tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240774831261203252024-02-20T00:37:57.775-08:00I get by (with a little help from my kids!)Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989131880393891708noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24077483126120325.post-6816312252670918302011-08-01T06:45:00.000-07:002011-08-01T06:45:36.007-07:00summer vacation<div style="text-align: center;">Wow, it's been a busy past few weeks.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Getting seven people ready for vacation,</div><div style="text-align: center;">going on a week's vacation,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and then returning to get things back to normal after vacation.</div><div style="text-align: center;">All worth it though!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ever since I was a baby, my family has gone to Canada for our summer getaway.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We've always gone to a resort called Ross' Resort which is about an hour across the border on</div><div style="text-align: center;">a lake called Clearwater Lake. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Two years ago my parents bought land on that same lake and have been in the process of</div><div style="text-align: center;">building a cabin ever since.</div><div style="text-align: center;">My parents, my brothers and their families, and my family were all there together</div><div style="text-align: center;">this summer to celebrate the completion of it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's beautiful.......</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We spent the week </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">swimming,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">fishing, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">jumping off rocks,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">laying on the dock,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">skiing,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">tubing,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">kayaking,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">paddleboating,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">more laying on the dock,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">playing yahtzee,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">catching crawdads,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and just totally enjoying the cabin, lake, and being with each other.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are some of the pictures.....I tried not to repeat too many of the ones I've already put on Facebook:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Grandpa and Nash got to be pretty good buds</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFX58y2QlxFbtygz_bSL02SZ2Kh4CfELuRkzkCuGKg1m3m1sfj7xy6CWfWulimZltaEx2CdIQWTCXS2_NnoWXHNtyWzF3h39P42hlkBCY9_qr5-FtIdPZvkX55yS1wiiSBlTJb74dfTvc/s1600/IMG_5169.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFX58y2QlxFbtygz_bSL02SZ2Kh4CfELuRkzkCuGKg1m3m1sfj7xy6CWfWulimZltaEx2CdIQWTCXS2_NnoWXHNtyWzF3h39P42hlkBCY9_qr5-FtIdPZvkX55yS1wiiSBlTJb74dfTvc/s640/IMG_5169.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the rock that people go to jump off....around 12-13 feet at the highest point. Mack and Josef both jumped!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chillin......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was what the dock looked like most days.....full of people soaking up the sun and water</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looks like a nice sized walleye for supper:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the cooler days</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Amelia helped me make baked peaches.....very tasty!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the kids' favorite things is seeing the planes land and take off on the water</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eat a minnow? I did it once!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">No more pictures mom!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Fun to see all the eagles......</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The kids had movie night and watched Toy Story 3</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I also took some of Shay's senior pictures......here are a few.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We probably have about 200 we have to sort through and narrow down:))</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And, unfortunately, vacation had to come to an end.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But we are very grateful to my parents that we have this gorgeous place to go visit</div><div style="text-align: center;">and we are looking forward to many years of making memories there:)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope you all have a great week, and if you have a chance go jump off a rock into a lake.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Good for the soul.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"there are always things for you to be grateful for, each and every day"</i></div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989131880393891708noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24077483126120325.post-37652347551378098632011-07-12T12:14:00.000-07:002011-07-12T14:20:28.429-07:00force of nature..........<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Being a farmer's daughter, I've seen all the different factors that play into</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a successful farming operation. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The one thing you have no control over is Mother Nature.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can remember very distinctly growing up the "year of the drought."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then there was the "year of the flood". </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Invasions of different types of bugs on the plants.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wind storms.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some years of bumper crops thanks to the weather and other</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">years of lower yields strictly due to a force of mother nature.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And as anyone who lives in Iowa knows, straight line winds</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">greatly affected the crops in four different counties yesterday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> If you weren't raised on a farm and haven't seen the blood, sweat and tears that go</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">into working your land, planting, tending, spraying and harvesting your crop</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> (along with so many </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">other factors that I don't know about) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">you probably won't be quite as affected by these pictures as I</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and many other farmers and their families are.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was thankful to have my husband squeezing my hand tight as we drove past the first field of my</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">dad's, then the second, third and so on and realizing the devastation that hit every single one of his corn fields.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is an image of how straight the corn was standing two days ago.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And the rest are images from my dad's cornfields.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They were trying their hardest to make the corn stand up:((</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As with every other weather catastrophe, they will move forward.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today, things look a little better. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The corn is standing up a little taller and everyone is realizing how fortunate we all</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">were that no one was seriously injured or killed in this storm.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lots of love going out to my dad and mom,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> my brothers and their wives, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and every other farmer </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">affected by the storm yesterday. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989131880393891708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24077483126120325.post-83871751029628857932011-07-05T06:09:00.000-07:002011-07-05T06:09:06.228-07:00July 4th weekend - take two<div style="text-align: center;">Brad's brain hatched the idea of a 50 foot long slip and slide</div><div style="text-align: center;">for the hill at the cabin.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So early Sunday morning he headed to Menards to get the supplies he needed.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was the hit of the weekend.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And so did we!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then we wiped out Amelia</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And we had a great fireworks show from some unknown people down on the sandbar.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It went on for a good hour and we had great seats on our deck to watch them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was a great day spent with great friends.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Monday was low-key. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kids (and adults) were tired from three fun days.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We spent the day at home and at the pool.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I got to wear my awesome red white and blue jersey dress.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Amelia was thrilled to get her picture taken.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">actually I think the sun was in her eyes:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nash was a trooper the whole weekend!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"<i>i believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i> i believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>i believe that tomorrow is another day.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>and i believe in miracles." ~~ Audrey Hepburn</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br />
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</div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989131880393891708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24077483126120325.post-50250205406874419052011-07-04T16:55:00.000-07:002011-07-04T16:55:25.863-07:00July 4th weekend - take one<div style="text-align: center;">Well, we definitely had a great holiday weekend.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The weather was perfect to be outdoors and we were </div><div style="text-align: center;">all ready for some relaxation.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Friday night we had a birthday party for my mom. The kids</div><div style="text-align: center;">thought she needed red, white and blue balloons since her birthday</div><div style="text-align: center;">is close to America's birthday:)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a flag we made her a few years ago for her birthday </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mack was decorating everything in sight with flags</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nash was even a little patriotic</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We hung out on the deck and watched the water</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And my dad did a little grilling....my mom likes her hot dogs burnt, but this was a little much! Whoops</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Uncle Ben would not share the balloons with baby Nash:(</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkH4sQzk4EG1l87_cODl4Ynf_kEG8tYg5sPAX9kMsYsv2JuN_Kw5aARaS_Nm1VgqYiUeTreu8KlFsGYXD_IA6bbKkNgjn0As6z65IqMzS_2gIJnO8qt4G2mWBGUWc1lpgjzLeqTm8sFg/s1600/IMG_4714.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkH4sQzk4EG1l87_cODl4Ynf_kEG8tYg5sPAX9kMsYsv2JuN_Kw5aARaS_Nm1VgqYiUeTreu8KlFsGYXD_IA6bbKkNgjn0As6z65IqMzS_2gIJnO8qt4G2mWBGUWc1lpgjzLeqTm8sFg/s640/IMG_4714.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The best big brother EVER!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mack wanted to have a flag parade but they had to practice first</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then they marched.......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The whole fam damily.......</div><div style="text-align: center;">minus Mack who was the photographer, my brother Brandt who's in Canada,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and his wife Andrea who had to work:(</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijSPZLz860g9-TmwebBWzINjwQWbf4mLYAp4uGUUmz5Uraeu7kLQ5qbRS2uCnwhDhcqmBStNWtSwA69RbE6bjLhNIN4UFxOMgBiiMB2NRhTER0SJddUxXoDWezbZ726_yQ3c3TW7SEYA/s1600/IMG_4760.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijSPZLz860g9-TmwebBWzINjwQWbf4mLYAp4uGUUmz5Uraeu7kLQ5qbRS2uCnwhDhcqmBStNWtSwA69RbE6bjLhNIN4UFxOMgBiiMB2NRhTER0SJddUxXoDWezbZ726_yQ3c3TW7SEYA/s640/IMG_4760.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then it was time for the cake made by my awesomely talented sister-in-law</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx6n8X_y46EtPIj9cqg0V1rryxkuTbmE7nWSRbKCHLNPZ0TzsluY1ituB8YQnMQsxSW1DwSNwxWJBwbZt-8IFIGlIWjYSjLGF52SnGVWdd-4ATV9pw2NlI_ioq0m-G-1412dr8mOcAHg/s1600/IMG_4664.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx6n8X_y46EtPIj9cqg0V1rryxkuTbmE7nWSRbKCHLNPZ0TzsluY1ituB8YQnMQsxSW1DwSNwxWJBwbZt-8IFIGlIWjYSjLGF52SnGVWdd-4ATV9pw2NlI_ioq0m-G-1412dr8mOcAHg/s320/IMG_4664.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And mom's gift, a picture of the sign we are getting her that will hang at the cabin in Canada</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And that was only the first half of the weekend</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989131880393891708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24077483126120325.post-89348497151023077362011-06-27T08:25:00.000-07:002011-06-27T08:25:31.328-07:00the nature trail with a new lens<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Last week I took a photography class with a good friend of mine. It gave</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">me the confidence to finally try out the telephoto lens I got with my camera</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that I've been too scared to use.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kids and I headed out to the nature trail for a bike ride/walk and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so I could do some practice shots.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The boys immediately found the mulberry trees.....yum!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They had to have the berries that were up in a tree neither of them could reach.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love that they were working together here!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And as happy as everyone looks here, they all probably should have been taking</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">naps instead. The day went downhill fast from here .......fighting, teasing, hitting, talking back,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">crying......you name it, they were doing it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The looney bin was looking like a good option.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But we (I) made it through and the next day was better.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Why are some days so smooth and others so rough?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Part of the whole parenting thing, huh....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><ol><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhURukFDvEhn-enDllG-G5KllPn_1rFqQhRQisBNa1Fza_bpIB0Aa1cg4zBMBXC1Uw9Bd_0bswxtX2YBHzSfPNvd8F0q83f1AbbSOP_ZJQMHO3N9TgEq1W6G8TCpSqrgT_gTbVfkK6RuQ/s1600/IMG_4597.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhURukFDvEhn-enDllG-G5KllPn_1rFqQhRQisBNa1Fza_bpIB0Aa1cg4zBMBXC1Uw9Bd_0bswxtX2YBHzSfPNvd8F0q83f1AbbSOP_ZJQMHO3N9TgEq1W6G8TCpSqrgT_gTbVfkK6RuQ/s640/IMG_4597.JPG" width="640" /></a>
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</div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989131880393891708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24077483126120325.post-71881288909364066992011-06-25T12:08:00.000-07:002011-06-25T14:49:51.337-07:00spaghetti head<div style="text-align: center;">Nash has been my most difficult child to get to switch from bottle to sippy</div><div style="text-align: center;">cup and to start eating real people food. </div><div style="text-align: center;">He's not off the bottle yet, and basically that's because I'm not</div><div style="text-align: center;">ready for the struggle it's going to be.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This boy is STUBBORN. </div><div style="text-align: center;">He loves his baby food, too, and whenever I try to give him </div><div style="text-align: center;">a new real food, if it doesn't look good to him he swipes it off his</div><div style="text-align: center;">high chair tray. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> The few things he will eat are oatmeal, yogurt, applesauce, crackers, cake and cookies (of course),</div><div style="text-align: center;">but his favorite is spaghetti.</div><div style="text-align: center;">A few nights ago after the kids had finished their noodles,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Nash crawled up in a chair and helped himself to the leftovers.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He thought he was pretty big stuff.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">He just kept eating and eating</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">He made quite a large mess,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but cleaning up messes is basically the story of my life right now.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I would probably go in to cardiac arrest</div><div style="text-align: center;"> if we made it through a meal without at least</div><div style="text-align: center;">one spill:))</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So a couple of nights later I made spaghetti again</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(per Shay's request for his half birthday......like we've ever celebrated half birthdays before -- but it was a </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">good way for him to get what he wanted for supper!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nash approached eating it from a different angle this time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Why waste time with a fork??</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"<i>no matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and I'm not talking about the kids" ~~ Bill Cosby</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989131880393891708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24077483126120325.post-4667458056796098352011-06-22T08:05:00.000-07:002011-06-22T08:05:30.246-07:00the festival....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this past weekend was the annual Festival of Trail here in LPC. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After we endured a week of hearing "how many days until the parade?" multiple times,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it was finally here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Candy grabbing</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our local fire department:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the marching band</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I thought he would be scared but he LOVED all the activity</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The number one Union Knights football team (with Shay sitting at the back of the truck)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Can't have a parade without a big ole John Deere!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Me and my best gal pal:))</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I LOVE this truck......really!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Still not ready to get rid of these adorable curls :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then uptown where I avoided these ALL weekend, I was pretty proud of myself</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next morning was the 5K which I usually run, but this year Brad was the runner and the kids and I cheered him on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">24:01 Great time!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shay was driving a tractor and taking people on rides around town. I had an urgent text from him to make a sign to advertise the ride. I knew that piece of plywood would come in handy someday!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shay drove the tractor for almost 7 hours that day, what a trooper</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kids did a little entertaining on the stage</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(the middle kid is my adorable nephew Sam)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Finally we caved and let the kids do the rides</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dropped about 40 bucks in 5 minutes </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They were going to ride this ride, but the operator was sleeping on the ground. Must have had a rough night.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoSk7uT4MwEYqTQjNj7rURJdaw2FHZQFz9ntxCXjhIdr9buB8OcIsV6jAbbbKhX6On6JsvlXuEuLPnrGMYD1KImQArQA6OAY_aUXFRIuox53sftm_qYHAqDyutQ8XYZsPuUXQMirFqsQ/s640/IMG_4296.JPG" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This ride looks fun, but it was a little too creaky for my comfort zone</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We spent a little bit of time at the beer tent, also, and caught up with some old friends.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Always happy to see Festival of Trails come, and always a little glad when it's over:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Wednesday!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"<i>finish each day and be done with it. you have done what you could. some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in, forget them as soon as you can. tomorrow is a new day, you shall begin it well and serenely...." ~~ Ralph Waldo Emerson</i></div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989131880393891708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24077483126120325.post-58158033915554623042011-06-18T14:52:00.000-07:002011-06-18T14:52:36.748-07:00slow down summer<div style="text-align: center;">why does time always fly so fast when you don't want it to?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Our days have been filled, not with any planned activities,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but whatever comes our way.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I remember when I was a kid though, summer days seemed endless.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My kids are packing in as much fun as they can!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Everyone was very entertained with Shay standing on the deck in a downpour</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We even had a Batman sighting here on Bruce Lane!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">"<i>balance is somewhere between finding my edge and allowing myself grace" ~~ unknown</i></div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989131880393891708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24077483126120325.post-1650330412617891522011-06-11T19:13:00.000-07:002011-06-11T19:13:42.769-07:00how fitness changed my life<div style="text-align: center;">so anyways, no cute kid stories to share.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Frankly, they're driving me a little nuts today.<br />
Has school really only been out two weeks?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Because I've heard "I'm bored" about one too many times,</div><div style="text-align: center;">along with "I'm hungry" and "(insert name) is bothering me"</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ugh. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So how do I deal?<br />
What is my stress reliever? </div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is my story.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Several months after Amelia was born, which was in January of 2007, I had a routine doctor's appointment. I stepped on the scale and I was in shock. I went home and went straight to the computer and signed up for weightwatchers.com. I committed myself and made major changes to my diet. Within a couple weeks, I felt so much better. Less fatigue, more energy, overall happier. At the same time I started weight watchers, my place of work was having a Biggest Loser contest. At the end of 12 weeks, I had lost 35 pounds with diet changes alone. I won the contest. My confidence was increasing.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I decided it was time to add in exercise. A good friend of mine joined the local gym along with me and we started our early morning (4:00 a.m.) workouts. Again, I was 100% committed to making this change in my life. I pretty easily lost another 25 lbs over the next three months. I remember going shopping with my mom and I picked up a pair of jeans to try on. I ended up having to go down 2 sizes to get the pair that fit. Another time I was shopping with my sister in law and tried on a sleeveless top. Her response was "holy crap, look at your arms!" It was really hard to get used to the compliments and I felt a little strange in my new body.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But as time went on I felt much stronger and able to accomplish any challenge that came my way. I started running and a year after starting my weight loss, I ran my first 5K. That was the first of many. I continued my early morning routine and it just became a part of my life. <br />
Last year I trained for and ran the Rock and Roll Half marathon in Chicago with my best friend. The thing I love about fitness is that once you meet one goal, there is always another goal you can work towards. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Lately, I have been part of the OXF classes (O'Connell Extreme Fitness) and it is changing my psyche in even different ways. I can do things I never thought I'd be able to do and I love being pushed beyond what I've always thought my limits to be. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Over the last four years my overall disposition has changed in several ways. I have a lot more confidence in myself and what I am capable of. I look at almost every problem from the angle of how I can solve it and make it into a learning experience. And most importantly, I work hard to be a positive person who has a positive impact on whomever I come in contact with; whether it's my kids, coworkers, friends, patients, etc. </div><div style="text-align: center;">And sure I have bad days and bad moments, lots of them actually.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But it's how I deal with those things and react to them that has changed.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I attribute this evolving attitude to my fitness journey.....it has made me a stronger and better person in so many ways.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Along with all this, sweating like crazy and getting my heart rate up is the best way to beat down stress and clear my mind.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So I may be away from the kids for an hour or so every day to exercise, but believe me, everyone is happier because of it!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am looking forward to new challenges and even more knowledge of myself and who I want to be in my future.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Another great thing that has come from all this is that my kids are learning to be healthy. My oldest is very health conscious and works out all the time. He eats fairly healthy and take vitamins regularly. The younger kids are slowly adapting to less sugary snacks and they will at least try vegetables. They eat whole wheat bread and pasta and look at fruit as a treat. They love to run and play and even did some yoga alongside me today. </div><div style="text-align: center;">So there it is, a little about where I am now and why my workouts are so important to me:))</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">"<i>to keep the body in good health is a duty.....otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear" ~~ Buddha</i></div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989131880393891708noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24077483126120325.post-19415504888804392792011-06-06T18:05:00.000-07:002011-06-06T18:05:01.918-07:00around here<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">summer has hit with full force and we are</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">savoring every last drop.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">finding treasures (a.k.a clamshells full of mud)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">and once again I'm trying to soak up these everyday moments of togetherness</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">and although there's a lot of tattling, bickering, whining, etc.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I remind myself that it's normal and try to focus more on the times they get along, protect each other,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and laugh together.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Because these little people are growing up fast.....</div><div style="text-align: center;">and I want to make sure they are happy souls</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">So our summer days will continue with lots of trips to the park, afternoons at the swimming pool</div><div style="text-align: center;">and LOTS and LOTS of ice cream cones</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And thank you to Mack for these pictures I love of me and my girl.......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"<i>for every day that there is sunshine, there will be days of rain, it's how we dance within them both that shows our love and pain" ~~ Joey Tolbert</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989131880393891708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24077483126120325.post-48185629743924119912011-06-03T17:27:00.000-07:002011-06-03T17:27:47.142-07:00canoeing the crick<div style="text-align: center;">it's something that Brad and I usually do once or twice a summer.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Very relaxing and a nice way to spend a hot day.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We decided to take a couple of the kids for the first time today.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Josef and Amelia wanted to go.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They strapped on their lifejackets</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(which would come in handy later during "the incident")</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tested the waters.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and jumped aboard!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVR5SYHzpqXKZnMWF79rqASGVIvSxV3ODPxbxpPX3x3qlPMevH8glG3GQMBPxOAJdfc8uBtaKRJvuoQw7qle7UpKe4nma-L9BGaQcp2KuPZfRxZIK2jTKCRDV1VeYMYG8NM0Oav7W1DQ/s1600/IMG_4631.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVR5SYHzpqXKZnMWF79rqASGVIvSxV3ODPxbxpPX3x3qlPMevH8glG3GQMBPxOAJdfc8uBtaKRJvuoQw7qle7UpKe4nma-L9BGaQcp2KuPZfRxZIK2jTKCRDV1VeYMYG8NM0Oav7W1DQ/s640/IMG_4631.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of us put our feet up and settled back to soak up the sun while the other paddled.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's the way it goes.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">tradition.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Nice muddy feet! Definitely time for a pedicure:))</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The water's dirty but the scenery is beautiful</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We stopped at a little sandbar to eat lunch</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> shortly after Josef threw the title to the canoe into the river and it got sucked under some branches in the water. Whoops!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you're wondering why Josef's forehead looks yellow,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> they decided to make body art with markers yesterday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Amelia throwing her mostly eaten peach in the water</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(by the way, the Georgia peaches are 98 cents a pound at Walmart right now and REALLY good)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Almost to the end of our trip</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">where the incident occured</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let's just say two of our riders got out and the other two proceeded to accidentally tip the canoe, float over the dam, and then have to swim around collecting floating shoes, paddles and the cooler.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All while Amelia is crying and screaming</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> "Mommy call the ambulance!"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> "Mommy we have to get new Gatorade now!" </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Mommy, how are we going to get them out?"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She was freaking out,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so was I a little bit inside.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All was well. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> No one got hurt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lessons were learned.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't think Josef will ever canoe again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't think we'll take the kids again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We headed to the pool and spent the next few hours there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And since I had no desire to do any cooking,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we had pizza on the deck</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love this picture (even though someone smudged the lens)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of Nash and I both stuffing our faces</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And again.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">you get the picture,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm a pig</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Could we really end a 90 degree day WITHOUT a trip</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to the Union Station?<br />
NOPE!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another lesson we learned today was not to order a cone</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">when it's 90 degrees:((</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These little Guess overalls were Shay's when he was a baby!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Awwww......I think they're so cute!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Josef asked me if I was really going to make Nash wear them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989131880393891708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24077483126120325.post-83335802469516547902011-05-30T18:07:00.000-07:002011-05-30T18:07:58.737-07:00memorial day 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">our weekend was pretty uneventful.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I worked Saturday and then got all of Sunday off</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">due to low census at the hospital.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The day was cold and rainy so the kids</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">snuggled up for some Gnomeo and Juliet</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But the weather was awesome today. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> It was warmer at 5:30 this morning during my</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">run than it was all day yesterday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I knew for certain we would be hitting the pool.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Which I unfortunately told the children who proceeded</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to ask me at least 150 times "how long until we go swimming?"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had to remind myself how excited I used to get for the first day at the pool:))</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We made a trip out to the cemetery.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The flags are always so beautiful on Memorial Day</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kids had lots of questions at the cemetery;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> the kind of questions you hope you are answering correctly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Like when Mack asked me if the people with the taller headstones were put in the ground standing up instead of laying down.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What??</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking forward to fresh tomatoes, potatoes, kohlrabi, carrots, peppers, green beans and peas!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Finally it was time to go to the pool......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This little man was terrified! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Didn't even want to get close to the water let alone get in the pool.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He cried and cried and daddy had to bring him home:((</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope that changes quickly!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The older three had a great time:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We came home and played a little bit more in the water</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989131880393891708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24077483126120325.post-75395234420256565382011-05-27T15:19:00.000-07:002011-05-27T15:19:25.239-07:00it's here!!<div style="text-align: center;">summer vacation!</div><div style="text-align: center;">And the boys were very excited to hear that last bell!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back home for bike riding, fighting, doing art projects, fighting, putting together puzzles, fighting,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">swinging, fighting........see a pattern here?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It could be a long summer!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989131880393891708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24077483126120325.post-46828983218043367942011-05-26T12:34:00.000-07:002011-05-26T12:34:53.582-07:00he's six!<div style="text-align: center;">My crazy, full of energy, loveable, </div><div style="text-align: center;">trouble making, sweet smiling</div><div style="text-align: center;">little boy turned 6 yesterday! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Seems like just yesterday we were</div><div style="text-align: center;">bringing home this little one</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What he wanted most of all for his birthday was balloons he </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">could blow up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That was easy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He also got boxing gloves which hopefully will be a great way for him to </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">release some of his energy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Uncle Brandt gave him a new billfold with money already in it....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He also got lots of new summer clothes, new sandals, a few new toys,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and some cool art projects to do!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Since he is a pizza lover, he requested mac and cheese pizza from</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Casey's for supper. We were also going to make snowcones but </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the weather wasn't quite warm enough.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was one of the four cupcakes that he ate! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had our traditional balloon release,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">always a favorite part!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He had a great birthday and we are actually done for birthdays now </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for about three months.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are a few pictures from Tuesday when I was lucky enough</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to get the day off work and spent almost all of it outside with</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nash and Amelia.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Baby got some new kicks.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kids all love playing in the water and Nash is no exception.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Give him a bucket of water, a shovel and an empty bubble container</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and he is entertained for hours!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But please don't squirt him with the hose!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh, the humanity when you get in trouble for spraying brother with the hose!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's even more fun to try to splash mommy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989131880393891708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24077483126120325.post-52349677520420281232011-05-22T14:53:00.000-07:002011-05-22T14:53:51.561-07:00sparring in the backyard<div style="text-align: center;">That's how we ended the weekend,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but let me tell you about Saturday.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Josef, Mack and I went to the Heart Walk.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was a little nervous because neither of them had</div><div style="text-align: center;">ever walked 3 miles.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And to add to that, it was raining.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hard.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But they did a great job and they loved running</div><div style="text-align: center;">and splashing in all the puddles.....I was very proud of them!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Later that morning Val and I headed to Dubuque where</div><div style="text-align: center;">my mom had a booth in the art fair there.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We did some shopping and ate at our favorite place "Salsa's"</div><div style="text-align: center;">My best find of the day was this dress I'm planning on wearing on the 4th of July, found in </div><div style="text-align: center;">a vintage clothing shop.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cool, huh??</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We were extremely glad the world didn't end on our drive home:))</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sunday started out as a lazy day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
Nash sitting in the basket of books</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then Brad decided to get the kids involved in the mowing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was a little nervous at first, but they did a great job!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And they loved it</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Amelia even made a pass or two!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And I posted on facebook that I thought since they could mow, they certainly could </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">do their own laundry.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Which sounded extreme at first, but the idea keeps growing in my head.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I will be working out a lot of details, but it's gonna happen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What better way to teach responsibility than making kids do their own laundry, fold</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and put away?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We shall see how it goes.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The best part of the day (for me anyways) was boxing with each other!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shay and I started out with a little sparring in the living room.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I soon realized I was a little over my head boxing with this boy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He is aggressive! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And looking a little too happy to be hitting his momma!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shay loved to box.....and he was really good at it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Maybe I can talk him into some OXF?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He kicked my mitt off once or twice</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Somebody snapped a few pretty garden pictures.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You're awesome, Josef!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And one more........</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">take that!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is possibly us discussing if I was moving backwards when he was hitting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hello! You boys hit hard, I was a little nervous:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So much fun to get everyone outside moving</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and doing something I love!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989131880393891708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24077483126120325.post-2825168224386007042011-05-18T14:33:00.000-07:002011-05-18T14:48:08.517-07:00playin' in the dirt<div style="text-align: center;">some of us played in it, </div><div style="text-align: center;">some of us ate it,</div><div style="text-align: center;">no big deal.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The day started at 3:45 am with a very </div><div style="text-align: center;">unhappy Nash. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Fortunately, he went back to sleep.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Unfortunately, I did not.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is him still sleeping (in my bed) at 7:45 am</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Since it's such a beautiful day, we loaded up to go buy some flowers (in Vinton, of course)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then we headed home for a picnic on the deck.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Amelia's lunch: Peanut butter crackers, cheese, grapes, juice and a brownie</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yesterday Mack came home from school and was VERY upset </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">because his class had all planted marigolds and EVERYONE'S</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">was coming up except for his.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">major meltdown when he showed me his container with no flower:((</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What did I do?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Amazing how fast a marigold will grow while the kids are at school:))</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yeah, I suppose you should let your kids experience some disappointments so they're prepared</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for real life......not this time, though</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">F.Y.I. the excitement on his face when he saw it was totally worth the deceit!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And this is where the dirt eating comes in....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Why did he eat dirt and act like he enjoyed it?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can't explain</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989131880393891708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24077483126120325.post-35920340857569999822011-05-14T14:17:00.000-07:002011-05-14T14:17:47.074-07:00surviving the rainy day blues<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">My steps on how to survive this miserable weather.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Exercise.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Go to Target.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Once in Target, go directly to Starbucks</div><div style="text-align: center;">and get the beverage of your choice.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ignore the bakery smell.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's not worth it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Buy some apples instead.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Proceed to the dollar aisle. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Buy some cheap things to entertain the kids</div><div style="text-align: center;">and yourself.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On a sidenote, my dad's birthday was Wednesday and we celebrated </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">last night with lasagna and birthday cake.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy birthday Dad!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i> </i> I wish I had the words to describe Lyle and the land and buildings</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">he inhabits, but it's one of those places you just have to </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">experience yourself. I took lots of pictures, so hopefully you can get </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a feel for his eclectic, creative, out of the box style.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He is an artist.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are many little sheds spread all around, all painted and decorated differently.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lyle makes all sorts of metal sculptures.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Whether it's your style or not, you have to admit that this man has</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">serious talent!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I loved capturing the kids in this awesome setting.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nash was in love with this cat who would let him get almost close enough</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to touch, and then run away.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is definitely my favorite picture from the day.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Inside the shop is cement work, sculptures, furniture, and multiple other creations</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of Lyle's.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Garden tools, anyone?</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The main reason we made the drive to Lyle's was to pick up a table mom had</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">bought for the cabin.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And as we were looking around, she pulled back a cloth and found</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ANOTHER cool table......that one came home with us, too!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Checking out the cat again......</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And seriously, this place is a picker's dream! I would just love to be the picker</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">cause there are lots of treasures to be found (and I know not everyone would see treasures here,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but trust me, they're there!)</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh, and did I mention that the man also has a nursery?</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He can grow plants and flowers like no other!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">AND he makes cement pieces for the garden.....this was one of my favorites!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(By the way, my mom makes them, too, and they are just as cool. I can hook you up if </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">you ever need a gift idea)</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Had to take a picture of a mirror in the greenhouse:)</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No idea of the meaning of a dog and a bobber in a plant</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wonder where he got all the mailboxes?</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So many cool places to take pictures!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">About this time we needed a water break, it was warm!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nash was a little petrified of Lyle, and he had just spotted him.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And the reason there are no pictures of Lyle? There was an Amish man there helping him out </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and I think it's against something in their religion to have their picture taken. Trust me though, I was DYING to get a shot of him in his cute black hat, bright blue shirt and suspenders!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then the ultimate prize, Amelia had to use the restroom and he said we could go in his </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">house and use his bathroom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And I was free to take pictures in his house!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Which I kind of felt guilty doing, so I took a few but deleted them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Trust me when I tell you, though, that the house he designed and built</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">himself and with help from the Amish, is to die for!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This shelf with old radios was hanging in his garage.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How cool is this building!!??</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Amelia took quite a few pictures, also. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And she kept saying, "I have an idea!" and she'd go pose</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in a new spot</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Can't wait to go back.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">See you soon Lyle!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>"don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. and then go and do that. because what the world needs is people who have come alive" ~~ Howard Thurman</i></div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989131880393891708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24077483126120325.post-83365979814537133832011-05-09T13:42:00.000-07:002011-05-09T13:42:31.555-07:00my day<div style="text-align: center;">Since I had to work all weekend, today was my Mother's day!</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I can't complain about working.....I worked alongside the best</div><div style="text-align: center;">nurses and doctors possible!</div><div style="text-align: center;">And lucky for us we had lunch bought for us each day.....</div><div style="text-align: center;">how nice!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I would have loved to be home spending time with my kids and my mom for</div><div style="text-align: center;">mother's day, but I feel fortunate that I was not one of the patients or patient's family</div><div style="text-align: center;">members who couldn't go home at the end of the day like I could.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So today has been a real low-key day.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Dressed up in my signature tank top and sweatpants that</div><div style="text-align: center;">are my favorite for this type of weather</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lots of snuggles with the babe (he looks a little frightened in this photo!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And these cool tiles they painted</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gave my new bag a few kicks, too!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The best part of the day, though, the part that had Shay tripping over himself to get up the stairs when the aroma hit him walking through the front door......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">rhubarb crisp!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And of course I folded about ten loads of laundry, but overall it's been a relaxing day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm getting geared up to start week 4 of OXF tonight.....can't wait!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989131880393891708noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24077483126120325.post-66505723010071235832011-05-05T07:53:00.000-07:002011-05-05T07:53:24.156-07:00things I love RIGHT NOW!!<div style="text-align: center;">so here are a few happy things in my life</div><div style="text-align: center;">at this moment</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">~these beautiful new earrings I got from</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheMegShop?ref=pr_shop">here</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am still on a quest to wear earrings more often</div><div style="text-align: center;">and I love these!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Cherry Dangle . Earrings" height="400" src="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_570xN.127689153.jpg" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">~this website which gives me lots of inspiration:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://simplygoodstuff.tumblr.com/archive">http://simplygoodstuff.tumblr.com/archive</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">~helping the kids grow flowers from seeds that we</div><div style="text-align: center;">will transplant into the garden</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">~my quote to the kids when I drop them off at school every morning</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">"don't forget to be awesome today!"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">and the little smile that comes on their face.....</div><div style="text-align: center;">I haven't figured out if they are thinking</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">"mom, you're such a dork!"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">or maybe they are thinking, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">"yes I am awesome, and I</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">will try my hardest today!"</span> -- that's what I'm going for!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">~clean eating and lots of water (like at least 100 ounces a day!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">more energy, no bloating, less fatigue....</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am feeling great!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">~and my new passion - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">OXF</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">an extreme fitness class with kickboxing and strength training</div><div style="text-align: center;">I<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> LOVE</span> it</div><div style="text-align: center;">it is the kind of workout that keeps me challenged</div><div style="text-align: center;">and is already changing my body...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY3NLT0IQexY86ajj_RrmcoITct54lQdf0DCTtp5G-FMaMQrGKnVh62Z4M8cirkNUXywYVYCZm-J2BzAwAjbgs3CnsmjDOUDHLUqDQyaoWkpNvmZEW4_mGdsvmZrh9_BIUjir63AoX9g/s1600/IMG_2934.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY3NLT0IQexY86ajj_RrmcoITct54lQdf0DCTtp5G-FMaMQrGKnVh62Z4M8cirkNUXywYVYCZm-J2BzAwAjbgs3CnsmjDOUDHLUqDQyaoWkpNvmZEW4_mGdsvmZrh9_BIUjir63AoX9g/s400/IMG_2934.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">once the gloves are on it's like</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">LET'S GO!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">we are halfway through the 6 week class</div><div style="text-align: center;">and I can't wait for the next session.....</div><div style="text-align: center;">it is life changing</div><div style="text-align: center;">and of course fitness has already changed my life in so many ways.....</div><div style="text-align: center;">I won't bore you with the details, but this class is like coming full</div><div style="text-align: center;">circle for me</div><div style="text-align: center;">again, I love it!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjevvwzz0pHR806kokGjq9oQpo_jL-3S8to4a-TAeiyMqGtX1JIkBINN3guiQPO3K3PpsihCc5VIMtttFPHL1YTtcpz1mbCrb4iA2HuxBZ1fcYlbp06OuV9oSdYJhvVEsCvwt4eC-puHQ/s1600/IMG_2936.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjevvwzz0pHR806kokGjq9oQpo_jL-3S8to4a-TAeiyMqGtX1JIkBINN3guiQPO3K3PpsihCc5VIMtttFPHL1YTtcpz1mbCrb4iA2HuxBZ1fcYlbp06OuV9oSdYJhvVEsCvwt4eC-puHQ/s640/IMG_2936.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span>the quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to his or her commitment to excellence" ~~ </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Zig Ziglar</i></div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989131880393891708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24077483126120325.post-47615733814571959662011-05-04T13:35:00.000-07:002011-05-04T13:35:29.775-07:00sunny days are here!<div style="text-align: center;">hopefully to stay!</div><div style="text-align: center;">The gloomy, cool, windy weather has had me down.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But the sun is shining bright today</div><div style="text-align: center;">and we are enjoying every little drop of it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, he was, until he got stuck in a chair!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989131880393891708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24077483126120325.post-69771757092045495462011-04-30T17:06:00.000-07:002011-04-30T17:06:47.529-07:00windy days are good for something<div style="text-align: center;">kite flying!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We live right by a big field that is perfect for </div><div style="text-align: center;">running and flying kites.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am so thankful for a day that the kids could be outside all day</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">playing and using up their energy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And the kites flew perfectly today, hardly any nosediving</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'd love to know how many calories they burned running around with those kites!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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They even let me fly a kite (for about 10 seconds!)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Seriously, though, is it too much to ask for a little bit of sunshine????<br />
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After the kites got tangled and I got frustrated........<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Josef practiced crossing and I practiced (and failed) at pull-ups on the monkey bars.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Maybe after a few more weeks of OXF I'll be able to do at least one pull-up:))</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrlqSU8FMuZUmfdc0z2q62ze9DmIHTAsxhfbHQ3RHnl_ltNH5BDL6xH0qlLHgJ6LsKKr_xVh3dA9e-6OVKiRKAFr4jzezbYEikhEbFPR4U5HanCtxlUPKeUbSZtjD10Xk0w35Zu_Pm1w/s1600/IMG_2824.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrlqSU8FMuZUmfdc0z2q62ze9DmIHTAsxhfbHQ3RHnl_ltNH5BDL6xH0qlLHgJ6LsKKr_xVh3dA9e-6OVKiRKAFr4jzezbYEikhEbFPR4U5HanCtxlUPKeUbSZtjD10Xk0w35Zu_Pm1w/s640/IMG_2824.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i> </i>I love the river and I can't wait for playing in the water, finding treasures on the sandbar, bonfires, grilling out and relaxing in the sun. Won't be long!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And these guys can't wait either!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What better way to end all this outdoor time then with a big, fat ice cream cone? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yummy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Does it get any better than a twist with sprinkles?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't think so!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989131880393891708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24077483126120325.post-1414042669837227112011-04-26T07:05:00.000-07:002011-04-26T07:05:22.978-07:00easter treasures<div style="text-align: center;">lots of treasures were found at our Easter this year,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but the best treasures are the memories we will have! </div><div style="text-align: center;">These two treasures started out the morning snuggling on the couch</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another treasure?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wet baby smooches!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Nana (my mom) decided to do a scavenger hunt instead of a traditional Easter egg hunt this year. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Each child started out with a beach bucket and there was a clue to lead them to sacks of goodies.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nash was trying to blow his own bubbles with his mouth!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiceKEHxSdgXF0KUs77ZsnJN9eaLqWQWxttEmPk0YybRQWKUyowp6Z1lAP9sebOkC1jauAUuFB0U-7n8bQhIECDkszvTZt9YM1kQh2YjPwASwMUaymf_oxi_5bagFD-rkM9wSZuno9gnA/s1600/IMG_2668.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiceKEHxSdgXF0KUs77ZsnJN9eaLqWQWxttEmPk0YybRQWKUyowp6Z1lAP9sebOkC1jauAUuFB0U-7n8bQhIECDkszvTZt9YM1kQh2YjPwASwMUaymf_oxi_5bagFD-rkM9wSZuno9gnA/s640/IMG_2668.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The day wouldn't be complete without Shay crawling to the TOP of the tree!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It freaks me out to watch him now, but it used to be me climbing that same tree.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989131880393891708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24077483126120325.post-6635225110341325432011-04-23T10:15:00.000-07:002011-04-23T10:15:30.127-07:00the party<div style="text-align: center;">We had a great time at Josef's party!</div><div style="text-align: center;">For the kids' party we have always had our families over for supper, cake </div><div style="text-align: center;">and present opening.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm sure one of these days we will have to start having parties that include inviting </div><div style="text-align: center;">other kids,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but they haven't asked and I kind of like the parties at home with them</div><div style="text-align: center;">celebrating with their cousins, aunts and uncles and grandparents.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We have purposely never taken the kids to Chuckie Cheese's to avoid them finding</div><div style="text-align: center;">out how much fun it is (mean, aren't we?) and asking to go all the time.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Josef will have his first experience today when he goes there for another</div><div style="text-align: center;">little boy's seventh birthday party.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm sure after we hear all his fun stories, everyone will want to go......blah:(</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The kids had the day off school for Good Friday so Josef opened his presents from us in the afternoon.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The thing he wanted most of all was snorkeling gear to use at the pool and in Canada this summer.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Later the rest of the family showed up for the party.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Josef got lots of cool things!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">A little bonding time between Mack and Uncle Brandt ( and on a sidenote, Mack asked me last night to make sure no one else took his spot on my lap.....so sweet:))</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">At every child's birthday party we always release balloons, even in the dead of winter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Definitely a major tradition in our house!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's the most fun when there's not a lot of wind and you can watch them go for a long time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Unfortunately it was pretty windy last night so the balloons disappeared quickly</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Others lick the frosting first and then eat the cupcake......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Josef's cousin Evan)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the coolest gifts he received is this tabletop easel.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">way to go Uncle Brandt and Aunt Andrea......it's a hit!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<i>"i'd rather have flowers on my table than diamonds on my neck" ~~ Emma Goldman</i></div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989131880393891708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24077483126120325.post-30586340363138444662011-04-22T08:08:00.000-07:002011-04-22T08:08:55.647-07:00happy birthday Josef!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">7th</span> birthday Josef Lee!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>"you don't raise heroes, you raise sons. and if you treat them like sons, they'll turn out to be heroes, even if it's just in your own eyes." ~~ unknown</i></div>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989131880393891708noreply@blogger.com0