tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-213705742024-03-12T22:05:13.318-06:00Day to Day LifeCarriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675596953196622102noreply@blogger.comBlogger675125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21370574.post-83081212718008294372012-11-26T12:39:00.001-07:002012-11-26T12:39:10.856-07:00Happy Thanksgiving 2012!We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year. It started off by making pies with my brother Darren. We have a history of making several trips to the grocery store the night before Thanksgiving. This year was no exception! Evern with my most careful planning of ingredients, we still made 2 or 3 trips to Smiths. It was totally worth it though. We made the most delicious Raspberry/Blackberry pie. We even had to do the lattice top crust, which was a little stressful....but thanks to the Food Network I had an inkling on how to accomplish it! Who says TV is a waste of time?
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On Thanksgiving day, we said a blessing on the food and were all ready to dig in, when Darren announced "Hold on, I have to take a picture of the food first!" Talk about torture, we couldn't taste anything until he was done! I can understand though, we always take pictures of our food. It's just something we do!!
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Lillie enjoyed some real good food, not just that nasty pureed baby food stuff! Although Sam couldn't help himself, he stuck the tip of the Whip Cream can in her mouth and pushed the nozzle. Lille enjoyed a huge mouthful of Whip Cream.
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After we had sufficiently stuffed ourselves, my two brothers and I braved the crowds and went to the Black Friday (but on Thursday) at Walmart. Let me just tell you, I usually do the Black Friday thing every year but this was my first experience at Walmart. Oh my word. I can understand how people get trampled! It was the worst experience in human nature EVAH!
Curtis wanted some Xbox games and controllers. Well, we got there right as the pallet of electronics was opened and the ROAR of the crowd as it descended upon the goods stopped me dead in my tracks. I saw video games being thrown in the air and I even saw a shoe fly high. All I could do was laugh. For some reason, people kept shoving Darren with their shopping carts. Darren was so ticked and kept telling people off. Again, I laughed. Curtis saw a controller on the ground, amidst the hundreds of people, so he got on his hands and knees and crawled towards it! That right there was cause for a belly laugh!
After Walmart we headed over to Target. Oh how I love Target on Black Friday (again, Thursday). Totally organized, people are not animals, their checkout lines go super fast....it was so fun! I even ran into my Sister-in-law and niece! Oh, and I scored a Ninja blender for $29. Yay for me! We made a smoothie last night with it and it blended like buttah!
Friday morning my parents, brother, and I went to the Park City outlets for more shopping. It was early, but fun! At one point Darren and I lost my parents. Darren asked me where I thought they'd be. I pointed at a kitchen store and said "there.". We walked over and found them buying a meat thermometer. Oh yeah, the folks can smell a kitchen store a mile away! ha ha!
While I was busy tracking down lost parents, Sam was at his sisters house looking at old pictures. Old pictures are so fun! Too bad digital pictures are just stored on hard drives, phones, and memory cards. There is nothing quite like pulling out old photo albums and laughing!
Sam when he was a kid:
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I don't know who the baby is... Maybe his niece Tera??
Check out Sam's face here. I get this look from my boys on a daily basis!
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On Friday night, Sam's sister (who was visiting from St George) wanted to see the lights at Temple Square. I was hesitant because it was the first night the lights were on and I knew it would be crowded. We forged ahead and braved the crowds regardless. It WAS crowded, but it wasn't "Walmart-on-black-Friday" crowded so I was able to relax and enjoy myself!
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Sam's nephew, Cory, had a minor incident. He was walking along a rock ledge, about 2-3 feet above the sidewalk. He decided to take a flying leap off the ledge....but he didn't see the sign above his head. He jumped up and smacked the top of his head...hard. Sorry buddy! What is that phrase? Look before you leap? Good lesson for us all!
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Finally, on Saturday, we went to our favorite Get-Your-Energy-Out place: Airborne Sports Arena! We took Darren's 3 boys and my 3 boys. Jumping for an hour is a great way to let boys be boys! Cameron enjoyed a zip line for kids under 8 and a little rock climbing wall. It was a blast!
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And now Thanksgiving is over. We are all feeling exhausted at this house, but it was worth it. Very fun weekend!! Now to convince my husband we need to get out the Christmas decor...wish me luck!
Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675596953196622102noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21370574.post-36893489537264161832012-11-13T22:16:00.002-07:002012-11-13T22:16:40.858-07:00Cousins Dinner...Sweet StyleLast weekend Sam's cousin hosted a cousins dinner at her house. No kids preferred which was nice because then the adults could actually visit without all the chaos. It was fun and fancy!
Have you ever been to the lookout point above the state capitol? You might refer to it as the make-out point? Oh NOW you remember it huh?? ha ha! Well, let's just say we were really close to that location. It was beautiful!
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We did bring Lillie, she was putting the moves on her Great-Aunt Belva! Seriously, she never snuggles but she knew a good thing when she had Belva holding her.
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I think Belva would have held her all night, but she got too heavy to hold. Seriously, the girl is large and in charge: 92 percentile for height and 62 percentile for weight. My boys were always 50/50 so she is messing with me!
It was a fun night, thanks for opening your home to us cousin "M"!:
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We got slammed with snow this week. It's been a welcome change for me, the few days prior to the storm we were in the 70's. It was bizarre!
However, I always cringe when I hear the words "Mom, can I go play in the snow?". You know what that means....I have to find boots, snow pants, gloves, hats, and coats for all three boys. And, since it's the first storm of the season, I have to HOPE and PRAY I have something that fits all three boys! It took me an hour to round everything up. Then they played for about 20 minutes and were ready to come back inside. Happens every time. It drives me crazy!
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While the boys were pretending to be rugged, I took some pictures of Lillie. Awwww, she is fun. Have I told you she is my best baby of all my kiddos? She is so happy and energetic, I have just loved having her around! She is now 10 months old and has 6 teeth. Hilarious goofy grins!
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Now let's go back to July 2012:
See what I mean about Lillie being goofy? Ha Ha! She is 6 1/2 months old here:
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We decided to go camping just with our little family. We found a fantastic camping spot at the Spruces campground and enjoyed every minute of it! Well, that's kind of a lie. Lillie was a terrible sleeper, besides that part, it was amazing! More than half way through our 3 day adventure I realized I had been using the mens bathroom instead of the womens. Whoops. No wonder I never had to wait! Never a line until I started using the womens bathroom. Oh well, you win some, you lose some!
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Here's how Cameron stayed cool this summer: Sitting in a bucket full of water, putting his feet in the kiddie pool, and sitting under the trampoline. Whatever floats your boat, right?
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Oh look, sometimes he ventured into the water!
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This summer we decided to try and clean up the trashy east side of our house. We got a great start on it. Cleared out all the weeds and tree stumps, tore out the dead vine and chain link fence....Sam, Curtis, and my Dad build a retaining wall against the house and Sam built a wooden fence/gate. Next year we will build a shed and patio. I love checking stuff off my "to do" list! I can't find any after pictures right now but here are a few "during" pictures.
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We kept finding ourselves in the canyons this summer to stay cool. We went to Lisa Falls:
This picture makes me laugh because it looks super imposed. I swear we were there!
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We also walked around Silver Lake. I think it was my first time walking around the lake where I did not see a moose. Bummer! However, I'm glad Cameron didn't fall in the lake this time. That was an unfortunate experience for all!
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Hey look, I got am caught up through July! Go me!Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675596953196622102noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21370574.post-71564586413560526922012-11-03T15:49:00.002-06:002012-11-03T15:49:46.106-06:00Some More Catch Up....And HalloweenHalloween was great fun this year! The high that day was 75 degrees! Global warming? Prolly. I'm not going to lie, it was real purdy.
Sam and I were invited to a Halloween party a few days before Halloween. I'm not really into dressing up, but the host of the party asked guests to dress up as a famous duo. Due to the afro of mine, we had to go with Frankenstein and the Bride of Frankenstein. Lucky for me, I have very creative friends who know how to put together a costume. Plus, we found a wedding dress at Savers for $11!! SCORE!
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Here's my creative friend. She and her husband went as Drew Carey and Mimi. Hilarious!
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The party was a blast, tons of hilarious games (eating a donut off a string, while wearing vampire teeth! So hard!!) plus a competitive game of Fear Factor. I just looked through the pictures and almost started dry heaving just looking at the stuff people ate!
At the end of the party, Sam showed everyone how he made his chest look so big for his Frankenstein costume. ha ha ha! Greatest goodwill find ever!
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Now I'm looking back to June of 2012 for some randomness:
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It was scorching hot, like 105 degrees. However, every fiber of my being got drenched on Rattlesnake Rapids. I looked like a hot mess, but I didn't feel like one! ha ha!
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Think about all the disgusting and dirty hands that have gripped this bar...and my son puts his mouth on it! AGHHHHH!
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In July of this year, we had the Sweet family campout at Willard Bay. I've never been to Willard Bay. The beach was fun but it was sooooo HOT and the campground is right next to the freeway. We all had a good laugh (cry) about not sleeping. :)
Here's my niece, Chelsea. ha ha!
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Here's how I managed to stay cool without ripping somebody's head off.
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Here is my brother-in-law James. He was our entertainment while we stayed cool in the water. Everybody needs a James in their life. He's always good for a laugh!
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We had a ton of rafts and canoes so we basically let the kids go crazy and use up all their energy. It was perfect!
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The next day after the Sweet campout, Parker got baptized! Yay for turning 8 years old!!!
We were all a little fried and tired but it was a great experience!
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It rained a little bit but that's okay, it felt good on our sunburns!
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The most tender part of the day was when Parker bore his testimony to the family. We had Carson do the same thing when he was baptized. It was so sweet. Parker was nervous but we just told him to say what was in his heart. He gave the most eloquent testimony and talked about how he felt so good inside. It was a tear-jerker for sure!
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Play time.
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There is Uncle James, chasing Cameron down the street...
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My kids love to egg him on...obviously!
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This picture was taken in July and I just NOW noticed the photo bomb by my nephew Spencer! Hilarious!
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That's a good place to stop for now. More to come from July in another post...Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675596953196622102noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21370574.post-90229964907190917732012-10-05T21:26:00.001-06:002012-10-05T21:59:55.744-06:00Happy Birthday Carson....And Going BackwardsIt's been so long since I blogged that blogger looks TOTALLY different. I spent the last 5 minutes just trying to figure out how to start a new post. Sad. Just sad.
People ask me why I'm not blogging anymore and I don't have a good reason. I'm so sad I haven't kept a daily log of Lillie Belle and all she's done in her 9 months. However, I think I'm just exhausted. Yep, that's prolly why. By the time my kids are in bed I collapse on the couch and don't do anything until I drag myself to bed. Blogging has become a low-priority item. I hate the fact that I just typed those words. Accepting reality is a good step to recovery, right??
Carson's 12th birthday is on Tuesday. Due to scheduling conflicts, today was the perfect day to celebrate. We had (and are still having) a blast. My family room is full of friends and family watching The Avengers at full volume. Lillie is sleeping, not sure how, and I am enjoying the alone time upstairs. Instead of cleaning my sticky and disgusting kitchen, I decided to blog. Yay! It's a start.
Twelve years old. Wow. This has been a big year for us. We had a baby, Parker was baptized in July (I guess I should blog that sometime soon) and Carson turns 12. When the H-E-Double Hockey Sticks did I grow up??
We have had a fun party. Everybody got to make their own caramel apples with whatever toppings they wanted: Snickers, Butterfinger, Candy Corn, Skittles, M&M's, Cinnamon Sugar, White Chocolate....
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Working backwards now:
We went to the pumpkin patch yesterday to get pumpkins for our yard. Kids were running all over the place so I only got a few pictures, mainly of Lillie. Lillie has red hair. Not in my wildest imagination did I ever consider the possiblity that I would have a red-head. Shocking, but fun!
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Her hair totally matches the pumpkins. ha ha!
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My parents and kids. Ummmmmm, either Cameron biffed it and had a bloody mouth OR he ate something red. I honestly don't know. Oh wait, look at his hand! He's got a ring pop. Phew, mother of the year right here.
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Seriously, when the heck did Carson grow up? It's pretty fun actually. He asks me some REALLY embarrassing questions about puberty and the birds and the bees. I'm happy to say I answer all his questions without running and screaming away from the awkwardness. Inside I'm dying, but on the outside I'm cool as a cucumber. I like this side of parenting so far, some days it beats kissing "owies". Does that make sense? I feel like I've been stuck in little kid mode for so long that this is refreshing. I'm sure by the time Cameron has reached this stage I'll be crying for the boo boo's and owies to kiss.
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The other day the kids were working on their Reflections Contest for school. If you remember in years past, I HATE Reflections. Sorry PTA, it's just not my favorite thing. Carson drew his picture but Parker wanted to do photography again. The theme is "The magic of a moment". So Parker was trying to catch Lillie or Cameron doing something cool. The attempts were awesome:
Here we have gravity at it's finest while jumping on the trampoline. This picture would have been fun to submit and say something like "The magic of the moment Cameron turned into an old man".
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Or this one:
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That's more like it:
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I'm too sexy for my teeth! Check out the fang. The other fang is trying to break through, which would be awesome because I think she might be a bat for Halloween.
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Here's the picture Parker submitted. I like it. But the PTA won't. They never do....sorry, the bitterness runs deep. ha ha!
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Cameron is in preschool. He's in Cindy Sweet's preschool, which is the best preschool around! They had to turn a pumpkin into something else as a homework assignment. Because Sam doesn't do anything boring, he traced Cameron's body and turned the pumpkin into the batman symbol on Batman's chest. Cameron even drew the face so we made the Batman mask removable. I love it!
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We went to Wheeler Farm the other day and fed the ducks and geese. Always a fun activity for our family. At some point this past year Cameron kind of grew up.
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Parker is still making us laugh daily. Here he is getting attacked by geese and we just laughed and laughed and laughed. Parker might hate me when he grows up.
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This chicken looks how I feel a lot of the time. It's nice to know somebody gets me:
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Have you ever tried getting 4 kids to look at you? Sorry about your head Parker. It will grow back!
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That's better! Oh how I love this face! He's developed quite the witty personality...and a blue mustache apparently.
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Ummmmm, stay classy!
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We went camping over Labor Day Weekend. It was super fun, and super freaky. POURING rain and the worst thunder/lightning storm I've ever endured, in a tent!
However, the company was great and we didn't die, so all is well!
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Well, that's what I've been up to for the last month. Next blog post will be June -August and then I'll be caught up! yay for me! Now to go clean up caramel apple stickiness from my kitchen. Or maybe I'll just lay on the couch instead! Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675596953196622102noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21370574.post-24526900297770924902012-05-24T15:25:00.002-06:002012-05-24T15:25:22.956-06:00Same Ol' Stuff, Different DayWe are continuing to find nails in our grass. At a penny a nail, the boys take it pretty seriously.
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I had a really nice Mothers Day! My boys all made cards for me that were super cute. Carson made a coupon book with coupons such as "free advice on how to rearrange furniture downstairs", "one hour of babysitting", "cook dinner", and my favorite "clean downstairs bathroom. All other coupons must be used first!". ha ha.
At church, the boys made flowers in primary with a peanut butter cup on the inside. Parker and Cameron's were in perfect condition when they handed them to me. Carson's was missing the peanut butter cup (ate it!) and the flower was crumpled up and shoved in his scripture case! Nice. ha ha!
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The boys did help Sam make dinner on Mothers Day, which was awesome!
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Still loving this little turkey.
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Also, just because we are home almost every day, that's no reason to lay around in jammies! It's okay to look stylin' to lay on your back and play!
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For Mother's Day, Sam gave me a porch swing. It's wonderful! At least once a day, Cameron and I go sit on it and solve the world's problems. Here's Cameron's best problem solving position:
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We've been playing at City Creek in Salt Lake a bunch lately. The fountain shows at night are pretty coolio.
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Fern came with us one night and bought Cameron a Book of Mormon at Deseret Book that he really wanted. He carried it EVERYWHERE! We took a little TRAX ride an Cameron held it up for everyone to see. Do you see the tears in his eyes? He tripped and fell FLAT ON HIS FACE right before this picture was taken. He never let go of the book though! What a man!
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The eclipse was AWESOME! Sam wasn't home and I was busy getting kids ready for bed when suddenly I noticed the lighting outside was sort of eerie. I went outside and the first thing I saw were these amazing shadows on my next door neighbors house. That's when it hit me....the eclipse!
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Then I looked at my fence and saw this shadow. It's my favorite!
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Elipse pictures are cool. Let's do it again real soon! Oh....wait.....
Lillie Belle had an ultrasound earlier this week to figure out her bizarre birth mark thing. The ultrasound doctor called it "Vascular Malformation" and my Pediatrician told me it's called "Infantile Hemangiona". It's basically a bunch of blood vessels that form strangley and bundle up beneath the surface of the skin. The ultrasound was to see how deep the malformation went. Luckily, hers is just sitting on top of the muscle so they are not concerned. It might get bigger until she's about one year old and then it should shrink and go away by the age of 2. If we have to look on the bright side, at least she'll be a modest baby and always wear undershirts with her sun dresses! Trust me, I don't want accusatory looks from strangers if they see it. It looks like I beat her! Scary! I dealt with enough strange looks when Cameron wore a helmet. I don't need to relive those days.
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Cameron had his last day of preschool yesterday. At least for this year! Ha ha, he still has another year of preschool to go before Kindergarten. Suck-ah!! It was a wet and rainy day at the park for his last day, but he didn't care. He was so happy and fun. I'm happy too because now I don't have to wake Lillie up in order to take Cameron to school. It's win-win!
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What's everybody doing for Memorial Day weekend? We are going to the Hill Air Force Base air show with the rest of Utah. Repeat after me: don't freak out, it's just a bunch of people who are crowding my personal space....don't freak out, don't freak out.....don't....freak....out.Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675596953196622102noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21370574.post-23347271096884313822012-05-09T12:56:00.000-06:002012-05-09T12:56:03.036-06:00How Long Have I Been Asleep?I know it's been a little while since I've updated, but I just went into my blog and the format is COMPLETELY different! Aghhhh! I hope I can still figure this out since I'm totally technologically challenged...
Okay, all logic frowns upon me because I know the importance of keeping this blog current. Especially since I have a new baby (who is now 4 months old!) and I don't want to forget these sweet experiences. However, I am tired and barely able to keep my life in order so it's terribly hard to do something extracurricular such as a blog. Kapeesh?
Nonetheless, I HAVE to document because I feel like I'm losing brain cells at an ever increasing rate these days so.....shall we?
In no particular order, because figuring out what happened when would make me hide in a corner, rock back and forth, and suck my thumb:
<b>THE ROOF</b>
Oh my goodness. We just replaced our roof.
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It has needed to be done. My neighbor were tired of collecting our wind-blown shingles from their yard and disposig of them. Luckily, we have an amazing neighborhood full of friends who are willing to rip off two layers of shingles so the new roof could be installed! A HUGE thanks to everybody who helped! You guys are AWESOME!
Despite all the tarps on the grass, we still have countless nails embedded into our lawn, so you need to wear shoes on my grass OR make sure you have your tetanus shots updated! So happy to have this project done. Huge thanks to Mike Brough for doing the install. He's got roofing skills to pay the bills!
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Speaking of skills...
Adam Yauch from the Beastie Boys died last week. I'm honestly so sad about it. I know that sounds crazy because I didn't personally know him, but I grew up listening to teh Beastie Boys! About the same time Sam and I were married, the Beastie Boys came out with the album "Hello Nasty". We listened to it constantly! In fact, when I was pregnant with Carson, he would rock out in my belly while we listened to the CD in the car! Cancer....it just plain ol' sucks! RIP ADAM! It's definitely the end of an era.
Hey I remember what happened in April....two of my nephews were married! Congratulations to Zack and Caitlyn:
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Cameron meditated at your reception. The whip cream on his nose helped him focus.
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We got a picture of Lillie (chunky monkey) next to my nephew's (Aaron and Danielle) baby, Tavin. Tavin was only a few weeks old here:
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2 week old baby placed into the center piece of the table? Sure, why not? Nothing is off limits to the Sweet family!
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One of these things is not like the other.... If you guessed Carson you would be wrong. It's Jessica. She's the only one with a last name different than "Sweet"! haha. That's okay Jess, yo mama USED to be Sweet! Oh SNAP!
I swear Sydney is not a long lost Oompa Loompa. I think it was just the lighting! Even so, she's a gorgeous Oompa Loompa!
Sydney, Robyn, Fontella, Emilee, Jessica, and Carson
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Oh, now you are just embarrassing the poor lad. Ever since Carson's maturation program at school, he uses this phrase at least once daily: Mom, this is making me uncomfortable! No worries though, he has the pamphlet from school titled "Changing from Boy to Man" to help him get through the next 5 years of awkwardness! **evil laugh**.
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The same day at the Maturation program, Carson had scouts that night. His scout leader said the boys were bouncing off the walls. At one point Carson eagerly told his leader "The girls got pads, but the boys didn't!". As Sam picked up Carson from scouts, his leader told Sam "remind me to never hold scouts the same night as the maturation program again! By the way, Carson probably has more questions now....". ha ha!
My other nephew, Dallin, got married in April as well. Congratulations Dallin and Marla!
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And now some random pictures from my phone and instagram:
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Lillie is still a joy to have in our lives. She rivals Carson for being my happiest baby. Now, as long as she never develops Night Terrors, she'll beat Carson. Sorry Carson, you held onto your title for a long time but it's time to let it go, you are almost 12! :)
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Lillie had her 4 month doctor appt a few days ago. She is growing super fast. Here are her stats:
Weight:
At 2 months she weighed 9.26 lbs which put her in the 14th percentile
At 4 months she weighs 13.55 lbs which puts her in the 50th percentile!
Height:
At 2 months she was 22.5 inches which put her in the 58th percentile
At 4 months she is 24.5 inches which puts her in the 61st percentile
Head:
At 2 months her head size put her in the 7th percentile
At 4 months her head size puts her in the 19th percentile
She is not really a little runt any longer!
She doesn't roll yet, but all my kids were late bloomers. She likes the Bumbo chair, she always clasps her hands together, she smiles, laughs, and is just starting to reach for toys. Her red hair still stands up on end, but if I put some lotion in her hair I can kind of get it to lay down. Her brothers ADORE her and always fight to play with her. The way she looks at Carson melts my heart. I told Carson that one of his goals in life should be this: That Lillie will still look at him the same way today, as she does when she's 16 years old. Seriously, it's so sweet!
One issue Lill has is this big red splotchy growth in her right armpit/chest area. At first the pediatrician thought it was a birth mark but it's gotten bigger and is really spongy feeling. At her appt on Monday he said there was no chance it was cancer or anything like that, but we are going to do an ultrasound on it to see how big it is underneath. At some point she'll probably have injections to shrivel it up. Ewwww. There's always gotta be something, right? At least she didn't have to have a helmet or anything like Cameron did. Not sure I could handle that again!
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Okay, I think that's a big enough post for now. Fern started a petition on FB to get me to update. Fern: Mission accomplished!Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675596953196622102noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21370574.post-66750084224580638962012-03-29T14:40:00.023-06:002012-03-29T15:29:20.406-06:00Knock Knock. Who's There?VAMPIRE!<br /><br />Do you get it? Neither do I, but that is Cameron's answer to EVERY knock knock joke.<br /><br />Here's some updates on Lillie Belle:<br />Remember Lillie's birth announcement? Well, I actually got a bunch of pictures done that day. Here are a few more:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2YbtMGZ7IAk-4YHcnMPYYUYCpFG3LnkliTkgBpKPwoJDXyU9FnkLD9e91yLlDwltmUaa5K2EXQwLheLPCErEUauou5QLaPpoNIB6CGVKRHe70PFzr-A8HVuv0Llxg9pvgEkm3nA/s1600/e-green2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2YbtMGZ7IAk-4YHcnMPYYUYCpFG3LnkliTkgBpKPwoJDXyU9FnkLD9e91yLlDwltmUaa5K2EXQwLheLPCErEUauou5QLaPpoNIB6CGVKRHe70PFzr-A8HVuv0Llxg9pvgEkm3nA/s400/e-green2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725424705258272082" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-k7fNraahg_Dtg5byFg5VxXxyenBRJl2ZBC2J_8ZXAqi_o5cBLBMoQch1MeGXzMtBzYxVpOyF8WML0BrymxfuvYneR0_q7pFBBnHl4aIPtPiy2YYcbQJBuxCIdYmK3leuA4JZ-w/s1600/e-pinhalo1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-k7fNraahg_Dtg5byFg5VxXxyenBRJl2ZBC2J_8ZXAqi_o5cBLBMoQch1MeGXzMtBzYxVpOyF8WML0BrymxfuvYneR0_q7pFBBnHl4aIPtPiy2YYcbQJBuxCIdYmK3leuA4JZ-w/s400/e-pinhalo1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725424836873213394" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2cK94BVw8YpQo1oOpRR_QCSHsXh1M1oTQtK7SaCqBY4QpaQIuPmhWJEw3rYoGmBk7amq8h0KG85CGVg1lLBpP_vT2AVAX1g4QXIlrs1rxcsei-uJFxWXq7wvIUlWbZeOTDBjAQw/s1600/e-pink1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2cK94BVw8YpQo1oOpRR_QCSHsXh1M1oTQtK7SaCqBY4QpaQIuPmhWJEw3rYoGmBk7amq8h0KG85CGVg1lLBpP_vT2AVAX1g4QXIlrs1rxcsei-uJFxWXq7wvIUlWbZeOTDBjAQw/s400/e-pink1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725424934049915874" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrN6nnouGDcpuq9p495QqeEWLSbu3YzWb99SH5Y6EoY3Z45LYM8Ew20hfqyN7MAYRcL_XQEZ5J9wJ-5UdsuJVTSiwezwgewR9qwDNdzd1yoeLtjb1CdtsVnZPDXLlOaP1_ofVZsA/s1600/e-blu2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrN6nnouGDcpuq9p495QqeEWLSbu3YzWb99SH5Y6EoY3Z45LYM8Ew20hfqyN7MAYRcL_XQEZ5J9wJ-5UdsuJVTSiwezwgewR9qwDNdzd1yoeLtjb1CdtsVnZPDXLlOaP1_ofVZsA/s400/e-blu2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725425220924811506" /></a><br /><br />Not sure why her bottom lip was all sucked in like that. ha ha! <br /><br />Yesterday we took Lillie to Photo Works at the University Mall in Orem and got her picture taken with her blessing dress. Remember, this was my wedding dress. :) She was a little stinker and wouldn't really smile, but at least she's not screaming, right?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs9n9syPM6CAsMQ9ELGhmCCG61FGrSfqZpKw-0WZNRbodSNfWjjFnNUc5ih22CrdVHVPwnDB633Jzz0sVQHh9bC1p287VJhP4yWRJaZCeRmGICrB6DEPACGj8NeBPsVsG4kylOMQ/s1600/_mg_1233.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs9n9syPM6CAsMQ9ELGhmCCG61FGrSfqZpKw-0WZNRbodSNfWjjFnNUc5ih22CrdVHVPwnDB633Jzz0sVQHh9bC1p287VJhP4yWRJaZCeRmGICrB6DEPACGj8NeBPsVsG4kylOMQ/s400/_mg_1233.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725426385091899074" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1dNK1mSsXTcELEACKHQmcH8DWtGKqHPD7E07bvS33JqyDn-RQExH4uUN4zLXEzAA4U4znTRa4y7WAdleKxi2Tcoc4WNnH54lUeCdvpqB5lPjaO6gHGK6vrLrLDblpCd_A1Y718w/s1600/_mg_1217.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1dNK1mSsXTcELEACKHQmcH8DWtGKqHPD7E07bvS33JqyDn-RQExH4uUN4zLXEzAA4U4znTRa4y7WAdleKxi2Tcoc4WNnH54lUeCdvpqB5lPjaO6gHGK6vrLrLDblpCd_A1Y718w/s400/_mg_1217.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725426628336466130" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuthdy82J5ic67eONp5Ttk6zMt20JQFXbdr__FahQmGYkF68H5F4k344UA1ZPyA8J6kZ4NaiSjFxChAKCEK3QQwlSBkVsBQWoAnABDuREatCF_kMZL9wJ40Pfuk3el3On_gZcj4g/s1600/_mg_1206.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuthdy82J5ic67eONp5Ttk6zMt20JQFXbdr__FahQmGYkF68H5F4k344UA1ZPyA8J6kZ4NaiSjFxChAKCEK3QQwlSBkVsBQWoAnABDuREatCF_kMZL9wJ40Pfuk3el3On_gZcj4g/s400/_mg_1206.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725426856134349842" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqSOvqe6bhkrmgPuXCWZa-QJbG1EHHYMrhNX_DzXja2ZTFncUOST3K43IcOiOXUVSe4qN1j9QBGWJxHo_OoWUO7gbwb8l6Agc1c2p0LZaSgs7piJLdU3lYx3J3NUIPiLbkuKGAg/s1600/_mg_1202.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqSOvqe6bhkrmgPuXCWZa-QJbG1EHHYMrhNX_DzXja2ZTFncUOST3K43IcOiOXUVSe4qN1j9QBGWJxHo_OoWUO7gbwb8l6Agc1c2p0LZaSgs7piJLdU3lYx3J3NUIPiLbkuKGAg/s400/_mg_1202.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725427047645983618" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-pUCzGs0Fpt04S7j1McvqzdtPXhC5pJtgNo0cUs-DgLjkAs2FBQXgS60OE6ArKKXomMB3x8-i1oRC1e1rAp2wi9AsObrstC7iq39ZqkNnN7JRm01H0KUbyALYyeumWfBDBBXIQ/s1600/_mg_1194.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-pUCzGs0Fpt04S7j1McvqzdtPXhC5pJtgNo0cUs-DgLjkAs2FBQXgS60OE6ArKKXomMB3x8-i1oRC1e1rAp2wi9AsObrstC7iq39ZqkNnN7JRm01H0KUbyALYyeumWfBDBBXIQ/s400/_mg_1194.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725427264450496546" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwxw5RSuPzPiA5S3_eRYjxsxxfxkjUh4XceJETEF81fqK9MbLJS-2o6bfWs0ipiPMIOc2P-_Kv4iRGSlTK9UTEzBXuVpmqRECzdTiU6UR6O8IDx1mdJ44uGP_mQqfCESAq7f2RYg/s1600/_mg_1188.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwxw5RSuPzPiA5S3_eRYjxsxxfxkjUh4XceJETEF81fqK9MbLJS-2o6bfWs0ipiPMIOc2P-_Kv4iRGSlTK9UTEzBXuVpmqRECzdTiU6UR6O8IDx1mdJ44uGP_mQqfCESAq7f2RYg/s400/_mg_1188.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725427395124362754" /></a><br /><br />I'm so glad we got her blessing pictures taken before she grew right out of this dress! She is chunking up in a major way!<br /><br />Lillie is pretty funny. She's a good baby, but lately it seems like she just wants to be held constantly, which is hard when I have 3 other children and I work from home. I'm still working on finding the perfect balance. :)<br /><br />The other day I sat her in the bumbo chair. At first she was like "uh, what do you think you are doing??"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfr5PtNiLssWnr6g5955W6IPpAwFD3WsOxdSq4X_GB3_kp9wrwJETvLXNW1Mbu2jZqLUk10FCQO07fKuRiLh57l4nUEAA6Amn45yg7-yiMvYT36J1q51Ag_i69T9cT2ErHGxsGdg/s1600/IMG_0200%255B1%255D"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfr5PtNiLssWnr6g5955W6IPpAwFD3WsOxdSq4X_GB3_kp9wrwJETvLXNW1Mbu2jZqLUk10FCQO07fKuRiLh57l4nUEAA6Amn45yg7-yiMvYT36J1q51Ag_i69T9cT2ErHGxsGdg/s400/IMG_0200%255B1%255D" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725428904539700578" /></a><br /><br />Then she was like "OH NO YOU DI'INT!"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVLCdjbHuWe6TIjkRE0ZraDg3VuAIlbkIY4Cgh60iMmRCOrFhJ0M6G7hP3UEyNgzxCYcsms_a8YwxxUmLyWlyqU7JjjWE17E_npHhp2B_flr7pwGUWn75lbL5B7DDez6hIQSHmGA/s1600/IMG_0201%255B1%255D"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVLCdjbHuWe6TIjkRE0ZraDg3VuAIlbkIY4Cgh60iMmRCOrFhJ0M6G7hP3UEyNgzxCYcsms_a8YwxxUmLyWlyqU7JjjWE17E_npHhp2B_flr7pwGUWn75lbL5B7DDez6hIQSHmGA/s400/IMG_0201%255B1%255D" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725429077056119090" /></a><br /><br />So I gave her a binky and told her to quit being so dramatic. She finally chilled out and waited patiently for me to pick her up again.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiNUML-PkyLs4nWLYSgDPAyPpz-VRfcHflvFETUm2CFa-shd4_S0fJP05R25eCmnaEGrcMvMwB8tWpZOUTAd5Al0gt7WxexC6XD63QHHY4kdBZ9q8uzOnKQkU6URJ8elv2AinQxg/s1600/IMG_0204%255B1%255D"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiNUML-PkyLs4nWLYSgDPAyPpz-VRfcHflvFETUm2CFa-shd4_S0fJP05R25eCmnaEGrcMvMwB8tWpZOUTAd5Al0gt7WxexC6XD63QHHY4kdBZ9q8uzOnKQkU6URJ8elv2AinQxg/s400/IMG_0204%255B1%255D" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725429322789674002" /></a><br /><br />After I tortured her for long enough, I laid her on a blanket. She promptly fell asleep and turned into a pirate. ARGGHHHH!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2gp5r6jOSCGp8So4YZK9rXgeTilphre0K7vkyDwc_DkVFgJzWkJ1ufLN8uTVq-OFwVsgFBJIw2ina1hmkSmhVQ0Z1Hg5Q73TRKHPhhR30ufQyVQ_sNBwwTf0UKdh4hni5cFf9iA/s1600/IMG_0205%255B1%255D"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2gp5r6jOSCGp8So4YZK9rXgeTilphre0K7vkyDwc_DkVFgJzWkJ1ufLN8uTVq-OFwVsgFBJIw2ina1hmkSmhVQ0Z1Hg5Q73TRKHPhhR30ufQyVQ_sNBwwTf0UKdh4hni5cFf9iA/s400/IMG_0205%255B1%255D" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725429560069558338" /></a><br /><br />Onto other things...<br /><br />About a week ago I noticed Carson was developing a serious bad attitude about everything: reading, practicing the piano, chores, even the way he was talking to us. I told him if he coud have a good attitude for an entire week I would let him buy (with his own money!) a Lego Ninjago watch I saw at Walmart for $16. You might think I'm crazy because why on earth would that motivate him since he has to use his own money? Well, crazy I am, but it worked. We've had the best week ever! <br /><br />Mixed into this week was the Regional Science Fair that Carson had to re-do his display board for. It was a lot of work but he kept a great attitude the whole time. Sam was helping him one night and CArson disappeared upstairs for a minute and came back downstairs with a cookie in a baggie with a note to his dad:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0zGLKHTA7_KfPEAQUkHaLiwWtuwbeAUO4dslUWflCI-aRLncllio5uYDko07efMpG5QAN13d1bTxY_oI6vvRCIy8hVGrrFYxXgjZeLjLY5leMme_yaJVofh5y-PcDqkd1jS_Jg/s1600/IMG_0216%255B1%255D"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0zGLKHTA7_KfPEAQUkHaLiwWtuwbeAUO4dslUWflCI-aRLncllio5uYDko07efMpG5QAN13d1bTxY_oI6vvRCIy8hVGrrFYxXgjZeLjLY5leMme_yaJVofh5y-PcDqkd1jS_Jg/s400/IMG_0216%255B1%255D" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725430708163688866" /></a><br /><br />So nice of him! More on the science fair in a moment.<br /><br />Last week the downtown construction FINALLY came to an end. I think it took 4 years to complete the City Creek Center. We went and checked it out. It was AMAZING!<br />There was this "statue" hanging around, but it was really a live person. She was incredible, hardly ever moving. My kids were SOOOOO embarrassed because I made them get a picture with her.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4LfBWw4bC1SYQdBq5svV7DUZSS_mOWeVIoxf1rDqjed5WNKnVTYKjLB13DIImpbawtm1_SOThtGoQjA51e4QWDYBhSYId5yoP3RdX0Sgm86os1IeRiawVr1p9ZnwDHfrloOP80w/s1600/IMG_0230%255B1%255D"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4LfBWw4bC1SYQdBq5svV7DUZSS_mOWeVIoxf1rDqjed5WNKnVTYKjLB13DIImpbawtm1_SOThtGoQjA51e4QWDYBhSYId5yoP3RdX0Sgm86os1IeRiawVr1p9ZnwDHfrloOP80w/s400/IMG_0230%255B1%255D" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725431526005977794" /></a><br /><br />The fountains were a favorite hang out spot.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQloXyJT5ubpAqVOhs4e9fIFmbj6mz9c17e7CvIz-cPTJ6T21Cej2ZYZokYeEtVJvIxBIGrARwGIpC8RU6EfuW0Ne_POtipI-bY5FUhdE7F4JQoNPVX_mOk-cjPzKNllnF0Fadcg/s1600/IMG_0239%255B1%255D"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQloXyJT5ubpAqVOhs4e9fIFmbj6mz9c17e7CvIz-cPTJ6T21Cej2ZYZokYeEtVJvIxBIGrARwGIpC8RU6EfuW0Ne_POtipI-bY5FUhdE7F4JQoNPVX_mOk-cjPzKNllnF0Fadcg/s400/IMG_0239%255B1%255D" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725431824056690898" /></a><br /><br />The sky bridge over Main Street is cool because it has benches in there AND you can sit on either side of the bench so if you want, you can watch the trains and people below:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitJPxDHkgZ_sm8RzK28DC0Z_QdKElVihipGq_Y49oNb4EyMeYF0Ly9z866Mn164YtNFEUjxfbivxH80TZ3L_ihOoJwOYlREg3POgPAr8S2kGGLc75kSJAkoUWo3jtMnOaEjGuwHQ/s1600/IMG_0247%255B1%255D"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitJPxDHkgZ_sm8RzK28DC0Z_QdKElVihipGq_Y49oNb4EyMeYF0Ly9z866Mn164YtNFEUjxfbivxH80TZ3L_ihOoJwOYlREg3POgPAr8S2kGGLc75kSJAkoUWo3jtMnOaEjGuwHQ/s400/IMG_0247%255B1%255D" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725432307815340434" /></a><br /><br />Plus they have a Disney store, which was super great. My kids had a blast!<br />After City Creek, we checked out the new Harmons grocery store across State Street. This place is so nice! Lots of places to eat on the 2nd floor, plus a cooking school. Whatever happened to going to the store for a loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of buttah? heheheh<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvpT-s6Tk8ZX_09eUtcsgDZ4bs3ykBOSQU7kpeg9Xdiw7ZcN-i-iWPABv0T8BefJSZVNYc5vqxBrbgNRtlv9KuhbYf7pX-Wclq2WiaadDedyPA3Ryj2nCDmdByyXwXiraT4kO8MQ/s1600/IMG_0249%255B1%255D"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvpT-s6Tk8ZX_09eUtcsgDZ4bs3ykBOSQU7kpeg9Xdiw7ZcN-i-iWPABv0T8BefJSZVNYc5vqxBrbgNRtlv9KuhbYf7pX-Wclq2WiaadDedyPA3Ryj2nCDmdByyXwXiraT4kO8MQ/s400/IMG_0249%255B1%255D" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725432861381618194" /></a><br /><br />Carson got his Scholarship Merit Badge at a Court of Honor the other night. He also lead the 11 year old scouts in the pledge of allegiance. He was nervous, but did it anyway. Atta boy!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeAysBxuKSGeujwcutnaCNW5r5x52pfRqLWw9KrM0fikG9PM_jGEpwYDjVHaYotXHkt3-jvbRJiRZZ9B1pUtpTb106DXBh8USbQJsqXtcX4WkicuCnTu0IylUzi-k2MFbcJn7yGg/s1600/IMG_0270%255B1%255D"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeAysBxuKSGeujwcutnaCNW5r5x52pfRqLWw9KrM0fikG9PM_jGEpwYDjVHaYotXHkt3-jvbRJiRZZ9B1pUtpTb106DXBh8USbQJsqXtcX4WkicuCnTu0IylUzi-k2MFbcJn7yGg/s400/IMG_0270%255B1%255D" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725433394217032530" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnvnFORCnLKU32qcAGD5xKRBBra5NZNw1M4TlSKfZaA2U-twg5iIuKJ7sXY4he7q6eUcCfO8FnKbfAwUyx8k-oVPuS2t9h2SmjGos2k8WNJ2M_-GUG2L8LBl_F4WyoGG-9bqVEBg/s1600/IMG_0268%255B1%255D"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnvnFORCnLKU32qcAGD5xKRBBra5NZNw1M4TlSKfZaA2U-twg5iIuKJ7sXY4he7q6eUcCfO8FnKbfAwUyx8k-oVPuS2t9h2SmjGos2k8WNJ2M_-GUG2L8LBl_F4WyoGG-9bqVEBg/s400/IMG_0268%255B1%255D" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725433385217915314" /></a><br /><br />Back to the Regional Science Fair.<br />Yesterday Carson competed at the Central Utah Science and Engineering Fair at BYU. It was so much fun! We didn't get to see him while he was being judged and interviewed, so that's when we got Lillie's pictures taken. Multi-task? Yes please!<br /><br />Here he is with his display board and certificate. He was honored for having a creative question of "What blocks a magnet?". He didn't place at Regional, but DANG, we are so happy he made it this far! He is awesome!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnvXYooQeJavL8nwlsmWhaVmE3WsvoRdsHzeH2Elu2ZhD12_ImzhDudDf5Qf5ViFmiBMy6jhGAa5etktcA5oPrv8GoeXO06vSv9V5hLf43-WaFOF3KmYYEvZJdpfGHv1K7e_0DBA/s1600/IMG_0291%255B1%255D"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnvXYooQeJavL8nwlsmWhaVmE3WsvoRdsHzeH2Elu2ZhD12_ImzhDudDf5Qf5ViFmiBMy6jhGAa5etktcA5oPrv8GoeXO06vSv9V5hLf43-WaFOF3KmYYEvZJdpfGHv1K7e_0DBA/s400/IMG_0291%255B1%255D" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725434210510787842" /></a><br /><br />That's all for now folks!Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675596953196622102noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21370574.post-39656045271119611732012-03-17T22:20:00.001-06:002012-03-17T22:22:57.041-06:00March MadnessSam is watching March Madness right now. The sound of the whistle blowing, the sneakers screeching, and the overly excited/loud announcers pretty much make me crazy. Unless, of course, I'm at a live game. Then add in some overpriced refreshments and all those things are fun. I used to go to Seattle Sonics and Mariners games quite often. I even knew all the theme songs played for each player as they took their batting positions....oh those were the glory days...Remember when Ken Griffey Jr played for the Mariners? Yep, that aged me. Just for the record, Jay Buhner was my favorite player and they played "Bad to the Bone" when he was ready to bat!<br /><br />Happy St Patrick's Day! This morning I was trying to explain to Cameron that he needed to wear a shirt with green on it. He kept asking me OVER and OVER to clarify what I meant. Honestly, I was exaperated! I finally said "Cameron! Go get dressed and make sure you are wearing greeen!". Next thing I know Sam comes upstairs laughing and told me what Cameron said to him when he went downstairs: "Dad, I have to wear pants today or I will get pinched!". <br /><br />**slam head into door**<br /><br />You've had a birthday, shout hooray! Sam and Cameron both had birthdays this past week. Cameron turned 4 on the 9th and Sam turned 20 or 30-somethin' on the 12th. It was lots of fun! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh96UdKj_hSo70ReGfX1HHpRJJ8CLmysQRnQMvkBBcmspKJzX5D-dCZvAN0EZoipTsP_j2r_LZJ7ciTPzvoN5itMDldpuV8c2e730OZtKG8klDXC48axugsCfNJyKFOB-LQ7bw8IQ/s1600/IMG_0104%255B1%255D"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh96UdKj_hSo70ReGfX1HHpRJJ8CLmysQRnQMvkBBcmspKJzX5D-dCZvAN0EZoipTsP_j2r_LZJ7ciTPzvoN5itMDldpuV8c2e730OZtKG8klDXC48axugsCfNJyKFOB-LQ7bw8IQ/s400/IMG_0104%255B1%255D" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721052816390976210" /></a><br /><br />For Cameron's birthday we went to lunch. He chose McDonalds which makes me laugh because he didn't even want to go down the slides. Isn't that the only reason kids want to go there?? Then again, he's not your normal kid. He's funnier!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCoMHS5lRSczk_erlb2OmBDCiwKs3D9gJY_VVtSKhGhHSf6QOW1sglNMk0ga_OTKWYVeYW885dG2byYUZfwnWiCXgCeo5EExnD3ovT3SLiqE3FNJOdnEoPexfbgEGztDuY1ekzpw/s1600/IMG_0106%255B1%255D"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCoMHS5lRSczk_erlb2OmBDCiwKs3D9gJY_VVtSKhGhHSf6QOW1sglNMk0ga_OTKWYVeYW885dG2byYUZfwnWiCXgCeo5EExnD3ovT3SLiqE3FNJOdnEoPexfbgEGztDuY1ekzpw/s400/IMG_0106%255B1%255D" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721053080808246898" /></a><br /><br />That night we had cake and presents for him. I really love the age of 3 so I always have a little moment where I mourn the loss of my 3-year old. However, I have high hopes that Cameron will be a great 4-year old too! Hey, a mother can dream!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_2ll1QzmziZVVUy_w79ahESeHDAwazm-CgHG_OwepYqB1weWAZiNL4d6h6K1salw9jprScryReWu-Omzr3xAbRjwL_H392rWTyacfuiedp_lx49xvYUuRabEhrrwsEqsTfmCtXQ/s1600/IMG_8421.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_2ll1QzmziZVVUy_w79ahESeHDAwazm-CgHG_OwepYqB1weWAZiNL4d6h6K1salw9jprScryReWu-Omzr3xAbRjwL_H392rWTyacfuiedp_lx49xvYUuRabEhrrwsEqsTfmCtXQ/s400/IMG_8421.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721073208294889170" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtHErv9zjDoHZO_ppILV4XwXfAfpBDV8Kgk1c90KVZ8lOWQ0DKe4Z_84dtkzAv127eu5AtMKmelFKiq_T_tk3v9hxnP-Ez2DFtWWK5pPteQ2eoaksoO-78xprNvjPaBTk41J7Lw/s1600/IMG_8418.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtHErv9zjDoHZO_ppILV4XwXfAfpBDV8Kgk1c90KVZ8lOWQ0DKe4Z_84dtkzAv127eu5AtMKmelFKiq_T_tk3v9hxnP-Ez2DFtWWK5pPteQ2eoaksoO-78xprNvjPaBTk41J7Lw/s400/IMG_8418.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721073201503425186" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Hy-x8lqvEAFvp6mGTKTQD_BaT2kEFXX9IzCI5sGPsDCPIuP_Y5MshejxnGYBI3kwetHIFms6DsC7Lmy6H3UD4ASiPpivKzzB-7TNYTkVs0QPxTGI5-oa-jkpZWyUGDIrjG8VZw/s1600/IMG_8412.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Hy-x8lqvEAFvp6mGTKTQD_BaT2kEFXX9IzCI5sGPsDCPIuP_Y5MshejxnGYBI3kwetHIFms6DsC7Lmy6H3UD4ASiPpivKzzB-7TNYTkVs0QPxTGI5-oa-jkpZWyUGDIrjG8VZw/s400/IMG_8412.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721073194040303154" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_rnAop5YBpcZniUlXKgDObS_3ZQ5lq6yDotfKSQ2bMPK8f6Wq1fBjYFxJI98lyolUUrJuZ3oMOD-chCftn5N1jx1QRYQnVXpmsQCHp4DB6JpypnN-SqRdGq4UcyQalSpEsUq4g/s1600/IMG_8449.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_rnAop5YBpcZniUlXKgDObS_3ZQ5lq6yDotfKSQ2bMPK8f6Wq1fBjYFxJI98lyolUUrJuZ3oMOD-chCftn5N1jx1QRYQnVXpmsQCHp4DB6JpypnN-SqRdGq4UcyQalSpEsUq4g/s400/IMG_8449.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721075631849861666" /></a><br /><br />On Monday, we celebrated Sam's birthday by going downtown SLC and checking out the new City Creek Center and walking around in the beautiful Spring-ish weather. It was super awesome, plus, Lillie slept in her stroller the whole time!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVOCDvJNK6R9LIqZp7YEM5FLoTjmx9fZQBOtzYT6fhdxtwLiPCVieXjfkuaW9M8n_dYP5oJyFkQ7kkX5mB92OJP9VHZPWmP0Btn9wcZS8xRknNT6YArs5zgKlJsVE-5nfr7Ozj-A/s1600/IMG_8482.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVOCDvJNK6R9LIqZp7YEM5FLoTjmx9fZQBOtzYT6fhdxtwLiPCVieXjfkuaW9M8n_dYP5oJyFkQ7kkX5mB92OJP9VHZPWmP0Btn9wcZS8xRknNT6YArs5zgKlJsVE-5nfr7Ozj-A/s400/IMG_8482.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721076752047915954" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fOfAZBoOE6Y_DZtEdv9hdaKkjvTso9Y8fo1MpqyVQ3iXXLNMs9ufb1iYvj-rycFeMVoUxXNQovoow5szdBGbr07dGZIHN8G5ki12E7buf1Xk0IP-u7rHxl_dSXKiyW78fhE3Xw/s1600/IMG_8472.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fOfAZBoOE6Y_DZtEdv9hdaKkjvTso9Y8fo1MpqyVQ3iXXLNMs9ufb1iYvj-rycFeMVoUxXNQovoow5szdBGbr07dGZIHN8G5ki12E7buf1Xk0IP-u7rHxl_dSXKiyW78fhE3Xw/s400/IMG_8472.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721076738780521442" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixQdiPC_4sAzC1-NjfoDqPkPB8RoEAjNYlx9UNxHXmC1jEFe3rUVWpKKnONUTdrbwKwJWOHeqgYdmOwujcVZ4y8Nnld5PQo51p8_wNAE2c4wRvpS6yxlxZA0ux2NeWX8CNCZX3Ng/s1600/IMG_8464.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixQdiPC_4sAzC1-NjfoDqPkPB8RoEAjNYlx9UNxHXmC1jEFe3rUVWpKKnONUTdrbwKwJWOHeqgYdmOwujcVZ4y8Nnld5PQo51p8_wNAE2c4wRvpS6yxlxZA0ux2NeWX8CNCZX3Ng/s400/IMG_8464.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721076734697983202" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9yx7AWndBtXYlHbsqr5A9LUhpj2ga3YIRYhO1NsMjbtY_xX5Z3JdtpWSz65KM0xGWH2Et2vIPU2w0vNhqC5XRY23quRt587g43W17ljkAv5t737QExIyL3UHnB1c12xx4IU6gOw/s1600/IMG_8509.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9yx7AWndBtXYlHbsqr5A9LUhpj2ga3YIRYhO1NsMjbtY_xX5Z3JdtpWSz65KM0xGWH2Et2vIPU2w0vNhqC5XRY23quRt587g43W17ljkAv5t737QExIyL3UHnB1c12xx4IU6gOw/s400/IMG_8509.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721078965951590674" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6kDdvBGfJZ_XdCDeJ-lzBmViPDyy83ZoiFcsFz9uHj6GVMQ73SnKj8njBiHE_qFfLlMtRFaD9L19iJhR9CzAwSIJwNGTxugi6Lz_wzrOWg-iB7-Pwop0QEMr4YF8IC3VSjaKDg/s1600/IMG_8504.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6kDdvBGfJZ_XdCDeJ-lzBmViPDyy83ZoiFcsFz9uHj6GVMQ73SnKj8njBiHE_qFfLlMtRFaD9L19iJhR9CzAwSIJwNGTxugi6Lz_wzrOWg-iB7-Pwop0QEMr4YF8IC3VSjaKDg/s400/IMG_8504.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721078964327464706" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIZrIggG_uwnXtwn-TLtGXzhLW0dwgu_c-kAKyY38KPOToAxsGJ3W-GInCTBPrUY306B_kupGlESzbvMTE-zW-T6Lp1w6cY_MiunkcZHCHQgvOqAktppaOAlhAhlbVbL0YHnp37w/s1600/IMG_8503.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIZrIggG_uwnXtwn-TLtGXzhLW0dwgu_c-kAKyY38KPOToAxsGJ3W-GInCTBPrUY306B_kupGlESzbvMTE-zW-T6Lp1w6cY_MiunkcZHCHQgvOqAktppaOAlhAhlbVbL0YHnp37w/s400/IMG_8503.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721078952923385714" /></a><br /><br />Here are some Instagram pictures I took. I seriously love instagram!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWKOTKMzRaXh3UZZs8kNQ_c1dSPWCpnhlNk6lcRvHvqaGt8RnUfr_0YZLN-57hHKOAfEjnEhZyRXvI61zGz6uL7a2nmfd0oZ_ievd8s7zyDHvN2J2A2gCocGpKJoZq6LGxQ9QQZA/s1600/IMG_0151%255B1%255D"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWKOTKMzRaXh3UZZs8kNQ_c1dSPWCpnhlNk6lcRvHvqaGt8RnUfr_0YZLN-57hHKOAfEjnEhZyRXvI61zGz6uL7a2nmfd0oZ_ievd8s7zyDHvN2J2A2gCocGpKJoZq6LGxQ9QQZA/s400/IMG_0151%255B1%255D" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721079709556164642" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDnTEClxfoyWufXSjoaEhoL7b-M9zFsDR7nN92N6uri52_CIb65HbVswCmtPjRFc6eJoa6tx__9N4tgXSqx7Yh-cke296cQJ3LiUGEykuvMd0Ne71YeK6mPCrfnXBmm4YVZm7CjQ/s1600/IMG_0150%255B1%255D"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDnTEClxfoyWufXSjoaEhoL7b-M9zFsDR7nN92N6uri52_CIb65HbVswCmtPjRFc6eJoa6tx__9N4tgXSqx7Yh-cke296cQJ3LiUGEykuvMd0Ne71YeK6mPCrfnXBmm4YVZm7CjQ/s400/IMG_0150%255B1%255D" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721079702771105954" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrm6ecCXR2T59P9gNctEILlcFbreeZXBBdIkbO_Npa9z7GglTDpQZj1OEPlrDu9nFgr2QFSs-EbCVTCEWgojF7dFr_q-PrHUdC5f-grll-sJu4uMCCIzfVaY3VsMJOdV-vL8847Q/s1600/IMG_0145%255B1%255D"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrm6ecCXR2T59P9gNctEILlcFbreeZXBBdIkbO_Npa9z7GglTDpQZj1OEPlrDu9nFgr2QFSs-EbCVTCEWgojF7dFr_q-PrHUdC5f-grll-sJu4uMCCIzfVaY3VsMJOdV-vL8847Q/s400/IMG_0145%255B1%255D" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721079699849541186" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1bbTuaGDTGwZroP5WfuJfaK5duY0qoAS1GZEGr-j4MKjoIwvz608Z9E3mgWfADNOv8EyFEbwkAr45mmtY7R3ZPCRCs3H0kIAQ_oLh0Z7ND-UkHS15fqZaGWAi_sP7N6zlTVwvPQ/s1600/IMG_0155%255B1%255D"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1bbTuaGDTGwZroP5WfuJfaK5duY0qoAS1GZEGr-j4MKjoIwvz608Z9E3mgWfADNOv8EyFEbwkAr45mmtY7R3ZPCRCs3H0kIAQ_oLh0Z7ND-UkHS15fqZaGWAi_sP7N6zlTVwvPQ/s400/IMG_0155%255B1%255D" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721080591259217362" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQe1JH8no0D2oa1paob9Hbcw5KSiq8W7QhHCaqOwUg3mIkyG_UAhXHpAYjiPWiEIHVwBXLXVpcxQmrleriAOSJPXB50z3fAnuWkMidURtJZ5Ol_Xp607bbjGjE6l6hyphenhyphenhqjBCNjWQ/s1600/IMG_0154%255B1%255D"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQe1JH8no0D2oa1paob9Hbcw5KSiq8W7QhHCaqOwUg3mIkyG_UAhXHpAYjiPWiEIHVwBXLXVpcxQmrleriAOSJPXB50z3fAnuWkMidURtJZ5Ol_Xp607bbjGjE6l6hyphenhyphenhqjBCNjWQ/s400/IMG_0154%255B1%255D" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721080587725800594" /></a><br /><br />After Temple Square we came home and Sam opened presents and then we made Hot Lava Cakes. Good times!<br />When I asked Sam what he wanted for his birthday, he said he just wanted a bunch of little gifts to open. So I had fun shopping at Target! I gave him pens, highlighters, legos, candy, Easter decor....you name it, he got it, as long as it was cheap! Well, the Legos weren't super cheap, but the kids were totally excited about dad's present!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKfveqRTQkfEth5_-4Fi1V1u5wpAVrx5eSIFqVDI_T9_-ONI1qxA5NNS0XIb6taeSYAS9Qs84Q3HI1Tw9Q5trYsYnHqtFzIRBgN-9H0LHuFPKdcAz_ZVC9ocgdSCkiuwhnfF6r4Q/s1600/IMG_8547.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKfveqRTQkfEth5_-4Fi1V1u5wpAVrx5eSIFqVDI_T9_-ONI1qxA5NNS0XIb6taeSYAS9Qs84Q3HI1Tw9Q5trYsYnHqtFzIRBgN-9H0LHuFPKdcAz_ZVC9ocgdSCkiuwhnfF6r4Q/s400/IMG_8547.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721081328153129298" /></a><br /><br />Sam's REAL present was a fun surprise to give him. He's wanted Apple TV for a long time and I always dismiss the idea when he brings it up to me. So, I figured his birthday would be a great time to let him finally have it. However, a new version was coming out 4 days after his birthday! What to do??<br /><br />Our friends, the Strong's, had a great idea. They printed a picture of a hand holding the Apple TV box. Then they cut it into puzzle pieces. The very center puzzle piece showed the Apple TV logo. I wrapped all the puzzle pieces in Easter Eggs, EXCEPT the piece that had the logo. Sam opened each egg and had to put the puzzle together. Once he had it together, I handed him a birthday card with the final piece inside. He was so happy. Enjoy the progression!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhURs7QUODDIjcPR5yhNDTwuDaXd6CdI0dF9TpYi0hyphenhyphen9cP-c3vJae8SInslSEoVOjQc5voMtLtnD7vAROxrdKW022T7CFNTu0Zu0SW5-6RvYqIl6g3Obv_zdpXuD1d1O044a4MDMg/s1600/IMG_8549.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhURs7QUODDIjcPR5yhNDTwuDaXd6CdI0dF9TpYi0hyphenhyphen9cP-c3vJae8SInslSEoVOjQc5voMtLtnD7vAROxrdKW022T7CFNTu0Zu0SW5-6RvYqIl6g3Obv_zdpXuD1d1O044a4MDMg/s400/IMG_8549.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721082338489988082" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTUVoTl_UAuvmpXm3nO_ixEZROKrqvfJlJ0iu2Jo5xyPIWQC9xsTbd95_YTbHgaWEpSg8ti8sSSrDx5Rrad-QdKX0OpPj3jUq9ersyGamkc4YVNdvWqHXpbhS1DLEDXrjLDxxNg/s1600/IMG_8550.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTUVoTl_UAuvmpXm3nO_ixEZROKrqvfJlJ0iu2Jo5xyPIWQC9xsTbd95_YTbHgaWEpSg8ti8sSSrDx5Rrad-QdKX0OpPj3jUq9ersyGamkc4YVNdvWqHXpbhS1DLEDXrjLDxxNg/s400/IMG_8550.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721082627571738290" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjX0pDyRw8q2E540X0JTEu14ScFFQNA93XuHyLTmBMYhV7lGaSzplL2NaoPyMRaIZQdOA6VQ6ey7Ey-IqlbYVZqFQEoTV0Bjs5BuBjee5geplBz-bD4O2VcDSKU6cvwtwh8cHeA/s1600/IMG_8551.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjX0pDyRw8q2E540X0JTEu14ScFFQNA93XuHyLTmBMYhV7lGaSzplL2NaoPyMRaIZQdOA6VQ6ey7Ey-IqlbYVZqFQEoTV0Bjs5BuBjee5geplBz-bD4O2VcDSKU6cvwtwh8cHeA/s400/IMG_8551.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721082823497981842" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOt7ldF1oV66niUESIZRL1AvIa0OHUZrc1tC8tQ9LqC_d628yaw662YapfZMYiTuUoX_LzuBg2THm8gFZieUKaswBINMN5cYtUpFhy7wg_AuCTEgA42HlE-lKqKCSCkB4eaMwlZw/s1600/IMG_8553.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOt7ldF1oV66niUESIZRL1AvIa0OHUZrc1tC8tQ9LqC_d628yaw662YapfZMYiTuUoX_LzuBg2THm8gFZieUKaswBINMN5cYtUpFhy7wg_AuCTEgA42HlE-lKqKCSCkB4eaMwlZw/s400/IMG_8553.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721083048073254978" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjlPiFL1gNa1u1g2PJTZdQ1V0CaD8C2A1eOTOa-SZ3Dgcuxk5WFANJDxt2T09tu4l4A8gjZB-rvBiAHWYH6tih_L6MdEwNVAep3Ps4SY-nO5rnyym2ri3DoXPlCU-8i95Fd3kE0g/s1600/IMG_8554.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjlPiFL1gNa1u1g2PJTZdQ1V0CaD8C2A1eOTOa-SZ3Dgcuxk5WFANJDxt2T09tu4l4A8gjZB-rvBiAHWYH6tih_L6MdEwNVAep3Ps4SY-nO5rnyym2ri3DoXPlCU-8i95Fd3kE0g/s400/IMG_8554.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721083314849916114" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3y1PEX3zHMIWLrHR_NO1wFejGGrXWYKXs5Wv6neWguZgLvYN-Zvv3iDyoscpUvXzLekZ_vMfLffD4Kqbo7T_9-iOtfQWDalMPk9QYaCrw8Wz9iIZV1phH7JGao2EX83MXJ-f5ig/s1600/IMG_8556.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3y1PEX3zHMIWLrHR_NO1wFejGGrXWYKXs5Wv6neWguZgLvYN-Zvv3iDyoscpUvXzLekZ_vMfLffD4Kqbo7T_9-iOtfQWDalMPk9QYaCrw8Wz9iIZV1phH7JGao2EX83MXJ-f5ig/s400/IMG_8556.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721083581795531506" /></a><br /><br />It was awesome! Thanks Davis and Holly for your help! Sam is not easy to surprise, he's a very curious soul. :)<br /><br />In other news, Parker has lost so many teeth lately that I think we'll start calling him BillyBob.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbtYwVD2ggk7Yp77vaYA3T4y7QFWCS7QNYLoQvnVDL4oouvvA21VhiFHHukRUcVkF3UuS6gncTqCdawBL1w8D8Sc_UppKbYoR1BvCpei0lVYLHJbmgRxBZa2KyWZBNsGrcqbH-oQ/s1600/IMG_0163%255B1%255D"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbtYwVD2ggk7Yp77vaYA3T4y7QFWCS7QNYLoQvnVDL4oouvvA21VhiFHHukRUcVkF3UuS6gncTqCdawBL1w8D8Sc_UppKbYoR1BvCpei0lVYLHJbmgRxBZa2KyWZBNsGrcqbH-oQ/s400/IMG_0163%255B1%255D" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721084040080132290" /></a><br /><br />Lillie is as fun as ever!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUsx4nob2woyLhKYfZBkBi3_ZGCpxamHKQlO4RX-ctqqjBJR8CfCZgnphW4exzVXC30GNbGFYBowXaTRD3IASHPrqz9co6zwCaRjX9ajMQvTV-xuMBarUewUeQGeY-iStPB5a6_A/s1600/IMG_0142%255B1%255D"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUsx4nob2woyLhKYfZBkBi3_ZGCpxamHKQlO4RX-ctqqjBJR8CfCZgnphW4exzVXC30GNbGFYBowXaTRD3IASHPrqz9co6zwCaRjX9ajMQvTV-xuMBarUewUeQGeY-iStPB5a6_A/s400/IMG_0142%255B1%255D" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721084370638406082" /></a><br /><br />She is very advanced for her age...she's already practicing the sassy roll-your-eyes looks she will give me when she's a teenager.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiywGAwZuvnDYWW3fUDdCKIhM24BDb1aNkWUetsrda-_rMBdE6j5H-wz2idGF0JSBcVnNfzcu9D7TFkktrRNapA5YX-vzo8fGrPXqkyVxt6RFCj-WgcZJfAq7-M1CQ8QkD6kMTM-A/s1600/IMG_0174%255B1%255D"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiywGAwZuvnDYWW3fUDdCKIhM24BDb1aNkWUetsrda-_rMBdE6j5H-wz2idGF0JSBcVnNfzcu9D7TFkktrRNapA5YX-vzo8fGrPXqkyVxt6RFCj-WgcZJfAq7-M1CQ8QkD6kMTM-A/s400/IMG_0174%255B1%255D" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721084622876672178" /></a><br /><br />Carson had an awards ceremony the other night for all the kids were came in 1st or 2nd place in the District Science Fair. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmpIYiphKDGYxnero2u-2FidGpnpaTtQcCmsxLxzlf1JGxUJjLwTGEOdIUlW174oc_8es8NX00FYxZCs9fx7LmOE1TUIFNQ8ySfMimtAFxdowRD0vAKoqK0a0lSG5AVEWdnEMYw/s1600/IMG_8396.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmpIYiphKDGYxnero2u-2FidGpnpaTtQcCmsxLxzlf1JGxUJjLwTGEOdIUlW174oc_8es8NX00FYxZCs9fx7LmOE1TUIFNQ8ySfMimtAFxdowRD0vAKoqK0a0lSG5AVEWdnEMYw/s400/IMG_8396.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721085591829105714" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhumpqj0gMnih6DDtJKvsr0vkoNe6ppx6sHpg9x8j1pNuwn-Jtgt6fGq4qIos1GP6V4DP8iDTLCQ5IE5rtuv2Uv7lSi-spZk5oYVpsF3hJ3sKeEh7QlwnY7CeDAZRTi1AW1z0Dyjw/s1600/IMG_8410.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhumpqj0gMnih6DDtJKvsr0vkoNe6ppx6sHpg9x8j1pNuwn-Jtgt6fGq4qIos1GP6V4DP8iDTLCQ5IE5rtuv2Uv7lSi-spZk5oYVpsF3hJ3sKeEh7QlwnY7CeDAZRTi1AW1z0Dyjw/s400/IMG_8410.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721085827709332066" /></a><br /><br />Next stop for Carson: The Central Utah Science and Engineering Fair at BYU at the end of the month. Can I get a party over here, a party over there, throw your hands in the air, shake your derriere? It's going to be a great experience for him!<br /><br />Cameron has been rocking this shirt his cousin Mel made for him. Oh yeah!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXA6X29v-w1CywOFIb2yflLDUFf5UqZQeNoi8M4Ctb8AfWsGZrR8h0Bmiz-P1x6Ke-YYFcoB0jphuwOm51RMFPY8ETWVs7dgfHnOkzxUDK-7DUyG2E1DKEbibdxhD4mwVPfFqZ2g/s1600/IMG_0169%255B1%255D"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXA6X29v-w1CywOFIb2yflLDUFf5UqZQeNoi8M4Ctb8AfWsGZrR8h0Bmiz-P1x6Ke-YYFcoB0jphuwOm51RMFPY8ETWVs7dgfHnOkzxUDK-7DUyG2E1DKEbibdxhD4mwVPfFqZ2g/s400/IMG_0169%255B1%255D" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721086376439333522" /></a><br /><br />This morning I went to a baby shower for my nephew and his wife. It was a St Patrick's Day themed shower....and everybody had to wear a mustache! Really funny! Here is Lillie and Sam's cousin Maureen. Hysterical!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRf0TWeqZej22mXAA9iHUNDW-D0lQiYWbkAKq5-DMFvGhLhaSA-pZPAvpzGsMCWTdV9eQFoa6uP33mnUParyDokTldjDZLs78D0V2og0BoDlOwq2rg7W1jVS5ztcQ_dBuQBjEFfw/s1600/IMG_0188%255B1%255D"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRf0TWeqZej22mXAA9iHUNDW-D0lQiYWbkAKq5-DMFvGhLhaSA-pZPAvpzGsMCWTdV9eQFoa6uP33mnUParyDokTldjDZLs78D0V2og0BoDlOwq2rg7W1jVS5ztcQ_dBuQBjEFfw/s400/IMG_0188%255B1%255D" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721086753981949058" /></a><br /><br />Danielle (the mother-to-be) had to try out her Moby wrap on Lillie. Those things overwhelm the heck out of me but once Danielle got it all tied on, Lillie prolly could have stayed there all day!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Y3t6UGhpDlRdO4XP6H_BOSm4A3kFKYxkFzKlR9drMvwnBmOEnBFDXpbqPADGC41LKU7L-JrY8LECMjufejQzoMp9gOMlldVAU1bPaLuRiBwxdNahgyr3b6oJG0C9XacFE2M1cA/s1600/IMG_0190%255B1%255D"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Y3t6UGhpDlRdO4XP6H_BOSm4A3kFKYxkFzKlR9drMvwnBmOEnBFDXpbqPADGC41LKU7L-JrY8LECMjufejQzoMp9gOMlldVAU1bPaLuRiBwxdNahgyr3b6oJG0C9XacFE2M1cA/s400/IMG_0190%255B1%255D" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721087067533324162" /></a><br /><br />Sam's mom "holding" Lillie. Don't worry, I put a pillow at her feet just in case Lillie went a slippin' and slidin'! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoVB3CEyuOyPnmpRvd7b4hdbjyex7-_FZ3NjfsXix9zl0rkZ5CIohTkWLsX7EhQTjDhxbTD2e6FRhJZJwbPqNMZlh8oLY7u3AhHZHKUn-QVoS_uZUizLlTwI5JsNsLIYR2IXyR_g/s1600/IMG_0191%255B1%255D"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoVB3CEyuOyPnmpRvd7b4hdbjyex7-_FZ3NjfsXix9zl0rkZ5CIohTkWLsX7EhQTjDhxbTD2e6FRhJZJwbPqNMZlh8oLY7u3AhHZHKUn-QVoS_uZUizLlTwI5JsNsLIYR2IXyR_g/s400/IMG_0191%255B1%255D" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721087320852143554" /></a><br /><br />Finally, if you don't have the Cam Wow app on your phone, you need to try it. Endless fun!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_8T9MfFuz9iV5bWbSbxcOSbXECTcL8EnGjTlS3Fqrdju8vbYPVtCG2byd0kpn23BxuJUVY4l6Wv5Dx2bfWZ8QAXjPgwdHqsr00K3_II5ZTvVRbt04EC2sD-DD9qusvYFo4AFTQ/s1600/IMG_0083%255B1%255D"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_8T9MfFuz9iV5bWbSbxcOSbXECTcL8EnGjTlS3Fqrdju8vbYPVtCG2byd0kpn23BxuJUVY4l6Wv5Dx2bfWZ8QAXjPgwdHqsr00K3_II5ZTvVRbt04EC2sD-DD9qusvYFo4AFTQ/s400/IMG_0083%255B1%255D" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721087694898806466" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOVAQ6Afdo5MJqWaxJyDzYpLSQb0Djagf_3aF9Pa7DbwCysOS6_g9nyYVxKkK0A4yuuPmf0WcLba7jrVU9WsQaVGf8t-sYdOxtaaAeJUYpUwxTaqpYGM9GSWn8slkcmPIu8Mfgug/s1600/IMG_0080%255B1%255D"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOVAQ6Afdo5MJqWaxJyDzYpLSQb0Djagf_3aF9Pa7DbwCysOS6_g9nyYVxKkK0A4yuuPmf0WcLba7jrVU9WsQaVGf8t-sYdOxtaaAeJUYpUwxTaqpYGM9GSWn8slkcmPIu8Mfgug/s400/IMG_0080%255B1%255D" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721087689252393506" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqw9icr2eHMrUAsA_tMukJvUDgsvTDuQmxQLu5Y42Hfi1l7Mqv5OpNfvR5S89eWkz7znF_wRbh7nAZEvmN5rqfUH-8SSPgpPhPeFPQdt1ppEgWIzbYMRX3wBFZztiMfDJq2cS8yA/s1600/IMG_0030%255B1%255D"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqw9icr2eHMrUAsA_tMukJvUDgsvTDuQmxQLu5Y42Hfi1l7Mqv5OpNfvR5S89eWkz7znF_wRbh7nAZEvmN5rqfUH-8SSPgpPhPeFPQdt1ppEgWIzbYMRX3wBFZztiMfDJq2cS8yA/s400/IMG_0030%255B1%255D" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721087687393421890" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd5xipkrG2BOCuodH_pf9GUCEbmGkfmMj2BUKvrcZzTmUU3r7rgbO3UrVNEUiV6D-TMYcTBS6UOjOAKmAOMStfSCydxgPrDTdUVLBo7HI5aleNUju8Nz0QUOOexapLis9oceCpjg/s1600/IMG_0010%255B1%255D"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd5xipkrG2BOCuodH_pf9GUCEbmGkfmMj2BUKvrcZzTmUU3r7rgbO3UrVNEUiV6D-TMYcTBS6UOjOAKmAOMStfSCydxgPrDTdUVLBo7HI5aleNUju8Nz0QUOOexapLis9oceCpjg/s400/IMG_0010%255B1%255D" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721087684120737602" /></a><br /><br />Happy St Patrick's Day everyone! Remember, if you don't wear pants we will pinch you!Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675596953196622102noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21370574.post-60910996786484124162012-03-05T14:11:00.022-07:002012-03-05T15:19:01.420-07:00If You're A Slacker And You Know It Clap Your Hands!**Clap Clap**<br /><br />Oh hi everybody! How are you doing? <br /><br />Heh Heh, I forgot how time consuming a newborn is. I feel like my days and nights blend together so fast that I blink and 3 weeks have whizzed by! It's great though, I wouldn't change anything about it....except maybe if I had a choice I'd change the fact that Lillie has a cold. No Bueno.<br /><br />If I could do this all day, I would:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwjikkmsE64rtsc6YiQWrVuq4ZHFVmKCmjdIiXVwCnXIewFr1SAk6el5dJy_H9SQfWaHedn0IMc9gjO-tsXIS8LscIo_NzCH22SnuXLts0ZwRr83Ztt1QxOyU-W0shJJt2e6gN0A/s1600/IMG_7955.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwjikkmsE64rtsc6YiQWrVuq4ZHFVmKCmjdIiXVwCnXIewFr1SAk6el5dJy_H9SQfWaHedn0IMc9gjO-tsXIS8LscIo_NzCH22SnuXLts0ZwRr83Ztt1QxOyU-W0shJJt2e6gN0A/s400/IMG_7955.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716524900124226930" /></a><br /><br />So snuggly! <br /><br />But I have to do other stuff so let's just dive right into my life shall we? <br /><br />Carson participated in his first Klondike, winter scouting campout. Who the heck would WANT to go camping in February??? Scouts. That's who. Crazy scouts. Right before they went to bed (notice I didn't say "sleep"? Yeah, that's cuz they didn't sleep!) Sam texted me and told me it was 7 degrees. The next morning he texted me and said it was 6 degrees. Shiver me timbers!<br />I think after Carson's toes thawed out he was glad he went. It's good to toughen him up.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2fsD9uA1s8LKkAT61s4E3rn0V973oR7SXIMMIe6Zo-qoKfblFtRF_JKS6fUr-deD3_OuoZSifnOl4d3FXgyKbVy3K0gdmJZu75vjfYA-ANBexkw4Vk2Tn2mn0_QXDFnUga7J3g/s1600/IMG_8034.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2fsD9uA1s8LKkAT61s4E3rn0V973oR7SXIMMIe6Zo-qoKfblFtRF_JKS6fUr-deD3_OuoZSifnOl4d3FXgyKbVy3K0gdmJZu75vjfYA-ANBexkw4Vk2Tn2mn0_QXDFnUga7J3g/s400/IMG_8034.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716526647546006610" /></a><br /><br />See this guy? He's the scout master. He's about to take Carson DOWN and teach him what it means to get white-washed. That's what happens when you throw snow balls at the scout master!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO4py8U1n5XL938MAGZHz5Qbhi1sZVJ4AEt8fInci_UCcEBlfqVY4XtmC9FAhxXz_kG5h7Uz9sz53F7Xl83z_4DmTTtwdOcWfFkKCIaV_Gl_gpO1EFbvWF0LNo-oQiBxnygvUZhQ/s1600/IMG_8053.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO4py8U1n5XL938MAGZHz5Qbhi1sZVJ4AEt8fInci_UCcEBlfqVY4XtmC9FAhxXz_kG5h7Uz9sz53F7Xl83z_4DmTTtwdOcWfFkKCIaV_Gl_gpO1EFbvWF0LNo-oQiBxnygvUZhQ/s400/IMG_8053.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716527191754407554" /></a><br /><br />You'd think he would learn his lesson, but he didn't. He kept throwing snow. I believe he got white washed twice.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRlVs7xYnWSEJRGTMKmamnXNoOB_B16UP3Zq48DfIQmHldsNyTrZIHvaT2VysFzTDapJFYquS-wxTKKnNrem2w6i-Mn_qcBzFd6XLnbFLIwOw17Flg7uQrF2xFvGnC4FzLWR7zGw/s1600/IMG_8058.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRlVs7xYnWSEJRGTMKmamnXNoOB_B16UP3Zq48DfIQmHldsNyTrZIHvaT2VysFzTDapJFYquS-wxTKKnNrem2w6i-Mn_qcBzFd6XLnbFLIwOw17Flg7uQrF2xFvGnC4FzLWR7zGw/s400/IMG_8058.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716527777411153858" /></a><br /><br />Ummmmm, the blind leading the blind? Yeah, prolly.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq3_4Lrf0nWnK2zOSSmjrS9XSpE-s2x0RqnTgjmkDlmMef_XL_sz0-FJ-3NuArcUd2HMu3bVXDH-hLdtMAs41vjb1a_UOTRW0FKkPPtsdH2NFbwVStu6yhY-GWPyZxE2swW1upwg/s1600/IMG_8128.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq3_4Lrf0nWnK2zOSSmjrS9XSpE-s2x0RqnTgjmkDlmMef_XL_sz0-FJ-3NuArcUd2HMu3bVXDH-hLdtMAs41vjb1a_UOTRW0FKkPPtsdH2NFbwVStu6yhY-GWPyZxE2swW1upwg/s400/IMG_8128.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716528533972111634" /></a><br /><br />A sign on the bathroom door that reads "Keep this place clean. Shoot straight!" Do you think it helped? NOT LIKELY!!! I think when I count my blessings I will now include "I'm blessed because I am not in charge of cleaning a scout camp bathroom."<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmlXKttv_cFSKauvNUFxVaYhlkosIwOcy0MW2fL7qa3m8tcgkTiq43MkWuAuyiDP9MHUuInewBgQ2rjwrteVGT1QZolca1Js3DWv7qjam-D4Gh7-FYWDLhCSt68ONH_bfwdkaqTQ/s1600/IMG_8153.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmlXKttv_cFSKauvNUFxVaYhlkosIwOcy0MW2fL7qa3m8tcgkTiq43MkWuAuyiDP9MHUuInewBgQ2rjwrteVGT1QZolca1Js3DWv7qjam-D4Gh7-FYWDLhCSt68ONH_bfwdkaqTQ/s400/IMG_8153.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716529187053846178" /></a><br /><br />Now onto the Science Fair.<br /><br />I have a confession. Well, most of you probably already know this about me...One of my fears about having children was dealing with big projects at school like the Science Fair! I'm GREAT with the day to day routine of life....get up, get ready, do your reading, go to school, do your daily homework, brush your teeth, quit hitting your brother....etc. However, when something pops up out of the ordinary, I cringe. The Science Fair falls into the cringe-category. Luckily, I married Sam. Sam is super amazing at the project stuff that does not fall into the daily routine category. He made Carson come up with an idea of what he wanted to do. Carson chose Magnetic Shielding. Sam patiently worked with Carson while he came up with ideas on how to do this project. It was pretty cool!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs2z3HKNectnbolgNMZgs85IbpFlB2K2JZc0pUD2PNHU4SKXiz2nmltzueHQ_i9M8yQ3QSFbCZlyR5UCj_k0ccH2uiap5qG-u52vEacJHZFZqtPSfAU8J3oGfC8xpGn7qtSGNpVg/s1600/IMG_8211.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs2z3HKNectnbolgNMZgs85IbpFlB2K2JZc0pUD2PNHU4SKXiz2nmltzueHQ_i9M8yQ3QSFbCZlyR5UCj_k0ccH2uiap5qG-u52vEacJHZFZqtPSfAU8J3oGfC8xpGn7qtSGNpVg/s400/IMG_8211.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716531487918501074" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuuqPI3dBXvWXyAXKTl8lPQjmFOBrTH71y3YFYHh0k0RTev7x5Sk6tBNRIe7m2uiNrA-a9EMoekk6UUf8FMnruvf36SY-6aWSlBCG3fK0cR_q_zo44Z1GRtiUkjjsJiwihjd5h6A/s1600/IMG_8207.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuuqPI3dBXvWXyAXKTl8lPQjmFOBrTH71y3YFYHh0k0RTev7x5Sk6tBNRIe7m2uiNrA-a9EMoekk6UUf8FMnruvf36SY-6aWSlBCG3fK0cR_q_zo44Z1GRtiUkjjsJiwihjd5h6A/s400/IMG_8207.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716531477103516178" /></a><br /><br /><br />I was so happy on the day it was due because I could check it off the "list" and we could move on with our life. Carson came home from school that day and said "I have something really bad to tell you....but I have to go to the bathroom right now!" and he tried running down the hall to the restroom. I grabbed the back of his collar and dragged him back to where I was standing and said "I don't think so! What happened???" I thought he got in trouble at school or something! He said "I made DISTRICT!" and ran to the bathroom.<br /><br />Oh boy, Carson now has to take his science fair project to the District Level. I was laughing that he said it was bad news because secretly I kind of felt the same way. Don't judge me! I was proud of him, but now we have all this extra work that doesn't fall into the daily routine category! :) So the next week we went to a different school in the District and he set up his project. <br /><br />I am not going to lie. After seeing what other kids did for their projects I felt kind of bad for Carson. His poster was pretty simple. I'd say 90% of the displays at District were 200% more impressive than his. :) Sam and I gave each other the well-at-least-he-gets-experience look and we went home. The next night Carson had a 10 minute interview with a judge. Parents were not allowed to be in the same room during the interview. Carson came home and said he felt good about how it went. He said there was only one question he couldn't answer but when he turned it around and asked the judge what she thought the answer was, she didn't know. ha ha!<br /><br />At least it's over and we can go back to the daily routine.<br /><br />But wait. <br /><br />The next night I received an email from the District telling us Carson was a 1st place winner at the District Science Fair and now he is moving onto the Central Utah Science & Engineering Fair at the end of the month at BYU. Seriously? I couldn't believe it! He gets to go to an Awards Ceremony tonight where they get their blue ribbons. The way I figure, one of two things must have happened: Either Carson is brilliant during an interview, OR, a lot of the students who made District didn't interview very well because their parents did most of their projects. Perhaps it was a combination of both. Whatever the reason, we are so excited for Carson to have this experience! :)<br /><br />This past weekend Lillie got a cold. Oh man, I feel so bad for her. I've never had an 8 week old be so sick. We blessed her yesterday at church and I was just praying that she wouldn't cough or cry during her blessing...or even worse, puke all over herself! Luckily, she was a champ and slept most of the day! PHEW!<br /><br />Sam's mom made some eclairs for the occasion and we helped frost them. Cameron helped by licking the frosting off the beaters. Just a little excited I think!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCp4TQQApE8yE7X8VLnEmHI1RKQWRYfO-QPZxWObBhb-u9giU8sB5PkxwRw91MNYbJRWwOHsnxROoIH53C8kux4j6y2EUhyphenhyphenKbuYoYjqVHW_AW7NP4AW05MWVekYPI61ncX5ENzNg/s1600/IMG_8234.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCp4TQQApE8yE7X8VLnEmHI1RKQWRYfO-QPZxWObBhb-u9giU8sB5PkxwRw91MNYbJRWwOHsnxROoIH53C8kux4j6y2EUhyphenhyphenKbuYoYjqVHW_AW7NP4AW05MWVekYPI61ncX5ENzNg/s400/IMG_8234.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716535885955976946" /></a><br /><br />Lillie's blessing dress has some history. Way before Lillie was born I asked my friend Kendra if she would make a blessing dress for Lillie out of my wedding dress. She happily and graciously agreed to do so. She has had my dress since Thanksgiving and just thinking about how to do it. The last weekend in February she came over and measured Lillie. By the next day she had made the dress...an exact replica of my wedding dress just in miniature form for Lillie! Oh my word, I love it soooooo much! In fact, she even kept the actual skirt length the same. It is absolutely gorgeous! She even made a headband and bracelet out of beads and flowers from my wedding dress. I will definitely get some better pictures later when she's happier and not sick, but here's the gist of it:<br /><br />Getting a bath before dressing her. Oh I love that face!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHfTzKEP3iWBH2W2xIPrhayBP4YUgZoo7LpM5tYVRMrgI_1J153fa7Py06TwBsaHA3MBeA3dfGAgKmc0mn2uK80oUaZe1FZUVM8wXncIBsOUgE25zc-G1KKvd6NfFWhsuspTwuA/s1600/IMG_8245.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHfTzKEP3iWBH2W2xIPrhayBP4YUgZoo7LpM5tYVRMrgI_1J153fa7Py06TwBsaHA3MBeA3dfGAgKmc0mn2uK80oUaZe1FZUVM8wXncIBsOUgE25zc-G1KKvd6NfFWhsuspTwuA/s400/IMG_8245.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716537544104515810" /></a><br /><br />If I took her binky out she cried. Grrrr.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyUV6rZO61gC7F586VAyUtNAokceS5H9HAtc-uWGZ2VAwku8nBRl_cpt8v5hVfZrikMOWE7rO8kL_-HYjsMS1hzHPlFU0d2D35Ejtt9oAoFbRR6deypBQMo8q1i2qJKDWqEKNxRQ/s1600/IMG_8266.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyUV6rZO61gC7F586VAyUtNAokceS5H9HAtc-uWGZ2VAwku8nBRl_cpt8v5hVfZrikMOWE7rO8kL_-HYjsMS1hzHPlFU0d2D35Ejtt9oAoFbRR6deypBQMo8q1i2qJKDWqEKNxRQ/s400/IMG_8266.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716537951215447218" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZNjalPO9TEgBD4uV-PFq4WXuhejDJUtCDWfIkWvx5wwKXwu135izp_uadMvD3_9awGIrgqi9fnRtEoeJteqd9xS_kEsApF_XR1mtpyTaBZojxw7OpBSCsjTNc-uL7zmTySe0Kow/s1600/IMG_8265.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZNjalPO9TEgBD4uV-PFq4WXuhejDJUtCDWfIkWvx5wwKXwu135izp_uadMvD3_9awGIrgqi9fnRtEoeJteqd9xS_kEsApF_XR1mtpyTaBZojxw7OpBSCsjTNc-uL7zmTySe0Kow/s400/IMG_8265.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716538205696499426" /></a><br /><br />Still scratching my head over the red hair!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTgndBSyqxiSPR3pGcHjiF1jYsud_-FOD0Od4F7QxNDp4kr7VHWjqx1yj2Uxz8NV0RZ6IBdRPOVOw5BcpISePlh4gT-mBs_0ymn3EcW8BbSxeap_AZmnKY8GZdnYjbOVTEVKbvJg/s1600/IMG_8277.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTgndBSyqxiSPR3pGcHjiF1jYsud_-FOD0Od4F7QxNDp4kr7VHWjqx1yj2Uxz8NV0RZ6IBdRPOVOw5BcpISePlh4gT-mBs_0ymn3EcW8BbSxeap_AZmnKY8GZdnYjbOVTEVKbvJg/s400/IMG_8277.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716538425026743746" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfc-e19erx4FaSiT889SUhXqT4Bii1Pk1l0i3bwEAAg7eTeaOy-V9wuvDLptEejXs2_8zkDoSTFAVNT9-POvoPt7LoiXMzuogf0tJNpdY96OKSXkrvMm46ef2jpg10DuS73Qc5Pg/s1600/IMG_8294.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfc-e19erx4FaSiT889SUhXqT4Bii1Pk1l0i3bwEAAg7eTeaOy-V9wuvDLptEejXs2_8zkDoSTFAVNT9-POvoPt7LoiXMzuogf0tJNpdY96OKSXkrvMm46ef2jpg10DuS73Qc5Pg/s400/IMG_8294.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716538627991996450" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1XD2xODmMFFJxF86dJt2NW4jetyfWPY7Q1Z16pHUUEah1-LrpfteeD2xO2Yi4VR93_fRI6yFukxWNH_x6-7l-lTBOcBEG_nVNZGQgXwK4qML0CsHSME_zD-dcdKhCZftO2gZMQ/s1600/IMG_8312.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1XD2xODmMFFJxF86dJt2NW4jetyfWPY7Q1Z16pHUUEah1-LrpfteeD2xO2Yi4VR93_fRI6yFukxWNH_x6-7l-lTBOcBEG_nVNZGQgXwK4qML0CsHSME_zD-dcdKhCZftO2gZMQ/s400/IMG_8312.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716538798631643074" /></a><br /><br />My cousin, Maile, had her 4th baby 3 weeks before Lillie was born. Maile lives in Oregon and she had the brilliant idea to travel here for her son's baby blessing! Yay!! So, we blessed them both on Sunday and had an awesome lunch afterwards. I just love my family! This picture is a bit blurry...Maile, did you end up with a better picture? If so, email it to me! :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Elbt6f-OrMqa5NHXOGucT2aU2PILQdoWAA0XfIf0E9-SjNHW_-FuvXbPqi6ulmqwh1jAp34U1kYVKduUyqpikPJduwopMbkk5MrpxaaBEGZlRTCp4uqsS-t75GE6Ed5MPxLOcA/s1600/IMG_8319.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Elbt6f-OrMqa5NHXOGucT2aU2PILQdoWAA0XfIf0E9-SjNHW_-FuvXbPqi6ulmqwh1jAp34U1kYVKduUyqpikPJduwopMbkk5MrpxaaBEGZlRTCp4uqsS-t75GE6Ed5MPxLOcA/s400/IMG_8319.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716539366585241058" /></a><br /><br />Finally....<br />Here is Lillie's birth announcement. A big thanks to the photographer, <a href="http://www.michelereyes.blogspot.com/">Michele Reyes</a>, and to my friend, <a href="http://laurahildebrand.blogspot.com/">Laura Hildebrand </a>for putting them together for me! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcquwWay8qTz6Npgx_RrslcjEbosDv1R7LX0g05yBj4krJNZbVLgqq3PQPddozWIyIrSDE5-KOHWEp56eixCefQqjTN8Qpx2z-RwIEafjN-UlVNKb2H_qIP3Kplm_Gtr2JcUz2Iw/s1600/lillie%2527s+birth+announcement.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcquwWay8qTz6Npgx_RrslcjEbosDv1R7LX0g05yBj4krJNZbVLgqq3PQPddozWIyIrSDE5-KOHWEp56eixCefQqjTN8Qpx2z-RwIEafjN-UlVNKb2H_qIP3Kplm_Gtr2JcUz2Iw/s400/lillie%2527s+birth+announcement.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716540460956911346" /></a>Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675596953196622102noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21370574.post-72805333821483222852012-02-12T19:47:00.000-07:002012-02-12T19:47:12.328-07:00As Long As Parker Is Around...As long as Parker is around, we will ALWAYS have something to laugh at! He will also keep me humble, which is important, don't you think?<br /><br />We had Stake Conference today. It was a wonderful meeting and as usual, we hung around afterwards visiting with everybody and taking entirely too long to go home. Seriously, we love to chat, it's just the "norm" for us. As we were leaving, Carson and Parker were being rowdy so Sam shoved them outside (lovingly, of course) while we got Lillie buckled into her car seat. As we started heading outside, Carson informed us that Parker was peeing in the bushes. I totally did not believe him because Carson's greatest joy is trying to trick us into believing his jokes. So I said "yah right!" and walked outside. To my horror, there was Parker, peeing in the bushes RIGHT NEXT TO THE MAIN ENTRANCE of the church! <br /><br />We quickly asked him what he was doing and he responded with "I had to go to the bathroom" in the most normal, bored voice ever. Luckily, most everybody had left the church since we took so long going home. I think a teenage boy walked out after us so he is probably the only one who saw....hopefully! Sam told Parker it was inappropriate and as were were walking to the car, and Parker was zipping up his pants, I saw Sam totally laughing quietly. Phew, I'm not the only one who found humor in this! We should count our lucky stars: At least he's not 2 and pulls his pants all the way down to his ankles when he urinates! ha ha!<br /><br />Here is Parker trying to take a nap on his body pillow this afternoon. He is seriously the funniest (is that a word??).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4zrjWlBOWlTfIwpqJe3D-Bu3qBYmujXtfRSPJs2iLBBvkw3f1BAu8MsWpSFdBAnpIOI6cyUkEoCNQ39mFpgptBezCM8iqXpiLwfP6h_R9GWcdQNhJbAR8CbwUN0QbzekYBfC3VA/s1600/IMG_8024.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4zrjWlBOWlTfIwpqJe3D-Bu3qBYmujXtfRSPJs2iLBBvkw3f1BAu8MsWpSFdBAnpIOI6cyUkEoCNQ39mFpgptBezCM8iqXpiLwfP6h_R9GWcdQNhJbAR8CbwUN0QbzekYBfC3VA/s400/IMG_8024.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708397748664056514" /></a><br /><br />To make matters worse:<br />We were eating lunch after church and for a treat, I gave the boys a cookie from our freezer. Parker took a bite and doubled over while holding his mouth. He's had a loose tooth for about a month. We said "Oh man, did your tooth come out?" He said "no, it just made it more loose! I can feel a bigger gap now". I asked him to open his mouth so I could see. I was laughing so hard because his mouth was all bloody and his tooth was GONE! I said "Parker, your tooth is gone! Did you swallow it?" Yep, he did. Poor Parker. <br /><br />Parker was pretty upset but we just told him to write the tooth fairy a letter. He did. It says "Dear Tooth Fairy, I swallowed my tooth. Please give me money anyway". Yeah, I think we should have some fun with this one...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieBK_zAHg5P0P0lYYOEDSRb1-euDmxMFRFl4DBz_cz_F_Gni6SZVPBLQTBk2eG6nIHvZSTccCb-hCYMBE9xgTzyFPU68t3y-BATfgwstEF14vQsUQoVvGiWTxWrRXuoqEUx2o_mA/s1600/IMG_8025.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieBK_zAHg5P0P0lYYOEDSRb1-euDmxMFRFl4DBz_cz_F_Gni6SZVPBLQTBk2eG6nIHvZSTccCb-hCYMBE9xgTzyFPU68t3y-BATfgwstEF14vQsUQoVvGiWTxWrRXuoqEUx2o_mA/s400/IMG_8025.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708446137573361730" /></a>Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675596953196622102noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21370574.post-12113551201184817832012-02-02T13:59:00.006-07:002012-02-02T14:14:07.211-07:00Yep, More Pictures Of LillieI've been cooped up in my house for almost a month. Shockingly, the only pictures I have to show for it are mostly of Lillie. <br /><br />Sunday best!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvQYKNT6ZwmDmfMOAnfgtyFuEy1O-eGDa2ehRH4jAAMVMymZm2nox00cT-Pa_PxGYI_-3b84FfIBfON4TY0hu0Nwcnj0lL74GD5LM2_HFRw7Nc4WzglRdpX81JMLkzzSN607ypmw/s1600/IMG_7824.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvQYKNT6ZwmDmfMOAnfgtyFuEy1O-eGDa2ehRH4jAAMVMymZm2nox00cT-Pa_PxGYI_-3b84FfIBfON4TY0hu0Nwcnj0lL74GD5LM2_HFRw7Nc4WzglRdpX81JMLkzzSN607ypmw/s400/IMG_7824.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704647032221141138" /></a><br /><br />These two are best buddies. I love it!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr6g-JQbMIChfoSqblkhGAwe_wFfkMlbxM8vAC-l24semfV4efEp7uD0kZJ-IDwKVfJ2ZB8YZJC5UvAzRzGud8HQiYbANivtRi0YxvRvFHYt4RbtPzu2PM7kA8drjyRsN6-3hKag/s1600/IMG_7817.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr6g-JQbMIChfoSqblkhGAwe_wFfkMlbxM8vAC-l24semfV4efEp7uD0kZJ-IDwKVfJ2ZB8YZJC5UvAzRzGud8HQiYbANivtRi0YxvRvFHYt4RbtPzu2PM7kA8drjyRsN6-3hKag/s400/IMG_7817.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704647284707323250" /></a><br /><br />I took these pictures this morning. Just to keep it real, Lillie had just had quite the B.M. and she was wide awake and alert (maybe a little freaked out) after that experience!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaRGXtfyfDwN8W_dIX-HHgw2JwA41od2X32FQGJI5VnxhpuXX6Yr7U-eeesfwbdq55Docsq71C4nr_00BTrMX-9UQ_2OIB_48OLlWg-ncTu_3qDzlvrO18Bne8egxXi6LGMv78Mw/s1600/IMG_7932.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaRGXtfyfDwN8W_dIX-HHgw2JwA41od2X32FQGJI5VnxhpuXX6Yr7U-eeesfwbdq55Docsq71C4nr_00BTrMX-9UQ_2OIB_48OLlWg-ncTu_3qDzlvrO18Bne8egxXi6LGMv78Mw/s400/IMG_7932.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704647815048350210" /></a><br /><br />"Gosh mom, do you have to tell EVERYBODY about my bowels? Uh-Oh, here comes another one...."<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELA04zrxoBP9V4v2ab4Tp-5lrj6vzRwIf02O3W93D22WpS2Fszy9PHraNOglK-Qv4Ei9QOE-zN2IAOJVvgmtP2CJryjmm85mQxxos43rA35cuQRbJ3Hv8XtZZIwQAJgOi91a41A/s1600/IMG_7934.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELA04zrxoBP9V4v2ab4Tp-5lrj6vzRwIf02O3W93D22WpS2Fszy9PHraNOglK-Qv4Ei9QOE-zN2IAOJVvgmtP2CJryjmm85mQxxos43rA35cuQRbJ3Hv8XtZZIwQAJgOi91a41A/s400/IMG_7934.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704647976012571442" /></a><br /><br />"I have a hard life: eating, sleeping, pooooooooping"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw79tbrIAUNbiSE9p3gmZwa2WR7z37IPxitDOMS7TOJPp9cQQSaZRGgmrwdSmmOjVjODvB4XKX1D9vlwPUp7znDH0c1rKuRxyvbzGDZ0NKG8-GEyQe0kk_8zUdJ0QtVRK4BaaP0w/s1600/IMG_7936.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw79tbrIAUNbiSE9p3gmZwa2WR7z37IPxitDOMS7TOJPp9cQQSaZRGgmrwdSmmOjVjODvB4XKX1D9vlwPUp7znDH0c1rKuRxyvbzGDZ0NKG8-GEyQe0kk_8zUdJ0QtVRK4BaaP0w/s400/IMG_7936.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704648515955507538" /></a><br /><br />"I think I'll write a rap song about it. My hand is perfectly placed for my pretend microphone...which is convenient since I have NO CONTROL over my spazzy hands!"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQz4v9T84ow3LCjf7jhqj6FbqQ1lUdrfDw0csQHoY6KCkdUuNHNEyP0Zqle_yoIAH81k86Zq9so9TTitstrKHGJCCEWVy8SOwuf-_qglWUVK8IhZToq_HhzQ0IlbnvLu2yM6NUuw/s1600/IMG_7941.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQz4v9T84ow3LCjf7jhqj6FbqQ1lUdrfDw0csQHoY6KCkdUuNHNEyP0Zqle_yoIAH81k86Zq9so9TTitstrKHGJCCEWVy8SOwuf-_qglWUVK8IhZToq_HhzQ0IlbnvLu2yM6NUuw/s400/IMG_7941.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704649043719975650" /></a><br /><br />"That's enough for today. I'm pooped (punny!), please leave me be so I can get my beauty rest."<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbAB2V0WhiRW6xL2FBfBmNuNnYFs3-oP2vD0kLJuakeZNIOJDsw0OfKI7GszW-2xoS822HVy-Mms6w9QBG71yLABiHrK7OL-yQWOWD4ckmOAnx_7ydQ2SWzSNQmSUr90Lgd-_kwQ/s1600/IMG_7951.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbAB2V0WhiRW6xL2FBfBmNuNnYFs3-oP2vD0kLJuakeZNIOJDsw0OfKI7GszW-2xoS822HVy-Mms6w9QBG71yLABiHrK7OL-yQWOWD4ckmOAnx_7ydQ2SWzSNQmSUr90Lgd-_kwQ/s400/IMG_7951.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704649413862144546" /></a>Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675596953196622102noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21370574.post-23915933245792837332012-01-25T16:37:00.016-07:002012-01-25T17:06:12.831-07:002 1/2 Weeks OldLillie is only 2 1/2 weeks old, but it feels like she has been part of our family for years! Now, you could take that one of two ways.... Either it feels that way because she is such a welcome addition and we don't know how we got along without her, <strong>OR</strong>, I'm exhausted from 24-7 care and the days are such a blur it feels like I've been doing this job for years! <br /><br />Okay, maybe it's a little bit of both....<br /><br />Regardless, we are smitten, 100% smitten.<br /><br />I usually am holding her and think "oh I need a picture of that face!" and the only camera within reach is my crappy cell phone camera. No, I don't have a fancy iphone yet. :) Here are a few shots I've taken lately wit my phone:<br /><br />My friend gave me a swaddler for my baby shower. I seriously don't know how I got my newborns to sleep in the past without one of these bad boys! They hold her arms down and wrap her up nice and tight. Love it!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtD09A4uB5UJFEalMnFvZFR0duKzNL5_uUAliP_FRLmGyNmORZn_tYZZi-8cIrYCPn6RC_R2VJvBB8UA3Q_kVLHhWLuK7aAd6gajzEKjH5MK7vKW7tkIB9eZW5_7PY4_ZCMAbY7Q/s1600/swaddled.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtD09A4uB5UJFEalMnFvZFR0duKzNL5_uUAliP_FRLmGyNmORZn_tYZZi-8cIrYCPn6RC_R2VJvBB8UA3Q_kVLHhWLuK7aAd6gajzEKjH5MK7vKW7tkIB9eZW5_7PY4_ZCMAbY7Q/s400/swaddled.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701718856306861666" /></a><br /><br />So girly!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDG1Yfl_esls5YF8I1vDoIUAygcdsO8RykPlUwMn8FdU6k_BqUHMVaBM79ht4hdHvdit6u9At7k9qhtVJjaaNYdaaF5YOC5v7v_rTbYABkLVFN6Rf0aqGfFmg3oGTGWuuId_2fMw/s1600/girly%2521.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDG1Yfl_esls5YF8I1vDoIUAygcdsO8RykPlUwMn8FdU6k_BqUHMVaBM79ht4hdHvdit6u9At7k9qhtVJjaaNYdaaF5YOC5v7v_rTbYABkLVFN6Rf0aqGfFmg3oGTGWuuId_2fMw/s400/girly%2521.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701719801516484290" /></a><br /><br />Soaking up some sun. Don't you love how all newborns have frog legs? Cracks me up!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie3GDGDPowmp_jzqDPGXPvDwljglmwYA_KqfqPJD5saeZUcGW8NeRGYes76gBI3zhsnv2YPzb-HE1gB8X6DgNHuuI1eQVkqcqvpcJzIQ0Voil9-Yv1mxxF-MmAcMqwu5MrwCPUxw/s1600/basking+in+sun.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie3GDGDPowmp_jzqDPGXPvDwljglmwYA_KqfqPJD5saeZUcGW8NeRGYes76gBI3zhsnv2YPzb-HE1gB8X6DgNHuuI1eQVkqcqvpcJzIQ0Voil9-Yv1mxxF-MmAcMqwu5MrwCPUxw/s400/basking+in+sun.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701720056248803810" /></a><br /><br />I texted this picture to Sam and his reply was "Creepy hands!" Okay, yes, her hands look a little Tyrannasauraus Rex, but look at those cheeks! How about those awesome eyes?? She can't help the fact that her fingers are abnormally long...one day those hands will be called elegant. :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghnZozTfP6X1Yx6q5Q49s8pf1ISS_Hd4xdwIVnCcQT5CPJjDKq_hxIIxu-KXO38IFLw2YLua-ZH3fCH05_ohmtjtKZBrSAukNTjpEr5uLaBiqfa1frbXTGOhUnHvrouf4w5XM1NA/s1600/creepy+hands.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghnZozTfP6X1Yx6q5Q49s8pf1ISS_Hd4xdwIVnCcQT5CPJjDKq_hxIIxu-KXO38IFLw2YLua-ZH3fCH05_ohmtjtKZBrSAukNTjpEr5uLaBiqfa1frbXTGOhUnHvrouf4w5XM1NA/s400/creepy+hands.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701720514654123202" /></a><br /><br />This picture is from today. She stretched and then just kept her hands above her head. Since the Superbowl is in a few weeks, I will title this picture "TOUCHDOWN!"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXED9LF1Fukqhksn8l5Foo3zSUfo8QQl2D2C3W_o399JLJddXkL4gFECWPpnMDwhYDHxq_Xs5qIiXzR8ql0V3mT-tX28PjPcrjWxh5xtjy6uFGaLeOrogFdh4Yg9yH0pbafO6Ylw/s1600/touchdown%2521.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXED9LF1Fukqhksn8l5Foo3zSUfo8QQl2D2C3W_o399JLJddXkL4gFECWPpnMDwhYDHxq_Xs5qIiXzR8ql0V3mT-tX28PjPcrjWxh5xtjy6uFGaLeOrogFdh4Yg9yH0pbafO6Ylw/s400/touchdown%2521.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701721008205106610" /></a><br /><br />Onto other things...<br />Cameron brought this paper home from preschool today. What I SHOULD have said was "Hey Cameron, tell me about this picture?" but instead I said "Hey Cameron, this is an awesome cloud!". His reply: "It's not a cloud, it's a bunny!" ...sigh...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM6-FbWJGBT8_uuQ6jswfduUR-YmhIP6pTYX1kxmzrUAhe6VJdGmG7nwRV2RtYffMkX4vi35JgIMu1Q4mM42yVTu_XA9J9KZ-DrqX6UeQ3ak6v2nr4mX7HCyL9YsQ-5KgEXXwDAA/s1600/bunny.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM6-FbWJGBT8_uuQ6jswfduUR-YmhIP6pTYX1kxmzrUAhe6VJdGmG7nwRV2RtYffMkX4vi35JgIMu1Q4mM42yVTu_XA9J9KZ-DrqX6UeQ3ak6v2nr4mX7HCyL9YsQ-5KgEXXwDAA/s400/bunny.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701721483021665282" /></a><br /><br />Cameron has been drawing this kid a lot on the magnadoodle. He draws it the exact same way every time, but each time he draws it he tells me it's somebody different....dad, Carson, Parker, Cameron... Parker and Cameron have never been big on drawing or coloring so for Cameron to draw this "kid", it makes me smile!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ8hfcZfmLDPwnQTKuMMJa4EsjZMake8E1GdA3H1p9IjEgaZjM1H0Fu9FhJnRWpn4P4r4B2I6AHrO5csd3-oLp-hXfBgo7MEXXxU0JLpp_M-np1aKJSrT3yF7iTr1P6DUHDkG8Hg/s1600/kid.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ8hfcZfmLDPwnQTKuMMJa4EsjZMake8E1GdA3H1p9IjEgaZjM1H0Fu9FhJnRWpn4P4r4B2I6AHrO5csd3-oLp-hXfBgo7MEXXxU0JLpp_M-np1aKJSrT3yF7iTr1P6DUHDkG8Hg/s400/kid.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701722010097645874" /></a><br /><br />Speaking of that crazy kid Cameron, check out his actual face, not the magnadoodle kind. Seriously, he's a nut job!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIoBlbFl3iwlC7PTA77NUotSkKh2BiQ7ofkR7vfTdOImoedF0bW65lIV4UQz0AEbJ0oi_oGy6pN1B5W-Ccf38ftOgKBmTDfYcdFAYt97GnXCcmWH1FnhLGLS6NtSd-g6QF-ZXG_Q/s1600/IMG_7616.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIoBlbFl3iwlC7PTA77NUotSkKh2BiQ7ofkR7vfTdOImoedF0bW65lIV4UQz0AEbJ0oi_oGy6pN1B5W-Ccf38ftOgKBmTDfYcdFAYt97GnXCcmWH1FnhLGLS6NtSd-g6QF-ZXG_Q/s400/IMG_7616.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701722952256062162" /></a><br /><br />With the help of Aunt Fern....major improvement! ha ha ha!!! Cameron just looked at this picture and said "OH, that is SO Aunt Fern!!"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwziK50pBwKl1kUma5nYxXfcbpkH5b24AsaDwxqfPl9x66PPiAVyJyM1ilP3y04VvzxjZe3ewG8pksWl9GQNtSbMSc1Qooqp0qQ6VedxX9RYSHYduDVKIhOtZAsgee34w99FTQFw/s1600/IMG_7622.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwziK50pBwKl1kUma5nYxXfcbpkH5b24AsaDwxqfPl9x66PPiAVyJyM1ilP3y04VvzxjZe3ewG8pksWl9GQNtSbMSc1Qooqp0qQ6VedxX9RYSHYduDVKIhOtZAsgee34w99FTQFw/s400/IMG_7622.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701723212212694514" /></a><br /><br />I took Lillie to church this past Sunday. I know I should stay home longer but I had cabin fever in a bad way! It felt good to get out of this house!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8mavcjKvLTaXmiU8Zp4LTngCHY8QR_Y3KSUwD_KvvVJAdF7RZdl7WaUWOfxRxU1m3j0hyK1SuSx08yQCMnxew9XttytFa4ZPPm0DuQ4F9pVXqNw-GvwhowtSDlvt4dgoLDsKUlw/s1600/IMG_7631.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8mavcjKvLTaXmiU8Zp4LTngCHY8QR_Y3KSUwD_KvvVJAdF7RZdl7WaUWOfxRxU1m3j0hyK1SuSx08yQCMnxew9XttytFa4ZPPm0DuQ4F9pVXqNw-GvwhowtSDlvt4dgoLDsKUlw/s400/IMG_7631.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701723722744828754" /></a><br /><br />My mom showed me some pictures yesterday of when I was a wee one. Guess what? My hair was this same reddish brown color! Verrrry eeeenterestiiing!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRmmOJBv6O1wyohvAfz-Ez2g73fLHH1hHKlF2PTj_-5gH-eEYQOWGtv4sUUEBEPI0py8LdN8yc_MTK9ANZzoSry6PUg_KS0We3yyHbeS1vkcIdiIJ9ZMsXarsCEGg1clE0fIFo6Q/s1600/IMG_7648.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRmmOJBv6O1wyohvAfz-Ez2g73fLHH1hHKlF2PTj_-5gH-eEYQOWGtv4sUUEBEPI0py8LdN8yc_MTK9ANZzoSry6PUg_KS0We3yyHbeS1vkcIdiIJ9ZMsXarsCEGg1clE0fIFo6Q/s400/IMG_7648.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701724222273568082" /></a><br /><br />She looks like she has something to say. I hope it's a witty reply to something her brothers said...she's going to need a quick wit to be the only girl. Either that or some long fingernails for a good defense...right Curtis? I think he has scars from my attacks when we were young 'uns.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIJgYADs-BU_YlJopCM9hPT6-xQCIPyooDwvzyAvsW_GngzDaAodMa8GGbGQbO1CqfC6jFIvg0USK34ujzWKMAYWgLu9aTd-56D2tFJagqPajMCgWI41AQiAEjiGMEET04YiemRQ/s1600/IMG_7701.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIJgYADs-BU_YlJopCM9hPT6-xQCIPyooDwvzyAvsW_GngzDaAodMa8GGbGQbO1CqfC6jFIvg0USK34ujzWKMAYWgLu9aTd-56D2tFJagqPajMCgWI41AQiAEjiGMEET04YiemRQ/s400/IMG_7701.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701725072798820722" /></a>Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675596953196622102noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21370574.post-53464948387723127132012-01-15T16:22:00.028-07:002012-01-15T21:34:14.397-07:00Lillie Belle Sweet 1.7.2012Yay!!! She is HERE!!!<br /><br />She is actually 8 days old now. Boy, times have changed...when I had Cameron, I updated my blog from my hospital bed. I guess I have my priorities more in check now. :) However, I wanted to document the experience before my sleep deprived brain forgets everything!<br /><br />Sam and I did something different this time around. We decided to keep the delivery on the quiet side without any family in the room. I've loved having my parents and Fern in the delivery room in the past, but for our last baby we decided to keep it "chill". It proved to be a very special experience. <br /><br />Here I am all hooked up to the pitocin. Don't let the smile fool you. Those contractions came FAST and they came HARD! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5XgglIoGAvmjuVTRy7ar9ZnCdzVSapNl5AHGvSsM-QsPEKgGHT06iVnPIZlVb1RF8IPFS-pPy4JXUtkKDpdBhvZ6ca8q0O8VGvLbu0ZDS0cqEF4LT_LiXQ7hsLmBg6jUa0l12VA/s1600/IMG_7073.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5XgglIoGAvmjuVTRy7ar9ZnCdzVSapNl5AHGvSsM-QsPEKgGHT06iVnPIZlVb1RF8IPFS-pPy4JXUtkKDpdBhvZ6ca8q0O8VGvLbu0ZDS0cqEF4LT_LiXQ7hsLmBg6jUa0l12VA/s400/IMG_7073.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698005044280986146" /></a><br /><br />In the past, I would start to feel gentle contractions and then I'd get my epidural. This time it was like "Oh, I think that was a contraction" and then suddenly I'm gripping the side rails of the bed as crazy contractions were right on top of each other. It was super intense...to put it mildly. This all happened within an hour. I got the magical epidural doctor in the room asap and then I was happy and relaxed again. :)<br /><br />I settled down into my bed, hoping for a nap because suddenly I was sooooo tired and extremely relaxed and comfortable. My doctor came into the room and said "you are complete, time to have a baby!". I swear, it all happened so fast! Sam responded, "WHAT? Now????" My doctor, who is totally awesome, said "well, we could go to lunch if you'd like, but I figured you'd want to meet your daughter.". <br /><br />Okay, time to get down to business! The best part of the labor: I only had to push a couple times. During my last push my doctor said "Okay, good!". I thought she meant I was doing a good job, so I continued my push. Then she looked at me and said "no really, stop pushing" and then she held up my baby!! ha ha, I didn't even realize she had been delivered! Best delivery of all 4 kids by a country mile!!!<br /><br />She cried like a champ, they put her on my chest for some skin-to-skin time, and she totally relaxed and stopped crying. It was then I became a little shocked: this girl has reddish-auburn hair! What the What??? My boys all had jet black hair. Totally bizarre!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmWvpWC11krgbG2vkPoanIGQXcg50gpE1_P8XP49gm_Ip-XvL0RFwN_msWZ2UePgE4drxC8FfqChtTK0zk07B3zmPf5tmYs8TceTUAVBKJKQ0La4GU9Q9oqRwL_XHgQyjVRXSTA/s1600/IMG_7088.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmWvpWC11krgbG2vkPoanIGQXcg50gpE1_P8XP49gm_Ip-XvL0RFwN_msWZ2UePgE4drxC8FfqChtTK0zk07B3zmPf5tmYs8TceTUAVBKJKQ0La4GU9Q9oqRwL_XHgQyjVRXSTA/s400/IMG_7088.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698007175327504466" /></a><br /><br />Then they weighed and measured her: 6 lbs 13 oz, 20 inches long. She is my only 6 pounder. No wonder she was so easy to deliver! Cameron was 8 lbs 4 oz. What a difference!<br /> <br />All newborns are freaky in a Harry Potter Mandrake way. Oooh, that bulgy eye is awesome!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmRa_NpqGG2JNXZMZfxKz6CJ5l4SOTo62muFA0NYWdHitWZ5N4syq9gcPAoop3D-RbjkZBEXTrq02t0jsGU5GlzIZbLlab6GlSxXk93sPMY4wy0SsGGbJGhGQ1jrdYep19Q9rxdw/s1600/IMG_7122.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmRa_NpqGG2JNXZMZfxKz6CJ5l4SOTo62muFA0NYWdHitWZ5N4syq9gcPAoop3D-RbjkZBEXTrq02t0jsGU5GlzIZbLlab6GlSxXk93sPMY4wy0SsGGbJGhGQ1jrdYep19Q9rxdw/s400/IMG_7122.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698007839441304418" /></a><br /><br />Opening your mouth is not going to distract me from that awesome bulgy eye. Nice try Lillie!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGeARmgBzyMC43civBReRO45diVda43OIb_tUr8-o9sxfBE5u_CfPbpQqu71MKAwbitGNW16h8Gji7z_EyAl8qS_K8GbxVPQHKSdaTi7yyjwNPlqCT4acTQrMvKE-gFx9wEh4spg/s1600/IMG_7142.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGeARmgBzyMC43civBReRO45diVda43OIb_tUr8-o9sxfBE5u_CfPbpQqu71MKAwbitGNW16h8Gji7z_EyAl8qS_K8GbxVPQHKSdaTi7yyjwNPlqCT4acTQrMvKE-gFx9wEh4spg/s400/IMG_7142.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698008379474883314" /></a><br /><br />Okay, you won me over with the pouty lips and spit bubble. Yep, it's official. I love your guts!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI_a_jfqUBT3UP5RireeUSIqnWACULjUZtQ0sfifzKGAygYWjrIK6W09fJcuhIerkV-Al9RaTKDBur0thGdipv9G_mCdvKaqVpuyGZvvRD9n2TAhgiR7FoaEiYzhxeVpJ_6YJwQA/s1600/IMG_7143.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI_a_jfqUBT3UP5RireeUSIqnWACULjUZtQ0sfifzKGAygYWjrIK6W09fJcuhIerkV-Al9RaTKDBur0thGdipv9G_mCdvKaqVpuyGZvvRD9n2TAhgiR7FoaEiYzhxeVpJ_6YJwQA/s400/IMG_7143.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698008675748393106" /></a><br /><br />Uh-oh...somebody is hungry!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeCBjI12GOqU71GmoV1igZzoj7M0WQ715VacrkFUp2PJlfU5NrrqvjphmUTRNFG77QTbutQA4Ph1Zm4_PqaWDNCYQ4Q_wLH0NuGXQWxOUaujfAL-TL6zNmYJJshHKYahm7Y3x4yQ/s1600/IMG_7152.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeCBjI12GOqU71GmoV1igZzoj7M0WQ715VacrkFUp2PJlfU5NrrqvjphmUTRNFG77QTbutQA4Ph1Zm4_PqaWDNCYQ4Q_wLH0NuGXQWxOUaujfAL-TL6zNmYJJshHKYahm7Y3x4yQ/s400/IMG_7152.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698009161614146354" /></a><br /><br />My doctor: Dr Hannele Laine. She is seriously the bees knees and the cat's meow. Totally casual, hangs out in the delivery room taking pictures, and is lots of fun to chat with. Love her!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4bBSE6eiLCnDgSBojTyqsAd6_pK4UJShTlMsXtq9fsJw_4dBZ71St_-ITiywIm8V36JIOTcMSOl6iPlnhRcmxjgQMFJ5JZhCk60guhVYyzrx5OvGnVUAADX0Qo7wnXeESKI_yng/s1600/IMG_7148.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4bBSE6eiLCnDgSBojTyqsAd6_pK4UJShTlMsXtq9fsJw_4dBZ71St_-ITiywIm8V36JIOTcMSOl6iPlnhRcmxjgQMFJ5JZhCk60guhVYyzrx5OvGnVUAADX0Qo7wnXeESKI_yng/s400/IMG_7148.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698009826241348194" /></a><br /><br />Grandma and Grandpa Clark. Lillie is named after my dad's mother, Lillie Rottweiler Clark. My mom's maiden name is "Bell", hence Lillie's middle name of "Belle". <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmPG3u4e62Jh2pvIwjETfw56Z_Ej37GioVNE7SCYsOcGBg3EZnjpdbrRvGfcU9iSENnlHIFMVGyKEjYiak2OKR42lVMxnGvEAKKem1wDixJYndt-SCb5bTODZQKZE01a9m0pR-9A/s1600/IMG_7196.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmPG3u4e62Jh2pvIwjETfw56Z_Ej37GioVNE7SCYsOcGBg3EZnjpdbrRvGfcU9iSENnlHIFMVGyKEjYiak2OKR42lVMxnGvEAKKem1wDixJYndt-SCb5bTODZQKZE01a9m0pR-9A/s400/IMG_7196.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698010476494100242" /></a><br /><br />First bath. Sam's a pro at this by now! The nurse even gave him an out and said "do you want to bathe her or would you like me to?" and Sam jumped right in and got his hands wet! Before he bathed her I said "Make sure you put a bow in her hair, I'll be so bummed if my only girl does not have a bow in her hair at the hospital!". Sam picked out a good one. Pink polka dots. Precious. :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGIDcucwtdQ9TaDS2G85L5T432PBq69vt7PmiOTmJMq3fd9HK-wddx2ABs1-RNgGMYZX2zK0k6ZrXNVniPbg1wbqMAvmvIgZPgjAonVpMfdrncJTjhhNXNCKJu-aTChdB8g0uEHg/s1600/IMG_7204.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGIDcucwtdQ9TaDS2G85L5T432PBq69vt7PmiOTmJMq3fd9HK-wddx2ABs1-RNgGMYZX2zK0k6ZrXNVniPbg1wbqMAvmvIgZPgjAonVpMfdrncJTjhhNXNCKJu-aTChdB8g0uEHg/s400/IMG_7204.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698010771719541906" /></a><br /><br />Aunt Fern came to meet the Sweet caboose! Great picture of both ladies!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikGm1i2l5GGfyQFu4l80MUT2932y2RIeLcsfdW-YPVDIuYnBsdQmE9ubfQ_jA57oTMTrtxPSsYjO-ijFmzdLEKxX7lQc4KzeNolLMgIrFV1F2fI1AjcRnhroya55ajm4ijNrYQFw/s1600/IMG_7220.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikGm1i2l5GGfyQFu4l80MUT2932y2RIeLcsfdW-YPVDIuYnBsdQmE9ubfQ_jA57oTMTrtxPSsYjO-ijFmzdLEKxX7lQc4KzeNolLMgIrFV1F2fI1AjcRnhroya55ajm4ijNrYQFw/s400/IMG_7220.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698011385777336002" /></a><br /><br />Carson was at a scout merit badge shin dig all day so my parents brought Parker and Cameron to the hospital with them. They loved her instantly, which was great because when Cameron was born, Parker was a stinker! Ha ha, Sam is grubbin' on his Crown Burger that Fern brought him. Watching your wife have a baby is hard work, eh Sam! Really works up the ol' appetite. ha ha!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2bFdNkpEafwWVkI2m5tanl8sgyM42094XZYNbQB-_4WAMWgUrRHkjEkYj3ztazwDlPW1kZhpnTXZdMZIY8g1rtMP7XxyJy8O4LTa_zJfvQMDPjKJUWMQGebD5z2518dtQ3icHFA/s1600/IMG_7234.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2bFdNkpEafwWVkI2m5tanl8sgyM42094XZYNbQB-_4WAMWgUrRHkjEkYj3ztazwDlPW1kZhpnTXZdMZIY8g1rtMP7XxyJy8O4LTa_zJfvQMDPjKJUWMQGebD5z2518dtQ3icHFA/s400/IMG_7234.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698011736807194258" /></a><br /><br />It LOOKS like Parker is freaked out by Lillie. Actually, he's looking at the IV needle in my hand and freaking out. hee hee.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL8RpHtRhfIDwYyQlS735hHIXz2eCfJA1xbZ3mvn8TsH7-1b66x7Ev11KCDkxffJG1UMu7lHWcC9rFP0noam9cQoLR666i74hjGQd943y_sDxtwdXPmtgeJAzkj5PmcI7DWgZL-g/s1600/IMG_7236.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL8RpHtRhfIDwYyQlS735hHIXz2eCfJA1xbZ3mvn8TsH7-1b66x7Ev11KCDkxffJG1UMu7lHWcC9rFP0noam9cQoLR666i74hjGQd943y_sDxtwdXPmtgeJAzkj5PmcI7DWgZL-g/s400/IMG_7236.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698012325282512946" /></a><br /><br />The boys holding Lillie for the first time. They are seriously so good with her.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR6L0BEndar930AvPdpyvVGR1A9iUSGN27jUATNZR6q8jpavQB8b7bWfCTxAWAm-0E2XNAf594yMeetnAXMJnfU-RVVUylZZdyHIPttIJ3bdubIQTsoOaICfErkcTK7c0mn05Fqw/s1600/IMG_7261.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR6L0BEndar930AvPdpyvVGR1A9iUSGN27jUATNZR6q8jpavQB8b7bWfCTxAWAm-0E2XNAf594yMeetnAXMJnfU-RVVUylZZdyHIPttIJ3bdubIQTsoOaICfErkcTK7c0mn05Fqw/s400/IMG_7261.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698013048603532274" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUVclwg_K3NwwgOE9KSKKmX_jSWFkUJA4wpLA_oSG1-yopjQ3UYr4v6gHbw_6I7cl8MNHzG0GO2fceUF3_-UFYg1MFex8ehFQq1fITJl7TsKmNw67EBMWPqArOiWfEgzPbh-9tbg/s1600/IMG_7258.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUVclwg_K3NwwgOE9KSKKmX_jSWFkUJA4wpLA_oSG1-yopjQ3UYr4v6gHbw_6I7cl8MNHzG0GO2fceUF3_-UFYg1MFex8ehFQq1fITJl7TsKmNw67EBMWPqArOiWfEgzPbh-9tbg/s400/IMG_7258.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698013040797150834" /></a><br /><br />Carson came later in the day. He liked her, but it wasn't until we got home that he became enthralled with her. I guess he needed to let his 11-year old emotions figure things out first. I'm sure part of it has to do with the fact that he knows where babies come from now! Yeah, see the pinkish blush on his face! It's tough to grow up.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP6aZy2r8BXNdxdzlVvCiGGM-QWqzEyMZQJFhp1S4htyZ8dE16HocAQQYnUvJeTQyc-Nr0gbXdc7SAgFMOsSFDcKZQ0vt0iXNI2-kcc7-JpNuHawLkbg27W59n03Os8UoEGba58Q/s1600/IMG_7269.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP6aZy2r8BXNdxdzlVvCiGGM-QWqzEyMZQJFhp1S4htyZ8dE16HocAQQYnUvJeTQyc-Nr0gbXdc7SAgFMOsSFDcKZQ0vt0iXNI2-kcc7-JpNuHawLkbg27W59n03Os8UoEGba58Q/s400/IMG_7269.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698013455278310786" /></a><br /><br />I'm always fascinated at how quickly babies change in the first few hours of life. I think I had already kissed those cheeks 500 times.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMOPQgtAmrl0kxWmJwWVSw-LTMIhBz4KI0aQqZYMSF5PG5WIETxk7Asz76eJMMlpFKa3kgSIDTNnzgVRHyhgf030p_F8FXoIIWOG6woFNQhieOAZqRR0gNpBNHY-yIpb3lkU789A/s1600/IMG_7273.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMOPQgtAmrl0kxWmJwWVSw-LTMIhBz4KI0aQqZYMSF5PG5WIETxk7Asz76eJMMlpFKa3kgSIDTNnzgVRHyhgf030p_F8FXoIIWOG6woFNQhieOAZqRR0gNpBNHY-yIpb3lkU789A/s400/IMG_7273.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698013882180644370" /></a><br /><br />By the next morning I was bored and ready to leave the hospital! Sam took advantage of the bed. Right after this picture, my nurse came in the room. We joked about her getting Sam some buffalo wings. She wittingly said "I've never had a boy patient older than 4 days old, this will be interesting." ha ha!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuUyZjlt7446XW9knCTi0ETMqs0-iG8XXVngbe4Msv6AlkCzUtxjfY1d9qFngEFr9AlQp1UnUkzAX1IDORQpIOA2DgEly8c5V3jkah1NU1f5eFXMIiuPEw-hvUzJ3jyLElBBisuA/s1600/IMG_7326.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuUyZjlt7446XW9knCTi0ETMqs0-iG8XXVngbe4Msv6AlkCzUtxjfY1d9qFngEFr9AlQp1UnUkzAX1IDORQpIOA2DgEly8c5V3jkah1NU1f5eFXMIiuPEw-hvUzJ3jyLElBBisuA/s400/IMG_7326.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698019493777178850" /></a><br /><br />Going home! My friend Leslie gave Lillie this outfit and she even made head bands to match. So girly! Once she had the hospital onesie off that covered her fingers, she quickly started sucking her thumb.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGe0Vm28pohpNFklDytDt3fQ_RkJAxesWBaXNLhK8KHzKdcDZkfXq2qazAEcNrG8I0REJGVwA_37tt3wRGxaeqiC76eIV05u2ZXIIThooJDolX5dvpeFkKn1hiuWySpQIhG5hjlQ/s1600/IMG_7367.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGe0Vm28pohpNFklDytDt3fQ_RkJAxesWBaXNLhK8KHzKdcDZkfXq2qazAEcNrG8I0REJGVwA_37tt3wRGxaeqiC76eIV05u2ZXIIThooJDolX5dvpeFkKn1hiuWySpQIhG5hjlQ/s400/IMG_7367.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698020220523253682" /></a><br /><br />We left the hospital and went straight to my parents house to pick up three eager big brothers. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi23u4ebwnmoAm-fvu8rRHrqAB6DeK2GLAgfdUYc_wRsqy2M6_M_36IXoBT2tLoqLsZe0FG99FumVYz8l7Vh0uOEWN8n6fWZGDP1BkVZ8TnizKxCIT6yxoxIO9tNAQH_bgWXNgwnA/s1600/IMG_7385.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi23u4ebwnmoAm-fvu8rRHrqAB6DeK2GLAgfdUYc_wRsqy2M6_M_36IXoBT2tLoqLsZe0FG99FumVYz8l7Vh0uOEWN8n6fWZGDP1BkVZ8TnizKxCIT6yxoxIO9tNAQH_bgWXNgwnA/s400/IMG_7385.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698020530539132850" /></a><br /><br />From that point on, things have gotten a bit blurry in the memory department. I remember Grandma Sweet visiting, this is her 32nd and final grandchild: 20 boys and 12 girls! Aunt Rose, Zach and Caitlyn came to visit too!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSx2-Gl6j4FMV_I3YJVvA8LaGGDOmNFWZTDrGP_1kUbYVkAlYdzjFm6LUT9uTyTsNPSLeGgYoXTk9s9_9Ov6f9pWbHKPnPYZqK1ImLNf68tr8RxD7uuHDB1LmU4WezpqGLyc8aw/s1600/IMG_7404.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSx2-Gl6j4FMV_I3YJVvA8LaGGDOmNFWZTDrGP_1kUbYVkAlYdzjFm6LUT9uTyTsNPSLeGgYoXTk9s9_9Ov6f9pWbHKPnPYZqK1ImLNf68tr8RxD7uuHDB1LmU4WezpqGLyc8aw/s400/IMG_7404.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698021158234240002" /></a><br /><br />Baby got back, er, I mean, Baby's first bath! She was SCREAMING, I was laughing. Right then Fern, Russ, and Aaron came to visit. I said "if this was my first baby I would be crying too, but I just think this is funny"! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh67OdvFmhgfgxyB3c8insiCN3MlPA-R8buPaDWh8UPp9y9TzfeftWa8vbEyCLYMC-TM7N3CZWecUvoq5q-ZTyX9r5dO3NXmZsv_O6dgW76-t7XicmMUa1qDBlNqM6HAAiu2vDNvw/s1600/IMG_7430.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh67OdvFmhgfgxyB3c8insiCN3MlPA-R8buPaDWh8UPp9y9TzfeftWa8vbEyCLYMC-TM7N3CZWecUvoq5q-ZTyX9r5dO3NXmZsv_O6dgW76-t7XicmMUa1qDBlNqM6HAAiu2vDNvw/s400/IMG_7430.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698021774308728178" /></a><br /><br />Oh my word, this is my first time seeing this picture. CLASSIC! Look at the chaos that surrounds the first bath. I love it! Cameron was stressing from all the sounds coming from his baby sister. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYbHHqLC8kARBqVzxxGWb1HmWI9Nn05r_CHr2LQHIAuywHNinzNZcMPZr-YMucKQKsXuMmobbSGuDx7XOtTbDiVeLLnkacr8zsf1uN_HYf4o-ZiSCqNGd4fdJVaehhgN4lhyQhIA/s1600/IMG_7434.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYbHHqLC8kARBqVzxxGWb1HmWI9Nn05r_CHr2LQHIAuywHNinzNZcMPZr-YMucKQKsXuMmobbSGuDx7XOtTbDiVeLLnkacr8zsf1uN_HYf4o-ZiSCqNGd4fdJVaehhgN4lhyQhIA/s400/IMG_7434.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698022123825468018" /></a><br /><br />And now for something completely different: If you know me, you know I'm not the creative type. Shocker. One night a few months ago, my pregnant body wouldn't let me sleep and as I was tossing and turnng, I had a sudden thought: What if I could find my Grandmother's signature of 'Lillie', my mom's signature of 'Belle', and my signature of 'Sweet' and had them printed in vinyl and framed? Then I laughed because I wouldn't have the faintest idea how to make that happen and I drifted to sleep.<br /><br />Well, I was telling Fern's son Aaron about it and he told me it would be really easy so if I got him the three signatures he would make it happen. YES HE DID! I gave him the signatures, he scanned them into the computer. He enlarged the scan and cleaned up all the edges. Then he emailed the file to his sister Melissa, who had it printed in vinyl. I gave Aaron the frame, and he, Fern, and Russ assembled it and brought it over the same day we got Lillie home from the hospital! PHEW! <br /><br />I AM IN LOVE with the end result! Here it is, with Lillie and Aaron. :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNQ0Z_uTX0hXLd6juVD1o0fEfT-oUMVDmzfwVamg4iePAsk9-LdoeYi4OAOM_N9KInZy9xT1UOCHRhU0gz5VKsTAETIPXscLBPprlWvPU-M1M9qXH2bc8iFIx09IXC8U2NZVCqow/s1600/IMG_7439.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNQ0Z_uTX0hXLd6juVD1o0fEfT-oUMVDmzfwVamg4iePAsk9-LdoeYi4OAOM_N9KInZy9xT1UOCHRhU0gz5VKsTAETIPXscLBPprlWvPU-M1M9qXH2bc8iFIx09IXC8U2NZVCqow/s400/IMG_7439.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698022476002502146" /></a><br /><br />And now just some random pictures from this past week. A lot of them were taken by my boys since my hands were full. :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8gp_HbWI6GWhBjZ7-GKTFC3CbfYNA25nzItw5zVy636Bok_tjTu2uFtW5X2zpfNJfsihPrcDSDOg_7ETTefk3NbY-Ucnu5V6l3ktr7UDQ81UHR5d81dJozr8H-LxDczFLFfVYog/s1600/IMG_7496.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8gp_HbWI6GWhBjZ7-GKTFC3CbfYNA25nzItw5zVy636Bok_tjTu2uFtW5X2zpfNJfsihPrcDSDOg_7ETTefk3NbY-Ucnu5V6l3ktr7UDQ81UHR5d81dJozr8H-LxDczFLFfVYog/s400/IMG_7496.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698080748319810706" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5PUHO-xI3BGQeLSoonb8ZwqCffipF3eEQvb-k-xU5uBzTmfHeX9j-KBBwKWEkehOD2bYuxjMGt2ne966pWQDnL2zAZFIUnAMXBb9_zL6D8jUDXzLB5X4j2ej10c17TFwqhQyWkQ/s1600/IMG_7453.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5PUHO-xI3BGQeLSoonb8ZwqCffipF3eEQvb-k-xU5uBzTmfHeX9j-KBBwKWEkehOD2bYuxjMGt2ne966pWQDnL2zAZFIUnAMXBb9_zL6D8jUDXzLB5X4j2ej10c17TFwqhQyWkQ/s400/IMG_7453.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698080745531824898" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIjqlOsSMvNZ1Vcw4nmfryKXZXs-46U5syF5zYddZ8HRdHk0_gonuBkkfQ3bemKUpqg3nJ-epZnRg7LSTETHREsWyYqUa9Cj6O2sQinw87Vq3xuZvHP8r-7E0ewyPKwy7LEGFUoA/s1600/IMG_7445.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIjqlOsSMvNZ1Vcw4nmfryKXZXs-46U5syF5zYddZ8HRdHk0_gonuBkkfQ3bemKUpqg3nJ-epZnRg7LSTETHREsWyYqUa9Cj6O2sQinw87Vq3xuZvHP8r-7E0ewyPKwy7LEGFUoA/s400/IMG_7445.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698080741204116546" /></a><br /><br />On a random note...<br />Sam's brother James loves to chat with Parker and try to convince Parker to play tricks on Carson. Fortunately for us, Parker takes everything Uncle James says to heart and tries out the suggested tricks. Quite often Carson will lay down at night, only to discover random objects stuffed into his pillow case or bed. The other day I heard Parker say "Hey Carson, I have this really cool game where you roll a quarter off your nose and try to drop it into a cup. Would you like to play this game?". Carson shrugged "sure" but first he was shooting apples with dad's pellet gun in the backyard (one of Sam's toys he got for Christmas). As soon as Carson went outside, Parker quickly came to me and said "Okay, here's what I need: a quarter and a pencil. Hurry!!!". He then used the pencil and rubbed it on the quarter's edges. As soon as Carson came back in the house he got him playing this game. <br /><br />Now, I knew of this game because I have all brothers and I'm pretty sure this is a classic cub scout trick. However, Carson was clueless and from the first black line down his face I lost it! I could NOT stop laughing, while Parker kept a straight face and kept encouraging Carson to try, try, again! By the time Carson figured it out, he was a hot mess! Gotta love Parker!!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPWLy36h5epa_nW4SlCEQttBwcT1DhwXeC4hCcD8KBrv6MzjaqnJ9LYuuXFbBae74WVwZKdvX7_4ErQ1ZkDGn4TYFiuPz_MwSANPdU2Bmi6z9Xv53dokHbygZc3pNDoPbem-WaQg/s1600/IMG_7498.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPWLy36h5epa_nW4SlCEQttBwcT1DhwXeC4hCcD8KBrv6MzjaqnJ9LYuuXFbBae74WVwZKdvX7_4ErQ1ZkDGn4TYFiuPz_MwSANPdU2Bmi6z9Xv53dokHbygZc3pNDoPbem-WaQg/s400/IMG_7498.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698081945666224114" /></a><br /><br />Okay, Lillie is asleep so I gotta go to bed. I'll be dreaming of this sweet little face!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMYhHM7ZWio8NTYKGi6CJT5tOGdB7JTSK1-1-76QVfClZPF4q5brVz3OEuVom4ZPWWHLpo4xt7tnuw2d4DL4h4L-I95XSfbC61crXRr3wXAOEW-wZw3-peJpGExnoIyd17EK1MTg/s1600/photo.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMYhHM7ZWio8NTYKGi6CJT5tOGdB7JTSK1-1-76QVfClZPF4q5brVz3OEuVom4ZPWWHLpo4xt7tnuw2d4DL4h4L-I95XSfbC61crXRr3wXAOEW-wZw3-peJpGExnoIyd17EK1MTg/s400/photo.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698082500104217890" /></a>Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675596953196622102noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21370574.post-81463405505965171022012-01-01T19:53:00.011-07:002012-01-01T20:21:48.135-07:00Happy New Year!I'm so happy it's 2012. Life is good and I have high hopes for what this year will bring!<br /><br />We had a quiet night at my house last night. My parents came over and we celebrated the New Year according to New York's eastern time zone. ha ha! In other words, we toasted our sparkling cider around 10pm and called it a night. It was perfect. :)<br /><br />Sam toasted to a healthier 2012...it's a theme, you'll see....<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4z7HNCvwpImpzZMx89lFvm4eQzqABlRhxzBOUhLFIP4A25ZUAZGGvQ54fmn6CpHb0_F-g6hG59OGShSlFS0eDFS08Recuo49eFNTtinwXuJfv-XeMMX0snnCY9xgs8FyDXPgEeQ/s1600/IMG_7037.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4z7HNCvwpImpzZMx89lFvm4eQzqABlRhxzBOUhLFIP4A25ZUAZGGvQ54fmn6CpHb0_F-g6hG59OGShSlFS0eDFS08Recuo49eFNTtinwXuJfv-XeMMX0snnCY9xgs8FyDXPgEeQ/s400/IMG_7037.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692864038402529394" /></a><br /><br />I toasted to have a healthy baby girl this week and then to get myself healthy again!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTx6JXcR5p5Yc1O625ZxO_E8IoiuqrFzSiy_DSuDPbnXwF0M-Oj0ZQXleLsayZXqFmiAuBQEsM5SEUeXC_OMFTX2wG7tLaNVD6N2S1TLY2J4he83BeDddYFMPR-byUqRUWxEETpw/s1600/IMG_7034.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTx6JXcR5p5Yc1O625ZxO_E8IoiuqrFzSiy_DSuDPbnXwF0M-Oj0ZQXleLsayZXqFmiAuBQEsM5SEUeXC_OMFTX2wG7tLaNVD6N2S1TLY2J4he83BeDddYFMPR-byUqRUWxEETpw/s400/IMG_7034.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692864029176244130" /></a><br /><br />Dad toasted to be healthy: he's got back, heart, and pancreas issues so this was a wise choice of a toast!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw-UzSdQlJTxDleqSv3uof6pk_aFo9Xx7I9a9J_jw9sF-1V9zY-hjAXAN2B0M6rjrvmDSHoRQiXf9f5DDV4eauyTboDuPUp9PEbYiWGG4j0SQh5VVgRFy9xj_xHoKlaCm8onusEA/s1600/IMG_7033.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw-UzSdQlJTxDleqSv3uof6pk_aFo9Xx7I9a9J_jw9sF-1V9zY-hjAXAN2B0M6rjrvmDSHoRQiXf9f5DDV4eauyTboDuPUp9PEbYiWGG4j0SQh5VVgRFy9xj_xHoKlaCm8onusEA/s400/IMG_7033.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692864013869889394" /></a><br /><br />Mom toasted to get dad healthy! ha ha!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1NoHdYurhKhbGHEPQtVWEgM8INkXxgyf20_M-h-0VIOSx_UaYodp-xuhj4vMtXy60tfiZ-fQ_0QgrEeEttvBNOEV5A2ZKa5YsOokKbgNICPYd376jRFwNG4GxSqcQzEJ1xT7t8g/s1600/IMG_7029.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1NoHdYurhKhbGHEPQtVWEgM8INkXxgyf20_M-h-0VIOSx_UaYodp-xuhj4vMtXy60tfiZ-fQ_0QgrEeEttvBNOEV5A2ZKa5YsOokKbgNICPYd376jRFwNG4GxSqcQzEJ1xT7t8g/s400/IMG_7029.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692864008106312242" /></a><br /><br />Carson toasted to be more happy. I find that an interesting choice because he is seriously so happy, all the time. That's cool though, happiness is always a good idea if you ask me!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLbeQ6w3cvXLaF6lvFaMJDgxLIZs2jcxCN5Rfxz8lOgahAZMeien6B2GclFVf1SE9uZp0fOe_Uw2CNv7Qgurfe-tcU0XywfjH98jJk2BXaCqAR0XsFbtT4suz4Soz3_pw-osifyw/s1600/IMG_7040.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLbeQ6w3cvXLaF6lvFaMJDgxLIZs2jcxCN5Rfxz8lOgahAZMeien6B2GclFVf1SE9uZp0fOe_Uw2CNv7Qgurfe-tcU0XywfjH98jJk2BXaCqAR0XsFbtT4suz4Soz3_pw-osifyw/s400/IMG_7040.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692865468703203794" /></a><br /><br />Parker toasted to get better grades in 2012....hey, wait a sec. I think I get it now. My kids are toasting to do things they are ALREADY doing! Punk kids! Parker is the model student right now. Of course, things could easily change from week to week so again, I will be happy to accept that toast!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYQ5hrDY9qoqbherbmApgsUCWVgIWPh0J8MOGwEqrqNTyx-X-NBckF9decndYE-msvhJWV7ESmz3AmwdaddJ5_zde3FR95Qlc8phUYc5o3Ci2tPoaNWKUy3q9ahMzqU4tNdCwvg/s1600/IMG_7042.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYQ5hrDY9qoqbherbmApgsUCWVgIWPh0J8MOGwEqrqNTyx-X-NBckF9decndYE-msvhJWV7ESmz3AmwdaddJ5_zde3FR95Qlc8phUYc5o3Ci2tPoaNWKUy3q9ahMzqU4tNdCwvg/s400/IMG_7042.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692865954649461794" /></a><br /><br />Cameron toasted to be more happy as well. Okay, I'll admit, that's a great toast for him! :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6CZ5ce8dG_B1tC4_JT6sA6PT3fXKyMxmiKKE2nzLslhlzZRZ5HVJSrG6GvhuNHHzgMhnF_V4zU71HqIUu2TtRsow8aPUVEMvEmWm2Xgtd0W4ddbjxowQNmPZuIN1lsFvqSMP4uA/s1600/IMG_7044.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6CZ5ce8dG_B1tC4_JT6sA6PT3fXKyMxmiKKE2nzLslhlzZRZ5HVJSrG6GvhuNHHzgMhnF_V4zU71HqIUu2TtRsow8aPUVEMvEmWm2Xgtd0W4ddbjxowQNmPZuIN1lsFvqSMP4uA/s400/IMG_7044.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692866355988621938" /></a><br /><br />Oh look, it's already working!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwY4aAel5dO3bF9An9ftdi0hkNaT7WeuHQnGw5yCqL6qNF4oEctyc1nvNy49iwDhC_aYmPer7GquyATRo1MHXVFNB2eyXFtHu5SoEKz0xvCGtXRzLa47YnpGEWue2JULWQ4drv_g/s1600/IMG_7045.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwY4aAel5dO3bF9An9ftdi0hkNaT7WeuHQnGw5yCqL6qNF4oEctyc1nvNy49iwDhC_aYmPer7GquyATRo1MHXVFNB2eyXFtHu5SoEKz0xvCGtXRzLa47YnpGEWue2JULWQ4drv_g/s400/IMG_7045.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692866712012824882" /></a><br /><br />Still smiling after 13+ years. Love you Sam!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJqftDKReoYzfZgaBGHec0F-4vkzXgs0UVtANWUekpW2wubLrTQRIXtmRZEwdcxGMZLQDeBVSSh-hZvluqzAvgVxDmXH0tDNdQaQH-uM3D_rTaFzrvOZCwyQbE6dvCToCSNaGcQ/s1600/IMG_7054.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJqftDKReoYzfZgaBGHec0F-4vkzXgs0UVtANWUekpW2wubLrTQRIXtmRZEwdcxGMZLQDeBVSSh-hZvluqzAvgVxDmXH0tDNdQaQH-uM3D_rTaFzrvOZCwyQbE6dvCToCSNaGcQ/s400/IMG_7054.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692867251199138258" /></a><br /><br />Oh hey look! My parents are still smiling too! Like I said, life is good!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvUlgXssRuP9B2BTibgqeYG1xok__l06kbU7oNUrhAOKdZFExNXCuHNatG7yAWre37TkjC7m7nPM2dKyttnIiB6FPlyE8OOrQUlxAewNRFAu6tA3jTFw0INRil2DJfth93mEgKQw/s1600/IMG_7065.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvUlgXssRuP9B2BTibgqeYG1xok__l06kbU7oNUrhAOKdZFExNXCuHNatG7yAWre37TkjC7m7nPM2dKyttnIiB6FPlyE8OOrQUlxAewNRFAu6tA3jTFw0INRil2DJfth93mEgKQw/s400/IMG_7065.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692868926209430626" /></a><br /><br />The obligatory pose: Here I am, one week from my induction date. I'm smiling, but just barely. :) Seriously though, my body is screaming for this baby to get cooked and get outta there! ha ha!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmmh1zTKYT1E26EfqCv0MNZlncRzPwAhSk0iyPkpvWloAqdAAuCLReMeD8lmnVBKQV78AQmyNrgCwtKRl_bSWgqFxjcm4BOq9sO8myrPJ3761gSDAz3AtS3HnZWy_TWi0vuUKfDQ/s1600/IMG_7056.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmmh1zTKYT1E26EfqCv0MNZlncRzPwAhSk0iyPkpvWloAqdAAuCLReMeD8lmnVBKQV78AQmyNrgCwtKRl_bSWgqFxjcm4BOq9sO8myrPJ3761gSDAz3AtS3HnZWy_TWi0vuUKfDQ/s400/IMG_7056.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692867523770287186" /></a><br /><br />And now the crazies have set in for the last few moments of 2011:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWgIx7hfEkfy1JQJMg1nW-15ew-HFj3UcUsyOWPpiMnE5ciqBW4qymzFCxV84v7jJ3Qq8DXwls5NG8zfEJWk_4NXu3J4-lOYlptx-VCbycr6P4kmprv0dBIgbDzDeCJ3GD5fw5VA/s1600/IMG_7062.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWgIx7hfEkfy1JQJMg1nW-15ew-HFj3UcUsyOWPpiMnE5ciqBW4qymzFCxV84v7jJ3Qq8DXwls5NG8zfEJWk_4NXu3J4-lOYlptx-VCbycr6P4kmprv0dBIgbDzDeCJ3GD5fw5VA/s400/IMG_7062.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692868357518086450" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1je37dLyk8DdI9D-jzBDeOFD3s6g40-33lu8VHg01J_0sbK9f90eHYEcwgRDSd5wkwL8neJhNJNvbVfQhcV04Y5nvmWScenaxRmzxU9oaZzmI6D_gs8avoDX8NFBW6Tv1PnCydQ/s1600/IMG_7060.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1je37dLyk8DdI9D-jzBDeOFD3s6g40-33lu8VHg01J_0sbK9f90eHYEcwgRDSd5wkwL8neJhNJNvbVfQhcV04Y5nvmWScenaxRmzxU9oaZzmI6D_gs8avoDX8NFBW6Tv1PnCydQ/s400/IMG_7060.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692868346256816658" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhC0onT8tK3MpA1BrqwVZ-utYvfOm_rdjNuYUv3NcRXs26nlE8SggneHOJhlbnpA8PtAcF0Z5i3M1L-F2LA6-Fgyx9cbyWMUlEOcBNwE7qDdjJO0ikzBai2ZkSfDXLnUMNdh6iyQ/s1600/IMG_7058.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhC0onT8tK3MpA1BrqwVZ-utYvfOm_rdjNuYUv3NcRXs26nlE8SggneHOJhlbnpA8PtAcF0Z5i3M1L-F2LA6-Fgyx9cbyWMUlEOcBNwE7qDdjJO0ikzBai2ZkSfDXLnUMNdh6iyQ/s400/IMG_7058.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692868337137575858" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkWo9CIkYMu8Xc7ueTOmEYjAMi0yw4E2mO-x-r9imwekahlFJetnyaje0ZjCrexZ0Mpwyed-U58tAc4IbEw6XmwP7eEB2qQw7RqrzHprRkpvIzECLOMP5sDoftWPMcD2tGWqLZMQ/s1600/IMG_7057.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkWo9CIkYMu8Xc7ueTOmEYjAMi0yw4E2mO-x-r9imwekahlFJetnyaje0ZjCrexZ0Mpwyed-U58tAc4IbEw6XmwP7eEB2qQw7RqrzHprRkpvIzECLOMP5sDoftWPMcD2tGWqLZMQ/s400/IMG_7057.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692868336246086450" /></a><br /><br />Last but not least, check out this cute car seat cover my friend's sister made! Talented people amaze me! You can't tell from this picture, but our carseat is orange and gray so I bought some flannel with an orange theme and handed it over to my friend Heather. She gave it to her sister, who just whipped up this cover. I am loving it!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF9gxdhvu7rTc13JPMwB0g6U675guqYRjS2ySYmJXPXoIyRdQnUu4Dr8MtPsBVw2q7NfzvSMMXvvVI-QkOhC-B4_S2x_l_EwUEt87xeYVzfCbUa_WWAZ4UTA_Dxz3OJ8E340NG-g/s1600/IMG_7066.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF9gxdhvu7rTc13JPMwB0g6U675guqYRjS2ySYmJXPXoIyRdQnUu4Dr8MtPsBVw2q7NfzvSMMXvvVI-QkOhC-B4_S2x_l_EwUEt87xeYVzfCbUa_WWAZ4UTA_Dxz3OJ8E340NG-g/s400/IMG_7066.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692869609793670050" /></a>Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675596953196622102noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21370574.post-89537004065510590762011-12-31T22:45:00.009-07:002011-12-31T23:02:25.256-07:00Vintage!Tonight my brother put some scanned slides onto Facebook and I had to share them. I have never seen this pictures before. So much fun!!!<br /><br />This is me and my brothers, Mike and Darren. Seriously, you gotta love the 70's!! I'm guessing this is around the spring of 1976. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3T00FO4u8Ix-ZFj6qil5g-IpbvkqzaFhhUgAKuGaJt_DpgxLK24dGMA4DnliPMKcOnn9frxRQL-uhEI6sAGV7G4Hzb-lNsZdNXKCQmlyTw5jHhzfCjsri6Ld8kPckVl7aG4PELw/s1600/Carrie+Mike+Darren.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 279px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3T00FO4u8Ix-ZFj6qil5g-IpbvkqzaFhhUgAKuGaJt_DpgxLK24dGMA4DnliPMKcOnn9frxRQL-uhEI6sAGV7G4Hzb-lNsZdNXKCQmlyTw5jHhzfCjsri6Ld8kPckVl7aG4PELw/s400/Carrie+Mike+Darren.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692536218996550722" /></a><br /><br />Here is me sucking on the hose. Seriously, so gross. I love the yarn bow in my hair. Maybe I can find some of those for my baby!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXfaHRlwJRguRDUCbd8tPRmMHB6H7Oj_SHWRgFZ8iygxbDOdtsjOdGxEzq4wCdfAjLc-TWC-K-nO8t5q_G7zyimoL7UtCvWwwCISYBGQptrarDBV8mYvG3JDxFOf32z6GyX4lXrg/s1600/Carrie+and+hose.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXfaHRlwJRguRDUCbd8tPRmMHB6H7Oj_SHWRgFZ8iygxbDOdtsjOdGxEzq4wCdfAjLc-TWC-K-nO8t5q_G7zyimoL7UtCvWwwCISYBGQptrarDBV8mYvG3JDxFOf32z6GyX4lXrg/s400/Carrie+and+hose.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692536845611572898" /></a><br /><br />Awwwwww, precious. Sam looked at this picture and said "If our little girl is half this cute I'd be happy". Whether he is telling the truth or not, it was the RIGHT thing to say to me! :) My dad used to call me "Turkey Lips". ha ha!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWjWqVsJSmTVt2JDUgU9qxyVFYG-_FdGawcrQzoSkOwku7f1uFXUGRMCCyBRsVO3fp59jzhyphenhyphenU5TtT8XmYHGIqxhPmam85YVLlzkqNCEnl2dtq-oDrBOpGpTHjMJ436WwFEzNWy1Q/s1600/Carrie.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 343px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWjWqVsJSmTVt2JDUgU9qxyVFYG-_FdGawcrQzoSkOwku7f1uFXUGRMCCyBRsVO3fp59jzhyphenhyphenU5TtT8XmYHGIqxhPmam85YVLlzkqNCEnl2dtq-oDrBOpGpTHjMJ436WwFEzNWy1Q/s400/Carrie.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692537164039722898" /></a><br /><br />Speaking of my dad, here he is. Check out his gray hair. Yep, it definitely is a strong gene from the gene pool that he passed on to all 4 of his children!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7xtdr3gVCIpkNCza1c2nl3JF441zvJ3bgGW4hz8Gq0uuJbOVuIUti2kIuWJe9ryugB04zkwY-bxJJBnLt7kn5k8M3zKg1mAF-WjfvkoB2Q6Ac721djcz_ZnjjtzkjJrsQuKHuEQ/s1600/Carrie+and+dad.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7xtdr3gVCIpkNCza1c2nl3JF441zvJ3bgGW4hz8Gq0uuJbOVuIUti2kIuWJe9ryugB04zkwY-bxJJBnLt7kn5k8M3zKg1mAF-WjfvkoB2Q6Ac721djcz_ZnjjtzkjJrsQuKHuEQ/s400/Carrie+and+dad.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692537448980862834" /></a><br /><br />And here is my brother Darren, my mom, and my dad's parents: Lillie and William Clark. This is my Grandma Clark whom I'm naming my baby after. Isn't she the cutest? She was strong willed and NEVER quit a job before it was completely finished. She had those horn-rimmed glasses until the day she died in 1988. My Grandpa Clark used to shake his cane at us and get all grumpy but we knew he was really a softy at heart. We used to slide down the roof of their cellar and he would yell "Quit sliding down the roof, you'll get slivers in your butt!!!" ha ha!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_LCYuuVX5jVf-1nCJAxI4N1wi4VvfkU-wyk4SrQ88QRohF3oh7-pv8PN0uS5RojpcZHsUpcO5nCz64p2rkqwH03ODF7aOf1wT3vfhEgsqBCbgMLCRv43nOekH0pbTllfvFc5pkQ/s1600/Grandma+and+Grandpa+Clark.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_LCYuuVX5jVf-1nCJAxI4N1wi4VvfkU-wyk4SrQ88QRohF3oh7-pv8PN0uS5RojpcZHsUpcO5nCz64p2rkqwH03ODF7aOf1wT3vfhEgsqBCbgMLCRv43nOekH0pbTllfvFc5pkQ/s400/Grandma+and+Grandpa+Clark.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692538337279844402" /></a><br /><br />And just because it's such a cute picture: Darren and my mom. I'm guessing this was taken around the Fall of 1972. Love it!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyvUYzh5VOUs1XDbnGtZjYsO5Fef_Z4Wq3Y8h8iyX2su9K_W9QSFgtaTUSU44H3WMEXkYd0bppvLIyoODk8IDdbLVFj-7lOaf5VmZ58xkSYXG3cARGJ7Ns0OUNyujCUOgbcBc5Fw/s1600/Darren+and+Mom.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 271px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyvUYzh5VOUs1XDbnGtZjYsO5Fef_Z4Wq3Y8h8iyX2su9K_W9QSFgtaTUSU44H3WMEXkYd0bppvLIyoODk8IDdbLVFj-7lOaf5VmZ58xkSYXG3cARGJ7Ns0OUNyujCUOgbcBc5Fw/s400/Darren+and+Mom.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692539725893659650" /></a><br /><br />Thanks for scanning those slides Darren, way fun!!Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675596953196622102noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21370574.post-3147752866273190872011-12-29T20:59:00.026-07:002011-12-29T22:28:20.184-07:00Merry Christmas 2011Our Christmas festivities were non-stop this year since Mike and Kim's family were in town. It rocked! Unfortunately, I sent everybody on their adventures while I sat at home and laid on a heating pad and tried not to go into labor! ha ha! <br /><br />One day Sam was a good sport at attending Parker's classroom Gingerbread House making activity. I'm sooooo glad he went because it involved creativity and patience...we all know how I score in THOSE categories! ha ha! Gotta love Parker!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhfbtwuwlHpOwkk85zRyFKxugJtTNXoUpIkjic9_32wih3Ja3X5w6GXvv5k_0TaSQ-xidGUaDpagDFMR5wOx3QMjAlqIOh2w6y_Pg7Hd862zp0I4sb7tOAA0NjFr4zHnOM7GXVoA/s1600/gingerbread+house.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhfbtwuwlHpOwkk85zRyFKxugJtTNXoUpIkjic9_32wih3Ja3X5w6GXvv5k_0TaSQ-xidGUaDpagDFMR5wOx3QMjAlqIOh2w6y_Pg7Hd862zp0I4sb7tOAA0NjFr4zHnOM7GXVoA/s400/gingerbread+house.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691767219825362034" /></a><br /><br />This same night, Sam took the boys along with Mike's family and Curtis and Dexter to a sledding hill in Park City. From the pictures I would assess they had a fabulous time! I want to go next year when I'm not prego! It even has a rope pull to pull you back up to the top of the hill! Dang, that's the worst part about sledding and it's all taken care of for you. Kids these days, they are spoiled! Back in my day we had to use a large cookie sheet as a sled! Okay, this is true, but only because we lived in Seattle and nobody had sleds because it rarely snows. We were improvising!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDO4yAVv2Hi8BAQ1QjLBi_ZS6SFwTO3M92WUKUnQSsablmWa4Do6Qvo06ayemWn0uXctJglZFSEQR9Qy9b-dB2euU__0klmB8tVfpX6ERwVawfdwVmWyZHKvhA6engr_iNJojV3w/s1600/Parker+sledding.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDO4yAVv2Hi8BAQ1QjLBi_ZS6SFwTO3M92WUKUnQSsablmWa4Do6Qvo06ayemWn0uXctJglZFSEQR9Qy9b-dB2euU__0klmB8tVfpX6ERwVawfdwVmWyZHKvhA6engr_iNJojV3w/s400/Parker+sledding.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691768113395600386" /></a><br /><br />This picture is the BEST! Here is Parker with Dexter. Can you see all the condensation around Dexter's mouth? I keep laughing super hard every time I look at it, it's like he has a freaky goatee!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGg9Hp1frSNUvVkW-7EwaQFy5AxvrnVm6lJwcL7Ttm92UyBf3qZpXosbgCh2udITLqWsY1Gb9glpuBPG-cxcsbmkBUtzRMf3CRQdN3fQ4S0IqX8ggg3y_hfPP-YhnOOIFjBdVy6g/s1600/IMG_6521.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGg9Hp1frSNUvVkW-7EwaQFy5AxvrnVm6lJwcL7Ttm92UyBf3qZpXosbgCh2udITLqWsY1Gb9glpuBPG-cxcsbmkBUtzRMf3CRQdN3fQ4S0IqX8ggg3y_hfPP-YhnOOIFjBdVy6g/s400/IMG_6521.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691768868044244482" /></a><br /><br />Yeah that's right Carson, just sit back and let the rope pull do all the work! Good thing we just increased your exercise regimen at home to make up for it! Now the boys do 25 sit ups, 15 push ups, and 50 jumping jacks every day. :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjky1N7MMyrNi6rUhv6VrlTjxrwHcvTLe0-LGZrkhfGpwhUlFmQXHwLWBEe0mEIbdyVgvEbH_1fqi2GbuKRv_fbUS26UaFt-0tdgK7s-rLKzbogSbOyOeZLUMhChwR6yHknc63L8A/s1600/IMG_6538.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjky1N7MMyrNi6rUhv6VrlTjxrwHcvTLe0-LGZrkhfGpwhUlFmQXHwLWBEe0mEIbdyVgvEbH_1fqi2GbuKRv_fbUS26UaFt-0tdgK7s-rLKzbogSbOyOeZLUMhChwR6yHknc63L8A/s400/IMG_6538.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691769413655638578" /></a><br /><br />They even had these miniature snow mobiles for kids up to age 12. Ah, to be young again! Actually, I'd cry a river if I had to re-live my 12 year old days. Have you seen pictures of my awkward puberty days? Well, I have and they are frightening! Puberty hit and my hair went all curly without any warning. Seriously, frightening! Don't even get me started on the acne and the pre-braces days! Wow, let's move on...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHErDvNE0SW2-93kyRMX0sK1uyehyKMWXT6XG3WoVLniKqlKUjYdPvmKFpW3kOrYT9_ddBhiviuWVn2iHENk4DtGCd_Gv8RAutOWm8SD4Lq7aQ-ZN4Z8oSNRyD1FUve5r4cEJR9A/s1600/IMG_6555.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHErDvNE0SW2-93kyRMX0sK1uyehyKMWXT6XG3WoVLniKqlKUjYdPvmKFpW3kOrYT9_ddBhiviuWVn2iHENk4DtGCd_Gv8RAutOWm8SD4Lq7aQ-ZN4Z8oSNRyD1FUve5r4cEJR9A/s400/IMG_6555.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691770286209048402" /></a><br /><br />Sam was a trooper and went snow boarding one day with Mike, Kim, Courtney, Camilla, Carson, Kevin, and Curtis. Out of all those people, only Curtis and Sam had been snow boarding before. :) I was glad they were all willing to try something new! From what I understand, the first few times snow boarding are the WORST. I was proud of everybody because nobody came home pouting so that's a good sign! Mike and Kim even gave Sam an itunes gift card to thank him for his teaching skills, which was extremely thoughtful!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPh8jABYaqWtozYAGxnVu4RI-Nw4coTj7HK4G9QedLM19Ptop3Ey-J7-yxFN5gaVgxNeh7lL99aVm3Hlvy0XAmtO6LCVuROPvWAvS0Hzae_QdVoSGBYqhMHQy_o3PrdP_Q5nzfsg/s1600/P1120777.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPh8jABYaqWtozYAGxnVu4RI-Nw4coTj7HK4G9QedLM19Ptop3Ey-J7-yxFN5gaVgxNeh7lL99aVm3Hlvy0XAmtO6LCVuROPvWAvS0Hzae_QdVoSGBYqhMHQy_o3PrdP_Q5nzfsg/s400/P1120777.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691771995112216466" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPPpF0Jp4m_djSycqfJruSRILSesGMPX7eMlZxWUJlQZJQEeNks1c-mExQM8vCeJqWtnhTjaHzDpGMmuIOiHE-pOgNspnSNN3VYF42-Z4SzTYdK7RtnH7MyXiINMgVXb9TiO9zPg/s1600/P1120776.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPPpF0Jp4m_djSycqfJruSRILSesGMPX7eMlZxWUJlQZJQEeNks1c-mExQM8vCeJqWtnhTjaHzDpGMmuIOiHE-pOgNspnSNN3VYF42-Z4SzTYdK7RtnH7MyXiINMgVXb9TiO9zPg/s400/P1120776.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691771992541292178" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfJK-0nHH-4fvzjIx-4W2_RRZgm2ehZolI3Zy4Y3Y2wtqGHBuqRJrAyPNy_gwdkSfRoVqCVbBId-GPvi-YsLZ12bO3rPGhvK53UabQ5l5rZbVvOFidcA8ArqwegFjs2lKlTfS83g/s1600/P1120772.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfJK-0nHH-4fvzjIx-4W2_RRZgm2ehZolI3Zy4Y3Y2wtqGHBuqRJrAyPNy_gwdkSfRoVqCVbBId-GPvi-YsLZ12bO3rPGhvK53UabQ5l5rZbVvOFidcA8ArqwegFjs2lKlTfS83g/s400/P1120772.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691771973808360946" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJIWGd7bb8fT9GcE3na6OE2F1GGdf1Ycd4HOxgGUpU0UvAzaEETreFquk4bxaUuiBaDfBqf4soUTDkV1tx_iCpKKwyphQH1nMkCZ9rEI-GL4r8DvWBPyQ5cnpbDhXw9tNLe4K34g/s1600/P1120771.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJIWGd7bb8fT9GcE3na6OE2F1GGdf1Ycd4HOxgGUpU0UvAzaEETreFquk4bxaUuiBaDfBqf4soUTDkV1tx_iCpKKwyphQH1nMkCZ9rEI-GL4r8DvWBPyQ5cnpbDhXw9tNLe4K34g/s400/P1120771.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691771972130177170" /></a><br /><br />Christmas Eve we always make homemade pizza for dinner and have crepes with ice cream for dessert. This is a HIDEOUS picture of me, but it's a great picture of my dad! :) Ya win some, ya lose some.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ66EG3LboWpLpyHXWWuLQvn7xa8RmEA38NM0u81Gjk0p1huL7SfkvMNSnK9iHHomOZiUTh42_e4co0OL_nMGaEH-ZM94veHxEYsRsDS-N6BZywSJ5qkXaoSp00TusRMLd-dk6DQ/s1600/IMG_6566.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ66EG3LboWpLpyHXWWuLQvn7xa8RmEA38NM0u81Gjk0p1huL7SfkvMNSnK9iHHomOZiUTh42_e4co0OL_nMGaEH-ZM94veHxEYsRsDS-N6BZywSJ5qkXaoSp00TusRMLd-dk6DQ/s400/IMG_6566.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691773048668467970" /></a><br /><br />Here's Mike taking a picture of Cameron, making a funny face. Oh man, those two became best buds. Cameron LOVES his Uncle Mike! This picture makes me laugh because look at that blurry kid at the bottom of the picture. That's Darren's son Jacob. He never slows down! Classic!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEzB_s0sI1RtBez9CGD0tDcTPDp4Bmjqfe-HWGGtmeijuVK8zc4lrm2c1aCq-qJVvop21D28SBq98O0jwLPhxwG9Ga-oeVsBdl5uWYFlHVApPO7qO7a5nHCmEBiIvVT4_VI__WzQ/s1600/IMG_6570.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEzB_s0sI1RtBez9CGD0tDcTPDp4Bmjqfe-HWGGtmeijuVK8zc4lrm2c1aCq-qJVvop21D28SBq98O0jwLPhxwG9Ga-oeVsBdl5uWYFlHVApPO7qO7a5nHCmEBiIvVT4_VI__WzQ/s400/IMG_6570.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691773716648421218" /></a><br /><br />The master photographer, Darren, taking a photo of his carefully crafted crepe! We do love to photograph our food in this family!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLqjEAQixtjaQbAyQ0TdhfKBCamO6uqNt3rzjPz1XXWPueS3zFhLI9O3Qkj8FjgpWNU-iOAeZalKn61YZqP9vW9LWipb5HHS1rB0TrqC7y6URvottpQdGTdtDMA6c9lvD6Hn4Zgg/s1600/IMG_6600.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLqjEAQixtjaQbAyQ0TdhfKBCamO6uqNt3rzjPz1XXWPueS3zFhLI9O3Qkj8FjgpWNU-iOAeZalKn61YZqP9vW9LWipb5HHS1rB0TrqC7y6URvottpQdGTdtDMA6c9lvD6Hn4Zgg/s400/IMG_6600.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691774210437941954" /></a><br /><br />Since Carson doesn't totally love ice cream (is he really my son??) he opted for Nutella on his crepe. Okay, I'll admit, that still makes for a great crepe! I think the Nutella is bringing out the pirate in Carson...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilFJAqUrvbLQYD0nGwUBmbxCvU0y8Ue3jhVYUs41g5cDQ8chhFnbCdAZe2wMozDOAHBCTo4FvWkHse33e0Dravlf3iRxGI32x6VCJDhv_zJ6vBISCQg7cBPO2QDeoYrhoPgu7jBg/s1600/IMG_6606.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilFJAqUrvbLQYD0nGwUBmbxCvU0y8Ue3jhVYUs41g5cDQ8chhFnbCdAZe2wMozDOAHBCTo4FvWkHse33e0Dravlf3iRxGI32x6VCJDhv_zJ6vBISCQg7cBPO2QDeoYrhoPgu7jBg/s400/IMG_6606.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691774789673839106" /></a><br /><br />Christmas Eve means new pajamas! Unfortunately, Cameron forgot how to smile for the camera. This is seriously the 10th attempt at a good smile. Again, you win some, you lose some! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHcPV7pO_XwSaaVru9Lk3qxGjQ59Z_A0JXdcF0__yE9RTMD9boxK4IfrS_aHCAgIiFfYJNXy6HWBiMc2wUC-wDnWwXAAqCKTD1Rrb8tUFqF6DETIR_a19kMIGeWn30qd1uobZLww/s1600/IMG_6622.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHcPV7pO_XwSaaVru9Lk3qxGjQ59Z_A0JXdcF0__yE9RTMD9boxK4IfrS_aHCAgIiFfYJNXy6HWBiMc2wUC-wDnWwXAAqCKTD1Rrb8tUFqF6DETIR_a19kMIGeWn30qd1uobZLww/s400/IMG_6622.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691775314411246834" /></a><br /><br />Christmas morning was wonderful! We had to wake our kids up, just like every year. I keep wondering when they will stay up all night like I used to do! We took our time opening gifts and enjoyed the Sabbath morning. I loved that Christmas was on Sunday! It was the cats meow!<br /><br />Sam surprised me by making a book out of the first year of this blog, 2006. This sucker is 350 pages long! Luckily, 2006 had my most blog posts, they get smaller from here on out. I loved going back and reading this book, comments and all. So much fun! I hope to get the other 5 years done as well....hint hint!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuNp1x0Ows4y-C_sj8Lldz_B9EVwXMxPa1FfoR4cr_Xi1V0LCfHNBqJWQREjwGEYZfhALog1Xeyaglw18tEke6cVyh0bnhKjOXJ1Qh0C2K0tsMO-PqBtf8ftbeMzcdjg4HpLTe9g/s1600/IMG_6628.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuNp1x0Ows4y-C_sj8Lldz_B9EVwXMxPa1FfoR4cr_Xi1V0LCfHNBqJWQREjwGEYZfhALog1Xeyaglw18tEke6cVyh0bnhKjOXJ1Qh0C2K0tsMO-PqBtf8ftbeMzcdjg4HpLTe9g/s400/IMG_6628.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691776446311972466" /></a><br /><br />The kids were pleased with their gifts and it was really fun this year because they also purchased gifts for each other, which I think made them so much more grateful since they spent their own money. Seriously, we are blessed with such fun boys!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7TVGd2x2qMenETVoknTTUv0NGOqF-l5ntcyMKDB-y-xYKJTkO-On7KxtDrTIO0kwJbDo1C23sZuHE_x5x6WI4zBgsr4VjFnxzlpWevS0kKY1h_tKfKmYhp1HJfTdeEmOQ1Pc5tA/s1600/IMG_6636.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7TVGd2x2qMenETVoknTTUv0NGOqF-l5ntcyMKDB-y-xYKJTkO-On7KxtDrTIO0kwJbDo1C23sZuHE_x5x6WI4zBgsr4VjFnxzlpWevS0kKY1h_tKfKmYhp1HJfTdeEmOQ1Pc5tA/s400/IMG_6636.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691777757625395378" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3DUQ45VBv1U2cl-AYVEFCDq5Ydz0PwilPGVhZ-Pb5FlU9H_6VM2iTtyOyE_DzsIU2MUeQOUsiDDPWgd_ZqWxtvsjYdtnKMVIjfkRrwowZR3XxfJ0jAAXz6wjXy03fP-CTubBRCg/s1600/IMG_6635.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVibhOgwfMNBnb5UID9WuF9cc0cqJ6o9psTbvv3OJgWSSGMsHQ4Bd4B2eLwG1ahjH2YmbWVjEAVvAi5ZGEzyPzWYYk8OB963MwDNeAX2xtA-gl9FWAgaNaPSMarBBzIcYaAAqRg/s400/IMG_6637.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691778871149790530" /></a><br /><br />After church, we went to Fern and Russ' house to hang out for a little while. Russ gave me the most hysterical gift: See that doll by my foot? Well, it's a black baby doll. In light of Cameron thinking his baby sister is going to be black (because the ultra sound showed her as black), Russ thought it appropriate to give me a black doll! I was laughing so hard, serious belly laughing! This doll is proudly displayed with the other dolls I have for baby Lillie! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0hd7zlaufR6rSMAxSfbOjeKyETQy0_CdO9q5dlwurNi99D5YsEqWX2s8Gf3PMzOSGhTlmZ1DQgnkUn8Qq66HYug9VhpJ1ysEEvaNk1ySSh-FDQ80ovY-nlVr472izDWsCnUFSfw/s1600/IMG_6662.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0hd7zlaufR6rSMAxSfbOjeKyETQy0_CdO9q5dlwurNi99D5YsEqWX2s8Gf3PMzOSGhTlmZ1DQgnkUn8Qq66HYug9VhpJ1ysEEvaNk1ySSh-FDQ80ovY-nlVr472izDWsCnUFSfw/s400/IMG_6662.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691779839206553890" /></a><br /><br />Yah, don't ask. Aaron is just being Aaron! :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT1m4YoEmg2-kG8v8uGd7k9O0GAkCOoqrTKTlFTPdsAO2a4Ck_mFomzI3DANe4MXuA96bEqxpvCgZiqRkJA28Box0ooPSA-ofvEQx8RMXWJYeUq0xkk72z4EUru77ZXulezTMQhA/s1600/IMG_6679.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT1m4YoEmg2-kG8v8uGd7k9O0GAkCOoqrTKTlFTPdsAO2a4Ck_mFomzI3DANe4MXuA96bEqxpvCgZiqRkJA28Box0ooPSA-ofvEQx8RMXWJYeUq0xkk72z4EUru77ZXulezTMQhA/s400/IMG_6679.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691780126203879234" /></a><br /><br />Aaron and his wife, Danielle, are expecting their first baby in April. It's a boy! I love this shirt Fern gave them. I could have used this a few times! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhedd1UufotmsbRXwNZ4hm-ZzgQONuGImhgbXR-KEDoYcBVqj7RAjqOs7rIqRXqAr_WJW_nxxc0mOF_toJrgHfSIHruYMvRnstEqvU1zjkUwzsf-t_4ANbdj2owAYjAT-mjmRIlLA/s1600/IMG_6682.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhedd1UufotmsbRXwNZ4hm-ZzgQONuGImhgbXR-KEDoYcBVqj7RAjqOs7rIqRXqAr_WJW_nxxc0mOF_toJrgHfSIHruYMvRnstEqvU1zjkUwzsf-t_4ANbdj2owAYjAT-mjmRIlLA/s400/IMG_6682.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691780593060206098" /></a><br /><br />They will be great parents! You should have seen how patiently they helped Cameron assemble a lego Mater from the movie Cars 2!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpONmgKVQDGBEihi3xeLl5o_REg5czlReYlBqZpiimVdYUhmCTZbW9l4UGReakBSqYEdX5zAEuy3kW2ZYVXl7Fvl7UFAcZo6y1p4PAKFE-4SHavpViBi3Of1bnUwvH0wRS1768fg/s1600/IMG_6710.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpONmgKVQDGBEihi3xeLl5o_REg5czlReYlBqZpiimVdYUhmCTZbW9l4UGReakBSqYEdX5zAEuy3kW2ZYVXl7Fvl7UFAcZo6y1p4PAKFE-4SHavpViBi3Of1bnUwvH0wRS1768fg/s400/IMG_6710.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691781197281120018" /></a><br /><br />The day after Christmas we decided to exhaust everybody of all their candy-induced energy by being very physical! We first went to a bounce house. Let's just say we are very thankful to the teenage boy who was working there because he didn't care at all how crazy these kids were being! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi88pw6Z0m1kHmXAHrqGKnWuj-QM8uBckp94mGggrKyDcGdDQoFkFRp_SQWLsWjlh-tzbyXJBfXne_y5owAv6U1DONodutiQzI9TUPEs4T2rpJoXVbArl3d-13cvjNLVgsbA_5TrA/s1600/IMG_6817.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi88pw6Z0m1kHmXAHrqGKnWuj-QM8uBckp94mGggrKyDcGdDQoFkFRp_SQWLsWjlh-tzbyXJBfXne_y5owAv6U1DONodutiQzI9TUPEs4T2rpJoXVbArl3d-13cvjNLVgsbA_5TrA/s400/IMG_6817.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691781684655834690" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjWXvQvcs5lp-e6T0OHlDKWuU0hEK_Ld72uVDqUp1w3zVsDhVX9TK06HsRuC0sVYGxLjWSD6Sf0iFFj3b1BzhzimsS_j4fRyJjBeSfdG9b7Pn06Pb5OOiSy44E72DLgAA4Cuwqiw/s1600/IMG_6907.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjWXvQvcs5lp-e6T0OHlDKWuU0hEK_Ld72uVDqUp1w3zVsDhVX9TK06HsRuC0sVYGxLjWSD6Sf0iFFj3b1BzhzimsS_j4fRyJjBeSfdG9b7Pn06Pb5OOiSy44E72DLgAA4Cuwqiw/s400/IMG_6907.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691782755453670466" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzaHvF6fFWvK1O2ImZhmkBrYtWJxY-xR72PbwlkKdk1z_fHbv42ABMIHQRZM2GZG8wrJFdhY045M6FSeWFT1ERpZEUCDR0N1FGTEu5P4zI_uk1yTvK-65vCC0DA8bWQpCO3a_pYQ/s1600/IMG_6870.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzaHvF6fFWvK1O2ImZhmkBrYtWJxY-xR72PbwlkKdk1z_fHbv42ABMIHQRZM2GZG8wrJFdhY045M6FSeWFT1ERpZEUCDR0N1FGTEu5P4zI_uk1yTvK-65vCC0DA8bWQpCO3a_pYQ/s400/IMG_6870.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691782738352034162" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhdo5jzMA86Valqdpy7PyLYY6yM9TCCVDuCNhvK7RA_qhhStGc9m8wmQVPH6INbYRrV_5xVlKmXz2ze1XhJRi0C9nHoFQXeSK86yHsqKS800QU003G5ghSs-qckDvK0DyzZ9Uq6A/s1600/IMG_6848.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhdo5jzMA86Valqdpy7PyLYY6yM9TCCVDuCNhvK7RA_qhhStGc9m8wmQVPH6INbYRrV_5xVlKmXz2ze1XhJRi0C9nHoFQXeSK86yHsqKS800QU003G5ghSs-qckDvK0DyzZ9Uq6A/s400/IMG_6848.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691782738935084178" /></a><br /><br />That night we went to the Airborne Trampoline place. After one hour everybody had sweat running down their faces. It was awesome! My most favorite part of the night was watching Mike try to get out of the foam pits. It was hyserical!! Love ya Mike!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_fDAhmRWO2BnkXWd9jimG-zXsp73FGaeGJ1pXTGXtnb6TTXz8_GtvGKaVDR22WaT6yH-8w7dQtH-wO2h9S7dJMc68dIUbipT11QipId3lFK0dv_bG-gmQHBYe-l8hH0anOvRrHQ/s1600/IMG_6941.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_fDAhmRWO2BnkXWd9jimG-zXsp73FGaeGJ1pXTGXtnb6TTXz8_GtvGKaVDR22WaT6yH-8w7dQtH-wO2h9S7dJMc68dIUbipT11QipId3lFK0dv_bG-gmQHBYe-l8hH0anOvRrHQ/s400/IMG_6941.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691784070902618930" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLCxyZX0zmd5f9Tbv8JXlhfBTfNYOvTHswyPYeyvxSLDmdbexOKWUPvj-7wHPaLcN9AfAWT7hV08yCQfNfIvCQxNsvMdgdhjNE_dEpuc586OyD15Cp-szMqosOo1-1X9YHezC-w/s1600/IMG_6940.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLCxyZX0zmd5f9Tbv8JXlhfBTfNYOvTHswyPYeyvxSLDmdbexOKWUPvj-7wHPaLcN9AfAWT7hV08yCQfNfIvCQxNsvMdgdhjNE_dEpuc586OyD15Cp-szMqosOo1-1X9YHezC-w/s400/IMG_6940.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691784065923205010" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3jlNXa47EhP8vAOmLs7Njj2gV7zAqR0rkAFmONGWOby7hp00szoG87Y1wWgzVbnOi8OT6ZU4M31hJBMwxUO_NhotZPfFujJ1__exx3MD3U_Kzd1hZqk-VVz_8MQOt9F0YHkwX-g/s1600/IMG_6935.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGPCsdaTatrfPU_GZcagrqZG0aO9qMwx4WWLQSFo394rq5-xc6b6bGW_aTEBaXmuAv4XvyT6vt8Uc3HyzMbxi9TR1RknGVSzb1IX8mTh8-jKMhDSpTZpnW1AMMA8NSEONHASsuw/s400/IMG_7025.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691788121064846306" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcynPVEBnwzDljo_zuNzWfvjcX1pFNQqaMHyWR4-nwaq3Bvh84A7W-yYtmpdfAM1I7V7nVcRzMKFtSkMxLbZV8X7D6BMB6a-QbcYbXB2l4qEBlRtlNQOSKzvayw3cCtFcPY4E0MQ/s1600/IMG_7024.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcynPVEBnwzDljo_zuNzWfvjcX1pFNQqaMHyWR4-nwaq3Bvh84A7W-yYtmpdfAM1I7V7nVcRzMKFtSkMxLbZV8X7D6BMB6a-QbcYbXB2l4qEBlRtlNQOSKzvayw3cCtFcPY4E0MQ/s400/IMG_7024.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691788117262107714" /></a><br /><br />I can honestly say, I'm surprised all the Christmas activities did not send me right into labor! Last night Sam and I took down all the Christmas decorations and cleaned the house. At one point, I was standing in the family room and honestly could not walk for fear the pelvic pressure would kill me. I am COUNTING down the days to my induction! One week from Saturday!!!!!Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675596953196622102noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21370574.post-40708850533388110992011-12-21T12:40:00.010-07:002011-12-21T13:23:03.926-07:00You Should Have Seen The Other GuyYesterday started out like any other day...getting kids to school, working, cleaning up after the whirlwind known as Cameron....<br /><br />My friend stopped by with some delicious Christmas candy and as we were visiting my phone rang. She asked if I needed to get it, I responded "no" without looking at the Caller ID. Lucky for me, we have an answering machine that is heard to all who are in the room when you leave a mesage. It went something like this: <br /><br />Mrs. Sweet, this is Leslie from Parker's school, Parker collided heads with his friend at recess. The other child is fine, but Parker's eye is incredibly swollen and we need you to come check it out as soon as possible.<br /><br />Also lucky for me, I have 3 boys and don't tend to get too stressed with stuff like this! I looked at my friend and said "well, like Sam always says, this just shakes up the day!"<br /><br />My friend left and as I was getting my shoes on to head to the school, my phone rang again. This time it was my neighbor. He was all in a panic. He said "Carrie, can I come over, I need you to look at my lip and tell me if I need stitches because my German Shepard just bit my lip!"<br /><br />Sure, come on over....Parker's just laying in the office with ice on his eye....<br /><br />Neighbor came running over, bare-footed (hysterical!). His lip was fat and sure enough, he had a nice slit where the dog's tooth sunk in. It wasn't stitch-worthy in my opinion though (but again, I'm a little laid back with these things). I told him to put Neosporin on it, maybe super glue if he's freaked out, and for heavens sake, put some shoes on! <br /><br />I then ran out the door with Cameron. The office staff was so nice to Parker and gave him all sorts of compassion and sympathy. He was laying on a couch, trying not to cry. I took one look at his puffy eye and said "Hey buddy! Guess what is so cool? You are going to have a black eye for all your Christmas pictures! You will NEVER forget the Christmas of 2011. How lucky is that??" Parker smiled, the office staff looked at me like I was crazy, and then I checked Carson and Parker out of school 1/2 hour early. It was a good afternoon!! We came home and snarfed down some homemade bread I made earlier that day. All is right with the world.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi90ZFbPC1uYeL5teVMdcIrVvCfNNUxIeusOtgSwBbEhsa8VEzdRJ-JjnxWA68oYXSrYaU26-zxvUpWqnLNMiHkoRgQiuYPI_ZiMYxmfSkEeDk2Yde-Fo_qU_ijZR_hYHHBrDhJ4g/s1600/bread.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi90ZFbPC1uYeL5teVMdcIrVvCfNNUxIeusOtgSwBbEhsa8VEzdRJ-JjnxWA68oYXSrYaU26-zxvUpWqnLNMiHkoRgQiuYPI_ZiMYxmfSkEeDk2Yde-Fo_qU_ijZR_hYHHBrDhJ4g/s400/bread.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688671730509811970" /></a><br /><br />Here is what his eye looked like when we got home. The swelling had decreased by at least half after all the ice. Well played, ice. Well played.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCB0oMveFzTbvjsqoHWsQ-SdP2FBa4XEFMUOc1LFsLeoZrnjc7G-0DXjqPV0RncsF1gPQPQaXig94HSLd47XYCTUEpQtMKF0LthmtDJ87GPd34HQQAsMfDTYLihOfjVs28Zvb6Iw/s1600/IMG_6462.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCB0oMveFzTbvjsqoHWsQ-SdP2FBa4XEFMUOc1LFsLeoZrnjc7G-0DXjqPV0RncsF1gPQPQaXig94HSLd47XYCTUEpQtMKF0LthmtDJ87GPd34HQQAsMfDTYLihOfjVs28Zvb6Iw/s400/IMG_6462.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688672242429495666" /></a><br /><br />Here is what his eye looked like this morning at breakfast. Those colors are going to be fun to watch them change every day. On a side note, have I ever told you how much I love Parker's ears? Awww, I love this kid!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbROCIUTD_PViyzHUfsJZkWdDhPumXrwkF5xoJGeXqC3elmyeD4EFcvVOBbY1nvGJ24eAF9ypGxQLG8HULm-1qr4yUns3fmLaGs8pJMJx2d35qNh9vEl4qbg_1m6N7e72UNst_WQ/s1600/IMG_6492.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbROCIUTD_PViyzHUfsJZkWdDhPumXrwkF5xoJGeXqC3elmyeD4EFcvVOBbY1nvGJ24eAF9ypGxQLG8HULm-1qr4yUns3fmLaGs8pJMJx2d35qNh9vEl4qbg_1m6N7e72UNst_WQ/s400/IMG_6492.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688672668225043426" /></a><br /><br />Last night we went with my parents and brothers family to Thanksgiving Point to see the Holiday Lights. Afterwards we went to Curtis' house for hot chocolate. While at Thanksgiving Point, my dad was talking to Parker. He said "If Curtis asks you what happened to your eye, tell him you got hit...but you should have SEEN the other guy!!!". Parker calmly says (as only Parker can) "Nah, I'll just tell him the truth." ha ha! Seriously, coolest kid ever!<br /><br />We saw Reindeer at Thanksgiving Point. Pretty fun!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHlZA7SKZrxbwHyUbpxmj69ncDqGG-Te_ZNWABApckkBH-HAIOFjfrZY6CSYRlPnLfxWjpV4I_1R6QCJqx6aMumSjewPTrWZrkFy8K0w48r31CmbZ7rzpipcLvB6qtamrG11Ztg/s1600/IMG_6478.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHlZA7SKZrxbwHyUbpxmj69ncDqGG-Te_ZNWABApckkBH-HAIOFjfrZY6CSYRlPnLfxWjpV4I_1R6QCJqx6aMumSjewPTrWZrkFy8K0w48r31CmbZ7rzpipcLvB6qtamrG11Ztg/s400/IMG_6478.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688673687791993746" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9rE78SAMfmGrwoqJWtjShEiXWzzt74qj8thya2o9Iu9K8o-qFCrMENzjoNLIptZUnpFWMWUcd9cZyWADCrCiraT4RofLX0bSnrBMxytOE8-SOSY30wrSXD3exybIAf1HUF7XBw/s1600/IMG_6468.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9rE78SAMfmGrwoqJWtjShEiXWzzt74qj8thya2o9Iu9K8o-qFCrMENzjoNLIptZUnpFWMWUcd9cZyWADCrCiraT4RofLX0bSnrBMxytOE8-SOSY30wrSXD3exybIAf1HUF7XBw/s400/IMG_6468.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688673686179377762" /></a><br /><br />This morning, Cameron's preschool class had their Christmas Program. Chaos at its best! It was pretty cute. Songs were sung, pictures were taken, instruments were played, cookies were consumed, and the teachers HAPPILY sent the kids on their way, not to return for 2 weeks! :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1aJxYry4GTqjJPXNKMoDE-kdIJFHWbwzkX48oFSAjUCed-AvuM6EkrLhjubQ-wGfyVhe08Ms3T_2BE0vlGnUEgOOZvfMxytd18yga-Zym1UjGDMmcgY1aYC0oDxS8PvFZTkHpZg/s1600/IMG_6498.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1aJxYry4GTqjJPXNKMoDE-kdIJFHWbwzkX48oFSAjUCed-AvuM6EkrLhjubQ-wGfyVhe08Ms3T_2BE0vlGnUEgOOZvfMxytd18yga-Zym1UjGDMmcgY1aYC0oDxS8PvFZTkHpZg/s400/IMG_6498.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688678442111763554" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyG0a2TdFffipgxv4qRFs6r8nw_B7tr0BVxZTDC8U-mmCWh5LqH17ZWSHelTMIjSITkZwHY3eDJK9vKR4eFYSfIG1a67LTbsOOHJkiJvZ0E0lsZfqJHyuiemnAl3sGLMhl6Dg2HQ/s1600/IMG_6500.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyG0a2TdFffipgxv4qRFs6r8nw_B7tr0BVxZTDC8U-mmCWh5LqH17ZWSHelTMIjSITkZwHY3eDJK9vKR4eFYSfIG1a67LTbsOOHJkiJvZ0E0lsZfqJHyuiemnAl3sGLMhl6Dg2HQ/s400/IMG_6500.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688678668296950322" /></a><br /><br />The kids had done a gift exchange where the dollar limit was one dollar. Luckily, Target has a great dollar section! Cameron was supposed to give a gift to a girl named Hannah. I found some Hello Kitty hair clips so that is what she got. She was ecstatic! She was jumping up and down, ripped open the package, and put all the clips in her hair right then and there! Best dollar I ever spent! Cameron got this sweet car. He loves it, despite the look on his face. ha ha! He has been playing with the car ever since we got home. Success!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-yNrXz96bQakc73-CYmHR5wyTNT86muYw4sHZ1k0clGOCnRbvyLdx6-y2MYrqUTUTV8N428wEF1BhQZmaDCOW9b96O5zIWgzpYlL94LWKULeZNUd_Tnwo55O_Q-lBeLosfkkEuA/s1600/IMG_6512.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-yNrXz96bQakc73-CYmHR5wyTNT86muYw4sHZ1k0clGOCnRbvyLdx6-y2MYrqUTUTV8N428wEF1BhQZmaDCOW9b96O5zIWgzpYlL94LWKULeZNUd_Tnwo55O_Q-lBeLosfkkEuA/s400/IMG_6512.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688678845571611010" /></a><br /><br />And finally:<br />Last week I was in a frenzy trying to get Christmas stuff all taken care of so on the way home, Cameron and I stopped at McDonalds for lunch. We went through the drive thru and came home to eat. I ordered Cameron some chicken nuggets. When we got home, I opened his chicken nugget container....to find a bunch of nasty nacho cheese with little pieces of jalepeno inside! Oh man, McDonalds is so lucky I was too tired to go back and rip them a new one!! So, Cameron got a sandwich to go with his fries. No fake chicken for him! ha ha!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjengCT6EXqxY90vsUtpYY4kVqmzECyFWBGa9VKAtrLv5W0iOr8xtxuwG1mclMoKphObb8pMviFEqg_rC2vyDhLBbMntLEpFk-gzM2ERVJlU3_gJgZs28ofNbCQUPHiHqlCNPd2FQ/s1600/chicken.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjengCT6EXqxY90vsUtpYY4kVqmzECyFWBGa9VKAtrLv5W0iOr8xtxuwG1mclMoKphObb8pMviFEqg_rC2vyDhLBbMntLEpFk-gzM2ERVJlU3_gJgZs28ofNbCQUPHiHqlCNPd2FQ/s400/chicken.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688679286364796834" /></a>Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675596953196622102noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21370574.post-25702907628469861032011-12-18T13:03:00.015-07:002011-12-18T14:48:44.524-07:00Happy Birthday To Me!My birthday was this past week on the 13th. I'm 37. 37 doesn't feel much different than 27 really. I honestly think I mentally stopped maturing at about 25 so I suppose that makes the birthdays much easier to accept! <br /><br />One of my birthday gifts was a card reader for my computer so now I can update my blog from my regular computer instead of the laptop, which I am very happy about! The laptop is quite temperamental and we have had some stern words with each other and now our relationship is strained. So, happy blogging from here on out!<br /><br />Last Sunday Carson earned his Tenderfoot in Boy Scouts. It was fun attending the Court of Honor and seeing the way things are run in Boy Scouts vs. Cub Scouts. I'm so excited for Carson to experience all that comes with Boy Scouting! I guess they are doing a Klondike winter camp in February that Sam will probably attend too....I'm so glad I'm not a boy!!!!!!!!! I wouldn't last 5 minutes camping in the snow. Boys are crazy! :)<br /><br />The obligatory picture of Carson pinning the Tenderfoot mother's pin on me. I'm gaining quite a collection these days. Can't wait to see my collection after 3 boys go through scouting!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJhM7Jtv4H9zxq9LnEaLHAuPPzyaZak7_qBQ-DITTFLSbNz1LzLBaxL6A8pdsKH0_kveAgzx0ALfsqHQkM13gchRtyUG7yEmraAQkLn7FknJu7Uz76U7PViROPWH45Jhd88weww/s1600/IMG_6208.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJhM7Jtv4H9zxq9LnEaLHAuPPzyaZak7_qBQ-DITTFLSbNz1LzLBaxL6A8pdsKH0_kveAgzx0ALfsqHQkM13gchRtyUG7yEmraAQkLn7FknJu7Uz76U7PViROPWH45Jhd88weww/s400/IMG_6208.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687564660778404882" /></a><br /><br />Yesterday morning we enjoyed the annual Sweet Family Christmas Party. Good food, good fun, good entertainment, and good conversations! What more could we ask for??<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi90I3bxyrkMRE5wa6OGJTPX8y0TuGmALoBzGYbb8yxbY5hlyipIWC4Mttz_licu3QzFZjhVYSiZwFSYBm3zfxs_JCJSZa3atvwPZZHlN47GoVIIivxhJsnAJ9t1KP809DahvUdoQ/s1600/IMG_6261.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi90I3bxyrkMRE5wa6OGJTPX8y0TuGmALoBzGYbb8yxbY5hlyipIWC4Mttz_licu3QzFZjhVYSiZwFSYBm3zfxs_JCJSZa3atvwPZZHlN47GoVIIivxhJsnAJ9t1KP809DahvUdoQ/s400/IMG_6261.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687566550653900994" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWJy0yYS0qzmeb73UXg2-iLiXLtEUZCStN7kBq4qJG_msttOLQU4RJCGBBpN6LDi2d6olT7hfn-qZUBgHdGhiJytb3V2dLUrMwhKdmybh4eAZgJgvzWl1edYWC7bhJ5vD4PZP9cQ/s1600/IMG_6256.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWJy0yYS0qzmeb73UXg2-iLiXLtEUZCStN7kBq4qJG_msttOLQU4RJCGBBpN6LDi2d6olT7hfn-qZUBgHdGhiJytb3V2dLUrMwhKdmybh4eAZgJgvzWl1edYWC7bhJ5vD4PZP9cQ/s400/IMG_6256.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687566530353941986" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Vj_MgIFptE0FZZveJB4jRnFUY85Kakbs8AUZA2BiQkqjg1DWQ890SDNYIJhyphenhyphenabs4UTkgSZlk9YeduJ7SqumyjjrrV3tlH62zYfjeBd3qWh0B_-TCHT2TY7DoH9uR-TCMbteyXw/s1600/IMG_6246.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Vj_MgIFptE0FZZveJB4jRnFUY85Kakbs8AUZA2BiQkqjg1DWQ890SDNYIJhyphenhyphenabs4UTkgSZlk9YeduJ7SqumyjjrrV3tlH62zYfjeBd3qWh0B_-TCHT2TY7DoH9uR-TCMbteyXw/s400/IMG_6246.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687566526946365506" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiabaVGwU3tkWTRKM_Qun5a0RHLomownu6NK2q3S-JnNcKg8MAtpB5qYz_Kc7x7nFxkRNwQwxzG7GN2HykzDhpxni-OfcTqHz-lNcLBgfEY9oJLuwFhuVo1cWV5sygGvAStzQpy4Q/s1600/IMG_6265.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiabaVGwU3tkWTRKM_Qun5a0RHLomownu6NK2q3S-JnNcKg8MAtpB5qYz_Kc7x7nFxkRNwQwxzG7GN2HykzDhpxni-OfcTqHz-lNcLBgfEY9oJLuwFhuVo1cWV5sygGvAStzQpy4Q/s400/IMG_6265.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687567549659199890" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1DM0AUyFQnAqM9Fedt8elNpTC6F_QIjIo6u7r_BAHPIsTba_frQzefW1xV8Od2W7pVdZ-Elxn-Kp0XKaJJecXuCM_63WmvXsozQ0tPe_k3uL8PndI7woEhKYexbQHF6NZY3myvw/s1600/IMG_6262.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1DM0AUyFQnAqM9Fedt8elNpTC6F_QIjIo6u7r_BAHPIsTba_frQzefW1xV8Od2W7pVdZ-Elxn-Kp0XKaJJecXuCM_63WmvXsozQ0tPe_k3uL8PndI7woEhKYexbQHF6NZY3myvw/s400/IMG_6262.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687567547110002642" /></a><br /><br />We had a gift exchange for all the cousins under the age of 18. All the boys sat in a circle and did their exchange, and all the girls did the same. I was shocked at the size of the boy circle vs. the girl circle! Dang!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk_9MwP_yZ5g9VKl6u2y7bvzN1tqbhaMu5SofvO9pwKLtSV-L9MR7c8o3PbuOKSYQGgJS2E4k9HSghGLURKu8OcpsVc3FhxH2kO6-6kHYCBA1eZgv2lLZwKcLm6BUVefcSJV2hIw/s1600/IMG_6270.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk_9MwP_yZ5g9VKl6u2y7bvzN1tqbhaMu5SofvO9pwKLtSV-L9MR7c8o3PbuOKSYQGgJS2E4k9HSghGLURKu8OcpsVc3FhxH2kO6-6kHYCBA1eZgv2lLZwKcLm6BUVefcSJV2hIw/s400/IMG_6270.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687568715445882082" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjos9fbD4wYlhbXoNqi90ga9A0SCbpc5hWUJZkPxRZS1ivOqIZgK62EJHcsBu_b7BL6sepHqcZX5EPSpC8wG8IYS-Sq7q27qta2mmmQHWln7FerHneB_Zt5jEjNJAUrdQnw3QpscQ/s1600/IMG_6266.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjos9fbD4wYlhbXoNqi90ga9A0SCbpc5hWUJZkPxRZS1ivOqIZgK62EJHcsBu_b7BL6sepHqcZX5EPSpC8wG8IYS-Sq7q27qta2mmmQHWln7FerHneB_Zt5jEjNJAUrdQnw3QpscQ/s400/IMG_6266.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687568705770746434" /></a><br /><br />Cameron scored the cutest little giraffe pillow pet. He loves it! In fact, he's taking a nap with it right at this very moment. :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzj7_RDsjTxuyHyGvupojf8b1xtygS-cY6Ic7mBkwIj0xghMl4JE78bTwd4jBldRTJpKdwtXFy8XJD3be4jqpao03PQbaNsBvgA1uCk0sOSeFgmalgesIlRXsDtIWA2Xx8hE2SIg/s1600/IMG_6292.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzj7_RDsjTxuyHyGvupojf8b1xtygS-cY6Ic7mBkwIj0xghMl4JE78bTwd4jBldRTJpKdwtXFy8XJD3be4jqpao03PQbaNsBvgA1uCk0sOSeFgmalgesIlRXsDtIWA2Xx8hE2SIg/s400/IMG_6292.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687569473547132514" /></a><br /><br />We ended the party with musical talent from the Sweet family. Don't worry, I wasn't asked to participate because we all know what my voice sounds like! ha ha ha!<br />However: Sam, Carson, Parker, and Nick sang for us and it was beautiful!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixx5HZW81key9SPzzYtLd-KrevcN57bLg_vcB7qs4-vB2oTSSQhGxkVZX2rqUgsnXO5GxPDPfcuEMw5KFWSscenGxDT-5FAVJnj1yI3i-cMdMrEzIalYFhCeHtoEqA_jUGJUmlmA/s1600/IMG_6338.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixx5HZW81key9SPzzYtLd-KrevcN57bLg_vcB7qs4-vB2oTSSQhGxkVZX2rqUgsnXO5GxPDPfcuEMw5KFWSscenGxDT-5FAVJnj1yI3i-cMdMrEzIalYFhCeHtoEqA_jUGJUmlmA/s400/IMG_6338.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687570485217458258" /></a><br /><br />My mother in law, Fontella, and her last living sibling: Belva. These two are a hilarious pair and we love them tremendously!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRmiVjQGlgLb1cJBl1rcENAhp8KxjC2XWQOX5-IMJiCSgtyNMrBcKcKetcOsWNHBFBxh0e0NpXhP9jQbqDPmIBX2uJYjK8XKIE5SswsoWDocamR2et7vo3KEu1ffkDX0lUWei4pA/s1600/IMG_6366.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRmiVjQGlgLb1cJBl1rcENAhp8KxjC2XWQOX5-IMJiCSgtyNMrBcKcKetcOsWNHBFBxh0e0NpXhP9jQbqDPmIBX2uJYjK8XKIE5SswsoWDocamR2et7vo3KEu1ffkDX0lUWei4pA/s400/IMG_6366.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687583870596762514" /></a><br /><br />Mel and Aaron singing "Grandma got run over by a reindeer". We tried to get Fontella to lay down in front of them but she ignored us. ha ha!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6QG5kB5D5NcsZflegPENhBZaD7yFnW5uB8Z8fdB8aErai_Og6cfGjAF7hrbkWC5_sje2Mq0n59EZqDUgUbB3BcbaQ_rL77dHRMrj3PEOuGbvA5CDrD_cIs9cMNntY0tk407cetw/s1600/IMG_6375.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6QG5kB5D5NcsZflegPENhBZaD7yFnW5uB8Z8fdB8aErai_Og6cfGjAF7hrbkWC5_sje2Mq0n59EZqDUgUbB3BcbaQ_rL77dHRMrj3PEOuGbvA5CDrD_cIs9cMNntY0tk407cetw/s400/IMG_6375.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687584634366704354" /></a><br /><br />After the Sweet party, we went to my parents house that evening for a birthday par-tay for me. It was super fun to hang with family and friends and laugh our guts out. Case in point: I have no idea what is so funny here, but Sam captured the moment!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGvh2egJFnI3pa57AB4L-HUlTD9vvCVUWHuAeR3njnXUxz3LAHkB-B74gKqlMtuXJdFxTviHMaGTCqcPpEQPlwGerDMCtl5dgL3NN1mMljUfELWUHmha2vtrdoGwdZLlyS8bCiw/s1600/IMG_6403.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGvh2egJFnI3pa57AB4L-HUlTD9vvCVUWHuAeR3njnXUxz3LAHkB-B74gKqlMtuXJdFxTviHMaGTCqcPpEQPlwGerDMCtl5dgL3NN1mMljUfELWUHmha2vtrdoGwdZLlyS8bCiw/s400/IMG_6403.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687585424220858322" /></a><br /><br />Maybe they were discussing my brother Mike's "man fur" ugliest Christmas sweater he made....<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHaarNIo_NX5g18GXRSAfQNFJDRLUXA5puEhFb20Ip1MMBIm4ZyIL6R_4qEgn7m6RvylTAu5HMTPxPdazYYZxtH469Ys9rNemPO6Hy5b1We4fUmiRT7xGHUwwaM2nwCz3ZsgJl1Q/s1600/man+fur.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHaarNIo_NX5g18GXRSAfQNFJDRLUXA5puEhFb20Ip1MMBIm4ZyIL6R_4qEgn7m6RvylTAu5HMTPxPdazYYZxtH469Ys9rNemPO6Hy5b1We4fUmiRT7xGHUwwaM2nwCz3ZsgJl1Q/s400/man+fur.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687585937099373634" /></a><br /><br />Frightening eh? Needless to say, Mike's costume won the grand prize! The part that makes me belly laugh the hardest is how he got the cut up afro wig to stick on his body: MAPLE SYRUP! Oh my what a smelly mess! He has no fear and no inhibitions!<br /><br />Very typical picture: Nalani and I always solve the world's problems when we get together! Don't we look like we mean business?? <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh15f0lBHZWmTjO6BpBsWt_72WYBHevLwItSJevZjsmQSfKs3FSh0_HYOqWRzDDXPvUNIYtiV2r2tU0cL8nP9SdwOg_JcCCNLlRL1suqfPU_9p-hHdzySnJEMRMpssI2kaPa_RxLQ/s1600/IMG_6412.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh15f0lBHZWmTjO6BpBsWt_72WYBHevLwItSJevZjsmQSfKs3FSh0_HYOqWRzDDXPvUNIYtiV2r2tU0cL8nP9SdwOg_JcCCNLlRL1suqfPU_9p-hHdzySnJEMRMpssI2kaPa_RxLQ/s400/IMG_6412.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687587028800352098" /></a><br /><br />Here I am getting ready to blow out my bazillion candles on the delicious Sub Zero ice cream pie! Luckily Cameron helped me blow them out because I don't have much lung capacity these days!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3SSBFyRQ_cU4uGJ6lz6sUCH6cspSdgfVay8BcSTYc3H-D_JVSr-BkvqTfjpld5KcpDyPYLGaPiYedDWG-lUEej5bU4_UZG2d9M25AhfF9G6OKhlPsRMgzF7Pdg_mw3c6nGxMG6Q/s1600/IMG_6425.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3SSBFyRQ_cU4uGJ6lz6sUCH6cspSdgfVay8BcSTYc3H-D_JVSr-BkvqTfjpld5KcpDyPYLGaPiYedDWG-lUEej5bU4_UZG2d9M25AhfF9G6OKhlPsRMgzF7Pdg_mw3c6nGxMG6Q/s400/IMG_6425.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687587590655880306" /></a><br /><br />Oh, ha ha ha! Sam, I didn't think it was possible for anybody to love ice cream more than you do....but I think I found your match: Check out Ellie Oram's face in this picture! CLASSIC! She is like "gimme ice cream and nobody gets hurt!"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh88lwo59pI7FXb38k6hdsSM3EWKUQ5mxuG9iMJW5qJwoi8nMmjAuAvszTKdankCiq4ApfZP9CNrDSeY21MZS6I7pbwQ-XErnfSK9QWPHYUAVL1vQa2e38K_jJCyCSU9qeODN3JtA/s1600/IMG_6434.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh88lwo59pI7FXb38k6hdsSM3EWKUQ5mxuG9iMJW5qJwoi8nMmjAuAvszTKdankCiq4ApfZP9CNrDSeY21MZS6I7pbwQ-XErnfSK9QWPHYUAVL1vQa2e38K_jJCyCSU9qeODN3JtA/s400/IMG_6434.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687588144457390274" /></a><br /><br />My brother's family is here until after Christmas so hopefully we can get to all the events we have on our wish list between now and then! Honestly, I'm just hoping I don't go into labor before they leave because then I'll miss out on some fun! My doctor is planning a January 7th induction and I'm great with that date!Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675596953196622102noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21370574.post-11861227097490629352011-12-06T19:20:00.019-07:002011-12-06T20:22:51.991-07:00Merry Christmas!My last post was in November, about Halloween, and now it's December....so, Merry Christmas! I knew once Halloween hit I'd be in trouble because the holiday season would make every day fly by as my belly got bigger and bigger. I'm just under 5 weeks away from delivery. I'm waddling around like a penguin and doing Christmas shopping is serious torture for my loosening ligaments and joints! ha ha! Good thing I'm almost done with my shopping. If anybody knows what I can get my mother-in-law for Christmas, I'm all ears! Seriously, she's a tough one to buy for!<br /><br />Okay, here's a run down of what's up lately:<br /><br />First of all, let's do a few "Cameron says" moments shall we? That kid is only 3 and he's got the BEST personality, I just can't get enough of him!<br /><br />Carrie: Does Santa like boys who are bad?<br />Cameron: No<br />Carrie: Does Santa like boys who are good?<br />Cameron: ……No?<br />Carrie: Yes he does! <br />Cameron: OH! I thought you meant good to EAT!!! That would be gross!<br /><br />Another one, this happened just today:<br /><br />Cameron: When I’m old will I change my name to “dad” and go to work?<br />Carrie: Um...yeah...<br />Cameron: I KNEW IT!! I won’t even need a stool anymore and I can make my own ice cream cones!!!!!!<br /><br />I see where his priorities are!<br /><br />In other news:<br />As many of you know, I've been slightly frustrated with Carson's teacher this year. We've gone the rounds and then I prepared for the WORST parent/teacher conference in mid-November. Surprisingly, it wasn't as bad as I feared. His grades are acceptable but we just need to convince him to get his work done the day it's assigned. Imagine my surprise when the week after his parent/teacher conference, he was given an award for getting his work done! What in the what?? I'm not sure if I'm being buttered up for something, but I'm not going to question it! I was helping out at Cameron's school that morning so my mom was kind enough to attend the little "Climbing Higher" program and email me a picture of Carson with the Principal. Thanks mom!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkhv75jJ5GCsVP4VJ2D4_VCn2JK6aArDYr3hmbucJaOAmfkuuV_TnaVtfGf2BaigFbSmoL5_WdDlFot6QpFuDoVt608WsTyMH54IUlbDwjBuLBaMlw5A0-qdsHTFsUOrzRFRELdA/s1600/climbing+higher.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkhv75jJ5GCsVP4VJ2D4_VCn2JK6aArDYr3hmbucJaOAmfkuuV_TnaVtfGf2BaigFbSmoL5_WdDlFot6QpFuDoVt608WsTyMH54IUlbDwjBuLBaMlw5A0-qdsHTFsUOrzRFRELdA/s400/climbing+higher.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683208380609340690" /></a><br /><br />For Thanksgiving, Cameron's preschool class held a little Thanksgiving feast for the kids, their parents, and their grandparents. It was pretty dang cute. Once again my mom came to the rescue and snapped this picture of Cameron wearing the turkey hat he made. Love it!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisVQdO-I-k3LOdsN7KEnDKd9xGkXHOCVY9qLe8a5WxEC11RrqYkTh4RQQkd4USuQ_aHpoLin-_ZTfUu9E5yGgjA_K0rnCBe3lx-xH8SeV8R7NErnJFWt91RMzTps9PtkrypGUrWg/s1600/Turkey+hat.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisVQdO-I-k3LOdsN7KEnDKd9xGkXHOCVY9qLe8a5WxEC11RrqYkTh4RQQkd4USuQ_aHpoLin-_ZTfUu9E5yGgjA_K0rnCBe3lx-xH8SeV8R7NErnJFWt91RMzTps9PtkrypGUrWg/s400/Turkey+hat.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683209082301703490" /></a><br /><br />Also in November, my friend Laura gave me a little baby shower with a few friends from the neighborhood. At first I was against the idea because this will be my 4th baby but Laura knew me well when she said "Carrie, don't take this the wrong way, but it's your first girl and you NEED HELP!" Ha ha, so true! I'm dang clueless when it comes to baby girls. I'm so thankful for the generosity of wonderful friends who came to support me and this little girl. It was a blast!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuBNI6QKsQRGrtH-U28A0iWpWWHodZT8BaOEgYegTOG0CV8w2H2Xaz_GFR0GCFflAd4b-8qvFDnTP7PBu2KxJwS-rb3j33fdIIaMEKv-RT60MdvcSuec5gPqfZaXwg9FnysVAGLw/s1600/baby+shower+1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuBNI6QKsQRGrtH-U28A0iWpWWHodZT8BaOEgYegTOG0CV8w2H2Xaz_GFR0GCFflAd4b-8qvFDnTP7PBu2KxJwS-rb3j33fdIIaMEKv-RT60MdvcSuec5gPqfZaXwg9FnysVAGLw/s400/baby+shower+1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683210033232508018" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMjKjwoigcDrWJ5vd05Zggyo04b5TlDZ7a1TomqA1oHwdttm_WxfXbp_s23nrMWhXza5rTII_zDXJ5ebafA21d4-GsICcLiQmMNen872guIF2y-UvyVo9nE81f2QjhyM7a2mjoWw/s1600/baby+shower+2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMjKjwoigcDrWJ5vd05Zggyo04b5TlDZ7a1TomqA1oHwdttm_WxfXbp_s23nrMWhXza5rTII_zDXJ5ebafA21d4-GsICcLiQmMNen872guIF2y-UvyVo9nE81f2QjhyM7a2mjoWw/s400/baby+shower+2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683210494716787570" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIW4WTU-08JXdv5xcevkokE8DOK_b-hr9WDQzE4e45SlHr7XjMJleiL7NodnV-6DDzQ17nqnAtP9C7Y0U2HSxbmENoJFadpEljLnB27L_r3Vx82pbH3mXZzuajJoMcI3_7IHMOQ/s1600/baby+shower+4.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIW4WTU-08JXdv5xcevkokE8DOK_b-hr9WDQzE4e45SlHr7XjMJleiL7NodnV-6DDzQ17nqnAtP9C7Y0U2HSxbmENoJFadpEljLnB27L_r3Vx82pbH3mXZzuajJoMcI3_7IHMOQ/s400/baby+shower+4.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683211182708135586" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy214Ei3dlj-nqvdVnI1RZZHEj0g5zTTlcM46FXLyKsi7pRGoALA7e0tQN8wb3O_NgM_2ks914rBx1Uiz7aPPA0iHP7zya9yKlOPFf2UVJUTSLIYL0sfNVIHEj503eSag6UTMvlw/s1600/baby+shower+3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy214Ei3dlj-nqvdVnI1RZZHEj0g5zTTlcM46FXLyKsi7pRGoALA7e0tQN8wb3O_NgM_2ks914rBx1Uiz7aPPA0iHP7zya9yKlOPFf2UVJUTSLIYL0sfNVIHEj503eSag6UTMvlw/s400/baby+shower+3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683211177210174242" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggkfVWmgo8PRC7tjgMMQ7HTCnbB-5PIQP2vYmqDyOpi0KOQ-fnMAFc9BkfV_RFuBhPx1E7B-Kqtj3G-4NDAJud9sKUSSIIxS19z5AoE7pfDE8cwlOAkjFgz4-c1F6R2-o1hAsTtA/s1600/baby+shower+5.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggkfVWmgo8PRC7tjgMMQ7HTCnbB-5PIQP2vYmqDyOpi0KOQ-fnMAFc9BkfV_RFuBhPx1E7B-Kqtj3G-4NDAJud9sKUSSIIxS19z5AoE7pfDE8cwlOAkjFgz4-c1F6R2-o1hAsTtA/s400/baby+shower+5.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683211394005515202" /></a><br /><br />I feel a lot more prepared now to welcome this little one into our lives! I've been educating myself on hair bows, and coordinating outfits, and guess what else? I have a travel size wipes container that is covered in fabric and flowers! That's right, I'm pretty snazzy thanks to my friend Ginger Ekberg!!<br /><br />We've been working dang hard on the baby's room. I absolutely LOVE the way it turned out. Just a few more details to take care of but overall the room is ready.<br /><br />The room used to have a denim-looking paint on the bottom, a red chair rail, and white walls above the rail. Here we are starting the process. We painted the upper walls green.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXFeQKZAfUDxq9dkkemzyIha3btFhvxmwSmO5WR7Z98PhohxTIsdErPXs9h_lq6GzJZFPoR9uGhNc2n2WaBCyKIc3wVB41IocoZWyjE9URvZhXrP5WQY5A-mWtxXC0Rbit1NcVyw/s1600/IMG_6035.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXFeQKZAfUDxq9dkkemzyIha3btFhvxmwSmO5WR7Z98PhohxTIsdErPXs9h_lq6GzJZFPoR9uGhNc2n2WaBCyKIc3wVB41IocoZWyjE9URvZhXrP5WQY5A-mWtxXC0Rbit1NcVyw/s400/IMG_6035.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683214797851825170" /></a><br /><br />Then we put up some bead board.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM6f1iy0Ft49cSQERRGDzWeJByqNEzUvZBFl89LOgKp9jpSeVAJFbBFgX2Z7zyAYlY12MQO8OYNgW2q9gL3g6ziphS6j-i4ocb7pFfSBJO_yE4viwTTLmAgcXmHB_aEnj7a8NgXA/s1600/IMG_6038.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM6f1iy0Ft49cSQERRGDzWeJByqNEzUvZBFl89LOgKp9jpSeVAJFbBFgX2Z7zyAYlY12MQO8OYNgW2q9gL3g6ziphS6j-i4ocb7pFfSBJO_yE4viwTTLmAgcXmHB_aEnj7a8NgXA/s400/IMG_6038.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683215246538493826" /></a><br /><br />Then we painted trim, hung a chandelier, and put all the furniture in the room. I am so happy with the end result!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-NKvkhJdgSrf3gKcr8WAgV26fnUUuV8JcvrDY9ydgrydwdR-xbADBudpegI-5cLJ2KUxC93LrUKUC-E88rSRkpI5xv4xX1dFioqW9iBuN3PhDV1M05S7yh-xi-FGCrO6V1tD-Q/s1600/IMG_6173.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-NKvkhJdgSrf3gKcr8WAgV26fnUUuV8JcvrDY9ydgrydwdR-xbADBudpegI-5cLJ2KUxC93LrUKUC-E88rSRkpI5xv4xX1dFioqW9iBuN3PhDV1M05S7yh-xi-FGCrO6V1tD-Q/s400/IMG_6173.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683216569119973234" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYJs-s0jDFsmMlpyjVH-qTvpDI9bKbFVKoJbBh27OlotyWzeU3ijsOYci5HGXbUeCwjjsoRindqDbXXN78XhJR_ut_1EX7DmwR6FWGtaM26uKUPDNz216SG4CjRLb2Oh-u37w-Aw/s1600/IMG_6174.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYJs-s0jDFsmMlpyjVH-qTvpDI9bKbFVKoJbBh27OlotyWzeU3ijsOYci5HGXbUeCwjjsoRindqDbXXN78XhJR_ut_1EX7DmwR6FWGtaM26uKUPDNz216SG4CjRLb2Oh-u37w-Aw/s400/IMG_6174.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683216552832852850" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj11amOiLLbRqgmgEtRPuhxH4vRZegAao685dzFTeRX59fibe__EdmjGLP-YWVDb2YHZZK2kMRjtEzlojBVIrfW1n5O46hmMigtc8gsC6bJluc544l57H675VLYSC0Y8Te8-GV6aQ/s1600/IMG_6180.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj11amOiLLbRqgmgEtRPuhxH4vRZegAao685dzFTeRX59fibe__EdmjGLP-YWVDb2YHZZK2kMRjtEzlojBVIrfW1n5O46hmMigtc8gsC6bJluc544l57H675VLYSC0Y8Te8-GV6aQ/s400/IMG_6180.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683216550976527986" /></a><br /><br />My friend gave me this "Fancy Nancy" book because she said if my daughter has curly hair she imagines it will look like this little girl's! Love it! Thanks Mindy!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSMHCb1rtpRhdFMBhUZRipGA2AijKipVcscDNmUwGq48tnIUShFR0-b8jwtH7WIcSxnNBgUtvyAxXnnHqM0VUdBLyJdKXkhlJExMo78AYptG-F0TkfdlU3J1ZPHWexXHgvCxHFA/s1600/IMG_6176.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSMHCb1rtpRhdFMBhUZRipGA2AijKipVcscDNmUwGq48tnIUShFR0-b8jwtH7WIcSxnNBgUtvyAxXnnHqM0VUdBLyJdKXkhlJExMo78AYptG-F0TkfdlU3J1ZPHWexXHgvCxHFA/s400/IMG_6176.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683216773070427922" /></a><br /><br />Thanksgiving this year was with the Sweet family and we had some grubbin' food and great conversations. Because Fern is amazing and thoughtful, she borrowed my boys one night and had them help her make these fun Turkeys for the tables on Thanksgiving day. So cute!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEI-ryJEytT9fjSDiQWXKhzA4Mya76N1VYmXfrPnx-9GeHIZ8mAAz45xrkMt_wYXUf5Re04E9cAc816BXCOdXvFd4uwhyz0wY8gulSrSOf3AdcFaBKdqb1vyzC0SqbObiZBNxskQ/s1600/IMG_6063.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEI-ryJEytT9fjSDiQWXKhzA4Mya76N1VYmXfrPnx-9GeHIZ8mAAz45xrkMt_wYXUf5Re04E9cAc816BXCOdXvFd4uwhyz0wY8gulSrSOf3AdcFaBKdqb1vyzC0SqbObiZBNxskQ/s400/IMG_6063.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683217700725029058" /></a><br /><br />After we stuffed ourselves silly, the kids went outside to play. Russ hoisted a bunch of kids into this huge tree. I was pretty sure somebody would fall and we've have an Instacare visit, but everybody hung in there pretty well!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLEKXmYw22F5kbUxh1lWI1yk3wveHufa8ekISt0LL3i9xf2jow6w8XoEgRBJjhjeszohYnQSeOmNeg_uoWRlceGpBRp7pDq1A35kGYXHmhl9vdSw_9ZgjPhm3YS6EbzaZFoj7wVQ/s1600/IMG_6069.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLEKXmYw22F5kbUxh1lWI1yk3wveHufa8ekISt0LL3i9xf2jow6w8XoEgRBJjhjeszohYnQSeOmNeg_uoWRlceGpBRp7pDq1A35kGYXHmhl9vdSw_9ZgjPhm3YS6EbzaZFoj7wVQ/s400/IMG_6069.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683218608572833330" /></a><br /><br />Then Russ just had to join the fun and climbed into that tree himself! Kid at heart!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN1fuvGPDS4QtfVULdXPuYCOr54r_NDE9obGjAdafc0QtQn3MJPww82cR-9aqzfWzWLFTaxw9tzV5Vbo5vOEbqEcdrdi78KlPMg5q0zwWjX_z9V7jMMG9cJgXPqT_9Mg0OurVuIg/s1600/IMG_6104.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN1fuvGPDS4QtfVULdXPuYCOr54r_NDE9obGjAdafc0QtQn3MJPww82cR-9aqzfWzWLFTaxw9tzV5Vbo5vOEbqEcdrdi78KlPMg5q0zwWjX_z9V7jMMG9cJgXPqT_9Mg0OurVuIg/s400/IMG_6104.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683218889902507490" /></a><br /><br />Definitely looking prego!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihpWMfuDrC1qcNMCh05YadjiPau3D2wiPVu6eE3sEEsxAodNIKLTJPJS2_peTCCa5vPPsiv8spQdcjZIYba_a11-GVji-3_ug73A9exu7jgkMyi04sYxSqtqLhJb2pv0G0Kv1kYQ/s1600/IMG_6095.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihpWMfuDrC1qcNMCh05YadjiPau3D2wiPVu6eE3sEEsxAodNIKLTJPJS2_peTCCa5vPPsiv8spQdcjZIYba_a11-GVji-3_ug73A9exu7jgkMyi04sYxSqtqLhJb2pv0G0Kv1kYQ/s400/IMG_6095.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683219368250136258" /></a><br /><br />Now we're gearing up for the Christmas season. I seriously can't believe it's less than 3 weeks away. Good times! My brother and his family are traveling here from Indiana to spend Christmas with us so all the Clark kids will be together this year, it's sure to be a wild and crazy time! Here's hoping I don't go into labor in December. I desperately want a January baby, not December. Wish me luck! :)Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675596953196622102noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21370574.post-47382660979935509862011-11-01T13:17:00.018-06:002011-11-01T14:03:53.081-06:00Halloween 2011 - My 666th Post.I swear I'm not making this up. This is my 666th blog post. Pretty fitting for my post about Halloween, don't you think?<br /><br />We had a busy and fun Halloween season. It wasn't until 5pm on Halloween evening that I realized we never carved pumpkins. That's crazy! I think this was our first year ever that we did not carve a jack-o-lantern. Ah well, life goes on! <br /><br />Sam and Parker made good use of our candy corns over the past few weeks.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp2Rmx0iM-6GYDWZiQHcZMVz5Xly9kbeswTxdc5WnGiwIesRAytspr4QgSmIaNgFtKNxAB9LkXRZSndFd980S4ptNCLpoG-a_11x4JRDx3tSnoZ4nVGMbvG4_wxQje_KWQhPAxgQ/s1600/IMG_5946.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp2Rmx0iM-6GYDWZiQHcZMVz5Xly9kbeswTxdc5WnGiwIesRAytspr4QgSmIaNgFtKNxAB9LkXRZSndFd980S4ptNCLpoG-a_11x4JRDx3tSnoZ4nVGMbvG4_wxQje_KWQhPAxgQ/s400/IMG_5946.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670110432378964658" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidytNn7GEZ33vgT-lggUinBcq8peGahfIiydEXc5Xwhos0hCHKWHxVxCBMPSRKunNoubH35_eD0ffwMSP0yi7E2VMapAEAj1OgnYC8yJ9RwzO1XlK6GeNVc81lpQiIUWCH7m9_Fw/s1600/IMG_5945.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidytNn7GEZ33vgT-lggUinBcq8peGahfIiydEXc5Xwhos0hCHKWHxVxCBMPSRKunNoubH35_eD0ffwMSP0yi7E2VMapAEAj1OgnYC8yJ9RwzO1XlK6GeNVc81lpQiIUWCH7m9_Fw/s400/IMG_5945.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670110422101149522" /></a><br /><br />We also moved Cameron downstairs to room with Carson about a week ago! Now all three boys are downstairs. Next up...changing the empty room on the main floor into a girls room! Agghhhhh!<br /><br />Here are the 3 stooges chillaxin' in Cameron's bed. I think Cameron's just slightly excited to join the ranks of his older brothers. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOPt-gPW6wCPBM2xNYqvID4LpzDBF8NUDop_emhxR_HPLo3MCWkXNAEQiWfz0gy2JPzVY8ecYgvLiNJZrJk4jz35sr9t-2ui8fQIib5k9zqe9HkfkAM4Ur5swa5nqMfHeWio3zGQ/s1600/IMG_5948.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOPt-gPW6wCPBM2xNYqvID4LpzDBF8NUDop_emhxR_HPLo3MCWkXNAEQiWfz0gy2JPzVY8ecYgvLiNJZrJk4jz35sr9t-2ui8fQIib5k9zqe9HkfkAM4Ur5swa5nqMfHeWio3zGQ/s400/IMG_5948.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670111165274033042" /></a><br /><br />Fern went to China for a few weeks in October but when she got home she made time to paint pumkins for my boys. Yay! Here they are, my kids LOVED them as usual!<br /><br />Carson chose "Gir" from the cartoon "Invador Zim". <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOCsdupIfzQutSXzNiJ-c1o2aZSfWK_Q0l70fsJDYIstznuVaVlKNHAiKhmg9-gwuwr7e_QJuX1tIDefGN5-OU71KhoItjeDONVkPTMhSRPOFJfANlODJAgyf76CFUkwbLnVEyyg/s1600/IMG_5954.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOCsdupIfzQutSXzNiJ-c1o2aZSfWK_Q0l70fsJDYIstznuVaVlKNHAiKhmg9-gwuwr7e_QJuX1tIDefGN5-OU71KhoItjeDONVkPTMhSRPOFJfANlODJAgyf76CFUkwbLnVEyyg/s400/IMG_5954.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670111860232712578" /></a><br /><br />Parker was thrilled with his green Puffle from "Club Penguin".<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKpr98j44ia_MAAja1aFaOp6NOo13daZ2v2lF8o2ymwpqPD_IEVTfXnsllc35eoJG67IdP6w3GnkgWKq_7S1J5dWUhwWT-fmW6b9TKlejcjkj-IQp5_GXww1GulwimGC4vnyALRg/s1600/IMG_5952.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKpr98j44ia_MAAja1aFaOp6NOo13daZ2v2lF8o2ymwpqPD_IEVTfXnsllc35eoJG67IdP6w3GnkgWKq_7S1J5dWUhwWT-fmW6b9TKlejcjkj-IQp5_GXww1GulwimGC4vnyALRg/s400/IMG_5952.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670112112277601538" /></a><br /><br />And of course, Cameron wanted "Thomas the Tank Engine". Oh how he loved his pumpkin! He would just stare at it forever and every time we left the house he would yell towards the front door "Bye Thomas!!!"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8tZnAHb0LJZbXkVRvHD3c4EIY2DeFLIKUlcrSaOSiEEKA7D3ST3-qqOJipURmhD8kCknh3Xp7NyXY9UBoRjGJasC-jeH2c4CCX_rG1X68G0JPltLQcjldBMbix5tkVqBHsk9OQ/s1600/IMG_5953.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8tZnAHb0LJZbXkVRvHD3c4EIY2DeFLIKUlcrSaOSiEEKA7D3ST3-qqOJipURmhD8kCknh3Xp7NyXY9UBoRjGJasC-jeH2c4CCX_rG1X68G0JPltLQcjldBMbix5tkVqBHsk9OQ/s400/IMG_5953.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670112470965643314" /></a><br /><br />This past weekend we were able to go to Rexburg Idaho to see my brother's photo show at the college. It was super cool and I'm so glad we were able to make the trip. However, that is my last road trip until after this baby is born. Whoo-wee mama! I was feeling every bump of the road for sure! :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_hG5rHkIaYyiZ-wSYoUE6_5Lv-MV-FJID1V60Q8qvh2gQOoq0ds1PO2aGGaxpqXrFcnmnRUff9ijE61KrRSBOmrsWrW377AsD8Fz4xyBwHppxmNuGGuJOCWV1MpO_rInrSzT3aQ/s1600/IMG_5956.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_hG5rHkIaYyiZ-wSYoUE6_5Lv-MV-FJID1V60Q8qvh2gQOoq0ds1PO2aGGaxpqXrFcnmnRUff9ijE61KrRSBOmrsWrW377AsD8Fz4xyBwHppxmNuGGuJOCWV1MpO_rInrSzT3aQ/s400/IMG_5956.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670114342032362706" /></a><br /><br />Look at my big ol' belly! In the past 2 weeks I swear I've tripled in size! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi_mEAnfnzvgaqR_9nsAY97YS691YUcsB8W6PJQgeWnhr8k6Drrb_A8HubT8RvNZYZSlSpvaSxRedu6ewq3D0ZLeQz8uCnApmhwyZSiX195LMBvYMw4XiPWzyiInhOkugH1Y4l0Q/s1600/IMG_5974.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi_mEAnfnzvgaqR_9nsAY97YS691YUcsB8W6PJQgeWnhr8k6Drrb_A8HubT8RvNZYZSlSpvaSxRedu6ewq3D0ZLeQz8uCnApmhwyZSiX195LMBvYMw4XiPWzyiInhOkugH1Y4l0Q/s400/IMG_5974.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670114794326666546" /></a><br /><br />A good time was had by all! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAMRYh_Ek-PVQ4c7S16FL5J_5UDDFiLoDjpN6LhJKNNN6nokPex_sfa1_6kIPKsVIhGvkovUUbOL_Tm4aeUMcWdGekM0P2mnHFKBrBMfTn0HMxxGV4EA4RNd6QZN8FjZtejLM2rg/s1600/IMG_5963.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAMRYh_Ek-PVQ4c7S16FL5J_5UDDFiLoDjpN6LhJKNNN6nokPex_sfa1_6kIPKsVIhGvkovUUbOL_Tm4aeUMcWdGekM0P2mnHFKBrBMfTn0HMxxGV4EA4RNd6QZN8FjZtejLM2rg/s400/IMG_5963.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670115387939434274" /></a><br /><br />While we were there, we decided to look around campus at BYU-Idaho. There are so many new buildings since I attended college in (ahem....) 1993 - 1995! In fact, most everything is new. I had a hard time getting my bearings straight while on campus. Darren would point out an old building and then I would understand where I was. So crazy! In fact, they have a new auditorium there that looks almost exactly like the Conference Center in Salt Lake City. It seats 15,000. It's a far cry from the old gym bleachers we used to sit in for devotionals when I attended Ricks College!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqgwq6mybV1Z7LxQZG9l9WVnGbpAJAnwvvwVAa-zhdG2Yf0-OEI4KYvWaEUijNMofyLvG06oEUdXV8XfYiVnaeff_-AR4iAzdbKgGdS2HhlQDA4rmMLihZO8uH7vXQ5-5Y1abiPQ/s1600/IMG_6019.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqgwq6mybV1Z7LxQZG9l9WVnGbpAJAnwvvwVAa-zhdG2Yf0-OEI4KYvWaEUijNMofyLvG06oEUdXV8XfYiVnaeff_-AR4iAzdbKgGdS2HhlQDA4rmMLihZO8uH7vXQ5-5Y1abiPQ/s400/IMG_6019.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670116741856524642" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9p-0pn3vWLOdJcPpxisqKq7LmTWQBXu0UnMCIXKdTMiioEj7M2e0gXEupLYuZvYiVD6AtWO5aMQEKDXwSxXWAJxeGvFGjmLA_D28W1y1BGVlIggoN-fyPWsjorzvfdWIG901XFg/s1600/IMG_6018.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9p-0pn3vWLOdJcPpxisqKq7LmTWQBXu0UnMCIXKdTMiioEj7M2e0gXEupLYuZvYiVD6AtWO5aMQEKDXwSxXWAJxeGvFGjmLA_D28W1y1BGVlIggoN-fyPWsjorzvfdWIG901XFg/s400/IMG_6018.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670116734844481890" /></a><br /><br />Halloween morning I got the kids ready for school and had them smile for pictures. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioBbTxqsI-Mgs7es0LSl9ExzFZoZEZ22E-TD6XnUFg7KSLIO_U0JPqM5CURnBdeekfYh9BU8XZa473ME7BhDrlvWWtsKiq19VsW1iX-CdOf6jMXNsuQeiNwdbw8uHWpbfgm-zAug/s1600/IMG_6025.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioBbTxqsI-Mgs7es0LSl9ExzFZoZEZ22E-TD6XnUFg7KSLIO_U0JPqM5CURnBdeekfYh9BU8XZa473ME7BhDrlvWWtsKiq19VsW1iX-CdOf6jMXNsuQeiNwdbw8uHWpbfgm-zAug/s400/IMG_6025.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670117409414630050" /></a><br /><br />Meet Carson the stick figure. This costume is hysterical at night! The green stick figure lights up and it's all you can see. Carson was dancing around in the dark and I almost peed my pants I was laughing so hard!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqXznHud_QFPSyVKydZpjy8C1yqn4tTR2xwBOi4qEqSJwFXai4MmRpT4hnuTzvNPpqdmt3adOwnWmgTjJxMRAq4n2yrNAm_yvdn-UXsSeeEEh8TzCB39L-3n24M9DOC4nawaCf0g/s1600/IMG_6026.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqXznHud_QFPSyVKydZpjy8C1yqn4tTR2xwBOi4qEqSJwFXai4MmRpT4hnuTzvNPpqdmt3adOwnWmgTjJxMRAq4n2yrNAm_yvdn-UXsSeeEEh8TzCB39L-3n24M9DOC4nawaCf0g/s400/IMG_6026.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670118261204047186" /></a><br /><br />Parker the penguin. Yes, this is the same penguin costume that Carson wore last year. However, this year it's an awesome costume because Parker loves Club Penguin so he felt pretty honored to wear it. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn-Isju_g2CUJEsgSEHTNLpAnUpqrMiMRjbqVl47opt1zXscJ7Qb2eUp8kZBLadz3EbCetYyAqjS2yNZL3uwFLseKW_Mkm-z5i3GJg-noqRcqP0gdmWCBTqvP9t5_M4rJyyx4SmA/s1600/IMG_6028.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn-Isju_g2CUJEsgSEHTNLpAnUpqrMiMRjbqVl47opt1zXscJ7Qb2eUp8kZBLadz3EbCetYyAqjS2yNZL3uwFLseKW_Mkm-z5i3GJg-noqRcqP0gdmWCBTqvP9t5_M4rJyyx4SmA/s400/IMG_6028.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670118649531885058" /></a><br /><br />Cameron the frog. I could just eat him up!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLevnNm6r0hPbzFQR_AdyRupxN3_TImCeRb71-RC8lu7Ru-4gr7j9_Fmke-_PVRlMlKMH5UySrE1eouPRhhOgTQ7_YfQDVxMMMSyYhKr3ZplECSVQfQpflpelPkxlXBMBi2iKWsQ/s1600/IMG_6030.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLevnNm6r0hPbzFQR_AdyRupxN3_TImCeRb71-RC8lu7Ru-4gr7j9_Fmke-_PVRlMlKMH5UySrE1eouPRhhOgTQ7_YfQDVxMMMSyYhKr3ZplECSVQfQpflpelPkxlXBMBi2iKWsQ/s400/IMG_6030.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670118881610287746" /></a><br /><br />I dropped Cameron off at preschool and then I went to Carson and Parker's Halloween parade at their school. There was a kid in Parker's grade that had the BEST costume. He walked with a walker, wore an old plaid shirt that he stuffed to make him look fat, and he SHAVED the top of his head so he was a balding old man! I loved it so much and at the same time I was so mad I didn't think of this costume for one of my boys! But here's the best part. I frantically tried to get a picture of him, but he was too fast. This is all I got. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSY2aVClxJqKU8ZV1j7aBgcjinmhv2R7bFSijjSdBZs3vprbq1Z3sjwII78tKC49RLs4vH6RnvPpf8Fkeei6VAqfslc7DHqbyVJkEdA6gk4GX6fjbKyXYUHy4-ic79c59UtG8tYg/s1600/P1120761.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSY2aVClxJqKU8ZV1j7aBgcjinmhv2R7bFSijjSdBZs3vprbq1Z3sjwII78tKC49RLs4vH6RnvPpf8Fkeei6VAqfslc7DHqbyVJkEdA6gk4GX6fjbKyXYUHy4-ic79c59UtG8tYg/s400/P1120761.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670109036763605810" /></a><br /><br />Ha ha ha, the TRICK is on me! Check out that ear wax!!!! Hysterical!<br /><br />The boys had fun trick or treating and came back with lots of candy to chow on over the next several days....and now it's November. Yay!!<br /><br />Oh, one last thing. Just because we are talking about Halloween, I think this is an appropriate conversation to share with you...<br /><br />Carson had to poop really bad but I was making him do his homework first because he always uses poop as an excuse to sit in the bathroom and do nothing.<br />After I noticed a painful look on his face, we had a discussion which led me to the decision that I should let him use the restroom.<br />About 10 minutes later, Carson said “thanks to you, I now know what “prairie dogging” means.” <br /><br />Ha ha ha!Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675596953196622102noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21370574.post-36724442825570264842011-10-15T11:43:00.018-06:002011-10-15T13:34:05.180-06:00October StuffTwo days before Carson turned 11, Sam went on an 11 year old scout campout with him. Camping in October, in the rain, is really really far down my list of "fun things to do", but Carson was in HEAVEN! There are only 2 eleven year old scouts in our ward so Sam also brought along our nephew, Nick. A twelve-year old scout joined them as well. The 11 year old scout leaders in our ward are awesome and I'm so excited to see what the year brings for Carson!<br /><br />They got to retire a flag. I never knew what this consisted of. Apparently just before they began the process, the scout leader talked to the scouts about it and said "I don't want you telling your friends you burned a flag! You tell them you RETIRED a flag!". ha ha! He understands boys very well!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBZ1sqRBbccKoJfhMKJcLs8Lh4Fm8dIVAoLtryHAIJ8hEXS1Yma_lqWLu5VX2vqGsYIln58Wd68iGPCgj7kB4tXnvLUryUMJRhFGZAMlJnILqXyCldQ0I55-17KDo7r9Pr4K2wA/s1600/IMG_5717.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBZ1sqRBbccKoJfhMKJcLs8Lh4Fm8dIVAoLtryHAIJ8hEXS1Yma_lqWLu5VX2vqGsYIln58Wd68iGPCgj7kB4tXnvLUryUMJRhFGZAMlJnILqXyCldQ0I55-17KDo7r9Pr4K2wA/s400/IMG_5717.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663777946380040514" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbS4XE4S3yeRUZ2lxfGAN5e1fgXOJVkxsiEyaQ4n-0YZP4VOVhITR30-BBpCfK5gRVKchPzCfrGPUo4FB-UQ6pVKMRLSI69niOtWhFv3bWfkXHGpZodH0YNMQKf6KxkMEZIROXFA/s1600/IMG_5721.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbS4XE4S3yeRUZ2lxfGAN5e1fgXOJVkxsiEyaQ4n-0YZP4VOVhITR30-BBpCfK5gRVKchPzCfrGPUo4FB-UQ6pVKMRLSI69niOtWhFv3bWfkXHGpZodH0YNMQKf6KxkMEZIROXFA/s400/IMG_5721.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663778232501014946" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcftXeoB-nvyyqnUbq3yhuE8m-di5YI1XEWxHfvMiRXkh1EMnutpiBvx6dhXoV9Wvk3MoBhHKI3BQ628diUYyviHE8eDVf7gLvk5haryhx1t8NOnF4cbSoVYv4PNVyonvSI0fJA/s1600/IMG_5728.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcftXeoB-nvyyqnUbq3yhuE8m-di5YI1XEWxHfvMiRXkh1EMnutpiBvx6dhXoV9Wvk3MoBhHKI3BQ628diUYyviHE8eDVf7gLvk5haryhx1t8NOnF4cbSoVYv4PNVyonvSI0fJA/s400/IMG_5728.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663778516315984418" /></a><br /><br />Ahhh, my kind of camping....SAGEBRUSH camping.....NOT!!! If you call it "camping" there better be a forest.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUdPFKQGJVS3XKK3-tIvrQF-LKxij8LOT0EzrOLsnld6cUXT-p4dKQlgdA18ybsFUGizp8Irh6Xwo20yZgU9R1YdGbEoFhcm3vwGvGUVjUHpL-f7ufvGnMG-lKvOadbR3CROBKtg/s1600/IMG_5750.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUdPFKQGJVS3XKK3-tIvrQF-LKxij8LOT0EzrOLsnld6cUXT-p4dKQlgdA18ybsFUGizp8Irh6Xwo20yZgU9R1YdGbEoFhcm3vwGvGUVjUHpL-f7ufvGnMG-lKvOadbR3CROBKtg/s400/IMG_5750.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663779030364084962" /></a><br /><br />Yep, that looks about right for a scout camp face. Nice and dirty!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiY0PTekGNR-ufsplYUNxRWXkRyT3ynDsnhrRNKtfpbRgXvuSl_egYHmOY3EQtgjsQNoN6Ubusybp3UuDd-G_l3HxeHB2CijNk22w-Rt9MFBDO0G7kyHxwdKkz8pZK7Zv8jcn6SQ/s1600/IMG_5753.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiY0PTekGNR-ufsplYUNxRWXkRyT3ynDsnhrRNKtfpbRgXvuSl_egYHmOY3EQtgjsQNoN6Ubusybp3UuDd-G_l3HxeHB2CijNk22w-Rt9MFBDO0G7kyHxwdKkz8pZK7Zv8jcn6SQ/s400/IMG_5753.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663779358708037986" /></a><br /><br />I asked Carson what his favorite part was and he said "the lizard we found at the end!"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxzAL0xaeyCTmq0VHa58qwlTUwJdjs6BqMipTnBiSzbDzk1OBhT1OIyBRCxuG-oNJG2EXQKb01HXadMzSft4XqalpUrzyjgm-n9O8tAVVIsekwkm9d1vA2GaxBW1XVCP1MZcr6vQ/s1600/IMG_5800.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxzAL0xaeyCTmq0VHa58qwlTUwJdjs6BqMipTnBiSzbDzk1OBhT1OIyBRCxuG-oNJG2EXQKb01HXadMzSft4XqalpUrzyjgm-n9O8tAVVIsekwkm9d1vA2GaxBW1XVCP1MZcr6vQ/s400/IMG_5800.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663789707396453714" /></a><br /><br />When they got home from camping Sam took the boys swimming...for 3 hours! I couldn't believe they went swimming for that long. It definitely wore them out!! When they got home we let Carson open one of his birthday presents:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqdBDATbNGpQTOmKSz9MmFFJy06WQmAwncxwdchK2_VIviEGzIZZdFCAm5wX9L870GGGjRBO_ib0fVGVRMxBDwEK2AW_GmCRe52pYv2mDA0DdmaOxbsICd8EvtYMmLYNWHOsyoEw/s1600/IMG_5810.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqdBDATbNGpQTOmKSz9MmFFJy06WQmAwncxwdchK2_VIviEGzIZZdFCAm5wX9L870GGGjRBO_ib0fVGVRMxBDwEK2AW_GmCRe52pYv2mDA0DdmaOxbsICd8EvtYMmLYNWHOsyoEw/s400/IMG_5810.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663791723701456434" /></a><br /><br />And now I can't stop singing the song "show-a show-a how you roll, drop it, drop it, drop it low...." I even hear Cameron singing it when he doesn't know I'm around! ha ha!<br /><br />Sunday the 9th was Carson's 11th birthday. He wanted a Club Penguin membership, which he got and was THRILLED about.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3cKupFJX06eLVQ5kYWyFw69qBL-FegvFXgJmZwVUdaUZOSOiWxL-S7usCrF1pnHZHynJbkdBfwY0aLGO0ZRZZqzP0mEkNGzSf9OKGRMcl9MRQxovAm0QpOBfH-URcKyVlWXH01w/s1600/IMG_5815.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3cKupFJX06eLVQ5kYWyFw69qBL-FegvFXgJmZwVUdaUZOSOiWxL-S7usCrF1pnHZHynJbkdBfwY0aLGO0ZRZZqzP0mEkNGzSf9OKGRMcl9MRQxovAm0QpOBfH-URcKyVlWXH01w/s400/IMG_5815.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663792405985046834" /></a><br /><br />He also received a Hex Bug spider robot, which was wicked awesome!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEq9fp4-6Ne88fkIGb67Kp8FEmHFkLBmIl-8BjorXRwdC-Qfwp-ni9ylKpzXFM_1eG87mv2juh7I0zem3Uqc5l7ijyj_qFqlNmQ9mswP50_KgcXk1ArhINa2XMivv33IoM2XxymA/s1600/IMG_5820.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEq9fp4-6Ne88fkIGb67Kp8FEmHFkLBmIl-8BjorXRwdC-Qfwp-ni9ylKpzXFM_1eG87mv2juh7I0zem3Uqc5l7ijyj_qFqlNmQ9mswP50_KgcXk1ArhINa2XMivv33IoM2XxymA/s400/IMG_5820.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663793317161492754" /></a><br /><br />We also had a yummy dinner at my parents house and enjoyed the fact that I still have a few years before a teenager lives at my house!<br /><br />A few nights ago we went on our annual pumpkin patch excursion. My friend, Traci, had never been to a pumpkin patch in her entire life! So, I dragged her along and she was tons of fun and brought out the most hysterical behaviors in my kids. Seriously, it was funny!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2srLMx4apmihvB44MzAc3JIT3CJeJ6GOohBhZeEL3OxVRzZCiZuqZToQph45EEkFZHO4vRAQbdsyuNckfii-p6N-00lLLhmd8q4_IyfueLJCT8GGmrRYxBHhOz_AFqvYbmKQeBA/s1600/IMG_5857.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2srLMx4apmihvB44MzAc3JIT3CJeJ6GOohBhZeEL3OxVRzZCiZuqZToQph45EEkFZHO4vRAQbdsyuNckfii-p6N-00lLLhmd8q4_IyfueLJCT8GGmrRYxBHhOz_AFqvYbmKQeBA/s400/IMG_5857.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663795419117095698" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJLl0ifOo8y__5cfhitbA2_QtvlSmm-rpEKZuhXZxPWel4OE3FYClyMs2JmpBJCONQ8uR8kHOvN5BNU7ERij3TeX6a7sd6Nvv4QN2hI6aWbF-q6C_nsoyUAN6Gs5diyYcVMeOUCQ/s1600/IMG_5853.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7M5xw3Bn3J3BHavudvsnQtLWVQ2YNVuTYeZR4RzqeYubIrtZFmg2wNkx__9T6ChTZN6LO68YulXlP4X_x4lGuwP4UDzNaXLvCy6b7AowHBnj0hSh9QojSiBARX3BpCF954e7Ueg/s400/IMG_5874.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663798908075289650" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9EdBVOkcsH4rXYf2EoNSJ78Vxr0TpOcB_wRaWu8gXnVUWwx17iiuc7BXocJ91w0m39bBbqIdgq18F2Jz76MOi2-rOIREc15YjTZtDwLwbKy7zVAAJQGpC2cwarZdbXYtoHFLaRg/s1600/IMG_5870.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9EdBVOkcsH4rXYf2EoNSJ78Vxr0TpOcB_wRaWu8gXnVUWwx17iiuc7BXocJ91w0m39bBbqIdgq18F2Jz76MOi2-rOIREc15YjTZtDwLwbKy7zVAAJQGpC2cwarZdbXYtoHFLaRg/s400/IMG_5870.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663798900033045090" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ9a-VJ-sVJwczMu2hOvxVXoLUMRAndCQtlabqJB862XfdF7CFME2sZAkQq3HrsKMUefS73GlAAnz43dHiiygtej49uu5TWBh-E7YovScwJukyMHczTh7JPD49T8bJsYYthc8Nkg/s1600/IMG_5869.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ9a-VJ-sVJwczMu2hOvxVXoLUMRAndCQtlabqJB862XfdF7CFME2sZAkQq3HrsKMUefS73GlAAnz43dHiiygtej49uu5TWBh-E7YovScwJukyMHczTh7JPD49T8bJsYYthc8Nkg/s400/IMG_5869.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663798895638856594" /></a><br /><br />The best was when Traci the troll snuck behind my kids pictures!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRvFnULRFEkDwsBYz8A59QNSiLz90Vz_hIriU5z4vEWDa0n4sJQF7VF9B1x84jVuua5AzOjr9Pui9z9_RwLFfQLo6a7jm9tt2Hu7dq8ov4gTZdJHJK2Qbojwz82CGkI6vmGBn5sg/s1600/IMG_5887.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRvFnULRFEkDwsBYz8A59QNSiLz90Vz_hIriU5z4vEWDa0n4sJQF7VF9B1x84jVuua5AzOjr9Pui9z9_RwLFfQLo6a7jm9tt2Hu7dq8ov4gTZdJHJK2Qbojwz82CGkI6vmGBn5sg/s400/IMG_5887.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663799704412061202" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrOk35Jkk792g5LdfgzDSIfjFeiUgMBdkr0oGE2gL7mHbURTTLpc3x7_x57ZompHHyBLYB0V7h04BJzO_XTYyN2EHtJPP0uQupjEhb7hv2-EzVJ8fnOT2dZxHOILo4LGUwLBrgg/s1600/IMG_5882.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrOk35Jkk792g5LdfgzDSIfjFeiUgMBdkr0oGE2gL7mHbURTTLpc3x7_x57ZompHHyBLYB0V7h04BJzO_XTYyN2EHtJPP0uQupjEhb7hv2-EzVJ8fnOT2dZxHOILo4LGUwLBrgg/s400/IMG_5882.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663799697503778946" /></a><br /><br />I told you Traci got my kids all wired!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs6IaDqS0SL2PgNybA9LwL_0xyaFYaZ8P8Y22eIS1NrJlrDMEDd54VNpAjgg4MSQJp_X8_N-G0l-Uhf5mnaRLJEbfhXFJuumlB0PlavemmwR-yBsosE5RJrZ94J9qPgof3f7LknQ/s1600/IMG_5896.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs6IaDqS0SL2PgNybA9LwL_0xyaFYaZ8P8Y22eIS1NrJlrDMEDd54VNpAjgg4MSQJp_X8_N-G0l-Uhf5mnaRLJEbfhXFJuumlB0PlavemmwR-yBsosE5RJrZ94J9qPgof3f7LknQ/s400/IMG_5896.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663802799945010434" /></a><br /><br />The fam. Guess what? I just started my 3rd trimester! yahoo!!! I had an ultrasound last week and they confirmed I was having a girl. Let the new adventures begin..... :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-_Vf5eT52D0H-aJpmXtmR4TlX5I5dNe0XfN3zezqfrnwbyqDUlwpqEAL2-rLjAmBGsOKCap1nM-4X19EkvuCgr5ReeF_zdhXoQYmxjXUaZTHfOu4TW0iOgbLsFbHGeeAwdcFKjQ/s1600/IMG_5910.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-_Vf5eT52D0H-aJpmXtmR4TlX5I5dNe0XfN3zezqfrnwbyqDUlwpqEAL2-rLjAmBGsOKCap1nM-4X19EkvuCgr5ReeF_zdhXoQYmxjXUaZTHfOu4TW0iOgbLsFbHGeeAwdcFKjQ/s400/IMG_5910.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663803185260098514" /></a><br /><br />Cameron loved the tractors!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZj4maQfvA2k4c39jzlVPSZUS4I2yc4UGqDjZoKKh6Pn-j17doWvqZ7uNrPzgoh6SOyusFjKiGhs8hEjthbzTgamtE0lxpNy6ZmVi-B3Li2bF0pJAallg-zRQosbsJJZUwEGOSKA/s1600/IMG_5920.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZj4maQfvA2k4c39jzlVPSZUS4I2yc4UGqDjZoKKh6Pn-j17doWvqZ7uNrPzgoh6SOyusFjKiGhs8hEjthbzTgamtE0lxpNy6ZmVi-B3Li2bF0pJAallg-zRQosbsJJZUwEGOSKA/s400/IMG_5920.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663803869423492418" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-BVJY9WP-VBG0C48qGc8AkjU3EEyPUh4J5I4ui2ZKzrFIcAkmJ_A1heRx4kqRaKcpi6qeareBlMwk4HhAWxQ4MTs-UN-844bZZwX5dH08GFVqeo1ZvGk3mH9JtrRlwBAHL74sag/s1600/IMG_5914.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-BVJY9WP-VBG0C48qGc8AkjU3EEyPUh4J5I4ui2ZKzrFIcAkmJ_A1heRx4kqRaKcpi6qeareBlMwk4HhAWxQ4MTs-UN-844bZZwX5dH08GFVqeo1ZvGk3mH9JtrRlwBAHL74sag/s400/IMG_5914.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663803863481758018" /></a><br /><br />Sam, Carson, Parker, and Traci got lost in the corn maze, ha ha!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCEmsRxd_l-9rQNjyeW9HTIbzeBHwSuzlIVlWQKa4gApuDWnUQIkFYPQfEsqEtevkZJUcwNZLR5d6K2mZUARcC690h9vqOF9JGVV4Hfw2fvEaGaiG2ibzFP1lop02AR10ufJWlHQ/s1600/IMG_5935.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCEmsRxd_l-9rQNjyeW9HTIbzeBHwSuzlIVlWQKa4gApuDWnUQIkFYPQfEsqEtevkZJUcwNZLR5d6K2mZUARcC690h9vqOF9JGVV4Hfw2fvEaGaiG2ibzFP1lop02AR10ufJWlHQ/s400/IMG_5935.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663804307378028802" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDGvsJJflC6HqOTZeWl_IYGIb1KvLncCz6znDrgUrUHpQMMNKRAF_N8_NDbeLFGAd_cWqypZq_f4Zv9dkknn-AiwsqgAgdd59VLrbh3ILCGL6U5BhvQGa4PNAcnobYUEedL0yNKg/s1600/IMG_5931.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDGvsJJflC6HqOTZeWl_IYGIb1KvLncCz6znDrgUrUHpQMMNKRAF_N8_NDbeLFGAd_cWqypZq_f4Zv9dkknn-AiwsqgAgdd59VLrbh3ILCGL6U5BhvQGa4PNAcnobYUEedL0yNKg/s400/IMG_5931.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663804303352897586" /></a><br /><br />Alrighty, time to go visit my dad in the hospital...again. Poor guy! He has a very naughty pancreas!Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675596953196622102noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21370574.post-4242185727274883642011-10-01T10:44:00.005-06:002011-10-01T10:54:36.411-06:00Jake's Obituary<div align="left"><em>My nephew passed away on Thursday, September 29th. While we are overcome with sadness over the loss of a dear family member, we are so thankful he is out of pain. His passing was peaceful and we are comforted by the knowledge of eternal families and the Plan of Happiness. </em></div><br /><div align="left"><em></em></div><br /><div align="left"><em>Sam talked to Jake's mom, Rose, this morning and she wanted to be sure I expressed her heart-felt thanks to all those who have been so generous towards her family. Many of you don't personally know Jake's family but your prayers have been felt and have helped ease the burden of their trial. Thank you so much! --Carrie</em></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">Jacob Charles Holladay<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghEwRBPDmu2PvL_ZeDMvHetlWcEnJzHQN-Yjg3tUbNvghpsmdbJQN72jubyuyPBuaaL00v0u8cw1MSQ2ugLv3xMH9_Ge3Jg-H9Z85rQOgg7WknOrTduoXP6eEY39YYW4E2nQ09Mw/s1600/Jake+obituary.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658565856526965298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghEwRBPDmu2PvL_ZeDMvHetlWcEnJzHQN-Yjg3tUbNvghpsmdbJQN72jubyuyPBuaaL00v0u8cw1MSQ2ugLv3xMH9_Ge3Jg-H9Z85rQOgg7WknOrTduoXP6eEY39YYW4E2nQ09Mw/s400/Jake+obituary.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />Born April 19, 1991, in Salt Lake City, Utah with his best bud, John Matthew Holladay. He was one of 5 boys in the Holladay family. Those left behind are his parents, David Owen and Rose Sweet Holladay, brothers Zachary, John, Michael and Spencer Holladay…and their dog, Molly. Best friends that were like brothers from other mothers…Austin Buchanan and Kyle Joyner.<br /><br /><br />Jake returned to his Father in Heaven on September 29, 2011...a joyous day for him…a sad day for us. So happy he is finally free from the awful pain that came with cancer…but we will miss him more than we can express in words.<br /><br /><br />Jake was diagnosed with cancer on June 15, 2010. Later we learned it was called Rhabdomyosarcoma (we never heard of it either!) He started chemo in July, radiation in August, surgery the following June, endured many pokes and pricks and lots of sick days and hospital stays. He was just applying for college when it all started. Too sick for school or work, he spent his last year recuperating and enjoying life as much as he could.<br /><br /><br />As bad as cancer is…the tender mercy it provides is time to say good-bye, time to make more loving memories, time to serve and love, time to laugh, time for extra kisses and hugs, time to bond and seal in our hearts the love and memories we have of Jake.<br /><br /><br />Jake lived only 20 short years. He loved to laugh and make others laugh. He was a good listener to all of his “girl” friends. He loved being in the mountains, four wheeling, fishing, hacky sack, shooting with dad, paintballing, laser tag, golf, gaming sleepovers…hanging with his bros and buds and pretty girls. Jake would meet friends all over the country through gaming…of course he liked the girls the most. He was always texting them and helping them through their challenges. Jake was known for being a great friend.<br /><br /><br />Those who preceded him in death are his Grandpa, John C Holladay, Uncles John and Don Holladay, cousin Thomas Sweet, most recently a favorite great Uncle Jack Bailey…and a cat named Tigger (but we didn’t tell him he died, we just said he ran off! Maybe he knows now!)<br /><br /><br />Jake, your little hand prints are in stone in the garden.<br /><br /><br />I’m sure there are more handprints on the walls downstairs…and your love is imprinted in our hearts…forever. Thank you for loving us and making it easy for us to love you. You are one awesome Holladay! We are proud to call you brother, son and friend! Our love will always transcend the veil of this earth. Thank you for watching over us as we try to find our way without seeing you around…without feeling your hugs. Peaceful journey, my son.<br /><br /><br /><br />Funeral services will be held Tuesday, October 4, 2011, 11:00 a.m. Viewing October 3rd, 6:30-8:30 p.m. 1200 East 2178 North, Lehi, UT </div>Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675596953196622102noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21370574.post-63673578844241685162011-09-28T19:40:00.010-06:002011-09-28T20:11:28.871-06:00Hanging AroundWow, I'm really struggling to keep this blog current! I used to take my camera everywhere. I still do, but it usually stays in the vehicle instead of actually being used! <br /><br />I finally went outside this evening and took some pictures just so I could add them here. Oh yeah, I accomplished something!<br /><br />Before I get to that, I wanted to give you an update on my nephew, Jake. First of all, thank you so much to everyone who expressed an interest in helping send his family on a vacation a few weeks ago. We were able to raise enough money to fund the trip which was so generous. If you want to see pictures from the trip, read <a href="http://forthesakeofjake.blogspot.com/">For the Sake of Jake's blog</a>, the Sept 15th and Sept 17th entries. While you are there, go ahead and read the Sept 21 and Sept 25th entries as well. The amount of love shown to Jake's family over the past year has inspired me and has taught me life lessons I will never forget. Jake's mom, Rose (my sister-in-law) also has a personal blog with updates and family pictures: click <a href="http://roshol.blogspot.com/">here</a>. I've said it before and I'll say it again: Rose is probably the most faith-filled person I've ever known. Her perspective through this larger-than-life trial has been incredible. Unfortunately, Jake is in his final days. He is bed-ridden, drinking juice once in awhile. We were able to go visit him on Monday night and tell him we love him. I'm so thankful for that opportunity. His whole body is covered in cancerous tumors except his face, forearms, and feet. It brings me to tears to think about how much pain he is in but I'm so thankful he is surrounded by a loving family and a loving neighborhood who come over regularly to help the family. <br /><br />Here is what we've been up to the past few days here on the home front.<br /><br />Cameron LOVES his plasma car. These things rock and I highly recommend them. He seriously could spend hours a day outside riding it. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie8n6BwkA2ZCO6axl_V3vUESwFKn_7Y0RtarS_aaLp2oSA_-fmSPqdVb2v6VugtkNtqBY2ori7pD3jhvWrW5a5HZ1ru9hmZAydbaFwsW1QitY9whwA7r-5hsWHakVaVfoCWdHh8A/s1600/IMG_5136.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie8n6BwkA2ZCO6axl_V3vUESwFKn_7Y0RtarS_aaLp2oSA_-fmSPqdVb2v6VugtkNtqBY2ori7pD3jhvWrW5a5HZ1ru9hmZAydbaFwsW1QitY9whwA7r-5hsWHakVaVfoCWdHh8A/s400/IMG_5136.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657594705252856050" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_4r_JbYGVU8d5hL_Ie5FWIXeJAtF3Wm168JT2mpSbydQJVLtQtmheahSHg4fv2exUQtGvzCthdXrkwtNE4mHHnbqMc24FS13QW-kU7zy06V-j-9jVsW4pxQmjfe7jPDImqiMPSg/s1600/IMG_5134.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_4r_JbYGVU8d5hL_Ie5FWIXeJAtF3Wm168JT2mpSbydQJVLtQtmheahSHg4fv2exUQtGvzCthdXrkwtNE4mHHnbqMc24FS13QW-kU7zy06V-j-9jVsW4pxQmjfe7jPDImqiMPSg/s400/IMG_5134.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657594694688893234" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyNzXw_q6RMQbKNe1WTDur5Qq3vIQIHOp07lUbyGsS_v9HlCoEqt-OBOzRW39YCfYXTvmfkPAZ22dOOdNnY9ZBha4H1_A272a1oqd9tsROUUp-51Qd_iHmizHjKIMtb663I6UDnA/s1600/IMG_5132.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyNzXw_q6RMQbKNe1WTDur5Qq3vIQIHOp07lUbyGsS_v9HlCoEqt-OBOzRW39YCfYXTvmfkPAZ22dOOdNnY9ZBha4H1_A272a1oqd9tsROUUp-51Qd_iHmizHjKIMtb663I6UDnA/s400/IMG_5132.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657594689900892194" /></a><br /><br />Actually, it's a good thing Summer is over. The way he drags his feet while riding the plasma car has done a number on his flip flops! ha ha!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX-yqcbVWB9dIatQ9iISmCMxjOkEb7X5d4pI7YjBE-qVB-oNBC8Ci-W4WJPlyMmlrvAZP3ta34iF-LmuX8DPazSTJp8QZv2aeWvd2qxYhYra1DPrjXeHrUzvWdEYGEAWhQPwiM4A/s1600/IMG_5159.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX-yqcbVWB9dIatQ9iISmCMxjOkEb7X5d4pI7YjBE-qVB-oNBC8Ci-W4WJPlyMmlrvAZP3ta34iF-LmuX8DPazSTJp8QZv2aeWvd2qxYhYra1DPrjXeHrUzvWdEYGEAWhQPwiM4A/s400/IMG_5159.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657595234749784786" /></a><br /><br />Something I've been meaning to blog about for awhile and keep forgetting: When I had my first ultrasound, Cameron was with me. You know how the ultrasound is in black and white? Well, a few days after the ultrasound, I heard Cameron tell somebody "I'm so excited to meet my black baby sister!". I laughed it off because I totally understood why he'd think she was black. Then the next week in church, his nursery leaders were laughing when I picked him up because they said "I hear you are having a black baby girl!!". Whoops, I guess I should explain to Cameron that she will be white. He'll probably be very disappointed. Actually, I'll probably just wait until Cameron meets her. You know, let him figure it out on his own. It's good for him, right?<br /><br />Guess what 2nd grader FINALLY learned to ride a bike? This guy!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7MPkbl8gHwkCSke1_Chvo59GYmbEDjJa2l7kBS08uozARuCnh1QBUd9lFIaEFclH5DGu41paxz1uYlQiCDb0FA1xnhKGiQht5xN69Bt-4yuk1XBf1mR1Qb_D_hZEkWMjt_Xj3ig/s1600/IMG_5142.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7MPkbl8gHwkCSke1_Chvo59GYmbEDjJa2l7kBS08uozARuCnh1QBUd9lFIaEFclH5DGu41paxz1uYlQiCDb0FA1xnhKGiQht5xN69Bt-4yuk1XBf1mR1Qb_D_hZEkWMjt_Xj3ig/s400/IMG_5142.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657596413055666546" /></a><br /><br />On Friday night Parker learned. On Saturday morning Parker said to me: I just thought I was a scooter guy! Now I know I'm a bike guy too! ha ha! I just love that kid!<br /><br />Fall time is real purdy in my yard. I have these amazing blooming mums and dahlias in my island. That purple dahlia is as big as Parker's head!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUo8_MxhC8xEAJtV6LI4rkr5Iy7b8Vlb5gm1VVzFonrjmEu5s3FgeDw6hmLxWe60v4bgroLGZsZBNap-7tcDX5AtEB6aUK6NHHgLuibJPdQouDcuT16nxL47MabzKEIaLGRojAZA/s1600/IMG_5153.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUo8_MxhC8xEAJtV6LI4rkr5Iy7b8Vlb5gm1VVzFonrjmEu5s3FgeDw6hmLxWe60v4bgroLGZsZBNap-7tcDX5AtEB6aUK6NHHgLuibJPdQouDcuT16nxL47MabzKEIaLGRojAZA/s400/IMG_5153.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657597200414277650" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeM26iX3JwNE2JyIY_W8b7YviuNj2cptrzEYIpLhAjG71gIsf-t0xDPnVL5_dGihJ_gdNtaW2ttE8qmllfgwy0AREfbtm44duf0KAvT-hXBVQkNvM9tWkV-Tx1TgBwfTDOxKnnQQ/s1600/IMG_5148.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeM26iX3JwNE2JyIY_W8b7YviuNj2cptrzEYIpLhAjG71gIsf-t0xDPnVL5_dGihJ_gdNtaW2ttE8qmllfgwy0AREfbtm44duf0KAvT-hXBVQkNvM9tWkV-Tx1TgBwfTDOxKnnQQ/s400/IMG_5148.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657597196200067730" /></a><br /><br />My Zinnias are super tall and gorgeous this year. Love the Zinnias!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGt-Vanq0VCEqmaFgAnTZj4EQ1b9EoOx6eriqDniFU6IA3Hblu23k_KLPRbX4j1XgGFyng9TS7vxCQwwaW1ij8iSBb3psC3UydWAo9D706kfwa3AmaVEzu2o0YoJpPohf2TgZSSQ/s1600/IMG_5157.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGt-Vanq0VCEqmaFgAnTZj4EQ1b9EoOx6eriqDniFU6IA3Hblu23k_KLPRbX4j1XgGFyng9TS7vxCQwwaW1ij8iSBb3psC3UydWAo9D706kfwa3AmaVEzu2o0YoJpPohf2TgZSSQ/s400/IMG_5157.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657597776946618418" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCumYh5558jy1XeYeOAQMe-bn8A_L5yll2l8lj8BJJjF0sCoj2nlVUOIdDRZz0DPR-PGSqAaAbF5rAGXMV9ieXnPIe8G-5XPIumZUEl3ByLoxS5DXY6UTVMDb1oTlOS1YkLF0LpQ/s1600/IMG_5151.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCumYh5558jy1XeYeOAQMe-bn8A_L5yll2l8lj8BJJjF0sCoj2nlVUOIdDRZz0DPR-PGSqAaAbF5rAGXMV9ieXnPIe8G-5XPIumZUEl3ByLoxS5DXY6UTVMDb1oTlOS1YkLF0LpQ/s400/IMG_5151.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657597767109845058" /></a><br /><br />I planted a ton of pumpkins this year. But it only looks like 3 or so pumpkins are actually growing. OH well, seeds are cheap. This one looks like a watermelon but I'm pretty sure it's a pumpkin!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ1FEYyaQi6Mtky6-wsKtbQ5j_k2ybDHFNU3xU0m2BWoxjV5nud5dlH5G_bSnkeJoaB5UNyomdAf9Alx0pwLFffeFedA6kI24qaYN_PpFAsKharZOKv45iPtqbwvGwQ0SDNNKQSQ/s1600/IMG_5155.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ1FEYyaQi6Mtky6-wsKtbQ5j_k2ybDHFNU3xU0m2BWoxjV5nud5dlH5G_bSnkeJoaB5UNyomdAf9Alx0pwLFffeFedA6kI24qaYN_PpFAsKharZOKv45iPtqbwvGwQ0SDNNKQSQ/s400/IMG_5155.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657598179655825602" /></a><br /><br />Well, Cameron has been soaking in the tub for the past 20 minutes, I guess I should go wash his pruney booty! G'night!Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675596953196622102noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21370574.post-34374606083011146952011-09-12T22:00:00.000-06:002011-09-13T18:50:19.510-06:00The HapsMy dad's been in the hospital this week. This is his second time checking in to the Hospital in the past 3 weeks for a pancreatitis attack. Who knew the pancreas was such an important organ? Seriously, you never think about it until it decides to reject your body and every crumb of food or drop of liquid you consume! Crazy bad stomach pains is what he's been going through. The doctor's had to put a feeding tube up his nose and down into his intestines, bypassing the pancreas, just so the pancreas could have a time out for being naughty. <br /><br />The boys and I have gone to visit my dad quite a bit--to either cheer him up or make him happy he doesn't have little ones at home...not sure which end of the argument he would agree with yet. He's not talking much. Maybe he's remembering what his mom used to say to him: "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all!" ha ha!<br /><br />Anyway, one day Carson and Parker were there with me while the phlebotomist was drawing blood. She was taking several tubes of blood and Carson and Parker had their noses right next to her watching every move she made. At one point I noticed Carson's face was a little pale. I asked if he felt okay and then reminded him (in the same breath) that if he fainted we would all laugh at him! Probably because Carson was nervous, he started talking a mile a minute. I think Parker said "How much blood do we have in our body??" and Carson piped up and said "I KNOW! We have 5 gallons of blood". I had no idea if this was right so I looked at the phlebotomist and she smiled and said "that is right!". <br /><br />Who knew? So, just so I could be a part of the conversation, I said "Hey Carson, you know that bucket in our garage that you throw all your otter pops wrapper in? That is a 5 gallon bucket. So, if we drained our blood, it would fill up that bucket.". Carson just looked at me for a half second, and then yelled "Manslaughter! I slaughtered a man!". <br /><br />I laughed. I laughed hard. If you don't know why he said this, watch this video:<br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Am5Pq1SuddQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />We love Brian Regan at our house!! <br /><br />Do you know what I love more than Brian Regan? I love how witty and grown up Carson is getting. His sense of humor and sense of timing have seriously knocked me off guard more than once...in a good way!<br /><br />Another example:<br />One day there was a little bit of ice cream left and I decided I deserved it. Carson and Sam were sitting in the kitchen as I took the ice cream out of the freezer and was getting ready to empty it into a cup on the counter. Carson was asking for some and I was telling him "too bad" or something like that. <br /><br />I tipped the ice cream container over my cup and dumped it....only for the ice cream to plop right onto the counter instead of my cup. Carson laughed really hard and said "KARMA!". Oh man, it was funny. Carson has made me realize that these pre-teen years are fun and as he continues to mature, I have a feeling we are in for some more good laughs in the future!<br /><br />Another Carson related story.<br />The other day we were trying to go somewhere as a family. I was going crazy because nobody was listening to me as I was shouting out orders: go to the bathroom, get your shoes on, go to the van.... Grrrrrr. I suddenly realized that the sprinkler in the backyard needed to be turned off. I asked Carson to turn off the water. He went into the backyard and as always, he turned it left instead of right to turn it off. I was exasperated by this point and I shouted "REMEMBER, Righty Tighty, Lefty Loosey!" and then I sent everybody to the van. Sam was the last one out the door and he was totally laughing. I asked him what was so funny. He said "I'm laughing at something you said, but I don't want to make you more mad.". <br /><br />I took a deep breath and said "tell me". He told me that when I was yelling at Carson I actually said "Righty Tighty, Loosey Goosey"! It was all I needed to chill out. I laughed so hard! I can't believe Carson didn't make fun of me right on the spot! Maybe Carson cares for his life and was worried about my reaction. I'm sure he'll make fun of me one day for it!<br /><br />Man, this post is all about Carson. Today I asked him to get me a soda from our little fridge we have in our garage. He happily obliged. Then as I opened it I realized why he was so willing. The dang can exploded all over me. Carson just silently laughed in the living room. Ah yes, the ol' shake-the-can trick. Next time I'll ask Parker to get the soda!<br /><br />Sam took the boys on a hike last week just to give me a break. He also brought one extra--Devin. They thought they were pretty dang cool. Uh-oh, the rushing water is giving Cameron a strong desire to do something...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8JqN3B46PGxkuYJeXtZcpK01RUHj1cN0Vi26dC4ToK67W5DXIGCnqaHX_Zw6E4-xbjXQzoWXAhnLYICLk1cvOLxen7iWwYVjkmbg4_w17e8Zq7vSNQHaWmsq-36midgJpinqfew/s1600/IMG_4608.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8JqN3B46PGxkuYJeXtZcpK01RUHj1cN0Vi26dC4ToK67W5DXIGCnqaHX_Zw6E4-xbjXQzoWXAhnLYICLk1cvOLxen7iWwYVjkmbg4_w17e8Zq7vSNQHaWmsq-36midgJpinqfew/s400/IMG_4608.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651682221254661618" /></a><br /><br />Also last week, we celebrated my nephew's birthday. Happy birthday Dexter! He had a pirate themed party. It's always a good time hanging with the fam.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ys2vyZa1E3TpVqKtzyPSkJZOK2lgnraHi2c9AsQ20AldaUbm4eEvLUHVlLKY5y_ml1Hl6-0aDU0OzjTE3uv9HWR65oSVFlW5XKGhEJ3JRa0Qy-8tXXGQH4sEkweNa0uZSeTHrw/s1600/IMG_4681.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ys2vyZa1E3TpVqKtzyPSkJZOK2lgnraHi2c9AsQ20AldaUbm4eEvLUHVlLKY5y_ml1Hl6-0aDU0OzjTE3uv9HWR65oSVFlW5XKGhEJ3JRa0Qy-8tXXGQH4sEkweNa0uZSeTHrw/s400/IMG_4681.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651683890540552498" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8KOMDBPQsCiJzmnxhB3hWnjum8fvz6LHP7c64b9xMl31mg534AMZ7iktYuHTICnTm9Lm-_5x44GS42ZcfR07V4u7P553MhOJvaxGKNPoMS2h_EhrOuUxeuYjMEqOKc6Q356Ag0Q/s1600/IMG_4713.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8KOMDBPQsCiJzmnxhB3hWnjum8fvz6LHP7c64b9xMl31mg534AMZ7iktYuHTICnTm9Lm-_5x44GS42ZcfR07V4u7P553MhOJvaxGKNPoMS2h_EhrOuUxeuYjMEqOKc6Q356Ag0Q/s400/IMG_4713.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651683885771310178" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSxQTfuOxVPTD3DmFtEidhuxNsXEs85fW74mSjZ33AZAbrz74pb3rDV-LXFhJLQbl6UnpqwXFBEI_BQwi8V6u598VeIyefSUIldwmJkwknc7P_bGkG0SvmrSVQVoHdZwXEfSUlSQ/s1600/IMG_4690.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSxQTfuOxVPTD3DmFtEidhuxNsXEs85fW74mSjZ33AZAbrz74pb3rDV-LXFhJLQbl6UnpqwXFBEI_BQwi8V6u598VeIyefSUIldwmJkwknc7P_bGkG0SvmrSVQVoHdZwXEfSUlSQ/s400/IMG_4690.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651683878524438306" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3mehFG7dhB-mol4ffZFMBKn1KCEh_wvQfrYKAOg_XDhyno1OUbiz1nEd385Fzk19vzIwtCI1ZLWXUMUA0FSM8UnY07Mlq7QvaoymdpBnI39InBWIIMkBYnMd84W4QMashpn2-Rg/s1600/IMG_4658.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3mehFG7dhB-mol4ffZFMBKn1KCEh_wvQfrYKAOg_XDhyno1OUbiz1nEd385Fzk19vzIwtCI1ZLWXUMUA0FSM8UnY07Mlq7QvaoymdpBnI39InBWIIMkBYnMd84W4QMashpn2-Rg/s400/IMG_4658.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651683876066116850" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7XErNUf6EkmRolV_N4EHUtuEq_BDwzy2PAtcU2sosP5Et_ceixXXA8ovMRbCoDOvdssN9gMURgCIhD4YkgSpx6oGtPe0yRY379nakJPrZHSHkJY7SKsWZXvwJthrbrvRIjrKOQ/s1600/IMG_4794.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7XErNUf6EkmRolV_N4EHUtuEq_BDwzy2PAtcU2sosP5Et_ceixXXA8ovMRbCoDOvdssN9gMURgCIhD4YkgSpx6oGtPe0yRY379nakJPrZHSHkJY7SKsWZXvwJthrbrvRIjrKOQ/s400/IMG_4794.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651684738855926738" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUcEFcy7D3AFEwKfkH2UTIcqU9ERd0ClFxH4rXjtfw8KX3peUnqj0hH5Xc-OL7LtvvL5szF2APCET0PKxGtfNaJcNfV_BLUo99CHYIYXXPvq3lUUqTD-pBeE8zoUeoohgNMVEWvQ/s1600/IMG_4769.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUcEFcy7D3AFEwKfkH2UTIcqU9ERd0ClFxH4rXjtfw8KX3peUnqj0hH5Xc-OL7LtvvL5szF2APCET0PKxGtfNaJcNfV_BLUo99CHYIYXXPvq3lUUqTD-pBeE8zoUeoohgNMVEWvQ/s400/IMG_4769.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651684729301875986" /></a><br /><br />Oh hey, guess what? Carson earned his Arrow of Light scouting award! I'm still trying to understand scouts, so I'll share with you what I learned. The Arrow of Light award is the only rank that you can bring with you from cub scouting to boy scouting. That's right....all the other items earned over the last 3 years are just garbage now! ha ha, just kidding....sort of. It was cool though, he turns 11 next month so we will bid farewell to cub scouting....until Parker turns 8 next June. :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZt5L5MH4yZGA-a4DvzKO9UO51mr1aD0t3U9q79klyKmMvlah7qKh0T95DjTwZKC3UBOzvlD82LRpXV6G4GvgiShzuYREHPxIA7bC29gueC4ww0SyfvPtSBGVNlnZRFntPMMjK_A/s1600/IMG_4816.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZt5L5MH4yZGA-a4DvzKO9UO51mr1aD0t3U9q79klyKmMvlah7qKh0T95DjTwZKC3UBOzvlD82LRpXV6G4GvgiShzuYREHPxIA7bC29gueC4ww0SyfvPtSBGVNlnZRFntPMMjK_A/s400/IMG_4816.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651686603682790130" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYE3TrfUsvzJV_Qn0Yu_FYw9Com4XeJe3-0cP_lOLBudIyLZnprIjd4PUlrb3acTWuNxFQUALxpkR64hmXF6iJ3Fp2eakBkrNuBDpTpr9bH0rUunKrmYWjWemlup4odA_A8gBxgw/s1600/IMG_4805.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYE3TrfUsvzJV_Qn0Yu_FYw9Com4XeJe3-0cP_lOLBudIyLZnprIjd4PUlrb3acTWuNxFQUALxpkR64hmXF6iJ3Fp2eakBkrNuBDpTpr9bH0rUunKrmYWjWemlup4odA_A8gBxgw/s400/IMG_4805.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651686599348750818" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiditTCU3ZcDKUrkVuGm26z4lMu1GpJxG9Ll-KoyTdN8jyu6PD3VkH7yzo4ek-Vv3tO8_yFkRLfczHEU2IBUFrvKBcQRBDcJJc_kgs3h5It6WPUd2XA9bWUcdV4PgdzGxvWQTO_7Q/s1600/IMG_4801.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiditTCU3ZcDKUrkVuGm26z4lMu1GpJxG9Ll-KoyTdN8jyu6PD3VkH7yzo4ek-Vv3tO8_yFkRLfczHEU2IBUFrvKBcQRBDcJJc_kgs3h5It6WPUd2XA9bWUcdV4PgdzGxvWQTO_7Q/s400/IMG_4801.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651686591713955858" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg85ErfRMSXr_CzaBOWLSPih4O1qc384dn3dBl9qXJobt6yR0E7wdmr2LzM9pbKAzGjg1ce2Gt2hNu_FxI4dp8iO6vEzPTDx3vldJtgfaZrB06rpQ4DVSQoeaxP1OkyQpRsrpNzdw/s1600/IMG_4857.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg85ErfRMSXr_CzaBOWLSPih4O1qc384dn3dBl9qXJobt6yR0E7wdmr2LzM9pbKAzGjg1ce2Gt2hNu_FxI4dp8iO6vEzPTDx3vldJtgfaZrB06rpQ4DVSQoeaxP1OkyQpRsrpNzdw/s400/IMG_4857.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651687607074421282" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjggeQKAAqIeUNau9Km1QM4WW5W1iKyRwV6VQba-XXtq66opOOdRZVaw14tsXLtQCDriORPdx-t03ax9O9kfxFF2rwxCVHDGV-dCs8ceSYHuwB5I_mPCWy4bJeVh55Y6Petj-uyXw/s1600/IMG_4852.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjggeQKAAqIeUNau9Km1QM4WW5W1iKyRwV6VQba-XXtq66opOOdRZVaw14tsXLtQCDriORPdx-t03ax9O9kfxFF2rwxCVHDGV-dCs8ceSYHuwB5I_mPCWy4bJeVh55Y6Petj-uyXw/s400/IMG_4852.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651687602339098050" /></a><br /><br />Finally, I can tell I'm the mother of 3 boys because Cameron started preschool last week and I never took a picture. So lame! Anyway, Cameron goes to school for three hours on Mondays and Wednesdays. He seems to like it and I'm tripping out a little bit that I have all that time to myself on those days! I'll try not to get used to it though because in 4 months I'll have a little bambino to care for!<br /><br />As long as I'm confessing my lame-ness....Parker's class does something called "Celebrity of the Week". This week is Parker's turn. The teacher sent home a note letting us know all the things Parker has to bring to school each day this week so they could celebrate him. Today he was supposed to bring a poster all about himself. Oh no, I'm supposed to get creative? Oh yeah, here's my creativity: Parker did a similar thing in 1st grade, but his special week wasn't until school was almost over in the spring! So, I took that poster off his wall and handed it to him and said "here, this was only made 4 months ago, use this for today!" He was pretty skeptical but was happy to oblige. When he came home today I asked how it went and he was laughing because some kids from his class last year recognized the poster and pointed out that it was the same one! Whoops, hadn't thought of that angle! Ah well, Parker didn't mind and I was thrilled not to have to make another poster. Go ahead, judge me.<br /><br />Parker's teacher did a spotlight on him and here's what she wrote for the class to see. It makes me larf out lard.<br /><br />Parker Jackson Sweet was born June 20 in SLC. He has brown hair and blue eyes. He lives in a gray house with the 5 people in his family. Parker is adventurous. His favorite color is green and he has lost 2 teeth. When Parker grows up he wants to be a spy. He loves corndogs, soccer, and Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Parker wishes he had 1000000000000000 dollars. He can do 20 sit ups and 12 push ups. Parker is a fan of scary movies, spring, and the book Ben 10. He would love to have super vision so that he knows where he is going. Parker is faster than a speeding turtle. He "no way" paints his toenails. He can just about ride a two-wheel bike, and he would love to drive a Corvette all the way to Disneyland.Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675596953196622102noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21370574.post-22894754911814810632011-08-31T15:22:00.012-06:002011-08-31T17:11:52.158-06:00Ah Ha, Ya Burnt!To understand my story, you have to understand the TV show, "30 Rock". Liz Lemon, played by Tina Fey, said this to one of her co-workers when he failed miserably in his contract negotiations:
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<br />I found that clip on the web. Good ol' web. I can't even remember what life was like before the internet! I swear I've blocked that part of my life out! ha ha! I was in college before I ever used the internet. Yes, I'm old.
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<br />Now onto my story.
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<br />The other day I woke up and had an overwhelming feeling of love and appreciation for my husband. I seriously love everything about him, all his quirks and his sense of humor. He is such a great guy! I called him at work to tell him how much I love him. He was kind of taken back--remember I'm preggers and grumpy a lot of the time! Kind of hesitant he says "Um, did you eat a cookie this morning?" I was totally confused and said "eh?" so he repeated himself. I told him NO, I did not eat a cookie this morning. He said "oh, okay....". So I took the container of cookies off the top of the fridge and opened it. This is what I found inside:
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<br />He had finished off the cookies and left that note for me so when I had a craving, I would be left unsatisfied! That's why he thought I was calling him! Oh man, I had a great belly laugh over that one. See what I mean? Sam is awesome!
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<br />My friend gives me clothes that her son has outgrown for Parker. The other day she gave Parker this awesome robe. After his shower he struts around like he is mega macho. It's so funny!
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<br />This past Sunday we had a BBQ at Sam's brothers house to celebrate my mother-in-law's birthday. It was a most excellent time! Fern and Russ had access to a wheelchair for my nephew Jake so Russ brought the wheelchair to the BBQ....on his motorcycle! Fern was embarrassed but I thought it was cool, because, hey...people in China carry stuff on their motorcycles all the time!
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<br />My fun family on the Sweet side!
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<br />Seriously, such a great family I married into!
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<br />Okay, gotta run get my hair colored (halla-hulla!). My gray hair is such a bully!Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675596953196622102noreply@blogger.com1