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<br>Sent from my iPhoneShannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10391613716975720113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712840015517680020.post-55667184198659739602009-11-13T14:12:00.003-07:002009-11-13T14:25:40.415-07:004 Months<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center">I can't believe that today marks 4 months since Avery came into our life and we became a family of four. Time sure does fly! </div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Avery, you are a precious child of God. Even though these first four months haven't been easy, we thank God for them and the blessing of you becoming a part of our family. We love you sweet girl!</div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4DqhaSI3P0_yyvTrnlTB-zH69GwuJaTsyRJ0ujvLY-2z2UxuH51PINYWE41b8AG-5TdcYjmwY1Q9bxZBImZ4A_uQsvYKllYNO8q8S8Uz0mFmO4Cld6MY08u2fZm3ai5zjOITa_Bphk06R/s1600-h/DSCF4733.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4DqhaSI3P0_yyvTrnlTB-zH69GwuJaTsyRJ0ujvLY-2z2UxuH51PINYWE41b8AG-5TdcYjmwY1Q9bxZBImZ4A_uQsvYKllYNO8q8S8Uz0mFmO4Cld6MY08u2fZm3ai5zjOITa_Bphk06R/s400/DSCF4733.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4MTcQikdmlCs_Yl80giPNGcW5aK6vljo4jJxbTSRmbZrQWiI9YSIsYaHH-da-r7AIZel9-m7nlCpRsOD2QJspYO7wBnf7tDE4iZgrEe-Sz-ltBgYdxg_sPb6Tfj7ATRZJ-OvwFIllhGA8/s1600-h/DSCF4734.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4MTcQikdmlCs_Yl80giPNGcW5aK6vljo4jJxbTSRmbZrQWiI9YSIsYaHH-da-r7AIZel9-m7nlCpRsOD2QJspYO7wBnf7tDE4iZgrEe-Sz-ltBgYdxg_sPb6Tfj7ATRZJ-OvwFIllhGA8/s400/DSCF4734.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"></a></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10391613716975720113noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712840015517680020.post-48459167032472281272009-11-02T16:08:00.006-07:002009-11-11T16:24:05.571-07:00Continuing the Tradition<div align="center">We have a tradition that each year we attend the UA basketball Red & Blue srimmage. Unless friends take pity on us and offer us tickets to a game, this is the only game we go to each year. But we have attended this one every year since we returned to Tucson and this year marks 12 years. Camden's first time was when he was a mere 5 1/2 weeks old and this year we finally got to bring Avery who at nearly 16 months old did very well and wasn't at all fazed by all the buzzers, band etc. Quite unlike her big brother. </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Camden & Wilbur:</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-gwwZSPu08-zgk-s94exWU_IdRIk6i8r3-vQk1uvcsGNYpzSG3b5QJPfqfgPkDS61NGwLDL6WbekaSbZTQZmF7wmQzqt0ekF2_z3gDossW3vDFL6ggtervz_TIm8-wwx7LRCEVC4izmWk/s1600-h/P1090342.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402987123118200466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-gwwZSPu08-zgk-s94exWU_IdRIk6i8r3-vQk1uvcsGNYpzSG3b5QJPfqfgPkDS61NGwLDL6WbekaSbZTQZmF7wmQzqt0ekF2_z3gDossW3vDFL6ggtervz_TIm8-wwx7LRCEVC4izmWk/s320/P1090342.JPG" border="0" /></a>Doug, Camden & Avery (& Obiwan):<br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs2N3oeiy7-zkdqhcnf8M9P1Lzd2pQ2dOqO46-mUuZ1Y7KWeGgZM_hdyBIpjzUJWAd-xoB6cOMc-SCd4mkG200opvaoS1YgYz9TcPIDYW85mKb3Gwu4I0IrI-4U2h2lBYj5YEsn2NVk_aL/s1600-h/P1090345.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs2N3oeiy7-zkdqhcnf8M9P1Lzd2pQ2dOqO46-mUuZ1Y7KWeGgZM_hdyBIpjzUJWAd-xoB6cOMc-SCd4mkG200opvaoS1YgYz9TcPIDYW85mKb3Gwu4I0IrI-4U2h2lBYj5YEsn2NVk_aL/s320/P1090345.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Avery & I:</p><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOh9PiRNMSB64-E-lY4wKU8BWoQ7E0ZUQJT_ltgDErv6zTXyK1KDX_CUb2pUvyQMah_tG_PdDqmXOLzu3rwQhirPRCg1-Pl2ISxc8_Jo8YWvCUiJx08Da1LS5uysBxgcih-yr6vi2i8Hi2/s1600-h/P1090353.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOh9PiRNMSB64-E-lY4wKU8BWoQ7E0ZUQJT_ltgDErv6zTXyK1KDX_CUb2pUvyQMah_tG_PdDqmXOLzu3rwQhirPRCg1-Pl2ISxc8_Jo8YWvCUiJx08Da1LS5uysBxgcih-yr6vi2i8Hi2/s320/P1090353.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>Avery & her Daddy:<br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIJWk2kkYHMoIsHrG_gSEhbEgdKXzItWlGRfowFpNwgxD3th3gKq72UW_EXvFQ_kxPkXWRTVqyF8m86RFJqQx0UftgiptqAiP6yMziWROMUfP2l4n1zbCun2dnZ_VjyiM_U-zVNzag5e4d/s1600-h/P1090344.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIJWk2kkYHMoIsHrG_gSEhbEgdKXzItWlGRfowFpNwgxD3th3gKq72UW_EXvFQ_kxPkXWRTVqyF8m86RFJqQx0UftgiptqAiP6yMziWROMUfP2l4n1zbCun2dnZ_VjyiM_U-zVNzag5e4d/s320/P1090344.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Camden using Avery's shoe as a speeder for Obiwan. The Lego Star Wars fellas seem to go everywhere with us these days.</p><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPSJiQZKhQsu_MEr-ktIUjRpXSMHJFamY_YRBtRNXT-lzZQaQPr-zTf6B7NiT8jfh0bKH36NDDHeTwLBsr295OL7yI1TMbYsTGmr5X6ovIUjJXkh8IXp8YRgUmkLZkkLA_o_l7F-0_UwI3/s1600-h/P1090348.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPSJiQZKhQsu_MEr-ktIUjRpXSMHJFamY_YRBtRNXT-lzZQaQPr-zTf6B7NiT8jfh0bKH36NDDHeTwLBsr295OL7yI1TMbYsTGmr5X6ovIUjJXkh8IXp8YRgUmkLZkkLA_o_l7F-0_UwI3/s320/P1090348.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10391613716975720113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712840015517680020.post-90246460274189178972009-11-01T13:16:00.002-07:002009-11-11T14:49:03.588-07:00Halloween 2009 - Our Jedi Masters<div align="center">This year we went with a Star Wars theme for Halloween. Camden's good buddy had a Star Wars birthday party last Spring and they had made cool Jedi robes for all the boys (Perry's...you guys rock!) So Camden wanted to be a Jedi Master (Kid Fisto to be exact) and wear his. For Avery...we debated. My thought was that for our precious daughter on her very first Halloween with us she should be something like a flower, a butterfly or perhaps a ladybug. But in the end we decided that Yoda was a better fit for our family this year. :) Camden was so excited that she would be a Jedi Master like him and Avery just loves the little mini light saber which is actually one end of Camden's double light saber. In fact (sadly) she is starting to throw little tantrums when she see's it because she wants to have it. It's pretty cute...she loves to dual with Camden and even tries to make the light saber noises. Too funny! Hopefully in 5 years she won't be unhappy with us for dressing her as Yoda. Besides, there is plenty of time for her to be flowers, ladybugs and other girl stuff, right? ;)</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Our Jedi Masters:</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402943503575016194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3GUVd1veff_MsfzQM_RDGPiMR3vPg59GnktXhQRN5dRqna0Q65wWv2Xsw3p76uce6CBv-9mE0UNhlcv5BiXD9slywc8mJJYivO1BacV5mTGhKl_14fu_jacIQ1k8Wy1YSOCQH-GBBxqOg/s320/DSCF4809.JPG" border="0" />Avery striking a pose.<br /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402943483680560082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzdTZ2rBM03tBJOVReUP3FhAKdsCaHq7CdXb9OwOFIK9ukCUbI3gaBx6SkCl0J6EaS-_vERHjROxb6fcSr3IlP7AyVAlyHWXeo3PjGXipXhhCShR4SrJnRK8o8J6PGRoiBnH3wjN7FwNIa/s320/DSCF4801.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402943486448126402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrENFbiI4P3LeKdRKnOfg7CzP7BBmoVKAJ8DO5raaFflLCe9zv8urMfcc2AVG6wFPdz3IYMNtqdPdFn07ySwXiS01oq5adNJjNAfeHsOvd4YRN7Gj6puUu9tkvD2Kngq9CJGBZrEEyk3Fe/s320/DSCF4804.JPG" border="0" />It's pretty cute...she can't walk yet but she can stand up without holding on to anything and stand unassisted for quite awhile as she is doing here:<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIbR9lBct4xz_1D20R9GGBxD4VQuSKVdHC9R5I0v4BmB2R1QlmxKxngkEEl0DE6yFfyxsQOntBN-ZWDeoBdwCD7Zd4UZThyphenhyphenNjhwB9g6ISm9Kp6UbasFZ8icdDFl8d8NjsfL-yw4ZZbXpCC/s1600-h/DSCF4806.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402943489676699346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIbR9lBct4xz_1D20R9GGBxD4VQuSKVdHC9R5I0v4BmB2R1QlmxKxngkEEl0DE6yFfyxsQOntBN-ZWDeoBdwCD7Zd4UZThyphenhyphenNjhwB9g6ISm9Kp6UbasFZ8icdDFl8d8NjsfL-yw4ZZbXpCC/s320/DSCF4806.JPG" border="0" /></a> My handsome boy striking a pose:<br /><br /><div><div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimAHTgJIUMJzIxdTysEA7imuSbNmMbH5Nyqw7JwuO1D800XLggEIaG7d86B8vgZYW3P54PlCX6GKMvc3nfaPbuImnMHWItpygpDErElQa-rhXIowgAVYFPgEFmj1Y7TEbk9Npb6mT-lG7f/s1600-h/DSCF4834.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimAHTgJIUMJzIxdTysEA7imuSbNmMbH5Nyqw7JwuO1D800XLggEIaG7d86B8vgZYW3P54PlCX6GKMvc3nfaPbuImnMHWItpygpDErElQa-rhXIowgAVYFPgEFmj1Y7TEbk9Npb6mT-lG7f/s320/DSCF4834.JPG" border="0" /></a></p>The many looks of Yoda (aka Avery) or Yodissa as Camden called her. Sorry Star Wars purists...hopefully we aren't offending you with the bows!<br /><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUfhxgKLHkopNuUFv6qXvDG6ysrhY3yS6hDzOFgibyH3TKyhfnrldY5geKCqfXEWm7edeIxpSOuh4eMiTcMlKBth5Ngsgd_g7r1kXilgmXnzrwMTxwejMJDcK8M8oPgM5NGx7ryt3hzj1/s1600-h/DSCF4797.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUfhxgKLHkopNuUFv6qXvDG6ysrhY3yS6hDzOFgibyH3TKyhfnrldY5geKCqfXEWm7edeIxpSOuh4eMiTcMlKBth5Ngsgd_g7r1kXilgmXnzrwMTxwejMJDcK8M8oPgM5NGx7ryt3hzj1/s320/DSCF4797.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZXAA-_ZGJtnN6nlkoG_Yahyphenhyphen8fa08n_U9toQr03sxEs3TsNl5in3-BAI8jbf9Tr3E8VXinzI9rwKxyhygyBtr0LWc9IRSr4mJMiu9mpzXo8IEFtdzcOsIe-bJeBVayI9MJOuQ2-jzz7Qfo/s1600-h/DSCF4800.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZXAA-_ZGJtnN6nlkoG_Yahyphenhyphen8fa08n_U9toQr03sxEs3TsNl5in3-BAI8jbf9Tr3E8VXinzI9rwKxyhygyBtr0LWc9IRSr4mJMiu9mpzXo8IEFtdzcOsIe-bJeBVayI9MJOuQ2-jzz7Qfo/s320/DSCF4800.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Doug & Avery at our neighbors shindig. After the party we headed out with some neighbors for some trick or treating. It was a fun night!<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402944512028951746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU4hiJh6TEfOlJWE2mmcv1XGKNkpcbYbrkraenJZIyVhTd0mx1tDf4bKnyXp186EXuP4b1xFhEohBlj9G-jqFqTZBzVb7Q-7gkPHrTc7RVvhJh7zRW02IHOoZMI-SZDrcccWHgiWARuBVl/s320/DSCF4825.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10391613716975720113noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712840015517680020.post-81866537226099349932009-10-10T13:44:00.008-07:002009-10-10T13:53:52.792-07:00How to Stay Young<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Bookman Old Style';font-size:10pt;color:olive;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">1.</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">Throw out nonessential numbers. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-family:'Bookman Old Style';font-size:10pt;" >This includes age, weight, height, calories, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-family:'Bookman Old Style';font-size:10pt;" >Let the doctors worry about the numbers, that’s why you pay them</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; color: rgb(255, 204, 204);"><span style=";font-family:'Bookman Old Style';font-size:10pt;" >2.<span style=""> </span>Keep only cheerful friends. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Bookman Old Style';font-size:10pt;color:olive;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">3. </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">Keep learning. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-family:'Bookman Old Style';font-size:10pt;" >Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-family:'Bookman Old Style';font-size:10pt;" >Never let the brain idle. <o:p></o:p></span><span style=";font-family:'Bookman Old Style';font-size:10pt;color:olive;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">4. </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">Enjoy the simple things. </span><o:p style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);"></o:p><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">5. </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">Laugh </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-family:'Bookman Old Style';font-size:10pt;" >Often, long and loud. <span style=""> </span>Laugh until you gasp for breath, start crying or fluid comes out of something it’s not supposed to come out of </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Bookman Old Style';font-size:10pt;color:olive;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">6. </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">The tears happen. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-family:'Bookman Old Style';font-size:10pt;" >Endure, grieve and consider yourself fortunate to have cared enough to cry. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Bookman Old Style';font-size:10pt;color:olive;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">7. </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">Surround yourself with what you love. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-family:'Bookman Old Style';font-size:10pt;" >Family, friends, pets, hobbies, keepsakes, music, plants, again etc.. </span><span style=";font-family:'Bookman Old Style';font-size:10pt;color:olive;" ><span style=""></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">8. </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">Value your health:</span> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-family:'Bookman Old Style';font-size:10pt;" >If it’s good, preserve it... if it’s unstable, improve it….if it’s beyond what you can improve, get help and trust the Lord to guide you. </span><span style=";font-family:'Bookman Old Style';font-size:10pt;color:olive;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Bookman Old Style';font-size:10pt;color:olive;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">9. </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">Don't take guilt trips. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-family:'Bookman Old Style';font-size:10pt;" >As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our sins from us, so take a trip to the mall, even to the next county, but NOT to where the guilt is.</span><span style=";font-family:'Bookman Old Style';font-size:10pt;color:olive;" > <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Bookman Old Style';font-size:10pt;color:olive;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">10. </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:'Bookman Old Style';font-size:10pt;color:olive;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:'Bookman Old Style';font-size:10pt;" >Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.<o:p></o:p><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-family:'Bookman Old Style';font-size:10pt;color:olive;" >and</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:'Bookman Old Style';font-size:10pt;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:'Bookman Old Style';font-size:10pt;" ><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-family:'Bookman Old Style';font-size:10pt;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:'Bookman Old Style';font-size:10pt;" >Worry about nothing, pray about everything!!!</span>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10391613716975720113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712840015517680020.post-68587817519456977742009-10-05T13:26:00.016-07:002009-10-06T18:07:22.862-07:00Avery's First Photo Shoot<div align="center">I took Avery to get some professional photos done today. Sadly we have had her for almost 3 months and this is the first "real" photos we have had taken of her. Anyway she did so great. I was very impressed. It amazes me...she seems to take such things in stride. </div><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389215164598958386" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 312px; cursor: pointer; height: 250px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht777yENW5T-dd5C2yPc8v25k5_dXqkgA9lJbVj-UmjRMYLQuSKwD5ZrJagW7a1ZTPld02r6iXcTS7gA0FrAm-7zlGXmEcALjw2due5UsYy1ABJvw9PIiXfv-ttYpX1N4ncjb9rOpXu4L7/s320/P6.jpg" border="0" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-6COY1I7JKybGBxNqhEXkTfRoLwIDdxemrqtlT7jrLagdMICc-2ZrmUfAiQNjQGytN4NiJPCn2wVEaCsLwpiea3_tBGjUAz6oVGPQd4c-fBg4AzMK2VHn1pWwlksySUIqFAKltk4A7Enn/s1600-h/P2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389221316718381154" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 250px; cursor: pointer; height: 312px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-6COY1I7JKybGBxNqhEXkTfRoLwIDdxemrqtlT7jrLagdMICc-2ZrmUfAiQNjQGytN4NiJPCn2wVEaCsLwpiea3_tBGjUAz6oVGPQd4c-fBg4AzMK2VHn1pWwlksySUIqFAKltk4A7Enn/s320/P2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3oOLWieCyy877eSKvm-qE9Ay9kfGcVxiYS-hYuWn540Mi19Y6gt0YdeHhiOTBfc0YV2sBB7udSKBB99lDBfI5IcOUf2qzannxfR7hMeckbexBW6vvWK-l434N7j5LYfQtCKvFf62D-JY2/s1600-h/P5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389215177793858274" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 250px; cursor: pointer; height: 312px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3oOLWieCyy877eSKvm-qE9Ay9kfGcVxiYS-hYuWn540Mi19Y6gt0YdeHhiOTBfc0YV2sBB7udSKBB99lDBfI5IcOUf2qzannxfR7hMeckbexBW6vvWK-l434N7j5LYfQtCKvFf62D-JY2/s320/P5.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389215186754676514" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 250px; cursor: pointer; height: 312px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghEpE-vtKFwd9K_KchJMSCgj99x_ekea1XEgpB5BFtzwLpBtSaBTGMd4QMOY6wiaC5rUxDK4CWvfTP7nGqjs7JEa7mdHxFqLecbvafa9iDAd14F4QV38QiNfnFcjEX3es1i7uVK0YN9OdM/s320/P3.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center">Here she is with her <a href="http://taricotimes.blogspot.com/2008/12/100-wishes-quilt-and-more-quilt-squares.html">100 Wishes Quilt</a> as the background.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389215148674530146" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 312px; cursor: pointer; height: 250px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRGmCWNF9d0JMPK_NBnJrL4A2IdwJ0zh54VqNHsHAFDWDO3WwcP3KwhTdwCXaiFwxhAsVdd2ODRVk_bsmOUFgCzZxQEXFYlpy34qP2Cj39DlevMm0_WIRyYVJJCVXAhBCWwW8yFDVOzrON/s320/P18.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389215153909137474" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 250px; cursor: pointer; height: 312px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqP107reyyHSzSfId-zlu_9jQbOlyPo8QXeZibYcPatbm2J7A53AWgX7KXLSfVEnBTxqswg5Y3DAqJzas5yQa4ddXEhqCaEv9uluyJy03A_QWdCKrXrKxXGMCgsknvUAchNKCJcnfnsVkN/s320/P14.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389215749464143650" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 178px; cursor: pointer; height: 312px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDZlBLafD1pkTV8YBNpwfg3NPOmXxEr1vlMsM6jHy0oCOGOJQdmPiYjCMZe2bNgLi-P2H16qgFXKNKO8r35Dl0KE-LDfc-yxLnkPu0mxSPYLbdJK14tZkByJfqOLJejAWO3gWMzBIORGsh/s320/E13.jpg" border="0" /></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10391613716975720113noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712840015517680020.post-91770673306425956702009-10-04T14:10:00.003-07:002009-10-06T18:08:16.067-07:00She sleeps<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">This is one of Avery's favorite sleeping positions. We find her with her leg through the slates quite often.<br />Oh and I do clean my floors even though her knees seem to tell a different story.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfmwL19DwwM9hbH79ftkzObNNpBIYSOqe02UbdU5o0_5NQebB8-UJDr0VSpQ9au9JGLfZL7DpjTzno5fy5E1HBND38S3PfThg124LLBCV3JXrGHjqzQPF5kr0kQdD9m-AGYdrH3XVfLmaC/s1600-h/DSCF4542.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfmwL19DwwM9hbH79ftkzObNNpBIYSOqe02UbdU5o0_5NQebB8-UJDr0VSpQ9au9JGLfZL7DpjTzno5fy5E1HBND38S3PfThg124LLBCV3JXrGHjqzQPF5kr0kQdD9m-AGYdrH3XVfLmaC/s320/DSCF4542.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Avery's sleep issues have improved dramatically. She goes down easily at night in her crib which continues to be in our room. Sometimes she sleeps through the night but most of the time she wakes up once or twice a night but goes back down easily. It is wonderful to see that she is feeling more and more secure in our little family.<br /><br /></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10391613716975720113noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712840015517680020.post-81282482971913109892009-10-03T23:31:00.003-07:002009-10-03T23:41:24.147-07:00Cool Chick<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6tKGWkBKb6N8cWM-4nzx-KfgqfTTI3OtCq34QYIjpm43xCabrBP5TkSeuOUc4MeAtz-su1dL3HrlijWOb_q9zLdt8zN5dooNgqZeS79XoqUFxhcizPbTgoIk7pbk6-D71IU74biD79Rc/s1600-h/DSCF4644.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6tKGWkBKb6N8cWM-4nzx-KfgqfTTI3OtCq34QYIjpm43xCabrBP5TkSeuOUc4MeAtz-su1dL3HrlijWOb_q9zLdt8zN5dooNgqZeS79XoqUFxhcizPbTgoIk7pbk6-D71IU74biD79Rc/s320/DSCF4644.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"></a></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10391613716975720113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712840015517680020.post-85551836906171699622009-10-01T22:47:00.000-07:002009-10-03T23:32:01.035-07:00A Favorite Position<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Avery is so flexible. I know most kids at this age are but she seems to be more flexible then the average or at least more flexible than Camden ever was. This continues to be a favorite position of hers. She briefly had both feet up there the other day but I wasn't quick enough with the camera. I can't help but wonder if we have a little Chinese acrobat on our hands. :)</div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD3AUqTVIUpU9WabF6I8HcLn2mmYzdWSd-L5_LxOEsLihW5NBC-FqjB0I55bLt7bLwjpG2DNW1zRm3Y_SQzQA7C9e8AHwr_Qv_lhYuJ6o4Zu1E11wUret_3KvzVKpw-USH6C0GfwDUAiE/s1600-h/DSCF4480.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD3AUqTVIUpU9WabF6I8HcLn2mmYzdWSd-L5_LxOEsLihW5NBC-FqjB0I55bLt7bLwjpG2DNW1zRm3Y_SQzQA7C9e8AHwr_Qv_lhYuJ6o4Zu1E11wUret_3KvzVKpw-USH6C0GfwDUAiE/s320/DSCF4480.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgepxW_1OiXGBAyHKGm1RMKfZMomZ8g-mVfbr-WnE_wEbPPCemY-aBSAvRJ8Bh3FwSC_52MuuAQRAok0GyaWIxxHQ40YZMkcEan9t-UNbMPX81FV6qP0c4xKsNewLlwjGF0_Fu6sLYoDSM/s1600-h/DSCF4490.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgepxW_1OiXGBAyHKGm1RMKfZMomZ8g-mVfbr-WnE_wEbPPCemY-aBSAvRJ8Bh3FwSC_52MuuAQRAok0GyaWIxxHQ40YZMkcEan9t-UNbMPX81FV6qP0c4xKsNewLlwjGF0_Fu6sLYoDSM/s320/DSCF4490.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5XrS_qxaUjtnxbWcGDYLgeLXBjvBmXygtQKEoOn892gsx3OYPMbt8J03Zgf1GzC2j3HLcQmUDSwCii5iVC3RItZ2sK3OqRf9FYH0qrvTnh4taj9Xs_s-ejhejg38pp20Hl7YXLNsTDs/s1600-h/DSCF4495.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5XrS_qxaUjtnxbWcGDYLgeLXBjvBmXygtQKEoOn892gsx3OYPMbt8J03Zgf1GzC2j3HLcQmUDSwCii5iVC3RItZ2sK3OqRf9FYH0qrvTnh4taj9Xs_s-ejhejg38pp20Hl7YXLNsTDs/s320/DSCF4495.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUpy2Ujt3KDRSTsqO0gg4l40nzF7qOU57BP42k_RX3pRwWjLU2GogpcwS_5GvCJzK9e8TIjE6g5yOGtoOZ84m81iQvLDaTTXSt8cBaClLQQm4rLi3hUv2dvXIxdO3MdLRgYUkT06xAapE/s1600-h/DSCF4486.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUpy2Ujt3KDRSTsqO0gg4l40nzF7qOU57BP42k_RX3pRwWjLU2GogpcwS_5GvCJzK9e8TIjE6g5yOGtoOZ84m81iQvLDaTTXSt8cBaClLQQm4rLi3hUv2dvXIxdO3MdLRgYUkT06xAapE/s320/DSCF4486.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10391613716975720113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712840015517680020.post-18072309672775268562009-09-28T23:21:00.001-07:002009-10-03T23:26:12.008-07:00Family Visit<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Doug's Mom and niece, Marissa came down to visit and meet Avery for the first time. We had a great time swimming and just hanging out and visiting.</div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM0JY978Zmes3UwrX_ffD2Ajca5_C95kHalxYNTCthuIt8HhG11LL5UXMAOJcbYnlMdqm7Q_apRF7WH8kF1ekrx3KLpIKVl0-H_re2inbVKeKkJJqZaUdCSU18Je24MOkEcT0O4fery6s/s1600-h/DSCF4615.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM0JY978Zmes3UwrX_ffD2Ajca5_C95kHalxYNTCthuIt8HhG11LL5UXMAOJcbYnlMdqm7Q_apRF7WH8kF1ekrx3KLpIKVl0-H_re2inbVKeKkJJqZaUdCSU18Je24MOkEcT0O4fery6s/s320/DSCF4615.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFX41PgoblhGV1qa6h0ZGasCz8OnrwENdsFlfz5dLf3NrQmpofbOQqIhR_cECIEe0pbPMPacV09Pr-RUFZTmU0d0o0UdO12euWtI1GI2w1BivzGfhfxyHX0QAle-EBZ5NXIFWTxyOtOoU/s1600-h/DSCF4618.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFX41PgoblhGV1qa6h0ZGasCz8OnrwENdsFlfz5dLf3NrQmpofbOQqIhR_cECIEe0pbPMPacV09Pr-RUFZTmU0d0o0UdO12euWtI1GI2w1BivzGfhfxyHX0QAle-EBZ5NXIFWTxyOtOoU/s320/DSCF4618.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><p align="center">It was neat to see Avery warm to Grandma so quickly.</p><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wk-1f5r1U7ZEqawQpcb_JY_U9v7uOK5W3uY6Q2zoQGEUwupujS4j7ie7gK8Vy9L1gCluxz7Y5bNSj12N6BmgW4Q8YOox4aqCbngiu1EH2kwjtC4EcUAUmfhxjy-1MaI4byLAI7iLZBo/s1600-h/DSCF4634.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wk-1f5r1U7ZEqawQpcb_JY_U9v7uOK5W3uY6Q2zoQGEUwupujS4j7ie7gK8Vy9L1gCluxz7Y5bNSj12N6BmgW4Q8YOox4aqCbngiu1EH2kwjtC4EcUAUmfhxjy-1MaI4byLAI7iLZBo/s320/DSCF4634.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"></a></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10391613716975720113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712840015517680020.post-54560221254741565942009-09-26T21:00:00.043-07:002009-10-03T22:28:14.757-07:00Lego Birthday Party<div align="center">Today we had nine of Camden's buddies over to celebrate his 8<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">th</span> birthday.</div><br /><div align="center">Camden has been all about Lego's for quite awhile now so it made perfect sense for that to be the theme for his party. Following is a photo of Cam and one of his creations. He calls it a futuristic bus station. It was so cute...he wanted us to take a picture so we could send it in to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Brickmaster</span> magazine as sometimes they put the photos in the magazine. We did just that but have yet to see it in the magazine but we did use it as the front of the birthday invitation. </div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_5b2BZUjM_8MmCQOE_BIZzQ6WLjgn8wvLn-BK5OAg6uXF46bg1xfat44uk5HN5KWI2y9KqCYQ6KjpL3Oik4MFu-kIPUTjZSMLjQeOmS-2XpNvL2GXPI9ZZhhdNmBsi6rQymnLBXvMUz0/s1600-h/DSCF4254.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388601174076419026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_5b2BZUjM_8MmCQOE_BIZzQ6WLjgn8wvLn-BK5OAg6uXF46bg1xfat44uk5HN5KWI2y9KqCYQ6KjpL3Oik4MFu-kIPUTjZSMLjQeOmS-2XpNvL2GXPI9ZZhhdNmBsi6rQymnLBXvMUz0/s320/DSCF4254.JPG" border="0" /></a>Here is my attempt at a Lego birthday cake. Actually it's kind of a cross between regular Lego's and Lego Star Wars. Even though Camden has yet to see the last Star Wars movie he knows all about the battle between <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Annikan</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Obiwan</span> and asked if that could be on the cake. This cake didn't turn out quite as I had planned. I really didn't leave myself enough time (as usual) to do it properly but at least it resembled Lego bricks or at least <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Duplos</span>! :)<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388597296136651394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLfqDnwoWKwspIxyaQEtLpo1H74jMbn-5x4O0YEmD9B6iuOtljsofhG1NPuXKx04mGVXrh_kUcomG0BRuiX4HIl_pRcVXsaMNDFJGleShh1D6SwM28JSzCu5oW_gB7fusl11zGB5ti4ws/s320/DSCF4547.JPG" border="0" /><br />The birthday boy:<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388597301628344450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR8ltVPUGf4SUV4oWsnKVKyHFybyCPEw0EGzn2nG7Ey6gUPnB0lCo0pMmCBd3J7hyphenhyphentArfXMo8Uyt4mEIHlbT9sTdei56QibMFJjahgxO-jpX3rDzsTS14EFLv1bCgdbwX_oNJhs7wGrHM/s320/DSCF4556.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><div><div>An attempt at decorations and for the record those rectangles are supposed to look like Lego bricks:<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBJqxLOkDtpJbejWugkrNcsY9LqWhYhylk7-UAoAf44fWiABQ_W0JOs9KM7f2swhZf9VSzMa401sH61G7s8MR5ZYK_DZlfmwPn-evCbZFtVh0P3SScafXi01H_LKq_HzupM_t-nZUs5-w/s1600-h/DSCF4560.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388597287397227394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBJqxLOkDtpJbejWugkrNcsY9LqWhYhylk7-UAoAf44fWiABQ_W0JOs9KM7f2swhZf9VSzMa401sH61G7s8MR5ZYK_DZlfmwPn-evCbZFtVh0P3SScafXi01H_LKq_HzupM_t-nZUs5-w/s320/DSCF4560.JPG" border="0" /></a> Camden created some Lego centerpieces for the party:<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388600429211489634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdALQOBurnmwAYTOvOpnLG0RZRsNaAjujJdAuXGQqjNGX4qFvsxsSJrmhD5zfXZYQpOwL_W8WSjdLFIiV_GbDk4LKWyrTS-rD4dj7bUjisRMiQK5xkvvsw8cgavdLRDTwYrmXAdCvVoLw/s320/DSCF4591.JPG" border="0" /> We had only three planned games at the party. I find that boys (or at least my boy) enjoy being able to make their own fun and this time was no exception. As the boys waited for everyone to arrive, they played good guys and bad guys. At one point every boy had some kind of weapon in their hand. I'm <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">embarrassed</span> to say that we had enough weapons for every boy to have at least one. </div><div> </div><div><div align="center">The first game we had was guess how many bricks are in the jar. The other two games were timed Lego <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">building</span> games. The first one was who could build the tallest freestanding tower in 10 minutes and the last game was see how creative you can be in 15 minutes.<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOgfgoBtEzwwCL2C5ileGqn_U-6zO6Irrywor9gOr6sVwx1B6qUMZWihmCelD6o9u2slq9EuWQO9rt53P8iPAU-mEaUuqnT5W86VmvGDaod733f76ldUOQL7BaB20yOzctuBuMH6qYKr0/s1600-h/DSCF4559.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388592243944092834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOgfgoBtEzwwCL2C5ileGqn_U-6zO6Irrywor9gOr6sVwx1B6qUMZWihmCelD6o9u2slq9EuWQO9rt53P8iPAU-mEaUuqnT5W86VmvGDaod733f76ldUOQL7BaB20yOzctuBuMH6qYKr0/s320/DSCF4559.JPG" border="0" /></a></div>Lego candy...and amazingly they actually stack!<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388600424667783570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIk92tFgzsH9ISNhII5h5CsEBWIgjrPikd_wlajd5DntF6LFPnKsgxCJqpQHTfH74lJ3JTkvfmgBSc0dT7OFlmEmlDrvWIg2zgjUw00hkt_mBFuHHKfFPLqC2wAKlhWlNaii3xHvGP3Oc/s320/DSCF4589.JPG" border="0" /><br />The boys hard at work on their creations:<br /><br /><div align="center"><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLo8sXmVvWzNAalxq5B5wPejgzzfXjngSfoUux8r5G3MjyhtdEzRhAZuJcMaMH6bx9wF2c2gin_kqSRzYTwmbO68fOvzegv7XA4_tpp0RRGU7U6IbYYpMQiPhd2cetpi9AR-sl_vBqx0M/s1600-h/DSCF4557.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388592233923351714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLo8sXmVvWzNAalxq5B5wPejgzzfXjngSfoUux8r5G3MjyhtdEzRhAZuJcMaMH6bx9wF2c2gin_kqSRzYTwmbO68fOvzegv7XA4_tpp0RRGU7U6IbYYpMQiPhd2cetpi9AR-sl_vBqx0M/s320/DSCF4557.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6m22W0IknqxV27hnIm567QX92imEbBNq12FM9Z0UMl7RreBDLzK2yoWuCpezWcc4RL-DiMw908zqL4e2BqD-RDDUbvAtIInnxIcbsptbHY8NdJJcecttrE-NSQ3MPoHFwOl8Ic_dhMo/s1600-h/DSCF4554.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388592220300996866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6m22W0IknqxV27hnIm567QX92imEbBNq12FM9Z0UMl7RreBDLzK2yoWuCpezWcc4RL-DiMw908zqL4e2BqD-RDDUbvAtIInnxIcbsptbHY8NdJJcecttrE-NSQ3MPoHFwOl8Ic_dhMo/s320/DSCF4554.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSsu9R6JShJ0gZLwCKt_ObB1OjuvxnsVY92eBL7VRp_1SL5Ocy5NvLCcxaHDI9wM62fdV2_JqZAmyPxFEuigKMSp5ML1o2ZUSPwryTsg8zN1ekuON5aaV_PTMwWe8k5mg2vSEHPI_tK5A/s1600-h/DSCF4553.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388592212205593298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSsu9R6JShJ0gZLwCKt_ObB1OjuvxnsVY92eBL7VRp_1SL5Ocy5NvLCcxaHDI9wM62fdV2_JqZAmyPxFEuigKMSp5ML1o2ZUSPwryTsg8zN1ekuON5aaV_PTMwWe8k5mg2vSEHPI_tK5A/s320/DSCF4553.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The boys and their creations:<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7dJ6Go6l777K1TmwE7bLAZgjZoA1D7HFEnQJib8LM9w7ONFeh9B9RACJ8FaXliOO5atQTzexsjBbKcirpFdxbXdnDToYb3vQcHsWMaqUYgO_2SzK0NTN2N9HU-QNbvJpsiazmBa4AoAg/s1600-h/DSCF4576.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388592207905194930" style="DISPLAY: block; 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TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjESnbWW5dDVfryHQh4hKT7G4cSKwDlDvucWvOik56DFJgnUb6mK_G_UrFxS0_5XjYSybdlAJA5MdskZ5ZsPqN9jCZ1MTZl2bn2-3dFVOU_JuQH9HjKUZ__ZlRQPEtVQiiZ16RDVqZeFoA/s1600-h/DSCF4574.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjESnbWW5dDVfryHQh4hKT7G4cSKwDlDvucWvOik56DFJgnUb6mK_G_UrFxS0_5XjYSybdlAJA5MdskZ5ZsPqN9jCZ1MTZl2bn2-3dFVOU_JuQH9HjKUZ__ZlRQPEtVQiiZ16RDVqZeFoA/s320/DSCF4574.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJGGFdtJvLpTMaRJzibH9AS9-z0E7YSsg3N6p1HwJelf-HDXs30UpEsZBwjTtXhdWx6yoqlvzYgwbtQ-NfDRUV_jCKcCYBetO__kQ8-4x-zgawSCdv4csJIig7688652tWEe245FTMUc/s1600-h/DSCF4577.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJGGFdtJvLpTMaRJzibH9AS9-z0E7YSsg3N6p1HwJelf-HDXs30UpEsZBwjTtXhdWx6yoqlvzYgwbtQ-NfDRUV_jCKcCYBetO__kQ8-4x-zgawSCdv4csJIig7688652tWEe245FTMUc/s320/DSCF4577.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>Here's me and my first attempt at a Pinata. It was fun creating it and the smell of the paper <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">mache</span> brought me back to Second Grade. Camden asked if the pinata brick could be gold as "Gold is a REALLY rare brick Mom!" :)<br /><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388597311426790386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnh04ZXUTTBv2Ju_3ZsfqQR_Fr0GUWLkTazY40lbCXcJxf_kXvR6EAEy83GUkxlJHGpRXsC1ULbi4ZlOUe5ljwuwrSc65QBmVdwHVgx-omh_CaL-MhlGZ0_S2NEoXRF5NFtMCzdYrHW9I/s320/DSCF4586.JPG" border="0" /></div></div>A party at our place isn't complete without a little swimming. Here's the boys enjoying our floating volcano.<br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388597321911507618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKU55DcXcQxp5ypQES9Piv208tLoOWfXwnZgAQdkEY6YlUD9FAgr_S81BMx-bALpLzgC72HwsuP_DEdiI4f6CG-Y4FThbVGd7VRBaV_hQCb2DZhHjzzPKaQR1c0WI3Ao3ll8raTiHlBA/s320/DSCF4583.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10391613716975720113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712840015517680020.post-20262547553337014042009-09-22T21:47:00.009-07:002009-10-03T20:36:21.304-07:00Birthday Fun<div align="center">We had a great day celebrating with Camden. Avery and I brought his treat of choice, ice cream bars to have with his class and then Doug brought McDonald's (Camden's lunch choice) to school and we all had lunch together. Late in the afternoon we met good Friends, the Lowell's at Chuck E Cheese for dinner and some over stimulation.<br /></div><div align="center">Here's the birthday boy with his class. Sadly 31 in all!</div><br /><div align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQI_4G3v0laREwrY4tC9ohQG0lU1d5qdCHuUkkpR4obZaJuTTemSClP5l3Jc5f-V7HXYKa5hsiY3cW5u2mxcI_zUiKsxPDQK-XxVFSdHgZ-di6fCS-9EN2yJIBRGUjxnN0GSoVONSF1To/s1600-h/DSCF4517.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388233442565859538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQI_4G3v0laREwrY4tC9ohQG0lU1d5qdCHuUkkpR4obZaJuTTemSClP5l3Jc5f-V7HXYKa5hsiY3cW5u2mxcI_zUiKsxPDQK-XxVFSdHgZ-di6fCS-9EN2yJIBRGUjxnN0GSoVONSF1To/s320/DSCF4517.JPG" border="0" /></a> As his class filed out and took a seat at the table, Camden went right over to Avery to greet her. He then announced that he wanted to sit by his sister so everybody scooted down so he could have the seat next to her. He then preceded to feed her. This was a big step for Cam and it melted my heart to see it. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5sWOtQ-wcQn4k08i1Hv22JIAXg-_-XFDV-4rNr_VAL2ASmO8QjERnwE3epX7VTuoi24P187dv65TzG5t1Zstise4ssSALxeYR2-YYM1A5aq79f2GX04Yc5T5ZcS21w9YKr5WYKMSaRy0/s1600-h/DSCF4514.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388233435036833698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5sWOtQ-wcQn4k08i1Hv22JIAXg-_-XFDV-4rNr_VAL2ASmO8QjERnwE3epX7VTuoi24P187dv65TzG5t1Zstise4ssSALxeYR2-YYM1A5aq79f2GX04Yc5T5ZcS21w9YKr5WYKMSaRy0/s320/DSCF4514.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgldWxs4K9IR9UBkp4uMEUQWyVTZSnHpFN-1FK_XmI0h1nbXYWsJFHipuiCrbZzD0XGeuTIGVZ1RvxrVn6c8cdgciRzhWBiZGNHM-kQDNsZSJnlR0-pbyAIkZW_LIF699nkqKxrCA06150/s1600-h/DSCF4513.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388233424895471554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgldWxs4K9IR9UBkp4uMEUQWyVTZSnHpFN-1FK_XmI0h1nbXYWsJFHipuiCrbZzD0XGeuTIGVZ1RvxrVn6c8cdgciRzhWBiZGNHM-kQDNsZSJnlR0-pbyAIkZW_LIF699nkqKxrCA06150/s320/DSCF4513.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"> Camden with his best buddies, Rob & Ted.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388242944904853474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEide9x95PBO3_Z-PCGB-Ti1Bmk8qd4C4_cN2mg1iJIP2pzGHd__NrCDc1ELPmEc_uQVZW3DcpM72G4o8eyD8v3baPyWVGQsJN8BW6ddXCoYaavckx_d0amOiK4PenBtI2vRoau6Tw2tsCY/s320/DSCF4518.JPG" border="0" /><br />This was Avery's first visit to such a place. I was a little nervous about how she would react but she did great and wasn't even scared of the dancing, singing characters. In fact, she really seemed to have a great time!</p><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYUAJe5Vg97lu_zmpP70LhQP9kx4nW0cKcmPZDWEiHTyvyUCCz5SMpH4AGLr4ewXI0gnAv7FCuJnkm5VQt0doy2LD6xe7oQLqD8C4VF6cJSesRTI6Dn76QvbbFlBuK-UEg7785lCgKu1U/s1600-h/DSCF4527.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYUAJe5Vg97lu_zmpP70LhQP9kx4nW0cKcmPZDWEiHTyvyUCCz5SMpH4AGLr4ewXI0gnAv7FCuJnkm5VQt0doy2LD6xe7oQLqD8C4VF6cJSesRTI6Dn76QvbbFlBuK-UEg7785lCgKu1U/s320/DSCF4527.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2fuTNN2idawXjhy4N5P3vlV5ZzN-clGD_sKuPwDM5ZhjHvyl05BuEzxfigHK8CT05hrR-wqQqk9jVWf2yOMETbiv-NWx3wcDUYfsXjjosoExcbdM8vLUCGmsZX5JbsDWH5KoxECgHtCs/s1600-h/DSCF4524.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2fuTNN2idawXjhy4N5P3vlV5ZzN-clGD_sKuPwDM5ZhjHvyl05BuEzxfigHK8CT05hrR-wqQqk9jVWf2yOMETbiv-NWx3wcDUYfsXjjosoExcbdM8vLUCGmsZX5JbsDWH5KoxECgHtCs/s320/DSCF4524.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDdeu8LGwAcrIHh4ztxmnMB2ZUtmMR2YB92NfWr-5uIKM_uUvDmkH5WoPMEqCePRQMmHyq0dUuol-eJoiGAU8l6atKIkLhw7AwOmdA-GfxlSoAKE9jMlx685GzPVLYRkt0a9x6Rd2OCU/s1600-h/DSCF4525.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDdeu8LGwAcrIHh4ztxmnMB2ZUtmMR2YB92NfWr-5uIKM_uUvDmkH5WoPMEqCePRQMmHyq0dUuol-eJoiGAU8l6atKIkLhw7AwOmdA-GfxlSoAKE9jMlx685GzPVLYRkt0a9x6Rd2OCU/s320/DSCF4525.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><p align="center">After Chuck's we gave Camden the gifts we had for him. Here's Camden doing a great job sharing his new (cheap) keyboard with his sister. Avery LOVES music and couldn't be kept away.</p><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDdyFnJaB-IyUDMROSnMEg_Z3DD8yI2fse7Uh8tLQP7SI7q4O9goXU2e6K0e8iQc7SpJGckq83q-uHW-OuEDGUJamiEU5JhR2MxBLE3nv3P_4wXY4ETGIAcHDwwl7DJgjCZ7jdi4cOxQY/s1600-h/DSCF4522.JPG"></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388233449364015634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKFKQzyKObVtHbzQnsqY5Joj6M9OQGTpELBrBqqz-ziBJmCPvR2ueEPsqhtV2PbCFUgJn1oY24hfiK_2JVtGC-_exkOPAwUZbb8nTTNi0MCBl-bczjwu66w_4E05G5Jv_vzkuObdTEvvg/s320/DSCF4538.JPG" border="0" /></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10391613716975720113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712840015517680020.post-2746163271975132192009-09-22T07:40:00.004-07:002009-09-22T11:50:19.630-07:00My baby is 8!!!<div align="center">I can't believe that 8 years ago today (after 27 hours of labor I would like to mention) God blessed us with a beautiful baby boy. You are such a joy Camden..truly a blessing from God.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Happy Birthday Sweettart! Mom & Dad (Avery too) love you so very much!</div><div align="center"> </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCAWJ80hRxycVSyD_pTHgDraTxPgDt4G1Dtfp3wmhVV66eprZlpGrcvZW2K9fKOijIrsg-AeGRvJG5x7mkPxNjEiY_wkPtgponvPMLfARuurxfnW4Q67j9CKzbjZYdqKsPCgSeOKmg9Ag/s1600-h/P1080705.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384301753734556546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 241px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCAWJ80hRxycVSyD_pTHgDraTxPgDt4G1Dtfp3wmhVV66eprZlpGrcvZW2K9fKOijIrsg-AeGRvJG5x7mkPxNjEiY_wkPtgponvPMLfARuurxfnW4Q67j9CKzbjZYdqKsPCgSeOKmg9Ag/s320/P1080705.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTXZXW-gByHvOEZnXIvBE2nhTJW9KUhuzO8S3ztgmRzAaZsVQdfCEmkP8fw_up_tJ3J1fpmpBRCz-f_a85g8iYB2N9fRQGQsgMPzhysuZ1z8uiZXPdJdVPIiOo6GbjbzfBCMzPUQSV-zs/s1600-h/P1080706.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTXZXW-gByHvOEZnXIvBE2nhTJW9KUhuzO8S3ztgmRzAaZsVQdfCEmkP8fw_up_tJ3J1fpmpBRCz-f_a85g8iYB2N9fRQGQsgMPzhysuZ1z8uiZXPdJdVPIiOo6GbjbzfBCMzPUQSV-zs/s320/P1080706.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKmqAgB3wtNiVOS8tiZFJTTpaSbLn7WDsM-k5EI1N11tyCa5UMm5Y7O8bkrhJO6WnZXpyhtdUgdVzL_pUKv8FTyRwmP2YKh-5eZDgyMRtJfgiookQoo4-44CjZi4oU_o1fR9uQ3gs8uXo/s1600-h/P1080707.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKmqAgB3wtNiVOS8tiZFJTTpaSbLn7WDsM-k5EI1N11tyCa5UMm5Y7O8bkrhJO6WnZXpyhtdUgdVzL_pUKv8FTyRwmP2YKh-5eZDgyMRtJfgiookQoo4-44CjZi4oU_o1fR9uQ3gs8uXo/s320/P1080707.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzGRDHuJNLUlrx7SPtzw0VeZS5ZRBE7cuLwvlHyxXa39v8lZq5k502WPjq-ULSgYA-fSvv1lUmuD3K2EcC4v61GzcvHCaHJR5nwT3hdC8HBZZ4nJJxMmi3ZU5sflPxGPjzSmrz_ox7ZKQ/s1600-h/P1080708.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzGRDHuJNLUlrx7SPtzw0VeZS5ZRBE7cuLwvlHyxXa39v8lZq5k502WPjq-ULSgYA-fSvv1lUmuD3K2EcC4v61GzcvHCaHJR5nwT3hdC8HBZZ4nJJxMmi3ZU5sflPxGPjzSmrz_ox7ZKQ/s320/P1080708.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghzFYCfwY2T-BGhy0g8RxT_cO0WNPwwCjFuQpZXqwINd9SGiGwptJ9KKiagSgsILy5pMiTiNluiGh0bFVG7ah8khFZM7am5RhzzaH4oW3LW7kHnujdqL6Q9AiDOdje50jzbX0jgdzIlZE/s1600-h/P1080710.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghzFYCfwY2T-BGhy0g8RxT_cO0WNPwwCjFuQpZXqwINd9SGiGwptJ9KKiagSgsILy5pMiTiNluiGh0bFVG7ah8khFZM7am5RhzzaH4oW3LW7kHnujdqL6Q9AiDOdje50jzbX0jgdzIlZE/s320/P1080710.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center">P.S. Please stop growing so fast!</div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10391613716975720113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712840015517680020.post-90955923241372989292009-09-18T13:47:00.004-07:002009-09-18T13:58:32.027-07:00Shark & Duck<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6GxFcSvk17-HEPzMkswuZS4QKYoE1otf0JqFPedW3yLmcjJDptKweM-RoSAhrHn2ehdesjVjIBksMcsgPET7kVLyEl5arKRO6jAiTaLwxtiDWeBqsYaSJRRlCR25aSxlFOo7SxwOjZI/s1600-h/DSCF4349.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6GxFcSvk17-HEPzMkswuZS4QKYoE1otf0JqFPedW3yLmcjJDptKweM-RoSAhrHn2ehdesjVjIBksMcsgPET7kVLyEl5arKRO6jAiTaLwxtiDWeBqsYaSJRRlCR25aSxlFOo7SxwOjZI/s320/DSCF4349.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ahh...aren't they cute??? Our friend, Robin makes these wonderful animal towels. Right before Camden was born 8 years ago she gave us the shark towel. He still loves it and uses it to this day even though he has nearly grown out of it. Before we brought Avery home just a few months ago she blessed us again, this time with a duck. Avery still has to grow into it a bit but we were thrilled to have another one of her creations. Thanks so much Robin!<a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><br /></a></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10391613716975720113noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712840015517680020.post-59818598801067982932009-09-14T20:39:00.003-07:002009-10-03T20:44:48.351-07:00We have a cub scout!<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Camden starts Cub Scouts this year. He is so excited. Look how cute he is in his uniform...</div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPOi3dSN_YS4Bn0lpO48x2m_dRXgyR2efPCidyYpO2pJrhlTu1anHeFoKW_OG4T8t9BrKMtJBCU_zepsDWivQVxnmq0sM53Ivaw5p_oaoNicPCfC6lIlKNee1PgaXUKicWe97taHU2PWQ/s1600-h/DSCF4472.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPOi3dSN_YS4Bn0lpO48x2m_dRXgyR2efPCidyYpO2pJrhlTu1anHeFoKW_OG4T8t9BrKMtJBCU_zepsDWivQVxnmq0sM53Ivaw5p_oaoNicPCfC6lIlKNee1PgaXUKicWe97taHU2PWQ/s320/DSCF4472.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"></a></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10391613716975720113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712840015517680020.post-58451827154270916042009-09-13T14:44:00.008-07:002009-09-13T18:07:10.857-07:00Two Months Today<div align="center">I can't believe that it's been two months since this special child was placed in our arms and we became a family of four. Time sure does fly by. You have changed so much in that short time beautiful girl. We love you so very much and look forward to seeing what God has planned for you.<br /></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381071511422020098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 286px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6wnHVzxlu7-q8bLJFdIqd2zo6hBzDmo-LU31TrhMECPgYzBi5k5O69Ypa7xtB2qpSG5PDWtEE6cdAng1tVqCcn1PPj2mTpMFEYGQCiCighk-k-968V-Ch_34j8acXkf-j9ZZiHYEY1rY/s320/DSCF4147.JPG" border="0" /></div><div align="center">Camden's version of our family:<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMC8dvHKdnhuPFpiPTZ0o801zY252JRJRFbqGnKJemsPvvKl65XZHVXQkQ2Vim7GRMt5JwxTKlH6b9TjQPefUBMLfThJnI4U2vjYrpzP_kLjZlXamSn6X6h_-PdHvLRnZtVQ5_jrlaH28/s1600-h/P1090252.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381072431502082066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 189px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMC8dvHKdnhuPFpiPTZ0o801zY252JRJRFbqGnKJemsPvvKl65XZHVXQkQ2Vim7GRMt5JwxTKlH6b9TjQPefUBMLfThJnI4U2vjYrpzP_kLjZlXamSn6X6h_-PdHvLRnZtVQ5_jrlaH28/s320/P1090252.JPG" border="0" /></a>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10391613716975720113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712840015517680020.post-20979056891612570052009-09-12T22:57:00.001-07:002009-10-03T23:17:22.703-07:00Another Soccer Season Begins<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMOEGvjR5dx8deHDtND0GZjcykaUCQI0ZJAq_23Ldi7-HuIcZyTbeLMQ6nb5TllMuBx6IxSUTLGE-GxLymN2xR0qF9IRV-3W-vLBxbLUmXpHwjX7105iPZjmw5-bF0ctX6Rj84C0mfaBg/s1600-h/P1090281.JPG"></a>Another soccer season is underway. This is Camden's fourth season (2nd with AYSO) and he loves it more and more every year. This season he is a Scorpion and is playing for Coach Foley. </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfaPqTTWjRf2SGPakv59NHbkJRDEwTTd2AX5MCn926415g2k9JB6CUD9kvS8ke4m9WCRecQ1W_lw8Xeh-BnM11SeR_h9g_YdAInRdEBwv_2O_REqy5XjVZAj-gc2S5wEMP21XGmMkNnVk/s1600-h/P1090280.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfaPqTTWjRf2SGPakv59NHbkJRDEwTTd2AX5MCn926415g2k9JB6CUD9kvS8ke4m9WCRecQ1W_lw8Xeh-BnM11SeR_h9g_YdAInRdEBwv_2O_REqy5XjVZAj-gc2S5wEMP21XGmMkNnVk/s320/P1090280.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxdqQUvbsQ-QkxFFqpMxmbiC48VUQ1t-lUO9FM67mxJravovld7YtwVk8vBcZk8Ys-JvhCxw2Yt_c3mkMhJ6HHiOSK9_5q9vEo0aPGH2BDL2a7YF0UikHcy4tzJSxEuPZWf-31KBIMrt4/s1600-h/P1090285.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxdqQUvbsQ-QkxFFqpMxmbiC48VUQ1t-lUO9FM67mxJravovld7YtwVk8vBcZk8Ys-JvhCxw2Yt_c3mkMhJ6HHiOSK9_5q9vEo0aPGH2BDL2a7YF0UikHcy4tzJSxEuPZWf-31KBIMrt4/s320/P1090285.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMXEBz_nRlZe_aHev1fQjYv6eZTGA7LeW6dBKoTnvMIcVaTQMkaPzgyCfHJH2cTf0z9Pxl0R9XHlY9iqhGhdRjUlrxG8Fd6ZdMEMdxzjjfPONfqamP_9L3F9Z4sm4Ar9TVjIyN29gUnwY/s1600-h/P1090288.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMXEBz_nRlZe_aHev1fQjYv6eZTGA7LeW6dBKoTnvMIcVaTQMkaPzgyCfHJH2cTf0z9Pxl0R9XHlY9iqhGhdRjUlrxG8Fd6ZdMEMdxzjjfPONfqamP_9L3F9Z4sm4Ar9TVjIyN29gUnwY/s320/P1090288.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10391613716975720113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712840015517680020.post-83514269214891111032009-09-11T12:45:00.034-07:002009-09-12T12:34:15.799-07:00Four Years Ago ...<div align="center">Four years ago today we signed officially with our adoption agency, <a href="http://www.awaa.org/home/default.aspx">America World</a> to bring home our sweet Avery. We had decided in the Spring of that year (2005) that we would adopt but spent the next several months deciding between Korea and China and then what agency to work with. It is still amazing to me where this journey has taken us. Who would have thought that we would start the adoption process and begin praying for our daughter three years before she was even born? We never imagined. In fact we thought we thought we were going to bring her home years before the Olympics even took place in Beijing and that was over a year ago now. But God had a completely different plan for our family. Although I am still saddened by the age difference between Camden and Avery and honestly can't help but wonder if Camden's transition would be just a little bit easier (although not easy mind you) had he been 4 or even 5 years of age instead of the nearly 8 year old boy he is. However, I continue to choose to trust God's plan for our little family and know God will bring us through this mighty transition. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">To you faithful readers (or not so faithful if we've lost you) I am sorry that I haven't posted much since returning home. Life has been busy and quite overwhelming at times. Not only are we trying to figure out life again with a young toddler (and we are old now!), this transition to a family of four has not been an easy one for us and quite frankly has brought us to our knees before the Lord (which is always a good place to be) many times. Avery continues to blossom. With the exception of teething (4 teeth have broke through since we received her 7 weeks ago), she is quite the happy baby during the day. She has such a sweet personality and smiles and laughs easily. Her belly laugh is just about the cutest thing ever. She says Dada, Mama and Baba (bottle) and seems quite close to many others. She is also a brilliant mimic and quickly learns new things. The other night we were watching Flipper and after Flipper would do his squeal, Avery would try to emulate it and squeal to. It was too funny! She loves peekaboo and to blow kisses. She is really affectionate and just loves to be played with, hugged and kissed. She is quite the fast crawler now and is pulling up and now likes to put her butt against the wall (or something else to balance herself) and stand up. She is into everything and although she still loves her stacking cups and musical toys (she loves to dance to them), she is quite enthralled with everything that is not a toy such as cabinets, power cords, electrical outlets and vents. Much to Camden and my dismay, she still abhors stuffed animals and dolls. She is somewhat intrigued by our cat but mostly just puts up with her hanging out by her. We are a big cat and stuffed animal family so hopefully she will come to love them as we do. The nights continue to be at times difficult. There are many nights that she will wake numerous times. We have tried many many different approaches to it but nothing seems to really help which leads me to believe most of it is emotional. At times they seem like perhaps night terrors but other times she seems to wake just to make sure we are still there. It breaks me heart to think that she may be scared or worried of being abandoned again. It certainly makes me wonder if she has an unconscious memory of her abandonment which took place (we believe) on the day of her birth in the middle of the night or in the very early morning. We are praying that in time she will grow more secure. On the bright side, she is out of our bed and sleeping in her crib which is in our room. She also goes to sleep pretty easily both for a nap and at night so progress is being made. :)<br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" align="center">Camden continues to struggle with being dethroned as the only child. At times he seems to be doing better and realizes the power he posses as Avery just adores him and he can get quite the belly laugh out of her. But then there are days that are so difficult and I wonder who this child is as I never seen him act that way before. I know a lot of it is normal but it is really painful to see him struggle so much and be so unhappy. In addition, his second grade year is not off to a great start and we have been praying about whether or not to change schools. So there is much we are trying to help our sweet boy through.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" align="center">Putting aside the severe sleep deprivation Doug & I are feeling at times, we are doing pretty well. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, right? =) Truthfully this transition has brought us closer together. We are still in a state of disbelief that we are a family of four and that Avery is actually here. We are greatly enjoying getting to know our little lady. Here 's a few pics of our sweet girl that melts our hearts with her smile and laugh.</div><div align="center">Avery enjoying her rocking chair:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH6TluugZkzn96UBC0YFlZhZxDGrA__oS-ZUGsaHF4hM9LUB6bVHk1kmzIwdXz7HTSqiNwBCXk70dTILrGfDFA0ZYkJ0AdTGNYjYD0K3oj_tHg-dOfzBSJ-9BoMTqU5_2v_EJCrA3teKo/s1600-h/DSCF4291.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH6TluugZkzn96UBC0YFlZhZxDGrA__oS-ZUGsaHF4hM9LUB6bVHk1kmzIwdXz7HTSqiNwBCXk70dTILrGfDFA0ZYkJ0AdTGNYjYD0K3oj_tHg-dOfzBSJ-9BoMTqU5_2v_EJCrA3teKo/s320/DSCF4291.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Peace sister...</div><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380315216720715602" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtttdfRKThsLxiUFLh8N5Phg4qYJ7oXdmqgihOfmyd9hK8IlDC9go7Z-nhlKoh8EMurYQGBnOvb0tK_BvJu4E-Pa4kUwrom5bnS41MNpAnN-VWfiZTQV7dR6izfNdt3F6jxMIr570-AlE/s320/DSCF4274.JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center">It seems Avery already likes to be photographed. Although at times she will wait till after she sees the flash or hears the click to give her best smile.</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380316249057855954" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqjLB-_3PXD_dLSVDRfc3sjsApTWe-fLXvLDhb_mH1kfsbWY2AK3VW4KdNn3PSN4E75fmxRMU8ltzZx8GCQfkcCOlymg5VNqooQffYlZkXggr1RmDo0SY0qiTnTZ6q87e1AVUk_g4bWNA/s320/DSCF4333.JPG" border="0" /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380315206091085170" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7VluyfKxe_DeNgPoQQ8eZvsEkZ0cbOEqDzGAx9waO1OMwJL_i6Pj1j_3G8HN7WdAs6ITbVUtkJQgUPvH-nyKanSsCT2ylHHvZYKH3B86RFmiiApS9xzOB78ghsEYkfmX5aHL43jcyZIM/s320/DSCF4316.JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center">She has quite the impressive tongue. She can do all sorts of things with it. It's actually pretty cute...it seems when she is really happy and content she will stick her tongue out.</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380315228338453234" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQCH41FYtUNs8TamTyjRl6fAN9MKYgGICVBJ67zfcnkhOkXUntprAWhyv0bwOa0rl2dQUDFIOvHRp3avRyVkSDti5xwJG9VsJyLtuIWNm1ix1QjDPj6mvWGDKi6tE9JIwttKZxN0x-3DU/s320/DSCF4273.JPG" border="0" /> </p><p align="center">Another cheesy grin:</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfpMkafShx_zWtU4sYl-Q_ZX3zzEUgCTXuII9tHdSh782km67NnW14kdyKtA2NHw-kFNDb34CWjuMRvI76ynDzIpHYkKGoeCHHdiI_HKjGYoG-f9VhmsrtXm0opw2mtrvz4fzHQCexRgM/s1600-h/P1090235.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfpMkafShx_zWtU4sYl-Q_ZX3zzEUgCTXuII9tHdSh782km67NnW14kdyKtA2NHw-kFNDb34CWjuMRvI76ynDzIpHYkKGoeCHHdiI_HKjGYoG-f9VhmsrtXm0opw2mtrvz4fzHQCexRgM/s320/P1090235.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">She laughs so easily especially when you get down and crawl around with her. She just loves that!</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCo7os-Q4shXXafjsYoDarqo3oQy9dNyliaevoroSExh7XqsmVNmJxCOzj5NQL0PGLuIOrzIWRezsTN-iAMShtaYi1VMBa1cHVe7kacrad5LjyueDHjNA34UO0a7ByGpCGW1X2_XP-Xbc/s1600-h/DSCF4362.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCo7os-Q4shXXafjsYoDarqo3oQy9dNyliaevoroSExh7XqsmVNmJxCOzj5NQL0PGLuIOrzIWRezsTN-iAMShtaYi1VMBa1cHVe7kacrad5LjyueDHjNA34UO0a7ByGpCGW1X2_XP-Xbc/s320/DSCF4362.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380427732291425746" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 259px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX1QrobbJ-5G-Bq7GdJ2Vl1Z3tCu385LkT0uG9djNAAk8t6FJUnGuNB60Z3UQiYELnOcDZunmWq16hmHONG0naecdQSTewBHTFnBoRcoRnkxWhucW_18XlnGO1dm4RhjC0rCm35Kh0w58/s320/DSCF4361.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">She loves the water...bath or pool.</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380316240875959698" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ggEkX6mYgtSPGwWoboNArmZsArhgOd-LG8y5Ayt-H1xjVC-g0svaFijoG8LTb1acT4s1juruiNg31__aZsJqNWAlAXOB4sdGaI7pXpndbiXvl5rV-f-WU4LK_Ymwzls1lotdOK4R_dM/s320/P1090266.JPG" border="0" />Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10391613716975720113noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712840015517680020.post-1502831909718894302009-09-09T22:40:00.000-07:002009-10-03T22:55:06.816-07:00What did my brother do to my hair?<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIJj8SzPjAUdW_eRq7ptK069F-J0OJARkVmlcf_xTOt4c_DwuhpVRcQs-JqvD7tF35d-vNhUJJnxCyQ42dBegM14pV2oNlMNzwqpsEmwdRqL9oCzaWZwOrkbIhRQPJbZm3Use3lNn0r2A/s1600-h/DSCF4460.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIJj8SzPjAUdW_eRq7ptK069F-J0OJARkVmlcf_xTOt4c_DwuhpVRcQs-JqvD7tF35d-vNhUJJnxCyQ42dBegM14pV2oNlMNzwqpsEmwdRqL9oCzaWZwOrkbIhRQPJbZm3Use3lNn0r2A/s320/DSCF4460.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center">Oh and I think you have been feeding me a few too many orange vegetables!</div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10391613716975720113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712840015517680020.post-22201490512510109322009-08-16T20:46:00.003-07:002009-10-03T20:56:29.481-07:00Second Grade<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKWwOR0IDWdvhmGsnTGD1xgNcmBi_ND8hTC0gaOvWbvp8rh_r8ih0fwKh23MUqkK9PDsDKLWL_qYLa5WlgqMBPNw-ScxJFgTpNrdfRGuUycRABg0LqpSpwazSvy-RbnlddgYARZlr_mu8/s1600-h/DSCF4303-1.JPG"></a> Oh how I wish I could stop time just for awhile. My baby boy is starting Second Grade today and I am dumfounded by it. Wasn't it just yesterday that he was learning to talk? Life truly does go by in a flash. </div><div align="center"><br /> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiraPdNoCIRtbHrF_ll65u9AITcvR4qUzANbMxehHX9vl5Y-vc5HFdH9ORKC4VT5-Duq17qHpwANutAybHKfIFbajaH3qAafvc6IKNafVyXbpJY2-UqEyzU8FNqk5GEHwH9zgoRJWV-FAE/s1600-h/DSCF4303.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388587060669856130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiraPdNoCIRtbHrF_ll65u9AITcvR4qUzANbMxehHX9vl5Y-vc5HFdH9ORKC4VT5-Duq17qHpwANutAybHKfIFbajaH3qAafvc6IKNafVyXbpJY2-UqEyzU8FNqk5GEHwH9zgoRJWV-FAE/s320/DSCF4303.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388587065357860514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTu1pgIsWU9Lm3GvWk-rMZfK8V1aCtSQUdEHE7hgpbaZCG0Qdk5HFVSpo4HAXWMj55racu0h-ot6cV18uFFQyDFWRFxgDAL51feonY0K3saTnZ1qozr2WQVGqnNdG73-n5tWxJAMdAA7I/s320/DSCF4304.JPG" border="0" />Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10391613716975720113noreply@blogger.com0