tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38451235791675285242024-03-05T17:26:36.906-08:00Life Is What You Wake Of ItJamie Poorthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985510496786818603noreply@blogger.comBlogger129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845123579167528524.post-27862107232293699432012-06-24T22:19:00.000-07:002012-06-24T22:19:42.617-07:00Perfect<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love to take pictures. I took this picture of my loving husband and my 4 amazing children last week on Father's Day. I have looked at this picture over and over and over again.</div>
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I love it. </div>
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I am crazy in love with the people in it. </div>
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It is a perfect picture of each one of them. I started to get sad that I wasn't in the picture. I have thought, "If I could have just slid right in next to Jon, it would have really been the perfect picture." But the more I have thought about it, the more I realize that I am in the picture. I am a huge part of it in fact. All of those perfect little expressions are being directed at me behind the lens. So even though I might not be physically seen, I am there.</div>
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Yep, it's perfect.</div>Jamie Poorthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985510496786818603noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845123579167528524.post-74619258520385760102011-01-31T13:41:00.001-08:002011-01-31T14:10:49.167-08:00Birthday Girl<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1le9B0eKcHdmBBdj24PlqVJlLr6AkOeUA8wqTgMDtPApwh4re5ipjJoLboEFdmIHeeVa2p3LfCiMPfANiJIqkOTiC2DmEpUI0HjcijeblNSu47ezwxof9F4OsemzNuyg9pRoS6do_YWsr/s1600/avabdayweb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 257px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1le9B0eKcHdmBBdj24PlqVJlLr6AkOeUA8wqTgMDtPApwh4re5ipjJoLboEFdmIHeeVa2p3LfCiMPfANiJIqkOTiC2DmEpUI0HjcijeblNSu47ezwxof9F4OsemzNuyg9pRoS6do_YWsr/s400/avabdayweb.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568475944722291698" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Ava turned 1 last week ("say what???"...I know.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Do you know what she got for her birthday?</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Lots of things.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">A fever. A runny/stuffy nose. A cough.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">She is finally starting to act like her old self again thank goodness.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">You know, it's not until she is sick and then not sick that I really realize what a happy, sweet baby she is. I have just been spoiled. I am grateful that she is healthy. I am grateful for her snuggles (she is the only one of my kids who will snuggle when she is not sick.) I am grateful for her giggles. I am grateful that I am not paying for formula anymore.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">But most of all, I am so grateful to be her Mom.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Seriously.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsO2GB3GlZ39PQQnphBp1vTG84LLIQXQruvPOdvJHcBzAaigWOUjIdkFxVl9AtMJLVNSUPbt3QS97cG3ovfsgxEAiA154uRZHP7bsSg5gaaTfmYf4LNTezLln7clU74KA1t6TzG4ReT_jJ/s1600/color1editweb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsO2GB3GlZ39PQQnphBp1vTG84LLIQXQruvPOdvJHcBzAaigWOUjIdkFxVl9AtMJLVNSUPbt3QS97cG3ovfsgxEAiA154uRZHP7bsSg5gaaTfmYf4LNTezLln7clU74KA1t6TzG4ReT_jJ/s400/color1editweb.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568469183639362114" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJcTbk1oFBtBGptdbQueXPgYKz3MZJkCC9Il2woDJy-LXKZJL-yZheg5OO6ojiHB6hfbY2XeyE7WxOfHtK6oPUNx4rVmYWDSLjU0Tey959frvKMCS6uyhJxfFIZm3F46hlw82uTLPjdoSa/s1600/Color11web.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUs1EgrX3ZUR14X-gtovcsAg-TkIrbh3Sr7Hda5WwVMcLece4tlXwDp6Tt7O3xD3KzL1iRKrtP78yvaUXQ76DeYVDsqmWBXR_7BWAX8qdoiZ-doLVgrygcuYaS_JYfCUmkJCYDJqfTn-k7/s400/ChristmasCardBackPrint3web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557433429348913154" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Here is our Christmas card.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">We had 3 different shoots to get it done.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I think it was worth it.</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijwFOPO9QCoML8DP567zt3Hbl4dZaiO27AZrBohULy18Xav_KqZVTEtkfl6kaRBSvW5N23EkPk3HTTl7-6f0CQraLcl5mKX100uXRa83R2UoVwkzG2YRvGe-K3561llIeQJvEFUbXjGNrG/s1600/ChristmasCardPrint.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijwFOPO9QCoML8DP567zt3Hbl4dZaiO27AZrBohULy18Xav_KqZVTEtkfl6kaRBSvW5N23EkPk3HTTl7-6f0CQraLcl5mKX100uXRa83R2UoVwkzG2YRvGe-K3561llIeQJvEFUbXjGNrG/s400/ChristmasCardPrint.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557433140668856786" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The day after Thanksgiving, we (all 5 of us) woke up sick. Flu sick.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">We were a NyQuil commercial.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">We were sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, suffy headed and fevered. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">We were miserable. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">By Sunday, we were feeling a little bit better but not enough to go to church. We decided to get out some crafts to pass the time and to get our halls decked for Christmas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I found these simple, cute craft kits at Target and they were perfect for Chloe and Beckham. We made garland and ornaments for the kid's tree and door hangers for their bedrooms.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">It is so fun watching how different they are when they get creative.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Chloe is messy but efficient.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Beckham is tidy and slow.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">It was a fun afternoon.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEici7b-xdIS2eHY-A-uX0l_8nD2X_d1kygG2CDYqc6oIGw-c5LwREoOJyAEHsuTE4DaehsuQzqPlKX0kZlLyJp9LQLiOPPGCAeveX5P50n9zneNiUDjRMCBTM4P8d-gtt7h3z6B9LxW1Wz9/s1600/color100web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEici7b-xdIS2eHY-A-uX0l_8nD2X_d1kygG2CDYqc6oIGw-c5LwREoOJyAEHsuTE4DaehsuQzqPlKX0kZlLyJp9LQLiOPPGCAeveX5P50n9zneNiUDjRMCBTM4P8d-gtt7h3z6B9LxW1Wz9/s400/color100web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557121051898688322" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I think that Mr. Poort has a little bit of OCD. </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Everything has to be categorized and in its place in every aspect of life.</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsvcUvBo2eAsCGwqiEB3LzdbkNvDdSvnO5N-Y6cj3mlbMCQrRXnYyXJvp60d35UvyILEjxJyOGr3zopmEEB2NmM_dk8q0I2WxMcHIEJpkIPIA7h8UvFtC3xzWuiTGZJZkzpvuNCFybOKy7/s1600/color101web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsvcUvBo2eAsCGwqiEB3LzdbkNvDdSvnO5N-Y6cj3mlbMCQrRXnYyXJvp60d35UvyILEjxJyOGr3zopmEEB2NmM_dk8q0I2WxMcHIEJpkIPIA7h8UvFtC3xzWuiTGZJZkzpvuNCFybOKy7/s400/color101web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557120990001902226" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Miss Chloe would do crafts all day every day if she could. </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">She loves to create.</span></span></i></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTonln3O_vCva1NnbXTUIa2MZZHVt1OWO-eUJRhtn7SPF9OS4VpPpqUYof-atc67FfjjRDjzjN1YgI6Tht251HwAruQFVNJ4X5Swyboo33gVz9HDaYoksniFYHKLRqW6MjDLRCVI880wc6/s1600/color103web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTonln3O_vCva1NnbXTUIa2MZZHVt1OWO-eUJRhtn7SPF9OS4VpPpqUYof-atc67FfjjRDjzjN1YgI6Tht251HwAruQFVNJ4X5Swyboo33gVz9HDaYoksniFYHKLRqW6MjDLRCVI880wc6/s400/color103web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557120982010561906" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Miss Ava's new trick:</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">No, not eating off of the floor (she has been doing that for a while now)...</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">She is now a stander!</span></i></span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVxL_hRQomtUySS6jhc_LlIYUMtD-fzbXvWCFaqU9139wmR-le6TLIm5wkFyJVp4eKzdIlTJRw3czMu10JQadSig5cBX0j-Y7fXywOEgp2FG4BP-DUP7PdbkPOFBpwokUfG44F2rXYwgbC/s1600/color104web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVxL_hRQomtUySS6jhc_LlIYUMtD-fzbXvWCFaqU9139wmR-le6TLIm5wkFyJVp4eKzdIlTJRw3czMu10JQadSig5cBX0j-Y7fXywOEgp2FG4BP-DUP7PdbkPOFBpwokUfG44F2rXYwgbC/s400/color104web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557120975505585170" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">See...he had to put everything in a row before he could even think about starting to create anything...</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></i></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaQaxDL1LA-xn8BqASqu2Mxhm003fZSWZwpXXuYzNRea0J0iPQpVvz63Yfzr0qCIg6zAyqV39EXUGSFzNCoVYJmY_zCx5El6LzF8hTKPMMQVi9E_gRaVV4FaIKOGIftdOybPZFQcvRZ-pS/s1600/color105web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaQaxDL1LA-xn8BqASqu2Mxhm003fZSWZwpXXuYzNRea0J0iPQpVvz63Yfzr0qCIg6zAyqV39EXUGSFzNCoVYJmY_zCx5El6LzF8hTKPMMQVi9E_gRaVV4FaIKOGIftdOybPZFQcvRZ-pS/s400/color105web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557120971378662802" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4PqKT43FsAnR66rMF1iv1M637eQJlry7RcM_GrP1s25IsGn6DQDUFB9qB9xBDVVMqsRCbcxAslKBlmqx52s-9tSoT2ftk-jhoBlsh3plscp2Tc9I1wBHCocAQcn5HvDO6rL8-fhV6Bzi-/s1600/color106web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4PqKT43FsAnR66rMF1iv1M637eQJlry7RcM_GrP1s25IsGn6DQDUFB9qB9xBDVVMqsRCbcxAslKBlmqx52s-9tSoT2ftk-jhoBlsh3plscp2Tc9I1wBHCocAQcn5HvDO6rL8-fhV6Bzi-/s400/color106web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557120968332129602" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The benefit of having a backyard with mature trees is the leaves that fall to the ground. Chloe spent hours and hours raking leaves into piles this Autumn. Because of all of the wind, her piles would get destroyed daily and so everyday she would grab the rake and start making piles again. </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">(I should say that the wind AND Beckham were the destroyers of those piles.)</span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPE43lYICSH2FdO6Ah5uCV8ImPTnIOs9WmusMVKOadTLhlGAf_i3iAnODcw0nt0N4b393nsRtpY4HE6ld276413ZFQO7AcNGsZSIHmaTNeSKtuJs8JPZ5KO597oOxDY2TFJUj8dfZZewo8/s1600/color60web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPE43lYICSH2FdO6Ah5uCV8ImPTnIOs9WmusMVKOadTLhlGAf_i3iAnODcw0nt0N4b393nsRtpY4HE6ld276413ZFQO7AcNGsZSIHmaTNeSKtuJs8JPZ5KO597oOxDY2TFJUj8dfZZewo8/s400/color60web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557119763751330306" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfC3uEzG6JuihVOV8Wwif-wFa3Mrt5ywJwfBb4yzDajv3hpVPCqS1_RwxNfAjKldP1Xu9eihx_CYwvoEXBdri-Gp00T90N9gAJ366KYYhpPpTeIZ8qgvpv1IoI405vHxngLmF8UegSPIU4/s1600/color61web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfC3uEzG6JuihVOV8Wwif-wFa3Mrt5ywJwfBb4yzDajv3hpVPCqS1_RwxNfAjKldP1Xu9eihx_CYwvoEXBdri-Gp00T90N9gAJ366KYYhpPpTeIZ8qgvpv1IoI405vHxngLmF8UegSPIU4/s400/color61web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557119764194095922" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguFLgYqoyUwHrabZcpr08o5l2DsKfxAao8HdvU3VdUYBRgJC829nuZndesSAknT11ycqmxSANe2yXD2THxy_xbFe95icg7E2LWKX2r-CpHUQa9WplFcEdZE6C1TPa8phyphenhyphen9Jpe1SfDDlbyq/s1600/color62web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguFLgYqoyUwHrabZcpr08o5l2DsKfxAao8HdvU3VdUYBRgJC829nuZndesSAknT11ycqmxSANe2yXD2THxy_xbFe95icg7E2LWKX2r-CpHUQa9WplFcEdZE6C1TPa8phyphenhyphen9Jpe1SfDDlbyq/s400/color62web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557119757726589090" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT7vtha-mgo0ITx4ldlEcPLPZHackktJH6TJVkmiHY5sl7co4lUiifQJKX8e2UpniBRVFAYZ-5WbyVFSKv5GSo_RxRMJHNTeygd5xPBhoK3e78sL5GGcnIdnaN48S-VDgimEvyrV1iA-FU/s1600/color64web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT7vtha-mgo0ITx4ldlEcPLPZHackktJH6TJVkmiHY5sl7co4lUiifQJKX8e2UpniBRVFAYZ-5WbyVFSKv5GSo_RxRMJHNTeygd5xPBhoK3e78sL5GGcnIdnaN48S-VDgimEvyrV1iA-FU/s400/color64web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557119752184028818" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">While we were at my parent's house one day, I left the room for a few minutes and came back to this.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Hmmm...I wonder who gave her that.</span></span></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_JAzjDzL2T8QIA3mHHL1CmrCWhUMqG_Nk05Q2x1oxQkCm0WUwPlDkE9-xLGiWUrcqVvPgzGgERkI4GyvJv0ofUgXezt9d2Zkg-TcOp9DORyLwWdvJS8IJgstNrlFv5lX_kW7xVj_8STFv/s400/color63web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557119755350348978" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Busted.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">She almost finished the whole thing by herself.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">You can tell that she is child #3.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I would have probably freaked out if Chloe had sugar at this age.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">(not to mention...eating food off of the floor??? Gasp.)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The kids (and I) were SO EXCITED to decorate the house for Christmas.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">We decorated the tree together (with a little adjustment by me so that the tree wasn't bottom heavy)...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">We cranked the Christmas music up and drank hot chocolate.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Beckham's favorite Christmas song this year? "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Chloe's? "Santa Claus is Comin' To Town"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Jasper, our Elf on the Shelf, made his appearance on December 1st. Chloe was so cute with him. Every day (and I mean EVERY day), Chloe would talk to him, leave him notes/lists and even made him a green hat. She was so happy to find him wearing her hat everyday of his stay.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The kid's threatened each other all month with telling Jasper about the other's bad behavior.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">It worked...which meant that I didn't have to do much reminding.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Genius invention. </span></span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr6Frru4g5Vww3dJDzRDHUy4F3GNKG7TzpV99U7wyeLaikSr1X4zhDi8kN4RGisOiC-EDWA0_n1OrhlHyf9Z6sxh1tVTZMNTTxFdUV_VGo6WyCX4sBFpuqlxlb3K1zZ7GKGBjRlatnLtou/s1600/color200web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr6Frru4g5Vww3dJDzRDHUy4F3GNKG7TzpV99U7wyeLaikSr1X4zhDi8kN4RGisOiC-EDWA0_n1OrhlHyf9Z6sxh1tVTZMNTTxFdUV_VGo6WyCX4sBFpuqlxlb3K1zZ7GKGBjRlatnLtou/s400/color200web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557119485773262786" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx9VglFe_fGfqdKS9EJSp_xZZKdf-WKIM68GJL3hQYUftRfKmS8fYv4Ta14Ch6u-b2pgGFOrlk8ifJdZVZGzInHWJxGV7sWau-Jvbqm2OOTQehMRweGSbnU0IB0R09_xeLy4UzvhZBE9ac/s1600/color201web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx9VglFe_fGfqdKS9EJSp_xZZKdf-WKIM68GJL3hQYUftRfKmS8fYv4Ta14Ch6u-b2pgGFOrlk8ifJdZVZGzInHWJxGV7sWau-Jvbqm2OOTQehMRweGSbnU0IB0R09_xeLy4UzvhZBE9ac/s400/color201web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557119479930796178" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPXWmAPoDcfQipQ-D2aDdQNiJspd9QXIIx71IlsRss94C91uS6_LyGW6hnZhAfLaEplet97db-E-oGZbWaSn8QtWxDpWj4FHKCKYgp4xQAVk5JgLquTBOwPs8byeNx72d_Th90gepOH9Ij/s1600/color203web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPXWmAPoDcfQipQ-D2aDdQNiJspd9QXIIx71IlsRss94C91uS6_LyGW6hnZhAfLaEplet97db-E-oGZbWaSn8QtWxDpWj4FHKCKYgp4xQAVk5JgLquTBOwPs8byeNx72d_Th90gepOH9Ij/s400/color203web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557119477059287650" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Miss Ava in her "Baby's 1st Christmas hat." She wouldn't keep it on so I had to distract her with food.</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFyMo-alzaY6mYJxD3mYUPc9LPVkT1MFPEIpx5zGXNPlCAd7GQ328WtYh4EXRffyAj98zzRvOh59cw2aAHGCwtArdO1-ksHCTr1-ZJ8IU8fWsCkdilhDHbHoCR1yaY5m_N4t70xu0TdFuf/s1600/color204web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFyMo-alzaY6mYJxD3mYUPc9LPVkT1MFPEIpx5zGXNPlCAd7GQ328WtYh4EXRffyAj98zzRvOh59cw2aAHGCwtArdO1-ksHCTr1-ZJ8IU8fWsCkdilhDHbHoCR1yaY5m_N4t70xu0TdFuf/s400/color204web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557119477446055442" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9PQmFIYHlP3i9ibtd5sHyL7tFz6I-xok2_DWL0h0hiPEQc7le35ufgeHTcpniiQczcRlch75eZclKyl6FlguEEAG6Rga-DyJLnsJGAEczvQOJYIUc1wU1h2ZHfwEAykKt2lJl-cSLC1uI/s1600/color205web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9PQmFIYHlP3i9ibtd5sHyL7tFz6I-xok2_DWL0h0hiPEQc7le35ufgeHTcpniiQczcRlch75eZclKyl6FlguEEAG6Rga-DyJLnsJGAEczvQOJYIUc1wU1h2ZHfwEAykKt2lJl-cSLC1uI/s400/color205web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557119472893013810" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Beckham turns everything into a vehicle of some sort. Here, he is using a snowflake ornament to drive his motorcycle. </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">I love boys.</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjz5xQhkxw1MRG3o4SQlYfGoUhUrks0VJD2BTS4WEzK12ACdjDyLJ-LrVazm0c6pPWQssaJmxITlIubtuq3ujZddDCPEKeZ57-SjHDusbVPHTc127E908dvgXZHBotIkFkpDYV1oMx8NQ_/s400/ARSparty2web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557494569509742306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Me and Jonny P at his company party.</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I love this boy the most.</span></i></span></span></div>Jamie Poorthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985510496786818603noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845123579167528524.post-86563490808214405192010-12-31T23:26:00.002-08:002011-01-31T13:25:42.045-08:00Christmas Morning<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbJqRC9e8AfXv-AVH78blrklZSJytTXr2RCi2DjiUUVc-6Zh2WiCs62DDGcP9YFIXEgfI3qqF4Ma8qMwC8FLS437HZY8e0IjGmW3IXTgXeMPCq1tCdB5s6OKNpLE_ESEpQOvcCuKpBYJI-/s400/color86web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557122004374566114" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The kids were up by 7 a.m..</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I love the commotion of Christmas morning.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The laughing and giddiness is contagious.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjicIRAB5TX7JC08-tYAw5vUNneMiED3kTSxESfnnoYJUF4Ty12NkvW881OOI2_fgR44z7HgcI7Eq0Hyk0cvQGbo2bOSZc-fKPYXNc0WpIOK5DhJpbObZ4Bovy4n5apCesptmCBJEooTXHj/s1600/web21.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjicIRAB5TX7JC08-tYAw5vUNneMiED3kTSxESfnnoYJUF4Ty12NkvW881OOI2_fgR44z7HgcI7Eq0Hyk0cvQGbo2bOSZc-fKPYXNc0WpIOK5DhJpbObZ4Bovy4n5apCesptmCBJEooTXHj/s400/web21.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557122657636198290" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQH4ILKzTKHtAcIWtRIqURr76VGH4z7r191cwkPz6plYXVi-C-4yIBCAXGjLOmiOA4WNq7duxbZ4NRaTTA2Ledi6AlU5_7t3IG1TyVQPoO-8EL7ifmNPoCIIC2Wzz-ieVharZ75MLSOYQj/s1600/web22.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQH4ILKzTKHtAcIWtRIqURr76VGH4z7r191cwkPz6plYXVi-C-4yIBCAXGjLOmiOA4WNq7duxbZ4NRaTTA2Ledi6AlU5_7t3IG1TyVQPoO-8EL7ifmNPoCIIC2Wzz-ieVharZ75MLSOYQj/s400/web22.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557122652751488146" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnCWiV6TZ-wor7s6lOvW6yW_CBSrL2P-y8uFRKk0ptpk4_A3qJY_CqxTfAE3Nr6LGXiXt6G_F7xf-0aHFy_gkpn9Rg9VbAK2hZDNaDyesb7tkpxvliDJPqtwKLiSnwbyzAkhVhaCSxDWDR/s1600/web23.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnCWiV6TZ-wor7s6lOvW6yW_CBSrL2P-y8uFRKk0ptpk4_A3qJY_CqxTfAE3Nr6LGXiXt6G_F7xf-0aHFy_gkpn9Rg9VbAK2hZDNaDyesb7tkpxvliDJPqtwKLiSnwbyzAkhVhaCSxDWDR/s400/web23.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557122534412699122" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN-MBo4Klp3eCGn4IdLpKvidFm5R1WnXYXAlYHKNfc63KCHa1sIGz9YQTOmLOZWev0RbOl58XQWdYAT7JWOoHupDzddKvJPDbTkzP5eehsWNNMwuMTNj7FJbitVpGB_zQslzjSEAwvkJUG/s1600/web24.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN-MBo4Klp3eCGn4IdLpKvidFm5R1WnXYXAlYHKNfc63KCHa1sIGz9YQTOmLOZWev0RbOl58XQWdYAT7JWOoHupDzddKvJPDbTkzP5eehsWNNMwuMTNj7FJbitVpGB_zQslzjSEAwvkJUG/s400/web24.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557122530399798034" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I told Chloe and Beckham that if they made bad choices that Jasper, our Elf on the Shelf, would take away 1 of their presents...their favorite present. After she was done opening her gifts, Chloe came and whispered in my ear that she had tricked Jasper. She said that she had purposely told him that her favorite gift on her list was a coloring book (when in fact it was a doll house) and that she didn't get one for Christmas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">She fooled him.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikUkxlhfD79LYRDEXhWL6vStM5BAiTkEa0vIpvv1GOIT1BAFRzUfaVQnKLIpal6pFmgEdrIUQBJb-mDJpqd4De83nNIStKLrF8xHKoHQfqTwn3LrVKp_vJWooKd6eL2wQS-xgOR51hf-EX/s1600/web25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikUkxlhfD79LYRDEXhWL6vStM5BAiTkEa0vIpvv1GOIT1BAFRzUfaVQnKLIpal6pFmgEdrIUQBJb-mDJpqd4De83nNIStKLrF8xHKoHQfqTwn3LrVKp_vJWooKd6eL2wQS-xgOR51hf-EX/s400/web25.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557122529275972610" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD1JnVpH8sHC_xvUGz4Q6NK0eOsex65N3TFVWLtd0fJITxZ_8E8Bx9rEu023CLYTzUYe6j8SHIzTE-s6weBK4GZVlSwOVVfWelq4_Zx-7EOYAaWaZZAs0Y9tcrMR2bISIpO7-om6VGUteH/s1600/web26.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD1JnVpH8sHC_xvUGz4Q6NK0eOsex65N3TFVWLtd0fJITxZ_8E8Bx9rEu023CLYTzUYe6j8SHIzTE-s6weBK4GZVlSwOVVfWelq4_Zx-7EOYAaWaZZAs0Y9tcrMR2bISIpO7-om6VGUteH/s400/web26.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557122526989410914" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5fhs0ZpHTIVCoS2SQumYlmhhDbnRMPDEqQ2rhr16srifVdXfhx2FDd0GuMK7EkJKT7Trx3KhIX7NpqM9WZsFZ7fHhSqQHO3z4xxpQCkR-Ti8BZhnk9c0vZBcEVmvGh1IeFdbBpx6kbDhm/s1600/web53.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5fhs0ZpHTIVCoS2SQumYlmhhDbnRMPDEqQ2rhr16srifVdXfhx2FDd0GuMK7EkJKT7Trx3KhIX7NpqM9WZsFZ7fHhSqQHO3z4xxpQCkR-Ti8BZhnk9c0vZBcEVmvGh1IeFdbBpx6kbDhm/s400/web53.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557122526234623298" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwdKCKHE9kn2S6jWt0T21Gq0i1j14KJvL-8IUcPMU1ShCGhQ-0QpYvfxaqoyzeCOrCJqsmJBfZWRw_ug1HjjBZz0yygxjQlvkbHvkhwE9GQmazMgktsTjbqelQYbTVdoUGVpeHeJaX6Vsn/s1600/web54.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwdKCKHE9kn2S6jWt0T21Gq0i1j14KJvL-8IUcPMU1ShCGhQ-0QpYvfxaqoyzeCOrCJqsmJBfZWRw_ug1HjjBZz0yygxjQlvkbHvkhwE9GQmazMgktsTjbqelQYbTVdoUGVpeHeJaX6Vsn/s400/web54.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557122321009947826" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Probably the worst gift ever. Beckham L.O.V.E.S. Transformers. He watches the old 80's cartoons on Netflix all of the time. Santa thought that Beck's big gift should be the biggest Bumblebee Transformer made. What Santa failed to think about was the fact that Transformers need to transform. I love this picture because Beckham was confused as to why his Dad couldn't figure out how to put Bumblebee back together again.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This toy is now totally assembled but sits quietly on a shelf until Beckham turns 10 and can transform it himself.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8azdUvg3OD4HVvJLvF6lWr74WEkLVesg8zY07dlFfVTHTx9zBNfiszyaf_oLwX8vUGCEy7_2Hlbfb14iY1ybMGN4pcmy6QuGagPMjSg3laDGw8xsXfIEIPPIdldHlnFXAzg6mHZJ1kQEj/s1600/web55.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 333px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8azdUvg3OD4HVvJLvF6lWr74WEkLVesg8zY07dlFfVTHTx9zBNfiszyaf_oLwX8vUGCEy7_2Hlbfb14iY1ybMGN4pcmy6QuGagPMjSg3laDGw8xsXfIEIPPIdldHlnFXAzg6mHZJ1kQEj/s400/web55.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557122313467430146" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ilxeGCfY_NoPK-qcog6a4Fka3j0_yRSWWitEFeqMQozy5eeS3rbaVzQv9xYMvlWjDoxzJDMWt5EOkYT3x0QiNvFMfRGnJxr2j-KWtnOxGi2neC9AfmY2UkSJC7ZQUHsRwZbfQS7lTowu/s1600/web56.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 333px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ilxeGCfY_NoPK-qcog6a4Fka3j0_yRSWWitEFeqMQozy5eeS3rbaVzQv9xYMvlWjDoxzJDMWt5EOkYT3x0QiNvFMfRGnJxr2j-KWtnOxGi2neC9AfmY2UkSJC7ZQUHsRwZbfQS7lTowu/s400/web56.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557122309077473698" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jDQB_JLDWiWAg7at-V0SK0UdKxsGRq1knbmx6zHB7g1r9vxBLVMXjfP5-xvnlo46g-g7q9HXj_oIZ7xWDRdshXJHsCnytNL25XLxpYCAgJ_Rba6GRP-9ixgXIuBq9xNoinMHCDoXJUu0/s1600/web57.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 333px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jDQB_JLDWiWAg7at-V0SK0UdKxsGRq1knbmx6zHB7g1r9vxBLVMXjfP5-xvnlo46g-g7q9HXj_oIZ7xWDRdshXJHsCnytNL25XLxpYCAgJ_Rba6GRP-9ixgXIuBq9xNoinMHCDoXJUu0/s400/web57.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557122312246924946" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Aunt Amber and Uncle Kyle gave these to Chloe. They had no idea that Santa was bringing an empty doll house that needed some tenants. It was perfect.</span></div></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXs-JB_QSRu62Pqw2lV2et8G385TBLoTzHiDuT48dY9CzvY2NkWPTfMmv4Da9E40OgGFC_JyjeQuVj92Ik3yOsjBtrDoQWG-iwDMCOpGROEkjTjS1KSLas5yJHufvRn4eLBp9PqSLOo6_U/s1600/web58.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXs-JB_QSRu62Pqw2lV2et8G385TBLoTzHiDuT48dY9CzvY2NkWPTfMmv4Da9E40OgGFC_JyjeQuVj92Ik3yOsjBtrDoQWG-iwDMCOpGROEkjTjS1KSLas5yJHufvRn4eLBp9PqSLOo6_U/s400/web58.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557122305400259346" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Santa probably could have just given her a bag of these and called it good.</span></div></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp39BnkX3XP_eIaZIK1i5a-lcoIDNrO5SFf7YivARlSwM4PIs7vWW7haMZJUscqSiXGWeUP2zHTBPnHFfe9P28RkYvTK-5cROTmXPN8BJr7ijJJ47kB8_gA_9ur4-8-jGzRPgF3WrYnVEP/s1600/color82.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp39BnkX3XP_eIaZIK1i5a-lcoIDNrO5SFf7YivARlSwM4PIs7vWW7haMZJUscqSiXGWeUP2zHTBPnHFfe9P28RkYvTK-5cROTmXPN8BJr7ijJJ47kB8_gA_9ur4-8-jGzRPgF3WrYnVEP/s400/color82.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557122018426463506" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Buying anything for my parents is kind of hard. If they want something, they usually just go and get it for themselves. This year, we decided to transfer all of their VHS tapes to DVD.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">There were tears.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Mission accomplished.</span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuBmoRXNSNC-cPU2RI2MTrSJqmBAmlJM1s1Y8Ed0Lj-AC5-GbKsTn1HIYMJx1hLF_z2KCydg52gHiHyuR-xmEW8IyYo3sxrauMS040kg9eE8_zujEZm6lFJmD3Wv3ZbsUqUVGLUnBCEBk-/s1600/color83web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 343px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuBmoRXNSNC-cPU2RI2MTrSJqmBAmlJM1s1Y8Ed0Lj-AC5-GbKsTn1HIYMJx1hLF_z2KCydg52gHiHyuR-xmEW8IyYo3sxrauMS040kg9eE8_zujEZm6lFJmD3Wv3ZbsUqUVGLUnBCEBk-/s400/color83web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557122015860850050" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBHZbZLIqA5uE228v7-WmYUQPUzJ1hSTrlhLmbR3CC3ppMPXfgdv-hSDgPWLTN61yzRFec-m4ti6l77KM3xz_5JFRWbr5vw0P9WuckzckVS_uGLVUaBhmVMigXOlR3-sLYBSVIQgpuydbI/s1600/color84web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBHZbZLIqA5uE228v7-WmYUQPUzJ1hSTrlhLmbR3CC3ppMPXfgdv-hSDgPWLTN61yzRFec-m4ti6l77KM3xz_5JFRWbr5vw0P9WuckzckVS_uGLVUaBhmVMigXOlR3-sLYBSVIQgpuydbI/s400/color84web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557122012090021362" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuLmD9-geZ8XGsHlySZqMQJOqPih1zm4zrjazTB-B4AV5J1hakcyG0UO-9BHDH43syGHX0elUUtlxmjb3kcfmeNqOPmEENct1tHbX55izcawVXSirQKftRWBQMvDF9wY5fj95Q_pztliju/s1600/color85web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuLmD9-geZ8XGsHlySZqMQJOqPih1zm4zrjazTB-B4AV5J1hakcyG0UO-9BHDH43syGHX0elUUtlxmjb3kcfmeNqOPmEENct1tHbX55izcawVXSirQKftRWBQMvDF9wY5fj95Q_pztliju/s400/color85web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557122007470601138" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1JVc1SV0x9HFyVR4mDLhQFrfnYJCTetSEl9VEun4mf-MruDJIOxJLn5lsfEo_4C24MpG0vyxRVxrz6VyCju1Ei00_wG9eg6TUbTN5SwxW_mLUQMVyEg9WfrRtxU7uoIfcvogzB65p-pS/s400/color1web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557471002559305106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The rest of the day was spent eating and playing and going to the movies and eating.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">ALL done in our jammies...yes, even the movie theater (we looked awesome in all of our "matchiness" if you were wondering...)</span></div>Jamie Poorthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985510496786818603noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845123579167528524.post-43778984168955552702010-12-31T23:26:00.001-08:002011-01-01T22:23:07.212-08:00The Night Before Christmas<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBIJv7GJWwQLduqcSnY1RiArGQHz_ZOR3LCPDIjZOnX2f040u3GkVUE55SrcvoZ22jbGZyJlSnOg2xBiU6yt7ARI8YphKHQSZxCAgMg-LsC7POxAH5w1C80OmhFuGK46_K3FvgB6BBtiGE/s1600/web20.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBIJv7GJWwQLduqcSnY1RiArGQHz_ZOR3LCPDIjZOnX2f040u3GkVUE55SrcvoZ22jbGZyJlSnOg2xBiU6yt7ARI8YphKHQSZxCAgMg-LsC7POxAH5w1C80OmhFuGK46_K3FvgB6BBtiGE/s400/web20.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557121654086440402" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">When we arrived home from our train ride, we showered, washed jammies and cooked.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">My family met at our house for our traditional chili dinner and gifts.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">After we ate, we gathered around my brother, Jason, as he read the biblical account of the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. We read this every year on Christmas Eve. It breaks up the scriptures with hymns. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">After we finished the "We Three Kings" song, we went to the front room for gifts. We finished up the night by making Oreo truffles for Santa (I heard this is his new favorite). </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It was simple and fun.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">After we cleaned up, everyone but me, Jon and Ava went to my parent's home.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Jon and I stayed up until 3:30 assembling stuff. I already had everything wrapped weeks before Christmas, but didn't assemble anything until that night.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We loaded everything into the car and traveled to my parent's house and went to bed at 4 a.m.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Why do I do this to myself every year???</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mark my word, next year will be different.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">(probably not).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV3af9F49SUV11d8-bLHbNXTzmx-biuWrsYxEHSejJ6IaJ0mb5PxM8LAksv_ctr7lQgz9vzna4GdXI6CqXjndUGrs3YfEaIuaxLODSxtv0py-QNCZuuskKpCy39LM2G2wxgd6g17wLN4b0/s1600/web51.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhswiqH8ftxWDqrfND4qyyjyRtP7e-2eEAkblp8nt-I-H2Ar4Mn2U-HIQc0qsKaBLeqmXyHn8tzZ8BmBPrx2HdSf0NtmW8E3lkCIU7YzHaIPdBd_glsagxhcUwEWMPUh-EleN4Hf6OZpdo5/s400/web34.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557117711967448706" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 333px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">...on the Polar Express!"</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">My parents are awesome (and I don't use that word lightly...and not just because of this...)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">For Christmas, my Mom wanted to do something different for us as a gift. Back in July she booked us tickets to ride the Polar Express train in Arizona (which, of course, has a non-stop trip to the North Pole...)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We were told when it was and that we needed to keep the ride a secret from all of the kids.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">On the morning of December 23rd, we drove to my parent's house and loaded into 2 cars. The kids had no idea what was going on. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We arrived at the hotel, and because my kids L.O.V.E. hotels, they thought that was the whole surprise.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">My mom passed out wrapped gifts to everyone.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Jammies. Matching jammies.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Then my Mom told the kids that they needed to hurry and change into their jammies because we were going on the Polar Express!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The kids freaked out. It was adorable.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Everyone scrambled to get changed and we headed to the train station.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We settled into our seats.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The train left the station and the chef-dressed staffers passed out hot chocolate and chocolate chip cookies.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The conductor came with his special punch and punched each of our tickets.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The chefs walked up and down the aisles reading the </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Polar Express</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> book.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We sang Christmas songs and before we knew it, we arrived at the North Pole.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span>Santa Claus stood next to his huge bag of gifts and his elves.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The kids waved and went crazy.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The train turned around to head back to the station and Santa was missing.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The kids were confused. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">A few minutes passed and then the door opened and in walked Santa!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It was magical! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">He passed out bells to each of the kids and then we spent the remainder of the ride singing Christmas songs at the top of our lungs.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">When the ride was over, we headed back to the hotel for dinner.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The next morning, we went to breakfast and then visited the reindeer farm.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Magical memories.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Perfect Christmas Eve Eve.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFccsCLL4BtOmIpnyDO4K4Jye1kAxt0HyTpsuDdJ7ckUXUYg7qMqnh6U3VDYJzw2yuSP3qbRM6XmuBS7wLvcisFeCfuSTNKEuOVmLwD9G98h0Ynw3rJkCx6S-j1g9DhYgpCENNGf4xGSdA/s400/web30.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557118044005358274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Announcement.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhfeOVLA3_SLiCFCPWDFTz6LwNZOuXR0dZwurhG_ys4AMd2RWhyx8_syWB0e5dp3dpLJbUB86-kItudJ7lzsEjDZRkRAMf-t935skMQGeKDRqhEkTshQ0OiCjmbST8Fgj-V5efJV052oDP/s400/color80.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557116817118594898" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Jammies.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVW2Xk2ytpTGyk2yW3hY67-_d7-r5yVzmm98NEa_8ApuHmbD7ZFIf3RwpSfvlAvgbmVwvLqYwJZO2vN2SI1l3AXDu-0BNP4ErJTp-nxZ4Pt_jmMOJ6zrtAQTuz_vlO3tsygtEeA_m5c8gk/s1600/web12.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVW2Xk2ytpTGyk2yW3hY67-_d7-r5yVzmm98NEa_8ApuHmbD7ZFIf3RwpSfvlAvgbmVwvLqYwJZO2vN2SI1l3AXDu-0BNP4ErJTp-nxZ4Pt_jmMOJ6zrtAQTuz_vlO3tsygtEeA_m5c8gk/s400/web12.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557118236813708818" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAKKoqDtzRu2RQgMfrNTX6Bgireot2vasfVOPXni0auTs4LRI5ZNj_5Vdxc91cJzL76tm2ZPFbck86QvnW8qqEd71yfbmGOGgkxbuRVWWy3F3IBY7Co1Ejjw5u67Q8_9QYCzDG7W7O6NBb/s400/color81.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557116814890934306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Snuggles.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd5smaHz7AxLOKt8HaLAXx7cPULZ3O5-V3c8xc18d-4TPsMFBE1eVYVTCw76k-lZIOUEDrC-NRhf0hqczuNC2WlGZvgdGjqROYsJUiCz9ccAqdswTls6gt70YvkT1WMsZlkqFH-9AJMyAh/s400/web31.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557117721141676546" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Family.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSf6rfrlHNC2gDdT_a5lB-GA9hNhidmu6gNv7Geza677YcQlNC67aTFCE826v_C7shZmjBYvyGV_vc9OTsjNLI7y0dnYVP2bdCrYt0PwIIeb_ub6Bii2Yu071agditcHzBn9OqavFBr_O/s400/web27.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557118051949608690" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Girls.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8SMpvjppzFkt-f0wxHQa5PxOE0eceI8JWkFqug_o6NQQy4P3H5eaqANa9cXL4FHbw1zGLhAF__Om6FIPW9vmLCSJDZHM1g5bUzQ5x6jDxcFlILftadiIY-eIDpJWx7N3Bw4smcFlDmDby/s400/color76.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557116820789721026" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Boys.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX1T5XF2Nw9at4bYjirJeBBSTAOcEE0KWSv40_g8_162um3aARty1yqJ1RvvnjI4FcpFy0DOpgjRyKQ9MYuBEyy71Vg9Pbxs32b3xV0zrXNRYI_hWaSeEGmrNmXiJ-YGSsxqqnaofFsSgp/s1600/web13.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX1T5XF2Nw9at4bYjirJeBBSTAOcEE0KWSv40_g8_162um3aARty1yqJ1RvvnjI4FcpFy0DOpgjRyKQ9MYuBEyy71Vg9Pbxs32b3xV0zrXNRYI_hWaSeEGmrNmXiJ-YGSsxqqnaofFsSgp/s400/web13.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557118229938931698" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">The Smiles.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGoaxXcIbrSfG6IicdgkaR8rxaRvu9gpFSy1kiZ_Dfh4C1IqDu_kaw1tV6yRo6QTQBGcF5rWEzsGJb7jXfHUl2O0TZ85gd9f2IIpVXi-YMpxFdsQ8Nt9-3fhenRX4QgWNlCYjt5wnLfD4K/s400/web33.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557117713346163538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Eyes.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaiAiGuRBSw0SOZnlbXODlYj37ldgH8Pwkq-8iElEE0ovNqruL8d8GZLV9iHz0S435MKjwIYCIaccayd2r2ASc2YIhZ_hgQTZd7iwos2d_bSO_U1lTnzAcaUj9dWyktHKU8mu_vUUljTM6/s400/web35.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557117706178856002" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 343px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Kids.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgezm0yMmw2h7YQVepCApXNgth8LxGT-kLbFLKqARYKeX64sjlJL3jPzpNYe1EnTeJ8C3VYNJR4pD7NNJ3oHI6Wu5Q-DeTB4mSkiVDn3AIkiYXHiS2BohkiQ8S98LsgI6eg6fB6BlirEUC/s400/web36.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557117702347500098" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Big Girls.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje9UJvfgu3r7heEi85aFTk7wQVpKFGpj9ZelvyREMl9ymAjo9O4wuYLqBeeV4PcMujx-Rf9WUm8GMb1ub7AVOZNISO7RUR8xjKsCMAWzxq_M1vE4QMr3KHbs-PkE1tF-ZAo3iwWdo31pKb/s400/color75.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557116825982333634" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Snow Drippings.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1GkoR7wmSqlv-ezlQNDMvJsWfoDVF2W4IrNHdn74kiYyM_3U_rxYXTgN5-c4qvnU21LsFMoi0Xhm8ilhUSVvSumtWKOxA2B7JEFqSfSs5FjxZu_5PwVnACsry8wK6JfsYZS6rFwqPaQJO/s400/color71.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557117002665721378" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Left Side.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVAI2Jpau0PLh4cmcXYlPQ9AB5O3PoRgT2jXi8ssVTevmzkYqzFU9zoZ_jOgx8vFhTn2UB_0OalY8GuIGaYl4QpNFejE73_6smoV8VgAdFWvRQAZDKn-mdxsdiJ4Vv1MhQ34WfGEHKRB90/s400/color72.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557116998367566770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Right Side.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXxqle17ITL846fcYTG9nP7dD1EUANbaMDn2GGuG8nat5d8qXXHq7c3Pz1NRkYzUudcZqgnYUShXnTtIVb9flnfRtoJDYJKyyoABZiPeDFr4R2AR9HN0Mzius0eb5uSpSSzIGUEGDYoJOS/s400/web47.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557117336724117538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Parents.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxIHGbe_Sz3YPTflwpA5Qhxi6zZS4TbpM1yOVThVyuvmBsyq3suVQgVd6tb2C_Nl1dkV-pp-l2IJy8VfVKmpG-wq1dpIJLkN3vbloxFUQdg1MH4_pnKFYgjMaD7O6ZQtgYuy_ERrAYD6CZ/s400/web48.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557117334565679026" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Ticket.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUoILlbZUDsGxy6dXKkpdm3xKOcYni8F1WJkBFHNqg0ta-qVNAuSTt_Z_glXiNCyC827cKtoI3S2-u0OnTzZuTd-xMb7Hj-fOr_Eh0ZfroJWjXEv7uTHzkbrkQtvgJ3XNfl0O6rXEL7dPr/s1600/web14.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUoILlbZUDsGxy6dXKkpdm3xKOcYni8F1WJkBFHNqg0ta-qVNAuSTt_Z_glXiNCyC827cKtoI3S2-u0OnTzZuTd-xMb7Hj-fOr_Eh0ZfroJWjXEv7uTHzkbrkQtvgJ3XNfl0O6rXEL7dPr/s400/web14.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557118226065072738" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Wonder.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwi9Y4IUHVyFeCo8leOjWNct1IJtDmS1HLz9bblzpPHBTPNr72Ej_wOQumqLxXmeLfNln7QEdVK91iPw89JMw0JDIlTK_Q7IA-3IextPNGQLQddu_aEQKyEsqJDdc1dYluvLdAXmvDEN69/s400/web40.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557117533764299698" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Passengers. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZ0CVTu757JAb1EmroGfCQ6KYnQ7DyV7z30pt3BTLL6L7mOJmhlZw7C448XJ1AYlQzLZgCKhnC09ziI4RAEd_mZX8iVe3bJdA974BnG84LMuRw5VMOoeGzbwdYCCNrvFPmCukYLaHHufW/s400/web42.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557117523441264098" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Excitement.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-aKCPLydPfLnKNJZ1LY2pWJboBSgBS4AOnRz4aX7pDTSj0RshLqd6My_FyJ7H0tMu1pLq_ZLdlmj0D6b_hz5awlCK0s9Q-mrCFGEKmUz3Ksnxp8gON2MrMaamz7GjyPdxiDWsUpbcLta/s400/web37.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557117540277489266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Story.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFqvhOrR88fR2fU2A_Tgn6mP0muGxZH91VjEPkwBCIT-C7E-VeGG8cUCUptBwdr2z-VNoxyzXjLPwodBAa5_F-pmmNfxGPwEVLutNaPwMvR2qWTbY0on6h0y9aiFYCtbj0CeDqw3li4Pmw/s400/color74.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557116988381789250" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Nana.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP2Ubq9w76q69CCe3twFGx8hS990btORgjHvJViNC0d6KbyvDQejum0avtRa_NAxQ-y8tAjIvFTpm0EiIvYTMShzFY-FEXGLHJ4NLB9_t_EBF-XmL_NvsFcyB1tZveyluDtC9cmDbQjLFd/s400/color73.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557116992951095922" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Cousins.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLG-St1dh2g9agrtKkBfXXU8VyflIYwl9TwRSyR_3_JLranpwU4Q_vJHRuvwZskwmrOxpCC-PpveVFMFMJS0RQbBUq6U1ensRzZjtstaiBu70J9HbZugPsomq2fluVT0BSJgQNdxWdGAZY/s400/web46.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557117342088810242" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The North Pole.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5N05wBMMEEUL0SBxiwwfJELAlXAwWTZFo_DQNooff-YXte_RyMxgnUE1PLejugIQLSalHW3L1IweONJExISykn-1xnyYrlGx20SgceuwPGO3p3G1UIfkqs_-0nw04ktS-H8-gTrwD0Zom/s400/web41.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557117524143752370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Santa.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEife7ln0N9UrOsXWufNU3yZakl4gv8EfRMDK5KL9GET9SWX6P3_Pwu-Exr7wBXi_LFlHz6jou5PEJqrWszgBynEGOP9mxeORxFmn0OwcMri1VGR4mYGD-j-ACJknFQBCOX0fHYvoIClxe3N/s400/web16.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557118217298579906" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Bells.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDra5heKjp-2jNWn7fwWNPQhZeq25HpJ86Ku94uy9Sq2vbPGxYaeXcNob_QDUWFTYhZpjCFAei6KQcUk3KH4OP2pZcA7p7ARcKv5gOUiE2sOioib5l3KnFAiu-OSwPIrmOfJ4mawCN3Ubw/s1600/web15.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDra5heKjp-2jNWn7fwWNPQhZeq25HpJ86Ku94uy9Sq2vbPGxYaeXcNob_QDUWFTYhZpjCFAei6KQcUk3KH4OP2pZcA7p7ARcKv5gOUiE2sOioib5l3KnFAiu-OSwPIrmOfJ4mawCN3Ubw/s400/web15.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557118221995955602" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Songs.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih5sktzlmpY2aFUF4lmKKsVnnwxUvkGEzmu-2RAZE8rR1AMsE3_EMR6EgZvQJp99fuelEMGTEyiKVO6qDeIwehvn60nM92k1LdsiTkvUNzPrlWnhKebXUafr46Dga8KRKmM6Bc7vif945m/s1600/web17.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih5sktzlmpY2aFUF4lmKKsVnnwxUvkGEzmu-2RAZE8rR1AMsE3_EMR6EgZvQJp99fuelEMGTEyiKVO6qDeIwehvn60nM92k1LdsiTkvUNzPrlWnhKebXUafr46Dga8KRKmM6Bc7vif945m/s400/web17.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557118061558230434" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Grandpa.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT9i-Td6GqePKCQiimxt_PpApTruP1U0NlsDnP_61ia0N_lii5cIchjopmrq8-lUV6L3f9Hhcv259vjpKkeKYW2xK74HxCRtXk58XsTfhUd3a_BviJZZ5DYisOTI2ntODuesUIFOqTeu8O/s1600/web18.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT9i-Td6GqePKCQiimxt_PpApTruP1U0NlsDnP_61ia0N_lii5cIchjopmrq8-lUV6L3f9Hhcv259vjpKkeKYW2xK74HxCRtXk58XsTfhUd3a_BviJZZ5DYisOTI2ntODuesUIFOqTeu8O/s400/web18.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557118060251265986" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Momma's Boy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx77X14vLSlSJFiiJvsIbuvZ4YhhwwAa5hHRTblGYO6FCCzAmQXvIt7Doaxn_LUR5vHs1YFKLyfP4Q1zvScl-C4LYjj7066hK4NxA6J1RYYvCBjk2dWwP4oHT60WTlyUngCunF7krKmG_G/s1600/web19.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx77X14vLSlSJFiiJvsIbuvZ4YhhwwAa5hHRTblGYO6FCCzAmQXvIt7Doaxn_LUR5vHs1YFKLyfP4Q1zvScl-C4LYjj7066hK4NxA6J1RYYvCBjk2dWwP4oHT60WTlyUngCunF7krKmG_G/s400/web19.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557118055350208978" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Daddy's Girl.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_nqZQ9m3xtty-t3MoioPhVnKXGkQhSl2MaTRMQZbibx2-w0awaL-eASPu-5e5LiTzmbeN2ZPIBkMSG4w_1KtmB8XflXFx7_DL9ilS64mnHPTtqhDPUitv1FGcGE2DnLzVerOol2UhlqLr/s400/color77.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557116820108126978" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Snowball Fight.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaIpQYsqMIHeimGriWGenaG70NrxeoyXuJOMwgmYcW7-Sxwbo5cte113MAegbRLh4ttGNThyphenhyphenj1Jdo_w7NJdO2mctQR-MRoctxdbLGX_wzepc1KBpK-ueqxVjbus7zOChmwhjo2wXZY8hm7/s1600/web43.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaIpQYsqMIHeimGriWGenaG70NrxeoyXuJOMwgmYcW7-Sxwbo5cte113MAegbRLh4ttGNThyphenhyphenj1Jdo_w7NJdO2mctQR-MRoctxdbLGX_wzepc1KBpK-ueqxVjbus7zOChmwhjo2wXZY8hm7/s400/web43.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557117519103497122" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Reindeer Farm.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhgXPdZb-045Oh0ecxUyU5QFJzkDsLDyv5f7AcP8_1-h_RqezgshkqyWRkCVjXmEOHAsWlTm8ZTg7M1D43-J75iKS8ggiDcZMDasOqRYKKttQ7MJC1hEtNwK5WV-vrCB_jHLQG6j8sGoj2/s1600/web44.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhgXPdZb-045Oh0ecxUyU5QFJzkDsLDyv5f7AcP8_1-h_RqezgshkqyWRkCVjXmEOHAsWlTm8ZTg7M1D43-J75iKS8ggiDcZMDasOqRYKKttQ7MJC1hEtNwK5WV-vrCB_jHLQG6j8sGoj2/s400/web44.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557117348575895250" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP41Fy6yixJ6WW0pyDWgAQcT8S7SkOu5iz_1mQOlbP_ESeKFq22mh8d3pKliIDsE-cKR3jfGT9Jds1VgdopZqwqFuBkiAF9BgAYwjpBtixtdzB6MfXvlAB7_Z-tK_pSGfoeuBvKCs9ewBw/s1600/web50.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP41Fy6yixJ6WW0pyDWgAQcT8S7SkOu5iz_1mQOlbP_ESeKFq22mh8d3pKliIDsE-cKR3jfGT9Jds1VgdopZqwqFuBkiAF9BgAYwjpBtixtdzB6MfXvlAB7_Z-tK_pSGfoeuBvKCs9ewBw/s400/web50.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557117333534154450" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">THE END.</span></div>Jamie Poorthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985510496786818603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845123579167528524.post-39210353934907803592010-12-31T23:24:00.005-08:002011-01-01T21:15:15.124-08:00Sinterklaas<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR_BswDhugMAskEUsecMxEQWGNIRHyMk0dW2cJf2BZB0Jc8qZMuGm6y9tTLnw7f7DEJzhHhTq5LHb75aFLGxEddW_4EmvcUb6ylSMIxEyWLoOESxk13Boqqla-eQQUiiTgZNSILEr7mpbp/s1600/web11.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR_BswDhugMAskEUsecMxEQWGNIRHyMk0dW2cJf2BZB0Jc8qZMuGm6y9tTLnw7f7DEJzhHhTq5LHb75aFLGxEddW_4EmvcUb6ylSMIxEyWLoOESxk13Boqqla-eQQUiiTgZNSILEr7mpbp/s400/web11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557116200397606562" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This is everyone.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">All of the Poorts.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Every year we celebrate Sinterklaas </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">(Dutch Christmas...you know...because Jon is from there and all...).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This year we hosted it at our home.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It was so much fun.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We ate chicken enchiladas (VERY Dutch...not really).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We read our poems to one another and opened gifts.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We changed into jammies and played games.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We made gingerbread houses and filled our shoes with carrots (for Sinterklaas' horses) and placed them on the front porch.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We stayed up until 3:30 (yes...in the a.m.).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Slept for a few hours.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Woke up to candy-filled shoes and breakfast made by Jon.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Lunch by Uncle Oscar.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Spent the day in jammies and laziness.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It was bliss.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJjfJmLZFDiEIElMOOl1RC1xMQQa9oB1CHA6aA0MMNwr_rCwyaT3XqIpSycx1IOByy8jtYQMXYRGSqhTl05QIDRNDcADT3KLi27x1fImlfFQBFIhDhfwKDRC3cgBKVYxUTXS85-_cpEj3M/s1600/web1.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb7ShGZzlFg79c88pD-w1-jBmiOb7TEDByyy7-PFggX002_1aDnEJ8jLHmBBNHrqUzoTizmQkzqOnxJgQn1SutZWEvWz8qVSAvjzR8UaLjOdQejaz6WqdURkEEuN58g2MqLVokbIUAqqGA/s400/color85web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557118808635396610" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">My brother, Weston, is an Air Force man.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">We are proud but we miss him.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">He came home in the middle of December to celebrate Christmas early.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">My sister, Amber, typed up an itinerary in late November to ensure that we got the most of our time with him.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">We stayed busy!</span></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy0XJZi9rP-nFY0XRo-QfEKJbF9SKDo-ehrNza3HRF9Zkuo6Qe_724ZflI8onM1z2EXQDD__k3Pes0SQG5BzmIsP3g4rbdce0b3C-FMtG4bYx-Tf6U6xFcBdAsLovNUx1EfBEYtp7XiyZp/s1600/color80web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy0XJZi9rP-nFY0XRo-QfEKJbF9SKDo-ehrNza3HRF9Zkuo6Qe_724ZflI8onM1z2EXQDD__k3Pes0SQG5BzmIsP3g4rbdce0b3C-FMtG4bYx-Tf6U6xFcBdAsLovNUx1EfBEYtp7XiyZp/s400/color80web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557118990150276754" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">We started out by having a family dinner together and then going to the Celebration of Lights.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">There is something about lights and kids.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">It makes them instantly happy and excited.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This year it was held at the race track and it was twice as long as last year's display.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">All of us (illegally) piled into my parent's Yukon and turned up the Christmas carols.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiih0Oy7nQZPHv-FhmE9JYQxDX9FexR51Y98pyoO3OZl1bA_cTE93gbVAojoFnKtGwanvyEm2lfAfjMFjSYuZTy_5hDpnbY0wlQtoA8_bE8DmyfY8udggsQoEE03s0PGJIEXrVEbTvTL6NS/s1600/color81web.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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The kids played a round of golf, ate funnel cakes and hot chocolate and rode the carousel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3JHd119wmtjzaSdz2W2a-1PIj77BnsF94BdUciKbyLGwQQ5Au7kHnFuHDkaOVb-fHyw34OzF2EFC4UXYCf8RJdwDd5hjXK7qXJIEx-o5biSAT9blkk7-LCOzqH989Cv58h99ulRXiIhe/s1600/color84web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3JHd119wmtjzaSdz2W2a-1PIj77BnsF94BdUciKbyLGwQQ5Au7kHnFuHDkaOVb-fHyw34OzF2EFC4UXYCf8RJdwDd5hjXK7qXJIEx-o5biSAT9blkk7-LCOzqH989Cv58h99ulRXiIhe/s400/color84web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557118980927633858" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcqfqJxPeA7nT0uIb_YEt6UR60zejq9abQTdhN_ZfGyA6jyX2ZmjOQQ0i8LWgDBxFKKKS2XdAOHEsl3JAQcFc84g3O003hERgT7B9YGs-XyrYohCC9GZnaLmLgNneD_1J350r39R9xQmuJ/s1600/color86web.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyRYpIgEQ-COv3P6QuZQx34YgWb3T6DSd6z3HLCQcgWGfcFWhiNKbtMpKUedPQn1sTli3AnBzNn1mf5ROdpgc0_Z4Q0UoDl5WSwW2Jq3p4xCWCNR6GyKCaiDA43gYMu06ysvgUf3YrpQlO/s400/color94web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557118627790393122" /></a></div>Jamie Poorthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985510496786818603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845123579167528524.post-49075698442302891352010-12-31T23:24:00.001-08:002011-01-01T20:31:52.164-08:00Santa Claus Came To Town<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYUx7pw_cT4upuF9N9pYhGxjwcTpsIkOEV9Cg6ZadTYiCdx9ww6FWR9XHiInX1A2WJ-4ndjZPYVjXOARlcH_BRRFQUyaMMp7gY4Phw75urGPl4SDj7m4G_oETOWkzTmejHwsejh8ZTsjsK/s1600/santa1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYUx7pw_cT4upuF9N9pYhGxjwcTpsIkOEV9Cg6ZadTYiCdx9ww6FWR9XHiInX1A2WJ-4ndjZPYVjXOARlcH_BRRFQUyaMMp7gY4Phw75urGPl4SDj7m4G_oETOWkzTmejHwsejh8ZTsjsK/s400/santa1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557116440130888322" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Auntie Meghan held her annual shoots with Santa Claus.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">It is never a disappointment.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The kid's were thrilled.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigVqMgvgxxgsVFp_DdjPDiNsgBjVfG1ehi0q_m2avBnbrwyW1MML3gXYCi7ys61mbJh_auh-RJ0fvq6X_X8FIrXnFGq7XO8qzaIhwJewCM4tLvASJzumIEaDPF4BIjYxx-ArcQM15yl79d/s1600/santa2.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiSZqGS3HM4bteFec8x2KfSdJEJRYiF-lAVd4iSdFKb143C-QdDvRpuIceUyVIVlqb2910XP5oezfbeOET3aMdLwVyytEy_UFiJip6COUYrQPxCD_F-vI8iUxye7ow6DFpKZhQBjxJzAjX/s400/santa4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557116422893952834" /></a>Jamie Poorthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985510496786818603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845123579167528524.post-9583030916173050262010-11-30T08:26:00.001-08:002010-11-30T08:52:36.976-08:00Giving Thanks<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguCkZQgV3VmiQeTQHFEqcfQq6cPcJlVvkcEmI-aaxG9s9HQdQ_CWBYTzr5OUlFpA80iRdGbesqOgEKLZqyeF4uIENcVuAAvfuat1Q-klVxbxZV5TAXAPRxA4ZHKGgo2Y3kECDFdjh3L73N/s1600/Family2BWweb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguCkZQgV3VmiQeTQHFEqcfQq6cPcJlVvkcEmI-aaxG9s9HQdQ_CWBYTzr5OUlFpA80iRdGbesqOgEKLZqyeF4uIENcVuAAvfuat1Q-klVxbxZV5TAXAPRxA4ZHKGgo2Y3kECDFdjh3L73N/s400/Family2BWweb.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545380074614793490" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I am sort of a control freak.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">There.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I said it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I like planning things and having things work out just how I planned them.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">There is something to be said for getting what you want, when you want it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">It's nice, right?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This past year has been a year of learning that I am not always in control.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">One of my favorite quotes is from the writer Maya Angelou:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">"When you encounter a trial in your life, before you do anything, drop to your knees and thank God for what you are about to learn."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Trials are inevitable but how we react is our choice. I have been guilty this year of doing my share of complaining for things not always going as I planned them and in doing so missed so many learning experiences. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I am crazy blessed. Beyond what I ever planned for myself. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">But, I think everyone is.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I just think that I am guilty of forgetting that some blessings come in the form of trials. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This Thanksgiving I am grateful that I didn't get exactly everything that I wanted this year, because I know that God, instead, has given me exactly everything that He knows that I need.</span></div>Jamie Poorthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985510496786818603noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845123579167528524.post-86940802110326985242010-10-30T15:31:00.003-07:002010-10-30T15:31:44.275-07:00Day 1 - Washington D.C.<div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigkg5NO07cg-87hXv-9q8bKQld3pgC0-8gfaavtiA0vIYG7LU2H_DVMZSC2O6fIyDRnAtp7a1TY0-5wFi87waiC_WW-Y2rotJ42wC9qHM_IlZuKUGWPSZgauY81OknWIXH5kHMtL77YrJZ/s400/Color4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530156177243844946" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">You know how there are some experiences in your life that you romanticize? You look back and what actually happened gets mixed in with a little bit more fluff from your memory so that the memory is better than what you really experienced?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Well...I do that sometimes.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In September, we took a VACATION (Yes, a vacation. NOT a trip. No children).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Our brother-in-law is living in Washington D.C. for a short time and so it gave us a place to stay. We planned the trip within a few weeks. We are so spontaneous.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I used to fly to Washington D.C. all of the time when I was a flight attendant.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">One of my most memorable trips was a 72 hour layover to D.C. and my Dad decided to come along with me. It had all of the ingredients to a perfect trip. 3 days with my Dad. Free hotel. Money for food and spending. What could go wrong?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Well...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">the trip occurred at the same time that the Virginia sniper shootings were happening.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Remember when that was happening?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Well...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">as we were deplaning, the pilot gathered our flight crew together and told us that because the shooter(s) had not yet been caught, we needed to take extra precaution. If we planned to do any sight seeing, we needed to walk in a brisk walk and in a zig zag pattern...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">you know...to throw off the shooter.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Genius.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I told my Dad...sort of in passing...but he pretty much took it to mean that our lives depended on our vigilance to this advice.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Oh...and it was poring rain outside.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My Dad was intent on seeing EVERY.SINGLE.MONUMENT/MUSEUM that D.C. had to offer within the 3 day period. This ended up not being as impossible as you would think.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The 2 of us ran, zig zag, throughout the whole downtown D.C. area for 3 days.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Did we see everything?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I think so.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Every time we would get to our destination, my dad would yell for me to take a picture, we would touch whatever it was and then we would be running to our next destination.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This was almost 9 years ago.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">That story was probably romanticized a bit. It was probably more miserable than what I described, but over time it has become really funny.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But I digress.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This vacation was perfect in every way. Even while we were experiencing it, I knew that I was living what would become some of my fondest memories. Over the course of 6 days, we traveled throughout Washington D.C., Virginia, Philadelphia and New York City.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It was amazing.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This vacation has become my new "happy place" and now when I am folding laundry or the kids are screaming at me to referee a dispute, this is where I go.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My happy place.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Do you have one of those?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Get one.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Even if you have to romanticize a memory to get one.</span></span></div></span></span></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizoFV-jnJanZeqWD56QcECH0b5ssMrIGi18kqwrpPjm4pnOBGxOLo9p5bHc3Hvuhl53PCoJCDnCFgAxmOR8FTfj5EEsiNmU4bKse8dbjGDGGduycXnHfrx9eA-Emoxa9d7txdGQN3MEzWr/s1600/Color3.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizoFV-jnJanZeqWD56QcECH0b5ssMrIGi18kqwrpPjm4pnOBGxOLo9p5bHc3Hvuhl53PCoJCDnCFgAxmOR8FTfj5EEsiNmU4bKse8dbjGDGGduycXnHfrx9eA-Emoxa9d7txdGQN3MEzWr/s400/Color3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530156191973601266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The White House</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKodGQ-eJmzDuffuSzMRnahlrzO2ZnlDSXEGLPp7hv215pGKkj24eQoVaVLQU8PjiJTajUi7v0N_RZYmetVcGYov834gs8c6ouFzXmh39JVgxdWOGo8i7hgHuJnnKLJ5zeW1vvsYURDpdy/s1600/Color5.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKodGQ-eJmzDuffuSzMRnahlrzO2ZnlDSXEGLPp7hv215pGKkj24eQoVaVLQU8PjiJTajUi7v0N_RZYmetVcGYov834gs8c6ouFzXmh39JVgxdWOGo8i7hgHuJnnKLJ5zeW1vvsYURDpdy/s400/Color5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530155596791817426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXepoKlbd-AN5db04DTNC1tM1pTC1w4X-6h8Z4d8kVq4WjthwM9cPnRdWpxhykemUnbgqIb8YjZn7yPg1898DAuM4xf7wrAJpaoYXgtGoANfGxlXwSWCmknV7Cv64dLnK2YnI7axFoz_UC/s1600/Color6.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXepoKlbd-AN5db04DTNC1tM1pTC1w4X-6h8Z4d8kVq4WjthwM9cPnRdWpxhykemUnbgqIb8YjZn7yPg1898DAuM4xf7wrAJpaoYXgtGoANfGxlXwSWCmknV7Cv64dLnK2YnI7axFoz_UC/s400/Color6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530155585249169378" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Washington Monument</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzIVQq0NeLUFZ2s550FFpMh_RNmX2_hYYMbCdtpF_wSf56_vuabci0BJ9h8QUs3qWVRdNlxShhllz-h21uekddQV_V9BXluhkeWXXyDBZ8aAZkU7P-Bc3caN-sd2xauFQFhOaABGhF2uaG/s1600/Color7.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzIVQq0NeLUFZ2s550FFpMh_RNmX2_hYYMbCdtpF_wSf56_vuabci0BJ9h8QUs3qWVRdNlxShhllz-h21uekddQV_V9BXluhkeWXXyDBZ8aAZkU7P-Bc3caN-sd2xauFQFhOaABGhF2uaG/s400/Color7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530155559835388082" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">National World War II Memorial</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUweNOU8wa0ficM3ojYp23Yk0eqVR25No1lHYQVcR_P0cyJg7W9EZb7PUjLn1MvfYH_A9ApqepMhAVDuwGfW5SZ9VDSIfSK0li4FUCsPg2dMyg8yk_God2VVr2MnsPKh0JZQ2GK1ZAzGEg/s1600/Color8.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUweNOU8wa0ficM3ojYp23Yk0eqVR25No1lHYQVcR_P0cyJg7W9EZb7PUjLn1MvfYH_A9ApqepMhAVDuwGfW5SZ9VDSIfSK0li4FUCsPg2dMyg8yk_God2VVr2MnsPKh0JZQ2GK1ZAzGEg/s400/Color8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530155540186777186" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Lincoln Memorial</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSAL6kumjedAeKd86lO1BPN62XSMq39IMXudd6EffBxI6UtmfcIMeOYa4CbP1oBVokwM1Zb2fZWThfw0l9q9mhCQigPRrflAROS83VFAKb8POaNKFOR-ne_GftbS94783bZ80Gop3vLDQ/s1600/Color11.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSAL6kumjedAeKd86lO1BPN62XSMq39IMXudd6EffBxI6UtmfcIMeOYa4CbP1oBVokwM1Zb2fZWThfw0l9q9mhCQigPRrflAROS83VFAKb8POaNKFOR-ne_GftbS94783bZ80Gop3vLDQ/s400/Color11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530146949778386338" style="display: block; 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"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3vjiNAfuZVh2sX8ezcUxYPPn3xz-Ntc9kLaIb8dbz2oapqjgG1BxjofIshd-4pkN2jJC8NNs5cN0lxNEGcW3LE5_DycoAuGbSZunIjbtvF_nc-hAj3ewrZ7j9hT_UsIEFWIEcrYIvjkLl/s1600/Color13.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3vjiNAfuZVh2sX8ezcUxYPPn3xz-Ntc9kLaIb8dbz2oapqjgG1BxjofIshd-4pkN2jJC8NNs5cN0lxNEGcW3LE5_DycoAuGbSZunIjbtvF_nc-hAj3ewrZ7j9hT_UsIEFWIEcrYIvjkLl/s400/Color13.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530146917297334978" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Pb1RvVLM9g6J2EgTHygmZjo0H58rfIrlr1gA2fFFKcJSK1Cpc8NEJ9OPgmK1aqxrGtTNaBlMIW-uif8bGn_hMOjezHqDHeYpePdQPMEUoebWkycF5JmoCPih-LpbAjejjt60irKV-cra/s1600/Color14.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Pb1RvVLM9g6J2EgTHygmZjo0H58rfIrlr1gA2fFFKcJSK1Cpc8NEJ9OPgmK1aqxrGtTNaBlMIW-uif8bGn_hMOjezHqDHeYpePdQPMEUoebWkycF5JmoCPih-LpbAjejjt60irKV-cra/s400/Color14.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530146905197918242" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div>Jamie Poorthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985510496786818603noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845123579167528524.post-5907236783138100842010-10-30T15:31:00.001-07:002010-10-30T15:31:12.603-07:00Day 2 - Washington D.C.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHEdap0qgFjOjS74kh2GvxH7grzUOovi6UYt9VVoYrpNwKqNWU98HajpidGODdgcvsyJCxoZmT6lHKk2K4O2B6jaUskIaRaZIarxtyuaGm5rzgy3EzONkrfrMpj-3R2gc3gboQ0WSvmQJ0/s1600/Color15.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHEdap0qgFjOjS74kh2GvxH7grzUOovi6UYt9VVoYrpNwKqNWU98HajpidGODdgcvsyJCxoZmT6lHKk2K4O2B6jaUskIaRaZIarxtyuaGm5rzgy3EzONkrfrMpj-3R2gc3gboQ0WSvmQJ0/s400/Color15.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530198733186778482" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>U.S. Capitol</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZJVegTWZfiT5BmBjw7kO2HmttcBPIgVfG-qZCKAIwDqKxD19qvO_v6XzVQBQb2UCutTQRiTdkD-_tpGQArUaKAZYF746tmrkezxh8HctwGu5-vgK7nAe438TMJVB04fRPZ-4O6wepNkRa/s1600/Color17.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZJVegTWZfiT5BmBjw7kO2HmttcBPIgVfG-qZCKAIwDqKxD19qvO_v6XzVQBQb2UCutTQRiTdkD-_tpGQArUaKAZYF746tmrkezxh8HctwGu5-vgK7nAe438TMJVB04fRPZ-4O6wepNkRa/s400/Color17.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530198724560717490" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We spent the second day on a tour of the U.S. Capitol. It really was amazing. We had a representative from Senator Harry Reid's office give us a detailed tour of the whole building.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqFpqJN6ekKHaApAagpIumm0ANvXaQy1BCbP34o4OVFHdXE7lxFyoTSE_4AnNYV32IDqFhRkgyxm-lEGDqsCTDbM1F5Bv3ksjvTnZS0WvZP6pGhK_HC0zv4XsSiDpqcm8lI9KpQJ_IhcTl/s1600/Color20.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqFpqJN6ekKHaApAagpIumm0ANvXaQy1BCbP34o4OVFHdXE7lxFyoTSE_4AnNYV32IDqFhRkgyxm-lEGDqsCTDbM1F5Bv3ksjvTnZS0WvZP6pGhK_HC0zv4XsSiDpqcm8lI9KpQJ_IhcTl/s400/Color20.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530198718801119506" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Jon is standing on the star that is inlaid in the floor that marks the point where Washington D.C.'s streets are numbered. It used to mark the center of Washington D.C. It is found in the crypt of the Capitol (it is called the Crypt because it was built to house the body of President Washington...but he ended up being laid to rest at Mt. Vernon).</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98w1OuUQsHX4f8sOZH5LBOetSFkJuMLK4rarxLy1jCWCSah9NuoHone_hekNhfc8a2DkXq4zO0NCDmgj4kz0CL7T9Yb1iDP1xdWBJaghWYmpAMXQ03HZVbj8bBf3ZWCCuTDnQFwFKTTrN/s1600/Color21.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98w1OuUQsHX4f8sOZH5LBOetSFkJuMLK4rarxLy1jCWCSah9NuoHone_hekNhfc8a2DkXq4zO0NCDmgj4kz0CL7T9Yb1iDP1xdWBJaghWYmpAMXQ03HZVbj8bBf3ZWCCuTDnQFwFKTTrN/s400/Color21.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530192370322025330" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Original Supreme Court Chambers</span></span></i></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOEzvy7hYYFoFWL4eecnHPtfIA5OsV_rJZwm8ZSP-6j7-j6Z8sa-Dkq4O27loblvNlf7W4FYSy7oSnVi10M0x1Fpa2ADdQB3p7yEFM9j0O3D6D8EmRnv4ADlUDnaRotG7E4VmFG3n16Ikw/s1600/Color22.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOEzvy7hYYFoFWL4eecnHPtfIA5OsV_rJZwm8ZSP-6j7-j6Z8sa-Dkq4O27loblvNlf7W4FYSy7oSnVi10M0x1Fpa2ADdQB3p7yEFM9j0O3D6D8EmRnv4ADlUDnaRotG7E4VmFG3n16Ikw/s400/Color22.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530192352758965266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Rotunda</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0z59IqOWL_O8YPjMavU4O1eqfB6mi60ZxRyS0V4zu_SNhjWQyZxjgXy_obonUHP6dGDulojgL5LltqBePtAMkbL8eht_VUAy8-G6_bbAEkB4LR78OmUpUIZKaUBqopM-arCAv5zXXOQK/s1600/Color24.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0z59IqOWL_O8YPjMavU4O1eqfB6mi60ZxRyS0V4zu_SNhjWQyZxjgXy_obonUHP6dGDulojgL5LltqBePtAMkbL8eht_VUAy8-G6_bbAEkB4LR78OmUpUIZKaUBqopM-arCAv5zXXOQK/s400/Color24.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530192350018041426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Okay...so this is awesome. There is a statue that is made for each of the Presidents of the United States. President Reagan's statue has little pieces of the Berlin Wall in it.</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8fp8TmBUMchyOh0MUOMMuAMMdPupsQH6MrDoDYgr2coPIdRYkZptcSj3xYupT6aADeYPFvNR7jm9tnSiaEGMu4wD-g07D6GtKFKJPG_Xa55mbTwHeGv19mdP7AtTlWudh8SIHAr72xm6F/s1600/Color25.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8fp8TmBUMchyOh0MUOMMuAMMdPupsQH6MrDoDYgr2coPIdRYkZptcSj3xYupT6aADeYPFvNR7jm9tnSiaEGMu4wD-g07D6GtKFKJPG_Xa55mbTwHeGv19mdP7AtTlWudh8SIHAr72xm6F/s400/Color25.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530192343682629586" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTgtf_vsJ1fE1ojjL1204N7qOyL1rPDWJdGIgGVbye8jVeEofux4Xp7pdQ2YVcD_DrGIM5k9iAd5AoLWgzJAK3P4Lxz1YyYUmF4VbHWS_n2zwdcxnaMU4P-5CysF5U7c4N4iMOjTu5iLmz/s1600/Color27.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTgtf_vsJ1fE1ojjL1204N7qOyL1rPDWJdGIgGVbye8jVeEofux4Xp7pdQ2YVcD_DrGIM5k9iAd5AoLWgzJAK3P4Lxz1YyYUmF4VbHWS_n2zwdcxnaMU4P-5CysF5U7c4N4iMOjTu5iLmz/s400/Color27.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530192337248908674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Martin Luther King, Jr.</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xd5U9dPq6VcnzpD_kZmFCcUlySQ-TWvkMKvntCRnsVke1IRKbSl1pWNYgtQbxTWBlWIvXEb3n1T_3YKYtnr7dc14LN0nenKGZ5xl3e4gWSpKKTTCpCuIv3h2hIQ_GwNzrDbqZHjrV440/s1600/Color28.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xd5U9dPq6VcnzpD_kZmFCcUlySQ-TWvkMKvntCRnsVke1IRKbSl1pWNYgtQbxTWBlWIvXEb3n1T_3YKYtnr7dc14LN0nenKGZ5xl3e4gWSpKKTTCpCuIv3h2hIQ_GwNzrDbqZHjrV440/s400/Color28.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530160193529941506" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Entrance to Nancy Pelosi's office</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoIkdjvrIC6gvQ4Jc6llD3qUpuEx0_-DgNy7sLgaYRg7L-XrwTa0sCuugJBLU7YMu0mnFGtBeJMkqlUshVfmhQNI8Pkpm_htiRIR2DS8HlAz9s4qjAN50ZSW8uz9ZPslrCPO0-qTv190oL/s1600/Color29.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoIkdjvrIC6gvQ4Jc6llD3qUpuEx0_-DgNy7sLgaYRg7L-XrwTa0sCuugJBLU7YMu0mnFGtBeJMkqlUshVfmhQNI8Pkpm_htiRIR2DS8HlAz9s4qjAN50ZSW8uz9ZPslrCPO0-qTv190oL/s400/Color29.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530160191316431842" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Brigham Young???</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Each state was asked to choose 2 notable people from their state's history and have statues made of them to be added to the Capitol's Statuary Hall.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>This one is from Utah.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5bLg3shIOabZ2xcKWwJ-7qBzeueBIKh_4pZoVaX8SGwf4ouyFHOpLvoEFdtTicAbAVL6A2hzPLcEPgrzb2xG3OtffdvTDojgznyajicDjlauUxt5CFRTebZeNwUTdgAuHXmmEGOWt8pD8/s1600/Color30.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5bLg3shIOabZ2xcKWwJ-7qBzeueBIKh_4pZoVaX8SGwf4ouyFHOpLvoEFdtTicAbAVL6A2hzPLcEPgrzb2xG3OtffdvTDojgznyajicDjlauUxt5CFRTebZeNwUTdgAuHXmmEGOWt8pD8/s400/Color30.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530160181763527634" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This is us standing on the balcony outside of Senator Reid's office. The view is amazing!</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQf8tGqiCmOVyfwgw5ie8V90M50Irp5tO6UkgJJEH05Qk1oGWOR_sMISnb4hHgkjNoWOSvFc5yQ4Xf4ggJGRcLBxdKU_Dgv0YfieBQlwCVEf3CZ7id3r0F_9VlM5IGhvDdj9lkmRabb9C/s1600/Color31.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQf8tGqiCmOVyfwgw5ie8V90M50Irp5tO6UkgJJEH05Qk1oGWOR_sMISnb4hHgkjNoWOSvFc5yQ4Xf4ggJGRcLBxdKU_Dgv0YfieBQlwCVEf3CZ7id3r0F_9VlM5IGhvDdj9lkmRabb9C/s400/Color31.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530160174137973810" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjxhBs7d-ZiGfQWjb5m4MWrSilcIK0insBe7d5nazxqloKf5MiKbKWQ542InKT_mRBAbDsSjvUA0jMLfN0l2EXXqZeAhVZqwJm056_5XSDTkb5UuwLvnqYbI0MyRY4Qo7QNW_Ktry_PlG/s400/Color33.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530157340040635218" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></span><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">After we left Senator Reid's office, a security guard asked us if we wanted to go to the President's Room. This is the room where all of the President's go after they are inaugurated. Our tour guide had never been in this room before and so we all learned about it together. There were no cameras allowed. There was, however, a picture of President Johnson and Martin Luther King, Jr. in the room after the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The table that is in the room is the table that President Lincoln used when he signed the Emancipation Proclamation.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Ummm...pretty amazing.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqGHXxRVt5I73u4HyVKc7jQ4gGhv3c3eKkJRMKuQCmCulxDzL_0_gdkMDKCM-zFYp8sYJJdHQIviDJYmG-rU2xI2VsfxxAzwH2x01We7UAIgBgp9w3ZGQpf6mJ25H9d9zCmkbZfLmqRiEr/s1600/Color32.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqGHXxRVt5I73u4HyVKc7jQ4gGhv3c3eKkJRMKuQCmCulxDzL_0_gdkMDKCM-zFYp8sYJJdHQIviDJYmG-rU2xI2VsfxxAzwH2x01We7UAIgBgp9w3ZGQpf6mJ25H9d9zCmkbZfLmqRiEr/s400/Color32.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530160169726962194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Her name is the Statue of Freedom and she is what tops the roof of the Capitol Building and she (and what she represents) is beautiful.</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-YJXpmJpuC-yyUcCFYdn8768xdlPn06Gm9SfCnqhqxjlbhKQ1p-ak_bK9bMF5otsG0LKGcJjGmlnq6svTGyqZXfEHoM12Hm8PPO5quIokrCawKNKecPSXG0GagU_aYSvhbNH2I3cdl2j/s1600/Color34.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-YJXpmJpuC-yyUcCFYdn8768xdlPn06Gm9SfCnqhqxjlbhKQ1p-ak_bK9bMF5otsG0LKGcJjGmlnq6svTGyqZXfEHoM12Hm8PPO5quIokrCawKNKecPSXG0GagU_aYSvhbNH2I3cdl2j/s400/Color34.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530157323758971202" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">After we finished up our 4 hour tour of the Capitol, we whipped out our very touristy tour book to find where we could go before everything closed. We must have looked totally lost and a random man came up and asked if we needed help finding something. Since we didn't know where we should go, he suggested that we follow him. There were 4 of us and 1 of him so we totally followed.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We found out that he was the head of the secret service for the Capitol and he ended up being the perfect tour guide. He whisked us off to see the Library of Congress. I had heard of it (and probably touched the building with my Dad!), but I didn't really know what went on inside.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It was breathtaking. The art. The books. Everything.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Did you know that you have to get permission to even do research there?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I didn't.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2E7Vyqbip5ABN8wNFG0LmA_iI3SQU5C3okwgdiLwS2ZgIy6tBHbyoflwWATeZcu3ZkVAmWzUEHH7RcFX-7LrmYAq0AjsJRMwDUINQtl6LojSHI7xGfFNVhgjkzNhzjK4qzAitx1SYLz4O/s1600/Color35.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2E7Vyqbip5ABN8wNFG0LmA_iI3SQU5C3okwgdiLwS2ZgIy6tBHbyoflwWATeZcu3ZkVAmWzUEHH7RcFX-7LrmYAq0AjsJRMwDUINQtl6LojSHI7xGfFNVhgjkzNhzjK4qzAitx1SYLz4O/s400/Color35.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530157311922324514" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">After a quick dinner, we ventured to the Thomas Jefferson Monument. It was awesome to see D.C. at night. All of the monuments are lit up and the weather was so calm. It was peaceful to sit on the steps of the monument and just think.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I feel blessed to live in America.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Hl0VyJgOqzSZcQdycTJvXbdZyDrtIZO4-PZcKt0FDozZz1Dw0KrpAeNbsitveRSA7BycE1-pHMTOWandeAFN5F_CHn_I8POh5_2cQBN8T2qcPYAIT69gQoGqKBj1UVGzlWE0EpEMqAKD/s1600/Color37.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Hl0VyJgOqzSZcQdycTJvXbdZyDrtIZO4-PZcKt0FDozZz1Dw0KrpAeNbsitveRSA7BycE1-pHMTOWandeAFN5F_CHn_I8POh5_2cQBN8T2qcPYAIT69gQoGqKBj1UVGzlWE0EpEMqAKD/s400/Color37.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530157302936982418" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAwVD39XZ77jw9-QaC1eSzU08B0C4sEkhOeMGunCOvgp0qAQ8nn7zLX_kcmCMz0_51VSzDwUu5OqfLDAYEY2oqwfFnpfqhN9xT7m_bUvynq9FoDcoEQLmC2WfxX6Bn1P7wG20Oj8frJC2Q/s1600/color38.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAwVD39XZ77jw9-QaC1eSzU08B0C4sEkhOeMGunCOvgp0qAQ8nn7zLX_kcmCMz0_51VSzDwUu5OqfLDAYEY2oqwfFnpfqhN9xT7m_bUvynq9FoDcoEQLmC2WfxX6Bn1P7wG20Oj8frJC2Q/s400/color38.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530157296148468146" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><br /></div></div></div>Jamie Poorthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985510496786818603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845123579167528524.post-56083675251366125642010-10-30T15:30:00.001-07:002010-10-30T15:30:45.339-07:00Day 3 - Philadelphia/NYC<div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Since we were already making a trip across the country, we had decided that we wanted to visit New York City. Instead of taking the bus, we decided to rent a car and drive. We stopped off in Philadelphia for a potty break.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Amazing place for a potty break.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">We visited the Liberty Bell and picked up some Philly Cheese steak sandwiches for the road.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-XuKarrBTdn0QMxvMSTOGX2rn0_85FwhAz7KL-ARSo4k_sSXZ_6QTyDgczDi9vUquSpE6a5Led6-Cqow5xi6e2A8xmLgUgRfn-sXuN263kk0qy_mlrD5rRE6rKZPQlyPBdKivz96og9c1/s1600/color39.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-XuKarrBTdn0QMxvMSTOGX2rn0_85FwhAz7KL-ARSo4k_sSXZ_6QTyDgczDi9vUquSpE6a5Led6-Cqow5xi6e2A8xmLgUgRfn-sXuN263kk0qy_mlrD5rRE6rKZPQlyPBdKivz96og9c1/s400/color39.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530214453495960770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggsiHQvpPs4xHDxXx8tG42jv-ZErn2mxZkCk7e3LFmXAhIdKzGO4QeuQZV9BU-lxzzzG7_u-86bL5a1lxhgpXIOM4PBrkJSE11FmgVr6MEKGhPumPd5AgHh31WVNJ4ImwqdLD2Kxljla_m/s1600/color40.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggsiHQvpPs4xHDxXx8tG42jv-ZErn2mxZkCk7e3LFmXAhIdKzGO4QeuQZV9BU-lxzzzG7_u-86bL5a1lxhgpXIOM4PBrkJSE11FmgVr6MEKGhPumPd5AgHh31WVNJ4ImwqdLD2Kxljla_m/s400/color40.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530214435080294466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS59Iz5xY3Ca75Iahcm10zXSxNUEjOFZFQXwPghL6ycFc6jDdSDpbCqHsap6leUOIhgXHqeTedvPfJcdqnI-Xe3LCyyPb7ZXYCgSEXhaswWiQHDpwRTh_S3cFKVfl-yx-rux5vWpg2BHW0/s1600/color41.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS59Iz5xY3Ca75Iahcm10zXSxNUEjOFZFQXwPghL6ycFc6jDdSDpbCqHsap6leUOIhgXHqeTedvPfJcdqnI-Xe3LCyyPb7ZXYCgSEXhaswWiQHDpwRTh_S3cFKVfl-yx-rux5vWpg2BHW0/s400/color41.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530214432914065346" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">We rolled in to NYC (listening to Alicia Keys, of course) just in time for the guys to drop Melissa and me off to our Broadway play. We decided to see Promises, Promises mostly because Kristin Chenoweth was in it. It was a fun play. Great music. Oh, and Kristin was excellent.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQtohHplFoyT9k8vIEDxcb6KaxvxrnRQIuvT-I3aWV0cYvCeV_xlS5NII0ciVIdHeOUuX9JSiKNbJGXMBjIpEsJS_r9e_7hhbskspdoTBdjhEVTdz7UF6HrQ6Cr5pnxTc9-3dkGATqf7F-/s1600/color42.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQtohHplFoyT9k8vIEDxcb6KaxvxrnRQIuvT-I3aWV0cYvCeV_xlS5NII0ciVIdHeOUuX9JSiKNbJGXMBjIpEsJS_r9e_7hhbskspdoTBdjhEVTdz7UF6HrQ6Cr5pnxTc9-3dkGATqf7F-/s400/color42.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530213739686595442" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNHFQDNzh24DdTdEIFsoG_KSDqzOFSBsaXeVdMOeTOG1cqo2y86QLiggOTPe7fII4YnM8dB_sss8-diL6poJyQHazHID4ocuT-Y7dw_ffC3FriGhyphenhyphenuBDtrMDl4BJA1J5hYmCNEJxteVcEt/s1600/color43.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNHFQDNzh24DdTdEIFsoG_KSDqzOFSBsaXeVdMOeTOG1cqo2y86QLiggOTPe7fII4YnM8dB_sss8-diL6poJyQHazHID4ocuT-Y7dw_ffC3FriGhyphenhyphenuBDtrMDl4BJA1J5hYmCNEJxteVcEt/s400/color43.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530213736319081890" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Sean Hayes signing playbills after the show.</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOCgTN4NalmLnxmDFlzWQHdPdqFY4mZ4WCFNBCnz_znLVSlB9NYaPWvWgQrGnqscGIm5_cRXUCluutRzlv5aIcxZdzRAQ4kuWV-rDviq3G6fVUJMttCpibzyoX6b0cXoyW2L0fYk5QPYKZ/s400/jerseysoccer.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533919648765801554" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">While the girls were at Promises, Promises, the guys went to New Jersey to see a pro soccer game. After the game and play, we met up to see Jersey Boys.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The soundtrack can now be heard playing at our house all of the time. I had no idea that I knew so many Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons songs. Loved It.</span></div></span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAvTvg9erw4LZZyfNFxGz3TDCAQeVGTrXkpJTVJueBDBRp7C1CDVIgSR1lIcPrrMeY7bXFvXoN-SDtSH3DfOJfdmayZtauUGXLOH54HGaJSh7tpjjPjgGXP-2lv3ckGzzLy7u9QKVpchvz/s1600/color44.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAvTvg9erw4LZZyfNFxGz3TDCAQeVGTrXkpJTVJueBDBRp7C1CDVIgSR1lIcPrrMeY7bXFvXoN-SDtSH3DfOJfdmayZtauUGXLOH54HGaJSh7tpjjPjgGXP-2lv3ckGzzLy7u9QKVpchvz/s400/color44.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530213729322985138" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigzr7d74HXLcAIzAejiZDmL397rzj9D56EeIElACpLOxWyn_-sQ2jT__1cFyWVMyGNeIzSrmvJHdnLzZAthlOXLVA0BWq-qf9j9RvinKv6rgScy8oyjcpvd4IHf3iC7DLp2QPaZvW9EkDL/s1600/color45.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigzr7d74HXLcAIzAejiZDmL397rzj9D56EeIElACpLOxWyn_-sQ2jT__1cFyWVMyGNeIzSrmvJHdnLzZAthlOXLVA0BWq-qf9j9RvinKv6rgScy8oyjcpvd4IHf3iC7DLp2QPaZvW9EkDL/s400/color45.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530213723410819714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSmgVJMoJAbX7wa62A6BivT7KSFEMew9FNFj913dz9jctseWotavMaQaCt30u5iIBcvDuuJk33r4XGrbWJF22rYL9yhpDb7V7_l0svxHDj1xWx8AlC4DcY7-N5qfEO1r3BzggqOaKoGNlS/s1600/color46.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSmgVJMoJAbX7wa62A6BivT7KSFEMew9FNFj913dz9jctseWotavMaQaCt30u5iIBcvDuuJk33r4XGrbWJF22rYL9yhpDb7V7_l0svxHDj1xWx8AlC4DcY7-N5qfEO1r3BzggqOaKoGNlS/s400/color46.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530213718277145010" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">After the play, we had a wonderful, 4 star (thanks to Vance) dinner and even dined with Tyne Daly (you know...Lacey from Cagney and Lacey???)...</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">So, when I say "dined with" I mean that she sat a few tables away from us, but I am counting it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">After dinner, we caught a cab and headed to our hotel room...</span></div></div>Jamie Poorthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985510496786818603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845123579167528524.post-85868516530541624662010-10-30T15:29:00.000-07:002010-10-30T15:30:16.180-07:00Day 4 - NYC<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLvu4sUPXmhjV9beCqZ_zCK_4EgZ8t6Vr7a92qzkIwKqegvLDJFS7gDg5e180NAE_388hILmlxgqwtSZiJfK5-LtQ1j49cFoHqOlYCT4hYFXSJMEoiPt4T6D3Y3-t6pnOff5FAU8XaGDiK/s1600/color49.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLvu4sUPXmhjV9beCqZ_zCK_4EgZ8t6Vr7a92qzkIwKqegvLDJFS7gDg5e180NAE_388hILmlxgqwtSZiJfK5-LtQ1j49cFoHqOlYCT4hYFXSJMEoiPt4T6D3Y3-t6pnOff5FAU8XaGDiK/s400/color49.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530216838044307778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">We arrived in NYC on September 11. It was kind of eerie. We went downtown to look at Ground Zero on September 12. There were make shift memorials everywhere. People were solemn. It was hard to believe that just 9 years ago the spot where we were standing was covered in massive piles of debris. There was an old church, St. Paul's Church, across the street from where the towers once stood. The church was a piece of history in and of itself. It was the church that President George Washington would go to worship for the 2 years that New York was the nation's capitol. It is also the place of worship for other Presidents who followed. But history had also given this church a new role. For 9 months following the attacks, the church became a safe haven for victims, families and rescue workers. As we walked inside, the church had been transformed with tokens and memorabilia from those who had come to this church seeking help. Although the "old" history of this church was significant, the "new" history of this church was too. I realized that I was alive when the new history was written and that the world would never be the same.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic3idBgKM9S_IQX-lPOP5hK-aXvhslvV6A1HuqN91hT7JiQ1olYlhKuCH2GmH7_ZN8xkDKOpNjp1rbZvadrFSsyeJ2so1Ju8zRlfTIPYm28M78IbpgZOsJRgQpfPZf0Hx1kg4e8jdjQ9E1/s1600/color50.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic3idBgKM9S_IQX-lPOP5hK-aXvhslvV6A1HuqN91hT7JiQ1olYlhKuCH2GmH7_ZN8xkDKOpNjp1rbZvadrFSsyeJ2so1Ju8zRlfTIPYm28M78IbpgZOsJRgQpfPZf0Hx1kg4e8jdjQ9E1/s400/color50.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530216826292327218" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8TBVUVQE4-oBfnJlL-vQwL3n-qlh9R3oa9lKH1Pf6mgbTGMcPQxoqZD7oJ9k8DQDNCbc0XqMDaId2liBx-YfC2pIz0xgHPAWYHfFqd5rvP335L3ggBZ2y8FmlxVVGx3e8yOLTfKKN-toL/s1600/color51.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8TBVUVQE4-oBfnJlL-vQwL3n-qlh9R3oa9lKH1Pf6mgbTGMcPQxoqZD7oJ9k8DQDNCbc0XqMDaId2liBx-YfC2pIz0xgHPAWYHfFqd5rvP335L3ggBZ2y8FmlxVVGx3e8yOLTfKKN-toL/s400/color51.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530216821980886274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxNVh0ztaUXlei0nMTM2x3Zk6E9xwcv0dSWeF6VEnwtc51Zu-OFmT6IFJkmggWaD20ZD2Jot8UfjpJcSYvK6p0KQ3mrN3jCpt_BdEUj-yOtRsIfmskjax9HqPZkLVpGEymzFNgO57DoYUU/s1600/color52.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxNVh0ztaUXlei0nMTM2x3Zk6E9xwcv0dSWeF6VEnwtc51Zu-OFmT6IFJkmggWaD20ZD2Jot8UfjpJcSYvK6p0KQ3mrN3jCpt_BdEUj-yOtRsIfmskjax9HqPZkLVpGEymzFNgO57DoYUU/s400/color52.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530216814974213778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">We had lunch on the pier. The weather was cloudy but calm. We bought an umbrella and visited Central Park, shopped and visited the Manhattan Temple/meeting house. It was a laid back day filled with reverence and great conversation.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdj8k5vfu-ZiOqS-feY7FhLQPKT8Wi20hnGrUYWfFCrKfX60IgFXZk_BxifqnWuudXZTwTEuYUb8OgherRcUHVQkFYGktxZs4HlK7GgVITFsCs_PuqVx5o2t1YiTyuqNSedqSo4UvKs7-P/s1600/color53.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdj8k5vfu-ZiOqS-feY7FhLQPKT8Wi20hnGrUYWfFCrKfX60IgFXZk_BxifqnWuudXZTwTEuYUb8OgherRcUHVQkFYGktxZs4HlK7GgVITFsCs_PuqVx5o2t1YiTyuqNSedqSo4UvKs7-P/s400/color53.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530216811627680674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTTlsp_kgrvD_IDKNnR_-hX6PLcDS9QOVJ0G311K-hJk_qRJ-mz9Qbpc1yTEUR3AE0AuX-0hiBrzdFvomGwK-DFIJoq-vzAU-16jTgcgGUnI5I8eMwsfP3bl8m1iNJMwtvzJYcMAS8q4eQ/s1600/color54.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTTlsp_kgrvD_IDKNnR_-hX6PLcDS9QOVJ0G311K-hJk_qRJ-mz9Qbpc1yTEUR3AE0AuX-0hiBrzdFvomGwK-DFIJoq-vzAU-16jTgcgGUnI5I8eMwsfP3bl8m1iNJMwtvzJYcMAS8q4eQ/s400/color54.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530215661025798242" style="display: block; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Manhattan Temple</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMKLsNG8iVWayOIyomDvi0TWW1zfzgrJ70gGOTU8Y_XemfwFlSRXcvujKaVWByP72mCKG9aA1VVLHCoV5AT-CUehWvxTnDj1dAA9H9Xh_tlxxpH_mVZ3T-iThuNWl7SywpBVxZNv2WnmSZ/s1600/color57.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMKLsNG8iVWayOIyomDvi0TWW1zfzgrJ70gGOTU8Y_XemfwFlSRXcvujKaVWByP72mCKG9aA1VVLHCoV5AT-CUehWvxTnDj1dAA9H9Xh_tlxxpH_mVZ3T-iThuNWl7SywpBVxZNv2WnmSZ/s400/color57.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530215630556571058" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Central Park</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaUykF9mQWOu5fYbR9X2y-RHrJNfAE_Fuy7xuvIHKHdgxXbAQaYn7EgXfJrPqT5xpxuf4jQKDfqiBTbbIUk2vPa5rSeyWNLSt_Cdqf2klNpkxv4G0iwVWLvmCejqljLVquzFjDOEjEyEsA/s1600/color58.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaUykF9mQWOu5fYbR9X2y-RHrJNfAE_Fuy7xuvIHKHdgxXbAQaYn7EgXfJrPqT5xpxuf4jQKDfqiBTbbIUk2vPa5rSeyWNLSt_Cdqf2klNpkxv4G0iwVWLvmCejqljLVquzFjDOEjEyEsA/s400/color58.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530215619523818642" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div>Jamie Poorthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985510496786818603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845123579167528524.post-25625904981125500292010-10-30T15:28:00.000-07:002010-10-30T16:47:44.550-07:00Day 5 - Washington D.C.<div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1-FdebZRnWTY46phl72ckZIKh-X6P1eEz5Ae7Hfl97AzQdSA08NUl85FCiySXk_JGm9auzkJkBTJATbHl6tVHTLN1qqe31RZ8213SM4QDjzSMe5Wz3CmESG87_Zw47orCBF86YLAJTdH/s1600/color59.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1-FdebZRnWTY46phl72ckZIKh-X6P1eEz5Ae7Hfl97AzQdSA08NUl85FCiySXk_JGm9auzkJkBTJATbHl6tVHTLN1qqe31RZ8213SM4QDjzSMe5Wz3CmESG87_Zw47orCBF86YLAJTdH/s400/color59.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530221417733739650" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The last day of our trip began by visiting Arlington Cemetery and watching the changing of the guard.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0LYhkyERNo8eTBL1WENXNpTKMdh5NvkVzOMLl9wp9yxlxmg0XHduUP__mXHwHWY4i-YUni0ZunhANAhNzyuWchQnUxz5Rb-J_COpSzFe0jyOjVgHASwoEg-43qOCH-oYe70H4bciohY6/s1600/color60.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0LYhkyERNo8eTBL1WENXNpTKMdh5NvkVzOMLl9wp9yxlxmg0XHduUP__mXHwHWY4i-YUni0ZunhANAhNzyuWchQnUxz5Rb-J_COpSzFe0jyOjVgHASwoEg-43qOCH-oYe70H4bciohY6/s400/color60.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530221408155919762" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtWfNeMjbbkWFO5sQnJlRQXEwK1y7plURcXnJFmwlQVB0czOoZi9zgjd8cR70ZXO32PVDMmn9JLuU7eimaWm1l0bPux7wLJgMgy0Ip1LTO0YSFASNxJZGi0QB17sImrX42ZTUUP6JzpgMd/s1600/color61.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtWfNeMjbbkWFO5sQnJlRQXEwK1y7plURcXnJFmwlQVB0czOoZi9zgjd8cR70ZXO32PVDMmn9JLuU7eimaWm1l0bPux7wLJgMgy0Ip1LTO0YSFASNxJZGi0QB17sImrX42ZTUUP6JzpgMd/s400/color61.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530221407468350354" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">President John and Jacqueline Kennedy's grave with the eternal flame.</span></i></span></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr50JMN5ZAcnlah8_b0wp2PV_VUxdZe61oM2S268liHEwCqUg7TfjbX2xpcDaugrOmr0dxuNMaCzx0_9O9nlwa_sgnZx5ISuvR8IoDEAY-llh-ZevOo8HqIlXNBx6av9-4JvvM0Zw6RMFj/s1600/color62.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr50JMN5ZAcnlah8_b0wp2PV_VUxdZe61oM2S268liHEwCqUg7TfjbX2xpcDaugrOmr0dxuNMaCzx0_9O9nlwa_sgnZx5ISuvR8IoDEAY-llh-ZevOo8HqIlXNBx6av9-4JvvM0Zw6RMFj/s400/color62.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530219257743297458" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggJf14SrUFFhM2Ckkki-0fgEbI1YKt-66A_iFWkSj-yY_LCzWhEZvzhnYz74SQuAf2Jr73IApTnPSQfaVVvu1oQmdYEfUgVkJyxmUha1KXRvLy02uJeUMiAoslRVVlkKX0POrghAFGp_Ob/s1600/color63.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggJf14SrUFFhM2Ckkki-0fgEbI1YKt-66A_iFWkSj-yY_LCzWhEZvzhnYz74SQuAf2Jr73IApTnPSQfaVVvu1oQmdYEfUgVkJyxmUha1KXRvLy02uJeUMiAoslRVVlkKX0POrghAFGp_Ob/s400/color63.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530219254267936690" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px; font-family:sans-serif;"><h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading" style="color: black; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; line-height: 1.2em; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">US Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima Monument)</span></i></h1></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ1wnwGHqGdIJEcTS_TERXMC15O-wxmJ64ynUNfCDBKw_ZtIHJtrvmOuhfzSGeCulWhKitvetyMv0nN56Y9-xKi9ro7hyduXjlwUshyQm_tYa8E6QGQyYk9k6so3hozswpIAWBsqpdP4Jj/s1600/color64.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ1wnwGHqGdIJEcTS_TERXMC15O-wxmJ64ynUNfCDBKw_ZtIHJtrvmOuhfzSGeCulWhKitvetyMv0nN56Y9-xKi9ro7hyduXjlwUshyQm_tYa8E6QGQyYk9k6so3hozswpIAWBsqpdP4Jj/s400/color64.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530219244866109490" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Holocaust Memorial Museum</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9UNgYQTc8Z1DhyexS8zXnweWs_pgvX2WnSopSa3PPYs4nJtfqG-Sud-FLBtx2ltvGGqcRdc0PH9qLzmEcAWa8p_Z2F3QWuv9VX5x8t3qHk0N4wNIxYMLj2hF4H1OrvaTU5-mDktigeHqH/s400/color69.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530218031712222194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Smithsonian: American History Museum</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_OKwPC14g6_mGpbJmIX5jmWx3sJxITfsKehO5jkXCsz5CZzrVihW5EiHc-Yjd_8NR_2Q66BrPzhjBMmdGHdfPbMayzUC6RxQKtkwT9wtQiUn8HJeMVaFwWNzZs-TBBHh0dndafc9Qycac/s1600/color65.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_OKwPC14g6_mGpbJmIX5jmWx3sJxITfsKehO5jkXCsz5CZzrVihW5EiHc-Yjd_8NR_2Q66BrPzhjBMmdGHdfPbMayzUC6RxQKtkwT9wtQiUn8HJeMVaFwWNzZs-TBBHh0dndafc9Qycac/s400/color65.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530219237579737026" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Dorothy's Red Slippers!</span></i></span></div></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhD1DhQeJykP0CMxTpwP15AguuNXk1SLScVYJBBT7DMw6PZ1QMuJkyAmP3m3zGLejaiNt3BCTfe_TVysMBaahP4OWEeXuKPuqRCLSixVNYxkECs1TKZh0tuhyphenhyphenKo59qlWFFiUk0SA2MTfVV/s1600/color66.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhD1DhQeJykP0CMxTpwP15AguuNXk1SLScVYJBBT7DMw6PZ1QMuJkyAmP3m3zGLejaiNt3BCTfe_TVysMBaahP4OWEeXuKPuqRCLSixVNYxkECs1TKZh0tuhyphenhyphenKo59qlWFFiUk0SA2MTfVV/s400/color66.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530219232416118242" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Abraham Lincoln's hat that was worn when he was assassinated</span></i></span></div></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizlirh14A7uDViXR27rytaRc9RM2NJOJVqhREMIi9Vcqyj63qo_Ox1yTTQQd86o9O7iQAGKGjN87TNbAHreP4Wglaz3y-fnMLT1YfzFvKB-z1S1wPKuznFTyx8VtJMmBXb33z_HR5Lh5pi/s1600/color67.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizlirh14A7uDViXR27rytaRc9RM2NJOJVqhREMIi9Vcqyj63qo_Ox1yTTQQd86o9O7iQAGKGjN87TNbAHreP4Wglaz3y-fnMLT1YfzFvKB-z1S1wPKuznFTyx8VtJMmBXb33z_HR5Lh5pi/s400/color67.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530218051701467682" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Jacqueline Kennedy's Inaugural ball gown</span></i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">(She is my favorite)</span></i></span></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnv73-d2ls7Wov2FNvK1hKRCoCHDThpupALSFWkQ1E5JjUv7JAb6Kr5MjzBqlM_0CFNDjuUYS3FkQWiBSTOsdb6npI-gjRUecfvupp4VuMBHckaJa00wXDDLQzbGMvVN73sfbEsA2Vx8ep/s1600/color68.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnv73-d2ls7Wov2FNvK1hKRCoCHDThpupALSFWkQ1E5JjUv7JAb6Kr5MjzBqlM_0CFNDjuUYS3FkQWiBSTOsdb6npI-gjRUecfvupp4VuMBHckaJa00wXDDLQzbGMvVN73sfbEsA2Vx8ep/s400/color68.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530218040967268322" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Melissa with the Obama's</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvJxCaaLfbLmvUd0bHgmxVNT8HfIULiAJqlZ1FcFzYzsY1b-xs7CACM-HaHyYQ2-bdIiwXXQE9IfO0tVanh7AaJswf9-zSDl5oeye4hM3C3lfRzvMxbrOY62toR9YkHJWS-2f9SfjsxSrw/s400/color1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530221422341007362" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></span><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">We finished the day by walking through Georgetown. It is a beautiful, quaint town with so much charm (and cupcakes). It was the perfect end to a perfect get away.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></div></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7AVZ6MXnInIZmxH7UY3G8SlI3YcXn9GrtpgCYGBv8SmZznHNS4IJD_GacD2XwH40W3tVYiCDM-0ilpiZ2JCVGs8Vyz5ihwUd4ozPb716wFnc5pfHTwidcG0oH-Q2kKZg33LuvDbcHExqu/s1600/color70.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7AVZ6MXnInIZmxH7UY3G8SlI3YcXn9GrtpgCYGBv8SmZznHNS4IJD_GacD2XwH40W3tVYiCDM-0ilpiZ2JCVGs8Vyz5ihwUd4ozPb716wFnc5pfHTwidcG0oH-Q2kKZg33LuvDbcHExqu/s400/color70.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530218023247300994" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqSAlDDMXxcResBVXvEynu0b3g2leqTpSqMbS-IH5PQj1SyF6FZcgN0wQItoMnlTYEeBjbFDhLKmAGBfjmrA7PVO98Fb5ZjxrLOGr1_dqDSIQig7HFCWcmIoqi0UXdkGNkaJUixsa3J5fg/s1600/color71.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqSAlDDMXxcResBVXvEynu0b3g2leqTpSqMbS-IH5PQj1SyF6FZcgN0wQItoMnlTYEeBjbFDhLKmAGBfjmrA7PVO98Fb5ZjxrLOGr1_dqDSIQig7HFCWcmIoqi0UXdkGNkaJUixsa3J5fg/s400/color71.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530218018825545602" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></a></div></div></div><div><br /></div>Jamie Poorthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985510496786818603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845123579167528524.post-29315527332252185882010-10-24T14:47:00.000-07:002010-10-24T14:53:02.262-07:009 Months<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW7LuCaw84kPLnCUj-jYJJaB0bPMZ2JWlFbKTSWPCFB-cjFWv_BkwdEufy9xE40ixrgE58dA0tZz4W_rdmZLSjMVXgHoovdxTtmdaZs31U3Tq6kVmWcKObH4xWoRe9hOyBWGC2VsbxRQKV/s1600/Ava9monthsweb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW7LuCaw84kPLnCUj-jYJJaB0bPMZ2JWlFbKTSWPCFB-cjFWv_BkwdEufy9xE40ixrgE58dA0tZz4W_rdmZLSjMVXgHoovdxTtmdaZs31U3Tq6kVmWcKObH4xWoRe9hOyBWGC2VsbxRQKV/s400/Ava9monthsweb.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531733740136287922" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Ava turned 9 months old yesterday.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Why is it that THIS 9 months went by </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">so.much.faster</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> than the 9 months that I was pregnant with her???</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">She has 4 teeth. She crawls and pulls herself up onto everything. She hooos like an owl. She loves to scream when she is happy (does that make sense? It's a cute scream)...She still sucks her thumb. She L.O.V.E.S. to snuggle. We love her.</span></div>Jamie Poorthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985510496786818603noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845123579167528524.post-70026543927513561762010-10-21T07:10:00.000-07:002010-10-22T12:46:00.943-07:00A Little Cousin Time<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2eYpcgNmSC39HPywKZ9PuAbXxRhJkTkwFfWwUmIuvd3JlfKvcIx9nKenOKLGkk7HNau6bN4az6CCqsmCp0-LycGtGATAytbcLo18GGEWysXzyW2vxaFMRN1_RCdnv0hd7T4gdPUxWW3C9/s1600/PoortByrdCousinsWeb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2eYpcgNmSC39HPywKZ9PuAbXxRhJkTkwFfWwUmIuvd3JlfKvcIx9nKenOKLGkk7HNau6bN4az6CCqsmCp0-LycGtGATAytbcLo18GGEWysXzyW2vxaFMRN1_RCdnv0hd7T4gdPUxWW3C9/s400/PoortByrdCousinsWeb.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530952032273599650" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I love cousins. My kids love cousins. We had such a fun time with cousins last weekend.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">A little beach. A zoo. An aquarium. Legoland.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Who could ask for anything more?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Oh...dressing up in Halloween costumes and trick-or-treating together.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Yep.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">That topped off the trip perfectly.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVtZFt3wLPsNWNeCiW_a1p44Nq6WVVMjsnnLXp-ry0iZBDVearCn2eoJiy2eKy6jZE-MlOgC2EnVzvQlc8z8NaeW-qeGEs50twndvZS3Q_A-C48-KG8aEoMqu5YMCEssXGGfb6qq7zU2Dd/s1600/SanDiego5web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; 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This year's jammies glow in the dark...not that that feature gets used very often because I have passed along my fear of the dark to my children. Soooo...we tried it out once and that was enough for them. This is the first year that the kids helped me dig out the Halloween decorations from the garage and designed our house the way that they wanted. Chloe couldn't stop and actually went into the Easter box and decided that we should combine Easter and Halloween together. (We still have a few bunny wreaths hanging here and there...)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">We picked up some pumpkins and decided this was the year we would attempt to actually carve them. It was funny. It took about .32 seconds after Jon cut open the pumpkins for the kids to be completely grossed out with the idea of scooping out the guts and seeds. They insisted on gloves. Pansies.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">After the scooping, the kids drew the faces that they wanted and Jon obliged.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">We added some candles and placed them on the porch. They lasted for about 10 days and then they were so rotten that they had to be thrown away.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">We were disappointed. It's like when a fresh Christmas tree is all decked out and then dies and is so dry that you have to take it down even before Christmas has come.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I think next year I may just have to find artificial pumpkins.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I love Halloween.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUWWqXymFsMvteH_Nr4GXlzpd16UZ9WVfnx06XMNOgT2kAbCut2pcfdmCRhscpjy9uB8wYq1VpTaUi0MvYuk5DVvC4k6BaRxU1yaW1nqQPw4pO9ZfAENo-GAyqJ7hWCNThZmNNV9fZLFNy/s1600/pumpkin1web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUWWqXymFsMvteH_Nr4GXlzpd16UZ9WVfnx06XMNOgT2kAbCut2pcfdmCRhscpjy9uB8wYq1VpTaUi0MvYuk5DVvC4k6BaRxU1yaW1nqQPw4pO9ZfAENo-GAyqJ7hWCNThZmNNV9fZLFNy/s400/pumpkin1web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530342275678883874" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWdRqteERDkoFG4ORQTvJb8lOTca1Xz741I51lrGa0c2kbev3jDJerU4rF-ssQa6FviUI19mw31OEsBfSq66cnvLmd8UtuQiqFsJN9RQciOcg806gunnD_nDNaLuykdEQzDVyHErOiKI_G/s1600/Pumpkin2web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWdRqteERDkoFG4ORQTvJb8lOTca1Xz741I51lrGa0c2kbev3jDJerU4rF-ssQa6FviUI19mw31OEsBfSq66cnvLmd8UtuQiqFsJN9RQciOcg806gunnD_nDNaLuykdEQzDVyHErOiKI_G/s400/Pumpkin2web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530341942980667458" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Beck wondering if he really has to dig out the insides</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGR7zMTeOQtJflUPat7ibSIrMEXjjlO-dUApQf05QGj8bvgI7IC94VXS2SUjBZJQ9D7yRjilMQBku878K3c5ucJMzs3dduXt4vnOePvZC0I7p7kQZAcQIDTBssHyv9PVGfraaS-BxHAdUI/s1600/pumpkin3web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGR7zMTeOQtJflUPat7ibSIrMEXjjlO-dUApQf05QGj8bvgI7IC94VXS2SUjBZJQ9D7yRjilMQBku878K3c5ucJMzs3dduXt4vnOePvZC0I7p7kQZAcQIDTBssHyv9PVGfraaS-BxHAdUI/s400/pumpkin3web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530341938860130066" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Chloe surveying the guts. Gotta be honest...there was a little bit of dry heaving involved.</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMP3PKhl1aM39ksZeH2IhlLe_pkMSSsU3Rc9V3IlO5O7SU3xpelMJ9BbT4Iu4Ge-PlMXBUNO2MozyRaQ6PAR5aj13jqo2OGVMM9UIelOg6h-jGeInt_DjtCU5rHCYN6-PzrWADuI9-IUdn/s1600/Pumpkin4web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMP3PKhl1aM39ksZeH2IhlLe_pkMSSsU3Rc9V3IlO5O7SU3xpelMJ9BbT4Iu4Ge-PlMXBUNO2MozyRaQ6PAR5aj13jqo2OGVMM9UIelOg6h-jGeInt_DjtCU5rHCYN6-PzrWADuI9-IUdn/s400/Pumpkin4web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530341935205397650" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWU1b3aYFMvWlHHoiBE1SH3CFl2vGpk-OzJyyKRymMTyXu9o4_q0WBEj1eeaMTk0js_hq_Rm1UcguGJ9HdjB32XiQLKOemKQL3jVB4Mo0-lBWlXuthv0C3FCsHU4dw6lk0FwVzOoWmBkjF/s1600/Pumpkin5web.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvgW9bsCBAnKECdzaWgKy2TOqIY7TjXFNqVQmp_Kxs2t7oZYLBZoijRkbXB7rb_cdBeajtd1KdDPKQma1RmfQKagMNoRZ5rXz0n2FzM2dqtlrksmBX6Zqo0b6ACfXAjap10B4kVyLyYzGp/s400/Pumpkin7web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530341666269126258" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieoQdvJtWotRyb2u0lJXVFeOGAA_lWCSAU60Q458VnwKxvdDT92A9ONOkURXjb_pt3ekmfGQRQMXrcMlrGrMuYC7kU2Em_Of4nBXm4oIETUUJtzwKMSfkSxH0xLKaCQzOoiIWMrkOrSuOo/s1600/Pumpkin8web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieoQdvJtWotRyb2u0lJXVFeOGAA_lWCSAU60Q458VnwKxvdDT92A9ONOkURXjb_pt3ekmfGQRQMXrcMlrGrMuYC7kU2Em_Of4nBXm4oIETUUJtzwKMSfkSxH0xLKaCQzOoiIWMrkOrSuOo/s400/Pumpkin8web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530341661664475266" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Chloe has figured out that every face looks better with eyelashes</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFgOc7ZsifL5H62LaXgRIdBfloKPJWXHhbNHl_9yS5nFBV7wE5i2rI-sVp_tqOzRHQgYYaP21NSZmCsebdGa8nDw7-DjPop9NVJ11Hs4O4VMiVsAnjuvlYlhnZMajWY68mdnCR-v4bWR1U/s1600/Pumpkin9web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFgOc7ZsifL5H62LaXgRIdBfloKPJWXHhbNHl_9yS5nFBV7wE5i2rI-sVp_tqOzRHQgYYaP21NSZmCsebdGa8nDw7-DjPop9NVJ11Hs4O4VMiVsAnjuvlYlhnZMajWY68mdnCR-v4bWR1U/s400/Pumpkin9web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530341656268469970" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLY11IW6iP8Bh4qLnrT4c3BuptoY6NSxNettzZEOjiqpX_Vict80c8ShY1we7mxPoo7sNoFmUPAEUI-MKvCQJ7c3Nu3ZMn0-ninsIj_sniYNFeBKCj3tmePJpzSuxa8YUuyVa84g1Zh63/s1600/Pumpkin10web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLY11IW6iP8Bh4qLnrT4c3BuptoY6NSxNettzZEOjiqpX_Vict80c8ShY1we7mxPoo7sNoFmUPAEUI-MKvCQJ7c3Nu3ZMn0-ninsIj_sniYNFeBKCj3tmePJpzSuxa8YUuyVa84g1Zh63/s400/Pumpkin10web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530341647264464370" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Practicing for Thanksgiving</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3vH4NmpBgE-DIhnVTk3tpP2WQjekEhNpxgXh4OoH82DGbT3_m2GfNu5O10K6n1plBWW3mUJbvdG-XRlD71tJ1kFESC8OcyTwls5iKlLHepKAnmsfJGfNY8K4kJNEWeFT8QBlWFAEcnq7m/s1600/Pumpkin11web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3vH4NmpBgE-DIhnVTk3tpP2WQjekEhNpxgXh4OoH82DGbT3_m2GfNu5O10K6n1plBWW3mUJbvdG-XRlD71tJ1kFESC8OcyTwls5iKlLHepKAnmsfJGfNY8K4kJNEWeFT8QBlWFAEcnq7m/s400/Pumpkin11web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530341644572599410" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Ava was sad that her pumpkin didn't get carved. </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">She changed her mind when she realized her pumpkin was the only one that didn't rot. </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Jamie Poorthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985510496786818603noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845123579167528524.post-10728994359178760852010-09-27T21:06:00.000-07:002010-09-27T21:17:47.349-07:00Teeth<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJRZe31zSJZvBmlQF0Eq-owf6CoWwQCQ8A3CJhUg95TBIgnsXSPsCpXkg7Ez1dOjSOxux82SzRggO-V2gdcBeGoYzJERIqrQaQOOzjmSFGxQVGfl6swfpPhs-iDmy6IEXdK_17UhTtSssN/s1600/Ava2web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJRZe31zSJZvBmlQF0Eq-owf6CoWwQCQ8A3CJhUg95TBIgnsXSPsCpXkg7Ez1dOjSOxux82SzRggO-V2gdcBeGoYzJERIqrQaQOOzjmSFGxQVGfl6swfpPhs-iDmy6IEXdK_17UhTtSssN/s400/Ava2web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521810893152699106" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Ava turned 8 months old last week. Do you know what she got? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Her first tooth!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">So cute.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">That same day, her Aunt Elizabeth spent the night at our house and just before bed, she lost a tooth. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">So gross.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">My parents were out of town and so I tried to nonchalantly ask her how much the tooth fairy left her for her last tooth...not that I really needed to know...I was just curious, of course.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">She told me that the fairy left her $8 for her last tooth.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Ummmm...$8???</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Is that really the going rate?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">When she woke up in the morning, she did not find $8 under her pillow. Much less.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I may need to have a talk with this said fairy before my kids start loosing their teeth.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Paying for their education? Yes. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Dance lessons? Yes.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> Sports? Yes.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">A mouth full of $8 teeth?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">No.</span></div>Jamie Poorthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985510496786818603noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845123579167528524.post-71209832573841699322010-09-03T09:21:00.001-07:002010-09-03T13:05:16.079-07:00First Day of Preschool<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOB0LXPFMWH96GCMYuw5mpseWVCz14e-Bx_iWjQCJUjljs2sMlUoWUMjbu71l6ali6fjxdlD4CJJqnZHUI87b0sQFJimN6IyakjujFzxq-3JtQzQ3QwdBdaEpIeyiszJ_LQNAnea8X5Q5P/s400/chloebeck2web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512725328271735234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Chloe and Beckham started preschool yesterday.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Chloe spent the morning giving Beckham advice...because, you know, she is a veteran at this whole preschool thing.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">She reminded him:</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Not to cry</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Tell the teacher if he needed to go to the bathroom</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Say please and thank you</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Be nice to the other kids</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">She even tried to teach him the pledge of allegiance.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I dropped Beckham off first, and when I picked him up, I saw this:</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpGRRlYqRWCeg67Ir_3dCEeR_cZKNnrzINBg7Wcvi2sHGYjFDeA4NIGlkuNy5WO3R9akNcTFfL8xO4IBG-GPFhJ3UmZ5x_wke0CtvJZxugNIOJ9ViD2eCQ95CDia680fy-F0cDXbvOWHp8/s400/IMG_1326.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512725343308082386" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Then it was Chloe's turn. She walked in like she owned the place.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">When I picked Chloe up, this is what I saw:</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilZmYX7_XiWMenP7Ddkg1MAn4DA8lcBmCsRQ3RcwsJbCpAn546AEoz7HbvLiGy6sP407pPJ8sL3O9N-l_Y086feW9jYHcvtqKBAbLHdcbM1JgyE7KqBE0cLLMPkBOazqleHjC7mwSWfTVm/s400/IMG_1328.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512725689833905122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Smiles all around.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">It was a fun day and we are all excited for the year ahead!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIp2PgMB1miGjGNtA3xiIc2vYl5DcMp5YcSMOo2HGB2n0G_rEuJa71k4F1E6UffFtLI63cnRzWURpbLxCqhUy_Mv8nI8oMxotl6o24D0wcuhtLKsM3wUv0vdxkS4yrpIhaSk2NGkElmzaq/s1600/chloebeck3web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIp2PgMB1miGjGNtA3xiIc2vYl5DcMp5YcSMOo2HGB2n0G_rEuJa71k4F1E6UffFtLI63cnRzWURpbLxCqhUy_Mv8nI8oMxotl6o24D0wcuhtLKsM3wUv0vdxkS4yrpIhaSk2NGkElmzaq/s400/chloebeck3web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512725332381580258" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Miss Julene made all of the students one of these cute tote bags. Yes, she is awesome.</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3W7RNM-9iJmSmZoZZp9RlHcsq5Ro1E4iGnMqGtq-ipYBAoDMzWSa5cw6HxgFOSvzF-yGRNaCzr7RgXrryYqrwSo206sgcz4L7fcpCSHAa_NHkkDkOlIGS4BGVHGozl7cqlz4_RpdfYwnM/s1600/chloe1web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3W7RNM-9iJmSmZoZZp9RlHcsq5Ro1E4iGnMqGtq-ipYBAoDMzWSa5cw6HxgFOSvzF-yGRNaCzr7RgXrryYqrwSo206sgcz4L7fcpCSHAa_NHkkDkOlIGS4BGVHGozl7cqlz4_RpdfYwnM/s400/chloe1web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512725319625594114" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8XYuXlB2S_zVYy75syraeo0MBDPF7BCebX8N2jnuc0UbBFTG_YaKE8R7YDnhL9GCZ02XrYRitxOCW_yXkP2yPtFCz7h22tUcRirfut6KKn_XuPFSiQCTpYO7bdK5FT6rSuvKmEPcx5NHN/s1600/Beck4web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8XYuXlB2S_zVYy75syraeo0MBDPF7BCebX8N2jnuc0UbBFTG_YaKE8R7YDnhL9GCZ02XrYRitxOCW_yXkP2yPtFCz7h22tUcRirfut6KKn_XuPFSiQCTpYO7bdK5FT6rSuvKmEPcx5NHN/s400/Beck4web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512725310679957426" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Jamie Poorthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985510496786818603noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845123579167528524.post-5399304059358574242010-09-01T20:52:00.000-07:002010-09-02T08:17:55.395-07:00Summer 2010 Wrap Up in Pictures<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">Chloe and Beckham start school tomorrow and so I feel like our summer is officially over.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">So...</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Here are some random pictures from our summer that I wanted to make sure I had captured on the family blog.</span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">A Day at Spring Mountain Ranch...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5FyA5FozPYxucwbJ-IjOjnClY_MUNDrUUMw0nzqdC3T8MV7RxQ992HXSTNACCFJmO0ajJemjmbCyfhbfu9LzJKzb87ESqPJeUxvF0bh8kV-dYYl_DtcdAIgA9lfrGqdQZx2lQvgifMsC/s1600/IMAG0030.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5FyA5FozPYxucwbJ-IjOjnClY_MUNDrUUMw0nzqdC3T8MV7RxQ992HXSTNACCFJmO0ajJemjmbCyfhbfu9LzJKzb87ESqPJeUxvF0bh8kV-dYYl_DtcdAIgA9lfrGqdQZx2lQvgifMsC/s400/IMAG0030.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512173573918904418" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNtbbVaNkHA60meFhwFrB5Zntw2rg6ZLcR62flNU29Hlzu_ylK1oHiMBQrfg5a_tY-EX3lIIjNLTUr0XOKsDWy9jkODP-7c-Yr-jgBHB6ZMgS43-Eqai2ineP8fUBkiqLhXL-YYiMwH7Tv/s1600/IMAG0029.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNtbbVaNkHA60meFhwFrB5Zntw2rg6ZLcR62flNU29Hlzu_ylK1oHiMBQrfg5a_tY-EX3lIIjNLTUr0XOKsDWy9jkODP-7c-Yr-jgBHB6ZMgS43-Eqai2ineP8fUBkiqLhXL-YYiMwH7Tv/s400/IMAG0029.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512173564877439522" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9BWwF9h-Cohz_q59ff19wVh0Q3rP7e19n5G-FOwonhE0WH33izKpDWVN4L32xaDoWI2l60SdO4iySJD0sYPiVHNCSLG8m1_FfqPasPFKKesxwOuX5dF53Ek5dVrEgCH5Hs-p7Gwb2bzvu/s400/IMAG0033.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512173584795037186" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 240px; " /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguY9orQHZH3WefMYgCkCc8domhYEr027efgyBJmxzaeTlj1b6mBHU8YQTU_kdUy0nr441TnhynPBmQMQfrF7R9qeBr2iykJYWuh4MJFQy4iQudIWfxQxTdSaRssUzzVV8vS5MljbbRclnd/s1600/IMAG0027.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguY9orQHZH3WefMYgCkCc8domhYEr027efgyBJmxzaeTlj1b6mBHU8YQTU_kdUy0nr441TnhynPBmQMQfrF7R9qeBr2iykJYWuh4MJFQy4iQudIWfxQxTdSaRssUzzVV8vS5MljbbRclnd/s400/IMAG0027.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512173553305821810" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Dinner on the patio</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">We spent many nights eating dinner on the back patio. The kids love sitting and eating dinner together as a family. Chloe usually sets the table and rehearses which jokes she is going to tell. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2dQrtsENt6jHQcH-c_JCi0uA4LCehyphenhyphenlatRUzuO_wUizl0jGumNcZB5y1JQMLmog8QzQpx2h9dX6bD0C1tqU6Vey-cjaMrRI27X3bhn1U-X50ODJHCxKXKrpS51oh8g9WOsmqzf2UhN9ls/s1600/IMAG0015.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2dQrtsENt6jHQcH-c_JCi0uA4LCehyphenhyphenlatRUzuO_wUizl0jGumNcZB5y1JQMLmog8QzQpx2h9dX6bD0C1tqU6Vey-cjaMrRI27X3bhn1U-X50ODJHCxKXKrpS51oh8g9WOsmqzf2UhN9ls/s400/IMAG0015.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512173543395714514" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Every One Loves An Ava</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">No one can resist Miss Ava. She is a staple to our diet. We eat her up every day...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">how could we not??? Look at those cheeks!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1sEYl7eQOagxjGG3aeX0TL5r-L7fwNLL7XU_8eoIQTPdz3z9uPKkUT-YlOtdyMDyD3RR26bXfIYjVpBMLmjXDYyUsmty3lzQIYa79WQZyZictbKnXvUT8Qr51EIj-XfsNyq9-Dsr-Lfn/s1600/AvaOma2web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1sEYl7eQOagxjGG3aeX0TL5r-L7fwNLL7XU_8eoIQTPdz3z9uPKkUT-YlOtdyMDyD3RR26bXfIYjVpBMLmjXDYyUsmty3lzQIYa79WQZyZictbKnXvUT8Qr51EIj-XfsNyq9-Dsr-Lfn/s400/AvaOma2web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512166699046402162" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqLyZlS3zc9zuWHvkTXNSBK80cNkvAxIopP0A3MTR7bM2zQhU75eeT3oIZCDb4sDOlpYPxQXoUv_R3elzulNoM9_nYtitej6NkcaMwNOfRNY5iHoI7d46ICT7lAdQqnUMvm-cqyI6LlPw_/s1600/Ava2web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqLyZlS3zc9zuWHvkTXNSBK80cNkvAxIopP0A3MTR7bM2zQhU75eeT3oIZCDb4sDOlpYPxQXoUv_R3elzulNoM9_nYtitej6NkcaMwNOfRNY5iHoI7d46ICT7lAdQqnUMvm-cqyI6LlPw_/s400/Ava2web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512166690096706242" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB0XJnEdb81rN5gDjC0gKNiTrNg1bCWDVs9b4v3g42BiotzEyVxSxz-ImpopRz-iffBw-SysAIjdlvfZjVotJHb5-LMt_e_PwE8SrSvxm9gVIIco2XUjunJjFYpQShnynusHz9wHPVQwjB/s400/chloeava564.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512162349812022210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy_CI5WUMtT45cZX_CopfdPy0veHu3mU_XnD3tAZcLT3XCssuv9ubWziIU2sZMocCbq-Ci3wKFiJuv8bg9QInPQmwVm4U0LMeB3CjRwMRJH5o6aoWDnFUg3Hgz9vYZ7zzVznjUsMCkddUq/s400/CIMG0329.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512327307302508306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7KvTGE5PvQTVrfaaCbwGXGKKFcQZXv0wbGgpCJSUMCmHeFKplWeeEIaWdaxn2-i4de9bmBnvw2YuWv4mRvakVdWpfQeBu4xFlqWPcr-9YVzGWI08xQwNDPahoAm3E9igdeSNU1w1bBrft/s400/kids10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512160839098335538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px; " /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW4xwsCwtzL5noJcbKCJgAqOeUxDVed7_wcg9SLelv2UgnJGiJotPQdIIhHVhMMGJ4n7oiA4IHdRrK6HQdrPSsearqdZBDLG4YYCPduQnWZDNMrhFvD5B9QBmgR9T-hvxVMYZy2I2lwfrk/s400/CIMG0336.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512327317571811122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Vd8eRR_0Pt_RbU3ngLltmHM-LyzkcFhpPm7J5gIdg6g3n7Bzl8tU4fbkjrqGjRQoRGxBDgcLgYXHL-lrDudR3JHuY58z6lXyx0OmyDpM3-dgRcxDYrGxd_BnObEAshoxRgsTpBKapsmg/s400/chloeava.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512160859417438434" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; 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" /></a></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6PYZvHvh5IZ4Mu4dfEGc0DWq1H07Z3ZwpaY6dY0muqtuqhyphenhyphensFjJe4_t-gYq2XzeOsAHgUbILTJwKvmD4jLJIMtchOr599E85Mlw0d8icbVIXkRjudoQrNLaKRxdQNC5zTVmVKUIf95WMF/s400/kids8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512160830836808578" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">More Fireworks</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">We went to St. George for a cousin's mission farewell the weekend of Pioneer Day. The kids went up early and spent the day with Aunt Amber and Uncles Kyle and Weston and went to a fair. We met up for dinner and a movie and then finished the night with more fireworks. Beckham now includes in his prayers, "Please bless we can do more fireworks..." almost every night. Should I be worried?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SFa0e7TELR3us0WRO3hqXqxen8RwwHp6vOntdR32AeZ8uTPxnhD2XmfEECtCC-9r4oQOT7g6sIqCr9gKNRf2E6ohVS5Quf4jd9k2gCvbMdpwM89gVPaYtE2xppaqWXRgh4ckET7WdRsg/s1600/pioneerday1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SFa0e7TELR3us0WRO3hqXqxen8RwwHp6vOntdR32AeZ8uTPxnhD2XmfEECtCC-9r4oQOT7g6sIqCr9gKNRf2E6ohVS5Quf4jd9k2gCvbMdpwM89gVPaYtE2xppaqWXRgh4ckET7WdRsg/s400/pioneerday1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512163528643648658" /></a><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgorSCsGNpLFm_Ajwb-DmcExJX9okIfqrFA2d8CsVIaWMGChRrMe5Uei8UmUWyVrsDqqlzskSvIEusKAAmBdNdgpPD2FVIbRYyfTSNWBxhdIaTt2r58FJ_vQj8wSimi9QIpBoSUcWTIw_yl/s400/beck25.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512161606319347074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Like Father, Like Son.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">These two are alike in so many aspects. Sometimes when I watch Beckham, I feel like I am watching Jon as a kid. If Beckham grows up to be like Jon, I will be a happy woman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGgt9D60QeC5E2v2Rg-z5dD4qRRmGkQsl65N3NhyphenhyphenY_NC09eiZRsoFz6NuAUGypcEDA8uk4enKX2k29Budt1vyji7feuQQ_aSZMbsqX-xEG9sA3iNnmvje2OuIVV5RiZ4T7CIA1uW3rxuer/s1600/jonbeck2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGgt9D60QeC5E2v2Rg-z5dD4qRRmGkQsl65N3NhyphenhyphenY_NC09eiZRsoFz6NuAUGypcEDA8uk4enKX2k29Budt1vyji7feuQQ_aSZMbsqX-xEG9sA3iNnmvje2OuIVV5RiZ4T7CIA1uW3rxuer/s400/jonbeck2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512163518982185714" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Uom_g7zk6DMqUAQwdgjCCMxfGtpZOxd3fKGHnGTcmpZbfLgKiNilBbbEizFSjOuxBZTpnwaDzactX8-1i3a8qn-EuzCeNd6OHsx3ZerH4yQaFfod5gigw0fzGCoKVGza_Hv7iSHXVnmX/s1600/jonbeck.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Uom_g7zk6DMqUAQwdgjCCMxfGtpZOxd3fKGHnGTcmpZbfLgKiNilBbbEizFSjOuxBZTpnwaDzactX8-1i3a8qn-EuzCeNd6OHsx3ZerH4yQaFfod5gigw0fzGCoKVGza_Hv7iSHXVnmX/s400/jonbeck.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512163507439638242" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Cousin Time</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Some of my most fond memories from childhood were times that I spent with my cousins. I feel blessed that my children have been blessed to have such sweet, fun cousins. They are some of their best friends.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ykStvMvmTtfiud7xLW3IKhpxfgAIwC5Y55KgAyg-4bIA4X8DcX2JPyIbfEeZ3s8LMyXJ29_hLTIz5DgaF8tVM7P6Lo55p4Lq6rVbNUk1ez-oglF-nLGYnvCKZJsaumwUpbckkxtAW49r/s1600/Cousins2web.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ykStvMvmTtfiud7xLW3IKhpxfgAIwC5Y55KgAyg-4bIA4X8DcX2JPyIbfEeZ3s8LMyXJ29_hLTIz5DgaF8tVM7P6Lo55p4Lq6rVbNUk1ez-oglF-nLGYnvCKZJsaumwUpbckkxtAW49r/s400/Cousins2web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512166720979299842" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijjVGxQk13AgATmhnz_e7gDfo2worxyFRQR3krxahVspo00UMnm9Bgxj4JDJXjEG5aKsTi8S8akedcHcHmQXXbyoymtnIs7nmdDaLLFlFUPuZA2WuWfwvjwCqtHLnryflRC7sL5RIY9FUM/s1600/cousins4web.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijjVGxQk13AgATmhnz_e7gDfo2worxyFRQR3krxahVspo00UMnm9Bgxj4JDJXjEG5aKsTi8S8akedcHcHmQXXbyoymtnIs7nmdDaLLFlFUPuZA2WuWfwvjwCqtHLnryflRC7sL5RIY9FUM/s400/cousins4web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512166713304751138" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKlfyuwUWdqtVQykAJNnKIs7oc4oRbMQhpGmKttQX2of-0KnCm1CaD_yMRBdbgo3Xuu__KTuVpFwPJ3xaV9WzhQC1DOSGOkB-hVGE9f2769F1jzDcjNE74lX0Xl7dcxjZ6Aa1lyh8nhAYL/s1600/Cousins3web.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKlfyuwUWdqtVQykAJNnKIs7oc4oRbMQhpGmKttQX2of-0KnCm1CaD_yMRBdbgo3Xuu__KTuVpFwPJ3xaV9WzhQC1DOSGOkB-hVGE9f2769F1jzDcjNE74lX0Xl7dcxjZ6Aa1lyh8nhAYL/s400/Cousins3web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512166709026268434" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></a></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuWgAIL34klluQt5bb931QQ-Vjpti1ltXAkfuKq0W0dp-Dy1UWUsldrZ2ypsQrffSXfxK85FITjqbBAOpkXUAG5AqDsj8N4JWMmiuEMezd_WJDisrdhBwdxw0mx6F_pMiVY2oxvXkjeTNf/s400/omaopakids.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512160848267675618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This is from Oma's birthday party. Oma sent out invitations to each of the grandkids to invite them to her birthday party. They played games, swam and had happy meals. What a fun grandma!</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3pMfyo2jXkZpFmptZe16gquggoYv_5moImmuU4cXWwWz3uxh2MRTKORSX6Iv3DZW-82pw7LIk1br7z4YlcDtKyS-0kexUpmHgx9z_1r5KmDBnnVBSIc181cmkgP9WpLvIHiLKuB6CwEXh/s1600/cousins43.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3pMfyo2jXkZpFmptZe16gquggoYv_5moImmuU4cXWwWz3uxh2MRTKORSX6Iv3DZW-82pw7LIk1br7z4YlcDtKyS-0kexUpmHgx9z_1r5KmDBnnVBSIc181cmkgP9WpLvIHiLKuB6CwEXh/s400/cousins43.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512162392655075186" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDezwmK4G687lz3asxNZp6SK2-Z1Hcsrvq8OWTdoLfnFM2vozY4TV_ofs4UlCXWNv4_YAV1k3JgNFMx9u3Dm5pKcNntRKs2Jy6kP323SxgW199tGVS5J0cbqXzV2oqBfXmvamWAcPgcAja/s1600/cousins24.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDezwmK4G687lz3asxNZp6SK2-Z1Hcsrvq8OWTdoLfnFM2vozY4TV_ofs4UlCXWNv4_YAV1k3JgNFMx9u3Dm5pKcNntRKs2Jy6kP323SxgW199tGVS5J0cbqXzV2oqBfXmvamWAcPgcAja/s400/cousins24.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512162374853025442" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEildPRhZ28jDCz9KZophTkDV_ZXcgmCTjp7X6m-dg7Tdi9SUhcvglCqcbSLRGqEUiFirXOuJJKNE4JWSquHng7UxZZeZmNfwWcffNGuYgM011yN7vfowNNPnuEhAcKqfnm4N0DGdzGT-vVH/s1600/cousins23.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEildPRhZ28jDCz9KZophTkDV_ZXcgmCTjp7X6m-dg7Tdi9SUhcvglCqcbSLRGqEUiFirXOuJJKNE4JWSquHng7UxZZeZmNfwWcffNGuYgM011yN7vfowNNPnuEhAcKqfnm4N0DGdzGT-vVH/s400/cousins23.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512162360090381202" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The kids and Jon spent alot of time on the lake. Because it was so hot, Miss Ava and I stayed home and enjoyed the air conditioning. The kids tubed, surfed and watched Daddy wakeboard. We love the lake.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAN2UQ1xEbWBAEbZm2jjCeeR_tl1AbzyB3I3Q8Iajeb2SV68Ao5BuO3RrYLyqK9uYzTyzWYqZWb96wfSj61M3X4w0ul6e367CCZ95d8ADXPPDwB_G4ncJP2lmgjFaDQHA7dF6zB1yF4zJB/s1600/boys.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAN2UQ1xEbWBAEbZm2jjCeeR_tl1AbzyB3I3Q8Iajeb2SV68Ao5BuO3RrYLyqK9uYzTyzWYqZWb96wfSj61M3X4w0ul6e367CCZ95d8ADXPPDwB_G4ncJP2lmgjFaDQHA7dF6zB1yF4zJB/s400/boys.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512162337725045618" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEircKAgKOQJnFLq3fi0iKr5q0PnRFLDbMHoHkroFDjq4Z4P0p7NzO2KY7t3ACdJ31pk2Lv1NAvw3dR3LjNelhxZe_qmvOfcXgq8Vg5tbhPP1dpLsmMyXwChaSkwC7ViPJqqeV9c2yFIGLkT/s1600/beckdad.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEircKAgKOQJnFLq3fi0iKr5q0PnRFLDbMHoHkroFDjq4Z4P0p7NzO2KY7t3ACdJ31pk2Lv1NAvw3dR3LjNelhxZe_qmvOfcXgq8Vg5tbhPP1dpLsmMyXwChaSkwC7ViPJqqeV9c2yFIGLkT/s400/beckdad.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512161637164268338" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXjyefrYDGNonuvxdLMgfnJbnd1WbpklOHtqNdPeA7BWG58EVuUlT5Ll7uljrxINjoueHVs4F6BHFE13kZ5KILtj0MuWnD17OdAj8zeQSTpxdJAH7-OEaOgZUrzMXY-OIWB5eO3Q8CqZJH/s1600/beck65.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXjyefrYDGNonuvxdLMgfnJbnd1WbpklOHtqNdPeA7BWG58EVuUlT5Ll7uljrxINjoueHVs4F6BHFE13kZ5KILtj0MuWnD17OdAj8zeQSTpxdJAH7-OEaOgZUrzMXY-OIWB5eO3Q8CqZJH/s400/beck65.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512161624680644994" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy4ffTeo6MivBaJ3X6N986TElR8eHN70dKVnO4f9UG5fv-JB_J45jCItZvN0DSMPRHGC_cb1ct40u6_O76Vs0eqjwsw0lCbW7iWDDDHIhtTV7JzkB3OzKU2bkTxGIkt9irTvEsfvIvLXJz/s1600/beck15.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy4ffTeo6MivBaJ3X6N986TElR8eHN70dKVnO4f9UG5fv-JB_J45jCItZvN0DSMPRHGC_cb1ct40u6_O76Vs0eqjwsw0lCbW7iWDDDHIhtTV7JzkB3OzKU2bkTxGIkt9irTvEsfvIvLXJz/s400/beck15.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512161584271137922" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Weston came home for 3 weeks and we ate up our time with him. He was able to meet Ava for the first time. We had lots of family dinners, played games and watched movies. Good times.</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid9jOYzJkwnk47RekQlXJUQK8LRdBf2lTyPahQhR59DzOn7stC73UYJK-A8LwWuhlhuY-ARL99EJNI8tLnUrTnmnqGYNBVKhsG3veTWKhug_XcuP94-MsotrtWp8sFHxqYQJS5nGf1nKlW/s1600/avawes2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid9jOYzJkwnk47RekQlXJUQK8LRdBf2lTyPahQhR59DzOn7stC73UYJK-A8LwWuhlhuY-ARL99EJNI8tLnUrTnmnqGYNBVKhsG3veTWKhug_XcuP94-MsotrtWp8sFHxqYQJS5nGf1nKlW/s400/avawes2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512161570598474722" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Whh6DQmhHfX0ktUlPR_hfH0s925m2ZGV1NzPXshZzIE6eR5WSctA-TBIrcl7t-8yH0aqI5pcYQAZtIer4jNvWemzA3jt6aJ8t7edIPy7ibMrM31nBWrlLbZowq0LJutdjJ1ONJRN2h4-/s1600/avawes1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Whh6DQmhHfX0ktUlPR_hfH0s925m2ZGV1NzPXshZzIE6eR5WSctA-TBIrcl7t-8yH0aqI5pcYQAZtIer4jNvWemzA3jt6aJ8t7edIPy7ibMrM31nBWrlLbZowq0LJutdjJ1ONJRN2h4-/s400/avawes1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512160872456301330" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8r7avdBRe4O_09uiXzKLjKcdCL1P8pdFMeVK5aPhTRcz17My1Fz8yN6QXCgEMwHzKRl99VytaxryN1xRFMgj_t4ywU_UQowKY6KqZM9vlVKN19LEyxX7al5nFVMQy8kIj8MU1-jfIMej9/s400/grandpabeck1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512163498490596482" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVeSU-IsxaYjGoAPy9NDQQZGYQ5bH7cjzaRAYKMHjJgcsZ3JL71zHbcDPeTphx8YT6p6RX6QnRd71xaqHOE59SuYuILAN89mOWzMfIG9o7-0_XW3KFUs0CWYbEFHuonHAveUQLSvOaHmRG/s400/family.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512163490730010338" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">My niece, Sadie, came to visit for a few days in July. We had a girls day filled with swimming, making cupcakes, makeovers and a fashion show.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOsoNeKk1vLv_flab4ru6HWOD-AwdBKWoXaPpz_1N-RV2q2XLpUFviLWXDMpLUaEFyVXB8c9cbBlJLQ6CKyYDc9xZtUOjEn05VrISmIdnY36u-DTNWMUENiIE_YrVc1nYFptyNkuaRjswv/s400/color1web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512177406765133906" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNmDM-AM-mOqvm26C4Bp1b8qelJfUugAWwdjFQ5nUIdC7V6YLqLCv00871-8XFU8HvYrDideIims8I3a2FOtNi1tHt3cVTQ1dBCaDVlwe0EFzA9IBKIyCFJQ2HiJkWiVNgEh3h6gOApE4E/s1600/kids4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNmDM-AM-mOqvm26C4Bp1b8qelJfUugAWwdjFQ5nUIdC7V6YLqLCv00871-8XFU8HvYrDideIims8I3a2FOtNi1tHt3cVTQ1dBCaDVlwe0EFzA9IBKIyCFJQ2HiJkWiVNgEh3h6gOApE4E/s400/kids4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512159845992271650" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOSrSWZ4R3VazghoQ__sDHWa2pkWP0D_wUIgCj4OIYhB6lp8MbpDk_KvNCsttXn1CwCgK-nx_NbCKD6JcqZ6TDQ9AGOByXNHWwCOrrumYSSlRXLCO_RK0XHI6JyN-OLooW2tHp4AFk2f3E/s1600/kids3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOSrSWZ4R3VazghoQ__sDHWa2pkWP0D_wUIgCj4OIYhB6lp8MbpDk_KvNCsttXn1CwCgK-nx_NbCKD6JcqZ6TDQ9AGOByXNHWwCOrrumYSSlRXLCO_RK0XHI6JyN-OLooW2tHp4AFk2f3E/s400/kids3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512159833914849186" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtwqSWX49FeF35FbLNe9QUHy24OBBJc0YfbmVQPixCZzNA491Bv4tT3mOmiB_PzaiCO2nzffY39DMbj150QvW3OPcv4ivIdEpmcqJcnU-YdXKN72Aja6G8roun6x4dEVedBg15GZDn5dS/s400/kids2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512159825653043074" /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDjbC9uYq6xgc-ogOyysEuxs08CPdTHtPPmeVWg1EJeI_W45H8s55tiE4fhynZtWq6tqm9hBEpDb4wgx0JzeAeU-W1RzLUD8CG6rP1bgqCd362rzFqkjAudTP1XUnsWqnXLx1C-WEjiaKm/s1600/kids1.jpg"></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDjbC9uYq6xgc-ogOyysEuxs08CPdTHtPPmeVWg1EJeI_W45H8s55tiE4fhynZtWq6tqm9hBEpDb4wgx0JzeAeU-W1RzLUD8CG6rP1bgqCd362rzFqkjAudTP1XUnsWqnXLx1C-WEjiaKm/s1600/kids1.jpg"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDjbC9uYq6xgc-ogOyysEuxs08CPdTHtPPmeVWg1EJeI_W45H8s55tiE4fhynZtWq6tqm9hBEpDb4wgx0JzeAeU-W1RzLUD8CG6rP1bgqCd362rzFqkjAudTP1XUnsWqnXLx1C-WEjiaKm/s400/kids1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512159819093798402" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Dog Days of Summer</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I love this picture of Beckham. It represents a big part of the summer: Exhaustion. The pool provided so much physical activity that the kids would literally be in the middle of doing simple activities and would collapse from being so tired. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Ctd1NFpnQVVxJeF6y6IW5f4WgLa5kWhCsz7B2sBc8v6yN0lz67KgRbWrxPoTp9VQKkgC1fY8MY13AirtL_oewsMR1WIYCEzrzOQaBVHqoaQm57hjAQjioDevZEEjx3RgzOYUPM_OUG2x/s400/CIMG0326.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512327294646401218" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Chloe loves reading and writing. She and Beckham watch The Letter and Word Factory videos all of the time. The videos have really helped with their phonetics and the other day, Chloe showed me one of her masterpieces. Can you sound it out???</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdKl6733i7CDH5jEt7oMf209haJaddAJBib1Ag9WTkk9jpe08cUYoTlnIIqAi2huhPqcvHEaE10CE7n2NgwUDHRfWT6fBbGSXUPWWlELPb4_SQyasOj9SZsWef8eSuVh0VYqGOT0Mpx8AS/s400/CIMG0287-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512327281774633122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px; " /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Old Navy. A little free entertainment.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRZ6AQCV4JzsvxDHGZKfSysiXN05h-4jWplWBy2g2sbC3u2MBGM5nNpIhPRjozYy0qzirvh9-xrl8wp_2owIp7-cWlOToBOGzDe3yoELWfCeAKQZqDWxXDAx9WNk6L6LNAtxuwIkOU3Sdk/s400/CIMG0289.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512327293070899490" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Goodbye summer. It was fun.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div>Jamie Poorthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985510496786818603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845123579167528524.post-16685605855397685732010-08-24T08:30:00.000-07:002010-08-24T08:39:50.747-07:00Look Who's Sitting!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqtSp0bYBi-1cSXs2F7a1syGc3a8Ygm0LdRH8QfhQvJLFYHpy8S8GMvOBEZsBIlOpSIOwcj-TtniSjnw-qCZ-lbY4hXunbbQsCpjQ-ta-FVKWtaljJFHNTASpTbLiS4OHI6SeNLT0uvI39/s1600/Ava5web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqtSp0bYBi-1cSXs2F7a1syGc3a8Ygm0LdRH8QfhQvJLFYHpy8S8GMvOBEZsBIlOpSIOwcj-TtniSjnw-qCZ-lbY4hXunbbQsCpjQ-ta-FVKWtaljJFHNTASpTbLiS4OHI6SeNLT0uvI39/s400/Ava5web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509000680196493666" /></a><div style="text-align: center; ">Miss Ava turned 7 months yesterday.</div><div style="text-align: center; ">She is now a bionafied sitter.</div><div style="text-align: center; ">She doesn't love it. She would rather be on all fours rocking back and forth.</div><div style="text-align: center; ">It won't be long before she is cruising the halls.</div><div style="text-align: center; ">She had an eventful 6th month.</div><div style="text-align: center; ">She had a short stint at the hospital ER for a small case of pneumonia.</div><div style="text-align: center; ">She spent long hours in the pool and chewing on everything in sight.</div><div style="text-align: center; ">She is as snugly as ever and is starting to prefer her momma (I don't mind!).</div><div style="text-align: center; ">Chloe and Beckham are her biggest fans and can make her laugh like no one else can.</div><div style="text-align: center; ">They are starting to think that she is actually really fun to play with.</div><div style="text-align: center; ">Yay for her. Yay for them. But seriously...Yay for me!!!</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd34RtzDNq-yeFn2tkdYxCJ4ueGB71OB7SCLsjaxxc1S6lTYbSEdQKPjTEMVhey0DoSpfKe3ymJSzlsvZP7ZhVRgHrLHESf5c3NylGjsWRcXo3DdZXmikACofyD5Ymm5x0b1aoD6Indk4M/s1600/ava14web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd34RtzDNq-yeFn2tkdYxCJ4ueGB71OB7SCLsjaxxc1S6lTYbSEdQKPjTEMVhey0DoSpfKe3ymJSzlsvZP7ZhVRgHrLHESf5c3NylGjsWRcXo3DdZXmikACofyD5Ymm5x0b1aoD6Indk4M/s400/ava14web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509000668300274594" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcNp51T5ruSy-kKGxvzlhsyzcyeFWeYgwYIx8hNqkU69mjiOErDyHpSVimU_rUcMBntuTGNpePCETnLzh2GGc0kVvqdqi4TYcRS3RFiXced8JFS9fw2lAOIA05KAwSlmsTW0TJxHUrkzSL/s1600/Ava6web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcNp51T5ruSy-kKGxvzlhsyzcyeFWeYgwYIx8hNqkU69mjiOErDyHpSVimU_rUcMBntuTGNpePCETnLzh2GGc0kVvqdqi4TYcRS3RFiXced8JFS9fw2lAOIA05KAwSlmsTW0TJxHUrkzSL/s400/Ava6web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509000660177575442" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKMnmd_XATSw1K0W6CjucP7XHNC_NAUJBG6u_jqUVYGN2lypkJPlJMWNE7OCv3pVUwpzibADX7LwjZFpkTTIUdgmtzOnsposerOnf6RDBpdsAnGPRVjsdilwcbbkHrvj2_TYiN2AtJjpDc/s1600/Ava9web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKMnmd_XATSw1K0W6CjucP7XHNC_NAUJBG6u_jqUVYGN2lypkJPlJMWNE7OCv3pVUwpzibADX7LwjZFpkTTIUdgmtzOnsposerOnf6RDBpdsAnGPRVjsdilwcbbkHrvj2_TYiN2AtJjpDc/s400/Ava9web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509000651156420242" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div>Jamie Poorthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985510496786818603noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845123579167528524.post-43251307181021386612010-08-24T08:07:00.000-07:002010-08-24T08:40:17.647-07:00Preschool Babies<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG546z79-2O0ypQIs0Il90xBSXV8OGmubDQq3HgHH90z70h8tKXd8X3iaKd5ErngJa2elgdRh7_bnhQpYOTFAbIv84ZyomnXodeEIn0_3bRasvGyRhzvM2S5340yfJn7SgJvVoYSghm4xJ/s1600/chloebeckeditfinalfinalweb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG546z79-2O0ypQIs0Il90xBSXV8OGmubDQq3HgHH90z70h8tKXd8X3iaKd5ErngJa2elgdRh7_bnhQpYOTFAbIv84ZyomnXodeEIn0_3bRasvGyRhzvM2S5340yfJn7SgJvVoYSghm4xJ/s400/chloebeckeditfinalfinalweb.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508998175172428178" /></a><br /><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Chloe and Beckham would probably freak out if they knew that I was calling them babies, BUT...they are my babies.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Chloe and Beck went to their preschool open house last week to check out the school and the new kids. It is the same preschool that Chloe went to last year and I am happy to say (for Beckham's sake!), that Beckham is finally old enough to go this year!</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">They are going to be in different classes, but now when I drop Chloe off to school, I can happily tell him that he gets to go too!</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Preschool makes me happy. The thought of kindergarten for Chloe next year does not.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">SOOOO...</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I will just enjoy the fun year they are going to have together.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Experiencing the same things but experiencing those things differently.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhymwFjTRcGJq5NubNaVIqeIMicmTaEoU0tjhEmxsMnTalTGNKQe1HA1lhA1cw-3RRwGNPHDVGvEw2yf8afaKXSlLOJM28X24tanzh-2mGbHFXRhPxokA-FDuSedtcWB9XkhqWX_tyD8moz/s1600/Chloe1web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhymwFjTRcGJq5NubNaVIqeIMicmTaEoU0tjhEmxsMnTalTGNKQe1HA1lhA1cw-3RRwGNPHDVGvEw2yf8afaKXSlLOJM28X24tanzh-2mGbHFXRhPxokA-FDuSedtcWB9XkhqWX_tyD8moz/s400/Chloe1web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508997312749119650" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVzFL7i57zptI5mxIFBtdCy-V5M912Me-dXcTEegGVjWEH9XuLUiJdiLHeSs-323WW1p6IDJwejlvEWsx0kCtHIXgE52wfVB3KgBCUO4JfkiEwXincdPQSbPICvGrY0clVSKpRcTI3ZlJ1/s1600/Beck1email.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVzFL7i57zptI5mxIFBtdCy-V5M912Me-dXcTEegGVjWEH9XuLUiJdiLHeSs-323WW1p6IDJwejlvEWsx0kCtHIXgE52wfVB3KgBCUO4JfkiEwXincdPQSbPICvGrY0clVSKpRcTI3ZlJ1/s400/Beck1email.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508997307054578962" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQxNT1IB613AQf4IW3JvTP8eIU7ZVbuX838QKTVPNrHR9AkP-HEMNRQS2NvsTtyW7FJnRcA_rU_2zqezqme6Qg-yfrkzBGMKTMqQWywzQxJhl7xKAPs7pfRB_nAIFpDq9z4C1n5SR_4Xp/s1600/kids5web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQxNT1IB613AQf4IW3JvTP8eIU7ZVbuX838QKTVPNrHR9AkP-HEMNRQS2NvsTtyW7FJnRcA_rU_2zqezqme6Qg-yfrkzBGMKTMqQWywzQxJhl7xKAPs7pfRB_nAIFpDq9z4C1n5SR_4Xp/s400/kids5web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508997283194868274" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">At the end of their scavenger hunt, they made school buses out of twinkies and lifesavers. </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Needless to say, neither of them were anxious to leave</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT46gu6hyfO_iw26K6-AsYxSPLvL1Uq59QoD1meGLQMVTTuHUBydTrIukB8fVct60VU9ShGowL63hxXop_a466Q0V54kgdsjXk90CHraqnr18ix1P2o_wa2Xuyg2aEMW1UKQc5iKNmevNj/s1600/kids6web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT46gu6hyfO_iw26K6-AsYxSPLvL1Uq59QoD1meGLQMVTTuHUBydTrIukB8fVct60VU9ShGowL63hxXop_a466Q0V54kgdsjXk90CHraqnr18ix1P2o_wa2Xuyg2aEMW1UKQc5iKNmevNj/s400/kids6web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508997275035065458" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8rhhRstT5zNvasbPTTwG4xPZGOKrA1F1qRxRlZFFp5NufV4RUJ4gYaOZpclrnAcEPVEHeEeFzwSVkB5aNjp3fShlcCstEjARJcOCJxwZwUmNRzKLlxdIFuIkRshseO5aFlD3-yeZYCwl/s1600/ChloeandBeck2web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8rhhRstT5zNvasbPTTwG4xPZGOKrA1F1qRxRlZFFp5NufV4RUJ4gYaOZpclrnAcEPVEHeEeFzwSVkB5aNjp3fShlcCstEjARJcOCJxwZwUmNRzKLlxdIFuIkRshseO5aFlD3-yeZYCwl/s400/ChloeandBeck2web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508997264936789010" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div></div>Jamie Poorthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985510496786818603noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845123579167528524.post-44942920538748524602010-08-21T17:21:00.000-07:002010-08-21T17:25:42.570-07:00Is She The Cutest Baby Girl???<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I will give you a clue:</span></span></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhttfcMIr5aB2UBeR_TJ7RH46o3k-QCFEPOfNp1_z2N1VO9vX-qGBmstpFhpKc8ClrDx8G8LKfFx0qv4Rt3ZaVG-0_Hguaup95vi9BAKF1-lZwxJutfjo0h5UO1jE-7rdQ1E6xWLnQkZhr7/s1600/ava1web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhttfcMIr5aB2UBeR_TJ7RH46o3k-QCFEPOfNp1_z2N1VO9vX-qGBmstpFhpKc8ClrDx8G8LKfFx0qv4Rt3ZaVG-0_Hguaup95vi9BAKF1-lZwxJutfjo0h5UO1jE-7rdQ1E6xWLnQkZhr7/s400/ava1web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508023408645443314" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3BYijskuMWLUQ5kErE2vdRJu4_fScMpmPY5La5kra-NIqJT6C-vbezRfntIFWYwxMFO7NJXYyRPjw2wVVnhg1E9VbvbhNMO8v_WCTsEofOPtD9yHBMXL1z-SZV8X5aKyOXmoRPpsMQRcW/s1600/Ava3web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3BYijskuMWLUQ5kErE2vdRJu4_fScMpmPY5La5kra-NIqJT6C-vbezRfntIFWYwxMFO7NJXYyRPjw2wVVnhg1E9VbvbhNMO8v_WCTsEofOPtD9yHBMXL1z-SZV8X5aKyOXmoRPpsMQRcW/s400/Ava3web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508023398098884162" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwZvHf646JICmpgE8RAd6NOc2HJ3kvkw4Uy14TkWozTVmiIFE1ePwJ_Yf1ZhwIt0bGBjDZuUmGQYJ-jJ6xTEvIVrSM3bOQNYR8KbuT-E5CWIA_tXbsS3b9_CztnuRH4ox2SYwAfqZiRlaR/s1600/Ava4web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwZvHf646JICmpgE8RAd6NOc2HJ3kvkw4Uy14TkWozTVmiIFE1ePwJ_Yf1ZhwIt0bGBjDZuUmGQYJ-jJ6xTEvIVrSM3bOQNYR8KbuT-E5CWIA_tXbsS3b9_CztnuRH4ox2SYwAfqZiRlaR/s400/Ava4web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508023387765691170" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIaVVfNjiUiTI8ZJ7j6OSVu_PBsEjLiCFHbc8tVUBkCn-5DU0ytyOr-iM48K2o0XTnqUEl_lzb2iJVXm4UqsnUmszAQTqsgkDYVWwp_fKNuM4UsG4BzP2sAzuGHmmY-Q6qZaKtzSo5D5-o/s1600/Ava2web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIaVVfNjiUiTI8ZJ7j6OSVu_PBsEjLiCFHbc8tVUBkCn-5DU0ytyOr-iM48K2o0XTnqUEl_lzb2iJVXm4UqsnUmszAQTqsgkDYVWwp_fKNuM4UsG4BzP2sAzuGHmmY-Q6qZaKtzSo5D5-o/s400/Ava2web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508023372938036690" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Yes.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Jamie Poorthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985510496786818603noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845123579167528524.post-45015536815727651002010-08-08T23:26:00.001-07:002010-08-08T23:31:28.657-07:00Rainy Days and Sundays...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguaHTc0plhjQCVugkt74-UnF375cI-Ev8fWijI6tM7jT5Y3UYGB-2E_KMwfCs2nibVqFRCxO0x85jHCPxr2wLaXjLTweMrIOTr0pPws8GsxHDHF7vHFkmExcg3skYqMZ5lmAty9FDfz51G/s1600/Chloe1web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguaHTc0plhjQCVugkt74-UnF375cI-Ev8fWijI6tM7jT5Y3UYGB-2E_KMwfCs2nibVqFRCxO0x85jHCPxr2wLaXjLTweMrIOTr0pPws8GsxHDHF7vHFkmExcg3skYqMZ5lmAty9FDfz51G/s400/Chloe1web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503292939760663586" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvsEKjqGsaC0xsVGyyM99VfucUv_0HweKQFzzRTPNZhKzV2Vb0iII-ZU7e1uE39pPq_kcuJ4UO1NJ4M6y7-qez7yfKiZasNvz9TfPQAeBT2fwch5wc3MSyz-srkc5MfUpk2CTSTTEZ2V_T/s1600/Beck1web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvsEKjqGsaC0xsVGyyM99VfucUv_0HweKQFzzRTPNZhKzV2Vb0iII-ZU7e1uE39pPq_kcuJ4UO1NJ4M6y7-qez7yfKiZasNvz9TfPQAeBT2fwch5wc3MSyz-srkc5MfUpk2CTSTTEZ2V_T/s400/Beck1web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503292934358646690" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">...never get them down.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Jamie Poorthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985510496786818603noreply@blogger.com2