tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317430320060826472024-03-05T21:59:38.707-08:00Happily ever afterThe Knudsens Est 1996......Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10485875468823755088noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631743032006082647.post-31851791275334722362012-03-13T22:28:00.009-07:002012-03-13T23:47:27.769-07:00Maci is 1!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTWx-hsOjuMtwplORT2SReS6-fHg6PcAmSUFXKQuIji7mLhXd8PylCDU0UWcMEs38quUE5uLNoRt-e2jGoDfKwK0OFRFhllngCLzY34p3s1UwTxOPxqEUaInjc-lE9ws9wG9bfmcQApMo/s1600/_DSC7980.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTWx-hsOjuMtwplORT2SReS6-fHg6PcAmSUFXKQuIji7mLhXd8PylCDU0UWcMEs38quUE5uLNoRt-e2jGoDfKwK0OFRFhllngCLzY34p3s1UwTxOPxqEUaInjc-lE9ws9wG9bfmcQApMo/s400/_DSC7980.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719627092292590338" /></a><div>This year has gone by so quickly, to think that a year ago I was meeting this little girl for the first time. From the moment she came into our family she has made it feel complete, that little piece that was missing is now here. Maci has seemed like she wants to catch up with her brothers from the day she was born, she started crawling before any of my boys did, she's walked early. She always wants to be with her brothers, I especially love watching her with Cole. They have this special bond, he was the only one who could make her laugh for the longest time. She loves to love on him, giving him hugs and kisses all the time. They love to wrestle around, I often have to tell Cole to stop sitting on his sister. But she just laughs while he's doing it, needless to say I think she'll be one tough girl. I haven't noticed a huge difference between raising girls and boys yet, but i'm sure I will soon enough.</div><div>I have been getting ideas and planning for a couple of months now,(thank you Pinterest!) and I tried to not go overboard. Which I think I did pretty good, even though Dave does not agree :-). I think the party turned out soooo cute! I am so blessed to have wonderful family and friends who were willing and able to help make it a success, especially Dave who never once complained. Even when staying up late to help make pinwheels, cake pops and cleaning up messes. I was trying to keep it simple and do as much prep work in advance as I could, but things never go according to plan so as usual I was stressing a bit Saturday morning. Thank goodness my mom and sisters arrived early enough to help out. </div><div> I love this time of year down here, the weather is always beautiful and Saturday was no exception. We have this nice little park down the street from us and no one is ever there, so it was the perfect place to have the party. All of the family and our closest friends were able to be there, Maci had a blast even though she had no clue what all the fuss was about. All in all it was a perfect day, I loved how everything turned out. </div><div>It was hard deciding what pictures to post there were soooo many that I loved, but here are my favorites. Enjoy!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRBsh-UlkrcNcl0rpFGwupHLnsLnKSm_Yrsrx6Uldo51Dz1QG2qzIvhTSRXH8lwn7Q-W2vnIx_O-jvDQcOSAE8WZ4wbAttfDZnGtxuo1eD_Mhjf5qaAOHJzjEG2zhjnnojjtRDFFGCRb0/s1600/_DSC7893.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRBsh-UlkrcNcl0rpFGwupHLnsLnKSm_Yrsrx6Uldo51Dz1QG2qzIvhTSRXH8lwn7Q-W2vnIx_O-jvDQcOSAE8WZ4wbAttfDZnGtxuo1eD_Mhjf5qaAOHJzjEG2zhjnnojjtRDFFGCRb0/s400/_DSC7893.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719627087224844818" /></a><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4iy7vLfbTxgqMCbru78ufhsmATkvadZVSLqS-aG6Qj1WbgZYqICQCitOy4WHu3n2rTYo2DPhAU8dioHayxruFxJzsCRT5ZtpZ-0S9KzCbT7oaO0Ns5UwVHF7BTMd_NuV2pNbTdAL_o8k/s1600/_DSC7944.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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<br /><div>At the end of July I took the kids up to Sprucedale Ranch for one last summer get away before school started. And it was an adventure from beginning to end. Dave wasn't able to go with us so my sister and I caravaned up there, well about 3 hours into the drive it was suppose to be a 6 hr drive) all of a sudden my car started to overheat as we were going up a canyon. So I pull over of course call Dave freaking out, I then call our mechanic who happens to be a good friend in our ward. He had actually worked on the car the night before, so we figure out that the radiator cap wasn't tightened all the way. So I THINK I've tightened it all the way so we get back in the car and as soon as we make it out of the canyon it starts over heating again. So I pull over again and call our friend once more he's thinking he didn't do something properly but is sure that he can fix it. So he, his wife and Dave jump in their car and head out to come fix it.</div><div>My sister and I debate about what we should do, we are about an hour from Showlow and it will be at least 3 hours till help arrives for the car. We have 7 children between the two of us and they are all getting hungry and already tired of being in cars. As horrible as this may seem to some we all piled in her minivan. We really had no other choice, we really didn't feel comfortable sitting on the side of the road with 7 children. So we loaded her car up with as much of my stuff as we possibly could and carefully made our way to Showlow. Once there we grabbed some food for the kids and found a park we could hang out at till we figured out my car situation. I wish I had taken a picture of all of us piled in her car it was pretty crazy, and you should have seen the looks we got as we were all climbing out of her car at the park. It was like one of those clowns cars where people just kept on coming.</div><div> We spent about 4 hours at the park waiting for my car to get fixed, turns out it was just the radiator cap needed to be tightened. I felt so stupid for not being able to tighten it enough, apparently you have to twist and press down and lock it into place. Not just twist, so next time I'll know better. So once we had the car back we all piled back into our cars and finished the rest of the drive. Sprucedale is located just outside of Alpine, AZ and as a child I use to spend my summers camping in this area. I love it up there, and as we were driving there it was so sad to see the devastation that happened up theredue to the Wallow fire. But I must say that it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. It was still very beautiful and things were starting to turn green. It was so worth the drive and the long day, to be out in the mountains and enjoy the cool weather wasamazing.</div><div>The kids got to ride horses, milk the cows, feed the animals, practice and participate for in rodeo. They loved it! It was so nice not having TVs, phones, video games or computers around my kids were outside playing from sun up till sun down. And when it was time for bed they were out really quickly. It reminded me of how when I was a kid I was always outside playing, my mom would have to make us come inside. The kids loved getting dirty, finding frogs and catching insects. </div><div>We did have one injury the day before we were to come home, Jaden was out on a horse back ride and the horse got spooked. I wasn't there so I don't know exactly what happened but he says the horse reared back and then tookoff running. He tried to hold on as best he could but eventually fell off, his leg took most of the fall, hitting a large rock. He was pretty shaken up but had to get back on a horse and ride the rest of the way. I met up with them at another ranch and he was acting so brave, I didn't realize how bad it really was. He didn't break anything but WOW he has the largest hematoma. Needless to say he took it easy the rest of the trip.</div><div>The last night there we got to have a little skit night with all of the ranch hands and the other families that were staying there. The kids had so much fun, I loved seeing the sparkle in their eyes. It was such a fun trip that my kids will always remember, Cole keeps asking when can he go back to the ranch.</div><div>
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<br /></div><div>Jaden Practicing for the rodeo, before his fall.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGVmdSrCeGu0FSlZJWywV8sapOMdX68KtTraOpsvrIhyng8K9YTonjtssV5Jpmsp3yE8pCp1z6WPrFB7wI9t6cOAJjyxkQbdaaADOGru8ZGoRI8n1Yt8j4Ja415mALcx67lT-iixxful8/s1600/DSC_0130.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGVmdSrCeGu0FSlZJWywV8sapOMdX68KtTraOpsvrIhyng8K9YTonjtssV5Jpmsp3yE8pCp1z6WPrFB7wI9t6cOAJjyxkQbdaaADOGru8ZGoRI8n1Yt8j4Ja415mALcx67lT-iixxful8/s400/DSC_0130.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643816374680818914" /></a></div><div>They even let the little kids participate in the rodeo, here's Cole riding with Mr. Whitney during the rodeo.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5jaF_K4U1GRXyi6vRqBtsOE1aTY4NLNYU17VzA_p1iLzPE0EMUO8VcznnKn9ZeJda6ZHlyIIpB7zZUrovMocD4zEic5_nNon-pBW8e2aZ27WDdcRXiMZ6ecNGFUpVAajimgwnf3kdwDo/s1600/DSC_0283.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5jaF_K4U1GRXyi6vRqBtsOE1aTY4NLNYU17VzA_p1iLzPE0EMUO8VcznnKn9ZeJda6ZHlyIIpB7zZUrovMocD4zEic5_nNon-pBW8e2aZ27WDdcRXiMZ6ecNGFUpVAajimgwnf3kdwDo/s400/DSC_0283.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643816371050618178" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCU1JGKDys2nyLhNvPJ3DVrcBOsY_efgSLkIP44WEbKSjDQWn0IGIjQpuQq6cETHQ-El_KkP8wYs7Nvs-n_Umevnn3H6LIakOTHKpVkkA_fbJKRISyMdbssiDeGW1_M27UKuIn0OfeDts/s1600/DSC_0268.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCU1JGKDys2nyLhNvPJ3DVrcBOsY_efgSLkIP44WEbKSjDQWn0IGIjQpuQq6cETHQ-El_KkP8wYs7Nvs-n_Umevnn3H6LIakOTHKpVkkA_fbJKRISyMdbssiDeGW1_M27UKuIn0OfeDts/s400/DSC_0268.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643816368367869026" /></a></div><div>My best friends daughter Isabelle went with us, she was such a big help with Maci.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4RM9yU3awxt9L7229Z3P-gDduOs_WvtgzYQlq6kd1Oiy8EejxYzPiX9cqWpzaS3DZ0DAtxkx5zF0-rnEd8YaIP5dCKP_J8iIUTjOxVal1Gqc3FhBob6jD6qzp1TP3d-KuffMpzzKYBjU/s1600/DSC_0167.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4RM9yU3awxt9L7229Z3P-gDduOs_WvtgzYQlq6kd1Oiy8EejxYzPiX9cqWpzaS3DZ0DAtxkx5zF0-rnEd8YaIP5dCKP_J8iIUTjOxVal1Gqc3FhBob6jD6qzp1TP3d-KuffMpzzKYBjU/s400/DSC_0167.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643927073292428866" style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div>It was so beautiful up there, every where I looked was the perfect picture!</div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fUDAdufnu0gouMtJd9kbGLnQ239Dhjfo5oOPDG_sJj2hqwy1rP1nCz6p9q6C8d_wCpT4HlEqZaBRt7kjvmNomykmkqyNmDXczFV0nQDrNGLWiZSx_ojfqwSd2V2i-DDn1MBB3Vqc7nI/s400/DSC_0207.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643815060902156258" /></div><div>
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<br /></div></div></div>Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10485875468823755088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631743032006082647.post-27741936902371868012011-06-29T19:25:00.000-07:002011-06-29T19:31:53.338-07:00<div>Ok so I am enjoying dressing up a little girl, I just had fun with this outfit!!! So I had to take a few pics of her in it. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGs9iUpbOoBdjs0UHAhbOQIz17LhRwgMz7UidFnIrJlU9ecOGRh5QeflEzXlHRQTCUFHiOqi8wpx4Mg7bfONGY3O4XJZJymo5C-Mb5qQnw9GvkAlsa9EF4IHnx-eryo8qwN1a_NO8XpP8/s1600/DSC_0169.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGs9iUpbOoBdjs0UHAhbOQIz17LhRwgMz7UidFnIrJlU9ecOGRh5QeflEzXlHRQTCUFHiOqi8wpx4Mg7bfONGY3O4XJZJymo5C-Mb5qQnw9GvkAlsa9EF4IHnx-eryo8qwN1a_NO8XpP8/s400/DSC_0169.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623833992340466178" /></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrQi7vxVmVn6DSEdniC4t7fyFIRH00vKDOsDU-uv7-SH2AVAbK0KJ2MWZIAavWsWMj73JvsAmyDCSO3aHwSGP8eCZnt_4nrR9sVo4MnArKR6qpGiRAQ-UzDOmK6r1tKSpncyDfoLSS4NY/s400/DSC_0256.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623833975441446482" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHulT02bESnfw8AUTVcHhcGJdO9Vi2vdm06JZhmY-T3NQN_2l1Z45H1iu8zvI_jkxnCqkFuUadXOmjksko0NMNAQAGKe6sQ6eS2LjUMx5NVfV0UXGN3Fj66DVADNoeb7-f4U_pBk4oSEs/s1600/DSC_0237.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHulT02bESnfw8AUTVcHhcGJdO9Vi2vdm06JZhmY-T3NQN_2l1Z45H1iu8zvI_jkxnCqkFuUadXOmjksko0NMNAQAGKe6sQ6eS2LjUMx5NVfV0UXGN3Fj66DVADNoeb7-f4U_pBk4oSEs/s400/DSC_0237.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623833982637818994" /></a>Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10485875468823755088noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631743032006082647.post-86023893501728306832011-06-24T21:27:00.000-07:002011-06-29T19:34:36.868-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQcLDvIwxMsJQP8PrLMzfkuFghytUv3jb8XVHmq9OLe1qR46ahl44MzHQ7GdspcMGCJOszizLPKjw2ReObpUlQ1PJwAw4AVpcC8DdtJblw0ffe3onfTsj3lmBfIvIlNlaKOqMNFsbmbYU/s1600/20110620-234029.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQcLDvIwxMsJQP8PrLMzfkuFghytUv3jb8XVHmq9OLe1qR46ahl44MzHQ7GdspcMGCJOszizLPKjw2ReObpUlQ1PJwAw4AVpcC8DdtJblw0ffe3onfTsj3lmBfIvIlNlaKOqMNFsbmbYU/s400/20110620-234029.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div style="clear:both; text-align:NONE"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10485875468823755088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631743032006082647.post-5816852770792350162011-06-20T05:33:00.000-07:002011-06-21T23:41:12.328-07:00Maci Brooke Knudsen<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioqG3JCCAU6nafLC8f_gr4IDkIg3aT8cWQ6W_8EmxsjSrkyQ8HzHNxK_c915ZwOe3ASqPjSc_iyWXezYpzoR9f1B2l7uH7R53GnC3TGS55AFV0bx5yC0oQKgRrdVfb-p_mx6wUc-fsSVM/s1600/SAM_2261.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioqG3JCCAU6nafLC8f_gr4IDkIg3aT8cWQ6W_8EmxsjSrkyQ8HzHNxK_c915ZwOe3ASqPjSc_iyWXezYpzoR9f1B2l7uH7R53GnC3TGS55AFV0bx5yC0oQKgRrdVfb-p_mx6wUc-fsSVM/s400/SAM_2261.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620902872280935042" /></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixR5yzkCstmiAzmvZpNUztsAq2ZAPoVTKZbuV6aexNtUq7Cdxhmej3RBeikdK_kbSaEwMxNdDT27iaWpIl6CUZ_LMwTqFaLC5m0LBD9XYBhLNqnxEil1nwQJlAjWFlqQIn7nzBpCD99Kc/s400/SAM_2263.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620902875183147106" /><br /><br /><br />So we have a new addition to our family! (yes i know I am a few months behind on posting this)Her name is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Maci</span> Brooke Knudsen she was born on March 9, 2011 weighing 7lb 14oz and was 21 1/2in long. We were kind of in shock to say the least when we found out we were having a girl, but we now can't imagine life without her. She is such an easy going baby, sleeps well, has the sweetest temperament and she has made our family complete. As I post this she is now 3 months old weighs 15lbs and is 24 1/2 inches long. She loves to smile and is starting to roll over. I must say that I am loving having a girl, buying cute outfits, making bows and flowers for her to wear. I love dressing her up and I can't help but buy her a cute outfit when I see one. Dave thinks she has enough clothes but I beg to differ. Her brothers love her so much, when she cries it's not for long. They are rushing to her side and trying to make her smile. I love to watch them with her. She will <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">definitely</span> be a very spoiled little girl with three big brothers and her daddy wrapped around her fingers.<div><br /></div><div>This is two days before I was induced<br /><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinVUcvIlQHQ5UNvCWZHA5_F3o7t_Gqtki-FGfo4k3UjkYC1PiGN05v0yVSqofLHOEd2SHFG_Xp4LeORqeJHaBG1ApSMaj2SDLg5LIsD7q8iXS_5wRWHy99wtnIMElAmuCOr_RMjY8-49k/s320/SAM_2110.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598757856084703218" /><div><div><div><br /><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyg-Ru5BdUsbyEZ7tDyQTnMYMeS38cblxnA8uuISo_iZ4dMEbR_0l1vjM4SkRUJGQ2lVtgibrCX0QjwWCp4iwmVem_A7rABXJA_6bsxzCoUVWnHFjF5reFsDz088bLvl7Tw5wESEEwKBE/s400/SAM_2125.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615701881534642786" /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijG69vnkOEUWim30RgK-rAJgoXCXKrT2-GRurVB-GFJ3eShbd4lMRVUdjnFptk0MGTXdzE1VhcHwtNRyxGPuzLEXrFU0V5lICewTieJhMo440XyLq0vA9N4irb7LXh44wTQ2-iKC61sgc/s320/SAM_2137.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598757868526494178" /><br /><br /><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 165px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQI4WGI6iKqkKCwPqrbIMh9SOraWmR9KGky_I9F-v4ep-FAHLPnLJ78tBi8H9WMDmh2tISivXXDyzfgIPLz7U8Yl1QxUFDZ5nvcDKM3zGBOlZAcCe60rtJGCnofH6zCc3Ax1wQPStIkyY/s320/SAM_2143.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598757871032337842" /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuStwnWAZT9IDVdx-BHRseLXqK9Bjk04XMimPd6Drqx4Gimr3hto-6MSwHtFvgUiI1it3W2YZZb-v5s_GSlRwDiavfutf2xPGZPFnwAwt49TT2dRIs5nx7aVcPJaQbVgUKL-F1KiusuxQ/s400/SAM_2166.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620902855227458930" /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQnWeryEzvhNdMegUOVz3v9H1SnnKDGuKNSDmcKNf56i0dQT0MvxU0m7Wtf0zJUfDuU7ZOsPwmZKEQcwH8AxkRA_FuXuJfPn9tLxSWm5xPnXzClHId_VwKRfktiffUWPK5by_zS_Ca0U/s400/SAM_2205.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620902862920172834" /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10485875468823755088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631743032006082647.post-75483632050095359282010-09-01T21:52:00.000-07:002010-09-07T22:27:24.289-07:004th of JulyNormally we spend every year in Holbrook with Dave's family for the 4Th of July, but this year we were able to spend it in Albuquerque, NM. With some of our amazing friends, we love to go back to Abq and visit. This visit was extra special because we were able to spend some time with some friends that we hadn't seen in a couple of years.<br />We were able to head up there on the 1st and spent the first couple of days with our friends the Ritchies, they have six awesome kids. Which two of them happen to be Jaden and Ty's best friends so they were in heaven being able be with them 24/7. Of course I forgot to take any pics of them together but they had a fun time playing and watching movies. We got to hang out with some our friends from our old ward, it felt just like old times. We really do miss our good friends from Abq.<br />We got to spend the 4Th and 5Th with our friends the Neidigs, they moved from Abq about the same time we had. So it's been awhile since we have seen them, And during that time Chad the father of the family was diagnosed with stage 4 b-cell lymphoma. Which when we got that news last year Dave and I were devastated, these friends are like family to us and my heart just ached at the struggles that I knew knew they would face. So for the past year Chad had been under going a new trial treatment for his cancer and although there were some very scary times. (we almost lost him last Oct to pneumonia) He is now doing great and so far is disease free, so we were really looking froward to spending some time with them and seeing for ourselves that he was well.<br />So we had an wonderful 4Th relaxing and swimming and just catching up and enjoying each others company.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgITBEwOmeXxlam9XSf_bv39qcSCt49g7CNr7ZD4bL6fyHd-FYor9OgeCwHkhL8farj7tL3b-Z8oSp5ocdWwmSoIh0_HiMpNhgw5NTy03u6IzZVa0a5OT77ehNAiGNmfGwhHGErg7oFbjA/s1600/SAM_1378-1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 210px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514402442301031410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgITBEwOmeXxlam9XSf_bv39qcSCt49g7CNr7ZD4bL6fyHd-FYor9OgeCwHkhL8farj7tL3b-Z8oSp5ocdWwmSoIh0_HiMpNhgw5NTy03u6IzZVa0a5OT77ehNAiGNmfGwhHGErg7oFbjA/s320/SAM_1378-1.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfe_VIhiBUD7EwGKrfe85IVEipSjzNkviLCl4khkjdk9cIFuPcvNzTetb0uR8ANKKoMeyBchharSQPzcsIuMKFdzEPlu7rwzxaXaEz3vUFu0uU90Z_Suo5S2aRsyIbYIDWlFQ0LleGhTc/s1600/SAM_1380-1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514401874876323970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfe_VIhiBUD7EwGKrfe85IVEipSjzNkviLCl4khkjdk9cIFuPcvNzTetb0uR8ANKKoMeyBchharSQPzcsIuMKFdzEPlu7rwzxaXaEz3vUFu0uU90Z_Suo5S2aRsyIbYIDWlFQ0LleGhTc/s320/SAM_1380-1.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVu83lT6RKrNKKpcpOHUazOIlQiKAnYJY-_slLeni_XNKNxZ3STQj-xi6gOZksvxpfcF1pfah2XMqSkR0vZetb6cJtE4ZD876xbvD4JYfCCNJuM40DYIZgQ_Y8eaQlRdqTvG2-QBRSI_k/s1600/SAM_1388-1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 222px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514401866691960130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVu83lT6RKrNKKpcpOHUazOIlQiKAnYJY-_slLeni_XNKNxZ3STQj-xi6gOZksvxpfcF1pfah2XMqSkR0vZetb6cJtE4ZD876xbvD4JYfCCNJuM40DYIZgQ_Y8eaQlRdqTvG2-QBRSI_k/s320/SAM_1388-1.jpg" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiowKA1ERbOZpfEZXRI5gTJnIyqOO0eIv_IHUXf3m8_2n9diKub91zyMiMkZwvm6M4GufiSBMD9wj8A8t2iyTBGMVYpk7mCmaY-IMaTVWtoBfB0Ly97YBd9lGsORkAo8tNPKuz1Vg_Dk1w/s1600/SAM_1379-1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 237px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514402436992541538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiowKA1ERbOZpfEZXRI5gTJnIyqOO0eIv_IHUXf3m8_2n9diKub91zyMiMkZwvm6M4GufiSBMD9wj8A8t2iyTBGMVYpk7mCmaY-IMaTVWtoBfB0Ly97YBd9lGsORkAo8tNPKuz1Vg_Dk1w/s320/SAM_1379-1.jpg" /></a><br />Jaden, Cole, Ty, Liam and Hailey</div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtBDUlZpR0CJSoS18rI80ROO59BqPneeKJA1rRWXBqZNb7pbOKyWAbuhE3SUMyhRISi_bnjANd4NmZY7QHrh5wy86TdWXho99bQ7uFgUTF5nlRRRJYpO-7bKXH0YoY0i2AFEp6azUM0d0/s1600/SAM_1395-1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514401857447489346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtBDUlZpR0CJSoS18rI80ROO59BqPneeKJA1rRWXBqZNb7pbOKyWAbuhE3SUMyhRISi_bnjANd4NmZY7QHrh5wy86TdWXho99bQ7uFgUTF5nlRRRJYpO-7bKXH0YoY0i2AFEp6azUM0d0/s320/SAM_1395-1.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Amy and I</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivioaRLb_vWnB8uW_MN_AIjiJgL8Ij5DTgMsD8_JaY7vH6blVj5fmcLR4AH5osG_hQqJ5hZCYMv5zEEoFRCmfMlnNnYKMpFL5NQkttdWxqTY4eXgv69RQQehItL09oKZeuZdnrWRK7dGQ/s1600/SAM_1397-1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 184px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514401846110674226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivioaRLb_vWnB8uW_MN_AIjiJgL8Ij5DTgMsD8_JaY7vH6blVj5fmcLR4AH5osG_hQqJ5hZCYMv5zEEoFRCmfMlnNnYKMpFL5NQkttdWxqTY4eXgv69RQQehItL09oKZeuZdnrWRK7dGQ/s320/SAM_1397-1.jpg" /></a><br />Chad and Dave</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSYMj4zO0fLchbzlGse00B-EULfrrvWzp_GF_7LreYAwg5_KBTc6kQPI2tobXg79w7gk6lGA0MkL_w7p-N389rIAhK6hH9HA84phfBw2HlpUAMcpCs1ryb6G4ediIOlKEus_1ZM6BSzag/s1600/SAM_1398-1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514401825540417426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSYMj4zO0fLchbzlGse00B-EULfrrvWzp_GF_7LreYAwg5_KBTc6kQPI2tobXg79w7gk6lGA0MkL_w7p-N389rIAhK6hH9HA84phfBw2HlpUAMcpCs1ryb6G4ediIOlKEus_1ZM6BSzag/s320/SAM_1398-1.jpg" /></a> </div></div></div></div>Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10485875468823755088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631743032006082647.post-58937200765615505112010-08-26T22:24:00.000-07:002010-09-07T15:18:47.126-07:00Family Vacation 2010Better Late than never right.... At the beginning of the summer we were able to take the kids to Florida, to see their cousins and spend a little time at the Nick Hotel. Let me just say it was long day getting there and an even longer one coming home. But it was so worth it!<br />Dave's brother Gary and his family live in Tallahassee,Fl and we haven't seen them since Ty was about9 months old. So needless to say it was long over due for us to go see them. We were able to spend five days with them and the kids just loved it, the first couple of days we spent in<br />Tallahassee just relaxing and playing. The cousins have 4 wheelers and a little piece of land on their property so the kids spent every minute they could out there. Ty had no fear at all when it came to driving them, he was doing doughnuts, fish tailing and of course seeing just how fast he could go. Jaden was a little bit more reserved but still had a great time, and Cole was just excited to catch a ride anytime he could.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRo-NEXwQI4xFCDnzP2YKYapP2vjsex-aw6JtSwxqj3-hPi8Es2qcZllJzz_V-BWxTI3qPJOCYzzWENrSbsghB6tITmzawQZoSsWrY2_80YIGK2rYhvASViEiL1hhIXxJwpdijNs3Mghw/s1600/SAM_1264.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514221551587628338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRo-NEXwQI4xFCDnzP2YKYapP2vjsex-aw6JtSwxqj3-hPi8Es2qcZllJzz_V-BWxTI3qPJOCYzzWENrSbsghB6tITmzawQZoSsWrY2_80YIGK2rYhvASViEiL1hhIXxJwpdijNs3Mghw/s320/SAM_1264.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBzLHxA3_-FwmFIwO_p6i0-LmVDBVIGaRj3fAAuHBvl3G9U5zOZ2dipoeU21C23xrZUNvu9kc8zcZw07_f_qTL4n2oeEcdOBIiOadZUa7rvKG3hBdbwdd-zUwrxyV4LprnwaHP4sBEUw4/s1600/SAM_1215.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514224219981190050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBzLHxA3_-FwmFIwO_p6i0-LmVDBVIGaRj3fAAuHBvl3G9U5zOZ2dipoeU21C23xrZUNvu9kc8zcZw07_f_qTL4n2oeEcdOBIiOadZUa7rvKG3hBdbwdd-zUwrxyV4LprnwaHP4sBEUw4/s320/SAM_1215.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4HgdR-UAxNUdIX_IjuwaNtyQbB5NgNkqcllqxMASchT0KGa-Jcog1AE_ND5RfsLwpd-uTOkViHnMzujD1atihiqIhiMlU2DMeDzkMqNCO7YWz0t-6mEyFORxuHN_ne1NrSPgG8tCPGAY/s1600/SAM_1219-1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 165px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514222415568695186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4HgdR-UAxNUdIX_IjuwaNtyQbB5NgNkqcllqxMASchT0KGa-Jcog1AE_ND5RfsLwpd-uTOkViHnMzujD1atihiqIhiMlU2DMeDzkMqNCO7YWz0t-6mEyFORxuHN_ne1NrSPgG8tCPGAY/s320/SAM_1219-1.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCnLkOaVw8FQc5Bspp-CmbSz61N8_fqS-PGHDm1uUJae8aFY4ng-dxjODn5HLPW5BoTfdBQjvP33BnpHIYIYp-_0NLwlnGusbZf18WEAkAr20S5ba-5wUwIFQXIUWiZM2zBnY01lHXHPg/s1600/SAM_1218.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514224207847451554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCnLkOaVw8FQc5Bspp-CmbSz61N8_fqS-PGHDm1uUJae8aFY4ng-dxjODn5HLPW5BoTfdBQjvP33BnpHIYIYp-_0NLwlnGusbZf18WEAkAr20S5ba-5wUwIFQXIUWiZM2zBnY01lHXHPg/s320/SAM_1218.JPG" /></a><br /><div></div><div>On the third day we headed up the coast to a place called Apalacha Cola, my sister in-laws mom and step dad own a beach house up there so we were able to spend some time on the beach. The house was beautiful and we had some amazing storms while we were there. It was awesome to just sit out on the porch and listen to the thunder and watch the waves crash on the beach. I completely forgot to take pictures of the house and the storm, but it truly was amazing.</div><div></div><div>We were able to spend one day on St.George Island, it has beautiful white sand beaches and the water was pretty clear. We spent the day finding sand dollars, body surfing and burying people in the sand. It was so nice to just sit back and relax, watching my children laugh and play in the sand and water is one my favorite things to do.I wish time could just stand still and we can stay in moments like that forever. Seeing the excitement in their eyes as they see or do something new always brings a smile to my face as well.</div><div>Eventually we did have to head back to Tallahassee and then head back down to Orlando, but we had an amazing time with Gary's family and we definitely won't be waiting 6 six years to go back there again.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiznPinqz1nTji-mqa9QkP1_2BsLh6XLQQ9ogsc7Kss6Eo3Zmtm3sNcPkPxSHkSaid8FV7psJTixjkKz9O4ORiJ0UD6FqCOYiJXqVHL5X_LwgdVMJaLoEf4O35U27CX_x8kDkg71G_vQXw/s1600/SAM_1235.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514224200634512002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiznPinqz1nTji-mqa9QkP1_2BsLh6XLQQ9ogsc7Kss6Eo3Zmtm3sNcPkPxSHkSaid8FV7psJTixjkKz9O4ORiJ0UD6FqCOYiJXqVHL5X_LwgdVMJaLoEf4O35U27CX_x8kDkg71G_vQXw/s320/SAM_1235.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4WkUMGp_ShsGV9qxEL9_iKIqzfjAyECq8PCoC-31Kv5kJCyps6w-jKCrufKHe2Ax9i-Hq3FFOkD_j3yUAh-wn4k2rTWqZ47UWw4xdmU9pO-ihBKNPup4P9HjvDmZ8uBn3Wk7xRoMxJWo/s1600/SAM_1238-1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 235px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514222411937704594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4WkUMGp_ShsGV9qxEL9_iKIqzfjAyECq8PCoC-31Kv5kJCyps6w-jKCrufKHe2Ax9i-Hq3FFOkD_j3yUAh-wn4k2rTWqZ47UWw4xdmU9pO-ihBKNPup4P9HjvDmZ8uBn3Wk7xRoMxJWo/s320/SAM_1238-1.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLiIakaEarNf6JIZz8KhEUxjUg1gb7Ur6DYMaNIgdrLP1gNFyjvgNqg2GPFUElkzelH3gZ_iJew73OSQwK1e6JTgJab4fKkkYQuyOTJyjUXyMtyZuSJDWulajwu37vaPkyYeubEerzoTA/s1600/SAM_1243-1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 217px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514222404923208626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLiIakaEarNf6JIZz8KhEUxjUg1gb7Ur6DYMaNIgdrLP1gNFyjvgNqg2GPFUElkzelH3gZ_iJew73OSQwK1e6JTgJab4fKkkYQuyOTJyjUXyMtyZuSJDWulajwu37vaPkyYeubEerzoTA/s320/SAM_1243-1.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjblK9QvLGGDKpNBvJDxuXsRrAmPe34qoG06xtuzur4jQl1S9HNlBEzfQDGygdmid1Nmio2foMO7pTSzpVVc7_qR9NA_RFO4TE6KvdPPZ7p_uZK9kNFVKGh-ZPEsATtfpawCZMHQueJIDM/s1600/SAM_1252.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514222401168591842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjblK9QvLGGDKpNBvJDxuXsRrAmPe34qoG06xtuzur4jQl1S9HNlBEzfQDGygdmid1Nmio2foMO7pTSzpVVc7_qR9NA_RFO4TE6KvdPPZ7p_uZK9kNFVKGh-ZPEsATtfpawCZMHQueJIDM/s320/SAM_1252.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLL170AKtCp2lYaUVgbhiKemLWqrB-WzGq7CyFaySj6eXZbwBErvJ_vl_r5JRvK_-RlFsvhFybiACMOgUlSpU6W7xhc48W0dTWpUVVldzTb2DxhaGDI-5gMu6zC01GodGve5L-HTNoeRE/s1600/SAM_1250.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514221560122350226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLL170AKtCp2lYaUVgbhiKemLWqrB-WzGq7CyFaySj6eXZbwBErvJ_vl_r5JRvK_-RlFsvhFybiACMOgUlSpU6W7xhc48W0dTWpUVVldzTb2DxhaGDI-5gMu6zC01GodGve5L-HTNoeRE/s320/SAM_1250.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvHgRiGSbIUQZ8QjDDDsWnf7j8WyhZymuUJ522GgT2lxmqqQUNiXUzYf9PyVv-4seqOG-o55iSvp7e_AuFxApb32ogl7Q5d87UHPdhvuOysMK-is_CeQTlInNXtDRFWCL9skurq-VqMT4/s1600/SAM_1255-1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 210px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509957984060485842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvHgRiGSbIUQZ8QjDDDsWnf7j8WyhZymuUJ522GgT2lxmqqQUNiXUzYf9PyVv-4seqOG-o55iSvp7e_AuFxApb32ogl7Q5d87UHPdhvuOysMK-is_CeQTlInNXtDRFWCL9skurq-VqMT4/s320/SAM_1255-1.jpg" /></a></div><div>After spending Five days with Gary's family we headed to Orlando, we are not huge Disney fans so no we did not go to Disney World. Instead we spent the last 4 days of our vacation at the Nick Hotel. The boys have been seeing commercials for this place for years now, and have always asked to go. We told them at the beginning of last school year that if they did well in school and got all A's and all green days that we would take them there this summer. And so the boys did just that, I must say that I am so glad they did because we had an awesome time there. The rooms were super cute, decorated in Nick themes, the boys got a Jimmy Neutron room with bunk beds. And then Dave and I had a room to ourselves as well. We never left the hotel there was always something to do from the water park, to game shows, getting slimed, a 4-d theatre, an arcade and more. There was the twice a day slimming, game shows by the pool that Jaden got to participate in. I was a little worried about how logistically it would work with Cole since he's so little and can't do the things the older boys can. But it was so nice because most of the time Jaden and Ty Could be off doing their own thing while Dave and I played with Cole in the large pool. It is such a family friendly place we loved it. The last night there was their five year Anniversary of the hotel being open so they had a DJ and cake and cup cakes for everyone, they did slimming every hour and had contests for everyone to participate in. It was so much fun, and a great way to end our vacation.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCy2tAHfox1seUIw19VerR-zj5A5JRB9-hJISEwM-nInFXIYAdpKj7NKzH0_d4fCn8sPpfseXZrI5fOJw83WdUhcdbz6MFIBeX-7Xy-MyI2qf82XUVhxsstDO3z3EUX5_gQNP2El_1XYY/s1600/SAM_1333.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510101099191130578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCy2tAHfox1seUIw19VerR-zj5A5JRB9-hJISEwM-nInFXIYAdpKj7NKzH0_d4fCn8sPpfseXZrI5fOJw83WdUhcdbz6MFIBeX-7Xy-MyI2qf82XUVhxsstDO3z3EUX5_gQNP2El_1XYY/s320/SAM_1333.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipcioWoENGKky9nYvWwNTjvHpgSxyaKw501i3rjaeMnONEbpf6jGbwv_w3l6-_Twd769acd2i7SHn81NkEUev2JI9VDZz7DefF2Q0DdjyR0c3sH0uwFatUv2zzTjmu6EArEuVy7DSMWso/s1600/SAM_1277.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514219754346886002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipcioWoENGKky9nYvWwNTjvHpgSxyaKw501i3rjaeMnONEbpf6jGbwv_w3l6-_Twd769acd2i7SHn81NkEUev2JI9VDZz7DefF2Q0DdjyR0c3sH0uwFatUv2zzTjmu6EArEuVy7DSMWso/s320/SAM_1277.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtf1ITwp6JwRAYdxGIiHPz_3ljLxiWeNMrPHsANGD0JSygIiKF0gphdet5MvFA2hRUjJPpMm7pnzUxso5Z2TGhfdJoQGqPPYqo9gSLafCaB7hNdK-9IPxWbaQwZgDXXoSq3CKCsQUrvrg/s1600/SAM_1278.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; 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HEIGHT: 182px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510101089796839234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip2u8hOn_hI3N2PbZ3Tg-ZjtY23kbT_kuNyZeTFyxhf_BT_o1v0pqmeIdIpSKqddK65yYgUQ7KPUQKZBRm64ccJGHTPnbOrEY9aPHO-X33Jnp3fdYp7fmMcsI8Vn_GRlu_7MRMZkuD1bQ/s320/SAM_1340.JPG" /></a><br />Cole didn't enjoy being slimed, but the rest of us did!<br /><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514219703156686706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK_rqml8BPguNbAORFm_QuavPhmyyiG6FRG2Mxjmd7j23fseu1RLCrZBZsFlJlwxstcXXnWse75l31oNFW79vIvFD1xUbohvcGXDuML89X26xITmTpsc2uY4P00-_UiGxADr2knrE_H0c/s320/SAM_1289.JPG" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Fl6f9ov_t-ChfuiN3t-LBp5iOq-_Ghu5C9-MA_vB6s67W_td70RFIgC_gK3hUqw9WG970d2y0m1fyEVVTx68FsIwLRP70NJHvPd2HNdD-yp9sVOCByeCX2bJI3s-WTS92H2eH3Imlik/s1600/SAM_1343.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; 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I can't believe this school year has gone by so quickly. I remember the first day of school and walking Ty into be with his teacher. He was so brave but nervous, and I of course cried a little bit when I had to leave him there. And although we had a few ups and downs with teachers he had an awesome year. I am amazed at what he has learned and what he is capable of doing, I have to say that I do love the school that the boys go to. They really help the kids excel and go above the standard requirements. And the boys love it!<br />Ty is my sweet, but tough little boy! He has such a tender heart and doesn't hesitate to give hugs and kisses. And is a friend to everyone, he has no fear of anything other than new foods he has never tried. He always has a sparkle in his eye and a mischievous look to him, you never know what he is going to say or do. And that always keeps us on our toes and laughing. We're so proud of you Ty we LOVE you!!!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAhR4PVyF6Rz6fOgHjdcXOCbZyyyySJ8_PfbteN192WgRDXzwk-WnCVgch2WnI5Xu_URQITWAQqZWZ47biGCB93fCeFS3SzbbiIszQkrR_G9KSdnOwd3ubHqkAT_B6NQEva5y54ihDMSQ/s1600/SAM_1161.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509951464705154050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAhR4PVyF6Rz6fOgHjdcXOCbZyyyySJ8_PfbteN192WgRDXzwk-WnCVgch2WnI5Xu_URQITWAQqZWZ47biGCB93fCeFS3SzbbiIszQkrR_G9KSdnOwd3ubHqkAT_B6NQEva5y54ihDMSQ/s200/SAM_1161.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgaiUFIN5BikzPMKaajtjDCLX_YYYpb2YWE06KdTj3paM1yioy0QDAtocoq00prbCpnS0hhnkseDdTQ6B_cp0roVTViauSv6PJHiOBVwCjI6kYf7x8oMNBNzp0klKoXac-eecF7qsfs0Q/s1600/SAM_1166.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509951481030862578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgaiUFIN5BikzPMKaajtjDCLX_YYYpb2YWE06KdTj3paM1yioy0QDAtocoq00prbCpnS0hhnkseDdTQ6B_cp0roVTViauSv6PJHiOBVwCjI6kYf7x8oMNBNzp0klKoXac-eecF7qsfs0Q/s200/SAM_1166.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQYOpadvghJp8Hx5U3SAsnkQVNwcH3nK7VQMZl7Y9WsxBXTsLwlH8nxFZUJCSNcpq1Xg783Vt-SMofmBwdVhTJVsqirA-GiVb2H2LBI0o9FZad8vhL4paPPfkMlTjI_eSUpDjY4Y_vJOk/s1600/SAM_1169.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 183px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509951451233526722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQYOpadvghJp8Hx5U3SAsnkQVNwcH3nK7VQMZl7Y9WsxBXTsLwlH8nxFZUJCSNcpq1Xg783Vt-SMofmBwdVhTJVsqirA-GiVb2H2LBI0o9FZad8vhL4paPPfkMlTjI_eSUpDjY4Y_vJOk/s200/SAM_1169.JPG" /></a> </div>Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10485875468823755088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631743032006082647.post-5475416227734695212010-05-01T16:18:00.000-07:002010-05-13T17:00:39.839-07:0014 Years!Wow! Dave and I just celebrated our 14 year Anniversary, I must say that the last 14 years have flown by. I remember the day we got married, and thinking that I could never love David more than I did at that moment. But how wrong I was, with each day, week and year that has gone by I've come to love him more and more. He is my best friend, the man of my dreams, my knight in shining armor, the love of my life, I'm sure you get the picture.<br /> This year Dave surprised me with a BEAUTIFUL one of a kind ring from a jewelry designer that I love out of New Mexico. I have to say that normally I usually hate surprises, (because I have some control issues) but I loved this one. Let's just back up to how it all came about. Earlier this year we had some Friends in town from Abq and she was wearing a ring that I just love. I mentioned to Dave that I loved the ring and would love to have one like it. I didn't think he was really listening to the conversation, but thankfully he was. He contacted my friend and between the two of them they were able to get me my ring. I didn't really think that I was getting anything this year because we were saving up for our family vacation. So Sunday morning when he pulled out a little gift bag with the name Lilly Barrack on it I was in total shock, I couldn't believe that he had actually gotten me a present, let alone a piece of jewelry. I could have sworn he wasn't paying attention at all to the conversation with my friend. So THANK YOU Babe you are the best!!! I look forward to the spending eternity with you, I Love You!Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10485875468823755088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631743032006082647.post-85722603773762331452010-04-13T17:00:00.000-07:002010-05-13T17:21:20.453-07:00Pine Wood Derby<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmk71-RS3GUd37JQa-3jzigXTcsG7hiaWvUeo9btxSW3EgKagab-_duEg8xEGrSSh6AObEwA5Invl6Y8qq19gUWHJDt6k8ubvV_Shr9smTpZEDKC4JOjIX_9phqmLlwtkmHqD29fTPsEM/s1600/SAM_1016.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470913727797078610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmk71-RS3GUd37JQa-3jzigXTcsG7hiaWvUeo9btxSW3EgKagab-_duEg8xEGrSSh6AObEwA5Invl6Y8qq19gUWHJDt6k8ubvV_Shr9smTpZEDKC4JOjIX_9phqmLlwtkmHqD29fTPsEM/s200/SAM_1016.JPG" /></a><br /><div>This was Jadens first year getting to participate in the Pine Wood Derby, Between Jaden, Dave and I there were alot of hours that went into getting Jadens car done. Jaden picked out the design I cut out the wood and Dave and Jaden sanded and painted, and sanded and painted some more. The day of the big race finally came and Jaden was so excited, after about 20 heats it came down to a tie between Jadens car and one other. So they then had to do best out of 3 races, aaannnddd Jaden WON!!!! He was so excited, Dave and I were just as excited since it was our car too :-) Jaden has loved being in scouts and we are proud of him, he just earned his Wolf badge and can't wait to be in a Bear Scout. He is such an awesome kid!!! Jaden we LOVE YOU!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtUmzjbSnhGchBnFDxYJOVqc_363rY7aLpZsFKtKvJdpJybdJhtwKlaCZB08owOP9cWHcx6_i5xcjbYFjagY51HOJ-LEXtl5Emz7xsFKV288F7NMvkZcQa9H28Jm_l1M0eZhJW3y9zZhg/s1600/SAM_1018.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470913737284221522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtUmzjbSnhGchBnFDxYJOVqc_363rY7aLpZsFKtKvJdpJybdJhtwKlaCZB08owOP9cWHcx6_i5xcjbYFjagY51HOJ-LEXtl5Emz7xsFKV288F7NMvkZcQa9H28Jm_l1M0eZhJW3y9zZhg/s200/SAM_1018.JPG" /></a></div><div></div>Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10485875468823755088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631743032006082647.post-39541179787277988482010-03-04T14:37:00.000-08:002010-03-09T08:12:10.479-08:00SlackerI know I have been slacking on updating my blog. I really have no excuse for not doing it other than the fact that my computer is so slow lately; it makes me dread the idea of trying to upload pics. Life has been busy the kids sports have started up again, Jaden is doing wrestling and Ty is doing wrestling and soccer. Yes I am officially a soccer mom, I never thought I would say that. So we are busy almost every night. Here are a few highlights from the last couple of months.<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Christmas was nice and relaxing this year, we spent it here at home all by ourselves. Since last year was crazy, I wanted it to be as low key as possible, and just enjoy the time with my children and husband. Jaden and Ty each got their dual action light sabers and a couple of video games. Cole got a tricycle that has a handle on the back so we can push him around the neighborhood while the older boys are out riding their bikes. I loved watching the reaction on my kids faces as they realize what Santa has brought them. I was so disappointed with myself though, I got the video camera out so that I could record the kids as they were discovering what they had received from Santa. I turned it on and got in place, then they come down and were so excited. I realized about five minutes later that I had forgotten to press the record button. I so wanted to make them reenact it, but Dave wouldn't let me. At least I got a few still pics. All in all we had a wonderful day.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibFXmOZrei3cbnUrnsY9CkOmBrGlsOW6LxPmUEdw9A3TxuRHnVXJEhwypu4TO-wR2VXBBIeIx_MTODsXpF3KeEpI1hHHtUnlRAViyL08kfXcGW2OF6t3pfoT3aj012gJPBhrWOrWIXgVg/s1600-h/SAM_0527.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446510020340140914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibFXmOZrei3cbnUrnsY9CkOmBrGlsOW6LxPmUEdw9A3TxuRHnVXJEhwypu4TO-wR2VXBBIeIx_MTODsXpF3KeEpI1hHHtUnlRAViyL08kfXcGW2OF6t3pfoT3aj012gJPBhrWOrWIXgVg/s200/SAM_0527.JPG" /></a></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcjfdsjaiVp4CNM4AoCUArnGXPyUqH2zFSGgHlYCBIFHDwxfctx89u4RgrylML8zN-xqI8Hf2Pii9fd3A4Tt_NDUk2n_61vpVlUP8GJUAZ7QShC2H63AQz0HR1k0qvV54xgkjM4giKeEg/s1600-h/SAM_0518.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 118px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446510010248233410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcjfdsjaiVp4CNM4AoCUArnGXPyUqH2zFSGgHlYCBIFHDwxfctx89u4RgrylML8zN-xqI8Hf2Pii9fd3A4Tt_NDUk2n_61vpVlUP8GJUAZ7QShC2H63AQz0HR1k0qvV54xgkjM4giKeEg/s200/SAM_0518.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQPDOZYrde0ABu2VkBSLA5VBRV4-qDQQ6Al7VXk0JrvLX_Z9I9JgwfKR4zyC6eNdIE4AAlwNlVEJi5rOlonR0btf-ta5P1AYEpJcxFcm-IzUhU-2GHp6UkSlj4_8Y6BVk4XUzwjlCBX8s/s1600-h/SAM_0542.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446510037706765010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQPDOZYrde0ABu2VkBSLA5VBRV4-qDQQ6Al7VXk0JrvLX_Z9I9JgwfKR4zyC6eNdIE4AAlwNlVEJi5rOlonR0btf-ta5P1AYEpJcxFcm-IzUhU-2GHp6UkSlj4_8Y6BVk4XUzwjlCBX8s/s200/SAM_0542.JPG" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_CGD8beeYXiGEKHLyvxlH77t289XRBLN1wOPtn9u7OqmtccXMMoe0lU3yacNtUiW2bRjUnyHPoqc0glYpRSMQ1R4f_h0zkR8F5Sn8b3UhT3ebkpqtgxH64ePlsy9NbelQWwNZ__e67mM/s1600-h/SAM_0539.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 134px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446510044860335410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_CGD8beeYXiGEKHLyvxlH77t289XRBLN1wOPtn9u7OqmtccXMMoe0lU3yacNtUiW2bRjUnyHPoqc0glYpRSMQ1R4f_h0zkR8F5Sn8b3UhT3ebkpqtgxH64ePlsy9NbelQWwNZ__e67mM/s200/SAM_0539.JPG" /></a><br /><br />February:</div><div>I am now one year older, that's right, I am now 32. Sometimes it is hard for me to believe that I am getting older. When I look in the mirror I don't see a 32 year old ,and I try to convince myself that I don't look any older than 27. So for my B-day we took the kids on the light rail to down town Phoenix, and had lunch at the Hardrock Cafe. The kids had a blast riding the light rail and it was fun seeing their excitement. I had a wonderful day enjoying the company of my wonderful husband and beautiful children. Then I got to enjoy a yummy dinner from PF Changs. I guess it's not so bad getting older as long as you are surrounded by the people you love.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1uBKW7aZO2nVhdC131kep4dPD_YK4kQrRdLau0gHM9FLLEhxsDBTcWflYYkOnMaiokK6DYVxnNMTO-hrIe7t1nmBWypgm2-9qirSA7Cu_CTufxbAPXUanwnNoU-c8QjaIVVyyJTxCr2A/s1600-h/SAM_0916.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446527453961342018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1uBKW7aZO2nVhdC131kep4dPD_YK4kQrRdLau0gHM9FLLEhxsDBTcWflYYkOnMaiokK6DYVxnNMTO-hrIe7t1nmBWypgm2-9qirSA7Cu_CTufxbAPXUanwnNoU-c8QjaIVVyyJTxCr2A/s200/SAM_0916.JPG" /></a><br /><br />The kids: </div><div>Lets see, the kids are keeping me busy. Cole is into everything. I can't leave him alone for a minute. Unless of course I want to find him on top of the kitchen table, or climbing onto the stove, or emptying my cupboard or drawers or pulling out all of the games and toys. You get the picture, he is a very active little boy. He is starting to say more and more words , or he has certain sounds for certain things. So he is able to at least communicate some what. He is a very serious little boy when he is around strangers, but when he's comfortable around you, his little personality comes out. And you can't help but smile.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKxNBCVaPV0H4-UoIrmBzo-2RQ_NOuGKwQ99HSg3dtgo0SJs5X1i12WXe0xSiAknk-aa5Ug73-Ak0ODq4EH77v3gvcWzHwNpOpN9JzeO6Gl4CCgpCjVQWHMuHhXSmO5DpAQ7VU6ALCsdA/s1600-h/Conner+baby+blessing-244.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446527420820788130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKxNBCVaPV0H4-UoIrmBzo-2RQ_NOuGKwQ99HSg3dtgo0SJs5X1i12WXe0xSiAknk-aa5Ug73-Ak0ODq4EH77v3gvcWzHwNpOpN9JzeO6Gl4CCgpCjVQWHMuHhXSmO5DpAQ7VU6ALCsdA/s200/Conner+baby+blessing-244.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div><br />Ty just lost his first tooth last month, it was barely hanging on, and then he and Jaden were having a pillow fight. Of course it got knocked out, and of course it had to land in the carpet, the very plush carpet. So finding it was quite the chore, Dave ended up being the hero who found it. Ty was So excited to finally get to put a tooth under his pillow for the Tooth Fairy. Ty has also started soccer and wrestling, he was way more excited about soccer since this is his first year doing it. His first game is this Saturday he can't wait to wear his uniform.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsxIkKnzTAVvN3fjyeOXfQIHcrYHop2FZ0Yy7kPEdnpLtNoG6EbF9egyp57qKFRxEpsmTuqjnEaM_g3Dh9Tlll1WjjY5nCY-xNOv1hn8JR5-Frp3C280uc8XBtIRxSQUarlLto1XhhphU/s1600-h/SAM_0879.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 176px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446509999932089010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsxIkKnzTAVvN3fjyeOXfQIHcrYHop2FZ0Yy7kPEdnpLtNoG6EbF9egyp57qKFRxEpsmTuqjnEaM_g3Dh9Tlll1WjjY5nCY-xNOv1hn8JR5-Frp3C280uc8XBtIRxSQUarlLto1XhhphU/s200/SAM_0879.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWAfgZrUeZCWTdGM3uvo52bhzo6HIr4ohbcAzyL8XJV_Q_1Z3hIsMmoa8_6uj_SBHvPbExR6Fk8lWeD4L9Q5tJlD5oBaBcwn-ddu-G-cs1hKssqub9KgO_D2zSB1B2tFjITDE15wxzgI/s1600-h/SAM_0992.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 106px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446527440593756770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWAfgZrUeZCWTdGM3uvo52bhzo6HIr4ohbcAzyL8XJV_Q_1Z3hIsMmoa8_6uj_SBHvPbExR6Fk8lWeD4L9Q5tJlD5oBaBcwn-ddu-G-cs1hKssqub9KgO_D2zSB1B2tFjITDE15wxzgI/s200/SAM_0992.JPG" /></a><br />Jaden is growing up so fast, I remember him being so small and thinking I can't wait to see what he grows up to be like. And now as I'm watching him I'm so proud of him. He is such a sweet, helpful kid, he loves to make people laugh and he has this sparkle in his eye whenever you look at him. This year he's doing wrestling again, and seems to be really catching on this year. He also wants to try out hockey, we'll see if we can make that happen. He is now a Cub Scout and is loving it, his first pine wood derby is coming up next week. He and Dave have been working so hard and the car and I must say that is looking pretty good!</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhnmqo8fT-cY1H7hyYw67DG-CtvEc2x7I7AijOAalrKcgbgJGf5P1AOF1NdyCj4Lr3lc40WbZmkLO6UNhv4CnWcKq53WwUUnApc5DYW2WelEdbTzgJRYDk7j-w18fak0YRROz9jCmLEGM/s1600-h/SAM_0862.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 178px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446527471676494674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhnmqo8fT-cY1H7hyYw67DG-CtvEc2x7I7AijOAalrKcgbgJGf5P1AOF1NdyCj4Lr3lc40WbZmkLO6UNhv4CnWcKq53WwUUnApc5DYW2WelEdbTzgJRYDk7j-w18fak0YRROz9jCmLEGM/s200/SAM_0862.JPG" /></a></div><div>So in a nutshell, that has been our life latey.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10485875468823755088noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631743032006082647.post-3456901231749851652009-12-14T21:46:00.000-08:002009-12-14T22:11:46.491-08:00New Flooring!I'm so excited I finally got new flooring! I have never liked the flooring in our house and I have been biding my time until we could afford to get new flooring. Well we were finally able to get it, we did laminate wood from the front door to the back door and into the kitchen. Also in the hallway upstairs.(Dave and I installed it ourselves) We then got new carpet for the living rm, family rm, stairs and all of the bedrooms. I love my new flooring the laminate looks like real wood and the carpet is so soft. The first couple of nights the boys wanted to sleep on the floor because they thought it was so soft. I love it! So here is what we did I don't think the pictures do it justice.<br />Before<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuO1xDyECtCvI5k2bqE2-a2bGZIK-LVvxeRq2p5W0RPzQ-pM1OHHwk230jQajYrd7s7-ioBSTTkquz1RpBmh4UowySe_sXFCoOBa93eWS31YEfzNa5_Z4aw8Vj0bvFt4_yFQ7bNFvJ2oo/s1600-h/SAM_0335.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 178px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415338156425657794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuO1xDyECtCvI5k2bqE2-a2bGZIK-LVvxeRq2p5W0RPzQ-pM1OHHwk230jQajYrd7s7-ioBSTTkquz1RpBmh4UowySe_sXFCoOBa93eWS31YEfzNa5_Z4aw8Vj0bvFt4_yFQ7bNFvJ2oo/s200/SAM_0335.JPG" /></a><br />After<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghVGIhvyxfRALeS-1IYEx_CUsZJmA9_1frRzky2tvjAtcOyR_r3QgSx_HEbrkf8U994dvdRSdweytElSKbUJZ0NfKjolrrKhydfIcbNMlgIlhmMWrje4_quneYAtNZxQureN9Qs7KvrTI/s1600-h/SAM_0441.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 134px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415338159260517202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghVGIhvyxfRALeS-1IYEx_CUsZJmA9_1frRzky2tvjAtcOyR_r3QgSx_HEbrkf8U994dvdRSdweytElSKbUJZ0NfKjolrrKhydfIcbNMlgIlhmMWrje4_quneYAtNZxQureN9Qs7KvrTI/s200/SAM_0441.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Before<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzFHQy4mACYKkcmcFiGMakRgetqb_mUI17P2HFZsBWwWTD9NnAxSIUQ7f-D39-bhLV0E4JtUFdQsywqP7McLEDFU7xfaoESPNVyzXh4pYP_BMdwwINUVuvrMJ6w2rusYC-5z5akp4DCEU/s1600-h/IMG_1281.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415338174508551730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzFHQy4mACYKkcmcFiGMakRgetqb_mUI17P2HFZsBWwWTD9NnAxSIUQ7f-D39-bhLV0E4JtUFdQsywqP7McLEDFU7xfaoESPNVyzXh4pYP_BMdwwINUVuvrMJ6w2rusYC-5z5akp4DCEU/s200/IMG_1281.JPG" /></a><br />After<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSi6s-Hqhrs3Fzz0AmO5dz5fONTDpzEJ8QLso5WHaN4dgMaQJd4zj5Oihgbvli466XkC2UuMWDFfeXz1TtGDYywRtLkYm5u7kX_ff6z428iKqv-jX0sYSCY6cK6fkZjrPPzvstVLen6k4/s1600-h/SAM_0473.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 134px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415338176712117682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSi6s-Hqhrs3Fzz0AmO5dz5fONTDpzEJ8QLso5WHaN4dgMaQJd4zj5Oihgbvli466XkC2UuMWDFfeXz1TtGDYywRtLkYm5u7kX_ff6z428iKqv-jX0sYSCY6cK6fkZjrPPzvstVLen6k4/s200/SAM_0473.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Before<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyYWoFa5uvHBNZRB82kANbYOwBeELtrge4BnJFKKri6Wixr9HCnIH1mIhOwtYHVFIin-M2DwuzcEhkx-fyivotpfUAHixG1VYDfZHbAW3hF8Egp-zc5hcOXbI0AUIzYDsqUPu_6jf-4Y/s1600-h/IMG_1368.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415336100463619970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyYWoFa5uvHBNZRB82kANbYOwBeELtrge4BnJFKKri6Wixr9HCnIH1mIhOwtYHVFIin-M2DwuzcEhkx-fyivotpfUAHixG1VYDfZHbAW3hF8Egp-zc5hcOXbI0AUIzYDsqUPu_6jf-4Y/s200/IMG_1368.JPG" /></a></div><div>After</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglwjOztWILf5oDCB4yssAibEJg1PgxEoSHq6l1ZsGHSB8Dd5cxsvCXMss5MolWGQ5XPmw35J0Er2MDfZdMPwrNobz2bFgul8eyaeELN8eABpNeM1hSA-ahZrQJvoZiIHrB9kysszOdb1s/s1600-h/SAM_0440.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 134px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415336113375073538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglwjOztWILf5oDCB4yssAibEJg1PgxEoSHq6l1ZsGHSB8Dd5cxsvCXMss5MolWGQ5XPmw35J0Er2MDfZdMPwrNobz2bFgul8eyaeELN8eABpNeM1hSA-ahZrQJvoZiIHrB9kysszOdb1s/s200/SAM_0440.JPG" /></a></div><div>Before </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUDGvAUY69xyH9P880T2hgpKcVkj_ArPJcf1eUSnk09kqjJ42Ft3x0TZ3Zk6MM23Vr6eUEicj8l2EzWhPRPRzIbWGSft-CMxKRYljsM1b4fm227MkrjeIWmvGybOxvTVkntb-yljzY4tE/s1600-h/IMG_1367.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415336091436206914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUDGvAUY69xyH9P880T2hgpKcVkj_ArPJcf1eUSnk09kqjJ42Ft3x0TZ3Zk6MM23Vr6eUEicj8l2EzWhPRPRzIbWGSft-CMxKRYljsM1b4fm227MkrjeIWmvGybOxvTVkntb-yljzY4tE/s200/IMG_1367.JPG" /></a></div><div>After</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAwenQD7zZ7Wnyl7njAVm1ILlHASCPlSbLxznH14J6MpdxT7V9_f1XK_Zx-bza05sYD2pmiVWKEX-7NV5zYhnNqcvrd9iXuTK0ZCU9i5fZdDmpUQNz94ibxDx1YWwVDW1sEh9sS6FXATI/s1600-h/SAM_0477.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 134px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415336103317852242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAwenQD7zZ7Wnyl7njAVm1ILlHASCPlSbLxznH14J6MpdxT7V9_f1XK_Zx-bza05sYD2pmiVWKEX-7NV5zYhnNqcvrd9iXuTK0ZCU9i5fZdDmpUQNz94ibxDx1YWwVDW1sEh9sS6FXATI/s200/SAM_0477.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div>Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10485875468823755088noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631743032006082647.post-66260438037035825212009-12-13T21:55:00.000-08:002009-12-13T22:40:03.586-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5lG98U4uPFPyxzjkIZqwSXo-hF5zJuK1MvdQmk2KaORtFshk7o_TgydOUJ-7gC4hHT6yGN1GAjbDfmDVUKmkgft15y5uY4JLfBtoPs6RTKormhROTuhteuA2dzZSH90Tt612igu8LRDQ/s1600-h/Jaden+Baptism-27-1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 289px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414971367055900674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5lG98U4uPFPyxzjkIZqwSXo-hF5zJuK1MvdQmk2KaORtFshk7o_TgydOUJ-7gC4hHT6yGN1GAjbDfmDVUKmkgft15y5uY4JLfBtoPs6RTKormhROTuhteuA2dzZSH90Tt612igu8LRDQ/s320/Jaden+Baptism-27-1.jpg" /></a><br />I can't believe that my little boy is six now, the years are going by way to fast. Ty is such a happy, funny kid, you never know what he is going to say or do. But he is always trying to make people laugh. He just has this sparkle in his eye you can't help but fall in love with him. Right now he is Kindergarten and loving it, he seems to really excel at math and reading. He loves being a big brother and is always trying to help me take care of Cole. He still has this little lisp when he talks and I know that one day he'll grow out of it, but I'm not looking forward to it I think that it is cute. <br />Ty has a little patch of brown in his right eye and the other day he came home from school and informed me that all the teachers love to look in his eyes because he has a cool patch of brown. He loves the attention! I love this kid so much and always look forward to the adventures that will come our way with him.<br />Ty we love you!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoaAAzaFL2tfciIHuR1vI2_BAyO1mGUmQ7E8CvZfBJVM0SfC_20T8dbkLkB663GMrQrMxOSkEBnJi86imdVhfj9iErjwYWuK78pq-6EEuqIi7PQQaTJCS4j3WPUOdI15iey1HrnMjb4kc/s1600-h/ty+collage.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 247px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414974969703100930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoaAAzaFL2tfciIHuR1vI2_BAyO1mGUmQ7E8CvZfBJVM0SfC_20T8dbkLkB663GMrQrMxOSkEBnJi86imdVhfj9iErjwYWuK78pq-6EEuqIi7PQQaTJCS4j3WPUOdI15iey1HrnMjb4kc/s320/ty+collage.jpg" /></a>Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10485875468823755088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631743032006082647.post-35416021337874035282009-11-29T21:34:00.000-08:002009-12-08T22:39:43.876-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir9QYTCYiy9uzg3MOS3ejt8Mpjwd4R3NP_dI2CAuK7NI3EkjGFEGJffBz8sLqM_Qp5wetgitbaYV-DXEmhpsM3nWHBTGUJjAwXF3jMndWjjUJB3nW8E4R3V7ZTlCsrWYygfCsTG3OSgkM/s1600-h/SAM_0288-2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413116002158798514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir9QYTCYiy9uzg3MOS3ejt8Mpjwd4R3NP_dI2CAuK7NI3EkjGFEGJffBz8sLqM_Qp5wetgitbaYV-DXEmhpsM3nWHBTGUJjAwXF3jMndWjjUJB3nW8E4R3V7ZTlCsrWYygfCsTG3OSgkM/s320/SAM_0288-2.jpg" /></a><br /><div>I can't believe how quickly this year has flown by, I know at times it seemed to take forever(like when we were confined to the house for 4 months) but it really has gone by quickly. This little boy brings us so much joy and happiness. He is walking and running everywhere, starting to talk and loves to play with his brothers. He has the cutest little laugh and quite the personality, I know in his short little life he has already been through so much and seeing him healthy and happy means the world to us. We are so blessed to have him in our family.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp_lC9KDQKcs22sOb0hSOcU_sEvH32fzcqQWSpzk6IrY9k18KCu9tMUnlJbNB5lp2TbYo1-sh_RCxd7_gKq7bp4dZSMLU-7FX2HuwQnUrmfY50KUT-GhywiGMxwSW9mLIJ75Rpb-mkjr0/s1600/SAM_0282-1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 197px; HEIGHT: 147px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409774643753226882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp_lC9KDQKcs22sOb0hSOcU_sEvH32fzcqQWSpzk6IrY9k18KCu9tMUnlJbNB5lp2TbYo1-sh_RCxd7_gKq7bp4dZSMLU-7FX2HuwQnUrmfY50KUT-GhywiGMxwSW9mLIJ75Rpb-mkjr0/s200/SAM_0282-1.jpg" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4tHuNFZ7JqjxZjUePamGz3pYM3WQAePOSsOCXXjNzfeXjHtBRf41MMRdYz8cc13qHXYQCDmVpmXMhAn_XMGeSUDUVUMjCF66O6xebpJ3hMfFHWK96gN3I1MauUO1NYkkGHAMSFvRKZUc/s1600/SAM_0271-2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 124px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409774657452347410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4tHuNFZ7JqjxZjUePamGz3pYM3WQAePOSsOCXXjNzfeXjHtBRf41MMRdYz8cc13qHXYQCDmVpmXMhAn_XMGeSUDUVUMjCF66O6xebpJ3hMfFHWK96gN3I1MauUO1NYkkGHAMSFvRKZUc/s200/SAM_0271-2.jpg" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpCGlVwQEhuB7AeBN_pZeR9isbz3E79ipOP3uj5heB-3_0tqibXuGBdeiL5LhvlPhxASlOgtYexhj7Q2lvZuGv_RUswBEDfKhtx00-BnY5w_WqWXm03o82mQpR0-ulDqJBP0t8RC8qOCg/s1600/SAM_0194-1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 118px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409774651768830274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpCGlVwQEhuB7AeBN_pZeR9isbz3E79ipOP3uj5heB-3_0tqibXuGBdeiL5LhvlPhxASlOgtYexhj7Q2lvZuGv_RUswBEDfKhtx00-BnY5w_WqWXm03o82mQpR0-ulDqJBP0t8RC8qOCg/s200/SAM_0194-1.jpg" /></a> </div>Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10485875468823755088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631743032006082647.post-42478704465069735072009-11-10T12:51:00.000-08:002009-11-10T13:16:22.398-08:00Halloween!For Halloween this year we were a hodgepodge of costumes. We had a mummy, a power ranger, a dwarf, a hippie and a belly dancer.Jadens costume was a bit tricky getting it to stay together, my friend Angela suggested using spray adhesive to help wrap him up. It worked pretty well, but by the end of the night he was unraveling. That evening we went trick or treating, and then got some yummy mexican food. The boys scored a ton of candy and really haven't touched it since. 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When Cole was born I noticed that there was this small lump behind his right ear, I didn't know what it was and didn't really say anything. Well as he got older I noticed that it was still there and seemed to be growing with him. So at his 6 month check up I had his doctor take a look, she said she thought it was a cyst and then suggested that I go see a pediatric neuro surgeon. At the end of August we went in and saw a surgeon at PCH and he took a look and confirmed that it was a cyst. Or also so known as a skull tumor what it is, is a mass of skin cells that is attached to the skull and continues to grow as he grows. In order to remove it he has to be put to sleep they then cut out the cyst and then drill the skull a little bit, just to make sure they have removed all of it. If they don't get it all it can grow back.<br />So on the 14th of September we took Cole into the hospital, he wasn't allowed to eat at all that morning so he was pretty hungry but he was still pretty happy. The surgery itself only took about 30 minutes but he was under for about an hour. The surgery went well and they were able to remove all of the cyst. We got to go sit by him while he was waking up, it was so weird seeing him unconscious, it took me back to when he was so sick. I didn't like having those monitors beeping at me, him being out of it. I'm so grateful that all went well with this surgery and he recovered well from the anesthesia. The rest of the day he was a little tired but other than that he acted as if nothing had happened to him. 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Most of our family and close friends were able to be here for this special occasion, the Spirit that was there was so sweet and peaceful. I am so proud of Jaden for choosing to be baptized and for being such a wonderful example to his brothers. Jaden has always had a desire to do what is right and to try and be the best that he can be. I am very blessed as a mother to have such a loving and thoughtful son. I know that as he continues to grow up he will be a great example to all of his friends and his family. We love you Jaden!Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10485875468823755088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631743032006082647.post-17484475427261014562009-08-21T08:33:00.000-07:002009-08-21T08:49:56.408-07:00Every little step....<p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzf25Rq361p1V10FlQEmtbjIcQYkiLflOQkOqjz2EZ-v_Gqdyr880R2yEUma2Kq-Q5j3pm1v1FR9-VgW_CcbQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p>Yes he's trying to walk now, everyday he gets a little bit braver. If he's not paying attention to what he's doing he gets farther, but when he realises what he's doing he gets so excited that he falls down. I can't believe that he's already hitting this milestone he's growing up way to fast. He also loves to climb up the stairs, so far he hasn't tried to come down them. He just sits there and yells for me until I come get him, which I'm very grateful for. </p><p>He's so stinkin cute I can't get enough of him!</p>Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10485875468823755088noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631743032006082647.post-80722075726900490412009-08-09T22:06:00.000-07:002009-08-11T09:10:39.340-07:00Schools back in session....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0rUteYXq2gw3bdzXFW_h3pw1-LWtzEDbfB54908HkuJba33Jn5D7q5qdJ2TfCio1yjR_grB-PURHqjLs-vthSvP6PSxdnC6pH9AYJZXfU26MMTCrfl5sFvcQMf2f6tHV8j2oSsaFNpXA/s1600-h/IMG_5023.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368568685875581762" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0rUteYXq2gw3bdzXFW_h3pw1-LWtzEDbfB54908HkuJba33Jn5D7q5qdJ2TfCio1yjR_grB-PURHqjLs-vthSvP6PSxdnC6pH9AYJZXfU26MMTCrfl5sFvcQMf2f6tHV8j2oSsaFNpXA/s320/IMG_5023.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9SxPTAxrrXQd4iJahGYwypjBmjBKCN7jYlx0Iflm39awWiZ6nO3CMLU8jnKB6rfD8fX1MDII1ugI0MyaBqGkEAEYRS-kYfe79dbXv9y9AK_501socaQRw8Io_IwEt_gWPZUfMmw-9eQU/s1600-h/IMG_5024.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368568694418539874" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9SxPTAxrrXQd4iJahGYwypjBmjBKCN7jYlx0Iflm39awWiZ6nO3CMLU8jnKB6rfD8fX1MDII1ugI0MyaBqGkEAEYRS-kYfe79dbXv9y9AK_501socaQRw8Io_IwEt_gWPZUfMmw-9eQU/s320/IMG_5024.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I can't believe that the summer is over and school has started again. Jaden and Ty were both excited for it to start, finally Ty would be at the same school as Jaden. The week didn't start off so well though, Ty had been complaining that his ear had been hurting for a couple of days and we had been treating him for swimmers ear but it wasn't getting any better. Monday morning it's still hurting and we had meat the teacher day, so we go to the school and meet the kids teachers. Jaden is showing Ty where everything is and playing with his friends but Ty just isn't acting like himself. His poor ear was just getting worse, so that night we ended up taking him to good night pediatrics, they got us right in and tell me he has a double ear infection. I felt horrible, so we go get his prescriptions filled and start him on the antibiotics hoping that he'll be feeling better for his first official day of school.<br />Tuesday morning he wakes up and his ear is still feeling bad, but we talk him into going to his first day. Normally I wouldn't make him go when he's not feeling well, but at the school he goes to the first day of school is the only day that they let the parents come in and get them settled and see them off to class. So I really wanted him to go so that I could get him settled and make sure he understood what would be going on each morning. They sit by classes so it's not like Jaden could really help him out. It was so sad to see him sitting there not feeling well and he has this deer in headlights look on his face. It's total chaos, the principal and teachers are trying to get the kids under control, the principal is telling the parents how this where they have to leave there kids and that their not to be following them to their classes or else the kids will be sent home with their parents. So it was a bit unnerving, but after it was all said and done he made it to class safe and sound. And when I picked him up at the end of the day he said he had a ton of fun.<br />I have probably not painted a very good picture of this school, but I must say that I really do love it there. The Principal is a little crazy, but the kids seem to like her and the education they receive is worth putting up with a few frustrations.Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10485875468823755088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631743032006082647.post-89401641765336630912009-08-04T22:08:00.000-07:002009-08-04T22:20:25.361-07:00Jaden is 8!!!!!!<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left">I find it hard to believe that Jaden is now 8 years old! It seems like just yesterday that I got to hold him for the first time, and now he is so big that he can actually pick me up. Jaden has always been my sweet kind hearted little boy, always telling me he loves me and that I look beautiful. He's always mindful of others and is trying to make everyone happy. He is one smart little boy too, he has done so well in school. I guess he takes after his dad in that area, thank goodness!</div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left">He is so excited to get baptised next month, and to start scouts and to work on his Faith in God Award. I'm so grateful that he is always trying to do what is right. Jaden we love you and I'm so grateful to have as my son!</div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNHpSJ7WZzzmxVCN91GvGYWvr_iACXuyXDXXPylWkOGk7D9undq0X7NIcoHYODfiTFSMqK806ydLMys2HKrKuqlyNr1lOem5Fqt-jwTbeAHmvERRewjCS8JzMk1_GRUgEqDBnz4MNo7wc/s1600-h/Jaden.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNHpSJ7WZzzmxVCN91GvGYWvr_iACXuyXDXXPylWkOGk7D9undq0X7NIcoHYODfiTFSMqK806ydLMys2HKrKuqlyNr1lOem5Fqt-jwTbeAHmvERRewjCS8JzMk1_GRUgEqDBnz4MNo7wc/s400/Jaden.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10485875468823755088noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631743032006082647.post-89824587396024391752009-08-01T22:55:00.001-07:002009-08-03T09:58:54.949-07:00Stay Cation!!!!!!This year we weren't able to go to Rocky Point, so we decided to do a stay cation instead, so we ended up at the Arizona Grand Resort. We had a great time, the hotel it's self has a water park plus it's located near a great mall and plenty of restaurants. The kids had a blast, it was so nice being able to go back and forth between our room and the park. And being able to relax and just have fun together. One night once we were done with dinner we took the kids over to the golf course at the hotel and we rolled down the hills there, and the boys played in the sprinklers that were going. Dave and I actually use to do that all the time when were engaged so it brought back some fun memories.<br />The kids thought it was great that we got to eat out the whole time, and they got to rent movies in the room. Plus play video games, they kept asking if we could live there. But as with most good things this to had to come to an end. 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CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBaV6TUWkiIZtmNnBFcd7_EhCmeSI3kLNxMdywqM1p3jaRs2Y3VBRwJ6jwvaXGF-f_6wWwxzjb5vkSqQaTRuFp-Tmdyl1936ETNINhGC-mEsv6aSUky1cFbXHSuCBoaDdVl_m2BAGObhs/s320/IMG_4983.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I can't believe that Cole is already 9 months old, time is just going by way to fast. He is now crawling every where, pulling himself up and walking around furniture. He'll even stand all by himself, he did take a couple of steps while we were on vacation but has yet to want to do it again. He definitely has a mind of his own, as he is getting older I have discovered that he is very stubborn child.<br />I love to watch him crawl after his big brothers trying to keep up with them, I'm afraid he'll be bored once they are in school. Coles favorite person is his daddy, his face just lights up when he hears Daves voice and he gets all excited when Dave comes in the room. He can't get to daddy fast enough!<br />This little guy sure keeps me on my toes we have to keep all the doors to the bathrooms closed otherwise we will find him in there either playing in the toilet, the trash can or unrolling the toilet paper. He loves to be busy!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG-PfdAtJVcjvCiWqrWfW-K94TBaEwlpzCoz3gF1_gjxJgmE-So5HKnsXMMfhbMHCFzesqwpp9p3ShcWrGgIRSzUDN850DxxpTimV5cQwkxvbl31bGtFIHa-750P_AM2m4BkPNBjPGN6I/s1600-h/IMG_4826.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366136151739115218" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG-PfdAtJVcjvCiWqrWfW-K94TBaEwlpzCoz3gF1_gjxJgmE-So5HKnsXMMfhbMHCFzesqwpp9p3ShcWrGgIRSzUDN850DxxpTimV5cQwkxvbl31bGtFIHa-750P_AM2m4BkPNBjPGN6I/s320/IMG_4826.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu_9CgpGNvWmuEfJSFgf37qjAskHKnzLBqeZPULLZre192vNZU1T0GZTj67veZeEeu71Rb9Ghrt13Kux0SrUdZiUmByeYF4C7lHkSvMVuTPcu6Oj7IFFg1nxOJV8uAztWeNzkzr1u2NqI/s1600-h/IMG_4867.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366136149439151346" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu_9CgpGNvWmuEfJSFgf37qjAskHKnzLBqeZPULLZre192vNZU1T0GZTj67veZeEeu71Rb9Ghrt13Kux0SrUdZiUmByeYF4C7lHkSvMVuTPcu6Oj7IFFg1nxOJV8uAztWeNzkzr1u2NqI/s320/IMG_4867.JPG" border="0" /></a>Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10485875468823755088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631743032006082647.post-29936551717322130102009-07-28T09:39:00.001-07:002009-08-01T08:11:46.297-07:00Fun times........Our good friends the Ritchies came into town and were able to stay with us for a week. We had a great time, between the two families there were 9 kids so we stayed busy trying to keep them all entertained. We were able to go Slide Rock on one of the days they were in town, I haven't been there in years but it was just as fun as I remember it. It took a little bit for the kids to warm up to it but once they did they all had a great time, even the two babies loved crawling around on the rocks and playing in the water.<br />It is was so fun to have them here, our kids always had someone to play with and I loved having someone to hang out with all the time. I haven't stayed up late and laughed like that in a long time. The time went by way to fast and I didn't take near enough pics!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAzK7BWm2wuuZW9KQmm_FZYz1fIWkZxtYCWJs9F6NSePwxv7vfhyphenhyphenTcVAL-dRVWKZxur1oqZKg6-81RvPz57DKy-Ol4DCyDiEMAG5KUodJss49W7pCnW2I_9LsWMeJrT2-IUMSegivq84g/s1600-h/IMG_4815.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365006248495821730" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAzK7BWm2wuuZW9KQmm_FZYz1fIWkZxtYCWJs9F6NSePwxv7vfhyphenhyphenTcVAL-dRVWKZxur1oqZKg6-81RvPz57DKy-Ol4DCyDiEMAG5KUodJss49W7pCnW2I_9LsWMeJrT2-IUMSegivq84g/s200/IMG_4815.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB6cNW7yP-GEAMo8aUc6M24vbYO8pUl75x8klnWccUac6q0HpgHAoHITLdUEoH8Au5zlBCLdIvNrRfc5ICSFVeM37Sr0IwjiBgUlsS-1jywiITjociG5CoD19kToGLvjpYlfTBWVE9_FY/s1600-h/IMG_4814.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365009770808025922" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB6cNW7yP-GEAMo8aUc6M24vbYO8pUl75x8klnWccUac6q0HpgHAoHITLdUEoH8Au5zlBCLdIvNrRfc5ICSFVeM37Sr0IwjiBgUlsS-1jywiITjociG5CoD19kToGLvjpYlfTBWVE9_FY/s200/IMG_4814.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimW1Z3abKxutB2TtnEt2ke1LrCaVWQmlp0NP1lFS9utFV66JuAixBOOUt_sTD7o1XgHD3XcdQXquyWTGlejuoAycitrIxzdm8uX6HW2X05fG9ShW30WDY9nPgmeKPKXKai9TluXb0JV4I/s1600-h/IMG_4802.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365006236871433890" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimW1Z3abKxutB2TtnEt2ke1LrCaVWQmlp0NP1lFS9utFV66JuAixBOOUt_sTD7o1XgHD3XcdQXquyWTGlejuoAycitrIxzdm8uX6HW2X05fG9ShW30WDY9nPgmeKPKXKai9TluXb0JV4I/s200/IMG_4802.JPG" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365006233939416642" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnz9V0mpOM3w2cNPmTJ1jicIZqSQCvfm7oYHC0_xzVY6zBJbYHgGmh3MQY-cYn99Yh2KevOA12MKezLZuGeKSeKlJHAnEyX1nqGtch8Fs8bQdlDmR6tt_hM9KdQ45agUcN0rkATfDmN-M/s200/100_6018.JPG" border="0" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjAFKrMcfKwGRQd3KTwNG7TjCH6OParLL5G6T5XU3smvHmM5RO9IS1KNAa3_b2SM3OXJyiG_MPAh2226-fBArFMShv8vByhj9TdCzJUTAyAMIpQbArF0DtBHB0CMKHlpVjCBo-6fEUcSI/s1600-h/100_6003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365006225292778610" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjAFKrMcfKwGRQd3KTwNG7TjCH6OParLL5G6T5XU3smvHmM5RO9IS1KNAa3_b2SM3OXJyiG_MPAh2226-fBArFMShv8vByhj9TdCzJUTAyAMIpQbArF0DtBHB0CMKHlpVjCBo-6fEUcSI/s200/100_6003.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCsKNahRjsZDJGsON8ih4jjuscW2MufuXYR2Kex-e3yiCK1q1sZQzUIH1LcsSm0LFMeA_eBVluPKbVnIV2-oG4EA1Jzca_Xf1CyP8Wun7Oud2Hl4dpNNBrza3_X3119TfDie2AjfC0MdQ/s1600-h/100_6020.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365009115011086818" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCsKNahRjsZDJGsON8ih4jjuscW2MufuXYR2Kex-e3yiCK1q1sZQzUIH1LcsSm0LFMeA_eBVluPKbVnIV2-oG4EA1Jzca_Xf1CyP8Wun7Oud2Hl4dpNNBrza3_X3119TfDie2AjfC0MdQ/s200/100_6020.JPG" border="0" /></a>Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10485875468823755088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631743032006082647.post-64296425933334241322009-07-08T12:51:00.000-07:002009-07-09T13:32:22.871-07:00Happy Birthday Babe!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj39bOn_GPXAGLp4qhtlVjPvTE-jUQSOsVFH6W7kPxQRC0HHKYmsV5Faf7BvTzKQDe95LlVsAf2J6cAujE6nh0x_Q1UYaubnz1YO3uos1iset1VCMbhV__q8cF9qqqrDP6hklnDwxCVuUE/s1600-h/IMG_2686-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356555122052799122" style="WIDTH: 264px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj39bOn_GPXAGLp4qhtlVjPvTE-jUQSOsVFH6W7kPxQRC0HHKYmsV5Faf7BvTzKQDe95LlVsAf2J6cAujE6nh0x_Q1UYaubnz1YO3uos1iset1VCMbhV__q8cF9qqqrDP6hklnDwxCVuUE/s320/IMG_2686-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> I just want to wish Dave a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! He just turned 29 again, I must say that I think he just gets better with age. Babe you are my best friend and I am so lucky to have you as my husband. I love the fact that you are still a kid at heart, and that you can still make me laugh. I hope you have a wonderful day! We love you!Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10485875468823755088noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631743032006082647.post-58882896859876428452009-07-06T22:14:00.000-07:002009-07-06T22:18:47.819-07:00Free Photo Shoot!I just wanted to let everyone know that during the month of August my brother-in-law that does all of our photos, is offering a free photo shoot. There is a little catch but it's so worth the photos. He does an awesome job, if you are interested check out his web page through the NL Photography link on my blog.Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10485875468823755088noreply@blogger.com0