tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91561675409746182692024-03-13T18:48:51.110-07:00Molina's Library of TimeTanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02904195796358609778noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156167540974618269.post-10791431524556634852011-04-23T10:20:00.003-07:002011-04-23T10:41:03.440-07:00Photoshop Class<div>I know it has been a LONG time since I blogged. Not a lot has been happening, just school and work. Christian and I are taking a Photoshop class together on Wednesday nights. It's been fun. I've been learning a lot and Christian has been amazing with his pictures. Here are a couple of my mid-term projects I did. Now I am working on my finals.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3bNyIIh2y_fOTb6KWwr2aP2LyBf2Egv1jlDH7itae5ELuFwPt4KhYxuTjUxslyWJjuBlHuymkCCjjXdlYrmSDBnkoJWahU0IN0THv5TzWQB30eH2Xb8JuiolkBKkvsablnlakOhYDhbk/s1600/TubKidsShooting.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><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/AVvXsEj3bNyIIh2y_fOTb6KWwr2aP2LyBf2Egv1jlDH7itae5ELuFwPt4KhYxuTjUxslyWJjuBlHuymkCCjjXdlYrmSDBnkoJWahU0IN0THv5TzWQB30eH2Xb8JuiolkBKkvsablnlakOhYDhbk/s400/TubKidsShooting.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598833682780003266" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">How many of you recognize yourself in the picture above?</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRE72Vmw4YvXmbmgXZx5y9LjbV3OhX1czUI3sHPTC6pLJRNAJ2pp6u4Qx9GgxxWmNF9Xv0MRxuUSj2ruHD8KJL45qT5rq7ZwLZJFUMSIGpuVE7as076h7dKZhHyyzI_N7Uc7F8mnvpuzc/s1600/LandmarkGraduations+copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><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/AVvXsEjRE72Vmw4YvXmbmgXZx5y9LjbV3OhX1czUI3sHPTC6pLJRNAJ2pp6u4Qx9GgxxWmNF9Xv0MRxuUSj2ruHD8KJL45qT5rq7ZwLZJFUMSIGpuVE7as076h7dKZhHyyzI_N7Uc7F8mnvpuzc/s400/LandmarkGraduations+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598833679008578834" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Isn't it really neat all the places Christian got to graduate from?</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02904195796358609778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156167540974618269.post-88362848083409713732010-10-22T16:54:00.002-07:002010-10-22T16:59:50.520-07:00Rest of the NewsNow to catch you up on the rest of the news. <br /><br />Christian got a job about a month ago. He is working at the Safeway that just opened up today in Estrella Mountain Ranch. He is enjoying it and comes home and tells me all about it. There was a preview last night that we went to (Christian worked up until the preview so I had to pick him up). It took a long time because it was jam packed with people. We shopped, had samples, and talked with Mom and Dad. It took us over two hours to finish up, but it was fun. <br /><br />The same day that Christian got his job, I was asked to teach an NAU class this Spring. So I spend all of last week preparing my syllabus for Modern Language Arts Instruction. I start teaching in January. I am excited about teaching this class. Hopefully enough people sign up for it so it isn't cancelled. <br /><br />This week (I'm on Fall Break) I've spent time cooking freezer meals, cleaning my house and back yard, and spending a little time relaxing. I start back at school on Monday - not sure if I'm ready to go back, but back I go.<br /><br />Now you are all caught up on our news. Talk to you soon - not four months next time :)Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02904195796358609778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156167540974618269.post-79072328034513049362010-10-22T16:23:00.008-07:002010-10-22T16:53:28.051-07:00Christian is 18Christian has turned 18. I can't believe that he is officially an adult now. In celebration of his birthday I have posted some of my favorite pictures of him.<br /><br />Christian will probably be upset with me for posting the following picture. It was in Old Tucson and he was extremely embarrassed. The older can-can lady was flirting with him and saying she was going to keep him.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-hd4iEcJnb04me9DvUM9L96SkRUWYLCFlWSida21_QG95komgjO1a8OBWohyphenhyphensNX8dSUM_AlomwlsCpdsR7qXM-aN1oxUu0_2H_EYXX9J9znHL6uX71nfrvAqQN6eiEKmQFrgPvI9Q1tk/s1600/2001_Spring_OldTucson_CanCAnGirls.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 385px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531019516692731682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-hd4iEcJnb04me9DvUM9L96SkRUWYLCFlWSida21_QG95komgjO1a8OBWohyphenhyphensNX8dSUM_AlomwlsCpdsR7qXM-aN1oxUu0_2H_EYXX9J9znHL6uX71nfrvAqQN6eiEKmQFrgPvI9Q1tk/s400/2001_Spring_OldTucson_CanCAnGirls.jpg" /></a> I love this picture of Christian reading a comic book with his Grandpa :)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5pExPnMmzubLmM9h5MvUDNfpwRZbOzkKJ8XojUS3x6WrrVAUqaE2E-3dOPcD9wqvwQ_GzKU_DZEFI-PvaNhqbmqVp4ZoFinwrwD9xBjrz_rjYfEvUUaLxR0xZ1sx4nxltWYAJTM1t7_g/s1600/scan0008.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 373px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531019518621484738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5pExPnMmzubLmM9h5MvUDNfpwRZbOzkKJ8XojUS3x6WrrVAUqaE2E-3dOPcD9wqvwQ_GzKU_DZEFI-PvaNhqbmqVp4ZoFinwrwD9xBjrz_rjYfEvUUaLxR0xZ1sx4nxltWYAJTM1t7_g/s400/scan0008.jpg" /></a>Here Christian is showing off his dirty feet. This was his first Grandfather/Son Campout.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNhvAMOj8A2J-ZPdfK5CLkmP1ISoMS93vojIUsNWLoFZsa9aUlEEYNFhVeJmupvis6bdjhHLLGL8dnLDgGmdjSJ8gEEzjJpSSUNUqLIl8CJBMH00KAkJf2xhPbiocRdTmf7qW4sD2dWBE/s1600/1997_Summer_FirstFatherSonsCampout.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 332px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531019513302811410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNhvAMOj8A2J-ZPdfK5CLkmP1ISoMS93vojIUsNWLoFZsa9aUlEEYNFhVeJmupvis6bdjhHLLGL8dnLDgGmdjSJ8gEEzjJpSSUNUqLIl8CJBMH00KAkJf2xhPbiocRdTmf7qW4sD2dWBE/s400/1997_Summer_FirstFatherSonsCampout.jpg" /></a> Christian loved his Aunt Cheryl and copied her a lot. Guess it comes from living with her for so many years. This is at Cheryl's highs school graduation.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZ7-kAK-4yH-0KgKvRtB1vNNGBwq96oeeBa9mp9HnkKbEhWwzqTHi6qrtmfFRE-JRfRFgEkjE49yZAOPkdUQajjQBdXpMp9COjkq4AsgqaAVZVMr8UljnKJxQWOr08AC1NZZI5HdfMwQ/s1600/1997_May_CherylsGraduation.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 298px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531019507811214642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZ7-kAK-4yH-0KgKvRtB1vNNGBwq96oeeBa9mp9HnkKbEhWwzqTHi6qrtmfFRE-JRfRFgEkjE49yZAOPkdUQajjQBdXpMp9COjkq4AsgqaAVZVMr8UljnKJxQWOr08AC1NZZI5HdfMwQ/s400/1997_May_CherylsGraduation.jpg" /></a>Christian would always fall asleep in the weirest places. I would put him to bed in his bed, but I always had to find him before I went to bed so I could put him back in his bed. He always went to sleep with Goofy - it was one of his favorite stuffed 'animals'.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwuTNpYPjVBfOgvYAjhDE9-qrmvhiFKHtohxmdGcI6EOm0ST1fetUGD7qBt582jSsO5bbPPs0bbSsyIwsCa7GDd7xkezMDhjJB33cf_KrpL9fqwNcki_JEcKvJE3qKE-yLwUXdhS2WuA/s1600/1997_Fall.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 327px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531019504500769682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwuTNpYPjVBfOgvYAjhDE9-qrmvhiFKHtohxmdGcI6EOm0ST1fetUGD7qBt582jSsO5bbPPs0bbSsyIwsCa7GDd7xkezMDhjJB33cf_KrpL9fqwNcki_JEcKvJE3qKE-yLwUXdhS2WuA/s400/1997_Fall.jpg" /></a>Christian played with Cheryl's friends. In fact he thought they came to see him, not Cheryl. In fact for his 3rd birthday, all of the guest, except his cousin Hannah, were 16 and 17 year olds.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL1eV4riHX7ilcPy2_3jUWqLsXFBRzKLBuXmN4qWIsvxMLuHwMI5NiV1iWCF3_KAJLCV2dK87I_vTo64Lf6n6ZYpyHoiXeQMqzy92caF_WoBe-mnYuWIAoQzVtQI9kJs3-hL02X5KFS_A/s1600/1996_ChristiansBirthday.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 271px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531019083475498802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL1eV4riHX7ilcPy2_3jUWqLsXFBRzKLBuXmN4qWIsvxMLuHwMI5NiV1iWCF3_KAJLCV2dK87I_vTo64Lf6n6ZYpyHoiXeQMqzy92caF_WoBe-mnYuWIAoQzVtQI9kJs3-hL02X5KFS_A/s400/1996_ChristiansBirthday.jpg" /></a>Christian still remembers Foo-Foo (Cheryl's rabbit).<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2I_WVdgEWh8U_IjPm9mVJNAuEL1y9hggTLoESyq8h0hVD8zZFT51vX2iJ-QSPj2y0ju5_rgRF8R5dxiz2Q4zAOuZ3lRFncdxrkvTCZbfHwUxTFg75W0Il32SOIEXv90KQ1PMCDPuGpOA/s1600/1993_FooFoo.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 286px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531019079233215362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2I_WVdgEWh8U_IjPm9mVJNAuEL1y9hggTLoESyq8h0hVD8zZFT51vX2iJ-QSPj2y0ju5_rgRF8R5dxiz2Q4zAOuZ3lRFncdxrkvTCZbfHwUxTFg75W0Il32SOIEXv90KQ1PMCDPuGpOA/s400/1993_FooFoo.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QIMywbb6NNEMD2E8WuKgZvi8OMrrFLM4_qqA_GivImBUxZy4pAeXxhAU7yxHxGwg77xncFhxrDWBkis8fSbCe8oH1PSgZ5x56VZ60eiLQslJe-m5lS9-w_VqCdm4NzuPAeKdGvUbQgc/s1600/1993_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 332px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531019076155973730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QIMywbb6NNEMD2E8WuKgZvi8OMrrFLM4_qqA_GivImBUxZy4pAeXxhAU7yxHxGwg77xncFhxrDWBkis8fSbCe8oH1PSgZ5x56VZ60eiLQslJe-m5lS9-w_VqCdm4NzuPAeKdGvUbQgc/s400/1993_01.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVns4PMfvZi7ZbGY0eAcQLwxjS_s0zIweiEnQjBtnxIO9RKo16a78BiApIN2Iljtvc0YW0TSh5tol9lr5HvP5RYXDPdolf6nPBhVuQ13OGaXfTwbBfNqQBb0w0NMfykhEKnqNw1HYCH7A/s1600/Christian+0_01Sep+22,+1992.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 356px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531019071204408498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVns4PMfvZi7ZbGY0eAcQLwxjS_s0zIweiEnQjBtnxIO9RKo16a78BiApIN2Iljtvc0YW0TSh5tol9lr5HvP5RYXDPdolf6nPBhVuQ13OGaXfTwbBfNqQBb0w0NMfykhEKnqNw1HYCH7A/s400/Christian+0_01Sep+22,+1992.jpg" /></a>I love this picture of him. I still have the outfit too :)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY75-Pdw7u3SEajTeYGw46A0CmIBZr0P9yTqzIjb8nMC9vNAaVVe_UxPzGLLb52Ls4EJnqD7BERe6wJVnifADYjHKPp0T8w5T2P-L8m1gL7ZUXu-mxjeQBLPF44Jb6VtDwTnuTuTZK_E4/s1600/Christian+0_07.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 323px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531019068977932626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY75-Pdw7u3SEajTeYGw46A0CmIBZr0P9yTqzIjb8nMC9vNAaVVe_UxPzGLLb52Ls4EJnqD7BERe6wJVnifADYjHKPp0T8w5T2P-L8m1gL7ZUXu-mxjeQBLPF44Jb6VtDwTnuTuTZK_E4/s400/Christian+0_07.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNgaZEZcjyIDlkiFHSNgh-qyNXBNdivO_3ID6IlE2k1oh_LushCb5ImZPjhr50sV1cBuzJFCqde6kOQphjP_nThCTiGTo6leEtXjECsiIAouF_P3LwJJcO8QkL2PhF9eGhszdcOxMWN6k/s1600/Molina+1992_04.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 286px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531018660599560578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNgaZEZcjyIDlkiFHSNgh-qyNXBNdivO_3ID6IlE2k1oh_LushCb5ImZPjhr50sV1cBuzJFCqde6kOQphjP_nThCTiGTo6leEtXjECsiIAouF_P3LwJJcO8QkL2PhF9eGhszdcOxMWN6k/s400/Molina+1992_04.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVEG7h14NYpZ2KAYm3A0pSuU_wJ8H0CWiStD2QmgSgi2B3LrbsFLSjPDXzNVyyBi_vzJg1Rx1U1tezcUpaL9pIAjt6j9HZ78Twjy6Cmrr8gYuFelyfynbxYrzxn8Iwcc95FEKJrAeGPVM/s1600/Molina+1993_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 253px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531018653493376162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVEG7h14NYpZ2KAYm3A0pSuU_wJ8H0CWiStD2QmgSgi2B3LrbsFLSjPDXzNVyyBi_vzJg1Rx1U1tezcUpaL9pIAjt6j9HZ78Twjy6Cmrr8gYuFelyfynbxYrzxn8Iwcc95FEKJrAeGPVM/s400/Molina+1993_01.jpg" /></a>He loved playing in the clothes hamper :)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmbnFEcn_tUXo21v6gqvBDvVbkW4NnNEFwB5YuQohs55SchOwZpkq26dNqVKttChn-Svyvju8EAugj2ybfUp3P_Bm0wTEg9bJRilAUndxJsFpDzyvByXhy-jvYeyKHw-csDjwA4PhhGE/s1600/Christian+1_14.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 281px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531018650971060914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmbnFEcn_tUXo21v6gqvBDvVbkW4NnNEFwB5YuQohs55SchOwZpkq26dNqVKttChn-Svyvju8EAugj2ybfUp3P_Bm0wTEg9bJRilAUndxJsFpDzyvByXhy-jvYeyKHw-csDjwA4PhhGE/s400/Christian+1_14.jpg" /></a>Here he is again - asleep under my bed. I had a hard time finding him this time as his pillow is against a bookcase and there isn't much room between it and my bed.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDse_L_ErR_Hav5B6fYYCsc2gFu-x5jQD_LXuqFs13X3LF0G101SxleNS81HsrBmVMMc8tSU46BOwEI3V28E9cBVdUPNwqQQErjGMR980CtkdJTMhW8D2xZN__kifZ_s4CvnkBetb0Frw/s1600/Christian+2_18.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531018646463373954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDse_L_ErR_Hav5B6fYYCsc2gFu-x5jQD_LXuqFs13X3LF0G101SxleNS81HsrBmVMMc8tSU46BOwEI3V28E9cBVdUPNwqQQErjGMR980CtkdJTMhW8D2xZN__kifZ_s4CvnkBetb0Frw/s400/Christian+2_18.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA2fMuHCn9QvbE7G25ndUeq_UqcNz7VHMXjYMORQdYVFH6oKzLO-fvqwCArifvWFFgwTYw1nPLnlSX4gHNla5lcoEd_dgSByceWP85PYVU1IOieBnz2yUbjQwUxu2ei0o6lH5T_8PpVmI/s1600/Christian+3_21.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 323px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531018643415968754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA2fMuHCn9QvbE7G25ndUeq_UqcNz7VHMXjYMORQdYVFH6oKzLO-fvqwCArifvWFFgwTYw1nPLnlSX4gHNla5lcoEd_dgSByceWP85PYVU1IOieBnz2yUbjQwUxu2ei0o6lH5T_8PpVmI/s400/Christian+3_21.jpg" /></a>24th of July parade. Several us of traded off saving our spot all through the night. It was a fun day.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTfOSfma2ISJXQ805sL_0F3NvhT7jJo6eLFZmEaKpWAWgeeXb9r94SXo_asC2FbJXQQDJ_lKp3skOPboc3SX_ZdxpUd8pNpxHm0OqOPbypfTSKFxl_DDaP206MQrJMLaSrudZcVdZyiPI/s1600/1997+Tanya_499_Utah_July24.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 392px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531018066109234882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTfOSfma2ISJXQ805sL_0F3NvhT7jJo6eLFZmEaKpWAWgeeXb9r94SXo_asC2FbJXQQDJ_lKp3skOPboc3SX_ZdxpUd8pNpxHm0OqOPbypfTSKFxl_DDaP206MQrJMLaSrudZcVdZyiPI/s400/1997+Tanya_499_Utah_July24.jpg" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlXjxyWa6gvs7sjLPRYESuJyaaWVcmeLwMHikaInwrVmd_9Se9hFqs5hhk-AaWhfDF19vjFKiZRWqW9ZI6qGRNBiaxOw_Rb_5HTmNlDrdYdSWoQhBsQouwf_wo-nWUeBAyNZ0f2hbe4zA/s1600/Molina+1998_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 284px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531018057341861346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlXjxyWa6gvs7sjLPRYESuJyaaWVcmeLwMHikaInwrVmd_9Se9hFqs5hhk-AaWhfDF19vjFKiZRWqW9ZI6qGRNBiaxOw_Rb_5HTmNlDrdYdSWoQhBsQouwf_wo-nWUeBAyNZ0f2hbe4zA/s400/Molina+1998_01.jpg" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigq0H6M4kmCf2RnekTmS2D1ZcPTax7ATwmo_5UzrYgkRDeErjP3Ek-9aV2pZSZJcRpQs5u4tJfE4oltAvqTPO723K8sOEiUjJk3GNN-NbX4EcKajfS4wA8FdZgxZqm9pXlXEwzezdrS-s/s1600/1999+Tanya_510.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 286px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531018055792749042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigq0H6M4kmCf2RnekTmS2D1ZcPTax7ATwmo_5UzrYgkRDeErjP3Ek-9aV2pZSZJcRpQs5u4tJfE4oltAvqTPO723K8sOEiUjJk3GNN-NbX4EcKajfS4wA8FdZgxZqm9pXlXEwzezdrS-s/s400/1999+Tanya_510.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4usz0PP4wgka9CsxwzEm1hVMeFYBO65rqHlBIgA3ZC_OUN2P4aPXNF6Xew3nBwKkuGTLZ2vt4JT-yFsul0xOmX8tokF8o_hWN2_c3wnif-gDB3Oym1XDGTDwwBb39iccbynQrkV5YDa8/s1600/1999+Tanya_512.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 291px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531018052948799890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4usz0PP4wgka9CsxwzEm1hVMeFYBO65rqHlBIgA3ZC_OUN2P4aPXNF6Xew3nBwKkuGTLZ2vt4JT-yFsul0xOmX8tokF8o_hWN2_c3wnif-gDB3Oym1XDGTDwwBb39iccbynQrkV5YDa8/s400/1999+Tanya_512.jpg" /></a>Great impersonation of a turkey, Christian!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMtz7hDqia_eCz8JKxK5lhjNeQvvZ7rnj_ST9bpd3nbiCFPjlUW32Eakfj9NgKmI81hVYptDweAIfP9TC9v50ESuBf-C8jAzrIDYQtfGAXCRbBzqCWNaXcYxxf3EJKdZODhGAzS0RKmAE/s1600/Christian+8_47.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531018050713133090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMtz7hDqia_eCz8JKxK5lhjNeQvvZ7rnj_ST9bpd3nbiCFPjlUW32Eakfj9NgKmI81hVYptDweAIfP9TC9v50ESuBf-C8jAzrIDYQtfGAXCRbBzqCWNaXcYxxf3EJKdZODhGAzS0RKmAE/s400/Christian+8_47.JPG" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWXn3PMCSUsqPPDx83a3JAh8v8qu0zq85HQoiBP6b09ZvtHh2Ca4FGeAr15MvIov3nskOeZPUFtRMMKlhR5FxqHdgyMhR_x7QBVA5RVNsple38aHlmK1Gusjoam9A2CI2_qnNH8yUp2YQ/s1600/2002+Tanya_548_Mt.+Graham.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 260px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531017383518858162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWXn3PMCSUsqPPDx83a3JAh8v8qu0zq85HQoiBP6b09ZvtHh2Ca4FGeAr15MvIov3nskOeZPUFtRMMKlhR5FxqHdgyMhR_x7QBVA5RVNsple38aHlmK1Gusjoam9A2CI2_qnNH8yUp2YQ/s400/2002+Tanya_548_Mt.+Graham.jpg" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHKsqubdzfn5igAdmT7c2mXYJGvYj2ZqzrsVTTyeKyIFeBjbqdijdGbTFfytczWgTXos6jmFGFUHnaj7U40vrpsSoMHmnjpkUc464pTsUzV8P424VAb3IAgd1aJc_DTBV0s8qmYy16D2E/s1600/Christian+14_098.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531017379719734738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHKsqubdzfn5igAdmT7c2mXYJGvYj2ZqzrsVTTyeKyIFeBjbqdijdGbTFfytczWgTXos6jmFGFUHnaj7U40vrpsSoMHmnjpkUc464pTsUzV8P424VAb3IAgd1aJc_DTBV0s8qmYy16D2E/s400/Christian+14_098.JPG" /></a>Halloween costume last year. You'll have to ask him who he was - I forget :(<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7NuPqPVS0F5tRh1uvvL3vGT3eui1jhpYXH5XEt3wuNdcEo-yaR5UeXL0n-Z7m7NPc_3g4MM4HFCtF0NZ54upxmZ9zMZBfjb_F961tLCQsAeb-AVP66xlshLNDuKGiFLJm9IhwlMlyRvE/s1600/Christian+17_153.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531017373239302354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7NuPqPVS0F5tRh1uvvL3vGT3eui1jhpYXH5XEt3wuNdcEo-yaR5UeXL0n-Z7m7NPc_3g4MM4HFCtF0NZ54upxmZ9zMZBfjb_F961tLCQsAeb-AVP66xlshLNDuKGiFLJm9IhwlMlyRvE/s400/Christian+17_153.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXch194riJlKFwZLs7Z44WrdjlYY1YGK5BR50XQFfc1J2c1msShaqClAKnbZgaZquAP34EGhkcy1nF6HqAhaIO8YCXhfYfJIMHqSvRPbCPaICfY1IKAKWB8S-amDsgdiBmkfRBYm9oSC4/s1600/Christian+17_16_Professional+Photos.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531017368727845538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXch194riJlKFwZLs7Z44WrdjlYY1YGK5BR50XQFfc1J2c1msShaqClAKnbZgaZquAP34EGhkcy1nF6HqAhaIO8YCXhfYfJIMHqSvRPbCPaICfY1IKAKWB8S-amDsgdiBmkfRBYm9oSC4/s400/Christian+17_16_Professional+Photos.jpg" /></a>18th birthday!!!!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHzKuYWUnkbqWbZcCW-zUQ1pgVXt2Mr7C3p1xpKnr7GnyN6CFxaV5SaQ8PyM6GcPHnDbKCL4giXowD-XFjKWZeSnYGJT-x3fmG05aRx1fXLyY6O_Gba06bwZU3UINUzbYu5PyTkjo3BC8/s1600/2010_September_ChristiansBirthday_07.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531017360540814882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHzKuYWUnkbqWbZcCW-zUQ1pgVXt2Mr7C3p1xpKnr7GnyN6CFxaV5SaQ8PyM6GcPHnDbKCL4giXowD-XFjKWZeSnYGJT-x3fmG05aRx1fXLyY6O_Gba06bwZU3UINUzbYu5PyTkjo3BC8/s400/2010_September_ChristiansBirthday_07.JPG" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02904195796358609778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156167540974618269.post-82443784000792079972010-10-22T16:00:00.003-07:002010-10-22T16:23:36.063-07:00Eagle ScoutChristian passed his Eagle Scout Board of Review a couple of weeks ago. I am so proud of him. Here are some pictures of his Eagle Scout project. His project was to place yellow circles around all the doors, put up room numbers on the playground, bus numbers by the busses, reserved parking spots, paint two playground tables, and paint two four squares. This was a couple of days of painting. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg64DHvJowQrp_-5oa7r6nISVs5dZzCZT7wMLUcNVVWVXnpZvLWF2EZ27fKTKAqkS8Ju-fmXPpOpHTlZiKpHHiNLxcuFNS9qUVJRh7a_z6mRQikXLIL1j4K3rnMXfzRJjPNS1TvVIsxHxQ/s1600/2010_EagleScoutProject_During_10.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531010415690589810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg64DHvJowQrp_-5oa7r6nISVs5dZzCZT7wMLUcNVVWVXnpZvLWF2EZ27fKTKAqkS8Ju-fmXPpOpHTlZiKpHHiNLxcuFNS9qUVJRh7a_z6mRQikXLIL1j4K3rnMXfzRJjPNS1TvVIsxHxQ/s400/2010_EagleScoutProject_During_10.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5hHl6sbOpL81aHVq5OuqmUas8RdVXaZkgX4LBzKzZ1rRCRsmTEcaY5Nbs0xFB3lXA4VW63yG_5E6zVq_HP2VO1GBkirV_jJRjNukLaEjbUQOoj4dhgz88w-afSwKkvHTI7d2-84ZvTQ/s1600/2010_EagleScoutProject_During_20.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531010409842137794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5hHl6sbOpL81aHVq5OuqmUas8RdVXaZkgX4LBzKzZ1rRCRsmTEcaY5Nbs0xFB3lXA4VW63yG_5E6zVq_HP2VO1GBkirV_jJRjNukLaEjbUQOoj4dhgz88w-afSwKkvHTI7d2-84ZvTQ/s400/2010_EagleScoutProject_During_20.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2R9E7WAvSSiMZd20kyj1s6NS5zW4RJkaQMbG1mAm7mxsuEHUolzba6CWoXEmKhiZJ_iuJgYA17epyW22a6ZxORRn9YDkT5TRVASNOLcgKPSjkLd9ppNuZIvbtEfPgB6U-q1yIXCWKBrE/s1600/2010_EagleScoutProject_During_26.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531010404809041522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2R9E7WAvSSiMZd20kyj1s6NS5zW4RJkaQMbG1mAm7mxsuEHUolzba6CWoXEmKhiZJ_iuJgYA17epyW22a6ZxORRn9YDkT5TRVASNOLcgKPSjkLd9ppNuZIvbtEfPgB6U-q1yIXCWKBrE/s400/2010_EagleScoutProject_During_26.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg19cGr3JtTBEMneYTvWoKC0A4n3nn-NyKoHL7ZXkLoUtzQF0zGKOYpkcXhWdo2odcy752_QdZ5id9f2ci-XSd-A4inVnPMEriQNa3MmlHpSGysmpNywSS5kaG5ayUMHsheHArHkb91ohA/s1600/2010_EagleScoutProject_During_41.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531010399123893762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg19cGr3JtTBEMneYTvWoKC0A4n3nn-NyKoHL7ZXkLoUtzQF0zGKOYpkcXhWdo2odcy752_QdZ5id9f2ci-XSd-A4inVnPMEriQNa3MmlHpSGysmpNywSS5kaG5ayUMHsheHArHkb91ohA/s400/2010_EagleScoutProject_During_41.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9QzS3oFb7j0D8nLKzKtvUvt8GpHhsc-QjodkYHAJ2LJGfGM8pIBy28Nc1ZGQazo0_ynJnCXCgMzba_TPQhw6vC688nuLD6-uPFebTOjs8Eum-cTYtrVNL4qoz81u8eSZR67I7sDlnNPQ/s1600/2010_EagleScoutProject_During_43.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531010395442337586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9QzS3oFb7j0D8nLKzKtvUvt8GpHhsc-QjodkYHAJ2LJGfGM8pIBy28Nc1ZGQazo0_ynJnCXCgMzba_TPQhw6vC688nuLD6-uPFebTOjs8Eum-cTYtrVNL4qoz81u8eSZR67I7sDlnNPQ/s400/2010_EagleScoutProject_During_43.JPG" /></a>Christian had a lot of help show up - especially on the second day. Thanks to everyone for helping with his project. </div><div> </div></div></div></div>Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02904195796358609778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156167540974618269.post-79737418471172683572010-10-22T15:46:00.003-07:002010-10-22T16:00:11.524-07:00The Rest of the SummerAfter the Family Reunion, we spent some time relaxing at Aunt Barbara's. Barbara was gone for a while and her dog was very upset and barking. Mom was able to quiet him down. Then it was Dad's turn - no luck - kept barking. I tried - again no luck. Mom had to go outside and sit with him to keep him quiet until Barbara came back. Here are some pictures of them together. He kept scooting closer and closer to Mom - almost pushed her off the step :)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLNYNoPhNOkJxfXV7oBzmpGXGsXJDL_TBCnOR3rb3tO5HFGBF16haRoqGhMas5m0Sskt3kluBSTo_ROCDLigO9uR3BCYYr1QX5zyFNK1Du1_1LOFou4Sm-p8pWKCN6BEt9bo775DN9LUM/s1600/2010_MomDog_01.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531006740764458130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLNYNoPhNOkJxfXV7oBzmpGXGsXJDL_TBCnOR3rb3tO5HFGBF16haRoqGhMas5m0Sskt3kluBSTo_ROCDLigO9uR3BCYYr1QX5zyFNK1Du1_1LOFou4Sm-p8pWKCN6BEt9bo775DN9LUM/s400/2010_MomDog_01.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWtO9qp9fNX80h20tH-bKjwTc94WI4mZTj3X5aii7K4F4kjgMUGodBXQbzq0zvr6QDzeWnybiljiyKWhlxJu4q2X2iFoG8aqnu_JQv_DtVvNJPobStB4LaQVf4og_St2lhA2SQ1wGhKqI/s1600/2010_MomDog_04.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531006733363761170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWtO9qp9fNX80h20tH-bKjwTc94WI4mZTj3X5aii7K4F4kjgMUGodBXQbzq0zvr6QDzeWnybiljiyKWhlxJu4q2X2iFoG8aqnu_JQv_DtVvNJPobStB4LaQVf4og_St2lhA2SQ1wGhKqI/s400/2010_MomDog_04.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wjdQnoRwOOahXVMwPck_BA573J6FpFn1AfbZUWdFG5i9uTWNiW_aOgTD5tPg4FuENMlQ9XaWuN0MV8IzUdRJz04zSbg2NZDXJnBYRAzSX0upmmjd2oYNFBW3H1bRkn-JNPrqxQkxo5U/s1600/2010_MomDog_14.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531006729338327474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wjdQnoRwOOahXVMwPck_BA573J6FpFn1AfbZUWdFG5i9uTWNiW_aOgTD5tPg4FuENMlQ9XaWuN0MV8IzUdRJz04zSbg2NZDXJnBYRAzSX0upmmjd2oYNFBW3H1bRkn-JNPrqxQkxo5U/s400/2010_MomDog_14.JPG" /></a> The following day we went to Yellowstone Park. It was a very long, but enjoyable day.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5CGmk_o15I6BsnIb4P0dXif62SKCUo52iOl_WF7bJwvbWGeoSeNQi-CZsA73Efq6a8Ap3J9VaYuxbtxPm7aYsobV8OHSliFkNpR9l7zLc-nnUxNjH-un9r_duGFZD_uBs3jX2TVGhUNU/s1600/2010_Summer_Yellowstone_09.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531006722330392978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5CGmk_o15I6BsnIb4P0dXif62SKCUo52iOl_WF7bJwvbWGeoSeNQi-CZsA73Efq6a8Ap3J9VaYuxbtxPm7aYsobV8OHSliFkNpR9l7zLc-nnUxNjH-un9r_duGFZD_uBs3jX2TVGhUNU/s400/2010_Summer_Yellowstone_09.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihA3axCw9IOOKR4RMjCLlq-GD9BiiGn_NrsxrukTby1X8uOtYVHahEq_eDwXMRXL2NKxMpavXL_F0_wjkmL9vGG2g0W6ZLki82xofxiszuCWKCCEIkFhOjtUgORK2Pu9L4CW9IHZhNwAY/s1600/2010_Summer_Yellowstone_22.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531006714955194578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihA3axCw9IOOKR4RMjCLlq-GD9BiiGn_NrsxrukTby1X8uOtYVHahEq_eDwXMRXL2NKxMpavXL_F0_wjkmL9vGG2g0W6ZLki82xofxiszuCWKCCEIkFhOjtUgORK2Pu9L4CW9IHZhNwAY/s400/2010_Summer_Yellowstone_22.JPG" /></a> Then I went to spend some time with Cheryl. We went to see Eclipse, hung out, talked, and went to Lagoon. That was fun. The Gibsons convinced me to go on the roller coaster, Wicked (didn't take much convincing to be honest). It was fun. The second time my cell phone fell out of my pocket. I'm sure it smashed into a million pieces because they never found it :(</div><div> </div><div>Everyone went back to the house for dinner and then Cheryl and I returned by ourselves (mostly to see if they had found my cell). No such luck, so instead Cheryl convinced me to ride all the rides I didn't want to ride. I don't know how she does it, but she did. Of course I screamed at her on a lot of them :)</div><div> </div><div>Then it was back home and to work a week later. It was a fun, but short summer.</div><div> </div></div></div></div>Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02904195796358609778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156167540974618269.post-45601537327769037112010-10-22T12:18:00.005-07:002010-10-22T13:04:18.115-07:00Family Reunion - Really LATE!I know I am really late on posting this blog. I wanted to wait until I got everyone's pictures since I didn't take very many. Then when I got the pictures I was involved heavily with school and preparing for my college class (more on that later), etc. But better late than never.<br /><br />Our family reunion this last July was so much fun (I do have to say so even if I was in charge). It went off much better than I thought it would. Having planned all this sight unseen of Three Peaks Lodge and not knowing the area very well, I was a little nervous about it. I had looked online extensively for activities to do. The main thing I wanted was a lodge with enough room that we wouldn't be stepping all over each other -- with lots of activities to do inside and outside. Three Peaks Lodge delivered this. So glad we got it. <br /><br />Mom, Dad, Christian, and I arrived in Rigby, Idaho a couple of days before the reuion so that I could take a look around at everything I had planned - so I would know directions, etc. to all of the places. Also, I needed to get all the groceries and other things we needed. Let me tell you - that was a chore in and of itself. Try planning food for 30+ people when you are use to just 2. Not easy:) And then try 90 people for one meal on Sunday. But we did it :)<br /><br />Friday - July 9th - Arrive at Three Peaks Lodge to see that it was better than I thought it would be. Tons of rooms, lots of space, ping pong, pool, shuffleboard, air hockey (without the air), rock climbing wall, slides, blocks, bikes, tennis, basketball, volleyball, softball, horseshoes, playground, hot tub, etc. Lots of activites to keep us busy (when it wasn't raining or blowing wind).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPNOpaJ4kcaDYFJoXR682KhNRjP6F5NwnWOm2knBuKLLT8Vy9PD9Lsi1ux4p7F1A3O6stu4KyZk8KctsmUKGpWwh-7vWnrpwF04rF1rJwXu_Jz9usjpX9Hp9P6T52D7FdU-kj8FJ5_zVE/s1600/2010_Reunion_Lodge_04.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530957504262090338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPNOpaJ4kcaDYFJoXR682KhNRjP6F5NwnWOm2knBuKLLT8Vy9PD9Lsi1ux4p7F1A3O6stu4KyZk8KctsmUKGpWwh-7vWnrpwF04rF1rJwXu_Jz9usjpX9Hp9P6T52D7FdU-kj8FJ5_zVE/s400/2010_Reunion_Lodge_04.JPG" /></a> Have two hours to get everything set up before people start arriving. Our Hall of Fame with the movie rooms - do you remember which room was yours? I know quite a few kids who had fun figuring this out - even some adults too!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKG2CXFKGjBaObP2bTtHTuxakWKadazTU5zqtNk08h7H1MyEfx1rvmNpBHTG_AKwxJP4q9ECgaeE6MI20WjmhKvhe6aGBT3iAVSi1uttTtEjmfJvle8OR7xRuebpVm9IP55bPbqFithQs/s1600/2010_Reunion_Decorations_15.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530957060861534194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKG2CXFKGjBaObP2bTtHTuxakWKadazTU5zqtNk08h7H1MyEfx1rvmNpBHTG_AKwxJP4q9ECgaeE6MI20WjmhKvhe6aGBT3iAVSi1uttTtEjmfJvle8OR7xRuebpVm9IP55bPbqFithQs/s400/2010_Reunion_Decorations_15.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVsBPq8kPITuBjTuz1d70G-9Nsgf1Tszwnd52yl9PpQfY5BSQp3u6-MQFKUcH9ZUGJVLhFlitkg0hyphenhypheny1dnTgCcGO5LTR8VqKDkVy2Zzrmfd82W8jUsMPSiXhdaBCH3BD8hyphenhyphenlWVSb6hZpg/s1600/2010_Reunion_Decorations_05.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530957057539430786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVsBPq8kPITuBjTuz1d70G-9Nsgf1Tszwnd52yl9PpQfY5BSQp3u6-MQFKUcH9ZUGJVLhFlitkg0hyphenhypheny1dnTgCcGO5LTR8VqKDkVy2Zzrmfd82W8jUsMPSiXhdaBCH3BD8hyphenhyphenlWVSb6hZpg/s400/2010_Reunion_Decorations_05.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Ar6Y40w9r07GN9I3CIuCD6a70zAlX2Ya8kX1WNo7DmgXcWstB6IUXTyqO_6xhZMfqUbpjrlkEGSG_iZGqewyDsT-kxBhSpxrgACkpWsFWBvhbsKuCZvIFlaHR88jg2vWB9cZyaAW0IY/s1600/2010_Reunion_Decorations_01.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530957051050154130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Ar6Y40w9r07GN9I3CIuCD6a70zAlX2Ya8kX1WNo7DmgXcWstB6IUXTyqO_6xhZMfqUbpjrlkEGSG_iZGqewyDsT-kxBhSpxrgACkpWsFWBvhbsKuCZvIFlaHR88jg2vWB9cZyaAW0IY/s400/2010_Reunion_Decorations_01.JPG" /></a>I loved the shirts that Cheryl designed!!!! I have people even now saying how much they like the shirt when I wear it around town.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-c68g9e_mr60n-OP-i_REmCqdrVWyFQhSdiZoUrxEfCxVspq__vfGFDYy8h9TkkQF8y5PI7U6y3lfuQrPUpYJj8SwJMg3rkgMoUKkfFsFv0SJHKvYR-R64FaYQQP7KqxtZ2Wc8-q0s9w/s1600/2010_Reunion_Decorations_19.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530957049467765074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-c68g9e_mr60n-OP-i_REmCqdrVWyFQhSdiZoUrxEfCxVspq__vfGFDYy8h9TkkQF8y5PI7U6y3lfuQrPUpYJj8SwJMg3rkgMoUKkfFsFv0SJHKvYR-R64FaYQQP7KqxtZ2Wc8-q0s9w/s400/2010_Reunion_Decorations_19.JPG" /></a>I think my favorite part of Friday was the late night game played by Laura, Jonathan, David, Cindy, and I. Scooters are a blast :) Too bad we got a little loud and were found out by Grandma and then the teenagers. What a blast!<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRbZJheW57Tyt3w934OSLI2sNVqeZ2w72Jdys63cGbMM6MubNBCW1KZ-eLRsunxBm9sPz8aLz7wjsk89U6nSpq5eVbI5Nzs668dsMO16fYJhDEESBH05tjZSMTF8Oada-LTQAY5Q5xxmg/s1600/2010_Reunion_Friday_Gym_01.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530957039405021858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRbZJheW57Tyt3w934OSLI2sNVqeZ2w72Jdys63cGbMM6MubNBCW1KZ-eLRsunxBm9sPz8aLz7wjsk89U6nSpq5eVbI5Nzs668dsMO16fYJhDEESBH05tjZSMTF8Oada-LTQAY5Q5xxmg/s400/2010_Reunion_Friday_Gym_01.JPG" /></a>Saturday - the rest of the family arrived around noon and the reunion officially started - yeah! <br />Softball<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0d0LhvrCm-BLj7O3p_4H7GyeXrEkKGIpUwehdirbSPqVafHE9mUxzD123o4o2dqi1_gO9zB7Ax58i9g92X1JKlmbeI0ykEedRooOM6ZYRZX8N3_ZApdSdEJWRXHknVR6zFbFNPdufQRg/s1600/2010_Reunion_Saturday_Softball_03.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530956043856280978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0d0LhvrCm-BLj7O3p_4H7GyeXrEkKGIpUwehdirbSPqVafHE9mUxzD123o4o2dqi1_gO9zB7Ax58i9g92X1JKlmbeI0ykEedRooOM6ZYRZX8N3_ZApdSdEJWRXHknVR6zFbFNPdufQRg/s400/2010_Reunion_Saturday_Softball_03.jpg" /></a></div><div align="left">Tag was a blast, but everyone was running around so much that no pictures were taken :(</div><div>Volleyball - the Eggs vs. the Dinosaurs<br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb_hj45jv7fVndPLJYDBHByuFUvRzPL5z9sR7HT3OAtulcL87ZIz98wuLo006uPsrFllFoBMytKAgvp5jJbRfJqcFwtpvvqxJNBV3kPzGzKjx44LGlnIRXLCeq-FCkuct0ExnlUoIlJJc/s1600/2010_Reunion_Saturday_Volleyball_08.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530956032525045138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb_hj45jv7fVndPLJYDBHByuFUvRzPL5z9sR7HT3OAtulcL87ZIz98wuLo006uPsrFllFoBMytKAgvp5jJbRfJqcFwtpvvqxJNBV3kPzGzKjx44LGlnIRXLCeq-FCkuct0ExnlUoIlJJc/s400/2010_Reunion_Saturday_Volleyball_08.JPG" /></a>That evening we had dodgeball out on the tennis court -- with the wind blowing. My favorite part was Addie going and getting the balls from the other team to give to us. She even got some of hte other girls to help her as well :)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXLuqT3QTLBQWb4EQrTCrXqlGBQCkjhIe5kd4LX5cRibAn9hlLMz39NDw6DiMazvrcTDWrENduz2SG2yP7PbYlzw74aZkYeGQGPa-NUXmGb-wUW2-MB66JK7DexkOtssCh-SDpEizcrRg/s1600/2010_Reunion_Saturday_Dodgeball_09.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530956024166676658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXLuqT3QTLBQWb4EQrTCrXqlGBQCkjhIe5kd4LX5cRibAn9hlLMz39NDw6DiMazvrcTDWrENduz2SG2yP7PbYlzw74aZkYeGQGPa-NUXmGb-wUW2-MB66JK7DexkOtssCh-SDpEizcrRg/s400/2010_Reunion_Saturday_Dodgeball_09.JPG" /></a>Late night games, talking, and sneaking out to the hot tub were also favorites.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw8eITjwwhOWXQckWed3lT2Yv2jMqMcIw39rjPs0tahBZxZQ5Yiwv85jv2oyWYbyaPJEFvbyEnEAGXQPMIOX2PY8u0SYGD74zxwOEmMQ85XwUV_1VYuqLy_LE9CbizZl8bnRbHAJTXxss/s1600/2010_Reunion_Saturday_GamePlay_01.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530956022788272738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw8eITjwwhOWXQckWed3lT2Yv2jMqMcIw39rjPs0tahBZxZQ5Yiwv85jv2oyWYbyaPJEFvbyEnEAGXQPMIOX2PY8u0SYGD74zxwOEmMQ85XwUV_1VYuqLy_LE9CbizZl8bnRbHAJTXxss/s400/2010_Reunion_Saturday_GamePlay_01.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK0GaJ7ti0fM9kMkg3o_MWJ-AmsXHbEiNVoudu918AZPkg12g0GJlHGK_BrYEiio-JUB99eUGmMptXynC5mgm0Nmq120jgPCJD1YEdJTJDlM1egd0ygkYkqsDiqNq-iu1poSCEpUMwIxM/s1600/2010_Reunion_Saturday_HotTub_02.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530956016569435362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK0GaJ7ti0fM9kMkg3o_MWJ-AmsXHbEiNVoudu918AZPkg12g0GJlHGK_BrYEiio-JUB99eUGmMptXynC5mgm0Nmq120jgPCJD1YEdJTJDlM1egd0ygkYkqsDiqNq-iu1poSCEpUMwIxM/s400/2010_Reunion_Saturday_HotTub_02.JPG" /></a>Sunday - some of my favorites were getting tangled up in a family web...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRKU-oehhigU0UVbPIdlSyM3qF3XHccGxzMUKlDqGbb7Dm9Pgt3lfnZ-GazfkvGW3FgYzGQ9MKwyprubm5qFV0Qn-UmlfdTT18jBL8MCh05AOYp_yRm4HqfPw-Hc3SnrVuoGlZumdALGg/s1600/2010_Reunion_Sunday_Devotional_09.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530953624195725746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRKU-oehhigU0UVbPIdlSyM3qF3XHccGxzMUKlDqGbb7Dm9Pgt3lfnZ-GazfkvGW3FgYzGQ9MKwyprubm5qFV0Qn-UmlfdTT18jBL8MCh05AOYp_yRm4HqfPw-Hc3SnrVuoGlZumdALGg/s400/2010_Reunion_Sunday_Devotional_09.JPG" /></a>family remix songs...Livingstons even put dance moves to theirs... <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh7f16vTQs79aNrrDLxuQmNlUSa5IWONG0fRTR6aLpSwTHZP3xlp721KzkXZ1znz2vT7OMDV_DEiVpvhdaGTcJq8wJY-Wv4WM2Dc6xI93EdKtztK78R_s_wB4LfrUFySyANtrd0oq9l1Y/s1600/2010_Reunion_Sunday_Remix_14.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530953619276037506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh7f16vTQs79aNrrDLxuQmNlUSa5IWONG0fRTR6aLpSwTHZP3xlp721KzkXZ1znz2vT7OMDV_DEiVpvhdaGTcJq8wJY-Wv4WM2Dc6xI93EdKtztK78R_s_wB4LfrUFySyANtrd0oq9l1Y/s400/2010_Reunion_Sunday_Remix_14.JPG" /></a></div><div>Sunday night was fun with the Back to the Future IV preview and Donald Duck cartoons before the video showing of Back to the Future - with concessions of course :)</div><div> </div><div>Monday -- some of my favorites were seeing the Berry van piled with intertubes, then having a line of cars heading to the river...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Y-IdjZ2pHGToN5w88cOkDaSoFxLEz8lgroH3HMBVFt2zFC4McCL1y3lmvl5LVudRKpXP1LvoHMjaSuHlMuSQeXPZ8EdGKIcTN4Hh5fchB4iNG4P11QnTLbCQmV6TX5HqAy_cl1VDndk/s1600/2010_Reunion_Monday_Tubing_02.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530953613548845058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Y-IdjZ2pHGToN5w88cOkDaSoFxLEz8lgroH3HMBVFt2zFC4McCL1y3lmvl5LVudRKpXP1LvoHMjaSuHlMuSQeXPZ8EdGKIcTN4Hh5fchB4iNG4P11QnTLbCQmV6TX5HqAy_cl1VDndk/s400/2010_Reunion_Monday_Tubing_02.JPG" /></a> tubing down the Snake River (even though my bottom kept scraping the bottom of the river)...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqns-roI4-wWbPx0wcQnA_Mti2tcWOcP7-YvJ0e1lyjtqDEDIMMOtO2KZG-qIr43wxjkD5pmXR47PluYCSLWoK8sqHtWpyd4JyeU7StwSqeHI2jMTOrLYoZvwj059V-WywK92VYr8Ebfk/s1600/2010_Reunion_Monday_Tubing_31.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530953609014216658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqns-roI4-wWbPx0wcQnA_Mti2tcWOcP7-YvJ0e1lyjtqDEDIMMOtO2KZG-qIr43wxjkD5pmXR47PluYCSLWoK8sqHtWpyd4JyeU7StwSqeHI2jMTOrLYoZvwj059V-WywK92VYr8Ebfk/s400/2010_Reunion_Monday_Tubing_31.JPG" /></a>Tuesday -- some of my favorites were playing laser tag...</div><div>I played and played and played - got hit a lot, but my favorite game was were I was a sniper from the ramp and kept hitting people :) The first game with almost everyone playing was a lot of fun too :)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZXAgUY8Gm1SicOzgs3fvCXesXIheMcqAamLsY9bviKW6yZPrj3Lpqbg0hBrMTGKMBA4R4-Qtcfr0PRy6D_iJc7OghG3AbL42XftuEGHrTvkbAH9CDshBUQw4vK8OTzwMlbGYNtXGicM/s1600/2010_Reunion_Tuesday_CrazeFunZone_03.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530953599540412002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZXAgUY8Gm1SicOzgs3fvCXesXIheMcqAamLsY9bviKW6yZPrj3Lpqbg0hBrMTGKMBA4R4-Qtcfr0PRy6D_iJc7OghG3AbL42XftuEGHrTvkbAH9CDshBUQw4vK8OTzwMlbGYNtXGicM/s400/2010_Reunion_Tuesday_CrazeFunZone_03.JPG" /></a>The Oscars was a blast! Mom and I had a lot of fun putting together the video - pretty sure some of those videos/snapshots were surprises for the family. Hopefully Cheryl still loves Donald Duck :))))))))</div><div> </div><div>I hope everyone had as much fun as I did at the family reunion and I can't wait for the next one!</div><div> </div><div>Thanks to everyone for coming and making it so special. I love you all.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02904195796358609778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156167540974618269.post-46858850174274834102010-05-29T12:59:00.006-07:002010-05-29T13:41:28.740-07:00GraduationChristian graduated on Wednesday, May 19th. I took a half day off of work. When I got home, Christian was still asleep. So I fixed waffles and we had breakfast/lunch together. Then it was time to get ready and off to graduation we went. When we got in the car, I remembered that we forgot Christian cap and gown! Luckily we remembered before we got to the stadium. All the way there Christian was worried that we would get there late and he wouldn't be able to graduate. But he did. Here are a lot of pictures from graduation:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1diQ_1jV6gk4Yr0FeciKFUVitmaYFs7QVaVBZfkD06mSiiDuFXnIxZBlr_-kb0oRmJIsAja-a82TxNHqYjaCE4RvixLLPuMtDMmc0OKV92hAlWNnsbwQPyoE78sFepbLqE755iDaaCFM/s1600/DSC07100.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476790069947342130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1diQ_1jV6gk4Yr0FeciKFUVitmaYFs7QVaVBZfkD06mSiiDuFXnIxZBlr_-kb0oRmJIsAja-a82TxNHqYjaCE4RvixLLPuMtDMmc0OKV92hAlWNnsbwQPyoE78sFepbLqE755iDaaCFM/s400/DSC07100.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvjxpOslNLCs6DpiI4uiOr0f9gIdtrhK-RL4YLQs5gZZ1FARgozCKBhvx3wzNiCj8dWt2HIf_iLFx30mzjIJz_iptHnjQBiarPwxhD2DEwUq9ebG-nb1IAH_IqBWUoEfssgIgBb0ffcUk/s1600/DSC07103.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476790062589715202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvjxpOslNLCs6DpiI4uiOr0f9gIdtrhK-RL4YLQs5gZZ1FARgozCKBhvx3wzNiCj8dWt2HIf_iLFx30mzjIJz_iptHnjQBiarPwxhD2DEwUq9ebG-nb1IAH_IqBWUoEfssgIgBb0ffcUk/s400/DSC07103.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2qh6wS7SOgwuk18iL3-S9Ssk1Ms0WHZxl-2eOqE7Jvft0xoZ_w0kGw0G21br-ftVu9U7CXUOSS-4rb4uwaHoVPYk6VHv2K1pdUyMw6OCy4aExuSVw33AFJDDaYaDEYF-p6S7ZKSQ3GI0/s1600/IMG_3288.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476790055237935090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2qh6wS7SOgwuk18iL3-S9Ssk1Ms0WHZxl-2eOqE7Jvft0xoZ_w0kGw0G21br-ftVu9U7CXUOSS-4rb4uwaHoVPYk6VHv2K1pdUyMw6OCy4aExuSVw33AFJDDaYaDEYF-p6S7ZKSQ3GI0/s400/IMG_3288.JPG" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD2m2kokSQPlw5WFDpzhixX5xQrS4F6lVHkjrg3rMqtgHH_mGKL5jP2VOK1xQS7ufZiXAzf_R3bn8LPZfQTL1B16DI2F90_Fp1sm_dw3f6iga8hq06htyc7Ap-acvVdhqgBe3C1Q8LeNE/s1600/DSC07122.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476788832949403746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD2m2kokSQPlw5WFDpzhixX5xQrS4F6lVHkjrg3rMqtgHH_mGKL5jP2VOK1xQS7ufZiXAzf_R3bn8LPZfQTL1B16DI2F90_Fp1sm_dw3f6iga8hq06htyc7Ap-acvVdhqgBe3C1Q8LeNE/s400/DSC07122.JPG" /></a> Christian liked it that his cap matched the inside of his new suit.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3rk8mCdo7zFM24alSu5FHJP9UOwS_7YefO9NBz823lJ417YBUUUO3BoCONwnUKLG5rYbhyHENGZsVdEJ9QusP_EYtP-3FvdDThmz5zXrl6_s0csAxanCZS22I-1brWD6fnVVoGrDBNg8/s1600/DSC07120.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476788826328314946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3rk8mCdo7zFM24alSu5FHJP9UOwS_7YefO9NBz823lJ417YBUUUO3BoCONwnUKLG5rYbhyHENGZsVdEJ9QusP_EYtP-3FvdDThmz5zXrl6_s0csAxanCZS22I-1brWD6fnVVoGrDBNg8/s400/DSC07120.JPG" /></a>Grandma wanted a picture of Christian throwing his hat in the air.<br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCFYdlv7sWDNOupJBE_KcmeYuKIYEChbb5_MZ9cjNBvG9fRimk7kbwUu-Fw4CnmIeLD5K53qx9Kat1TDyKPr_p1zjxJ7Dy6GFakfi-y9vZtC_m7_IHeRHDFvm4OfLweIZgHMZV94gvgfo/s1600/DSC07116.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476788816749035970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCFYdlv7sWDNOupJBE_KcmeYuKIYEChbb5_MZ9cjNBvG9fRimk7kbwUu-Fw4CnmIeLD5K53qx9Kat1TDyKPr_p1zjxJ7Dy6GFakfi-y9vZtC_m7_IHeRHDFvm4OfLweIZgHMZV94gvgfo/s400/DSC07116.JPG" /></a>Trevor came to Christian's graduation. Besides being a close family friend, he is also one of Christian's church and Scout leaders. He started Christian in 11 year old Scouts and he now once again with him as a Venture Scout.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9C_t7uRzSNpTamFQMKqOH5ApUX0mJQbQIYJIWkHTkdL87_-FdTbVyIl02UHRCV-lmW0Vf1v733hLiGE8T0nNaFlcRyY9X2gVIRgmUzBAr2FxLU9PU2cmD8_GRsPLRppdtFc_pA5roqzs/s1600/DSC07117.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476788808834726146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9C_t7uRzSNpTamFQMKqOH5ApUX0mJQbQIYJIWkHTkdL87_-FdTbVyIl02UHRCV-lmW0Vf1v733hLiGE8T0nNaFlcRyY9X2gVIRgmUzBAr2FxLU9PU2cmD8_GRsPLRppdtFc_pA5roqzs/s400/DSC07117.JPG" /></a><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidv1-JFnmdA1NIpobm9XKDOQOwsS_1nerbsMq-t1wzz8nkxQvqXL9zeG8uoa4J7rqCax4hYkKPIAiBcrJ541eSWhTiE-LoiDIZkaqmMbjAAHOLQrFGgFKgGwpVwt02OaLKnmUPIcKM92o/s1600/DSC07121.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476787814197457602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidv1-JFnmdA1NIpobm9XKDOQOwsS_1nerbsMq-t1wzz8nkxQvqXL9zeG8uoa4J7rqCax4hYkKPIAiBcrJ541eSWhTiE-LoiDIZkaqmMbjAAHOLQrFGgFKgGwpVwt02OaLKnmUPIcKM92o/s400/DSC07121.JPG" /></a>After graduation ceremony we went out to eat at Macaroni Grill. Christian got his present then - an iPod. He was surprised and liked that it had more storage than mine:)</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">Once we got back to Mom and Dad's, Mom wanted to take pictures - a lot of pictures!<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3UIGyYtOBVRnOPivA43WpUMwQ7LDpSltPkhkCST2lrWbdQqNxkJeeEvkj_Xbkmz0q5UvOnNSukdomzSmL0IjujtR1X9zTw9BebDzL48SLwlU2WnS-NTUZGOpJASISkiHOPRdiNuzmajM/s1600/Christian+1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 334px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476787804149713202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3UIGyYtOBVRnOPivA43WpUMwQ7LDpSltPkhkCST2lrWbdQqNxkJeeEvkj_Xbkmz0q5UvOnNSukdomzSmL0IjujtR1X9zTw9BebDzL48SLwlU2WnS-NTUZGOpJASISkiHOPRdiNuzmajM/s400/Christian+1.jpg" /></a> This is my favorite one of Christian.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjucRuZCyAHvLEglTXU358sR1y3fBB3DDS7EDweIGG3RuE23OwdJTcT7Gng0xsoyCPBav-yUG8834cY4p4VNTn9o2BGEDCoqbbvce1dp2yXW_cDLJXkxg_mNfqq1nCUrHpoY_cZmX9XJwM/s1600/DSC07138.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476787800822587538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjucRuZCyAHvLEglTXU358sR1y3fBB3DDS7EDweIGG3RuE23OwdJTcT7Gng0xsoyCPBav-yUG8834cY4p4VNTn9o2BGEDCoqbbvce1dp2yXW_cDLJXkxg_mNfqq1nCUrHpoY_cZmX9XJwM/s400/DSC07138.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU7X3Ec2s3nJ6Yzo9UwLwraxbMqkz0bNe7MGSC3Jf37VoBq5G6kHwiRc8rShINlw5UZxSWLi9MfWvGrjk68R14dlHlnA7BlBVImqhbp47opOThZQSFyyeNermLKTR9zrz66wzto7_H9fw/s1600/DSC07144.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476787785827334034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU7X3Ec2s3nJ6Yzo9UwLwraxbMqkz0bNe7MGSC3Jf37VoBq5G6kHwiRc8rShINlw5UZxSWLi9MfWvGrjk68R14dlHlnA7BlBVImqhbp47opOThZQSFyyeNermLKTR9zrz66wzto7_H9fw/s400/DSC07144.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDG-mhDtyD52QCCXw1XgIpwdGuTjjUnevEMFxXRDI-_O0fJcqfRa14HIFiGMng4dicy2zoOjam7dOlhNF_jxYGpDjv_0xdEfMY1DgpbQLsDSfsa_obTnCDpAX9gCN5gvZmx8ZCtPqtseg/s1600/IMG_3303.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476787778442508082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDG-mhDtyD52QCCXw1XgIpwdGuTjjUnevEMFxXRDI-_O0fJcqfRa14HIFiGMng4dicy2zoOjam7dOlhNF_jxYGpDjv_0xdEfMY1DgpbQLsDSfsa_obTnCDpAX9gCN5gvZmx8ZCtPqtseg/s400/IMG_3303.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvL8nhKVYzo2LsVE5bAHgwqFPogKNWZw3F1tEFedsABc-Z6RRe4j7hlgM7iQXVkgcuItCCOxwgsTAXTDEsTS4yjQZT9HOMpmtSnGZ-UsZROmc72eMZqoRFA4GUK68AeteLDjH669S33RU/s1600/DSC07146.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476785578325812690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvL8nhKVYzo2LsVE5bAHgwqFPogKNWZw3F1tEFedsABc-Z6RRe4j7hlgM7iQXVkgcuItCCOxwgsTAXTDEsTS4yjQZT9HOMpmtSnGZ-UsZROmc72eMZqoRFA4GUK68AeteLDjH669S33RU/s400/DSC07146.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhinSdCxvyju8B9-1WlfHZMtQrBXWXnIba2bk7pIpiXtYO8HK1J43kk0yibeSD7T-W9uBqhky3YClwkMwFOO6yCYaX6Adfn2lwGxpQoARmtgoBWLepWqGq3XvsFa5Ulv-qXwRIiJ8EN7bc/s1600/DSC07154.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476785570569425442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhinSdCxvyju8B9-1WlfHZMtQrBXWXnIba2bk7pIpiXtYO8HK1J43kk0yibeSD7T-W9uBqhky3YClwkMwFOO6yCYaX6Adfn2lwGxpQoARmtgoBWLepWqGq3XvsFa5Ulv-qXwRIiJ8EN7bc/s400/DSC07154.JPG" /></a>I like this one too!<br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2dRFBHitjoi4_WhVC1Dg9cMFgmeDxTVcgAXlCbBUF03MOjHfe4LsUYYzEwKbXnUMVOmvkU1g6gL-bW-uI7Tf-HWj3pbwYyvcwsQAjwGmzC5ORiPKdoD5zBkeI2rjC4tcXfNwnZqs0sE/s1600/IMG_3325.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476785563648540850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2dRFBHitjoi4_WhVC1Dg9cMFgmeDxTVcgAXlCbBUF03MOjHfe4LsUYYzEwKbXnUMVOmvkU1g6gL-bW-uI7Tf-HWj3pbwYyvcwsQAjwGmzC5ORiPKdoD5zBkeI2rjC4tcXfNwnZqs0sE/s400/IMG_3325.JPG" /></a>After all the pictures, it was time to relax. We all changed and then watched a video I had made for Christian. It was his life from birth to now. He remembered quite a few of the pictures and talked about the memories. I loved it.</div><div> </div><div align="left">Then it was homemade ice cream and cookie time while we watched North Avenue Irregulars (Christian didn't think he'd like it, but he did and was laughing through the whole movie) and Avatar. <br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfGhl7ZreKFhL59WkxYKIctUD0mCdLSYtBFW9FgWF7FZEgyLxghHnc2gI8ZSGlMRBzuI6DqjlLFrnl3OoLirKs1V5Fe-YcIlfi-rv0KWQ2nVFjQg53ec4aCxWt62FITtOiV3Mj8wgNAQ/s1600/IMG_3331.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476785548577187842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfGhl7ZreKFhL59WkxYKIctUD0mCdLSYtBFW9FgWF7FZEgyLxghHnc2gI8ZSGlMRBzuI6DqjlLFrnl3OoLirKs1V5Fe-YcIlfi-rv0KWQ2nVFjQg53ec4aCxWt62FITtOiV3Mj8wgNAQ/s400/IMG_3331.JPG" /></a><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOmFPZc5WEUOou2Og80AIj2DuViTpiirm8DQ-shfuHJ1HrcCXvwnqjbNBhqegcfiUAUGUS1wy5dVbXm1dVHPlwEpHeI5diArBgOQvGBu1G8Dm9oGQyZDxZNUm-_UO5bzbOVLzvK0pm50o/s1600/IMG_3332.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476785540578856642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOmFPZc5WEUOou2Og80AIj2DuViTpiirm8DQ-shfuHJ1HrcCXvwnqjbNBhqegcfiUAUGUS1wy5dVbXm1dVHPlwEpHeI5diArBgOQvGBu1G8Dm9oGQyZDxZNUm-_UO5bzbOVLzvK0pm50o/s400/IMG_3332.JPG" /></a>After Avatar, I went to bed as it was 12:30 am (Dad had gone to bed after North Avenue Irregulars). I think Mom went to bed too. Christian stayed up and watched other movies and just played and enjoyed his freeedom from high school. He told me the next morning that he finally went to bed when I got up at 6:30. What a night!<br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02904195796358609778noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156167540974618269.post-39008843133678564292010-05-29T12:33:00.003-07:002010-05-29T12:58:56.490-07:00Seminary GraduationSeminary graduation was Sunday, May 16th. It was a nice, small ceremony at our stake center. Afterwards, we took some pictures at our house. Here are some of my favorites.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlrXZF97OxYHDCJA9P80ezGZGjEF-f8rKycfjNsIcg5nWKjblt2PqemZa_8tizu_K-gYmdxeqr2xJOdMxTUP2f9_utXY_TQIVGLGFDMvtScYxvN4dx6nuehd1iPCAA5C8okNlMaYGl18M/s1600/IMG_3241.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476782867383127906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlrXZF97OxYHDCJA9P80ezGZGjEF-f8rKycfjNsIcg5nWKjblt2PqemZa_8tizu_K-gYmdxeqr2xJOdMxTUP2f9_utXY_TQIVGLGFDMvtScYxvN4dx6nuehd1iPCAA5C8okNlMaYGl18M/s400/IMG_3241.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMoHtmIR8SOMuvU2BGjcn7gw1HysefFpnnWDRQM0PyN-qSgagx9bDDFk8MAgTHPL0_3IKnYp0ZaMrCcTTV5-tJvrBSWH_IbGGH5qI8l_UpWyIbsYNnuG9qE0mEPXrpjrmrDGr0z4uWr1s/s1600/Christian+17_17_Seminary+graduation.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476779989022106258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMoHtmIR8SOMuvU2BGjcn7gw1HysefFpnnWDRQM0PyN-qSgagx9bDDFk8MAgTHPL0_3IKnYp0ZaMrCcTTV5-tJvrBSWH_IbGGH5qI8l_UpWyIbsYNnuG9qE0mEPXrpjrmrDGr0z4uWr1s/s400/Christian+17_17_Seminary+graduation.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM7oNBpKlWnMLpkGJ5agMqZ3AloPoXbEBCSSGZT5TW5E5ePI-OPVYrX6M9ce6OcKNYaKTWa8IjkJCOczFg3lyko-iecf-qlw9QqgdfabcloZqDoLMwVheppUI4O2P07I_b9OQh21td0z0/s1600/Christian+17_08_Seminary+graduation.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476779978001400162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM7oNBpKlWnMLpkGJ5agMqZ3AloPoXbEBCSSGZT5TW5E5ePI-OPVYrX6M9ce6OcKNYaKTWa8IjkJCOczFg3lyko-iecf-qlw9QqgdfabcloZqDoLMwVheppUI4O2P07I_b9OQh21td0z0/s400/Christian+17_08_Seminary+graduation.JPG" /></a> <div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj42Ciuk9Zwe6d4dqPRXWTYSDjJHOiZ9SRX7duMS-2iPT9CR5lWjd1D9AMZrRN-u2666-VjA4Voa-ABARuoKT_TcJxDhUNA7sf3qDB8WDof3dS4zp00b30j21cFC8p4Oa_R0BGvr0ZXPmo/s1600/Christian+17_05_Seminary+graduation.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476779953539326418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj42Ciuk9Zwe6d4dqPRXWTYSDjJHOiZ9SRX7duMS-2iPT9CR5lWjd1D9AMZrRN-u2666-VjA4Voa-ABARuoKT_TcJxDhUNA7sf3qDB8WDof3dS4zp00b30j21cFC8p4Oa_R0BGvr0ZXPmo/s400/Christian+17_05_Seminary+graduation.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh03dRhTGtiiY4g9z9Z-HmqpjRwf0CXZx7avyJb0qL72NGVjpILc0JZyAVF7mDtW3bnqlbxSk_cc8p1WZuiRyKMdQiCx5EYQgd3IsBN927scuqh_ATfctFVzr_uZ3PRyk3jh_GlwgnWcAg/s1600/Christian+17_02_Seminary+graduation.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476779938413549346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh03dRhTGtiiY4g9z9Z-HmqpjRwf0CXZx7avyJb0qL72NGVjpILc0JZyAVF7mDtW3bnqlbxSk_cc8p1WZuiRyKMdQiCx5EYQgd3IsBN927scuqh_ATfctFVzr_uZ3PRyk3jh_GlwgnWcAg/s400/Christian+17_02_Seminary+graduation.JPG" /></a></div></div></div></div><br /><p align="center">This is a friend of ours, Matt.</p>Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02904195796358609778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156167540974618269.post-82789562291203648212010-04-18T16:44:00.013-07:002010-04-18T18:43:00.581-07:00Christian's Senior Pictures<div>Christian got his Senior pictures done. Here are some of my favorites:</div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461656572290639250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCounK8X43aGGN9XbZ5IyH9ahYqI8r-xDvecuj0UBNvOa7ptuNVI3uetihY3Kbob4ZU7jCutJPfJauuj68roG76fkhEAFPeGZrUmUTSTyVnZDZEZ_SmEtqq7hY1XoJlZ1Zm3SHMN7PDkI/s400/DSC_0043.jpg" /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461655909834104690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKbm8u5RMDKeYhUkKmpE9UH9K9SCzCZZHCA0kfOt_Y9L9ZLT5BHtw-4BPVpDe8EgPofSucYWu60EghS6ZsCyOFpmFEyRt2WVTzmWwQuB1Awt3M9kJHXRMZ1oW_95Y5rKdpUakl7-N8pGE/s400/DSC_0048.jpg" /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSu1BpESvjMNg5R8F3Bgir97ga9arGjSR97kwjm5l3ZqKSdxOmT5Xq2QvdkSYo4JlQKobsBKg-malZc-Pf5ydd1IkUzhCW3gIxK1RwT3CB45-4C1T4Cvh8kcPVSe_-cP8590yxkz42V-c/s1600/DSC_0056.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461654803986247986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSu1BpESvjMNg5R8F3Bgir97ga9arGjSR97kwjm5l3ZqKSdxOmT5Xq2QvdkSYo4JlQKobsBKg-malZc-Pf5ydd1IkUzhCW3gIxK1RwT3CB45-4C1T4Cvh8kcPVSe_-cP8590yxkz42V-c/s400/DSC_0056.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWxjk_ez_4cBG_iwW8nObKPNryaUZu6Ty_mNWEA13TpRcwzT6p9nfE-TOyX_7VmJJofPjuS8XWVy0LGhYGLKHRSXkCSOBhgjndUK4KXgC_u4xlwQ3l8_Uv3wbO4SWkY8d-bxaLBUesf18/s1600/DSC_0069.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461654150807850290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWxjk_ez_4cBG_iwW8nObKPNryaUZu6Ty_mNWEA13TpRcwzT6p9nfE-TOyX_7VmJJofPjuS8XWVy0LGhYGLKHRSXkCSOBhgjndUK4KXgC_u4xlwQ3l8_Uv3wbO4SWkY8d-bxaLBUesf18/s400/DSC_0069.jpg" /></a>Christian says this one reminds him of Smallville.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRYGslDoII-HdgFKfwDRmbdBuIaBqEwR-dr1eGNc-XF8_OlXJm31zhTRc1BzkH7nTGtgbiYx-YQsDOznvLzipr-9zDc895UIEyczgSITk8qmjCuMAmnYl6dltuQYQAosW323Swhdj-yEE/s1600/DSC_0073.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461653627810638242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRYGslDoII-HdgFKfwDRmbdBuIaBqEwR-dr1eGNc-XF8_OlXJm31zhTRc1BzkH7nTGtgbiYx-YQsDOznvLzipr-9zDc895UIEyczgSITk8qmjCuMAmnYl6dltuQYQAosW323Swhdj-yEE/s400/DSC_0073.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsr9qyBYii8fNF-yfaqdjfk97njgYqUL0AsRMfbwyYYow-1qYChaWn6FU5DobdhMgzZpA101ffddrHuo4iUzgbbTcG_l2KMRNwUJcxYwA2VmkS3R-Vrd2HmHZqSy-BPFh1Opn_8nP_NOA/s1600/DSC_0120.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461650947662715442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsr9qyBYii8fNF-yfaqdjfk97njgYqUL0AsRMfbwyYYow-1qYChaWn6FU5DobdhMgzZpA101ffddrHuo4iUzgbbTcG_l2KMRNwUJcxYwA2VmkS3R-Vrd2HmHZqSy-BPFh1Opn_8nP_NOA/s400/DSC_0120.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJK7L6hXvbvH5N6X4snk8dDYOP_unZuemHiPwXekHcLxoC4JIWbUXtO1_o7O7Zk4Ijf4NwC1F8PQyys7RYEXKMyt_pldXUlLktodCqK1YujBTPb96VrY5pV-HeeCejpgqbSwEHDQOxh2w/s1600/DSC_0144.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461636650787282450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiprsV0rH1RyIkkfKmBY91wCmNZGnw09WNV7SReOlyu7lt1d-GaKBX3NUedHEPPYm8VAtUokSitZJkOdOGx4Xj1lGRePDCEC1h32-oZ6uoqG7WkGdFg8zqKWgO6A_ZrTXTv5UsmGkPLPaA/s400/DSC_0350.jpg" /></a>Christian wanted a picture with the back of his tennis practice shirt.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgICVcUpQioDfR4t4qwpxW-3NrrzbYz1x8wsWecN3Cezo-4GDQn1I1pZGOSMvpT0czeEAwHiSnhr0PrFpbtPnB8PYdre4jGGT8wOqGBc0n5Dc8eaCKsrZHcOPeJ-DVNjq-fG9qb5Zvk86Y/s1600/DSC_0363.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461636640993917986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgICVcUpQioDfR4t4qwpxW-3NrrzbYz1x8wsWecN3Cezo-4GDQn1I1pZGOSMvpT0czeEAwHiSnhr0PrFpbtPnB8PYdre4jGGT8wOqGBc0n5Dc8eaCKsrZHcOPeJ-DVNjq-fG9qb5Zvk86Y/s400/DSC_0363.jpg" /></a></div><div>I love Christian's little half smile. I am glad the photographer got him smiling it. I can't believe he has grown up and is graduating in little over a month. He's my baby - grew up too fast!</div><div> </div><div>We even got some family pictures too. <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvxgzcz3vXooOs1pG8YK4jZz9X_LWkxnpqc8Ab7otOKyxhcLl7x32LojJhsjxfyK4KUZL1jjVHffyQh-K6PwznLT3TgwcoHUPrqbozaw392upAyD7GIZ4-Ak5dn4w5NjhLRTS79NN1K4c/s1600/DSC_0226.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461633588404363410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvxgzcz3vXooOs1pG8YK4jZz9X_LWkxnpqc8Ab7otOKyxhcLl7x32LojJhsjxfyK4KUZL1jjVHffyQh-K6PwznLT3TgwcoHUPrqbozaw392upAyD7GIZ4-Ak5dn4w5NjhLRTS79NN1K4c/s400/DSC_0226.jpg" /></a>I got Christian to smile for this one.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidvI6uGxah7pOc3FUv_ODbypDBwZJj6Pze6rRE_4jAI2EeNrMXVawNH8FNkjvkFKHDBIB0lt51kLT6uOyI2yuYldAF5souEpAG5QGCnLmo8vV5MovFwCmDWIhwAVbKZfw618C2yuLIg4c/s1600/DSC_0254.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461633582834703874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidvI6uGxah7pOc3FUv_ODbypDBwZJj6Pze6rRE_4jAI2EeNrMXVawNH8FNkjvkFKHDBIB0lt51kLT6uOyI2yuYldAF5souEpAG5QGCnLmo8vV5MovFwCmDWIhwAVbKZfw618C2yuLIg4c/s400/DSC_0254.jpg" /></a> This is probably my favorite one of us.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFUKylUi2sfewB8QWWIq4e_drxdLQ2IPIK6gxOAaVHNYkZPm45H0M-tPIAb8dw4-EesQEPbl98AAhb5qQ31lhR0GgujdmH2jlhw90Sn3ByH_XKh-edEIXsRJ8gMgZAk09pzLegyLWzjzM/s1600/DSC_0305.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461633569534837410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFUKylUi2sfewB8QWWIq4e_drxdLQ2IPIK6gxOAaVHNYkZPm45H0M-tPIAb8dw4-EesQEPbl98AAhb5qQ31lhR0GgujdmH2jlhw90Sn3ByH_XKh-edEIXsRJ8gMgZAk09pzLegyLWzjzM/s400/DSC_0305.jpg" /></a> This one was taken when Christian was trying to tip me over his shoulder into the sand. He did it too.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02904195796358609778noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156167540974618269.post-51718843941822479542010-04-04T19:06:00.006-07:002010-04-04T19:53:17.145-07:00White Tanks Waterfall HikeGetting ready for our hike to the waterfall in White Tanks Mountain.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1dZ-YDFSDVLa4RlW_6IVGraiE9TctG8-93KArxiP8mHv1QnXfmF-t-3H1OMYWf-V79nY4PRnP0dYuG8vd204uLQhbpAnzg_O36sxXdqCZzvJQzZCi5wew4BODj9MRHVXQBQano1jCH6g/s1600/IMG_3031.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456475992873211474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1dZ-YDFSDVLa4RlW_6IVGraiE9TctG8-93KArxiP8mHv1QnXfmF-t-3H1OMYWf-V79nY4PRnP0dYuG8vd204uLQhbpAnzg_O36sxXdqCZzvJQzZCi5wew4BODj9MRHVXQBQano1jCH6g/s400/IMG_3031.JPG" /></a> Mom was taking lots of pictures of the flowers in the desert. She said she needed to show people that the desert was beautiful.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQFCb6KctN_vXkjO3uR6HJQAwovA91rHjKvxVi4tbKGBnPs32vz2XBiiUT_NxIRa0P3LnxJGDlLamOwgd5y8hl6gzHcP1IMAzC6W2HKGTSXngdgqBy1WCEY8gT1PLFKkKVY-XDUOXUMQE/s1600/IMG_3033.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456475985195920194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQFCb6KctN_vXkjO3uR6HJQAwovA91rHjKvxVi4tbKGBnPs32vz2XBiiUT_NxIRa0P3LnxJGDlLamOwgd5y8hl6gzHcP1IMAzC6W2HKGTSXngdgqBy1WCEY8gT1PLFKkKVY-XDUOXUMQE/s400/IMG_3033.JPG" /></a> Christian was determined to bring his canteen on this hike. He didn't for his practice hike in White Tanks earlier that week and he regretted it. This time he brought it and didn't really need it.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2WY-4gjwjBxWswlBuw4Nf1oM1HXYUzouzdH-75sQ6gcCRDdX5Vwrk2S5ysigMmXaiGqubXPy69Y1RAbJNYmgmV6nPIX2mO8BhEJfupfv9n8oXVLnk7rD4yUm1glFauI66woYfdeNmUlg/s1600/IMG_3034.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456475964898064594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2WY-4gjwjBxWswlBuw4Nf1oM1HXYUzouzdH-75sQ6gcCRDdX5Vwrk2S5ysigMmXaiGqubXPy69Y1RAbJNYmgmV6nPIX2mO8BhEJfupfv9n8oXVLnk7rD4yUm1glFauI66woYfdeNmUlg/s400/IMG_3034.JPG" /></a> Christian and Mom went on ahead while I walked with Dad. Mom is at the top. She made it!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlYIwNZXVkVHzDq7asMd5cq551x_DKrxkhWj9W2pWpRGPY8C7RCR9UsFqdc_xFXOQzKAVxbqF7ywwW09tVV261QgNtSgyJwOcKdDfwAYYD5ciYfINp41W0ZtQmj3TQDPt5or5A9o-Ogy8/s1600/IMG_3037.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456475954976257058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlYIwNZXVkVHzDq7asMd5cq551x_DKrxkhWj9W2pWpRGPY8C7RCR9UsFqdc_xFXOQzKAVxbqF7ywwW09tVV261QgNtSgyJwOcKdDfwAYYD5ciYfINp41W0ZtQmj3TQDPt5or5A9o-Ogy8/s400/IMG_3037.JPG" /></a> Christian decided to hide from us - too bad; I found him.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_VA5VRLzK0HJVl5ygGS3jOgIw5GJpL5wl4ka7eZ2UES3O2t5yNqTS2a4Poi_hPkjVLvfkqQS3Maz1oTGrpLMhnVu9XJfCCW8IfRbqMlMJZp7Gl0XzzgBMNe5X8BkKxz-3nHDqOAd64Ok/s1600/IMG_3039.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456475945381907074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_VA5VRLzK0HJVl5ygGS3jOgIw5GJpL5wl4ka7eZ2UES3O2t5yNqTS2a4Poi_hPkjVLvfkqQS3Maz1oTGrpLMhnVu9XJfCCW8IfRbqMlMJZp7Gl0XzzgBMNe5X8BkKxz-3nHDqOAd64Ok/s400/IMG_3039.JPG" /></a> In order to get to the waterfall, you need to cross the stream on the rocks. Here is Dad trying it. He looks a little wobbly - watch out:)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTed9A6iNjh8ebP_r7aXh4KnLWhOCotJIxZjp28JoyLYlpPTdck7cRh5ewJT-lAC8s1f5Qq1BO5LGKZSLzkmNfz9I8afTg-NhId-iPBlAmPWy8WzsALmO5aOZqhDiJHxgfSey-nOIP2TE/s1600/IMG_3043.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456474671068449458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTed9A6iNjh8ebP_r7aXh4KnLWhOCotJIxZjp28JoyLYlpPTdck7cRh5ewJT-lAC8s1f5Qq1BO5LGKZSLzkmNfz9I8afTg-NhId-iPBlAmPWy8WzsALmO5aOZqhDiJHxgfSey-nOIP2TE/s400/IMG_3043.JPG" /></a>He made it across the tricky part and got turned around on the last rock. Down he went! The other people were worried about him, but we were just laughing (including Dad).<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvAd401BzQHMmgSL3RCCiEET_v8tukFnnULVf_O71kpbBWkc5F2RI6pPRqZRGcyAcWn-dTeBy7hfAc3QRwRHN9COf1c_cGW1jTdw9OxTHIbIwIohAeUaq9e-cgrvEIyh_NGbh-BbAKFl0/s1600/IMG_3044.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456474658396405586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvAd401BzQHMmgSL3RCCiEET_v8tukFnnULVf_O71kpbBWkc5F2RI6pPRqZRGcyAcWn-dTeBy7hfAc3QRwRHN9COf1c_cGW1jTdw9OxTHIbIwIohAeUaq9e-cgrvEIyh_NGbh-BbAKFl0/s400/IMG_3044.JPG" /></a>"I made it!" he said.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDs2qsqHtAkxge_Rcm1POnOiZrZz5QNjaCUNJMl6-J9EnQQPHfcQd5BvAWOmubLVkvRHHo_QIARONLlEHizjD44foYX-Wmsnekqc6yatv86gLAdRLMdZyMm4JRRHl-P3qduOsjeYs7zY/s1600/IMG_3045.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456474637898343746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDs2qsqHtAkxge_Rcm1POnOiZrZz5QNjaCUNJMl6-J9EnQQPHfcQd5BvAWOmubLVkvRHHo_QIARONLlEHizjD44foYX-Wmsnekqc6yatv86gLAdRLMdZyMm4JRRHl-P3qduOsjeYs7zY/s400/IMG_3045.JPG" /></a>Christian came around the other side of the stream through a tiny hole. He said I could have made it if I tried. (I climbed over the rock on the side of this picture.)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaW5qhXD05WmIh5BH4X2Qidm_XHpzpk9jo-tYgCsac9vaMOVkwOAOHS9ysy2jsaliXrOcqVJtNeM8Q_niE_QhNtbwbXzJDtT1VaNwiQ3qYCUa7A9p_rlRUOq4InxQ7f3ca7d6JfPI0ZXA/s1600/IMG_3046.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456474626078180370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaW5qhXD05WmIh5BH4X2Qidm_XHpzpk9jo-tYgCsac9vaMOVkwOAOHS9ysy2jsaliXrOcqVJtNeM8Q_niE_QhNtbwbXzJDtT1VaNwiQ3qYCUa7A9p_rlRUOq4InxQ7f3ca7d6JfPI0ZXA/s400/IMG_3046.JPG" /></a>The waterfall - we were glad it had water.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNBYU1KHw1n32aLf4ZVJHocRetsoqHoGEueZ9OUXKOieZsQ5xiFBmJHLOQv93_6Mz6t49pDfp4xxxTcc1cegBellHY8U5rEi96sFEK68uTLuVW8A4ISKhJm1IrWFppLRvDO7u1MlbjCdE/s1600/IMG_3049.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456474620250172258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNBYU1KHw1n32aLf4ZVJHocRetsoqHoGEueZ9OUXKOieZsQ5xiFBmJHLOQv93_6Mz6t49pDfp4xxxTcc1cegBellHY8U5rEi96sFEK68uTLuVW8A4ISKhJm1IrWFppLRvDO7u1MlbjCdE/s400/IMG_3049.JPG" /></a>After seeing three girls go across the pool to climb up the rocks, Christian decided to do it too. (There was second pool higher up that you couldn't see.)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXxn3IU1lRxalrUTWiHMG9ASQL3H7xq2JJmML2oqtQYi6if9dux2jnzcvjnhSvXvrdY6Np0DDpi9J5rNiFoHleTgP4GqdkoY2da6T1YFCWgh6frb_8Ls075_zkOiRB_sKHewQcrhad4c/s1600/IMG_3051.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456471187353015410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXxn3IU1lRxalrUTWiHMG9ASQL3H7xq2JJmML2oqtQYi6if9dux2jnzcvjnhSvXvrdY6Np0DDpi9J5rNiFoHleTgP4GqdkoY2da6T1YFCWgh6frb_8Ls075_zkOiRB_sKHewQcrhad4c/s400/IMG_3051.JPG" /></a>There he goes.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyJ9Br38lQy-kHsuJSIWS-CowF10SLcv7vX3O2tGR1FMUJjZw3SwwUD8XzvGVT43EvhhbdeHKnS7wE31CRUptf2eNjJeNh7mYYF-PadZuEhKF5JNbqbvsULOwNW8AyGRwyaNqr2puck2U/s1600/IMG_3055.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456471174315314002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyJ9Br38lQy-kHsuJSIWS-CowF10SLcv7vX3O2tGR1FMUJjZw3SwwUD8XzvGVT43EvhhbdeHKnS7wE31CRUptf2eNjJeNh7mYYF-PadZuEhKF5JNbqbvsULOwNW8AyGRwyaNqr2puck2U/s400/IMG_3055.JPG" /></a> He got up there - so did the girls.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvfh63ZXE5k6FGzBOXzE_l7JhHFSMw76-DwgxPyJjxkOOU616uqT7_o_4LJL8TOkiONYZ6s1gfxCtZs2tpDTPg2MQPOHGZlvuOJ78enkMSwbvTsM4QJOb6s47-_OPrHqdI_K7iPJPAj_Y/s1600/IMG_3057.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456471150038817602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvfh63ZXE5k6FGzBOXzE_l7JhHFSMw76-DwgxPyJjxkOOU616uqT7_o_4LJL8TOkiONYZ6s1gfxCtZs2tpDTPg2MQPOHGZlvuOJ78enkMSwbvTsM4QJOb6s47-_OPrHqdI_K7iPJPAj_Y/s400/IMG_3057.JPG" /></a> The waterfall is behind Christian and the second pool is off to his side. He could see it but we couldn't.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8M3WG6vacVqnjEJp_9KebeTBbN77_BBG9OCptP9Z-U1RgyuSyiABWum0ttIGu-WDuGoFJ0KpqelXnmGfOEajrSOa_3mT-1e5uA_HT05ZNpWGG1nu3vTmtZl17NWzKfO7ZF9Ivu6agqV4/s1600/IMG_3059.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456471140646206946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8M3WG6vacVqnjEJp_9KebeTBbN77_BBG9OCptP9Z-U1RgyuSyiABWum0ttIGu-WDuGoFJ0KpqelXnmGfOEajrSOa_3mT-1e5uA_HT05ZNpWGG1nu3vTmtZl17NWzKfO7ZF9Ivu6agqV4/s400/IMG_3059.JPG" /></a>When Christian got down he decided he wouldn't even try not to get wet and just went all the way in.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnI8nbr8ANJNsk2-dygIaImFQDxZRsbEHYfz1PjZiXoAjaGAaMnC30H_5NNg8XuTWEhHROE79MDjlOv_CRhpBFdLyfQljIIiwq5fM0rx1cOLUroWcy70WBqZFpBAzDFl4ZtuchQn0phU4/s1600/IMG_3066.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456471127068087474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnI8nbr8ANJNsk2-dygIaImFQDxZRsbEHYfz1PjZiXoAjaGAaMnC30H_5NNg8XuTWEhHROE79MDjlOv_CRhpBFdLyfQljIIiwq5fM0rx1cOLUroWcy70WBqZFpBAzDFl4ZtuchQn0phU4/s400/IMG_3066.JPG" /></a> Since Christian was already wet, we made him help Dad across the rocks so he wouldn't fall down again. Christian even helped another lady across as well. What a gentleman!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRguJqyirlYpJoV4CHso4hklgm5qc91bZF5IbnQT65CK1VwWip8wTOIF7kMKamMGTGF6l_g_kjgTv0Jwp4oS8oZCvsfm89ez1qKuqyn2SrCKAoCSLatX2-MmLbueSTKJICsYC3IH0Jd3I/s1600/IMG_3071.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456469903244754498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRguJqyirlYpJoV4CHso4hklgm5qc91bZF5IbnQT65CK1VwWip8wTOIF7kMKamMGTGF6l_g_kjgTv0Jwp4oS8oZCvsfm89ez1qKuqyn2SrCKAoCSLatX2-MmLbueSTKJICsYC3IH0Jd3I/s400/IMG_3071.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQy6-aBRC1_2XwMmnuBn1OnwjKIvrWCUHGol2nSX1djhYHe9yv-1sUJh9rQSI3LGBZkrVPlf8ZE7m_-BrfdeNwpzotfsKbGhdaeC11gsDkJng0mOy_Vhzioc6ga_quZmg2dfrpklwlbUc/s1600/IMG_3072.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456469890359995554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQy6-aBRC1_2XwMmnuBn1OnwjKIvrWCUHGol2nSX1djhYHe9yv-1sUJh9rQSI3LGBZkrVPlf8ZE7m_-BrfdeNwpzotfsKbGhdaeC11gsDkJng0mOy_Vhzioc6ga_quZmg2dfrpklwlbUc/s400/IMG_3072.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCg4Ry2o4bSwhC5gTLcSBKTf9kFNzAkD8_y7IVSiMAuudWQAKoqTH-e8nqPRBaOkpGYLY9Bd_dAWzsHT88Zxd-eDO2ncxGP9ZfoOg4M02TKS93odRJ4buywJH_0ey7nLQLZwlmydKMgh0/s1600/IMG_3073.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456469877380350866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCg4Ry2o4bSwhC5gTLcSBKTf9kFNzAkD8_y7IVSiMAuudWQAKoqTH-e8nqPRBaOkpGYLY9Bd_dAWzsHT88Zxd-eDO2ncxGP9ZfoOg4M02TKS93odRJ4buywJH_0ey7nLQLZwlmydKMgh0/s400/IMG_3073.JPG" /></a>Mom decided to try my way. She went over the rock I did on my way to the waterfall.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiufsULQr-zDQCfwBf_crK-w23-sk139yyht3OXwG9NbvwAUlyi3A1Q9aGOyEAImbJxiNstbntZ4xcp9Qfo_u01v-ACfoRHmw5EF2H6AOQ6p5ah3SgZQN-TJ3Cu_KJvP6TDewP1Mt_3Rd4/s1600/IMG_3076.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456469867257827954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiufsULQr-zDQCfwBf_crK-w23-sk139yyht3OXwG9NbvwAUlyi3A1Q9aGOyEAImbJxiNstbntZ4xcp9Qfo_u01v-ACfoRHmw5EF2H6AOQ6p5ah3SgZQN-TJ3Cu_KJvP6TDewP1Mt_3Rd4/s400/IMG_3076.JPG" /></a> I tried Christian's way - through this small rock. Mom thought I was crazy and would get stuck. I didn't. I made it through the rocks :0)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIISs4Snc7Z72IySRZVgyJ2oJCR9pwiPFfMr7t19Sm7p14NhI855u5rvs0ftMllk0uTikfeeMZbyzpCH_iIm46xVdqRBIKZ2MYBrEdgY3ENF70z00fjiArirU7nKVqGArRxa_aB0BeQKg/s1600/IMG_3078.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456469861461883330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIISs4Snc7Z72IySRZVgyJ2oJCR9pwiPFfMr7t19Sm7p14NhI855u5rvs0ftMllk0uTikfeeMZbyzpCH_iIm46xVdqRBIKZ2MYBrEdgY3ENF70z00fjiArirU7nKVqGArRxa_aB0BeQKg/s400/IMG_3078.JPG" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><p>The hike was enjoyable. That night we all went up by the lake and watched Alvin and the Chipmunks the Squeakual. It was fun. Then we found out it was a double feature with New Moon. Dad decided he didn't want to see it (it was already after 9:00). Mom and Christian ran home (in the car) and got more treats, more blankets (it was cold), and Mom got into longer pants. Then we watched New Moon. We got home after 11:00 after having a wonderful day and Spring Break.</p><p>Read the next post for more info about our Spring Break.</p>Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02904195796358609778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156167540974618269.post-73036746167402614402010-04-04T17:23:00.009-07:002010-04-04T19:06:00.582-07:00Sonoran Desert MuseumLater in the week we went to the Sonoran Desert Museum in Tucson. I made sure to put sunscreen on before I left this time. Christian wanted to visit the caves first. Mom, Christian, and I tried the steep route, while Dad stayed on the safe route. It was cool.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyifeSdYcWu3BjsyelmtTk6IpfuTn_NZ2qiiADmOH33iClpE98oTWFZo1h02RBAnshcWiohlu_IC1QoH3rQcCs5mu4u4vfjqoXbCJlQGC3w7zkwMcJbwREcjh52iE4U1W9K9ShzPwSCdo/s1600/IMG_2877.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456447660391085250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyifeSdYcWu3BjsyelmtTk6IpfuTn_NZ2qiiADmOH33iClpE98oTWFZo1h02RBAnshcWiohlu_IC1QoH3rQcCs5mu4u4vfjqoXbCJlQGC3w7zkwMcJbwREcjh52iE4U1W9K9ShzPwSCdo/s400/IMG_2877.JPG" /></a> At the end Dad went up a little ways so we could take some pictures with him in them.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihMAtUoZSFk_YlryDrOVdwxU88zdqLpUhMf3_XS7RjqgjtlGEUN0xohoemrmfkawBeoyD2pWnoFXoYv-YFeLBln2-KnJ-uBId5cbzGBoqmnLiBcTgcW2IOHPUcZv9r-Q6h6nubKcBULy0/s1600/IMG_2879.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456447650853163074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihMAtUoZSFk_YlryDrOVdwxU88zdqLpUhMf3_XS7RjqgjtlGEUN0xohoemrmfkawBeoyD2pWnoFXoYv-YFeLBln2-KnJ-uBId5cbzGBoqmnLiBcTgcW2IOHPUcZv9r-Q6h6nubKcBULy0/s400/IMG_2879.JPG" /></a> Christian and Mom are trying to get her camera to work and they had to bend over the small lights to even see the camera.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFkSbzFQfq7kVaKsxsioJH-6vrrW8aOTbF_jrqd4MGYU5bx86BAi_mhNqurbnmKEbSGIS2DSAQ5PeN0zlV5PYrr-PEDCBqmXOM2jmua_jXN7f-8KJH4gpECdoucdgPumb9natfBQK8XDs/s1600/IMG_2880.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456446986820202130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFkSbzFQfq7kVaKsxsioJH-6vrrW8aOTbF_jrqd4MGYU5bx86BAi_mhNqurbnmKEbSGIS2DSAQ5PeN0zlV5PYrr-PEDCBqmXOM2jmua_jXN7f-8KJH4gpECdoucdgPumb9natfBQK8XDs/s400/IMG_2880.JPG" /></a> In the caves was a bat exhibit. These are what our ears would look like if we were bats. Boy could you hear the sounds!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJtDEXoOyRP7i3IENbblwhp-vJkiPUbg16Pw2Dc9CtA3YGMyWB1oK9KKoPaCbykQES7PAXP1Mlk059irQhPdiyeZUevb_e5JynSzhkjIV0DsMSnYi218lgDtE6cUmunRggS-JkTVBgtbA/s1600/IMG_2883.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456446978228961106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJtDEXoOyRP7i3IENbblwhp-vJkiPUbg16Pw2Dc9CtA3YGMyWB1oK9KKoPaCbykQES7PAXP1Mlk059irQhPdiyeZUevb_e5JynSzhkjIV0DsMSnYi218lgDtE6cUmunRggS-JkTVBgtbA/s400/IMG_2883.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC-h-zlHYCYWxnNS3Dx6DoSCZz29qtmVSq0mp_qeI8IxSnjwncp-rsha63Wv2Oqn34aegdPKj4Ex54zmO5etTnwULP1v81Wih7VgV6F9ktagLvQCZw8c-dA32cxg3m5uYLeDhJ1OjDaKo/s1600/IMG_2886.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456446972247953954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC-h-zlHYCYWxnNS3Dx6DoSCZz29qtmVSq0mp_qeI8IxSnjwncp-rsha63Wv2Oqn34aegdPKj4Ex54zmO5etTnwULP1v81Wih7VgV6F9ktagLvQCZw8c-dA32cxg3m5uYLeDhJ1OjDaKo/s400/IMG_2886.JPG" /></a>Obviously, Christian did not want his picture taken. (Actually I made him take the picture twice.)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWAFAsMzEo6zbNEnZbvxMUBCg9LbVjqXxsrRyWaF7bTYpF7q0Mu-s9mno3srm1ObCFw7oRbH0mCJ5cxH4QAHMHoIRe73w-rG-N3q0GnQteWFVLc7yMvICxln3eU6alakQ520nsMVAWxVE/s1600/IMG_2887.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456446962140432850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWAFAsMzEo6zbNEnZbvxMUBCg9LbVjqXxsrRyWaF7bTYpF7q0Mu-s9mno3srm1ObCFw7oRbH0mCJ5cxH4QAHMHoIRe73w-rG-N3q0GnQteWFVLc7yMvICxln3eU6alakQ520nsMVAWxVE/s400/IMG_2887.JPG" /></a> There were little animal statues all over the museum. Here is Mom posing with an owl.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGbU5xyE4hMLlGuv-Gq_g0FKBqb36YlLNZUpPGY2NB8DIRzxVmq6jFY6LPpbKlCKI6eW47m2V7NWc3fU-eaLYOiOMsJXVr86s5sj43GTwbN11-wrBDwBbOUiv2ahx7WBR5eBl1ZeS2j20/s1600/IMG_2905.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456446956687955522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGbU5xyE4hMLlGuv-Gq_g0FKBqb36YlLNZUpPGY2NB8DIRzxVmq6jFY6LPpbKlCKI6eW47m2V7NWc3fU-eaLYOiOMsJXVr86s5sj43GTwbN11-wrBDwBbOUiv2ahx7WBR5eBl1ZeS2j20/s400/IMG_2905.JPG" /></a> Dad had to take a break while Mom went back tot he car to get him a snack. He needed to eat about every hour or he ended up exhausted. Christian tried his hand at drawing a cactus. He did pretty good with it...then he turned it into a pineapple :)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzsIAEkBij3zkxsMXYAVXmpD_jzqKsl5kqilpBvtjrJLSf4rkMUqGsYPj3znpGbkxC9CLlKwJ2h2LfiSlLau5KFj_4D2cif9ifpxYfmC_3SWXMLasvbwsDlmhy3KQjK_NPegbMYfNM8ME/s1600/IMG_2928.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456445975156844018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzsIAEkBij3zkxsMXYAVXmpD_jzqKsl5kqilpBvtjrJLSf4rkMUqGsYPj3znpGbkxC9CLlKwJ2h2LfiSlLau5KFj_4D2cif9ifpxYfmC_3SWXMLasvbwsDlmhy3KQjK_NPegbMYfNM8ME/s400/IMG_2928.JPG" /></a> This is a teddy bear cactus. I had to take a picture of it since the Kindergarteners, first graders, and I were wondering what a teddy bear cactus would look like when I was reading <em>G is for Grand Canyon</em> to them.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN30BIYhay2o_Wc5WXcXxc6HEuUu71lM-UznLqDJwe6HMlU0v0cy58LRnghIGdNYDvmTfVzbGImBQrVIE3U2aBaOuwnNieDuoVwdrIHzpCM1NCYB7W54A0WrbGkfBIWlLvZjLnP8SOZx4/s1600/IMG_2941.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456445968759866802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN30BIYhay2o_Wc5WXcXxc6HEuUu71lM-UznLqDJwe6HMlU0v0cy58LRnghIGdNYDvmTfVzbGImBQrVIE3U2aBaOuwnNieDuoVwdrIHzpCM1NCYB7W54A0WrbGkfBIWlLvZjLnP8SOZx4/s400/IMG_2941.JPG" /></a>An otter. One of my favorite animals :) I remember learning how to swim by watching an otter.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoCe6h-3eFURXsddrXR-na5GNA4pBBklZMi2jNJPZ9lR2uYU8J1RuLRyFntjNjbTMyXQYL8N9N5dJUJEodO5FcYtqGEC4Cyi92FSwx_OJLHwmWHOdmLWqNfjhUJO-DV7_jZaRn7Skdx68/s1600/IMG_2957.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456445959017540818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoCe6h-3eFURXsddrXR-na5GNA4pBBklZMi2jNJPZ9lR2uYU8J1RuLRyFntjNjbTMyXQYL8N9N5dJUJEodO5FcYtqGEC4Cyi92FSwx_OJLHwmWHOdmLWqNfjhUJO-DV7_jZaRn7Skdx68/s400/IMG_2957.JPG" /></a>I don't remember what Christian is doing here, but it's a cool picture :)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizKs-FOPeI0iLo3EoKC5Y1EGbw9dXNo0xTF6I3s4FDCzZDZqlihjX2gcp6P0IxxoIz_zU8xeMa4kOIOLA-IqqDxLYYg6n4Q4psJxbgZjd9pYqaVJEVkyRM8kh3pnunk1f8VQyh_y1RM54/s1600/IMG_2959.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456445955105155490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizKs-FOPeI0iLo3EoKC5Y1EGbw9dXNo0xTF6I3s4FDCzZDZqlihjX2gcp6P0IxxoIz_zU8xeMa4kOIOLA-IqqDxLYYg6n4Q4psJxbgZjd9pYqaVJEVkyRM8kh3pnunk1f8VQyh_y1RM54/s400/IMG_2959.JPG" /></a>This bighorn sheep was posing for us, so I had to take a picture of it.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA5CM2Jd1MxiK6WlkV5m0XBSZ7yQOShcytLn42azPG5cWOLinW91PIRIeDya3G6-sHjAbwzSdBVElSF2b-20Dp2ZvOTkrhQqUU0kO25ZkefGhDaNxtiH3id2QZJfmxcCYdwJvmS5yoYco/s1600/IMG_2964.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456445941647748882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA5CM2Jd1MxiK6WlkV5m0XBSZ7yQOShcytLn42azPG5cWOLinW91PIRIeDya3G6-sHjAbwzSdBVElSF2b-20Dp2ZvOTkrhQqUU0kO25ZkefGhDaNxtiH3id2QZJfmxcCYdwJvmS5yoYco/s400/IMG_2964.JPG" /></a>Taking a break at the tortoise exhibit.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2YK8Nvgc9ncXAgFr_GDCkJnsYnlhOdmIcAGf15Cw-trWIGteRKDW1coS-sqebpkHmcUvaV2Gxwt69OP9wNWXSqjzxPdluofNpWBQMUtwT0IjMx_qTCcecO2MAlISz-SK5a_pMdwClaSU/s1600/IMG_2969.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456444644634814114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2YK8Nvgc9ncXAgFr_GDCkJnsYnlhOdmIcAGf15Cw-trWIGteRKDW1coS-sqebpkHmcUvaV2Gxwt69OP9wNWXSqjzxPdluofNpWBQMUtwT0IjMx_qTCcecO2MAlISz-SK5a_pMdwClaSU/s400/IMG_2969.JPG" /></a>Doesn't he look like a tortoise?<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVpbQsaM0BIE6NcYLLLZZU31Odw4yPbKWCWw9qLV9PS2f_3mwj8Qv-VD9M3IjxQssz1kxdfN5x_3hEnXGqT91-BYaBS0iU0zbuxKB51K3M3w_BEaLcupxDIjffkXoKe2QCC2m_UxGkusQ/s1600/IMG_2973.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456444633274389058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVpbQsaM0BIE6NcYLLLZZU31Odw4yPbKWCWw9qLV9PS2f_3mwj8Qv-VD9M3IjxQssz1kxdfN5x_3hEnXGqT91-BYaBS0iU0zbuxKB51K3M3w_BEaLcupxDIjffkXoKe2QCC2m_UxGkusQ/s400/IMG_2973.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif7TnfxpQ00OipEhnSZ0w5T0l99aA924hCfKSKA-D-1c5hDm1JUP1aIv4E4xE8MJX-MnMbSKktkNHcSrLze-K_DNjfXf6pU9BDA4eqomNyCopRAnnkEC2aWzKYwEPEkclVyOubV0lXEH0/s1600/IMG_2976.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456444627034496946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif7TnfxpQ00OipEhnSZ0w5T0l99aA924hCfKSKA-D-1c5hDm1JUP1aIv4E4xE8MJX-MnMbSKktkNHcSrLze-K_DNjfXf6pU9BDA4eqomNyCopRAnnkEC2aWzKYwEPEkclVyOubV0lXEH0/s400/IMG_2976.JPG" /></a>Inside the bird exhibit. We saw some cool birds, but don't know the names of most of them.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguGreYW9edNl95Mc6SFx5ALPD7QOtS5LNZrD3Ewt3g4OOdSmNtaGj1v1ecRg3Xpye5orqUGZ5AYujvIPtxG7VZbf33Iv-YTZKTXRZzvcMhyOm5W92MpjlKQ5AZQSqP4B7TcxOzsIUrTas/s1600/IMG_2988.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456444618964129762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguGreYW9edNl95Mc6SFx5ALPD7QOtS5LNZrD3Ewt3g4OOdSmNtaGj1v1ecRg3Xpye5orqUGZ5AYujvIPtxG7VZbf33Iv-YTZKTXRZzvcMhyOm5W92MpjlKQ5AZQSqP4B7TcxOzsIUrTas/s400/IMG_2988.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLHMp5Hum7ll30JuHavsyq7FVBCYAaZswn7dQov_u0EoePDJLp8j6OszOVJkuBCrbpMUW8UBdgVQQRz48DWRT0EY1wuZetRsBzZ5-cOrYhjb3_N7qBR0odb5idbW9mcUFa4Rj5s8RQdZ8/s1600/IMG_2992.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456444607800932850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLHMp5Hum7ll30JuHavsyq7FVBCYAaZswn7dQov_u0EoePDJLp8j6OszOVJkuBCrbpMUW8UBdgVQQRz48DWRT0EY1wuZetRsBzZ5-cOrYhjb3_N7qBR0odb5idbW9mcUFa4Rj5s8RQdZ8/s400/IMG_2992.JPG" /></a>Next was the hummingbirds. I love hummingbirds and so does Mom. It helps that we see hummingbirds in our yards...but I don't have any nests yet and Mom does :(<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEVluwlDoGi3xL_D_CNyQsvUU6JmRLpBuWhvRD3QxP14cCSvCC5jKpC1YzNwlRzdXRtpcl47bmQHulbUFlcWwGFhUXb9vYXzx0cfGidIevbaDrqEPqYppPmyJ6FOQBnoU419veNxL9JZ8/s1600/IMG_2997.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456443396086581074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEVluwlDoGi3xL_D_CNyQsvUU6JmRLpBuWhvRD3QxP14cCSvCC5jKpC1YzNwlRzdXRtpcl47bmQHulbUFlcWwGFhUXb9vYXzx0cfGidIevbaDrqEPqYppPmyJ6FOQBnoU419veNxL9JZ8/s400/IMG_2997.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFh1weEP-GmGU6Ztot2hP4l36t3_zc51L5REc_MwqSKBT6Rs6-UFEdXXY4bUsPNwGLr5H3AiMJ_dJ10SM0VGNtzSkuR38b_61BsTC-NE69tC-yGwZNw0gmkTfCFe6GPEDb43Xw8p1vmpE/s1600/IMG_3008.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456443384132592818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFh1weEP-GmGU6Ztot2hP4l36t3_zc51L5REc_MwqSKBT6Rs6-UFEdXXY4bUsPNwGLr5H3AiMJ_dJ10SM0VGNtzSkuR38b_61BsTC-NE69tC-yGwZNw0gmkTfCFe6GPEDb43Xw8p1vmpE/s400/IMG_3008.JPG" /></a>Eating lunch at the car since there are no picnic tables around the entrance. We didn't want to drive to the picnic tables....we would have lost our great parking space.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6PTqeJe2oPW7ySY8yPBSZLub3EhiTptUsA2q8oxmoqUM2N2Q-WiFHBO_wyWYrYO1YDRis3VzhOoQy0vDwTqfaHKxLEX5YWqWsPgRngWKonUvtNFpqmHt573cdUzixMTg85Ck3kc1PnyM/s1600/IMG_3010.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456443374983450754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6PTqeJe2oPW7ySY8yPBSZLub3EhiTptUsA2q8oxmoqUM2N2Q-WiFHBO_wyWYrYO1YDRis3VzhOoQy0vDwTqfaHKxLEX5YWqWsPgRngWKonUvtNFpqmHt573cdUzixMTg85Ck3kc1PnyM/s400/IMG_3010.JPG" /></a>After lunch we went to see the Birds of Prey Flight. Dad decided to wait at the entrance since it was a walk to where the flight was going to be. These hawks were amazing. They flew two feet above our heads. (The announcer had asked us not to put our hands up or place our children on our shoulders...now we know why.)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBn_PdjZl0Yfd1t5gvG56mNDZnf4SJS0cy1MKtXrHfr3oZzbITd9gkxRDR2ZPaSgAWhSXWS5v5_eoULMvJbyc48_Jxt7Yqr__SqJ5PNVhdtFnm4lMR0LaUCUHAAtv0DZeKEA2VbYX8_wk/s1600/IMG_3024.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456443365786388354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBn_PdjZl0Yfd1t5gvG56mNDZnf4SJS0cy1MKtXrHfr3oZzbITd9gkxRDR2ZPaSgAWhSXWS5v5_eoULMvJbyc48_Jxt7Yqr__SqJ5PNVhdtFnm4lMR0LaUCUHAAtv0DZeKEA2VbYX8_wk/s400/IMG_3024.JPG" /></a> <div>Four hawks ended up flying above us. I got this fabulous picture just as one of them left its perch.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxvxgLRlvSw7Oa80WjMk20T4QF93BMu5KFL7ND1kl6LaZT1pFc3ctl4FopXp9wScsc38i_eVecaeusrTMnaDEcpyiq-sC1SpKHfsJpXL_WxWxCbNoHxfafeaQjTCY-ZhptljCwkJ-lNHU/s1600/IMG_3027.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456443355145655794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxvxgLRlvSw7Oa80WjMk20T4QF93BMu5KFL7ND1kl6LaZT1pFc3ctl4FopXp9wScsc38i_eVecaeusrTMnaDEcpyiq-sC1SpKHfsJpXL_WxWxCbNoHxfafeaQjTCY-ZhptljCwkJ-lNHU/s400/IMG_3027.JPG" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br />After we left the Sonoran Desert Museum, we went to Gammy's grave. Mom wanted to get some pictures of her parents' graves. Then the long drive home. And guess what??? I got lobster red sunburned...and I had sunscreen on this time. I should know - I always get sunburned :(<br /><br />Read the next post to hear about the Civil War Reinactment!Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02904195796358609778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156167540974618269.post-37507248800521833602010-04-04T16:47:00.006-07:002010-04-04T17:22:51.039-07:00Civil War ReinactmentDuring Spring Break, Mom, Dad, Christian, and I saw a Civil War Reinactment. It was pretty neat. When we got there we saw a cannon demonstration. They told us how the cannons were fired and fired off several shots.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg_MzWc_vWQn0mbVu0yrC6i77W54nef6pFzdqYCEqGODHtXjYTPQpg5jSAViNx33U4OlYyL0HQepCphGcb1v9yIishyp_ei1UdZsxneEEdymFt138CYoSV1JUGRElLDj2GxEzn_mMuj8Q/s1600/IMG_2691.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456438514407859282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg_MzWc_vWQn0mbVu0yrC6i77W54nef6pFzdqYCEqGODHtXjYTPQpg5jSAViNx33U4OlYyL0HQepCphGcb1v9yIishyp_ei1UdZsxneEEdymFt138CYoSV1JUGRElLDj2GxEzn_mMuj8Q/s400/IMG_2691.JPG" /></a> We found a good spot to set up our chairs to watch the battles. Dad read the about the battles while Mom and I found good pictures to take.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOz6Lh_OaaWvfV605OXGJDod91zdJHlDXq_-yYLJN5HXW8Utyswc-_VawrDxhJzN4_MmaaEPZP7mICMLuBaapkgQJbx1rBxpLKnFB4a-evlrQUUzEPURNp-WDmueTRf8oJPwfnhRLj21w/s1600/IMG_2696.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456438504543263266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOz6Lh_OaaWvfV605OXGJDod91zdJHlDXq_-yYLJN5HXW8Utyswc-_VawrDxhJzN4_MmaaEPZP7mICMLuBaapkgQJbx1rBxpLKnFB4a-evlrQUUzEPURNp-WDmueTRf8oJPwfnhRLj21w/s400/IMG_2696.JPG" /></a> The first battle was pretty boring at first. It was just teh scouts moving up and taking shots every once in a while. Although, the rebels were really funny with their shouts at the northerns.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw42iRhbu0vd1yy5g6IZGx2QSx100mTLAFSnb3E8pJpkcnfziCcLgnT3TQkgShvH5VpZnYfiSwMhlQ0iYTvHkP9m03rlsGqysoMIJaD7UNKARuk_z7qAR_Gs6VPfGHEWyY54aro1jCuQs/s1600/IMG_2710.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456438499895634034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw42iRhbu0vd1yy5g6IZGx2QSx100mTLAFSnb3E8pJpkcnfziCcLgnT3TQkgShvH5VpZnYfiSwMhlQ0iYTvHkP9m03rlsGqysoMIJaD7UNKARuk_z7qAR_Gs6VPfGHEWyY54aro1jCuQs/s400/IMG_2710.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO1v96OrDez6dcs8X5DPZWcf78b5MbP7zStFKnhEN1EGKsdbsC2ZKAOFmeC9wjJmUi5tOY4SWZzpjYjZ7uDZ5WLuSi8m-HkVSn6sLXuWu40XAuXyU1Zu93EY_awbxkZPrGz5JMUpwGEzQ/s1600/IMG_2724.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456437479649197810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO1v96OrDez6dcs8X5DPZWcf78b5MbP7zStFKnhEN1EGKsdbsC2ZKAOFmeC9wjJmUi5tOY4SWZzpjYjZ7uDZ5WLuSi8m-HkVSn6sLXuWu40XAuXyU1Zu93EY_awbxkZPrGz5JMUpwGEzQ/s400/IMG_2724.JPG" /></a> These rebel scouts were right in front of us. That's how we heard their ribbing of the other soldiers very well.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZSXuZuGhfFWsge4Bf86IDFjOd12O_n6iLn7FFK4cZgPhfFHtcdAOkgAA0FUrHqXW1FumHCERV4lhKtZEGr4FORm8DClu82RFOt5-nKAzdonyYEVzjUr9xV4e6hBAAGaKrkqFRoMh-My0/s1600/IMG_2739.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456437470837991266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZSXuZuGhfFWsge4Bf86IDFjOd12O_n6iLn7FFK4cZgPhfFHtcdAOkgAA0FUrHqXW1FumHCERV4lhKtZEGr4FORm8DClu82RFOt5-nKAzdonyYEVzjUr9xV4e6hBAAGaKrkqFRoMh-My0/s400/IMG_2739.JPG" /></a> It started to get interesting when they started to 'die'. Many of the soldiers make sure they landed 'softly' with their hats over their eyes :)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitfObIIZDaDIrRECVSHf8kkT4cN3jSAK2vMu1rFS42NIqvTw8icA8fMWfCElAHxTKqiY2DrHOAZttrKdFAMNiRZs2VIqEY04H1sGk7oQJpgE9cGg_d66uHOdCG6_k6N-djWsVLCtf2ujc/s1600/IMG_2743.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456437461136089250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitfObIIZDaDIrRECVSHf8kkT4cN3jSAK2vMu1rFS42NIqvTw8icA8fMWfCElAHxTKqiY2DrHOAZttrKdFAMNiRZs2VIqEY04H1sGk7oQJpgE9cGg_d66uHOdCG6_k6N-djWsVLCtf2ujc/s400/IMG_2743.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfS5Dai5k6VUqIv1uLQDAYIaIfWv0rrNpi1zP4i22nQruKMy4bGxFUfzRJ5LHJtQOL276rxlNhXN9az6KHjf3AXvmg9ZEhHKV7u-zVNwsnbBB97KNq1eB5KZBM8LHUxn0y0ZgB4AcrIvY/s1600/IMG_2746.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456437455445311026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfS5Dai5k6VUqIv1uLQDAYIaIfWv0rrNpi1zP4i22nQruKMy4bGxFUfzRJ5LHJtQOL276rxlNhXN9az6KHjf3AXvmg9ZEhHKV7u-zVNwsnbBB97KNq1eB5KZBM8LHUxn0y0ZgB4AcrIvY/s400/IMG_2746.JPG" /></a> When the battle was over, the narrator said "resurrection" and everyone came back to life. Here is a picture of them doing it.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ6Ws0fnrzCOSP1KtlA6rOdHfOKnSqLFogR5PksmjmPutRfG6hpEUDLb_KsbBINdsEWMDwg9PvQhEHRv47w8QfRU4qHb44zbRU3dB8pFSCrqK3-B_mOACOz_V1xAl0ooMZLLmenIQR6yk/s1600/IMG_2768.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456437448733831170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ6Ws0fnrzCOSP1KtlA6rOdHfOKnSqLFogR5PksmjmPutRfG6hpEUDLb_KsbBINdsEWMDwg9PvQhEHRv47w8QfRU4qHb44zbRU3dB8pFSCrqK3-B_mOACOz_V1xAl0ooMZLLmenIQR6yk/s400/IMG_2768.JPG" /></a> Mom brought a picnic lunch. It was delicious.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9EgqFN7lFNBsyBliVrzFQ0Hw7R-MUn0qYqHUadbWqiHPQboR6AkvQ7Aqnq5d__ozWSX3MqghKx5BEVE8tol1U1LJLYE6nkGgeuoH0Ew8tSbTRj8sMLZ71uxAXOmR7GP49J6CiVPvSUu0/s1600/IMG_2769.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456435910961725602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9EgqFN7lFNBsyBliVrzFQ0Hw7R-MUn0qYqHUadbWqiHPQboR6AkvQ7Aqnq5d__ozWSX3MqghKx5BEVE8tol1U1LJLYE6nkGgeuoH0Ew8tSbTRj8sMLZ71uxAXOmR7GP49J6CiVPvSUu0/s400/IMG_2769.JPG" /></a> Christian decided to try on my hat. What do you think? Doesn't he look pretty????<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghwhczmS5SzjGiz3nFxgmlVliSrzagQ2EObqD7PlL4giysbDvFkwatRwGJRPVJ6n2lq8BMujbKC_3x17-bn4Uh5nY9_wKauqIxP5Y4UWJrgSNIWMvDPVBIgJVyBepdYzrsPPm7BW6P5GQ/s1600/IMG_2771.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456435902609804562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghwhczmS5SzjGiz3nFxgmlVliSrzagQ2EObqD7PlL4giysbDvFkwatRwGJRPVJ6n2lq8BMujbKC_3x17-bn4Uh5nY9_wKauqIxP5Y4UWJrgSNIWMvDPVBIgJVyBepdYzrsPPm7BW6P5GQ/s400/IMG_2771.JPG" /></a>After we ate lunch, we wandered around the exhibits.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdeaPQlhGwlShzjEzLuYEBWy5-oKlJ6RCIX2L0P53d8fz7l7ehIboERJpDkQ0LWedBL1mbU17aBe-nNmBtLEiP0ZkZMXlrg6A0TIFXbQtts8Q8rlMvvjfyOnDhj7c9Mhr5IA7BryVaQdo/s1600/IMG_2779.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456435896447715458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdeaPQlhGwlShzjEzLuYEBWy5-oKlJ6RCIX2L0P53d8fz7l7ehIboERJpDkQ0LWedBL1mbU17aBe-nNmBtLEiP0ZkZMXlrg6A0TIFXbQtts8Q8rlMvvjfyOnDhj7c9Mhr5IA7BryVaQdo/s400/IMG_2779.JPG" /></a> This Union soldier was showing us how they cleaned their guns.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyI5oWviQFnPjzaDtiX6XH0r9JMu6WABLluXpuIgmMv2Yx0XKsOIIOhwYZZjZm580ZrIkHiIwiATlGPefiGTrNE8oAelONlSHrHigYKkNWuQRinlytPeufUJ3LZFYIkqCeKSB6_Zc4QnI/s1600/IMG_2782.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456435881632438178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyI5oWviQFnPjzaDtiX6XH0r9JMu6WABLluXpuIgmMv2Yx0XKsOIIOhwYZZjZm580ZrIkHiIwiATlGPefiGTrNE8oAelONlSHrHigYKkNWuQRinlytPeufUJ3LZFYIkqCeKSB6_Zc4QnI/s400/IMG_2782.JPG" /></a> When we got back to our seats, Mom took Dad's chair since it was starting to break. Well.....it didn't last long - about one second before Mom landed on the ground.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFtrEcrpaSHmComDYUYKur27oged11PNmmQ9NMzQXsA8J8WmIyFEJ7sWD0BHItT03StRIeBsN4edT0ZLCnS_MKtpEaRBvGXKEApaaYK8K5yTiY6CCBL1Xy6bHwFDaoqiNRbhwCBHj4tT8/s1600/IMG_2819.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456435872230199506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFtrEcrpaSHmComDYUYKur27oged11PNmmQ9NMzQXsA8J8WmIyFEJ7sWD0BHItT03StRIeBsN4edT0ZLCnS_MKtpEaRBvGXKEApaaYK8K5yTiY6CCBL1Xy6bHwFDaoqiNRbhwCBHj4tT8/s400/IMG_2819.JPG" /></a>A lot more people came before the second battle. We even saw a couple of television cameras. We heard that this year was probably the last year for the reinactment due to the park probably closing down because of the budget cuts :(<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgktONRCgAeEOkM3j0kgBA4n4vuNzsN7ianlru7n8ATM7lJLeLcE_t5zmi2OY7ZzmWvNsUXhGa746tnk6bBoRAI81DfyQAP3A8aUuvI6iCNFHZnF33K4LWnFOYmzMJ1-K5rshuI8Xg5t0Y/s1600/IMG_2823.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456434517018656402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgktONRCgAeEOkM3j0kgBA4n4vuNzsN7ianlru7n8ATM7lJLeLcE_t5zmi2OY7ZzmWvNsUXhGa746tnk6bBoRAI81DfyQAP3A8aUuvI6iCNFHZnF33K4LWnFOYmzMJ1-K5rshuI8Xg5t0Y/s400/IMG_2823.JPG" /></a> A lot of the time the cannons would shot out these smoke rings. Cool, huh?<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjzs5ZrYFpTroa4MUmvEzoOUEx_BfICPnvTuT1z3KHoJRJArHx9dIQDL4iPRYMeblomUPucLu1pucb8kYJzaJqhUa5DWR1ODpWpRRVkG0C8leRWYmokXMIxPNEEnNnyCq4RPABDLIh9aM/s1600/IMG_2842.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456434505642973042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjzs5ZrYFpTroa4MUmvEzoOUEx_BfICPnvTuT1z3KHoJRJArHx9dIQDL4iPRYMeblomUPucLu1pucb8kYJzaJqhUa5DWR1ODpWpRRVkG0C8leRWYmokXMIxPNEEnNnyCq4RPABDLIh9aM/s400/IMG_2842.JPG" /></a> <div>Second battle started. Here is the rebel flag holder - he got shot and was dragging himself to cover while keeping the flag up. One of the southern leader got shot and kept telling everyone what to do from the ground.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipzc4AkdvazdU8VQXZ6x8ELAd3-G4Ry-plsriJ5viOYB3rOcoyA8NB48ehEunt0TZ5ZJZYTveA5xV1Xj2IyPc6tb4jJEEoTYDPV5XWY0L_aiZTOfMa5ZpaNQ9ZupZFq7ODKcwooPSn6Bc/s1600/IMG_2845.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456434495336914066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipzc4AkdvazdU8VQXZ6x8ELAd3-G4Ry-plsriJ5viOYB3rOcoyA8NB48ehEunt0TZ5ZJZYTveA5xV1Xj2IyPc6tb4jJEEoTYDPV5XWY0L_aiZTOfMa5ZpaNQ9ZupZFq7ODKcwooPSn6Bc/s400/IMG_2845.JPG" /></a>Here is a Union soldier who didn't get his hat on his face. Kept his arm up instead :)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB4_vJz_vY0pWPPe33xOdN9ZfAn92Qggq1U0uYyp_pae4bYjEpRa7Hz34OkysCGNCwM_HCxRZcUV5tzUnHINDq9wrQz0ZDXsZQSb4094j6YLPSYSCB34RO7wRfr5_Dk3L6XhsLFz-JcZw/s1600/IMG_2861.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456434485525433890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB4_vJz_vY0pWPPe33xOdN9ZfAn92Qggq1U0uYyp_pae4bYjEpRa7Hz34OkysCGNCwM_HCxRZcUV5tzUnHINDq9wrQz0ZDXsZQSb4094j6YLPSYSCB34RO7wRfr5_Dk3L6XhsLFz-JcZw/s400/IMG_2861.JPG" /></a> We left after the second battle (didn't stay for the third). On the way out Christian wanted to get an old fashioned root beer bottle to keep as a memento. Take a look at the sign under the keg.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicO4ZXAZSAQZzRg-KSk2GPwnOY9CSn2h8BRBLk_xIFPeYtSdxqssZNnHmoEu_k98ypt9NCs2v7Cdbu79CgV-sxKmButbgbEGey14Ah3hWp5Y__Fi8XaWByOgQZboJDO68rH3w6xYV3bZk/s1600/IMG_2872.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456434482257953186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicO4ZXAZSAQZzRg-KSk2GPwnOY9CSn2h8BRBLk_xIFPeYtSdxqssZNnHmoEu_k98ypt9NCs2v7Cdbu79CgV-sxKmButbgbEGey14Ah3hWp5Y__Fi8XaWByOgQZboJDO68rH3w6xYV3bZk/s400/IMG_2872.JPG" /></a> It was a blast. Unfortunately I forgot my sunscreen. Yep...I ended up sunburned :(</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02904195796358609778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156167540974618269.post-74474559252816670282010-02-27T15:09:00.003-07:002010-02-27T15:34:48.046-07:00Life ScoutChristian advanced to Life Scout this Wednesday at the stake court of honor. He also walked away with 8 merit badges. Now he is going to start on his Eagle Scout project. He also has 3-4 merit badges to finish up.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtEFDzY3JpoK7pY6vrBIgPXObDExSjH43tFwbtC09bda_jzeG8qqRqiLUC2LgOsMigtuh6Zb21yWuXNDK7JPi5le4u-42ucpNVri9WJhwqaS32xrU13qeXRcaOGPAqNggO1zdCawFCXkY/s1600-h/IMG_2685.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443050133791046210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtEFDzY3JpoK7pY6vrBIgPXObDExSjH43tFwbtC09bda_jzeG8qqRqiLUC2LgOsMigtuh6Zb21yWuXNDK7JPi5le4u-42ucpNVri9WJhwqaS32xrU13qeXRcaOGPAqNggO1zdCawFCXkY/s400/IMG_2685.JPG" /></a> Christian wanted to be funny:)</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4EAiDl5WP7SM8nPO2gRZBfjVuDU3hjKmCDXgLmUYiJS5WK94OZgHuLFGjPZtihWs-xVZaB4DCtlC3KcmFSlaRHmGgPKhzCOrPTTBDYwqH4gW5T9LiguV8TYXJkEVXQQBmGXKWGtOd7J4/s1600-h/IMG_2688.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443050120833936530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4EAiDl5WP7SM8nPO2gRZBfjVuDU3hjKmCDXgLmUYiJS5WK94OZgHuLFGjPZtihWs-xVZaB4DCtlC3KcmFSlaRHmGgPKhzCOrPTTBDYwqH4gW5T9LiguV8TYXJkEVXQQBmGXKWGtOd7J4/s400/IMG_2688.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Jfv-E5RQH0G02Bgjg49dPC2cNtwU89PrBK2Cadil2w6vW9t3VKFp-_lJKG5UzauU4xnJ3wpD5haHtdM0ltCQxytlX9a89KzfIavsaUsb-_ajCOs5cdQkkqEPLxUqwzfXcoKg34vDMeo/s1600-h/IMG_2687.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443050108624249282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Jfv-E5RQH0G02Bgjg49dPC2cNtwU89PrBK2Cadil2w6vW9t3VKFp-_lJKG5UzauU4xnJ3wpD5haHtdM0ltCQxytlX9a89KzfIavsaUsb-_ajCOs5cdQkkqEPLxUqwzfXcoKg34vDMeo/s400/IMG_2687.JPG" /></a> He was awarded merit badges for Geneology, Art, Family Life, Communication, Lifesaving, Computers, Music, Citizenship in the Community, and Music.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02904195796358609778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156167540974618269.post-22480874032329623712010-02-07T17:50:00.002-07:002010-02-07T17:55:53.966-07:00Sunday Check InAll right. I have nothing big to report - and no pictures either. I did find out what kind of bird made my nest though. It is a cactus wren. I found out by reading a book to my school kids. I brought an author to my library on Thursday (and she was really good - one of the best we've had). In her book G is for Grand Canyon it shows the cactus wren's nest and what do you know? It looked just like mine. I didn't know they made nests outside of cactus though.<br /><br />Yesterday was Christian free. He left at 4:15 am to go snowboarding with the young men in our ward. He enjoyed himself although he couldn't feel his feet after a while (he had too small of shoes). He came home at dinner with stories to tell. <br /><br />Now I am home relaxing after church. We have church at 8 am now (due to singles ward meeting in our chapel). So....that makes an early morning for all of us. Hopefully in the summer it will be easier as it won't be so cold then. It is still chilly in the morning and I don't want to get out of my warm covers. Everybody else must think the same thing since no one shows up until right before it starts. (Before most people were there 15-30 minutes early.)<br /><br />Hope everyone is having a nice, calm, relaxing Sunday too :))))Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02904195796358609778noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156167540974618269.post-37501444539490580642010-01-24T17:24:00.005-07:002010-01-24T17:35:08.477-07:00Bird NestA few months ago I found a unique bird's nest in the oak tree in my front yard. Instead of having a top, there was a hole on the side of the nest. Although I looked for the owner, I never saw the bird the nest belonged to. Here is a picture of the nest.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilCG0ZoVxVP12KWMM0Xl21p4PiqoaXX8yZ7E5XBd9GtfmtOtYHwoPO3vYLML-gpkBdEobAKUpm_dcq7vOWTeSFNaJNrmacTDxMOeN-OhEo41xutmUfLH7HSPjYyq77u0bEZtR8z75BxcQ/s1600-h/IMG_2361.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430468300514438658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilCG0ZoVxVP12KWMM0Xl21p4PiqoaXX8yZ7E5XBd9GtfmtOtYHwoPO3vYLML-gpkBdEobAKUpm_dcq7vOWTeSFNaJNrmacTDxMOeN-OhEo41xutmUfLH7HSPjYyq77u0bEZtR8z75BxcQ/s400/IMG_2361.JPG" /></a> Then, on Thursday night when I came home I found the bird's nest on my driveway. (Luckily to the side so I didn't drive over it.) I decided I should look to see if it had any eggs so I could try to save it. As I turned the nest slightly to look in it...a bird fly out and almost into my face. It happened so fast I didn't even get a good look at the bird :( I never could find the opening in the nest, so I moved it over by my lantana plants and hoped the bird would come back to protect any eggs there might have been. Christian was sure the next would get destroyed by the storm. Luckily, it survived. You can see a picture of where it is now below.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFOgu4v3CsS17Sb5BkMMLWGM-4KXKs1UcjWVR4PPQ9u5PaCXbWAR2fRqfK7vrtjrKAJ5x09STESlCIeuaYLhOwYnOaKmxpq8fO5ToU-QFuxhbQC9dmwgshmMNkdQFA3umCboP2z0IbFZw/s1600-h/IMG_2648.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430468060169489634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFOgu4v3CsS17Sb5BkMMLWGM-4KXKs1UcjWVR4PPQ9u5PaCXbWAR2fRqfK7vrtjrKAJ5x09STESlCIeuaYLhOwYnOaKmxpq8fO5ToU-QFuxhbQC9dmwgshmMNkdQFA3umCboP2z0IbFZw/s400/IMG_2648.JPG" /></a> </div>Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02904195796358609778noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156167540974618269.post-72188638195389613892009-12-26T08:38:00.003-07:002009-12-26T08:57:20.460-07:00ChristmasChristmas started off as usual with an appetizer dinner with my parents. We learn every year not to make as much, so we kept it simple -- we still had lots of leftovers!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEherYgbgV12JfqzkMpbyDycJM4cOv9bGgbhZOg_vgwdE34N4KWG3tzNpVv_u6f8F-vPDS8Lq-5B42MHzpXGv0v23qI6KAneQ3Y5obz0OjKC-6ApxIC3Dau0r-m9BA2Z6n8mw8XRiKCZaX4/s1600-h/IMG_2626.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419570652137588994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEherYgbgV12JfqzkMpbyDycJM4cOv9bGgbhZOg_vgwdE34N4KWG3tzNpVv_u6f8F-vPDS8Lq-5B42MHzpXGv0v23qI6KAneQ3Y5obz0OjKC-6ApxIC3Dau0r-m9BA2Z6n8mw8XRiKCZaX4/s400/IMG_2626.JPG" /></a> After dinner we played games until Courtney and Daniel came home. Then came the unusual part -- since I was taking Mom and Dad to the airport early Christmas morning (6:00), we decided to have Christmas on Christmas Eve.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtXoIkRDti69q3xfWLf2ROgNilDjUr872yvXEAghOPhc1EXz0zR4_DjYvtpJNefuFpzaHXQejC06UUCm9egv-XeL5ZOicUWzwq8fj2hThFLk0-LPqTSMleIsogTZHTolfWlYES7XHoJWE/s1600-h/IMG_2628.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419570645195570466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtXoIkRDti69q3xfWLf2ROgNilDjUr872yvXEAghOPhc1EXz0zR4_DjYvtpJNefuFpzaHXQejC06UUCm9egv-XeL5ZOicUWzwq8fj2hThFLk0-LPqTSMleIsogTZHTolfWlYES7XHoJWE/s400/IMG_2628.JPG" /></a> It looks like Christian is really enjoying his stocking -- really he is, he just doesn't like his picture being taken.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOFTWwryFcQcjr1bgrKRVZkZUy81kavolVtwbRTxuBD36CZATcG21l3rQ7nwpt-ncXQnNaddzQ8hoxt716Cxx6avXza6I2y_fEInsNPlSTYYA5ZmJqI49fXrVyEr4jynYxpxkjgvIddDQ/s1600-h/IMG_2627.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419570635142472258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOFTWwryFcQcjr1bgrKRVZkZUy81kavolVtwbRTxuBD36CZATcG21l3rQ7nwpt-ncXQnNaddzQ8hoxt716Cxx6avXza6I2y_fEInsNPlSTYYA5ZmJqI49fXrVyEr4jynYxpxkjgvIddDQ/s400/IMG_2627.JPG" /></a> Courtney and Daniel joined us Christmas Eve. They opened their presents to each other. We figured out that they were going to have four Christmases this year -- ours, Daniel's parents on Christmas Day, Christmas with Cheryl and Maria, and then there were presents sent to their house. What a haul!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJyb1KDmBHktiRaxISCd1iC8pBdWjErHtTSiSK9kpNWAqMWGB7Hsx-2_wPCTKPgpll2drVCd_adVIsxd0zCqEY_q4uTJLLNGQxj2CUoEGWVNWDhMbA5HS9CCoTl0Odb9GUslnjK0UioA/s1600-h/IMG_2629.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419570629931990290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJyb1KDmBHktiRaxISCd1iC8pBdWjErHtTSiSK9kpNWAqMWGB7Hsx-2_wPCTKPgpll2drVCd_adVIsxd0zCqEY_q4uTJLLNGQxj2CUoEGWVNWDhMbA5HS9CCoTl0Odb9GUslnjK0UioA/s400/IMG_2629.JPG" /></a> Here Dad, Courtney, and Daniel are opening up a present from me. I had them open it together since it was the same gift -- a recipe book of famous <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">restaurant</span> recipes -- like Olive Garden, California Pizza Kitchen, etc. Mom liked it since she saw mine and wanted to copy the Olive Garden soup recipes. I told her she could get them later.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_5yQE7UPqWB1ICXtLRrQ3kMZQGOxshypxbxDt4FzP81gbbrfGg7qMiv8TA0Olr0PLGYh_-2aJNXPqC1RafaZ207ZMjtaKRqm4YG5ihJ4SkaK3uKSKkYoYWPQ4fX9VMWdIac3cVb9adtE/s1600-h/IMG_2632.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419570622368174354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_5yQE7UPqWB1ICXtLRrQ3kMZQGOxshypxbxDt4FzP81gbbrfGg7qMiv8TA0Olr0PLGYh_-2aJNXPqC1RafaZ207ZMjtaKRqm4YG5ihJ4SkaK3uKSKkYoYWPQ4fX9VMWdIac3cVb9adtE/s400/IMG_2632.JPG" /></a> This is Christian and my Christmas presents. I love the quilt stuff Mom got me - I'll get to make some pretty quilts now. (I've already got my next three projects planned.) I enjoyed all my presents - and some of them were even a surprise (not ones I suggested).</div><div></div><div>Christmas morning after I got Mom and Dad to the airport and Christian and I slept some more (we didn't got to bed until 1 or 2 and got up at 5), Christian informed me that I need to get a better hiding place for Christmas presents as he knew most of the ones he got. Spoil sport! I told him to quit looking and next year they would be wrapped and under the tree before he got home from college:) That will stop him.</div><div></div><div>Anyway, I hope that everyone had a very merry Christmas. It was an unusual one for us - but very merry :))))))</div></div></div></div>Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02904195796358609778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156167540974618269.post-72813985464309436502009-11-08T22:10:00.004-07:002009-11-08T22:31:09.382-07:00Mural in My LibraryI had an exciting last half of the week. On Thursday, Larry's sister started a mural on my school library wall. I have wanted to have one for many years. It is a beanstalk. From the trailing tendrils I would hang book covers for themes I am covering. Karen said she would do it and she did a wonderful job.<br /><br />This is a very BIG beanstalk. It starts at the bottom of one wall with Jack trying to chop it down. Then it winds its way down that wall and a second one to disappear through the clouds and the ceiling at the corner. Coming down the beanstalk where it disappears is the giant's foot.<br /><br />It took Karen three VERY LONG days to do it -- with Larry helping out for a lot of it. I can't thank them enough for such a beautiful job.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXzyqzx5KUBRrM1qZVSPVL4Vn_s3s_iCyw3_4LS9Y5pXdhhYU-a6l3E5KGnc7czeeKvcu33uVyi20KV8gCf-bkR2OU4ca0khBhPIqq-ygWZvzwNq2CkOfkNEIv6qX_pt6_iCMZYrPXWmk/s1600-h/IMG_2500.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401969822488882002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXzyqzx5KUBRrM1qZVSPVL4Vn_s3s_iCyw3_4LS9Y5pXdhhYU-a6l3E5KGnc7czeeKvcu33uVyi20KV8gCf-bkR2OU4ca0khBhPIqq-ygWZvzwNq2CkOfkNEIv6qX_pt6_iCMZYrPXWmk/s400/IMG_2500.JPG" /></a>Karen working on the beanstalk and clouds on the second wall.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38jwBJnN4WJftJwCVxI0fcR9yJNdobVplqqKciI6x2Vq3JRljmvN1j3FeEJvlcYWlTFBQqb2HQmULeQJSS4d6L3QRwPTn2lfPeeOnPcDRGKhg-8mAR7UbOl1i6o7WSEHIZBsPpb7Ed5s/s1600-h/IMG_2517.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401969272155662498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38jwBJnN4WJftJwCVxI0fcR9yJNdobVplqqKciI6x2Vq3JRljmvN1j3FeEJvlcYWlTFBQqb2HQmULeQJSS4d6L3QRwPTn2lfPeeOnPcDRGKhg-8mAR7UbOl1i6o7WSEHIZBsPpb7Ed5s/s400/IMG_2517.JPG" /></a> The beginning of the beanstalk with Jack -- he has his tongue sticking out and such an intense expression on his face.</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrlzHFPrjzl6v1v-Kxev2M2du6qfMjpTdm9lVSBWysu296VSy0jraGAE8LNL6hpiNquSQsZaEMA89CIX921avos4WmBU3ZYDKoxef95PxApelU06GyGYTB7CbGTMONw4xmZGaz4Qm7jzg/s1600-h/IMG_2516.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401969260993005314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrlzHFPrjzl6v1v-Kxev2M2du6qfMjpTdm9lVSBWysu296VSy0jraGAE8LNL6hpiNquSQsZaEMA89CIX921avos4WmBU3ZYDKoxef95PxApelU06GyGYTB7CbGTMONw4xmZGaz4Qm7jzg/s400/IMG_2516.JPG" /></a>Can you find Frog and Toad's lost button in this picture?<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6YKK8N_DFCEo0nZD9lnDvYpbEpGcQyNthfish7v1Thp7zsOKeE5ufI9mrwZRmOSFOGSRD80E8fIbPp7OSomD2SsALVepD55dMq4cOsnClGyjfs3oI02QoiOLXLWDOJZKNEpzl_jLGzWg/s1600-h/IMG_2515.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401969259190255266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6YKK8N_DFCEo0nZD9lnDvYpbEpGcQyNthfish7v1Thp7zsOKeE5ufI9mrwZRmOSFOGSRD80E8fIbPp7OSomD2SsALVepD55dMq4cOsnClGyjfs3oI02QoiOLXLWDOJZKNEpzl_jLGzWg/s400/IMG_2515.JPG" /></a> Where's the pigeon?<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi233tqAZJHGiL1rmL1HWIL3m4KJ-3vr6CbrnapxFsb6TN3S4Lll4zYyNcUfcaUk_NXRiTuCXjf57tv0SsQsopZxttX8_vdd4u2BC8nEqjbBSc2EiJM6mY938DDByIg8D6CQCefhbI23aM/s1600-h/IMG_2514.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401969251409411922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi233tqAZJHGiL1rmL1HWIL3m4KJ-3vr6CbrnapxFsb6TN3S4Lll4zYyNcUfcaUk_NXRiTuCXjf57tv0SsQsopZxttX8_vdd4u2BC8nEqjbBSc2EiJM6mY938DDByIg8D6CQCefhbI23aM/s400/IMG_2514.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsHezO7LgF7RV4c7iaNKtQj7C7QAyiqu_gWgkfy7Va5NYujH9J98P3_-fPXWiWksZHajGDgB2mjumcE4OnUAusKSl6vV9Cl4sz7hkxodcbPrJ5liTZsaVRKrwXIGV9cSKLYUdHq8dlJFo/s1600-h/IMG_2511.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401969240084107426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsHezO7LgF7RV4c7iaNKtQj7C7QAyiqu_gWgkfy7Va5NYujH9J98P3_-fPXWiWksZHajGDgB2mjumcE4OnUAusKSl6vV9Cl4sz7hkxodcbPrJ5liTZsaVRKrwXIGV9cSKLYUdHq8dlJFo/s400/IMG_2511.JPG" /></a>Find Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge's football and Cinderella's glass slipper.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNX-AhTnpF0PChLO9WaNy6XLK8JuYcfLOlWq4Ion0wM5qSuhxiI2xbF3KXv3XjZnwsGKo0sFax7XkH3NbXITYt040lN2KfJoYjJRXiJsiDWoIZdgTErBdfkOb9u03WfCRqMKeMiGUmOeM/s1600-h/IMG_2510.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401968036854755346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNX-AhTnpF0PChLO9WaNy6XLK8JuYcfLOlWq4Ion0wM5qSuhxiI2xbF3KXv3XjZnwsGKo0sFax7XkH3NbXITYt040lN2KfJoYjJRXiJsiDWoIZdgTErBdfkOb9u03WfCRqMKeMiGUmOeM/s400/IMG_2510.JPG" /></a>There is a pot of gold that I will use around St. Patrick's day.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtipDL1T92gumSkzcQupvZvzIHY0OS0Q-6P9X4zQuzGZ_bY4UZ2CIu5Dd-66yFbFc-vpnqrSluxajOsSxGErC81ssxJCGHepanbRn0BV1kmIcV3WvvAIHIiD2ZE3FQQdyq0xxEvDyDbXg/s1600-h/IMG_2506.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401968028224749410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtipDL1T92gumSkzcQupvZvzIHY0OS0Q-6P9X4zQuzGZ_bY4UZ2CIu5Dd-66yFbFc-vpnqrSluxajOsSxGErC81ssxJCGHepanbRn0BV1kmIcV3WvvAIHIiD2ZE3FQQdyq0xxEvDyDbXg/s400/IMG_2506.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_oGeR8ZwfcdBS5NT-IBbHkhDShApbRwNgxTDGZG2SStsjvmlgBmUEov60EOrEogE3Hd7RHLerVwaNm3bqt2uPsaLxU-sI4kgvM57LUo4cqfys2b0_hQIRfY8eiZJ-OHzZeXRrBNpPF_I/s1600-h/IMG_2505.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401968026035523746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_oGeR8ZwfcdBS5NT-IBbHkhDShApbRwNgxTDGZG2SStsjvmlgBmUEov60EOrEogE3Hd7RHLerVwaNm3bqt2uPsaLxU-sI4kgvM57LUo4cqfys2b0_hQIRfY8eiZJ-OHzZeXRrBNpPF_I/s400/IMG_2505.JPG" /></a>Can you find a mitten shaped cloud? It is from It Looks Like Spilt Milk.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpK_VUp5ayCiQO9w7dh8KnPW3NEw0HhAj72W7FQa1ZD9H6XWnf0uYUvVq-enZ2F0coXWrazuUxORvWTLMm85vV-7xhgWjBbRkjIeaNJx_vHijSeVhFeVOgIkOZPRwUX4mAK_onLXqHYGU/s1600-h/IMG_2504.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401968017874470690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpK_VUp5ayCiQO9w7dh8KnPW3NEw0HhAj72W7FQa1ZD9H6XWnf0uYUvVq-enZ2F0coXWrazuUxORvWTLMm85vV-7xhgWjBbRkjIeaNJx_vHijSeVhFeVOgIkOZPRwUX4mAK_onLXqHYGU/s400/IMG_2504.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEnaynJZiy0b1fCeJNZv6iRF5OujCIpo4-0aZEzjFotOFYIiISUJbTkCszIgUs5YE9SXFGLao46-6MDkKyr4hJ-JoPAeGksBNe3BaeGJrxK6z0mj9PRi4MHfiqLwM06QUrGS6zWenUcnQ/s1600-h/IMG_2501.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401968010237665074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEnaynJZiy0b1fCeJNZv6iRF5OujCIpo4-0aZEzjFotOFYIiISUJbTkCszIgUs5YE9SXFGLao46-6MDkKyr4hJ-JoPAeGksBNe3BaeGJrxK6z0mj9PRi4MHfiqLwM06QUrGS6zWenUcnQ/s400/IMG_2501.JPG" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><p>The giant's foot with Zeus's lightning bolt from The Lightning Thief.</p><p>Karen said she would add more characters and objects from other stories into the beanstalk throughout the year as she could. I can't wait for the kids to see it tomorrow. A lot of them having been in the library several times a day to see the progress Karen was making on the beanstalk.</p>Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02904195796358609778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156167540974618269.post-92121214906241557432009-11-08T22:07:00.003-07:002009-11-08T22:10:34.816-07:00HalloweenChristian's high school held a Trunk or Treat for the neighborhood kids. Christian dressed up as a young Albert Einstein. My car was used as the trunk. I told Christian to get pictures - of the trunk and him dressed up. Like a normal teenager, he forgot. Luckily, I snapped one picture right before he drove off.<br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401966756019834354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAxqNgdneJghx32q9hoDJSOYkHkBMckDHs0tuXer00WUCQ7koqhd_HwAmwfNY2H7KhWerYxehCiQMg1QWvp-DZiNpgQd4G1nwQwX-fBrxaf1bMAfG8PGfxdy7_hasOqulP_GPyt2LrAyw/s400/IMG_2490.JPG" /></div>Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02904195796358609778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156167540974618269.post-35396943563738334062009-10-18T21:08:00.004-07:002009-10-18T21:42:14.547-07:00Fall BreakI spent part of my Fall Break in Palm Springs with Mom and Dad. The condo was beautiful. We spent time playing games, watching movies, swimming, reading, and seeing what Palm Springs had to offer. It was a very relaxing time - totally enjoyable.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_pstoP9YZq1XanE7CabB2AtnW2mrmhX00wjvSgNnoBI7E2M2KbmdGScKLwTLfkkuCK0swynSkJ3BT7I2KHrW1HdprJzsYzqnec4i3YcNGvUgYTj1JWEWyookx0AeU4eIh686RsAxqtgk/s1600-h/IMG_2455.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394161359127255442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_pstoP9YZq1XanE7CabB2AtnW2mrmhX00wjvSgNnoBI7E2M2KbmdGScKLwTLfkkuCK0swynSkJ3BT7I2KHrW1HdprJzsYzqnec4i3YcNGvUgYTj1JWEWyookx0AeU4eIh686RsAxqtgk/s400/IMG_2455.JPG" /></a> Here is the kitchen in Mom and Dad's condo -- Christian and I had a connecting condo -- that made up the two bedroom condo.<br /><br />One day we went swimming. Dad found this big turtle floaty and tried to get on it. It was hilarious to watch him jump and try to get on and then fall off again. After Dad got tired of trying, Christian tried his hand at it.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg7rCc3vHwWi-2Z8RJz-7cHlDXSLqXlJNfzA41CkT9W25j-sdU6Wa-sfq1uh3Fs5FqXmB40I9Hwk3xjyzSF9XO0Mfn_coo40AikbmJ1WQ-BMG82RTiHtko4rg_VAeqsgZvGm6nCA_5mxA/s1600-h/IMG_2459.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394161346314436210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg7rCc3vHwWi-2Z8RJz-7cHlDXSLqXlJNfzA41CkT9W25j-sdU6Wa-sfq1uh3Fs5FqXmB40I9Hwk3xjyzSF9XO0Mfn_coo40AikbmJ1WQ-BMG82RTiHtko4rg_VAeqsgZvGm6nCA_5mxA/s400/IMG_2459.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoY8GAt-PC1mBnK3VvP50UFwOYK14rRMi0Uo1xnD-UQuCyC0nhA40MDxJcGFavvmiW1SClNiU3dl0wYxDC0etn2SEUqWLHkLHmA_zImKwxz4rpL9pMshm5jnakV1J4VDAs87AfMkMTKaA/s1600-h/IMG_2458.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394161332881124466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoY8GAt-PC1mBnK3VvP50UFwOYK14rRMi0Uo1xnD-UQuCyC0nhA40MDxJcGFavvmiW1SClNiU3dl0wYxDC0etn2SEUqWLHkLHmA_zImKwxz4rpL9pMshm5jnakV1J4VDAs87AfMkMTKaA/s400/IMG_2458.JPG" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLRV57dqiZjwBvFq5mbt_M-XxYWTof8ysyxRlDcMnTDzyCOQpSQpDSi0bbuCt0Zj6ulkoRDrHZ5ttstiOokdNruyTYODKumhb4EMoLbxRLTeGTKyKDWLHVW14ofzPmgMBgIobrWZCsOHY/s1600-h/IMG_2463.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394161316078238914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLRV57dqiZjwBvFq5mbt_M-XxYWTof8ysyxRlDcMnTDzyCOQpSQpDSi0bbuCt0Zj6ulkoRDrHZ5ttstiOokdNruyTYODKumhb4EMoLbxRLTeGTKyKDWLHVW14ofzPmgMBgIobrWZCsOHY/s400/IMG_2463.JPG" /></a> Check out the wings on Christian and Dad. They BOTH need a haircut :)<br /><div></div><div></div><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYnlQRAfoMDusN9IfpPKYuxZFlbPam0-2iFgD3U1wtgo6Mo6fDKav1LcC5Cw2gcpOpeNwOK7094P88TH0XdzFwbU82PMbF77bG0XBbpcsydGJ1_R-OmfwRewh4dd60-ONJ_kEAl7Pq5CM/s1600-h/IMG_2472.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394160384768751778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYnlQRAfoMDusN9IfpPKYuxZFlbPam0-2iFgD3U1wtgo6Mo6fDKav1LcC5Cw2gcpOpeNwOK7094P88TH0XdzFwbU82PMbF77bG0XBbpcsydGJ1_R-OmfwRewh4dd60-ONJ_kEAl7Pq5CM/s400/IMG_2472.JPG" /></a>Thursday night we went to the street fair. It was amazing. This guy is spray painting pictures. It was so cool to watch. He could do a complete picture in about 10-15 minutes. I ended up getting one picture that is going in my living room. Christian really enjoyed seeing the different techniques the guy used.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtxg4yEnxVuW9vH-FkkhFGnI0_BWuccxZA1TEb1P2wt9AYTWCO9oR4wIvkw2PbE0FeaCOh55P2eIpz3UFIbEaBhxpZKs5x2awtkrBVylnhm3IdcX1mi4TdqEgnsdoDePTL4DfIStUrlUk/s1600-h/IMG_2471.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394160371062944834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtxg4yEnxVuW9vH-FkkhFGnI0_BWuccxZA1TEb1P2wt9AYTWCO9oR4wIvkw2PbE0FeaCOh55P2eIpz3UFIbEaBhxpZKs5x2awtkrBVylnhm3IdcX1mi4TdqEgnsdoDePTL4DfIStUrlUk/s400/IMG_2471.JPG" /></a>Here are some of his pictures.</div><div></div><div>On Saturday Maria and family came out to spend the day with us. We went swimming where Stan came up with a game for us to play in the pool -- Wimp Ball. It is like volleyball except the ball is out if it goes beyond the farthest player or to the side of the farthest player. So we all bunched up close to the ball would go out. Also we could hit the ball as many times as we wanted - we even caught it and threw it back. It was a blast!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg998P0LjUy7w7ymhScIX0AFK6lc_vexbUsImvHUp4hNhPk0vKNtWmHevg8JogUyfifpdDfb4pFrBNWRuEKAcsidL2ufwTK4mlMXZusbTsC8gyzO2F8mHDT5Vglbvy5jrBEB57JyI2H2sA/s1600-h/IMG_2476.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394160361845509250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg998P0LjUy7w7ymhScIX0AFK6lc_vexbUsImvHUp4hNhPk0vKNtWmHevg8JogUyfifpdDfb4pFrBNWRuEKAcsidL2ufwTK4mlMXZusbTsC8gyzO2F8mHDT5Vglbvy5jrBEB57JyI2H2sA/s400/IMG_2476.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjGni2xyVW_N3ee8vH-uMbvytG3_mbEw4KJ0WPYmihHTBgRTWwjyHE7gPXesGDM6Ck637xbowXH62Qv7wCIXzOAj83UgHQSZdM6em2UVqysZTH1wzCZts5RuUnMwFAWZTTz_vq-Z7Gwnc/s1600-h/IMG_2477.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394160351363880146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjGni2xyVW_N3ee8vH-uMbvytG3_mbEw4KJ0WPYmihHTBgRTWwjyHE7gPXesGDM6Ck637xbowXH62Qv7wCIXzOAj83UgHQSZdM6em2UVqysZTH1wzCZts5RuUnMwFAWZTTz_vq-Z7Gwnc/s400/IMG_2477.JPG" /></a>Callie and Sierra liked Mom and Dad's bathtub -- it was huge and it had a waterfall faucet. They had to get in and try it out. (I liked it too, but I didn't get to try it :()<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfFapeutJ7YNgUX63-6aX1hwwWhrP6LBk0h-OjrWdmmxf2IUZllx-kmHjJL4vPbXBCKvclFZWDV_6T24G8z5sHreD_cFVlF91OPDITdkf3N_g2VxZPwaKLwbJXlm50AGLtcYcME7y4OSg/s1600-h/IMG_2487.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394160343433183010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfFapeutJ7YNgUX63-6aX1hwwWhrP6LBk0h-OjrWdmmxf2IUZllx-kmHjJL4vPbXBCKvclFZWDV_6T24G8z5sHreD_cFVlF91OPDITdkf3N_g2VxZPwaKLwbJXlm50AGLtcYcME7y4OSg/s400/IMG_2487.JPG" /></a>A lot of the rest of my break was spent fixing up my yard (it REALLY needed to be mowed), making thank you cards and working on Christian's graduation quilt. Mom helped me finish up the top and get it on frames. Then she showed me how to quilt it. It hasn't been bad - I've actually enjoyed quilting it. Now I just have to keep it up once I go back to school tomorrow :) (That is why I gave myself a lot of time to finish it.)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLb8CFXoLJ6SqFDFGFI5d0FxzAHF_wuiYFMrfaIwCZEfykpCWpcUac8bubeblLUliKrHCw84DkYYK97yA1U0uFGqYq9Wtu9F5kH7-jOJKWBZuFPK3G16h4QgbIaw7YoOiWo0mNrn247m8/s1600-h/IMG_2464.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394159086437990850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLb8CFXoLJ6SqFDFGFI5d0FxzAHF_wuiYFMrfaIwCZEfykpCWpcUac8bubeblLUliKrHCw84DkYYK97yA1U0uFGqYq9Wtu9F5kH7-jOJKWBZuFPK3G16h4QgbIaw7YoOiWo0mNrn247m8/s400/IMG_2464.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq6I9fRZ4NZoSCmV6PrlztWb4nJN_MDsWftYOu_a5i_zPsD3VAJXfG_jNw33vzXHk3-2_-cZGBJkGJISdb5yivaLKJXIQt1W-51Zpp-N4-GxKGm1hXRB56MRNAbWapYEi0B0WrykB_gyg/s1600-h/IMG_2489.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394159073754351986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq6I9fRZ4NZoSCmV6PrlztWb4nJN_MDsWftYOu_a5i_zPsD3VAJXfG_jNw33vzXHk3-2_-cZGBJkGJISdb5yivaLKJXIQt1W-51Zpp-N4-GxKGm1hXRB56MRNAbWapYEi0B0WrykB_gyg/s400/IMG_2489.JPG" /></a> This is what his quilt looks like. I think it is going to be a great quilt for him to have for college.</div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02904195796358609778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156167540974618269.post-71240225785133177272009-10-03T16:25:00.005-07:002009-10-03T16:51:48.730-07:00Weekend with MariaOkay -- I'm going back in time. A few weeks ago Christian and I went to spend the weekend with Maria and family. We had a lot of fun playing Nerts, getting pedicures, and going ice blocking.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEBjUcYU3eOh-079inOdWWEd2dxAyJ30n7f6cnA_GKP4RHx2nW5VNhya0Lx0J55Ae7sft1MPUu_NBABmZso2t-G2kzTAgQwpzZ-K4GFjCib_pBdvY6UYflePRCAEo0eDXbvF9UWdyTLEs/s1600-h/IMG_2287.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388523191274868018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEBjUcYU3eOh-079inOdWWEd2dxAyJ30n7f6cnA_GKP4RHx2nW5VNhya0Lx0J55Ae7sft1MPUu_NBABmZso2t-G2kzTAgQwpzZ-K4GFjCib_pBdvY6UYflePRCAEo0eDXbvF9UWdyTLEs/s400/IMG_2287.JPG" /></a> Christian and Callie loved playing together - whether it was on the computer or the Playstation. Sierra joined them from time to time.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4OHyoBUfdWEwsIGXghuVp4nv2Hd7GgicS8g3aUxEBcH1qUaAwETnZjztxvuRRV2rN4H6sSilqER5uCo-atL5-msQRcz9jltS5KowkqH1ztalT72Zqvi1tQ-KjXUDW8bif40r-UAOhHk4/s1600-h/IMG_2277.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388523181528895874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4OHyoBUfdWEwsIGXghuVp4nv2Hd7GgicS8g3aUxEBcH1qUaAwETnZjztxvuRRV2rN4H6sSilqER5uCo-atL5-msQRcz9jltS5KowkqH1ztalT72Zqvi1tQ-KjXUDW8bif40r-UAOhHk4/s400/IMG_2277.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2eW4u9_7VJE1RRwOaY4aiAacZ1XKLCD1pSqYgjSyOAzfxCuwoUxBP6O8y2XjMjTx0mdx8AhlD3YLnSEGv-84OLW-rGbB6Oc1SLcb6J0ioUoiQmRaQfz3TEZvtoDxiaXbiOr5ik9aykDY/s1600-h/IMG_2278.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388522402516340018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2eW4u9_7VJE1RRwOaY4aiAacZ1XKLCD1pSqYgjSyOAzfxCuwoUxBP6O8y2XjMjTx0mdx8AhlD3YLnSEGv-84OLW-rGbB6Oc1SLcb6J0ioUoiQmRaQfz3TEZvtoDxiaXbiOr5ik9aykDY/s400/IMG_2278.JPG" /></a> The dishwasher had problems. Water kept running out the bottom of it. Poor Stan got soaked:-( I got a lot of interesting pictures of the situation - unfortunately Maria deleted some of them since she didn't want me to hold them over her at a later date. (I just said I wouldn't post them, not talk about them, Maria.)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifZirYZVcKsE2O6TnA-wcWA56Oq-3qMkx4ouJVG82NTIxXm3EA0wgYVb3h7qL6J8LRyah7dNs5GAwVsd40O1PddjwkMKkrCtX2a8PVipDUoO_iLiOAo5DpHEXGWaWSOwzhmPIG5CPKKzo/s1600-h/IMG_2290.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388522393886459282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifZirYZVcKsE2O6TnA-wcWA56Oq-3qMkx4ouJVG82NTIxXm3EA0wgYVb3h7qL6J8LRyah7dNs5GAwVsd40O1PddjwkMKkrCtX2a8PVipDUoO_iLiOAo5DpHEXGWaWSOwzhmPIG5CPKKzo/s400/IMG_2290.JPG" /></a> Sierra had her hands full. Way to use your brain - or rather your feet!<br /></div><div>I got a lot of fun pictures ice blocking. Christian was the dare devil of the group and kept trying different ways to go down the hill. Most of the time I spent it on the ground, not the ice :)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijz1KXWoBuH196fkDrPVdRyn8A-2UOvDNMIMdBf4wCYZteOlx_gv0W7mNTXzJdTuoj5pjd_B-hPRBZ9ErN9PiB0y2cdBNKxs5K0I8zMvQVZo8q4oBE5MYzDeD9VBAc21iq84xqhj9B7rQ/s1600-h/IMG_2310.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388522381871722754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijz1KXWoBuH196fkDrPVdRyn8A-2UOvDNMIMdBf4wCYZteOlx_gv0W7mNTXzJdTuoj5pjd_B-hPRBZ9ErN9PiB0y2cdBNKxs5K0I8zMvQVZo8q4oBE5MYzDeD9VBAc21iq84xqhj9B7rQ/s400/IMG_2310.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaN91cT9uUTamLGOGfFv9B_GrWZXQJiiNGsBrDkFU3VfjI3dJix3p5NmJeM2bfZTHwtZ9D2yx-szxBgLi24GhiNEGfVmWlCz_-4C45pDw5pCpL7gr6Xb9GUKAu8U-Wu6VQxXkZMOjH96w/s1600-h/IMG_2317.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388522372317351026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaN91cT9uUTamLGOGfFv9B_GrWZXQJiiNGsBrDkFU3VfjI3dJix3p5NmJeM2bfZTHwtZ9D2yx-szxBgLi24GhiNEGfVmWlCz_-4C45pDw5pCpL7gr6Xb9GUKAu8U-Wu6VQxXkZMOjH96w/s400/IMG_2317.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7A2UI0ZZKaW1TEdeI_bzN5lb0BbjoiRNuPU6iJ_qX1SucXtVnT_GQzELnb4cfROhjDIhAJTdGRZwfIbv_H_m8tSw87jZrbilDvdtBV0pToSUK8YLKwnWUpheru7fHY5n3P6MtMjARcA4/s1600-h/IMG_2327.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388522360950194802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7A2UI0ZZKaW1TEdeI_bzN5lb0BbjoiRNuPU6iJ_qX1SucXtVnT_GQzELnb4cfROhjDIhAJTdGRZwfIbv_H_m8tSw87jZrbilDvdtBV0pToSUK8YLKwnWUpheru7fHY5n3P6MtMjARcA4/s400/IMG_2327.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcBFalxSAwbQO3ltIb20XKTuhyoBFY9GJzTxUqPSWadD7AddoGFtIleYBmqEF8yEao4SrUCcPX5e02ZOEQIDnjC-ltTthiZUrnv0J5XMBGyZp2oOsIyDT9n_xtyEnWuxfnB3Fav9Tfnkc/s1600-h/IMG_2324.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388521055655441234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcBFalxSAwbQO3ltIb20XKTuhyoBFY9GJzTxUqPSWadD7AddoGFtIleYBmqEF8yEao4SrUCcPX5e02ZOEQIDnjC-ltTthiZUrnv0J5XMBGyZp2oOsIyDT9n_xtyEnWuxfnB3Fav9Tfnkc/s400/IMG_2324.JPG" /></a>What an interesting picture Stan. <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3DXls9CBFmyKHJMs4WU3rzRf8KZ5hSeQ7MOISrF83OlRPlTS0lFlMFVS_cK0IMdbXF7x6YM7WqfaIJzZu0zOOhdA5rn-eJPmKpHBpyHAW6eN4lLFX-D_Wp8hbncb4Ut_xLsXuA7qOF2o/s1600-h/IMG_2330.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388521040458072018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3DXls9CBFmyKHJMs4WU3rzRf8KZ5hSeQ7MOISrF83OlRPlTS0lFlMFVS_cK0IMdbXF7x6YM7WqfaIJzZu0zOOhdA5rn-eJPmKpHBpyHAW6eN4lLFX-D_Wp8hbncb4Ut_xLsXuA7qOF2o/s400/IMG_2330.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibAGeC5M16etBqWHpgzYN52md4O_1Hfob5f7q_2ISLjS-SApTn1fm5j1gMS4AnQWJsczJ8Wcbp9cdff4tyPT7k1AaTqxZswAgTw873wT1s9pJa95hBgmBhDSyJQGoQhiASxwt-aJw3Ll8/s1600-h/IMG_2335.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388521035274270290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibAGeC5M16etBqWHpgzYN52md4O_1Hfob5f7q_2ISLjS-SApTn1fm5j1gMS4AnQWJsczJ8Wcbp9cdff4tyPT7k1AaTqxZswAgTw873wT1s9pJa95hBgmBhDSyJQGoQhiASxwt-aJw3Ll8/s400/IMG_2335.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGK_K2Ew4hDIpc5zRe0I05LLf1BHUK7-CQN77E4bE6s6u2mMNbuw_ecBpBHvUoUwKG5xBAm9KW0ppxGoRgjGuEIV47ts05i1_3FHk2ilM1AygL-I5X79k9BBAzzqU5oAhxyl12j4RLK2g/s1600-h/IMG_2336.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388521022818906386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGK_K2Ew4hDIpc5zRe0I05LLf1BHUK7-CQN77E4bE6s6u2mMNbuw_ecBpBHvUoUwKG5xBAm9KW0ppxGoRgjGuEIV47ts05i1_3FHk2ilM1AygL-I5X79k9BBAzzqU5oAhxyl12j4RLK2g/s400/IMG_2336.JPG" /></a>With Christian's example, Callie did a little experimenting as well.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLQoRmVW0c_8-ehoW_BAVLT9gwH6jJUARd4G12QfvYOC6NKdxgZx5Yv_JijZmAr7jA6Gl04KLewW_-jwqFWyEcV7dBodc0zsmxD2XvwvEuoE6Bk59s1ZUgPU9Rg57huwDgZeJk8hU5FHA/s1600-h/IMG_2341.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388521013226690338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLQoRmVW0c_8-ehoW_BAVLT9gwH6jJUARd4G12QfvYOC6NKdxgZx5Yv_JijZmAr7jA6Gl04KLewW_-jwqFWyEcV7dBodc0zsmxD2XvwvEuoE6Bk59s1ZUgPU9Rg57huwDgZeJk8hU5FHA/s400/IMG_2341.JPG" /></a>I love this picture of Sierra. She looks so beautiful in it. She was right below me when I took the picture.</div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02904195796358609778noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156167540974618269.post-26897084049426057782009-10-03T16:06:00.006-07:002009-10-03T16:20:07.389-07:00Safford TripI sure felt weird to go back to Safford. So many things had changed, but a lot had stayed the same. We drove by our old house to see it.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6WC6HospAYEJye2Hrda5ioq4LTrVU5U3Lpe6jqEafEZY6PEFJwY_kJQk9JyOiYPIswpJq0pozzyAJzyWtL5kX6QxsU_Cq44jOfUw0gunBKV24hYDyLrR8PKBPLK8sUWEKcwabOCGYSlY/s1600-h/IMG_2407.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388515257752336242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6WC6HospAYEJye2Hrda5ioq4LTrVU5U3Lpe6jqEafEZY6PEFJwY_kJQk9JyOiYPIswpJq0pozzyAJzyWtL5kX6QxsU_Cq44jOfUw0gunBKV24hYDyLrR8PKBPLK8sUWEKcwabOCGYSlY/s400/IMG_2407.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWi19C93jbsiojry8h5A8_YZb7iFKf7yUsqhGHlv4x5B38krNOqFwqiffzQuol6UIjn8vJEWlydAE4zhqQGnFaFfAlWW1n-BVK2RUQi4cMGw4atne33V5b05FWvDxWFfaNNkU9OFDobFg/s1600-h/IMG_2449.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388515247991715842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWi19C93jbsiojry8h5A8_YZb7iFKf7yUsqhGHlv4x5B38krNOqFwqiffzQuol6UIjn8vJEWlydAE4zhqQGnFaFfAlWW1n-BVK2RUQi4cMGw4atne33V5b05FWvDxWFfaNNkU9OFDobFg/s400/IMG_2449.JPG" /></a> This is Christian standing next to the tree he planted at the court house just a couple of weeks before we moved to California. That was when he was in the fourth grade. My how things have changed.<br /><br /><div>When I went to Safford last weekend, Christian and I took pictures of the new temple being built. I can't wait for it to be built so I can take Christian to the open house. They just put up the angel the week before.</div><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUl_FkXOZ0gVktT_TpYiebUYp-I2OxE5qQ5_ngYQoRQL6HT4L5ivG0y1p-2NZH09c6XQK3u1isFUI33sVSN1NuRhfgWyePDWsUfw9rL-hNrP7CCK1venqsxAArY0YfPnP9yQupPhVtFiI/s1600-h/IMG_2451.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388514508562723442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUl_FkXOZ0gVktT_TpYiebUYp-I2OxE5qQ5_ngYQoRQL6HT4L5ivG0y1p-2NZH09c6XQK3u1isFUI33sVSN1NuRhfgWyePDWsUfw9rL-hNrP7CCK1venqsxAArY0YfPnP9yQupPhVtFiI/s400/IMG_2451.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWo19Rm13Soda-9q0DPXvgEwA3LJtmq6A4j03knZGpfLPlQO66X2U08omtFSnFW_YcSXNVAk3PqU7-u-qHI0UhwzTKqEW3rnRg8dNuJou7ZycfljbFdcpciLt70KCB37Ej1oKEa35aJaE/s1600-h/IMG_2450.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388514501523871074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWo19Rm13Soda-9q0DPXvgEwA3LJtmq6A4j03knZGpfLPlQO66X2U08omtFSnFW_YcSXNVAk3PqU7-u-qHI0UhwzTKqEW3rnRg8dNuJou7ZycfljbFdcpciLt70KCB37Ej1oKEa35aJaE/s400/IMG_2450.JPG" /></a> </div></div></div>Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02904195796358609778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156167540974618269.post-30106398861953485712009-10-03T15:50:00.005-07:002009-10-03T16:06:01.711-07:0020th High School ReunionLast weekend I went to my 20th high school reunion in Safford. It was great to see everyone again. I just wish that I had looked at my yearbook before I went to I recognized them better. Here are a few pictures from the reunion. You can see all of them on my facebook page.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhetTk1Da6-7fM0LSg5lOiBOU1KdO6Z3WBIGIkUNjHK0WhSFx2StenfyYB6yRSYLf-vP-6fW4KnjKJ7RGv_hY9OHYk9YyG4K23pqaTzM4BTOfQBcpi5DT8xOsLVCt2KvTVmpndRezTxRSY/s1600-h/IMG_2441.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388512320469965138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhetTk1Da6-7fM0LSg5lOiBOU1KdO6Z3WBIGIkUNjHK0WhSFx2StenfyYB6yRSYLf-vP-6fW4KnjKJ7RGv_hY9OHYk9YyG4K23pqaTzM4BTOfQBcpi5DT8xOsLVCt2KvTVmpndRezTxRSY/s400/IMG_2441.JPG" /></a> Kerry and I Saturday night. Kerry helped put together the whole reunion.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxlBBttBQN46tjjBNeLYBkv0u3aMbQFDD1L57zyY_tYXtB4brvOWAoIysgDEO-V9f-50oUL4Td1kDr7J6SJCTHnkDBCxKQYVkqnQycRVrFmOalTOcZWQjMr9-BqGChEnlSqZfzXFbRCa8/s1600-h/IMG_2440.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388512311427701858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxlBBttBQN46tjjBNeLYBkv0u3aMbQFDD1L57zyY_tYXtB4brvOWAoIysgDEO-V9f-50oUL4Td1kDr7J6SJCTHnkDBCxKQYVkqnQycRVrFmOalTOcZWQjMr9-BqGChEnlSqZfzXFbRCa8/s400/IMG_2440.JPG" /></a> Melissa and Kerry getting down.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlffBJ9FW6bd3U6y6PPBSbQg7m7u3KMuVrqFjQU6ryT0Lomppn556XsTYwjNa11CztQk2OyrcUHIr5-sIKfjb8QwWp6WPpzf-g5IB5HzaVch87cq6PDnrDPYDmYkhGgB3xXNdIhtoyu9k/s1600-h/IMG_2433.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388512300646841650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlffBJ9FW6bd3U6y6PPBSbQg7m7u3KMuVrqFjQU6ryT0Lomppn556XsTYwjNa11CztQk2OyrcUHIr5-sIKfjb8QwWp6WPpzf-g5IB5HzaVch87cq6PDnrDPYDmYkhGgB3xXNdIhtoyu9k/s400/IMG_2433.JPG" /></a> Everyone dancing Saturday night.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW0qZyNHP9RcQE9PzULsHv8112jKkSFUsqGXegxJv8cGgPXe8UzMsEnEJ0aKtn8lzcImtGSKYLsqSjxgZULfEKheebrwsikcPRW71HRZ3inOeG4H0N5FUjWu10UHXHXZK_fsmMLSoTUSw/s1600-h/IMG_2427.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388511468744914850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW0qZyNHP9RcQE9PzULsHv8112jKkSFUsqGXegxJv8cGgPXe8UzMsEnEJ0aKtn8lzcImtGSKYLsqSjxgZULfEKheebrwsikcPRW71HRZ3inOeG4H0N5FUjWu10UHXHXZK_fsmMLSoTUSw/s400/IMG_2427.JPG" /></a>Roxann, Melissa, and I at Branding Iron Saturday night. <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGRuhrG_MgUyE0teNn4HntoLtCfbu_y1sJ_iffRcT2Dddx0cr72mZ6OvybLJ1c19mGuYeMefS5rq84bYGHd8Bs0z4dCiBHCAWIx8cqwmgtghb-tnLpr-bQ6LwZyaz8BxrNqGvNmky9jHM/s1600-h/IMG_2403.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388511458771405730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGRuhrG_MgUyE0teNn4HntoLtCfbu_y1sJ_iffRcT2Dddx0cr72mZ6OvybLJ1c19mGuYeMefS5rq84bYGHd8Bs0z4dCiBHCAWIx8cqwmgtghb-tnLpr-bQ6LwZyaz8BxrNqGvNmky9jHM/s400/IMG_2403.JPG" /></a>Chistian and I. Christian hated me taking these pictures. Of course, he hates any picture being taken of him.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ5Mhi3tRJYndwChyphenhyphenfMhpgsrZs1czrNaoprsKfXreTjlUzVKqFYPjxhm3nxLUIguak5k7B3yAk7mF-naXlIeA9U06cS4QchPNV702eLVJXcWptExlrVI4CuxlDlVpNHDioVYuyTKaO38I/s1600-h/IMG_2385.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388511451144216738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ5Mhi3tRJYndwChyphenhyphenfMhpgsrZs1czrNaoprsKfXreTjlUzVKqFYPjxhm3nxLUIguak5k7B3yAk7mF-naXlIeA9U06cS4QchPNV702eLVJXcWptExlrVI4CuxlDlVpNHDioVYuyTKaO38I/s400/IMG_2385.JPG" /></a>Christian is leaning against a locker in Senior hall. It's interesting to see lockers still in a high school. They aren't in many anymore.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU9QqH6veUH3yOrmkQY1Kta6kGE6tSpQVKQuJJcxvKIvMBD-JXQxYcSUsxw0i_RCer3Z8huXT-KpmrAXQVahLNLCR7Z8uIccRRWXUYUA9xhdlKVmVvqv4o_TFyR3a4sAFpYKaPjt1VSPs/s1600-h/IMG_2383.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388511441043003106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU9QqH6veUH3yOrmkQY1Kta6kGE6tSpQVKQuJJcxvKIvMBD-JXQxYcSUsxw0i_RCer3Z8huXT-KpmrAXQVahLNLCR7Z8uIccRRWXUYUA9xhdlKVmVvqv4o_TFyR3a4sAFpYKaPjt1VSPs/s400/IMG_2383.JPG" /></a> Roxann, Melissa, and I Saturday morning at the high school.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMvs8tkVy8iWDMFnsHYAM1kp6n_clgUH7x5y2djonXkCFykHTrXtE-EqG_vZryvhy-kClx1k8zEf5H-2du1XEtJXkQmWu-I9mykPE2_mh7CJgyIS_kY2SRgy_n_x5USDsGHGFyO5rniz0/s1600-h/IMG_2375.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388511427746350578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMvs8tkVy8iWDMFnsHYAM1kp6n_clgUH7x5y2djonXkCFykHTrXtE-EqG_vZryvhy-kClx1k8zEf5H-2du1XEtJXkQmWu-I9mykPE2_mh7CJgyIS_kY2SRgy_n_x5USDsGHGFyO5rniz0/s400/IMG_2375.JPG" /></a> Everyone on Saturday morning at the high school. We watched a slide show of our class. By did we think we were hot back then - big hair and everything.</div><div> </div><div>The reunion was a lot fun. Can't wait for another one.</div><div><br /> </div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02904195796358609778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156167540974618269.post-83368586157156294572009-07-25T20:02:00.003-07:002009-07-25T20:04:14.599-07:00Back at WorkI am back at work now. Actually I've been back for a week. It has actually been a light week since most I have been waiting for most of my textbook adoption to come in. <br /><br />One more week until the kids come and Christian starts school. A Senior -- it is going to be a big year for him.Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02904195796358609778noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156167540974618269.post-7849087035739612752009-07-06T12:03:00.003-07:002009-07-06T12:09:56.104-07:00Leaving HawaiiWe were sad to leave Hawaii. We wondered around the World Marketplace and surrounding area Monday morning. Then we went back to the hotel for about a half hour before we left for the airport.<br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-ATvpNiLUjYma9wocRuduwsIDJqCmL0_4Du0zjArtS7fmyCW-yqZ_gjESC-KM4-3PxKaOXIrwn_ynFeSt20bfVk0N6nOgwA3S9FFaWxoPwX9iP0rt2F3VAt2SQtWETne-iBnUn2aC3c/s1600-h/PICT0213.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355425776027169650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-ATvpNiLUjYma9wocRuduwsIDJqCmL0_4Du0zjArtS7fmyCW-yqZ_gjESC-KM4-3PxKaOXIrwn_ynFeSt20bfVk0N6nOgwA3S9FFaWxoPwX9iP0rt2F3VAt2SQtWETne-iBnUn2aC3c/s400/PICT0213.JPG" /></a> Christian relaxing away the time.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-oAfZYr_asNTFDYfJFAY5XWA-8Xj4YKIhNFGaV_irNlExom6igja42ZLGWreFKc6-IhpukjUznQkOo3rJr2vaxrw2Iw-jCNtPVXsvhUPHhfu9ORaqVvitz-sjraF9av7Ax4IZjsy2e_M/s1600-h/PICT0214.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355425769202034242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-oAfZYr_asNTFDYfJFAY5XWA-8Xj4YKIhNFGaV_irNlExom6igja42ZLGWreFKc6-IhpukjUznQkOo3rJr2vaxrw2Iw-jCNtPVXsvhUPHhfu9ORaqVvitz-sjraF9av7Ax4IZjsy2e_M/s400/PICT0214.JPG" /></a> We took a limo ride back to the airport. It wasn't much more than another ride so why not?<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQO0eItf6ZrRnkoV4Q_aZzNIQCJCZS5rSE4ppyGRS_ewATbHQ-G4sFmrGdK6JHo3JGBQHi9hQ1Ot1QSsQtaFWZrohj0p62Jncpv5GkTR-ROhAqiRwX1V0d_5jFVU1Tly3EeHUEsDE3b1s/s1600-h/PICT0218.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355425763068867714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQO0eItf6ZrRnkoV4Q_aZzNIQCJCZS5rSE4ppyGRS_ewATbHQ-G4sFmrGdK6JHo3JGBQHi9hQ1Ot1QSsQtaFWZrohj0p62Jncpv5GkTR-ROhAqiRwX1V0d_5jFVU1Tly3EeHUEsDE3b1s/s400/PICT0218.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ZEnJpBE7muIAAgnNhm7lrctJJRq9t9uICYRXt2JhasRWdcv3QGX1F3KHUL7EDmxt8rEZ3up4s4GzooylJ_aF5prVfPz112PkrOBAlEQCwbsM1QN-Wpn-_r7h4ofAEBShArHGK9RuB7s/s1600-h/PICT0225.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355425756508984498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ZEnJpBE7muIAAgnNhm7lrctJJRq9t9uICYRXt2JhasRWdcv3QGX1F3KHUL7EDmxt8rEZ3up4s4GzooylJ_aF5prVfPz112PkrOBAlEQCwbsM1QN-Wpn-_r7h4ofAEBShArHGK9RuB7s/s400/PICT0225.JPG" /></a> <div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSVUk1a2NZabl3jWNgOhlq5ZywnMEZgKuklQS3VvrrsGLnaGn69G4MZkWmRxiXdBuCU1KDhv4n8Jb6tttqA4SC26ZSo6FslPCvvby027S3kXBfbD8AoFAYqk4NNxOXozkgSEyaltS0DXg/s1600-h/PICT0227.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355425746826607634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSVUk1a2NZabl3jWNgOhlq5ZywnMEZgKuklQS3VvrrsGLnaGn69G4MZkWmRxiXdBuCU1KDhv4n8Jb6tttqA4SC26ZSo6FslPCvvby027S3kXBfbD8AoFAYqk4NNxOXozkgSEyaltS0DXg/s400/PICT0227.JPG" /></a></div></div></div><br /></div><p>We were finally at the airport and ready to go back home :( We had had a vacation to remember.</p><p> </p>Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02904195796358609778noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156167540974618269.post-17918580139986260252009-07-06T11:04:00.008-07:002009-07-06T12:02:18.873-07:00Driving Around HawaiiOn Sunday we rented a car and drove around the island. First we planned on going to church. Unfortunately, it took over an hour to get the car so we only got to 20 minutes of church. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivHW_ZzgKEtgTl9rtYe_c1qc41QReDJ9ueK1Id8aSpO6BX2F9OBCySyMSftbWbQAzJWjlwx0WgpYPzkImXpIaono-X9YB7K1PkW43oBfWpYS0QvJT_7c_sclp8WZfjRr70-SN0_o64Y0E/s1600-h/IMG_1907.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355417584219412690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivHW_ZzgKEtgTl9rtYe_c1qc41QReDJ9ueK1Id8aSpO6BX2F9OBCySyMSftbWbQAzJWjlwx0WgpYPzkImXpIaono-X9YB7K1PkW43oBfWpYS0QvJT_7c_sclp8WZfjRr70-SN0_o64Y0E/s400/IMG_1907.JPG" /></a> This is the church we attended. It was beautiful. It is called a tabernacle. It had a courtyard full of flowers. The chapel had four doors on each side and one more in the back.<br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij258UFk-pyHr96mXKpnvGhuVLTfoJQB13SXlExe9jPsHFTcYBSdbPaDqfUR7gKSar5sPW2FgOl7radQ8yx7UMV83jbBZIKjp3x9ocW54CsMIfQ_Kn-Urta-rxm4sTckaBPS_rNsSzG6U/s1600-h/IMG_1936.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355417575434226306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij258UFk-pyHr96mXKpnvGhuVLTfoJQB13SXlExe9jPsHFTcYBSdbPaDqfUR7gKSar5sPW2FgOl7radQ8yx7UMV83jbBZIKjp3x9ocW54CsMIfQ_Kn-Urta-rxm4sTckaBPS_rNsSzG6U/s400/IMG_1936.JPG" /></a> We stopped at the Dole Plantation. <br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYpBVjJ7DqsFAUtRrfqKc8-10PfkGkmrsy5wL39LU9MRKlEj9D_fcWVowHaF4HxxiqVQjcq5esSsjH0gH5dReqwi5MNex18hL6uPSbs1EeEYPT-mcClKRloDGCMFNwOcXJjoELYRzYRDk/s1600-h/IMG_1909.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355417573171199218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYpBVjJ7DqsFAUtRrfqKc8-10PfkGkmrsy5wL39LU9MRKlEj9D_fcWVowHaF4HxxiqVQjcq5esSsjH0gH5dReqwi5MNex18hL6uPSbs1EeEYPT-mcClKRloDGCMFNwOcXJjoELYRzYRDk/s400/IMG_1909.JPG" /></a> Here are baby pineapples. They were tiny.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNmo-H0EOYeKtZys_J9p_V1duGWPY4VJ-SN39HJ9LALBUhGVS1sqEMu6cv-MN5nbAB3sDGQceO3as2XbKnQfFH6Kmo4TqrgqoMyuddua65DoGiix60pv90j-Eu9dn4mbqFpNymb7TiCj8/s1600-h/IMG_1910.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355417570462159970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNmo-H0EOYeKtZys_J9p_V1duGWPY4VJ-SN39HJ9LALBUhGVS1sqEMu6cv-MN5nbAB3sDGQceO3as2XbKnQfFH6Kmo4TqrgqoMyuddua65DoGiix60pv90j-Eu9dn4mbqFpNymb7TiCj8/s400/IMG_1910.JPG" /></a> I never knew that pineapples were different colors -- here are some red ones.<br /><div></div><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEdlddqYYZqWIuYAKdqvnkm0-4kE5fCwk_Y6cpyVPXELzYyS07I8S00204Qh_lDrVh5bJNxytdgGUStqmllzJWa9C1Iqr_JLQE_jqvVwNcBnUGKdmd3PtRgu36EL3FLaZu_GeWcuOG4ns/s1600-h/IMG_1914.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355416804522850354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEdlddqYYZqWIuYAKdqvnkm0-4kE5fCwk_Y6cpyVPXELzYyS07I8S00204Qh_lDrVh5bJNxytdgGUStqmllzJWa9C1Iqr_JLQE_jqvVwNcBnUGKdmd3PtRgu36EL3FLaZu_GeWcuOG4ns/s400/IMG_1914.JPG" /></a> The Dole Plantation boasts of the world's largest maze in 2001 (don't know if one has beat it yet). Christian wanted to go in. There were eight booths that you find and copy the design in the booth on your paper. It was difficult, even with the map showing where the booths were. We were in there an hour. Unfortunately, we were having so much fun we forgot to take pictures of it :)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCNKbzPLnGCjB6a4JRmorOLVdoBDfV6QY1FM7HVndPdvMF0LfEA289q22yc9BxBbEczH3MBKPmlf1UjGYOBEcY7WdEbO2wINzI5ihh9EZW7li6yGkZcGseesA4QBki9gnwwNWM8TJSJM/s1600-h/IMG_1925.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355416795133859970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCNKbzPLnGCjB6a4JRmorOLVdoBDfV6QY1FM7HVndPdvMF0LfEA289q22yc9BxBbEczH3MBKPmlf1UjGYOBEcY7WdEbO2wINzI5ihh9EZW7li6yGkZcGseesA4QBki9gnwwNWM8TJSJM/s400/IMG_1925.JPG" /></a> We took the train ride at the plantation. At the turn around point they had a garden with the plants in the shape of a pineapple.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYdcBzMsJ4_YsS5Ms6s66VjXdjFZ8L6QLfRj_5ecu2Ti4kQgmSFs65t2chey3JZ23yEqwDr6WN7K8fjAtK4SfMhGUZYkJoBF5yxTNWDluKV8maP_o6ljTN0juri3gCe53a2Y37h8rN7JM/s1600-h/IMG_1935.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355416792882832658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYdcBzMsJ4_YsS5Ms6s66VjXdjFZ8L6QLfRj_5ecu2Ti4kQgmSFs65t2chey3JZ23yEqwDr6WN7K8fjAtK4SfMhGUZYkJoBF5yxTNWDluKV8maP_o6ljTN0juri3gCe53a2Y37h8rN7JM/s400/IMG_1935.JPG" /></a> These are chocolate pods. I that it was interesting. Didn't know they got so big.<br /></div><div>After the Dole Plantation we continued driving around the island. We stopped at Waimea Valley where they was suppose to be a waterfall. It was about a half hour gentle hike up to the waterfall. Here are some pictures from the hike.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ14y5mTDvSWm5d5DM2STZWGIjYqQoJOErSdEb9XqM3X9Fk5f3pxI6thULhnSPxIwZQSu7ualkwmdlx98ZnhVr3I2t3vLZQ6AD0Nlz-agrq9w5AXi-YnR7JYbhcOA7gGhx15RLdWawzUM/s1600-h/IMG_1944.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355416782207763714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ14y5mTDvSWm5d5DM2STZWGIjYqQoJOErSdEb9XqM3X9Fk5f3pxI6thULhnSPxIwZQSu7ualkwmdlx98ZnhVr3I2t3vLZQ6AD0Nlz-agrq9w5AXi-YnR7JYbhcOA7gGhx15RLdWawzUM/s400/IMG_1944.JPG" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLl1B8ajX3bzADi8EDAKT79krCPsJf5senY-cfsoB1tOXQi9dOhn4-ps5f1DgEocPwW87arJPwhBuujxYHkceoYWIdJ0rqm2I7uuTySo3Bq5QsZCEUNs3urWQGZImmwMnAnjUXL2DHNDE/s1600-h/IMG_1946.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355416778499524562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLl1B8ajX3bzADi8EDAKT79krCPsJf5senY-cfsoB1tOXQi9dOhn4-ps5f1DgEocPwW87arJPwhBuujxYHkceoYWIdJ0rqm2I7uuTySo3Bq5QsZCEUNs3urWQGZImmwMnAnjUXL2DHNDE/s400/IMG_1946.JPG" /></a> There was a peacock just sitting on the fence by the enterance.<br /><div></div><div></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV6QqskW1Fp2MPTI6dZ4pK9qZqGjKkViC9JbE9Eh_U9FIL0LoHR6ttZYB4ZLfqJD6jpdYTjij1DDWxPK8hRcR60OkzK1LeCxmopXZD0gFn2R7KRSVMwTbw-ORnCrijYKgMcIaC5iyLy9E/s1600-h/IMG_1949.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355415775516336178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV6QqskW1Fp2MPTI6dZ4pK9qZqGjKkViC9JbE9Eh_U9FIL0LoHR6ttZYB4ZLfqJD6jpdYTjij1DDWxPK8hRcR60OkzK1LeCxmopXZD0gFn2R7KRSVMwTbw-ORnCrijYKgMcIaC5iyLy9E/s400/IMG_1949.JPG" /></a> I had to take a picture of the river -- it reminded me of Arizona rivers. No water!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_kdieXjbHSRXqwDYT6fsbqJCS0HN90IyOV7OmaBHYIoFk95KgOej9axTknrEIyYEFFe35mmRlFgINN4Q444VE_sYgkLzhuA89uEuJYmwi9r_EIm-cVGfcWWWbEa9epVTkOxbXDylaXA/s1600-h/IMG_1950.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355415767673824082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_kdieXjbHSRXqwDYT6fsbqJCS0HN90IyOV7OmaBHYIoFk95KgOej9axTknrEIyYEFFe35mmRlFgINN4Q444VE_sYgkLzhuA89uEuJYmwi9r_EIm-cVGfcWWWbEa9epVTkOxbXDylaXA/s400/IMG_1950.JPG" /></a> Check out the roots growing down from the tree. The bigger one has reached the ground and grown into the ground.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOeMvfE0t75b-flYHTn-N3b-1XyKY7_rui7YTy8mLXPECWvuOLwCXClJExHL147Nor8tWDlSmpZ44796ScbTyp7Z27X48gTWTvr9G-IPLJXDdWlBp65j0waQtmU2HZd4IuKVIWjxILTI/s1600-h/IMG_1951.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355415763529925090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOeMvfE0t75b-flYHTn-N3b-1XyKY7_rui7YTy8mLXPECWvuOLwCXClJExHL147Nor8tWDlSmpZ44796ScbTyp7Z27X48gTWTvr9G-IPLJXDdWlBp65j0waQtmU2HZd4IuKVIWjxILTI/s400/IMG_1951.JPG" /></a> I've heard of vines growing in trees, but not plants. I can't tell how these plants grow in the tree without the roots being in the ground. Any suggestions on how it does it?<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1SqVwxABRzSW9hesN4bFypPsz13PkS5TLGa1MRmtuZehmM2bXavxGh9IrmFtQyL-bij0-HF1CY0KoBpQWGY2N1GtyUkvT_TPG_xL2_m00FTBRXDrDiLybKJgQsJ1gNNzgbcTQm09Nql8/s1600-h/IMG_1954.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355415754979508898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1SqVwxABRzSW9hesN4bFypPsz13PkS5TLGa1MRmtuZehmM2bXavxGh9IrmFtQyL-bij0-HF1CY0KoBpQWGY2N1GtyUkvT_TPG_xL2_m00FTBRXDrDiLybKJgQsJ1gNNzgbcTQm09Nql8/s400/IMG_1954.JPG" /></a> Look closely at the picture above. Do you see the brown rocks all over the grass? They aren't rocks - they are tiny birds. We saw them all over the place. I didn't realize that they were birds until a couple of them flew to another part of the grass.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP3RBvxO0v3Dl6BANvh-QrkWE2tGzRWNYLbWp34S6wRQW0cFbHDuEYWWwW2rQ0ylGI0nHqwOAsCzRbrigJw5AOgcFhwMkEU6PAcWBP8SzSHfYs9veMjmRPyOroKMJ-FAH3fDgJvpEccNY/s1600-h/IMG_1959.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355415751540869250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP3RBvxO0v3Dl6BANvh-QrkWE2tGzRWNYLbWp34S6wRQW0cFbHDuEYWWwW2rQ0ylGI0nHqwOAsCzRbrigJw5AOgcFhwMkEU6PAcWBP8SzSHfYs9veMjmRPyOroKMJ-FAH3fDgJvpEccNY/s400/IMG_1959.JPG" /></a> Here is the waterfall. The lifeguards said that it wasn't very big right now - they hadn't had any rain in three months. I guess that is their defination of a drought. They said that the waterfall is generally a lot bigger.<br /><div></div><div></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_OHnoh9QyYYOh27lu3UNfZ4rU4TVx43KZyXxxMnlpEkSMVcpLgp1f1O_EDpOWTWT7xWoSjow67-JzqOxs2IjhHQvzNAwnLExXq53O5dtDeafd4_nwjBNlhOh0K7pqCg6h7tlF7mrFhjY/s1600-h/IMG_1961.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355414607293181106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_OHnoh9QyYYOh27lu3UNfZ4rU4TVx43KZyXxxMnlpEkSMVcpLgp1f1O_EDpOWTWT7xWoSjow67-JzqOxs2IjhHQvzNAwnLExXq53O5dtDeafd4_nwjBNlhOh0K7pqCg6h7tlF7mrFhjY/s400/IMG_1961.JPG" /></a> Christian was getting tired of posing for pictures by this time.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFh2hSpz3iQTM8OHPcdBB7fufKIT1Qne2aTjSqpLnOlQgW83WWjT2rJchkGkX3cBobLlRrrgwxFa-WsHYp2Op0aO85KuNCjRXPgJ5970IVjm6hFXrdxpYMGjvrEoQSLDg5QiygyE6qOKg/s1600-h/IMG_1965.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355414605110631394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFh2hSpz3iQTM8OHPcdBB7fufKIT1Qne2aTjSqpLnOlQgW83WWjT2rJchkGkX3cBobLlRrrgwxFa-WsHYp2Op0aO85KuNCjRXPgJ5970IVjm6hFXrdxpYMGjvrEoQSLDg5QiygyE6qOKg/s400/IMG_1965.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgASdoKqmirg3C1sdergxrpRm-PS6BPRhP8-roQIrjfLJpR93PYi1dUutOmR5bqImGXpYVWsckZc34BEX_NGnVwP_Tmy1w43F893buANErzMsSvgZY0BBk1jTnFKr6JZx60mQbu7ZSFtj8/s1600-h/IMG_1992.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355414602449909858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgASdoKqmirg3C1sdergxrpRm-PS6BPRhP8-roQIrjfLJpR93PYi1dUutOmR5bqImGXpYVWsckZc34BEX_NGnVwP_Tmy1w43F893buANErzMsSvgZY0BBk1jTnFKr6JZx60mQbu7ZSFtj8/s400/IMG_1992.JPG" /></a> There were a lot of beautiful flowers all over the place. I just had to take pictures of some of them.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-sQpbIj3C5CtJyhuBceefIU4ZSROtF97MBqiWLJEcpZvelcUMedHfzNc3rQLYr27YNCOzmoBO9KY6jSOq3X269EKTTyXu5jLPuG7_kE5Qk57OUnWztua1GVWqP7HtFDyqk8ncinsMKac/s1600-h/IMG_1994.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355414595064937266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-sQpbIj3C5CtJyhuBceefIU4ZSROtF97MBqiWLJEcpZvelcUMedHfzNc3rQLYr27YNCOzmoBO9KY6jSOq3X269EKTTyXu5jLPuG7_kE5Qk57OUnWztua1GVWqP7HtFDyqk8ncinsMKac/s400/IMG_1994.JPG" /></a> Look at these vines! I couldn't believe the curtain of vines hanging down from the tree branch.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzCxA6v9YTwLL-NNUfzR3bJndDoVWEDxNGKxERUCUyEPUXqIttRw478WPq2GobFx-m2ykJ4r1YkOxPTmZ68eXwHNUekBdYd7PCDR8gO9JW1_q7eRUAMDNBQrC6yo62gc_9jE3sMeGQ3bg/s1600-h/IMG_1997.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355414586136327666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzCxA6v9YTwLL-NNUfzR3bJndDoVWEDxNGKxERUCUyEPUXqIttRw478WPq2GobFx-m2ykJ4r1YkOxPTmZ68eXwHNUekBdYd7PCDR8gO9JW1_q7eRUAMDNBQrC6yo62gc_9jE3sMeGQ3bg/s400/IMG_1997.JPG" /></a> Right before we finished our hike back down, we saw this mother peacock with her three baby peacocks. The mother kept digging at the ground. She was finding food for her babies.<br /><div></div><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYqYAPbZQCGRPGo_5rK7DThKvSUmn73KGkK5Ux2Zhljatc9jMUYKnke26NbGDVrEQ7So30aGQZKDBWrrETbFKP8RlnRQTvFPBvR4jryMvsKxqLTgR5P6jY5GZdcYOlfji5xxF8cZDVOsE/s1600-h/IMG_1999.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355413575647340018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYqYAPbZQCGRPGo_5rK7DThKvSUmn73KGkK5Ux2Zhljatc9jMUYKnke26NbGDVrEQ7So30aGQZKDBWrrETbFKP8RlnRQTvFPBvR4jryMvsKxqLTgR5P6jY5GZdcYOlfji5xxF8cZDVOsE/s400/IMG_1999.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCyh8YJSzk1eSPwosWFWSebF5Mcbdyy2vo5NJchV2-N5tTufp6lmwwSZQ85qaPP8rtasBUlkOgpYeVC6AA-5BkJLxcg99NPsNh9rMuzIuoc_qZVqiycZfdHx3brs_oLWO8h8ClbV3EfPg/s1600-h/IMG_2001.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355413571110739826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCyh8YJSzk1eSPwosWFWSebF5Mcbdyy2vo5NJchV2-N5tTufp6lmwwSZQ85qaPP8rtasBUlkOgpYeVC6AA-5BkJLxcg99NPsNh9rMuzIuoc_qZVqiycZfdHx3brs_oLWO8h8ClbV3EfPg/s400/IMG_2001.JPG" /></a> These balls of something on the tree were very weird. I wish I knew what they were.<br /></div><div>After Waimea Valley we went to the temple. I was surprised to find the Visitor Center open.</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7oZrkRv82Pa1Ne-a8x7r1q9up2FHUSpV1euf7Juoo6N27iu5SBW96L6kn-d5fTHb2MCbEed_aeMu5HOJvFDq1XRz7SGK60KsanvOxPbJQ6yzbm6S937ieZDdTvZHkSEUgCSys0yWwSN4/s1600-h/PICT0181.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355413565549858514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7oZrkRv82Pa1Ne-a8x7r1q9up2FHUSpV1euf7Juoo6N27iu5SBW96L6kn-d5fTHb2MCbEed_aeMu5HOJvFDq1XRz7SGK60KsanvOxPbJQ6yzbm6S937ieZDdTvZHkSEUgCSys0yWwSN4/s400/PICT0181.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimVGDs_tRL-lDqW-SAWlwL_0uH4dEs9WzuvG7SEIw0Ztaps14s94OY3PWi_HP4llO_qUMS16X-6hyp2uC2m5H1YZFI9TIsHi-EaPfIDQwCcQXjeiqwOFPJaU0YmcAb7GIPL37Hip1A69M/s1600-h/PICT0182.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355413558687008866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimVGDs_tRL-lDqW-SAWlwL_0uH4dEs9WzuvG7SEIw0Ztaps14s94OY3PWi_HP4llO_qUMS16X-6hyp2uC2m5H1YZFI9TIsHi-EaPfIDQwCcQXjeiqwOFPJaU0YmcAb7GIPL37Hip1A69M/s400/PICT0182.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-3gQ7cLEmHhUrykhIZVpTe4Etf15J9ZBL4uB4af7FcacGFHBv4RHADxB0Y8BfE33yMK53JQGJ80zPAoW1f339y6oRwTRzIz8x08RgPvLKiYuJ3RG_qb0fRS6uuPogU7Z7rtuHPT75dc/s1600-h/PICT0187.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355413551133659586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-3gQ7cLEmHhUrykhIZVpTe4Etf15J9ZBL4uB4af7FcacGFHBv4RHADxB0Y8BfE33yMK53JQGJ80zPAoW1f339y6oRwTRzIz8x08RgPvLKiYuJ3RG_qb0fRS6uuPogU7Z7rtuHPT75dc/s400/PICT0187.JPG" /></a> There were beautiful flowers planted along the pond in front of the temple.<br /><div></div><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7whIsgIrx6XNGGIo_Tj7_eZo1HYrQw8qA-V5m6eCbWZ-g6j2gO4J57_r7turG7w6a1HZRm5ag7I-S5NDoU9rWu6RF1Zv7y9Iyt1hi6XCaimrVmxA_QEpqbmWJo_vN41H9vw8dEMLDIv0/s1600-h/PICT0189.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355412348414367634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7whIsgIrx6XNGGIo_Tj7_eZo1HYrQw8qA-V5m6eCbWZ-g6j2gO4J57_r7turG7w6a1HZRm5ag7I-S5NDoU9rWu6RF1Zv7y9Iyt1hi6XCaimrVmxA_QEpqbmWJo_vN41H9vw8dEMLDIv0/s400/PICT0189.JPG" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTrOEPNaWSk2Cpper63VYK0uIHa6VJiGLh2qQXYX-quK0dr9LWoVDTUlFVioVFTrs75n47lvj9UW32cee1fc27JxgQ-E-vi-UGxtd-4lJcfqYAidiQkcinpaqAvCw1_vrPCwYtKVZ3EPE/s1600-h/PICT0191.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355412345368622034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTrOEPNaWSk2Cpper63VYK0uIHa6VJiGLh2qQXYX-quK0dr9LWoVDTUlFVioVFTrs75n47lvj9UW32cee1fc27JxgQ-E-vi-UGxtd-4lJcfqYAidiQkcinpaqAvCw1_vrPCwYtKVZ3EPE/s400/PICT0191.JPG" /></a> This is the Christus in the Visitor's Center.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC8nsf3WfFFP2Q4tQXVb3YVb-EXAjv2FCQmosra0YOfrDL63f6MDf8Wx-q5KtPfx_DiV2Af5oSDdHOibv7UN8XlLnZ9WtYPPGQkTh5PFGxvhyCt-HV0R5HOLAktL-2hB4GddC3Lfe_iXs/s1600-h/PICT0207.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355412338324755506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC8nsf3WfFFP2Q4tQXVb3YVb-EXAjv2FCQmosra0YOfrDL63f6MDf8Wx-q5KtPfx_DiV2Af5oSDdHOibv7UN8XlLnZ9WtYPPGQkTh5PFGxvhyCt-HV0R5HOLAktL-2hB4GddC3Lfe_iXs/s400/PICT0207.JPG" /></a> Look under the tree and you will see a strip of beach. It is only about 5 feet of beach. That is normal for most of the beaches in Hawaii. <br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirpQr2MBbSHnOS0TJxogk3I4IWFoWjQqy8WcYf1Q3fwYAhCaauWESo148-3QQsP9ZAWwexsGESS3UTXm05cTVD7304LOj-rWM3MZICPaDyjQEhtvxjUIvMXtkcxvnSOV2HjTtC41N56m4/s1600-h/PICT0208.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355412331919481266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirpQr2MBbSHnOS0TJxogk3I4IWFoWjQqy8WcYf1Q3fwYAhCaauWESo148-3QQsP9ZAWwexsGESS3UTXm05cTVD7304LOj-rWM3MZICPaDyjQEhtvxjUIvMXtkcxvnSOV2HjTtC41N56m4/s400/PICT0208.JPG" /></a> This is Turtle Island. Gillian's Island was filmed on it. It is also the place where one of the bases is located that was bombed along with Pearl Harbor.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDd-hvwYSGGxDJvXNAvVQYgeqjw_HCy0N3BNSiFZxCqwFCZSx6lknkDLOVUYTc1GtIZpprl8BrKRcnkuu7S1zmCzHPkJ6HYSD1F4bngvDTa2JkJJamOO8otPcwO0D76OxZGvGt9W7iN4/s1600-h/PICT0209.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355412326515667410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDd-hvwYSGGxDJvXNAvVQYgeqjw_HCy0N3BNSiFZxCqwFCZSx6lknkDLOVUYTc1GtIZpprl8BrKRcnkuu7S1zmCzHPkJ6HYSD1F4bngvDTa2JkJJamOO8otPcwO0D76OxZGvGt9W7iN4/s400/PICT0209.JPG" /></a>I know this picture is a little blurry - Christian took it from the moving car. Look at the deep ridges in the mountains. During the rainy season those ridges are waterfalls -- all of them. I would love to see that!<br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02904195796358609778noreply@blogger.com1