tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514860956650008652024-03-18T20:29:18.152-07:00Imblersmyblondeboyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14290582744406172512noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51486095665000865.post-34072018889124521182009-07-31T14:23:00.001-07:002009-07-31T18:32:31.814-07:00A Tale of A Beach Romance<div style="text-align: center;">Yesterday the boys and I spent the afternoon at Solimar Beach with my friend Jen and her family. Jen and I met in birth class and have been great friends ever since. Luke and her daughter Olivia adore each other.<br /><br />Here's the story; Luke fell asleep on the way there and even slept for a couple hours when we got there. In the meantime this is what went down....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">- A Tale of A Beach Romance -</span><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jakey (a.k.a. Warrior Boy) immediately sheds all restricting clothing, grabs an oar and soaks in the sun plotting his attack...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdQfzjbfCUjN8WVe9r7-BXq4QPT0YjqB-jRu5wKul_fOsBfclTWuTAumg_6gFnntajseZKZqhCKTDPjgY2ZXF2LIoCgXuop9aMKc3DLrSy1JIKAefQZZrd16LAmN8TQN-BRJrRXrpE5vs/s1600-h/IMG_7449.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdQfzjbfCUjN8WVe9r7-BXq4QPT0YjqB-jRu5wKul_fOsBfclTWuTAumg_6gFnntajseZKZqhCKTDPjgY2ZXF2LIoCgXuop9aMKc3DLrSy1JIKAefQZZrd16LAmN8TQN-BRJrRXrpE5vs/s320/IMG_7449.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364740008362564354" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmtM00mVtyZKCQjj8U40BO8oisdo0SZWCstQHUHJwUkDyeTtrYzp6_cw-L8C4DzYYNtmBcXGFYV956XkyPB0ZkBVHpq4Kn1GlABRs0JdnNphTO5sdHnYIBiytPa0qnJB6E9vea2R5mKDo/s1600-h/IMG_7450.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmtM00mVtyZKCQjj8U40BO8oisdo0SZWCstQHUHJwUkDyeTtrYzp6_cw-L8C4DzYYNtmBcXGFYV956XkyPB0ZkBVHpq4Kn1GlABRs0JdnNphTO5sdHnYIBiytPa0qnJB6E9vea2R5mKDo/s320/IMG_7450.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364740149036597794" border="0" /></a>Closing in...<br />Me Warrior Boy, Me get girl!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNJU7XDMwkjX8C0sTLhEcXnYmop8RCxWp_iBSgGZybtlX8koO17oVivow-P0KVJgbM_jBvEtf8NbVQH_ZOQenuDvBw8YSaaBbmiHdMT0PLmTXPkVubFT2XZd3rQIipTrfQlL_532AbkU/s1600-h/IMG_7451.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNJU7XDMwkjX8C0sTLhEcXnYmop8RCxWp_iBSgGZybtlX8koO17oVivow-P0KVJgbM_jBvEtf8NbVQH_ZOQenuDvBw8YSaaBbmiHdMT0PLmTXPkVubFT2XZd3rQIipTrfQlL_532AbkU/s320/IMG_7451.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364740290190509954" border="0" /></a>Warrior stance.<br />Mission accomplished!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPTrE4_eGWLYog9nQDIsdzbNmFA1O6bfIMS0LR7DrNx36XAm3tTzdmqNpoZucwg_ZLkvsmLzGKiFuFCDEeAy4Obt9Ryhek4aV8fk0C53AR9heDR3J5bfDzw9Sj3ttriloRNpTilGXNrQ8/s1600-h/IMG_7454.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPTrE4_eGWLYog9nQDIsdzbNmFA1O6bfIMS0LR7DrNx36XAm3tTzdmqNpoZucwg_ZLkvsmLzGKiFuFCDEeAy4Obt9Ryhek4aV8fk0C53AR9heDR3J5bfDzw9Sj3ttriloRNpTilGXNrQ8/s320/IMG_7454.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364786579702157106" border="0" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">YES! Now for our quick getaway...<br />Kayak, check; brother's girlfriend, check; ill-fitting life vest, check!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3lJNUw7iTtEveZJKNVbShYDE3opEr9JoQPTgsNCwErF4TeBwOzkMBn5hmsaOQchIAEyqT752ejPJl-Lq9kI_pY36d1vVP244HfQBFMGP_91ibAakbU8hlqmkkX-YydHYopzWl9reEq0/s1600-h/IMG_7466.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3lJNUw7iTtEveZJKNVbShYDE3opEr9JoQPTgsNCwErF4TeBwOzkMBn5hmsaOQchIAEyqT752ejPJl-Lq9kI_pY36d1vVP244HfQBFMGP_91ibAakbU8hlqmkkX-YydHYopzWl9reEq0/s320/IMG_7466.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364788719089367666" border="0" /></a>Then...just before the ship set sail Prince Lukey awakes and sweeps into rescue his damsel in "distress". She is overjoyed to be reunited with her betrothed.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5B-cNjrZjaT8Z2b1FOxh2HBVKfT3tYPvP99UUC4JoVSAp3hJPEGuX_BrNaqNZiNG2WcD_6F0aHPIydDUjOwkreRJEWG9ZysjhC0C-t5Z9KK9EW2IV8aurILKICtY503B2JRq-UdG1Pgk/s1600-h/IMG_7467.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5B-cNjrZjaT8Z2b1FOxh2HBVKfT3tYPvP99UUC4JoVSAp3hJPEGuX_BrNaqNZiNG2WcD_6F0aHPIydDUjOwkreRJEWG9ZysjhC0C-t5Z9KK9EW2IV8aurILKICtY503B2JRq-UdG1Pgk/s320/IMG_7467.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364788959506421858" border="0" /></a>However Princess O's is a bit apprehensive when Prince Lukey decides the more the merrier and invites Warrior Boy to get dressed, abandon his pirating missions and live happily ever after with him and Princess O!<br />(as long as he get his own little lady)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikdEYAIkQmGxiAtiv0uy5Z1N-uHAb94hlx6zIg4ix4yxZhiQLfsPAts-nG7-ap0UXyC510AFHJAF0vRXxAIqxWhSsvKum-sovD-o1d4AcaKF2Q1fbfk832NzYwV-VTsb9hRJDgYmpnxcE/s1600-h/IMG_7429.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikdEYAIkQmGxiAtiv0uy5Z1N-uHAb94hlx6zIg4ix4yxZhiQLfsPAts-nG7-ap0UXyC510AFHJAF0vRXxAIqxWhSsvKum-sovD-o1d4AcaKF2Q1fbfk832NzYwV-VTsb9hRJDgYmpnxcE/s320/IMG_7429.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364739162442580402" border="0" /></a>Later Warrior boy changes his name to "King of Everything"!<br /><br />- The End -<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi4TvrVcXj1Waj3yDpUmxJErDCVlDHhGUpWvpb0v57LSTab_jvUwnYmnZE3HBoM8mcCI8XjIA_3Ok7I0lt0-DDvjb1IXO_EGm8vF_D54O9j0Mlnn0fRx-sh7_rMTt7R8Il3_oaCx7CSqk/s1600-h/IMG_7425.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi4TvrVcXj1Waj3yDpUmxJErDCVlDHhGUpWvpb0v57LSTab_jvUwnYmnZE3HBoM8mcCI8XjIA_3Ok7I0lt0-DDvjb1IXO_EGm8vF_D54O9j0Mlnn0fRx-sh7_rMTt7R8Il3_oaCx7CSqk/s320/IMG_7425.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364739720802184338" border="0" /></a>Jake found my plastic head band under the bathroom sink and wore it for the afternoon...even to the YMCA where he played in the nursery with Luke while I worked out.<br />I have to admit I think he pulls off the "Axle Rose look" nicely!<br /></div>myblondeboyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14290582744406172512noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51486095665000865.post-12484728507887505732009-07-18T16:21:00.000-07:002009-07-18T17:25:53.861-07:00Few more videos...<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw_fN9irtX5C3qqc5LDV33EZ3U3jSNbPm-64K5DvmykEkeNfxrsJDZIT7-MRUUpWKXNd-3vxhJE1n8U46Am' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzByTGVEjM0oShIW6P1grsq-J60xnz5C6mnR5OepeOmSyOeLCZ88zwY4dehOhUvqsyFs-lMg7PKJQzUkB-y' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>myblondeboyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14290582744406172512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51486095665000865.post-27389297729440596102009-07-15T13:01:00.001-07:002009-07-16T22:24:31.680-07:00Dentist & More...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLyhSYwqos5Gz1fx6wgMjLj7knfsoxKCxb1fDSyP2bxrW9Kyh5OB3VLYg2vlIB0yp7Gnp1LKSIEuiBJLpPjN09PBhqh0CZXtjDZixDmsn643NaeB75wDoOssxX6Wxq-ST-ZlpT-gEIrM4/s1600-h/IMG_7410.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLyhSYwqos5Gz1fx6wgMjLj7knfsoxKCxb1fDSyP2bxrW9Kyh5OB3VLYg2vlIB0yp7Gnp1LKSIEuiBJLpPjN09PBhqh0CZXtjDZixDmsn643NaeB75wDoOssxX6Wxq-ST-ZlpT-gEIrM4/s400/IMG_7410.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359290161565008258" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Jake has just been crackin' me up lately and luckily I've been able<br />to catch some of these funny moments on "film". Plus he's gotten SOOOO cute!<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Disclaimer: this post is not intended to show favoritism toward one Imbler boy or the other...some posts just end up that way!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHKWo4D2YJzPCpA9wAV8Hono5sDZg0k1OvYjoRtNrnJ2fBJJaWwoDNNh962zgGGaFBc7kUKQA8XR7eObQpHfRpFyXOzFGbArnKc_XJ5zpigdMqJoeU_MBJpfUbiPvi7d1qE0n1rV39eqA/s1600-h/IMG_7404.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHKWo4D2YJzPCpA9wAV8Hono5sDZg0k1OvYjoRtNrnJ2fBJJaWwoDNNh962zgGGaFBc7kUKQA8XR7eObQpHfRpFyXOzFGbArnKc_XJ5zpigdMqJoeU_MBJpfUbiPvi7d1qE0n1rV39eqA/s320/IMG_7404.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359290379621742594" border="0" /></a></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitYdTU5hpdU-KP_rNoQ2v6jNpdu7EbS-OjN_2H7z6rHGV_6qIMP01s8DGVcMX9Mc2bDdoMgSCjMMEeu9TpycxDIKjABdwpNF1K7I9K0bia65eaFIMP8jryFB6IyY2E9iGl1SXHcgDDmXE/s1600-h/IMG_7401.JPG"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dynpfV3XCs6tQAUkHBOc2D1IbVD7MY_AdUijhYEBPVh3H9tdyYONDID0_C_ANlfO9_kZw4KCD0uddUvgTE' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">SHINY TEETH! </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our little men were ideal patients at the dentist this week. Since his visit Luke has brushed his teeth about 20x/day; Jake is less diligent! They couldn't have been better...minus the Goldfish crackers Jake had a death grip on and wouldn't let me have before he got into the chair. I don't think the dentist ever did get all those fishies out of his teeth!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz84GvGUPsOOOZJiJobYdKzKSe3Y7hYJ3frCBMzpevuHhg5nLN7TrMfGvIWDk7yQL_Pi_cIWj7PJ1i-ch7Lsud-I_zCU6TbVuqgTTY7pOmkTokSWgLpn0xEMMIz4tDI4devvMpA_jt6hU/s1600-h/IMG_7373.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz84GvGUPsOOOZJiJobYdKzKSe3Y7hYJ3frCBMzpevuHhg5nLN7TrMfGvIWDk7yQL_Pi_cIWj7PJ1i-ch7Lsud-I_zCU6TbVuqgTTY7pOmkTokSWgLpn0xEMMIz4tDI4devvMpA_jt6hU/s320/IMG_7373.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358781629611577954" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP-EB5viJy-owB_V_KmiysebbzfkOTlImtXy99g09C3Eq-_icVc5K_xtCigYHbB1H4UmlcTHflB_ou-oSfS3iA7B9uXjfmKSlZNYP1GS1_P1JCfBnwkO2wsIYvmrX0qV11gZcBun7x8S0/s1600-h/IMG_7396.JPG">You can't exactly tell in this picture below but Luke was staring at the dentist almost longingly like "SO, how do they look? Please tell me you love my teeth and I don't have any cavities...<br />like mommy!!"</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP-EB5viJy-owB_V_KmiysebbzfkOTlImtXy99g09C3Eq-_icVc5K_xtCigYHbB1H4UmlcTHflB_ou-oSfS3iA7B9uXjfmKSlZNYP1GS1_P1JCfBnwkO2wsIYvmrX0qV11gZcBun7x8S0/s1600-h/IMG_7396.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP-EB5viJy-owB_V_KmiysebbzfkOTlImtXy99g09C3Eq-_icVc5K_xtCigYHbB1H4UmlcTHflB_ou-oSfS3iA7B9uXjfmKSlZNYP1GS1_P1JCfBnwkO2wsIYvmrX0qV11gZcBun7x8S0/s320/IMG_7396.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359290589684754450" border="0" /></a></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitYdTU5hpdU-KP_rNoQ2v6jNpdu7EbS-OjN_2H7z6rHGV_6qIMP01s8DGVcMX9Mc2bDdoMgSCjMMEeu9TpycxDIKjABdwpNF1K7I9K0bia65eaFIMP8jryFB6IyY2E9iGl1SXHcgDDmXE/s1600-h/IMG_7401.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48oYcejKugLfEr-vJImVh60quuy47GSw8lb9dmqn0eeS4L9ddLjXUb9FgtinH1s__fOH7bl7PNIU_LsTMZ-22sI57i5uLYC5smTlNhiMfLsXiU6KbTbYphUDfT1WTrjyQlFmJ46yXweM/s1600-h/IMG_7391.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48oYcejKugLfEr-vJImVh60quuy47GSw8lb9dmqn0eeS4L9ddLjXUb9FgtinH1s__fOH7bl7PNIU_LsTMZ-22sI57i5uLYC5smTlNhiMfLsXiU6KbTbYphUDfT1WTrjyQlFmJ46yXweM/s320/IMG_7391.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358779953975685378" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48oYcejKugLfEr-vJImVh60quuy47GSw8lb9dmqn0eeS4L9ddLjXUb9FgtinH1s__fOH7bl7PNIU_LsTMZ-22sI57i5uLYC5smTlNhiMfLsXiU6KbTbYphUDfT1WTrjyQlFmJ46yXweM/s1600-h/IMG_7391.JPG">First time at the dentist and this kid was a trooper! And looked cool doing it!</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitYdTU5hpdU-KP_rNoQ2v6jNpdu7EbS-OjN_2H7z6rHGV_6qIMP01s8DGVcMX9Mc2bDdoMgSCjMMEeu9TpycxDIKjABdwpNF1K7I9K0bia65eaFIMP8jryFB6IyY2E9iGl1SXHcgDDmXE/s1600-h/IMG_7401.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitYdTU5hpdU-KP_rNoQ2v6jNpdu7EbS-OjN_2H7z6rHGV_6qIMP01s8DGVcMX9Mc2bDdoMgSCjMMEeu9TpycxDIKjABdwpNF1K7I9K0bia65eaFIMP8jryFB6IyY2E9iGl1SXHcgDDmXE/s320/IMG_7401.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358780046501331442" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitYdTU5hpdU-KP_rNoQ2v6jNpdu7EbS-OjN_2H7z6rHGV_6qIMP01s8DGVcMX9Mc2bDdoMgSCjMMEeu9TpycxDIKjABdwpNF1K7I9K0bia65eaFIMP8jryFB6IyY2E9iGl1SXHcgDDmXE/s1600-h/IMG_7401.JPG">And then the "cool factor" subsided a bit when Jake found a new use for these superhero stickers! The stickers actually made their way to his eyelids but unfortunately by then I didn't get a picture because I was driving. You can always rely on Jake for a good laugh! Love that kid!</a><br /></div>myblondeboyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14290582744406172512noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51486095665000865.post-48828999092066499942009-07-05T14:16:00.000-07:002009-07-05T14:49:27.746-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM9FNzPzAfy59MeCRw9RFN9SPvsjCaZAbzcre0sM8811N_W-xlhp8K4q-8_7fUjNP-5cJTy7CvdpEsP4ZhgqFO2Sfz2CqDrnZAUATNCclxz73htujLm9CBDLxZQhu1WfNgIzHnPSqpjA0/s1600-h/IMG_7324.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 245px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM9FNzPzAfy59MeCRw9RFN9SPvsjCaZAbzcre0sM8811N_W-xlhp8K4q-8_7fUjNP-5cJTy7CvdpEsP4ZhgqFO2Sfz2CqDrnZAUATNCclxz73htujLm9CBDLxZQhu1WfNgIzHnPSqpjA0/s400/IMG_7324.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355093174058311202" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Fourth</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">of </span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;">July</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">!</span></span><br />We had a great day going to the kids parade downtown, BBQ'ng with Lawlers and ending the night with friends watching fireworks at our house.<br /><br />Unfortunately I must have ordered the "extra-smoke sparklers"! After a dozen or so sparklers the entire backyard was filled with smoke and we were all practically gaging so we resorted to enjoying the more serene and festive glow-sticks! The kids were just as happy!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIO7Kv5GiT1kvyFWKbfieFz-R6s8gHxFnSBeZgdh2PHux2PXziJGWKnQgcS7ZNN33mRwyRG2wxLFYRaNWiMnTi1CW5b4_xyDfY0HIhhnoykq8cCXohdVVSp6GGPljVM2GEiOkgdhC-s0E/s1600-h/IMG_7325.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIO7Kv5GiT1kvyFWKbfieFz-R6s8gHxFnSBeZgdh2PHux2PXziJGWKnQgcS7ZNN33mRwyRG2wxLFYRaNWiMnTi1CW5b4_xyDfY0HIhhnoykq8cCXohdVVSp6GGPljVM2GEiOkgdhC-s0E/s320/IMG_7325.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355092960070884210" border="0" /></a>Think he's impressed? Which one you ask?<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1yGpLt_a_RP3Nf7efOhTGQBtCvzGJiGhmMoc0pWKrKRyuiM7gpiVS5Qumh7mWcTjthT2ZXBylqRjahl9PchKljBbu1ygIpsTLedhHtBjWIhfrBDyaiB97PLERo7Rz93NmgQWd9gJDl4A/s1600-h/IMG_7337.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1yGpLt_a_RP3Nf7efOhTGQBtCvzGJiGhmMoc0pWKrKRyuiM7gpiVS5Qumh7mWcTjthT2ZXBylqRjahl9PchKljBbu1ygIpsTLedhHtBjWIhfrBDyaiB97PLERo7Rz93NmgQWd9gJDl4A/s320/IMG_7337.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355092876886688370" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUA5MsHhkLP0d8RAAOwidMA-Lvpo0Vd8pWoWnbxCtWI2bfC_pu-ujGPkmQfs6AIdTAA5I50dPpNYtqi0REwcuJcjQGLQOmUnj-9isgoPt3UI3sqzIXLkj9csV73tOHmgSr4yYHrc1UO2w/s1600-h/IMG_7318.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUA5MsHhkLP0d8RAAOwidMA-Lvpo0Vd8pWoWnbxCtWI2bfC_pu-ujGPkmQfs6AIdTAA5I50dPpNYtqi0REwcuJcjQGLQOmUnj-9isgoPt3UI3sqzIXLkj9csV73tOHmgSr4yYHrc1UO2w/s320/IMG_7318.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355092371205281202" border="0" /></a>Oh, look the little "sleeping family ham" and his side kick 'Giggles'...aka...Lukey!<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"> About 10 minutes after this picture was taken Jake was sound asleep. But I was glad they both lasted for the fireworks!<br /></span><br />Swim Lessons!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEvOr6CrC-5uBWElvFbi1AT5TRVb5OuDRU979c9CXaTYH9bVdVqaCtraRjQfFFmF7tcHcUX4KyQe4ENSAC9UeSrtAaBhH1eIxPAJ9On6sNik65KCfwC-So8XxIZxMxx6Ngly5ksrHy938/s1600-h/IMG_7155.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEvOr6CrC-5uBWElvFbi1AT5TRVb5OuDRU979c9CXaTYH9bVdVqaCtraRjQfFFmF7tcHcUX4KyQe4ENSAC9UeSrtAaBhH1eIxPAJ9On6sNik65KCfwC-So8XxIZxMxx6Ngly5ksrHy938/s320/IMG_7155.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355092201022393666" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvGXJ3sAzjp1IosmVAhwyqaQ__5_SwQQo7CWOAza0s_PE5NsMGBOQDmA6WlXm170HS-iG6p9y-L1-3fHz4Z4XWCxCxcUAi3K1F9FjAzys8WOPDjcQjFIOP_pjvF-vwXoDwlgfcBnfPjHM/s1600-h/IMG_7151.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvGXJ3sAzjp1IosmVAhwyqaQ__5_SwQQo7CWOAza0s_PE5NsMGBOQDmA6WlXm170HS-iG6p9y-L1-3fHz4Z4XWCxCxcUAi3K1F9FjAzys8WOPDjcQjFIOP_pjvF-vwXoDwlgfcBnfPjHM/s320/IMG_7151.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355091392537547618" border="0" /></a>Like most kids Luke loves the water. He dives for things, jumps off the diving board, floats on his back and is getting down the strokes and kicks too! He's taking lessons for 5 weeks, 2x/wk with a private instructor...and two of his new friends.<br />Best part I don't even have to get wet!!<br />Fun, Fun!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT6CE7TFzl0HVnPEm8TSM9Hi0H0-lObHZPBIPBXgBWj8AwYjGuwEWd1awtRjRtTqQBwJJt2SVPXO1Di3y0IqiVw4FXiebweeWWZYWGlBnT3dOQJ17wOyEMHA_G8ejKAAyUCtotFRHLHc4/s1600-h/IMG_7174.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT6CE7TFzl0HVnPEm8TSM9Hi0H0-lObHZPBIPBXgBWj8AwYjGuwEWd1awtRjRtTqQBwJJt2SVPXO1Di3y0IqiVw4FXiebweeWWZYWGlBnT3dOQJ17wOyEMHA_G8ejKAAyUCtotFRHLHc4/s320/IMG_7174.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355090447477410002" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> Jake's "NOOOO" expression! </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">I guess he didn't want his picture taken.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGG5zkQmZ3_cnQutsrx-NpDd8KtUPEj_o84a6sYA8julKOyesS4Kpu6-4Nu2eS5TMN4UBGrMF-RaS4aGTEshbW3IXYFKvjJ3qBqUPX8uE4e0HYNLfx2YMxJBiOHoEAyAv0nachhuGjbtY/s1600-h/IMG_7170.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGG5zkQmZ3_cnQutsrx-NpDd8KtUPEj_o84a6sYA8julKOyesS4Kpu6-4Nu2eS5TMN4UBGrMF-RaS4aGTEshbW3IXYFKvjJ3qBqUPX8uE4e0HYNLfx2YMxJBiOHoEAyAv0nachhuGjbtY/s200/IMG_7170.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355090749359407394" border="0" /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">and his other sensitive side...<br /></span></a></div>myblondeboyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14290582744406172512noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51486095665000865.post-78274261928393699372009-06-07T22:05:00.000-07:002009-06-07T22:09:18.839-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL2Sz5a9G_VEN4APWmVoMjt9dKZse3X1vC3Rnq0u87dO9UUTOjiRY1EWuEBZSLaGm-yA7wSgvR7a-LUoY7ysEn8AdowAGfT4In3H16yg7HJuhAOG95nsZvZhqLt0uhRY8TptSr_ifMTtk/s1600-h/IMG_6925.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL2Sz5a9G_VEN4APWmVoMjt9dKZse3X1vC3Rnq0u87dO9UUTOjiRY1EWuEBZSLaGm-yA7wSgvR7a-LUoY7ysEn8AdowAGfT4In3H16yg7HJuhAOG95nsZvZhqLt0uhRY8TptSr_ifMTtk/s400/IMG_6925.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344818943919263122" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Yes, I'm saying it...are these not the sweetest & most beautiful little boys you've ever seen!!?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8SsfUxSL2_U81qTqgzjPO-t5BALWgfmoNIcWR9Ie_2waAwp6rvxHneOwRqWvo0m5Ojk-vqvX2gXShQWlidGCtdd651P4nO2ChbSufyZfGACcmNU3aFiNMNkgSuRDivW7qWJNirC7qMSE/s1600-h/IMG_6920.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8SsfUxSL2_U81qTqgzjPO-t5BALWgfmoNIcWR9Ie_2waAwp6rvxHneOwRqWvo0m5Ojk-vqvX2gXShQWlidGCtdd651P4nO2ChbSufyZfGACcmNU3aFiNMNkgSuRDivW7qWJNirC7qMSE/s320/IMG_6920.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344819086147053298" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw-PBe3k-Qvu0JP7ANzMYhW8NvQZZm7wUoXP_Z9htqDyWAnPWSJrrP4C7WmPFz4TNFHzX9C1H8lFp7WZarSOcvVqww1S1RV8BumyhVUxYN7YtecQOswYT-XgcH5wOZCkL2QTgLqXdl1DU/s1600-h/IMG_6933.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw-PBe3k-Qvu0JP7ANzMYhW8NvQZZm7wUoXP_Z9htqDyWAnPWSJrrP4C7WmPFz4TNFHzX9C1H8lFp7WZarSOcvVqww1S1RV8BumyhVUxYN7YtecQOswYT-XgcH5wOZCkL2QTgLqXdl1DU/s320/IMG_6933.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344819411661437810" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div>myblondeboyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14290582744406172512noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51486095665000865.post-60001192097550589472009-06-02T09:35:00.000-07:002009-06-02T09:37:27.777-07:00I LOVE the Ferris Wheel!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_21ucIzD3Cdcabb-26xdjbItp6COVg_8Qgm_AA7h2ttmjg0CeZdJdIfZD24RU_QiSIDZm13fc-aXUsrLhNVE79vlgELJ4jDrWv9NL1136sem58aKw4rLpSNf0xb_jXA85AMBYP_Azss/s1600-h/IMG_6871.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_21ucIzD3Cdcabb-26xdjbItp6COVg_8Qgm_AA7h2ttmjg0CeZdJdIfZD24RU_QiSIDZm13fc-aXUsrLhNVE79vlgELJ4jDrWv9NL1136sem58aKw4rLpSNf0xb_jXA85AMBYP_Azss/s400/IMG_6871.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342769940030684066" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And this is even before our "car" starting swinging!!!!<br /></div>myblondeboyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14290582744406172512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51486095665000865.post-70655940102487883802009-05-18T10:08:00.000-07:002009-05-18T21:14:52.776-07:00Budding Artists<div style="text-align: center;">Nothin' like a little painting followed by dressing up in mom's<br />heels to get the creative juices flowin'!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8mbO-pEnChqk3GVMHSbVRy1MCOiXYPhA0ngbK8ots9LwtAPnZctzpIorJFrFlIRJPOUD-nz4Z6fDCUc0CiJvzUdMGR2aMIKhY5ajuBPfP0rx50fSb5irod5ZY4PgrW9GV6Q09WVIbFRU/s1600-h/IMG_6821.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjniA3OXnY7XtbKhxU6y2Ff5XxQYZ4je8GMJX2EhHToeXjZ7E3zHDRHxXcpXWpYcj4vxhOHozzjHbHxejKkhQfx998luH4bCTJ6MbN3d8pqye6WrElrhM84Nnv0LIDTOi0ReCdDIO54A6s/s320/IMG_6814.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337212919648543986" border="0" />Check out this cute video below...</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjniA3OXnY7XtbKhxU6y2Ff5XxQYZ4je8GMJX2EhHToeXjZ7E3zHDRHxXcpXWpYcj4vxhOHozzjHbHxejKkhQfx998luH4bCTJ6MbN3d8pqye6WrElrhM84Nnv0LIDTOi0ReCdDIO54A6s/s1600-h/IMG_6814.JPG">This is how I feel walking in heels these days too...especially since I only wear heels about once every two months! Jakey doesn't do too bad for his first (ok, second) time!</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbX-NjFGxdpANAs22YmBUV6g95bTx6zfz6FnCs0XV4ZVj4PF30CoKNAy5C_vXCwkIQpp1HqxzgKqogEelpbYE9gm6ct0IH-2KvrwOyZCGj9Q93reOpKNoubY-TaXJChJhLsbRaMqGGJQI/s1600-h/IMG_6812.JPG"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw4NYwJtKm4Atq4EhvTss68RVwH2dRQug8m39AiF2H1J3w05XoR3JkNu-H7D4LRF56TLQcGmJz_LW6LRfdC' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8M-sKCLOyqgrUYWbPLvPGWkciRFQ04_-daltI99qiT-s5uP4rRljz_RwJpQmPuZwGj-OqV50_nPkLgreN9z_Z3y69C9NhNtReLluqZhZnaH9q51CVbrhN3goJKegytEOGJS0tdsE-70/s1600-h/IMG_6816.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8M-sKCLOyqgrUYWbPLvPGWkciRFQ04_-daltI99qiT-s5uP4rRljz_RwJpQmPuZwGj-OqV50_nPkLgreN9z_Z3y69C9NhNtReLluqZhZnaH9q51CVbrhN3goJKegytEOGJS0tdsE-70/s320/IMG_6816.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337213107060326530" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8M-sKCLOyqgrUYWbPLvPGWkciRFQ04_-daltI99qiT-s5uP4rRljz_RwJpQmPuZwGj-OqV50_nPkLgreN9z_Z3y69C9NhNtReLluqZhZnaH9q51CVbrhN3goJKegytEOGJS0tdsE-70/s1600-h/IMG_6816.JPG">At the local arcade/carousel!</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDyAOO9Y-5nRxRs6yoavWrtT15URMk0Ky6vqtBGUGPpqdbwi4PRn5nvHBP-KjcUS-9k7J5Cf2Bb-V1mNnXJfkxGyQfK82tQnDXRAArc0zpnwdBiMFPrTcFmrZHDQZ64jgeOz3w9Er1VFM/s1600-h/IMG_7437_1-1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDyAOO9Y-5nRxRs6yoavWrtT15URMk0Ky6vqtBGUGPpqdbwi4PRn5nvHBP-KjcUS-9k7J5Cf2Bb-V1mNnXJfkxGyQfK82tQnDXRAArc0zpnwdBiMFPrTcFmrZHDQZ64jgeOz3w9Er1VFM/s320/IMG_7437_1-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337213281209354418" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDyAOO9Y-5nRxRs6yoavWrtT15URMk0Ky6vqtBGUGPpqdbwi4PRn5nvHBP-KjcUS-9k7J5Cf2Bb-V1mNnXJfkxGyQfK82tQnDXRAArc0zpnwdBiMFPrTcFmrZHDQZ64jgeOz3w9Er1VFM/s1600-h/IMG_7437_1-1.JPG">My new tattoo!!...the Lord is my strength, foundation and anchor! </a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDyAOO9Y-5nRxRs6yoavWrtT15URMk0Ky6vqtBGUGPpqdbwi4PRn5nvHBP-KjcUS-9k7J5Cf2Bb-V1mNnXJfkxGyQfK82tQnDXRAArc0zpnwdBiMFPrTcFmrZHDQZ64jgeOz3w9Er1VFM/s1600-h/IMG_7437_1-1.JPG">The only true constant in my life!</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbX-NjFGxdpANAs22YmBUV6g95bTx6zfz6FnCs0XV4ZVj4PF30CoKNAy5C_vXCwkIQpp1HqxzgKqogEelpbYE9gm6ct0IH-2KvrwOyZCGj9Q93reOpKNoubY-TaXJChJhLsbRaMqGGJQI/s1600-h/IMG_6812.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbX-NjFGxdpANAs22YmBUV6g95bTx6zfz6FnCs0XV4ZVj4PF30CoKNAy5C_vXCwkIQpp1HqxzgKqogEelpbYE9gm6ct0IH-2KvrwOyZCGj9Q93reOpKNoubY-TaXJChJhLsbRaMqGGJQI/s320/IMG_6812.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337213790037495314" border="0" /></a></div>myblondeboyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14290582744406172512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51486095665000865.post-57389930977553643942009-04-24T19:23:00.000-07:002009-04-24T19:35:09.382-07:00We could all use more sleep in this house!<div style="text-align: center;">If they'd nap during the day we wouldn't have these issues...like yesterday afternoon. We were just about to head out about 5:30, I was on the phone and the next thing I see is Luke out...WITH his backpack on and THREE pair of underwear inside which he insisted on brining to a sleepover at Nani's house . Don't ask me why!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9dJG2Kk2jIR_-k_s_YuvP8rfiCITemypxQhAInW8egKRp10G6NSVd-pkZekNseHWP1HU_0i93IFykWEEtLu3c3AqP2x_Ez3Rr0xRUe5zvFNdhP1LvkESAjxjSHB7jX7aa8bDP-lRahyY/s1600-h/IMG_6787.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9dJG2Kk2jIR_-k_s_YuvP8rfiCITemypxQhAInW8egKRp10G6NSVd-pkZekNseHWP1HU_0i93IFykWEEtLu3c3AqP2x_Ez3Rr0xRUe5zvFNdhP1LvkESAjxjSHB7jX7aa8bDP-lRahyY/s320/IMG_6787.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328450007268721826" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Today Jakey refused a nap but around 6pm sleep got the best of him.<br /><br /></div></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwNgLYym_tR8R00s1c-DfdAxZsROKYj70HDndkWPiMD4KPyBM7qeF2YnjtUNutnns5rxf5K5RwhmqZ7OaEY' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>myblondeboyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14290582744406172512noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51486095665000865.post-83267384711084956982009-04-23T21:43:00.001-07:002009-04-23T22:03:34.195-07:00Bradley's Birthday!<div style="text-align: center;">We celebrated Brad's 35th birthday on the April 21st with pizza, homemade party hats (I KNOW, they look store bought, huh?!), carrot cake (his fav), balloons, a few decorations and a lot of love.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibDYPiKdGvRfxr2d46cDyP0uxPpZ4gdbM1QXLuIAlzQicQtcZrJw9r7cGVa2q0eAw-uO-4boWAL1nLPxwvfT6viKDdZwz7N8S4PBgRgX8rzcZQ3FkUFS4aAlFiaKPHpea2tMJgFMySZnc/s1600-h/IMG_6744.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibDYPiKdGvRfxr2d46cDyP0uxPpZ4gdbM1QXLuIAlzQicQtcZrJw9r7cGVa2q0eAw-uO-4boWAL1nLPxwvfT6viKDdZwz7N8S4PBgRgX8rzcZQ3FkUFS4aAlFiaKPHpea2tMJgFMySZnc/s320/IMG_6744.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328115793489613954" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzOrpw-3eqbX8DJqpmET5AZAilkOs0nk8420LN7qbFZKIWoG919FdM8_HGZjTMFvZTWRFl1nkmgx1Fgh7mDBENC8sxMwkFK0W8WiXCIS2L1nHhJEVGkA_kFXz2Y22aJY5nkT6gGiTuV5I/s1600-h/IMG_6753.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzOrpw-3eqbX8DJqpmET5AZAilkOs0nk8420LN7qbFZKIWoG919FdM8_HGZjTMFvZTWRFl1nkmgx1Fgh7mDBENC8sxMwkFK0W8WiXCIS2L1nHhJEVGkA_kFXz2Y22aJY5nkT6gGiTuV5I/s320/IMG_6753.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328115630055986450" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgihs8gLqs5NZvRA6yCoIKkHfhpap7zGqkAwdVwgd6B1Q22DTjzoxVFvNMkWvqLmYG47h0FA_ASJpsH3p8ed33VcWd4BWOV01rlQOrasF_h1ylgHrBQtn38EFt2kOwTQj9KfPqDNxjMP1A/s1600-h/IMG_6754.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgihs8gLqs5NZvRA6yCoIKkHfhpap7zGqkAwdVwgd6B1Q22DTjzoxVFvNMkWvqLmYG47h0FA_ASJpsH3p8ed33VcWd4BWOV01rlQOrasF_h1ylgHrBQtn38EFt2kOwTQj9KfPqDNxjMP1A/s320/IMG_6754.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328115360146252578" border="0" /></a><br />We e-mail Brad this pic earlier in the day to let him know we think he's pretty super!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPt9QF_LpSgTPmjVmDjafAFxHugiku5a2r6IIfpdlVLKtWlbWGNivlAOsgVftjVW43ab_yU8VXlrr2jRfXayLBUFkFUO_ykuePkflj94HSZQo1a8Iib_BZgqcrQJVirL7yOOdkFGrz4zE/s1600-h/IMG_6742.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPt9QF_LpSgTPmjVmDjafAFxHugiku5a2r6IIfpdlVLKtWlbWGNivlAOsgVftjVW43ab_yU8VXlrr2jRfXayLBUFkFUO_ykuePkflj94HSZQo1a8Iib_BZgqcrQJVirL7yOOdkFGrz4zE/s320/IMG_6742.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328118768358159634" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7NZesXKpIGc5SpvN2pm9MHwKPfDnh-XrAy-aS5tlnCS0zYx_W-3luT8gs372_ChXJzxxAQQOHbQS4OkzOIvxOBeDVoZO99PjPRSK5IfsA2wUGWFuGKN2uwuQq4AxiA3Ao9Zu_bgItZQ/s1600-h/IMG_6747.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7NZesXKpIGc5SpvN2pm9MHwKPfDnh-XrAy-aS5tlnCS0zYx_W-3luT8gs372_ChXJzxxAQQOHbQS4OkzOIvxOBeDVoZO99PjPRSK5IfsA2wUGWFuGKN2uwuQq4AxiA3Ao9Zu_bgItZQ/s320/IMG_6747.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328116596501019714" border="0" /></a>Luke and I made a "#1 Super Dad" medal for Brad along with some Shrinky Dink keychains..."#1 Super Dad" and "#1 Husband" (you can't BUY stuff that good!!).<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3mPxb_SjJ0NXFqzXuVGJ3icJZ0TdjeoU7sqP-37MP33DBObnmUx1CDkamR2FefRa9ThoMXFuElyUZZPTcRShwtZ21M1Rp9SzHOMBKnR1xrn6Kp7V27PwjVNxy5aiV4S9NE-hxjpV6JKk/s1600-h/IMG_6743.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3mPxb_SjJ0NXFqzXuVGJ3icJZ0TdjeoU7sqP-37MP33DBObnmUx1CDkamR2FefRa9ThoMXFuElyUZZPTcRShwtZ21M1Rp9SzHOMBKnR1xrn6Kp7V27PwjVNxy5aiV4S9NE-hxjpV6JKk/s320/IMG_6743.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328116281909688578" border="0" /></a>Jakey was more interested in sucking the frosting off the ends of the candles to really care about much of anything! Look at that face!</div>myblondeboyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14290582744406172512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51486095665000865.post-15626012962671173172009-04-23T21:27:00.000-07:002009-04-23T21:42:29.751-07:00After dinner activities...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkuAotFGvicP_XkbBDtAOaZLsODS2-4UTdOeJZiQRTFo6S5lwqQdX5p-8cnzR_qtWBzMA32KSDSWw21R-b89K-PSdflv_ryztTkGfTGkww77_N0fYOYP2XPxQY7Jr54qifFdl_d83n02I/s1600-h/IMG_6756.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkuAotFGvicP_XkbBDtAOaZLsODS2-4UTdOeJZiQRTFo6S5lwqQdX5p-8cnzR_qtWBzMA32KSDSWw21R-b89K-PSdflv_ryztTkGfTGkww77_N0fYOYP2XPxQY7Jr54qifFdl_d83n02I/s320/IMG_6756.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328111907014058402" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br />I'm considering not feeding my children dinner anymore. For some reason after dinner "their" witching hour is in full affect! I promise I'm providing them a balanced meal and not a plateful of sugar! Anyways, here are pics of the fun "we" had last night. As you can see they have found creative uses for the toy grocery cart and couch...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJZ_V6Uh1w3FE1CXKZtm-uDZocUQID80xm6MwwqlUmYBl8EafucFRvEKj1OtUovBxLSxD7KQkW3ZX5V04EDmjN5xmT1hYVrYF7H6D1PpdJbLBxP6mEOE-nZtbYxhEP7BV_GPgTIWR9ljA/s1600-h/IMG_6759.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJZ_V6Uh1w3FE1CXKZtm-uDZocUQID80xm6MwwqlUmYBl8EafucFRvEKj1OtUovBxLSxD7KQkW3ZX5V04EDmjN5xmT1hYVrYF7H6D1PpdJbLBxP6mEOE-nZtbYxhEP7BV_GPgTIWR9ljA/s200/IMG_6759.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328111702714782050" border="0" /></a>This is the life!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW7QDnRaawClL2VMqkOq1egOJG4hkJUL2x28zMX4OElB4FyNqTDZeQTE416ZX0Q1SorqBUmu9-OCznL2RykQGo8B-ugxcpaCM4NddaGbn6Rm6EsbW5Zgojy9yZnwy50owNN3yVXltWs-w/s1600-h/IMG_6768.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW7QDnRaawClL2VMqkOq1egOJG4hkJUL2x28zMX4OElB4FyNqTDZeQTE416ZX0Q1SorqBUmu9-OCznL2RykQGo8B-ugxcpaCM4NddaGbn6Rm6EsbW5Zgojy9yZnwy50owNN3yVXltWs-w/s320/IMG_6768.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328112121783861522" border="0" /></a>Future World's Strongest Man...look at that leverage!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdn0j1CxULo4LC3r2XaGqoH62yFTOWud6RDdr3Hz9X379n5d44-L0UMsFYkaXwg3SJKfPJsRR3ngdiJpw_aTrt2-FuPNF1iRh5h_Tfv_GNcBwG6tmAFd9zlsc5QJYGLrSLImBIg2kwceE/s1600-h/IMG_6781.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdn0j1CxULo4LC3r2XaGqoH62yFTOWud6RDdr3Hz9X379n5d44-L0UMsFYkaXwg3SJKfPJsRR3ngdiJpw_aTrt2-FuPNF1iRh5h_Tfv_GNcBwG6tmAFd9zlsc5QJYGLrSLImBIg2kwceE/s320/IMG_6781.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328113058724938770" border="0" /></a>OR...Future Olympic Diver!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-x5H9MBcioNata2utsHMmjgsb3dlb-eePrQZwrTxuKNzybvkm_Rv-Zi4cJrNEy0FdiTcJaJzmhllpA9Z2DnjfDZLgNMx5t2GP8Lwp8Y1QJNKJyXM_rCDHdP4rrilsWDtenAnDDmDVlok/s1600-h/IMG_6780.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-x5H9MBcioNata2utsHMmjgsb3dlb-eePrQZwrTxuKNzybvkm_Rv-Zi4cJrNEy0FdiTcJaJzmhllpA9Z2DnjfDZLgNMx5t2GP8Lwp8Y1QJNKJyXM_rCDHdP4rrilsWDtenAnDDmDVlok/s320/IMG_6780.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328112567094582274" border="0" /></a>AND...our future astronaut...<br />One big step for man and a giant leap for mankind!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>myblondeboyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14290582744406172512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51486095665000865.post-44327057110798512962009-04-16T21:32:00.000-07:002009-04-16T21:41:23.352-07:00Easter & 'the cruiser'<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSYZU-e50pZUbiRgIQ06_-uTsI7VWctOMvK0aibCGJ3u9PJAD0XFDIw5yT271ZYD3k5DWGif11-B91FPf-0raDO-E-2MeQbW23DH9hjUBK90rj4NeWakYkZxg01VsbukTBRs99hkRX3LQ/s1600-h/IMG_6675.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSYZU-e50pZUbiRgIQ06_-uTsI7VWctOMvK0aibCGJ3u9PJAD0XFDIw5yT271ZYD3k5DWGif11-B91FPf-0raDO-E-2MeQbW23DH9hjUBK90rj4NeWakYkZxg01VsbukTBRs99hkRX3LQ/s200/IMG_6675.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325515810757350882" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJTJTTOD3WjYCziEdpNmFEV4XezhX2jupCerJPoWgLwmpGhZBz3QXeWn153AlzsUBpzP6N2_R0U1Q8grER6q-dHx5ohNw1oCWt7cJeXNXZ_eHZ43HMqA8DYu6WMpDECVufEf2XbSysPyE/s1600-h/IMG_6660.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJTJTTOD3WjYCziEdpNmFEV4XezhX2jupCerJPoWgLwmpGhZBz3QXeWn153AlzsUBpzP6N2_R0U1Q8grER6q-dHx5ohNw1oCWt7cJeXNXZ_eHZ43HMqA8DYu6WMpDECVufEf2XbSysPyE/s320/IMG_6660.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325515213359422610" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqXNosceCcLBdKl8YqCs-IhBKNHGRx4Fql4ljoHggI2noraWJBnAzSdrx3wcNB8X0iNILIFlXpWMKMYyWkiB9lRIBPunHeLLsOEmVXw8keXKIQAn7_oPW0ehZbGroOBuO1OSIum7YWRXY/s1600-h/IMG_6679.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqXNosceCcLBdKl8YqCs-IhBKNHGRx4Fql4ljoHggI2noraWJBnAzSdrx3wcNB8X0iNILIFlXpWMKMYyWkiB9lRIBPunHeLLsOEmVXw8keXKIQAn7_oPW0ehZbGroOBuO1OSIum7YWRXY/s320/IMG_6679.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325514468206265666" border="0" /></a>Just thought I'd post some cute Easter pics for your viewing pleasure...<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKS0JzHmWF7QK1yICauyokipICagIWey39PJgmfniLXGiLJfGTRQ7UH__qTgIEJbvr9J8SGvpfxSiWgHxRSRAKddI8Z5KzcZ1bTzqV8azX8LWW9rdIL02iKtQcCseGTLsLmWnzM1ZMKrE/s1600-h/IMG_6655.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKS0JzHmWF7QK1yICauyokipICagIWey39PJgmfniLXGiLJfGTRQ7UH__qTgIEJbvr9J8SGvpfxSiWgHxRSRAKddI8Z5KzcZ1bTzqV8azX8LWW9rdIL02iKtQcCseGTLsLmWnzM1ZMKrE/s320/IMG_6655.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325513873585048866" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxsNVvIYbPSMsypY4YP-itC_jjfmqtadRwIKV2IkXpmDL3g0PEFx69uR923b6z0pRgb0O7lRPDi0p3F_nfd3t6zmGKOVgXpxWRNbS4DV4nRZsMgLl9v9DuXCJPbYF4cdZt_qsZEF6lNT4/s1600-h/IMG_6666.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxsNVvIYbPSMsypY4YP-itC_jjfmqtadRwIKV2IkXpmDL3g0PEFx69uR923b6z0pRgb0O7lRPDi0p3F_nfd3t6zmGKOVgXpxWRNbS4DV4nRZsMgLl9v9DuXCJPbYF4cdZt_qsZEF6lNT4/s200/IMG_6666.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325515389322608978" border="0" /></a><br />AND pics of my new beach cruiser!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2stXsWWBrbowlSo589qTsl1XGZ0pV_eqqzpK8d6e1zjPHazAFZMUh6tsehr58mVylwRJvsxb_wCGvLKUrD0qGqbWp_hzrrO1tvViXvRzhv0g7TuwaXM2sOma2iqrov-YwGkjDK6crFeM/s1600-h/IMG_6713.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2stXsWWBrbowlSo589qTsl1XGZ0pV_eqqzpK8d6e1zjPHazAFZMUh6tsehr58mVylwRJvsxb_wCGvLKUrD0qGqbWp_hzrrO1tvViXvRzhv0g7TuwaXM2sOma2iqrov-YwGkjDK6crFeM/s320/IMG_6713.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325514777122673634" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2VXIUkoKJEXuQzO0u1-A1Q2SdgrGG7Lzf3IgLuQmY_h1gvgj70IqK4-MQmdhQmxwAf-rFUwA0qu3poJfmwVL04BUzwt2UdHlqUkNhpu27tJkhlhyphenhyphen_6bMvNAerXv8qgbx8-y350ZZtvvE/s1600-h/IMG_6714.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2VXIUkoKJEXuQzO0u1-A1Q2SdgrGG7Lzf3IgLuQmY_h1gvgj70IqK4-MQmdhQmxwAf-rFUwA0qu3poJfmwVL04BUzwt2UdHlqUkNhpu27tJkhlhyphenhyphen_6bMvNAerXv8qgbx8-y350ZZtvvE/s320/IMG_6714.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325514988646286706" border="0" /></a> The bike trailer is on loan from a friend but I bought the bike off craigslist...my favorite shopping indulgence (next to Longs Drugs...so sad, but true! haha). I might have to splurge and buy a trailer of our owne...Jake, Luke and I took a 40 minute bike ride tonight. Luke rode his own bike while Jake enjoyed being <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">chauffeured</span> around "the hood"!! Wow, I can't believe I am at this point in motherhood already...out biking with my kids!! It's amazing!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikN58OrTc0I6CqcihoXmNlnsUTgUI21VROV5A6R_41ikYVoR6P3p0E3I4xrswwl0OU8ydjlZ1wMtCzWLHLlSot8GkHII9h1281kXCemCB28a2od3CeZ-FIrAPiHAsMtYsLxln0dA1ty_M/s1600-h/IMG_6635.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikN58OrTc0I6CqcihoXmNlnsUTgUI21VROV5A6R_41ikYVoR6P3p0E3I4xrswwl0OU8ydjlZ1wMtCzWLHLlSot8GkHII9h1281kXCemCB28a2od3CeZ-FIrAPiHAsMtYsLxln0dA1ty_M/s200/IMG_6635.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325514235877973970" border="0" /></a>myblondeboyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14290582744406172512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51486095665000865.post-59585426304846324402009-04-03T20:40:00.001-07:002009-04-03T22:29:57.879-07:00The Story of Easter bt LukeLast week we dealt with saying goodbye to Phife...this week I'm dealing with Luke a.k.a. HiveBoy. (God is keeping me on my toes these days with one thing after another...) Poor guy has hives all over his little body...dr says it's a virus and not contagious. I gave him Benodryl to reduce the itching. Yesterday morning he was a scratching maniac but today he was wasn't itchy even though he still had the rash.<br /><br />My main reason for posting tonight is to upload this video of Luke telling the story of Easter. A friend told me about these eggs enclosed with little objects that make sharing the story of Easter easy with kids. Luke loves them and is a sponge for information. I can see in his eyes, actions and enthusiasm throughout the day that he has a heart for God...what more could a mother ask for!?<br /><br />Enjoy the below videos...<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzjQ8BxvPCYJQGxLJiLGghn_v5PmRaeodVrIvwdbIZQ7CSLGZ78jEPsD9ePx8oAVDX_PgCm69O4xwXjQw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dySlpx3-xghn5P6mmb1M3oPp2WJyBpW4LeVgMK-UlWWGgfLgLo4DG9UngeYLWC2U_pSjMJ44a0R9tTx1CA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>myblondeboyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14290582744406172512noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51486095665000865.post-42185414577209847322009-03-29T20:56:00.000-07:002009-03-29T21:04:13.829-07:00Our Beloved Phife!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXrIrZ2bBR2JQody8fN_hjaYQ7zSMhbWPN1MYy_ngmvBS14nkyGWpLOs_h7omVCmWQfwBJlmxyvh75wDmjiPIxrj-KUDPjii3DDsClviPsTTbjf-NE9FGAtgrie5vP9_9Dw1DmmW45fyo/s1600-h/IMG_6411.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXrIrZ2bBR2JQody8fN_hjaYQ7zSMhbWPN1MYy_ngmvBS14nkyGWpLOs_h7omVCmWQfwBJlmxyvh75wDmjiPIxrj-KUDPjii3DDsClviPsTTbjf-NE9FGAtgrie5vP9_9Dw1DmmW45fyo/s400/IMG_6411.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318824922820060706" border="0" /></a><br />On Saturday, March 28st we said goodbye to our beloved friend and family member...Phife! He passed peacefully with Brad and me by his side...he will be dearly missed. However, we are relishing in all the wonderful memories we shared with him (and many of you) over the past 7 awesome years. Phife was a one-in-a-million dog, friend, pet and companion!!! XO<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOXr7urAKqHwMDEk6ytrQPtKBJhTXtV4MfbwnbzGasjpB7qx3T4QldoBUCVdvaNOzRRRkiQ4rdgeVnXdNt-bSPLlx4afETYQqB2oshbsHc4-nR2vJ1YqX4jJHZdqeQeh8d7YDpmqs_0IM/s1600-h/IMG_6424.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOXr7urAKqHwMDEk6ytrQPtKBJhTXtV4MfbwnbzGasjpB7qx3T4QldoBUCVdvaNOzRRRkiQ4rdgeVnXdNt-bSPLlx4afETYQqB2oshbsHc4-nR2vJ1YqX4jJHZdqeQeh8d7YDpmqs_0IM/s400/IMG_6424.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318825735009175762" border="0" /></a>myblondeboyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14290582744406172512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51486095665000865.post-41788171270706433622009-03-24T18:13:00.000-07:002009-03-24T18:18:43.414-07:00Brotherly Love!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxjBiQY1M_TNU7utKxb3a1KGMPSzxpMpwUR5wCJJOrwhD1M3rcMCuOpiDrLbJTOT_6iOQxGaUpx_Pdwt9U0Nn1p0Vb26A9KWPlRyjMbAghN0MSFZVzUX67zbEAj7D8h18uoJbtX2-HS1c/s1600-h/IMG_6403.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZKCbeUqFkSaV10CA1Ujiq5xz3Tc2cwk36McnEqAn0L6e9l2BYvxh62MHab6ogpo4eeCFI0CFWeWbfJkhebF02n_TDZgs01yWEq2Kvx6dl3neWo-qAG9oYpHIhVjVgfd3nB1FzLcz03k/s320/IMG_6342.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316495881781235138" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRDv3yvG-EWoWJ0WWubzHsw3U5I7ognEPNcuucKAdg0Fo9J3AXtjyKIZhM4KP0sBWnxW-q2bBpTApvG1kLQXqmJ5sxi2OvWOekMJvF8cFQjJznsJZTGrUVYmTCSE2n5GSu6tfLsN1uYW0/s1600-h/IMG_6336.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRDv3yvG-EWoWJ0WWubzHsw3U5I7ognEPNcuucKAdg0Fo9J3AXtjyKIZhM4KP0sBWnxW-q2bBpTApvG1kLQXqmJ5sxi2OvWOekMJvF8cFQjJznsJZTGrUVYmTCSE2n5GSu6tfLsN1uYW0/s320/IMG_6336.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316494236776560834" border="0" /></a><br />Luke, Jake and I traveled up to Sacramento to visit my family for the weekend. All went smoothly on the flight up but unfortunately it was quite a bumpy ride home which resulted in Jake covering me with puke on the descend. Poor guy, poor mom!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxlN-cPfYXM-PywdHnMGoF50F566ryR8iWiRdYL7WM2DwFg_i-ki_n1WkwGo98FU1WGXy1Fpbq7CioUFxm-_bytS3Q0JZI2hz6RHsD1NfL_FSjoVBs1TyQN2RRi3hirWYvmXO7HRVcXu8/s1600-h/IMG_6340.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxlN-cPfYXM-PywdHnMGoF50F566ryR8iWiRdYL7WM2DwFg_i-ki_n1WkwGo98FU1WGXy1Fpbq7CioUFxm-_bytS3Q0JZI2hz6RHsD1NfL_FSjoVBs1TyQN2RRi3hirWYvmXO7HRVcXu8/s200/IMG_6340.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316495573389589442" border="0" /></a><br />At one point Jake kissed Lily (the dog) and I started singing "I kissed a dog and I liked it" and we couldn't get that song out of our heads (or at least I couldn't). So when I got home I downloaded the 'real' song and Luke and I sing it with our version. To experience see the video in last week's post (somehow I accidentally put it there instead of here.)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2qYvSqNycmCbSll20OzOy5IJvsHdTEQpsDWV2-Di0NcnNa7MR5eNg09DzqXSfMLHe03gfmiT01iFyRfAnVbQA6pFtjEv3cS3XHxidLO2vr1zEuJHoRCW_6KJKCRWtA7FMoy4uuBV18eo/s1600-h/IMG_6356.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2qYvSqNycmCbSll20OzOy5IJvsHdTEQpsDWV2-Di0NcnNa7MR5eNg09DzqXSfMLHe03gfmiT01iFyRfAnVbQA6pFtjEv3cS3XHxidLO2vr1zEuJHoRCW_6KJKCRWtA7FMoy4uuBV18eo/s320/IMG_6356.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316496704652902034" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPEaIMqmKsNeFFSOasOM2ZmT-eK-ZE_ywgqi5zPffuP6r7j_1vZXx7RxHp3kKpKSsMDC3MpsXzy4r3dKNYFEG0RPxa5Qp-hrceeCs63PsPzsu5j6yTVSPVewFuzyCIlIUC_lVK6ajAgow/s1600-h/IMG_6353.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPEaIMqmKsNeFFSOasOM2ZmT-eK-ZE_ywgqi5zPffuP6r7j_1vZXx7RxHp3kKpKSsMDC3MpsXzy4r3dKNYFEG0RPxa5Qp-hrceeCs63PsPzsu5j6yTVSPVewFuzyCIlIUC_lVK6ajAgow/s320/IMG_6353.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316496028768455522" border="0" /></a><br />There was much WWF action going on with the boys and their Uncle Andy and Uncle Jim!! Luke and Jake were relentless, showing no mercy to anyone. Jake even rammed Great Grandma in the shins (and her walker) several times but maybe that was just because he wanted to include her in the action.<br /><br />And yes, that is a skirt/apron Luke has on (again!). These days oddly enough it's just par for the course with that little manly man!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">GOTCHA!!!!!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8woRkpIUWK_3yziH9JmfNZ5m3GwXRopNVtvqckkwPmSQ1EeT60PZu6OwZPVtTNf1keXIROCytUv6TX4HOii_5r9NjJoadzf4CIqFTUBDJAPWpJnmoky9LsJYSx0Ks4Eg8-utPqp8FwRw/s1600-h/IMG_6362.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8woRkpIUWK_3yziH9JmfNZ5m3GwXRopNVtvqckkwPmSQ1EeT60PZu6OwZPVtTNf1keXIROCytUv6TX4HOii_5r9NjJoadzf4CIqFTUBDJAPWpJnmoky9LsJYSx0Ks4Eg8-utPqp8FwRw/s320/IMG_6362.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316496904402551714" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCRbNh8xyX4Y8bi_96lNxmmshsNB2z6jOME189LLiH9IlavxFDirqin63lGYNitLYLaEdJZ9-0FTmjS0dhRc0-3prqK9khZQJB7vGSYVJ_Hqtvm6QYtsS_FfJWwBOIBAgNH4q6dqpw0_o/s1600-h/IMG_6371.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCRbNh8xyX4Y8bi_96lNxmmshsNB2z6jOME189LLiH9IlavxFDirqin63lGYNitLYLaEdJZ9-0FTmjS0dhRc0-3prqK9khZQJB7vGSYVJ_Hqtvm6QYtsS_FfJWwBOIBAgNH4q6dqpw0_o/s320/IMG_6371.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316497465423533682" border="0" /></a>No mercy for Uncle Andy!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEOnIxtaF8sBf4zWHvSyKtaM4P6S4NXdFmO2CrJ87JXKd7eCK8R6Dg0kiP22yLn9Rv1oWTp776mJhFVQgmm9xbibZ_KBqbgjSbZ2v_DqzwZYR9O_MjpYk-0S6dgjAAfaJYzAom0gtl__0/s1600-h/IMG_6368.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEOnIxtaF8sBf4zWHvSyKtaM4P6S4NXdFmO2CrJ87JXKd7eCK8R6Dg0kiP22yLn9Rv1oWTp776mJhFVQgmm9xbibZ_KBqbgjSbZ2v_DqzwZYR9O_MjpYk-0S6dgjAAfaJYzAom0gtl__0/s320/IMG_6368.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316599670761026674" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrE8iq5yUcqlLv_LsIVWLB78CaQJOTaV6J-nMQuSHWGmcLB8pYfb3DlcTck3feOyRXQcf4w04_FN83lNJFQGXvytmg7rxSL46hZh-_WZwZaGUPPgUJOzXXxJJ23AbeEKSdCd6pmuJR4Ng/s1600-h/IMG_6368.JPG"> </a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> Excuse me while I text my mom...myblondeboyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14290582744406172512noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51486095665000865.post-24984949423497451602009-03-16T12:37:00.000-07:002009-03-23T15:07:12.549-07:00Last Week...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNrvppzx6zmDsUPfpawnb9WIur0_Tdz1vOOdd8jNdZBKfKlCOluIqFSDVMmPE40fDaxm2pyt07Abo7yetm_67gPu2x4MoHUDyC3aw2zqPUGZ1vZ-NWBmwsLN8n5pTXHBbB2w52G58S1kQ/s1600-h/IMG_6318.JPG"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzv7iy-20Fpe_fd9w558ndm0a0yrvg-sQB061tno8c6KTUhrHGXh7Y-LU35-BNWmw3vfcIpdU4BN3gbOJuv' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs03fnX3Vd-oQf2VYBDnzKoKQRje2lx5_bbOGGDl3OiTN0dq2VQAvKKYLkyhtW5R76Rixs5mbS3g-5ywy5pz_YhR9q_F8hAlR-KPYjYhCxj4JgKbrCfhlMQETy4tJqO3JLcltxfUpotxc/s1600-h/IMG_6286.JPG">Just a little bath time; whatever one does the other follows....</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs03fnX3Vd-oQf2VYBDnzKoKQRje2lx5_bbOGGDl3OiTN0dq2VQAvKKYLkyhtW5R76Rixs5mbS3g-5ywy5pz_YhR9q_F8hAlR-KPYjYhCxj4JgKbrCfhlMQETy4tJqO3JLcltxfUpotxc/s1600-h/IMG_6286.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs03fnX3Vd-oQf2VYBDnzKoKQRje2lx5_bbOGGDl3OiTN0dq2VQAvKKYLkyhtW5R76Rixs5mbS3g-5ywy5pz_YhR9q_F8hAlR-KPYjYhCxj4JgKbrCfhlMQETy4tJqO3JLcltxfUpotxc/s320/IMG_6286.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313878799809645842" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"> If you could only hear him! </span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-9hOlMqUepNG6L-jVyZ8gFzxotKp-0vzmDWVZXsE2i815XAZDMqneUssWdqrs0VCR6xl3iOjYGoGszWq3nAHemwvcZkfV96CPS4Q9A4ziHE2ns356SXZ1XiOXq3CeG8MW1Jd93ukT8Qc/s1600-h/IMG_6263.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-9hOlMqUepNG6L-jVyZ8gFzxotKp-0vzmDWVZXsE2i815XAZDMqneUssWdqrs0VCR6xl3iOjYGoGszWq3nAHemwvcZkfV96CPS4Q9A4ziHE2ns356SXZ1XiOXq3CeG8MW1Jd93ukT8Qc/s320/IMG_6263.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313876052588062610" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">And those little red devil eyes too - yikes!</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span>We had a busy week last week - I started a bible study at our house for moms on Monday mornings from 9-11. We had 5 moms and 9 kids last week - we split up so one group of moms did the study and the others watched the kids and then switched. Great way to start the week.<br /><br />We also planted a little garden in the backyard - only a few plants...corn, bell pepper, tomato and beans. I considered planting habaneros as a form of discipline but decided against it...haha While I was doing other stuff in the yard Jake spent about 30 minutes moving the 5 or so 4" pots from one area to another. He was such a busy bee and VERY focused!! Too cute!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtcJB_CjbutdEy1kSZ6os2ky_5Ojx1hfmSHjzBH9CNzYzQ37pQCu1DS-Uzl8e_74UPFqrL717oM1rEXRQzQfPH063zCXngntwn_jjYFZMM-w_mdRXsXuVC2JrVfQfKtgn316kjyrVaB-M/s1600-h/IMG_6295.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtcJB_CjbutdEy1kSZ6os2ky_5Ojx1hfmSHjzBH9CNzYzQ37pQCu1DS-Uzl8e_74UPFqrL717oM1rEXRQzQfPH063zCXngntwn_jjYFZMM-w_mdRXsXuVC2JrVfQfKtgn316kjyrVaB-M/s320/IMG_6295.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313879672343651410" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSs9ZxYudaD6Igsnk0q1nG2rSjaKCEixHfhA3jFX6OU0an1NjJoxh8WtJKHPT0olQPqpuhszu-SZnpvriw1X4NqXbfklu4weRnNBmLRrZwnQusq_k8lIxYNX4aHLvw4XiobCjsqjR0F4M/s1600-h/IMG_6296.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSs9ZxYudaD6Igsnk0q1nG2rSjaKCEixHfhA3jFX6OU0an1NjJoxh8WtJKHPT0olQPqpuhszu-SZnpvriw1X4NqXbfklu4weRnNBmLRrZwnQusq_k8lIxYNX4aHLvw4XiobCjsqjR0F4M/s320/IMG_6296.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313879323195786258" border="0" /></a><br /> On Sunday I ran in a 5K unfortunately I have a cold which made my run feel like I was wearing lead shoes and lungs but I finished. There were about 125 runners and I placed 20th overall and 8th in women.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPl6hwbZ3mznifokH4K6Z-Gi-RDDg97kdyy4KDcdcxS92GU15fa5f_WRlF1J7QJREY7NaPfxcD3rAOTCBh0xLage3KfInXivO3eGmIY7ltffKpEV-VsKN0QPlCbgBlOaiPPj7NrvoPY5g/s1600-h/IMG_6325.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPl6hwbZ3mznifokH4K6Z-Gi-RDDg97kdyy4KDcdcxS92GU15fa5f_WRlF1J7QJREY7NaPfxcD3rAOTCBh0xLage3KfInXivO3eGmIY7ltffKpEV-VsKN0QPlCbgBlOaiPPj7NrvoPY5g/s320/IMG_6325.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313873159989705282" border="0" /></a>The best part was all my Imbler boys were with me to warm up and cheer me on through the finish line! <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNrvppzx6zmDsUPfpawnb9WIur0_Tdz1vOOdd8jNdZBKfKlCOluIqFSDVMmPE40fDaxm2pyt07Abo7yetm_67gPu2x4MoHUDyC3aw2zqPUGZ1vZ-NWBmwsLN8n5pTXHBbB2w52G58S1kQ/s1600-h/IMG_6318.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNrvppzx6zmDsUPfpawnb9WIur0_Tdz1vOOdd8jNdZBKfKlCOluIqFSDVMmPE40fDaxm2pyt07Abo7yetm_67gPu2x4MoHUDyC3aw2zqPUGZ1vZ-NWBmwsLN8n5pTXHBbB2w52G58S1kQ/s320/IMG_6318.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313874054839439874" border="0" /></a>I look fresh and optimistic in the beginning and beat down and a mess at the end...I guess that's a sign of a decent run though...but I decided to save you all from having to view me in that "condition".<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Sh3IQa3NuiD988nwTPQPS6zqJpt3P3fG3fa9CaOm_EvHdoeXUyyAbM-HJq5Qo2yFBjRjEHkiY51aKngYD2d3g_4f4ZMDQDlZjA-OVOjYhqKR40N3NoKxE-8OUMqMc43rw4SM9CiqCDo/s1600-h/IMG_6316.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Sh3IQa3NuiD988nwTPQPS6zqJpt3P3fG3fa9CaOm_EvHdoeXUyyAbM-HJq5Qo2yFBjRjEHkiY51aKngYD2d3g_4f4ZMDQDlZjA-OVOjYhqKR40N3NoKxE-8OUMqMc43rw4SM9CiqCDo/s320/IMG_6316.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313873814898218594" border="0" /></a></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxQFTDCUp-ZMn2uQNjWrWXYVBlZDmzlL_z4JSa2kqxaDCCTCPNBCnHn4zb8mjn-VSmg7tbyiJGNiY4ZwR0H' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>myblondeboyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14290582744406172512noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51486095665000865.post-29876395803232201372009-03-14T13:00:00.000-07:002009-03-14T13:03:14.192-07:00St. Patty's Parade<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeHOeezwVEQgwgzUadBY05KmAw50wRdJUSAYaTOd1rKAE5aw58SRrMU5rAAHZW_-dzoQz5okAspk1c0Exnpt2kgajl2fBDHg60a0-PQUT4hT3SLVmBOPN6brOco9e36V0pkHZhGqmyZgI/s1600-h/IMG00731.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeHOeezwVEQgwgzUadBY05KmAw50wRdJUSAYaTOd1rKAE5aw58SRrMU5rAAHZW_-dzoQz5okAspk1c0Exnpt2kgajl2fBDHg60a0-PQUT4hT3SLVmBOPN6brOco9e36V0pkHZhGqmyZgI/s320/IMG00731.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313136296024536114" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">This morning we met some friends downtown at the St. Pat's parade. The boys had a great time even though the candy-throwers were sparse! The morning was complete when Luke got his picture taken with his idol...Cinderella!</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUiDeNH98WSD5sLSMDmt9sDGn0feIBXU4t_MMnda3l4hDtoqQp_nicBiCHtrq4F7upSMntPtCD5iqjUKDf1q_y8iMATxGf7DxcKwG790ND25VPFL5gtt5tvDOiy_tyBmdWtghk2dxdn-Q/s1600-h/IMG00734.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUiDeNH98WSD5sLSMDmt9sDGn0feIBXU4t_MMnda3l4hDtoqQp_nicBiCHtrq4F7upSMntPtCD5iqjUKDf1q_y8iMATxGf7DxcKwG790ND25VPFL5gtt5tvDOiy_tyBmdWtghk2dxdn-Q/s320/IMG00734.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313136376142716002" border="0" /></a>myblondeboyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14290582744406172512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51486095665000865.post-48588159582684040022009-03-01T12:28:00.000-08:002009-03-01T17:57:34.063-08:00Family Day!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP7-6TZJRnmSOrVgt8ZTBH9Gv16_5uvg27SvemVTCfElOOIqtprsaWlquhyphenhyphenMNroRK46BbffF1JPp_vbqMqPFSBKJw8s_I3v-yff3Q7c_w-az-ZWk0-bUN6Y7R5wThubqkuLiYc52KVUDM/s1600-h/IMG_6174.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP7-6TZJRnmSOrVgt8ZTBH9Gv16_5uvg27SvemVTCfElOOIqtprsaWlquhyphenhyphenMNroRK46BbffF1JPp_vbqMqPFSBKJw8s_I3v-yff3Q7c_w-az-ZWk0-bUN6Y7R5wThubqkuLiYc52KVUDM/s320/IMG_6174.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308319230165332914" border="0" /></a>Last weekend we went to church and then enjoyed a few hours at the beach (overcast but warm - my favorite beach weather actually). We even took Phife who doesn't get much beach time these days! When Brad told Luke we were taking Phife Luke looked puzzled and said, "No Dad, Phife doesn't go to the beach." Like what an absurd idea. Poor neglected dog...such is life once the kids come!<br /><br />After the beach, we ran home to drop off the dog and hose off the boys and enjoyed burgers at one of our favorite kid-friendly joints - <span style="font-style: italic;">Duke's</span>! As you can see by Jake's face and shirt in the picture below he ate and ran...so many video games, so little time.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-kR99WNx41GMJVZ8yclpk-iUFsMC83OOdO1j5uKWsuwmTdCASc02VG_PIxgrHGQvfrbVoz_rmA581kqK1U9ZXLd4V68VIFEJYFzmfpYXiPkXY9sVCE0gvqsc1ZEEU8TD1WwksAdyBePo/s1600-h/IMG_6170.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-kR99WNx41GMJVZ8yclpk-iUFsMC83OOdO1j5uKWsuwmTdCASc02VG_PIxgrHGQvfrbVoz_rmA581kqK1U9ZXLd4V68VIFEJYFzmfpYXiPkXY9sVCE0gvqsc1ZEEU8TD1WwksAdyBePo/s320/IMG_6170.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308321989313753218" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieirKp2I1tgTxTo7gT5OQQ_Lm_ctCDCSA1x_fuCV5zESWmAArHf-PqwTu1kg383LHRtl4CDGClRpXt85atR5DaunyqGUAJqJ0ChhrFNv75T7HSazO-onjlgWfauuEDSEEPlUmo5IB9HhE/s1600-h/IMG_6165.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; 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float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 279px; height: 208px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkwxDIsLpPxP0yrm6MlnNbSx3MJJXtYKHZYhcBLEenkBg3rQWQJrTRqwokqTj8SH05MYnNli6Pqd8Tl9i7jvdJ48F5aSLjBRkpDt4dvbFzRqtreITnN7-VTlH94aOyVQAHYmfTTHLRgdo/s320/IMG_6188.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308322325979479986" border="0" /></a><br /></div>myblondeboyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14290582744406172512noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51486095665000865.post-45130815275288666002009-02-20T18:39:00.000-08:002009-02-20T19:10:05.885-08:00Ice Cream<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYfpwalSHdU-LUaYvH6K3S9JzmfwGWTtNWD4GpWubk-2APPOGCIGBzxUMvWANxpkZB1IzcWfUNGR_3W7sOgrGpDxHaYqgUBudRxyndg_s7T3VyrVzbXoD7ozLgO7bO8YCOVHcCMHKbYI8/s1600-h/IMG_6128.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYfpwalSHdU-LUaYvH6K3S9JzmfwGWTtNWD4GpWubk-2APPOGCIGBzxUMvWANxpkZB1IzcWfUNGR_3W7sOgrGpDxHaYqgUBudRxyndg_s7T3VyrVzbXoD7ozLgO7bO8YCOVHcCMHKbYI8/s320/IMG_6128.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305076385047058418" border="0" /></a><br />So today I had 4 kids under 4 yrs old under my "lone supervision" for about 4 hours - 444 is the new sign of the devil...haha No, they were actually all great! No meltdowns, brawls or bitings to speak of - even on a good day I can't claim that with just my two!<br /><br />But it was like "Playing Olympics" here - we ate lunch, played Chutes & Ladders, on the swing set, Super Heroes, with the rocket launcher, in the sand box, had CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM, played inside with all our toys...WOW...I should've had kids in my 20's for the energy they require! Anyways, here are some funny pics of (mainly Jake) savoring every drop of his ice cream, well, all except that which got on his face, shirt, pants, on his hands and hair.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYM8CLTBQNNBvMC79chbDxXDQ2wUCNHpxoK6xox3moK8YihiNmE7Xp5zbXNGofv9JFM7xuo8E0Hrn-x4PbLIyJzhyphenhyphenjX0xKVPaRXGG_9Em9HxXFbhtNsMg1Fs4AutUHibAj7nlqos854jM/s1600-h/IMG_6140.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYM8CLTBQNNBvMC79chbDxXDQ2wUCNHpxoK6xox3moK8YihiNmE7Xp5zbXNGofv9JFM7xuo8E0Hrn-x4PbLIyJzhyphenhyphenjX0xKVPaRXGG_9Em9HxXFbhtNsMg1Fs4AutUHibAj7nlqos854jM/s320/IMG_6140.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305075054825154802" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQWoH4L3E5rU9PfYhq7t789wCAoXgbSChjN4d1Oe0IL3s43ZAFckCCMtNsknfYv9Q7gdP9s0tXuoG6kAyNFEhFx3ChD-PW9ugYlY682VxM__IJHfVqjZ0KQcanDUCCoenfojmszlnwhcI/s1600-h/IMG_6143.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQWoH4L3E5rU9PfYhq7t789wCAoXgbSChjN4d1Oe0IL3s43ZAFckCCMtNsknfYv9Q7gdP9s0tXuoG6kAyNFEhFx3ChD-PW9ugYlY682VxM__IJHfVqjZ0KQcanDUCCoenfojmszlnwhcI/s320/IMG_6143.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305075544689368354" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0KNg0mAio_K6wY5ELVOwZe1WCV_L6ylQRyDF0KcCu61QdmY7SG0TcaSx6ByDvDWWNJHDgAfW25KVfx3FHyac0QIcWJtly9BoVok-hDzJAiUUQjiNpDpWmd5oh-IZi8km_QjxJhTmeZjg/s1600-h/IMG_6145.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0KNg0mAio_K6wY5ELVOwZe1WCV_L6ylQRyDF0KcCu61QdmY7SG0TcaSx6ByDvDWWNJHDgAfW25KVfx3FHyac0QIcWJtly9BoVok-hDzJAiUUQjiNpDpWmd5oh-IZi8km_QjxJhTmeZjg/s320/IMG_6145.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305075838467835522" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Jake wouldn't let me clean him off so he played in the sand box with sand-covered chocolate hands and face. Who knows, maybe he'll find a career as a circus clown and choose this photo to send in with his resume!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Yv7DzrBDGAV6OIjtWTHWWnxbqOEuNC6QLHU1UjRjuiIkPxrOgHj7SN2POKpr2wQAiATjDTUMp0jutwhZIrVpSvOX_D1pSRLaYV15JBm9UnEPU15cFQKJwOJ8KMNS6L7cnAn-kQF6PUo/s1600-h/IMG_6142.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Yv7DzrBDGAV6OIjtWTHWWnxbqOEuNC6QLHU1UjRjuiIkPxrOgHj7SN2POKpr2wQAiATjDTUMp0jutwhZIrVpSvOX_D1pSRLaYV15JBm9UnEPU15cFQKJwOJ8KMNS6L7cnAn-kQF6PUo/s320/IMG_6142.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305075330931768418" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I really wish I had a good explanation for the last 2 photos but I don't...my best guess is that Jake was trying to suck every last morsel from the cup on the left.<br /><br />And for the below photo, when I first saw him in the sand box he was laying on his back with his hands behind his head. Unfortunately he would not reinnact the position so this is what we got instead...him curled up, face down in the tiny sand box looking half-dead!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCYo5Tw52DP-BFXSxoWPP4KyXeK-AWJfJ9VNq6f8ntGWSpPiVBY5Qx4sg1GQ7PPf-Ck1dJnZlxur_4rGuutAOBD4BIqA6JBgDpZ68y7F-XyF9ZGxkQgV1FhnnJUndZxxM8BdK8MfmgTkE/s1600-h/IMG_6154.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCYo5Tw52DP-BFXSxoWPP4KyXeK-AWJfJ9VNq6f8ntGWSpPiVBY5Qx4sg1GQ7PPf-Ck1dJnZlxur_4rGuutAOBD4BIqA6JBgDpZ68y7F-XyF9ZGxkQgV1FhnnJUndZxxM8BdK8MfmgTkE/s320/IMG_6154.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305076072655060578" border="0" /></a>myblondeboyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14290582744406172512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51486095665000865.post-84627671939017508162009-02-16T13:30:00.000-08:002009-02-16T22:26:30.459-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPRME2RA-DU5rbDrOKfinEWfVnpgCAKNHXDt0AmWXUcaGy-I_HuNaiO-rovDNISmpiorFDuDLQOBZE5hALb3mf6lTMAu826jkejvtXGYlVvsJnHESQCC02u9zonCI9N9jstD8suNVQu2M/s1600-h/IMG_6092.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPRME2RA-DU5rbDrOKfinEWfVnpgCAKNHXDt0AmWXUcaGy-I_HuNaiO-rovDNISmpiorFDuDLQOBZE5hALb3mf6lTMAu826jkejvtXGYlVvsJnHESQCC02u9zonCI9N9jstD8suNVQu2M/s320/IMG_6092.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303516383137081570" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDiJlIXdjhS7nNGKCIN5WFx_Ph5Bfr5NM-N56y_Upu0xLnYdbgKUKHZstRY3JTEY4YjFQ65M1L-Q_GZyjZRqCuLM1ivyIkTmiErTrpJ7KqWd4dUK6rAXwuYCB6hukgKrQWCMUFbmmzHR0/s1600-h/IMG_6084.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDiJlIXdjhS7nNGKCIN5WFx_Ph5Bfr5NM-N56y_Upu0xLnYdbgKUKHZstRY3JTEY4YjFQ65M1L-Q_GZyjZRqCuLM1ivyIkTmiErTrpJ7KqWd4dUK6rAXwuYCB6hukgKrQWCMUFbmmzHR0/s200/IMG_6084.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303513424573959410" border="0" /></a>So the boys loved their Valentine goodies. Funny thing was the first thing they went for and were so excited over were the balloons...cheap, easy-to-pop, tiny, balloons! Goes to show once again, it doesn't take much to make kids happy!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8l_o0ZJ9WV3-VPeJVa5cRu6gbXwkQowcjbsPG4PkEbvtfQP5VsJ06TM4B14x-94TnuGcM2c8VFOebquuaDx8lSJ8C0mUvxZMuhtYjSNz5NL9ji-2LdFPOYdiiA6mIPCuSY17j_FnqmpI/s1600-h/IMG_6095.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8l_o0ZJ9WV3-VPeJVa5cRu6gbXwkQowcjbsPG4PkEbvtfQP5VsJ06TM4B14x-94TnuGcM2c8VFOebquuaDx8lSJ8C0mUvxZMuhtYjSNz5NL9ji-2LdFPOYdiiA6mIPCuSY17j_FnqmpI/s200/IMG_6095.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303514407962308498" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjImTFPd_g5MeRUxvATqKdZMXrB-NAWwlqfXaY5y_SOXfSJ_Zs46eN2ngRGd3VUm3MXLaRghet2hvjs5aok-xqZDVcGarnjAODLEFpgf_S8GNjOibuOqgjpWoFeNChwQJWhcWcBwyF4JEo/s1600-h/IMG_6067.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjImTFPd_g5MeRUxvATqKdZMXrB-NAWwlqfXaY5y_SOXfSJ_Zs46eN2ngRGd3VUm3MXLaRghet2hvjs5aok-xqZDVcGarnjAODLEFpgf_S8GNjOibuOqgjpWoFeNChwQJWhcWcBwyF4JEo/s200/IMG_6067.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303512088747178274" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); font-weight: bold;">HELP WE HAVE A PRINCESS ON O</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); font-weight: bold;">UR HANDS!</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB98Dewx8CPFg0Zr9butzrQhKFb45WIJAKU-sqPSjyJd9TJsyMLZGoNZabd6VHY1QpnfSZ6qD1WVlAT0Lw0vUWegHzqsYWHqDUfQDGk6W3o4PFSH9YGH2Iyprka5ITFCmLrdQvhZu2wsU/s1600-h/IMG_6070.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB98Dewx8CPFg0Zr9butzrQhKFb45WIJAKU-sqPSjyJd9TJsyMLZGoNZabd6VHY1QpnfSZ6qD1WVlAT0Lw0vUWegHzqsYWHqDUfQDGk6W3o4PFSH9YGH2Iyprka5ITFCmLrdQvhZu2wsU/s200/IMG_6070.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303512505061247618" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Not much to report but I did want to share some pics...Luke has been in a "dress"-up stage for a while now. Even, I, his own mother, found this "get-up" a bit disturbing which he borrowed while playing with my neighbor's grand daughter. I have to admit I think Luke is an adorable boy but maybe not the cutest "girl". Wait til we whip these pictures out when he starts dating...women hopefully!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOA4DgX5WPSEAkMl-w3ZRioGTX6HZ8KZ5uKAbOt4wNAxsR6cTfmZaBxH4aCEkO7YZaX9JVQBS0nI0xxh6aXVwklDnC4ad7UNrkegjtcI0W_uLSt8VX7OESu_KcG8QhrMR6Ts4V4Eakv_Y/s1600-h/IMG_6068.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOA4DgX5WPSEAkMl-w3ZRioGTX6HZ8KZ5uKAbOt4wNAxsR6cTfmZaBxH4aCEkO7YZaX9JVQBS0nI0xxh6aXVwklDnC4ad7UNrkegjtcI0W_uLSt8VX7OESu_KcG8QhrMR6Ts4V4Eakv_Y/s200/IMG_6068.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303512297890872626" border="0" /></a><br /> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">VALENTINE'S HIKE IN SANTA BARBARA</span><br />Once you've caught your breath...here are a couple other pics of our<br />Valentine's day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD65FYMJZxZTSODoqz6Jb7Q0Vj75raYHSjFKDDnAq8ls-f28njjbZbJwlcSAvT7jiMTGl1qK2L8SDKK5nGtHZrn5_Fp1F0N-NvubYa7C3bh3GKIqHN_4yzqIWin50rFfUPbABlnngQRoU/s1600-h/IMG_6110.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD65FYMJZxZTSODoqz6Jb7Q0Vj75raYHSjFKDDnAq8ls-f28njjbZbJwlcSAvT7jiMTGl1qK2L8SDKK5nGtHZrn5_Fp1F0N-NvubYa7C3bh3GKIqHN_4yzqIWin50rFfUPbABlnngQRoU/s200/IMG_6110.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303515185129112994" border="0" /></a> activity - in the morning we went to Santa Barbara to<br />see the monarchs in Ellwood Grove. The boys were<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieAlgFwIypBaYDvs5_uFIVKk4cZkGM-szTxtcRHjOsX46aAJ_9Bez7ADCGyIVRjWxtOcfm2xqYAXdPpdh-WeSzzDOZEnBQ6XkEZZ5sGWz_2zcAv3OICTorbEkcc0ufp0UUar97AiFbYeI/s1600-h/IMG_6116.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieAlgFwIypBaYDvs5_uFIVKk4cZkGM-szTxtcRHjOsX46aAJ_9Bez7ADCGyIVRjWxtOcfm2xqYAXdPpdh-WeSzzDOZEnBQ6XkEZZ5sGWz_2zcAv3OICTorbEkcc0ufp0UUar97AiFbYeI/s200/IMG_6116.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303647886869236498" border="0" /></a> troopers!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXB6AY3QEQJXg2GPN9CS4woNEVoTW2r6tqOfm__UJaQKFEsYJP1oZokHFo39zaHlHzGnZ3UzujmpIMxQzJhJT6xYnjmbhLadzOyEHd8Jjy_rznTZIdjqJ8dISW-nT8c0SJYn99t_mSfHs/s1600-h/IMG_6113.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXB6AY3QEQJXg2GPN9CS4woNEVoTW2r6tqOfm__UJaQKFEsYJP1oZokHFo39zaHlHzGnZ3UzujmpIMxQzJhJT6xYnjmbhLadzOyEHd8Jjy_rznTZIdjqJ8dISW-nT8c0SJYn99t_mSfHs/s200/IMG_6113.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303515447227476866" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidvzHJp92JMd1WsvBwYBNZaLeMzdXK8CNakb1FR9oeiV8vj-c-uEum36cz5Vffw6zvm4vV2EithF5g1W5eBR8BED8uGtNxSzDny5YMGbinu45PxPOWdV49GgCJF5oSm09ywsVzUeynOLA/s1600-h/IMG_6103.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidvzHJp92JMd1WsvBwYBNZaLeMzdXK8CNakb1FR9oeiV8vj-c-uEum36cz5Vffw6zvm4vV2EithF5g1W5eBR8BED8uGtNxSzDny5YMGbinu45PxPOWdV49GgCJF5oSm09ywsVzUeynOLA/s320/IMG_6103.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303648223851130722" border="0" /></a>myblondeboyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14290582744406172512noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51486095665000865.post-58362067969107929622009-02-13T14:53:00.001-08:002009-02-13T21:55:27.319-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjISzOrUuzeZtqa_4zSCe8ShIjXZ9Cc3C7HAC0DyoRYLnhXluCjxXRfwvrQ3elDKsYBKquPubNigIFYSp_LdI7mGZk3FoylzBpx60AHuHy1AuWZWkq8BjRhpzGrrKJf385h9xwTnAGKbFc/s1600-h/IMG_6049.JPG"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Happy Valentine's Day - 2009!</span></span></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Brad has to travel all week so we celebrated Valentine's or Valentime's (per Luke) a day early this year. Luke, Jake & I decorated heart-shaped cookies for Brad with food coloring pens. Funny thing is when Brad called home yesterday Luke spilled the beans and said, "Hi Dad, ahhh, we aren't making anything!" and then asked me if he could tell him that we WERE making something special. Luke was excited to give Brad the cookies but not without an ulterior motive...he wanted Brad to share the edible Valentines with him and Jake.<a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjISzOrUuzeZtqa_4zSCe8ShIjXZ9Cc3C7HAC0DyoRYLnhXluCjxXRfwvrQ3elDKsYBKquPubNigIFYSp_LdI7mGZk3FoylzBpx60AHuHy1AuWZWkq8BjRhpzGrrKJf385h9xwTnAGKbFc/s1600-h/IMG_6049.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjISzOrUuzeZtqa_4zSCe8ShIjXZ9Cc3C7HAC0DyoRYLnhXluCjxXRfwvrQ3elDKsYBKquPubNigIFYSp_LdI7mGZk3FoylzBpx60AHuHy1AuWZWkq8BjRhpzGrrKJf385h9xwTnAGKbFc/s320/IMG_6049.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302492904388023026" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU1Jntao6aRxAciFqB6DGPdYhyphenhyphenmUs4LoZAQVuFy_Ua3ujNR75gxafyC57GG9vtFJhyT8cBvc5PSYzg8MJjOlAjjvBWwzUsEMJiDvga6xIZ6g0mcZ8KeNrov2W9St6WN3BWNFKmNZyQW8M/s1600-h/IMG_6046.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU1Jntao6aRxAciFqB6DGPdYhyphenhyphenmUs4LoZAQVuFy_Ua3ujNR75gxafyC57GG9vtFJhyT8cBvc5PSYzg8MJjOlAjjvBWwzUsEMJiDvga6xIZ6g0mcZ8KeNrov2W9St6WN3BWNFKmNZyQW8M/s200/IMG_6046.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302495903957074786" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnrxkwVpLCi2fMuDfzseaEVKFCuwedtAPYoPTFIH4b250bJx9dXeEIHRia_zizUJZ1w8pQ7FnnZ8jtojghtSwzycNSin0reTqzoum8EE4Zv5j5l7J43WJ6XmJVFCebBbrtAafkDS4p4kI/s1600-h/IMG_6047.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnrxkwVpLCi2fMuDfzseaEVKFCuwedtAPYoPTFIH4b250bJx9dXeEIHRia_zizUJZ1w8pQ7FnnZ8jtojghtSwzycNSin0reTqzoum8EE4Zv5j5l7J43WJ6XmJVFCebBbrtAafkDS4p4kI/s200/IMG_6047.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302496106347689378" border="0" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">My darling boys decorated sweet cards for me, bought me my favorite chocolates, as well as a beautiful bouquet of flowers AND a cool running outfit to wear to work off the chocolate!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMqBY4-rVL0TNB4YRRlIBQDMrcwxZx453utRLgUqbUuhD0weeQMLwJ2RtLQ_qJ41Npv2kZM2ENeXw3mTOq1og9NDguZEg5TRay-ZhFkSN_ZmLUKk8zCjVI6YVhd5Y919TWYUd8gs9R344/s1600-h/IMG_6051.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMqBY4-rVL0TNB4YRRlIBQDMrcwxZx453utRLgUqbUuhD0weeQMLwJ2RtLQ_qJ41Npv2kZM2ENeXw3mTOq1og9NDguZEg5TRay-ZhFkSN_ZmLUKk8zCjVI6YVhd5Y919TWYUd8gs9R344/s320/IMG_6051.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302497006233368690" border="0" /></a>I bought Jake and Luke each a big, soft, floppy doggy stuffed animal. But when I showed the dogs to Brad he looked disappointed. I asked what was wrong and he told me he bought the boys doggy stuffed animals <span>too</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> however</span>, his easily fit into the palm of your hand. We laughed; I didn't mean to take the wind out of his sail. Actually it's perfect; now the bigger dogs each have a puppy to take care of!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgVh861ZDQKJvp9OJ_nLcr4YIBC1BgqLOgdAvCKbFylN1DyneCY8S76YAaB8x08-py82icZR8yVuSjkDJSLJuC6at7E04aFDuSoVi7LCQQPw81Jq-ARoEKZXllSCY4pVbke-3-O2z_DIE/s1600-h/IMG_6080.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgVh861ZDQKJvp9OJ_nLcr4YIBC1BgqLOgdAvCKbFylN1DyneCY8S76YAaB8x08-py82icZR8yVuSjkDJSLJuC6at7E04aFDuSoVi7LCQQPw81Jq-ARoEKZXllSCY4pVbke-3-O2z_DIE/s200/IMG_6080.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302526225176636386" border="0" /></a>These dogs'll be waiting for the boys in the morning!<br />I would have added the "puppies" in the pic but the boys are sleeping with them tonight!!!<br /></div><br /></div>myblondeboyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14290582744406172512noreply@blogger.com1