tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309445344274409042024-02-20T03:50:33.178-06:00the hair schweedahtsJanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04438501019300010838noreply@blogger.comBlogger246125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230944534427440904.post-88983987953469695832013-07-08T22:25:00.002-05:002013-07-08T22:25:30.072-05:00recent hair happeningsI got an email from an old friend recently, reminding me I haven't updated my blog in...forever. I honestly didn't think anyone checked this anymore. I'm glad there are some who haven't given up on me! Here is a post I just put on the blog I share with my parents and siblings. It has snippets of my adorable kiddos, and some pretty sweet pics of me and Jason. Enjoy!!<br />
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I love summer. I love that Addie is home from school and we're not in a hurry every morning. I love play dates, and staying up late with Jason, and tomatoes ripening on my porch. I'm already dreading school starting again. This last month has flown by! <br />
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The week before school let out, Addie got a terrible case of poison ivy. Here it is, at its peak. She was a trooper and smiled through most of it. Not me, I got it and complained endlessly.</div>
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Sibling Love</div>
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Draw your favorite scripture stories...and yes, Carson wears those PJs nearly every day</div>
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The coolest folks around!</div>
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Macie turned 4! </div>
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We have made it a tradition to have the kitchen table decorated when they wake up in the morning, and they are allowed to open one present at breakfast time.</div>
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My adorable little guy</div>
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Macie's Princess Party was a hit! We had tons of little boys and girls here, dressed in costume. Jason and I spent the afternoon building the cardboard box castle, complete with tunnels and a toy kitchen in the back (that's what the second picture is). We ended the night with an outdoor movie, and watched Sleeping Beauty. It was so much fun. We really love our house, it is great for entertaining, and the yard (although a fat pain to mow) was awesome for the kids. Jason and I high-fived when it was all over, and totally felt like cool parents.</div>
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CAMPING PICTURES!!</div>
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I don't have many, Jason has more on his phone, but these are the few I got.</div>
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I love this last one with the magnifying glass, it's pretty cool. That was on the drive home.</div>
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Addie is a great big sister!</div>
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Macie is looking so grown up these days. She has such a cute smile.</div>
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Addie turned SIX on the 3rd. Here is her requested turtle cake. She had a friend from school over for almost the entire day on her actual birthday and...</div>
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an old preschool friend over on Friday for a Girls Night, complete with making their own pizza, painting toenails, and watching Brave. (Thanks for the PJs, Hillary!)<br />
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This is soooo Carson, asleep in the car with a giant dump truck on his lap.</div>
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I'm so sad there are less than two months left of summer! I am trying to savor every day. We leave for Utah on Wednesday and return Tuesday. My brother-in-law is getting married this weekend and it will hopefully be a blast (if we don't scorch to death). Yay for summer!!!</div>
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At least, come January 10ish, we'll have a cute, healthy baby to snuggle. Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00301729659410659472noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230944534427440904.post-40669157977997877062012-08-08T07:55:00.000-05:002012-08-08T08:39:06.745-05:00feline summerSince living in the country, we've adopted two country kittens. They are the girls' best friends.<br />
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Addie, especially, adores the kittens. She named them Cinderella (the green-eyed "nice" cat) and Hairstyle (the brown-eyed "mean" cat). Addie will play with them for hours.<br />
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The "baby kittens" (as they are lovingly called) are also the main
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My poor husband, however, hates cats. The other day I had to have a
serious talk with him because the girls told me he said it was ok to
kick the cats! He denies ever having said that, but he has certainly <i>shown</i>
them it's ok. Well, we've got it all straightened out now. I am
savoring this time with the cats, it has been so sweet to see the
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We put an offer on a house (a short sale), so we moved to the country while we wait for the deal to come through. We've been here since February and love the S-P-A-C-E!</div>
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Living in the country truly has been an incredible experience for our family. While we're looking forward to living closer to town, the fun we've had out here has brought us closer as a family, and given us the opportunity to get to know our children's individual personalities even better. Addie, the nature-lover. Macie, the little comedian. Carson, definitely <i>all</i> boy, who loves cars and wheels and mud and dirt and, of course, his momma! We've loved it.<br />
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</div>Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04438501019300010838noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230944534427440904.post-55579728336852551852012-02-20T13:20:00.003-06:002012-02-20T13:25:28.158-06:00meet Miss Ella Rose<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkfZdHzH4Tbu4ws6TOIHMfzCTCGhdAlnaAj088qwWTolcLkQCvXHvf_suHrI7JqP_K3Mnq1G6vZbn-sIdAGA1Dv_RQCTe7oPeHbUbtM-A9I_QtbfhRQv_ZS0Rp2XWgjlAdoDTnnSIeSio/s1600/P1040129.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711300194904439842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkfZdHzH4Tbu4ws6TOIHMfzCTCGhdAlnaAj088qwWTolcLkQCvXHvf_suHrI7JqP_K3Mnq1G6vZbn-sIdAGA1Dv_RQCTe7oPeHbUbtM-A9I_QtbfhRQv_ZS0Rp2XWgjlAdoDTnnSIeSio/s400/P1040129.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikRtg-EJ9plmhBVKz9CnBh7pTAkzZ1ABG3Z6GI5_zW7LO5tDXzJ4tk-La2EMRrs4aJcV-Df9qyf7QCMfYP9iOyRv05cFYx5N8CQsPgnwNtLWHUalXMcTbolkUj6ypVZ71UePRsCWWAplM/s1600/P1040124.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711300181300949506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikRtg-EJ9plmhBVKz9CnBh7pTAkzZ1ABG3Z6GI5_zW7LO5tDXzJ4tk-La2EMRrs4aJcV-Df9qyf7QCMfYP9iOyRv05cFYx5N8CQsPgnwNtLWHUalXMcTbolkUj6ypVZ71UePRsCWWAplM/s400/P1040124.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_hBbF4_enHtfLJIFCiGYq9huoATkBmaq3F8vhSDWDs2oxrhakWtRkYgttNM0M3W0Djk0wWlM_MZL8SUk4un4vkGweqhdguAW5WlUlz5-knHy64L0w21T8XYwttnZDCkFfK3ZtzkveKb4/s1600/P1040139.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711300179594142850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_hBbF4_enHtfLJIFCiGYq9huoATkBmaq3F8vhSDWDs2oxrhakWtRkYgttNM0M3W0Djk0wWlM_MZL8SUk4un4vkGweqhdguAW5WlUlz5-knHy64L0w21T8XYwttnZDCkFfK3ZtzkveKb4/s400/P1040139.JPG" /></a> <br /><div>This is Ella Rose, and she'll definitely only be here for one day, so I hope you take the time to admire her while you can. She taught the girls how to roll snow to make a snowman, and also showed them yet ANOTHER use for recycling bottle caps! She's quite friendly (see her jolly cheeks?) and Macie and Addie have given her hugs and kisses all afternoon. We are all quite sad she'll be melting us, er, leaving us so soon, but we've been lucky to have spent one fine day with her. Thanks for coming, Ella Rose.</div></div></div>Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04438501019300010838noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230944534427440904.post-65047186887812511152012-02-20T13:04:00.004-06:002012-02-20T13:14:02.423-06:00movingIt's difficult to find positive things to say about moving. Sorting through everything, deciding what to keep and what to throw, kids throwing miscellaneous items into your carefully categorized boxes, piles of boxes stacked in every room...ugh. Fortunately for me, our family has done this enough in the last several years to find ONE important thing to look forward to:<br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;"><strong>BOX FORTS!</strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;"><strong><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711296997811750834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsLFNTLgtzlycXNqxPZL_DPBX_Lcnj1OE9Qi4eMZYoOcb8qeUHWrhw9Ue9sMk2nF92mUFqbeNdeJi2FqxD5LtnYyqV_fnYW-mv0buAGLH4pDNHLDzu8i1iyXukd2SKIpGtQX7SW1IfGC4/s400/P1040121.JPG" /></strong></span><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711296992879887170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBlSWRvVUiWnFlJrI6pc5-bYhSgpRt2asX4-svrWKObwJswBFEi5ikvMJ58386OiembanS8RZGOIVHZZX22c97tqfo8_F_il5ueHynC1dqbVqMJ7opNo63lyObqJSVzitT_WYROb3351A/s400/P1040119.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711296983737245074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHCeOxcDcA9Xz2dNUNnBjHUGc6zRW03uPJpU7okZ_NM617kvPWuqX0Egj6aZpIwsZDdtzWipst1n4msIwoIU0FqPMFWEamP1faoAbQyKi4_54klFfXF4KVRlTvn70TLkFAEBqkNYe3QXw/s400/P1040113.JPG" /></div>And don't think for one second I didn't get in there with them and enjoy the cozy comforts of a dark, cardboard home. I sure did! Nearly fell asleep in there with those hooligans last night.<br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>We done love us some good ol' fashioned frolikin' in da box fort!</div>Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04438501019300010838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230944534427440904.post-81345070077683366682012-02-08T19:24:00.003-06:002012-02-08T19:28:37.000-06:00a concertRight after Christmas I was given (yes, <em>given!) </em>a piano. It has been such a warm and welcome addition to our home. I have loved playing every day (not well, but stumbling through the primary songs) and so have our children.<br /><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_6OCjPqW-rzlHX8N__fGCJm8f6Rr92g9zpZks-q8kLs-IQXv19qFS1awVpVtyxqvrk_pd90hnwxfHghkr0GN_CTo3iLbcAw9vhyVCLCQMlTx-dOb5y9aAf2uaQM-o5JYYIsLl39WsTLc/s1600/P1040042.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706941107852203810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_6OCjPqW-rzlHX8N__fGCJm8f6Rr92g9zpZks-q8kLs-IQXv19qFS1awVpVtyxqvrk_pd90hnwxfHghkr0GN_CTo3iLbcAw9vhyVCLCQMlTx-dOb5y9aAf2uaQM-o5JYYIsLl39WsTLc/s400/P1040042.JPG" /></a> Here they are two days ago, playing a concert for their stuffed animals, giggling all the while. </p><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1RMQiwJqqIEnAuAjIuDwLPSL9tVjzKt38OMFj6H7HYvY02N4b_2ycmCMR57FxTNjfACN0jRIGCrE3RloemFCo-mi2vPi44yDoTwdAvULV9lr-K-LcnrtfQx3YeVwBpiREhJaUsPIcAJg/s1600/P1040047.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706941103515028786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1RMQiwJqqIEnAuAjIuDwLPSL9tVjzKt38OMFj6H7HYvY02N4b_2ycmCMR57FxTNjfACN0jRIGCrE3RloemFCo-mi2vPi44yDoTwdAvULV9lr-K-LcnrtfQx3YeVwBpiREhJaUsPIcAJg/s400/P1040047.JPG" /></a>This is just a cute picture of Carson. He is looking so grown up lately. And although you can't tell from pictures, he actually is getting slightly heavy! Yay!<br /></p>Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04438501019300010838noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230944534427440904.post-46527137713020154032012-02-06T07:00:00.004-06:002012-02-06T07:02:43.643-06:00Valentine's Picture<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0QRrm7VZGLQtNxREEuYbeXDexQTC3O0pXgTqBBiInM7xtCffV7Oi0QLbXSb_LP8u6cWkt1FTx8VWMEEsm7_RGSJo1jVJRwzuXMOS0DeOyJyKy-129IJFJrIwsbqHkoS4kiQKGy8XsI75q/s1600/P1040034.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706007100250728050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0QRrm7VZGLQtNxREEuYbeXDexQTC3O0pXgTqBBiInM7xtCffV7Oi0QLbXSb_LP8u6cWkt1FTx8VWMEEsm7_RGSJo1jVJRwzuXMOS0DeOyJyKy-129IJFJrIwsbqHkoS4kiQKGy8XsI75q/s400/P1040034.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>Last night for our Sunday family activity, we made Valentine's for all of the kid's grandparents and great-grandparents. (Now that I've put it out there in blog-world, I'll have to follow through and actually send them!) Here is the picture we took to go inside of them. Aren't we cute? </div>Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00301729659410659472noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230944534427440904.post-82768115033357641092012-02-03T14:27:00.003-06:002012-02-03T14:43:03.824-06:00our houseWell, we have news. Exciting and frustrating at the same time.<br /><br />1. We put an offer on a house! A great house! A house on an acre!<br />2. After we submitted the offer, the seller's agent found out how upsidedown the seller was on his mortgage, and said it should have been listed as a short sale. Ugh.<br />3. Kept in our offer, even though it will be a looooong process. We weren't even looking at short sales, but the joke was on us!<br />4. Will temporarily rent out a basement apartment from a family at church. Hopefully not for too long, it is guaranteed to be squishy!<br />5. We love the house. I mean, really really love it. Being patient is not always my specialty, but hopefully these next 2, 3, 4, 5 6, hopefully not 7 months, will fly by!<br /><br />We will keep looking at houses in the meantime, in case something spectacular comes up that isn't a short sale, but it will have be pretty stellar to sway us from this house.<br /><br />The house has a giant, two-story stone fireplace, 3 bedrooms, skylights, 2 car garage, a hot tub (not that we really cared about that, but it's still pretty cool), great deck, an unfinished basement (will add two more rooms and family room eventually), hardwood floors, and green carpet...in the master bathroom. Haha. So, it's not all sunshine and roses, but easily fixed.<br /><br /><br /><br />The lot is OVER an acre! Lots of trees, a garden, an awesome giant shed with a loft and electricity, a place for bunnies, etc. We've already discussed family camping trips...in our backyard! It was really the yard that sealed the deal. It is amazing.<br /><br />So...we'll keep our options open, but I'm pretty certain this is our house. We trust in the Lord's timing. This little set-back is certainly for a good reason, so we'll just have to wait to see what that is!Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04438501019300010838noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230944534427440904.post-31838854934899470942012-01-26T19:48:00.002-06:002012-01-26T19:52:56.684-06:00a change of plans<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">We are looking to buy a house!</span></strong><br /><br />We have to be out of this house by March 1st, so Jason and I had been looking and looking and looking for another rental, but none of them were right for us for one reason or another. Jason kept saying that he'd rather buy a house, but I wanted more in savings and a signed contract for a partnership buy-in first. I kept resisting and he went along with it. Well, after a month of that, and many *seemingly* unanswered prayers, Jason came home on Monday determined that we should buy. After one night of shock, I came around to the idea and am now convinced it's the right move.<br /><br />Problem.<br /><br />There is almost no way we can be out of here and moved in "there" in a month. On Tuesday we got prequalified for a loan, and this Saturday we're going with our realtor (who seems to be fantastic) to see five different houses. So now we just HOPE that it all moves quickly. Hope that we'll find a great house, in a stellar neighborhood, with great schools, near Jason's office, with a pretty fantastic backyard, AND that we can make an offer quickly and get the loan finalized even more quickly than that. Whew! <br /><br />We're trying to prioritize our "wants" but it's much harder to do in real-life than it is watching House Hunters!<br /><br />There might be some opportunities to rent for a short time from a few different families in our ward (basement apartments, etc), but if not, we'll explore other options. We may end up getting a 6 month lease somewhere (and then breaking it?), or stay at an extended-stay hotel (veeeery expensive). So, we'll see. But we are excited! For what we're paying in rent, we can afford a nice home...so why not? Things are going GREAT at the office now, and Jason just got a temporary job in Richmond, VA to supplement our income on most of his days off. Yay! Things are looking good down South, I just pray we'll find our new home soon!Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04438501019300010838noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230944534427440904.post-35097804935460491322012-01-21T22:26:00.005-06:002012-01-21T22:45:21.846-06:00a night with the galsJason has been gone several nights this week, so I've been trying to do fun things each night with the kids. The other day we pulled out the girls' new mini-rolling pins Grandpa gave them at Christmas, and made homemade pizza! While Carson played in his favorite cereal cupboard, the girls created and baked masterpieces.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgVE-0ukNx6iXydST9ox60-S7c8vbbPZqcJ_iBmkZrVsLRgD-Az9bJlmLPe4PB-VFQUJB-hZ67P5PNuNPkDBUh0R7xAuottnAgtgdpGxg9akfpLjCw85ld4ninOzNHea6x6yfyuXhEM4o/s1600/P1030932.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700310485521050674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgVE-0ukNx6iXydST9ox60-S7c8vbbPZqcJ_iBmkZrVsLRgD-Az9bJlmLPe4PB-VFQUJB-hZ67P5PNuNPkDBUh0R7xAuottnAgtgdpGxg9akfpLjCw85ld4ninOzNHea6x6yfyuXhEM4o/s400/P1030932.JPG" /></a> Carefully, oh so carefully, rolling out their dough. The adorable aprons are <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">courtesy</span> of Grandma Hutchinson and my favorite (and dearly missed) Corrine-<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7U0ccxD9lv9Me4MD49dmtuPhx6JnFT9Nc_OwEDQkBZ6bd5CWSJAtC65uhTAtY0Pw18CjpfhZ5a0RwgyjpigvtPTALNY9J3N4o5Elo_CD8hu7spZwGA6AsqO7gh4BXi0DQKFMYgfdadGY/s1600/P1030928.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700310475911190610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7U0ccxD9lv9Me4MD49dmtuPhx6JnFT9Nc_OwEDQkBZ6bd5CWSJAtC65uhTAtY0Pw18CjpfhZ5a0RwgyjpigvtPTALNY9J3N4o5Elo_CD8hu7spZwGA6AsqO7gh4BXi0DQKFMYgfdadGY/s400/P1030928.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhid5z8NhuzVpXGZpoo0ykrpKxJF5rIY7KIiaHB7qLSQ7tlT3wQaewkUIkHs7oPVDVGVT4b7B_MRwW0I0f2_XKaCjmAax91rtmZHQZfR7s81BxZwnIF77NwZtSgj1ClO41WfBprqoP4pVc/s1600/P1030930.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700310451268563074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhid5z8NhuzVpXGZpoo0ykrpKxJF5rIY7KIiaHB7qLSQ7tlT3wQaewkUIkHs7oPVDVGVT4b7B_MRwW0I0f2_XKaCjmAax91rtmZHQZfR7s81BxZwnIF77NwZtSgj1ClO41WfBprqoP4pVc/s400/P1030930.JPG" /></a> Slathering on the sauce, as much or as little as they wanted-</div><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheI6p9zSr9Dk8dATN2H40UDJ59fqy1G-MwSPSufoxmrMQXn_DACKYknH5TDKo4CqBui1yieCuJrQ_M9fZ-6kZOWkOdn6-mbIb5JN7DRjBpJni9oAzySHYoAEvT1DE-MqNdNWW54PxOWQ0/s1600/P1030934.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700309541314781346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheI6p9zSr9Dk8dATN2H40UDJ59fqy1G-MwSPSufoxmrMQXn_DACKYknH5TDKo4CqBui1yieCuJrQ_M9fZ-6kZOWkOdn6-mbIb5JN7DRjBpJni9oAzySHYoAEvT1DE-MqNdNWW54PxOWQ0/s400/P1030934.JPG" /></a>Then the toppings were carefully chosen, pickles among them (surprisingly good). And, of course, Addie sang backup music the entire time.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUEOajoaKjHaLcoQ6N5cH7eLzXknO8qAXkH9h89eG793RqjZmZ4YL2QubGD4iR7pbbY6wTwmF902ugdHF6NapruJRkY4Kb_31b8HZVvy1MSsJrYgcEZeJ3zAA7_MisuG_xuMthNrZwOmU/s1600/P1030937.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700309524548335650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUEOajoaKjHaLcoQ6N5cH7eLzXknO8qAXkH9h89eG793RqjZmZ4YL2QubGD4iR7pbbY6wTwmF902ugdHF6NapruJRkY4Kb_31b8HZVvy1MSsJrYgcEZeJ3zAA7_MisuG_xuMthNrZwOmU/s400/P1030937.JPG" /></a> The finished creations! Yum yum!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHB1mY3rSg2mgIpKhVQ1lHkKfVelXqkhFU-PSRu_MzR0QZawqz12dE04BPW6m0j_rhBI5jGdjjp9nwLkujjAfhAs4Moas3bbTGMP7aLf7QhtlvUY1IHkjmqae_RkVNHlTrgD2IEl3T4I/s1600/P1030943.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700309519165492898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHB1mY3rSg2mgIpKhVQ1lHkKfVelXqkhFU-PSRu_MzR0QZawqz12dE04BPW6m0j_rhBI5jGdjjp9nwLkujjAfhAs4Moas3bbTGMP7aLf7QhtlvUY1IHkjmqae_RkVNHlTrgD2IEl3T4I/s400/P1030943.JPG" /></a> <br /><div><br /><div><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04438501019300010838noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230944534427440904.post-50139828089824840092012-01-09T09:43:00.010-06:002012-01-09T15:13:03.120-06:00season's highlights1. REAL Christmas Caroling! Jason and I invited several members of our church over for Family Home Evening the Monday before Christmas. It was a HUGE success! Including our family, we had 38 people caroling, from 7 families! We walked up and down our street, singing to our neighbors, and came back to our house for hot chocolate and donuts. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEior5zj_yIp43wOAFlxdBt9p8a4B5liotdrBgcXOtZVLPXW1eoG5CbNy5ArJLIdhxI648_Lk3gVF9bEdk51vgSP8MYsNw2liPNAGj_4AVnYP0nZda0tO9FkaHRHh6OUFWa2-FIpPCnImM0/s1600/caroling2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695741384273930338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEior5zj_yIp43wOAFlxdBt9p8a4B5liotdrBgcXOtZVLPXW1eoG5CbNy5ArJLIdhxI648_Lk3gVF9bEdk51vgSP8MYsNw2liPNAGj_4AVnYP0nZda0tO9FkaHRHh6OUFWa2-FIpPCnImM0/s400/caroling2.jpg" /></a> All the kids LOVED it, and we decided we'll continue to do this as a tradition every year. It really brought the Christmas spirit, to those of us singing and to those we sang to. It was a blast.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpJvWQAAPaz6TsVoAeChmxr2v5iA7mfoVmj0XsTFHgL61xulf8S16fPNJw4F26AZn6QlOlzvjqWdBJjpgtJRkr-ccToXLguTk-xAr7XDjOnx_Jl0RIraGByvscDjG4j2WXW6BLF5Mcp90/s1600/P1030664.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695741359584378018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpJvWQAAPaz6TsVoAeChmxr2v5iA7mfoVmj0XsTFHgL61xulf8S16fPNJw4F26AZn6QlOlzvjqWdBJjpgtJRkr-ccToXLguTk-xAr7XDjOnx_Jl0RIraGByvscDjG4j2WXW6BLF5Mcp90/s400/P1030664.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoiEptHtN7Tc7Ty9eTwoZ9dtKuq9LdO-F_pEiFOBA4VUJ2F5XUhkc2t9ieXmDupuZ8u8TvNY01vMIo_gTD_B4SbNsZYb1y0gXbaYShLIr5Iddvn3aFBbVdjyFbFfZt3x4XNP_lp8m0VKA/s1600/P1030662.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695741350198904386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoiEptHtN7Tc7Ty9eTwoZ9dtKuq9LdO-F_pEiFOBA4VUJ2F5XUhkc2t9ieXmDupuZ8u8TvNY01vMIo_gTD_B4SbNsZYb1y0gXbaYShLIr5Iddvn3aFBbVdjyFbFfZt3x4XNP_lp8m0VKA/s400/P1030662.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">2. This picture was supposed to be on our Christmas card...that we never got around to making. I like it, though. Thanks, Mom!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4jCZFz__DhWOt5Hl8YsiXA6jcFGs9M_mDKlF6H2tjMoyLqHZke-K34AczHV7TMpibrTOd3dLYPy-LsqlfxE97iJyYhXROd_A11ZBNca8ehT15XFI0aHigIWl9JQ8dfluPvUWaioaJPFE8/s1600/IMG_3050.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695663997424100642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4jCZFz__DhWOt5Hl8YsiXA6jcFGs9M_mDKlF6H2tjMoyLqHZke-K34AczHV7TMpibrTOd3dLYPy-LsqlfxE97iJyYhXROd_A11ZBNca8ehT15XFI0aHigIWl9JQ8dfluPvUWaioaJPFE8/s400/IMG_3050.JPG" /></a> 3. Here was our cozy tree and living room on Christmas Eve, once all the kids were asleep. I was sipping hot chocolate and wanted to capture the moment.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8_r9Guno8UhnfxqxmSRZkXzVnmI6ofKtP_kCF9ctxt_ixjR8j5cXR9-ueGF56V2Cw4OaklAM8-x8SQJndDGSejZ9ZS19i0UuVKSHU2_lFQuC3F2e-zKiEua7pwCy863BNQIztHT6tBOMb/s1600/P1030724.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695663473939197810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8_r9Guno8UhnfxqxmSRZkXzVnmI6ofKtP_kCF9ctxt_ixjR8j5cXR9-ueGF56V2Cw4OaklAM8-x8SQJndDGSejZ9ZS19i0UuVKSHU2_lFQuC3F2e-zKiEua7pwCy863BNQIztHT6tBOMb/s400/P1030724.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTIHEZG80T3rb9baBxxC5EmN_oJCYCka0zIPiW5_553EJWP7HH3OH43eS8EC1hoqugtIhabry6eZTqtUhBk-m4J6uyvksRUa_Y0YLrlefpmSU0E8uI-VT0rzLdF72JUKn8kbM1m2nZAGsn/s1600/P1030723.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695663462213538466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTIHEZG80T3rb9baBxxC5EmN_oJCYCka0zIPiW5_553EJWP7HH3OH43eS8EC1hoqugtIhabry6eZTqtUhBk-m4J6uyvksRUa_Y0YLrlefpmSU0E8uI-VT0rzLdF72JUKn8kbM1m2nZAGsn/s400/P1030723.JPG" /></a>4. New Christmas dresses! Provided by Grandpa and Grandma Hair. Addie is in her favorite--PINK!<br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKxy0OWWRm2_4nN3a-vIbgicdBsJ8i4AWf_JIQrlbGD85Farmtv1DcI-helR1qCtHNMx-G5m_7PYut3g_r18UiMoY3huPqeNOPa_hpYxnhwLE4y47M2JQ6PkgmwhXsHUMtVWRJRqvUdnvS/s1600/P1030834.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695662168970653842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKxy0OWWRm2_4nN3a-vIbgicdBsJ8i4AWf_JIQrlbGD85Farmtv1DcI-helR1qCtHNMx-G5m_7PYut3g_r18UiMoY3huPqeNOPa_hpYxnhwLE4y47M2JQ6PkgmwhXsHUMtVWRJRqvUdnvS/s400/P1030834.JPG" /></a>Awesome Christams tie provided by Aunt Caitlyn, sorry you can't see it very well.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbhYHELCAPjsMoLXcdrdfYCHeM13e96-gdh2Rx2fb5OCfsLj5mJA5-vPKqYHA_dnZwOEUg60Ks3vXYXP9NGzx6AVZBlGLc6iSnjkPP-tqG5IYXQ7LfSQh3m7YMHcKN7gb76Tz5Wyo1SWmI/s1600/P1030841.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695662139806574850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbhYHELCAPjsMoLXcdrdfYCHeM13e96-gdh2Rx2fb5OCfsLj5mJA5-vPKqYHA_dnZwOEUg60Ks3vXYXP9NGzx6AVZBlGLc6iSnjkPP-tqG5IYXQ7LfSQh3m7YMHcKN7gb76Tz5Wyo1SWmI/s400/P1030841.JPG" /></a><br />5. Grandpa came to visit! He got here Christmas Eve and stayed through New Years day. The kids LOVED having him visit. Addie actually asked if she could have two dads now, one being Grandpa!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtWOFfdO2gAuCh_sa-97iwCILUuYcSgGKdj2Dekp3gqUUX6AqqJpS_3cjQ_2EW4xNyWZbb9GSybo69kh_VyxCVu0-D0plXImrwuWfLyimoElIxaaKjUOrrZ9vyopr7OirBGdtcszQIv0NB/s1600/P1030763.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695661411044863682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtWOFfdO2gAuCh_sa-97iwCILUuYcSgGKdj2Dekp3gqUUX6AqqJpS_3cjQ_2EW4xNyWZbb9GSybo69kh_VyxCVu0-D0plXImrwuWfLyimoElIxaaKjUOrrZ9vyopr7OirBGdtcszQIv0NB/s400/P1030763.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWfxMe7y4kaswFSVGXLygHKsJHrh4J0-jlQYx5NKlDW8OV36cSWoR94BqKRj6g7NqaMzR-MQig147a8aC0AqyRNNxYDuLfPCxVwB3hzIvd_DENctzn6jkHasZBvcojGJj7SaZQ4ogI-5Cf/s1600/P1030850.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695661401360424930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWfxMe7y4kaswFSVGXLygHKsJHrh4J0-jlQYx5NKlDW8OV36cSWoR94BqKRj6g7NqaMzR-MQig147a8aC0AqyRNNxYDuLfPCxVwB3hzIvd_DENctzn6jkHasZBvcojGJj7SaZQ4ogI-5Cf/s400/P1030850.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIQg8ZBzrdHiocdwD7zLiwYGEuA3ZCpO4y2uc9xdosvN9A1ZI8u6srqR3rr5ubuNCgS__YPZ6yZSfizcgvD9_8itHVM7SfEiHwL97YD196YuItFwbQuWrlkBuj1Eb6DWPPn0dsOOIIK0Zx/s1600/P1030814.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695661397271984530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIQg8ZBzrdHiocdwD7zLiwYGEuA3ZCpO4y2uc9xdosvN9A1ZI8u6srqR3rr5ubuNCgS__YPZ6yZSfizcgvD9_8itHVM7SfEiHwL97YD196YuItFwbQuWrlkBuj1Eb6DWPPn0dsOOIIK0Zx/s400/P1030814.JPG" /></a> 6. Santa brought the kids a TRAMPOLINE! Jason and his dad stayed up Christmas Eve setting it up, in the cold & dark, but it was worth it!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyEPMxeCeoUYJhBpsJb2-sll1Hy17c2Mq8-kOLMC3dbk9kG56Tuqpcz5eMAOeC0y_y7Fmot6LeYUTKTwP21oSy_uQ1RqQeTsKHsQRHk4VKjqyjKvHxfCZzCT5HV2J_KwAzdyXR9aS1aELF/s1600/P1030752.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695660572961839538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyEPMxeCeoUYJhBpsJb2-sll1Hy17c2Mq8-kOLMC3dbk9kG56Tuqpcz5eMAOeC0y_y7Fmot6LeYUTKTwP21oSy_uQ1RqQeTsKHsQRHk4VKjqyjKvHxfCZzCT5HV2J_KwAzdyXR9aS1aELF/s400/P1030752.JPG" /></a> Addie thought Santa put a bow on it to show her it was a present just for her and Macie, and she didn't question Santa's magic when we asked how he fit it in his sleigh. For someone who didn't grow up "doing Santa" it certainly is a lot of fun. I love the magic.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhynNK-MJ1YTHnTYPmMXH42cWmSyKd8Zu8g5vB4RmKCJyjKFT_P7nTwOxn59hWplAlGR2kqSPK82ZLhsoarpD-drsMco2CSJECFaJrjLB9VNxERswA4zCjVOLJvGFybOZmz8oCCbbd23VIF/s1600/P1030751.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695660565611546082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhynNK-MJ1YTHnTYPmMXH42cWmSyKd8Zu8g5vB4RmKCJyjKFT_P7nTwOxn59hWplAlGR2kqSPK82ZLhsoarpD-drsMco2CSJECFaJrjLB9VNxERswA4zCjVOLJvGFybOZmz8oCCbbd23VIF/s400/P1030751.JPG" /></a> 7. The week after Christmas we were blessed with 50 and 60 degree weather, so we could enjoy Santa's generosity! All the kids love it, including Carson.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVEKSde6l6PHc31unr5rFiVzo2o8AwsThp7JDk2b3w8JllZwoVzOH-uU3k2ake0uZ1kelRLABzvUMQ-A2VEi7toGGoQza4BtUhhCvc15o4H-LNypTfJdBMz0mUITgIHYyisnOfSTZuszy/s1600/P1030777.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695660239102442834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVEKSde6l6PHc31unr5rFiVzo2o8AwsThp7JDk2b3w8JllZwoVzOH-uU3k2ake0uZ1kelRLABzvUMQ-A2VEi7toGGoQza4BtUhhCvc15o4H-LNypTfJdBMz0mUITgIHYyisnOfSTZuszy/s400/P1030777.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK07LBSzkkrhdZG_9ad_u-VtYdqXM2Y8C0QACM19ymcFEs3hbqhyrWlPx_xcwZ-eOXt04rVLgq7tYgA180H3dipW5OYX8FRZy3y2kyZ24WBdWKYHPNptdgAa3pHXBnH-AB0AiG_3bx19WR/s1600/P1030776.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695660229798038194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK07LBSzkkrhdZG_9ad_u-VtYdqXM2Y8C0QACM19ymcFEs3hbqhyrWlPx_xcwZ-eOXt04rVLgq7tYgA180H3dipW5OYX8FRZy3y2kyZ24WBdWKYHPNptdgAa3pHXBnH-AB0AiG_3bx19WR/s400/P1030776.JPG" /></a> 8. The annual Christmas Eve puppet show. I love our family Christmas traditions.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLRfH6FAY9Dshaj5HtybzAY68BZ4c_D2CO-ApainzXwQVRXAIwPuz7veWIVBab2xqMUj7W29ifJ_UYzT460gHWyiAG_JmXd4Eg4PpHRW_A2rvY8x2iFquXEXprjZhdaJzyYdFbkt7qv8G6/s1600/P1030711.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695658983486865906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLRfH6FAY9Dshaj5HtybzAY68BZ4c_D2CO-ApainzXwQVRXAIwPuz7veWIVBab2xqMUj7W29ifJ_UYzT460gHWyiAG_JmXd4Eg4PpHRW_A2rvY8x2iFquXEXprjZhdaJzyYdFbkt7qv8G6/s400/P1030711.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">We had a wonderful Christmas. We certainly spoiled everyone. With watching our belts so tightly for so long, we felt we deserved it for our first post-graduation Christmas. I'm so glad we did!<br /></span></strong><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00301729659410659472noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230944534427440904.post-23657712160173418422011-12-22T08:50:00.003-06:002011-12-22T08:57:11.594-06:00diagnosis of a 4 year oldYesterday Addie was the doctor, Macie the nurse, and I was the patient. After looking long and hard at my leg, Addie declared, <strong>"I know why you're sick. You have bugs in you. Bugs and sheep."</strong> The next minute was spent being poked by Macie and Addie, attempting to remove the bugs and sheep. Addie then thought she should look in my ear. <strong>"Oh!"</strong> she said, <strong>"there is something else. You have a tiny lady inside...and she's screaming!"</strong><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div><em>I love my life.</em></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688966722412312562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi09td6Uo0OHAsSgn27M9xK-r1EF7ivwGKmTN_3OvsMYBdTdxUgI6gwor4iElLnHBRhlWexchibvEwYSwFCWIV_Nw4CEbkdDS0Sl0P_YX3s6xmnv0KuyAwTOj9SFvV8qcaFP6glxMlSIgA/s400/P1030645.JPG" /> <br /><div><strong></strong></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04438501019300010838noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230944534427440904.post-35369084808039512862011-12-20T02:42:00.004-06:002011-12-20T03:00:01.872-06:00the "homemade" treeWe have two trees this year, our normal big tree, and our little 4 footer. We don't have many ornaments, and I couldn't justify spending more money just so we could have two trees. Instead, we have been decorating the little one with things we have found around the house and recycled. It's been so much fun being creative, that we just might make this a tradition every year! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM9_Jb5aFFEAnQMwQvfA-sVZytL3WXKeUlXwRkgpaYfO3VMewaPzrv8RwuD603jS5_SfpnDZOnmYmYeajll1lJMsg4PfkuUnl14ZzzITF9Q9_VDd8zzVo5_CG-7N34abmc-gIQeupf2AI/s1600/P1030629.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688131630594846178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM9_Jb5aFFEAnQMwQvfA-sVZytL3WXKeUlXwRkgpaYfO3VMewaPzrv8RwuD603jS5_SfpnDZOnmYmYeajll1lJMsg4PfkuUnl14ZzzITF9Q9_VDd8zzVo5_CG-7N34abmc-gIQeupf2AI/s400/P1030629.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDnjdxZk2CA_TBEZGoYDlzI-bwEMmikT2hicbwqLORrIkCa3neTSWVGdntaHP37bNXHqDV8BJdzDkhhhPUs5GKI7SL7qZ-IE4ZwP12BBQGaCLR8Q5bk3tbHu7yjowQjibmVXje9B55oGU/s1600/P1030631.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688131616140914850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDnjdxZk2CA_TBEZGoYDlzI-bwEMmikT2hicbwqLORrIkCa3neTSWVGdntaHP37bNXHqDV8BJdzDkhhhPUs5GKI7SL7qZ-IE4ZwP12BBQGaCLR8Q5bk3tbHu7yjowQjibmVXje9B55oGU/s400/P1030631.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHoHDtGqpFsqN_J0WdyuCR4ND0hpu6V1H6Zbd29MDeo_NIQ57ugXBsiCZMT8_K9aZ2d4a9a3jGbDFuQ-KukO820gieY7fJuT5o7QSOn89v2KNFrB18O78my6sjQMJzG7Ik5oI1VU1Ba5w/s1600/P1030643.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688131610637178722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHoHDtGqpFsqN_J0WdyuCR4ND0hpu6V1H6Zbd29MDeo_NIQ57ugXBsiCZMT8_K9aZ2d4a9a3jGbDFuQ-KukO820gieY7fJuT5o7QSOn89v2KNFrB18O78my6sjQMJzG7Ik5oI1VU1Ba5w/s400/P1030643.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhya_jXmO0eEc0DiT3QHPhC0LTwROTYEISjiKo6FQl-DkrI171MBY9jPbOFBoqMxeiUpPFdl_f75cw3kx1QTUqehTo9azA_6Le4XZvt5B4yWiKtyqwiN97adqID-UTFRabqsRU2Odfnuug/s1600/P1030633.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688131034303553874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhya_jXmO0eEc0DiT3QHPhC0LTwROTYEISjiKo6FQl-DkrI171MBY9jPbOFBoqMxeiUpPFdl_f75cw3kx1QTUqehTo9azA_6Le4XZvt5B4yWiKtyqwiN97adqID-UTFRabqsRU2Odfnuug/s400/P1030633.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH94NFtkCPbjGoGKp-9wFpTHFrXJ2Y_3VsU1GMDRbdDBFSoldYI7BUz_c9m726192oD8AXFv34264DMxSrfWQRkg0ffatMSNfd_NSfJO7anh98Luq_UzrVKKXFufQd0bVkSFHlM00m6uc/s1600/P1030637.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688131024262881090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH94NFtkCPbjGoGKp-9wFpTHFrXJ2Y_3VsU1GMDRbdDBFSoldYI7BUz_c9m726192oD8AXFv34264DMxSrfWQRkg0ffatMSNfd_NSfJO7anh98Luq_UzrVKKXFufQd0bVkSFHlM00m6uc/s400/P1030637.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWCf8wYg7nUrvVuZWOIIpQ6acTcZYP26b7IxtMEnhiRiWSrLyiEs7j7cmhvQwbZxxBSQqIEnw88tfwDuCX_VAonUrgWmPfaM9UCMxNMEY7I9sjOnjjIEi9Xqe8EYqTvbmj8R5Ruyj6jKc/s1600/P1030640.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688131014339441202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWCf8wYg7nUrvVuZWOIIpQ6acTcZYP26b7IxtMEnhiRiWSrLyiEs7j7cmhvQwbZxxBSQqIEnw88tfwDuCX_VAonUrgWmPfaM9UCMxNMEY7I9sjOnjjIEi9Xqe8EYqTvbmj8R5Ruyj6jKc/s400/P1030640.JPG" /></a> <strong>What we've put on the tree:</strong><br /><br /><div>1. Popsicle stick and yarn ornaments, colored with markers</div><br /><div>2. Bottle cap ornaments, painted by the kids, with yarn (I had been saving bottle caps for months, knowing the perfect craft would come along, and I'm so glad it was this!)</div><br /><div>3. Orange tulle, left over from Addie's Halloween costume</div><br /><div>4. Yellow pipe-cleaner star on top<br /></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Oh yeah, let the creative juices flow!</span></div></div></div></div></div></div>Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04438501019300010838noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230944534427440904.post-17956136201429319642011-12-20T02:05:00.003-06:002011-12-20T02:28:36.320-06:00the first birthday of a third child<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7B2qOPpW4oa1XZLlAFdG3hPPM__lABZBMj57Y5FkvR5VVh8Wm2JGAKAbqCiVgHZmcIK39EEKC_DtOrzokn6lS_O2781IVX36wVRLFj_kuGOY9yqp-6eR1ho60tPNmw0fw4G-PeHy02c/s1600/P1030612.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688119094566173538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7B2qOPpW4oa1XZLlAFdG3hPPM__lABZBMj57Y5FkvR5VVh8Wm2JGAKAbqCiVgHZmcIK39EEKC_DtOrzokn6lS_O2781IVX36wVRLFj_kuGOY9yqp-6eR1ho60tPNmw0fw4G-PeHy02c/s400/P1030612.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrmRYNBnx6p_tm8R_536rw1tleIPgoawjfzPO2UqRnOjTUwnRyNbAAkSjzpYHc4mX5fINQqh37hc2VNDnr-fI2b9g7twjMQgI065-irsCNaqBgI0wLMFEB838sdpSX-HtzI-7tPfNgHsg/s1600/P1030608.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688119082486766738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrmRYNBnx6p_tm8R_536rw1tleIPgoawjfzPO2UqRnOjTUwnRyNbAAkSjzpYHc4mX5fINQqh37hc2VNDnr-fI2b9g7twjMQgI065-irsCNaqBgI0wLMFEB838sdpSX-HtzI-7tPfNgHsg/s400/P1030608.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivKzPqgc4q3-FeonAVcR7IrdsChcqLr_mmuIoXM0wfKREXeToyVfCHR-xeGkNTmTvG_espBYhLIYuh9RsIsUuGSobWqoD-ZBxf9LkuMRCDkQpNMSDbpJWFmDYdSamlC_DgIwW3PBBcDa0/s1600/P1030605.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688119077001891506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivKzPqgc4q3-FeonAVcR7IrdsChcqLr_mmuIoXM0wfKREXeToyVfCHR-xeGkNTmTvG_espBYhLIYuh9RsIsUuGSobWqoD-ZBxf9LkuMRCDkQpNMSDbpJWFmDYdSamlC_DgIwW3PBBcDa0/s400/P1030605.JPG" /></a>It was so sad. He didn't even like his own cake.<br /><br /><br /><div>Poor Carson. His birthday was Nov 18th. We were in Michigan that day for my brother's wedding without Jason, so we waited to celebrate. THEN we waited until Thanksgiving so my whole family would be there. THEN we waited until after Thanksgiving dinner, naps, games, and pie to celebrate. By then he was a year and a week, abysmally tired, and so was everyone else...so it wasn't much of a celebration. The sad reality of the third child. </div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>And now he's 13 months old, and I never even took his 12 month picture! Probably the most important one after doing it all his life, and it's not done. I'm sorry, Carson. I love you just as much, I swear it!</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>Here are the things I want to remember about you when you first turned one:</div><br /><br /><div>-You love wheels! You will push anything around our house as long as it has wheels (doll strollers and trucks being your top two favorites), and it never ceases to amaze me how quickly you find the wheels on laundry baskets, rolling carts, chairs, etc. Wheels, wheels, wheels!</div><br /><br /><div>-You are quick to smile, and a have an eight-tooth toothy grin.</div><br /><br /><div>-You love cereal, milk and peanut butter & jam sandwiches, and hate broccoli, rice and pasta in any other form than spaghetti.</div><br /><br /><div>-Though you just learned to crawl about three weeks ago, you now LOVE it and crawl everywhere and get into everything (though, thankfully, you have no interest in the Christmas tree!)</div><br /><br /><div>-Your favorite place is our lazy-susan cereal cupboard. Although our cereal boxes are often strewn across the kitchen, it never bothers me. I know how much you love to get them out, put them away, hide trucks in the boxes and push them around the floor. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>-You light up in the morning when you first get to see your sisters.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>-You still love Mom better than anyone, which she secretly loves and cherishes.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>-Your forehead-to-forehead hugs are just as cuddly and sweet as any arm-around-the-neck-hug. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>We love you, Carson, and can't believe you are ONE!</div></div></div></div>Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04438501019300010838noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230944534427440904.post-32817242906788766142011-12-20T02:02:00.003-06:002011-12-20T02:05:01.801-06:00bundles at the park<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj58NVm6aViwfX94EZNmo4rWX_XvGvq4ZicfYxANwtKssa_SRtG7p4s0QJvu8ZFQ2dw7UjQ-bYUpetk-3wEnujsvAN_UvKbWpc1IwKn0Zd9NHnPJuXs7cA9_aUNpJ7VVc-ysEzALqMBL14/s1600/P1030501.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688118196254212034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj58NVm6aViwfX94EZNmo4rWX_XvGvq4ZicfYxANwtKssa_SRtG7p4s0QJvu8ZFQ2dw7UjQ-bYUpetk-3wEnujsvAN_UvKbWpc1IwKn0Zd9NHnPJuXs7cA9_aUNpJ7VVc-ysEzALqMBL14/s400/P1030501.JPG" /></a> After a week of sickness, the kids were ready to go OUT!<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1xlj3GTK2cp8vMqpVlrwVFO0VC8y27d9d7qpLM51kQV_yHy_goyckO7axvnwaiNq2ycRjUUzffEzIlGDghXTusZeVmpZrUSaTq3SpkjNfBr7-xhylmVyp6MHzNLtf0e1cKAjHjJ1NZjc/s1600/P1030507.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688118188382407250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1xlj3GTK2cp8vMqpVlrwVFO0VC8y27d9d7qpLM51kQV_yHy_goyckO7axvnwaiNq2ycRjUUzffEzIlGDghXTusZeVmpZrUSaTq3SpkjNfBr7-xhylmVyp6MHzNLtf0e1cKAjHjJ1NZjc/s400/P1030507.JPG" /></a>Macie's hair always looks like this<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGJ9Tw_nS1-CWcv4lKNlmDUVINFXTzz-iypkDJL2gkXVPol7MsVRXDgjJ2-toC-V38LDiomO5KYGEht7gwaKiWvFwxnkpFhfkYAJf0is-Pag7PBXr6KTgWt9AWYyq85UXNFetkjzSF6rA/s1600/P1030503.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688118180089327970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGJ9Tw_nS1-CWcv4lKNlmDUVINFXTzz-iypkDJL2gkXVPol7MsVRXDgjJ2-toC-V38LDiomO5KYGEht7gwaKiWvFwxnkpFhfkYAJf0is-Pag7PBXr6KTgWt9AWYyq85UXNFetkjzSF6rA/s400/P1030503.JPG" /></a><br /></div></div>Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04438501019300010838noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230944534427440904.post-87281013016918507302011-12-12T22:34:00.003-06:002011-12-12T22:47:43.287-06:00happily ever afters<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ttW6hwV0WcADcOQnHHL5dTx1rSQeCeLZ8haGJ4J4INzGOzwQNkRa50Dfff37av-fbxngkUlsKyv1tepyT_QL0X6fnqjRLqcMJ54RYpGOUtf1BZeUzmiBWIQtv-pIevb9vLlbNhSDMOk/s1600/P1030183.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685469456979902962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ttW6hwV0WcADcOQnHHL5dTx1rSQeCeLZ8haGJ4J4INzGOzwQNkRa50Dfff37av-fbxngkUlsKyv1tepyT_QL0X6fnqjRLqcMJ54RYpGOUtf1BZeUzmiBWIQtv-pIevb9vLlbNhSDMOk/s400/P1030183.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRlK2YbWQmIwP-fleCObwrLRBMOA8840Ew4NMTn4Jd9aFAg6_5AYKuqN8ddLcB3jJjiA-r0crKg9A3_319fV54X6lyP1pfaHJC1uy7WCoFHStAJ6CqBcqvzf1EG08BLYMwmkPLhD1Klnk/s1600/P1030119.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685469453435966610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRlK2YbWQmIwP-fleCObwrLRBMOA8840Ew4NMTn4Jd9aFAg6_5AYKuqN8ddLcB3jJjiA-r0crKg9A3_319fV54X6lyP1pfaHJC1uy7WCoFHStAJ6CqBcqvzf1EG08BLYMwmkPLhD1Klnk/s400/P1030119.JPG" /></a>Adelyn is so sweet and sensitive. She is always right on the edge of giggling hysterically or crying big crocodile tears. She just wears her heart on her sleeve. I love that she always looks for the good in everything and shares every positive experience with anyone that will listen to her.</div><br /><div><br /><br /><div>Over Thanksgiving we visited my parents in MI for my little brother's wedding. While there, Addie was taking an especially long time getting out of the car. Here is the conversation Jason shared with me afterward--</div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>JASON: <em><span style="font-size:130%;">"Addie, what are you doing? Why are you taking so long to get out of the car?"</span></em></div><br /><div>ADDIE: <em><span style="font-size:130%;">"Well, I'm thinking about nice things..."</span></em></div><br /><div>JASON:<em><span style="font-size:130%;"> "You are? What types of things?"</span></em></div><br /><div>ADDIE:<em> </em><span style="font-size:180%;">"<strong>Oh, just animals and Happily Ever Afters."</strong></span></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>**My heart just melted!**</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div></div></div>Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04438501019300010838noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230944534427440904.post-6685993112793046462011-12-12T13:35:00.002-06:002011-12-12T13:50:40.123-06:00a little late, but always welcomeI know Thanksgiving was several weeks ago, but today I am feeling so much gratitude!<br /><br />I am grateful for my awesome, silly, cuddly family! We love being together, playing Candyland or cribbage or tag or playdough, and we laugh and tickle and sing and dance. <br /><br />I'm grateful for my car (and for the deer that squashed our other car last Christmas so we could get the one we have now). It is so nice to spread out, stretch our legs, and have a DVD player in there on days when one is absolutely necessary.<br /><br />I'm grateful for my mom and sisters. I love being able to call them and chat anytime, and be weird or whiney or crazy, and know they'll still want to talk to me tomorrow.<br /><br />I am grateful to have a house to live in, food in our fridge (and even a little extra on occassion to eat out), and the Christmas tree in our living room (regardless of how sparsely it is decorated).<br /><br />But most of all, I am grateful for Jason. He really keeps me sane and in touch with what is worth my emotional energy, and what is not. He also likes to spoil me when possible, and forgive me when I am unbelievably grouchy. And because of his dedication and hard work, I am able to stay at home and read books to my adorable little children whenever I want. It's easy to forget how blessed I am to be able to do that, but I truly love it, and am so thankful to be a mother who is able to just be at home and on-call. <br /><br />My life is so good!Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04438501019300010838noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230944534427440904.post-60359955676144588282011-11-05T15:43:00.004-05:002011-11-05T15:57:51.895-05:00What do a cow, a duck and a butterfly have in common?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNVtXtVZBfPUYkkX7lepRblhvJ6mSbtLWRNKzrf3pQ1taJ1kZ9RXRCx3PMHhYJf7hNmNlaKd6zq5DoecLlgK4KtV3bJqFU1IigthjiULtr7kf9LSARxGSCs62u9Q28tScGRDZBShEW8BY/s1600/P1030447.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671618705596784322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNVtXtVZBfPUYkkX7lepRblhvJ6mSbtLWRNKzrf3pQ1taJ1kZ9RXRCx3PMHhYJf7hNmNlaKd6zq5DoecLlgK4KtV3bJqFU1IigthjiULtr7kf9LSARxGSCs62u9Q28tScGRDZBShEW8BY/s400/P1030447.JPG" /></a> <br /><div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"><strong>They're all very HAIRY!</strong></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGhoIVb0K_vE7Y8qQh7_8rkCxHCOhhBsMhAm1wECtlq0sxMic3fpJ6lzLg0p-g3swKwudlgnw1ek4ZjzD3quBV1NZB5-gsNMnL__8cJ3TL5jmfxyS0PYNErJKPXf574_ypWEvR6Sr7K6g/s1600/P1030439.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671616033667926450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGhoIVb0K_vE7Y8qQh7_8rkCxHCOhhBsMhAm1wECtlq0sxMic3fpJ6lzLg0p-g3swKwudlgnw1ek4ZjzD3quBV1NZB5-gsNMnL__8cJ3TL5jmfxyS0PYNErJKPXf574_ypWEvR6Sr7K6g/s400/P1030439.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9MzRluL-KnWAWhawZZIkZWfxWGmC52xvthT9BpwOJ2ZczpSqILpu3l9KEENg7Ws81SzJHexNTHvLuSBn9gHrZGKWKdlsUXqetRtn5eWcqUiMO4fwBFdaXOS7uWaFA8r4fCGGei34yfGc/s1600/P1030456.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671616020582590658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9MzRluL-KnWAWhawZZIkZWfxWGmC52xvthT9BpwOJ2ZczpSqILpu3l9KEENg7Ws81SzJHexNTHvLuSBn9gHrZGKWKdlsUXqetRtn5eWcqUiMO4fwBFdaXOS7uWaFA8r4fCGGei34yfGc/s400/P1030456.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9t3EUhOt5atKJH7cqtxUkr4rZspqLglIVyzSe1WO_OAA8Htkt8FEDJLIbj-SwkXXx68cYTXlQfkQ9etOui0AHuqix8S5AvDwv1nAW_zjddOSqxi0aMXzSlbs2IhdzLcYTHlteFzVDYpk/s1600/P1030497.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671616014611853730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9t3EUhOt5atKJH7cqtxUkr4rZspqLglIVyzSe1WO_OAA8Htkt8FEDJLIbj-SwkXXx68cYTXlQfkQ9etOui0AHuqix8S5AvDwv1nAW_zjddOSqxi0aMXzSlbs2IhdzLcYTHlteFzVDYpk/s400/P1030497.JPG" /></a> I've used the duck costume for each of our kids, and it was pretty small for Carson (I think it's a 3-6 mos costume, and he's nearly a year!) so we taped the footies on him. I made Addie's tutu, wings (they were time-consuming), and her pipe-cleaner antennaes. She loved it, and I think she looks pretty. As for Macie, a few days before Halloween she delcared she wanted to be a cow. She was going to be a butterfly like Addie, but out of nowhere, decided she just HAD to be a cow. So, a cow she was. Our favorite cow! I have to say, even though her costume was so easy, she definitely stole the show. Isn't she adorable? And while I love making the costumes and find a lot of satisfaction in doing it, I find that I'm relieved every year when Halloween is over. Until next year...</div></div></div></div>Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04438501019300010838noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230944534427440904.post-59123555499199752162011-10-27T14:01:00.007-05:002011-10-27T14:59:36.661-05:00from pumpkins to jack-o-lanternsOur pumpkin adventure...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV9vr0JuSwdwTynjIgkOgmJuVk4pNHbLilFnHZk7AZhNgB0oz92VV1sy4Da9t4f1V6Kb6hagT0x8VaIYEh-R9BkRe8X6IIlIDTLMJRN7-orb8UR60frJUr-75jejDJMWz86nL_E2pt3qo/s1600/P1030362.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668257726648913202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV9vr0JuSwdwTynjIgkOgmJuVk4pNHbLilFnHZk7AZhNgB0oz92VV1sy4Da9t4f1V6Kb6hagT0x8VaIYEh-R9BkRe8X6IIlIDTLMJRN7-orb8UR60frJUr-75jejDJMWz86nL_E2pt3qo/s400/P1030362.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ85Vo4cgrJSzn2n8DKLnfHQFQA2GxwSvucQRb0lB15hxu_-4bRM2rsz_mMBxWn8sDJl9JnR9zwp8rmTWPFc-i2-NM-Y_mEFjUUlefgl9zmStD9dALny_MQYGv_w2XHHh4hCw4lREsGZU/s1600/P1030367.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668257720621402370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ85Vo4cgrJSzn2n8DKLnfHQFQA2GxwSvucQRb0lB15hxu_-4bRM2rsz_mMBxWn8sDJl9JnR9zwp8rmTWPFc-i2-NM-Y_mEFjUUlefgl9zmStD9dALny_MQYGv_w2XHHh4hCw4lREsGZU/s400/P1030367.JPG" /></a>Carson hates sitting in grass, and the pumpkin patch wasn't any different.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjalIeCEKoYuurQSOuua9K7Q8HBlXe5yNjYC4E9fwnv_vZdHn73X0WCjGcfJV0qmDypLG4Qzx-F0imK9uWiNWnnBSHwDJEnFdYVTWuDImieG5PtlxzQegc8fyI9DQrgbLGvShv3I5Gq7UY/s1600/P1030380.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668255149188312562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjalIeCEKoYuurQSOuua9K7Q8HBlXe5yNjYC4E9fwnv_vZdHn73X0WCjGcfJV0qmDypLG4Qzx-F0imK9uWiNWnnBSHwDJEnFdYVTWuDImieG5PtlxzQegc8fyI9DQrgbLGvShv3I5Gq7UY/s400/P1030380.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDiVDK3ZDjvjGtpvfPjYZSjkAOOrVIlLO9z6_MyKB0ah4v9d6JZWW8j7i8FxrfA7fV1yUMuytuDsLo9tbKLbfvjtagzpUv5svaXRFrfUvilxKHppuDKf5cJPQerxjBowj254BAvW7MbRs/s1600/P1030387.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668255138377068098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDiVDK3ZDjvjGtpvfPjYZSjkAOOrVIlLO9z6_MyKB0ah4v9d6JZWW8j7i8FxrfA7fV1yUMuytuDsLo9tbKLbfvjtagzpUv5svaXRFrfUvilxKHppuDKf5cJPQerxjBowj254BAvW7MbRs/s400/P1030387.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNP7_KOcg7kZ0kFbQ3rMJfm-yMiZ4vK-Xhdgo1nrTw7abhafeXkDEF8XzSNjMLpCE29hAlxIjnUAgaF1Ju2ZHzsTiJ056BkkRsX_MQzBeltLPAfkpPjA1oRgkT6WDJUnobjj5mv5DnCG8/s1600/P1030392.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668254474604845266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNP7_KOcg7kZ0kFbQ3rMJfm-yMiZ4vK-Xhdgo1nrTw7abhafeXkDEF8XzSNjMLpCE29hAlxIjnUAgaF1Ju2ZHzsTiJ056BkkRsX_MQzBeltLPAfkpPjA1oRgkT6WDJUnobjj5mv5DnCG8/s400/P1030392.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3g20DFRsRpBjFWZOB0jhNdtlq0HmHzybEAWpCx-nE1QFVfnYcyo5GhxrLBGW6bYpsWpjgDOTJAw04UPK0qYMGnpLw_v6Z2N6Yc1XsdsgQXCwRvPNJ7A1IoI1ghyTpMa-TPBsao4dK_VI/s1600/P1030401.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668254457049277058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3g20DFRsRpBjFWZOB0jhNdtlq0HmHzybEAWpCx-nE1QFVfnYcyo5GhxrLBGW6bYpsWpjgDOTJAw04UPK0qYMGnpLw_v6Z2N6Yc1XsdsgQXCwRvPNJ7A1IoI1ghyTpMa-TPBsao4dK_VI/s400/P1030401.JPG" /></a> This was our attempt at a family picture at the end of a long, fun day. Addie absolutely refused to take the picture, that's why she is off by herself, having a tantrum over a little sliver in her finger. Poor Addie. Isn't the farm beautiful?<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnDMY2_k5x7UFAc2XCBWViu_dw9_ycGbyH11Irek8kXZ-m1aCZ4FloVuCaE16_xE0HWO3KcPxf3emfZU7jTFKmDIhqtyVk1iDj0b7qPEpUCNDwWLYrLIbjbKw0EWSJc_xiq4woLHY7hCs/s1600/P1030403.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668254452357175026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnDMY2_k5x7UFAc2XCBWViu_dw9_ycGbyH11Irek8kXZ-m1aCZ4FloVuCaE16_xE0HWO3KcPxf3emfZU7jTFKmDIhqtyVk1iDj0b7qPEpUCNDwWLYrLIbjbKw0EWSJc_xiq4woLHY7hCs/s400/P1030403.JPG" /></a>Finished product! We checked out a book from the libary with face ideas, so the girls picked out their designs that way. From left to right we have Macie's pumpkin (the girl), Addie's pumpkin (the happy face), and Carson's (which I did myself).<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwGCWtCtqhUV-oo54lPk35CYe7E_7aLcIGvuqhSjMfs9PxPyDn67MGTNxF4qXbxWbljwSG005oVvzBY8JGt26JJ6ngF0oYdISFTT-ILi0Iv8YhDTTN8oHyubbswJ5xHS5NHR2dEAjKPZA/s1600/P1030411.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668252351979330994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwGCWtCtqhUV-oo54lPk35CYe7E_7aLcIGvuqhSjMfs9PxPyDn67MGTNxF4qXbxWbljwSG005oVvzBY8JGt26JJ6ngF0oYdISFTT-ILi0Iv8YhDTTN8oHyubbswJ5xHS5NHR2dEAjKPZA/s400/P1030411.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCbfXs2L125zEKtFx-uifrHgdLJv3_QojzCgqU6pz-CHU8KKq7JnatXUfAPBvck-r1ytzwmivMyJLuwzFt6haY48zz1JIcZFh64At4DwfeCKvSTLIJEZrLeMeae4G83NLr0SkZMTvcwG8/s1600/P1030420.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668252342687173586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCbfXs2L125zEKtFx-uifrHgdLJv3_QojzCgqU6pz-CHU8KKq7JnatXUfAPBvck-r1ytzwmivMyJLuwzFt6haY48zz1JIcZFh64At4DwfeCKvSTLIJEZrLeMeae4G83NLr0SkZMTvcwG8/s400/P1030420.JPG" /></a> Happy Halloween!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04438501019300010838noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230944534427440904.post-13695686366143971642011-10-21T14:11:00.007-05:002011-10-21T22:00:23.508-05:0011, 13, 25, 31, and 0<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;"><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">eleven.</span> </strong></span>The number of months Carson has been with us! He is 11 months old. I can't believe our boy is almost a one year old! He is so small, it's hard to believe we'll soon be celebrating his birthday.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjju5rvo0z9qRJW8znw9CGDJ1hS3YLiJbtU7Yv8PARGKo6L_Q1UPlX3cYPxrsVWKSu81b9Fjf_cvEXh6m_swuHkHutfus0c0SBmREi9k1xtTrhWNWYi_MpUD_caYluV5E99JHweqIJczpQ/s1600/P1030318.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666030562634458322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjju5rvo0z9qRJW8znw9CGDJ1hS3YLiJbtU7Yv8PARGKo6L_Q1UPlX3cYPxrsVWKSu81b9Fjf_cvEXh6m_swuHkHutfus0c0SBmREi9k1xtTrhWNWYi_MpUD_caYluV5E99JHweqIJczpQ/s400/P1030318.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRo2FwThy2s4sMTGksXhIVrv7d5EjMkMynBLbx9DawA93bwDefiSSivczuMrzpeAfIq6ovkJbRd8Rh7rXuM4p_Phpvi-ZWi-frnC-iKmt4_xVH4mDbUL9RDfxcGDbPWfOXbX2jyC9DawM/s1600/P1030233.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666030542049073906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRo2FwThy2s4sMTGksXhIVrv7d5EjMkMynBLbx9DawA93bwDefiSSivczuMrzpeAfIq6ovkJbRd8Rh7rXuM4p_Phpvi-ZWi-frnC-iKmt4_xVH4mDbUL9RDfxcGDbPWfOXbX2jyC9DawM/s400/P1030233.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivuVzcnSJUXz_VNV20oPl_9LtBx565br579CX0vEt3l6Qa49qGKHfpaX54arcb31uyYGi4JZ06z4_IFZ_mSRYCeJmWfSvL44YOS36-ARceWw0QKXGEr-fiyEOVYpuhDVWAOiMXs7k_2CE/s1600/P1030292.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666030540632163346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivuVzcnSJUXz_VNV20oPl_9LtBx565br579CX0vEt3l6Qa49qGKHfpaX54arcb31uyYGi4JZ06z4_IFZ_mSRYCeJmWfSvL44YOS36-ARceWw0QKXGEr-fiyEOVYpuhDVWAOiMXs7k_2CE/s400/P1030292.JPG" /></a><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;">thirteen.</span></strong> This is as high as <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Macie</span> can count on her own. She is already a trickster and loves doing or saying anything contrary to what I do or say, enjoys helping me do my chores, and loves being the biggest sister while Addie is away at preschool.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSNgPEIlRmim69ZMwtLjo5ZghSlQDHGekR9a66_IkDgWZhNuEgZodJfB6vgNQWrDDbVVXMQfw4rc6CIRavPSQnD6coyluMtHsMW6rfTJal49YzjI1lvj2sdXPF54AHfXpFuMxmKe77hbY/s1600/P1030287.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666029560260963234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSNgPEIlRmim69ZMwtLjo5ZghSlQDHGekR9a66_IkDgWZhNuEgZodJfB6vgNQWrDDbVVXMQfw4rc6CIRavPSQnD6coyluMtHsMW6rfTJal49YzjI1lvj2sdXPF54AHfXpFuMxmKe77hbY/s400/P1030287.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_9MDEoj1atgJg2AITzKAomJs5n_KBIeJBgzFvkb-DYcolCgGGjeGIEhP15x08f46_IIQEglrU1Yh9cSajDL4VOOPL_ZmiBZ2rlNHuvzQE-qAK9rZZUpKpad-Eg406CPUrgxMlEamX2BQ/s1600/P1030226.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666029544999350274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_9MDEoj1atgJg2AITzKAomJs5n_KBIeJBgzFvkb-DYcolCgGGjeGIEhP15x08f46_IIQEglrU1Yh9cSajDL4VOOPL_ZmiBZ2rlNHuvzQE-qAK9rZZUpKpad-Eg406CPUrgxMlEamX2BQ/s400/P1030226.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiYV6j5cDITs97ja4jjSOqAGVfsRORRdW4ES3p4T49-F4i7Qneha5HXi0xvMyoB1aJbL6mYmwHSpFmpMAg9BnCw1Df_yFAvqDfE1caZqGapL5-arIP6ZFX52typROVIBBe7Ew88Im65c0/s1600/P1030222.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666029540128146738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiYV6j5cDITs97ja4jjSOqAGVfsRORRdW4ES3p4T49-F4i7Qneha5HXi0xvMyoB1aJbL6mYmwHSpFmpMAg9BnCw1Df_yFAvqDfE1caZqGapL5-arIP6ZFX52typROVIBBe7Ew88Im65c0/s400/P1030222.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;">twenty-five.</span></strong> This is how many days until Grandma and Grandpa Hutchinson come to see us on the train, and Addie CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THEM! It is also approximately how many times per day Addie talks about getting/owning/buying a pet. <span style="font-family:georgia;">"When can I get a pet?" "Can we go to the pet store and see the pets?"</span> "Can I have a turtle/kitty/elephant/dog?" "I'm a kitty, and you're my mommy." "Why can't I have a pet?" "Mom, I can work hard and take care of it!" <span style="font-size:85%;">(I'm pushing for a dog for Christmas.)</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNNWSqR2cw1zSmvrqUVAGdkuBLVkeEKqoNrbT5e1WdWC1xT8-mZ26GL7AHqwTl1R2aegu4L6F84ypG97zIQ6uXI2pvZZQQhdxeRFcmg6ZIt5Otfk_J5lltXfV3RYcgpeIdXXq9G73NY7U/s1600/P1030228.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666028009637224146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNNWSqR2cw1zSmvrqUVAGdkuBLVkeEKqoNrbT5e1WdWC1xT8-mZ26GL7AHqwTl1R2aegu4L6F84ypG97zIQ6uXI2pvZZQQhdxeRFcmg6ZIt5Otfk_J5lltXfV3RYcgpeIdXXq9G73NY7U/s400/P1030228.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_rkPzqWvW6_80hqUJtuiNT7SNAEesZ0xtmV8bNPZQTBlexMPhAgiIDm9jR6IeMnBVT5EyxfZ8qL3Ts7BKQXhxKKgJS17CY8NGcITn3-8WqmfThK0kBM3Vg6hPteNHtv8-xtHqoPFSAg0/s1600/P1030250.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666027993852774610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_rkPzqWvW6_80hqUJtuiNT7SNAEesZ0xtmV8bNPZQTBlexMPhAgiIDm9jR6IeMnBVT5EyxfZ8qL3Ts7BKQXhxKKgJS17CY8NGcITn3-8WqmfThK0kBM3Vg6hPteNHtv8-xtHqoPFSAg0/s400/P1030250.JPG" /></a><br /><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;">thirty-one.</span></strong> The amount of ghost pretzels I made for the Edgar Allan Poe <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">book club</span> this week! Aren't they cute?</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyEx9AB3ND8evWfvYxzwqTVrGVXlpz3KQzZZGRZkulyKaFhf55QX3WoGnfuactpkzBiD4ePSX9tBnhgXn2VhQwSMXGRh9XR1x_PRbeexfADJe6zxOtLqWYcEF0K0j81hXnWCFna-VioVo/s1600/P1030334.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666027988292721698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyEx9AB3ND8evWfvYxzwqTVrGVXlpz3KQzZZGRZkulyKaFhf55QX3WoGnfuactpkzBiD4ePSX9tBnhgXn2VhQwSMXGRh9XR1x_PRbeexfADJe6zxOtLqWYcEF0K0j81hXnWCFna-VioVo/s400/P1030334.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_6e8FNuPespGlWY5n193tMZmRUFjiVyE-q37LU1VknL5n3QShGQArpVGyLkG_KEJnJ2wNtMHq1z0gqr5UhoAfBbmhrnYFUtZrhyphenhyphenGXF0APIryuDZ8NKad5LkhJ-4yPOlBFrVKVqAWmwE/s1600/P1030333.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666027145961456306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_6e8FNuPespGlWY5n193tMZmRUFjiVyE-q37LU1VknL5n3QShGQArpVGyLkG_KEJnJ2wNtMHq1z0gqr5UhoAfBbmhrnYFUtZrhyphenhyphenGXF0APIryuDZ8NKad5LkhJ-4yPOlBFrVKVqAWmwE/s400/P1030333.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;"><strong>ZERO!</strong></span> The amount of insurance companies Jason has left to be approved on! <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">YAY</span>! It sometimes felt like this day would never come. Now he can see EVERYONE and his schedule is picking up quickly. We're hoping in a month that he'll be able to finally finally finally add another day of work. Whew. It's been a long 5 months, but we know it will totally be worth it in the long run. </div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>He visited Addie's preschool class on Wednesday (it was their medical professionals day) and spoke to the kids about their eyes, and then gave everyone a free eye screening. He and I had a good time, and Addie was proud to show him off.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>It's been a good month, and we're all looking forward to Halloween!<br /></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBQNfvbfY4ECtT3_DHmsZ5MPKwoMPJxxCiEmB1vvydV0XeuV-TVk7debzq2AAo-r8Q_HJuXRkpEpGNFJh3Ap4hCDMXwMj3p-NpkT1Rl4baag3C0y5qElCks_vdN6LpaELHlSQD-23hYzQ/s1600/P1030324.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666027120380501730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBQNfvbfY4ECtT3_DHmsZ5MPKwoMPJxxCiEmB1vvydV0XeuV-TVk7debzq2AAo-r8Q_HJuXRkpEpGNFJh3Ap4hCDMXwMj3p-NpkT1Rl4baag3C0y5qElCks_vdN6LpaELHlSQD-23hYzQ/s400/P1030324.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7pekfzwFwSFO3mVdaj0eP8aDtxc12tD0tvdRsNz8hF3-ZBXurfoBySHzyTK0Oxfh_Usp7QK6hUuDaas9ldjdu6UcQ0VjO3pN3pcs1nQF4mSeYPag8ZfEjEkfe8R13WDZ8s54BxuosMrg/s1600/P1030329.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666027114762847458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7pekfzwFwSFO3mVdaj0eP8aDtxc12tD0tvdRsNz8hF3-ZBXurfoBySHzyTK0Oxfh_Usp7QK6hUuDaas9ldjdu6UcQ0VjO3pN3pcs1nQF4mSeYPag8ZfEjEkfe8R13WDZ8s54BxuosMrg/s400/P1030329.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04438501019300010838noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230944534427440904.post-70018663178747411582011-10-03T22:37:00.004-05:002011-10-03T23:00:20.490-05:00rain, rain, stay all day, come and play any day!I love the fall and I love rain, which means I have been LOVING the weather we've had the last few weeks. We've had plenty of overcast and rainy days, the air is getting brisk and the leaves are starting to change...and fortunately for us, we have PLENTY of gorgeous leaves!<br /><br />I was fortunate to catch these sweet sister memories recently. Watching my girls play together, hearing their little secret giggles, fills me with so much joy. Addie loves showing Macie bugs, new dances, how to sing, the proper way to be a kitty, and Macie just eats it all up. For her, Addie sparkles. I hope to capture on film their reunion hug after Addie has been at preschool. The first time I nearly squealed out loud! It is adorable! (On film? 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And yes, I realize we reallyreallyreally need to get these girls some wellies! I'm waiting to find some on an incredibly awesome sale...</div></div></div>Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04438501019300010838noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230944534427440904.post-49732686568330106762011-09-24T21:43:00.001-05:002011-09-24T21:47:25.707-05:00look at this! how exciting!<a href="http://visionsource-fredericksburg.eyehub.com/index.cfm?content.display&pageID=107">http://visionsource-fredericksburg.eyehub.com/index.cfm?content.display&pageID=107</a>Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04438501019300010838noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230944534427440904.post-28265701125459686132011-08-24T14:10:00.004-05:002011-08-24T14:41:34.774-05:009 months & moreCarson has made it! He has now been out as long as he was in!
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<br />When we can get Addie to smile normally, she is just <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">sooo</span> pretty. Don't you think so? Or am I just a biased mother? Good thing I don't have to worry about boys quite yet.</div>
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<br />In case you were curious, here's what we look like opening our mouths as wide as we can-
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<br />And here is <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Macie</span> refusing to do anything she doesn't want to do. This hilarious <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">pouty</span> face is new.
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<br />And here is cute cousin Hannah! Well, daughter of Jason's cousin Katie. (First cousin once removed, right? I have no idea.) Her and her parents came for a short visit. It was great having them- we thoroughly enjoyed beating them in every game we played. Ha!
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<br />Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04438501019300010838noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230944534427440904.post-79825571219669772872011-08-17T13:44:00.004-05:002011-08-17T14:01:39.713-05:00every day lifeMacie's outfit is Jason's strange sense of humor. She thought it was hilarious.
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmYbVgSLKDJIuChVuKi-GmfTj8cJMpGKvRDW9h8MV4TU7KPEm_p14cU30gvxZPQPmKwqzbudriZZUEcVWSCGeXH9SVWkuxun0gczjjhCOHk0nOyyrWmCrd-8bZGnFHMJY76gtJJTqy0pc/s1600/P1020901.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641900324972907282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmYbVgSLKDJIuChVuKi-GmfTj8cJMpGKvRDW9h8MV4TU7KPEm_p14cU30gvxZPQPmKwqzbudriZZUEcVWSCGeXH9SVWkuxun0gczjjhCOHk0nOyyrWmCrd-8bZGnFHMJY76gtJJTqy0pc/s400/P1020901.JPG" /></a> As for me, I'm still running. Jason and I will be running in Richmond, VA's half marathon on Nov. 13th. I've been having a more difficult time committing to this race. My running partner is a high school teacher, so she starts school in a few weeks and won't be able to run with me anymore. That means I'll be training <em>on my own </em>and I'm a little worried. But it will be awesome to do it with Jason--too bad we can't train together. I've also been doing Weight Watchers for about a month and have finally been able to steadily lose weight. Hurrah! It's true what they say about the third kid. This time the baby weight is NOT coming off easily! So, here is a picture of me from a few days ago...I think I look a little thinner! Yay!
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<br /><div>Carson is cute, but more needy than ever. Much more than either of our girls. He is a Mama's Boy through and through. This morning, after I ran 4 miles, I opted to mow our whole lawn for another hour of time away from him. He is <em>very charming </em>but also <em>very demanding of his mother.</em> It was perfect, though. Jason got what he wanted--time to sit and chill out with the kids watching a movie--and I got what I wanted--time ALONE. I love my husband! (And I really do love my kids, too, but sometimes a mama needs a break!)</div>
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<br /><div>Just a cute picture of him falling asleep on Jason's lap.</div>
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<br />Now here is a happy story. I bought a box of 100 Curad bandaids. I was ignorant of the fact that they were the world's WORST BANDAIDS. They came unstuck minutes after being put on. I have never been so annoyed by a product before, so I decided to email the company. Well, about a week later, look what came in the mail!! Carson's face looks about how mine did when I opened the mysterious box!
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