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We had fun at the graves again this year. I got my list from mom and dad, to make sure we got all of the graves before we went. The kids and I went with Grandma Tracie to all of the Ogden cemeteries the Saturday before Memorial Day before I went to work. We left around 7am. The kids love carrying the watercans and pulling off the plastic from the plants. We also lined up pinecones around the Roush graves. Grandma Zelma and Grandma Maxine both died recently, so I think it meant a little more to the kids this year.</div>
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The only day that all the Morgans could get together was on Sunday after church. Man, was it cold and rainy. Here are the kids in front of the Morgan headstone. I love Adam's face... pretending he was not happy to be there. The headstones had already been cleaned off, so all we got to do was place flowers. It was good to go though. Hopefully we are instilling in the kids an importance of the word 'remember'. Happy Memorial Day!</div>
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Grandma and Grandpa Morgan have been sending lots of packages home from the Philippines, so the kids like to take advantage of the boxes that are sent here :)</div>
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Ben LOVES to help me cook. Here he is after he helped me with the flour! He likes to help with other things too. If you look behind him at the hardware on the cabinets, the top one is broken in half. Ben came and got me (the week after Grandma and Grandpa Morgan left on their mission) and said,'come here quick mom! I want to show you something!" I went to look, and he had a plastic food storage lid lifter and he was putting it through the handles and 'popping' them. "See mom, I fix them really easy!" Isn't he a good helper. When we told Grandma and Grandpa, they just laughed and said what a good helper he was. (What else could they do/say, being in the Philippines??? ) Just as an update, the hardware is fixed for reals now :)</div>
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We went to Krispy Kremes one morning for joy school. Ben couldn't resist and had to have a doughnut, even though he knew it had eggs in it. He told me it would be worth itching to eat it :)</div>
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Ben and Isabel both had their birthdays, and as soon as Ben turned 4, Isabel told him he need to be able to climb trees. So, she boosted him a little, and what do you know? He can climb trees now that he is 4 :) She cracks me up with the ages that she has in her mind of when things are supposed to happen...</div>
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I found an idea on pinterest for a toy jail. It worked OK, not exceptionally well though, so I decided that I would just put the kids in jail instead :) jk I made the toy jail, and Ben wanted a big cage for him!</div>
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Ben will die when he gets older and realizes I have this picture on here. He really wanted to ride his bike one day, and the rule is you have to have closed toe shoes on to ride. Ben was too lazy to go find his shoes, so he just put on Isabel's shoes :) Being the good mom that I am, I told him he looked like a girl, he looked at me and said, " no I don't! I look like a boy wearing girl shoes!" So true, so true little man....</div>
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At joy school we made cool turkey hats. These are that hats that I made when Isabel was doing joy school. The same ones that Isabel had to make for Grandpa Morgan for Christmas 2 years ago :) Ben did the gluing all by himself, hence the 2 beaks!</div>
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My friend Michelle had a baby recently (an adorable little girl named Leah), and I decided that since she had decided to have her baby au natural, she needed a survival kit! I combined a few ideas, and this is what I came up with :) I think it turned out cute. Now I just need to have more friends/sisters-in-law to have more babies, so I can make more :)</div>
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Isabel and Ari are still really good friends. On this occasion, they decided that they needed to put every single hair bow/flower into their hair. Aren't they beautiful?</div>
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We have had a few issues lately with arguing and tattling, so after researching (looking at tons of peoples blogs...) I decided on this idea. The kids each have 6 coins of thier favorite characters. They loose coins for doing things they aren't supposed to do. Unless the lose all 6, they have the option to earn coins back. Mom just has to find them doing something good for someone else without asking them to. If they loose all 6 coins, they get a privelege taken away, if they have all 6 coins still at night, they get a sticker. After 10 stickers, they get a prize. So far, it is working well. All I have to do is mention that they may lose a coin, and they fix what they were doing pretty fast. So far, Ben has earned a frisby (it only took 15 days....) and Isabel earned a princess puzzle. (12 days). It helps me too, cause i'm not always punishing myself by taking their bikes away....</div>
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Isabel is really into long long dresses that touch the floor. Here is the one Grandma Tracie got Isabel for her birthday. She would wear it every day if she could!</div>
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Jen and Chris had their baby! He is so cute! His name is Zachary Rowan Morgan and he weighed 9lbs and was 20.5" long (if I remember right... he is 3 months old now) He has tons of red hair. He is such a happy boy. He has started smiling and cooing lately, and seems to be a very happy baby! We are happy to have another boy in the family! He reminds me tons of Ben..... with how fast and big he is growing :) He's got to get bigger is he is going to live up to the nickname Thor! :)</div>
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Ben says he looks like Grandpa Steve.....</div>
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I love this picture of Isabel..... just makes me smile :)</div>
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We had a very good school year this year! Isabel loved her teacher Ms. Clark. I tried to volunteer every Friday in Isabel's class. Ben would go hang out with Tamina, Sarah and Sam, and sometimes Uncle Jon. (Ben won't just call him Jon... it is always Uncle Jon!) He got to go get vegetables with them and just play. Ben and Sarah are best buddies, especially when it's just them, with no older kid influences . They love to bake with me (pictured below), eat breakfast together and play house.</div>
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The last weeks of school were filled with lots of field trips for Isabel. I went to the Tree house with them. We even got to ride on the bus :) At least all of the kids have matching tie-dyed shirts which make it easier to keep track of. (The last day of school all of the kids got to sign the tie-dyed shirts for each other... I thought this was a very cute idea) We had Great-grandma Maxine's funeral, so we missed the zoo field trip, but Isabel still made it to the duck pond, the park, the Hawaii party, and dinosaur park. She was in no way deprived of field trips. At the duck pond, one of the kids in her class threw rocks at a baby duck until he hit it and killed it. I think Isabel was traumatized that someone could just be mean. I was in shock that the kid did it! On another note, there was also field day. This was the only field trip where siblings could go, so since I was volunteering, Ben and Zoey got to come with me :) I was in charge of the basketball game. Ben and Zoey played at the playground right next to the courts. They were so good, but definitely ready to come home after 3 hours :)</div>
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Among the field trips, Isabel managed to lose another tooth! This one is number 3! It's amazing all the things you can fit through that hole in the front :)<span style="background-color: white;"> </span></div>
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Isabel had an interesting note in her backpack the day before school was out for the summer. I asked what it was, and Isabel said I would have to just read it, but it was very cool. I was trying to figure out what the teacher needed help with (that's what notes usually were about), so I was very surprised to find out that while the kids were helping Ms Clark clean the toys, Ms Clark fell down and had a seizure and had to be taken in an ambulance to the hospital. Isabel said kids were screaming and crying and that there was blood. I asked what she did. She said that she just sat at her desk, cause that is what Ms Clark told them they were supposed to do. What an obedient child.... well at least at school :) Ms Clark wasn't able to come back for the last day of school,but I found out that she ended up getting 6 stitches in her head and was able to go home to be observed. I'm glad that she is ok. Still trying to figure out why my child thought that her teacher having a seizure was cool...... :)</div>
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<b>Ben and I decided to make Isabel a special treat for the last day of school. We made her popcorn with sprinkles! She loved it! We signed Isabel up for dual-immersion next year (spanish), so here's to a fun summer before we start learning spanish and 1st grade stuff all at once :)</b></div>
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Grant and I decided that we needed to go to Idaho for Don-Mikel's wedding reception. I didn't get any pictures of the bride or groom, but we did get some of the kids and us with Grandma Detta.</div>
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Grandma Detta, Noah, Ben & Isabel. Isabel is wearing her new Easter outfit. She is really into skirts that go all the way to the floor. I think she looks adorable in them, but then again I am her mother :) </div>
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Isabel took this picture with my phone. She did good. It's a little blurry, but not bad.</div>
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I have no idea what faces the kids are making in this picture!</div>
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This is the new background for my phone. Ben looks like he is flaring his nostrils, but I still think its a cute picture! (Once again, I am their mother)</div>
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This is the best one I got of all 3 of them. Ben is smiling, just not looking up :) Can you see Isabel lost another tooth? Yep, it got bumped by one of Ben's friends and made it so Isabel could just pull it out! The tooth fairy was pretty busy that night, but she managed to leave Isabel a note and 2 quarters before Isabel went to school!</div>
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It was a kind of a long trip for the kids. Luckily they took stickers and decorated themselves and uncle Grant's back. Ben did this (above) and wanted to know if I could see him. :) Funny kid! We stopped at Caspers Ice Cream store and got some Fat Boy's. It filled up the bottom tray of the freezer! Good thing Noah prayed that they wouldn't melt on the way home! It was good to see RaNae and family! Congrats to Don-Mike and his new bride!</div>
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Melissa Lythgoe in our ward called to let us know that they were having schools come to her parents farm and told us we could come too! The kids were super excited to go to a farm to see animals! As soon as we opened the car door, Ben made sure to tell me cows smell disgusting!</div>
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It was muddy cause it rained most of the morning. It was fun anyways! They had cows, baby cows, pigs (that were so cold they were shivering) goats, a pregnant horse, rabbits, a turkey, and hamsters. (the neighbor raises them for petsmart and brings them over so the kids can hold them. Ben loved petting the bunnies.</div>
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He also loved the hamsters! He was really good to hold them. Some of the older kids kept taking them from him, but he would go right back and get himself another one.</div>
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Zoey on the other hand loved holding them too. Well, she loved squishing their heads. Can you see the poor hamsters head?</div>
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Then she liked to play peek-a-boo with it!</div>
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Here is Zoey petting the rabbits!</div>
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And here they are feeding the cows. </div>
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It was a fun field trip. Thanks for the invite Melissa!</div>
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I've love having the kids make things for the grandma's for each new season. I saw this idea awhile ago, to make a wreath out of egg cartons. I was actually surprised that I didn't end up with more brown/gray flowers cause the kids like to use lots of paints.... and mix them.... Grandma Tracie has it hanging on the front door now! The kids are very proud of their masterpiece!</div>
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I had extra candy melts, and decided to try and make chicks for an easy Easter treat. I just filled in pretzels with yellow candy melts and made the faces out of brown and orange candy melts! The kids loved them. Almost too cute to eat! </div>
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Ok, I am lacking patience to figure out how to turn these pictures the right way.... so we'll just have to look at them sideways..... Here is great grandma's door for Easter. The 3 chicks represent Ben (sunglasses) Isabel with the red bow and Zoey inside the basket. At first Great grandma kept trying to figure out why the rabbit was bleeding (pink stomach), now she has resorted to thinking he is Peter Rabbit. I'm glad she loves the doors and glad it gives her something to think about.</div>
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Ben's party was on Saturday, and since Easter was on Sunday, we decided that after the birthday party we would have a cousin easter egg hunt. Here are Parker, Ben, Isabel and Adrienne all waiting patiently for the egg hunt to start...... </div>
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Here is Isabel climbing the tree while she was waiting!</div>
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I didn't have to go to the ER this year, so we all got to decorate eggs as a family! </div>
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My camera is broken :( So, the next pictures were taken on different settings to see if we could still get it to work..... not too much luck. I have some silly kiddos for sure!</div>
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Isabel's smile cracks me up in these ones!</div>
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Yep, still haven't cleaned up from the party the day before. Coloring eggs was more important. :)</div>
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Brady colored one that almost turned black, It was pretty cool looking.</div>
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They love coloring eggs, just like their dad!</div>
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The bunny holders worked really well. We only had a few casualties.</div>
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Happy Easter and Spring everyone!</div>
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<br />kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06067961554076386665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259488463193797499.post-12491704746677953882012-05-07T06:45:00.001-07:002012-05-07T06:45:38.131-07:00Bens 4th birthday!Can you believe that this little guy is 4 now??? I can't. Kids just grow up way too fast. One of Ben's favorite things is Kung Fu Panda II, so I wasn't too surprised when he asked for a ninja birthday party.<br />
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We had all the cousins come over, Grandma and Grandpa Yamashita, Addison (Ben's friend that we do joy school with) and luckily we had Jenny (my cousin) and her family come! It was a houseful, but tons of fun!</div>
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The kids posing as ninjas! Notice Noah in the back left, anytime I would ask him something, he would bow to me.... made me laugh!</div>
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When I asked Ben what exactly ninjas did, he told me fight stuff, so I decided to get balloons and draw ninja faces on them so they could fight their own ninja! ( Got the idea off of pinterest!)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi39H3rboOqKJZaV1ZJZNWjjHBYLaJ4YhSrQcd-RWBe81DGsEGDM2rXVq8ZAS18YBf1-dXhBW1BzcSEk3aASF7fC1xD_EnZx-IW1gPQjCtWtixOR2za4MUqLFocBOWhGhsXZorTM5ndkag/s1600/ninja+dolls+4-12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi39H3rboOqKJZaV1ZJZNWjjHBYLaJ4YhSrQcd-RWBe81DGsEGDM2rXVq8ZAS18YBf1-dXhBW1BzcSEk3aASF7fC1xD_EnZx-IW1gPQjCtWtixOR2za4MUqLFocBOWhGhsXZorTM5ndkag/s320/ninja+dolls+4-12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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These are the bean bags Tamina and Michelle helped me make. They held down the balloons. There were pink with bows and bling for the girls, and red for the boys. FYI; fleece and hot glue don't work well, we should have just sewed them :)</div>
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The next few pictures are of Ben being a ninja!</div>
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Ben practices these kicks on the love sac down-stairs. </div>
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Whenever he is concentrating, his tongue comes out! Wonder where he gets that from???</div>
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We had a few casualties. Unfortunately I didn't think to check how tight the mylar balloons were tied onto their strings, so a few balloons flew away. Luckily I had a few back-ups.</div>
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My ninja after a hard ninja fight :) </div>
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I thought it would be fun to have a ninja training course. So although the fighting balloons was pictured first, that really happened last. First off were 3 stations. Picking up marshmallows with chopsticks and running them to a ninja bowl. (above: Erik and Noah)</div>
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The little kids had a hard time with this one, so they just stabbed and ate marshmallows :)</div>
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(From left to right, then front; Addison, Parker, Ben, (Tamina in back) Nara, and Sarah in front)</div>
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Then I had a laser light course set up. I had initially planned for the kids to be inside, but the weather cooperated, so I used lawn chairs to hook this one up. They had to go under, around over, etc without touching the red lasers. Cause ninjas have to be stealthy... (Parker)</div>
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Then there were tricky ninjas hiding in the trees. I made cardboard ninja stars for them and they had to try and throw their stars to get the ninjas!</div>
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Ben and Isabel painted and glittered the stars for the game! They loved helping make stuff!</div>
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After we had completed the training course, we played ninja duck duck goose. The kids had to put their star behind their back, and the person who was 'it' had to try and steal the star. The kids had so much fun!</div>
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The game was a hit until Nara and Parker ran into each other! Crying at birthday parties is never fun :(</div>
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Then we went inside to do the Wii Just dance for kids, Kung Fu Fighting. There were some awesome dancers there! (this is one of Bens favorite things to do at Taminas house)</div>
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Then it was cake and ice cream time! The Japanese writing says, "Ninja Ben, Happy birthday, 4" I made the cake out of a bundt pan. The wings and spikes and eyes and teeth are made from candy melts. The ninja heads on the cupcakes are replicas of the invitations we sent out. (Thanks grandma Tracie for helping me with the cake and for doing my dishes while I was decorating it!)</div>
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Looks like he had some helpers blowing out the candles!</div>
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My 2 cute kiddos!</div>
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Ben insisted that we had ninja water. It actually worked out well, cause we could write the kids names on the bottles and I didn't have to do dishes :) If you look close you can see little colored ninjas in front of the water bottles. After the training camp, they each earned one of those to take home with them!</div>
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I couldn't have a party without rice crispy treat something or other, so I made Kid sushi. The wasabi and ginger are just colored frosting. Outsides were fruit leather and insides were rice crispies. Sweedish fish and cut blue peeps on top! I think they look pretty real!</div>
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Then it was present time! Ben was SO excited for his own leap pad from grandma and grandpa!</div>
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Chris got him a 70lb punching bag! We now have it hooked up outside on the swing set. The kids love to swing on top of it, and hand from the monkey bars and kick it!</div>
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Hooray! An angry bird pillow!</div>
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Parker was a very good helper! </div>
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So was Addison! He got stuff for his bike! The only thing still on it is the mirror, everything else takes turns, cause they are all connected to the bike with screws, so he can take them on and off by himself :)</div>
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Jenny to the rescue, helping him open the tape so he can see his new clothes! He was SPOILED! Thanks everyone for the presents! </div>
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I thought I should put pictures on there of the decorations I made. Here is the dragon door with japanese lanterns.... The words say, "happy birthday"</div>
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And with extra paper, I had to make ninja head and "ninja Ben" words for the fireplace. There were ninja head balloons everywhere too. Ben was in heaven! </div>
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And the rest are just random fun pictures from the day! Ben was walking on cloud 9 all day! He still likes to wear his headband around everywhere! </div>
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Jen and new baby ninja Zach!</div>
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Jon and Chris entertaining themselves on the Wii while the kids are eating cake!</div>
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Nara smiling with cake in her mouth!</div>
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Sarah LOVED the balloons! </div>
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Chris, Jon holding Sam, Sarah (in front) and Kelli Ann watching the kids Kung Fu dance!</div>
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Ari striking a ninja pose! Isabel sporting a feminie flower on her headband :)</div>
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Cute ninja Sam! He is walking everywhere now! Hooray!</div>
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And Adrienne showing us her balloon and ninja doll! Thanks everyone for coming to help celebrate my little guys birthday! And thanks Ben for having a birthday I could have fun planning! I love you little guy!</div>
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How do you feed the ducks? Ben winds up and throws as far as he can. His ultimate goal is to hit the ducks with the bread. </div>
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Here is Tamina helping the kids. Notice Isabel helping Sam. She LOVES Sam. I love the Midland duck pond cause you are above the ducks, so the ducks can't chase the kids when they refuse to let go of the bread :)</div>
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Sam LOVES the ducks. Even when the other kids were playing on the playground he would point towards the ducks and beg to go see them again.</div>
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I love that Isabel is such a kind little girl. She really has a sweet personality and is very willing to help others. I hope it is a trait that carries on with her through her life.</div>
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Nara had fun throwing bread too!</div>
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Adam and Ari checking out the ducks. There were a lot of people fishing. Soon we'll have to take the kids back to go fish.</div>
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This is Isabel helping Maylee (Tamina's niece). It was a fun way to get out and enjoy the sunshine!</div>
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Trying to take pictures of these two together, you know, ones that are cute is sometimes a challenge :)<br />
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This one turned out ok, well, for them being in a cardboard box! I love that they enjoy each others company most of the time!<br />
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<br />kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06067961554076386665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259488463193797499.post-16408309850033454432012-04-24T11:29:00.006-07:002012-04-24T13:08:44.571-07:00Ben swim lessons<div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><span>Ben has been super excited to learn to swim! We got him signed up for the</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><span>4yr old class at the aquatic center with his friend Addison and Cole. I figured</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><span>that if his friends were there, he would be much braver.... and he was! </span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpr8O20nRG59yKNhvU44HiDprQ682IuC71q5Rt-kCxQltBpXC4vBmB8S72fw7LjTThBRLqJghAJwAymxeIGgRUSuvJi-D5vyrS7Io5AsOF9367l7CopBakJZui1u1EZhRFIUzdID7eM1U/s1600/Ben+swim+lessons+2012+4.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><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/AVvXsEhpr8O20nRG59yKNhvU44HiDprQ682IuC71q5Rt-kCxQltBpXC4vBmB8S72fw7LjTThBRLqJghAJwAymxeIGgRUSuvJi-D5vyrS7Io5AsOF9367l7CopBakJZui1u1EZhRFIUzdID7eM1U/s320/Ben+swim+lessons+2012+4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5735040300338482578" /></a><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div><span><span style="font-size: 100%;">All of the shivering little boys. They are so cute! Their teacher, MichaelAnn was great with them.</span></span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><u><br /></u></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpr8O20nRG59yKNhvU44HiDprQ682IuC71q5Rt-kCxQltBpXC4vBmB8S72fw7LjTThBRLqJghAJwAymxeIGgRUSuvJi-D5vyrS7Io5AsOF9367l7CopBakJZui1u1EZhRFIUzdID7eM1U/s1600/Ben+swim+lessons+2012+4.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><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/AVvXsEjxorJo8-Z3bnr5N9U3AQUlO_z-CsRCpA7OUcj4Z00fGBOgsELWtt9IIn-SfTdTxPp9qHMcZ0-I-D1Esvo5pzvOjjFDQlI27GbxIE7c3aYoi5PiRH6VTSfY-czTiQjUr9yISIftuSLFPfw/s320/Ben+swim+lessons+2012.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5735040309923933106" /><span style="font-size: 100%; white-space: pre; "></span></a><span style="font-size: 100%; white-space: pre; "><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpr8O20nRG59yKNhvU44HiDprQ682IuC71q5Rt-kCxQltBpXC4vBmB8S72fw7LjTThBRLqJghAJwAymxeIGgRUSuvJi-D5vyrS7Io5AsOF9367l7CopBakJZui1u1EZhRFIUzdID7eM1U/s1600/Ben+swim+lessons+2012+4.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "></a>Ben's favorite part of lessons was jumping in! </div></span><div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: pre; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></div></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYeIMinZh6gesN35lZXX7L_9tc19cj2o7S_MkHQYxufcxFR1CfP-xIx9ieSgphhhyphenhyphenN7j154k6FNfXNSGDeGCcIw1NYJkUfuCD6UpTOMiDz-10PJCJVyXDyCoMvwv5n61amAn8i0hiUxBI/s1600/Ben+swim+lessons+2012+2.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><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/AVvXsEjYeIMinZh6gesN35lZXX7L_9tc19cj2o7S_MkHQYxufcxFR1CfP-xIx9ieSgphhhyphenhyphenN7j154k6FNfXNSGDeGCcIw1NYJkUfuCD6UpTOMiDz-10PJCJVyXDyCoMvwv5n61amAn8i0hiUxBI/s320/Ben+swim+lessons+2012+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5735040284012617458" /></a>I was most concerned for him getting his ears wet. He hasn't had a chance to swim without me and without tubes in, so my main hope was that he would be able to see that it wouldn't hurt to get water in his ears. It took a few lessons, but he was so brave and would dunk his head! He got brave enough to jump in without help! Last day of swim lessons was fun cause they got to wear life vests and float around the pool! Ben held on tight (death grip) to Addison, but he did it and loved it! One more time with lessons and I think he might turn into a fish!</div></div></div></div>kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06067961554076386665noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259488463193797499.post-88496006482905851002012-04-12T14:39:00.008-07:002012-04-12T16:07:23.100-07:00The LONG winter months<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left; ">Last Halloween the kids and I started decorating Great- Grandma Maxine's door up at the nursing home. We started with a haunted house (with tombstones that had funny sayings), then a turkey, a Christmas Tree with snowglobe ornaments, snowflakes, and snoopy with heart valentines. I finally decided to start taking pictures of them, so the kids would remember what they helped with. They (well Isabel) love helping me with the door each month. Here is the door for March.</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEnFguQGH7kTPlLAGQBH6Yn_j_b3vwV2MBSu_cV2sbXN_hGkYJ9TXraRTHqub96tVWDioNt0M0KlfYpWujpLe4qd7ijX2bksLMNtfZdLhVHKGhmHQblplIuSx7Jp_H7Giezbo9Cf9OhtM/s1600/IMG_0863.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEnFguQGH7kTPlLAGQBH6Yn_j_b3vwV2MBSu_cV2sbXN_hGkYJ9TXraRTHqub96tVWDioNt0M0KlfYpWujpLe4qd7ijX2bksLMNtfZdLhVHKGhmHQblplIuSx7Jp_H7Giezbo9Cf9OhtM/s320/IMG_0863.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730634358819320594" /></a><div>Isabel cut out most of the gold pieces and arranged them</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEnFguQGH7kTPlLAGQBH6Yn_j_b3vwV2MBSu_cV2sbXN_hGkYJ9TXraRTHqub96tVWDioNt0M0KlfYpWujpLe4qd7ijX2bksLMNtfZdLhVHKGhmHQblplIuSx7Jp_H7Giezbo9Cf9OhtM/s1600/IMG_0863.JPG"></a><div> in the pile with the leprechaun on top. It was fun. I like crafting with her. She talks non-stop while we work on it together. :)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNsCBNtEi40mGf-3pncuBs5Lmqhae7LEevwlgpxd9xwd8oRJxIFZIHWrbX1MxvP1ULOy7Y4tbv1qU8frg7bMZM8j1eI9uFudCHy5jtlW7vnQ-G6bTUP7CzKTcN8MSUUPLZAJwEeTnrMAM/s1600/IMG_0826.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNsCBNtEi40mGf-3pncuBs5Lmqhae7LEevwlgpxd9xwd8oRJxIFZIHWrbX1MxvP1ULOy7Y4tbv1qU8frg7bMZM8j1eI9uFudCHy5jtlW7vnQ-G6bTUP7CzKTcN8MSUUPLZAJwEeTnrMAM/s320/IMG_0826.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730633490868937154" /></a></div><div>Nara found out that she had to have surgery for tubes in her ears and to get her tonsils and adenoids out. This picture is a day or two after surgery. Ben, Isabel, Ari, Nara and Sarah all were watching a movie :)</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><u><br /></u></span></div>We've done some fun things for joy school lately. I found out that you can buy a dozen worms at the gas station for under $3! I was in charge of the letter W, so this worked out perfect. Ben is enamored with worms. The first thing Ben did was empty the container into his hands, and look at them individually. He stretched them, and got so excited when one of them curled up in his hand. "mom! It's cuddling with me! Aww, isn't that sweet!" Those were his exact words :)</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibOha4rwN8vuxYSzbHxwhm566aC8pgE7G0ZYiYgmNQOn1JChGbQfBNHxTZg2udPWID6If8qaZCEI_WjWaRJ9eRQVhYirQpuWm3qknimP2erGDkE-yOJ7PV8WmocqKQ-b0V5tNcWxEmpQc/s320/IMG_0851.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730642056238134242" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left; ">Sarah wasn't going to come to school that day,</span><span style="text-align: left; "> until she found out that we had worms that they could play with. Then she was excited! </span></div></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRnbSUY8CooZJyJAC71PEK3Kg4nW12weTGa47pb_pfm4lSrdvxDKVimk-X_qpT7az8eglRIBNfQOdNH4E5OSc5adbq9rjLoLTzZJlyQwwCoDHo26GbhkkTe4yXFCR19Is8an5qtiX-rIQ/s320/IMG_0853.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730633466155710802" /></div><div>I eventually put a tablecloth down and let Ben play ALL day. He made homes for each of his worms.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh5tR_zeHsHyzECLrs-MPeS64OQKbMbrMVPPld45yr6F7Ho-2Q9xyn-pueucHgZOoYOeHVX0CaCWoCP7Xv6N4VPEYFua5H0N_8KOFqrFwfF2nyM3q8uEyGq6qq1dKo9sCviUy-2Nnq3A8/s320/IMG_0855.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730633478526095666" /></div><div>He would just sit and stare at his worms. He loved to see which ones were fast, which ones were slow. He played helicopters with them (swung them around above his head like propellers...) The most indoor winter fun a 3yr old could have! </div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJoVqtqnl-r620k4e6YE309VCo1gpEa1mSsy4ts12DE7gamkj0xqsH_HYfBPxYr3lEQmU5gNdteb4k2YShs0QUL_bnZ-XnWuTcBc3Zqz6HSFCB5ik7KQLQ-iyZA5Uh5hMTE6IKbBcvDWY/s320/IMG_0848.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730633037405748466" /></div><div>Isabel joined in the fun when she got home from school! They both love worms. Some cousins (Adam, Ari, Sarah and Sam) came over and played with them too! Ben and Ari held a stick between them, put a worm on it and tried to see how long it would take for it to crawl from one side to the other. Ben and Sarah put worms on the swings and pushed them so they wouldn't get bored....</div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8KExmWble0Amu2e1cGdb1-KqWhMDbarI31puaX8OhEsCXZi1OjIFT4NV5yT_ITW4qfD8_bwhLLuXgctzG23T0C8GPpga2N5oKto4J8PG0n_wcDpUfpGSkbqboy4eJS_nLjIQ5aeP980/s320/IMG_0845.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730633027796052594" /></div><div>Worms are one of his favorite things! Can't wait til it's time to work in the yard again, so we can go find some worms of our own in the yard!</div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9CMd8NaibE9raJ4ei-U81cG9YrbqZhxWWUYX1W52itMMob8oz_wfSbPsi8PeAbrzGhJBJDDhdXOXumsE0nbucrbctqAPBAe7qP5W5FXXJpQWIYWhf9edERe7VUfN4XU7dIzuOe2-O7L4/s1600/IMG_0842.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9CMd8NaibE9raJ4ei-U81cG9YrbqZhxWWUYX1W52itMMob8oz_wfSbPsi8PeAbrzGhJBJDDhdXOXumsE0nbucrbctqAPBAe7qP5W5FXXJpQWIYWhf9edERe7VUfN4XU7dIzuOe2-O7L4/s320/IMG_0842.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730633012972590306" /></a>This last picture is for V is for volcanoes. (If you can't tell, these are rice crispy volcanoes!) We made the paper mache kind for the kids to explode with vinegar and baking soda, and we also did the mentos and diet coke way! Mentos and diet coke are awesome! It shot a good 50 feet into the air! All the kids were fans :) The adults too!</div></div></div><div>For another activity, I froze some of the kids toys into a tray so they could hammer them out. We were talking about spring and how ducks have to break out of eggs.... (a stretch I know) then I gave the kids their ice with toys in it and a hammer and let them bust out their toys! They loved it! Ben thought it was awesome. Joy school has proven to be tons of fun :)</div>kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06067961554076386665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259488463193797499.post-80239040764290788272012-02-06T07:09:00.001-08:002012-02-06T07:31:42.269-08:00Happy January<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0WkJiBJkzojjwjJd7wnNK1Km6LQZbwu4ZclCAMZXIK1D7WZdCS3WZo0p93bEjQULcPuxhZVXcdV0FoBEz9IjUpd7zFkRstDqkWN8yeakmgXhbF2QC70W71JIKDOygogmeGj2dR3DKgyU/s1600/IMG_0574.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0WkJiBJkzojjwjJd7wnNK1Km6LQZbwu4ZclCAMZXIK1D7WZdCS3WZo0p93bEjQULcPuxhZVXcdV0FoBEz9IjUpd7zFkRstDqkWN8yeakmgXhbF2QC70W71JIKDOygogmeGj2dR3DKgyU/s320/IMG_0574.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706040996254089186" border="0" /></a>The kids absolutely LOVE waking up to snow! The first snow this year they were so excited they went out in their jammies! At least Isabel put on gloves and a hat before going outside to get her breakfast of snow :) <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCEXza0sA1w60cHNSM_3XAvtCfgXtSTHImthsYeh_YFG4k8zf4-Mm1t4aX65_fnPXH6A_YwwS8D1FW_Sg0fR7fAq01S3SaQB3EyB-iMbpuB1hG-NlITJRp8bSSuvCMfssf08u781Lk7Eg/s1600/IMG_0575.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCEXza0sA1w60cHNSM_3XAvtCfgXtSTHImthsYeh_YFG4k8zf4-Mm1t4aX65_fnPXH6A_YwwS8D1FW_Sg0fR7fAq01S3SaQB3EyB-iMbpuB1hG-NlITJRp8bSSuvCMfssf08u781Lk7Eg/s320/IMG_0575.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706041004604291186" border="0" /></a>Ben put boots on before he made it outside! We haven't had a lot of snow this year, which is ok with me. We still haven't been able to go sledding yet.... we didn't make it last year either :( Well, the groundhog said 6 more weeks of winter, so there is still hope!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO1SGeglLpyOfrrGyxKXh7VxTIwDSssbvq9UZdG7MNzPRFfeRZu0N8CcvwOGrCaZVVsPSR9qE-BfQsexorr9EADzE1GswiJqezJ8QcyFfBpyAFStdYTrEWRtAW7rmOnKuQXlCQqWpey0o/s1600/IMG_0824.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO1SGeglLpyOfrrGyxKXh7VxTIwDSssbvq9UZdG7MNzPRFfeRZu0N8CcvwOGrCaZVVsPSR9qE-BfQsexorr9EADzE1GswiJqezJ8QcyFfBpyAFStdYTrEWRtAW7rmOnKuQXlCQqWpey0o/s320/IMG_0824.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706040477212940738" border="0" /></a>Brady is the webelos leader and the kids had to make a box sled to race at pack meeting. It got stored at our house. All kids need is a cardboard box! Luckily we had 2 big boxes left from Christmas, so I made 2 more cars. The kids are still playing in them.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8z57BjjUHg8WtEVQ5lANapyufA-lSWTK0JfB_QZBJXsz57-fDt3foH44swK9XsaghsTTyZKJ52zaZtTDHdXfyUbHXzFP1WQSIFqHmcmnrljiCx9X669di632YGUzdEpPE02iusHRp_mo/s1600/IMG_0826.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8z57BjjUHg8WtEVQ5lANapyufA-lSWTK0JfB_QZBJXsz57-fDt3foH44swK9XsaghsTTyZKJ52zaZtTDHdXfyUbHXzFP1WQSIFqHmcmnrljiCx9X669di632YGUzdEpPE02iusHRp_mo/s320/IMG_0826.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706040464457528722" border="0" /></a>Nara got her tonsils and adenoids out and got tubes in her ears this past week. Chris came over to fix my computer and brought Nara and Jen and Jon and Tamina were having their ducts cleaned, so Ari and Sarah came to play too! Here they all are chillin' on the couch watching Tangled. So cute! Glad Nara' surgery went good. Here's to a speedy recovery!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwuIk5bHrlcZ06NwYoAVqgXmEGuX7QqHO-2q9f32RumVy-nOu44j8JVE8nqdpxoFURLsuSnlFiaSiagGCGhxkjZX8_WeZeGYXowMPPo4Fbva4dFholgR42QbBJ_rSJ6KwdIFzbkeuczzM/s1600/IMG_0836.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwuIk5bHrlcZ06NwYoAVqgXmEGuX7QqHO-2q9f32RumVy-nOu44j8JVE8nqdpxoFURLsuSnlFiaSiagGCGhxkjZX8_WeZeGYXowMPPo4Fbva4dFholgR42QbBJ_rSJ6KwdIFzbkeuczzM/s320/IMG_0836.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706040458336517026" border="0" /></a>We have been getting packages from the Philippines the past couple of weeks. Mom and dad are starting to send stuff home. They could only take 40lbs each to the island, so they decided to just send stuff home instead of taking it with them. We HAVE to air the stuff out. It smells like all of my stuff I brought home from Brazil..... like mold. They sent home 2 nativities this week. Isabel was in charge of putting them on the table so they could air out. She had to make sure all of the figures were looking right at baby Jesus. Isn't she so cute! Notice the Rapunzel dress?? She has worn it everyday for almost 2 weeks now. She told me she wants her hair to grow all the way to the floor, like Rapunzels', and then when she tuns 18 she wants me to color it yellow. HaHa! Her hair is already really long, and she complains about it when we brush it, just imagine if it went to the floor..... At least I don't have to worry about that argument until she is 18 :)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUU_SplaojEowLjedlHmyx_qEe0AqLzT34IJevBsXN928mEpACC-wkAvs6F5T1wmRJLom4F_hyFYMiNcon7lOndJZX0DAbHOhk6LwN07EnoQRkpLEs1A-5IvyNnGn-4sTPl9m5w2S3h6w/s1600/IMG_0821.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUU_SplaojEowLjedlHmyx_qEe0AqLzT34IJevBsXN928mEpACC-wkAvs6F5T1wmRJLom4F_hyFYMiNcon7lOndJZX0DAbHOhk6LwN07EnoQRkpLEs1A-5IvyNnGn-4sTPl9m5w2S3h6w/s320/IMG_0821.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706040454977900882" border="0" /></a>And last but not least, I made treats for scouts and they turned out cool! I figured I should put it on this blog cause I have lots of rice crispy ideas here :) I made regular rice crispy treats and spread them as far as they would go on a cookie sheet. Then I melted some dark chocolate chips and some butterscotch chips (1/2 pkg each) and spread it over the top. Then I rolled them up cinnamon roll style and sliced like you would a cinnamon roll. They turned out really yummy! Chewy and chocolatey! They would work good with just frosting too! You can make anything with rice crispy treats :)kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06067961554076386665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259488463193797499.post-8601000353309857602012-01-03T17:32:00.001-08:002012-01-03T17:33:21.538-08:00FYIFor any that follow my blog (mom and dad) I just posted like 8 new posts today, so keep looking :)kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06067961554076386665noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259488463193797499.post-37782884305175149282012-01-03T11:53:00.000-08:002012-01-03T14:06:49.244-08:00Merry Christmas 2012The kids wanted to know what was going to happen now that we were on day 25 on the advent calendar. Luckily there was plenty of stuff given so Isabel could have her creative, fun craft for the day! Surprise! Even though Ben was on the naughty list for a few days, Santa did come to our house! Ben was surprised cause the day before, our neighbor Steve was talking to the kids telling them that he had talked to Santa and told him to stay out of our cul-de-sac or else he would haul him away in his cop car. (Someone said that Steve said he would shoot him too...) Well, Christmas morning came and Isabel rolled over and asked if it was 'morning, you know, when you could wake up' and I said yes. She then asked Ben if he wanted to go see what Santa had brought them and Ben looked at me and said, 'Santa didn't bring nothing, Steve shot him." He wasn't distraught or anything, it was just a statement..... crazy kid. I had to explain that Steve was just teasing (for the hundredth time) and we got ready to go see stockings :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcGvyYxWgfooD-bxq_htftkN5Fq8V6c3fpxSeXDB6blfN47fQM_q-pbBbFxi2f3Jam-0G8-Ll4WjJhZhv5E0RfoW29Ek0KkFzqPZTLME3vQh2JhPDkf5Hxj3vZ8ftps2nBHmV-JptAL64/s1600/IMG_0791.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcGvyYxWgfooD-bxq_htftkN5Fq8V6c3fpxSeXDB6blfN47fQM_q-pbBbFxi2f3Jam-0G8-Ll4WjJhZhv5E0RfoW29Ek0KkFzqPZTLME3vQh2JhPDkf5Hxj3vZ8ftps2nBHmV-JptAL64/s320/IMG_0791.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693500417868009698" border="0" /></a>Here they are in their new pj's from Christmas Eve, looking at what Santa brought them!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNBxmLXVkRUjB8DzLhdoAGxGON0Xv-JGnPiPrYn-Ma2O37ZqIxKzHzKoz_OjoNl2WT35huFvyw8CRzxS0ihNZ5xdYMuCZ15ZQPhCyynV5CyW3trgWN-gfKnf1Cx6N334jej53aDtzBt4E/s1600/IMG_0793.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNBxmLXVkRUjB8DzLhdoAGxGON0Xv-JGnPiPrYn-Ma2O37ZqIxKzHzKoz_OjoNl2WT35huFvyw8CRzxS0ihNZ5xdYMuCZ15ZQPhCyynV5CyW3trgWN-gfKnf1Cx6N334jej53aDtzBt4E/s320/IMG_0793.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693500406137053090" border="0" /></a>The first thing they saw was their snow globes. Santa put family pictures and and picture of them with him inside of it! They are also plastic! Santa is one smart cookie.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5hpn9jfoe-kGRtpG1Akbhix9Iaz-HlvceN6cLJ_wnTaPFeCYEfGPdb04b810ns63grKhOJUh-VdvsfuQoIvy8BATxVRp98SboRCCxTEn_vAb0szcLLKFzYU5FuUABCAjmNR1iNPlF8WA/s1600/IMG_0794.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5hpn9jfoe-kGRtpG1Akbhix9Iaz-HlvceN6cLJ_wnTaPFeCYEfGPdb04b810ns63grKhOJUh-VdvsfuQoIvy8BATxVRp98SboRCCxTEn_vAb0szcLLKFzYU5FuUABCAjmNR1iNPlF8WA/s320/IMG_0794.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693499757023197378" border="0" /></a>Ben was excited for his chocolate candy cane! That is all that he asked for from Santa, chocolate.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYj8YyDinjDDlqJ1uhXRd9L34zbPvY4fI0WFRGkivo-5Fcb2wvVcJy6-h3b-GmGGaoUuJJvcHqgrbF7DzywuDwoLDSh-Tjs7FBmpfBbJZjN03W1jAnOkxA98gWvdiZT8L4E0FsE-9ldUg/s1600/IMG_0796.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYj8YyDinjDDlqJ1uhXRd9L34zbPvY4fI0WFRGkivo-5Fcb2wvVcJy6-h3b-GmGGaoUuJJvcHqgrbF7DzywuDwoLDSh-Tjs7FBmpfBbJZjN03W1jAnOkxA98gWvdiZT8L4E0FsE-9ldUg/s320/IMG_0796.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693499755763369170" border="0" /></a>I got a picture of Isabel with all the stuff Santa brought! She loves her art stuff and bandaids and electric toothbrush!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwi3bh0zA00sWmMzGtHIJmo6ChEJgyb96COw_3QNKXQQWxMEuvbMujmYD2KCdAzFdXW8ZW-P43Fg0SohTIRMtwJ6pw00Vie2z9ZGwk7hZSkyB17fem3FU4veTeqIKOJLWrAXpHmDPr_MU/s1600/IMG_0797.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwi3bh0zA00sWmMzGtHIJmo6ChEJgyb96COw_3QNKXQQWxMEuvbMujmYD2KCdAzFdXW8ZW-P43Fg0SohTIRMtwJ6pw00Vie2z9ZGwk7hZSkyB17fem3FU4veTeqIKOJLWrAXpHmDPr_MU/s320/IMG_0797.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693499736288349906" border="0" /></a>Ben's favorite thing was a tie between the chocolate and the fishing pole. I didn't get a picture with him and his stocking stuff because he had to open and play with everything right then.... and it got scattered everywhere!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIR3RwgDOK8IXSCMABz_wHXBshyO9I0NGJZc1jxjlHqUtmny8Vzpy9namTBD0OApzFCKJGBSvMZD7uaKeHBqMYdrY7xbRsgPXtNTo7WwC3wq3zfG4yHjEWpHEMkFWNact7HpNwF3WjiNg/s1600/IMG_0798.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIR3RwgDOK8IXSCMABz_wHXBshyO9I0NGJZc1jxjlHqUtmny8Vzpy9namTBD0OApzFCKJGBSvMZD7uaKeHBqMYdrY7xbRsgPXtNTo7WwC3wq3zfG4yHjEWpHEMkFWNact7HpNwF3WjiNg/s320/IMG_0798.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693499728594579234" border="0" /></a>Then we opened family presents! (Notice the necklace? It's the one from Grandma Morgan from the Philippines) Brady got the kids new hats. I LOVE them. They look so cute in them. The kids got clothes, Kung Fu Panda 2, which has now taken the place of How to Train Your Dragon in Ben's eyes, a punching bag for Ben, 2 pairs of boots for Isabel, and some other stuff. The kids got Brady an angry birds card game. Brady got me an alternative down comforter. It is excellent! I got Brady and I tickets to go see the Harlem Globetrotters in February, a new pillow and some new basketball jerseys (his old ones stunk) and Santa brought him buffalo jerky and some power bars.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRon4dFVdLGvhPwHpH0mIaTpFT-COOBGliKJxqaAuyXVIsEakMubrlIMMLEfGKNV_ValhFpmj_u5Uuuma1je6xuT51mU9qLbFylNskhbivq8qnuh6b0mGMRte37s8b3Dn1HqA244kWL24/s1600/IMG_0799.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRon4dFVdLGvhPwHpH0mIaTpFT-COOBGliKJxqaAuyXVIsEakMubrlIMMLEfGKNV_ValhFpmj_u5Uuuma1je6xuT51mU9qLbFylNskhbivq8qnuh6b0mGMRte37s8b3Dn1HqA244kWL24/s320/IMG_0799.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693497710294700370" border="0" /></a>Brady and I decided that it was worth me waiting at Walmart on black Friday to get the kids new bikes for $30. Ben's is a little big, but with the way he is growing, it will be fine in a month or so :) Isabel's knees were almost hitting her handlebars on her old bike, so her new one fits her perfect!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfKs1Gwss8MoC1yjxVN7DXp7s_SF49al352tMhKIxRRx3S2KpLoHQfVTjuM0vqSK82sXuAJrRbJb0OM-EUmad9blz4Hgp-lgEjG3S-Ud8tu5L-89KIx_qahJ4ohf5GspBwkb7Pw4Z84lM/s1600/IMG_0800.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfKs1Gwss8MoC1yjxVN7DXp7s_SF49al352tMhKIxRRx3S2KpLoHQfVTjuM0vqSK82sXuAJrRbJb0OM-EUmad9blz4Hgp-lgEjG3S-Ud8tu5L-89KIx_qahJ4ohf5GspBwkb7Pw4Z84lM/s320/IMG_0800.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693497701141767074" border="0" /></a>The kids love riding in the snow. We only have one rule.... no crying when you fall unless you are really hurt :) They tend to fall a lot in the snow. Luckily no injuries so far. You can see a pair of Isabel's new boots in this picture, and one of her new Hello Kitty shirts. Her other boots are purple sequin ones!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgil5WuQF-ML42UKyLGfV6mZJU1sFQQEYw0fpRpCH-lDG56i-9klLSbrCDsGnHmdPtkIUIrCka4CiEsAipoNZre5na623PLjk3EfVNsS8cTTNvbUO8oRsfeNZvN_gN_JRMR_jNPYhwNhf0/s1600/IMG_0802.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgil5WuQF-ML42UKyLGfV6mZJU1sFQQEYw0fpRpCH-lDG56i-9klLSbrCDsGnHmdPtkIUIrCka4CiEsAipoNZre5na623PLjk3EfVNsS8cTTNvbUO8oRsfeNZvN_gN_JRMR_jNPYhwNhf0/s320/IMG_0802.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693497687784697922" border="0" /></a>After presents, we went over to Grandma and Grandpa Yamashita's for breakfast and more presents. We were all spoiled. Ben got clothes, toys, new spiderman shoes and a cool ride on tractor with trailer! Isabel got clothes, shoes, art stuff, a tangled doll and a leap pad explorer. She loves it because it she can take pictures then edit them! Plus it came with a tangled game ;)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV_1IEyu4KyTQVpjGeUjwI6qq5OptlDG31I7uM9E0drT6nCJcOVcMwJ6X8h8UBP2O1Yze1rfaeDBzh0bnCvb4n6dwtK1CarOGrvAzP7mBJKTWM6kmazxx3tQz1j7CfjT5UZc9ZmT7sPrM/s1600/IMG_0801.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV_1IEyu4KyTQVpjGeUjwI6qq5OptlDG31I7uM9E0drT6nCJcOVcMwJ6X8h8UBP2O1Yze1rfaeDBzh0bnCvb4n6dwtK1CarOGrvAzP7mBJKTWM6kmazxx3tQz1j7CfjT5UZc9ZmT7sPrM/s320/IMG_0801.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693497682050653682" border="0" /></a>After presents, we all went to Sacrament meeting at Grandma Tracie's ward. We got home later and Isabel looked at me and said, "It was fun to go to church with grandma, wasn't it?"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhtK71IDp4NxGkjiKhviDtQ6qHy3WFNCflqHkYCfGaXeenpODEtylUettBakg5X99R0iSwgYnRZMcP44sFEIurpr82vtFwzqYl-2HgaG0HhjEcXXpdThX_bYyl322pKrPmKlNfJklzOuw/s1600/IMG_0803.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhtK71IDp4NxGkjiKhviDtQ6qHy3WFNCflqHkYCfGaXeenpODEtylUettBakg5X99R0iSwgYnRZMcP44sFEIurpr82vtFwzqYl-2HgaG0HhjEcXXpdThX_bYyl322pKrPmKlNfJklzOuw/s320/IMG_0803.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693497677000313298" border="0" /></a>We had a wonderful Christmas. It's kind of crazy to think that it is over already. We had so much fun this month with our activities each day, that it is sad that it is over. Some of the things we did, that I didn't get pictures of, were; lights at Temple Square, make treats for their primary teachers and deliver them, read Christmas stories, watch Christmas movies, decorate Great-grandma Maxine's door up at the nursing home, cut out snowflakes, make jello santas and snowmen, etc.... The only thing we didn't get to do was snow activities. It's been cold, but no snow yet. <br />I feel truly blessed to have such a wonderful family and extended family that care about us. I am so grateful for my Savior and for His life and example. It's wonderful to have a time of year set aside, and special Christmas traditions that bring us closer to Him. Merry Christmas!kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06067961554076386665noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259488463193797499.post-71532571510152381462012-01-03T09:09:00.001-08:002012-01-03T09:29:59.278-08:00Christmas Eve<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQjQdFysBoGxw36yrIERhv_Kp0vO4FeMI8kdvnVjnuUSPhn61Ej0g342f4S-at_lv30SM2lPIsNLVTcLNcfkxas_WSPhyzxy8_JspjxIsKGDTqCgLwbVd4kS3uWRlEwqAJC1grbpn_1lA/s1600/IMG_0778.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQjQdFysBoGxw36yrIERhv_Kp0vO4FeMI8kdvnVjnuUSPhn61Ej0g342f4S-at_lv30SM2lPIsNLVTcLNcfkxas_WSPhyzxy8_JspjxIsKGDTqCgLwbVd4kS3uWRlEwqAJC1grbpn_1lA/s320/IMG_0778.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693455337722280418" border="0" /></a>Speaking of traditions, here are some pictures from acting out the nativity for mom and dad on skype. The kids are a little more active than last year, but I they knew the primary songs better :) Here is our wiseman Ben. He was excited that he could kneel down in front of Jesus and give Him a present.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2iYFlzVL5wUoEpC9UWBnqONJZVMsLTPL2Zg3gdDHxRHVOvOzDtxyWA1PCO70rOlVDi9ZufMSnoixAUqr3X1bTUVjli5QFl34-kZn6SB7NpLhH7XIMYhTqHHSpiATUZDII3hZhKLp_PP0/s1600/IMG_0780.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2iYFlzVL5wUoEpC9UWBnqONJZVMsLTPL2Zg3gdDHxRHVOvOzDtxyWA1PCO70rOlVDi9ZufMSnoixAUqr3X1bTUVjli5QFl34-kZn6SB7NpLhH7XIMYhTqHHSpiATUZDII3hZhKLp_PP0/s320/IMG_0780.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693455322294741602" border="0" /></a>Here is our sheep, Sam, and one of our angels, Nara, that kept stealing baby Jesus from the manger. We eventually had to get another baby Jesus so she could hold one too :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihTBbm2CbRUAOzM2kFEjERI8hbf6g5ABphiP_T3B7utgFjO6Uui285pJ0OX_Cokdse6ySeRWKP0McD2B7I8sfnqFSHaewkR-U7zamo5GlyhJTmv_xvNvaNSXxaVZcmyBx7TQMRvLO6N6k/s1600/IMG_0781.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihTBbm2CbRUAOzM2kFEjERI8hbf6g5ABphiP_T3B7utgFjO6Uui285pJ0OX_Cokdse6ySeRWKP0McD2B7I8sfnqFSHaewkR-U7zamo5GlyhJTmv_xvNvaNSXxaVZcmyBx7TQMRvLO6N6k/s320/IMG_0781.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693455312870060626" border="0" /></a>Here is Mary, Isabel. It's her favorite part. Next year Nara might give her some competition for it though :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCDlj0AAe5Ert8E0X3n1ceii-X7vbe8W7p-YBGJKbvuKudTrY2VVkUbmMG596iV7fAMNs4ATq6Y0uaMlWE_sIeiL1HfM_Tzgwgib4t-X6MNBfy340PptoNoBqpJ-Ng8CepH_1MACblIY/s1600/IMG_0777.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCDlj0AAe5Ert8E0X3n1ceii-X7vbe8W7p-YBGJKbvuKudTrY2VVkUbmMG596iV7fAMNs4ATq6Y0uaMlWE_sIeiL1HfM_Tzgwgib4t-X6MNBfy340PptoNoBqpJ-Ng8CepH_1MACblIY/s320/IMG_0777.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693455342705282946" border="0" /></a>Here is Joseph (Noah) leading Mary on the donkey (Chris) to Bethlehem. Here is another angel, Ari, that got to say 'Good news'.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQwM_EC7SacBR7zutmww-2eYhM0ud8VoSXH0aWnl2L2RuLfFXpWDkQ0JFWqnZMAGkMbGpZH14Pnx_fGMVH82iGopvq0IFMyQn7BjOkjGEUYBezzUaEiyk6nENkFr7tYSoQLHLk1bwY9IY/s1600/IMG_0784.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQwM_EC7SacBR7zutmww-2eYhM0ud8VoSXH0aWnl2L2RuLfFXpWDkQ0JFWqnZMAGkMbGpZH14Pnx_fGMVH82iGopvq0IFMyQn7BjOkjGEUYBezzUaEiyk6nENkFr7tYSoQLHLk1bwY9IY/s320/IMG_0784.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693454651531917826" border="0" /></a>Jon and Tamina (choirs of heavenly hosts) entertaining the sheep in bunny clothes :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaEO0Xh_Q1ZLGMqkcL8Zs7fosbyJ8VZ8aM0idf6KzGGaBW0060qEK1-7Eg2CQ-FBfKMYe5raHtupg5__0niVbpnX-Eo8s5z1Q3dg0ER5DYySv3-p0wZSObEdYWkI3F7mN_Px_blx4K87o/s1600/IMG_0785.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaEO0Xh_Q1ZLGMqkcL8Zs7fosbyJ8VZ8aM0idf6KzGGaBW0060qEK1-7Eg2CQ-FBfKMYe5raHtupg5__0niVbpnX-Eo8s5z1Q3dg0ER5DYySv3-p0wZSObEdYWkI3F7mN_Px_blx4K87o/s320/IMG_0785.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693454647914478626" border="0" /></a>Jen (another heavenly host) and her angel.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJDFP3CSLyYMfLc7vhVQL_qi2dupURXSlutCEOjJpb7ou2-0Gxq1XDTl78UUlMug93f9jFAc32RE9lDxm3GGQIpQxifE0twE74xskHDSEt-5HTFjc4LPp1Ca29ARscmQNt9UxR7KaCCZw/s1600/IMG_0783.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJDFP3CSLyYMfLc7vhVQL_qi2dupURXSlutCEOjJpb7ou2-0Gxq1XDTl78UUlMug93f9jFAc32RE9lDxm3GGQIpQxifE0twE74xskHDSEt-5HTFjc4LPp1Ca29ARscmQNt9UxR7KaCCZw/s320/IMG_0783.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693454644630300402" border="0" /></a>Kelli Ann (yet another Heavenly host) holding the angel Gabriel that got to tell Mary that Jesus was going to be born!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBV4gctHFvMyW8wKUsrplvYS8UBaQolJf92svJYToLR4CejdHnSZISdMlQeChF3oiaExtgqA7YjccbTnnOLlUvQsuDIVXogokjpy-Rreh1ZGq1i_MMqSNGiCi5fRoCKgjYnKFzcbjuWEQ/s1600/IMG_0782.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBV4gctHFvMyW8wKUsrplvYS8UBaQolJf92svJYToLR4CejdHnSZISdMlQeChF3oiaExtgqA7YjccbTnnOLlUvQsuDIVXogokjpy-Rreh1ZGq1i_MMqSNGiCi5fRoCKgjYnKFzcbjuWEQ/s320/IMG_0782.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693454681552042162" border="0" /></a>Our shephard, Adam. He had quite a job keeping watch over the sheep, Sam!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkSu28tvvZKIRA5qax6chHWO7lvG4l5M_n257eZ6x1CfYXeeUhpewXImm2vs6HODvYYMiR8efHtId50BZ7ayetfrWeTjkhjbbE7mosBULOln6C-hBwtwunnHRYw7N_e2wC4aAaJupymdQ/s1600/IMG_0786.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkSu28tvvZKIRA5qax6chHWO7lvG4l5M_n257eZ6x1CfYXeeUhpewXImm2vs6HODvYYMiR8efHtId50BZ7ayetfrWeTjkhjbbE7mosBULOln6C-hBwtwunnHRYw7N_e2wC4aAaJupymdQ/s320/IMG_0786.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693454638465873346" border="0" /></a>The program went well. Next year might go a little smoother, cause we will have more room to act it out. The past 2 years we have been limited to the range of the computer for skype. Grandma and Grandpa Morgan got each of the kids some presents from the Philippines, so we had the kids open them so mom and dad could see them. The girls got a beaded purse, a shell necklace, and a seed bracelet. The boys got a wood water buffalo and a wood turtle and a racing car. The older girls (me,Tamina, Jen & Kelli Ann) got a tablecloth and Philippine pearl necklaces and bracelets. The older boys (Brady, Jon, Chris, & Grant) got water buffalo horn belts. They are pretty cool, and apparently a status symbol over in the Philippines. All the families got a bag of treats.... yum yum! I love this tradition. The kids look forward to it and so do I!kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06067961554076386665noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259488463193797499.post-88776350040591565352012-01-03T08:49:00.000-08:002012-01-03T09:09:19.728-08:00Rice Crispy ReindeerYou can make anything with rice crispy treats.... I just know it.....dragons, towers, turkeys....! These reindeer were way cuter in my head...... they turned out alright though.....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTAo3di-hvce_Je_BksFQ9WGWDaYaTM3sFKibEoFgSMDxJFFOTzijLFDrE4Kr_US6X_lLeS28R7K6_P7VjDX1Vo_0tD9B1Ew82Ct0oiN1Zh-uHSlFUCwfiPYCEjkPE6UTj5ySlD-nR87I/s1600/IMG_0765.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTAo3di-hvce_Je_BksFQ9WGWDaYaTM3sFKibEoFgSMDxJFFOTzijLFDrE4Kr_US6X_lLeS28R7K6_P7VjDX1Vo_0tD9B1Ew82Ct0oiN1Zh-uHSlFUCwfiPYCEjkPE6UTj5ySlD-nR87I/s320/IMG_0765.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693450108921148386" border="0" /></a>The kids made theirs as reindeer faces. You can see Ari's reindeer face made out of m&m's. I also showed the kids that they could make a wreath to decorate, so that is the other thing on her plate. (The one with stick pretzels our the top is the reindeer)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRU_dBnESeAh-6gRiTbmKd2u1Lclp5HickDFNNVUAxSweOJ3KJfrfygr5IdXtTqBTzuw9RhTsNqrbfaDWHoJ62qLP41robgPmum8eA9aATSFeCrtKSSKFLgz5U_0thvaY6OSdmUK2111I/s1600/IMG_0776.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRU_dBnESeAh-6gRiTbmKd2u1Lclp5HickDFNNVUAxSweOJ3KJfrfygr5IdXtTqBTzuw9RhTsNqrbfaDWHoJ62qLP41robgPmum8eA9aATSFeCrtKSSKFLgz5U_0thvaY6OSdmUK2111I/s320/IMG_0776.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693449591214101122" border="0" /></a>Here is a cute one of Sar-Bear.... She loves coming to play, and I love that she will just follow me around and jabber my ear off :) She was my special helper to wrap presents and make dinner. She helped me wrap a 24 pack of soda for Brady and as soon as she saw Brady she said, " hi brady.... I helped wrap you a present. I'm not going to tell you what it is, it's a secret, and it's soda!!!" All in one breath! Luckily she loves Brady now.... that is definite progress!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTNQOxas972_Eg1mFLu8TyG-Yh_-kscYVSHndb4IEnRi2C4-ko9sT_CtK3IVwsQzuK4sU11ugjRS2GzoCMUMrDIspt-fIRYuu0DEZZvJJCoZfmeUfqTHXphwCz5iOzDLtMB611-7IM7ZY/s1600/IMG_0771.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTNQOxas972_Eg1mFLu8TyG-Yh_-kscYVSHndb4IEnRi2C4-ko9sT_CtK3IVwsQzuK4sU11ugjRS2GzoCMUMrDIspt-fIRYuu0DEZZvJJCoZfmeUfqTHXphwCz5iOzDLtMB611-7IM7ZY/s320/IMG_0771.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693449604281453170" border="0" /></a>Ben enjoyed eating his more than making it. :)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0wv71ESgCrLFdpEU-in9oWjP3Ens6ScXQ5PdxUJlhyphenhyphennJbfpVqjzo8mxouFqBGYXyMzy-Lwj0z2sj1zMF6wUQdyi7pm7rHRWRIm2ob-wwn00pOdtbfVO362otmDoqcZj2B_EjS-dosHsk/s1600/IMG_0767.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0wv71ESgCrLFdpEU-in9oWjP3Ens6ScXQ5PdxUJlhyphenhyphennJbfpVqjzo8mxouFqBGYXyMzy-Lwj0z2sj1zMF6wUQdyi7pm7rHRWRIm2ob-wwn00pOdtbfVO362otmDoqcZj2B_EjS-dosHsk/s320/IMG_0767.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693449618724241586" border="0" /></a>Here are Isabel's creations. The one with the pretzels sticking straight up is her wreath...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgokU7hFTCr1_7e3yk0v65sLYdvpH5HtusPVEGXiwBv8XqlKYUgl2hEQbnU6aoGI2Soruqsc4gFBg3f_7mbFOZtHXKnvvDSKfGH84ye_e-NjV3YzJ2ab0KaHsgVWX6iQlPO1nu5AF8u8KU/s1600/IMG_0772.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgokU7hFTCr1_7e3yk0v65sLYdvpH5HtusPVEGXiwBv8XqlKYUgl2hEQbnU6aoGI2Soruqsc4gFBg3f_7mbFOZtHXKnvvDSKfGH84ye_e-NjV3YzJ2ab0KaHsgVWX6iQlPO1nu5AF8u8KU/s320/IMG_0772.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693449559575142674" border="0" /></a>And Adam made (from left to right) Santa's sleigh, reindeer face, and a wreath. He was very proud of his creations too!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxMGK2p4vzOVfu32RDZAnERux7U0uk1oCFGP1BBvZZzOSle8gERKh4UdZrxdj9KVuKoWzyuz-eUlH-Ove02OfBUOzu-JVe3CXjom7Y2_95RIRhhq8tZLNfK6I-jhExlIHVAkzeFvj-IWQ/s1600/IMG_0766.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxMGK2p4vzOVfu32RDZAnERux7U0uk1oCFGP1BBvZZzOSle8gERKh4UdZrxdj9KVuKoWzyuz-eUlH-Ove02OfBUOzu-JVe3CXjom7Y2_95RIRhhq8tZLNfK6I-jhExlIHVAkzeFvj-IWQ/s320/IMG_0766.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693449623041447810" border="0" /></a>I'm glad the kids got to come play again! Tamina and Jon got to take Sam to get an EEG at Primary's. Luckily it looks like they can start tapering his seizure medicine! Hooray!!kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06067961554076386665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259488463193797499.post-28337861308478093742012-01-03T08:45:00.001-08:002012-01-03T08:49:17.851-08:00Grandma's Elves<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJG66sdK4nYGfrejgggt7j4JsM2XvItGKOJ4CL_m5xWueYXtAcuErdzKwcMfUuEwPEDYrwNK-w0c_-Fu6aIPp_UFJSLuk2l4sCPIArcpipknHj9k7VeJMLRLc9r4jP-7smZu_yRAGsbw/s1600/IMG_0760.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJG66sdK4nYGfrejgggt7j4JsM2XvItGKOJ4CL_m5xWueYXtAcuErdzKwcMfUuEwPEDYrwNK-w0c_-Fu6aIPp_UFJSLuk2l4sCPIArcpipknHj9k7VeJMLRLc9r4jP-7smZu_yRAGsbw/s320/IMG_0760.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693448154574172066" border="0" /></a>I went to get the kids after work one Monday and Grandma Tracie made sure to tell me that she had elves helping her all day! They loved to wear the jingle bells around over their ears so Grandma told them they were her elves!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-MwarcDhyiYi4aX9-qWIqLe6ZKLjO7nlyBC9RtUhuVUsnkeWK4A-DJTUV-6_ZG2azCxeedScTaS5SgFh3WamAb7j3HtXumRmGqT5Pcy9etBvQZ05usfdozCzsciEmkEruvtf8YPnplWw/s1600/IMG_0761.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-MwarcDhyiYi4aX9-qWIqLe6ZKLjO7nlyBC9RtUhuVUsnkeWK4A-DJTUV-6_ZG2azCxeedScTaS5SgFh3WamAb7j3HtXumRmGqT5Pcy9etBvQZ05usfdozCzsciEmkEruvtf8YPnplWw/s320/IMG_0761.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693448158733510802" border="0" /></a>Cute little elves if I do say so :) Speaking of elves, we had one join our house this year. The week before Christmas. (An elf on the shelf). I would post a picture, but he already flew back to the north pole to stay with Santa til next year. The kids named him Elffy. I think he really does have some magical power.kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06067961554076386665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259488463193797499.post-49410426584169790092012-01-03T08:31:00.000-08:002012-01-03T08:45:18.698-08:00Gingerbread Houses<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxaOLLo9L6hnymIicn4oN9nhPax2vK5SRxsYo9bMTy2ujYuN_cVCaMvXHK6x2vC-T2_E8pfMs3V0TGpmhePh_FDYFxxCoHH7kSqjL5_Dzjjx1uPPzfhZ3_bX0uyQCUFNYHNPbHDOqN84/s1600/IMG_0750.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxaOLLo9L6hnymIicn4oN9nhPax2vK5SRxsYo9bMTy2ujYuN_cVCaMvXHK6x2vC-T2_E8pfMs3V0TGpmhePh_FDYFxxCoHH7kSqjL5_Dzjjx1uPPzfhZ3_bX0uyQCUFNYHNPbHDOqN84/s320/IMG_0750.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693446592469214610" border="0" /></a>Another activity in the advent calendar was to make gingerbread houses. We Adam, Ari, and Sarah come over to make them with us!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVHscSudnlG8W3oeKem3jdCtTP8iXWjZORwIIIU_GMy3Anblm57JD89NOrZgEM4lWMGZu0FtNdOvWpCYa_HnQU6AQyKRLqa-DgTkIv6krVMPqmYinRFWvpGhHJjBbqCm5JfaJUYMoS8vI/s1600/IMG_0752.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVHscSudnlG8W3oeKem3jdCtTP8iXWjZORwIIIU_GMy3Anblm57JD89NOrZgEM4lWMGZu0FtNdOvWpCYa_HnQU6AQyKRLqa-DgTkIv6krVMPqmYinRFWvpGhHJjBbqCm5JfaJUYMoS8vI/s320/IMG_0752.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693446282488339138" border="0" /></a>Here is Isabel's masterpiece. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLDsutxAY-EsWpfKvaEgz0ao2yiWaOY4g68Ktw_KhMJ3oIN4xllTq0V0m11wu06YaQ8j6sukLW55EPym9kVzDhzSzW1bU0CyVr0UI9sXKNxLXfag7Dh3c_-TmemHaOTZSO-aLy-T01Ykw/s1600/IMG_0751.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLDsutxAY-EsWpfKvaEgz0ao2yiWaOY4g68Ktw_KhMJ3oIN4xllTq0V0m11wu06YaQ8j6sukLW55EPym9kVzDhzSzW1bU0CyVr0UI9sXKNxLXfag7Dh3c_-TmemHaOTZSO-aLy-T01Ykw/s320/IMG_0751.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693446272670401682" border="0" /></a>Adam's creation!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc4i006xDuAB0E8JZOnmtKzW-a2w9nVE9FzqqU_r6mnMPiOM9AaSJ1qfUOFq5YzxocYkaVGKxowgwqf1SIyIrACTgJkyeZM1Mus4VV67JPM7eCElkCzqllkwAGHNnmNhlm_AmQ_LIlWAw/s1600/IMG_0749.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc4i006xDuAB0E8JZOnmtKzW-a2w9nVE9FzqqU_r6mnMPiOM9AaSJ1qfUOFq5YzxocYkaVGKxowgwqf1SIyIrACTgJkyeZM1Mus4VV67JPM7eCElkCzqllkwAGHNnmNhlm_AmQ_LIlWAw/s320/IMG_0749.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693446266844474322" border="0" /></a>Here is Ben's...... the candy never made it on there.... it wouldn't even stay together because he kept eating the frosting that was holding it together...... ( luckily I found a recipe for egg-free royal icing so I didn't have to worry if he ate it or not!)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiljbHr-DMAQk7YWCv_a4kBaP3TVuR8T0yFaemdWkPHTSAkqxouW1LHnOaB4Kw7bTATMYVQr70wLz_Yp3C29pscT_me4aIkb3fP4TCEFZXku369rIS9Ha25PHD55BYEoIz_TUHzI_6nceI/s1600/IMG_0748.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiljbHr-DMAQk7YWCv_a4kBaP3TVuR8T0yFaemdWkPHTSAkqxouW1LHnOaB4Kw7bTATMYVQr70wLz_Yp3C29pscT_me4aIkb3fP4TCEFZXku369rIS9Ha25PHD55BYEoIz_TUHzI_6nceI/s320/IMG_0748.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693446258863028018" border="0" /></a>Ari really liked the orange frosting.... you can tell, can't you??? :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD2KSuMQ-dYcGHoDIcix8uCfCpQ8WZZ2M7Ig2uTEha5jSPHYn32zIUE88UL3V3-JtZm9fEoispx7Ja7RqmMP6wkoYr-bhLa8XO_90mZN5YUB8UTFatW_fzY0ZxmgDApwVSQxAHOGFE6Xk/s1600/IMG_0746.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD2KSuMQ-dYcGHoDIcix8uCfCpQ8WZZ2M7Ig2uTEha5jSPHYn32zIUE88UL3V3-JtZm9fEoispx7Ja7RqmMP6wkoYr-bhLa8XO_90mZN5YUB8UTFatW_fzY0ZxmgDApwVSQxAHOGFE6Xk/s320/IMG_0746.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693446299262076194" border="0" /></a><br />And Sarah was very proud of hers. She had marshmallows, gummy bears, and chocolate chips.... all her favorite things! We had lots of fun! Thanks for letting me borrow your kids Tamina :)kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06067961554076386665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259488463193797499.post-77456953170947776792012-01-03T07:55:00.000-08:002012-01-03T08:30:11.149-08:00Reindeer at Weber State<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpLoPYLmjAKCny8ga93nyoe7JXOWLLs-LOeG2jKomyTNHqHvBd0g-5S2rmsVlasaCoLNDg2B9smVIiqzHOyGY5B0I4kM5Z86vL1h5mcRPkz1ER8sZcKEMCsgvTDNsQbICqgC9rhSnJQzM/s1600/IMG_0741.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpLoPYLmjAKCny8ga93nyoe7JXOWLLs-LOeG2jKomyTNHqHvBd0g-5S2rmsVlasaCoLNDg2B9smVIiqzHOyGY5B0I4kM5Z86vL1h5mcRPkz1ER8sZcKEMCsgvTDNsQbICqgC9rhSnJQzM/s320/IMG_0741.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693438984071396002" border="0" /></a>I set up my Christmas advent quilt this year and in each of the pockets I had an activity for the kids to do. We loved going to see the Reindeer at Weber State last year, so that was one of our activities this year. Here are the Ben, Zoey, and Isabel. Not too bad for a picture together...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXIsc4yOkchXsd-yZ9NarLNGH4gQweXGfK6IU7fzE23fOor9zwqfPc1LrxP3WowSFO2m9DwNFOdYHwMakObUzL1WSL0G39vg1JNYNxg-qzvwAc_V4CG0CrlnO82TmGBl4C54RAo8L1RCA/s1600/IMG_0742.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXIsc4yOkchXsd-yZ9NarLNGH4gQweXGfK6IU7fzE23fOor9zwqfPc1LrxP3WowSFO2m9DwNFOdYHwMakObUzL1WSL0G39vg1JNYNxg-qzvwAc_V4CG0CrlnO82TmGBl4C54RAo8L1RCA/s320/IMG_0742.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693438652856176770" border="0" /></a>This was 2 seconds later. All I have to say is they know how to push each others buttons already :) Just like I could do with my brothers!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8ptUVu1HwEgGWIVXrwEHKzknWlEFs130lr069urPj5B8hG_bTL1x-c395ymIen9h3E-34rslpCs0LROijitc2gS6LeX3KmwxE10sS_VAj4DAadSiPEmovs-4BHbaZM1vx-cVUIrYOqM/s1600/IMG_0721.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8ptUVu1HwEgGWIVXrwEHKzknWlEFs130lr069urPj5B8hG_bTL1x-c395ymIen9h3E-34rslpCs0LROijitc2gS6LeX3KmwxE10sS_VAj4DAadSiPEmovs-4BHbaZM1vx-cVUIrYOqM/s320/IMG_0721.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693438628841163810" border="0" /></a>Here is Isabel and Ben (pretending to be a reindeer) with Snowflake, one of Santa's reindeer.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxbi7Zx6ew7Jw9NqGGQ81HWJWH-SNPLhb7TrhsilpnkwuvKEGty4lEUQkkC3ghJ_CKiEtXuz8ZYGhmN0V5FZ3gi9Cstvqqmg-Z5BoZqO1SP9WfQ8uYF9TAstgN3CmwhLaf5_IJ5_XxNyQ/s1600/IMG_0706.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxbi7Zx6ew7Jw9NqGGQ81HWJWH-SNPLhb7TrhsilpnkwuvKEGty4lEUQkkC3ghJ_CKiEtXuz8ZYGhmN0V5FZ3gi9Cstvqqmg-Z5BoZqO1SP9WfQ8uYF9TAstgN3CmwhLaf5_IJ5_XxNyQ/s320/IMG_0706.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693438635648786946" border="0" /></a>Here is Zoey chatting with Snowflake. I thought this picture turned out so cute.... my kids wouldn't talk to the reindeer..... Ben only wanted to act like one :)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOwUbDVKljqs3PcZCS6CEwH7rnZI_1RqVzW_higGKk0cdETBUQpKNTTw34Q2biW9B0Nx7mqx8DWGid8Tt707-Z39U-Ysun2xbCpAl8SyeQN046fJNxynsh2lbhVUpAKU7gp4EGvDCwtm4/s1600/IMG_0723.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOwUbDVKljqs3PcZCS6CEwH7rnZI_1RqVzW_higGKk0cdETBUQpKNTTw34Q2biW9B0Nx7mqx8DWGid8Tt707-Z39U-Ysun2xbCpAl8SyeQN046fJNxynsh2lbhVUpAKU7gp4EGvDCwtm4/s320/IMG_0723.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693438614037388466" border="0" /></a>Here he is pretending to be a reindeer again. If the reindeer looked like he does here, I think kids all over the world might have nightmares about Santa's reindeer.....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyV-e30qLx6KgcmFM-m8Axwj0tCYCo5CZPMGbrvW8GJS91d9q9mzZHSsW6vFuhisRmOuusHm5t3yCNGpvH7IXkjkJr2EfXJUN7sql566x7FQ1crrSiA13AhnWYPXdwKSBsY6y20nmNPA/s1600/IMG_0709.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyV-e30qLx6KgcmFM-m8Axwj0tCYCo5CZPMGbrvW8GJS91d9q9mzZHSsW6vFuhisRmOuusHm5t3yCNGpvH7IXkjkJr2EfXJUN7sql566x7FQ1crrSiA13AhnWYPXdwKSBsY6y20nmNPA/s320/IMG_0709.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693438606204936466" border="0" /></a>After we saw the reindeer, we went upstairs to do the craft (a picture frame) then I let the kids run around for a little bit. They LOVE the hills up at Weber.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh99v9DtE_pDfHVh3fIEL2LF5CGhz6wUt8mdmPQgRtM8nM_3bP2AP8AEOpgL1vRjsdwTcneJDN26xewtI9ECotQJlLQ5RMrNjDfV9k-L-rru1ArulyKJ-ht_91Nc3zZTpRQnk4mJHmXXxY/s1600/IMG_0728.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh99v9DtE_pDfHVh3fIEL2LF5CGhz6wUt8mdmPQgRtM8nM_3bP2AP8AEOpgL1vRjsdwTcneJDN26xewtI9ECotQJlLQ5RMrNjDfV9k-L-rru1ArulyKJ-ht_91Nc3zZTpRQnk4mJHmXXxY/s320/IMG_0728.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693437852575147314" border="0" /></a>Here is Isabel pretending to be a reindeer.... She makes a cute reindeer I think :)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA4Qwie8c3WwdDYNoYI1sXh4qVt9Zx_mgtzWiUPBKlsjJfsA33flAwVRhjw0XEqU-Yci1Cm-ZKAoNTVWMUlW6f_qTHyceLW06qZvIlYfW2gsxUFnZqzsLpI8XlgfOxdOdO3NyNF8_0hkY/s1600/IMG_0740.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA4Qwie8c3WwdDYNoYI1sXh4qVt9Zx_mgtzWiUPBKlsjJfsA33flAwVRhjw0XEqU-Yci1Cm-ZKAoNTVWMUlW6f_qTHyceLW06qZvIlYfW2gsxUFnZqzsLpI8XlgfOxdOdO3NyNF8_0hkY/s320/IMG_0740.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693437859186781746" border="0" /></a><br />Here's Zoey being a reindeer..... her antlers almost made it to the top of her head.....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGkxXdCa7kcyHCujqiDyVkfqv-Qq3liVPmlXlB0aUhHkJEVqXihNSymQRyzmBrNXHQn01FPqvawj_YoIwC_4-WLNZlUCDc8xTvuuTH-HJI8HaAHidMZ39mApXenCj4TOiQzZHcVOJ1C4E/s1600/IMG_0729.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGkxXdCa7kcyHCujqiDyVkfqv-Qq3liVPmlXlB0aUhHkJEVqXihNSymQRyzmBrNXHQn01FPqvawj_YoIwC_4-WLNZlUCDc8xTvuuTH-HJI8HaAHidMZ39mApXenCj4TOiQzZHcVOJ1C4E/s320/IMG_0729.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693437838861111314" border="0" /></a>And Ben finally made an almost normal face to be a reindeer in this picture.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFvQhWS553j6tHTvIS__9pDNEeTj8H4M9BBpPv79v9Kl-j93bec9sPd6Mmr7puHhXUy53z69aiUKlPp46xiQw9qBz0JBmpn-YtybZF3CqXFg5r4zezU3-crv0DyOm2cIRcqXELff_M0gw/s1600/IMG_0719.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFvQhWS553j6tHTvIS__9pDNEeTj8H4M9BBpPv79v9Kl-j93bec9sPd6Mmr7puHhXUy53z69aiUKlPp46xiQw9qBz0JBmpn-YtybZF3CqXFg5r4zezU3-crv0DyOm2cIRcqXELff_M0gw/s320/IMG_0719.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693436840564804274" border="0" /></a>Ben only stayed in that position for a second, then he was off to collect some sticks....... why you ask???<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFYFsruo578FAmM8WjJcwphPlh89OzcfDvDHoAN1ZUPr3V6zW0aFOCfVlwgf3iXWw2V69v5PnkCRJC-EZGH2rlBCE8e61iGU-pxrF-ITyrcAXiq33W1KI4EGLBj2KSpnsOuuRoba0PW7c/s1600/IMG_0734.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFYFsruo578FAmM8WjJcwphPlh89OzcfDvDHoAN1ZUPr3V6zW0aFOCfVlwgf3iXWw2V69v5PnkCRJC-EZGH2rlBCE8e61iGU-pxrF-ITyrcAXiq33W1KI4EGLBj2KSpnsOuuRoba0PW7c/s320/IMG_0734.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693437866780248306" border="0" /></a>So he could make himself real reindeer antlers! Very clever little boy.....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPlYtbG3V7YdpMdr29WA19kw4dHErhuvZF8coXFlW5_4-hGeC4f8hUt5oebbgF3u97wo7DII6stJMHpsjMV6f2VvDg2Bxwer18XVGBrS8b9Noj0MH9fbdDidpUP76fnu1VgrWisrSDsfs/s1600/IMG_0738.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPlYtbG3V7YdpMdr29WA19kw4dHErhuvZF8coXFlW5_4-hGeC4f8hUt5oebbgF3u97wo7DII6stJMHpsjMV6f2VvDg2Bxwer18XVGBrS8b9Noj0MH9fbdDidpUP76fnu1VgrWisrSDsfs/s320/IMG_0738.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693437831956203042" border="0" /></a>And Isabel liked the idea :) On a side note, I didn't get a picture, but she got sticks and hooked them to the front of her bike, so her bike had antlers sticking out the sides of the handlebars. She did this cause she wanted a reindeer bike to ride! Clever kids......<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR7vslpE-6yce9fgULstOH6MtdyVBYf0Fp8oRGqW_fwuXDxJThspkSdVQIs4WdgLfHWPMlnWyDxiuETTvQGYSrrOvgZizmN1SbPBw5DYi-S2Ao8HV1Z70hU2EWX62bipc9qVGCByrw5jo/s1600/IMG_0736.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR7vslpE-6yce9fgULstOH6MtdyVBYf0Fp8oRGqW_fwuXDxJThspkSdVQIs4WdgLfHWPMlnWyDxiuETTvQGYSrrOvgZizmN1SbPBw5DYi-S2Ao8HV1Z70hU2EWX62bipc9qVGCByrw5jo/s320/IMG_0736.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693436858180120866" border="0" /></a>And he's off and running, again........ like always........<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKqGG9nk0UdbVB8DIR9j6wPSS0ujQJa6dV8_pqrioH3m3l3rLKdfWUgpEKfEsn4exyNSY3NhUOE3xfNP5GzSFcyVcSmqqOqZ3FbkWVP9Qjos4eDVWuDXgPxw5iByHMo3WAskrOzBf0A8U/s1600/IMG_0717.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKqGG9nk0UdbVB8DIR9j6wPSS0ujQJa6dV8_pqrioH3m3l3rLKdfWUgpEKfEsn4exyNSY3NhUOE3xfNP5GzSFcyVcSmqqOqZ3FbkWVP9Qjos4eDVWuDXgPxw5iByHMo3WAskrOzBf0A8U/s320/IMG_0717.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693436835803405042" border="0" /></a>Then we made it up to see Santa. They got to put paper towels in Santa's sleigh and then they got a candy cane! Isabel told him she wanted a candy cane (just like last year) and a snow globe. Ben wanted nothing to do with Santa. I was actually impressed I got a picture with them all looking and smiling.... miracle!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJrl92uDdJqid7fNuQ7Sgjxz37kx7yWKn5keaXSoFVe8lUhj43BCgorce4kkxvH_yKXiz47cigmJRyXhMUPOA3rwhKy4pUUOIFcJpQs_GY1VCvUk05Ax-H060w7vWYTJWFHAhlx_3Ek2o/s1600/IMG_0715.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJrl92uDdJqid7fNuQ7Sgjxz37kx7yWKn5keaXSoFVe8lUhj43BCgorce4kkxvH_yKXiz47cigmJRyXhMUPOA3rwhKy4pUUOIFcJpQs_GY1VCvUk05Ax-H060w7vWYTJWFHAhlx_3Ek2o/s320/IMG_0715.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693436826571010482" border="0" /></a>Looks like a forced smile to me, and Isabel's not looking.... the other group picture is better....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmyDKum4m7UHvRdDGAhwlXRtsDqceaNmK1sRGOqXEkX1kcSYp73svw10QwSQjo0Mls1bHoSJoAKnj2wzj_8QYSg8ebSC-v_vyoBwAiivqN1rNoNcFGAtlzssbQTCie039ZiSF3X8DKx_M/s1600/IMG_0710.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmyDKum4m7UHvRdDGAhwlXRtsDqceaNmK1sRGOqXEkX1kcSYp73svw10QwSQjo0Mls1bHoSJoAKnj2wzj_8QYSg8ebSC-v_vyoBwAiivqN1rNoNcFGAtlzssbQTCie039ZiSF3X8DKx_M/s320/IMG_0710.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693436817003080114" border="0" /></a>Isabel has no problem with Santa. She even got to see him at school!!!! She was so excited! This is a fun tradition we will have to keep up :) They didn't give reindeer food this year, and Isabel was very worried, so I told her I had a recipe, and went home and made some for them, so the reindeer would know where to land!kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06067961554076386665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259488463193797499.post-73427528747225087912011-12-24T08:16:00.000-08:002012-01-03T07:46:24.181-08:00Festival of the Trees 2011Our kick-off to Christmas starts the Monday after Thanksgiving when we get to go set up our tree for Festival of the Trees. We were crazy this year, and decided to put 2 trees in the Festival. Our first idea was for a redneck tree. Tracie was worried that it wouldn't sell, so we did a nativity tree too. I found it hard to take pictures of just our tree, cause the trees are so close you get all of the other ones in the picture too. So, with that said, here is our Redneck Tree. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-xQHQHYtj0b1b04KtLQXm17WyLhKZUTJ-Za2ZIwZx_lbwjfZvDTulbd_72LCXSPE1byk4hl2Sc2hej5gPXVeVAySzmdWQGYVoFBDsyXHq4PTUhtHOWu5wY2_Db9IHo_XSwT0H-lOMxjM/s1600/IMG_0698.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-xQHQHYtj0b1b04KtLQXm17WyLhKZUTJ-Za2ZIwZx_lbwjfZvDTulbd_72LCXSPE1byk4hl2Sc2hej5gPXVeVAySzmdWQGYVoFBDsyXHq4PTUhtHOWu5wY2_Db9IHo_XSwT0H-lOMxjM/s320/IMG_0698.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689730822838348706" border="0" /></a>There were pheasant tails, cat tails, and plastic pink flamingos sticking out all around it. We had cans of Spam games (bought at the IFA store) ties with orange tulle, shot gun shell lights, Jeff Foxworthy movies and books, toy guns, gummy fish of all colors, and we strung pop-tops from soda cans with hunter orange tulle. Under the tree were presents wrapped with newspaper with cute tulle bows.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwocaLR0MI1vzPZqyy0flM_XNDOj_e_IDlBvS8PKzSlfvYS_bMrBnU77EP3uSOf8LnrU4SYlwCXxQYiUW742fZH-PFwYH9cxFPb8QDfy8hyphenhyphenU566SgmCaBQucLba1f-eU15Ki25oS5cZw/s1600/IMG_0697.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwocaLR0MI1vzPZqyy0flM_XNDOj_e_IDlBvS8PKzSlfvYS_bMrBnU77EP3uSOf8LnrU4SYlwCXxQYiUW742fZH-PFwYH9cxFPb8QDfy8hyphenhyphenU566SgmCaBQucLba1f-eU15Ki25oS5cZw/s320/IMG_0697.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689730815459833826" border="0" /></a><br />Here's a close-up of the topper. We got some antlers, put a santa hat on it with a light up Rudolph nose and draped shotgun shell lights around it. You can see one of the flamingos good in this one :)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieXNhjBFKJz83V9SYOce04DB6RSToMAL60VJzCkGs756FxKEzF5pew4bKqse8OnjqBF_A4TN4R0t1ol-MTP_mVseooimmyl951CcPcG8vg3rHLbEfo6rlZ4KcXrIGUqwaGp5pSNgLNylo/s1600/IMG_0699.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieXNhjBFKJz83V9SYOce04DB6RSToMAL60VJzCkGs756FxKEzF5pew4bKqse8OnjqBF_A4TN4R0t1ol-MTP_mVseooimmyl951CcPcG8vg3rHLbEfo6rlZ4KcXrIGUqwaGp5pSNgLNylo/s320/IMG_0699.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689730835999054706" border="0" /></a>And here is the whole set-up. We had astro turf on the bottom, a fire pit with a fake fire, camp chairs with orange vests hung over the back, a wood spool table with a jean quilt draped over the back, 2 games (Fishinoploly and You might be a Redneck if..), and a fishing pole. We had fun making this tree, and everyone loved to stop and admire (laugh at) it. Still not sure if this one ever sold. Guess no one actually wanted to pay for a redneck tree even though they liked it :)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihxy7IBgZDOUVPCcm1bhPgYH-uaJVR_2iusaG2U2vJB7WwEf73QB1pR7BNO-XuIC0i4SWzFEK4lm5hz8QLnpSobUdmsYno37_kgOQBWI8KRNYlMJKJFWuYwoJh5WovYoL_0o1DqDOSyWk/s1600/IMG_0703.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihxy7IBgZDOUVPCcm1bhPgYH-uaJVR_2iusaG2U2vJB7WwEf73QB1pR7BNO-XuIC0i4SWzFEK4lm5hz8QLnpSobUdmsYno37_kgOQBWI8KRNYlMJKJFWuYwoJh5WovYoL_0o1DqDOSyWk/s320/IMG_0703.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693427011662999458" border="0" /></a>Here is our nativity tree. It turned out so pretty. I loved it. This one sold!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizRxORcxU4-3Zqw80DzAYbLMemJ_njRky31SxHIPUQKL_e5cqVuJPrPR8tQ5JjUH1-gmKcIPLyTRCRktXEsHkb2QNapGdofEt1YPW027qllF9SMdI7rJQHeaK0g-PG-UC3pjP6psT2goY/s1600/IMG_0702.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizRxORcxU4-3Zqw80DzAYbLMemJ_njRky31SxHIPUQKL_e5cqVuJPrPR8tQ5JjUH1-gmKcIPLyTRCRktXEsHkb2QNapGdofEt1YPW027qllF9SMdI7rJQHeaK0g-PG-UC3pjP6psT2goY/s320/IMG_0702.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689731287527841522" border="0" /></a>The ornaments are kind of hard to see, cause they were mostly glass nativity scenes or angels. We had sparkly stars, sparkly tulle, and sparkly white pointsettas. I liked the sparkly Christ is Born wooden signs.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5aIrXV4oqlNt_7ATpnX6efOZFahAf8IXJ3YrNabVmnacSmBxdSqChcTc9GNPmI4-QrgqzQD4caZK25jVlZHQNPsRjFUkaP7VvrXEi25KEG5_i5Ff5x4_-hES8wFJ6_CFEd0aqlAcMn5w/s1600/IMG_0701.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5aIrXV4oqlNt_7ATpnX6efOZFahAf8IXJ3YrNabVmnacSmBxdSqChcTc9GNPmI4-QrgqzQD4caZK25jVlZHQNPsRjFUkaP7VvrXEi25KEG5_i5Ff5x4_-hES8wFJ6_CFEd0aqlAcMn5w/s320/IMG_0701.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693427000607978770" border="0" /></a>Here is a close-up of some of the ornaments. We had different names of Christ printed in vinyl and we put them on some filled round plastic ornaments. I really liked how they turned out. Might have to add some of those to my tree at home.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-4ZHhHIqyyxjHYGwKJrnVOiHBOFAVsb7CO9P5qfWnaOZz1IBgtOnYrtP22e_gXwlFGfOIPnwSXGGILfSmijiT0-e20uuP9u3P9VXHSLhonDIE-r-3P2Fb0NHz0egxhYPAiu3xCVUVG3c/s1600/IMG_0704.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-4ZHhHIqyyxjHYGwKJrnVOiHBOFAVsb7CO9P5qfWnaOZz1IBgtOnYrtP22e_gXwlFGfOIPnwSXGGILfSmijiT0-e20uuP9u3P9VXHSLhonDIE-r-3P2Fb0NHz0egxhYPAiu3xCVUVG3c/s320/IMG_0704.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693427023264896130" border="0" /></a>We got the Willow Tree nativity set to put on top of the bookshelf, and we added a bunch of Christmas books, a fisher price nativity, and a few cute signs with sayings like, 'wisemen still seek Him'. We were told that it looked professionally decorated :) This is a fun way to start off the Christmas season. Thanks Tracie for the tradition! We did decide only to do 1 tree next year :)kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06067961554076386665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259488463193797499.post-50071949273359281222011-12-22T08:20:00.000-08:002011-12-22T08:52:06.294-08:00November at a glanceNovember flew by for us! We did make time to have some cousins come over to make turkeys! (The cousins have been having withdrawls from each other.... in the summer they saw each other a ton.... now that most of them are in different schools, it's way harder! I can guarantee they are all very thankful for summers with cousins!) Below is a sample turkey.....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Yjrb4gDyJnnMJPbG5Zr0pbFelfxR2-KCBTIMomo3qo2rM67E3ZdK2s8T3g3i4o7NSMwYWirGlR1NdUGG4c5ncIXbZLcwk7fdGJf92IZ3JaFUdjtFgRdYUENs3V6ud6tJV2CJAmPtL6o/s1600/IMG_0675.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Yjrb4gDyJnnMJPbG5Zr0pbFelfxR2-KCBTIMomo3qo2rM67E3ZdK2s8T3g3i4o7NSMwYWirGlR1NdUGG4c5ncIXbZLcwk7fdGJf92IZ3JaFUdjtFgRdYUENs3V6ud6tJV2CJAmPtL6o/s320/IMG_0675.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688991974531828306" border="0" /></a>Here is Isabel's turkey.... it was consumed very quickly.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKny-RAxG7_6OjiMb9wVK2NnNc0A8p24e6caDpW-ng6Q8dtXRAbxGvkkxEKWLyQFfCB3ZklcD4xdZY4sy9e1PAbcnjsjjvnv_oRdU88h8oQ3iIpRUNKTp6nJVcakK5l4Bqm5jSMd-4aT8/s1600/IMG_0677.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKny-RAxG7_6OjiMb9wVK2NnNc0A8p24e6caDpW-ng6Q8dtXRAbxGvkkxEKWLyQFfCB3ZklcD4xdZY4sy9e1PAbcnjsjjvnv_oRdU88h8oQ3iIpRUNKTp6nJVcakK5l4Bqm5jSMd-4aT8/s320/IMG_0677.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688991968588191906" border="0" /></a>Here are the girls making their tukeys. (Sarah, Isabel & Ari)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg149Fsa2-Kpg6jynWvPpXz8IiRQIjuNLzlMmH4NV5xyRmUpelRwT_A3cZlflAVvpCqZoTHWDbEG0JW60zuqXUSGDayIc4qiAmWe1eFafuTEwMJBKqTobs48zI_zb0ZmS9kt2jcQGd7i1A/s1600/IMG_0672.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg149Fsa2-Kpg6jynWvPpXz8IiRQIjuNLzlMmH4NV5xyRmUpelRwT_A3cZlflAVvpCqZoTHWDbEG0JW60zuqXUSGDayIc4qiAmWe1eFafuTEwMJBKqTobs48zI_zb0ZmS9kt2jcQGd7i1A/s320/IMG_0672.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688991570175236882" border="0" /></a>Here is Ari's turkey....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMbMYMuKB8UP8IqcftZh0lnC7lhmSodHqYlEzeC07tboT7a_fNk4bgCKv-IgMPfELn9sOrDCSp_4NZf9JQ3USgqySHrZF0ISh99x5Nf0Zx9lD4rD0B1X7aV_4kqJNslQXrEqBykAOaC9g/s1600/IMG_0666.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMbMYMuKB8UP8IqcftZh0lnC7lhmSodHqYlEzeC07tboT7a_fNk4bgCKv-IgMPfELn9sOrDCSp_4NZf9JQ3USgqySHrZF0ISh99x5Nf0Zx9lD4rD0B1X7aV_4kqJNslQXrEqBykAOaC9g/s320/IMG_0666.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688991559643081938" border="0" /></a>Here is Sam's turkey... He is a talented boy. His turkey looks awesome :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb3GodplmXdt3_6Ul-sC7PiybceNsBki-iRdY9y0RBC3uGYfxIoyDPNqCNsqaP1YCmw6XyCeuNaCQXP1k1TcgW2LObkD0lW9tvcbBUOkP_FyJH3YIRS7t8bA5o6daaHwFFQS4mCTkMgAQ/s1600/IMG_0674.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb3GodplmXdt3_6Ul-sC7PiybceNsBki-iRdY9y0RBC3uGYfxIoyDPNqCNsqaP1YCmw6XyCeuNaCQXP1k1TcgW2LObkD0lW9tvcbBUOkP_FyJH3YIRS7t8bA5o6daaHwFFQS4mCTkMgAQ/s320/IMG_0674.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688991552457037522" border="0" /></a>Sarah was very proud of her turkey!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVyR08knCNuwWyz1-9eohePMHgo8AqaELZ7RAUMZmosA2tcm5wm4eIvrYYi8He3jKMQgtYMTrMv5F3gd4wa9hEPQ-b1gveLpVKMKAi0i2X5hl1lHQ26g66Vsp1lgIf24rHVvBI2ij3OiQ/s1600/IMG_0667.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVyR08knCNuwWyz1-9eohePMHgo8AqaELZ7RAUMZmosA2tcm5wm4eIvrYYi8He3jKMQgtYMTrMv5F3gd4wa9hEPQ-b1gveLpVKMKAi0i2X5hl1lHQ26g66Vsp1lgIf24rHVvBI2ij3OiQ/s320/IMG_0667.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688991544399983570" border="0" /></a>Ben got a beak and 1 feather onto the turkey, the rest went right into his mouth!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOtA2Qohx-x2DfjExsz57CYFznqodIgtxVIIGCzXRbpK0DYC8x17kpKvoicr8goCUZRG8FWFTN82HE_t2JvRkmVvdZ_MvBodrtcx-NUDiprIbVCv9oQOyKw52wj5kUaYrEHCdOhIIpDtU/s1600/IMG_0668.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOtA2Qohx-x2DfjExsz57CYFznqodIgtxVIIGCzXRbpK0DYC8x17kpKvoicr8goCUZRG8FWFTN82HE_t2JvRkmVvdZ_MvBodrtcx-NUDiprIbVCv9oQOyKw52wj5kUaYrEHCdOhIIpDtU/s320/IMG_0668.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688991581308155106" border="0" /></a>We then had them make thankful turkeys. They were all very good at writing down themselves (except for Sarah and Ben) what they were thankful for. (Ari decided she could be thankful for everything except her mom) She is standing here clarifying that everyone else said they were thankful for their moms, so she didn't have to put it on hers :) She said she really is thankful for her mom.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS1aH5HMQaq2Hknzi_QCkAP9BMC8EFFxiCmhjQDriuxtz82WF6-1_OEMiWdtCD9WtKzQwq_Psdo_FR-lXH5RkOAdDkF6UU_Slf72EAkLW8wD5irgd85bgDF92GHfP3F9HnRWsi1Gic9oo/s1600/IMG_0683.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS1aH5HMQaq2Hknzi_QCkAP9BMC8EFFxiCmhjQDriuxtz82WF6-1_OEMiWdtCD9WtKzQwq_Psdo_FR-lXH5RkOAdDkF6UU_Slf72EAkLW8wD5irgd85bgDF92GHfP3F9HnRWsi1Gic9oo/s320/IMG_0683.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688990580712827794" border="0" /></a>Ben is in the phase where he has to make faces in each picture. He and Adam love playing together :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhovtlic__pZ5e7IohQDlgD7jFL0KLTV1WcZIf3jMxR5vbQpAIObYUuKd7v1-KhZcEe6d2ELBczno75M4Wh6II0v1lWmfGjgGGq5HoE74RIleqQe9Xti9sHMyDyaMQ41O5XIvQyG7iBjZs/s1600/IMG_0669.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhovtlic__pZ5e7IohQDlgD7jFL0KLTV1WcZIf3jMxR5vbQpAIObYUuKd7v1-KhZcEe6d2ELBczno75M4Wh6II0v1lWmfGjgGGq5HoE74RIleqQe9Xti9sHMyDyaMQ41O5XIvQyG7iBjZs/s320/IMG_0669.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688990576319061218" border="0" /></a>Here are the girls showing their turkeys. They did a great job!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC5zwvaa7F6-BdSJ6EHOzVW9nA-NKKEGQiNXPn0sMMGAcCawjbTUgJEByfOWKe0-PtN-cmN8cUaOCdv-7uFmSg0YljNcUW0IiXMw57MVm-Yz_oC3FcLiXz4WwEmUGpnuV0UEpanxfoEB4/s1600/IMG_0689.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC5zwvaa7F6-BdSJ6EHOzVW9nA-NKKEGQiNXPn0sMMGAcCawjbTUgJEByfOWKe0-PtN-cmN8cUaOCdv-7uFmSg0YljNcUW0IiXMw57MVm-Yz_oC3FcLiXz4WwEmUGpnuV0UEpanxfoEB4/s320/IMG_0689.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688990555330581218" border="0" /></a>Here is the close-up of the boys turkeys.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghs1U4mXbpiPqUcvXvesHDqVkVTqtNgVUWjlbJxc_FHl_d-2-ZSgM3Ze2-pNQJ1Fvs61bs0n7-yw_A88KyAFaFR_81c4yEeEWfEfb003ocgLT3WJJL4uVQfIjMMnI3LuIk6zafblaEPkE/s1600/IMG_0685.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghs1U4mXbpiPqUcvXvesHDqVkVTqtNgVUWjlbJxc_FHl_d-2-ZSgM3Ze2-pNQJ1Fvs61bs0n7-yw_A88KyAFaFR_81c4yEeEWfEfb003ocgLT3WJJL4uVQfIjMMnI3LuIk6zafblaEPkE/s320/IMG_0685.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688990548237784226" border="0" /></a>And here is Adam with his turkey. Best thing is, they were easy as can be to put together :) You can make anything with rice crispies! I'm so thankful for my family and extended family! I love these kids and doing things for them! I truly have been blessed this year, and have so much to be thankful for.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8jmgRUNf8z68thtQ0aGe_YFcrQEPbVH_xmjB6n0HEczttemitbtSYvjJm9DflGSh1tuPz_iORgYjTnNP7Br8gn4LiMP-VxjLVCZXqaVGuFQUgTM83of8AAXLwokEwEgMqcBPwJ_DeEiM/s1600/IMG_0680.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8jmgRUNf8z68thtQ0aGe_YFcrQEPbVH_xmjB6n0HEczttemitbtSYvjJm9DflGSh1tuPz_iORgYjTnNP7Br8gn4LiMP-VxjLVCZXqaVGuFQUgTM83of8AAXLwokEwEgMqcBPwJ_DeEiM/s320/IMG_0680.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688990595493282642" border="0" /></a>kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06067961554076386665noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259488463193797499.post-30402500697298669352011-10-28T20:20:00.000-07:002011-10-28T22:05:05.095-07:00Halloween Overload!Here is my scary blue dragon saying Trick-or Treat! Doesn't that put you in the Halloween spirit?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmsUs_YVvGA4nuiWG52my0R9elGLLLAqLk7g0zBkRHmvHLLK1u1Ylq2PRm9X5NB1U7Sq6pDR8WfN4qp4Zvx9Fd0dSs0w5o7XoYYdpZ-wb4vZjdn4O1_4dfOUGlkODtO6UEJKmy2e5Hi5c/s1600/IMG_0554.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmsUs_YVvGA4nuiWG52my0R9elGLLLAqLk7g0zBkRHmvHLLK1u1Ylq2PRm9X5NB1U7Sq6pDR8WfN4qp4Zvx9Fd0dSs0w5o7XoYYdpZ-wb4vZjdn4O1_4dfOUGlkODtO6UEJKmy2e5Hi5c/s320/IMG_0554.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668753790859703698" border="0" /></a>We had the annual Morgan cousin Halloween Party today! I think that it was fun! My kids said that they liked it :) (standing: Jack (Nara's cousin) back row: Isabel, Zoey (Yamashita cousin), Ari, Noah, Adam holding Sam Front row: Ben, Sarah & Nara)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPvdTjWxzTZltQFYhZGFrOVkolu64chWbEHUF3qdXKr297anU7p3u25Pfw3jyPclW7fOJ-7V45dbj8pJFuKAAE6cZPu6-iyuMUOgZHjuq4adsE4nNrBt6yAZy-8s94xM4GHznvEp7N0-E/s1600/IMG_0557.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPvdTjWxzTZltQFYhZGFrOVkolu64chWbEHUF3qdXKr297anU7p3u25Pfw3jyPclW7fOJ-7V45dbj8pJFuKAAE6cZPu6-iyuMUOgZHjuq4adsE4nNrBt6yAZy-8s94xM4GHznvEp7N0-E/s320/IMG_0557.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668770719060484258" border="0" /></a> Here's Nara, the good witch, who hated wearing her hat!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9UiTUFPPQpD37sd_xZYM2FewgGxEC_YtTrHO4zZTY18EqsWS5vB5VuNmvqFRXr4gHWRkLbOCfIaA-nUJKGmpaMsm5IW6lG5zeijfgcjSTYWb0q9VguRZzB_w-qQypoMc_GeMhnTMzrn8/s1600/IMG_0553.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9UiTUFPPQpD37sd_xZYM2FewgGxEC_YtTrHO4zZTY18EqsWS5vB5VuNmvqFRXr4gHWRkLbOCfIaA-nUJKGmpaMsm5IW6lG5zeijfgcjSTYWb0q9VguRZzB_w-qQypoMc_GeMhnTMzrn8/s320/IMG_0553.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668753784937715362" border="0" /></a>And Indiana Adam holding a very wiggly otter :) I love Adam's smile these days. I also love the lisps that kids get when they lose teeth. Very cute.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-9BHEnDhyo1g4S1JeaNSvDQ4JuPjHbMKATSj5AWHUxzw79eRjsWShKRvEyqLlRWWKTetxvxNPFDjMGiyTnQBZoAmIBjIgwuojaYGggixCylPqoa0M8kBUl1U1n8-K_WdZODN5HInqC8s/s1600/IMG_0556.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-9BHEnDhyo1g4S1JeaNSvDQ4JuPjHbMKATSj5AWHUxzw79eRjsWShKRvEyqLlRWWKTetxvxNPFDjMGiyTnQBZoAmIBjIgwuojaYGggixCylPqoa0M8kBUl1U1n8-K_WdZODN5HInqC8s/s320/IMG_0556.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668753821233750530" border="0" /></a>3 of our cute princesses reading a book with Kelli Ann. (Sarah, Nara, and Zoey)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCs7Xuq68Xx0CSDCZRO0fc1bvdWjwduWEP7SOWRCAG4V0abdkJ60Qqyk5AngaCS3dG9Uyn2pfFxPVA9qZV9F5kTwRzCyZkgUQfwoYli0q-lk1-T2akQbKajkH4lDyVLJOe1uljxfCM8KU/s1600/IMG_0563.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCs7Xuq68Xx0CSDCZRO0fc1bvdWjwduWEP7SOWRCAG4V0abdkJ60Qqyk5AngaCS3dG9Uyn2pfFxPVA9qZV9F5kTwRzCyZkgUQfwoYli0q-lk1-T2akQbKajkH4lDyVLJOe1uljxfCM8KU/s320/IMG_0563.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668753808096955042" border="0" /></a>I had a few stations set up for games. A pumpkin bean bag toss, ghost bowling, ring around Frankenstein, the bat cave (where they made toilet paper roll bats) and a ghost eating contest.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL0Np5_uqvfS_wvH7OpKuFugkFNcnGeT_sH-mvlotcrxOmjxWibpclRCKV4ZTzN04_ZKFzFkmwp3Z1992_5kzsbytcg1HHSVrt4bcJtjlktsSpkKx0HvWi9EuBi8RyfTW8C5aQYy4X5r0/s1600/IMG_0548.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL0Np5_uqvfS_wvH7OpKuFugkFNcnGeT_sH-mvlotcrxOmjxWibpclRCKV4ZTzN04_ZKFzFkmwp3Z1992_5kzsbytcg1HHSVrt4bcJtjlktsSpkKx0HvWi9EuBi8RyfTW8C5aQYy4X5r0/s320/IMG_0548.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668753065461081090" border="0" /></a>This was by far the favorite game. We set up 2 chairs and tied yarn across it. Then we tied marshmallow ghosts to the end of yarn, had the kids lay down and swung the ghosts.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0QbndN-Gvk57J0GV2ZkE9IHL1S1LPkt0moIgVlu4kCoBG3Zgq5yztT2riFbpmS-Xfn25UQWazkwL0WBVf4cVAJul_tg5CmGYVhaq2spdexR4JRAnjcKzV_-mKwxq3enyaLdAWgRPQ-Mo/s1600/IMG_0547.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0QbndN-Gvk57J0GV2ZkE9IHL1S1LPkt0moIgVlu4kCoBG3Zgq5yztT2riFbpmS-Xfn25UQWazkwL0WBVf4cVAJul_tg5CmGYVhaq2spdexR4JRAnjcKzV_-mKwxq3enyaLdAWgRPQ-Mo/s320/IMG_0547.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668753053447993394" border="0" /></a>With no hands, the kids had to try and eat their ghosts first. This was the favorite game, for those playing and watching :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjQVkiu17qFqzyFbRDtz6_GcIQ7Ksgaeign1m7Jlv3jBhGCDhAAQITZlmrmbTQKkX1en6Hb3Wk-CmvgE8FvV1dL5dHdSgw7i0qU_kbK2M45xCP4gEyepj8JIGp399C8ZSJGIIsPwUVV_A/s1600/IMG_0545.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjQVkiu17qFqzyFbRDtz6_GcIQ7Ksgaeign1m7Jlv3jBhGCDhAAQITZlmrmbTQKkX1en6Hb3Wk-CmvgE8FvV1dL5dHdSgw7i0qU_kbK2M45xCP4gEyepj8JIGp399C8ZSJGIIsPwUVV_A/s320/IMG_0545.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668753045032191682" border="0" /></a>Someone cheated !!!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4p5ojAdLTRIboKPljhTT5O0Lhge1prV5s48_9mTkeyLdCJNNwNDj3Y8Poy2f82-TV3F6Ac79UH4fbTPwqv9uT4ldZCEHoB9av_czeNrQTne_QxJg7fLaCncvlVv1Fory1ZHJthBInxI/s1600/IMG_0544.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4p5ojAdLTRIboKPljhTT5O0Lhge1prV5s48_9mTkeyLdCJNNwNDj3Y8Poy2f82-TV3F6Ac79UH4fbTPwqv9uT4ldZCEHoB9av_czeNrQTne_QxJg7fLaCncvlVv1Fory1ZHJthBInxI/s320/IMG_0544.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668753041099495010" border="0" /></a>See, funny huh?!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfPw01EY72NBeGpVX8ozNzWYtv8JfqLF_64hEQCNhhowmne-rB3BEYVFVrf9xrcVmgSCq5m0DbtrDCdStCpPl-Fo7P9YYWQ8m1TPp7khwzpVXZ9Ur3CXOBrQRaUeIZc1Pnd6ZySjyCzms/s1600/IMG_0551.JPG"><br /></a>And what is a party without treats? The kids made oreo spider cookies, but I had the idea of making no-bake cookies with candy melt eyes and legs to make spiders. I think they turned out cute, and tasty too!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjT53ubazyU8_ZoRWK-Hirqes9msKaHMO1kmFRD6ZEF_5oDE9u9gZsbg4BBQqiwbxJ21ryV9bND2xSwsJR7TTsv1us3CKsqTafsxxJm3f4k7XX6fR602RvEIUOOKo6W4qt0wa2GLkaDI/s1600/IMG_0538.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjT53ubazyU8_ZoRWK-Hirqes9msKaHMO1kmFRD6ZEF_5oDE9u9gZsbg4BBQqiwbxJ21ryV9bND2xSwsJR7TTsv1us3CKsqTafsxxJm3f4k7XX6fR602RvEIUOOKo6W4qt0wa2GLkaDI/s320/IMG_0538.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668752256220281090" border="0" /></a>And these are the toilet paper roll bats. The kids liked making these too.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDQlRLnRD64XK4SDrV0U0ziTJFXUxsnnx4O3Q3IACuuulX0tTqR2rO0mxRgmGWBkltzWqc7u7I4pzIANrwovcLVWmvTp_zCjRITzXhmLAJuLOCFiBueLwBIbfhk6nunnRTYrNbq3M_4zU/s1600/IMG_0566.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDQlRLnRD64XK4SDrV0U0ziTJFXUxsnnx4O3Q3IACuuulX0tTqR2rO0mxRgmGWBkltzWqc7u7I4pzIANrwovcLVWmvTp_zCjRITzXhmLAJuLOCFiBueLwBIbfhk6nunnRTYrNbq3M_4zU/s320/IMG_0566.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668753797635915938" border="0" /></a>After our party, we headed over to out ward Halloween parade. A little chilly, but fun none the less.<br />On to other activities this month..... We had or Morgan monthly dinner for October and I made rice crispy ghosts for treats! I think they turned out cute! The kids loved them!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilaEFdIRho07gZGOOPRaDmPAQmLDmMvn-oDy5AdPOULSywU_HHJRARExWU5rauzhLSJ7IGvz_ttDyTzHjTd49FoP0PyhDCK_GPvnA4TSQo9Nmrq7Rl6Z69nkpuyVY33QnOsonBeu4nSkw/s1600/IMG_0531.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilaEFdIRho07gZGOOPRaDmPAQmLDmMvn-oDy5AdPOULSywU_HHJRARExWU5rauzhLSJ7IGvz_ttDyTzHjTd49FoP0PyhDCK_GPvnA4TSQo9Nmrq7Rl6Z69nkpuyVY33QnOsonBeu4nSkw/s320/IMG_0531.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668752240794035218" border="0" /></a>For Family Home Evening we painted pumpkins. Brady had to turn Isabel's pumpkin for her so she could get to it all! She loves that it is almost as big as her!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRZAbg-SEKw7RRYu8DYbvlQ7SPv0lFMp56C976AdkiyCH9RdRIZUy8H2jPnLsnBEo8Ulh-EO3HG3vJQjk5vv_OWY2QKZEqOuIufmPyGddu1Rna_I3Ld-u5WUKQpbxbUCMvJltsTIPwIIM/s1600/IMG_0530.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRZAbg-SEKw7RRYu8DYbvlQ7SPv0lFMp56C976AdkiyCH9RdRIZUy8H2jPnLsnBEo8Ulh-EO3HG3vJQjk5vv_OWY2QKZEqOuIufmPyGddu1Rna_I3Ld-u5WUKQpbxbUCMvJltsTIPwIIM/s320/IMG_0530.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668752234562879650" border="0" /></a>You can never have too much paint!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidjazjQDA7DbVs-Ohr5BbbgNq0CRDuaVDHllT57tqwMQgoliB3hX99-h5HbeF2Q2sbI-LZn_fOG28lTFCY1FaekczSc3OrbQM4mFMKxUxAY1vm4nTjQrWJKdq7cugOR7wnHgY_i1HU4Y8/s1600/IMG_0526.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidjazjQDA7DbVs-Ohr5BbbgNq0CRDuaVDHllT57tqwMQgoliB3hX99-h5HbeF2Q2sbI-LZn_fOG28lTFCY1FaekczSc3OrbQM4mFMKxUxAY1vm4nTjQrWJKdq7cugOR7wnHgY_i1HU4Y8/s320/IMG_0526.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668751318069462546" border="0" /></a>Ben painting his pumpkin!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBrZ4FdRPUq1lynJCQ3BMUv06Ya1LjUS5q44OhdHnfRkHXVk2AGcnjGGzXk3aik4lwGpKUR3MYeks2PQcq8rKsLmAVAaUB88399VbN88aBYJDQFoc6UsX7PG7SYI4QF_WcL_2KecFJLT4/s1600/IMG_0529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBrZ4FdRPUq1lynJCQ3BMUv06Ya1LjUS5q44OhdHnfRkHXVk2AGcnjGGzXk3aik4lwGpKUR3MYeks2PQcq8rKsLmAVAaUB88399VbN88aBYJDQFoc6UsX7PG7SYI4QF_WcL_2KecFJLT4/s320/IMG_0529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668751334319299394" border="0" /></a>As we got closer to Halloween, I let the kids make jack-o-lanterns. They thought pulling out the seeds were awesome. They also loved eating the roasted ones!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQL4SW5y0Ohcsj7PdfiqXybHflKzjeCvnL1VQNmogIr_nClOeiT_2_NYU-On_euBXNT6PVh1nszVjFV3Txt461sPEr-KHJedvzarNK91pwOfDp9N-TgnjuIgotm0xUUDZGpkmlHoJgjFs/s1600/IMG_0540.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQL4SW5y0Ohcsj7PdfiqXybHflKzjeCvnL1VQNmogIr_nClOeiT_2_NYU-On_euBXNT6PVh1nszVjFV3Txt461sPEr-KHJedvzarNK91pwOfDp9N-TgnjuIgotm0xUUDZGpkmlHoJgjFs/s320/IMG_0540.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668752260247984098" border="0" /></a>My 2 cute kiddos. Pulling out seeds. I am glad that we painted them first. Then I didn't have rotting pumpkins on my porch...... <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4VSK1r18y8B9TG1CoKh_N8O5bhqrUnOjaBqaQd84v9odpsNpO0W5ofJ_5ocZMpOfXz5aWb9LUtu0n9qsgw5aNuB4fnUfYkea51JQonf7cAbpHPcO3IZJi_Qh4Ine6mxotmot4FNU8MQg/s1600/IMG_0543.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4VSK1r18y8B9TG1CoKh_N8O5bhqrUnOjaBqaQd84v9odpsNpO0W5ofJ_5ocZMpOfXz5aWb9LUtu0n9qsgw5aNuB4fnUfYkea51JQonf7cAbpHPcO3IZJi_Qh4Ine6mxotmot4FNU8MQg/s320/IMG_0543.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668752267593247778" border="0" /></a>Speaking of painting, Ben and I painted these juice bottles to make ghost bowling! We were able to use them for preschool 'g' is for ghost, and again for the cousin party. The Frankenstein ones were for throwing rings at. Sam loves them. He is getting good at throwing a ball to make them fall over!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBrJlyA2tkJ1ZVwFiIZt2iXoqyVQNIEJBIkQ7QDPTEc9knT15rPJYocIjHG7FxQROIhHIkUw-p2-VdZ3n0Z6aE5lZpe2nZrILoKb8DSQLEaDStDQnyZM8i0igNnQtuJXmD9lFr9YoqR-A/s1600/IMG_0524.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBrJlyA2tkJ1ZVwFiIZt2iXoqyVQNIEJBIkQ7QDPTEc9knT15rPJYocIjHG7FxQROIhHIkUw-p2-VdZ3n0Z6aE5lZpe2nZrILoKb8DSQLEaDStDQnyZM8i0igNnQtuJXmD9lFr9YoqR-A/s320/IMG_0524.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668751313677703266" border="0" /></a>We had Ari and Zoey over for a play day. They wanted to paint pumpkins, so we went to Kents and got some for a really good deal! They painted for over 40min! I call that a good activity! Notice the cute pumpkin pillow on the back of the couch? Jen saw one like it a Tai Pan for $15 and thought we could make one for way cheaper. We had all the felt on hand, so basically it was free! It is really cute.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpj6vAD8yIXIquJOzSXwhsHUftg9MmcYa7Kt5FdPyqcnsBvxIPAiEeXKqlle1FeETxQYjiVWRDeo-eFDA9ysfDXaGSrYnxiKh91iWzSA95cfcdWCV7MLFa2Uh_-ohE6UV3UjmaKgBX9iw/s1600/IMG_0518.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpj6vAD8yIXIquJOzSXwhsHUftg9MmcYa7Kt5FdPyqcnsBvxIPAiEeXKqlle1FeETxQYjiVWRDeo-eFDA9ysfDXaGSrYnxiKh91iWzSA95cfcdWCV7MLFa2Uh_-ohE6UV3UjmaKgBX9iw/s320/IMG_0518.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668751301901114274" border="0" /></a>Painting pumpkins was Ben's idea!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-s9TfSuVGHhTFo_gr2qu7I8sF2BqIq0AL8s9dwHPA_-pJfPyw4Xu1wmSpwWS8ElxMbzTqbC6GKtKi-AcclNlbUmY90R0hf8Y-M1GAuUnNoj5r4ArE01iB9hiHCFs_qG9pkSZadZwLe4/s1600/IMG_0516.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-s9TfSuVGHhTFo_gr2qu7I8sF2BqIq0AL8s9dwHPA_-pJfPyw4Xu1wmSpwWS8ElxMbzTqbC6GKtKi-AcclNlbUmY90R0hf8Y-M1GAuUnNoj5r4ArE01iB9hiHCFs_qG9pkSZadZwLe4/s320/IMG_0516.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668750515667841634" border="0" /></a>Who needs a paintbrush...... or a shirt for that matter!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmNiwwdlQ0DyFNkvE9-ionG9rFBvGKMDl9PoLnVuP7c1VDb8a82pS2AQOq8hyphenhyphengcACuMQlsFimUlJBHkUsiP1dwtjsc9t03RSU9Ma_PiY_CI1rOiec0ymOQwJhjrw3ViBLY_ddH977MLeI/s1600/IMG_0519.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmNiwwdlQ0DyFNkvE9-ionG9rFBvGKMDl9PoLnVuP7c1VDb8a82pS2AQOq8hyphenhyphengcACuMQlsFimUlJBHkUsiP1dwtjsc9t03RSU9Ma_PiY_CI1rOiec0ymOQwJhjrw3ViBLY_ddH977MLeI/s320/IMG_0519.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668751304834776306" border="0" /></a>Isabel looking cute painting her pumpkin.....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkEohfw9ceW7rwUDwGnk98DLgxzP-H-WP1v9-qe6JD5ogyvQZ-1oX0VN7q02jI673TOfJQGdZS9549qYWNJ2M-JD7_7HsfYrp1ebixL-6eRVs0xi30Iikx_f-DNSNb5Wqi3m6Ipnbty80/s1600/IMG_0514.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkEohfw9ceW7rwUDwGnk98DLgxzP-H-WP1v9-qe6JD5ogyvQZ-1oX0VN7q02jI673TOfJQGdZS9549qYWNJ2M-JD7_7HsfYrp1ebixL-6eRVs0xi30Iikx_f-DNSNb5Wqi3m6Ipnbty80/s320/IMG_0514.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668750505407533602" border="0" /></a>Zoey LOVED painting with the round brushes. She especially loved the pink sparkles! She is such a cute girl.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiva0KR8xciL0-F8wp1QXz1vK7hKv3ZmdH-_B94SAnUVxTMGq17pszEyXYhjhuv5dxanMxebnNLg5sRnLLbF5BN8UpxVsTVn-KlAcoGQfy5_6OjAD6FjVRtaaWamZb893pGBYlWQfXR8Mg/s1600/IMG_0512.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiva0KR8xciL0-F8wp1QXz1vK7hKv3ZmdH-_B94SAnUVxTMGq17pszEyXYhjhuv5dxanMxebnNLg5sRnLLbF5BN8UpxVsTVn-KlAcoGQfy5_6OjAD6FjVRtaaWamZb893pGBYlWQfXR8Mg/s320/IMG_0512.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668750494193785602" border="0" /></a>Ari painting her pumpkin! We love having her close so she can come play :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftWr3XQDZ5yjBBOwJsbt4T2JEHVWuP_NXtK6f-Yy5qWmojc-DNHMpVYCgQgii7GTAZeLvBigoMgO2ju2eco0q7VnvuZZA76sobCNP8Ud1I9aKrre0Q4nlkNk-QCrrIp-ms170BzizK78/s1600/IMG_0515.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftWr3XQDZ5yjBBOwJsbt4T2JEHVWuP_NXtK6f-Yy5qWmojc-DNHMpVYCgQgii7GTAZeLvBigoMgO2ju2eco0q7VnvuZZA76sobCNP8Ud1I9aKrre0Q4nlkNk-QCrrIp-ms170BzizK78/s320/IMG_0515.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668750521727469266" border="0" /></a>We have the tradition of going on the hay ride at Day Farms in Layton to get our pumpkins. You get a hay ride, pulled by a tractor and your choice of any pumpkin for $5. Isabel always makes sure to get the biggest one out there! Ben always makes sure to get one that he can lift by himself, cause he wants to be able to carry it around :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjlMJdAGIlYDUeWfjjh98pajLWPyMGkooP1UYNfxcYAO7v3VvM95bD_MtrYr_rqsCSNRAWemA7HmtnUiX5wvHXZ6KGa0qBwwjlUL8cGyNdI5Jfxl82_X7FReNyedfD67g-uGCZeMasjF4/s1600/IMG_0511.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjlMJdAGIlYDUeWfjjh98pajLWPyMGkooP1UYNfxcYAO7v3VvM95bD_MtrYr_rqsCSNRAWemA7HmtnUiX5wvHXZ6KGa0qBwwjlUL8cGyNdI5Jfxl82_X7FReNyedfD67g-uGCZeMasjF4/s320/IMG_0511.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668750491333063954" border="0" /></a>We made it earlier this year, so there were lots of big pumpkins to pick from!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAQ2xgyFVTjfwfVigAhWaiknK6Tej2lR168lgrPlak4YGlcULI14GRBwZhfhTsht_FO-3lohZHt8MdG32oahW1gIDr8IV-JA7jilxDWAVnCdapcTs7iFIPTqTswffl3BDGpqhaX99Gg5Q/s1600/IMG_0509.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAQ2xgyFVTjfwfVigAhWaiknK6Tej2lR168lgrPlak4YGlcULI14GRBwZhfhTsht_FO-3lohZHt8MdG32oahW1gIDr8IV-JA7jilxDWAVnCdapcTs7iFIPTqTswffl3BDGpqhaX99Gg5Q/s320/IMG_0509.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668749855151052146" border="0" /></a>Isabel and Brady on the hay ride! Notice Isabel's smile.... 2 fewer teeth on the bottom :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrUj_iPuGlPSGilSGtBAS0KDAq-ejEe5c7l7RFRQdC9_je-Gdcz9luPHO7qyBwPSeRiwHm_ZVH9798NoW1FMEtSlnje8sexcjvqL4ukbQH-7DmuvIpEv99ZSZld4qa9xYP3mdZyU8INEk/s1600/IMG_0508.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrUj_iPuGlPSGilSGtBAS0KDAq-ejEe5c7l7RFRQdC9_je-Gdcz9luPHO7qyBwPSeRiwHm_ZVH9798NoW1FMEtSlnje8sexcjvqL4ukbQH-7DmuvIpEv99ZSZld4qa9xYP3mdZyU8INEk/s320/IMG_0508.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668749846064579554" border="0" /></a>The token family picture. Ben's smile cracks me up!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy2vcdXXL3OBgN4YZWtFMzqKrPWwmRviXfW3rUycOMPxjuU7AthyphenhyphenB4myZmSt_k3mTMmQZGQILW96XmbmE4SvdSB2-Z-Eyy0bylkp3u9kAf9R3NI1fJnoYiIie8QbKLmIHi36EQbqUjzkU/s1600/IMG_0510.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy2vcdXXL3OBgN4YZWtFMzqKrPWwmRviXfW3rUycOMPxjuU7AthyphenhyphenB4myZmSt_k3mTMmQZGQILW96XmbmE4SvdSB2-Z-Eyy0bylkp3u9kAf9R3NI1fJnoYiIie8QbKLmIHi36EQbqUjzkU/s320/IMG_0510.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668749865122173490" border="0" /></a>Ben can't leave without taking some worms. He loves that they let him take the worms with him.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYcJL_VOM7zXZ6YCfChRiLad0tJ-9h_n01FiEiqpx5i1u3x8QS_0Ynwq1qo-C4FtTHdfq0yYyMRH5eGOw3ZYyZOeRgLhkSv7kUPut2H4nrBFXRVswXnxWP3OI1KihojM0UtCz-_8VEstQ/s1600/IMG_0498.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYcJL_VOM7zXZ6YCfChRiLad0tJ-9h_n01FiEiqpx5i1u3x8QS_0Ynwq1qo-C4FtTHdfq0yYyMRH5eGOw3ZYyZOeRgLhkSv7kUPut2H4nrBFXRVswXnxWP3OI1KihojM0UtCz-_8VEstQ/s320/IMG_0498.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668749836169028738" border="0" /></a>My attempt at creativity! I was sick of the fake spider webs, so I decided to make one out of yarn. Ben and Isabel love the movie Charlotte's Web, so of course we had to make the web say something. The orange is the web, and the purple is the word.......Really hard to see in this picture, but it says 'spooky'. I made 2 other webs. One has bugs in it, and the other one says 'boo!'. I was very glad that Jen came and helped me out! She did awesome. She made a really cute one on her banister. Have to say that it is fun to have crafty sisters-in-law :)kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06067961554076386665noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259488463193797499.post-69376297259600354312011-10-28T20:01:00.001-07:002011-10-28T20:19:25.420-07:00Happy Birthday to me!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRyoO3oA4hY6Pb8cDanYqEP6BB2XGgLGqWy7nNUNly1-X73soOEPljXeRWdFWsjhWKfXgIS6-MPlIIH1kgeDN7_u58ieZkusxEUpnEH5MK2CB3tK37A-gccs1aYaFhufRotCUIAirvQ1s/s1600/IMG_0491.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRyoO3oA4hY6Pb8cDanYqEP6BB2XGgLGqWy7nNUNly1-X73soOEPljXeRWdFWsjhWKfXgIS6-MPlIIH1kgeDN7_u58ieZkusxEUpnEH5MK2CB3tK37A-gccs1aYaFhufRotCUIAirvQ1s/s320/IMG_0491.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668746292782872002" border="0" /></a><br />I guess I have started a tradition for birthdays at our house. I don't care if the kids get me a present, what I do like for them to do is come up with a cupcake that reminds them of something that they think I like. (We do this for Brady's birthday/fathers day too). I have them come up with the idea, then let them browse the candy aisle for supplies and then help them bake the cupcakes. Can you guess what their idea was for me this year?????<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Wa3fDpxGOCmIJeGbx6a-z31ZMrbaTU9MOFovpiPDMmoeI8wxi1o6-Sr0ZUJ2ZFrUfZ4LavsnV0Gp3wl28fMRmQTAKKmDKcGVBvmehdRPYxJDmcXOu1S6aAEgT9TuFtoTr8bl5leUO5k/s1600/IMG_0490.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Wa3fDpxGOCmIJeGbx6a-z31ZMrbaTU9MOFovpiPDMmoeI8wxi1o6-Sr0ZUJ2ZFrUfZ4LavsnV0Gp3wl28fMRmQTAKKmDKcGVBvmehdRPYxJDmcXOu1S6aAEgT9TuFtoTr8bl5leUO5k/s320/IMG_0490.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668744370788932178" border="0" /></a>Those are volleyballs with nets! I think they turned out cute! And I sure love that they made them for me! (Isabel's original ideas was a vacuum...... volleyballs are way better!) These were a great way to end my birthday. FYI, the brazilian festival isn't all that it is cracked up to be... at least I was with my family!kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06067961554076386665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259488463193797499.post-65777105868035151952011-10-17T08:25:00.001-07:002011-10-17T08:42:31.908-07:00Kindergarten!!<span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">My little bug a boo is in kindergarten! She is so excited that she gets to go everyday!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGgUULVDnN9HtkHn1dr-EAFUKkaPGxApSbUMcSGzWx1mrshsKUwWSF57CEsWynJM7FV7LS9esTaxf4J_LXxSvbne4x70ozhkqeBmkw_9ziFsp4MwUnzuaf9CaW675aouWwoOBbZeDjPv8/s1600/IMG_0485.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGgUULVDnN9HtkHn1dr-EAFUKkaPGxApSbUMcSGzWx1mrshsKUwWSF57CEsWynJM7FV7LS9esTaxf4J_LXxSvbne4x70ozhkqeBmkw_9ziFsp4MwUnzuaf9CaW675aouWwoOBbZeDjPv8/s320/IMG_0485.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664482967446799346" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">She wanted to make her teacher a special gift to take on the first day. At first she wanted to make her teacher a turkey hair clip, but we figured she wouldn't wear it because she has really short hair. So when I asked Isabel what she thought her teacher would use, she said, " clorox wipes. We use lots of those!" So, we ended up getting her her own container of clorox wipes with a bow and a handwritten note with lots of jewels!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZUtpBvMDT1IxJXLv9LWVhxmj2h3Ydz5lV_Goh2yIfS2Oswkf1kdZIx5Q3zcK5rcgGd31GeFS6_UiIJ63pxwnUjgjcTBK9eh4vH4b6-DoY04HZIiLoYwoGKsoPr5I-gE3GNZyEDXww4k/s1600/IMG_0482.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZUtpBvMDT1IxJXLv9LWVhxmj2h3Ydz5lV_Goh2yIfS2Oswkf1kdZIx5Q3zcK5rcgGd31GeFS6_UiIJ63pxwnUjgjcTBK9eh4vH4b6-DoY04HZIiLoYwoGKsoPr5I-gE3GNZyEDXww4k/s320/IMG_0482.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664482959889611890" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Her cute present and new school outfit! She is really into skirts with leggings this year. Crazy girl... skirts???? She must have got that trait from Brady's side of the family :)</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6GFYEposnOBe33CRBT6T2b31_4ZrzMM3oPTQ6zEjPMJ1khel4FB1053Ryus2ulfo0xlcr2U-PLW8IkQT4qbuF10qqubLd1ZKTEmPXegedGBsmHfFruPHGEn2Oe4QVKuKNdqdMCXBAB54/s1600/IMG_0486.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6GFYEposnOBe33CRBT6T2b31_4ZrzMM3oPTQ6zEjPMJ1khel4FB1053Ryus2ulfo0xlcr2U-PLW8IkQT4qbuF10qqubLd1ZKTEmPXegedGBsmHfFruPHGEn2Oe4QVKuKNdqdMCXBAB54/s320/IMG_0486.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664482964005887762" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Here is a picture of the whole outfit! Hello kitty skirt with leggings and big flower in her curly hair and flower sandals! When I dropped her off she was very excited that the girl sitting next to her, Rylee, had curly hair with a flower in it too. The things she gets excited about make me smile! Here's to a great year!</span>kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06067961554076386665noreply@blogger.com1