tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47980021644868938392024-03-05T11:58:50.068-08:00Houston FamilyAprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14950552326488091415noreply@blogger.comBlogger257125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798002164486893839.post-54618125756128505212012-12-03T21:18:00.000-08:002012-12-03T21:18:02.953-08:00Ethiopia Day #2 and meeting Christian!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So day #2 in Ethiopia, we woke up feeling much better than the day before. Little did we know that was probably the best night's sleep we got while we were there. We got to spend a little time at the transition home before we headed out for the morning.</div>
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Jacob and his sister spent a little time playing and we were able to see what the children's morning routine was.</div>
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The other two families would be visiting their child's orphanages and going on a day field trip. We opted out of that trip because we had another great opportunity! We were going to get to meet the child we sponsor through Compassion International. We were so excited that this worked out even with the travel details having to be fairly last minute. We were so impressed with the staff at Compassion and their willingness to help this happen!</div>
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We have sponsored Christian for several years and correspond with letters but were unsure if we would ever get to meet this child. We had a little surprise. We had originally been told our sponsor child was a GIRL! (just a small clerical error at the very beginning of our sponsorship) Just as we walked up the staff liaison and translated said, "he is just over here." We had a second to back pedal and he assured us that a few pink items like this backpack were fine, color was not as gender specific in Africa. We did breathe easier when he walked up holding pink sunglasses! There was several gender non specific items in the backpack we brought and he was able to take the barbie doll to his sister:)</div>
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Christian & the translator in the background. We really enjoyed getting to meet the staff as well. This particular man had been sponsored through Compassion starting at a young age. It was so neat to hear his story.</div>
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Jacob & Christian hit it off. They are both 7.</div>
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Christian's father was able to make the trip, he is to the side in the black jacket and purple shirt.</div>
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It was incredible to meet him and hear about his family. He is planting churches in very rural areas in Africa. We were able to talk with the translator about how we are partners for the gospel across the world. Another treat was Christian's mom was able to call while we were all together. </div>
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His parents shared that Christian was born 2 months early and is truly a miracle. The mother baby nurse in me asked how much had he weighed. His dad answered that he was never even weighed, they sent him home believing he would die. I told his dad that I knew the Lord had blessed them by sparing Christian's life and that He had great plans for Christian & that he and his wife has taken excellent care of him for him to do so well. His dad was very gracious and said they could not do what they do without the sponsorship.</div>
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We met Christian and his father and the staff at an amusement park (I know...who knew there would be an amusement park in Ethiopia?!) It was a weekday and we had the whole place to ourselves!</div>
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Jacob and Christian had a great time together! At one point they were playing ball and of course, two 7 year old boys and a ball & there is no language barrier. </div>
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This was an once in a lifetime opportunity. We were so thankful we were able to meet this sweet boy and his family. We are grateful Jacob had this chance at such a young age to actually meet Christian and this turned into so much more than a quarterly letter but became very real for him.</div>
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http://www.compassion.com</div>
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Back to the transition house...this is the front of the building. The bottom floor is the living area, where we ate, and administrative offices. The second floor is where the children eat meals and have some learning time. The third floor is guest rooms and where we slept. I forgot to get a picture before our luggage filled the room.</div>
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Living Room</div>
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The wall behind the sofa has pictures of all the children who are already home. We are looking forward to adding a picture to that collage!</div>
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Looking out over the court yard and where the children play, you can also see laundry hung to dry</div>
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We had a lot of fun with a color wonder book and colored the whole thing that week! We will need to grab another one for the flight home!</div>
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We got tickled because every time she finished, every marker had to be returned to the perfect place. She kept all plastic to wrap everything back up just so. </div>
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Showing her new backpack with a couple of her new things</div>
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Can't wait until that is a headed to school picture! Doesn't she look ready?:)</div>
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Aunt Deborah...you can see she still had the cross necklace on. We told her over and over that Jesus loved her so!</div>
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So I left off with hopes of updating the blog from Ethiopia. I would say it is just my usual good intentions but I did not keep up. However, we really did not internet at all until the last day. We had heard the internet was "spotty" but there were problems that week and it actually was "non existent" until we were just about the leave! </div>
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You imagine this moment over and over in your minds. Yet knowing there is no way to predict what will happen. What will she think of her new family? Am I going to burst into tears and scare her to death? The Lord was SO good! We had not slept AT ALL. We all three had been put on antibiotics before leaving for ear infections or sinus infections & had not slept except for minutes on the plane When we landed it was almost 8 AM in Ethiopia & the day was just getting started where we had left Atl almost 24 hours ago. I cry even easier when I have not slept and was literally scared I would scar her if I burst into tears and she was going to think "this woman looks terrible! This is the best you could come up with!" The Lord gave us an extra measure of adrenaline & we did not feel the exhaustion until later that day.</div>
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Although we were all overcome with emotion, the Lord kept us in check and it literally happened a bit quicker than we thought. We looked up and there she was! We actually caught her peeking through the window with a little friend before they officially brought her in. She looked so excited!</div>
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Within just a couple of minutes of her coming in I commented, "your hair is so pretty!" It had grown since our first picture of her. She took that cue & pointed to all of her body parts in ENGLISH. She had the cutest little accent as she proudly went down the list....hair, eyes, ears, nose, arms, chest, hands, body.</div>
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It was overwhelming to think what our little girl must be thinking, what she may have been thru in her short little life & how we wanted to tell her how much we already loved her. God was so good to make that moment special but not so overwhelming that we could not hold it together for this precious one in front of us. </div>
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One of the neat things about this week was getting to meet two other families. One was adopting an infant boy, their first child. The other family had adopted from Ethiopia before and were adopting their 8th child! An added blessing was getting to spend the week with these families and get to share in each other's monumental events. One of the other parents snapped this photo for us.</div>
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Don't get me wrong though! She may be able to throw the ball with her brother but she is ALL girl, look at that pose!</div>
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She spent the rest of that morning playing with her, seeing where she slept & her world at the transition home. While she went to eat lunch and be with her friends in her little class, we snuck away for a quick nap & woke up to finish a bit of paperwork with the director in country. Even though we were exhausted we did go to a transitional Ethiopian restaurant....which is not a quick dinner by any means but an evening full of eating and entertainment. I will follow up my next post with more pics, day 2 & visiting our Compassion child in Ethiopia!</div>
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We have accepted a referral of a little girl from Ethiopia and the exciting news to go with that is we leave in 2 days for our first trip and court date!</div>
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I will back up for the sake of journaling. We learned about this sweet girl the end of September and officially accepted her referral October 1st. We will share more about her in days to come and also after we meet her. There will be parts of her story that we keep within our family as just as in any adoption, adoption stems from loss & and we don't ever want to regret sharing parts of her life that she isn't even aware of yet or that are private.. We actually know very little about her past or her birth parents. We are so thankful that the Lord has brought her to us and that she is in the wonderful transition home that partners with our agency. We have enjoyed getting pictures of her and learning little tid bits of her personality. Of course, we absolutely can not wait to see her in person, learn more about her and assure her that she has a family waiting for her. </div>
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The next six weeks have been such a whirlwind and God has been so good to affirm this decision so many times! We first had to wait for a court date and we received our court date on October 29th. We were to be in Ethiopia November 12th and would go to court November 14th. Talk about some craziness around here but all vey exciting. Jacob will go with us on this trip and we can't wait for him to meet his sister and have a trip of a lifetime. He is so excited! We know this will be so neat for their bond and will be something neither one of them forgets.</div>
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We go to court November 14th and pray the judge gives a positive ruling for our adoption. If so, she will officially be a Houston! BUT and it is a big BUT if you are not familiar with Ethiopia adoption. We don't get to bring her home until we get an US embassy appointment, hopefully SOON! But we know the Lord has His hand on her and cares for her even more than we do. He obviously has a great plan for her life and we can't wait to be a part of it!</div>
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I could go on and on about how good the Lord has been to us the last few weeks and how He has worked in our lives and in the life of our little girl but there is still packing to do. Not sure how our internet will be in Ethiopia but I hope to post and update and share good news mid next week!</div>
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As I am trying to get back on the blog band wagon, I want to try and update a little about our adoption as well as keep up with a journal for our family. A natural question that is asked is "how did you decide on Ethiopia?"</div>
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There is a really long answer which involves praying about adopting for YEARS! The "short" answer is that we felt a burden to adopt and looked into many different possibilities all the way from adopting out of the foster care system domestically to international adoption. There are so many needs for children worldwide, international adoption is just where we felt led and God confirmed that over and over. When we started our research, Ethiopia came up immediately. We looked into that and Ethiopia had experienced a lot of changes in their process, one that made the process a little harder was that now 2 trips are required. We also looked into several Latin America countries and pretty much hit dead ends rather the process involved actually living in the country for weeks or months all the way to countries now being closed to adoption. We kept coming back to Ethiopia. While we were researching agencies, I prayed that the Lord would just shut doors or open doors for where He wanted us to go and what agency to use. There are many great Christian agencies out there, how in the world do you decide? One day I was talking to a social worker from Lifeline and we had pretty much narrowed it down to two agencies. God gave me great peace while talking to her. There was not anything at all wrong with the other agency but they did require you maintain birth order while adding to your family. We have really felt like we should keep Jacob the oldest (he is a typical first born) but other than that, we were open. There are so many families who request babies that it is sometimes harder to place the older children. </div>
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Since maintaining birth order that was a requirement of the 2nd agency, the Lord made it clear that we should use Lifeline. In that process, I think He just kept probing, "I led you to Ethiopia along time ago, just trust me." We officially started our paperwork the beginning of this year. </div>
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God has been so good to affirm this decision so many times! And He has provided quite a network for us not just adoption in general but specifically families adopting from Ethiopia. One of my greatest friends for college is also adopting from Ethiopia! I don't think it is at all an accident that He has us on this journey together. I just got a FB message last night from a friend we ran into at the laser show a few months ago. We had not seen each other in at least 11 or 12 years! She messaged me last night and they are also using Lifeline and adopting from Ethiopia. No, not an accident at all!</div>
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I am somewhat hesitant to post statistics etc but want to give a general idea to the immense need in Ethiopia. I have done some research and have looked at creditable resources and am going to post a few things about Ethiopia, this is ever changing so please forgive me if there is a more current fact available.</div>
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<li style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;" value="0"><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana;">1 in 10 children die before their first birthday</span></li>
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<li style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;" value="0"><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana;">720,000 children have been orphaned by AIDS alone and there are 4.6 million total orphans now</span></li>
<li style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;" value="0"><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana;">50% of the children will never attend school</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">Even if we were not speaking of Ethiopia, it haunts me that 26,000 children die a day from hunger or preventable diseases. You would think that after having another biological child, we would consider our home "full." Where actually our 3rd child only intensified my burden. Micah has several minor health problems....asthma, moderate food allergies but the fact of the matter is he is on medications to keep his asthma under control. We have given him </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;">emergency steroids several times in his life and we walk around with an epi pen in case he </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;">encounters something that causes a severe allergic reaction. Micah would not survive in a third world country. Where many parents in these countries don't even have the healthcare to take care of their children, our only obstacle is metro Atlanta traffic! Even as we have had to watch our budget, I have never known what it feels like to not be able to provide my child with food, clean water, pedialyte or gatorade when they have simple </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">diarrhea.</span></span></div>
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What does one do when they have not blogged in an entire year???? Do a very condensed recap. It may seem lots a ton of pictures but squeezing in a whole year is tough! Our 3 boys have grown so fast & we have enjoyed all of their milestones and activities. I did brief descriptions of most pics or groups of pics below. </div>
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One of the reasons I got behind blogging is just life was busy, busy! I did want to pick it back up to journal for our family. We also want to keep everyone updated on our next journey. Many of our friends and family know of our burden for adoption. We were even researching agencies when we had the sweet little surprise of Micah's pending arrival!</div>
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The Lord only increased that burden as we welcomed Micah and although life became even busier, we knew He still intended for our family to adopt. We started the paperwork at the beginning of the year and were able to turn in our dossier (collection of lots of paperwork, official documents, and lots of education) this summer. Our dossier arrived in Ethiopia August 6th and that is when we considered officially on the waiting list for our child. I will be using the blog to stay more up to date hopefully on the Houston happenings and keep everyone updated about our adoption.</div>
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Thanks for picking back up with our family's journey! And tolerating the many pics below!</div>
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Fall 2011</div>
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Jacob's first season playing baseball!</div>
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Micah fall 2011, growing fast</div>
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Micah turns one!</div>
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Thanksgiving 2011</div>
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Christmas 2011</div>
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The summer birthdays in Logan's preschool class all celebrated on one day together</div>
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Jacob's 7th birthday</div>
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Logan and Micah (outfits also worn by Jacob and Logan at similar ages:)</div>
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Jacob played basketball this season</div>
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Easter morning 2012</div>
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Logan's end of preschool year, with Mrs Elina</div>
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Strawberry Picking 2012</div>
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Logan's 4th birthday. He shares a birthday with his friend Bella who turned 5. She had her birthday the day before, it was so sweet for her to come to Logan's party. We sang to both of them.</div>
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LFBC ladies mission trip to Haiti</div>
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Micah's baby dedication was Mother's day 2011. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Micah Carter Houston, almost 6 months old </div><div>
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<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtIlaoED8kgWXi2CbKZ0wnfcn4PUaZqHaN1GZniMjs1DSuEtH3WCahOwEbYwWQb1EKSmcup6cRNVzKs3w6Oh22VK4JR6R9VuFae1Lx5fk0aspTMW1-Hx-6sUR7pOY3m6QQLk-TwMXtr8tI/s1600/IMG_2632.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtIlaoED8kgWXi2CbKZ0wnfcn4PUaZqHaN1GZniMjs1DSuEtH3WCahOwEbYwWQb1EKSmcup6cRNVzKs3w6Oh22VK4JR6R9VuFae1Lx5fk0aspTMW1-Hx-6sUR7pOY3m6QQLk-TwMXtr8tI/s320/IMG_2632.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646834571758636674" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Full view of outfit, Logan also wore this outfit and all 3 boys wore these special shoes that my youth minister gave me when Jacob was born.</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Papa & Micah "talk" before the service starts</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFhi22FxfExkUqUGWVlcPfZmQrtEYMvawU6eczEHg0TCoNEFkV-dyN9bZ75AzN3LlV4WK4GR7cX02rR4Bcp2MItc0tt4bwAwjJIk0Lle03aU17yyE4q33R1zV48apNOhHvIPfsd8sZw5LY/s1600/IMG_2635.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFhi22FxfExkUqUGWVlcPfZmQrtEYMvawU6eczEHg0TCoNEFkV-dyN9bZ75AzN3LlV4WK4GR7cX02rR4Bcp2MItc0tt4bwAwjJIk0Lle03aU17yyE4q33R1zV48apNOhHvIPfsd8sZw5LY/s320/IMG_2635.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646834564640503234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Aunt Steph</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdoe_54xOATC1SVi8EGR_AVRTNKsEzcFMBDgGbmm6_NNPuR7G2F-nRkFrhimddfmmejWkUzd5GV7O0HagQyktI7Lrc79KP9b4gqbxv68XwoG8kpeBxgetjl9RDKVKZbD3yo7hCg2W-kvIL/s1600/IMG_2642.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdoe_54xOATC1SVi8EGR_AVRTNKsEzcFMBDgGbmm6_NNPuR7G2F-nRkFrhimddfmmejWkUzd5GV7O0HagQyktI7Lrc79KP9b4gqbxv68XwoG8kpeBxgetjl9RDKVKZbD3yo7hCg2W-kvIL/s320/IMG_2642.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646834565236695826" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Wonderful day to have baby dedication with great friends!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Kari & her girls, Ed & Frances with Rachel & our crew. </div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This was taken right before the PK, Logan started acting like he may jump off the platform or perform a quick circus act!</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG670hyphenhypheniPue1Hzs9M5agdo3TKrSZpyCnu8TUe9YxxqSsBt8sPZgCar4sTcQH_QNamqVhpBuD62qovqt_RnkeDrK48sWMlmnpCiqb0PmnLrXQ88gD53jQet5IKM92_JUmEg9tmaiDR2PSmU/s1600/IMG_2645.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG670hyphenhypheniPue1Hzs9M5agdo3TKrSZpyCnu8TUe9YxxqSsBt8sPZgCar4sTcQH_QNamqVhpBuD62qovqt_RnkeDrK48sWMlmnpCiqb0PmnLrXQ88gD53jQet5IKM92_JUmEg9tmaiDR2PSmU/s320/IMG_2645.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646834560919829362" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Frances & Rachel. </div><div style="text-align: center;">We have been praying for a baby for Ed & Frances for a long time. The Lord answered the prayers of many & Ed & Frances adopted Rachel in February. Micah loves his little girlfriend.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4D8LZ0RHg2Pyi3UWu0f1KHtjJSPsQeSnvtVhXamZzBY8QeMwnBrudeLZjFkSdChifnAGuBLMWFuTXhYddo9pNOd2UtOpfjhR0bE2-FE-PZqDDdQHRGGdogb6Weg3jReftbbumErHliAvH/s1600/IMG_2653.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4D8LZ0RHg2Pyi3UWu0f1KHtjJSPsQeSnvtVhXamZzBY8QeMwnBrudeLZjFkSdChifnAGuBLMWFuTXhYddo9pNOd2UtOpfjhR0bE2-FE-PZqDDdQHRGGdogb6Weg3jReftbbumErHliAvH/s320/IMG_2653.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646834168194343794" /></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQhMlcKIR6V51mO9nXO5_VTt66hP7lUhCdVdn1A0JqxFDwfnvb1QTKnSuLue2cOqW_6CrbikZQP8Gx8na-s9eJ4-L6goNPOH3MBT5EY5FwcZjh0uMPyFgnK_fkvPlRwDD9IEG1eVkAeRgL/s1600/IMG_2670.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQhMlcKIR6V51mO9nXO5_VTt66hP7lUhCdVdn1A0JqxFDwfnvb1QTKnSuLue2cOqW_6CrbikZQP8Gx8na-s9eJ4-L6goNPOH3MBT5EY5FwcZjh0uMPyFgnK_fkvPlRwDD9IEG1eVkAeRgL/s320/IMG_2670.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646834160302793074" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The whole crew. I wish I had taken more individual pics with everyone holding Micah. The morning was kind of hectic though!</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicUp4JN-YUG_Cikqb7gCqQWwjGhHm0DWH4u2RHM43BpXhnql_44scgqNWt54Dznnzkjavb-a2mNGkUUkroPM-T4F9iD5s4qe1_VVH8P6hfwOb1eqf04hNfub0adGRzT7-WcRb3rl-CFDLJ/s1600/IMG_2667.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicUp4JN-YUG_Cikqb7gCqQWwjGhHm0DWH4u2RHM43BpXhnql_44scgqNWt54Dznnzkjavb-a2mNGkUUkroPM-T4F9iD5s4qe1_VVH8P6hfwOb1eqf04hNfub0adGRzT7-WcRb3rl-CFDLJ/s320/IMG_2667.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646834163078302178" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">4 generations, My Grandmomma, Mom, Momma to 3 boys (I am looking a little tired!) & Micah</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtu3VrX306Y5weEntACCSeAtCyW4fSrnQyjDqtHmyyReY_q8_1FTrKcNmO6-8l4Bey0MVNBXtX-I1B-aOU9QXjppmi6Lb7gF7NKzXD49dWEhyphenhyphenprWyuowXNoQH9HU6CdjiC_1OdI_kWM5GI/s1600/IMG_2673.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtu3VrX306Y5weEntACCSeAtCyW4fSrnQyjDqtHmyyReY_q8_1FTrKcNmO6-8l4Bey0MVNBXtX-I1B-aOU9QXjppmi6Lb7gF7NKzXD49dWEhyphenhyphenprWyuowXNoQH9HU6CdjiC_1OdI_kWM5GI/s320/IMG_2673.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646834159327722162" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Papa & Mema with Micah</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8M_kKhSYLm5JVKWt1txZv7CxIFO1eeAjKhtZ75oxcg8zTNUeagJsDifWaxmheTiTFkFabTqRTuv21R0spxSIihAg1zCMKV3W4tbgHE-Z8FnlFWp4i-d_c66MGI0Pk9xgUALXbEnqsYVGD/s1600/IMG_2676.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8M_kKhSYLm5JVKWt1txZv7CxIFO1eeAjKhtZ75oxcg8zTNUeagJsDifWaxmheTiTFkFabTqRTuv21R0spxSIihAg1zCMKV3W4tbgHE-Z8FnlFWp4i-d_c66MGI0Pk9xgUALXbEnqsYVGD/s320/IMG_2676.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646834154298686386" /></a>
<br />Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14950552326488091415noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798002164486893839.post-41561533199648506042011-08-30T18:36:00.001-07:002011-08-30T18:43:30.936-07:00Spring & summer catch up<div>
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When you are months behind blogging do you adjust the dates on your blog or do you just carry on because this is life right now?!</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jacob lost his first tooth!</div><div style="text-align: center;">APRIL 28th! Here we are 4 months later!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh it was a "my baby is growing up" moment! I definitely teared up but I stayed brave because he was a little nervous just before it came out. I know I will never forget the look on his face when he realized it was out & Inman's look was just as priceless as he showed it to him. Yes, I may be the nurse but teeth are kind of gross to me when they are wiggling around.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(We are already on tooth #2 but I will save that for another blog as I catch up!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrlD5h9HzoY05YkCdGwP34Ri72l05rf5whm9mUIinp5oj0RJLcPKoKPNOt5jQ1lDvOTpVykZsA_a8WdB8xLsbtBHpgMbBv93Mpo4GY3ZLd4iKcZWvR2j3cEEMrB1OoySmMhqEkookautB/s320/IMG_2618.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646828476818384178" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0KYQEUN3DdclkexFZ70RfnwNBIQ_tleZ7_qKQo0ObWcCzkGCsCffQH_cdjhLgjVffy7HM05ofq7segxAyLQ8gyfLx7D0CuIcDO5eIII2PBrFd5b8PWYtPlcDxJYl1dEauKeAJk8wYRzO/s1600/IMG_2622.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0KYQEUN3DdclkexFZ70RfnwNBIQ_tleZ7_qKQo0ObWcCzkGCsCffQH_cdjhLgjVffy7HM05ofq7segxAyLQ8gyfLx7D0CuIcDO5eIII2PBrFd5b8PWYtPlcDxJYl1dEauKeAJk8wYRzO/s320/IMG_2622.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646828478473254306" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">1st tooth fairy visit</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14950552326488091415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798002164486893839.post-74392583588243712752011-07-02T03:41:00.000-07:002011-07-02T04:59:30.218-07:00Going to the chapel<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I had to back up & capture Jacob's debut in a wedding. Karen & Anthony are a sweet couple from our church & asked Jacob to help them celebrate their big day!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(pics are backwards, this is what you get when you blog with a bebe in your lap)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jacob had been talking for days about getting on the dance floor & he did but was pretty shy once he finally got there!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_a4FVBIT4Qo-Phi1Y24KfA3EbjXWyk6yHuNu4LS6L0HjvHcRARK8Ei6wrMp9QeWG1_0OmrFDj3Xtle6ZWaPTsyuLw6yqx7hRA3Nikr_T-bfneaX_KUua2lgz1MUBN70WifFBSi-fyoXW/s1600/IMG_2067.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_a4FVBIT4Qo-Phi1Y24KfA3EbjXWyk6yHuNu4LS6L0HjvHcRARK8Ei6wrMp9QeWG1_0OmrFDj3Xtle6ZWaPTsyuLw6yqx7hRA3Nikr_T-bfneaX_KUua2lgz1MUBN70WifFBSi-fyoXW/s320/IMG_2067.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624706000242050434" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">He loved the cake & other desserts!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI0fVVrNBMqeXTQhb63t_7jpSyY0kg7Sz29vcFlQOx9cBieenXtBAar1MKbkfPWZz156LDyjqG1eSu2c1BjA4Zi7eFv0BvWa4AXr5qhkGNyG5_UbtREQvy6TKSwUzDqT-V1Uo9o_LFG-VS/s1600/IMG_2066.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI0fVVrNBMqeXTQhb63t_7jpSyY0kg7Sz29vcFlQOx9cBieenXtBAar1MKbkfPWZz156LDyjqG1eSu2c1BjA4Zi7eFv0BvWa4AXr5qhkGNyG5_UbtREQvy6TKSwUzDqT-V1Uo9o_LFG-VS/s320/IMG_2066.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624705996043378850" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Jacob & Karen, the beautiful bride</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHgghP668nBYSATUXKUlfWPGZ2XnE3uC7yhoxs7Nw3WOydReZKVYO0o0VCrbNwwNHkVF-ybQ-s_awStNqSZLbKZSCDAFmwrC0iFr1JxqGUEZM2DcYottU_a06ymGo_NpD5SEbPUR5U-66/s1600/IMG_2072.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHgghP668nBYSATUXKUlfWPGZ2XnE3uC7yhoxs7Nw3WOydReZKVYO0o0VCrbNwwNHkVF-ybQ-s_awStNqSZLbKZSCDAFmwrC0iFr1JxqGUEZM2DcYottU_a06ymGo_NpD5SEbPUR5U-66/s320/IMG_2072.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624705992613479170" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Oh my word, this cake was unbelievable! Can you believe I "behaved" and did not even taste it!?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzjtQ-EyxDQwlSffbZIoDO8n9nEV30MYX-t7gqBFtGMXF0ZkK7_4G0Mod_Zlp6qNHkeZv2_Porhxp79ZDJ7944XvgrGhQBnSNu4gy6cIwHPMhoqGpNZWOe1uDVdSyMbjl1zktlnxM7VGNZ/s1600/IMG_2043.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzjtQ-EyxDQwlSffbZIoDO8n9nEV30MYX-t7gqBFtGMXF0ZkK7_4G0Mod_Zlp6qNHkeZv2_Porhxp79ZDJ7944XvgrGhQBnSNu4gy6cIwHPMhoqGpNZWOe1uDVdSyMbjl1zktlnxM7VGNZ/s320/IMG_2043.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624705987882455058" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Back at the church...Daddy & Jacob after the wedding</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjyGP-N7Sr4pg23bkEtsdKxteTZ23ld2Ca4qprMnrsmk4SHm2C-LO7t_voK8bNUj0G2B9fjaIPNB-k16NytjQ2wqKlGRESC1T3CFk8e_1iZToFRkA8yJw4iUFNjRrP1W9OhOCpeRvnfkdB/s1600/IMG_2040.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjyGP-N7Sr4pg23bkEtsdKxteTZ23ld2Ca4qprMnrsmk4SHm2C-LO7t_voK8bNUj0G2B9fjaIPNB-k16NytjQ2wqKlGRESC1T3CFk8e_1iZToFRkA8yJw4iUFNjRrP1W9OhOCpeRvnfkdB/s320/IMG_2040.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624705977371149330" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Jacob during the wedding, he did great! Anyone who knows Jacob knows he took this job very seriously. I knew he would behave and stand still etc. I did get a little nervous right before the wedding, I mean this is someone's wedding! From all of the activities that weekend, I knew Jacob would be tired but he did awesome!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicS52aayVHmy9uc2dSgvGx5KGuapGGy7wjC8FBFpEGw1LM1fKw07YdWVjTHZe3-OwCM1YYCqMffu0ndufuYebGSR47lmNM420ioEEyvy2YbASe8YvHljcim6KOtvY-VzKJ8KQL-Q2idwac/s1600/IMG_2033.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicS52aayVHmy9uc2dSgvGx5KGuapGGy7wjC8FBFpEGw1LM1fKw07YdWVjTHZe3-OwCM1YYCqMffu0ndufuYebGSR47lmNM420ioEEyvy2YbASe8YvHljcim6KOtvY-VzKJ8KQL-Q2idwac/s320/IMG_2033.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624704981884440818" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A rare occasion, someone snapped a pic of Momma and Jacob right before the wedding!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhACge2RKfwXRy9C1Zt4mRtGCFnxzLi39EG3J3lATkxovqKaycqVZvQ8nx17UAkMtfsUGBQtK4yeakgn2iPcTn8c3ze7pv7oAJoQXVhNlfH07VIa0qiV2EYRMmNhnQxjkAEmqNdejKlX1Zk/s1600/IMG_2029.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhACge2RKfwXRy9C1Zt4mRtGCFnxzLi39EG3J3lATkxovqKaycqVZvQ8nx17UAkMtfsUGBQtK4yeakgn2iPcTn8c3ze7pv7oAJoQXVhNlfH07VIa0qiV2EYRMmNhnQxjkAEmqNdejKlX1Zk/s320/IMG_2029.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624704970530684210" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Hayden & Jacob</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hayden is our youth minister's oldest daughter. We thought it was so cute they would be in the wedding together. Hayden did not disappoint, she was precious!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJf4IPt2q3UOY9CX0Aq9takRee7gc_YvA6kHCRvBSKwRsjbqTMYIMoyerNJfVFc0lF0lGvqdcV5eDjuOVVAZ_9IEC_-vNIhLMj5kXXRj5mEuJOTBxI3D2naXFHbTeK_tnePCKeaprSLgqY/s1600/IMG_2027.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJf4IPt2q3UOY9CX0Aq9takRee7gc_YvA6kHCRvBSKwRsjbqTMYIMoyerNJfVFc0lF0lGvqdcV5eDjuOVVAZ_9IEC_-vNIhLMj5kXXRj5mEuJOTBxI3D2naXFHbTeK_tnePCKeaprSLgqY/s320/IMG_2027.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624704966703176354" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxRMSXp3VyW4r-lARC8t4D2nrVFMN3VNFFhusd5zWRIBt21fG1ea1y3r2qffoCuCzET0maLiumrbpPrKBWO9THJXlXjBAupppKTW0wyrEYpr3rs6DUVWq8xIO8N3PAT2D8H3xgIfVZlHAN/s1600/IMG_2026.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxRMSXp3VyW4r-lARC8t4D2nrVFMN3VNFFhusd5zWRIBt21fG1ea1y3r2qffoCuCzET0maLiumrbpPrKBWO9THJXlXjBAupppKTW0wyrEYpr3rs6DUVWq8xIO8N3PAT2D8H3xgIfVZlHAN/s320/IMG_2026.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624704965157845810" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Look how handsome, I think the tux made him look about 5 yrs older:)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Congrats Karen & Anthony!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgihaVR52wIu60h7bdaQES5oF8dFggk7fuzdvjJ1Jwe2C2wsJHnvTS6ZlUsQu21G98TRM5ru0z44LZtXBsNss27y2Ot_RbbS_i1Zaag1_0wm6NN6Cl3zVvkjpFMsCAZRdQCVytF2zIgCEP6/s1600/IMG_2019.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgihaVR52wIu60h7bdaQES5oF8dFggk7fuzdvjJ1Jwe2C2wsJHnvTS6ZlUsQu21G98TRM5ru0z44LZtXBsNss27y2Ot_RbbS_i1Zaag1_0wm6NN6Cl3zVvkjpFMsCAZRdQCVytF2zIgCEP6/s320/IMG_2019.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624704962624374050" /></a>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14950552326488091415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798002164486893839.post-20748198906181809742011-06-15T22:16:00.001-07:002011-06-15T22:34:19.171-07:00Easter 2011<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Easter morning</div><div style="text-align: center;"> We got someone to snap a family picture when we arrived to church</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg98XVixwtnPlOPuI5_i9OiGQNfBckyMnLf8plHscdU-psgnO1zlDcnijUG9Gm0BWhCgD8Xwpemmyh_jGGfFgSPR1vP6G8QNLhv1OSx24gzMHQzmuM0ouA04Yaev3Iicot_XQ7qvpqeA6G/s1600/IMG_2573.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg98XVixwtnPlOPuI5_i9OiGQNfBckyMnLf8plHscdU-psgnO1zlDcnijUG9Gm0BWhCgD8Xwpemmyh_jGGfFgSPR1vP6G8QNLhv1OSx24gzMHQzmuM0ouA04Yaev3Iicot_XQ7qvpqeA6G/s320/IMG_2573.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618682719818390386" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">My dad is right....getting a picture of kids is much like photographing wild animals. If you could only see the outtakes of these! I stopped just before we were all in BAD moods on the way to church!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-DbT294AXpM9kpQ7HuONvJtJ8ZiHoVaZfa3wIp8u0R-TY34CbHeajq2uIw9AtGyis7wTw__7QkGxA73QC38ho-vyhSwimwqWt7FvHEoMxJezl1i4IrBcR_twtRezFf-h1da6E2S3R5lM/s1600/IMG_2565.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-DbT294AXpM9kpQ7HuONvJtJ8ZiHoVaZfa3wIp8u0R-TY34CbHeajq2uIw9AtGyis7wTw__7QkGxA73QC38ho-vyhSwimwqWt7FvHEoMxJezl1i4IrBcR_twtRezFf-h1da6E2S3R5lM/s320/IMG_2565.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618682716527949058" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The day before we dyed Easter eggs</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is pretty much Logan's standard pose these days. This is why I had to include the others leading up to this date where he was actually smiling!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHHqEJRYSjposI0aIc32RLu3YvIeOajtZVYnkYEX3eyI3u5kkU7YPwlyIMqKbAiCUdiZP68Cesr5u26b9Z6fkjgg0lRj8W80nwlLOrmiDoJieOBBEvSyg7pnwdYgyNRlgd-wrP9CN32Dm/s1600/IMG_2493.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHHqEJRYSjposI0aIc32RLu3YvIeOajtZVYnkYEX3eyI3u5kkU7YPwlyIMqKbAiCUdiZP68Cesr5u26b9Z6fkjgg0lRj8W80nwlLOrmiDoJieOBBEvSyg7pnwdYgyNRlgd-wrP9CN32Dm/s320/IMG_2493.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618682706431707138" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJrZxDK71jZI9O93dGRK7SHu5q4t2xvcEgFTlp0oR05baKuiQ1JgUdbFeY24v3FxN2S98RZjYQPRFbfcrQdN9CRBIkgBYT-w4uCRGDu0I4cb9ces0BhoregsooZG09lpOna8glJDY9T78Z/s1600/IMG_2490.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJrZxDK71jZI9O93dGRK7SHu5q4t2xvcEgFTlp0oR05baKuiQ1JgUdbFeY24v3FxN2S98RZjYQPRFbfcrQdN9CRBIkgBYT-w4uCRGDu0I4cb9ces0BhoregsooZG09lpOna8glJDY9T78Z/s320/IMG_2490.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618682704523502674" /></a>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14950552326488091415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798002164486893839.post-84234260538630831532011-06-15T22:04:00.000-07:002011-06-15T22:15:45.296-07:00April 2011 continues...<div style="text-align: center;">Happy birthday Aunt Steph! Or as Logan affectionately calls her a lot of the time Stephians (like Philippians)</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt_lgmcoOgQWLSQR-INyBIZET-bLq0sT7k0oKvzK37_paYngVgRms9yTSLytat2aZordMylwUBLdea9OmAjS-VM2pMYWGD486sXZ5u9padk7vUQpI-TEMVHPP8rqjNFmr8xpmQFhqcuhem/s1600/IMG_1116.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt_lgmcoOgQWLSQR-INyBIZET-bLq0sT7k0oKvzK37_paYngVgRms9yTSLytat2aZordMylwUBLdea9OmAjS-VM2pMYWGD486sXZ5u9padk7vUQpI-TEMVHPP8rqjNFmr8xpmQFhqcuhem/s320/IMG_1116.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618680406686035058" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Look at Uncle Troy....he's a natural!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFBQdN293GvohxL1gq4wxwImX3mcJbQKZDvSuC1I0v3rpfmemLunE01_6vEf_oW4LN3czVXPZv2emVht6N9X5tvUYkCPd8k9HDmyiIYvbD4eMLaLr0l4SkWPYdffeogyM3b1boWPWRaH_2/s1600/IMG_1126.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFBQdN293GvohxL1gq4wxwImX3mcJbQKZDvSuC1I0v3rpfmemLunE01_6vEf_oW4LN3czVXPZv2emVht6N9X5tvUYkCPd8k9HDmyiIYvbD4eMLaLr0l4SkWPYdffeogyM3b1boWPWRaH_2/s320/IMG_1126.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618679909354218018" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I am not sure what what so funny. Maybe we were talking about the time when Jacob asked Stephanie, "you aren't a grown up, are you?"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyWzp0XyGWw5S1CxYt8L_2FgAaFfNh4DKQTnUV2FLevXYzOnuVGCNVKRlpGDtzTFSI_W5Hmc18bcOXiK769hqggwZ5siuBH_vCcwW-G30ah7FBPODqXZhqQl-2PX64xBE87Z58pHY6Beap/s1600/IMG_1127.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyWzp0XyGWw5S1CxYt8L_2FgAaFfNh4DKQTnUV2FLevXYzOnuVGCNVKRlpGDtzTFSI_W5Hmc18bcOXiK769hqggwZ5siuBH_vCcwW-G30ah7FBPODqXZhqQl-2PX64xBE87Z58pHY6Beap/s320/IMG_1127.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618679904129350130" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Ok, let's be serious here, take 2. Stephanie is 31 & Mom is styling some black leggings!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF540N-xmHXXegzjUi4PCgcIi-xQycf4ME613z4pN28XadHzDNIiWJOMmkn7FfsyEIsgK6aClCCBnCvNKdajgfxfi4a8QhpIl1Hb2eKQeB8o6ZkkqFS7qnXqR4QFQEoZooRFXjPaSOqXj0/s1600/IMG_1128.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF540N-xmHXXegzjUi4PCgcIi-xQycf4ME613z4pN28XadHzDNIiWJOMmkn7FfsyEIsgK6aClCCBnCvNKdajgfxfi4a8QhpIl1Hb2eKQeB8o6ZkkqFS7qnXqR4QFQEoZooRFXjPaSOqXj0/s320/IMG_1128.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618679897060617314" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Yummmm.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjONPFFFT534BbmdQle6m4FTdCLtU0jg7EO4Tbvvz1GB24Zoza3cTVMufuHZ7mk119BUtnZmCfGlvL9atX6W1URQpY8wC4iSacw4-tBK3u6YblJL2OKlL81xQGydSTF9xNnpwfj6Gp8XK6K/s1600/IMG_1134.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjONPFFFT534BbmdQle6m4FTdCLtU0jg7EO4Tbvvz1GB24Zoza3cTVMufuHZ7mk119BUtnZmCfGlvL9atX6W1URQpY8wC4iSacw4-tBK3u6YblJL2OKlL81xQGydSTF9xNnpwfj6Gp8XK6K/s320/IMG_1134.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618679896629290226" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I LOVE my little sis! We are so different but still the bestest of buds. I have always loved having our birthdays close together. </div><div style="text-align: center;">(The light hit Steph's teeth just right & it looks like she is in a toothpaste commercial:)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNdSqFnQmDwXFiDqBLR0H_wZFoogTA43AO0xs9cxMJ_O6nsPJmxPZV9fYMDX8ywktOPeECb7HBM-qfaAPorcVo3Kz7tj0vbDIgh6_2MIkkDL6y_yi3axSnY2Mj1S_ORyl0Juu0l3PqFZdv/s1600/IMG_1119.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNdSqFnQmDwXFiDqBLR0H_wZFoogTA43AO0xs9cxMJ_O6nsPJmxPZV9fYMDX8ywktOPeECb7HBM-qfaAPorcVo3Kz7tj0vbDIgh6_2MIkkDL6y_yi3axSnY2Mj1S_ORyl0Juu0l3PqFZdv/s320/IMG_1119.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618679891359960914" /></a>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14950552326488091415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798002164486893839.post-84321427452140301332011-06-15T21:42:00.001-07:002011-06-15T22:01:18.022-07:00Spring break part 2<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Spring break fun continues.....</div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy birthday Momma!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yes, I will tear up on my babies' birthdays, not able to believe they are another year older but I hope to never complain about my own years adding up! I am thankful for another year so..... bring it! This was #35!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Again, Logan is not much for smiling at the camera so I even had to crop this one to catch this sweet smile. On my birthday we went and had lunch at a local airport restaurant so the boys could watch planes. Have I turned into a "boy" mom or what?!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi88XdEYQwuvolJ6HFVJ75xTwRXuxr0MbRtLHTj_UAw1Xo2lJxAqyarBAHYlrmASpAuReOQtDbJtDKV2XTrVZd9tECXr73kuDB1pbGCeUTPtfM1xMpaMOyE2DF7QIGkX3wSarentw9j0Laj/s1600/IMG_1106.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi88XdEYQwuvolJ6HFVJ75xTwRXuxr0MbRtLHTj_UAw1Xo2lJxAqyarBAHYlrmASpAuReOQtDbJtDKV2XTrVZd9tECXr73kuDB1pbGCeUTPtfM1xMpaMOyE2DF7QIGkX3wSarentw9j0Laj/s320/IMG_1106.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618676214773850978" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Mom & Dad aka Mema & Papa </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzDTC9D_IBHiovNiKyTGFtYGLAbzJBcPnDuYbruGLlmaJ2VaUf6Ca5CuMXyngvuYzqKV-4fErnlrFPB9cd8vfD4B5_qj4Ab_Jv6C_UPN1KtQ98pFz6qbDcrZ67c01Q0sU6mungxs_OXW8b/s1600/IMG_1102.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzDTC9D_IBHiovNiKyTGFtYGLAbzJBcPnDuYbruGLlmaJ2VaUf6Ca5CuMXyngvuYzqKV-4fErnlrFPB9cd8vfD4B5_qj4Ab_Jv6C_UPN1KtQ98pFz6qbDcrZ67c01Q0sU6mungxs_OXW8b/s320/IMG_1102.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618676199828638098" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJPDxFdrRQrcN4vIR-_U4xQwtxzrR8H7Gf6lXMTb9Z9jLxn5ySDv8jn6s8d0WHn9RNTMGx3AUGsvkrcscgc774CBu8IJ1X-FRYYc7swwIDMs9eOL9y6IxOM8oFLwjR1qL918zZKVp0_qm/s1600/IMG_1099.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJPDxFdrRQrcN4vIR-_U4xQwtxzrR8H7Gf6lXMTb9Z9jLxn5ySDv8jn6s8d0WHn9RNTMGx3AUGsvkrcscgc774CBu8IJ1X-FRYYc7swwIDMs9eOL9y6IxOM8oFLwjR1qL918zZKVp0_qm/s320/IMG_1099.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618676198174933810" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Our sweet neighbors Ben & Helon brought us an ice cream pie</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9x8vHeIFL9CdEiBi5gpxDv5ojr-VGvZHEGY8aLyLhfBVZEpzTE611URJ7D21S6S6FEsBHth_STx3Tg1WSvbsvukSmPUipnq3ZtQNvmmg965gDOLXzcqKKEwu4B2GL041qYelIuag8h2NE/s1600/IMG_2317.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9x8vHeIFL9CdEiBi5gpxDv5ojr-VGvZHEGY8aLyLhfBVZEpzTE611URJ7D21S6S6FEsBHth_STx3Tg1WSvbsvukSmPUipnq3ZtQNvmmg965gDOLXzcqKKEwu4B2GL041qYelIuag8h2NE/s320/IMG_2317.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618676192795703618" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The next day we headed to a friend's lake house.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We kept Micah out of the sun and the big boys had a blast!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN_VECeGxSjjrrZlXXO-Xwn7Dug1-N1FEeEZHol6U057eL_om8n8KoR_QW5K-wKQZMCp7lJPVhvkLYThNrOMvDQgbCK4tys5dB1TTR1Yf3S_OhOMkn-gqA0PcagotsKjh1k0I3kK6vlI4o/s1600/IMG_2333.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN_VECeGxSjjrrZlXXO-Xwn7Dug1-N1FEeEZHol6U057eL_om8n8KoR_QW5K-wKQZMCp7lJPVhvkLYThNrOMvDQgbCK4tys5dB1TTR1Yf3S_OhOMkn-gqA0PcagotsKjh1k0I3kK6vlI4o/s320/IMG_2333.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618675553318538434" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZIv5gAeW2IRXYiS9iCwEzdKJPVXWCfg8VtYEi0nhZW4QAPZ8CGab-m5x-Z5fPpMm-RXZ8FRivF6o6_RdDUOgv-RGfOUC0wyWFfaItlzlTXoiqcWoxBGjVb4h-NbQ0XRbuj4dxpwG3D7S/s1600/IMG_2328.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZIv5gAeW2IRXYiS9iCwEzdKJPVXWCfg8VtYEi0nhZW4QAPZ8CGab-m5x-Z5fPpMm-RXZ8FRivF6o6_RdDUOgv-RGfOUC0wyWFfaItlzlTXoiqcWoxBGjVb4h-NbQ0XRbuj4dxpwG3D7S/s320/IMG_2328.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618675549141083506" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Logan's first time fishing</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbaMw0uqSsOBhmfUuptJpdMRikrLXxP26jyCLIZeICic_GGOwXOUKZcyPDWFulFMLFBKgCqrAvv5KPjCO5WWrhW_yFzJ13TpAJltiYssT4U7hBoRudqQNjMuH_a2jwNLvOAHJAjcCX206/s1600/IMG_2370.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbaMw0uqSsOBhmfUuptJpdMRikrLXxP26jyCLIZeICic_GGOwXOUKZcyPDWFulFMLFBKgCqrAvv5KPjCO5WWrhW_yFzJ13TpAJltiYssT4U7hBoRudqQNjMuH_a2jwNLvOAHJAjcCX206/s320/IMG_2370.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618675543559692818" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIpEcJ3QMJ7KW5nHZ6DVQR0CqHpZOr5-wBk62inkjGq90JkQtZlAeDNk1ORxvCUhq0iCdMV3U_oBl4xs96MzNPmja1pWvDDNmFRWooqjI6yXV3avpW7eHPWYO790a0DEaxXeFKUMVF_o1g/s1600/IMG_2361.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIpEcJ3QMJ7KW5nHZ6DVQR0CqHpZOr5-wBk62inkjGq90JkQtZlAeDNk1ORxvCUhq0iCdMV3U_oBl4xs96MzNPmja1pWvDDNmFRWooqjI6yXV3avpW7eHPWYO790a0DEaxXeFKUMVF_o1g/s320/IMG_2361.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618674885788182482" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSiUXzAxCJj4goLMSSwJPd9ESqquaWmUTnwOnC-UKH9t4uTVHHksHredppjN6PDNzUY_SAJGFRXikx21QxZOUIucbPap2j2FmyTrTOTuCazq2YOQ-pNsQvWnYZDqt3il4Z7iHSorP00eI4/s1600/IMG_2342.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSiUXzAxCJj4goLMSSwJPd9ESqquaWmUTnwOnC-UKH9t4uTVHHksHredppjN6PDNzUY_SAJGFRXikx21QxZOUIucbPap2j2FmyTrTOTuCazq2YOQ-pNsQvWnYZDqt3il4Z7iHSorP00eI4/s320/IMG_2342.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618674883497419170" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Luke & Jacob had so much fun together</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF585jumasJcNg1iiRH7_GTMEa7OxTPZXJEJv-y7Uc0vSSobLXcOsmUEBzVfHNqfOGdT_igEEC3sof1YMlNuFFthLSLqotD3heF2DPPzG1ICej6rcjYAhVbN0NnnmKzqZ3bSQrc4XbRAP-/s1600/IMG_2340.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF585jumasJcNg1iiRH7_GTMEa7OxTPZXJEJv-y7Uc0vSSobLXcOsmUEBzVfHNqfOGdT_igEEC3sof1YMlNuFFthLSLqotD3heF2DPPzG1ICej6rcjYAhVbN0NnnmKzqZ3bSQrc4XbRAP-/s320/IMG_2340.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618674874812017970" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6v97FFw-VCvmhaten-Y7-gieRsa9csoHrACFXBxyiBZy578P5rFLezSDPVy8BT4gPLuWyyAbcbeSDiaOcIXrMvwWJqH14gO6NSKk2x2MO79Z6e_oIM4j6ynoddrYydagr5mTRIk0M51FM/s1600/IMG_2337.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6v97FFw-VCvmhaten-Y7-gieRsa9csoHrACFXBxyiBZy578P5rFLezSDPVy8BT4gPLuWyyAbcbeSDiaOcIXrMvwWJqH14gO6NSKk2x2MO79Z6e_oIM4j6ynoddrYydagr5mTRIk0M51FM/s320/IMG_2337.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618674868011414786" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNjtTzUiwHAD5_RVOBODxDFHNkiVQu7RVjjMZe1RKDMnbivGBRnj3cuoOOgARtw8zfLkZC2_329Vq4nsKkQ1F8i_LIB4WknZJ-Cx8Z0RgV_9xiHTpOVQR11znSHF9nQPpBFlM4cCOqHj4b/s1600/IMG_2325.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNjtTzUiwHAD5_RVOBODxDFHNkiVQu7RVjjMZe1RKDMnbivGBRnj3cuoOOgARtw8zfLkZC2_329Vq4nsKkQ1F8i_LIB4WknZJ-Cx8Z0RgV_9xiHTpOVQR11znSHF9nQPpBFlM4cCOqHj4b/s320/IMG_2325.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618674863122784338" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Our "staycation" spring break was a great week and even a little strep throat at the end of the week didn't ruin it:)</div>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14950552326488091415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798002164486893839.post-34184311415235917142011-06-15T21:26:00.000-07:002011-06-15T21:41:33.893-07:00Spring break part 1<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">During spring break we headed to the zoo....with everyone else in Atl!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mema & Papa joined us and we all decided the annual zoo pass was money well spent. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">About to ride the train</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4J2QAi8F1OMHiIzBI942RFbIFRk9fqcUH8frdJCc0UDqNpUFVnb46jveBkkV_asjSwzI7iAFmJn3k93_iioHB27Oo4gfUuc5RdLEZy9sz45SBN3xZdLb_kqnRrSED2MuX3WGa3p3Djple/s1600/IMG_1092.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4J2QAi8F1OMHiIzBI942RFbIFRk9fqcUH8frdJCc0UDqNpUFVnb46jveBkkV_asjSwzI7iAFmJn3k93_iioHB27Oo4gfUuc5RdLEZy9sz45SBN3xZdLb_kqnRrSED2MuX3WGa3p3Djple/s320/IMG_1092.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618671081750310418" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Logan is not much for smiling at the camera these days so I had to include this one</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI3v65bIcyNPvPE9lVHJCJEkSsUVuBxSDD2z7pcBSj-yEGiWrBXG5UUATECCC9prvZx-pmef6MKVO7faeU4m5cy1gzJD4mevr3z2IZ8QzK6D8oHPc72eX2aDm1jK4k3AtnkOEuFioFfhyphenhyphenr/s1600/IMG_1089.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI3v65bIcyNPvPE9lVHJCJEkSsUVuBxSDD2z7pcBSj-yEGiWrBXG5UUATECCC9prvZx-pmef6MKVO7faeU4m5cy1gzJD4mevr3z2IZ8QzK6D8oHPc72eX2aDm1jK4k3AtnkOEuFioFfhyphenhyphenr/s320/IMG_1089.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618671071950423938" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Petting zoo</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5CVC1ypAamdYeeP8-_KYKS5acrpqAJpQa7deuz6gquwWoVssYO3Hwhjriz29phtnaPIaL9HTEkpS6I2WepgSR9s1K0oh-kIBfVrBnj4O1wTop04_FjgABNlHrs6z9rnB0E16zhl9j20qh/s1600/IMG_1086.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5CVC1ypAamdYeeP8-_KYKS5acrpqAJpQa7deuz6gquwWoVssYO3Hwhjriz29phtnaPIaL9HTEkpS6I2WepgSR9s1K0oh-kIBfVrBnj4O1wTop04_FjgABNlHrs6z9rnB0E16zhl9j20qh/s320/IMG_1086.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618671065296991602" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr-Sg9OROeaerZUIofL4bricTqnRICm6FsTYBlOYquKGUpAHrJAkQeYp2UgTQILISf6sHt8TnMV8Py0OSniggiyyvBS7v5BFOh2j4h5iUEx0u5N7mujCBlt5ry3FMnleb8JJnSuCxv1LPG/s1600/IMG_2208.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr-Sg9OROeaerZUIofL4bricTqnRICm6FsTYBlOYquKGUpAHrJAkQeYp2UgTQILISf6sHt8TnMV8Py0OSniggiyyvBS7v5BFOh2j4h5iUEx0u5N7mujCBlt5ry3FMnleb8JJnSuCxv1LPG/s320/IMG_2208.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618670136615778242" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Very appropriate...check out Logan looking much like the monkeys:)</div><div style="text-align: center;">I think Logan would have stayed in front of each animal for hours and he had to climb up on every fence to get a closer look. Jacob was very concerned with following the map during this trip and what was next!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg53Ii5SDUOoQkDFYodsrNn1g1eX9QfKojIdHBf6vrzLgc9FtvOwH2R845_uiATFBHunUYL_qVrH3coSo0xL_t40lL6cMfDBvkrxF60NYi9zkfsUD8DB9V_SQKsc7i-ANxNN8aeusaDXlL5/s1600/IMG_2207.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg53Ii5SDUOoQkDFYodsrNn1g1eX9QfKojIdHBf6vrzLgc9FtvOwH2R845_uiATFBHunUYL_qVrH3coSo0xL_t40lL6cMfDBvkrxF60NYi9zkfsUD8DB9V_SQKsc7i-ANxNN8aeusaDXlL5/s320/IMG_2207.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618670128043553410" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This picture below is out of order but cute nonetheless....we also have this outfit on both of the other boys. It was of my favorites 50%mom, 50% dad</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIqfrvh8Git7eaErQMNLmq-CbRUpwffwBSFppUhUzJRjPuJzaY1p7cmkoHguAusOgfVL8DLAhUd9bpFQkLTtxnsVdRNK-DpNU0xjyOkzIJKSFaKCmOsCXx__59cu_g0LRRc-97h_AHUmFg/s1600/IMG_2174.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIqfrvh8Git7eaErQMNLmq-CbRUpwffwBSFppUhUzJRjPuJzaY1p7cmkoHguAusOgfVL8DLAhUd9bpFQkLTtxnsVdRNK-DpNU0xjyOkzIJKSFaKCmOsCXx__59cu_g0LRRc-97h_AHUmFg/s1600/IMG_2174.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIqfrvh8Git7eaErQMNLmq-CbRUpwffwBSFppUhUzJRjPuJzaY1p7cmkoHguAusOgfVL8DLAhUd9bpFQkLTtxnsVdRNK-DpNU0xjyOkzIJKSFaKCmOsCXx__59cu_g0LRRc-97h_AHUmFg/s320/IMG_2174.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618670126320959538" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our little monkey catching a nap while the big boys rode the train</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAMQFTRc1nqAzC93UHdq2F6tD8U4HtixuZlGkrUzKf9YLSbICLvjol65rmQs2oOtpRzt6VHRPKvwGkXqRzNp3JE5Xp-OCjwaYf26trRQbP-CTaFWqswHhjh7SAsZ-hi7fYGDTa1SpFiutA/s1600/IMG_2225.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAMQFTRc1nqAzC93UHdq2F6tD8U4HtixuZlGkrUzKf9YLSbICLvjol65rmQs2oOtpRzt6VHRPKvwGkXqRzNp3JE5Xp-OCjwaYf26trRQbP-CTaFWqswHhjh7SAsZ-hi7fYGDTa1SpFiutA/s320/IMG_2225.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618670121640351570" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Mema & the 3 monkeys</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH26VMTd1bvempEWi0ZdHm_4g2KROo-Tn04trdtIiN0Ad9iv1Ji6RIZMtTBmmqY9ZpKqNwV06Fc0rKzBfVkATd0yafYGb6UdTRaHJHlXjN1DPJK6nkgU4QEoEShshryrrhQX5FgPVRg0ir/s1600/IMG_2211.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH26VMTd1bvempEWi0ZdHm_4g2KROo-Tn04trdtIiN0Ad9iv1Ji6RIZMtTBmmqY9ZpKqNwV06Fc0rKzBfVkATd0yafYGb6UdTRaHJHlXjN1DPJK6nkgU4QEoEShshryrrhQX5FgPVRg0ir/s320/IMG_2211.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618670107201820514" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br /></span></span></div></div>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14950552326488091415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798002164486893839.post-76030149256472063592011-06-15T21:20:00.000-07:002011-06-15T21:25:55.094-07:00Spring continues.....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCrjduF1KXh7xm4hOoUt_rkNT1_kcSPSjpEubZYUd5NZ4iufCyuNpvyfL1Pnaq-fwCTecV8Q-qdk1vFskitAo_nGj_tuqpKfup5e6aLpgVMi2pfa930utX8BZJd_BVsRg8vv_bV4ySLoJR/s1600/IMG_2270.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCrjduF1KXh7xm4hOoUt_rkNT1_kcSPSjpEubZYUd5NZ4iufCyuNpvyfL1Pnaq-fwCTecV8Q-qdk1vFskitAo_nGj_tuqpKfup5e6aLpgVMi2pfa930utX8BZJd_BVsRg8vv_bV4ySLoJR/s320/IMG_2270.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618668272548292258" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Micah at 4 months in the outfit that was his Daddy's outfit. We also have Jacob in this outfit. We can't remember if we remembered to put Logan in it! Don't tell him that or he may start with the middle child complex!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Inman holds him up in front of the picture where he is wearing this 36 years ago!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSMFBwigbnC7q-4BuimAeLU4c0UBTKW-UaYmoZ6z275rzczy0feYPK-UAxRsg0NbBkrLTxlBAyMLduW68ek3vec1DPZNm3GG74RJGa5yN6c-jX7scUS3qNGTirGsupyDoqvVgL3u4W0Odu/s1600/IMG_2279.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSMFBwigbnC7q-4BuimAeLU4c0UBTKW-UaYmoZ6z275rzczy0feYPK-UAxRsg0NbBkrLTxlBAyMLduW68ek3vec1DPZNm3GG74RJGa5yN6c-jX7scUS3qNGTirGsupyDoqvVgL3u4W0Odu/s320/IMG_2279.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618668268903604546" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Micah has started to really enjoy the johnny jump up</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit5CMPKT37F5jHtaIMA3jiiLu5U6m73Pt72KFR3GBTuF0HtpbRoOJIkP3nl_uhb5-WTVwrE-JkI-0ODMwrn3t4toBwB2cNQU48_160xZ92eZVl-z2Nfgtu2sqdg8StXVErFrSy_5YwTzGW/s1600/IMG_2391.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit5CMPKT37F5jHtaIMA3jiiLu5U6m73Pt72KFR3GBTuF0HtpbRoOJIkP3nl_uhb5-WTVwrE-JkI-0ODMwrn3t4toBwB2cNQU48_160xZ92eZVl-z2Nfgtu2sqdg8StXVErFrSy_5YwTzGW/s320/IMG_2391.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618668258382670786" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Here is Micah in the bumbo chair that the age limit starts at 4 months & yes, he can already get out of it. I see trouble on the horizon!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUHM7g1MqOJqcfq0N3Yw-stT3DNq3OBpSECMfTYj8RaUAmSYPGhjR17d6elddfyob3Ry2A0Y1pE6NXq97Xud6oG5sV4h0Z9hBWTToXhyaotfU5elGyWMwHGgGBAYL4rqnDzK8_ugL-PecZ/s1600/IMG_2161.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUHM7g1MqOJqcfq0N3Yw-stT3DNq3OBpSECMfTYj8RaUAmSYPGhjR17d6elddfyob3Ry2A0Y1pE6NXq97Xud6oG5sV4h0Z9hBWTToXhyaotfU5elGyWMwHGgGBAYL4rqnDzK8_ugL-PecZ/s320/IMG_2161.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618668257887749490" /></a>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14950552326488091415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798002164486893839.post-24118505229170281682011-06-15T20:27:00.000-07:002011-06-15T21:20:03.138-07:00Long overdue spring catch up!<div style="text-align: center;">Not sure what happened but I looked up and haven't blogged in 3 months! OK, I really do know what happened...these 3 precious boys have kept me busy! I am going to try and recap the last 3 months. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is Micah at 4 months getting love from his brothers......</div><div style="text-align: center;">Does he look a little worried?</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSKeGJHACOftkz3x5YAe03M0p5qmCitV0cfGEppFntgDS-tcXcBWeHY428qIam6siOntjHDw0uapNkTJLyCl4iJgWtTpVi_mrBldbb52LAa0M_BK0xagHzMNlZOVi0SVGmUJmY1h0ajTl/s1600/IMG_2145.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSKeGJHACOftkz3x5YAe03M0p5qmCitV0cfGEppFntgDS-tcXcBWeHY428qIam6siOntjHDw0uapNkTJLyCl4iJgWtTpVi_mrBldbb52LAa0M_BK0xagHzMNlZOVi0SVGmUJmY1h0ajTl/s320/IMG_2145.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618666603526746114" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">At least in the process of trying to get a picture of all 3 we had a good time! I love how Logan looks at his brother! So many pictures I take he is looking at his big brother to see what he is doing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTO-vq2FPcdYiL8aeXbejVAQ7jBw_RaxgrLdEUJGSiIMHSVVG66MhW1iqOuSljgiDG3S8ha7K4tKrqdfQDtvbqPjZGI-VeSi9GpCUvytggKixdCnlV3jnRr3Pz0WSrojuKsGbn4RMJYe-/s1600/IMG_2148.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTO-vq2FPcdYiL8aeXbejVAQ7jBw_RaxgrLdEUJGSiIMHSVVG66MhW1iqOuSljgiDG3S8ha7K4tKrqdfQDtvbqPjZGI-VeSi9GpCUvytggKixdCnlV3jnRr3Pz0WSrojuKsGbn4RMJYe-/s320/IMG_2148.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618666599219576338" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope Micah knows how much his brothers already love him!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgESkmdhi9cMaVNYQm6linjK7Dg-gLcrxpXpPgpl1-tCTa0MlbqRWyKP1s8T953LNonHzxux6-4SacxmeuaqyGkczfOdQZtgPOQi8z4F40Km0dsxTde-cDzAqBh1K5KSI0Tj2_uU-MrbDpf/s1600/IMG_2141.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgESkmdhi9cMaVNYQm6linjK7Dg-gLcrxpXpPgpl1-tCTa0MlbqRWyKP1s8T953LNonHzxux6-4SacxmeuaqyGkczfOdQZtgPOQi8z4F40Km0dsxTde-cDzAqBh1K5KSI0Tj2_uU-MrbDpf/s320/IMG_2141.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618666588691593554" /></a>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14950552326488091415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798002164486893839.post-14680151810625332872011-03-13T13:03:00.001-07:002011-03-13T18:25:06.612-07:00Happy 6th Birthday Jacob!<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Birthday to my BIG 6 year old Jacob!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">His birthday was actually March 1st, here I am updating March 13th but that is OK because that date will always mean something to this Momma, the 13th was his due date!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We started celebrating the night before his birthday. I let the birthday boys always pick their dinner meal and we were going to be at soccer practice the night of his birthday. He picked "breakfast for dinner" which he loves so we had that the night before. Even better, that is a meal that Daddy loves to cook so he did most of the dinner!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Some of his favorites grits, bacon, even pigs in a blanket for this bday boy!</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgce0Vmt-tLTn3mfxH0z3dSUAuBWl0XOq2j3Q5LnXlXVTzUEQQGlcmzFOtH0sCMzaXeEGl0JvOggqZWxnKuFEOUQhq8me4DzG3jK8rrApV_qBvA0VcOabFGoGQwreW4e9YlDYVGG91WdWRs/s1600/IMG_1826.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgce0Vmt-tLTn3mfxH0z3dSUAuBWl0XOq2j3Q5LnXlXVTzUEQQGlcmzFOtH0sCMzaXeEGl0JvOggqZWxnKuFEOUQhq8me4DzG3jK8rrApV_qBvA0VcOabFGoGQwreW4e9YlDYVGG91WdWRs/s320/IMG_1826.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583661229155733330" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">On the morning of his birthday another tradition, breakfast in bed! And that breakfast in bed is SUGAR cereal!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I know Jacob loves this because he asked me about 2 weeks before his birthday if I remembered when I fixed him breakfast in bed when he turned 3, 4 & 5. I told him I did remember that:)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_SpKj52B_D-8_KX0viFKpU-TNg-t9ZLWI_LtdTtHzQqflNv6937kD3UqK_H0luhyphenhyphenWNGG8M2gueEL8kUIIpvUdfpLixQxhyphenhyphenj7g6XsnywCHfX8mQ8k-gs8txRAgdgAEMozxd0THja_CkZL/s1600/IMG_1827.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_SpKj52B_D-8_KX0viFKpU-TNg-t9ZLWI_LtdTtHzQqflNv6937kD3UqK_H0luhyphenhyphenWNGG8M2gueEL8kUIIpvUdfpLixQxhyphenhyphenj7g6XsnywCHfX8mQ8k-gs8txRAgdgAEMozxd0THja_CkZL/s320/IMG_1827.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583661226452430050" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">He is our 6 year old acting like a teenager and getting harder and harder to wake up in the morning. Look at those squinting eyes!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtD1luO5Ehjp27AWZfMb4osJCh9PPu9VAogVPLX8T0wISwx1lA2CmY39l1iyQ2VY5vaTxKynT2T9o60XURH2ptrbIVwi0sI1PKB5DpZK5BrhdwffUA-1M0xSJmswPHia5YzOX-mBAMGB9A/s1600/IMG_1829.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtD1luO5Ehjp27AWZfMb4osJCh9PPu9VAogVPLX8T0wISwx1lA2CmY39l1iyQ2VY5vaTxKynT2T9o60XURH2ptrbIVwi0sI1PKB5DpZK5BrhdwffUA-1M0xSJmswPHia5YzOX-mBAMGB9A/s320/IMG_1829.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583660931671186290" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">He got to open a present before he went to school. A Saints jersey!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ5np-b4ZkFLrS2vfdQpHvjYzJFOWVpEffAl4Jg76OW_EQ_GfT-VxtGu5H5Ql49c-Xkcu4wLPiVeccXmfuT6hPGR2OgcIbsaLbM02bKxEIdQXVxhUZPaq2gInWXeOvdVzP7Sid4kEGDqZn/s1600/IMG_1834.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ5np-b4ZkFLrS2vfdQpHvjYzJFOWVpEffAl4Jg76OW_EQ_GfT-VxtGu5H5Ql49c-Xkcu4wLPiVeccXmfuT6hPGR2OgcIbsaLbM02bKxEIdQXVxhUZPaq2gInWXeOvdVzP7Sid4kEGDqZn/s320/IMG_1834.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583660926890842466" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpIaCSTOGsDIAnwnK7KWV67ZseTGHsZqHE3IXyGKlyFODctihvVZeaJBZzKnYPxSb8RDPHNVlyxLA2F7lRJImhxAiZocIOM-hHW8L6reJaTmANpPirnQjdTQktGmEqDppGyhkumd4Rr-nz/s1600/IMG_1836.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpIaCSTOGsDIAnwnK7KWV67ZseTGHsZqHE3IXyGKlyFODctihvVZeaJBZzKnYPxSb8RDPHNVlyxLA2F7lRJImhxAiZocIOM-hHW8L6reJaTmANpPirnQjdTQktGmEqDppGyhkumd4Rr-nz/s320/IMG_1836.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583660923304916386" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Momma and Micah took cupcakes to his class and it just happened to be school picture day so they ate lunch outside which was fun!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaOv_tEDrO3aweVh3zz7fvcJcE2HgEbVN5zGwVjv1bHpzIREuugpt_U4T3r_SWIeOm5JKZ5sVt5aH4PpneoumY_FH352Ffo9OL4xL3077s7f0X9e85CTlt1KgSj56V5IPYfCH4Qm-34db_/s1600/IMG_1838.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaOv_tEDrO3aweVh3zz7fvcJcE2HgEbVN5zGwVjv1bHpzIREuugpt_U4T3r_SWIeOm5JKZ5sVt5aH4PpneoumY_FH352Ffo9OL4xL3077s7f0X9e85CTlt1KgSj56V5IPYfCH4Qm-34db_/s320/IMG_1838.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583660918063906354" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Micah in the shade of his stroller. This was before his 1st dermatologist appt, his poor little itchy face!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCS30T8mObXM4PVu2kJkuZfmqfVNobxQNxhJJrBvZIsI0ilqDvmxFzPP7eua6wWuYDhhmgWOVNg-8mF5CIRiiiz4Qc-gTLhPCsrYKLeA4_Fb18eQka8-y2eDyMxzMIhKZFJ1SLInMRBjR1/s1600/IMG_1843.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCS30T8mObXM4PVu2kJkuZfmqfVNobxQNxhJJrBvZIsI0ilqDvmxFzPP7eua6wWuYDhhmgWOVNg-8mF5CIRiiiz4Qc-gTLhPCsrYKLeA4_Fb18eQka8-y2eDyMxzMIhKZFJ1SLInMRBjR1/s320/IMG_1843.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583660916715792322" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Playing outside after school</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2gQQX_igQkJi1S0y6U5Ykr2KL9eMiDcLSFAXxxp52X305S2LV4zQ4b6XD_Ib7hH0EekZShBsZ5hQb5G5xJ6nKQWE8QJS0zxKto2nRtHC4LGQPww-802XK76sF-a_yhpQwLIROs1fI_AB7/s1600/IMG_1851.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2gQQX_igQkJi1S0y6U5Ykr2KL9eMiDcLSFAXxxp52X305S2LV4zQ4b6XD_Ib7hH0EekZShBsZ5hQb5G5xJ6nKQWE8QJS0zxKto2nRtHC4LGQPww-802XK76sF-a_yhpQwLIROs1fI_AB7/s320/IMG_1851.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583660116131098530" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Mema came to play with Jacob for a little while. She is turning into a "boy" Mema and even played basketball with Jacob!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5fpDBKeI57XemKtoEqKrKgTknOyUEC7BSVAMsIdXKjlUJ2MVumbSJeYpIwMaPqi-Kz-8WlHc_IoVFib31odME6ghl2oArq_WymukkRIvgdkWK4Hxn1C166-vxv_9w0sVSxNiP5LUjTCsj/s1600/IMG_1852.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5fpDBKeI57XemKtoEqKrKgTknOyUEC7BSVAMsIdXKjlUJ2MVumbSJeYpIwMaPqi-Kz-8WlHc_IoVFib31odME6ghl2oArq_WymukkRIvgdkWK4Hxn1C166-vxv_9w0sVSxNiP5LUjTCsj/s320/IMG_1852.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583660108763732850" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Logan looks on at Jacob's first soccer practice</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxfIWtc846JStx8EhrpWjKGZ4uvPJjTeEYo37r2IYZEUZVgUoo6Qz19LV2c6NontOIBph-BVD-ICJ4kUbv362er2mTEpTztP-kZ18Q4OhYGzJh6FNdkhV3NSf_Hpkeviau6fLb298ilxEh/s1600/IMG_1854.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxfIWtc846JStx8EhrpWjKGZ4uvPJjTeEYo37r2IYZEUZVgUoo6Qz19LV2c6NontOIBph-BVD-ICJ4kUbv362er2mTEpTztP-kZ18Q4OhYGzJh6FNdkhV3NSf_Hpkeviau6fLb298ilxEh/s320/IMG_1854.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583660108976676674" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The next weekend we had some family over for Jacob's birthday. Here are the 3 boys, getting harder and harder to photograph!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Jacob (6) Logan (2 1/2) Micah (3 months)</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXAUAlzmOdt-OyX_fK2rx7HpVPKZxbZoYq8YrbZ1xb0G78lz3fU8bA-HRP1BhT3_6h35ad6QtDLUDHu-lS7mdoU1PRICJECw5d123NdfB1yYo5n7tb804Yl75AeTTpHtUljdDnCBvBWgG4/s1600/IMG_1872.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXAUAlzmOdt-OyX_fK2rx7HpVPKZxbZoYq8YrbZ1xb0G78lz3fU8bA-HRP1BhT3_6h35ad6QtDLUDHu-lS7mdoU1PRICJECw5d123NdfB1yYo5n7tb804Yl75AeTTpHtUljdDnCBvBWgG4/s320/IMG_1872.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583660103991783986" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Opening presents with cousin Nathan</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjw8mL7Ei3rnuocHKwvXUwdwBEizoz1ywkYZBd99vwTiOjHESPPQ8Wx3dQwwOpfnGkVy2-Ca1aGHT2qTSF2NIPlFA-2cnsVR5VG84fCPZMvhwC1gSTU2d1PBBNdVPqdkKfUS-2lW8Y47Cd/s1600/IMG_1892.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjw8mL7Ei3rnuocHKwvXUwdwBEizoz1ywkYZBd99vwTiOjHESPPQ8Wx3dQwwOpfnGkVy2-Ca1aGHT2qTSF2NIPlFA-2cnsVR5VG84fCPZMvhwC1gSTU2d1PBBNdVPqdkKfUS-2lW8Y47Cd/s320/IMG_1892.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583660102921863826" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jacob picked out a football cake</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg25BlJYg4PRXTKPr7RrLUYshvIslgS9ZR8Ch2dGulvYE8QyH4sV4A_8q3sI81AkoyciJJqUI_zMemrTtWNdnWH5DH1xb5cNzoIwB6owEzhVZ1XyEMj51BkkH8-r3ZfW8ZCXG-r9hhQoMS-/s1600/IMG_1906.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg25BlJYg4PRXTKPr7RrLUYshvIslgS9ZR8Ch2dGulvYE8QyH4sV4A_8q3sI81AkoyciJJqUI_zMemrTtWNdnWH5DH1xb5cNzoIwB6owEzhVZ1XyEMj51BkkH8-r3ZfW8ZCXG-r9hhQoMS-/s320/IMG_1906.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583659156098958770" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ta7LTUtwqdzmyQaZABBJdjJHMtlkuqGx8-Zt8ysOd2lG87E3-JXOjE5jEDI8-osvsKs_7WxDDNC9eFVtAABRctj0M-wzcABTEouUFWETpr4wR9cnwxvYOobZHB-VC9nrfUdCsjbS82Ye/s1600/IMG_1908.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ta7LTUtwqdzmyQaZABBJdjJHMtlkuqGx8-Zt8ysOd2lG87E3-JXOjE5jEDI8-osvsKs_7WxDDNC9eFVtAABRctj0M-wzcABTEouUFWETpr4wR9cnwxvYOobZHB-VC9nrfUdCsjbS82Ye/s320/IMG_1908.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583659147551451042" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jacob with his grandparents</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqfZW7cFm2tFNmOWYY4-JBhyJX1aobe1weW1Bby3RKFEQL2Z0wvt4NVLUEHQZ28RMC8f_d5ti2vrdFdlhAlJvL_GgIJCSrSdysYxA-n2aMbBmHrZ8IGcAfq03_dWTo9aiCJz-iXpnfHxAL/s1600/IMG_1919.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqfZW7cFm2tFNmOWYY4-JBhyJX1aobe1weW1Bby3RKFEQL2Z0wvt4NVLUEHQZ28RMC8f_d5ti2vrdFdlhAlJvL_GgIJCSrSdysYxA-n2aMbBmHrZ8IGcAfq03_dWTo9aiCJz-iXpnfHxAL/s320/IMG_1919.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583659149152281794" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Instead of having a "friend" party this year, Jacob and Daddy got to go to a Hawks game! Jacob was so excited!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUGmmLWtbYwky5EYzqwAdPNnZRdvri6McM4_GEfK_3ZMsFPEHBrfUUa78BYEkKTDu1_WI2kyyfWhlR084Q4IUwzb6UZHcDaBtwkaQ2Si0LJ33hwmLN3GUDarLZ7nlFqjB3Mkx5GRsAw7x/s1600/IMG_1925.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUGmmLWtbYwky5EYzqwAdPNnZRdvri6McM4_GEfK_3ZMsFPEHBrfUUa78BYEkKTDu1_WI2kyyfWhlR084Q4IUwzb6UZHcDaBtwkaQ2Si0LJ33hwmLN3GUDarLZ7nlFqjB3Mkx5GRsAw7x/s320/IMG_1925.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583659138115719506" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Jacob, we love you so much! It is hard to believe you are already 6! I know I will be saying that every year:) You have learned so much this year and constantly amaze us with what you are learning and how those little wheels are constantly turning!</div><div style="text-align: center;">You are a great big brother. Logan looks up to you and watches your every move! You guys may fight like cats and dogs sometimes but we know how much you love each other. You are so great with Micah and are very sweet with him. I know he will be following you around too before we know it!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy birthday sweet boy! We love you and are so proud of you!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5erKaLs8bsY2IHszZvKmnIwJOSm9VZ7GrkK8AOcWvtfzql_EB1ywjO-Gq7MBLTt_qGJNpPMKGEWChWLbd2WnZv3TAB2Bc3kWyfc6ia81BuSjMvspfBWdGTLm79xoLRuygU_u0ExJxGwhv/s1600/IMG_1795.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5erKaLs8bsY2IHszZvKmnIwJOSm9VZ7GrkK8AOcWvtfzql_EB1ywjO-Gq7MBLTt_qGJNpPMKGEWChWLbd2WnZv3TAB2Bc3kWyfc6ia81BuSjMvspfBWdGTLm79xoLRuygU_u0ExJxGwhv/s320/IMG_1795.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583659138322011474" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDGApKIJfJWdp_7mRzmJN_kFkzR8iXaHXuy6km8OK8QAJcRph_EI8iNzKHXmuIX4BljfjHLGpGa9I7mxR1_l5eOiUUVoPeeLGOtmQ5DxI2LEoksU5WI0rqLNjlWZgntjbjKt3dPylmY2Tm/s1600/IMG_1796.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDGApKIJfJWdp_7mRzmJN_kFkzR8iXaHXuy6km8OK8QAJcRph_EI8iNzKHXmuIX4BljfjHLGpGa9I7mxR1_l5eOiUUVoPeeLGOtmQ5DxI2LEoksU5WI0rqLNjlWZgntjbjKt3dPylmY2Tm/s320/IMG_1796.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583658433437520066" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxd5rpv0su0a20SLTg_ILn6F_EMrbLIiliLX6UzwiWiAQoRh2NDg5VWwvYxqCZAeLtDzAOC-_uZKRLCazQS_SIhwC4N-o0COoRxcSxsTGLbcQ521c3My2UNtInSFxSXqiT37tfBT7BLKy_/s1600/IMG_1785.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxd5rpv0su0a20SLTg_ILn6F_EMrbLIiliLX6UzwiWiAQoRh2NDg5VWwvYxqCZAeLtDzAOC-_uZKRLCazQS_SIhwC4N-o0COoRxcSxsTGLbcQ521c3My2UNtInSFxSXqiT37tfBT7BLKy_/s320/IMG_1785.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583658430613919698" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPdzAxhmVKX6O9J9XdadWSM3HoBWhnlF6XNipx0bTbtx2LvAA3vL121BGfhTkrWBBke5GPTvaamSLHdGCSKv9-KKV8V8eHHiOuROxeCLV9Q92kjTc0qZ1dLoDWpjCjO06kCLIbmV4pmcJK/s1600/IMG_1786.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 198px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPdzAxhmVKX6O9J9XdadWSM3HoBWhnlF6XNipx0bTbtx2LvAA3vL121BGfhTkrWBBke5GPTvaamSLHdGCSKv9-KKV8V8eHHiOuROxeCLV9Q92kjTc0qZ1dLoDWpjCjO06kCLIbmV4pmcJK/s320/IMG_1786.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583658427648636594" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc553UGz2zUUtEwOdoTHiVoj0BiDehiSeyyqNLv4i-sEOgEsMkvjSna2EnoDsT3SDs_N8Mj4qnCCSI7vFg7j9sHn0kRlLUJXCKPFBR_izOWzS8_OnCVHcwyVicFot-R9BUO-8GWu1EDHzO/s1600/IMG_1756.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc553UGz2zUUtEwOdoTHiVoj0BiDehiSeyyqNLv4i-sEOgEsMkvjSna2EnoDsT3SDs_N8Mj4qnCCSI7vFg7j9sHn0kRlLUJXCKPFBR_izOWzS8_OnCVHcwyVicFot-R9BUO-8GWu1EDHzO/s320/IMG_1756.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583658425571416130" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirce9N6umjkYr8MBi4_EoP_MWQxtxhWtcz2AKbq8SA_mvfGS-P4vWjidt-Ibyd0AOo2FEyfvEMLjfOY8hEvo5eh41J8FbSgkXaIkta3aFcRDn8-LUZH72KjyWvTt1dLJH7g6PydDKXo8JS/s1600/IMG_1809.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirce9N6umjkYr8MBi4_EoP_MWQxtxhWtcz2AKbq8SA_mvfGS-P4vWjidt-Ibyd0AOo2FEyfvEMLjfOY8hEvo5eh41J8FbSgkXaIkta3aFcRDn8-LUZH72KjyWvTt1dLJH7g6PydDKXo8JS/s320/IMG_1809.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583658423799515570" /></a>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14950552326488091415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798002164486893839.post-86065190054338027232011-03-06T17:23:00.000-08:002011-03-06T18:00:35.848-08:00The Pirate Queen<div style="text-align: center;">I was so excited when I received an email a few months ago that Waterbrook Multnomah was revamping their blogging for books program. I really enjoy reading and although I can't spend my days sitting and popping bon bons while I read....I do close my day out with at least a few minutes of reading and try to squeeze in a few minutes here and there while cuddling with my little man!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I had read a few "heavier" books lately and even though I appreciated the way the Lord was using those books in my life I needed a good novel. And I am happy to say I found it in Patricia Hickman 's <b>The Pirate Queen.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">When I first started reading the book, I wondered how much I would enjoy the book. After all, Saphora is about to act on her long thought out plan of leaving her husband. She has been miserable in her marriage for as long as she can remember. Not only is she going to leave but she is simply going to "slip out." She will retreat to their vacation home without confrontation. What in the world would I have in common with Saphora? Maybe I had picked the wrong novel.</div><div style="text-align: center;">As the first couple of chapters revealed that Saphora's plan would not come to fruition, I also realized I was wrong. Saphora instead would begin a journey with husband she planned to cut ties with. Saphora's husband Bender had received a terminal diagnosis. I would realize that even though I had not walked this particular journey we can all learn about a change of heart. I could still learn about making the best out of past mistakes and do just that, leave them in the past. And Saphora and Bender could teach me about second chances. Who hasn't needed a second chance?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review</span></div>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14950552326488091415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798002164486893839.post-13655709259639031302011-02-28T05:36:00.001-08:002011-02-28T09:31:08.605-08:00Christmas in February?<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Finally posting Christmas in January is crazy, posting Christmas is February is really bad but I could not let allow March to arrive tomorrow without finishing the Christmas pictures! For heaven's sake the daffodils are here! Plus, tomorrow we will have a big 6 year old to blog about!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguTgNKEdlCpBbQSQmQRi6kzq7-vz8kTsCue44no3ULXi5PRU6PNKb3w0VsyZyOkqbYHwDCQOBgw4NgpdR8jCAiM_Cd8fxmvA9GEZhpt5kLsMl8HhLMs5-eS1zEmOFNLwIIiRZGJ6NLUcas/s1600/IMG_1195.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguTgNKEdlCpBbQSQmQRi6kzq7-vz8kTsCue44no3ULXi5PRU6PNKb3w0VsyZyOkqbYHwDCQOBgw4NgpdR8jCAiM_Cd8fxmvA9GEZhpt5kLsMl8HhLMs5-eS1zEmOFNLwIIiRZGJ6NLUcas/s320/IMG_1195.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578790552208006450" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Nana & Dadoh came Christmas morning</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT1LHm2K4NL0gmaZOiFOR7NAtAV0lPfw7g-Xj8Qtse4Qazub4JiHbBIcpuQLrTrdIpIbc9h9cl4Uv1y5rCEDWo4PlsEBHPvj6pOb9rZqnTodILJT7eYKb7RurdmMn58leSLc7XX2wGh7nn/s1600/IMG_1190.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT1LHm2K4NL0gmaZOiFOR7NAtAV0lPfw7g-Xj8Qtse4Qazub4JiHbBIcpuQLrTrdIpIbc9h9cl4Uv1y5rCEDWo4PlsEBHPvj6pOb9rZqnTodILJT7eYKb7RurdmMn58leSLc7XX2wGh7nn/s320/IMG_1190.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578790549704041106" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Jacob made a precious calendar at school to give us on Christmas morning. He was dying to give his gifts and almost didn't make it, he wanted so bad to go ahead and give it to us!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3L0IeZiIVmsjz_Or57iM-WDRZfdSktsJGh6Budp_ItVWdDL0y8qmx42odolnuN0uM8dSjgL_t8MX0tqVEijPZybRkTOe1HvvFtOjtt8ONKlDkqutx4ITVob8v9fKdPYPQA4vc2rQFucJj/s1600/IMG_1184.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3L0IeZiIVmsjz_Or57iM-WDRZfdSktsJGh6Budp_ItVWdDL0y8qmx42odolnuN0uM8dSjgL_t8MX0tqVEijPZybRkTOe1HvvFtOjtt8ONKlDkqutx4ITVob8v9fKdPYPQA4vc2rQFucJj/s320/IMG_1184.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578790549583463122" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Santa's big gift this year was a basketball goal and basketballs! It made Christmas morning very easy for this momma with a little bitty one taking up a lot of time this Christmas season!</div><div style="text-align: center;">We went out to see the big surprise & Logan was kind of wondering what we were doing outside in our PJs!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmhu-eJbD4XAqhwclABhTanlIDQCkEIi2hfq5xnt_E-1ieIGDz98EuQpQ-wa-pcLBe5d6I7FL8m7G1WwNpudSknotp90faWnM_640icFtiuwRyt8MTpy1GHvWwIsNXAzoleOIwYWsC9wCi/s1600/IMG_1177.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmhu-eJbD4XAqhwclABhTanlIDQCkEIi2hfq5xnt_E-1ieIGDz98EuQpQ-wa-pcLBe5d6I7FL8m7G1WwNpudSknotp90faWnM_640icFtiuwRyt8MTpy1GHvWwIsNXAzoleOIwYWsC9wCi/s320/IMG_1177.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578790544449458562" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIfXbn0egUsuS6aUKPdNUkOfoI-B37dQbVtlKbKLDCN5rS7Hfa3yQiVfBYN7PyQJ4muiYLVI1klTnfNs9GpYF5sHzy1tsiWKBhB-ENynohwZLoP_zFZ3OSnPsLrFkKdypGtNOl0-_mHzxF/s1600/IMG_1173.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIfXbn0egUsuS6aUKPdNUkOfoI-B37dQbVtlKbKLDCN5rS7Hfa3yQiVfBYN7PyQJ4muiYLVI1klTnfNs9GpYF5sHzy1tsiWKBhB-ENynohwZLoP_zFZ3OSnPsLrFkKdypGtNOl0-_mHzxF/s320/IMG_1173.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578789813676720146" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEielHpGzEZ6dUimwuQ5I1VkxSaf_m-nB3CnMc4FdoLkvZ-9ZBqIZACmA3ck2G-GT-8hqjZ1MTEINAF5L-hebqYW94_DYfvFdEewNdjCLBuTStGc9iJBbktL2pO6CTIbXKxyLJPbmt8nCIes/s1600/IMG_1170.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEielHpGzEZ6dUimwuQ5I1VkxSaf_m-nB3CnMc4FdoLkvZ-9ZBqIZACmA3ck2G-GT-8hqjZ1MTEINAF5L-hebqYW94_DYfvFdEewNdjCLBuTStGc9iJBbktL2pO6CTIbXKxyLJPbmt8nCIes/s320/IMG_1170.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578789809967413922" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Big brother Jacob shows Micah his stocking</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAApsQDbKm5joAUF19xfwtmFG_LjUgw-CHwbZSUERPj-B2VudGgHnzti9EGjHBhoZZm2go0dL73zj9NhzMEJ7wiox12Bfzwihou_G6aOWuB2fdvPDjRTRKzoOKCBZAWUk80dxEYjNGyAei/s1600/IMG_1162.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAApsQDbKm5joAUF19xfwtmFG_LjUgw-CHwbZSUERPj-B2VudGgHnzti9EGjHBhoZZm2go0dL73zj9NhzMEJ7wiox12Bfzwihou_G6aOWuB2fdvPDjRTRKzoOKCBZAWUk80dxEYjNGyAei/s320/IMG_1162.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578789801161176082" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Logan checking out his stocking</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqGYChGBHaZNZhbJwE5tPlDo_Ua86nNZgNBJ1CIQX2Mv4xgFoZozD4dX4ZZNLVHFMnpc4eTM5cP4_OYKYBfqo3ZsQQas7R40OPunynTjM6yDeoFW0NMEn0r9CmIfU2-iGZe604QRv8B6oA/s1600/IMG_1161.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqGYChGBHaZNZhbJwE5tPlDo_Ua86nNZgNBJ1CIQX2Mv4xgFoZozD4dX4ZZNLVHFMnpc4eTM5cP4_OYKYBfqo3ZsQQas7R40OPunynTjM6yDeoFW0NMEn0r9CmIfU2-iGZe604QRv8B6oA/s320/IMG_1161.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578789801053016290" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">More silly bands!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKud6Z7OShiTWZ7yxGOCdkSrFMb_tSehVDBpQ7eIl3RHq9S4D4biEK6nu1lQ0n37lzR371oIGWiYithEOWOinN2ym4KWAiC_6b-jfRvaQWgNTJIUKurwtjJlm23WH_O73Tdo1nJJysv8vA/s1600/IMG_1198.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKud6Z7OShiTWZ7yxGOCdkSrFMb_tSehVDBpQ7eIl3RHq9S4D4biEK6nu1lQ0n37lzR371oIGWiYithEOWOinN2ym4KWAiC_6b-jfRvaQWgNTJIUKurwtjJlm23WH_O73Tdo1nJJysv8vA/s320/IMG_1198.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578789796446478450" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">That night the Ellis side of the family came over to our house which was a first for us and we really enjoyed being home all day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">(above) Troy and Aunt Steph or Stephianns as Logan is calling her these days</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYEDNl2fvg0fG4aQ-dTTpVeCyG_qzN9f0s7Tu27nyW0c6ds_LNBaUd0uirT-r_l0p868QE0VxTOKhHry8fDVvsDclkCC9LqndUcrLTZYWlhng3RI8qmVLODCwxWDLLf0CoLos50cG4gGUy/s1600/IMG_1204.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYEDNl2fvg0fG4aQ-dTTpVeCyG_qzN9f0s7Tu27nyW0c6ds_LNBaUd0uirT-r_l0p868QE0VxTOKhHry8fDVvsDclkCC9LqndUcrLTZYWlhng3RI8qmVLODCwxWDLLf0CoLos50cG4gGUy/s320/IMG_1204.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578735154381303602" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Grandmomma got Christmas ornaments with every great-grandchilds pictures on it</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-WAi-p0bluNedS2Lff2xPiU7aWdJ7xXLri6epw53WpulrhIfpdfgl24Xv7YfqgdkagsGO1XExu2tAtyrA27xIzgVcEy4XJaGooLqCrsZFKfNzOiADp-KaWYiSq3umo84yozSUw9hHTleZ/s1600/IMG_1206.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-WAi-p0bluNedS2Lff2xPiU7aWdJ7xXLri6epw53WpulrhIfpdfgl24Xv7YfqgdkagsGO1XExu2tAtyrA27xIzgVcEy4XJaGooLqCrsZFKfNzOiADp-KaWYiSq3umo84yozSUw9hHTleZ/s320/IMG_1206.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578735153282553506" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Grandmomma and Jacob</div><div style="text-align: center;">We really missed our sweet Granddaddy this year but know he had the best Christmas ever at the feet of His Savior. We had a lot to be thankful for. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_r3rAznWdo9k7e3CMF5jfwLYjeslq5mbDC1WpCh4Hd-_t-w8Qa5hz5cMa4h4-_HOqVvLZ9EMFp_fyctnhaI4-p2swOKLB7Lwz4vmvH4kj4JUFPzekK_sYDpmlAIBGsuklDP3FHovgXQcD/s1600/IMG_1219.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 243px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_r3rAznWdo9k7e3CMF5jfwLYjeslq5mbDC1WpCh4Hd-_t-w8Qa5hz5cMa4h4-_HOqVvLZ9EMFp_fyctnhaI4-p2swOKLB7Lwz4vmvH4kj4JUFPzekK_sYDpmlAIBGsuklDP3FHovgXQcD/s320/IMG_1219.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578735144624614034" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Jacob gets excited when we he sees that yes, we would have a white Christmas. The 1st in this area for over 100 years!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSVnLjseALZeI07r-t62CY8YBFh2hvEl_6W1MBT8sr1ZPdsxm3y2i7tsuUslNg7QRtH0I-t9KpNz5o_zvEanSt35iWKOSJLZsQTQwVJLxDOXI6vmr5lKrcqXmEKNNSSuF0UmvB-mhclEnB/s1600/IMG_1228.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSVnLjseALZeI07r-t62CY8YBFh2hvEl_6W1MBT8sr1ZPdsxm3y2i7tsuUslNg7QRtH0I-t9KpNz5o_zvEanSt35iWKOSJLZsQTQwVJLxDOXI6vmr5lKrcqXmEKNNSSuF0UmvB-mhclEnB/s320/IMG_1228.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578735141815292930" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The boys, aunt Steph and Papa headed outside to see the snow but before they did, one quick cuddle with Micah.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_sNz5n72hvJmLJh-_amlYiq7pDb1R0Qw-WfvqKOV3rYWw8cW91UdtwKCnmFIqAc_qunsieL3jEhChCeNCE4ui749KdpofyVZtrqbeQfZAqaSCnd98t62UVIi6FsiXRZBimEF-M5v5aTLZ/s1600/IMG_1229.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_sNz5n72hvJmLJh-_amlYiq7pDb1R0Qw-WfvqKOV3rYWw8cW91UdtwKCnmFIqAc_qunsieL3jEhChCeNCE4ui749KdpofyVZtrqbeQfZAqaSCnd98t62UVIi6FsiXRZBimEF-M5v5aTLZ/s320/IMG_1229.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578735138097492130" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhchzMdd5zpYOCPKgFe439UMGafrWDGIu_r4bHXs1TGmNbV9JP8LPXAup3cqjhMRtxM02ZZ-Y106SHwhyjeBrXA31gJXPj_L4p77Gu-JN_31PSfA2HHaQ8YY-wC4hp5oRRt7EqaLwmycn/s1600/IMG_1234.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhchzMdd5zpYOCPKgFe439UMGafrWDGIu_r4bHXs1TGmNbV9JP8LPXAup3cqjhMRtxM02ZZ-Y106SHwhyjeBrXA31gJXPj_L4p77Gu-JN_31PSfA2HHaQ8YY-wC4hp5oRRt7EqaLwmycn/s320/IMG_1234.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578734638871065410" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Micah asleep after his 1st Christmas, what a great day!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwzlSW9zX37GWLTdjxTzH7oHgm6v9soq0MkQoq5FUNUk7mG3wXqfc4V0rZ08jF0OSfmBjI5EraElaUV5cOTvEmzk9eIYP6pKXJQpHm3c4CKGOlbTyaXpV9Bk0Q5XzFhYIroXcSI7m6Lp_2/s1600/IMG_1239.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwzlSW9zX37GWLTdjxTzH7oHgm6v9soq0MkQoq5FUNUk7mG3wXqfc4V0rZ08jF0OSfmBjI5EraElaUV5cOTvEmzk9eIYP6pKXJQpHm3c4CKGOlbTyaXpV9Bk0Q5XzFhYIroXcSI7m6Lp_2/s320/IMG_1239.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578734632329880482" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The next morning the kids went out to check out the snow in the daylight. Just enough snow to cancel church so we were all home together that morning.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj294q0P9Vq3zUE8PuXZ9qpaBesqDyIXy8EwKr3HN__bDK9gIrrdTr4yqT4eYf2wHqcfBOHDJNkykO2syzS0UvQXTJvI7fLCMOytDY0Lo3W2kZfoPUbXpA_GxuMRUKoq7zarZXk9sXrHi-I/s1600/IMG_1242.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj294q0P9Vq3zUE8PuXZ9qpaBesqDyIXy8EwKr3HN__bDK9gIrrdTr4yqT4eYf2wHqcfBOHDJNkykO2syzS0UvQXTJvI7fLCMOytDY0Lo3W2kZfoPUbXpA_GxuMRUKoq7zarZXk9sXrHi-I/s320/IMG_1242.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578734634886632978" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The boys spent a lot of time with the Fisher Price nativity with of course, guests appearances by police men, firemen and whoever else drove by!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Logan also wore this stocking cap for about 2 weeks straight!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrGoEBQRPB_mqY3CQproMMh_J-kxiENPBb1utwOfnOy7w8d1RAdveePm22aj12N0RVE6hLq94QK8VWispw-thkBZvKTtgjys6enixmcsnpEtj81VD1ma72BqVOTDi4yN-kq8-yI1wPu4cE/s1600/IMG_1280.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrGoEBQRPB_mqY3CQproMMh_J-kxiENPBb1utwOfnOy7w8d1RAdveePm22aj12N0RVE6hLq94QK8VWispw-thkBZvKTtgjys6enixmcsnpEtj81VD1ma72BqVOTDi4yN-kq8-yI1wPu4cE/s320/IMG_1280.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578734635628944034" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The Houston side of the family celebrated Christmas new years day when we were all in town.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was thrilled to get a picture of all 5 of us!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4cybCOoJBeq51BqjlzN2kxXBLFk1qIzgsmRT-HQEgrkoxQxoIRFEDQ4JeUoK9xPK6vKP3isxf-a5DR0i6QPNlAOa5OyGHkSsM16nSHOnkX2YmlUrVyfauMDvQXMCoibKCbMZR65K3AmiM/s1600/IMG_1288.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4cybCOoJBeq51BqjlzN2kxXBLFk1qIzgsmRT-HQEgrkoxQxoIRFEDQ4JeUoK9xPK6vKP3isxf-a5DR0i6QPNlAOa5OyGHkSsM16nSHOnkX2YmlUrVyfauMDvQXMCoibKCbMZR65K3AmiM/s320/IMG_1288.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578734629600392210" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Nana & Dadoh with all of the grandkids, note: Logan still has the cap on!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14950552326488091415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798002164486893839.post-53030207252601402882011-02-26T15:19:00.001-08:002011-02-26T15:20:51.828-08:003 months<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih3INXqNg_NRxNjucpMJyMogAszozJyyEEDRr0v4S-E-1C3Y05gLNZcKtTRvXcH0lmn5zK-GVHEuFiQFdL0xT59DH1isPhFxu-VquV8bBBaMhX1mm8uHMU3EiGj0eDxlOZpzKFQnrJr0d0/s1600/DSC_0933.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih3INXqNg_NRxNjucpMJyMogAszozJyyEEDRr0v4S-E-1C3Y05gLNZcKtTRvXcH0lmn5zK-GVHEuFiQFdL0xT59DH1isPhFxu-VquV8bBBaMhX1mm8uHMU3EiGj0eDxlOZpzKFQnrJr0d0/s320/DSC_0933.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578141932168238866" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Our sweet little man is 3 months old today! Very hard to believe and yes, I am so behind on blogging about everything he (& the 2 other ones have been up to)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Maybe next week?:)</div>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14950552326488091415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798002164486893839.post-32272118525798990582011-01-29T12:32:00.001-08:002011-01-29T12:58:03.270-08:00Christmas recap part 1<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, it is only a month after Christmas and I haven't posted Christmas pictures! You would think that after being snowed in for a week I would be all caught up, NOT!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I will post part one of Christmas and just saw that the pics are all backwards but that is OK just follow along our crazy life!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I was so thrilled that on the way out of the door to the Christmas Eve service I caught a picture of the boys!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwa2kusXlz2-DMdSJzLLAqKaOhcgnDGkb2s7gEWnQBOYFaeMNhglN4VBAJesaSXZdHvvFEM9SxDd6VdI9kF3cqtPp0253LUgh2Q2HGikwXh82Qkba2tO-yl1b718hOlHKLDa1Z_nknv89/s1600/IMG_1152.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwa2kusXlz2-DMdSJzLLAqKaOhcgnDGkb2s7gEWnQBOYFaeMNhglN4VBAJesaSXZdHvvFEM9SxDd6VdI9kF3cqtPp0253LUgh2Q2HGikwXh82Qkba2tO-yl1b718hOlHKLDa1Z_nknv89/s320/IMG_1152.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567711159721392114" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A couple of days before Christmas we usually get together with my parents (Mema & Papa) and my sister (Aunt Steph) & Troy</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is Aunt Steph and Troy seeing how much fun it can be with 3 kids!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIWRDhb_BDzk0cDA8X022q1ZyMnFhetMfmjxq9rdHKk6oyVM022jcUzvIO1VWFjab8VnPqrBFOQY1rldjbsrLbjqk_SeGC28WCH7j6CHGtXcmSdJLJPNg475dQglv93l9rJPZOHkSzsbx8/s1600/IMG_1116.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIWRDhb_BDzk0cDA8X022q1ZyMnFhetMfmjxq9rdHKk6oyVM022jcUzvIO1VWFjab8VnPqrBFOQY1rldjbsrLbjqk_SeGC28WCH7j6CHGtXcmSdJLJPNg475dQglv93l9rJPZOHkSzsbx8/s320/IMG_1116.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567711143216971778" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Mema & Papa and the boys</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiISop6XMsWZ95ETQ-XQurH8khSDo_LCxvdRG-XxfRLgdO1o0tXRJvADU0BCK63hxQekVsoTKwgpKX61SSJHyZ9YAidFlQHOEP-62IDq3luVM56UTGWu98BKgmogMcFiETQ3P8Lr4yx0hwi/s1600/IMG_1129.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiISop6XMsWZ95ETQ-XQurH8khSDo_LCxvdRG-XxfRLgdO1o0tXRJvADU0BCK63hxQekVsoTKwgpKX61SSJHyZ9YAidFlQHOEP-62IDq3luVM56UTGWu98BKgmogMcFiETQ3P8Lr4yx0hwi/s320/IMG_1129.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567711141403448162" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Micah in his Santa suit</div><div style="text-align: center;">Logan likes to "hold" Micah</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2yT67g-g6oJ-vbkW9cuUbBWfZ8EI49yjV1kX6-HbCQQt0adGndIwv80v8lC9zYmCI1zhDQ7CaltJnjCTJCfhTLquc0XJLhx-MqdlhNiknozLpUOLoy0w-0hhfRrcza0hDodCgC2Ijr8ZB/s1600/IMG_1122.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2yT67g-g6oJ-vbkW9cuUbBWfZ8EI49yjV1kX6-HbCQQt0adGndIwv80v8lC9zYmCI1zhDQ7CaltJnjCTJCfhTLquc0XJLhx-MqdlhNiknozLpUOLoy0w-0hhfRrcza0hDodCgC2Ijr8ZB/s320/IMG_1122.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567710743591265618" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipKRRzp6XhU79n4VijDAb24u9cdcEsIEz5o6iC8Hn6gS5337J1gc9AlaDPNchDZCq04JnrCBqBln94DtP82M5OiJbAa2n3Sgii_RMgwPgUCXmlZ9pkxYgWPGXiKt89YZvSicbMooASgs-O/s1600/IMG_1103.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipKRRzp6XhU79n4VijDAb24u9cdcEsIEz5o6iC8Hn6gS5337J1gc9AlaDPNchDZCq04JnrCBqBln94DtP82M5OiJbAa2n3Sgii_RMgwPgUCXmlZ9pkxYgWPGXiKt89YZvSicbMooASgs-O/s320/IMG_1103.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567710741829074818" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Go back a week or two and we did our annual ginger bread house</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnqc8Xi31-Vz_iuN1IRQQoVTUawBlSRdGmYZPzpOk7BFMZhZp38NmKQPw4pebq2aLqNOOSSCb2vZ7OQ-yeY9qsVV2rc2AbSVZfLPgvPfnugpColbMUobYb0vlWqoxLVWJYUBj4Qv7MBTNe/s1600/IMG_1014.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnqc8Xi31-Vz_iuN1IRQQoVTUawBlSRdGmYZPzpOk7BFMZhZp38NmKQPw4pebq2aLqNOOSSCb2vZ7OQ-yeY9qsVV2rc2AbSVZfLPgvPfnugpColbMUobYb0vlWqoxLVWJYUBj4Qv7MBTNe/s320/IMG_1014.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567710737337008146" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Just as we got everything out, Micah decided it was feeding time so Daddy got to jump in. He didn't realize how much fun that icing can be and how many times 2 little boys can ask if they can eat the candy yet:)</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_maHF85T3rcQsDUdgBmSbGmwpLHfn7wQ4Xf-eQTGg_3uyCledc8GDE_BvYGHFFrvbdURdIH3ER38TJ1sK2pwQukSnqdCJajPLtlks4TIR8clbwlHm0akRoyoTOFn1T-V5lLv-bP39Yros/s1600/IMG_1012.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_maHF85T3rcQsDUdgBmSbGmwpLHfn7wQ4Xf-eQTGg_3uyCledc8GDE_BvYGHFFrvbdURdIH3ER38TJ1sK2pwQukSnqdCJajPLtlks4TIR8clbwlHm0akRoyoTOFn1T-V5lLv-bP39Yros/s320/IMG_1012.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567710738031893746" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbcLFdQHdpZQHtjOrf_TcJ3mTlrtFLXCDtTvLcxEj0SA9VhDf0GmysRz-GQdGYqyFGB_EFN_1NW6sy-AfW4G37lp6HnfdOJ9Dr0ADgmHHGfHlZldcqVStW-BeyTxl8WCfBfhAcOiDR8QTh/s1600/IMG_1010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbcLFdQHdpZQHtjOrf_TcJ3mTlrtFLXCDtTvLcxEj0SA9VhDf0GmysRz-GQdGYqyFGB_EFN_1NW6sy-AfW4G37lp6HnfdOJ9Dr0ADgmHHGfHlZldcqVStW-BeyTxl8WCfBfhAcOiDR8QTh/s320/IMG_1010.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567710727868236370" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Getting Christmas presents ready presented to be a bit of a challenge since Micah wanted to be held ALL the time. Jacob stepped in one morning and I actually got 2 presents wrapped!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji7O29NUQFe92V0pZCuZla9RlJ5aQjEjcmBR-tVDyLsu12K4iW9ErSNkvf7E2PUsZPmEqvz6abJqAJfcXLAGmjCTT9qbUc8OyuXMUCS5u60xPuVMIYMKWCS3EycDBtrVhqxmuh8BW_VU5L/s1600/IMG_1088.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji7O29NUQFe92V0pZCuZla9RlJ5aQjEjcmBR-tVDyLsu12K4iW9ErSNkvf7E2PUsZPmEqvz6abJqAJfcXLAGmjCTT9qbUc8OyuXMUCS5u60xPuVMIYMKWCS3EycDBtrVhqxmuh8BW_VU5L/s320/IMG_1088.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567710231881794754" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAfidvqUA72cEKAq7I7LZX9ugvfpD9jR6AaooN-rzPiU21mjbZH9ZyDMdqLI6lZ56e6m-JYLTZsF45MkFmS5c3hexMm4gE44hjCHg3N0T66-3ltQIPhdIR4RT_0Ya34dS-tj4AQPnmsZ5s/s1600/IMG_1084.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAfidvqUA72cEKAq7I7LZX9ugvfpD9jR6AaooN-rzPiU21mjbZH9ZyDMdqLI6lZ56e6m-JYLTZsF45MkFmS5c3hexMm4gE44hjCHg3N0T66-3ltQIPhdIR4RT_0Ya34dS-tj4AQPnmsZ5s/s320/IMG_1084.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567710227944913458" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Even having a newborn during Christmas time couldn't slow life down so Micah found himself like this a lot, On the go!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcN_ZBsxZNlnpmrPL9fztVrtJdWe_mbNn8b-F_gcuBAzxVRlQDBs_jO-V2hpsELi9P8KwhNIhEsa6nGx-aLZxdJtBtjsm7pTS8eUp7qZZj595IQ9WjWWabRBLbo5LN3MnmC48mQJMvMhRn/s1600/IMG_1080.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcN_ZBsxZNlnpmrPL9fztVrtJdWe_mbNn8b-F_gcuBAzxVRlQDBs_jO-V2hpsELi9P8KwhNIhEsa6nGx-aLZxdJtBtjsm7pTS8eUp7qZZj595IQ9WjWWabRBLbo5LN3MnmC48mQJMvMhRn/s320/IMG_1080.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567710224751238418" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Meeting Grandmother Bailey</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Nh-6Eqa3UBnnDArGRIvWgyfhY-L87hGuv6fGQggDfjsYOdhL7aha8BQ-J-Qy58vZHbkvi4ua9O2pMtoAwJAFhQ9Od9O6tYEYBilRunlBPPAC5is16DD8_aHDYSfor4sRtGAtSfy7GKSN/s1600/IMG_1075.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Nh-6Eqa3UBnnDArGRIvWgyfhY-L87hGuv6fGQggDfjsYOdhL7aha8BQ-J-Qy58vZHbkvi4ua9O2pMtoAwJAFhQ9Od9O6tYEYBilRunlBPPAC5is16DD8_aHDYSfor4sRtGAtSfy7GKSN/s320/IMG_1075.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567710222134964978" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jacob and his teacher, Mrs Heslep. His kindergarten holiday program was SO cute. He was a present:)</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsebW3fPUDUGoUv_udIPS26SoAfjP4r1RtkKNaMNj8_O-cVDuSEiFgmpYGM_83latfVzKaF1gXI81rO4WnV3TVH3OGRWUd_s4c2bgvfY7lg2wriusjepblx7fE8xw32oB-2maSCVaJeQGJ/s1600/IMG_1059.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsebW3fPUDUGoUv_udIPS26SoAfjP4r1RtkKNaMNj8_O-cVDuSEiFgmpYGM_83latfVzKaF1gXI81rO4WnV3TVH3OGRWUd_s4c2bgvfY7lg2wriusjepblx7fE8xw32oB-2maSCVaJeQGJ/s320/IMG_1059.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567710218683641234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Playing bingo at his class party. Mema kept Micah so I could go do Jacob's holiday party. He was 2 1/2 weeks old, I was probably a zombie!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7WOl7mePqGFCsMMKyz5W-uco17vDJzcXdEwI-l1l6dgKIDZrjubdXVVT03T-PpM2443Rl0-47LOBypHv9Vp4Gf7WLLH1__WqqzNTNmtyAH7ccCoY1vJJG-OIMaC3N2-AQjfuVWH4J4BGg/s1600/IMG_1024.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7WOl7mePqGFCsMMKyz5W-uco17vDJzcXdEwI-l1l6dgKIDZrjubdXVVT03T-PpM2443Rl0-47LOBypHv9Vp4Gf7WLLH1__WqqzNTNmtyAH7ccCoY1vJJG-OIMaC3N2-AQjfuVWH4J4BGg/s320/IMG_1024.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567709495952673154" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbP7nEhnJdLihgxVH5wllsKof1hJhN3ZpcDmFUErAM1pwsqOtgtQSgvPZrO41E3EUTX1Ss_jHb4FMWvwz6x_V-M2Igj8tNGfNO_jJ9LlsNWuaBelutGMJG88yXkAnm-uCXyhDHijFcyAai/s1600/IMG_1023.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbP7nEhnJdLihgxVH5wllsKof1hJhN3ZpcDmFUErAM1pwsqOtgtQSgvPZrO41E3EUTX1Ss_jHb4FMWvwz6x_V-M2Igj8tNGfNO_jJ9LlsNWuaBelutGMJG88yXkAnm-uCXyhDHijFcyAai/s320/IMG_1023.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567709490401242274" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Once again, go back to the beginning of December and this is the outfit that Micah wore when we went to get our Christmas tree. He was 8 days old! Don't worry, he was outside about 10 seconds and totally covered the whole time!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTl5PmEpOZhWa7vEEvuKQOi7V9s6HdnKDyOdVTjW_guvlECFCQ31J2YZLqrpCAhNk1YMjHMEZfbQHW7mWgFKY_DjbFA20ygQPxCzzLusReRsDniAqSucONPttnNUw3X_7_tmFh6TV2wHyf/s1600/IMG_0866.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTl5PmEpOZhWa7vEEvuKQOi7V9s6HdnKDyOdVTjW_guvlECFCQ31J2YZLqrpCAhNk1YMjHMEZfbQHW7mWgFKY_DjbFA20ygQPxCzzLusReRsDniAqSucONPttnNUw3X_7_tmFh6TV2wHyf/s320/IMG_0866.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567709487599653634" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Cpq0y_r6oyTzkTBlBDqaiwsP-gqMOmtgEGLauPSYdxSU9xTPCwKCcAlQf9f9sxwdWA-XezE7AuaeZKvoh9MISIBbA00hHNZ45N2m3q68AqrAZVP1-LRJqLOHZesFxakKirI6g5CZFwam/s1600/IMG_0842.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Cpq0y_r6oyTzkTBlBDqaiwsP-gqMOmtgEGLauPSYdxSU9xTPCwKCcAlQf9f9sxwdWA-XezE7AuaeZKvoh9MISIBbA00hHNZ45N2m3q68AqrAZVP1-LRJqLOHZesFxakKirI6g5CZFwam/s320/IMG_0842.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567709484708102914" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Jacob and Logan loved helping Daddy pick out the tree. Logan's favorite part was wearing "work gloves."</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv4Aeh0CVvrSEbRZ7X6C7N4XMy0HqoOS7lV7ONvvWiYpTD1W3tlhSgHS6mHkWDvED1zohi5smSoFzwxkRh9iFL8qAfIC5oI0W8amc8d1DCF5Fq-85h_pxeg8Ldr60pVGOyAizVHK4pVvOO/s1600/IMG_0839.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv4Aeh0CVvrSEbRZ7X6C7N4XMy0HqoOS7lV7ONvvWiYpTD1W3tlhSgHS6mHkWDvED1zohi5smSoFzwxkRh9iFL8qAfIC5oI0W8amc8d1DCF5Fq-85h_pxeg8Ldr60pVGOyAizVHK4pVvOO/s320/IMG_0839.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567709486506995538" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Both of the little ones are waking up from their naps so I will finish Christmas recap soon and it is hard to believe that Micah is already 2 months old!</div>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14950552326488091415noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798002164486893839.post-70278827167491413282011-01-11T11:46:00.001-08:002011-01-11T12:10:43.242-08:00We interrupt this Christmas recap for SNOW day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzpzi5eoXmp5l3HxVEAW98HtVCH_qnGxydHs2hx5F5fgUvr7W2yIgYp_mSEY18to8I5jC0Arlv-3lIsSbNdp01WHUaZEE4tfA97LJwKAkrz81GcROqc1Hkxf8EsMej-TUrKkcn0-K51umq/s1600/IMG_1338.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzpzi5eoXmp5l3HxVEAW98HtVCH_qnGxydHs2hx5F5fgUvr7W2yIgYp_mSEY18to8I5jC0Arlv-3lIsSbNdp01WHUaZEE4tfA97LJwKAkrz81GcROqc1Hkxf8EsMej-TUrKkcn0-K51umq/s320/IMG_1338.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561020487068180098" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We are snowed in! I still need to post Christmas but had to post these snow pics.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is quite a bit of snow for the south!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">No garbage pick up anytime soon!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX9KG1h1ROKQE3DrWhEFjBK10Ys3d6Ft7Zf3jppWJbTT595_hyyvWuV6OJIiwsWEwIShtAbA_0KaAPSnDx6DBc_vFOs18awzCywQjkACh1mLStWD7w9Tq_qOvuWfKvQGSqbHM9laRGzx6f/s1600/IMG_1340.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX9KG1h1ROKQE3DrWhEFjBK10Ys3d6Ft7Zf3jppWJbTT595_hyyvWuV6OJIiwsWEwIShtAbA_0KaAPSnDx6DBc_vFOs18awzCywQjkACh1mLStWD7w9Tq_qOvuWfKvQGSqbHM9laRGzx6f/s320/IMG_1340.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561020485351030450" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Daddy shows the boys how sledding is done</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw-UkNqoN0ziBBxAN_CoeUhk7f_gOAqKPAf6C2xVE7RK3iuH4nFlxRKmoRxL3hHLYZziCcDBvDs3SMmkq9Iy1VVP8Rk308AzxHyu8o76L9qqlWpwUxnJXByLn6XJS2yA5UFC3TxtMIgkM_/s1600/IMG_1342.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw-UkNqoN0ziBBxAN_CoeUhk7f_gOAqKPAf6C2xVE7RK3iuH4nFlxRKmoRxL3hHLYZziCcDBvDs3SMmkq9Iy1VVP8Rk308AzxHyu8o76L9qqlWpwUxnJXByLn6XJS2yA5UFC3TxtMIgkM_/s320/IMG_1342.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561020262311526498" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Logan had a hard time trying to figure out how to walk in the snow at first</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5tCnX2_0o8HUU1kETTC7jNS90J5UlTSbZwL9ln6a-3eDUbUuAHSNoUwEa79HVatAjnoT0Suvkx5XgAjlnrQ3RtuUqx0M5iVdlH27ffN2FKoL7BZ1y5Tz_LtNOA4ZvY8QJw9iLzkJmqsy4/s1600/IMG_1346.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5tCnX2_0o8HUU1kETTC7jNS90J5UlTSbZwL9ln6a-3eDUbUuAHSNoUwEa79HVatAjnoT0Suvkx5XgAjlnrQ3RtuUqx0M5iVdlH27ffN2FKoL7BZ1y5Tz_LtNOA4ZvY8QJw9iLzkJmqsy4/s320/IMG_1346.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561020257645105538" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdGUHoBeypfpjBxONKZxh93q5VxuKAXynPDRbzw7KCri09CSnX1zIj8cyxgNNp76GYHIXy9GrZuPjUTnSHXNWCm5puvgXHQ9jRfjLeJkAhSubQtEvoUTxsKG81fwCuI8EXZgqKFGrToenn/s1600/IMG_1352.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdGUHoBeypfpjBxONKZxh93q5VxuKAXynPDRbzw7KCri09CSnX1zIj8cyxgNNp76GYHIXy9GrZuPjUTnSHXNWCm5puvgXHQ9jRfjLeJkAhSubQtEvoUTxsKG81fwCuI8EXZgqKFGrToenn/s320/IMG_1352.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561020248412999298" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYlbhb0sCWUxcyMUXWIOkvIiYNCg86scRFtadibpCadtAg6pGf3T-SK6cOfBU_scEQtQxYGVmeniHRVZW2hgmr8XJLj3yJesLUwgC-NW3KvU1QF5SZ0eBdJnE6Fb-QOhUViGDdAJkh7Sz/s1600/IMG_1353.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYlbhb0sCWUxcyMUXWIOkvIiYNCg86scRFtadibpCadtAg6pGf3T-SK6cOfBU_scEQtQxYGVmeniHRVZW2hgmr8XJLj3yJesLUwgC-NW3KvU1QF5SZ0eBdJnE6Fb-QOhUViGDdAJkh7Sz/s320/IMG_1353.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561020243448496754" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEkesk0DXX4hzEAFcK48KZRFXYnrHtZyCbhJ4SHcLFdIADPp6D0k3DtgxcJsDlc3O9-17nUkaOoLcbYiCHSqgSK309I-fvGhj7L-nnG0TFeixG4q2aQywkA4w_dhGLYTIsi_e-73NBrsWV/s1600/IMG_1364.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEkesk0DXX4hzEAFcK48KZRFXYnrHtZyCbhJ4SHcLFdIADPp6D0k3DtgxcJsDlc3O9-17nUkaOoLcbYiCHSqgSK309I-fvGhj7L-nnG0TFeixG4q2aQywkA4w_dhGLYTIsi_e-73NBrsWV/s320/IMG_1364.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561020238305310706" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We were trying to figure out what kind of critter these paw prints belonged to</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZFMJna2SRE1Oxc3ThmCNJADLl6pchh8WC_ttsI7yyy4nxxBwEUrDh-Vt26Y8Mk_dTeEliHQD6GoHS4Jl5tzqLfRQNQ8n_Idng8ZZZLWc8NB2lZfrjIg5G3chXfHuNtasHtTY2FdYcIQh/s1600/IMG_1366.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZFMJna2SRE1Oxc3ThmCNJADLl6pchh8WC_ttsI7yyy4nxxBwEUrDh-Vt26Y8Mk_dTeEliHQD6GoHS4Jl5tzqLfRQNQ8n_Idng8ZZZLWc8NB2lZfrjIg5G3chXfHuNtasHtTY2FdYcIQh/s320/IMG_1366.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561019535157434370" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS0blNrfWN5N4_IgYZ1bcnC17DVBSrvwBWJLKkwBuM9DS6tzimtxXz__56sxurVUh7HXTeSuMzWdnZ58nRbQ60vt2udRIOsgBa6erpKYcI4I1KXWEmarWDagZAEAyLomPBt7YTBnkLmHY_/s1600/IMG_1369.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIxFusS71uLgURhnfIcODQZSbl33gle_VV5bJYdmTQs7ySuH4lngqEXJOLYY3bt5ioSkYHbaT5eTZYGM1p9cTlc4rKSophF5tgK6S9O1vE3pJvoEY3e4-UszjbYSlsjO2Tt-vpe79emwVb/s320/IMG_1443.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561018648342763634" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">snowdrift in neighbor's yard</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga70ZtaOmik2zsmSy2x1HdWD42m-YcyU7LG6uakm0GNG2lk-CktdWazFqjWen924Lh-U0x64eLE9qHpduUeTdbxFZLEpnksh_bW9oSgfnUpWyvMdNmbS2dl-fcHryyWPVL-A6K3vgUKJoD/s1600/IMG_1449.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga70ZtaOmik2zsmSy2x1HdWD42m-YcyU7LG6uakm0GNG2lk-CktdWazFqjWen924Lh-U0x64eLE9qHpduUeTdbxFZLEpnksh_bW9oSgfnUpWyvMdNmbS2dl-fcHryyWPVL-A6K3vgUKJoD/s320/IMG_1449.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561018640154919106" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">If there was any uncertainty....it is for sure.....3 days in the house has confirmed what we knew....Micah has colic....he has spent a lot of the time doing this........</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYbvH778pJybKzqC6d_cux-v2_ns2ADuBiEjVsJgcLMqr6vrS8RlE3t1KDb-ndLJHCpkciNpnkLObqwyhkH1tczlmDe0nu9GABUEGj3c4YDTr7Ufz9POWian0w0JIXlncQITO3G1txmtlG/s1600/IMG_1454.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYbvH778pJybKzqC6d_cux-v2_ns2ADuBiEjVsJgcLMqr6vrS8RlE3t1KDb-ndLJHCpkciNpnkLObqwyhkH1tczlmDe0nu9GABUEGj3c4YDTr7Ufz9POWian0w0JIXlncQITO3G1txmtlG/s320/IMG_1454.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561018635447228626" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We are very thankful though, we have power, we are healthy and have had some family time &</div><div style="text-align: center;">we even have deer in the backyard!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6wuky9SBRAVoHkMqEVr2hFjmyJx_w1pT8EKs9APmzRIWavEkq1TwRIEkNRlduoP5J0dOKj4-rI4FMIWckk-NKJoLwpOzcxfGIPwgmalbpOTqLoBDclASm-OPFA_JZAaWmWV10BC2QOwPg/s1600/IMG_1450.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6wuky9SBRAVoHkMqEVr2hFjmyJx_w1pT8EKs9APmzRIWavEkq1TwRIEkNRlduoP5J0dOKj4-rI4FMIWckk-NKJoLwpOzcxfGIPwgmalbpOTqLoBDclASm-OPFA_JZAaWmWV10BC2QOwPg/s320/IMG_1450.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561018632224568210" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">And every once and a while he stops crying and smiles!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihP9hyP7VyGq3cY2c96ts7xPqyk3jsC4FlBPIuXlJ6gIZg1N72A3eJuQUEHuiJGs9FtcQweU8H0OiYMstvwc9QwepXgQsxLKMHFbbDZ3J4xpSz8fPRxkWifIRO17s6JyHrxgVpnmVr1v90/s1600/IMG_1419.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihP9hyP7VyGq3cY2c96ts7xPqyk3jsC4FlBPIuXlJ6gIZg1N72A3eJuQUEHuiJGs9FtcQweU8H0OiYMstvwc9QwepXgQsxLKMHFbbDZ3J4xpSz8fPRxkWifIRO17s6JyHrxgVpnmVr1v90/s320/IMG_1419.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561018625753391266" /></a>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14950552326488091415noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798002164486893839.post-80353657202189196392011-01-05T11:15:00.001-08:002011-01-05T12:42:04.971-08:00Christmas Card outtakes<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Getting a picture for our Christmas card was interesting!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hmmm, not off to a good start. This is literally #1 and Logan is already crossing his arms!</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqaL9BK8xbyNdBssTOJwpcLSUpU-uhUIaN8eRE7fRFqjJWr82sc-asA_OQHtC3XgADbW066hAJu2-iLqYv9CmPzLJc0_siJvICrvCjCDdETDdkaGteK6C_yNdtLKi7HTk1taWgXB829f2V/s1600/IMG_0885.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqaL9BK8xbyNdBssTOJwpcLSUpU-uhUIaN8eRE7fRFqjJWr82sc-asA_OQHtC3XgADbW066hAJu2-iLqYv9CmPzLJc0_siJvICrvCjCDdETDdkaGteK6C_yNdtLKi7HTk1taWgXB829f2V/s320/IMG_0885.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558803638711847810" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Micah looks concerned!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiugqvTpkGqRKLKffGqkqzYwgejpbJqAcPvGPQnmeGw5r8Q5Qv6lSb_d3KWPq8JYFPoBfhy_7geaj9uvb3_TEEc72MZejBCMIF4oNsadoBsvjwQr0r9a3A126NLmHJkdmrNEPl8q_-p2aMc/s1600/IMG_0886.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiugqvTpkGqRKLKffGqkqzYwgejpbJqAcPvGPQnmeGw5r8Q5Qv6lSb_d3KWPq8JYFPoBfhy_7geaj9uvb3_TEEc72MZejBCMIF4oNsadoBsvjwQr0r9a3A126NLmHJkdmrNEPl8q_-p2aMc/s320/IMG_0886.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558803634163288962" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This is the point Logan started his "straining" face!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0beVVwgNB2Xdsg6HLSBoQy4UMbSxRvTECG3gSKZ2bbKKMbLgy2lECQpXX1SZ0-Ys08LVsCXcru6keJKXdqKroA-s5oFxV9NeJGGPKRjb49SRS7vWvXDMSuG4K14g70Cinaq7H13pjqJ4/s1600/IMG_0895.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0beVVwgNB2Xdsg6HLSBoQy4UMbSxRvTECG3gSKZ2bbKKMbLgy2lECQpXX1SZ0-Ys08LVsCXcru6keJKXdqKroA-s5oFxV9NeJGGPKRjb49SRS7vWvXDMSuG4K14g70Cinaq7H13pjqJ4/s320/IMG_0895.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558803627038174706" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbAWg1ztorUX8_9U3TqcfZXThqBpGxKDRmkUmEaWBn6ayiYFxL0dyfnNm2nLfh8EOBZVrWIQAkY_BfR8PB7qtjuDQc5mZPVuAqLMyPfQZhgrP3U65iEnOtwV00F8xO0UWdS3lIUAa-PPEu/s1600/IMG_0905.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbAWg1ztorUX8_9U3TqcfZXThqBpGxKDRmkUmEaWBn6ayiYFxL0dyfnNm2nLfh8EOBZVrWIQAkY_BfR8PB7qtjuDQc5mZPVuAqLMyPfQZhgrP3U65iEnOtwV00F8xO0UWdS3lIUAa-PPEu/s320/IMG_0905.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558803623678952050" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcMmWAF7tTVqRDgXr0QZGxGV2myXVPB2rJHTmgD1XT-D07bSjkWwZ-RBcnmwnn3H2SomUAlWchcLxU_2W4xKicqsVp1f1ZKo3zqglrK60KELeC2kE222I0kRoe811PDGh92MYcSHIfuuh6/s1600/IMG_0918.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcMmWAF7tTVqRDgXr0QZGxGV2myXVPB2rJHTmgD1XT-D07bSjkWwZ-RBcnmwnn3H2SomUAlWchcLxU_2W4xKicqsVp1f1ZKo3zqglrK60KELeC2kE222I0kRoe811PDGh92MYcSHIfuuh6/s320/IMG_0918.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558803620833862946" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">2 out if 3 isn't bad....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4KGof9PuHI5th1-6oIIzr5orZ8Bk0XtlDso9t345iO8NaRDlPMEzbThoMJQ2tWHtulUIL5MhwYGY08LxcP4kyoNSqoqrI6n5LvLwx3i3n7U1oWN7nmCWpDXon6SqILEMSj3Oa6_htg8Hz/s1600/IMG_0929.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4KGof9PuHI5th1-6oIIzr5orZ8Bk0XtlDso9t345iO8NaRDlPMEzbThoMJQ2tWHtulUIL5MhwYGY08LxcP4kyoNSqoqrI6n5LvLwx3i3n7U1oWN7nmCWpDXon6SqILEMSj3Oa6_htg8Hz/s320/IMG_0929.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558802952919544930" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkkqTUTvshJhdyhRApA9hdvWis05JKBKGEI8cTqbNe257hcML5zYPF7_49rTqK3kPuqFXwAKF40F44b9St4WBqkpDBGZGmNmlXG2xzA2_jyeF5tZZ261CfZtzM8vbX6jyTHFBMXHya4SOi/s1600/IMG_0937.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkkqTUTvshJhdyhRApA9hdvWis05JKBKGEI8cTqbNe257hcML5zYPF7_49rTqK3kPuqFXwAKF40F44b9St4WBqkpDBGZGmNmlXG2xzA2_jyeF5tZZ261CfZtzM8vbX6jyTHFBMXHya4SOi/s320/IMG_0937.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558802949601215042" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Jacob got goofy</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzRyQP_EuOUi8NM0pQG83hCLzJ6b8jhvQQlyAO8UUfgm-SjtpcbDecqBrHZETU5mnxRGoM8osLI6wXoXGuP4P7ucqF-kmmwc-zMWoYHKKb0b_P6uYDasx4RSicfUEcyRPTw_k_czrmuMV4/s1600/IMG_0970.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzRyQP_EuOUi8NM0pQG83hCLzJ6b8jhvQQlyAO8UUfgm-SjtpcbDecqBrHZETU5mnxRGoM8osLI6wXoXGuP4P7ucqF-kmmwc-zMWoYHKKb0b_P6uYDasx4RSicfUEcyRPTw_k_czrmuMV4/s320/IMG_0970.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558802940104405218" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPw9JWyjXS0mq3MDKGgZpVY0dAPgeMh_BPWvyS4uGdi6bHUvrxDQZCJaoq5BgOz4hvTTBlxtOTRc8ZVlRpAFRTbi-hCbKbA7QXkmd6ehYK7tp587w-7rYh2eHjNSetmNjp5wcFtbjnmU4z/s1600/IMG_0976.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPw9JWyjXS0mq3MDKGgZpVY0dAPgeMh_BPWvyS4uGdi6bHUvrxDQZCJaoq5BgOz4hvTTBlxtOTRc8ZVlRpAFRTbi-hCbKbA7QXkmd6ehYK7tp587w-7rYh2eHjNSetmNjp5wcFtbjnmU4z/s320/IMG_0976.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558802936935092994" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0FshoU4UUwOj1rCgOf6wjOhhuwGer9LCHO30GrY6Cbeoawahn-p8H7ewVF3cw-Q32M-_sd8v4b2GMAtrctqlLD8UV9OAaXhcpRUb58kDSZGSTWU2CXc40QZtgiHlfJwPlduA6hg5gXtbY/s1600/IMG_0992.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0FshoU4UUwOj1rCgOf6wjOhhuwGer9LCHO30GrY6Cbeoawahn-p8H7ewVF3cw-Q32M-_sd8v4b2GMAtrctqlLD8UV9OAaXhcpRUb58kDSZGSTWU2CXc40QZtgiHlfJwPlduA6hg5gXtbY/s320/IMG_0992.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558802929625453874" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Finally 2 happy ones and a sleepy one, what more can we ask for?!</div>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14950552326488091415noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798002164486893839.post-1793926872220084852010-12-14T14:22:00.001-08:002010-12-14T17:21:56.341-08:002 weeks old<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioDCgd1vdPAuR4S-Y1dTmmEj5cHU7Fq3GMqebFV22SQtRq4TCjDt0fXKcmoTxyoh0bbB3n1LGnqsPfOMnCig_lLRDRegv_c1cZEae0JCuFpj4cvYChazZtD3VpmUzunEXZujFQc0ORT5tD/s1600/IMG_0879.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioDCgd1vdPAuR4S-Y1dTmmEj5cHU7Fq3GMqebFV22SQtRq4TCjDt0fXKcmoTxyoh0bbB3n1LGnqsPfOMnCig_lLRDRegv_c1cZEae0JCuFpj4cvYChazZtD3VpmUzunEXZujFQc0ORT5tD/s320/IMG_0879.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550667573928581298" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Micah is already 2 weeks old!</div><div style="text-align: center;">His brothers love him & we are getting into the Christmas spirit around here!</div><div style="text-align: center;">more pics to come......</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-g0QJlG1_ESYAwt8QpJ-4gxsotvS03TJr05A0eOJbx9zofrZqYPkMUo0Ogw1GuyJJXXUSlSAW6V68U5qgT-73k4XZfq7D3vk-3B2PI_faj2lJ0GrJn36lJ__ThtfH7Ucfxc1qZCUTLAn/s1600/IMG_1000.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-g0QJlG1_ESYAwt8QpJ-4gxsotvS03TJr05A0eOJbx9zofrZqYPkMUo0Ogw1GuyJJXXUSlSAW6V68U5qgT-73k4XZfq7D3vk-3B2PI_faj2lJ0GrJn36lJ__ThtfH7Ucfxc1qZCUTLAn/s320/IMG_1000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550667568556007138" /></a>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14950552326488091415noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798002164486893839.post-31821167462823478012010-12-02T08:34:00.001-08:002010-12-03T16:59:26.238-08:00Welcome Micah Carter Houston!<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We were so sure that the baby would be here the week of Thanksgiving. Because he was thought to be so big, the dr had planned to induce the Saturday following Thanksgiving so he didn't get too big. According to ultrasound, he was following in Logan's footsteps (Logan was 9-9 a week early).</div><div style="text-align: center;">You can take one look at me in the picture below taken a week before his delivery and see he was BIG!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYKHyDpK4aGUQG4tHDDXlVi7jH3bua0uEMw2_WquNmI0nKj8QuDuzYjLE50Zk1qv5is3IOSj6Q4_A3ZW_TGRBKDq2MDC_7kttfLwj2foCKHxVEK9gR87fHjNSK-8jASGJx_jVtpULU-4CO/s1600/IMG_0634.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYKHyDpK4aGUQG4tHDDXlVi7jH3bua0uEMw2_WquNmI0nKj8QuDuzYjLE50Zk1qv5is3IOSj6Q4_A3ZW_TGRBKDq2MDC_7kttfLwj2foCKHxVEK9gR87fHjNSK-8jASGJx_jVtpULU-4CO/s320/IMG_0634.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546128713912904178" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Even though I had become very ready for this baby to get here, that all suddenly came to a halt! Logan came down with not only strep but also the flu the week before Thanksgiving. Thankfully because we caught it early and started tamiflu, antibiotics and the flu shot lessened the severity of the flu because he never got very sick. I just wanted time to lysol everything and make sure no one else got sick. About 3 days later, Jacob got strep. I started feeling bad about that time but tested negative to flu and strep. I only got more and more sick though and the day before thanksgiving had a pretty bad sinus and respiratory infection as well as the flu. I had to hurry and get well fast! We pretty much laid low and threw the last minute "to do" list out the window so I could hopefully get better at least by Saturday (the day of induction) if not sooner!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Friday I woke up and felt a little better flu wise but noticed I was having a few more contractions. Inman kept asking if we needed to call the dr or anything and I would say, "let me just time the contractions the next hour then we will see..." or "I am going to take a shower just in case and then we will see if I am still having contractions, if I am then you need to shower and get ready." I finally got to the point that I told him if he wanted a shower to go ahead and take one. We got the kids settled and headed to the hospital about 2:30. The contractions slowed a little and I was afraid they would send me home! I was 3 cm at this point. The dr decided to keep me though and commented we would probably have a baby by midnight. He broke my water (around 4:30 or 5:00) and said that if my contractions stalled he would start a little pitocin in about an hour. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><if></div><div style="text-align: center;">At that point he said I was 5-6 cm. He didn't mention my epidural but I figured they would offer it before starting the pit. I was having pretty hard contractions but they weren't as often, maybe 5-8 minutes apart. What I didn't know at the time was my day shift nurse got side tracked with the patient next door who was about to deliver. I found out afterwards that her plan was to head to my room and get me ready for my epidural if I wanted (and yes, the answer would have been yes! With Logan I had waited until about 5 cm and it never kicked in because I went from 5-10 cm in 40 minutes)</div><div style="text-align: center;">About 7:00 an angel appeared! My friend Aja from church and the nurse who was there for Logan's delivery had just arrived for nightshift. I was so glad to see her and felt better immediately! Well, in between contractions that is:) She asked me if I wanted my epidural especially if I was going to be getting pit. I wholeheartedly agreed! I knew it would be a few minutes to get everything ready and the dr there. At that point the contractions were getting closer but I thought I can do anything for a few minutes if it means relief is right around the corner!</div><div style="text-align: center;">The contractions only got more intense. Even over the next few minutes, I was getting no break between contractions and got so nervous that I was not going to be able to sit still for the epidural placement. Inman did a great job encouraging me but later told me that he saw how much pain I was in and was beginning to worry himself! The dr got there and quickly put in the epidural but the rest of us in the room realized the truth. You only have to say, "I feel pressure" once to make everyone know showtime is here! Sure enough, my OB came in and announced what we all knew. I was complete and it was time to have a baby! I almost started crying. The epidural would never work and I was projected to have an almost 10 pound baby!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Once again, Inman was great and so encouraging. I am sure me coming a tad unglued was unnerving. I was so thankful Aja was my nurse. I knew she would help me thru it and it is always good to have a church member in the room, I had my wits enough to know I didn't want to say anything that I would regret!</div><div style="text-align: center;">My dr was also very encouraging. I realized at this time that the epidural for Logan had at least taken the edge off because this time around there was no "edge off." I felt everything and I will stop there without going into further detail! Thankfully I did not have to push long, maybe 6 times or so. It all happened very fast, so fast there was no camera ready, no video camera (at least pointing to the ground like it was for Logan where we could go back and listen to his first cries and what we were saying:)</div><div style="text-align: center;">The birth time was long before midnight, 8:26 pm</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the first picture of our little man</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKvLp2qcXpeWuLchyphenhypheneurMo2ELNq4vJtDbWjDk1z_PaNSzR9wHKlOdjBb49YY5ti4-V8oFPs79iNWXUU9fUckMdFAEZypgrn-LyvmH7QAFxKUr3OKAjcqpf4iE-mc5dfqh61yv9w4mUCsre/s1600/IMG_0642.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKvLp2qcXpeWuLchyphenhypheneurMo2ELNq4vJtDbWjDk1z_PaNSzR9wHKlOdjBb49YY5ti4-V8oFPs79iNWXUU9fUckMdFAEZypgrn-LyvmH7QAFxKUr3OKAjcqpf4iE-mc5dfqh61yv9w4mUCsre/s320/IMG_0642.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546128714504384274" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">He was "smaller" than we all thought. 9 pounds 3 oz sounds small when all ultrasounds had pointed to a LARGE baby. I was followed by a perinatologist and was having weekly ultrasounds, the last one had him > 90% which would have meant almost 10 lbs at birth!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG_-HVeujpE-rJKf_MH7vJlvF9xdbkMr6Esw0GXda5W3vX1G2R8ii9kT-QoAvk1R99r_0k12MevPxQVTsVj5O88E3MV7itUZJC9wjqtgajst-OfSLhzuutKNyNS5liE4iPu8EnwrB0TS7Z/s1600/IMG_0643.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG_-HVeujpE-rJKf_MH7vJlvF9xdbkMr6Esw0GXda5W3vX1G2R8ii9kT-QoAvk1R99r_0k12MevPxQVTsVj5O88E3MV7itUZJC9wjqtgajst-OfSLhzuutKNyNS5liE4iPu8EnwrB0TS7Z/s320/IMG_0643.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546128706197952354" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Because he came so fast, his face was very bruised</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkcHBuGixZW9_J67KLePu9YFrleONvGmOfd_W2oQ_KRXjyq2UK56EI9uPBzxcRFOtwox6yYxdMav125AXUBCivGmOKH2UtAEDjHfl0PoS0YeKGvt_FGaCFtkpuksJaL9o6fMEfwRk_H1wW/s1600/IMG_0661.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkcHBuGixZW9_J67KLePu9YFrleONvGmOfd_W2oQ_KRXjyq2UK56EI9uPBzxcRFOtwox6yYxdMav125AXUBCivGmOKH2UtAEDjHfl0PoS0YeKGvt_FGaCFtkpuksJaL9o6fMEfwRk_H1wW/s320/IMG_0661.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546128706941007042" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Aunt Steph</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuo66oa4nFu3kwif6xF4gxnH2z6O42iefq7jy0dNYBtmO2MyhrxAegzDUlkgJJxzRBvCr1o-r8gnicdpNMjQ6diO0e_Oq0WiV-ihh2XinylXwjIgSqW9cpjN6A8qeeQfv9lntosfMQrozz/s1600/IMG_0665.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuo66oa4nFu3kwif6xF4gxnH2z6O42iefq7jy0dNYBtmO2MyhrxAegzDUlkgJJxzRBvCr1o-r8gnicdpNMjQ6diO0e_Oq0WiV-ihh2XinylXwjIgSqW9cpjN6A8qeeQfv9lntosfMQrozz/s320/IMG_0665.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546128703473664386" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mema</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifLr02hHBUsUuguMjvzkycKYi4r8uQ-VK8Vbt1wzNVx8SoxiR1QjsIDUjb9L1qL_Ky2GReGJiXBqwrNTbw00-DM9vGMStxWgrXHPlRDKdNshhvoeuJXHo5ZHqJdtO16f-sxQo1w54jzf46/s1600/IMG_0653.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifLr02hHBUsUuguMjvzkycKYi4r8uQ-VK8Vbt1wzNVx8SoxiR1QjsIDUjb9L1qL_Ky2GReGJiXBqwrNTbw00-DM9vGMStxWgrXHPlRDKdNshhvoeuJXHo5ZHqJdtO16f-sxQo1w54jzf46/s320/IMG_0653.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546128180198797634" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Papa</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVgA3PNBaDn-kEKPUsUNeIxBz28R0oxffkh-1FJioVMq43dNKOBcJpe9LO_n9OVl6dBN6142as4_1Cm3tp0PxWDa1OPkoaePehCY-lYy98FkTTbxDuLJ8Kbm0vu0FB2oQnR3jn8XH7weyD/s1600/IMG_0656.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVgA3PNBaDn-kEKPUsUNeIxBz28R0oxffkh-1FJioVMq43dNKOBcJpe9LO_n9OVl6dBN6142as4_1Cm3tp0PxWDa1OPkoaePehCY-lYy98FkTTbxDuLJ8Kbm0vu0FB2oQnR3jn8XH7weyD/s320/IMG_0656.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546128176261958482" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We had such a hard time picking a name for this little guy. We had considered Micah at the beginning and then gone towards a couple of other names. The latest we had considered was Seth. We had decided just that morning that we had waited that long we would just wait and see what he looked like. When Inman called the boys to tell them that the baby was born, I looked over and Inman's eyes were filled with tears. Jacob had asked him if we could name the baby Micah and sounded so excited! There was no turning back at that point. This big brother was absolutely in love with a baby he had not even seen yet! We did not announce the name until Jacob got to the hospital a few minutes later and we let him do it. He also helped pick the middle name. Carter (http://www.caringbridge.org/ga/cartermartin/)</div><div style="text-align: center;">is one of our heroes and his family means a lot to both of us. The Martins tried to set Inman and I up before we ended up meeting on our own! We feel so honored that our son will carry the middle name of such a special little boy.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Micah's first bath</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIvHMOWY2AjrKoDPLD8uoh-mYxnzYHhNDB-dNawXyOhNKo8icASivsKfZEoCI-ENXBwnpQjU9katpQzq3anmBVKfnhxsJ4urjWczbwV_OTvZ1BvVp0BbOPvGX6UPc21JUJkUhg12WuF4Yg/s1600/IMG_0667.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIvHMOWY2AjrKoDPLD8uoh-mYxnzYHhNDB-dNawXyOhNKo8icASivsKfZEoCI-ENXBwnpQjU9katpQzq3anmBVKfnhxsJ4urjWczbwV_OTvZ1BvVp0BbOPvGX6UPc21JUJkUhg12WuF4Yg/s320/IMG_0667.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546128168206805234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sleeping hopefully not phased by his "war wounds"</div><div style="text-align: center;">His bruises looked even better the next day</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn2aFB2DHTZNbBxy4EY3dlmG6elnFFnR5-MmqekF8qODsJSAiNDsSLbD0d41IF5elNn_5-DodppMBjj9whM72YAJizntpKo1IPzJJXLdfZt7EUp5XIksMviasOKveHbkV9Ck6Akh4o83So/s1600/IMG_0678.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn2aFB2DHTZNbBxy4EY3dlmG6elnFFnR5-MmqekF8qODsJSAiNDsSLbD0d41IF5elNn_5-DodppMBjj9whM72YAJizntpKo1IPzJJXLdfZt7EUp5XIksMviasOKveHbkV9Ck6Akh4o83So/s320/IMG_0678.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546128164051128738" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Big brothers and Micah</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-gA9N-xOYuThMwWy11z6OOkABPB_wRVj7nBxv0Sqou1T75RialSiey5zIynHz5YON0yCd2E3YKXvgAQ2fyhHBiuFyvDkxh3bLEuRZG9i-p2KJC5-1jwxye0i2z0ng5nr2jDaHm4YtRAyY/s1600/IMG_0692.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-gA9N-xOYuThMwWy11z6OOkABPB_wRVj7nBxv0Sqou1T75RialSiey5zIynHz5YON0yCd2E3YKXvgAQ2fyhHBiuFyvDkxh3bLEuRZG9i-p2KJC5-1jwxye0i2z0ng5nr2jDaHm4YtRAyY/s320/IMG_0692.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546128159022913026" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jacob has loved holding his brother</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvFUQXt-_58kKT02dgCdjPfod056ihizrFHN1sA2AZnpTlR33aBj5ilzX7xQXqShXtFMSkCBgT4mCFRrCxN_eP3Ht__e3Zk6PXEZmo9NPZcWVQO0jY9ySibKQW3IGTQkou_kWXT9VBCLlC/s1600/IMG_0703.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvFUQXt-_58kKT02dgCdjPfod056ihizrFHN1sA2AZnpTlR33aBj5ilzX7xQXqShXtFMSkCBgT4mCFRrCxN_eP3Ht__e3Zk6PXEZmo9NPZcWVQO0jY9ySibKQW3IGTQkou_kWXT9VBCLlC/s320/IMG_0703.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546125315746524322" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Logan has too, just a little unsure of what to think!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5WeZMCiq_TtLJRXTUPdaLtSzTwy2EatWZHbbm1WdZDamqVehR-rR7Y_hYRzdi6z0mM9HIJzX5cRlFErahslxKO3X4HoxEeUuI2_5FEmd_BDOvViV1YFX52ZweqChfqJcE2WY3AW97cIbp/s1600/IMG_0705.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5WeZMCiq_TtLJRXTUPdaLtSzTwy2EatWZHbbm1WdZDamqVehR-rR7Y_hYRzdi6z0mM9HIJzX5cRlFErahslxKO3X4HoxEeUuI2_5FEmd_BDOvViV1YFX52ZweqChfqJcE2WY3AW97cIbp/s320/IMG_0705.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546125306275680530" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Nana Jean and Dadoh</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglTVDD_r9u7tbMxoWvnD2Lzh6q9qEzstp8EZ46N_NKwpkjMfYaMgfHFcDoqHCBiY_UzC6PgdtiZ13VLJaOGqqd8TGawTwUvS-RLbaZDqoPBBcDnMKzLDDuQOmwvd-QLYfM6YWX5ybFcSZh/s1600/IMG_0716.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglTVDD_r9u7tbMxoWvnD2Lzh6q9qEzstp8EZ46N_NKwpkjMfYaMgfHFcDoqHCBiY_UzC6PgdtiZ13VLJaOGqqd8TGawTwUvS-RLbaZDqoPBBcDnMKzLDDuQOmwvd-QLYfM6YWX5ybFcSZh/s320/IMG_0716.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546125296564113858" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Trying to get our first picture as a family of 5</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRqiR4nXMUvWWmw-7X3NfQzQGCes4pUTO4lTKdPZQZ2mC2saTvJEIynma0eqEaOPbAcqSS2_SpUESeM4Lsb_CtOc3_xTIYcsokDg65XgDRdoUcRbuccJ5W7weoJLuUONW_JErN5uNSt1TA/s1600/IMG_0729.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRqiR4nXMUvWWmw-7X3NfQzQGCes4pUTO4lTKdPZQZ2mC2saTvJEIynma0eqEaOPbAcqSS2_SpUESeM4Lsb_CtOc3_xTIYcsokDg65XgDRdoUcRbuccJ5W7weoJLuUONW_JErN5uNSt1TA/s320/IMG_0729.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546125295221223394" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Jacob reading a letter he wrote to Micah. He promised to "teach him everything, even the ABCs."</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhThcjYn0BCm2kMYw9f4XPlYguDfdx5tE6hHmiuCUlm-cBG5ajBhJVjHQgs1rZRhWxrSWw0AaomokI4DoY5TEnmfzoJ8zBmwC6I5YH8XSm4NEicI8gDDmoBmcQNTFsRZeBvs7wphArQveO7/s1600/IMG_0751.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhThcjYn0BCm2kMYw9f4XPlYguDfdx5tE6hHmiuCUlm-cBG5ajBhJVjHQgs1rZRhWxrSWw0AaomokI4DoY5TEnmfzoJ8zBmwC6I5YH8XSm4NEicI8gDDmoBmcQNTFsRZeBvs7wphArQveO7/s320/IMG_0751.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546125291626370290" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYclKPp2csUPGNSVWYrOZqxxv0nR1oYOVbvEiJMYYytr-3UQRcii6hK8DVgcC3aG4V7VvU4ITsp0yKPo8f4azLPUHeTsrCKLvrERfEZVD4HKkA5mS24qvXYKCz53-up3MZvVIHN8qlst9b/s1600/IMG_0760.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYclKPp2csUPGNSVWYrOZqxxv0nR1oYOVbvEiJMYYytr-3UQRcii6hK8DVgcC3aG4V7VvU4ITsp0yKPo8f4azLPUHeTsrCKLvrERfEZVD4HKkA5mS24qvXYKCz53-up3MZvVIHN8qlst9b/s320/IMG_0760.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546124859176826674" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifJOjNeBGPf9c4V0aHxQ5Puss1qUDfMwU3JX4CloERMBBVSfD78HHKyy-8YlIhMAgygQehiawxiV9cPJ_5a-Iz14Teknrch1Dz__BzXMA5p1-s9DPiNdY3y_BxDDgxjja1hDDlSeH0Ke2K/s1600/IMG_0764.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifJOjNeBGPf9c4V0aHxQ5Puss1qUDfMwU3JX4CloERMBBVSfD78HHKyy-8YlIhMAgygQehiawxiV9cPJ_5a-Iz14Teknrch1Dz__BzXMA5p1-s9DPiNdY3y_BxDDgxjja1hDDlSeH0Ke2K/s320/IMG_0764.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546124851404724914" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5xcBKzc0DVa957bjFno1PLWbxYvQ_wMp5Eh5vIRBMDbPjgyglOSm15qyiq0IS1vTxjq8HvDiO_suKx_VtY3fBqIjXhHOlN6g0yRTpMW-ipOe0yqmDK3w4MPTjRZ79FYCqFRGxr_0knUQg/s1600/IMG_0769.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5xcBKzc0DVa957bjFno1PLWbxYvQ_wMp5Eh5vIRBMDbPjgyglOSm15qyiq0IS1vTxjq8HvDiO_suKx_VtY3fBqIjXhHOlN6g0yRTpMW-ipOe0yqmDK3w4MPTjRZ79FYCqFRGxr_0knUQg/s320/IMG_0769.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546124850268968562" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Getting ready to head home</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFyJAXBBlCXgmREu7F2WkJ0ANuUH-mU67DHGsc43SgrJubtDyhGYMJ1o5unrZ1o0GOCxHHkXCB-wyLOoh3y1yEhrAuoudHk38SjB6unje6aKQMSK-g0fohgqSA4ogHLJWxeYI487HrPGJF/s1600/IMG_0798.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFyJAXBBlCXgmREu7F2WkJ0ANuUH-mU67DHGsc43SgrJubtDyhGYMJ1o5unrZ1o0GOCxHHkXCB-wyLOoh3y1yEhrAuoudHk38SjB6unje6aKQMSK-g0fohgqSA4ogHLJWxeYI487HrPGJF/s320/IMG_0798.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546124845546563906" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhw51xGj78lHl3niJdNYJm6dzQoErYp3WBziIEOLVFZnEX3Aud8T9v1YpxtYMaJeGqnfCU5mtgGCH-vgptsBiYcAf8uFlrnFRfK4od0gCTRo1nulxT1xYzkBFJZKV-VFWgtG7HeiXMr9qq/s1600/IMG_0806.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhw51xGj78lHl3niJdNYJm6dzQoErYp3WBziIEOLVFZnEX3Aud8T9v1YpxtYMaJeGqnfCU5mtgGCH-vgptsBiYcAf8uFlrnFRfK4od0gCTRo1nulxT1xYzkBFJZKV-VFWgtG7HeiXMr9qq/s320/IMG_0806.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546124834039911538" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I guess a blog entry one week later is better than nothing. We are cherishing these early days, even sleep deprived. I want to soak in every minute of my three sons. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanking God for these incredible gifts!</div>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14950552326488091415noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798002164486893839.post-45014995371524647522010-11-14T12:10:00.000-08:002010-11-14T12:48:00.506-08:00Fall Catch Up before baby boy #3 gets here!<div style="text-align: center;"><br />Warning! Picture overload! I am trying to catch up on fall pics before the baby arrives. I never really felt like I captured summer '10 on the blog so I didn't want fall to pass by as well.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">First of all, I am not sure where this big boy came from! I think he looks like he about 9 in this picture!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Jacob is loving kindergarten and we can't get over everything he is learning every day. His teacher has said over and over than kindergarten is what 1st and 2nd grade used to be and that is so true! He is very excited about baby boy #3 even though he started out wanting a girl:)</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8sI4Nlbr3Uc7DdW_YY9YUE2loRtsgGta5ddwlpHgy6B7o-bxfeUSLn3_MyzAspn6q9bGDccvkphBPctXVZlwjZ_oFXrbHme65aqmoJTVO-WPUqFHcOToBI5MNcCcCZpz0h7lXtFCMSTUY/s1600/IMG_0457.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8sI4Nlbr3Uc7DdW_YY9YUE2loRtsgGta5ddwlpHgy6B7o-bxfeUSLn3_MyzAspn6q9bGDccvkphBPctXVZlwjZ_oFXrbHme65aqmoJTVO-WPUqFHcOToBI5MNcCcCZpz0h7lXtFCMSTUY/s320/IMG_0457.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539504549234850946" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Pumpkin carving time</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtxdgVs1qZ1l53lo3YgKYMAQHzJgoHSdt1e_3nGjgh331v49L2Wnzvhc1RYuUhVhxTXvYuBmG5lFqjFdGEigEEy9_0Xe3ezIH6Ss-Fh8SWJ8gUmpE3uT8fca-vhGs-h73o3VrK8M8q5d6o/s1600/IMG_0468.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuBUaX-QOvgqghRnJKiHUN_hejumVLIievjZa2C7qpKGvzz4FG24gykeqEJqISCZoUWD6_K0WnrxaqQi3Qo1jqsRYLe7_dblXd_t-3XRaoQ5CDwnebNte4nuOBFq0r3ezoWKD-j90UDik-/s320/IMG_0477.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539504304242853762" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8dPuw16VAkKpSgq9oI5Usc-9Qh9MhdSmk_I2APtfgf6ueZEDf8y5zjxk-8_cMq3nkC8hoUHtT1Od9begPgofG2tdR5OlcvmFyvxH9QCAQ2P-x0G3l8NLSmCbhlhiZQXyCSjZRZv_rcdEl/s1600/IMG_0485.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8dPuw16VAkKpSgq9oI5Usc-9Qh9MhdSmk_I2APtfgf6ueZEDf8y5zjxk-8_cMq3nkC8hoUHtT1Od9begPgofG2tdR5OlcvmFyvxH9QCAQ2P-x0G3l8NLSmCbhlhiZQXyCSjZRZv_rcdEl/s320/IMG_0485.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539504298432801074" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">To my surprise both boys have loved roasted pumpkin seeds this year!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ACY3_JRv2A9qYD4Dn9v-A6XJCeGVk1sXtrkrAJobD1B8NNsVb5WRYzH9r_s26hrm7eFRv021TkYf04tJI4JCYhfSBJYu5Uswe-qhMMPi8CWEY2fLg0-0iTG18vu6MAwk9dYvt4lFwC5z/s1600/IMG_0489.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ACY3_JRv2A9qYD4Dn9v-A6XJCeGVk1sXtrkrAJobD1B8NNsVb5WRYzH9r_s26hrm7eFRv021TkYf04tJI4JCYhfSBJYu5Uswe-qhMMPi8CWEY2fLg0-0iTG18vu6MAwk9dYvt4lFwC5z/s320/IMG_0489.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539504293273860018" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDmC-m28k4q_Kb6UPFq5tJkQAJWnd4e1fOKZOkvfFcQQ1BqapyIzV-CpmOCJeuFO_3Kuw_WB5hVtHmp7Iy7xlZ5Tj4zWikGmgQiMeEkzywXdurrnGTbsAT6gzbiSSTD2DSRJ4PlUzl2NQ/s1600/IMG_0500.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDmC-m28k4q_Kb6UPFq5tJkQAJWnd4e1fOKZOkvfFcQQ1BqapyIzV-CpmOCJeuFO_3Kuw_WB5hVtHmp7Iy7xlZ5Tj4zWikGmgQiMeEkzywXdurrnGTbsAT6gzbiSSTD2DSRJ4PlUzl2NQ/s320/IMG_0500.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539504289424373362" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Waiting on our next little pumpkin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9Jkqfnnps7CwUWn1h2pYe8cpg5QL9bJl0VFuXwqG3hJjE0eAIIgAbZ81h5Wec2WRBtFvEO3v5W2Th2rRsSGA7e4aguTRaTxmvAM_D0DsZ33jCsUpRCT_oawU4ZNq0EDCaz6xoKYIiCex/s1600/IMG_0505.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9Jkqfnnps7CwUWn1h2pYe8cpg5QL9bJl0VFuXwqG3hJjE0eAIIgAbZ81h5Wec2WRBtFvEO3v5W2Th2rRsSGA7e4aguTRaTxmvAM_D0DsZ33jCsUpRCT_oawU4ZNq0EDCaz6xoKYIiCex/s320/IMG_0505.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539503521943673426" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDPrK2sG6W_dmDKxuFsZnjcizBOKzuJMIH1TuPscujbSN0jLnrsZptFnFHECLA7BX3H2evgxchXlAH6bhUhOAo9Dk7Y2wc0rhaWz6Z_bvbje9Xf6pamJhSElm3x3I5DdmG4fRKOSKT92CD/s1600/IMG_0508.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDPrK2sG6W_dmDKxuFsZnjcizBOKzuJMIH1TuPscujbSN0jLnrsZptFnFHECLA7BX3H2evgxchXlAH6bhUhOAo9Dk7Y2wc0rhaWz6Z_bvbje9Xf6pamJhSElm3x3I5DdmG4fRKOSKT92CD/s320/IMG_0508.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539503515680140994" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Getting ready to hit the new neighborhood. We have really enjoyed getting to meet some of our new neighbors and everyone has been so friendly!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkZa__q2sdaCMRlrOu2iFqxcE55pRm3Dj_1x9JQD4MbXvTh9uwcComPLl7d-QIWpkuGb03LwenY1RiSsE-uOdsWdnUdaz8ZqC1wa6I34IozWo9D-T_PpPTrMbqLXbYRLolKY8MeXdbumeG/s1600/IMG_0521.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkZa__q2sdaCMRlrOu2iFqxcE55pRm3Dj_1x9JQD4MbXvTh9uwcComPLl7d-QIWpkuGb03LwenY1RiSsE-uOdsWdnUdaz8ZqC1wa6I34IozWo9D-T_PpPTrMbqLXbYRLolKY8MeXdbumeG/s320/IMG_0521.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539503511285317058" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Jacob and Logan got a kick out of ringing our doorbell and Daddy answering</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxe0KOrQW4t2Wzq0HPE3EZH3APS0nnRZRhOSwrZAf3znN9eQGrqiMilbHFVCULKz2SVavIqz6gQFeib1R8W_jArWNYutadQGMGbZMxvR1oMVm4v0-cj5Ul0AG6QWDg3SySEg1sf2jhDFH4/s1600/IMG_0542.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxe0KOrQW4t2Wzq0HPE3EZH3APS0nnRZRhOSwrZAf3znN9eQGrqiMilbHFVCULKz2SVavIqz6gQFeib1R8W_jArWNYutadQGMGbZMxvR1oMVm4v0-cj5Ul0AG6QWDg3SySEg1sf2jhDFH4/s320/IMG_0542.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539503508671671682" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZF0EwUenM0O_4yLORxnJZyGtEPYLgbbwTJXdpBzpKb4CxPBb1PWROahjptvO8LYWkasKCbqUnT7Limz7JAjJgHl7351J6Rv9RVPnAESweHAocBqv3KuGBUdQDahtRu8gjFLAQSuzv-PE/s1600/IMG_0545.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZF0EwUenM0O_4yLORxnJZyGtEPYLgbbwTJXdpBzpKb4CxPBb1PWROahjptvO8LYWkasKCbqUnT7Limz7JAjJgHl7351J6Rv9RVPnAESweHAocBqv3KuGBUdQDahtRu8gjFLAQSuzv-PE/s320/IMG_0545.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539503507422302546" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We also had a great time the weekend before at our church's fall festival. Once again a very cute Bob the Builder and scary Incredible Hulk</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3QJU4QZDYAyHuvIg1kSIVT5r2dsDzqMruzmV-rfsMoROoYC2aeq-oOITgZEbWi8OpaDWDqrxiR7iIprv_7vqJTEbv6UzUtQUTRaBmnl2ttNvDrPDUTqrp7FxJMxpkaWqQvLEk8vITAqH/s1600/IMG_0292.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3QJU4QZDYAyHuvIg1kSIVT5r2dsDzqMruzmV-rfsMoROoYC2aeq-oOITgZEbWi8OpaDWDqrxiR7iIprv_7vqJTEbv6UzUtQUTRaBmnl2ttNvDrPDUTqrp7FxJMxpkaWqQvLEk8vITAqH/s320/IMG_0292.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539502758649065474" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Logan gives one of the games a try with the help of one of his special friends Ms Teri</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHzhyphenhyphenBZ1ZEARyFIqovFQNUNbVQTCQo_riv7c7vhbpC0SkC4GVvn0ak2rkP7qGOi0ArCxNju7uDsGasxgoJTYZJXsEzDIAXO9IWD_0ZbQ6Hd2LEhu9pbZ_a87VwDfePatBhyphenhypheniLZ26YTq0n8/s1600/IMG_0298.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHzhyphenhyphenBZ1ZEARyFIqovFQNUNbVQTCQo_riv7c7vhbpC0SkC4GVvn0ak2rkP7qGOi0ArCxNju7uDsGasxgoJTYZJXsEzDIAXO9IWD_0ZbQ6Hd2LEhu9pbZ_a87VwDfePatBhyphenhypheniLZ26YTq0n8/s320/IMG_0298.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539502751825710530" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The weather was so great (& warm) that Jacob's costume did not last long because he was hot!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsA-adlTpfBRDDIZQMaxHNvbkAKCcVAYFH0lQhyiaecIe7LHe85wfiPCIkZHCWFUw2IUvL3G-NS4jJ8rydhLSd7VN1bXXax2NqFpVNx6Qr-9aoY0u-T5v2AEaGpgYH9QyNa1vOiYc9uT3s/s1600/IMG_0308.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsA-adlTpfBRDDIZQMaxHNvbkAKCcVAYFH0lQhyiaecIe7LHe85wfiPCIkZHCWFUw2IUvL3G-NS4jJ8rydhLSd7VN1bXXax2NqFpVNx6Qr-9aoY0u-T5v2AEaGpgYH9QyNa1vOiYc9uT3s/s320/IMG_0308.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539502747652009762" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Logan wanted to make sure he was able to hang with the big boys!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGr0VhhdIjPjRlxbVazUZudP9OMhFIPZvI1TIipHzal6SqtxMn1kGunFceUjpvMffsVz9iRHycV24qC1nQaKlFFZqj17dXVpDb5HNhtm_YEjL4EFu7L3reXpmut_G3ukBzxaiguRuSz-jm/s1600/IMG_0307.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGr0VhhdIjPjRlxbVazUZudP9OMhFIPZvI1TIipHzal6SqtxMn1kGunFceUjpvMffsVz9iRHycV24qC1nQaKlFFZqj17dXVpDb5HNhtm_YEjL4EFu7L3reXpmut_G3ukBzxaiguRuSz-jm/s320/IMG_0307.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539502747456691330" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Jacob's class took a fun field trip to a farm nearby. We all had a great time (even the adults!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Kindergarten class 2010</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mrs Heslep & Mrs Garrieau</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaM3w6eXb1juTy-jtQhW8Ycc26vRcypl3jAzyVBHbdphFrIdsej3sA4QI1NWwV9-1gvfB_h_kgq0F8fqgADKDBWeot9JpDR9OKlvh6ygAdlNlAbnidKFeegLIDI7GTtHJ07KgA9Fa8sh5M/s1600/IMG_0432.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaM3w6eXb1juTy-jtQhW8Ycc26vRcypl3jAzyVBHbdphFrIdsej3sA4QI1NWwV9-1gvfB_h_kgq0F8fqgADKDBWeot9JpDR9OKlvh6ygAdlNlAbnidKFeegLIDI7GTtHJ07KgA9Fa8sh5M/s320/IMG_0432.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539502017704928706" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Milking a goat</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5OJt7oilrmCgrFsX3B5D3oekH8GNVJhZTbO5PfAceYiP15cYxIzrs59ow7yO2oFSnU_aGKJQ-Prn25VGMgk3l-D3EVwODPEkmVYs8h_xPg3EltUZY_U1TqEIlWE6gHrY2f8oazl2QXPmo/s1600/IMG_0377.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQarVhwjRagV2Juc5qw8bhbz0Bq2URPFo34RdzbeFECIBhLD-GcR-SrRbi6puNuvJf90HelqP3OFozB6PXGEfCnAdDgdOWyqHKhlgCbfA4vD2p9hoMU7O8k4DK3e1FLlad6FMpVx4PixUT/s320/IMG_0352.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539502006003184434" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Grooming a horse, Jacob did such a great job the horse fell asleep!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-vh3eEAmsZSNyiq_EmH5-TuI3E0kpFNsEtiymImxDQUPReACmguZvQCPAgUExTGT2gRZ0Tmu5KiYGf5n95SqRFmGam90SMJA4iWcSda2BUOgmxbRHAUUEo77T-gs0bu_uP50xlOfVUY2p/s1600/IMG_0337.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-vh3eEAmsZSNyiq_EmH5-TuI3E0kpFNsEtiymImxDQUPReACmguZvQCPAgUExTGT2gRZ0Tmu5KiYGf5n95SqRFmGam90SMJA4iWcSda2BUOgmxbRHAUUEo77T-gs0bu_uP50xlOfVUY2p/s320/IMG_0337.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539502006862896562" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A fun afternoon playing with the Platt boys at the park while they were in town</div><div style="text-align: center;">Joshua, Logan, Caleb & Jacob</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjj4GRO9Df0KgSz3eL9JbTeCzKUmAvkzdVvmis8cY8y-LT68zQA5_CMGsW1v612ZsjV5pvkRzheNwIYhC-Dhfj9ZTC78VwCt1I6kT96lyeEX_KBKZSb7SzTN60iHJ6950ZvuMz-LSxWz3r/s1600/IMG_0281.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjj4GRO9Df0KgSz3eL9JbTeCzKUmAvkzdVvmis8cY8y-LT68zQA5_CMGsW1v612ZsjV5pvkRzheNwIYhC-Dhfj9ZTC78VwCt1I6kT96lyeEX_KBKZSb7SzTN60iHJ6950ZvuMz-LSxWz3r/s320/IMG_0281.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539501302174622834" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Soccer 2010</div><div style="text-align: center;">End of year party, Jacob showing off his trophy</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSPNJDPLWLsdKOBPxug1xxGrmQ_00_lz6Gu9BipRMCsncRsu38EGmINnEVz_Ayjh0r6Fzf3QZ89g7esA6w1aAhxUbMIdUIk32Axb3xmZBW_pzHa9sorqAn3-gk4-C7SLcytgBdT30mZLry/s1600/IMG_0267.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSPNJDPLWLsdKOBPxug1xxGrmQ_00_lz6Gu9BipRMCsncRsu38EGmINnEVz_Ayjh0r6Fzf3QZ89g7esA6w1aAhxUbMIdUIk32Axb3xmZBW_pzHa9sorqAn3-gk4-C7SLcytgBdT30mZLry/s320/IMG_0267.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539501298956232338" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">No, although it looks like Jacob is kicking the little girl on the ground, he is not!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_nSN0X5aippBixSZfZHLQW-eDmEjtqESGp6xNNbCrAqN9mpWHszAXC9ZsKKcPGSOTPrR2-LKyeJlB50ZsQC16evm1kv6RqXh-8eHnR8dqsL6iunoBtZVTb1Eoj2ay5uMaVhdmPvpqwOk/s1600/IMG_0261.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_nSN0X5aippBixSZfZHLQW-eDmEjtqESGp6xNNbCrAqN9mpWHszAXC9ZsKKcPGSOTPrR2-LKyeJlB50ZsQC16evm1kv6RqXh-8eHnR8dqsL6iunoBtZVTb1Eoj2ay5uMaVhdmPvpqwOk/s320/IMG_0261.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539501292801683298" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Getting a little advice during half time from Coach (Daddy)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieEv8wY-OiB7tuSH7g3BskLVjIB7jL4jmU0uxPqU5r280Q8XdBEd7EbdxdOrf4uqQAtCSWbi2zDDwFuyJAlZhU24HkKMXOn-lEZYWgyNOiDYN5gamTC1_6K0nQ1P70OAEN5jq0BJGf2kr5/s1600/IMG_0257.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieEv8wY-OiB7tuSH7g3BskLVjIB7jL4jmU0uxPqU5r280Q8XdBEd7EbdxdOrf4uqQAtCSWbi2zDDwFuyJAlZhU24HkKMXOn-lEZYWgyNOiDYN5gamTC1_6K0nQ1P70OAEN5jq0BJGf2kr5/s320/IMG_0257.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539501287950965090" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq25hGJNBCTzCVWssF1y_4fNf1bQgOAtJulWZk_Oci3MxWKS5fKKKNJB0mRY9fxbe01gOJdruDGacFpwa54txVl_0oXT6IUwii5PQcn3TWhaRGgQ7BWewy6Y9nLsNUJ80uzD8E4EKNOODE/s1600/IMG_0259.jpg"></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq25hGJNBCTzCVWssF1y_4fNf1bQgOAtJulWZk_Oci3MxWKS5fKKKNJB0mRY9fxbe01gOJdruDGacFpwa54txVl_0oXT6IUwii5PQcn3TWhaRGgQ7BWewy6Y9nLsNUJ80uzD8E4EKNOODE/s1600/IMG_0259.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq25hGJNBCTzCVWssF1y_4fNf1bQgOAtJulWZk_Oci3MxWKS5fKKKNJB0mRY9fxbe01gOJdruDGacFpwa54txVl_0oXT6IUwii5PQcn3TWhaRGgQ7BWewy6Y9nLsNUJ80uzD8E4EKNOODE/s320/IMG_0259.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539501289636301154" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We have had a fun filled fall. These boys are growing like weeds and keeping us busy!</div><div style="text-align: center;">They are both at very fun ages (active!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">We are very excited about the arrival of baby boy #3 who does not have a name yet! Ok, so there are a FEW things we still have to do:)</div><div style="text-align: center;">We are thankful that so far this baby looks very healthy and should make his grand entrance anytime in the next 2 weeks. Can you imagine how long it will take me to post Christmas pictures this year!?!</div><br /></div>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14950552326488091415noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798002164486893839.post-74263628357307110962010-10-25T11:00:00.000-07:002010-10-25T11:06:17.508-07:00What Momma thought this was a good idea?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2G-qtc1_t1DlBRCd9ITbl9dJ0JOlt9BO6VxCuKAcSaWwnonwncQ44VZ0QcwM2hqjWK6VfQ0Fdaie7lr_wG57AbvvQdoQ5hJOIhm4JLdFlDi5d11Z6lLl6MMA1SM9HMBee4HGUiaCzkE8V/s1600/IMG_0279.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2G-qtc1_t1DlBRCd9ITbl9dJ0JOlt9BO6VxCuKAcSaWwnonwncQ44VZ0QcwM2hqjWK6VfQ0Fdaie7lr_wG57AbvvQdoQ5hJOIhm4JLdFlDi5d11Z6lLl6MMA1SM9HMBee4HGUiaCzkE8V/s320/IMG_0279.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532045697998541842" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">What you get when you let the kids have chocolate covered Halloween cinnamon twists for breakfast! At least there is a cute smile and pretty blue eyes under all that chocolate!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijjWmP3cXm_UflKEy5lmlrmuKEHNG2JrGoO-pD-jWsI8JosWxro7EPg4zpPLe47VP2V_HtgzTFDdnM3kHQNGfXDYVJ4BwxizrxViXRpv2XphEefmcYqIHcmhNbhNla1u3xS417anKQT7u5/s1600/IMG_0278.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijjWmP3cXm_UflKEy5lmlrmuKEHNG2JrGoO-pD-jWsI8JosWxro7EPg4zpPLe47VP2V_HtgzTFDdnM3kHQNGfXDYVJ4BwxizrxViXRpv2XphEefmcYqIHcmhNbhNla1u3xS417anKQT7u5/s320/IMG_0278.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532045692859893266" /></a>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14950552326488091415noreply@blogger.com0