m+and+mrs+c+and+mrs+f.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Here's Eliott with his teacher Mrs. G And Millie's teachers Mrs. Lanka and Mrs. Chickensen (actually Mrs. Fallanca and Mrs. Christiansen, but we like the way Millie says it better!)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAH6055Nc8t6U7ts_56jJMfUrWLL8ti34ld9WzH0CuRWpqeToq-6_2et4hbbkY-wwRfhLsyv1j7GutyWW-J3Icr52Nb1zmjBXH_mdtXS9HKUQqui4MDAdXlvyzAP2eiMp1Y_l-gkgm0Oc/s1600-h/millie+and+evvy+pink+glow.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267147271139059442" style="WIDTH: 234px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAH6055Nc8t6U7ts_56jJMfUrWLL8ti34ld9WzH0CuRWpqeToq-6_2et4hbbkY-wwRfhLsyv1j7GutyWW-J3Icr52Nb1zmjBXH_mdtXS9HKUQqui4MDAdXlvyzAP2eiMp1Y_l-gkgm0Oc/s320/millie+and+evvy+pink+glow.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8yXg_K5VTwXv6R4YzId1NIXJT5wIEyM19u9C2GFNZBEH4Q6wvJsJvfLCJHhqeI_aJgDGrF6DNyFtNAZqZJovndbOqRjlfNPcgVrzGHYdwd98LaPvabFjYwfg9EgIV8_IO9_jQy5Bs7Pc/s1600-h/IMG_7332.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267147241196838434" style="WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8yXg_K5VTwXv6R4YzId1NIXJT5wIEyM19u9C2GFNZBEH4Q6wvJsJvfLCJHhqeI_aJgDGrF6DNyFtNAZqZJovndbOqRjlfNPcgVrzGHYdwd98LaPvabFjYwfg9EgIV8_IO9_jQy5Bs7Pc/s320/IMG_7332.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDE9XoP7Y8ZJDt9Y4KVa5g9p6oG_O47TLDM-0ICMU2iYconCSZkagAKwIa9XqP2vms9u34A3QhHgoJK6k6JmBnBJ4YKN_ZLzmEOyZfHrkRb-6uovSv_Rsax8qXFx0ynZRwzr8yaEYLMoo/s1600-h/IMG_7354.JPG"></a><br />Millie with her friend Evvy and Eliott with his friend Jake.<br />-Chloe's Birthday party... 8 friends at the Children's Theatre to see Madeline and the Bad Hat and then back to our house for cake and pizza. KL was the support mom---there to transport children and also help control the masses at the home front. What would I do with out you?!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiULoYR3ehKm25VH-fY19XELCo5zMIksa-DS_lfcw7rdRDBxQmEjyvdtm3Lmh6VF2rzWAHzXh6mTMNjeuMcyq81L9NzWm9qCvkw18dJkYqLEgy-n_ce1ELthZRQc5u3kJeDnkC1iaLsds/s1600-h/chloe"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267152236175916050" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 209px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiULoYR3ehKm25VH-fY19XELCo5zMIksa-DS_lfcw7rdRDBxQmEjyvdtm3Lmh6VF2rzWAHzXh6mTMNjeuMcyq81L9NzWm9qCvkw18dJkYqLEgy-n_ce1ELthZRQc5u3kJeDnkC1iaLsds/s320/chloe's+friends.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUyc1LPNeLxWDX9fO8eOwv8Qw8wtBx9F2juqqI5rRECvfv_-Fy9vPt8hjURsIXwqUByfwhWHyvqWySkimuv9ZQRRomT4ax7qZIlOYTtA3H7iGfCToYlFpuwnEW611m54L2xnbfkKlYeQ/s1600-h/chloe+blows+out+candles.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267152241578973938" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 208px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUyc1LPNeLxWDX9fO8eOwv8Qw8wtBx9F2juqqI5rRECvfv_-Fy9vPt8hjURsIXwqUByfwhWHyvqWySkimuv9ZQRRomT4ax7qZIlOYTtA3H7iGfCToYlFpuwnEW611m54L2xnbfkKlYeQ/s320/chloe+blows+out+candles.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div>Wow! Chloe is 8 years old---is that possible?! Where has the time gone? I am so proud of the big girl she is growing up to be. She is so smart, she works so hard in school, she really loves to learn new things, and she is truly a joy to be around. We have so much fun together. It's hard to believe that 9 years ago I was so distraught and depressed because I didn't think I would ever get pregnant. And now I have these 3 beautiful, crazy kids filling my life with all kinds of joy and frustrations. I am so very blessed! And so very thankful!</div><div>-New York City! We had a great trip to NYC. We got to visit with my sister-- Aunt Brenda, Uncle Philip and cousins Laura and Jonathan. I am still so tired!!! I am going to do another post so I can add lots of picture of our fun family trip. Also, that might ensure that I blog again real soon! But don't hold your breath! :)</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961550431142620083noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949695279938172606.post-37278105067606319712008-04-24T12:52:00.006-04:002008-12-11T13:33:02.024-05:00Chloe's first "girl's weekend"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG9YbGkVfvisvplv36qtwK4r6Ls761RH1mpzzCLMtZe0APCCCOXgkKqs_07LD59K81AXBJElGAjln95saby_M8anXhFpHUVJpl2wO-aGFaCQWJtdhwm2sdx0G8Fj-ATLk71Ld5fOwAFew/s1600-h/camping+pic.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192857664332718050" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG9YbGkVfvisvplv36qtwK4r6Ls761RH1mpzzCLMtZe0APCCCOXgkKqs_07LD59K81AXBJElGAjln95saby_M8anXhFpHUVJpl2wO-aGFaCQWJtdhwm2sdx0G8Fj-ATLk71Ld5fOwAFew/s400/camping+pic.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Chloe and her friends Olivia, Liddi and Courtney.<br /><br /><br />Chloe had her first girls weekend last weekend and I had the privilege of coming with her. We went camping with her Brownie's troop and a Jr. Girl Scout troop at Camp Seven Springs. The weather was great and I know she had a great time with all her friends. I was excited that she wanted me to come. I wonder how long that will last? I guess I better enjoy it while it lasts!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBhKSQxt3ToVTWe3iSxe2yIz1uplG7fCDPxEBNl6BvgmlbMXCxtL5IIewTRqZv0wg1CpMGlRU9Ni1xWLZfQA4j1XQeuIs8vBdyGGZP0WKyHe_3kYPMSL0LRHibtuWrukDH9bYBF8hmk4/s1600-h/PIMG4054.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192861014407209090" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBhKSQxt3ToVTWe3iSxe2yIz1uplG7fCDPxEBNl6BvgmlbMXCxtL5IIewTRqZv0wg1CpMGlRU9Ni1xWLZfQA4j1XQeuIs8vBdyGGZP0WKyHe_3kYPMSL0LRHibtuWrukDH9bYBF8hmk4/s320/PIMG4054.JPG" border="0" /></a>We arrived early Saturday morning with 10 seven year olds and all their "gear".<br /><br />The Girl Scouts did all the work...they cooked, cleaned up, made their beds...or should I say rolled up their packs, and even entertained us with a couple of skits. It was neat to see them all work together and I think Chloe learned a lot from the big girls. She was very concerned about me on the hike because she didn't want me to get anywhere near the poison ivy...what a sweetie!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Tp_1WOIvrhCO8mrtqQnlMTjCfVRSt2GgkYFQ-MWPwJsuDSG-8lCQucP88__1KmM6wkkZZM3snoRgKAzflazX6FKfUf1HvIEQyT0Ib4wbbUhAj-p653kBBqvYdp-K1tOuckq3Xk4gjWQ/s1600-h/PIMG4076.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192860937097797730" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Tp_1WOIvrhCO8mrtqQnlMTjCfVRSt2GgkYFQ-MWPwJsuDSG-8lCQucP88__1KmM6wkkZZM3snoRgKAzflazX6FKfUf1HvIEQyT0Ib4wbbUhAj-p653kBBqvYdp-K1tOuckq3Xk4gjWQ/s320/PIMG4076.JPG" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192860859788386370" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBAaaPlQ8v2T2ILN97NtVAXX716ExUkKazgYKmdQYteS8jKCzg1cktA8qlF1rVe0LvyrtpUtRIGlG15a8oF6p0FpzAVe73zPbuqyKruo8pE9LDkStdX666yrqt0ZlgFe-KYYSHZdfPZXg/s320/PIMG4099.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjReHcoCEZ1kLj4o3bAqvpHLh7DOXlSOid-HbpQdaDBrhXFWUy2RcqV3-NBrbY_6XqA6LeMWb9KatKX4ZALemVlZ_1bI8PGFjdspaInB8Hca2-CMYufPA3xufM0fq2CzFF1pFk5pm0ZMEE/s1600-h/PIMG4065.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL3OxUMN2_EpOKsG_hh4up3WBfzL_Vnf-HX4DQeT5K3YVMhJ5RW_KNU3xepYpBPtJps969ZzZz7Bj4WjrZMpWQb95PyMOlE-YQigFkUGoaKPTuwajNer19F8civ65aHvCWRgCwynz0c5o/s1600-h/PIMG4091.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192860894148124754" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL3OxUMN2_EpOKsG_hh4up3WBfzL_Vnf-HX4DQeT5K3YVMhJ5RW_KNU3xepYpBPtJps969ZzZz7Bj4WjrZMpWQb95PyMOlE-YQigFkUGoaKPTuwajNer19F8civ65aHvCWRgCwynz0c5o/s320/PIMG4091.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I hope Chloe and I (and Millie too) have many more girls weekends together. But I am actually looking forward to <strong>my girls weekend</strong> this weekend with my girls friends!!! Sorry Chloe, your not invited this time! :)Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961550431142620083noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949695279938172606.post-6933825456675921022008-04-23T23:44:00.007-04:002008-12-11T13:33:04.166-05:00How many parties does one guy get?We celebrated Eliott's birthday before we left Orlando--this actually was his real birthday--<br />April 4th. We didn't have any cake, but we had a candle and some ice cream. Nobody complained.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA73cPoqzln53zDVvMMBP0CTZAGJH5TshIxU8ABeiHQCf_7ccIATxwZDdJLL8dbtUKVK1UIIUoKhP1O286emtjXAdQaHM4S_Lxzxgw0vh4hakhrC5lIBUx3GfkJiR00SMPDMt-GzBD_io/s1600-h/IMG_4506.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192660014232723250" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA73cPoqzln53zDVvMMBP0CTZAGJH5TshIxU8ABeiHQCf_7ccIATxwZDdJLL8dbtUKVK1UIIUoKhP1O286emtjXAdQaHM4S_Lxzxgw0vh4hakhrC5lIBUx3GfkJiR00SMPDMt-GzBD_io/s400/IMG_4506.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div>I can't believe my little boy is 5!<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinVTLvnVJHth6TUn6ZwhK4ybmbkZbM05wvNBRFtYGYs89gYudwu1Btq7Gte5erQGtg9MVILS3Ixngu84DU4nHh5rAXvkmbHF-KgWLJD8XH6gJD-gOwZK-jJUXB-YfeP6lDfGfxJlFbnKA/s1600-h/IMG_4538.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192660035707559762" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinVTLvnVJHth6TUn6ZwhK4ybmbkZbM05wvNBRFtYGYs89gYudwu1Btq7Gte5erQGtg9MVILS3Ixngu84DU4nHh5rAXvkmbHF-KgWLJD8XH6gJD-gOwZK-jJUXB-YfeP6lDfGfxJlFbnKA/s400/IMG_4538.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div>Then we celebrated in Charleston the next night with Jeff's family. We didn't have any candles this time but we had cake. Joy held up a lighter for Eliott to blow out! How resourceful! He was so excited to get a remote control motorcycle.</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdkfcftyr_uTeryyOrUxWSbbOqaPKesKgKR7bwfnMY7A5bpoZy5EZKTNF9cBp67dBKmzo9SFLDYD7wbFv0P5mDKyOrE106MeqOsHhkQPOpXkTJa1LYfpssETrc4IvRBV-I-wGdB-NqVFI/s1600-h/IMG_4545.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192660040002527074" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdkfcftyr_uTeryyOrUxWSbbOqaPKesKgKR7bwfnMY7A5bpoZy5EZKTNF9cBp67dBKmzo9SFLDYD7wbFv0P5mDKyOrE106MeqOsHhkQPOpXkTJa1LYfpssETrc4IvRBV-I-wGdB-NqVFI/s400/IMG_4545.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div>When we got back Eliott celebrated with cupcakes at preschool.<br /></div><br /><div>And finally on April 11th we had a Chuck-E-Cheese birthday party. We had cake and candles and friends and presents and games...What a fun night!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGtxPX9ikWXQORSq8KC_4_aRNqH2Tn1BdlzTs-tTU642I_k-zp0TltIERNoUKwe83s4LG7lMIxCl7Vt3cQ9bVQ4TzKI17CAFfvlznZoLEku2B3DMHb-ppQOPXMnOXqQjEXVjK0CbzW_og/s1600-h/IMG_4616.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192664261955379106" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGtxPX9ikWXQORSq8KC_4_aRNqH2Tn1BdlzTs-tTU642I_k-zp0TltIERNoUKwe83s4LG7lMIxCl7Vt3cQ9bVQ4TzKI17CAFfvlznZoLEku2B3DMHb-ppQOPXMnOXqQjEXVjK0CbzW_og/s400/IMG_4616.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>look...Cake <strong>and</strong> candles...we finally got it right this time!</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGMLK5vzRMWTa9esxLDCleVQGk-r_Cghpb8rBCgMczhD3sZb1LJSmwnl4o-i_k8Syc5gICy9XK2nVaWzhCbBqg56eit5wjSGFS1290dpNCdCXl9n0ji8dzNL5hfxDcMkoL6ZGoQMyu8q4/s1600-h/IMG_4584.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192664240480542594" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGMLK5vzRMWTa9esxLDCleVQGk-r_Cghpb8rBCgMczhD3sZb1LJSmwnl4o-i_k8Syc5gICy9XK2nVaWzhCbBqg56eit5wjSGFS1290dpNCdCXl9n0ji8dzNL5hfxDcMkoL6ZGoQMyu8q4/s400/IMG_4584.JPG" border="0" /></a>The birthday boy</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjySJ1iUTUa7kH1NBXneS3EKsPhUqNDnJjHV0mX7d3kPQoWwv4F58MVrMaiVyVqp-dlQaDdGs70K4wPfICxqS4YP22rSgZcFIb739LaB3RmDINOxHFm730-YZfBfgpq8O2fqIL5pPqeK7M/s1600-h/IMG_4603.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192664283430215602" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjySJ1iUTUa7kH1NBXneS3EKsPhUqNDnJjHV0mX7d3kPQoWwv4F58MVrMaiVyVqp-dlQaDdGs70K4wPfICxqS4YP22rSgZcFIb739LaB3RmDINOxHFm730-YZfBfgpq8O2fqIL5pPqeK7M/s400/IMG_4603.JPG" border="0" /></a> Millie dancing with Charlie</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW6qjEgHFK3tcwRJsrkGp8B-Yt_ByEdsoxeHJy_eC4CIQzIkd104ZRVh5XxzHuXLbWQlMcys-eWP6DhQVLqbiKvDBQIF9Nv6AB8qLLesVwc3uBrH4XIPRMEIXV9vs64miT_YYG8hEU0Yk/s1600-h/IMG_4654.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192664292020150210" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW6qjEgHFK3tcwRJsrkGp8B-Yt_ByEdsoxeHJy_eC4CIQzIkd104ZRVh5XxzHuXLbWQlMcys-eWP6DhQVLqbiKvDBQIF9Nv6AB8qLLesVwc3uBrH4XIPRMEIXV9vs64miT_YYG8hEU0Yk/s400/IMG_4654.JPG" border="0" /></a>Chloe enjoying yet another birthday cake! I'd say we all benefited greatly from the multiple celebrations!</div><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCT7MHbTo-NgW8zk7BuVckyvXlBYsHcnCklM4YZL7FEL-Z02i0p8NYKkzDbrQ6RGKjSYrhyphenhyphen5RpK_f_mYFcZaNNkA02265lBG-pmVkr-jYdomIe7NTAbO4pcuSAYxsBzwXdEeGjtmEFLwI/s1600-h/IMG_4671.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192667813893332946" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCT7MHbTo-NgW8zk7BuVckyvXlBYsHcnCklM4YZL7FEL-Z02i0p8NYKkzDbrQ6RGKjSYrhyphenhyphen5RpK_f_mYFcZaNNkA02265lBG-pmVkr-jYdomIe7NTAbO4pcuSAYxsBzwXdEeGjtmEFLwI/s400/IMG_4671.JPG" border="0" /></a>Here's Eliott and his friend Rachel.<br /><div></div><br /><div>I think that's enough celebrating for one year! Happy Birthday Eliott! I love you, my sweet little boy....or should I say big boy? I am so thankful that God blessed our family with you. You bring so much joy to our lives. I just wish you didn't have to grow up so fast!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKIrEWGDhVHdBoPCJulMdzAqB4LesVgKRVAt2f3TcKLWM57-obM9NnhW-LD2vg954WXKo4GTQX1yzmrMN2EYeYvLtp6XK2BNDp5f6JwxdYCIzvUuY8vY6Hh8MVzCiKe-9tkE6p3ImjzQI/s1600-h/IMG_4566.JPG"></a>Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961550431142620083noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949695279938172606.post-73644724702501777052008-04-23T23:26:00.005-04:002008-12-11T13:33:05.845-05:00Cooper River Bridge Run 2008<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhntzyWhmOf5U4y4VxqlUXKAALC7-GofaOSM5VdnSOqysPyqwnaLmiscNCD6KQu97yPSzYaosXKT-g6Zm61sxHoOrCVGkF6Ncj9vbHRFzaHWsCBBcTOu4NWj1dP5pamhvoJot1I1EyUZ4k/s1600-h/IMG_4512.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192649848045133538" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhntzyWhmOf5U4y4VxqlUXKAALC7-GofaOSM5VdnSOqysPyqwnaLmiscNCD6KQu97yPSzYaosXKT-g6Zm61sxHoOrCVGkF6Ncj9vbHRFzaHWsCBBcTOu4NWj1dP5pamhvoJot1I1EyUZ4k/s320/IMG_4512.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The kids had a great time on the way back from Orlando we spent a few nights with Jeff's family in Charleston, SC. The kids participated in the Bridge Run Kid's Run with cousin's Cole and baby Hannah Rae.<br /><br />Cole and Millie ran in the toddler race and it was insane! I tried to get some pictures, but the crowd was so thick. I did the best I could! Cole made it to the finish line first and if you look close you can see a little pink--that's Millie! They made it and got a medal. We're so proud!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf1I6p_gCaED90q5N4J43S6paKqldIvdjh0U0hxn-f2AhmdqbnVk9kzvJ8JvA1BhHc68Ptvz6WdU-mhLVLEFQTn1cUnP2aVgAFUSgiP9WGbNqCum2jnpza-HYpz_PGNwER_kLjR70yeVI/s1600-h/IMG_4513.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192649878109904626" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf1I6p_gCaED90q5N4J43S6paKqldIvdjh0U0hxn-f2AhmdqbnVk9kzvJ8JvA1BhHc68Ptvz6WdU-mhLVLEFQTn1cUnP2aVgAFUSgiP9WGbNqCum2jnpza-HYpz_PGNwER_kLjR70yeVI/s320/IMG_4513.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiedJ31OPxbwfvjxV5FQ4qES6F1k5N74gUHH2aYacwwluJTKehL_F9qrVhX85Om2XoiPZD68D_6159eKBQz_l-T9Om9MduUxDYvYZWjIlDwV-0fxjY-gwTY9lcmTPcn57OZyUO3gnbvtB0/s1600-h/IMG_4514.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192649886699839234" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiedJ31OPxbwfvjxV5FQ4qES6F1k5N74gUHH2aYacwwluJTKehL_F9qrVhX85Om2XoiPZD68D_6159eKBQz_l-T9Om9MduUxDYvYZWjIlDwV-0fxjY-gwTY9lcmTPcn57OZyUO3gnbvtB0/s320/IMG_4514.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Then they had the race for the big kids...a quarter mile run. I got stuck with the stroller and couldn't get through the crowd. Joy got stuck with the little girls and Jeff ran with the rest...eventually we all found each other.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfxdXEjWfkLYTZjOf_KJPoVbXMDIm_kXlfi0LfwKgiiZQrq2Fv4A8HgCuyijlZrLTFQKGoM3z-DZw-DXRauIMpotfQ2KuCSflP3M3_n061YXIgSgNZ77ES_eMwYl5_Os2FNZ9_byvkk6g/s1600-h/IMG_4529.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192651965464010514" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfxdXEjWfkLYTZjOf_KJPoVbXMDIm_kXlfi0LfwKgiiZQrq2Fv4A8HgCuyijlZrLTFQKGoM3z-DZw-DXRauIMpotfQ2KuCSflP3M3_n061YXIgSgNZ77ES_eMwYl5_Os2FNZ9_byvkk6g/s400/IMG_4529.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtUTK-emv4_O7SQ3ma7olbsj-VaTlo41AYymJ05kgT9ylwYdF2ZD0ibEY2Fnr1heDXukMf992uq25RhlZfYbL-zxP6rI4VQyw_EoXs6v-0ymDwYC8y8lvoMTWTON4jvVBa4tLUaiK6mmo/s1600-h/IMG_4525.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192651978348912418" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtUTK-emv4_O7SQ3ma7olbsj-VaTlo41AYymJ05kgT9ylwYdF2ZD0ibEY2Fnr1heDXukMf992uq25RhlZfYbL-zxP6rI4VQyw_EoXs6v-0ymDwYC8y8lvoMTWTON4jvVBa4tLUaiK6mmo/s400/IMG_4525.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Jeff ran the bridge alone the next morning while the rest of us slept in. We'll be back next year...right Joy?Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961550431142620083noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949695279938172606.post-83638025648899947362008-04-23T22:04:00.007-04:002008-12-11T13:33:10.720-05:00Disney with the McCalls<div>What a blast we had going to Disney World with our best friends the McCalls. We each had our own friend...Me and Holly, John and Jeff, Chloe and Anniston, Eliott and Grady and Millie and Wiley. I'm not sure if Wiley was very excited about his "buddy", but I think when we vacation in the year 2022 (Millie will be 16 and Wiley 15) he won't be quite as unhappy about it! :) I loved the McCalls the moment we met at South Fork Church of Christ back in 1997 and when they moved it was so hard for me to handle. But now we have the best vacation friends ever...I guess when you try hard enough you can find something good in everything--even their moving away! Wow! It only took me 8 years to realize that!<br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div>I was really happy with how great the kids played together--especially Chloe and Anniston. They are such great friends.<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh170Uzh3_mghCPOTRikQ9jP70PItz3renOlK5GE6zFq2Ukv3bR9FS1_VgJ4XHi1YGX8ngHiJBV0pLneS-bJ-XuuMWrrrF_8NK8aaFYZB0gHKQOYnjiS-JWxI4hdk5EVfKOS-Co4bEVdL0/s1600-h/IMG_4112.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192632011045953026" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh170Uzh3_mghCPOTRikQ9jP70PItz3renOlK5GE6zFq2Ukv3bR9FS1_VgJ4XHi1YGX8ngHiJBV0pLneS-bJ-XuuMWrrrF_8NK8aaFYZB0gHKQOYnjiS-JWxI4hdk5EVfKOS-Co4bEVdL0/s400/IMG_4112.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXdNuVNnfY-QW8sqlTAkZzTpchKb65AAEVxu4_9zLcGq6d0yflpUz8rhK39TjDhvlWMfJ2pHD5gW8MWfVfePIz8ibRLqeht8rxDA9eVcOtwa2wg2EFOamRzI2aX8IOpimpJtape1WD0_I/s1600-h/IMG_4170.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192646923172404946" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXdNuVNnfY-QW8sqlTAkZzTpchKb65AAEVxu4_9zLcGq6d0yflpUz8rhK39TjDhvlWMfJ2pHD5gW8MWfVfePIz8ibRLqeht8rxDA9eVcOtwa2wg2EFOamRzI2aX8IOpimpJtape1WD0_I/s320/IMG_4170.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div>Eliott and Grady are learning to like each other...they certainly have a lot in common. They both like Buzz Lightyear, shooting guns and annoying their sisters!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ1oXJ3uLRVOltEiLAe_G0qn1FbJk4imgallfbFo3OAjmXz5tdopuCXP-gGnu-r3uI47fTRgdPFihYoZ2i7q61InNe8GX3LVubaj3SXKRHkZCaNCgLLPB1gx3K1V_YvATS38bNqDChR8k/s1600-h/IMG_4119.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192632032520789522" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ1oXJ3uLRVOltEiLAe_G0qn1FbJk4imgallfbFo3OAjmXz5tdopuCXP-gGnu-r3uI47fTRgdPFihYoZ2i7q61InNe8GX3LVubaj3SXKRHkZCaNCgLLPB1gx3K1V_YvATS38bNqDChR8k/s400/IMG_4119.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div>Eliott was very excited about his new Pirate gun. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi2F5ey2sXEC7FfRaL5yhw3GvCGvbhf1zPL_WFX5o5Uxl1b7AkfewRj7OULhDbf9yyXbr9WwDKsgB0vXrP9dj-9dAknTpEEGs714u2dWXmfKhD9yteCsNGMf7mZTc2i_z6J3cIILRIN-8/s1600-h/IMG_4126.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192635687537958466" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi2F5ey2sXEC7FfRaL5yhw3GvCGvbhf1zPL_WFX5o5Uxl1b7AkfewRj7OULhDbf9yyXbr9WwDKsgB0vXrP9dj-9dAknTpEEGs714u2dWXmfKhD9yteCsNGMf7mZTc2i_z6J3cIILRIN-8/s320/IMG_4126.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div>Apparently you have to make this face when you use it. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIjO6iAMN5eRkSvfAclcNG1-jAUCR6gzrRl1U8He6ICum2YZpq7rKZ29PnJi7jXeEQn42N5V-QDhSmnboHnCsINfS3jWBj71nBokMr2dikW2Hf3dqgEWJDWwAc8-Yq_sg2iWH-IMGXNs/s1600-h/IMG_4129.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192635678948023858" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIjO6iAMN5eRkSvfAclcNG1-jAUCR6gzrRl1U8He6ICum2YZpq7rKZ29PnJi7jXeEQn42N5V-QDhSmnboHnCsINfS3jWBj71nBokMr2dikW2Hf3dqgEWJDWwAc8-Yq_sg2iWH-IMGXNs/s320/IMG_4129.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div>We certainly hope this is the <strong>ONLY</strong> time we ever see these 4 behind bars!!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiDO_HymatJnbsbNQnOJGKzOYlR9jxDflYU2FUP-HeNIamyokzthPY-5ZHSoshjqgkucAydHfwgiMsdDWY-nnUpuV3pLx0soON_NDMVbaUPfGQqTzn6Yz4te8ItCQMWThpcyAGYFt20U/s1600-h/IMG_4023.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192631963801312722" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiDO_HymatJnbsbNQnOJGKzOYlR9jxDflYU2FUP-HeNIamyokzthPY-5ZHSoshjqgkucAydHfwgiMsdDWY-nnUpuV3pLx0soON_NDMVbaUPfGQqTzn6Yz4te8ItCQMWThpcyAGYFt20U/s400/IMG_4023.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbeNnKy86MHCQoTIcsmqPZLtqWlNqtQYPJh2mSFx_V1n4UFILrHysshrslfsJhsMHmKthyFjkp29SHaqu5vmKfENGgjyILdWyYNbtsExgh7ADpCkGIhIqNQWMAwWPC6J7Z5XuaaSkF_xc/s1600-h/IMG_4057.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192631976686214626" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbeNnKy86MHCQoTIcsmqPZLtqWlNqtQYPJh2mSFx_V1n4UFILrHysshrslfsJhsMHmKthyFjkp29SHaqu5vmKfENGgjyILdWyYNbtsExgh7ADpCkGIhIqNQWMAwWPC6J7Z5XuaaSkF_xc/s400/IMG_4057.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div>Here they are right before the Pirates of the Caribbean ride with Captain Hook....</div><br /><div>and here are their scary "Pirate" faces! ARG!!! Pretty scary huh!?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJRTpEU4Rv23ICUoL7v3aI5667Yzf60bhb2rhnsfqbB8XZfXej6fKHcLXcPTxpLYO6rcLQ78MoIHZPoBYlsMQ_u-4XFrR9iiCfE9t928K3PapuoB7OkfJdYiRZ_hptIiKovyX5YoLIq8M/s1600-h/IMG_4062.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192632002456018418" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJRTpEU4Rv23ICUoL7v3aI5667Yzf60bhb2rhnsfqbB8XZfXej6fKHcLXcPTxpLYO6rcLQ78MoIHZPoBYlsMQ_u-4XFrR9iiCfE9t928K3PapuoB7OkfJdYiRZ_hptIiKovyX5YoLIq8M/s400/IMG_4062.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div>We had a blast riding rides, seeing shows, getting autographs and just hanging out.</div><div> </div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQlbAb9WKrBdd3E8HA08lG7mEKfHAaVXxI4LJcbHuD43nd8G9Zx41HfnlrLD0_XXojwFvqly6lpnP6fardX2t7TEFcARyIdp_WS0QtDCkeiUSUaAwj40fbKkv2gfIVeisVxykYvJIzks0/s1600-h/Mickey+millie+crop.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192635670358089250" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQlbAb9WKrBdd3E8HA08lG7mEKfHAaVXxI4LJcbHuD43nd8G9Zx41HfnlrLD0_XXojwFvqly6lpnP6fardX2t7TEFcARyIdp_WS0QtDCkeiUSUaAwj40fbKkv2gfIVeisVxykYvJIzks0/s320/Mickey+millie+crop.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div>Millie talked about "mitty mouse" all day and by the time we got through the line to meet him she was fast asleep. Oh well, <strong>I've got proof</strong>!</div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieG6vZqYd4gTV0K2T965wL4hghkBeEUctrBrFt8yBiDyi2FBGueVc6yDpHW1HATTYsvlqQca2uHjXFj8LeCQREEICOnz8XbsvYPdMWwAoKxAV8Gf9kNwTA4nIgqV4hLInRCwy0sB6ynRQ/s1600-h/IMG_4149.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192635696127893074" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieG6vZqYd4gTV0K2T965wL4hghkBeEUctrBrFt8yBiDyi2FBGueVc6yDpHW1HATTYsvlqQca2uHjXFj8LeCQREEICOnz8XbsvYPdMWwAoKxAV8Gf9kNwTA4nIgqV4hLInRCwy0sB6ynRQ/s320/IMG_4149.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div>Did I mentioned that we had a 7 year old, a 6 year old, a 4 year old, a 3 year old, a 2 year old and a 1 year old with us? <strong>CRAZY!!!</strong></div><br /><br /><div>But aren't they precious!?!<br /></div><br /><br /><div>Holly and I especially enjoyed the night we got to leave early and the boys stayed late with "the big kids".<br /></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0fp5hTHR-UVhVIZ0MLOSQGxoqUxZTbYVkcEHCNfgpXiAJjmAVqBucX44jtb5LAQea31HPRjulVjr0KiR_z0MHRCNzemmWJKfoI-HhFU35I2Bzxtnn3uVvLKuOc6C1bR5DsVuARQV4Th0/s1600-h/IMG_4368.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192638831454019186" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0fp5hTHR-UVhVIZ0MLOSQGxoqUxZTbYVkcEHCNfgpXiAJjmAVqBucX44jtb5LAQea31HPRjulVjr0KiR_z0MHRCNzemmWJKfoI-HhFU35I2Bzxtnn3uVvLKuOc6C1bR5DsVuARQV4Th0/s320/IMG_4368.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii7J0XCxnpe5OJT2_gilUek-s6rDAVJ22AKZc3op4ItyKyawUbhGFRBUPup-1iFRPohk5ZgWxC8nty_xwkcnhl5xOZFNWjpDQn2-DwnI1YxjvuE10goGJZi15Gat-DNFZffUZnu7CHFgU/s1600-h/IMG_4405.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192642576665501378" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii7J0XCxnpe5OJT2_gilUek-s6rDAVJ22AKZc3op4ItyKyawUbhGFRBUPup-1iFRPohk5ZgWxC8nty_xwkcnhl5xOZFNWjpDQn2-DwnI1YxjvuE10goGJZi15Gat-DNFZffUZnu7CHFgU/s320/IMG_4405.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><div>They stayed late to see the parade and the fireworks.<br />I think Grady and Chloe lasted....Eliott and Anniston <strong>crashed</strong>. </div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj20MbusvIgdpJNwUgsLKHvYUTU1CHWjFLzWQNsbB14WhyphenhyphenteUt92C4Vd8rhvkrhlH-bbSo7igM7GGqrPaH5yJNMbJH_dXuc00uOYF4Zh4JTsMlWzXl8yzZ0BH0gMTMAumWKHXOaLdsUZlI/s1600-h/IMG_4369.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192638865813757570" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj20MbusvIgdpJNwUgsLKHvYUTU1CHWjFLzWQNsbB14WhyphenhyphenteUt92C4Vd8rhvkrhlH-bbSo7igM7GGqrPaH5yJNMbJH_dXuc00uOYF4Zh4JTsMlWzXl8yzZ0BH0gMTMAumWKHXOaLdsUZlI/s320/IMG_4369.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCH0r1E72HdWTDg_WlFqgiVFt5iYZ_4McBi2sBtOaz2yDWxJiPeStLj6V-owT6wvMrl_7p_PmgPX61_P_ejnfaeWPsFnTyBCp0GPQZ6zfQwIhxdtd7EOxdgXNrov5gxGML7kzGBeQ-2gc/s1600-h/IMG_4371.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192638870108724882" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCH0r1E72HdWTDg_WlFqgiVFt5iYZ_4McBi2sBtOaz2yDWxJiPeStLj6V-owT6wvMrl_7p_PmgPX61_P_ejnfaeWPsFnTyBCp0GPQZ6zfQwIhxdtd7EOxdgXNrov5gxGML7kzGBeQ-2gc/s320/IMG_4371.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div>We were getting a little bit worried when it was 12am and they still weren't home. But they made it eventually---and all 4 sleeping children had to be carried in from the car. I think it was a night they will always remember<br /></div><br /><div>We had a great time with great friends! I can't wait until our next vacation together!</div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2NCBW0SgkYIqbEZ_skilPfGavAmp-ZVz6n2I_NwWh5XnJ-szjv_H25wseCnuCILBiJIfbRuFkq2l8W2toxfb24MZBdWaIKRUcBWvAVJ_LO0YJUmahyphenhyphenLFVhpSjOMKhlZCZfgbeLamkC3Q/s1600-h/IMG_4453.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192638921648332450" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2NCBW0SgkYIqbEZ_skilPfGavAmp-ZVz6n2I_NwWh5XnJ-szjv_H25wseCnuCILBiJIfbRuFkq2l8W2toxfb24MZBdWaIKRUcBWvAVJ_LO0YJUmahyphenhyphenLFVhpSjOMKhlZCZfgbeLamkC3Q/s320/IMG_4453.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXuZeujD9QczcYhstKAG7HieYa0vhw-P5NAD073Sbrh20DTQxc8GgJy9yl7wqgzbMmrm_RebLAqiLxxhDGQFacqmnniPObQqZmsgYyxQPWhho6T2dtTk45mM9poRpPVjxNtf7I_GKpF-Q/s1600-h/IMG_4458.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192638977482907314" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXuZeujD9QczcYhstKAG7HieYa0vhw-P5NAD073Sbrh20DTQxc8GgJy9yl7wqgzbMmrm_RebLAqiLxxhDGQFacqmnniPObQqZmsgYyxQPWhho6T2dtTk45mM9poRpPVjxNtf7I_GKpF-Q/s320/IMG_4458.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961550431142620083noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949695279938172606.post-29158545998956443292008-03-23T23:26:00.004-04:002008-12-11T13:33:11.021-05:00Easter pictures...one more!one more picture, because I love this one of Millie! She is such a funny little girl!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj32SzsIu3s3StDfG8LDx09HtOCpu7-iwNtw1vkCpVQ-l-krd-xw6hdcKsYRrVTA3lh-7veR3elrMgny5Spj4_XH_YeCfaCtMClZcsdTqw3UmkQJBDOMTD7q8p5TYTaUH-AriG5jiXeS9A/s1600-h/easter+pic+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181145422928086962" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj32SzsIu3s3StDfG8LDx09HtOCpu7-iwNtw1vkCpVQ-l-krd-xw6hdcKsYRrVTA3lh-7veR3elrMgny5Spj4_XH_YeCfaCtMClZcsdTqw3UmkQJBDOMTD7q8p5TYTaUH-AriG5jiXeS9A/s400/easter+pic+2.jpg" border="0" /></a></div>Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961550431142620083noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949695279938172606.post-72133233999257009802008-03-23T22:25:00.006-04:002008-12-11T13:33:13.023-05:00Happy Easter!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ3wCH_k4niyumfJVXXD8f8J7xQqb3HHCkRi8wYIDBul32wnC0o6KyKGH62qGnY3G4-wJzkUc1NgO3IkBzP2LDbVSkf5EsE25NLPtNlimk4cDFLEKvqWiyZB4huqP35GyPeLIs4vRdAiI/s1600-h/easter+pic.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181137928210155378" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ3wCH_k4niyumfJVXXD8f8J7xQqb3HHCkRi8wYIDBul32wnC0o6KyKGH62qGnY3G4-wJzkUc1NgO3IkBzP2LDbVSkf5EsE25NLPtNlimk4cDFLEKvqWiyZB4huqP35GyPeLIs4vRdAiI/s400/easter+pic.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />We had a great time in Chattanooga with Grandma and Grandpa this Easter weekend. It was a short trip, but always fun to be with family. Grandpa woke us early Saturday morning with his famous breakfast...bacon, eggs, biscuits and grits <strong>swimming</strong> in butter. The kids look forward to this meal every time we go to Grandma and Grandpa's house. Of course Grandma did her share of cooking too--it's actually amazing how much you can over eat in one weekend! We brought the bikes and it was neat to watch my children ride up and down the same street I used to ride my bike on when I was their age. We even got to spend time with Uncle Bryan--what a bonus! He's back in the country...<strong>to stay</strong>! We are so glad to know that and looking forward to seeing Ubeny and the girls when school is out.<br /><br />The kids were a little concerned about the Easter Bunny finding us in Tennessee, but what a surprise...He found us! We woke up to 3 baskets full of goodies. Then we got to go to church to hear Grandpa preach. This is always a treat for me.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmOTFmkHOzUnakPql_ZvwWFujdYB5_ssU6GWYL8BfDLNliq61QOKkEwhI0C6DwenP08b2Ea9kDTMMSv5AUT5V2wmm1ui8NAexF2cDxFHf-spbsdZQATPzW3D4BVNF1rZFH5bw-h5pBsLY/s1600-h/chloe+and+gma.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181135763546638098" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmOTFmkHOzUnakPql_ZvwWFujdYB5_ssU6GWYL8BfDLNliq61QOKkEwhI0C6DwenP08b2Ea9kDTMMSv5AUT5V2wmm1ui8NAexF2cDxFHf-spbsdZQATPzW3D4BVNF1rZFH5bw-h5pBsLY/s200/chloe+and+gma.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrVYGwAXdcBNzbZP9R25lZsEjUxQaNYearc8kUMG41SYK2x23om0bI3tshOiOOoRSHTD61pp9WTfyAZ6txwpoJ-Dxvf5jBxV1ZIybNeAlGcqorINSFQlkIZlt3oTi_E6ibZzmaTystYcY/s1600-h/millie+and+gpa.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181135785021474610" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrVYGwAXdcBNzbZP9R25lZsEjUxQaNYearc8kUMG41SYK2x23om0bI3tshOiOOoRSHTD61pp9WTfyAZ6txwpoJ-Dxvf5jBxV1ZIybNeAlGcqorINSFQlkIZlt3oTi_E6ibZzmaTystYcY/s200/millie+and+gpa.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYoXoasFa6einAkJWjv74MZL2vaKv2wV35w60Z026pGC3cH3verzVH4EPk7e0aMQc029bWrJRwpUD8QZoMgsLpk_uTY7oXKKiro36_Nyk9LzBunLnWdq24ksGfaG74zeo0ykT28jYLxPM/s1600-h/kids+with+gma+and+gpa.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181137915325253474" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYoXoasFa6einAkJWjv74MZL2vaKv2wV35w60Z026pGC3cH3verzVH4EPk7e0aMQc029bWrJRwpUD8QZoMgsLpk_uTY7oXKKiro36_Nyk9LzBunLnWdq24ksGfaG74zeo0ykT28jYLxPM/s400/kids+with+gma+and+gpa.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />These kids sure do love Grandma and Grandpa!<br /><br /><div>I got to spend a little time with my friend Christy. We have been friends since Mrs. McNabb's 1st grade class...dare I say how many years ago? (33 years--YIKES!!! How can we have been friends that long when we're only 29 years old? Right Christy?!) We were friends all through elementary school, middle school, high school and then became room mates in college in 1987. People always say don't room with your friends, but it sure worked for us. We even lived together for a few more years after college. I can't believe that Chloe is now the age we were when we met. I hope that Chloe (and all my kids for that matter!) are as blessed as I have been to have such a great and life long friendship. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT5mcUn62fPt8Na_zTtEplCnHcTVSri_FMmqQ_6n5Rg4NG1CJta7q4Aha9YouWx0aUvApu6OmlEqacNA4004Q29OeSpAlNT3tiJHv_kF76JL6JLnpBV1qiciflBbEgXcconsciNroLn2c/s1600-h/mills+and+millie.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181135789316441922" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT5mcUn62fPt8Na_zTtEplCnHcTVSri_FMmqQ_6n5Rg4NG1CJta7q4Aha9YouWx0aUvApu6OmlEqacNA4004Q29OeSpAlNT3tiJHv_kF76JL6JLnpBV1qiciflBbEgXcconsciNroLn2c/s200/mills+and+millie.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>And I am thinking about an arranged marriage for Millie and Mills (how cute is that!?)</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT5mcUn62fPt8Na_zTtEplCnHcTVSri_FMmqQ_6n5Rg4NG1CJta7q4Aha9YouWx0aUvApu6OmlEqacNA4004Q29OeSpAlNT3tiJHv_kF76JL6JLnpBV1qiciflBbEgXcconsciNroLn2c/s1600-h/mills+and+millie.jpg"></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZK8JQZES-so0VGjG1pYP0x8O5PH2iYPPifVEBCwhf22kNLUOcFPHxfxM1oIMUNFQNK7txBc4gQDhBqP1SkmbD7yfvV_4N6_NvBqbRpPzpwsH6ZArWtHe4IniGq3tQJsQxXnDxaLiJSAE/s1600-h/moms+and+babies.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181137932505122690" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZK8JQZES-so0VGjG1pYP0x8O5PH2iYPPifVEBCwhf22kNLUOcFPHxfxM1oIMUNFQNK7txBc4gQDhBqP1SkmbD7yfvV_4N6_NvBqbRpPzpwsH6ZArWtHe4IniGq3tQJsQxXnDxaLiJSAE/s400/moms+and+babies.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Here we are with our sweet babies Millie and Taylor (obviously from the picture it is clear that we are <strong>NOT </strong>old enough to have been friends for so long--apparently I miscalculated!) </div><div></div><div>Christy is the proud (and extremely tired)mother of 4--<strong>yes, I said 4</strong> boys! And they are all so very handsome and were so kind to share their things and play so well with my children. Definitely a sign of excellent parenting!</div><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH-8b4-de8CaMjL3fyd7spBU8ocWTfTepQdD-9KCHpP-aVxKknwMNQ946riIljry_7G5fj363vUt_1zpzmhNiMriL0xgbPY-Emr6FbaWSNqZiuXG8RfgdVGkmIsA53Rbwc5YhasLb4IRQ/s1600-h/moms+and+kids.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181137941095057298" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH-8b4-de8CaMjL3fyd7spBU8ocWTfTepQdD-9KCHpP-aVxKknwMNQ946riIljry_7G5fj363vUt_1zpzmhNiMriL0xgbPY-Emr6FbaWSNqZiuXG8RfgdVGkmIsA53Rbwc5YhasLb4IRQ/s400/moms+and+kids.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>And here's the whole gang! Do you know how hard it is to take a picture with this many kids in it? So I am glad at least some are actually looking at the camera. My kids had such a great time playing with Jack, Hayes and Mills--they wanted to stay forever and Mills actually wanted us to all spend the night! I never actually heard how Christy felt about that! I had a great time holding and squeezing that chunky little Taylor and catching up with my dear friend. Eliott has already asked me when we will see his new friends again...I hope it won't be long.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Happy Easter!</div>Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961550431142620083noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949695279938172606.post-85258331756914103882008-03-13T13:37:00.006-04:002008-12-11T13:33:16.663-05:00Apparently we're done!<div>Well, I have prayed that God would help us decide whether or not to have #4. I know what you're thinking...WHAT?! ?4 KIDS!?!?! YOU CAN'T EVEN HANDLE THE 3 YOU HAVE!!! And I must admit that exact thought has crossed my mind many times. But when you think you are supposed to have 4 it is hard to get that idea out of your head. And perhaps I am a little crazy.<br /></div><div>Getting sick didn't help our time frame for having #4. I feel like I should have another one by now, but since I had to take medicine for 6 months (that made it impossible to have a child), here we are...Millie is 2 and 1/2 and I do not have another baby. I have certainly cried about it...no more babies!? I have been having babies for the past 7 years and I really don't know how to move on. And now Millie is getting so big. It is hard to believe that I am done with this chapter of my life. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEmZV6bqzfxgTnfuC7WOT-H_aPVHwB9CFGBj1ZaPqZZZ3sUPP0W-pd3lS6YgYfzOJyTLdhNIj12nGzsAtENeZmS6WtkpME9TIK7-PxhgmZfMmPgVlWGgYqV1cxvaL1v9w6BnjldF4qbKM/s1600-h/IMG_3906.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178849604240878642" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEmZV6bqzfxgTnfuC7WOT-H_aPVHwB9CFGBj1ZaPqZZZ3sUPP0W-pd3lS6YgYfzOJyTLdhNIj12nGzsAtENeZmS6WtkpME9TIK7-PxhgmZfMmPgVlWGgYqV1cxvaL1v9w6BnjldF4qbKM/s200/IMG_3906.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div>Look at this sweet little baby in her new big girl bed (with her little baby doll right beside her)!</div><div>We took Millie's crib down and put up a twin bed last week. It is real. This is it...no more cribs in our house. Since we put it up (summer of 2000) we've never had to take it down ...just move one kid out and put a new one in. But, apparently we're done with babies. </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI9s1wPa5iOoltCmMfXlbs-11OQKxV0kpadFgE9CbsvwkVdAuGO58raJYR0eHJBBS5LbB_zVM-Gsbt8kjDYsdMZpxsbQs-z9r6Dxw8oQDr1uMITjy4SuDcWzR9B-gmhD-Jn1jjdeyjPqI/s1600-h/IMG_3929.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178849608535845954" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI9s1wPa5iOoltCmMfXlbs-11OQKxV0kpadFgE9CbsvwkVdAuGO58raJYR0eHJBBS5LbB_zVM-Gsbt8kjDYsdMZpxsbQs-z9r6Dxw8oQDr1uMITjy4SuDcWzR9B-gmhD-Jn1jjdeyjPqI/s200/IMG_3929.JPG" border="0" /></a>And apparently we don't have any room left in our huge king size bed anyway! I am coming to terms with this and I am starting to feel a lot less sad about it. Now finally, I do believe that our family of 5 is just right. I have begun to realize that all the activities and things involved with parenting my 3 children would make it difficult (perhaps even dangerous!) to have another. We already have "KidsForChrist" on Sunday morning, t-ball on Tuesday night, Wednesday night church, soccer on Thursday night, t-ball and soccer games on Saturday...and Millie doesn't do <strong>anything</strong> yet!!! The reality is that our schedule is only going to get fuller and more chaotic as time goes on. I know people with more than 3 children and their husbands do not work in Sweden, Poland or Canada (all of which Jeff spent time in last year), and they probably live close to their family and have <strong>lots</strong> of help, or perhaps they are just way better at time management than I will ever be. So, we are done and I am OK with that. (At least for today...ha!) No, honestly I think God has truly answered my prayer by taking away my desire for another baby. I do love so much what I have and am so thankful for my precious little family. I guess it's just time for me to be content.</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFjk5cN0ri_UBTawlNO3sV6Cwr44_bEHkuuI6xdowK27aAeM7wTURdnep6j2xFSJtiLneS3OxrL0KLpbT2Foxs3ZG-IPfws0tT96JKs-N37ALt07Uc23hZwhj4dRSDQeZOdTEHMTxpqZs/s1600-h/dad+and+kids.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178824233869061010" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFjk5cN0ri_UBTawlNO3sV6Cwr44_bEHkuuI6xdowK27aAeM7wTURdnep6j2xFSJtiLneS3OxrL0KLpbT2Foxs3ZG-IPfws0tT96JKs-N37ALt07Uc23hZwhj4dRSDQeZOdTEHMTxpqZs/s200/dad+and+kids.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Here are my 4 favorite people in the whole wide world at the circus a few weeks ago. We had so much fun! It was neat to just watch their faces. They loved it so, of course, we loved it too! But can you believe how much it costs to go to the circus! Wow! We almost had to take out a loan just to buy cotton candy...$12! Thank goodness it only comes once a year.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9239azqk4dNm4o21hYJDG-w50w8VCj-gNeolKNeOWPdRJCTHDV4_b-VPrJBJsHjkPzlo4bgQwv3RAfF5qoa2iDcwwAkG-Pi8dHXrRVGq7gX2NfaW_I6b7T6JUy46siPmETbEwPRKdtbk/s1600-h/family+at+circus.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178824242458995618" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9239azqk4dNm4o21hYJDG-w50w8VCj-gNeolKNeOWPdRJCTHDV4_b-VPrJBJsHjkPzlo4bgQwv3RAfF5qoa2iDcwwAkG-Pi8dHXrRVGq7gX2NfaW_I6b7T6JUy46siPmETbEwPRKdtbk/s200/family+at+circus.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoC3mWB7XXeKgB2K2IoNo2sUY5gUdjmcjCOhxuz49f2MPVo7GDt9og3qIxbZslknQaW0UsBA2Atjp0n-Nt8gkwBadGNmh19Hs85PEVfCCeTX0z8v_-BU16tZXJ0NxxvN55TldUuaNMjeo/s1600-h/IMG_3552.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178828279728253954" style="WIDTH: 199px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 136px" height="129" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoC3mWB7XXeKgB2K2IoNo2sUY5gUdjmcjCOhxuz49f2MPVo7GDt9og3qIxbZslknQaW0UsBA2Atjp0n-Nt8gkwBadGNmh19Hs85PEVfCCeTX0z8v_-BU16tZXJ0NxxvN55TldUuaNMjeo/s200/IMG_3552.JPG" width="197" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKLccvFRrnHjcHIK4hM4JNljO8D0u0RyCfPKXnZRlaREKuFuGsmZe7PgemQQ-yKmMgxPElHHjWAVCH-q8wmIo7jbKWrBOXavWE0ft3x-ZQoAjMjAotVn57AhMjRxjc8rhTebe6FwVNpGc/s1600-h/IMG_3489.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178828284023221266" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKLccvFRrnHjcHIK4hM4JNljO8D0u0RyCfPKXnZRlaREKuFuGsmZe7PgemQQ-yKmMgxPElHHjWAVCH-q8wmIo7jbKWrBOXavWE0ft3x-ZQoAjMjAotVn57AhMjRxjc8rhTebe6FwVNpGc/s200/IMG_3489.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdBOXexE44UmalOdbscNodf3hok_5eXmu3mCBWtb_gXM5bVxxAdWtcyvEhADgomDk1vjxwAUJuZS6p9rmbA82_NUfbtGlJ6KJKJm7zpt7YJgzuhp8TWQoG4PLR0dNoK3aNLa_bDMX2pA/s1600-h/IMG_3590.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178828288318188578" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdBOXexE44UmalOdbscNodf3hok_5eXmu3mCBWtb_gXM5bVxxAdWtcyvEhADgomDk1vjxwAUJuZS6p9rmbA82_NUfbtGlJ6KJKJm7zpt7YJgzuhp8TWQoG4PLR0dNoK3aNLa_bDMX2pA/s200/IMG_3590.JPG" border="0" /></a>Chloe's favorite part was the elephants. </div><div>Eliott liked the motorcycles riding around in the big ball.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178828262548384738" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2g1iw9w-04w2sQbeZAEL1hKE9soQs6iIy6wkq6zyfL-trcDmgswgUSXuQOCmVDXQ8B6poqdBO_bQBXcJQqJuzSdpvHNSk37WvhkgpKby58L8weOxxmfsY8dBRYwffBV2Zfx1ztFORup8/s200/IMG_3529.JPG" border="0" /> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpoJPirUm_PDwIyCiwFWGBUI342RxOODMwblolvrDdbeW24Cd_PXLwz5FR4tnvcRjjDRpNcOQuHLPT6pvfcqg40y72IQ0dOZpawKwIKyLhKPXpfWrIV9Od0khEA3qboDA1naFr7ThVrYg/s1600-h/IMG_3569.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178828271138319346" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpoJPirUm_PDwIyCiwFWGBUI342RxOODMwblolvrDdbeW24Cd_PXLwz5FR4tnvcRjjDRpNcOQuHLPT6pvfcqg40y72IQ0dOZpawKwIKyLhKPXpfWrIV9Od0khEA3qboDA1naFr7ThVrYg/s200/IMG_3569.JPG" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178824259638864834" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglZZNEV0sldr1PvxvXhbTXYqZvaJS_BQlPSpfxI5JIgXtAwazTxj4kcH1CvQR_J7PwHSYmcJ4V9sPZwmU7Dc5Xm1gyLHh1iLfiOfBLTgP0HgrMPLu8sFY_RrD8YiMY0L_bkHshZWT1zVU/s200/IMG_3469.JPG" border="0" /> Millie liked all of the animals.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6W8chL_UnRcSko2t-jlPJesSpcmcflrrMiRUGnRTEYiShTDACIwsyj9K7FpwvtvfaNq0HJEHS4-yFa0b2dYP0GhPMNqko_psmIGzFuW9IKKCELGoLF0R0P62I2sWnAMuBHO5SfxN-63k/s1600-h/IMG_3546.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178824272523766738" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6W8chL_UnRcSko2t-jlPJesSpcmcflrrMiRUGnRTEYiShTDACIwsyj9K7FpwvtvfaNq0HJEHS4-yFa0b2dYP0GhPMNqko_psmIGzFuW9IKKCELGoLF0R0P62I2sWnAMuBHO5SfxN-63k/s200/IMG_3546.JPG" border="0" /></a>Why would I ever think I need anything more than this!??!</div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Also this month we have had lots of sick kiddos! Eliott had 5th Disease--looks like he got slapped in the face (he didn't!), but it also came with a fever.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic2xXgFZnkL-h5nLmQnQG93PfJV0VkupYZInOfxar66L-pNamKetl3Lyc2jK-2uQChlXUsmIr56dlNeXcAX6umbo5SYD_hypFzbH1V8zA3ymNzMdaVbJcNQ4akmxFGpD3000poGhra22w/s1600-h/e+with+5th.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178824255343897522" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic2xXgFZnkL-h5nLmQnQG93PfJV0VkupYZInOfxar66L-pNamKetl3Lyc2jK-2uQChlXUsmIr56dlNeXcAX6umbo5SYD_hypFzbH1V8zA3ymNzMdaVbJcNQ4akmxFGpD3000poGhra22w/s200/e+with+5th.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>No one else got that one--surprisingly enough, but...a few weeks later Chloe had the flu. She was the only one who didn't get the flu shot and the only one who got the flu. Guess what...we're all getting that shot next year!<br /></div><div>So I guess that's my monthly update...circus, no more cribs and a few sick kids. Oh, I almost forgot...Millie was attacked by a leprechaun today...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7g9TH5T8dWYCo3k87DjJYrug8ilDOgl-gu41FNJVnbdug1UfumMG692m2AxuJ5zGOtmhVcJl4x5UENjU4MfhiBzaNs3OzdhykwOzQlgcIxC__dXLEWE6vV-Nk3cyvqvujc58u87Qb7nE/s1600-h/DSC07711.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178914651520576594" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7g9TH5T8dWYCo3k87DjJYrug8ilDOgl-gu41FNJVnbdug1UfumMG692m2AxuJ5zGOtmhVcJl4x5UENjU4MfhiBzaNs3OzdhykwOzQlgcIxC__dXLEWE6vV-Nk3cyvqvujc58u87Qb7nE/s200/DSC07711.JPG" border="0" /></a>a leprechaun with a very green cupcake! Eliott actually said "it looks like a leprechaun threw some frosting on Millie!" He's right!<br /><div>Happy St. Patrick's Day! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQubMCMDHwA7lcE4ZxCJlqMBCrqxYKo5hceY0uFVGpHUTyd01x1w3Ppg2Sj_nJhyphenhyphenz_3l2vhODtzIkKdoYt5NgI-XOklZdy-xzipcV1561QADJDFAJcs7teq2bKVFROcTw0KTpJqGOs__Q/s1600-h/DSC07710.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178914660110511202" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQubMCMDHwA7lcE4ZxCJlqMBCrqxYKo5hceY0uFVGpHUTyd01x1w3Ppg2Sj_nJhyphenhyphenz_3l2vhODtzIkKdoYt5NgI-XOklZdy-xzipcV1561QADJDFAJcs7teq2bKVFROcTw0KTpJqGOs__Q/s200/DSC07710.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div>I will do my best to write sometime before mid April, but I'm not making any promises.</div><div><br /> </div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic2xXgFZnkL-h5nLmQnQG93PfJV0VkupYZInOfxar66L-pNamKetl3Lyc2jK-2uQChlXUsmIr56dlNeXcAX6umbo5SYD_hypFzbH1V8zA3ymNzMdaVbJcNQ4akmxFGpD3000poGhra22w/s1600-h/e+with+5th.JPG"></a></div>Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961550431142620083noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949695279938172606.post-1524302905144701402008-02-19T22:32:00.010-05:002008-12-11T13:33:22.387-05:00It's been a long time...It's been a while hasn't it!? I can't seem to find the time to blog lately (or to fold the laundry, or vacuum, or make my bed...) I'm too busy eating girl scout cookies! Why are they so good??? And didn't the boxes used to be alot bigger?<br /><div><div><div><div> </div><div>This will have to be one of my catch up blogs because so much fun stuff has happened since--well...a month ago!<br /></div><div>First of all we are so proud of Chloe. She participated in her 2nd year of the Sherwood Forest Elementary Science Fair. She did an experiment with water in glasses and changed the sound made by changing the water level...it was genius if I do say so myself. :)</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6oCJH27JWuRxcqfEb3QrCLQGlyvtSm9ub8uu_A_3OqNKG4Rn6UGWMHq3rCj3YPT-NscPfxY_YKbYc16lcuvz2YEjWzycL6BDVOIAPvs9MK2CALl3XtGKilkQzI4Q8A1x_E3VpsJkQJ2U/s1600-h/IMG_3203.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169175572364337330" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6oCJH27JWuRxcqfEb3QrCLQGlyvtSm9ub8uu_A_3OqNKG4Rn6UGWMHq3rCj3YPT-NscPfxY_YKbYc16lcuvz2YEjWzycL6BDVOIAPvs9MK2CALl3XtGKilkQzI4Q8A1x_E3VpsJkQJ2U/s200/IMG_3203.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIN7K4F_7erqhAFIxgzvxAMDA-kSlWLdfNJhDBC0qF5Tzl6AMYhHETMrYKwIXFpCyRR9rg3mmdPUVhBjCko8Hc7ZYx22zrlP9-187IrfudFEfIJ1bGWz41DnROKm7NWGpJdEipwSKGA5E/s1600-h/IMG_3218.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169175589544206530" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIN7K4F_7erqhAFIxgzvxAMDA-kSlWLdfNJhDBC0qF5Tzl6AMYhHETMrYKwIXFpCyRR9rg3mmdPUVhBjCko8Hc7ZYx22zrlP9-187IrfudFEfIJ1bGWz41DnROKm7NWGpJdEipwSKGA5E/s200/IMG_3218.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj55VxcRgUiMJTPHidGUIaw4XARmHY4Lq7i78eRl4kJaQouw3XPAHwvPnD8Q2XhOMWPplewG13uAe6gRsVGcp-32Mf3ChuheKKySedgqXNl13XDOzWuqM0PEK3hfTqiRUE3TJ5TeqG0Sfc/s1600-h/IMG_3380.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169175602429108434" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj55VxcRgUiMJTPHidGUIaw4XARmHY4Lq7i78eRl4kJaQouw3XPAHwvPnD8Q2XhOMWPplewG13uAe6gRsVGcp-32Mf3ChuheKKySedgqXNl13XDOzWuqM0PEK3hfTqiRUE3TJ5TeqG0Sfc/s200/IMG_3380.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>The same week she was asked to be an anchor girl on Eagle Eye News (her schools news program). She was great--Look out Ann Curry!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoF5KbYv5GaCG8PF4tXff24X2FGO6iE8zGsQ2tZbPbDy0Ly4y8ETgDNvuUUBSZO93NeRdlcjQJYaIUxsupxDofrRu8XUVA6unH3u-3FMjGIEdJ3kf_GsftQ04DSz9j0vL1UZ-YQ8BHQJw/s1600-h/IMG_3367.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169175542299566242" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoF5KbYv5GaCG8PF4tXff24X2FGO6iE8zGsQ2tZbPbDy0Ly4y8ETgDNvuUUBSZO93NeRdlcjQJYaIUxsupxDofrRu8XUVA6unH3u-3FMjGIEdJ3kf_GsftQ04DSz9j0vL1UZ-YQ8BHQJw/s200/IMG_3367.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>And Baby Cole turned 3...I guess I better stop calling him baby Cole now! He is getting so big.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtFwQWg8CZPYiew0hBBJqSnDlBA-GKgg1WhihFLSdTFK_-7lEXEjljLj6ab9izhDdqr1apj0gER9guVs7mpaffKzo_QCuOIj1wW4W77z459zOO9rvRMgzAQJn7aAi74uYkN7NiRPU6d1E/s1600-h/IMG_3266.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168915997425868866" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtFwQWg8CZPYiew0hBBJqSnDlBA-GKgg1WhihFLSdTFK_-7lEXEjljLj6ab9izhDdqr1apj0gER9guVs7mpaffKzo_QCuOIj1wW4W77z459zOO9rvRMgzAQJn7aAi74uYkN7NiRPU6d1E/s200/IMG_3266.JPG" border="0" /></a> Joy threw a fabulous bug party. There were bugs everywhere...all over the walls, the furniture, hanging from the ceiling, in the punch. There were bug masks and bug houses to paint and even a bug game to play.</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4hPONMQmtlCv2vq-nol5p2lbjQyhqXiGafuvT4VEi-NaZBCk86lZWugoBrEQlUL10Io7a3HhoztPdyUkKm8xLlCFUID1wrgGvrfGQBHMH8x5dcoEPzKcnO3QkqwepIPWHh8p8d4j7rzc/s1600-h/IMG_3248.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168918956658335826" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4hPONMQmtlCv2vq-nol5p2lbjQyhqXiGafuvT4VEi-NaZBCk86lZWugoBrEQlUL10Io7a3HhoztPdyUkKm8xLlCFUID1wrgGvrfGQBHMH8x5dcoEPzKcnO3QkqwepIPWHh8p8d4j7rzc/s200/IMG_3248.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2dVwsVlNilIMyY4iF4hkpAcLFCqOrhP4PfdVgo3K2D7N92KJfXzI4GMq5UJLUvhqfFUIbqnvlKSQPY9bFP6PAR8MuwUjEbZewfLFXIxXheq3mkP5AoxgLyaUOJzjyOWXbL1byxACfFDE/s1600-h/IMG_3249.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168918965248270434" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2dVwsVlNilIMyY4iF4hkpAcLFCqOrhP4PfdVgo3K2D7N92KJfXzI4GMq5UJLUvhqfFUIbqnvlKSQPY9bFP6PAR8MuwUjEbZewfLFXIxXheq3mkP5AoxgLyaUOJzjyOWXbL1byxACfFDE/s200/IMG_3249.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>It was great and the kids loved it. Joy doesn't hold back when she throws a party...she picks a theme and runs with it!!!<br /></div><br /><div>And we got a little Aunt Laurie time in while we were in Greenville.<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7bpIIwDfaOQpbAf_-sco3YCtXj2u8WTq9tITiHxnAjdZDfTvXgTTwILoxhMFJA73w7h-Yr_4ye7Suw626MMVvibQAdOcNBtTHAo-DyeM08Re6UUZmOVdN0qrciaXeaZjxAhUkc9Kj6jY/s1600-h/IMG_3262.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168915980245999650" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7bpIIwDfaOQpbAf_-sco3YCtXj2u8WTq9tITiHxnAjdZDfTvXgTTwILoxhMFJA73w7h-Yr_4ye7Suw626MMVvibQAdOcNBtTHAo-DyeM08Re6UUZmOVdN0qrciaXeaZjxAhUkc9Kj6jY/s200/IMG_3262.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>What a cute little bug this is!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnCA_i78FlGKcy7jdYMihJlsGqZqzDKgcx7WY7F8RPVSXaVsn1dCuRnUckfz2Inzivqh3ikP7xpM32wFM04djwuMDwwSWUvw7T1FgAapKoEJwrijiR_Z6dmg3V0h09YESdyo2O_OtvZyc/s1600-h/IMG_3295.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168918969543237746" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnCA_i78FlGKcy7jdYMihJlsGqZqzDKgcx7WY7F8RPVSXaVsn1dCuRnUckfz2Inzivqh3ikP7xpM32wFM04djwuMDwwSWUvw7T1FgAapKoEJwrijiR_Z6dmg3V0h09YESdyo2O_OtvZyc/s200/IMG_3295.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqNSCxEdv7t9S8pnM2GXJhSQaodErKBcDGDRAi8QAcnyVwqEXdbjM88exwEfgF7NlpIfKXcBGCilTvfxUquMu9NJTnJ35VLL6Z2nl02Yoz0aR-wEus9QeksJ6IDfAcBCv7XgDyxhyphenhyphenwkDU/s1600-h/IMG_3326.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169177041243152610" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqNSCxEdv7t9S8pnM2GXJhSQaodErKBcDGDRAi8QAcnyVwqEXdbjM88exwEfgF7NlpIfKXcBGCilTvfxUquMu9NJTnJ35VLL6Z2nl02Yoz0aR-wEus9QeksJ6IDfAcBCv7XgDyxhyphenhyphenwkDU/s200/IMG_3326.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>And it looks like we caught a very strange bug in the elefun net--I liked this bug so much I decided to keep it!</div><br /><div>We were trilled by a spontaneous (and way too short) visit from the Scales. What fun! It only made us want them to move back even more than we already did. But of course remided us that our friendship is greater than the miles between us. In the short time that they were here we managed to sqeeze in an amazing amount of time together. Friday night KL made some amazing chicken enchiladas and I made a <a href="http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=258329">salad</a> and <a href="http://http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,1649,148161-234202,00.html">mexican chocolate cake</a> (I said I'd give you the recipe so here they are!). We didn't make Bekah cook since we weren't sure if she could even keep anything down at that point--but thankfully she was able to pull through! Isn't it interesting how much we love to eat together?! Actually I love to eat even when I am alone, but the food is much better when we are all together. :) And then Gabe and Eliott had a sleep over. They were so cute. Chloe actually slept in the same room in the bed because she didn't want to be left out.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBEretZZbgrYMTEaD_y8WzDcVYksJyPAyIkAGrCW-aJl-agOHKPCHrSCd68Jezluz8IOSsLOoc7A6aIui8McXZi5G7AVGc1QkX_Sy-oUwPKjMR3u1xVS5XAk-WqomoS3nOGSB4xxPoK4w/s1600-h/IMG_3392.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168913257236733890" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBEretZZbgrYMTEaD_y8WzDcVYksJyPAyIkAGrCW-aJl-agOHKPCHrSCd68Jezluz8IOSsLOoc7A6aIui8McXZi5G7AVGc1QkX_Sy-oUwPKjMR3u1xVS5XAk-WqomoS3nOGSB4xxPoK4w/s200/IMG_3392.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR0L-JxYp3HX1kvq4Pl7HcFAYnzeqGC7PJ8kEObuDVjItiOsU8NYwTmbJyZNWzCYS2XOaO-A2PvMiE2qiQhieoDZCqnf1smQbI5KrPY8pmSMWGC1Ifp5QD73Jk8SUpW4f0micd5NKneoY/s1600-h/IMG_3415.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168913265826668498" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR0L-JxYp3HX1kvq4Pl7HcFAYnzeqGC7PJ8kEObuDVjItiOsU8NYwTmbJyZNWzCYS2XOaO-A2PvMiE2qiQhieoDZCqnf1smQbI5KrPY8pmSMWGC1Ifp5QD73Jk8SUpW4f0micd5NKneoY/s200/IMG_3415.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>The kids played all day on Saturday...they played dress up, sword fought, played with polly pockets and played ball...My kids were so thrilled to spend time with Gabe and Ansley (and I had fun with Amelia!) and both had <strong>complete melt downs</strong> (I kid you not--- they were wailing!) when it was time to say good bye. But who can blame them? Nobody likes to say good bye!<br /></div><div>Valentine's Day was fun. Not only did we have a suprise snow day--we also had a romantic (HA!) dinner at Moe's with our friends David, KiKi, Bekah, Luke and of course all the kids. I surprised Jeff with a copy of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue (just happened to come in the mail that day!) only I added my face to the cover. Somehow when I gave it to him he didn't notice? What!?! You mean he doesn't look at the face?<br /></div><div>Now the last month here in the Trinh home has been a bit of a challenge. Millie is in the "I do it!" stage of being 2 years old. She wants to do <strong>everything</strong> herself and then gets frustrated and cries or screams when she can't. She likes to wash her hands with out any help, brush her teeth, feed herself and she likes to dress herself. Obviously she doesn't always get it quite right. But she is so proud!<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkpT7LsA0LaG6exxnZ-F3SRPl1d5ERofNBCIwA1vhqqUaIBtyx136E8FyRRnsDgZm1Z4EhFoRzvalzZeiLoRjJgeLI0uFI1u1Y0fHK7tQpKGK04eD-RiyfAm5m9CAIy5oLD9HVRbxm__g/s1600-h/IMG_3446.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168913274416603106" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkpT7LsA0LaG6exxnZ-F3SRPl1d5ERofNBCIwA1vhqqUaIBtyx136E8FyRRnsDgZm1Z4EhFoRzvalzZeiLoRjJgeLI0uFI1u1Y0fHK7tQpKGK04eD-RiyfAm5m9CAIy5oLD9HVRbxm__g/s200/IMG_3446.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoTXUwvkbDHmUkwLCBRZTZJsYG-E-EN2GPyEsWYCqtFNI1Jsd7urEk1ZL81wT6M6fnAYxZQ9WJ9sTKrHjvLEmeIT_HkmrANQ8emQJGYcYSqCty5IG0ZS5olvEmi7m7cmToBcNlDVyCprc/s1600-h/IMG_3447.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168913278711570418" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoTXUwvkbDHmUkwLCBRZTZJsYG-E-EN2GPyEsWYCqtFNI1Jsd7urEk1ZL81wT6M6fnAYxZQ9WJ9sTKrHjvLEmeIT_HkmrANQ8emQJGYcYSqCty5IG0ZS5olvEmi7m7cmToBcNlDVyCprc/s200/IMG_3447.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5M5sLNhqUasTwH7z4-phCmNFy5OTgnqmShSylsS8uu_PhSwnU_f2qSejNSfhHuBPylYHgyPWNFULsl2aPm4Hu8VtsSbPmr1bVd6w3YVWnyDVDirDJi6D9BV5AwoEkvdDc1CtrLvBVF3Q/s1600-h/IMG_3386.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168915963066130434" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5M5sLNhqUasTwH7z4-phCmNFy5OTgnqmShSylsS8uu_PhSwnU_f2qSejNSfhHuBPylYHgyPWNFULsl2aPm4Hu8VtsSbPmr1bVd6w3YVWnyDVDirDJi6D9BV5AwoEkvdDc1CtrLvBVF3Q/s200/IMG_3386.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt5Ofl4NDem6-kLptXIzvom0lNMW-iozhnkGCbDVLcIBSqeKAttXu3VhW3EifH54oICJLf-YDpPBcy5rcqmpCXZUuhTrxHeJJZugmTD5_zxPb3Q9fWWS2ZoGuvZNnxOErsQwdKEJ65VqY/s1600-h/IMG_3389.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168918978133172354" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt5Ofl4NDem6-kLptXIzvom0lNMW-iozhnkGCbDVLcIBSqeKAttXu3VhW3EifH54oICJLf-YDpPBcy5rcqmpCXZUuhTrxHeJJZugmTD5_zxPb3Q9fWWS2ZoGuvZNnxOErsQwdKEJ65VqY/s200/IMG_3389.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwhryIyu848WS41yH1Eq-7TS7xS28uT6YwHA_wh9onl4IevlwxQei5phOuYz2ZidqYZ5UYeQUxYVFv5feF3oGsFHibQWpL4vsh9I_UsSrgmvirZiaxbhfa4lUcf6Q0moiWngL0tVlC-ic/s1600-h/IMG_3391.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168918986723106962" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwhryIyu848WS41yH1Eq-7TS7xS28uT6YwHA_wh9onl4IevlwxQei5phOuYz2ZidqYZ5UYeQUxYVFv5feF3oGsFHibQWpL4vsh9I_UsSrgmvirZiaxbhfa4lUcf6Q0moiWngL0tVlC-ic/s200/IMG_3391.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>We are working through her strong and very independent spirit. She is certainly not lacking in confidence---but I am certainly lacking in patience! She can really frustrate me to no end, but I just love her so much and know that I have probably created the beast because I give in to her <strong>WAY</strong> too much! And sometimes it's just easier that way. But I know it won't be easier in the long run, so things are about to change around here! According to Mandy it's not too late to repair the damage done. I'll let you know how that goes.</div><br /><div>Well, I guess that's about all for the past few weeks. Maybe I'll try to be a little more frequent with my updates in the future. But, let's face it, Jeff was right...I don't have time for a blog! But I have one anyway, so I'll try to keep up.</div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961550431142620083noreply@blogger.com5