tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989929227280134422024-03-05T14:57:34.106-07:00My three sonsSteve & I were married in 2000. We live in Colorado with our three sons, Caden, 8, Dallin, 5, and Andrew, 2.lawannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00262254278976101567noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598992922728013442.post-22997225456325686842012-03-24T19:00:00.001-06:002012-03-24T19:05:59.528-06:00St Patty's DayGrowing up, our one St Patrick's Day tradition was having corned beef and boiled cabbage. Sorry Mom, but I'm NOT a fan! I've been trying different ideas I've found, seeing if some feel right for our traditions, and I think I've found a few. I've heard several places where leprechauns come at night and make a mess, but I think, what's the point? It's just more work to clean it up. Besides, our boys probably wouldn't even notice!<br /><br />Well, a leprechaun did visit our house. He peed (green) in the boys' toilet and left little green footprints on the seat! The boys really got a kick out of it. I wanted to take a picture of it, but Dallin cleaned it up first thing Sunday morning. The leprechaun also left a little treasure hunt leading to their own little pots of gold (Hershey's nuggets).<br /><br />Last year, Dallin's preschool had a float in the local St Patrick's Day parade, so he rode on it while I passed out candy. We had a lot of fun, and the other boys enjoyed watching it, so we decided to go again this year.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjgbaiZKlCu2WO27TU6e5prlVIU8nIwkUUFpTGJxdRQCQ8XjIfUikhebo9k0driLulLkTKoHVeYV5BC22Rm3Ixjk2Wv0z726yM0RBNRyGxpIYc2QJd8vRVy0vPcbY2Tlp7Wfd5dTxAU0M/s1600/st+patty%2527s+day+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 228px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjgbaiZKlCu2WO27TU6e5prlVIU8nIwkUUFpTGJxdRQCQ8XjIfUikhebo9k0driLulLkTKoHVeYV5BC22Rm3Ixjk2Wv0z726yM0RBNRyGxpIYc2QJd8vRVy0vPcbY2Tlp7Wfd5dTxAU0M/s320/st+patty%2527s+day+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723627601514013810" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL0uhYL74aO5Z4J9Lquw3LdX5iE-Wc2_xzFwFZykYU8IHVlEF5cBPRIYIa9XxLKQRhgdtBL-hKVZvOqx7dbA0BDhZSOd8tNi_OjgmThOEyg5YD3jSyYHfdbgmvFBcE4f13-lNSDtuA9Uw/s1600/st+patty%2527s+day+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL0uhYL74aO5Z4J9Lquw3LdX5iE-Wc2_xzFwFZykYU8IHVlEF5cBPRIYIa9XxLKQRhgdtBL-hKVZvOqx7dbA0BDhZSOd8tNi_OjgmThOEyg5YD3jSyYHfdbgmvFBcE4f13-lNSDtuA9Uw/s320/st+patty%2527s+day+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723627607635270754" border="0" /></a><br />We purposely picked a spot at the end of the parade route. Only a few of the floats still have candy to give out, so we could actually enjoy it more. One group started taking the balloons off the float and tossing them to the kids. Our boys didn't get one, but a boy, about 8 years old, standing next to us did. When he saw Andrew come crying to me, he came up and gave his balloon to Andrew. It was really sweet.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFUDfT3MeVUEAIB7N52DEhDm3NXhnshN3dI0fCNlADArbkMgHoaGkAHmcKA3fSlnbk42L5mzus0Mw7h80NlYaj04X2JeZKDyo1l64C7UuHD-anD_w-jPaSCBycKhHd6qfgE-wMZOn2NE/s1600/st+patty%2527s+day+4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFUDfT3MeVUEAIB7N52DEhDm3NXhnshN3dI0fCNlADArbkMgHoaGkAHmcKA3fSlnbk42L5mzus0Mw7h80NlYaj04X2JeZKDyo1l64C7UuHD-anD_w-jPaSCBycKhHd6qfgE-wMZOn2NE/s320/st+patty%2527s+day+4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723629745815773570" /></a><br />After the parade, we stopped by Burger King to get our free fries. The boys got a kick out of the green ketchup. Caden said it was green because some leprechaun's got in it and had an accident. Boys! Andrew still believes it and I can't convince him otherwise! Then we came home and made our fruit rainbows. This year we did them on kabobs. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitlq7vDUsRQhMsuE0l4mvIob_2FHUClwkEfO5uy8F35pJnqcwPPxOo0KVhyphenhyphenH9fCs98EjHKPgelHTf_1m-lGY_Eu4gegsntPtN1Rp2MT_tZBmAokLQ06vgq6NYcTdH7Wj1fGJuKveei-3I/s1600/st+patty%2527s+day+8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitlq7vDUsRQhMsuE0l4mvIob_2FHUClwkEfO5uy8F35pJnqcwPPxOo0KVhyphenhyphenH9fCs98EjHKPgelHTf_1m-lGY_Eu4gegsntPtN1Rp2MT_tZBmAokLQ06vgq6NYcTdH7Wj1fGJuKveei-3I/s320/st+patty%2527s+day+8.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723631172210136546" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIidefhefvzYwK4tlQ5TEXzKIEZxkZUuO-s1edRzOrYDZjHe016n4h96gHyIq3kGg6keUmvYpBP7LMbj9Nc_gOgxcyl02EblWlQrOmR7oGeQYlbt2-LmP4p3GmtKb83-k3m0NtFRAsRwo/s1600/st+patty%2527s+day+011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIidefhefvzYwK4tlQ5TEXzKIEZxkZUuO-s1edRzOrYDZjHe016n4h96gHyIq3kGg6keUmvYpBP7LMbj9Nc_gOgxcyl02EblWlQrOmR7oGeQYlbt2-LmP4p3GmtKb83-k3m0NtFRAsRwo/s320/st+patty%2527s+day+011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723631164791799250" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirppAb-Zvh2rZGMLXor-IA_mug9sTFENzs4phlDgoW8Ezlf_MR8uICjb8hXFZ8ULzoL6hiBxR_9rEiWRP26Kn0GD4_QgF4IkObNNx_qll8p5eQtPXhFMWfQm80O3UtrMCoLgu-h6uoB9E/s1600/st+patty%2527s+day+7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirppAb-Zvh2rZGMLXor-IA_mug9sTFENzs4phlDgoW8Ezlf_MR8uICjb8hXFZ8ULzoL6hiBxR_9rEiWRP26Kn0GD4_QgF4IkObNNx_qll8p5eQtPXhFMWfQm80O3UtrMCoLgu-h6uoB9E/s320/st+patty%2527s+day+7.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723631159601738066" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA59a_mFCA_2-Xpl-CpP72DNJ2ZET7zewqZis_WEsmTWe0-O7gICuLOIZd3Km5lekm5r0n8KrUCLQVgI1qJNCyORm2J-J2n8HOeLRpbHAMT-loFBrI5suPp3TtzJqsc0qRKH3kk_IkXMw/s1600/st+patty%2527s+day+5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA59a_mFCA_2-Xpl-CpP72DNJ2ZET7zewqZis_WEsmTWe0-O7gICuLOIZd3Km5lekm5r0n8KrUCLQVgI1qJNCyORm2J-J2n8HOeLRpbHAMT-loFBrI5suPp3TtzJqsc0qRKH3kk_IkXMw/s320/st+patty%2527s+day+5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723631155184628114" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrUcMFITXHNZpWUyuw5y1IIXfFWwld4DU3h7I03tpfZNIHSPu1Wxp-6z3dREto2CIUtSaWSb0BzFKsbhp4W3aKX5Mt3M1pg_xuA8vGFmRK2J8k9AvfE1zbTYJh0ai9fpLp8jFeDxP_344/s1600/st+patty%2527s+day+9.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrUcMFITXHNZpWUyuw5y1IIXfFWwld4DU3h7I03tpfZNIHSPu1Wxp-6z3dREto2CIUtSaWSb0BzFKsbhp4W3aKX5Mt3M1pg_xuA8vGFmRK2J8k9AvfE1zbTYJh0ai9fpLp8jFeDxP_344/s320/st+patty%2527s+day+9.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723631173186044354" /></a><br />We decided to make a trap for the leprechaun. I had made the cake the night before and covered it with "grass". Dallin was especially excited about it. He wanted to make sure we covered the hole with the "gold". Seeing as it was my first attempt at piping frosting, I think it turned out pretty cute!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8w4dpMBvgnBgJ_RDQFaHtkWqq2pNN1ei23zflAyY7oUfyIoL6vVQsS7STMyOzszq6NkmNIuXz_7JPMgZM34gEP-HQJuoLdwjwhJM_U0xnlxudK8bnFyDzHRcEZI4m4yHdP3MzcUNcNm8/s1600/st+patty%2527s+day+11.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8w4dpMBvgnBgJ_RDQFaHtkWqq2pNN1ei23zflAyY7oUfyIoL6vVQsS7STMyOzszq6NkmNIuXz_7JPMgZM34gEP-HQJuoLdwjwhJM_U0xnlxudK8bnFyDzHRcEZI4m4yHdP3MzcUNcNm8/s320/st+patty%2527s+day+11.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723632026018364786" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwadA0ZieykneOZqw1hkUkI_jdHYnbNPrg7RVAtTUEGqVtCDVH1r_1YyetucegHYurNfVaLKmd2VSdQjeAQh_RJoLbdaYyeI7t9DBWHcOQx9OAaM-zNveVV0PJyDV6ChcJZF9G7xU2tqE/s1600/st+patty%2527s+day+10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwadA0ZieykneOZqw1hkUkI_jdHYnbNPrg7RVAtTUEGqVtCDVH1r_1YyetucegHYurNfVaLKmd2VSdQjeAQh_RJoLbdaYyeI7t9DBWHcOQx9OAaM-zNveVV0PJyDV6ChcJZF9G7xU2tqE/s320/st+patty%2527s+day+10.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723632019283575762" /></a><br />We went to Steve's family's for dinner, and the boys were excited to check it when we got home. Nothing. But the next morning, they found the leprechaun had eaten his way out and turned the cake into a rainbow!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1RD5NpnbghuYEB_Cpzlml9T2D0lHsHkidTpv9kSNTYLSgSwuG8XKuXcjLZNBmsSFK_ZaIz7Flg2OKvN05A3BQQSlbeB2PbazHPcZPrDMXrDMxyz2mGoNv1qhNXvpqmPlJg5tPIHqWRSg/s1600/st+patty%2527s+day+12.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1RD5NpnbghuYEB_Cpzlml9T2D0lHsHkidTpv9kSNTYLSgSwuG8XKuXcjLZNBmsSFK_ZaIz7Flg2OKvN05A3BQQSlbeB2PbazHPcZPrDMXrDMxyz2mGoNv1qhNXvpqmPlJg5tPIHqWRSg/s320/st+patty%2527s+day+12.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723633370697655858" /></a><br />It was a fun day. Now time to start thinking about April Fools Day...lawannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00262254278976101567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598992922728013442.post-11124739674622990432011-12-23T10:18:00.002-07:002011-12-23T10:26:26.109-07:00Christmas is comingWe made gingerbread houses in Cub Scouts last week. Caden's was basically a rectangular box piled as high as he could with candy. Right before the picture, Caden dropped his and it all broke! :( He didn't really care though, because he still got all the candy! Dallin was a little more creative with his.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Mlu19pQW4wxSKuwu2tZAINzL-YunPEwAuQG2PD47zfk0CMpGoBEJ2NiPUIygr1mHeW7DOPql95Su7Xidm0m0J8n3rxJ-6T1dz49LvGJ_4jxWVwKmO-JOzlJEeu4V6HY4N4-OCTvz2tY/s1600/gingerbread.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Mlu19pQW4wxSKuwu2tZAINzL-YunPEwAuQG2PD47zfk0CMpGoBEJ2NiPUIygr1mHeW7DOPql95Su7Xidm0m0J8n3rxJ-6T1dz49LvGJ_4jxWVwKmO-JOzlJEeu4V6HY4N4-OCTvz2tY/s320/gingerbread.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689376310064387554" /></a><br />When it snowed yesterday, I pulled out a new "snowman kit" for the boys. Then we went out side and I saw the snow was just too powdery to make a snowman, but Dallin is a very determined boy!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyGlDp1zkSKzOKEM-XQGc7R4YZS6CkOyxYXty184da75t5_LYKGMrPgoqUZcf5h1Rfu53NGo6n_IfL1b551sCoiAMl5pLakp3PZAMeXBw9PD-rFfKY2AVREOCHEew0mTwM-SlC40WHfmk/s1600/dallin%2527s+snowman.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyGlDp1zkSKzOKEM-XQGc7R4YZS6CkOyxYXty184da75t5_LYKGMrPgoqUZcf5h1Rfu53NGo6n_IfL1b551sCoiAMl5pLakp3PZAMeXBw9PD-rFfKY2AVREOCHEew0mTwM-SlC40WHfmk/s320/dallin%2527s+snowman.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689376304969293074" /></a>lawannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00262254278976101567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598992922728013442.post-6893961435958883112011-12-19T15:29:00.003-07:002011-12-19T15:37:05.550-07:00You asked for it...Yes, it is a couple of months late, but several people have asked about costume pictures, so here's halloween!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdMuRm6FGAVf-Cvu7qvjnva7Hhgbl380LFAImP7zGuWRGV6iF6U6YyREx4UhOyXWoiQgEJ-8I0a1cJx7zxMd0aeskcD1cDc-I9njYYyEfddwRHSxjB0eV8UdjBH_wnf9kxDpGtSrGtQ9M/s1600/camera+photos+12-3-11+122.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdMuRm6FGAVf-Cvu7qvjnva7Hhgbl380LFAImP7zGuWRGV6iF6U6YyREx4UhOyXWoiQgEJ-8I0a1cJx7zxMd0aeskcD1cDc-I9njYYyEfddwRHSxjB0eV8UdjBH_wnf9kxDpGtSrGtQ9M/s320/camera+photos+12-3-11+122.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687971765735809490" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOwyW1wNqYdy-SfrBU3hD0saquQLV6Q3ugLHU49GW_CoMWyxJs2njI7hacStnidV22zhuaLCAFuumMnY07rSxn_DIpVJ2kV9Q1znLzrtdTzfEQ_lmkTm3w6z81J9ddg8y36PhnZ-K0oQo/s1600/camera+photos+12-3-11+124.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOwyW1wNqYdy-SfrBU3hD0saquQLV6Q3ugLHU49GW_CoMWyxJs2njI7hacStnidV22zhuaLCAFuumMnY07rSxn_DIpVJ2kV9Q1znLzrtdTzfEQ_lmkTm3w6z81J9ddg8y36PhnZ-K0oQo/s320/camera+photos+12-3-11+124.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687971781586431170" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvBreU02u6TF7hxV6727LIbGYhI-aaSCdt7W5OlkppfVat4wlM0enkq0SmOdsLH8X5ld-w8YlHz5yeHbxjSkD62dJul1R-BBStZxM_Jayqk3G_ndiKwHYnzg_epJ2rfFAZjgbwytIy38U/s1600/camera+photos+12-3-11+123.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvBreU02u6TF7hxV6727LIbGYhI-aaSCdt7W5OlkppfVat4wlM0enkq0SmOdsLH8X5ld-w8YlHz5yeHbxjSkD62dJul1R-BBStZxM_Jayqk3G_ndiKwHYnzg_epJ2rfFAZjgbwytIy38U/s320/camera+photos+12-3-11+123.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687971772138657218" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSO3tXjtHl18gpRhz3nr6wkxns2Gtmp2qNY6nRk_echNc2wIZZvqBF8sI6oL19h-0rgAF_QCcPKRcmt8PO7GlGVetDGeTv1Oa_n96Fdg5urn6vNZMVm3j9-kWO-gQl9XvRkqCskkFt9OE/s1600/camera+photos+12-3-11+125.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSO3tXjtHl18gpRhz3nr6wkxns2Gtmp2qNY6nRk_echNc2wIZZvqBF8sI6oL19h-0rgAF_QCcPKRcmt8PO7GlGVetDGeTv1Oa_n96Fdg5urn6vNZMVm3j9-kWO-gQl9XvRkqCskkFt9OE/s320/camera+photos+12-3-11+125.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687971784317241330" /></a>lawannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00262254278976101567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598992922728013442.post-16694501049298030342011-11-08T14:57:00.002-07:002011-11-08T15:08:32.537-07:00Dallin's workDallin made this at kindergarten the other day:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBTeiRtxycyMo6aDBQZWdv_Ayaf8DFa4qvJWoCFB_tSYygu66LHNcFuOU5_BiinBVYqpA8VMBYgQ5GSrTqDiMb-2hD8dHzabzVoGvGtL8OA2-uJLp_IjAPgYEt3Ow0ZItL8iOQhJBGqmI/s1600/dallin%2527s+picture.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBTeiRtxycyMo6aDBQZWdv_Ayaf8DFa4qvJWoCFB_tSYygu66LHNcFuOU5_BiinBVYqpA8VMBYgQ5GSrTqDiMb-2hD8dHzabzVoGvGtL8OA2-uJLp_IjAPgYEt3Ow0ZItL8iOQhJBGqmI/s320/dallin%2527s+picture.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672750210444533314" /></a><br /><br />For those of you who don't read kindergarten, is says "Mom and my dad loves me cause we are playing together." I do so love that kid!lawannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00262254278976101567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598992922728013442.post-25233555037854767152011-10-27T15:08:00.005-06:002011-10-27T16:21:11.598-06:00So Proud!I belong to a mom's club here, and for the service project this month, we put our kids in their costumes and head over to a nursing home. There were actually 2 nursing homes across the street from each other, so we went to the first one and walked around saying "Happy Halloween!" Before we got there, I tried to explain how we were going to see old people who don't get out a lot, and how seeing the boys in their costumes would make them happy. I said we were going to be very nice and smile and talk to everyone. <br /><br />When we got there, there was only one other mother there, and she only had a baby in her arms. So as we walked the halls, my boys got a lot of attention because they could interact with them. Andrew was himself, talkative and happy, and everyone loved him as they always do. But I couldn't have been prouder of Dallin. He smiled and said "Howdy partner!" to everyone (he was a cowboy); he just smiled and didn't try and correct anyone when they called him Alan; he was very attentive for as long as they wanted to talk to him. I even had to drag him away a few times! He let anyone touch him. One lady, I think she may have been senile and I know she didn't speak English, was grinning ear to ear as she touched him all over and mumbled in Spanish. Dallin, while I could tell he was a little unsure of it, just smiled at her and let her be happy. After we left, I hugged him and told him how proud I was of him for making all those people so happy!<br /><br />We went to the second nursing home and they had a whole Halloween Party set up for us! At least 1/2 of the elderly were dressed! The boys weren't sure what to think about the man with the werewolf mask and gloves. :) Everyone was at tables, so they had us go "trick or treating" around each table! They had candy and Halloween tatoos, pencils, erasers, other misc, and even coloring books for the kids! Everyone oohed and ahed over the little devil, and loved Dallin and asked about his gun. One lady told us how her oldest son was once a cowboy for Halloween and she had a picture of it up in her room. :) Then one of the men read a story for the kids while they had cookies and punch. It was so much fun, and I'm so glad Dallin got to see his service make so many people happy.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjQbtr0QmQs3zBNG9ZtRnvnDCBvj9_A_P_fLzKjdGaNMaH7cEyArivHGeG0NS0upCYDUPPuzA-oSYCdNqYkrgUJr927WtICii1i-vFEpKb1LhNYMCq8OSRm-a7QWXF87lO-iBzsKTKC1o/s1600/nursing+home.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjQbtr0QmQs3zBNG9ZtRnvnDCBvj9_A_P_fLzKjdGaNMaH7cEyArivHGeG0NS0upCYDUPPuzA-oSYCdNqYkrgUJr927WtICii1i-vFEpKb1LhNYMCq8OSRm-a7QWXF87lO-iBzsKTKC1o/s320/nursing+home.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668300091978005026" /></a>lawannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00262254278976101567noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598992922728013442.post-54353489282425841082011-10-09T15:45:00.005-06:002011-10-09T16:29:47.565-06:00Summary<div align="center">I'm just going to have to give a summary of what happened this summer up until now. I've got a lot of pictures and it will probably take a few posts, but I will catch up! I'll try to go in chronological order, but we'll see...<br /><br />In the end of June, we had a family vacation in Granby with Steve's family. We went fishing at Lake Granby. None of us caught anything, but we had a great time.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU89rynp2I8aHetUEQptB0yLCOJ37cn7KyL9Xby2VQlNlF9nFAB62yYC8ZGDDG1HwlNMlwlJf5aViDm9UCEApLGltClBTQV-dN9FhGN-1mZbU_8GEF5KNrzA3K0tY2gtH2FU8lTQKPivw/s1600/fishing+w+cousins.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU89rynp2I8aHetUEQptB0yLCOJ37cn7KyL9Xby2VQlNlF9nFAB62yYC8ZGDDG1HwlNMlwlJf5aViDm9UCEApLGltClBTQV-dN9FhGN-1mZbU_8GEF5KNrzA3K0tY2gtH2FU8lTQKPivw/s320/fishing+w+cousins.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661612958479615954" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZnwwz3kYOLhOpBYdIeajp-9GX6Iq4DOCtlhgHFgfKn6Nga9ZUjI-5DhMpXrSI-AFGVvAygo06Wt4JKPvBnq007inod9SZNXyjyTn7VcN9kDYoFne4Bzc9q5gPS8WNEYSYhwAicjF7tg/s1600/dallin+fishing+w+grandpa.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZnwwz3kYOLhOpBYdIeajp-9GX6Iq4DOCtlhgHFgfKn6Nga9ZUjI-5DhMpXrSI-AFGVvAygo06Wt4JKPvBnq007inod9SZNXyjyTn7VcN9kDYoFne4Bzc9q5gPS8WNEYSYhwAicjF7tg/s320/dallin+fishing+w+grandpa.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661612954947873762" /></a><br />The ski resort was giving free lift rides to the top of the mountain, where you can hike a bit and then ride back down. Lots of fun!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho__XN1EHHnCl11bLPX5I2qWo8lYG-Yy1H27AbatC3WtSQuCza8EPbelZJFCoxivx4CKjGykd4uczoAmp8KXDkL-IE3mxB1LMgsHNxQc2PTUddCJGzr8VcQabCST-EZdZglp_goLVBosk/s1600/chair+lift.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho__XN1EHHnCl11bLPX5I2qWo8lYG-Yy1H27AbatC3WtSQuCza8EPbelZJFCoxivx4CKjGykd4uczoAmp8KXDkL-IE3mxB1LMgsHNxQc2PTUddCJGzr8VcQabCST-EZdZglp_goLVBosk/s320/chair+lift.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661612972832249602" /></a><br />Steve and Caden at the top of the mountain<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHnQ7QBLAtjm9BExpOy2kF0xpZbHudRDM0J4rT2Fx-4QTIFSCE7XN5Gc38ceFzJcwBrAGgQKgsdyNYS0kSjBplnaUbLx0MmJhcdr0V0JD-468hA7HoRbB3o9iW4U1XUYmnrAtnoLhWGMQ/s1600/top+chair+lift.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHnQ7QBLAtjm9BExpOy2kF0xpZbHudRDM0J4rT2Fx-4QTIFSCE7XN5Gc38ceFzJcwBrAGgQKgsdyNYS0kSjBplnaUbLx0MmJhcdr0V0JD-468hA7HoRbB3o9iW4U1XUYmnrAtnoLhWGMQ/s320/top+chair+lift.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661612978804715330" /></a><br />But most of all we just enjoyed spending time together!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNbRLIF0LVO1voUmoY6hFW6Q-aA43TH6bEZTGQ4gVzaC0ipQUHLIIybYC7LFk3USZKcwggiP42vAko6th-8Nb9lzx_gFgod76RgEJo3AbnD6O8iRPSdzGKcD27gcpz1yp2GqJJJ9BigrU/s1600/tv+w+presten.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNbRLIF0LVO1voUmoY6hFW6Q-aA43TH6bEZTGQ4gVzaC0ipQUHLIIybYC7LFk3USZKcwggiP42vAko6th-8Nb9lzx_gFgod76RgEJo3AbnD6O8iRPSdzGKcD27gcpz1yp2GqJJJ9BigrU/s320/tv+w+presten.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661612969785516466" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyKOQ3sUYWwG9yAV-VeGOy8-bmD3RFxW52Z1_Rg6adWFFJ3VPGXqUbYDxkd9aP21W3tRySI1u3ydh5YmMm27eh7QKOmGJsMVm6-GkROIGHhf1sOzWJv0JWeMp2lkRpuxsQUHMci3aFOGA/s1600/dallin+slip+n+slide.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyKOQ3sUYWwG9yAV-VeGOy8-bmD3RFxW52Z1_Rg6adWFFJ3VPGXqUbYDxkd9aP21W3tRySI1u3ydh5YmMm27eh7QKOmGJsMVm6-GkROIGHhf1sOzWJv0JWeMp2lkRpuxsQUHMci3aFOGA/s320/dallin+slip+n+slide.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661615664078859586" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvxsAsSFrjv6iUEZBYyTjA1FNTe7mqVhXW-lcAOn6FO4OE0UOFuvh_PdhoMvquPge73QCsSlJFug1Bx7URh-LTRkMAZLV_GTP2JsUdp46zbsETbWNfLhHX9t9xZLhy0DqAJomvg3PuDjw/s1600/andrew+slip+n+slide.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvxsAsSFrjv6iUEZBYyTjA1FNTe7mqVhXW-lcAOn6FO4OE0UOFuvh_PdhoMvquPge73QCsSlJFug1Bx7URh-LTRkMAZLV_GTP2JsUdp46zbsETbWNfLhHX9t9xZLhy0DqAJomvg3PuDjw/s320/andrew+slip+n+slide.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661615660954624674" /></a><br />On the way home, we stopped at the Continental Divide and let the kids play around in the dirty snow.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7N_1EMjK_ry__dcj6srvTjq9QThr9njJf9lRbr2_b0S6fgjDt0E43wgcepwFp7yN-oSSOzhWDBOLjXaLYEj5SoCSYgOrVNzYDFbxgENsx0BGXyVuEP_CuL64KWIVUC11T4yYh94MZzRU/s1600/continental+divide.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7N_1EMjK_ry__dcj6srvTjq9QThr9njJf9lRbr2_b0S6fgjDt0E43wgcepwFp7yN-oSSOzhWDBOLjXaLYEj5SoCSYgOrVNzYDFbxgENsx0BGXyVuEP_CuL64KWIVUC11T4yYh94MZzRU/s320/continental+divide.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661615670155668194" /></a><br />Steve's birthday is on the 4th of July, always a party! Steve loves going to a hotel, so this year we went on a mini vacation close to where Steve's family lives. We went to Steve's parents' neighborhood party, which had great food and fun little party games for the kids. They also had a little bike parade, the same one Steve went on when he was young. The boys decorated their bikes and Steve took Caden and Dallin around it. It was about a mile long in 100+ degrees, and Andrew and I enjoyed watching them from the shade! We were so proud of Dallin, riding the whole way! Unfortunately, I couldn't get a good picture of him though. :(<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKBspVFnJztn_4siGPn4NtVKg4M9FA-L5NWTQAC3d9vqPgxS1AgZbAREgVDyym97bkSudxDTary9OtDnjl8qVuA2bqhdWEdrDeSRHLH43Yq-z59vqrZh75wzYJZE_bR0ZSkmS76BMh1cU/s1600/4th+july.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKBspVFnJztn_4siGPn4NtVKg4M9FA-L5NWTQAC3d9vqPgxS1AgZbAREgVDyym97bkSudxDTary9OtDnjl8qVuA2bqhdWEdrDeSRHLH43Yq-z59vqrZh75wzYJZE_bR0ZSkmS76BMh1cU/s320/4th+july.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661615672795713330" /></a></div>lawannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00262254278976101567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598992922728013442.post-26073013925594383412011-07-11T21:16:00.001-06:002011-07-11T21:18:28.850-06:00Yum!Tonight for FHE I made <a href="http://www.kevinandamanda.com/recipes/dessert/easy-homemade-ice-cream-without-a-machine.html">Cinnamon Bun Ice Cream</a> and it was divine! So easy, and you don't need an ice cream maker! Just thought I'd share! :)lawannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00262254278976101567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598992922728013442.post-72735207638723008612011-07-08T19:24:00.003-06:002011-07-08T19:30:58.701-06:00Guess where we are?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit7xiiR_dv1VaSUcb3QYSpSXxWVZPZbCB81YBhm5puxHLPAOpiNdDlS5289GePFG9mCxQXPgWIfmEPJemfjrdCGFBBpRQuXMOvnPJLjNMWXL2Q-jp0FV803nBifMmlFZ7IFzT3PjP9Kyg/s1600/temple.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit7xiiR_dv1VaSUcb3QYSpSXxWVZPZbCB81YBhm5puxHLPAOpiNdDlS5289GePFG9mCxQXPgWIfmEPJemfjrdCGFBBpRQuXMOvnPJLjNMWXL2Q-jp0FV803nBifMmlFZ7IFzT3PjP9Kyg/s320/temple.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627157993585415218" /></a><br />That's right! This is where this morning they announced they are going to build the Fort Collins temple! We are so excited! From leaving the church parking lot right across the street to pulling into our driveway it took us exactly 5 1/2 minutes! Even Utahans would be jealous!lawannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00262254278976101567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598992922728013442.post-26101001487349065132011-06-19T20:10:00.003-06:002011-06-19T20:25:54.447-06:00Tooth fairy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtN-ytvv67akxTne0_qpXWjlfQh7HB3Gx9BM2BR_kc-BiC736e7g7lNqIqjfpO3AifMza-xfNnMWZPOx-ShjzyswRAHMiIepY5-5zxfUzuAa0cxxcfH_-7z5MgEqUL0XajRzVXEC1fZ_Q/s1600/dallin%2527s+tooth.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtN-ytvv67akxTne0_qpXWjlfQh7HB3Gx9BM2BR_kc-BiC736e7g7lNqIqjfpO3AifMza-xfNnMWZPOx-ShjzyswRAHMiIepY5-5zxfUzuAa0cxxcfH_-7z5MgEqUL0XajRzVXEC1fZ_Q/s320/dallin%2527s+tooth.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620122534206470370" /></a><br />Dallin lost his second tooth this morning. He came running upstairs to show me. I was very excited for him! I asked him where his tooth pillow was, and after we found it he said, "I really, really, really want to take a nap today!" After I explained to him that the tooth fairy only comes at night, he changed his mind!lawannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00262254278976101567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598992922728013442.post-51881938951521658202011-06-13T07:05:00.001-06:002011-06-13T07:07:23.777-06:00Before and AfterBefore...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzTfC__P84pwVQlhZxEyiQ5cSBOlQHskxWKDx4IgWeOuef37DDkFKkaL8Rx_O3pCb3Oh9tahEn-T2hIrUK_CFoaijdo2MiBcp2IOyipSy8a_suBINVsXJCLff77i8Re0RhFH5lgFyNSlY/s1600/before.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzTfC__P84pwVQlhZxEyiQ5cSBOlQHskxWKDx4IgWeOuef37DDkFKkaL8Rx_O3pCb3Oh9tahEn-T2hIrUK_CFoaijdo2MiBcp2IOyipSy8a_suBINVsXJCLff77i8Re0RhFH5lgFyNSlY/s320/before.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617689942495557698" /></a><br /><br />And after...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmPtuQrO-IM54XhhQhEOArt4u8Ac9Z6WP5qdexVvXFwgGR1NuRSz6T-9ICD5_0TrRN8vWsKxthgkFSwet8H9pWjvTJ-zIpFg0KUMWFtDjMfHi2pEZjFZdIxkVp11DznC54RZhBi2L4Byo/s1600/after.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmPtuQrO-IM54XhhQhEOArt4u8Ac9Z6WP5qdexVvXFwgGR1NuRSz6T-9ICD5_0TrRN8vWsKxthgkFSwet8H9pWjvTJ-zIpFg0KUMWFtDjMfHi2pEZjFZdIxkVp11DznC54RZhBi2L4Byo/s320/after.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617689947262547554" /></a>lawannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00262254278976101567noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598992922728013442.post-26610596271693226962011-06-05T15:14:00.005-06:002011-06-08T16:38:44.203-06:00BaptismI can't believe he's old enough, but Caden was baptized yesterday.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ZpeQr07hcOF_-lKaZi1fvmIVkmd_RBmWAZlmqXpzkx3kZk8wMo4baSJAC_BnU_5oQ65yHoEuM8y5VMb1LMG8bJBR1p-9BtvRYk2jD5pEn5xCsGDmNaGX8-j_sYck0cn4HV2dhMvrAms/s1600/Cade%2527s+baptism.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ZpeQr07hcOF_-lKaZi1fvmIVkmd_RBmWAZlmqXpzkx3kZk8wMo4baSJAC_BnU_5oQ65yHoEuM8y5VMb1LMG8bJBR1p-9BtvRYk2jD5pEn5xCsGDmNaGX8-j_sYck0cn4HV2dhMvrAms/s320/Cade%2527s+baptism.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614847686735780658" /></a><br />It was a simple, beautiful ceremony. We are so proud of him. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxvldhyphenhypheno-B0Yiug6AKc0T2UiQgFBx17dffGmAeSQaX6gDULct5O-NIBPXwj_KooMq-LsPEhT7LiXmue6myYuz3j2-7CwdRWZopRWt-Tnzt7m2ldKg9zOIn_mYiNZuIUUziE6OuDi6BjnI/s1600/cade%2527s+baptism+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxvldhyphenhypheno-B0Yiug6AKc0T2UiQgFBx17dffGmAeSQaX6gDULct5O-NIBPXwj_KooMq-LsPEhT7LiXmue6myYuz3j2-7CwdRWZopRWt-Tnzt7m2ldKg9zOIn_mYiNZuIUUziE6OuDi6BjnI/s320/cade%2527s+baptism+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614848488972423170" /></a><br />We were so grateful to have our family there to share in this special occasion. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje2_IEiFbrI_Ikpg9oR0j4m3hgIo-P8APHb_vYuQs77QKO5pgtKHMG348EE7UbB2fQx9c_h8AR4wHlCTIcbsw316XLmZOLbA4eDAODFk-PsF65f7-0lsTmAkLnDh6kiBebMZK4254iAB0/s1600/cade%2527s+baptism+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje2_IEiFbrI_Ikpg9oR0j4m3hgIo-P8APHb_vYuQs77QKO5pgtKHMG348EE7UbB2fQx9c_h8AR4wHlCTIcbsw316XLmZOLbA4eDAODFk-PsF65f7-0lsTmAkLnDh6kiBebMZK4254iAB0/s320/cade%2527s+baptism+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614848850936253122" /></a><br />After Caden came out of the water and the witnesses gave the approval, Andrew, who was sitting right in front of the font, shouted, "Good baptize, dad!"lawannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00262254278976101567noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598992922728013442.post-841107978074666102011-05-22T15:36:00.007-06:002011-05-22T16:18:44.507-06:00The FarmOne of the teachers that Steve works with lives on several acres of land on the north end of Fort Collins. They have lots of animals there and last month she invited everyone to bring there kids and see all the baby animals. The boys had a blast! They went in the chicken coop and each picked an egg to bring home. They all took turns riding the horse. Andrew hopped on right away, but Caden took a lot of persuasion! <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6vv7qUASHakOvVxGiH09noZOi7Y9IQVcJlVidKLdtD8Nf7TjFVn4XLAEPBBsBjkageC9zmukSnxApWqfWBVGVvCtddZcsg30lDnHm9ErjS7XmC-Y5ilFdw-_xdkS_TlIHdzMFLMAlygQ/s1600/andrew+on+horse.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6vv7qUASHakOvVxGiH09noZOi7Y9IQVcJlVidKLdtD8Nf7TjFVn4XLAEPBBsBjkageC9zmukSnxApWqfWBVGVvCtddZcsg30lDnHm9ErjS7XmC-Y5ilFdw-_xdkS_TlIHdzMFLMAlygQ/s320/andrew+on+horse.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609663750902517570" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkSuNSn5lSG_Yt4ydqp5A7-_7XxoiLacmexvhPDIFYypdP0YqciR-KhXqppEtDlcOMFvmY07ZR2ByvEBOs8n1jbstaBvmx_X8pughiIqhIVfQDttvwUVFkTA4Bhw_bXE2Jj0ABsY8_0UI/s1600/dallin+on+horse.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkSuNSn5lSG_Yt4ydqp5A7-_7XxoiLacmexvhPDIFYypdP0YqciR-KhXqppEtDlcOMFvmY07ZR2ByvEBOs8n1jbstaBvmx_X8pughiIqhIVfQDttvwUVFkTA4Bhw_bXE2Jj0ABsY8_0UI/s320/dallin+on+horse.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609663757026762466" /></a><br />They had a great playhouse the boys played in for quite a while.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM4knc6aIF6Fucy4niDfPR7v0-2CdS3Pa1kKyQGJvzz01MNaMkB_tazE1bNzzHe29uSCBtI-OKUl07mrKUwSgU287t6UXF47VdQqW7H0BJ96jRr97TUS-saYNq_op7ekyuKOdLe3dh-lE/s1600/playhouse.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM4knc6aIF6Fucy4niDfPR7v0-2CdS3Pa1kKyQGJvzz01MNaMkB_tazE1bNzzHe29uSCBtI-OKUl07mrKUwSgU287t6UXF47VdQqW7H0BJ96jRr97TUS-saYNq_op7ekyuKOdLe3dh-lE/s320/playhouse.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609664491942032434" /></a><br />Andrew and Dallin got to milk a goat. Caden was too scared!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqfTiZ2b7EcpGztUT_prCj9P4LZ9l8hNlFptJiJ2Uynh7oJN1p0pXqnnUuir9EzQ3AjeuUQfLiRCEM8WvchhXz1-oTTtAIKfjN7Bash7i5zr2sSR19EUw0U-O2C7DDOlDo0v2zEHQPXV4/s1600/andrew+milking+goat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqfTiZ2b7EcpGztUT_prCj9P4LZ9l8hNlFptJiJ2Uynh7oJN1p0pXqnnUuir9EzQ3AjeuUQfLiRCEM8WvchhXz1-oTTtAIKfjN7Bash7i5zr2sSR19EUw0U-O2C7DDOlDo0v2zEHQPXV4/s320/andrew+milking+goat.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609666955597893506" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeXHA9eGEAxn07Fb6EK-dtugG2tIWxz5k0Oo0n9kp7en-aGxyPVo_nnt1e8aXVh91BtVhjNIfrIByNQE3yoxdkV9ENQDqgnmr7EdWteFvAuoOt1z_RrqjRyICEO2ifijHnrJBoXIQ84r0/s1600/dallin+milking+goat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeXHA9eGEAxn07Fb6EK-dtugG2tIWxz5k0Oo0n9kp7en-aGxyPVo_nnt1e8aXVh91BtVhjNIfrIByNQE3yoxdkV9ENQDqgnmr7EdWteFvAuoOt1z_RrqjRyICEO2ifijHnrJBoXIQ84r0/s320/dallin+milking+goat.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609666961827263554" /></a><br />They loved playing on the tractor.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoeB1aGT1sA4xbqZsS8kYymqeYrdobIRGheotzHOWYJUAg3dvpMHLu0b2g1ptXcgN2DXC8K5KCJuu6STemVRHiBhaMVriND-7p29nSTsIPKvwx6rjHPN_7ORdiRWpqkYKSXpANWYuMowE/s1600/andrew+on+tractor.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoeB1aGT1sA4xbqZsS8kYymqeYrdobIRGheotzHOWYJUAg3dvpMHLu0b2g1ptXcgN2DXC8K5KCJuu6STemVRHiBhaMVriND-7p29nSTsIPKvwx6rjHPN_7ORdiRWpqkYKSXpANWYuMowE/s320/andrew+on+tractor.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609667505462206130" /></a><br />I wish I had taken a picture with Andrew and the baby goats. He kept wanting to get in the pen with them. It was really cute! :(<br />Andrew keeps talking about going to the farm and whenever we drive past one he gets really excited. We had a great time and hope it's something she'll do every year!lawannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00262254278976101567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598992922728013442.post-68341150423000616662011-05-22T15:03:00.009-06:002011-05-22T15:36:34.429-06:00Catch upIt's been a while! There's been so many things I wanted to write about, but have missed, and now I'm playing catch-up, again. On Feb 28 Dallin turned 5.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5qp8wbuO9mjPjdJJtGyrXnKODGdHXqvyikCwaMUMzKU5mt4p2am_Qdx-yDk2hH0DXfTaQqm4Uhv-B5mQPzK_cD5NjGMH1Qlvv4H_c5C3Ce5cMeeq5Zm2ncivXmb3HGncRq3m5sBoHkjo/s1600/dallin+b-day.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5qp8wbuO9mjPjdJJtGyrXnKODGdHXqvyikCwaMUMzKU5mt4p2am_Qdx-yDk2hH0DXfTaQqm4Uhv-B5mQPzK_cD5NjGMH1Qlvv4H_c5C3Ce5cMeeq5Zm2ncivXmb3HGncRq3m5sBoHkjo/s320/dallin+b-day.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609649907480261730" /></a><br />He had his first friend party and chose a pirate theme.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-gzCpnnBN133EQpMn0D7x-P1Aepm0qNBU711xhXbjWCHsQ4wKaUw40KP0Fn1wuNroiQYyVFYdT24lmNTlTRW0T3Z9IR4uezm2lYzpGFWk8DvvLWAW48pEnHS1hPrdwsdx-wWTRzgno0A/s1600/dallin+party+001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-gzCpnnBN133EQpMn0D7x-P1Aepm0qNBU711xhXbjWCHsQ4wKaUw40KP0Fn1wuNroiQYyVFYdT24lmNTlTRW0T3Z9IR4uezm2lYzpGFWk8DvvLWAW48pEnHS1hPrdwsdx-wWTRzgno0A/s320/dallin+party+001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609649902061198226" /></a><br />In March, Dallin's preschool had a float for the Fort Collin's St Patrick's Day Parade. Dallin loved holding all that candy, and he was actually happy to give it out!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1AzaRXsSHq1prehpdgxIsfna6p6iSKODh75h0nQLX3GnMjInHQZOopzH4qy3zmy5hsjJ5gJPYUFsUNHxH0LwJ9kujiqFum0hqQYpJwqFjyQx_XtZ5mCCOvw62MBxfcSTP2st6Q1VZ3is/s1600/parade.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1AzaRXsSHq1prehpdgxIsfna6p6iSKODh75h0nQLX3GnMjInHQZOopzH4qy3zmy5hsjJ5gJPYUFsUNHxH0LwJ9kujiqFum0hqQYpJwqFjyQx_XtZ5mCCOvw62MBxfcSTP2st6Q1VZ3is/s320/parade.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609651215164925890" /></a><br />That was the start of the boys' spring break. I decided I missed my family too much, so I quickly packed a few things, gathered up my boys, said goodbye to Steve (his spring break wasn't for another 2 weeks), and drove out to Utah! We had a great time, not doing much of anything! :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUxzKZtOx-ZpzMLOYUbVrv6qaZJU_cwoa3PUjvBLugi4Wxh_aVrtiYJd80nSPlTz31E8YASXqx6P_8kgrsAu19CyLWY2PXajKdvFbDXMVg1-rMoNny2a-Mo2gcCjBKv__VazLz1ttkZ4/s1600/papa.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUxzKZtOx-ZpzMLOYUbVrv6qaZJU_cwoa3PUjvBLugi4Wxh_aVrtiYJd80nSPlTz31E8YASXqx6P_8kgrsAu19CyLWY2PXajKdvFbDXMVg1-rMoNny2a-Mo2gcCjBKv__VazLz1ttkZ4/s320/papa.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609651225307302754" /></a><br />Andrew loved my dad. He learned real quick that Papa always has candy! One morning, I sent the boys upstairs and I went back to bed. When I went upstairs a few hours later, I asked Andrew what he had for breakfast and he said, "Candy!"<br /><br />We were there on St Patrick's Day and we did a few little things, like turn the milk green, etc. Here is the leprechaun trap we built.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZWuN7xHYOfmSpHLyEziZjgm8UtZUpCUBc_rSe5moiSyJ9IwOfHKO5lbLc9rI8F3E1HqVKg1Phe5NBgEzoXdFADIb8YxmseDMIcNEIwDJZZk0Q0IlT-k-UySnpKXj7FfhtgyxAcvTbUYw/s1600/leprechan+hat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZWuN7xHYOfmSpHLyEziZjgm8UtZUpCUBc_rSe5moiSyJ9IwOfHKO5lbLc9rI8F3E1HqVKg1Phe5NBgEzoXdFADIb8YxmseDMIcNEIwDJZZk0Q0IlT-k-UySnpKXj7FfhtgyxAcvTbUYw/s320/leprechan+hat.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609651222553055826" /></a><br />It was a really fun trip and I am so glad we went!<br /><br />I had a lot of fun with our April Fool's dinner again. I told them because it was April Fool's, we were going to have dessert first, and then dinner. We had a cake first (meatloaf with mashed potatoes).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVhyphenhyphenhR6P5TzWET7uzMsmGRN304yYOsaG_7lSCgOQ7G_PfmRYZAISDvTqNLEB0ULwHPYcbZvteGmvbOrcQDsV5omZuScFE9vk1p2b3ZRQLjLEeTIpi15ri5Tb6mDBOilQtcb9aUmLrivXc/s1600/april+fool%2527s+cake.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVhyphenhyphenhR6P5TzWET7uzMsmGRN304yYOsaG_7lSCgOQ7G_PfmRYZAISDvTqNLEB0ULwHPYcbZvteGmvbOrcQDsV5omZuScFE9vk1p2b3ZRQLjLEeTIpi15ri5Tb6mDBOilQtcb9aUmLrivXc/s320/april+fool%2527s+cake.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609654374602138722" /></a><br />Then chicken nuggets (candy bars rolled in corn flakes) and french fries (pound cake cut up like fries).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV9knonJ7SaJbuhrhXx5gPZxXo1MgPyeleKzNiO3QTkk-NQvzTZ_2vODNchNWgr9KBdr6fLSJTB8mXT1gVoRzPHjIyktfmKso1elVMzFsnpslhb7g_z_AmptN6MhA-h-bC7ets0miHkGI/s1600/chicken+nuggets.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV9knonJ7SaJbuhrhXx5gPZxXo1MgPyeleKzNiO3QTkk-NQvzTZ_2vODNchNWgr9KBdr6fLSJTB8mXT1gVoRzPHjIyktfmKso1elVMzFsnpslhb7g_z_AmptN6MhA-h-bC7ets0miHkGI/s320/chicken+nuggets.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609654380908534722" /></a><br />I thought the best part was the straws.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtXIiEzowk91swI7m6f6c323ce4_iDJO-4TX0E-eg7qcKDrRH7hZBwqpLoOFMji-pbKpmmKxdQUpyMcm7HDdlCk-3KqjhyZNC-LM_KoJWkOLJ4Mf7NcatQR3Uejt823n5026d5Ud8zj38/s1600/Andrew+mustaches.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtXIiEzowk91swI7m6f6c323ce4_iDJO-4TX0E-eg7qcKDrRH7hZBwqpLoOFMji-pbKpmmKxdQUpyMcm7HDdlCk-3KqjhyZNC-LM_KoJWkOLJ4Mf7NcatQR3Uejt823n5026d5Ud8zj38/s320/Andrew+mustaches.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609654387608887234" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOxLNs-SjTky4VVEikkyT_kuknqWDwDShItFWf5ZRqDKujhDLh0sWtAOQllqsdRpaG3uGLg9tm0Pu-E-7GgypX6GdOrZgHrtz2L6flIDiVRMghwdvIvk4oPEwx4-v982VBI6qJ2M-Bi4g/s1600/Cade+mustache.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOxLNs-SjTky4VVEikkyT_kuknqWDwDShItFWf5ZRqDKujhDLh0sWtAOQllqsdRpaG3uGLg9tm0Pu-E-7GgypX6GdOrZgHrtz2L6flIDiVRMghwdvIvk4oPEwx4-v982VBI6qJ2M-Bi4g/s320/Cade+mustache.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609654390981822642" /></a><br />I have too much to catch up on in one post, so that's it for now. Stay tuned, more to come! I leave you with a picture of what Andrew looks like in the morning.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3YPaTx0kU__yBUI54Mh1wLwbv640eYLBcGjg0Z_qyotdiyIghV6ny3DONn2JcLYuv_UGumOiqfQVXx89trNOJf6DjNMTfRQAn3h5yjfeh2qS3C63a3oDHgJ_2uSgk1tDp61enHiiFV9k/s1600/crazy+hair.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3YPaTx0kU__yBUI54Mh1wLwbv640eYLBcGjg0Z_qyotdiyIghV6ny3DONn2JcLYuv_UGumOiqfQVXx89trNOJf6DjNMTfRQAn3h5yjfeh2qS3C63a3oDHgJ_2uSgk1tDp61enHiiFV9k/s320/crazy+hair.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609656134838045010" /></a>lawannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00262254278976101567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598992922728013442.post-25382724553520891602011-04-14T08:54:00.002-06:002011-04-14T08:57:10.904-06:00StuckThe places they get themselves into...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb0APIjRTRSlVIl2G5j8SJsYahhffJugZTXd-sq7geEIE8PAHBQb8o-NyxYYUFOd6Ol3q5qPt0WtZ3idIjGZSZVGsXgAGWGAI9btO8aWP1kUj3oHwSMps2iDgLpqQVZiPJ_LgTwQDQI6w/s1600/march+2011+012.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb0APIjRTRSlVIl2G5j8SJsYahhffJugZTXd-sq7geEIE8PAHBQb8o-NyxYYUFOd6Ol3q5qPt0WtZ3idIjGZSZVGsXgAGWGAI9btO8aWP1kUj3oHwSMps2iDgLpqQVZiPJ_LgTwQDQI6w/s320/march+2011+012.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595453290378728722" /></a>lawannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00262254278976101567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598992922728013442.post-571951960833570262011-02-22T11:21:00.002-07:002011-02-22T11:37:42.984-07:00Cute kidLast week after preschool, one of the moms told me about a conversation she had with Dallin.<br /><br />Jen: Dallin, you're so cute, you know that?<br />Dallin: Yeah, my mom tells me that <span style="font-style:italic;">all</span> the time!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUHJ_vnCcrtuNtzhtWLBbPXEIsHLh1ULMRNKvHo25vcYwUwlxNXPouJ7Ca2xjtYSlxilpSxwJ7htkVp1QAEWAnfotIhnyZ5NKyuPjPTT-Iokg6ReaFD5UW6t5i0YeBtJf2rWGP5s3lktc/s1600/dallin.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUHJ_vnCcrtuNtzhtWLBbPXEIsHLh1ULMRNKvHo25vcYwUwlxNXPouJ7Ca2xjtYSlxilpSxwJ7htkVp1QAEWAnfotIhnyZ5NKyuPjPTT-Iokg6ReaFD5UW6t5i0YeBtJf2rWGP5s3lktc/s320/dallin.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576584827651249826" /></a>lawannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00262254278976101567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598992922728013442.post-27306455058829957892011-02-13T15:29:00.007-07:002011-02-13T16:08:51.468-07:00New TraditionsAbout a month ago, Caden asked me if we could celebrate the new year. I was really surprised he had already forgotten our New Year's Eve party just a few weeks ago! Then he clarified and said, "I mean the Chinese New Year." I thought that sounded like fun, but the only thing I knew about it was they have dragons and fireworks, so I wasn't sure where to go with it. After a little searching on the Internet, I learned when it was and found a few fun crafts we could do. We made good luck paper oranges, paper lanterns, fans, and some paper dragon puppets.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnqhW8SmNOCwv6ElTgIMKI7bvzVnFWq1gkti3T69ckZXca7JgJ6MIRc7FkC7_zNfkwhJ_4VsJ3dFnBopSoT622_OmxrroatENaXMORjaWUCaUmhPgDZC3zZAz7DYzlehR3kKFhezgPmbM/s1600/chinese+new+year+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnqhW8SmNOCwv6ElTgIMKI7bvzVnFWq1gkti3T69ckZXca7JgJ6MIRc7FkC7_zNfkwhJ_4VsJ3dFnBopSoT622_OmxrroatENaXMORjaWUCaUmhPgDZC3zZAz7DYzlehR3kKFhezgPmbM/s320/chinese+new+year+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573308594080320274" /></a><br />We all wore red and had 8 things to eat, because 8 is apparently a lucky number! The boys were excited to eat with chopsticks.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2AkNWhhAfa2UURYBm1WLZywJGElkrL9QGG0oMNbsur16cjp4NYFeLRScINGRePfbghQO4c22dqJEndj4Rb4tHoJf8_MkZ1jism6eWjVdYfTK7bvJASS2hk2aMQljcDErypzDmrDvB9iI/s1600/chinese+new+year+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2AkNWhhAfa2UURYBm1WLZywJGElkrL9QGG0oMNbsur16cjp4NYFeLRScINGRePfbghQO4c22dqJEndj4Rb4tHoJf8_MkZ1jism6eWjVdYfTK7bvJASS2hk2aMQljcDErypzDmrDvB9iI/s320/chinese+new+year+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573312964317961026" /></a><br />We even made our own fortune cookies, which were much tastier than the store bought. The boys made up the fortunes with Steve the night before. My favorite was, "You dog will bark a lot when the door bell rings." :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJiaqYnOHIlqJnBcNiowZYd-EjrDMxKMqckipLp3Z33BOJnLz3rtD4YllmRvY0t8EUZpxhwVyhHnTsYLcnTVX2QjnQv-BmYX49DasmOjKWXfoshRT95eYzb0708PM-0_1ecp2qxTgAQLY/s1600/chinese+new+year.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJiaqYnOHIlqJnBcNiowZYd-EjrDMxKMqckipLp3Z33BOJnLz3rtD4YllmRvY0t8EUZpxhwVyhHnTsYLcnTVX2QjnQv-BmYX49DasmOjKWXfoshRT95eYzb0708PM-0_1ecp2qxTgAQLY/s320/chinese+new+year.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573313446336260610" /></a><br />Steve had to work late that night and missed most of it, but he came home in time to give the boys red envelopes with a dollar each in them. Turns out Caden knew about these envelopes, and now I'm thinking I did all this just because Caden wanted some money! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLDWU8O6ManRJZ2rtr2695fNlCCpGNgcK9nh-3L1WZqxpVnx5fQokxGEakQTvkwoVCoa3Hx4VDtG4sq0pLPWJcfm3s9FpmO3ryDCY0xkTE6clHTW9HO46aLUS7ZqFFDa4jbC9MKVVpuIQ/s1600/chinese+new+year+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLDWU8O6ManRJZ2rtr2695fNlCCpGNgcK9nh-3L1WZqxpVnx5fQokxGEakQTvkwoVCoa3Hx4VDtG4sq0pLPWJcfm3s9FpmO3ryDCY0xkTE6clHTW9HO46aLUS7ZqFFDa4jbC9MKVVpuIQ/s320/chinese+new+year+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573313566140541090" /></a><br />It was all very fun and something I'd like to keep doing, but in the future I hope we have more time to learn and talk about the traditions.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEc2XIndNF0-zhTx2_UtzZZnpbhr8Oegm8QxSR9f289X06T3569Fm4VDwzQuCRD4SOKkZwptvDYAt7tQIWCQsB6TyqBF4BSKpawVndjY-L_CG_JYqG8Kg1dLw59yI_ut0uk8c8FD6QRLc/s1600/chinese+new+year1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEc2XIndNF0-zhTx2_UtzZZnpbhr8Oegm8QxSR9f289X06T3569Fm4VDwzQuCRD4SOKkZwptvDYAt7tQIWCQsB6TyqBF4BSKpawVndjY-L_CG_JYqG8Kg1dLw59yI_ut0uk8c8FD6QRLc/s320/chinese+new+year1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573314956847765602" /></a>lawannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00262254278976101567noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598992922728013442.post-54440042911480961352011-02-10T13:58:00.002-07:002011-02-10T14:40:55.648-07:00Mmmm... Oatmeal!This is what happens when I don't clean up breakfast right away...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFfXKnGRkRYXEohEOj63MiZMz9iia7qfPdRUJ1p1FXS0Oz-RRsbqab34Im6d7bm-oe4KuSPRzZ08s8KSYywaiAbS86ZOlw4Wu-2B2UhjijOEJaTTeQ_shvwl2LEPlkz34WD-r7geZJFU8/s1600/oatmeal2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFfXKnGRkRYXEohEOj63MiZMz9iia7qfPdRUJ1p1FXS0Oz-RRsbqab34Im6d7bm-oe4KuSPRzZ08s8KSYywaiAbS86ZOlw4Wu-2B2UhjijOEJaTTeQ_shvwl2LEPlkz34WD-r7geZJFU8/s320/oatmeal2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572179059640382130" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb7xJ_-LMAQimf9EwW52Xun4HEG7tqeAncesosup0aBC2HcEPfr1onugZndYt3q3dUNWsMbtMX9ETGUrqxskYdAcuB0E8lVHBkReZJ9yY5AmJ2ov7MpEJzgncdn0B382SOCzsElt3qrD8/s1600/oatmeal.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb7xJ_-LMAQimf9EwW52Xun4HEG7tqeAncesosup0aBC2HcEPfr1onugZndYt3q3dUNWsMbtMX9ETGUrqxskYdAcuB0E8lVHBkReZJ9yY5AmJ2ov7MpEJzgncdn0B382SOCzsElt3qrD8/s320/oatmeal.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572179059614315122" /></a>lawannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00262254278976101567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598992922728013442.post-70171882171593804342011-02-05T18:37:00.013-07:002011-02-06T21:28:33.468-07:00Where does the time go?I can't believe my baby is 2! He had his birthday a couple of weeks ago and had a great time. We started the day with pancakes and candles, a fun new tradition I think we'll have to keep going. When I made pancakes a week later, Andrew said, "Happy Birthday!" And he blew, like he was blowing out his candles. :) We had a fun little family party for him that night.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqaKQAPPkaPsJjp7qv3uvrxB9UZwnqzyCrfHlcv7WmWGSCIaBnDEY0kC77X5RNooIP7uZ5QoRCu3MBYuqMTihNiSIf0Pw-1zKoRg5wrsJ5hWhAkRBxAprguOHMsbnaGzjQ3REfuYM0gYA/s1600/andrew%2527s+bday1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqaKQAPPkaPsJjp7qv3uvrxB9UZwnqzyCrfHlcv7WmWGSCIaBnDEY0kC77X5RNooIP7uZ5QoRCu3MBYuqMTihNiSIf0Pw-1zKoRg5wrsJ5hWhAkRBxAprguOHMsbnaGzjQ3REfuYM0gYA/s320/andrew%2527s+bday1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570791443941940434" /></a>I wanted to share some of the fun things he is doing now. He doesn't want to be left out of anything. One of his favorite phrases now is "Me too!"<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi7QOREv2AmjgRv0csGWFxpR6tJnNYl-MbAiasI6nm0ZmsXa5nxyMFCU2C8H7JIaPbHF-ezpPuXQbQWF1JPaooBpomx-30UOn8MWhf5DVJirfRQycFJj58sTPNeo9Eyu3PRMkX8t0vFMo/s1600/andrew%2527s+bday2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi7QOREv2AmjgRv0csGWFxpR6tJnNYl-MbAiasI6nm0ZmsXa5nxyMFCU2C8H7JIaPbHF-ezpPuXQbQWF1JPaooBpomx-30UOn8MWhf5DVJirfRQycFJj58sTPNeo9Eyu3PRMkX8t0vFMo/s320/andrew%2527s+bday2.jpg" border="0" <br />alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570792037391297106" /></a>You wouldn't guess from looking at him, but he loves to run, especially if it's away from one of us!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhprd0s8NFvsxaPl1iHxCiLT1SAhcHnXOMZqFG2h5jFDq0aoAZsyzZ3lQb5IadRO4dyxu12RMXV5Eeb-w9nmpd8aB9auDNT9uGhf_yh0LEOBq-Hnqdtt1WSHfzxoDQaOBsU_-ueI2p9WkI/s1600/andrew%2527s+bday3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhprd0s8NFvsxaPl1iHxCiLT1SAhcHnXOMZqFG2h5jFDq0aoAZsyzZ3lQb5IadRO4dyxu12RMXV5Eeb-w9nmpd8aB9auDNT9uGhf_yh0LEOBq-Hnqdtt1WSHfzxoDQaOBsU_-ueI2p9WkI/s320/andrew%2527s+bday3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570792396170029602" /></a>He really loves his brothers and is always asking about Caden and Dallin.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP1GpQ032BocYkHVtUdfOjLVenM_wSV-SEBVrtz2-KqG2c1VspL8RMclPpWBTVKv3T6MHocCn8dQCKjFlC0W6Ih80M2Ul-WH_4Ahj97JuvyO-8mkRTlrQFEEhsARFVKa7ybsvq-Bo9Ymw/s1600/andrew%2527s+bday4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP1GpQ032BocYkHVtUdfOjLVenM_wSV-SEBVrtz2-KqG2c1VspL8RMclPpWBTVKv3T6MHocCn8dQCKjFlC0W6Ih80M2Ul-WH_4Ahj97JuvyO-8mkRTlrQFEEhsARFVKa7ybsvq-Bo9Ymw/s320/andrew%2527s+bday4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570799718708809698" /></a>Even though he really loves him, Dallin is his greatest nemesis. Anytime they are together you can count on some screaming! <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsNak9tlR25UaIEuiPo6ZGE6-A7qhGg7a0LXN_mO9WP5DQLLDfqoM4vc8w7A7sdZ-VlG_yu44Oo_gdjJcU6myzktJ6UPjqsp1v6MNc9JsglNl6KPI1RhPg3MTqTyEjuRtLhbH5JjGckOY/s1600/andrew%2527s+bday6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsNak9tlR25UaIEuiPo6ZGE6-A7qhGg7a0LXN_mO9WP5DQLLDfqoM4vc8w7A7sdZ-VlG_yu44Oo_gdjJcU6myzktJ6UPjqsp1v6MNc9JsglNl6KPI1RhPg3MTqTyEjuRtLhbH5JjGckOY/s320/andrew%2527s+bday6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570794307741961042" /></a>He loves scary toys like dinosaurs and dragons, but stuffed animals that growl or shake, like <span style="font-style:italic;">Tickle Me Elmo</span>, he won't go near them.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyfgm6W5jdbzI8qBTfHTBx4SyggF0gb-hpK0zsYDWe04MuW6oasOz_E9eZ-eEfuCKL32MSTPORJYOQMudHgs-lpNdrQk6w2-OOYcxhWS3IpcY-w603D43e9AVp_hBC3pcb78QwS6OBY8/s1600/andrew%2527s+bday5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyfgm6W5jdbzI8qBTfHTBx4SyggF0gb-hpK0zsYDWe04MuW6oasOz_E9eZ-eEfuCKL32MSTPORJYOQMudHgs-lpNdrQk6w2-OOYcxhWS3IpcY-w603D43e9AVp_hBC3pcb78QwS6OBY8/s320/andrew%2527s+bday5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570795049260256082" /></a>He really loves the dog, and is usually very sweet with her, when he's not trying to bite her or poke her eyeballs!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwHGpSTh43Rd6fJxBb_GklbD5YNoRAVEEXaAuZGndLHut3y-8HjY7b5KgNmqv8aZ40lZs_bpEa4DjxRSUQHNMJG9FWIm3JH-HBB4VoAQB1hZeSLE_JWK-CQ-28ersxpFroaTqgF2t5VXY/s1600/andrew%2527s+bday7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwHGpSTh43Rd6fJxBb_GklbD5YNoRAVEEXaAuZGndLHut3y-8HjY7b5KgNmqv8aZ40lZs_bpEa4DjxRSUQHNMJG9FWIm3JH-HBB4VoAQB1hZeSLE_JWK-CQ-28ersxpFroaTqgF2t5VXY/s320/andrew%2527s+bday7.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570796404932750594" /></a>He is very friendly, loves talking to everyone, and will let anyone hold him.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ZJPD8xkMnDNJnCZyxG30vhJ5XEMqFDz2I2tj1_mwU2kqyJJHP1lxVADUr60FbKWKUQHl0iTBuZnwpU_qPSGtgrDvRzuCY13_iOQ7n09eL9CpYe2lfQP0UqwFIHmghwk4lXX1KVVtgpI/s1600/andrew%2527s+bday9.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ZJPD8xkMnDNJnCZyxG30vhJ5XEMqFDz2I2tj1_mwU2kqyJJHP1lxVADUr60FbKWKUQHl0iTBuZnwpU_qPSGtgrDvRzuCY13_iOQ7n09eL9CpYe2lfQP0UqwFIHmghwk4lXX1KVVtgpI/s320/andrew%2527s+bday9.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570797074982820738" /></a>He won't help pick up anything unless you sing the clean-up song, then he goes around saying "Clean up!" and picks up everything.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8SmnVOEhRyaA4pDAm2IhOt7wP_OWcI5QA3KL3NARj7fGATjg529U-sKDYuF10ummyKUeFiO7tuIz292LtoWoyVivGemkb0Iuza2zEX8KZVcRjc-Obr2zCAbIJSSocNPXWVGO_yxqjGCM/s1600/andrew%2527s+bday8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8SmnVOEhRyaA4pDAm2IhOt7wP_OWcI5QA3KL3NARj7fGATjg529U-sKDYuF10ummyKUeFiO7tuIz292LtoWoyVivGemkb0Iuza2zEX8KZVcRjc-Obr2zCAbIJSSocNPXWVGO_yxqjGCM/s320/andrew%2527s+bday8.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570797671230862898" /></a>He's a wonderful little boy and we are so lucky to have him in our family. We love you Andrew!lawannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00262254278976101567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598992922728013442.post-27132075650560943242011-01-30T20:21:00.002-07:002011-01-30T20:30:01.482-07:00For Uncle JoshThis was one of Caden's writing assignments. I must say I love the detail on the bad guy!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxnag93-HdQLneyronMfy4oTviz4O5Uu12NcIHfUMY1lTnpmkWswnTctHdQ2cXB_8sfJCeMyeneaEbB-zArcDiRhjv-XAekPStQGaKNkPPlaKzjk1ns1CpQ5FtBHewcd2otOCjEZEldE4/s1600/caden%2527s+essay1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 233px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxnag93-HdQLneyronMfy4oTviz4O5Uu12NcIHfUMY1lTnpmkWswnTctHdQ2cXB_8sfJCeMyeneaEbB-zArcDiRhjv-XAekPStQGaKNkPPlaKzjk1ns1CpQ5FtBHewcd2otOCjEZEldE4/s320/caden%2527s+essay1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568186929036219346" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl5PNEU_ThZJOhteFs9bBAaxEyCNIloQTpuk2IzcQRQl0zxrvbrId219kBhlTyAnlsF4FfN50QrX245Ym_J96tbaiVxqzypvCpt5PnlqU-3nDb4-TS1RwbPn3ZkrQOBjW5Rtb4cfBZH9s/s1600/caden%2527s+essay2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 233px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl5PNEU_ThZJOhteFs9bBAaxEyCNIloQTpuk2IzcQRQl0zxrvbrId219kBhlTyAnlsF4FfN50QrX245Ym_J96tbaiVxqzypvCpt5PnlqU-3nDb4-TS1RwbPn3ZkrQOBjW5Rtb4cfBZH9s/s320/caden%2527s+essay2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568186923766349218" /></a><br />Josh <span style="font-style:italic;">is</span> a police officer, and he did work in the jail, but it's been about a year since he's been on the streets. I guess being on patrol doesn't sound as exciting as going to jail!lawannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00262254278976101567noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598992922728013442.post-6912597291683964282011-01-18T16:00:00.007-07:002011-01-18T20:54:08.873-07:00Rodeo timeEvery year on MLK day we go to the <a href="http://www.nationalwestern.com/">National Western Stock Show and Rodeo</a> in Denver with Steve's family. This year, Steve wasn't feeling well, so he stayed home with Andrew and I took the boys. They always get excited about getting dressed up in their cowboy shirts and boots. They were disappointed they didn't have cowboy hats. Oh well. The boys love looking at the cattle and horses. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHu-jkMx5bzm016USf5b3c1f15WUl3yyRNKoK7eXcXRq-khUtr_nHqzatYVgTyxMyIaW0OsSMuGDc56a7fjDMqKZpXUso_aU9qbOI6ZjjBV09Oq1f78JRDcE4R5Aq8HkvrbpcPRKsdYjA/s1600/rodeo+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHu-jkMx5bzm016USf5b3c1f15WUl3yyRNKoK7eXcXRq-khUtr_nHqzatYVgTyxMyIaW0OsSMuGDc56a7fjDMqKZpXUso_aU9qbOI6ZjjBV09Oq1f78JRDcE4R5Aq8HkvrbpcPRKsdYjA/s320/rodeo+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563734539209854962" /></a><br />They have all sorts of booths with fun stuff to look at and do.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcepjdEG-ge5BKFhgo3FI-Sr-ZRLA67Lg9xPrwspY8tm0Xjc78MdNj8HsSkNSfgHMbTjzg4ZV5a2_cUtH8eZXTMIjBOrjNvx9zSbAY8sBVs5jllCgaR2wqyLKhS5o74pNX3g3ozL9yy-4/s1600/rodeo+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcepjdEG-ge5BKFhgo3FI-Sr-ZRLA67Lg9xPrwspY8tm0Xjc78MdNj8HsSkNSfgHMbTjzg4ZV5a2_cUtH8eZXTMIjBOrjNvx9zSbAY8sBVs5jllCgaR2wqyLKhS5o74pNX3g3ozL9yy-4/s320/rodeo+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563735553498826402" /></a><br />They have a booth where they have a huge bull and horse that kids can sit on and get their pictures taken. Of course it costs too much money, so we just looked at all the "spares" in the stable. As we were looking at the last one, they came to get the bull out. He was pretty impressive right in front of me! I came up to his shoulder!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVSZ2xlfGJIbwPfWKESq0ISv6mpyCYcJeLiBLpI6Tx9M5jlLFxfr0uQ4zzp_H9dGkQJg4HioK-lAK70-bHyAe0hj0fhZaGSnj4heEYT76GudXUE_AyxSUTldJ1ZDyYdz-8uuX_VVaIJp4/s1600/rodeo+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVSZ2xlfGJIbwPfWKESq0ISv6mpyCYcJeLiBLpI6Tx9M5jlLFxfr0uQ4zzp_H9dGkQJg4HioK-lAK70-bHyAe0hj0fhZaGSnj4heEYT76GudXUE_AyxSUTldJ1ZDyYdz-8uuX_VVaIJp4/s320/rodeo+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563736976329014034" /></a><br />They have all sorts of small animals on display.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4J3rwy9nU7I0mcyb2VJyCM0hBhnhaMfFWIM0cqvsTwvWQO9LRfOZRvelAB-zcOZqdjxSroNpIvH5SMipa1M_Dfr_-sQIr05kdVu1f9sl5IhV-aVT2xfzWeNhqYkxb94Qbn9rRtjpAgtc/s1600/rodeo+4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4J3rwy9nU7I0mcyb2VJyCM0hBhnhaMfFWIM0cqvsTwvWQO9LRfOZRvelAB-zcOZqdjxSroNpIvH5SMipa1M_Dfr_-sQIr05kdVu1f9sl5IhV-aVT2xfzWeNhqYkxb94Qbn9rRtjpAgtc/s320/rodeo+4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563737465120521314" /></a><br />The rodeo is really fun too! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwI64xIwGAfncmKXXtuO3uYSFbszZNjtgAn9IJcLYcMBZfsORgYulIQdx_aVmvJcxPPThXEa1C-zReu9kZN5KK7ZTvUL8wX6H2B-RJra4CmxFgrZdL1HOPDebik8VpMn-K2hl5fXIiIBM/s1600/rodeo+5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwI64xIwGAfncmKXXtuO3uYSFbszZNjtgAn9IJcLYcMBZfsORgYulIQdx_aVmvJcxPPThXEa1C-zReu9kZN5KK7ZTvUL8wX6H2B-RJra4CmxFgrZdL1HOPDebik8VpMn-K2hl5fXIiIBM/s320/rodeo+5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563737951701809922" /></a><br />After the rodeo we all go to <a href="http://www.cinzzettis.com/indexColorado.php">Cinzzetti's</a>. I think we look forward to that each year as much as the rodeo! It's a fabulous Italian buffet with more choices than you could imagine, including the dessert! I wish I had gotten a picture of all of us there. It was really fun to just visit and eat. The perfect way to end the day. :)lawannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00262254278976101567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598992922728013442.post-76063592743820421832010-12-27T20:48:00.006-07:002010-12-31T09:38:07.057-07:00PresentsI get really stressed about finding the right gift, so this year, I tried to make meaningful presents. I've been mostly pleased with the results, so I wanted to share them. My parents are impossible to buy for. I made some tea towels for my mom and had the boys draw special pictures for her. I transfered the pictures to the towels and then embroidered them on. It's hard to tell from the picture, but it turned out really cute.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRl3mErZ-HsH0Uz7wv-1tzX1p2FWMaTX826tC0u17e5pruLno7pbtg88YeyUcF2A3n1GoxzpzTWZtdMAWZUgQcpHTCbtAEUEMI1LXGtOZh8C-nXQbLfo7RjBbuxkt-GXT9LHpKQfTOQks/s1600/tea+towels.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRl3mErZ-HsH0Uz7wv-1tzX1p2FWMaTX826tC0u17e5pruLno7pbtg88YeyUcF2A3n1GoxzpzTWZtdMAWZUgQcpHTCbtAEUEMI1LXGtOZh8C-nXQbLfo7RjBbuxkt-GXT9LHpKQfTOQks/s320/tea+towels.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555579235321952498" /></a><br /><br /><br />For Steve's mom, I made these profile ornaments. I had to make a set for our family, too. :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYnITamfC1tixRIpEz3HdLXzVSjdctXf2_CfVdRoRe5vwyz97_4gibulLcDG_4y9w11qs7RirULQIYgbYCSwY33KNbFzrK0QPaBRn_HOUZUotwQaiDGiO6Wkl8Y5XoVupVek1s_1aUjg/s1600/profile+ornaments.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYnITamfC1tixRIpEz3HdLXzVSjdctXf2_CfVdRoRe5vwyz97_4gibulLcDG_4y9w11qs7RirULQIYgbYCSwY33KNbFzrK0QPaBRn_HOUZUotwQaiDGiO6Wkl8Y5XoVupVek1s_1aUjg/s320/profile+ornaments.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555579554598719650" /></a><br /><br />I made a few of these gingerbread men, one my boys had to keep, one for my aunt's family, and one for a cousin on his mission. I think they got a kick out of it.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYMTjPlt-JSXCD_J1RxOJ-LGmFq4DoGkPE93GTeFE4HMNSZEZ5GdNh_sSqiLKaCslYqxhsEmSp0qLAP_59_A0SI-0haOwVqMuKGkFszrlSsnL9PVTNC6jpD87C4g4VnPzSLoBVaQVJrb4/s1600/gingerbread+man.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYMTjPlt-JSXCD_J1RxOJ-LGmFq4DoGkPE93GTeFE4HMNSZEZ5GdNh_sSqiLKaCslYqxhsEmSp0qLAP_59_A0SI-0haOwVqMuKGkFszrlSsnL9PVTNC6jpD87C4g4VnPzSLoBVaQVJrb4/s320/gingerbread+man.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555580151297134178" /></a><br /><br />I made a fort that looks like a castle for the boys' bunk beds, and they've enjoyed it so much they've ripped a hole in it from pulling on the windows! Maybe I'll get a picture up when I fix it...lawannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00262254278976101567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598992922728013442.post-45716503980502890762010-12-27T20:31:00.006-07:002010-12-27T20:48:15.959-07:00Merry Un-Christmas!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheyzjqaH6VDSHbxOpf9pJVo52Mh9gvAH5I-hy-5p4Zp_l3yw_qFvhRaj6r-LLPguxr0QXWhtp6QCWSlB_bSxMd1W6k_VpHm7amQ3RGkqbwaasBD_2HOt0njPeSwENnmNsxHgb1jbtgLZY/s1600/angel.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheyzjqaH6VDSHbxOpf9pJVo52Mh9gvAH5I-hy-5p4Zp_l3yw_qFvhRaj6r-LLPguxr0QXWhtp6QCWSlB_bSxMd1W6k_VpHm7amQ3RGkqbwaasBD_2HOt0njPeSwENnmNsxHgb1jbtgLZY/s320/angel.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555572121835170450" /></a>I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! Every year we do the nativity on Christmas Eve. Here we have Joseph and the angel.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfWxQfXEotrAlhrLwNbSRSBohPfFnE7X6nEGF5h9tRcFrn5mN_4yLWmFqo9pv68_cFk7xKNyqHIjyYMzG10r2iLvdmmoh13oDPmISYySmSZNUOl1oqEVctyZE7oX239elqCBphHdVE_Nw/s1600/nativity.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfWxQfXEotrAlhrLwNbSRSBohPfFnE7X6nEGF5h9tRcFrn5mN_4yLWmFqo9pv68_cFk7xKNyqHIjyYMzG10r2iLvdmmoh13oDPmISYySmSZNUOl1oqEVctyZE7oX239elqCBphHdVE_Nw/s320/nativity.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555572125384029586" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA1CRfvU91DHMjB71Dt2nTwSmiU4g6xFQx0nLCNU5RQNs7fYc1DgW04Pu6xmAFnM7EfPUcvkWfD6oxT6dLFsZQEt6I5mP0A35g-Sn3JLFP5kK7NNKUWJ5YhS6JzAxbWXlhFXUy86WpL4o/s1600/stocking.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA1CRfvU91DHMjB71Dt2nTwSmiU4g6xFQx0nLCNU5RQNs7fYc1DgW04Pu6xmAFnM7EfPUcvkWfD6oxT6dLFsZQEt6I5mP0A35g-Sn3JLFP5kK7NNKUWJ5YhS6JzAxbWXlhFXUy86WpL4o/s320/stocking.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555572128845042354" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLwKp6MlR4oToFq_y3M_QyNwzqtcJDPBwPrdsAzFhvTnejSQCbX_iuqkehbMJNFHW4memkk4krBW9s5iNN0GmwhNgStA4RYzRJt_gstWXmr3vZXLEU30KI9n0NMyksRBwEhGzzj97WkAE/s1600/pillow+pet.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLwKp6MlR4oToFq_y3M_QyNwzqtcJDPBwPrdsAzFhvTnejSQCbX_iuqkehbMJNFHW4memkk4krBW9s5iNN0GmwhNgStA4RYzRJt_gstWXmr3vZXLEU30KI9n0NMyksRBwEhGzzj97WkAE/s320/pillow+pet.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555572128141670210" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgushsqJdxCGCbi5ny3AuBYVV6siEortCU_VknN11anQoTbBM7ooi_8lYBopKpkOGGAidXmgI4AMFjwC52n-tuUiIgJmlUQL20DGBjPpdis1rP9wA2Y8yWKK2QHf3zPB7k5bpwNDX96LlA/s1600/park.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgushsqJdxCGCbi5ny3AuBYVV6siEortCU_VknN11anQoTbBM7ooi_8lYBopKpkOGGAidXmgI4AMFjwC52n-tuUiIgJmlUQL20DGBjPpdis1rP9wA2Y8yWKK2QHf3zPB7k5bpwNDX96LlA/s320/park.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555572122115576690" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The whole cast.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Andrew opening his stocking.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The boys asked for pillow pets this year. We tried to convince them to ask for something they would play with more, but we couldn't do it. They've been so excited about getting a pillow pet for months, that alas, Santa brought all three of them pillow pets. At least they're happy with them for now...<br />The weather was so nice, we went on a walk to the park. Dallin even took his new Batman on the slide.lawannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00262254278976101567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598992922728013442.post-53665230122224226272010-12-16T15:48:00.003-07:002010-12-16T15:52:55.822-07:00Caden's dragonWhen I first told Caden he could be anything he wanted for Halloween, he got really excited about making the dragon costume. He started drawing at the kitchen table, working really hard for quite a while, and this is what he came up with:<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSCYfz1j7I87zttpyZiC4KIF7Rqt-Fo9-AVm9h3-MBr9trEITMViBrK9yaWz_grMNQx-Tv9KK6aHLrdHBxSIZ6nnQDc8wzu5Jl2nCmK7pVj4UH59hDnMIHUJX6bRoQCe8MO-vJKwOdKSY/s1600/cade%2527s+dragon.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 233px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSCYfz1j7I87zttpyZiC4KIF7Rqt-Fo9-AVm9h3-MBr9trEITMViBrK9yaWz_grMNQx-Tv9KK6aHLrdHBxSIZ6nnQDc8wzu5Jl2nCmK7pVj4UH59hDnMIHUJX6bRoQCe8MO-vJKwOdKSY/s320/cade%2527s+dragon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551416713782293682" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHttN7aKKI0LCntGxIHmBMssh43b2XDYEsAw9Zwbo_rWlfKGquDVYTD4PTlRNQfmWimYa97TAFyenBBJRDRK2wcDfYGDrk48LgDIHC_ZJ1EU5miEL1H1tUpH2R48RGiacn2ndf8Dx-oyQ/s1600/cade%2527s+dragon+2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 233px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHttN7aKKI0LCntGxIHmBMssh43b2XDYEsAw9Zwbo_rWlfKGquDVYTD4PTlRNQfmWimYa97TAFyenBBJRDRK2wcDfYGDrk48LgDIHC_ZJ1EU5miEL1H1tUpH2R48RGiacn2ndf8Dx-oyQ/s320/cade%2527s+dragon+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551416713827727154" /></a>lawannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00262254278976101567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598992922728013442.post-45640478272122231812010-11-22T06:38:00.002-07:002010-11-22T06:51:09.854-07:00Happy Halloween!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR2vR6yR-KU2JAPdddOAD5S-uGp4gWOJIjc_iM3T9gg7NA08DbiLNwUagELZHhJwFa8ljoB8lc_9akPIUcjhDwdoEXNtiEE2UMOJ5YivJzosqjJrFcfu2NvF2vo3Lgpitg9ad-yxsyI1s/s1600/halloween.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR2vR6yR-KU2JAPdddOAD5S-uGp4gWOJIjc_iM3T9gg7NA08DbiLNwUagELZHhJwFa8ljoB8lc_9akPIUcjhDwdoEXNtiEE2UMOJ5YivJzosqjJrFcfu2NvF2vo3Lgpitg9ad-yxsyI1s/s320/halloween.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542371046327503090" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrthZlibADCZS0nBXLigNaXWXqvpCNxTIRENEz5vsKxXD5SCIQcbNRDf2veV5YhewtoFiX_f-iJaqvdheUeyPQCGOZmpjCJ8U7C4aHTA0cDIp2GSOVbWAJrewu8SGm_99SYvQNPafblIw/s1600/school+parade.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrthZlibADCZS0nBXLigNaXWXqvpCNxTIRENEz5vsKxXD5SCIQcbNRDf2veV5YhewtoFiX_f-iJaqvdheUeyPQCGOZmpjCJ8U7C4aHTA0cDIp2GSOVbWAJrewu8SGm_99SYvQNPafblIw/s320/school+parade.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542371026110048850" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfhQ4jG1zeAYCwmT4sXTSxtQ2oX8nM8x4FxxUfDLPXHq72TtJNxYJa_ttLcrfOrpElPvsDGsc-FeBS1bgAJXQ0J-2mqBmO51zJXdAmjRSe_N6LDFEPghb5VowFA58L_E7llbXZ30lgYw4/s1600/party.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfhQ4jG1zeAYCwmT4sXTSxtQ2oX8nM8x4FxxUfDLPXHq72TtJNxYJa_ttLcrfOrpElPvsDGsc-FeBS1bgAJXQ0J-2mqBmO51zJXdAmjRSe_N6LDFEPghb5VowFA58L_E7llbXZ30lgYw4/s320/party.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542371018883972610" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrSNdkdmkbYRt4Of9c0oJqvCyS-NlBSD7KRsuP-L-O_e5Dk3RvP1ttKfm1iXvBujkIWORDhBOH_u-Q_4bk_2jw3petPCkm_at-wV6AQ3QrnoK6NlP3Ud13pRSNxoLMolS4W0il2LEHocw/s1600/donut.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrSNdkdmkbYRt4Of9c0oJqvCyS-NlBSD7KRsuP-L-O_e5Dk3RvP1ttKfm1iXvBujkIWORDhBOH_u-Q_4bk_2jw3petPCkm_at-wV6AQ3QrnoK6NlP3Ud13pRSNxoLMolS4W0il2LEHocw/s320/donut.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542371008929678162" /></a><br /><br />I thought I should post this before Thanksgiving! I've never made costumes before, and this year I made three! It was stressful trying to get everything to turn out the way I wanted, but the boys seemed happy with them and I love my new cute apron! We went to a party at Dallin's preschool, Caden's school, the ward party, and the high school carnival. The boys ended up with too much candy without going trick or treating.lawannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00262254278976101567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598992922728013442.post-24752840721404592202010-09-28T09:22:00.003-06:002010-09-28T09:35:44.664-06:00Family Portrait<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMyg_JrVLajv8Hh6YWpTl9FdcOj8ldGzm_fx9Ili6e2No5EZ34L90HIXegB34n9Qp5NA6E2Gx-VI3LraL51hZ8lYelc12ho9mF6Aq9vj0790eMRzd61hzti0o2ab3_3Hs_6JhcNtYiRmc/s1600/family+portrait.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMyg_JrVLajv8Hh6YWpTl9FdcOj8ldGzm_fx9Ili6e2No5EZ34L90HIXegB34n9Qp5NA6E2Gx-VI3LraL51hZ8lYelc12ho9mF6Aq9vj0790eMRzd61hzti0o2ab3_3Hs_6JhcNtYiRmc/s320/family+portrait.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521988345083179266" /></a><br />Dallin came home from preschool with this family portrait he made. Sweet right? I was gushing over it, talking about all the people. Then I got to the baby.<br />Me: Oh, look at baby Andrew!<br />Dallin: That's not Andrew. You got another fat tummy and we had a baby girl!<br />Me: Um,okay, I guess. Then where's Andrew? <br />Dallin: We gave him away.<br />Maybe it's not so sweet after all.lawannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00262254278976101567noreply@blogger.com2