tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2928360248094556262024-02-06T21:17:17.165-05:00TLC AcademyThe Love of Christ AcademyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292836024809455626.post-31775696750809298732012-02-17T08:57:00.000-05:002012-02-17T08:57:55.742-05:00This Blog Has MovedI started this blog almost exactly 4 years ago and it is FULL!! Rather than "renting" space for more pictures, I decided to move the blog to a more convenient location. <br />
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<a href="http://blessdmomof4-blessdmomof4.blogspot.com/">http://blessdmomof4-blessdmomof4.blogspot.com/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292836024809455626.post-65392267583144753732012-01-05T18:28:00.002-05:002012-01-05T18:35:59.986-05:00Christmas and more...<div style="color: #cfe2f3;">I cannot believe how fast the last 6 weeks have gone!! After the craziness of Thanksgiving, we settled in and relaxed and waited for the craziness of Christmas time to approach. The kids kept up with their schoolwork nicely. It was so wonderful to have had it all planned out. It made for a very laid back but productive few weeks for all of us. As Christmas approached I did wish that I had done a little more preparing and Christmas shopping before Amelia arrived but, alas, I had not. I didn't fret over it much. We did what we could and that was enough. Christmas itself was a whirlwind of delight. Our only regret was not getting to see some of the Roach side of our family on Christmas Eve...</div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">Here are some of the highlights of our fun filled holidays...</div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">Way back at the end of November Amelia Joy was still so little! I can't believe how much she has grown since then! It happens so fast!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDjv_RSr3e02qt8gB7G82Rss6fJvzkgUrnNfx7QCsr9HFp_K1cyPIwSZ2PbLOXFaZjj-DHjO-qm213fLahZ7IoUj7ozron_7acoy4HuErdgRiPFEzPwFUHh-5ge38E7aLfCYIQK1FQXhI/s1600/2011-12-01+015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDjv_RSr3e02qt8gB7G82Rss6fJvzkgUrnNfx7QCsr9HFp_K1cyPIwSZ2PbLOXFaZjj-DHjO-qm213fLahZ7IoUj7ozron_7acoy4HuErdgRiPFEzPwFUHh-5ge38E7aLfCYIQK1FQXhI/s320/2011-12-01+015.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">Not the greatest picture of her but look at those shoes! Sooo cute :) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwYslE-aUU49EiW0I3JxJ1E_P6L83auOYmtrzg8SG2ekFMQkCapeKHleOuXCFY5dIEQJewENu0cmcG6qkcgj3VTCFTIXSMjGEuuq3grUF1WduQ491OPL_mYPoPRFtJNhzGO9E8c74-ZOU/s1600/2011-12-01+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwYslE-aUU49EiW0I3JxJ1E_P6L83auOYmtrzg8SG2ekFMQkCapeKHleOuXCFY5dIEQJewENu0cmcG6qkcgj3VTCFTIXSMjGEuuq3grUF1WduQ491OPL_mYPoPRFtJNhzGO9E8c74-ZOU/s320/2011-12-01+003.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">Bella's first attempt at a diaper change. Those wiggly little newborns can be tough! I don't think she's tried since... I'll have to offer her another chance...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhYlpzEAWtjkLzsRTYp_jG1Z6H-vienyDkAj2_Z4yUrvzxOegpq8ssA4JQ3H1pNm7z7PsznBn1IYczoyPcEAqo7cnBQNTkvjrahDRcEOuB8YUjZ6Om0VluIKEBNIVBPmxp3HYDr7GGaoU/s1600/2011-12-01+006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhYlpzEAWtjkLzsRTYp_jG1Z6H-vienyDkAj2_Z4yUrvzxOegpq8ssA4JQ3H1pNm7z7PsznBn1IYczoyPcEAqo7cnBQNTkvjrahDRcEOuB8YUjZ6Om0VluIKEBNIVBPmxp3HYDr7GGaoU/s320/2011-12-01+006.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">It didn't take long for those little cheeks to start filling out! At her 1 month check up Amelia weighed 10lbs 6oz. She had gained about 2 lbs since birth. The nurse was all about what a big healthy baby she was. I thought that somewhat amusing since, at one month old, she hadn't even reached Ian's birth weight yet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsvKlGHMl_AJOXEdNUUq1n72Sv7TZWDiFZpStlA1B-YLTfOyhyphenhyphenDOgi6v3XHsRAPmb-NcfjXDSjREVpZc4eNns46efTlkoRmj96NMfHNQDTEtDfyVJ0meLlSigvHNn5jHS3-UTvmVABe-8/s1600/2011-12-19+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsvKlGHMl_AJOXEdNUUq1n72Sv7TZWDiFZpStlA1B-YLTfOyhyphenhyphenDOgi6v3XHsRAPmb-NcfjXDSjREVpZc4eNns46efTlkoRmj96NMfHNQDTEtDfyVJ0meLlSigvHNn5jHS3-UTvmVABe-8/s320/2011-12-19+001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">I was very lacking in the homemade gift department this year. Isabella picked up my slack. She made jewelry, soap, and pictures among other things. I did manage to make one gift this year. I made these little wool pants for Amelia from a sweater. They are called wool longies. They are actually a cloth diaper cover and it costs a lot to buy them. I was (am) proud of my accomplishment and financial savvy...my sewing skills...not so proud lol. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiruSRyPNGlZcYyzcYxa7yWL6UT2lMOQqL0LLiy8o7GOVZ4i4NG6qlRLm3SRBrUdYPcZrvk08CQDkrAGN3HaYCjrrC-GCGRhRmrNQCoPSVZ2LtEwFA0GEhL-B6OIn6BRRQP-Y7aObtqv6k/s1600/2011-12-19+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiruSRyPNGlZcYyzcYxa7yWL6UT2lMOQqL0LLiy8o7GOVZ4i4NG6qlRLm3SRBrUdYPcZrvk08CQDkrAGN3HaYCjrrC-GCGRhRmrNQCoPSVZ2LtEwFA0GEhL-B6OIn6BRRQP-Y7aObtqv6k/s320/2011-12-19+003.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">One evening we had two of our favorite little friends, Jack and Natalie, over for dinner. Their addition to the Corbett cuteness on this blog makes this post shoot to the top of the cute-o-meter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju1eEmhJmqBna6KwtbgYaF4D7pxTnCBnbiCh2J5qJI2lGMLYsri54fjLE6r6b5dHMN8snb6T5JWFPwSO0oxDeolicrdGn0KGwFCFLV1888KskhPjsMR5v0j6hhr1EyUv-0D0fNAWHE_wY/s1600/2011-12-19+004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju1eEmhJmqBna6KwtbgYaF4D7pxTnCBnbiCh2J5qJI2lGMLYsri54fjLE6r6b5dHMN8snb6T5JWFPwSO0oxDeolicrdGn0KGwFCFLV1888KskhPjsMR5v0j6hhr1EyUv-0D0fNAWHE_wY/s320/2011-12-19+004.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirvHQRLV2SVvm2FEgATQGebVpIuhAnPo1xN_K8eJR8RCR5JnpHPg3Mhn-ys1vEhnLicX4NtQWAkn0-yE0IdP-0gEs2hlnvuwY0CDB0rP9peyfp6noBa6s3JfjGSCEAqLmYIk7PldR4Jq4/s1600/2011-12-19+005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirvHQRLV2SVvm2FEgATQGebVpIuhAnPo1xN_K8eJR8RCR5JnpHPg3Mhn-ys1vEhnLicX4NtQWAkn0-yE0IdP-0gEs2hlnvuwY0CDB0rP9peyfp6noBa6s3JfjGSCEAqLmYIk7PldR4Jq4/s320/2011-12-19+005.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">Corbett cuteness at its best...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkAAq2WNb0O1P0afbFYZpdo5etWoNNSrk68He7DdDWEV76yDZIlIIBRwlIX2bjNrqabAdCsSZuRPtGvTzWdD7nQ-vt8f1pjtZLswTTNsqe9siKsxyjfKH0yQPip4Xp334Xi1hMhusg4PA/s1600/2011-12-19+009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkAAq2WNb0O1P0afbFYZpdo5etWoNNSrk68He7DdDWEV76yDZIlIIBRwlIX2bjNrqabAdCsSZuRPtGvTzWdD7nQ-vt8f1pjtZLswTTNsqe9siKsxyjfKH0yQPip4Xp334Xi1hMhusg4PA/s320/2011-12-19+009.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">Amelia Joy all bundled up for a brisk fall walk.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7CAzNVq0SbExe6VTDYaHZ0OHbQ5Iz5n2tvnpSwXMhGvipDb-HHhutJB0baOOceRh2C5OUcYPb7nSDbV0V2EX291C0IwyRRUUOfq9mFr_iUb-pltr8Q6wuXNwuysQE6O8kH92QuW0Z7H0/s1600/2011-12-19+013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7CAzNVq0SbExe6VTDYaHZ0OHbQ5Iz5n2tvnpSwXMhGvipDb-HHhutJB0baOOceRh2C5OUcYPb7nSDbV0V2EX291C0IwyRRUUOfq9mFr_iUb-pltr8Q6wuXNwuysQE6O8kH92QuW0Z7H0/s320/2011-12-19+013.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">Getting acquainted with some new friends on her mobile.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpoKWROa77ZM7JEa_H0pE8v_RXWCVr3TBJtXRMkIu5fPhXOPoeRqDBVhqgtdQLllKoDXpBXSH7SbR951OsBexO5cOKqf6RPku1U6sPl-8Z4KBMbDtdtc-ke2nUybKffEClm4VVQ_FQNrg/s1600/2011-12-19+014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpoKWROa77ZM7JEa_H0pE8v_RXWCVr3TBJtXRMkIu5fPhXOPoeRqDBVhqgtdQLllKoDXpBXSH7SbR951OsBexO5cOKqf6RPku1U6sPl-8Z4KBMbDtdtc-ke2nUybKffEClm4VVQ_FQNrg/s320/2011-12-19+014.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">Spending some quality time with her Papa.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoz47_p9oFfzrgZXJ4jgdtOm8BR7GWtRbs9lKgSPwTRLtnPJJ02k3J52apjVqta5GwlRW7ruKsfEAFHd1A0UN8MPF6dxezxcXsJi12nc4Meh8NL991Rw180ymGTud-dKM7OVVxshNx75A/s1600/2011-12-19+015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoz47_p9oFfzrgZXJ4jgdtOm8BR7GWtRbs9lKgSPwTRLtnPJJ02k3J52apjVqta5GwlRW7ruKsfEAFHd1A0UN8MPF6dxezxcXsJi12nc4Meh8NL991Rw180ymGTud-dKM7OVVxshNx75A/s320/2011-12-19+015.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">Mommy's Christmas Gift.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc3tQ4OIrPvmaX-go3SaIZ4xiEUb8maGvmgvw4lAyZ81ATzT6HLRJ3K5sTW_ZKBPtQRP7e-DqmC30VSWZ4ao37YcLSXp3EeYeK2mW_ta7uijwYLVD7ou7cfnpyHdEMlrgY1vPzUiBtGBM/s1600/2011-12-19+016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc3tQ4OIrPvmaX-go3SaIZ4xiEUb8maGvmgvw4lAyZ81ATzT6HLRJ3K5sTW_ZKBPtQRP7e-DqmC30VSWZ4ao37YcLSXp3EeYeK2mW_ta7uijwYLVD7ou7cfnpyHdEMlrgY1vPzUiBtGBM/s320/2011-12-19+016.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">Grammy and Papa Corbett popped in for a visit at my Mom and Dad's on Christmas Eve. Love you Grammy and Papa!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE3oSFV6IMVitYNTl6Q4aBTexeS6E6jlAo8WWjJ2pcBHLqbGzmserOXxW14R5MxFony1lR49pkSgL2Kq9B5Acgad_orsowrdO-xGnWVXnBb1htlKknX61EbukEl-sjozs4EuXFMe67U50/s1600/2011-12-19+017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE3oSFV6IMVitYNTl6Q4aBTexeS6E6jlAo8WWjJ2pcBHLqbGzmserOXxW14R5MxFony1lR49pkSgL2Kq9B5Acgad_orsowrdO-xGnWVXnBb1htlKknX61EbukEl-sjozs4EuXFMe67U50/s320/2011-12-19+017.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">It was nice to have Christmas Eve on a Saturday. Everyone enjoyed relaxing and bustling around the kitchen together. As evening approached the kids changed into their cute Christmas clothes that my mom bought for them. She made the girls headbands. They looked so cute!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPLGsNmMsUwbzyztInDxYp0DpUVPBFZp82pO7iAdVJyRfT9cS8ooTMDJPoqcxdWZGOmu5cPYGJ9b7bPcVUUG6OOiEiW6zwk35_R9K6WxhgTM-54ZGNS1yD64pnMgolTyMRDVf279vyUsk/s1600/2011-12-19+023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPLGsNmMsUwbzyztInDxYp0DpUVPBFZp82pO7iAdVJyRfT9cS8ooTMDJPoqcxdWZGOmu5cPYGJ9b7bPcVUUG6OOiEiW6zwk35_R9K6WxhgTM-54ZGNS1yD64pnMgolTyMRDVf279vyUsk/s320/2011-12-19+023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">A family of 6!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir7eOo3IakYdI-IP-YdApd-x0zKNY4ZDZhlBAZM1I2kgFnV9rxyc2wNvaXjVb7qnWoYxTW_gBgm76WstsEIa81xO8UrK3mR_5hgr1XvW-FekcVCiM1gSHvNiE4DRBW9InI1dXXHTMyoQg/s1600/2011-12-19+027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir7eOo3IakYdI-IP-YdApd-x0zKNY4ZDZhlBAZM1I2kgFnV9rxyc2wNvaXjVb7qnWoYxTW_gBgm76WstsEIa81xO8UrK3mR_5hgr1XvW-FekcVCiM1gSHvNiE4DRBW9InI1dXXHTMyoQg/s320/2011-12-19+027.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiniID2Giu51DwMmYO2RxFayMOLjWZDvWmSMWu72EsM9CzFcZN1nE5h4_1oKBiohPC7VWnRhJ6soxWtu4kXBJwED8jTLMVyqkI8xYaIk1WoJCy0KOOK1tZUdhi3lVWnLcqByGwCNGN-nGc/s1600/2011-12-19+032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiniID2Giu51DwMmYO2RxFayMOLjWZDvWmSMWu72EsM9CzFcZN1nE5h4_1oKBiohPC7VWnRhJ6soxWtu4kXBJwED8jTLMVyqkI8xYaIk1WoJCy0KOOK1tZUdhi3lVWnLcqByGwCNGN-nGc/s320/2011-12-19+032.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">We had a great time at Aunt Sherri's on Christmas Eve. Amelia spent lots of time snuggling with her Aunties and the kids had fun playing with their cousins.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ7Gv_AcjWz7eTYtsI5-N7XGm6I8MxVeGkglg0qra4rvCfGkoxlUkkpCE_UMLFRE2rX2umZiWzMofb8CikCmq7jlOscZxTZcI-62_99ntHI1ZukKlVRrhFx5pQ_aAXboD_ejsFcSDhUDI/s1600/2011-12-19+038.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ7Gv_AcjWz7eTYtsI5-N7XGm6I8MxVeGkglg0qra4rvCfGkoxlUkkpCE_UMLFRE2rX2umZiWzMofb8CikCmq7jlOscZxTZcI-62_99ntHI1ZukKlVRrhFx5pQ_aAXboD_ejsFcSDhUDI/s320/2011-12-19+038.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">It took everyone awhile to settle down Christmas Eve. I can still feel the excitement of falling asleep Christmas Eve when I was a kid. If there is anything more fun than being a kid at Christmas, it is having kids at Christmas....</div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">The stockings were placed by the fireplace with care. Look at that little stocking! Too cute.</div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzRSXK0__p61wEsvDo-T5I4ugyv0wLHZRfKKJsxgay4jTSukQZ3-SpW8sDT1lj_yCu2CvfGJP4P77cNolsNkrtaTBDzhw9flbDpc0YtnIw-jWxz9jClenZ-IVGjMDkwN12OKFo4Kjl36Q/s1600/2011-12-19+044.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzRSXK0__p61wEsvDo-T5I4ugyv0wLHZRfKKJsxgay4jTSukQZ3-SpW8sDT1lj_yCu2CvfGJP4P77cNolsNkrtaTBDzhw9flbDpc0YtnIw-jWxz9jClenZ-IVGjMDkwN12OKFo4Kjl36Q/s320/2011-12-19+044.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">After her late night, Amelia decided she was sleeping in on Christmas morning.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9zheWa_HKfGCz0yS19RkSp2JlYw3VyeWDIro5EB5H9iGmP4FYx_rJV5WTWjmIjPCNLH-af71ZYb-e5YfJfewbvy1guZFv69A26xWC4rHRahNVSgvfYhDGhp_39haA7wYhvtvHYlLZnDY/s1600/2011-12-19+045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9zheWa_HKfGCz0yS19RkSp2JlYw3VyeWDIro5EB5H9iGmP4FYx_rJV5WTWjmIjPCNLH-af71ZYb-e5YfJfewbvy1guZFv69A26xWC4rHRahNVSgvfYhDGhp_39haA7wYhvtvHYlLZnDY/s320/2011-12-19+045.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">The living room at my mom and dad's looks like a picture in a magazine on Christmas morning. The fire was crackling, presents were spilling out from under the beautiful tree and the kids, clad in their Christmas jammies, had smiles beaming from ear to ear. Isaac was especially excited to receive a catcher's mitt from Rara and Papa. Ian was equally stoked to get is own set of golf clubs and Bella's new found love for Barbies fueled her excitement for the Barbie Vacation Cottage she received. Jason and I do just one big gift and stocking stuffers for the kids. Our gift to them this year was a new keyboard, hand drum and microphone and to broaden our musical prowess we will also be taking a trip to Tanglewood this summer. We are hoping lots of our family and friends will join us (I'll keep you posted on the date).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPM8opgZMMD-GeQB7WxORAk2RbiwdjEg-Wg5s992Fdo_kX0ZET_AfqzISq5f8fkMKNw5R4m9Y2PNeGd6wC80MLSXcKGcV0lLWtelu58ARd7UKbbMoBXmcDsJ7-_EQH9zGCa4tn5aOm4bw/s1600/2011-12-19+057.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPM8opgZMMD-GeQB7WxORAk2RbiwdjEg-Wg5s992Fdo_kX0ZET_AfqzISq5f8fkMKNw5R4m9Y2PNeGd6wC80MLSXcKGcV0lLWtelu58ARd7UKbbMoBXmcDsJ7-_EQH9zGCa4tn5aOm4bw/s320/2011-12-19+057.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqc0aBB_W40AY4JivBHI73TV8O6j_0vpWiNWC6cjUYEaZy5KYJpYw1UlksWUbsdSLjN3cviKWRZi9YmEfspIauwOyozlXe_9aSirHyKKGTAdTDo47sPE7I1BBf3vVMpu7aMWWmnfOlVM/s1600/2011-12-19+053.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqc0aBB_W40AY4JivBHI73TV8O6j_0vpWiNWC6cjUYEaZy5KYJpYw1UlksWUbsdSLjN3cviKWRZi9YmEfspIauwOyozlXe_9aSirHyKKGTAdTDo47sPE7I1BBf3vVMpu7aMWWmnfOlVM/s320/2011-12-19+053.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">Amelia continued to enjoy her morning snooze in Uncle Joe's arms.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl01wX_MDHpy_GGgp4UxYoI7I6OZ9eyYBrJr-9Xa1TXXc44qYL2poTR35adjvsSvZqM9wX9tEeJtcQ-IAFzd1rRpqOadrgXNjh78rMMZn9irpYD2xI2SDzjq0Nsvu2tk0G1gvBXoPCsnQ/s1600/2011-12-19+052.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl01wX_MDHpy_GGgp4UxYoI7I6OZ9eyYBrJr-9Xa1TXXc44qYL2poTR35adjvsSvZqM9wX9tEeJtcQ-IAFzd1rRpqOadrgXNjh78rMMZn9irpYD2xI2SDzjq0Nsvu2tk0G1gvBXoPCsnQ/s320/2011-12-19+052.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">I was super surprised to receive a new camera for Christmas from Kimmy and Joe. It is so awesome! My old one was starting to be finicky and sometimes it just chose not to work all together. Never a good thing but even worse when you have a new baby! Leave it to my sister the photographer to remedy this injustice! Here is my first picture with the new camera. I don't know if you can see the difference, but I sure can!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGEMe7ud91Fdh3YklRhl4tkBO37veJGbRIdPkXXM5fs5dzppwkTw2aHY6_xBOgIN9wf6TejUUC5UPHCMZQVc9ZnXm4NZl_SRYsr1I-dTJ_5pNeIGfqvLwk3hniw6Os2qRC-oGoN2Ph3Us/s1600/2011-12-19+066.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGEMe7ud91Fdh3YklRhl4tkBO37veJGbRIdPkXXM5fs5dzppwkTw2aHY6_xBOgIN9wf6TejUUC5UPHCMZQVc9ZnXm4NZl_SRYsr1I-dTJ_5pNeIGfqvLwk3hniw6Os2qRC-oGoN2Ph3Us/s320/2011-12-19+066.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">New Camera + New Baby + Photographer Sister = Christmas Morning Photo Shoot and REALLY cute pictures!!</div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSoGtasXzTHBhHqCRDdQTqbXbr6Pr06ED3J6qz3JlrGydVMVHQDoRr7hFdVtdPWMR3Zp_mBVIUveBfPZlBjN5qPZZQojqhxOW9LtDVhc7wDxMgygERH6aeLUW2vd2NuWDyAjMaHdS5FZE/s1600/2011-12-19+083.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSoGtasXzTHBhHqCRDdQTqbXbr6Pr06ED3J6qz3JlrGydVMVHQDoRr7hFdVtdPWMR3Zp_mBVIUveBfPZlBjN5qPZZQojqhxOW9LtDVhc7wDxMgygERH6aeLUW2vd2NuWDyAjMaHdS5FZE/s320/2011-12-19+083.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">"Barbietopia" </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPDBLlSZ7SE3v8zVr6APbY8S_rU9JgFIzfKQnNAp6Xdm4los3gJ49X83vC3AgbZ-hI2JLoIscJXr1syFA91XW1hVAJGzldj2IKri1Wwep7nqR4KE3AlLBXiqqyBS3PRSAJzd-aFlcy3Qg/s1600/2011-12-19+067.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPDBLlSZ7SE3v8zVr6APbY8S_rU9JgFIzfKQnNAp6Xdm4los3gJ49X83vC3AgbZ-hI2JLoIscJXr1syFA91XW1hVAJGzldj2IKri1Wwep7nqR4KE3AlLBXiqqyBS3PRSAJzd-aFlcy3Qg/s320/2011-12-19+067.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">More photo shoots. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb4RsfeiXxITJjydH_AoUkANgklrfEDQibeo-0wOoQ2j4kXhZACTZ0Wtts-ZH7Hly7iTgBMFdYdZMcfDOTZZESqULHG_GL1Rvmdx6JrfFzL66KaiKUBPUbozNqJ-q7ijqgpVP61PFg5Qg/s1600/2011-12-19+096.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb4RsfeiXxITJjydH_AoUkANgklrfEDQibeo-0wOoQ2j4kXhZACTZ0Wtts-ZH7Hly7iTgBMFdYdZMcfDOTZZESqULHG_GL1Rvmdx6JrfFzL66KaiKUBPUbozNqJ-q7ijqgpVP61PFg5Qg/s320/2011-12-19+096.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_hPLqSA8ozvZXWdY9pVrm4PJMtWXf3kfX_pQcSgtZAKNGAc0argMAJ5_OEW31KK-1XscSEaV1HyD5pFESKqbdU8dhkSgmjPmeT7S70MBn0bipdJ3CB5fqPbp1zg4ClRsxJdqqIlvygZI/s1600/2011-12-19+099.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_hPLqSA8ozvZXWdY9pVrm4PJMtWXf3kfX_pQcSgtZAKNGAc0argMAJ5_OEW31KK-1XscSEaV1HyD5pFESKqbdU8dhkSgmjPmeT7S70MBn0bipdJ3CB5fqPbp1zg4ClRsxJdqqIlvygZI/s320/2011-12-19+099.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">Amelia was all smiles when we arrived back at our house Christmas night.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVO_QxzBTq-V85DI6e7dVDhEn1OlEVJ3cqg_AOqr8DWb3OO7oEY885BMfwBSUXZsKYQbuFmipP-ipmhOD8DuN_Tx4dyGHNfCmlKCTAfIyxLPBuecWat6vJb9gFdAgn21hLIxgfitKZzqc/s1600/2011-12-19+111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVO_QxzBTq-V85DI6e7dVDhEn1OlEVJ3cqg_AOqr8DWb3OO7oEY885BMfwBSUXZsKYQbuFmipP-ipmhOD8DuN_Tx4dyGHNfCmlKCTAfIyxLPBuecWat6vJb9gFdAgn21hLIxgfitKZzqc/s320/2011-12-19+111.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">We ordered Chinese take-out on Christmas night. I think that is funny. It was yummy too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiOmN4d2stgXHxuVtTXxvz_oQq-rPf_2X9XWBjbSCjirZr7grU4SRl4rk3Ak3Me4LozEX9NybLDsD8FdW5CG5Mu7u1T7jAdBWH3XkvADDpaNR2e05aSrl7XjumK6zK3vj4os7CPZpYvLw/s1600/2011-12-19+100.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiOmN4d2stgXHxuVtTXxvz_oQq-rPf_2X9XWBjbSCjirZr7grU4SRl4rk3Ak3Me4LozEX9NybLDsD8FdW5CG5Mu7u1T7jAdBWH3XkvADDpaNR2e05aSrl7XjumK6zK3vj4os7CPZpYvLw/s320/2011-12-19+100.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">The next morning Isabella got up and made Chocolate French Toast from the new cookbook she got from Auntie Kimmy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIo1ND4BHncg952ohE2ZtCwJ57EFbqvhCjfF2xDDzvpIjtrpTYcb9yNdXyCodXOIETTBi5zk-xXbSvrKqr4_peIPCZafhnWARgB83VlPNXf4jDycDjsal63It9rckj4hRlSsShmVxnSeA/s1600/2011-12-19+102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIo1ND4BHncg952ohE2ZtCwJ57EFbqvhCjfF2xDDzvpIjtrpTYcb9yNdXyCodXOIETTBi5zk-xXbSvrKqr4_peIPCZafhnWARgB83VlPNXf4jDycDjsal63It9rckj4hRlSsShmVxnSeA/s320/2011-12-19+102.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">She also got acquainted with the new Kindle that Papa got us! We were really surprised by this gift. I hadn't really looked into E readers at all. Being of the mindset that books should have real pages, I was content with the archaic concept of regular books. HOWEVER, but I am totally in love with this thing! I can read one handed now and that is very convenient when I have a baby in my arms!! I was also very excited to find out that many great classics are free! I am reading Pride and Prejudice right now by Jane Austen. Moby Dick is on tap next. I still love paper books but I wouldn't be reading at all right now if it weren't for the Kindle. Nursing time for Millie is now reading time for me (if I can get the thing away from Bella LOL)! Thanks again Dad!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRGxwmMd_0CGzRMQrEhlzL-6HR1VLd4kwp8LtP4jvqVrRlt5afsXPDuDJ8zFknvIhvaAKUjpZgAutm6gYXms5FmXe0RFT-ROerGxaEGrDdjh3b3NA9jX4LCc0TboyXPk3b5WHzxGAwLpw/s1600/2011-12-19+108.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRGxwmMd_0CGzRMQrEhlzL-6HR1VLd4kwp8LtP4jvqVrRlt5afsXPDuDJ8zFknvIhvaAKUjpZgAutm6gYXms5FmXe0RFT-ROerGxaEGrDdjh3b3NA9jX4LCc0TboyXPk3b5WHzxGAwLpw/s320/2011-12-19+108.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">During our Christmas break we had a mini Mt.Holyoke reunion at Jen's house. Jen, Becky and I were the closest of friend during our MHC days. The three of us have grown exponentially since then. I'm so glad we were able to get together!</div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">Bella and Ella :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6dDG7eCE9iY_Pist-qDUjRa5fPTRu_RWunZQ_hX5vt89SIzA2a43gpJQLeZLsf-fIlpZi-DXsb1jR5MhU8yPQMnKRea6mrzXhsGh1zIDELAJpNVicL-vhkEBm-peIM2bhbprxng_GmPA/s1600/2011-12-19+125.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6dDG7eCE9iY_Pist-qDUjRa5fPTRu_RWunZQ_hX5vt89SIzA2a43gpJQLeZLsf-fIlpZi-DXsb1jR5MhU8yPQMnKRea6mrzXhsGh1zIDELAJpNVicL-vhkEBm-peIM2bhbprxng_GmPA/s320/2011-12-19+125.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">Jen and Becky both got some snuggle time with Amelia. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoUsv6vK4cT1rqXiuK3QAw6_l3WVMCE3mbNAB-PXKcyCLPzinSa1PfVALgaBWNHGwLDWXNbKwYVO22v_nxkTXaFqYwCiiLH4mM0y2rqVcnAeHaARZ4EHaETuy7AgtFoSIVhCrAnBGwnjY/s1600/2011-12-19+117.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoUsv6vK4cT1rqXiuK3QAw6_l3WVMCE3mbNAB-PXKcyCLPzinSa1PfVALgaBWNHGwLDWXNbKwYVO22v_nxkTXaFqYwCiiLH4mM0y2rqVcnAeHaARZ4EHaETuy7AgtFoSIVhCrAnBGwnjY/s320/2011-12-19+117.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtORX81y1U-mOBoYPHvfxVMEB73caxhoHzQsDBP7bB7hrYi7ca93SgRqMdH87qRoQP8UnjsCptK1ipl5rwhHAiZaZpj_7R_b-awDXN9612873CQu74lZ3aqXt87aj-ibsO6aHat969URw/s1600/2011-12-19+121.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtORX81y1U-mOBoYPHvfxVMEB73caxhoHzQsDBP7bB7hrYi7ca93SgRqMdH87qRoQP8UnjsCptK1ipl5rwhHAiZaZpj_7R_b-awDXN9612873CQu74lZ3aqXt87aj-ibsO6aHat969URw/s320/2011-12-19+121.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">Here we are w/ all our kiddos (except Jen's son Eric). We have accomplished a lot in 11 years!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-qzt4juz8uyUyDG38WS-agvN3XiBEmPhMIHRJMjMdvrq-qvRgNQfW03aaxSoeNDaPlVs8jo_F56HrtiTNzZKCYYMIc2JPr32P9TEo2-UNkAuQXFwdd7ur4MezG5fufIgMqApNvmKbQ8Q/s1600/2011-12-19+122.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-qzt4juz8uyUyDG38WS-agvN3XiBEmPhMIHRJMjMdvrq-qvRgNQfW03aaxSoeNDaPlVs8jo_F56HrtiTNzZKCYYMIc2JPr32P9TEo2-UNkAuQXFwdd7ur4MezG5fufIgMqApNvmKbQ8Q/s320/2011-12-19+122.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">Christmas isn't over until we've celebrated with the Beaulieu side of the family! Last Thursday we headed back down to my Mom's for one last Christmas celebration.</div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">The cousins were so happy to be together and to have Gage and WayLynn visiting from California.</div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">All 4 boy cousins in one room! The boy cousins are still out numbered 14-4 on this side of the family.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQqFTxA0h5F9fzDUIAk-LIa4J_Sj-JNuC3yfO_A_5gt1dm6opkQ4gUuiZkhPqD1qu1ruG9lFj3r7GChI8hK-vsH0Q_p6Kw2nrWMs_WncHsZfgXNlBE25eahHNSSVO_zxhoXAU4ESl7cg/s1600/2011-12-19+151.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQqFTxA0h5F9fzDUIAk-LIa4J_Sj-JNuC3yfO_A_5gt1dm6opkQ4gUuiZkhPqD1qu1ruG9lFj3r7GChI8hK-vsH0Q_p6Kw2nrWMs_WncHsZfgXNlBE25eahHNSSVO_zxhoXAU4ESl7cg/s320/2011-12-19+151.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9SPV4ZrsPI_bbiInpw52kkVaNwlzAvtrQup1Lgqj1Bn-r3qRbhEAu3-3bBfk-9kjCQ4SNn2lYaoChirJhPUuUpkvPEGvIr7aVaL_6RwauF46OLBzTBCb3wY8-2lplYvo2djR1kGxht-Q/s1600/1-5-2012+032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9SPV4ZrsPI_bbiInpw52kkVaNwlzAvtrQup1Lgqj1Bn-r3qRbhEAu3-3bBfk-9kjCQ4SNn2lYaoChirJhPUuUpkvPEGvIr7aVaL_6RwauF46OLBzTBCb3wY8-2lplYvo2djR1kGxht-Q/s320/1-5-2012+032.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;"> One of my camera's coolest features is the "wait for a smile" setting. It takes the picture when it detects the smile. Bella and I tried to trick it but it captured her beautiful smile anyway.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUKj55Gk1STMv07GBCYAfpJPNtLSeYS-rjNKcNvQ8N55_EUT0AQYu3Qc31tyS74Wni7QdzfBLQlxF18VstOqj9aFHzZ8u3qUve_3myNWqu2-s4I6eva075TAl1CMrcBI8X4SnFzRwmfo/s1600/1-5-2012+026.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUKj55Gk1STMv07GBCYAfpJPNtLSeYS-rjNKcNvQ8N55_EUT0AQYu3Qc31tyS74Wni7QdzfBLQlxF18VstOqj9aFHzZ8u3qUve_3myNWqu2-s4I6eva075TAl1CMrcBI8X4SnFzRwmfo/s320/1-5-2012+026.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;"> What do you think... do we look alike? I think she has my chins ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigfZeJvycOfQZ4pmVCtt71I-JgOo6dm5NnHPREgVSaN1lI0dpFzshylbuMynNyLXPiiKEoxY5fevoeRAycqdKyxA95eUXCQs3c388W8ZSRGeAkLYYWvw7cJ-BjncES6INAnCi0PCCRkBc/s1600/1-5-2012+030.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigfZeJvycOfQZ4pmVCtt71I-JgOo6dm5NnHPREgVSaN1lI0dpFzshylbuMynNyLXPiiKEoxY5fevoeRAycqdKyxA95eUXCQs3c388W8ZSRGeAkLYYWvw7cJ-BjncES6INAnCi0PCCRkBc/s320/1-5-2012+030.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">Oh, and we are back to school, in case you were wondering. We were planning to start up our regular TLC schedule again and get back into our normal routine but the infamous winter cold has prevented that. I am also discovering that there is no such thing as "getting back to normal." WE HAVE A BABY! That is the new normal and we are all loving every minute!!!!!!!!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbXIYg7F3QNR2PkknCxvZwse3Rf0-yvS6kcKfvp8_Qtyj9AsJdT8umDfZ2Q5_FgWBvolsU9NSIFncHxT_ViKrnxM8nLu0XA5QnT8sZRqqEXppem933Yrrrafg6r1Tx1CTJ0c-do39wlMQ/s1600/1-5-2012+028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbXIYg7F3QNR2PkknCxvZwse3Rf0-yvS6kcKfvp8_Qtyj9AsJdT8umDfZ2Q5_FgWBvolsU9NSIFncHxT_ViKrnxM8nLu0XA5QnT8sZRqqEXppem933Yrrrafg6r1Tx1CTJ0c-do39wlMQ/s320/1-5-2012+028.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;"> The boys had some fun learning about chemical changes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cfe2f3; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7glj8EkzjqSJOzbAJVk5yJTeJ7ExtWgF-FiS7YDlCXdEV82oUehHBMjYadh_VmErdzKpVeuVvO7pd74IFq8qtQcnZqaexqsYnH6PToU7g4lj_J6e3K2KtPVnrXMWNyXtZ0IMd1LYUH40/s1600/1-5-2012+027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7glj8EkzjqSJOzbAJVk5yJTeJ7ExtWgF-FiS7YDlCXdEV82oUehHBMjYadh_VmErdzKpVeuVvO7pd74IFq8qtQcnZqaexqsYnH6PToU7g4lj_J6e3K2KtPVnrXMWNyXtZ0IMd1LYUH40/s320/1-5-2012+027.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">This may be the first winter blog that I didn't complain about snow. That is because we haven't had any!!!!! Well, not since that little incident in October but we don't need to talk about that...</div><div style="color: #cfe2f3;">Bella and I decided that, with all of the love, smiles and color that Amelia has brought into our life, this winter is going to be great no matter what the weather!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292836024809455626.post-71298456904372568742011-11-25T16:54:00.000-05:002011-11-25T16:54:44.725-05:00<div style="text-align: center;">AMELIA JOY CORBETT</div><div style="text-align: center;">Born November 10, 2011</div><div style="text-align: center;">at 9:07 pm</div><div style="text-align: center;">8lbs 11oz</div><div style="text-align: center;">20.5 inches</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisicZDJYVeADLCq6nMUKABZWqNXKwi7e_jLVFxoR_Aoc5tciIyl61qL9HoxrdU8yhYcOEsQv5SAAWUjTtLXTmYDhHUjGeM5_BsQPtofZami24p6wh7PZXqtnLBiS08lXo9vo-exH7Gk5o/s1600/2011-11-24+031.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisicZDJYVeADLCq6nMUKABZWqNXKwi7e_jLVFxoR_Aoc5tciIyl61qL9HoxrdU8yhYcOEsQv5SAAWUjTtLXTmYDhHUjGeM5_BsQPtofZami24p6wh7PZXqtnLBiS08lXo9vo-exH7Gk5o/s400/2011-11-24+031.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here I am, impatiently waiting for Amelia to arrive. This picture was taken 2 days before she was born.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbByXQCiOXneUDFhpXfIBllTtcam9-LVxiMACjQ2Cop7vKz0rvjKzI99AOPnhvYrEZ8-3qpjAdN_-Vlrjj-nTx17dPDtM9P45r-ELW1ptcQJ1Zm_6boPubpJV0wRyVlRMRq4wYEtbhNoE/s1600/2011-11-7+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbByXQCiOXneUDFhpXfIBllTtcam9-LVxiMACjQ2Cop7vKz0rvjKzI99AOPnhvYrEZ8-3qpjAdN_-Vlrjj-nTx17dPDtM9P45r-ELW1ptcQJ1Zm_6boPubpJV0wRyVlRMRq4wYEtbhNoE/s320/2011-11-7+002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>...and here she is! Minutes after she was born! Labor and delivery all went very smooth. My Dr. mercifully agreed to induce me on the 10th of November (she was due the 13th) because we both agreed she wasn't going to get any smaller in there. With my past history of large late babies, we decided to give her the eviction notice. It took a long time for the Pitocin (drug to induce contractions) to start doing its job but around 4:00 pm contractions started to become painful and she arrived just after 9:00pm. Jason and my mom were with me all day through all the hard work and I couldn't have done it without them. Auntie Kimmy was doing her best to get to the hospital to see Amelia's arrival into the world but Amelia just wouldn't wait! Kimmy arrived about 20 minutes after she was born.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqN7CSihOMX9Zuk4oCInPYGaDovdRKaxpMkWCaBTFybUhyizWQr4ftZsndg9nVqi1Z62ecETMw7ehjhfdUiyAitrUt2N6VOtdilIAJI7u9D4ZjYXDwa0k4wjWhmwLud7-YWbJEG8MJVu8/s1600/2011-11-24+111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqN7CSihOMX9Zuk4oCInPYGaDovdRKaxpMkWCaBTFybUhyizWQr4ftZsndg9nVqi1Z62ecETMw7ehjhfdUiyAitrUt2N6VOtdilIAJI7u9D4ZjYXDwa0k4wjWhmwLud7-YWbJEG8MJVu8/s320/2011-11-24+111.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>It is so amazing Amelia Joy is 2 weeks old already and at the same time it is so amazing that she has only been here for 2 weeks. It feels like she has been a part of this family forever. She has settled right into the place in our hearts that was just waiting for her all these years...and we never even knew it...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292836024809455626.post-77865670693680130172011-11-03T14:43:00.000-04:002011-11-03T14:43:51.297-04:00Baby is due in 9 days. I am not doing a very good job being patient. I have never had an early baby. They have all been forced out late. You would think that I would be resigned to the fact that I am not going to go into labor early, but I'm not resigned to that at all. I am praying constantly that she'll come right now! Lest I get too impatient, I am trying to find things to fill my time. I'm prepping some meals for after she is born, staying caught up with the laundry (that is a miracle) and making sure we are where we should be with our schoolwork. I decided catching up with the blog was a good idea too.<br />
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One of the fun activities that my children are participating in this year is Spanish group. My friends Amy and Michelle are leading the group. It has been a lot of fun. I minored in Spanish in college but never seem to find the time to squeeze it in to lessons regularly. This group solves our problem! We meet bi-monthly and have homework in between lessons. It has been a lot of fun so far! In addition to learning Spanish, we will study some Latin American countries and learn some Spanish songs to perform at a Spanish themed family dinner.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6YXWiTA_vaPAyzrDvlxTE_nIbXXrYmw23dLGkLvoZoEiqDQV594pnarhrjFr-OSLTetiT2MhfWVIAQV2QBHvsFdBt10nImHUANxbE7ltifSzfzzAynyCbXpzV3gnfgmFf_49m76qdjTQ/s1600/2011-11-1+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6YXWiTA_vaPAyzrDvlxTE_nIbXXrYmw23dLGkLvoZoEiqDQV594pnarhrjFr-OSLTetiT2MhfWVIAQV2QBHvsFdBt10nImHUANxbE7ltifSzfzzAynyCbXpzV3gnfgmFf_49m76qdjTQ/s320/2011-11-1+003.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>A few weeks ago I was so blessed to have a baby shower! My sisters and mom decided that this baby, despite being the 4th, needed to be showered with love and be celebrated. It was such a great day. I was overwhelmed by how loved I felt. My sisters and mom made everything so beautiful and fun! This beautiful display was actually a cute game. There was something in each bag that started with the letters of BABY SHOWER. They were all gifts for me and my guests had to guess what was in each bag for a prize.<br />
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The weekend after my retreat my sister had Annika's 2nd birthday party! She had a messy art party and my kids LOVE messy art. Actually, Bella LOVES messy art. Ian doesn't like to get messy and Isaac enjoys it for a short time and is then looking for someone to play sports with (Uncle Derrick and Joe obliged him in this area and played wiffle ball with him for hours, he was in his glory). This project was to place a piece of paper in a box, add paint and a ball and shake. Ian liked this one because the mess stayed in the box.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVZUtoadwhhEzb0M7575z6287bm8UM0YDXEWxBawNfVF1E5Yg7Kr9wruVUD-Vmj37vJmwBlZ50h3ql1KSOqFtRpA2V2U-CVn3DuwRwUZAz3sI-LxECTRmsz3etE5aLK0QF6cC5PBPTnHc/s1600/2011-11-1+113.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVZUtoadwhhEzb0M7575z6287bm8UM0YDXEWxBawNfVF1E5Yg7Kr9wruVUD-Vmj37vJmwBlZ50h3ql1KSOqFtRpA2V2U-CVn3DuwRwUZAz3sI-LxECTRmsz3etE5aLK0QF6cC5PBPTnHc/s320/2011-11-1+113.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Well, that took up a nice hour or so. Now I'll have to find something else to do to distract myself from thinking about having this baby! There is plenty to do but the energy to do it has been scarce. Hopefully it won't be long now before I am posting pictures of our beautiful baby girl!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292836024809455626.post-76946826618394937292011-10-06T13:18:00.002-04:002011-10-06T13:27:13.244-04:00Apples, Pumpkins and a lovely fall wedding<div style="background-color: #783f04; color: #fff2cc;">It is October! My how time is flying by. We have 5 1/2 weeks until Baby is due to join us on the outside world. One one hand I can't believe it is only 5 weeks away and on the other hand...I really can't believe I am going to be this pregnant for 5 more weeks. Past experience tells me it could be even longer...</div><div style="background-color: #783f04; color: #fff2cc;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: #783f04; color: #fff2cc;">In the mean time, as we wait for this baby, we are plugging along with school. We are trying to get as much fun and learning in as possible because of the inevitable slow down in "academics" that may occur as we adjust to and learn about having a newborn in the house (life skills!). </div><div style="background-color: #783f04; color: #fff2cc;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: #783f04; color: #fff2cc;">Continuing with our colorful art lessons we made collages that used primary, secondary and tertiary colors and had to make them appear to blend into one another. I just love color. Have I mentioned that before? I thank God that he made things colorful. </div><div style="background-color: #783f04; color: #fff2cc;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #783f04; clear: both; color: #fff2cc; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD0Px_42vDDGEQxlvoZ2XINo-74PpN530I0ZJTba1r-vfevzdZYG7sngX4MB066NOD6otsc37xlEbQrq-redjKF9sReQ9RsAoN065FIo_IdluvyLv4CY5BegFrSY9LFcEfPzO4gSx41Ts/s1600/Bella%2527s+pictures+2010-fall2011+006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD0Px_42vDDGEQxlvoZ2XINo-74PpN530I0ZJTba1r-vfevzdZYG7sngX4MB066NOD6otsc37xlEbQrq-redjKF9sReQ9RsAoN065FIo_IdluvyLv4CY5BegFrSY9LFcEfPzO4gSx41Ts/s320/Bella%2527s+pictures+2010-fall2011+006.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: #783f04; color: #fff2cc;">We labeled out "map" with post it notes on toothpicks.</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #783f04; clear: both; color: #fff2cc; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGArbjOxSXq2lXzO3rQplGdkpxNoXSNewf4_q9f-V5SdPVcv6pvHssBF2TmeYr9lrUTRAghXaKr2x17m8HYuJ7BV7nOvGjClPN6k9BJbCw1lxzv3U9No0efHFg7L6WOkALGuVv-KrrzTQ/s1600/Bella%2527s+pictures+2010-fall2011+007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGArbjOxSXq2lXzO3rQplGdkpxNoXSNewf4_q9f-V5SdPVcv6pvHssBF2TmeYr9lrUTRAghXaKr2x17m8HYuJ7BV7nOvGjClPN6k9BJbCw1lxzv3U9No0efHFg7L6WOkALGuVv-KrrzTQ/s320/Bella%2527s+pictures+2010-fall2011+007.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: #783f04; color: #fff2cc;">They were all very proud of their work.</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #783f04; clear: both; color: #fff2cc; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWO60Q9F6T30r39tTYHgKE-1uTTfLH2uPhPfGxonopQVmpUe7jDaBvoCVlzKVVfSPvGAEc-U8BIyGANxNDLYbJOmDnrsKE1xtKYdIRD5az1LtQuO2Fc0maguIT7HlN4kLqbRugRM8YAUg/s1600/Bella%2527s+pictures+2010-fall2011+008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWO60Q9F6T30r39tTYHgKE-1uTTfLH2uPhPfGxonopQVmpUe7jDaBvoCVlzKVVfSPvGAEc-U8BIyGANxNDLYbJOmDnrsKE1xtKYdIRD5az1LtQuO2Fc0maguIT7HlN4kLqbRugRM8YAUg/s320/Bella%2527s+pictures+2010-fall2011+008.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: #783f04; color: #fff2cc;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #783f04; clear: both; color: #fff2cc; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIzkzuOw1LprBpPzr_XXxAfwLyqWyKyZBVtvePOTdQ9JmR79YfRkpVnpBluV_XQjs_kVI0Q9FZ6yHPzwtzpBY_hF8TLQLqYmnrzIYe06DZEfE7sNAKTl889C0kKJKR7YGGT6VJIAhN_k/s1600/Bella%2527s+pictures+2010-fall2011+060.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIzkzuOw1LprBpPzr_XXxAfwLyqWyKyZBVtvePOTdQ9JmR79YfRkpVnpBluV_XQjs_kVI0Q9FZ6yHPzwtzpBY_hF8TLQLqYmnrzIYe06DZEfE7sNAKTl889C0kKJKR7YGGT6VJIAhN_k/s320/Bella%2527s+pictures+2010-fall2011+060.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: #783f04; color: #fff2cc;">This week we went on an interesting field trip to our local dump! We learned a lot while we were there. Our trash plant is actually a Waste to Energy plant and it converts 90% of the trash from our city into electricity and steam. I had no idea my city was so efficient with it's trash. </div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #783f04; clear: both; color: #fff2cc; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhakFyUoQklOygRdyWzV5pZkyRoJAh0WaOMmny2fA7BRUP8gVGvhLY8eUDtYzJiy0MWtQgkIz3DthhQFBeOlNev84AqvAvbu_FbBVWnHittK98SqgU8duvIbxlH2XSbaxbtFCodMQHWsDU/s1600/Bella%2527s+pictures+2010-fall2011+082.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhakFyUoQklOygRdyWzV5pZkyRoJAh0WaOMmny2fA7BRUP8gVGvhLY8eUDtYzJiy0MWtQgkIz3DthhQFBeOlNev84AqvAvbu_FbBVWnHittK98SqgU8duvIbxlH2XSbaxbtFCodMQHWsDU/s320/Bella%2527s+pictures+2010-fall2011+082.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: #783f04; color: #fff2cc;"><br />
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(How many timed do you think she has been married anyway lol).</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #783f04; clear: both; color: #fff2cc; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibxhyphenhyphennS_z8JOgFKEzNigdtu4LYN9rvO3HqMuibINq11Kdk4V5HPxzF6Lceh7RlFKwi8kJkbp83KNma28L2pdrd9X8c4t3ZzMII84gcNYuQIlct6bMZ7XNjqimo3jEUEcpUcPSokUnBNd8/s1600/Bella%2527s+pictures+2010-fall2011+096.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibxhyphenhyphennS_z8JOgFKEzNigdtu4LYN9rvO3HqMuibINq11Kdk4V5HPxzF6Lceh7RlFKwi8kJkbp83KNma28L2pdrd9X8c4t3ZzMII84gcNYuQIlct6bMZ7XNjqimo3jEUEcpUcPSokUnBNd8/s320/Bella%2527s+pictures+2010-fall2011+096.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="background-color: #783f04; color: #fff2cc;">The happy couple. </div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #783f04; clear: both; color: #fff2cc; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ttAFai5RTMy_8m5PGNugSZ7guFMv_tf3SiCqalUuIlrHZxB9fpOMv6QUfNoXQ69DgaDJDMAOIGahE-lJ2MVFHNrCyk-PLBgIZNTnQIbC_buqgh77dTvxXU54SWYc3-R0z202qL7S4tQ/s1600/Bella%2527s+pictures+2010-fall2011+103.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ttAFai5RTMy_8m5PGNugSZ7guFMv_tf3SiCqalUuIlrHZxB9fpOMv6QUfNoXQ69DgaDJDMAOIGahE-lJ2MVFHNrCyk-PLBgIZNTnQIbC_buqgh77dTvxXU54SWYc3-R0z202qL7S4tQ/s320/Bella%2527s+pictures+2010-fall2011+103.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: #783f04; color: #fff2cc;">The bridal party.</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #783f04; clear: both; color: #fff2cc; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjc3Y7unKffbvOKBOUnef18Ufa3fjCtEZxXoXJjsfsGHHZHACNjTg8tE5haYC1qo5fecoZwsNOPBvzChq1E1ptugbl59-O8MM0n506Dox9vhuohZdmzUAH4uogdIPYR6W34DI4xUAwGRM/s1600/Bella%2527s+pictures+2010-fall2011+104.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjc3Y7unKffbvOKBOUnef18Ufa3fjCtEZxXoXJjsfsGHHZHACNjTg8tE5haYC1qo5fecoZwsNOPBvzChq1E1ptugbl59-O8MM0n506Dox9vhuohZdmzUAH4uogdIPYR6W34DI4xUAwGRM/s320/Bella%2527s+pictures+2010-fall2011+104.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: #783f04; color: #fff2cc;">The extravagant reception. </div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #783f04; clear: both; color: #fff2cc; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnoJzufSJ6D8GyO1I2BLnUH4ohyphenhyphenN60lwxqaU9SlMvOSmSawpOFGfUvyvOAeKeTiI91w6aY5YiFvi82lcy-6ZRXa8N9J7H4uHJCvIlJV7LzqKsN6wcwtC4cnsVhjkSddApuj2AbiyDCT4w/s1600/Bella%2527s+pictures+2010-fall2011+109.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnoJzufSJ6D8GyO1I2BLnUH4ohyphenhyphenN60lwxqaU9SlMvOSmSawpOFGfUvyvOAeKeTiI91w6aY5YiFvi82lcy-6ZRXa8N9J7H4uHJCvIlJV7LzqKsN6wcwtC4cnsVhjkSddApuj2AbiyDCT4w/s320/Bella%2527s+pictures+2010-fall2011+109.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: #783f04; color: #fff2cc;">Barbie and Ken after feeding each other cake. They got a little messy. Ken lost his head a few times too but he was able to pull himself back together...</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #783f04; clear: both; color: #fff2cc; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdJf0OdJErq0KJuR8WuDFw2-7c-KMTHsUER05EswJ_BEok-_2yW_Ve0CuPtawofTggLLVQthdWQ3CAqyIbks17_pvWsSWGpPe7Yu5s4nvK5yiE8tPyV58iMj_vWL2nzK8fJDqwF-yPWF8/s1600/Bella%2527s+pictures+2010-fall2011+117.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdJf0OdJErq0KJuR8WuDFw2-7c-KMTHsUER05EswJ_BEok-_2yW_Ve0CuPtawofTggLLVQthdWQ3CAqyIbks17_pvWsSWGpPe7Yu5s4nvK5yiE8tPyV58iMj_vWL2nzK8fJDqwF-yPWF8/s320/Bella%2527s+pictures+2010-fall2011+117.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: #783f04; color: #fff2cc;">Isaac as employed as a photographer for the event.</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #783f04; clear: both; color: #fff2cc; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOnxN5xDZXctdp6QemDFJrvaY7rKnaiJkBOyvVaCJS_XYT24dDCjPVLTkU4v1aOd8feLkaBCQfBLlKsW9DBYNVI9cpgivqS2csTGAKNFGLFZcapCunFCWMVzG-GS1J3s9uJ3CsxaeONEw/s1600/Bella%2527s+pictures+2010-fall2011+113.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOnxN5xDZXctdp6QemDFJrvaY7rKnaiJkBOyvVaCJS_XYT24dDCjPVLTkU4v1aOd8feLkaBCQfBLlKsW9DBYNVI9cpgivqS2csTGAKNFGLFZcapCunFCWMVzG-GS1J3s9uJ3CsxaeONEw/s320/Bella%2527s+pictures+2010-fall2011+113.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: #783f04; color: #fff2cc;">Ian glared scornfully at the event as it occupied his sword fighting companions for a whole recess. </div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #783f04; clear: both; color: #fff2cc; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1YfClpbaTLnLMm9MqKGSiwadBYYcWK48bLFeEk0VTkh0apuyZGxFTSMiwXgD8Y1LgdKW4t-ngys2QfSvaQ7WEDArOeIkMr8ASfdVmvZ2_MjaaO-K9PRrgIWtMd0_oh_kpNIOnD_KF84k/s1600/Bella%2527s+pictures+2010-fall2011+118.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1YfClpbaTLnLMm9MqKGSiwadBYYcWK48bLFeEk0VTkh0apuyZGxFTSMiwXgD8Y1LgdKW4t-ngys2QfSvaQ7WEDArOeIkMr8ASfdVmvZ2_MjaaO-K9PRrgIWtMd0_oh_kpNIOnD_KF84k/s320/Bella%2527s+pictures+2010-fall2011+118.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: #783f04; color: #fff2cc;">Plans for the next few weeks include getting ready for baby, getting ready for baby and getting ready for baby...oh, and schoolwork, of course. My mom is having a shower for me this weekend and it is time to take all of the equipment that I am going to borrow from my sister and begin to set it all up! Hard to believe this house will be adorned with swings, bouncy seats, baby blankets, cloth diapers, etc....I still have no idea where to put it all! </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292836024809455626.post-41281769383999529702011-09-19T14:41:00.000-04:002011-09-19T14:41:58.392-04:00Beginning againIt has come and gone again...the first day of school, the departure from the leisurely days of summer and the beginning of the voyage into another year of learning and fun. Its interesting how we do the same things over and over again and they have a newness about them each time yet a nostalgia and tradition clings to them as we remember having done it all before. In keeping with our nostalgia and tradition, I got a picture of each one of them and then group pictures. They have grown a lot since we started homeschooling 5 years ago!<br />
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We have had a terrific time harvesting from our garden too! We picked all of our basil and I made pesto and dried some. I still have some fresh in a vase too. It was a LOT of basil!<br />
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<div style="color: #20124d;">Oh the fun we had! Vacation is so wonderful *sang in opera type voice*. I miss it so much. It is never long enough. I love the ocean more and more every time I go there. Ian doesn't understand why we don't sell our house for "a hundred dollars or something" and just buy one at the ocean. I don't understand either...</div><div style="color: #20124d;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #20124d;">So we started our vacation early on a Saturday morning. We were all packed up and ready to go. We stopped for breakfast about 1/2 way there. The kids were so excited about eating breakfast out. On one hand it made me feel like I deprive them if they get this excited about breakfast at Denny's, on the other hand, it made me realize how awesome my kids are that they see blessings in every little thing. I love them so much. I also realized that eating out on vacation with Super GF Boy (gluten free Ian) would be challenging (but doable). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1PUQC5a0eYoFv6HWXleNam8dRnMsePMqm5Xge8Ik60nhb4Yi4ap-EhIylajRGZV0QfL9woGun5xLWAA_hZckgZJy21DAhE6l9zejwtr4eToe54Hqpr6eY4wXDepCd35BtCqtDNkMIzMI/s1600/2011-08-08+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1PUQC5a0eYoFv6HWXleNam8dRnMsePMqm5Xge8Ik60nhb4Yi4ap-EhIylajRGZV0QfL9woGun5xLWAA_hZckgZJy21DAhE6l9zejwtr4eToe54Hqpr6eY4wXDepCd35BtCqtDNkMIzMI/s320/2011-08-08+001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXUvvF0V419ixFK3k5V8GAjAT_htRpiRM6EyVzims4jsS6KRG5KUQW63-GTi_ave2d8Q8zWRXQ_Ub6Fh2GGvD98jFbF-5bInOmGnAG-tDznAftAxEFcz3UcCv6WiJk8vLsKWxXN2Tb7U/s1600/2011-08-08+004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXUvvF0V419ixFK3k5V8GAjAT_htRpiRM6EyVzims4jsS6KRG5KUQW63-GTi_ave2d8Q8zWRXQ_Ub6Fh2GGvD98jFbF-5bInOmGnAG-tDznAftAxEFcz3UcCv6WiJk8vLsKWxXN2Tb7U/s320/2011-08-08+004.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;">Just before we left for vacation, Ian lost one of his two front teeth. I had told him that he would get a double tooth prize if he lost it on vacation. It was dangling by a string. After cutting a deal with me, and my agreeing that it was close enough to vacation for the double tooth prize he yanked it a day early. The other tooth was also hanging precariously, but he dare not push his luck. He waited until we got to the cottage. He was there less than an hour when he yanked out the second tooth. Soooooo Cute! I love a toothless grin! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTyZoX_YPn1TksTzi6GUKOmCHInOCkLmbkReyeUaGoXgaYCeTC4eaBiEvuY8L4-xK3U9EWYd4bjJDar2aOU_9PFLZeSZDZzznenzLZjW6MN67kMZWuGUBgmXq75rN3n_OI0j7eVAsXZ0E/s1600/2011-08-08+005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTyZoX_YPn1TksTzi6GUKOmCHInOCkLmbkReyeUaGoXgaYCeTC4eaBiEvuY8L4-xK3U9EWYd4bjJDar2aOU_9PFLZeSZDZzznenzLZjW6MN67kMZWuGUBgmXq75rN3n_OI0j7eVAsXZ0E/s320/2011-08-08+005.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;">We were all so excited to get to the cottage and see my mom and dad! We hadn't seen them in weeks and we missed them so much!!! They are the greatest parents EVER! I think I mentioned that in the last blog too. We are so grateful for them and that they let us come stay with them for vacation. I don't know what we would do without them, certainly not go on an awesome vacation at the beach...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIJDsxp3k_vUumpicJcU0dcN-M1EDTY-JIxt3hldtZVjDgXKos1VTmn98IcWm5p1eIyUtsua3KDOjg6pGQCyDs7fnSYbje5RhxJNGJD5o0lcDiGc45qOcL7B4_fHjBTDbHeX_tVOcWSwA/s1600/2011-08-08+013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIJDsxp3k_vUumpicJcU0dcN-M1EDTY-JIxt3hldtZVjDgXKos1VTmn98IcWm5p1eIyUtsua3KDOjg6pGQCyDs7fnSYbje5RhxJNGJD5o0lcDiGc45qOcL7B4_fHjBTDbHeX_tVOcWSwA/s320/2011-08-08+013.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;">Something happened on vacation this year that hasn't happened on vacation in a very long time. It rained...hard. It rained non-stop for two full days. It was awesome anyway. Angela and the girls came down in the midst of the rain and they were a ray of sunshine for us all. Nothing can brighten a rainy day like Madi and Annika!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqGIzm8gqDS0g5NjxN5L5SzIRQqplGhvikKO_sxUcQtOXQI_xlT4AXiYIE3w_KgqZwDvUe9hyB8RGTbt6CPB4pe_shTPYlGinloPoaHJedHXn3SQYazT_GfTBfsI99qZBVgA8_rivnt-M/s1600/photo%252814%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqGIzm8gqDS0g5NjxN5L5SzIRQqplGhvikKO_sxUcQtOXQI_xlT4AXiYIE3w_KgqZwDvUe9hyB8RGTbt6CPB4pe_shTPYlGinloPoaHJedHXn3SQYazT_GfTBfsI99qZBVgA8_rivnt-M/s320/photo%252814%2529.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;">We are starting to outgrow our little cottage...I'm thinking we'll need a pop up camper for next year. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3dBnx0pXb9oL0rFaBO79CUWCTYYkQrzxPtk2LAHuxVazDYVZhe7R0gEywcc1o6XfjqudtS0uPZPgmu7KQTpfClnboHu-0ausE_mZdzIIJncnFZP_ayKgFpahLm4pGr5s0dDDKHQxsjYg/s1600/2011-08-08+015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3dBnx0pXb9oL0rFaBO79CUWCTYYkQrzxPtk2LAHuxVazDYVZhe7R0gEywcc1o6XfjqudtS0uPZPgmu7KQTpfClnboHu-0ausE_mZdzIIJncnFZP_ayKgFpahLm4pGr5s0dDDKHQxsjYg/s320/2011-08-08+015.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;">Bella and Madi captured my camera for some rainy day fun and took some pretty funny pictures.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3nhg06ANWEOGIkJG_izGIz2UWsALWFy5jHzngqVSnCq_f-UHNeoITSQ5tCT421LUYcDxZsUFsX6RpO8x2lN_fMKM2iZnBznVmPGgEFSxAliofZc5xF-nJRxdIhXtTo2U1xltj_kzr7m0/s1600/2011-08-08+021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3nhg06ANWEOGIkJG_izGIz2UWsALWFy5jHzngqVSnCq_f-UHNeoITSQ5tCT421LUYcDxZsUFsX6RpO8x2lN_fMKM2iZnBznVmPGgEFSxAliofZc5xF-nJRxdIhXtTo2U1xltj_kzr7m0/s320/2011-08-08+021.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEishd5jl-flSi0Hlumr1yFaljX1HCI-7eMgrfGxiSU1Zq20_CpFw66Cz1H7JcBuyphoQf0jN4HTCxANi5jbymVUAQjRHLJwsAwxdxImAzmeMGM6MxkIwRIMbw4-O4ieXkO6MPXw_3kmuqk/s1600/2011-08-08+027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEishd5jl-flSi0Hlumr1yFaljX1HCI-7eMgrfGxiSU1Zq20_CpFw66Cz1H7JcBuyphoQf0jN4HTCxANi5jbymVUAQjRHLJwsAwxdxImAzmeMGM6MxkIwRIMbw4-O4ieXkO6MPXw_3kmuqk/s320/2011-08-08+027.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;">The next day, the rain cleared out and we headed to the beach! My cousin Renee and her daughter Angelique came down to join us for the day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7LSM3F4wY02iE_xVn4PguA1oPZ0zRPoVbxCZGVXcoMt610Gmkg7hOmlZvMC8-wb1Br1rsyy44NliJG7G-sxloym_IjSLnVKKkezWcFkjJU0FS7IMoX47FqpVjCwcJYN0bY0rgCDzKmhg/s1600/2011-08-08+039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7LSM3F4wY02iE_xVn4PguA1oPZ0zRPoVbxCZGVXcoMt610Gmkg7hOmlZvMC8-wb1Br1rsyy44NliJG7G-sxloym_IjSLnVKKkezWcFkjJU0FS7IMoX47FqpVjCwcJYN0bY0rgCDzKmhg/s320/2011-08-08+039.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiogh_0Vv0aHR4ONH7WQfL7ez5g1DirCKwKCqYbC87aGdK8rllKbl1qiyjkOqZTK7teUxBHBJU-eAnF_Zle1DN2L9_iOl_PcOXeKmhiO_CRqZbWbIwiHR85TzsAmWRQSIT4lIn8b3Q1Yrg/s1600/2011-08-08+045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiogh_0Vv0aHR4ONH7WQfL7ez5g1DirCKwKCqYbC87aGdK8rllKbl1qiyjkOqZTK7teUxBHBJU-eAnF_Zle1DN2L9_iOl_PcOXeKmhiO_CRqZbWbIwiHR85TzsAmWRQSIT4lIn8b3Q1Yrg/s320/2011-08-08+045.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;">It was a perfect time for crabbing when we were at the beach. I love to watch them do this because I have some wonderful memories of crabbing in the very same spot with Angela and my friends Jen and Lindsey. We have pictures of the four of us that look very much like these, except 25 years older...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGG8lzN35P1MxUiknjZztjz0vn9MZ4vwC1mSY0Gp-YdnGQfLlLVeryAXocQ1Qe1gmwfDdVhz3Juu2iQoU9GF7sx7TIBdrUGlWo2Zn0kJosjC-f9PTvNC_2AUSe005s2QRZTiEVfzKBE3w/s1600/photo%252812%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGG8lzN35P1MxUiknjZztjz0vn9MZ4vwC1mSY0Gp-YdnGQfLlLVeryAXocQ1Qe1gmwfDdVhz3Juu2iQoU9GF7sx7TIBdrUGlWo2Zn0kJosjC-f9PTvNC_2AUSe005s2QRZTiEVfzKBE3w/s320/photo%252812%2529.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;">My boys were brave enough to hold the crabs. They were proud of their bravery. (I don't think this crab actually had any front claws lol).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv8nciI_kQgPTYwmCwqbUiW_-_Ly2S5ijc7xlRQoxq3wG8xjCdEbV2w0mr65ncLFCKmLqRyUBjkyaCMy0hLvQREo-wjkHMn0crPsckNT1uMBcdEEKQMvhmYD4Lj4yULHWi_5Itt3-AyWo/s1600/photo%252810%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv8nciI_kQgPTYwmCwqbUiW_-_Ly2S5ijc7xlRQoxq3wG8xjCdEbV2w0mr65ncLFCKmLqRyUBjkyaCMy0hLvQREo-wjkHMn0crPsckNT1uMBcdEEKQMvhmYD4Lj4yULHWi_5Itt3-AyWo/s320/photo%252810%2529.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifjZCeSiOJLGCGdfdLZgFDWBOnFOZPkpKkn1ecatQMaowcGPa5Wu4Q26Qd5CHOohspWIkBZcz1Sq0yNmI5aXmTvPW2o54irW2EVsx_diaeJncBa42v18eRLlEiTAOkNGM5aYUIdx80F-M/s1600/photo%252811%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifjZCeSiOJLGCGdfdLZgFDWBOnFOZPkpKkn1ecatQMaowcGPa5Wu4Q26Qd5CHOohspWIkBZcz1Sq0yNmI5aXmTvPW2o54irW2EVsx_diaeJncBa42v18eRLlEiTAOkNGM5aYUIdx80F-M/s320/photo%252811%2529.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;">They caught quite a few!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUi_g125MPttO_fc2hdH6g6-1vpopxCgcLk549ZqyjzAPWXPtbj9sDr4Nj1uakpqTLb0B1aVKkXAjV-LIGF12kmjScVSMOhVWZghyphenhyphenDzcoSLyIvI7KLJo4PDJHPXsVHbj-_1k2PJVgqM48/s1600/2011-08-08+057.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUi_g125MPttO_fc2hdH6g6-1vpopxCgcLk549ZqyjzAPWXPtbj9sDr4Nj1uakpqTLb0B1aVKkXAjV-LIGF12kmjScVSMOhVWZghyphenhyphenDzcoSLyIvI7KLJo4PDJHPXsVHbj-_1k2PJVgqM48/s320/2011-08-08+057.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;">Then, they let them all go to have a race and see who would get to the water first. These guys buried themselves in the sand immediately. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZk0cGuCLHbqmd6b1jpLL_YuD9k1rqFt8uhnuV9NMyqm7CIYNanziTOqtAx0cuvLO6yye_tTxH0DPjHo1IodNgkIGFaImwM71HEdcGy9Wg-sqFIG9REHPGjSfFlNglKTRGlxJdZU7urzc/s1600/2011-08-08+063.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZk0cGuCLHbqmd6b1jpLL_YuD9k1rqFt8uhnuV9NMyqm7CIYNanziTOqtAx0cuvLO6yye_tTxH0DPjHo1IodNgkIGFaImwM71HEdcGy9Wg-sqFIG9REHPGjSfFlNglKTRGlxJdZU7urzc/s320/2011-08-08+063.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;">But some were more adventurous and headed for the water. This guy was the winner.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhylxjA9b1oN1yB-i_UXNID75tBzzJnfXmSWmITG5IvAVQchBbDOZCvcal2f655iVG9FZ_QEa7pXhRCSH1JNhR_PMipax52GcCqHag72XXRxg63Lk2MVA3drr1eewEwjiCPhsmduZAq30A/s1600/2011-08-08+062.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhylxjA9b1oN1yB-i_UXNID75tBzzJnfXmSWmITG5IvAVQchBbDOZCvcal2f655iVG9FZ_QEa7pXhRCSH1JNhR_PMipax52GcCqHag72XXRxg63Lk2MVA3drr1eewEwjiCPhsmduZAq30A/s320/2011-08-08+062.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;">Annika looking adorable in her beach attire. Hard to believe we'll have a beach baby of our own next year!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZa9nZUJq8WrKLFfcQ3hPBQ1pPYAMmKWMMpDI7KPxYVbuUrzhCTQ-bsllQQGfEx6xw7Qm3g4eXa1Qx9Q9genygngV3BW5_UESMQgwMmiZ3HXzUWM8U9tU9MbeV716KAPAak44iwAI1YPs/s1600/2011-08-08+065.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZa9nZUJq8WrKLFfcQ3hPBQ1pPYAMmKWMMpDI7KPxYVbuUrzhCTQ-bsllQQGfEx6xw7Qm3g4eXa1Qx9Q9genygngV3BW5_UESMQgwMmiZ3HXzUWM8U9tU9MbeV716KAPAak44iwAI1YPs/s320/2011-08-08+065.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;">A little pizza party at our "Cozy Cottage Cafe" after the beach was great fun for everyone before Angela, Madi and Annika headed home. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVi5t6AazNZbhgvNH-KpFXKeGJHdhKDnzRPVB9PKu0kMc4CYTU71Z1bbTu44QN2Q5otBNTB_gAq_n4iV7MtBmtTHaScpcBc0y2J7N6e4fTpKObeKO5KDDr3Bq6L2dTh84k8GpJetCPLrs/s1600/2011-08-08+072.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVi5t6AazNZbhgvNH-KpFXKeGJHdhKDnzRPVB9PKu0kMc4CYTU71Z1bbTu44QN2Q5otBNTB_gAq_n4iV7MtBmtTHaScpcBc0y2J7N6e4fTpKObeKO5KDDr3Bq6L2dTh84k8GpJetCPLrs/s320/2011-08-08+072.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;">After dinner we went on a nice boat ride on Papa's boat. The water was so calm and the sky was so beautiful. Sunset on the ocean is one of my favorite things EVER. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg98lNgvRXzqymfm5591YVWg9-gKQd3mdYDqllY9ElpoJuVAwPs2vKZ_mrzDaXbwTHP0tZCgjB5EeL7w7DYVWPIcPUKBlkMI45naGbAl-X3r8kTiW8sNGXClMaH9ammhcTvd7ljGEnFL7U/s1600/photo%25283%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg98lNgvRXzqymfm5591YVWg9-gKQd3mdYDqllY9ElpoJuVAwPs2vKZ_mrzDaXbwTHP0tZCgjB5EeL7w7DYVWPIcPUKBlkMI45naGbAl-X3r8kTiW8sNGXClMaH9ammhcTvd7ljGEnFL7U/s320/photo%25283%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUMmrC-VjeZPE9Ox6UWYHoarSwTB4K9ZJ4MZ6EDNDXfbn39bULiyPHyRgUHHX9Jvg9tLkk_HWi_sBAYm4ZmPsZmZ6lMsiaQjBn0FiqUz3fT7sz1FHnkkLFakCWDO1JR0NTSRB6MWb-1bo/s1600/photo%25289%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUMmrC-VjeZPE9Ox6UWYHoarSwTB4K9ZJ4MZ6EDNDXfbn39bULiyPHyRgUHHX9Jvg9tLkk_HWi_sBAYm4ZmPsZmZ6lMsiaQjBn0FiqUz3fT7sz1FHnkkLFakCWDO1JR0NTSRB6MWb-1bo/s320/photo%25289%2529.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;">This is one of my favorite pictures from vacation. We just picked cotton candy clouds right out of the sky to nibble on our boat ride. I have a lot of pictures over the years of when we've gone to pick things, but this is my one and only cotton candy picking picture.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2nerOZouEXuHk6a1twC-PvJEor6NkgX9MMDPUI3BhtA8jVhZJ7cYNxiHAUvY1n-51Z2CwRnKEO6-O6wsSs7Ci-yvNG5Y0WdN3FHdwKC4VUgzd3G0kUtRB5dWtKDgSkQi3tUAZbwEdTmY/s1600/photo%252815%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2nerOZouEXuHk6a1twC-PvJEor6NkgX9MMDPUI3BhtA8jVhZJ7cYNxiHAUvY1n-51Z2CwRnKEO6-O6wsSs7Ci-yvNG5Y0WdN3FHdwKC4VUgzd3G0kUtRB5dWtKDgSkQi3tUAZbwEdTmY/s320/photo%252815%2529.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;">One of the highlights of vacation for my boys was all the fishing they got to do. All three of them caught a lot of fish this year! Our freezer is restocked with striped bass and bluefish. Ian caught the striper in the picture below. That is also one of my favorite pictures from vacation this year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg21U5S6LpD-U0lQhzeAh2XlNh3Pyxk_y9spup-IAa3YbfB96IKm9GGeQuA5JS8xtngh-tGGIPXyeuvVQ1yji0voDMZMo2Grkt-Nnd1a73cId8gCgyYGxOkII5KF-uLngXRz1EsZoglUio/s1600/photo%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg21U5S6LpD-U0lQhzeAh2XlNh3Pyxk_y9spup-IAa3YbfB96IKm9GGeQuA5JS8xtngh-tGGIPXyeuvVQ1yji0voDMZMo2Grkt-Nnd1a73cId8gCgyYGxOkII5KF-uLngXRz1EsZoglUio/s320/photo%25282%2529.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;">Isaac and his bluefish...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglA0p3yNiHHBv-nxeLLTcQyZzu1SgmVtSOn8jmMUVBGJrwODMxER3WQdPvdbxLAmba2Y3JK3bssr2gU8Wt9Ph5wZ1nPmfqq1UeVm2YP-DyET9_KX6Uw1CSiZsZhv-IBgW24rMV1CRoDQY/s1600/photo%25284%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglA0p3yNiHHBv-nxeLLTcQyZzu1SgmVtSOn8jmMUVBGJrwODMxER3WQdPvdbxLAmba2Y3JK3bssr2gU8Wt9Ph5wZ1nPmfqq1UeVm2YP-DyET9_KX6Uw1CSiZsZhv-IBgW24rMV1CRoDQY/s320/photo%25284%2529.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;">Ian and his bluefish...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAILdAooyS7rumt2ZpLw8JkIMZmLFusHUNywfGCbjpIoV-f3I49yy2bd76qsyrgia9ki0_oasi_vo90MIIiWzbFCaDR96JFKiqCytNLujCQHuWBTFMhVm9qdIE1aABJufZ3_bj2uAkLJc/s1600/photo%25285%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAILdAooyS7rumt2ZpLw8JkIMZmLFusHUNywfGCbjpIoV-f3I49yy2bd76qsyrgia9ki0_oasi_vo90MIIiWzbFCaDR96JFKiqCytNLujCQHuWBTFMhVm9qdIE1aABJufZ3_bj2uAkLJc/s320/photo%25285%2529.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;">Ian, trying to hold up the striper on his own. Gotta love when you catch a fish that is too big for you to hold up alone!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnaq9vQ_xkty70oBhgRB9y4f04DbHXmR95lrQNrMlvnasEeST9dFrsrqWhHfFN8XT_OdHGDg2ehXMKnygkP3wnJL5OC73b580Xysg08G3KxSXhqHvIRpbNStaqOrYwKStE2bfZ7CR9DAs/s1600/photo%25286%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnaq9vQ_xkty70oBhgRB9y4f04DbHXmR95lrQNrMlvnasEeST9dFrsrqWhHfFN8XT_OdHGDg2ehXMKnygkP3wnJL5OC73b580Xysg08G3KxSXhqHvIRpbNStaqOrYwKStE2bfZ7CR9DAs/s320/photo%25286%2529.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;">The boys and their bluefish.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuoUbmyO3UeMXGa0pSxjFojQTfOhZug0bztYPTMIB37AEckl1CabL9I5zdE7cbSipNo6f5mwgYCvoAeqmwDXPHxub-yQHE8-Hz4_cOH2LYBBP-lliKtOiSRVaiqSoJWxyHe_eU-K5SPjs/s1600/2011-08-08+073.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuoUbmyO3UeMXGa0pSxjFojQTfOhZug0bztYPTMIB37AEckl1CabL9I5zdE7cbSipNo6f5mwgYCvoAeqmwDXPHxub-yQHE8-Hz4_cOH2LYBBP-lliKtOiSRVaiqSoJWxyHe_eU-K5SPjs/s320/2011-08-08+073.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;">We were able to spend some more time at another beach called Napa Tree. It is so much fun. The kids love it there now that they are getting a little older and can have fun in the waves. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4As2qFtn1O2VtqNA3avPwzFnrDWBBdepj09ajlCbnnI5HYqMBXGn7ZMWrDOlN6u9Yxl5u6EwtnEQOo2kv8oczWsP3Qfhufbu9sZm140C5ToQeEPILd3XRQ0vq9fD0-1fUqmuG1JSz3kY/s1600/2011-08-08+076.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4As2qFtn1O2VtqNA3avPwzFnrDWBBdepj09ajlCbnnI5HYqMBXGn7ZMWrDOlN6u9Yxl5u6EwtnEQOo2kv8oczWsP3Qfhufbu9sZm140C5ToQeEPILd3XRQ0vq9fD0-1fUqmuG1JSz3kY/s320/2011-08-08+076.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;">Bella is part mermaid. We have to drag her out of the water from time to time to eat and rehydrate.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI64r_soMWtPJMM9snryc_0PQXY1cAEtN9Ou393pJEcue2Yl8hGpBhnc3Qu-ptZibY_cMy2WhmNUwL8NYxBaEdo3uIVE4NU7pfcBd4CLgSsaF4u3LWUod7NrC1fCXTna-mub690pDNmio/s1600/2011-08-08+078.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI64r_soMWtPJMM9snryc_0PQXY1cAEtN9Ou393pJEcue2Yl8hGpBhnc3Qu-ptZibY_cMy2WhmNUwL8NYxBaEdo3uIVE4NU7pfcBd4CLgSsaF4u3LWUod7NrC1fCXTna-mub690pDNmio/s320/2011-08-08+078.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;">Ian tried boogie boarding this year and had a blast. He said it was his favorite part of vacation this year. He also decided that living where there is no waves is "dumb". </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoYJIlR3IP641lkDOFXFtTcLxlXRh5_z2Sohf-hcsMISf0gpPmfBZiQW6pLUPgARucrxIT6enlYmbR6-Ra6OoYHmnix9a5zfsETDf7fn6Mv7aKsc3MzSoxatL7l7-Z9p-DNPjYw4V2PPw/s1600/2011-08-08+080.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoYJIlR3IP641lkDOFXFtTcLxlXRh5_z2Sohf-hcsMISf0gpPmfBZiQW6pLUPgARucrxIT6enlYmbR6-Ra6OoYHmnix9a5zfsETDf7fn6Mv7aKsc3MzSoxatL7l7-Z9p-DNPjYw4V2PPw/s320/2011-08-08+080.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMgHQweAozdnvsFeRpwsjeGOz64xLWVYAL9L3g3bJJ8qK4mSert8-4skk3KOKpSGMwFpfAH6-W3UgGGiahzVqEG_QlYiOYiZEzWQUQZhF4peOCEeOLUvFQ20Xzc4vCb5jgCYMZtXW_4W8/s1600/2011-08-08+117.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMgHQweAozdnvsFeRpwsjeGOz64xLWVYAL9L3g3bJJ8qK4mSert8-4skk3KOKpSGMwFpfAH6-W3UgGGiahzVqEG_QlYiOYiZEzWQUQZhF4peOCEeOLUvFQ20Xzc4vCb5jgCYMZtXW_4W8/s320/2011-08-08+117.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;">Isaac had his hand at driving the boat on our cruise. He took his job VERY seriously and did a great job.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3fsCDL9D5LP089tJmudjaizpKdH1XkcRK-CtfxYir8VLFYij10BtA6r2QJ1kmn7kaGOUuI0E2AxNGfKuoZxqj-12DP9kmk3wx_3XO2fyhASXUTXxaC5SRs5Fvw1GIO5QFB3BhgdufkOY/s1600/2011-08-08+121.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3fsCDL9D5LP089tJmudjaizpKdH1XkcRK-CtfxYir8VLFYij10BtA6r2QJ1kmn7kaGOUuI0E2AxNGfKuoZxqj-12DP9kmk3wx_3XO2fyhASXUTXxaC5SRs5Fvw1GIO5QFB3BhgdufkOY/s320/2011-08-08+121.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;">On our way back, we stopped and did some fishing. The bluefish were having a feeding frenzy around us and it was a blast to see Jay and the kids reel them in one after another!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN6G9am2y7ic4q088i66SkFXrcft8Hg2ptTWxneKeDdnFPeVx19RQuHgYELqnbIfFV_-myjFiHm6mO1DbBOh0W0IF0hTfGZ2xUdpUmGSu1BP3QDi9GiI5lD1uPrviJfV7bMxyovKS8gxY/s1600/2011-08-08+125.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN6G9am2y7ic4q088i66SkFXrcft8Hg2ptTWxneKeDdnFPeVx19RQuHgYELqnbIfFV_-myjFiHm6mO1DbBOh0W0IF0hTfGZ2xUdpUmGSu1BP3QDi9GiI5lD1uPrviJfV7bMxyovKS8gxY/s320/2011-08-08+125.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;">One of my favorite ocean fish to eat is sea bass, this guy wasn't even big enough for a snack lol. Maybe we'll get him next year when he's a little bigger.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1M4SHeUp1ruIwtCwBp-cZLGK2mADDysst6A16nrhY-krxBhMsFPcIzQUFZOIwgpdZLatKYf7mZ53VSPlLZLFiwjgnLtvnfJR0bFeWuv6_MEf2vXEaFnpp_fsBhjMRoaoR-CWWgS4lnao/s1600/2011-08-08+127.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1M4SHeUp1ruIwtCwBp-cZLGK2mADDysst6A16nrhY-krxBhMsFPcIzQUFZOIwgpdZLatKYf7mZ53VSPlLZLFiwjgnLtvnfJR0bFeWuv6_MEf2vXEaFnpp_fsBhjMRoaoR-CWWgS4lnao/s320/2011-08-08+127.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;">Bella had the big catch of the day. She reeled in a huge bluefish. It was quite the battle and she was pretty tired out when it was all said and done! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2jT5_Gx4_KZ5rLbUK4pLVncg4d-hhksMwD7c_aC56DuMW4TjrGyFfT1PpUW5Vl7F9g9xJHGZHe1fdNy8XzBMzXB-dciJoG7jjXT4cUN0b1Ol7lSGR2EPWOITAHSCi3BgaM5jPkKWqlrg/s1600/2011-08-08+133.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2jT5_Gx4_KZ5rLbUK4pLVncg4d-hhksMwD7c_aC56DuMW4TjrGyFfT1PpUW5Vl7F9g9xJHGZHe1fdNy8XzBMzXB-dciJoG7jjXT4cUN0b1Ol7lSGR2EPWOITAHSCi3BgaM5jPkKWqlrg/s320/2011-08-08+133.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;">After a long day on the boat we took the kids to an outdoor showing of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory along the Mystic River. It was a great time!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSGscdpBaBFfxVnIJDz3AGwOsXjWWitaRI8KVJL6dI1F1iiBVdBrknZAuRwTrRrJDMsCuqouwLCYRpgqC9aOVstC4a2fNxVPE0m33H6g0S5_TneZS4wHBq_xaAOmmNMsYGuJkH_QrcCbY/s1600/2011-08-08+138.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSGscdpBaBFfxVnIJDz3AGwOsXjWWitaRI8KVJL6dI1F1iiBVdBrknZAuRwTrRrJDMsCuqouwLCYRpgqC9aOVstC4a2fNxVPE0m33H6g0S5_TneZS4wHBq_xaAOmmNMsYGuJkH_QrcCbY/s320/2011-08-08+138.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrBiuFqL39NRhLzXKLZYJ-44jfWrtwsKPbsFaHeZbIgrghug6M2_6rQRyXRIKX2DXQYYCkg_ZBf0EQOGJe0DYU5XuIlCQH8Ozl3eVBxOa3XNNuqQsorFJA-7o9BMEVf5XAkYZPZB2JF8/s1600/2011-08-08+140.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrBiuFqL39NRhLzXKLZYJ-44jfWrtwsKPbsFaHeZbIgrghug6M2_6rQRyXRIKX2DXQYYCkg_ZBf0EQOGJe0DYU5XuIlCQH8Ozl3eVBxOa3XNNuqQsorFJA-7o9BMEVf5XAkYZPZB2JF8/s320/2011-08-08+140.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;">Our last full day of vacation we decided to go back to Napa Tree one last time to catch a few more waves. Our friends DO and Dottie joined us and DO taught Isabella how to fly his big kite. The kids had so much fun flying it. Bella did really well! We also took a long walk to the end of the beach to see where there had been an old military "fortress" built. It was really neat. In the past you could walk down stairs and really explore the rooms underground but it is all roped off now and you can only see it from the top. It was a bit of a hike and I didn't bring the camera but you can check out what we saw by clicking <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Mansfield">HERE</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhteH-zxa7jpN-CUGdIJ_HTdZJQRttsa11OedzrxvUKhZk5POJyBw8Hi6G53R7mbXurry3secA4JatlzOyuJhHweSGuz0fY-OsXEXAZtV0e9au1FVDR8kA6IlvTTo7sOrw8vxUUX6a1N0/s1600/2011-08-08+148.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhteH-zxa7jpN-CUGdIJ_HTdZJQRttsa11OedzrxvUKhZk5POJyBw8Hi6G53R7mbXurry3secA4JatlzOyuJhHweSGuz0fY-OsXEXAZtV0e9au1FVDR8kA6IlvTTo7sOrw8vxUUX6a1N0/s320/2011-08-08+148.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #20124d;">After we survived Hurricane Irene unscathed we squeezed in another day of summer fun at a water park on Wednesday. It was a beautiful day and the kids had a blast. This was actually part of their Christmas present last year which had been a gift for every season. Summer's gift was a day at a water park. My friend Megan joined us with her delightful children and a good time was had by all! We can't wait to go back next year!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPqOqi_PYNGAEDgVxrFPaihu0zkqRoQZ8u1JZ5R04NcgHejZm9RefzfaNpcsdgmpcbZQHOuMdCmM42kIEhOZquXsBpGh1ek8MtsX75FxK_aeEb8SI6XsBWFU1K1IxN-iwfPcMkOXb_lxI/s1600/2011-08-08+174.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPqOqi_PYNGAEDgVxrFPaihu0zkqRoQZ8u1JZ5R04NcgHejZm9RefzfaNpcsdgmpcbZQHOuMdCmM42kIEhOZquXsBpGh1ek8MtsX75FxK_aeEb8SI6XsBWFU1K1IxN-iwfPcMkOXb_lxI/s320/2011-08-08+174.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC87o8eGy5juGH-ghyphenhyphenANcujyudKlSs4zm7i_1Eodvfhp3EMhFPBYgw9DzcpRR4VikwFBqNUxN97ImbKVywOsbHAm5iaeTNDydMQQ5V-U4IssZIZxwxR_JUymOsJgkUH9pGeDXm-9yVcNM/s1600/2011-08-08+179.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC87o8eGy5juGH-ghyphenhyphenANcujyudKlSs4zm7i_1Eodvfhp3EMhFPBYgw9DzcpRR4VikwFBqNUxN97ImbKVywOsbHAm5iaeTNDydMQQ5V-U4IssZIZxwxR_JUymOsJgkUH9pGeDXm-9yVcNM/s320/2011-08-08+179.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #20124d;">So, labor day weekend and then back to school! I am all prepped and ready to go. I have planned every subject out from September until June. Now I will move on to making preparations for baby! Speaking of which...we are looking for a dresser for Isaac so we can pass his on to the baby (didn't think we would be converting it back to a changing table after all these years...). We don't have a ton of needs because I can borrow just about everything from my sister! Yay! My greatest need (and newest adventure) will be cloth diapers. I have decided to go cloth with this one, mostly to reduce the constant cost of buying disposables, and because I don't like all the chemicals that are in the disposables. I'm actually pretty excited about it. Cloth diapers have come a long way since pins and rubber pants. It is sort of its own online subculture. There are actually blogs devoted to sending you various cloth diaper blogs to try to win cloth diapers...I haven't won any...yet ;)</div><div style="color: #20124d;">Also looking forward to hitting the town wide tag sale back home next weekend and the Big E coming up in a few weeks. I wonder what the butter sculpture will be this year...</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292836024809455626.post-49302582868939602822011-08-11T12:11:00.000-04:002011-08-11T12:11:05.417-04:00More summer funFor some reason all my photos uploaded in a jumbled mess that seriously lacks chronology but since its only a months worth of pictures, I suppose that doesn't matter much to anyone but me. I have been toting my camera around as much as possible and seem to have rekindled my love for taking pictures of my darling children and the fun things we do. I think I may also have gotten the blog bug back. I think they go hand in hand. When I have a camera full of pictures I just want to blog about them and they start haunting me as they pile up on the memory card..."think of what a long blog we will make if you don't blog soon" *said in a wavery haunting voice, the way pictures on memory cards talk*.<br />
So anyway, here are some of the fun things we've been doing!<br />
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We made pickles fresh from our garden cukes! This was a quick recipe for overnight dill pickles. They turned out so yummy! Very light, crispy and refreshing. They aren't properly canned though so they can't be shelved or given as gifts, which i must correct in order to share of the bounty of our garden!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSuyn_IZkayfR4s5xDi8NqRJvJDB5JHkFrCfWEDO227LPVyOqYN4KmLSsPuPHggtvSyzbjieVKG0-dOBK_icAkCwnjTFxvjbOd5fF7c3VRwyRVAgF_lZa2NJNt48dKlQi4U3Byrz8dAw4/s1600/2011-08-08+138.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSuyn_IZkayfR4s5xDi8NqRJvJDB5JHkFrCfWEDO227LPVyOqYN4KmLSsPuPHggtvSyzbjieVKG0-dOBK_icAkCwnjTFxvjbOd5fF7c3VRwyRVAgF_lZa2NJNt48dKlQi4U3Byrz8dAw4/s320/2011-08-08+138.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>One lazy summer afternoon my kids asked if they could play with shaving cream like the good old days when they were little. They had a great deal of fun pretending to shave. They were occupied for hours. Shaving cream, its not just for learning the alphabet...who knew?<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-PDknxvfL1qMWNbviP_MbtsySboWovTBgGguIANKi3Teh6rib6kCwKq5vBnmUyC-z9XfZvotjjg9iVT5EuWFillCZJLGdPCZiFfTDOeDKJ-HMQrPL3tZxkaCeK5wwN-umscJBuRVWb0/s1600/2011-08-08+060.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-PDknxvfL1qMWNbviP_MbtsySboWovTBgGguIANKi3Teh6rib6kCwKq5vBnmUyC-z9XfZvotjjg9iVT5EuWFillCZJLGdPCZiFfTDOeDKJ-HMQrPL3tZxkaCeK5wwN-umscJBuRVWb0/s320/2011-08-08+060.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>My kids and I had the honor of taking care of my niece Annika while everyone else was away at a wedding. We had such a nice day together just enjoying the beauty of summer. As we sat on the stately back porch of my parent's house slurping some sweet juicy watermelon, we spyed this beautiful Indigo Bunting resting in a nearby patch of milkweed and grass. It was so cool. Isaac was especially excited, given his new found affection for birdwatching. I was especially excited that I had my camera and got a decent picture of it!<br />
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So that brings us up to date! Now it is time to pack up and leave for vacation!!!!!! We are all very excited for that. I will come back with another memory card full of pictures demanding in their haunting voice to be blogged. I will also come back to a lot of planning to do so we can get ready for school to start! I have done a decent amount already but I am trying to plan the entire year week by week. It is my attempt to keep things running smoothly when little baby girl comes to join our school. I'm anticipating a little disruption...but praying it will all go well!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292836024809455626.post-53210267506372524852011-07-13T11:56:00.001-04:002011-07-13T12:00:50.212-04:00A Midsummer Day's BlogIt is a beautiful summer day today. We have been blessed with lots of nice weather lately and have enjoyed every minute of it! Today, unfortunately, Ian has a fever so we are laying low. It is pretty noisy around here though because we are finally having our sewer pipe replaced!!! If you recall, we had some major problems this winter and have suffered through some rather unpleasant adjustments since then. Last week we received a grant from the city to cover the cost of replacement!!!! We had been contemplating for months how we were going to do it and we are so blessed by this grant! Our great God has provided once again!<br />
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In other news, WE ARE HAVING A BABY GIRL!!!!!!! We found out about a month ago and we are sooo excited. We can't wait to welcome this precious bundle wrapped in pink! It's been 10 years since I had a baby girl. The really neat thing is, he kids are all getting something they have never had...a little sister! So exciting. I am 5 months along today and feeling great. Here she is, making her very first TLC blog appearance! Now we have the fun and exciting job of figuring out what her name is!<br />
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</div>When we spent a day down at the Germain's we had a cooking day. Kyle and Isabella made a strawberry rhubarb pie that came out excellent! (although it was lacking in the rhubarb department because my plants didn't really produce well. I think its because I didn't pick enough last year. Any thoughts on that?)<br />
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</div>These beautiful roses were in bloom on the side of my house on my birthday. I have never seen them look so amazing as they did that day. They were special birthday flowers from my Savior.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhriEFs2usSDtuaChXFtxX0Zrb1WT2LpLHeqGzAcLl4BkCFaaku_ZIecqoUh1e72yU8IDDjmZtM9OgTcQIk4TVegya8LRssLNr8j9Zyx40AUhHSpGYfNhYYeqkksQoNja_plcdLLNVHBDc/s1600/2011-6-7+034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhriEFs2usSDtuaChXFtxX0Zrb1WT2LpLHeqGzAcLl4BkCFaaku_ZIecqoUh1e72yU8IDDjmZtM9OgTcQIk4TVegya8LRssLNr8j9Zyx40AUhHSpGYfNhYYeqkksQoNja_plcdLLNVHBDc/s320/2011-6-7+034.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>In addition to all this fun, Bella is doing the summer swim team and Isaac decided to play in a summer baseball league / tournament to raise money for the Jimmy Fund. He is trying to raise $100.00. If you would like to contribute, you can mail him a check made out to the Jimmy Fund. We have to turn it in by this Saturday the 16th. Isaac also has a goal of learning how to swim this summer so we will be spending as much time at the lake as possible! He's doing pretty well and gaining confidence, which is definitely half the battle when learning to swim. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCjWKdlRUHdF_TRvNT8xuMlGDHuOBWIEz6BQeudiP_HMkh7JhMNwzGzQ8TYHkMtL-DSo-MoCKrN-HS9yeLrGmLQvtb-ie2MS9mUGicIypeBhg2ULv528bIzdWadp3PLcbrwwtHSxKXR7Y/s1600/2011-6-7+060.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCjWKdlRUHdF_TRvNT8xuMlGDHuOBWIEz6BQeudiP_HMkh7JhMNwzGzQ8TYHkMtL-DSo-MoCKrN-HS9yeLrGmLQvtb-ie2MS9mUGicIypeBhg2ULv528bIzdWadp3PLcbrwwtHSxKXR7Y/s320/2011-6-7+060.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Looking forward to enjoying the rest of July and we can't wait for our vacation in August!!! Summer is just so wonderful! I wish it would just slow down a little...I fear it will be gone before I know it!</div><span id="goog_2065462235"></span><span id="goog_2065462236"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292836024809455626.post-61537468052533180782011-06-14T14:47:00.001-04:002011-06-14T14:51:29.978-04:00March, April , May and part of June!Once upon a time there was a homeschooling mom who loved to blog. Sharing the adventures that she had with her children and their friends was a great delight. Then, she found out she was pregnant and she got tired and nauseous for 2 months and didn't do anything. After about 3 months she began to feel better and just when she was about to get caught up with all the things she neglected, BAM, her home town got slammed with a terrible tornado and she was so sad and overwhelmed that she could think of nothing but helping those whom she loved. Almost 2 weeks later, she realized that she did still have to get caught up on the many things she has neglected and thought maybe blogging could help with that (and even help the people of her home town Monson, MA).<br />
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I am not including any images of the tornado here on this blog. There are many and they are terrible and they don't even begin to capture the devastation. If you would like to see some you can visit the<br />
<a href="http://www.monsontornado.org/images">Monson Tornado Relief </a><a href="http://www.monsontornado.org/images">website at http://www.monsontornado.org/images</a>. From there you can view photos and on the right side of the page there is also a paypal link for donating funds to the Monson Tornado Relief Account. Below that link you can purchase bracelets to show support. There are also many pages on Facebook that explain ways that you can help. Click on the links below if you are interested in more information.<br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_156032417796074&ap=1">Monson Tornado Watch 2011</a><br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_135934699816642&ap=1"> Berkshire County Helping Hampden County</a><br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Adopt-a-Monson-Family-Tornado-Relief/221250141232451"> Adopt a Monson Family </a><br />
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So, in other news, we have a lot to do before this baby of ours arrives in November! Finishing school for the year was first on the list and it is now completed. My last blog was in February so here is a brief (but not actually brief) synopsis of some of the things we accomplished.<br />
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My boys did some woodworking with Jason this winter while we were all still snowed in. They made me this beautiful napkin holder.<br />
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After that it was Easter. My kids and I visited our Germain friends one day and my sisters came up for the visit too. We did some pretty eggstrordinary egg coloring if I do say so myself.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4haz-3Xy8x84idKkLUZS7kqiks2e5VGhusXdtiwyXRIZq34ulLTA9g-zYDNRspq9PVYfamTqo0GIDR7A564YGoSWK1OByqu_ETLOVEPvKEHGZexIrK-12N62u9cixjZlT2jkarbYIDo/s1600/2011-6-5+006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4haz-3Xy8x84idKkLUZS7kqiks2e5VGhusXdtiwyXRIZq34ulLTA9g-zYDNRspq9PVYfamTqo0GIDR7A564YGoSWK1OByqu_ETLOVEPvKEHGZexIrK-12N62u9cixjZlT2jkarbYIDo/s320/2011-6-5+006.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>On Easter my friend left me this delightful family of miniature pancakes with sharpie faces. They were on my porch. I might have been expecting something egg like from the Easter bunny...but I got pancakes from a curly college girl instead. They made me smile, they still do and I find them incredibly blog worthy.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHE7l9RmhetVQ7KiSFyIe5MWa4PhMvge3ltS_y8mDdQrlUKmjbSUZTQwqxjQD-obf1lT_I9ypdUJvOisSyz__ORVkEX5gO05ZG5SuM8ZRG0UueR1s37Fv5mLVh7_1y5BPJZwWACXGaN8/s1600/2011-6-5+010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHE7l9RmhetVQ7KiSFyIe5MWa4PhMvge3ltS_y8mDdQrlUKmjbSUZTQwqxjQD-obf1lT_I9ypdUJvOisSyz__ORVkEX5gO05ZG5SuM8ZRG0UueR1s37Fv5mLVh7_1y5BPJZwWACXGaN8/s320/2011-6-5+010.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>We had an egg hunt too. Glad the snow was finally gone!!<br />
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One of our homeschool activities for the year was Research Group hosted by a children's librarian a few towns away. We traveled there once a month and she led us through the process of developing a research paper and final presentation. There were about 16 children in the group and last Monday they all came together to give their presentations. Isaac did his report on the Saber-Tooth Cat. <br />
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My waistline is ever expanding right now and I am just beginning to have a cute pregnant belly (instead of just looking chubby). Maybe I'll post a picture of my pregnant self next time. We have our big ultrasound on Thursday!!!! Can't wait to find out who this baby is and really start serious consideration of names. It is so different this time around and I am truly enjoying it so much!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292836024809455626.post-85307181497645823632011-03-06T21:41:00.000-05:002011-03-06T21:41:01.602-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUDD7Mg_U8U0j3OdFw9YuebVeklE7kaCZYBQ_I1ZkymsBfI59UV20e8MopPpPowyC0BlWmcm33hqgQzdW92QH-4fsO6DbSReGFbB3ao3IyTnwSGH8wzGdXx1j7-mpqnP4VYuvgIrxa1Zs/s1600/2011-2-25+028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div> A couple of Before and Afters around here this weekend! <br />
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Here is the dining room and kitchen before...<br />
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</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292836024809455626.post-68274123931938406602011-02-25T23:15:00.000-05:002011-02-25T23:15:52.111-05:00February is almost over, do you know what that means? It means that spring is getting close enough to start getting excited about! This week is February Break and although TLC Academy didn't meet I assigned a "life skills" week. The focus is on things that we often do everyday but emphasizing and drawing attention to their importance as skills to learn. Some of our life skills for the week included practicing something, nurturing relationships, problem solving and communication within relationships, budgeting, time management, organization, goal setting etc. It's been a fun week. I am failing in the time management area because as I blog I should be planning out our lessons for the next 8 weeks or so... I'm such a procrastinator, not a very positive life skill. However, blogging will help me recap the last month or so and what we have accomplished before I move on. I'm also good at justifying my procrastination...also not a very positive life skill.<br />
I tried to be a little better about getting the camera out the past few weeks. Here are some pix of the kids hard at work on an average day at TLC Academy.<br />
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On February 8th we celebrated our 100th day of school!!! That has become a tradition of ours that the kids look forward too. This year we did some of our favorite 100th day of school activities and added some new ones. The overall goal of the day was to accomplish 20 things for 5 points each. If 100 points were reached they would earn a free time day. It came down to the wire because we needed 100 people to answer our survey about favorite holidays, but in the end, we made it. They earned their free day (and redeemed it the next school day hahaha).<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvAItb4WnSTfgT9u3IQrGluyqaxR7sDOpF6BYHPI9A3h8lJ0TYIT0f6NIPac9KzaZqEXfYYnXBK1KgN3oc2ESxALEn5aLNbQgIr0i-7MKud2eqRv-u_CgTSC8w3tCjg2LXnVC6SsPnGOk/s1600/2011-2-25+069.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvAItb4WnSTfgT9u3IQrGluyqaxR7sDOpF6BYHPI9A3h8lJ0TYIT0f6NIPac9KzaZqEXfYYnXBK1KgN3oc2ESxALEn5aLNbQgIr0i-7MKud2eqRv-u_CgTSC8w3tCjg2LXnVC6SsPnGOk/s320/2011-2-25+069.jpg" width="213" /></a></div> Here we go with the cookie cutter. I made some cocoa crispy valentine treats. Ian went gluten free back in January. It has made quite a difference for his digestion and we are adapting well to the new lifestyle. Its not easy but I have had a lot of support (and food) from my gluten free friend Jen so we've made the transition well. It's not easy to find good, healthy, inexpensive gluten free treats but rice crispy treats fit the bill!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is King Monkey. He is Isaac's favorite stuffed buddy and has been since the crib days. Jason and the boys have been doing some wood working and they built this little throne for Monkey!</div><br />
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Then right after Christmas we got a sizable snow storm. The kids and Jason were elated. I didn't share their enthusiasm but I did go out and play and had a little fun.<br />
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I left you with a cliff hanger last time...remember? I showed you a plump juicy caterpillar and then the beautiful chrysalis it had transformed itself into that was seemingly sewn shut with God's golden thread. Well, lo and behold, the beauty emerged! I have had the privilege of seeing many a monarch from caterpillar to butterfly and never once have I seen it actually emerge from it's chrysalis. I was waiting with bated breath, I could tell it was going to happen any minute. I turned my back for 10 minutes to teach a math lesson and the whole thing was over! I had missed it again.<br />
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Jason and the boys have been busy building in the basement as of late. They have constructed boats, a helicopter, a car and are currently working on a chair for Monkey. This particular evening they floated their wooden boats and some origami paper boats that they had made. It proved to be a good experiment on buoyancy and absorbency. In the end they realized why paper boats are just for decoration...<br />
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The holidays are fast approaching and I am NOT ready but I intend to enjoy every minute of them when they arrive and not get "wrapped" up in the gifts and shopping. My intention is to enjoy every minute I have with family and friends, be ridiculously thankful to my Lord and Savior for the amazing blessings and gifts He bestows upon me daily and rejoice that God sent Him!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292836024809455626.post-25354002596836786062010-10-08T20:55:00.001-04:002010-10-08T20:55:51.952-04:00No Title<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /><a href='http://photos.helio.com/imgALB/201010/08/01286585745992000001198416_0.jpg'><img src='http://photos.helio.com/imgALB/201010/08/01286585745992000001198416_1.jpg'/></a><br/><br />--Sent from my Virgin Mobile!<br/><br/><br/>--<br/>Sent from my Virgin Mobile </div><br /> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292836024809455626.post-22147846949306671772010-10-08T20:49:00.001-04:002010-10-08T20:49:08.334-04:00No Title<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /><a href='http://photos.helio.com/imgALB/201010/08/01286585332280000001198416_0.jpg'><img src='http://photos.helio.com/imgALB/201010/08/01286585332280000001198416_1.jpg'/></a><br/><br />--Sent from my Virgin Mobile!<br/><br/><br/>--<br/>Sent from my Virgin Mobile </div><br /> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292836024809455626.post-91106515478065727412010-09-19T20:58:00.008-04:002010-09-19T22:14:27.529-04:00Back to School!School is officially back in session! Our first two weeks back have been great and here is your peek at what we've been up to. We have a new student this year!! We are so excited to have Miles join the TLC Academy clan. Isaac and Ian are particularly happy that they are no longer out numbered by girls. I must say that I am so honored to be the teacher of these beautiful children.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3iyc2Bj7cAOd2CdspPrIds6Pp5ntIqLH3_SXDJSRz6VQLMoKddcRLbt_b2rfHPZ8PREmyGtXusoU7rYxouaYjFMxpipTxYPng-dKGOTv14tIOlSRqVVZC0crUFMkN1-cbnEbZAIXeN0/s1600/100_8297.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3iyc2Bj7cAOd2CdspPrIds6Pp5ntIqLH3_SXDJSRz6VQLMoKddcRLbt_b2rfHPZ8PREmyGtXusoU7rYxouaYjFMxpipTxYPng-dKGOTv14tIOlSRqVVZC0crUFMkN1-cbnEbZAIXeN0/s320/100_8297.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518800623849529554" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTqq-hLVPsdb6up26ZgjCIACM5aqsO0BemRHRcnOwfbkDKfpRuO-rRUqRv0m1sKYfZW4K1P-Chodebx5IzHdEE6LH1i_5dxNJBpnQqC4oO8W4Mtm6BjhRAz45fozyOLSd42-64kv6Iez0/s1600/100_8295.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTqq-hLVPsdb6up26ZgjCIACM5aqsO0BemRHRcnOwfbkDKfpRuO-rRUqRv0m1sKYfZW4K1P-Chodebx5IzHdEE6LH1i_5dxNJBpnQqC4oO8W4Mtm6BjhRAz45fozyOLSd42-64kv6Iez0/s320/100_8295.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518800611961664770" border="0" /></a>We got right to work on the first day. I was amazed at how fast everyone flew through their review work. These little smarties didn't forget a thing over the summer, in fact, they kept right on learning! No back tracking for this bunch. We are doing a fun Spanish curriculum together and learned some of the rooms in our house. I minored in Spanish in college and I am really enjoying speaking it with the kids and using (and refreshing) some of what I know. We are also doing a nice music curriculum that goes through some traditional hymns. Everyone got started on their spelling, math and language arts and it's going well. Overall, I am excited about all of our curriculum. I am trying to focus on making sure the kids know how to use what they are learning and apply it to other situations when necessary. I am steering away from rote drill-type work and moving toward more critical thinking skills. I think it's going to make the year a lot more productive and fun for all of us.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-xEXU9P_A42UAFLgte4yMF52kciArV6m6nZZP-nBfoB9fjyGvI0oiAzefPzdG_OkZV9OF1XQ5fNT9YLY8oIdfpt4MLgp0FMjHIWjFIylqxf3vcZ3F-qcgEWxEGYvR1JVkkVYn7xXQ1hk/s1600/100_8296.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-xEXU9P_A42UAFLgte4yMF52kciArV6m6nZZP-nBfoB9fjyGvI0oiAzefPzdG_OkZV9OF1XQ5fNT9YLY8oIdfpt4MLgp0FMjHIWjFIylqxf3vcZ3F-qcgEWxEGYvR1JVkkVYn7xXQ1hk/s320/100_8296.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518800601048286018" border="0" /></a>We did a simple and fun art project the first day of school. I gave everyone a blue circle and told them to incorporate it in their picture as something. I just loved seeing how different everyone thought and created. Bella's was a blueberry on a bush, Hannah's was the center of a flower, Lexie's was the sun setting on the horizon, Isaac's was a tractor wheel, Ian's was a head and Miles' was the sun in the sky.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7sWUulJWcs1xPEbmqNMpgQI0RIGPz-SDZDIoxLKQDRJSR5hYS49l1UQI89rbxH_QFi9LarNfaUdXgYxA6ByiBsbVEjwCNaSb3I_UFfQzs71aHOF_wFLOKR0Xm5YJWggzBRUYGPuTgiuA/s1600/100_8298.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7sWUulJWcs1xPEbmqNMpgQI0RIGPz-SDZDIoxLKQDRJSR5hYS49l1UQI89rbxH_QFi9LarNfaUdXgYxA6ByiBsbVEjwCNaSb3I_UFfQzs71aHOF_wFLOKR0Xm5YJWggzBRUYGPuTgiuA/s320/100_8298.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518800599526896626" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWjWftulDn76uiMes9tEOppqpQ-J2TWJ4g9c25gCHohGoSXNInamOM5NTcEN0s21P_7kSD8jqtKVmEKtHTecefSCcaDkvd_Dt5Url6o_BHm9Xsd7h-Z7-LwegQJNr5Z3aORIsSBw7Btt8/s1600/100_8299.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWjWftulDn76uiMes9tEOppqpQ-J2TWJ4g9c25gCHohGoSXNInamOM5NTcEN0s21P_7kSD8jqtKVmEKtHTecefSCcaDkvd_Dt5Url6o_BHm9Xsd7h-Z7-LwegQJNr5Z3aORIsSBw7Btt8/s320/100_8299.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518800588896193314" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjaghNHWdXlSlvzkH0SiuCSEvtboCb4iCGWcKbb-USBvHp_56vQVnGLvgiTsUkmsRgqI9uRY46Wh6H6lhjca8W3gGxwmxb_VrXb5svG-lNTqdcB-0X3hHOU9SsyaITF4W1WKMSehvGO6k/s1600/100_8300.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjaghNHWdXlSlvzkH0SiuCSEvtboCb4iCGWcKbb-USBvHp_56vQVnGLvgiTsUkmsRgqI9uRY46Wh6H6lhjca8W3gGxwmxb_VrXb5svG-lNTqdcB-0X3hHOU9SsyaITF4W1WKMSehvGO6k/s320/100_8300.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518799630784075042" border="0" /></a>My friend Alison gave us a Monarch caterpillar. I was so excited. I love watching this amazing process and we didn't get to do it last year. He was already a big fat fatty caterpillar when we got him and he went into his chrysalis the next day. The amazing thing was that we got to see it! It's a pretty fast process (only about 5 minutes from beginning to end) and we just happened to be looking so we got to see it happen. You can't get better science than that!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgrKZ6Y5dBrVxZJtL8JS-b4ujtnvLlH3xaCV4mQzgujSPl0xiodxnQZSWX_UqgsYMCgaWaVcvReEVHRbjxrohC4pludzKcTtH7k1u_oxac9-nGokXa1r6PFRBwM3i_PkG5jAj3Lht2bw0/s1600/100_8302.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgrKZ6Y5dBrVxZJtL8JS-b4ujtnvLlH3xaCV4mQzgujSPl0xiodxnQZSWX_UqgsYMCgaWaVcvReEVHRbjxrohC4pludzKcTtH7k1u_oxac9-nGokXa1r6PFRBwM3i_PkG5jAj3Lht2bw0/s320/100_8302.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518799622268729762" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsEyHo2P9MglRIk6GClg_Cq94gMD8fzvlVBciYUlwnbgRHGVhMF_6bFS5m7_qN4M-fI3B66f6CQJaJYy4PqG2lmPk-Ekyew0YLOXoRVlKb69EyluygJEXpp6RgoKaoMvqCnpF13Jce3-8/s1600/100_8330.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsEyHo2P9MglRIk6GClg_Cq94gMD8fzvlVBciYUlwnbgRHGVhMF_6bFS5m7_qN4M-fI3B66f6CQJaJYy4PqG2lmPk-Ekyew0YLOXoRVlKb69EyluygJEXpp6RgoKaoMvqCnpF13Jce3-8/s320/100_8330.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518799609057947538" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1A79huudxE-r207Q3fhw1F2eE0yLcK7FhYSSWpHy0z0yxgGBwmncsGzLETO_uzdr_6wJcjyA_F8ilPW8qCBgU-afD7LLfvsQMOuea3_8nrxPS0GJplJLbpDwmkWUIEqGkHz31pJ4U-c/s1600/100_8333.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1A79huudxE-r207Q3fhw1F2eE0yLcK7FhYSSWpHy0z0yxgGBwmncsGzLETO_uzdr_6wJcjyA_F8ilPW8qCBgU-afD7LLfvsQMOuea3_8nrxPS0GJplJLbpDwmkWUIEqGkHz31pJ4U-c/s320/100_8333.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518799601587714706" border="0" /></a>One of Ian's major accomplishments for the first week of school was riding a two wheeler! He was a pro after only a few tries. Now the challenge is keeping him inside to do his work! He wants to ride all day!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_9_wodErZuc2QeThIVxUtWc4k5IbEoa3uomf0gz3riHllP4tj_GiZRJcM2rMFgR6h3dNI020TPauCm2n_StKTdHMxi_hJ7yOB3UHc9AZ8d6Y2cuLz-eh_aZZeV0YmasqD5fqSBRtBkXM/s1600/100_8314.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_9_wodErZuc2QeThIVxUtWc4k5IbEoa3uomf0gz3riHllP4tj_GiZRJcM2rMFgR6h3dNI020TPauCm2n_StKTdHMxi_hJ7yOB3UHc9AZ8d6Y2cuLz-eh_aZZeV0YmasqD5fqSBRtBkXM/s320/100_8314.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518799598608617890" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb2EG1DaDJnHaB1qto1LfhsyCXyKDqTPCYTvcti6x-btVq0tYkGe79HX2lXXKBDKGZMdsdn5HQ1mQr8ocbGlsNSkJVFoGKeSm-qrpWZNh9ILckukN8AfwtUr0vmBtdRaUnArT28JxpF-8/s1600/100_8319.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb2EG1DaDJnHaB1qto1LfhsyCXyKDqTPCYTvcti6x-btVq0tYkGe79HX2lXXKBDKGZMdsdn5HQ1mQr8ocbGlsNSkJVFoGKeSm-qrpWZNh9ILckukN8AfwtUr0vmBtdRaUnArT28JxpF-8/s320/100_8319.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518798560326426290" border="0" /></a>But alas, there is some bookwork that needs to be done...and everyone has been doing it diligently.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbch0sXKkdXpZyrTxkQzQ-Ci5O0VgV0yY9MX1gKuhBMu8JM56W534LWOY6N7DFVVGX3kOzOfj-S3SPbsBlY1DpNBl_MJw_tlTf4eS4a_PeMisRWVaNOrdgUwxYYboRORpPX5Pi52fRCs/s1600/100_8304.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbch0sXKkdXpZyrTxkQzQ-Ci5O0VgV0yY9MX1gKuhBMu8JM56W534LWOY6N7DFVVGX3kOzOfj-S3SPbsBlY1DpNBl_MJw_tlTf4eS4a_PeMisRWVaNOrdgUwxYYboRORpPX5Pi52fRCs/s320/100_8304.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518798539668834034" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja3PnueyDmRwcKuC10Z8lyRcmfr5eGDEUtW0isNPh6bj0NFWNObiOBxmhoaDI3apafJbh1XsNkutaAN6c3GjtO9dAWbFAoYxUAI9bK_ImgtpXinvlHOBYOdTHNKor4z2JY9eKzAxSLBzM/s1600/100_8308.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja3PnueyDmRwcKuC10Z8lyRcmfr5eGDEUtW0isNPh6bj0NFWNObiOBxmhoaDI3apafJbh1XsNkutaAN6c3GjtO9dAWbFAoYxUAI9bK_ImgtpXinvlHOBYOdTHNKor4z2JY9eKzAxSLBzM/s320/100_8308.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518798522308307954" border="0" /></a>...and even with a smile!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Gc_-jdhz87vaEeCNOXi_I25YB8dfDtCO_RdX8dy11P1FOf9uuozcJ7HJE0lHea7RRlSfO9s2rUQGqo2I9TrMauYCRLcGzGlECQccsrhb9nE2YoaoS34CCcKv8hXIsL1z1Zx6Q6glai4/s1600/100_8311.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Gc_-jdhz87vaEeCNOXi_I25YB8dfDtCO_RdX8dy11P1FOf9uuozcJ7HJE0lHea7RRlSfO9s2rUQGqo2I9TrMauYCRLcGzGlECQccsrhb9nE2YoaoS34CCcKv8hXIsL1z1Zx6Q6glai4/s320/100_8311.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518798510480522898" border="0" /></a>Sometimes we need a bookwork break though and the tactile fun of a bin of dried rice and beans is a perfect activity.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbdg2gBp4COHemmvy0M_Kh7VdpKbB0duuATq3XkRgQhK86l1QV457btKOsqMovcCh4hWjFkVXCYkC-V0yeTmTbvCN2D1q9g9tqPq8EMEcTRkYzrpyCZPVIOiHMcxzRnJoetiaEJAV0IQw/s1600/100_8326.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbdg2gBp4COHemmvy0M_Kh7VdpKbB0duuATq3XkRgQhK86l1QV457btKOsqMovcCh4hWjFkVXCYkC-V0yeTmTbvCN2D1q9g9tqPq8EMEcTRkYzrpyCZPVIOiHMcxzRnJoetiaEJAV0IQw/s320/100_8326.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518797282403703330" border="0" /></a>...unless of course you are in 4<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">th</span> and 5<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span> grade and then it's work, work, work, work, work...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYzCoXRAmrYFq7AqsQsGtvduLB7TfGtLwYcWIjGhpzk2rS9FZIMQe_jby1Td3NaOWfbb7GThXdLMOnmBBNqTKM5seTKBd1rUvblFaFZbF3TxNc2NthFWIZqw5lRa6QwleuJoanNzSzBcU/s1600/100_8327.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYzCoXRAmrYFq7AqsQsGtvduLB7TfGtLwYcWIjGhpzk2rS9FZIMQe_jby1Td3NaOWfbb7GThXdLMOnmBBNqTKM5seTKBd1rUvblFaFZbF3TxNc2NthFWIZqw5lRa6QwleuJoanNzSzBcU/s320/100_8327.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518797271652177522" border="0" /></a>...and then do a fun craft. I gave the girls step by step instructions on how to make a 3D apple. They followed them perfectly with very little help. I was impressed.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd6Fp3RTropNu074ORt8NPuOj9CRytdld_97tCNfsLWb3IsgV7GIHcF5jqMPbMV-hD73KkciNRyyG5xBF2wF3YPvSdnQVR05vufjuXraq3zxdz49v4RhoPXX9QpjH2cu-Dj7ED9WaP4Rw/s1600/100_8338.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd6Fp3RTropNu074ORt8NPuOj9CRytdld_97tCNfsLWb3IsgV7GIHcF5jqMPbMV-hD73KkciNRyyG5xBF2wF3YPvSdnQVR05vufjuXraq3zxdz49v4RhoPXX9QpjH2cu-Dj7ED9WaP4Rw/s320/100_8338.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518797260205459522" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiemvkurLEvc5__QtOo6m0PBwcMSbsL_2y8wW1NoVjDLrvhMMwyA64PLagWcFabDQ1sYRTysvn6If_nllZULiPrUICUvP-xK_Cm6kXkF4Zj9XlgIApKhwbQ2wlSbPb2HBQxvtyw8BCjaHE/s1600/100_8339.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiemvkurLEvc5__QtOo6m0PBwcMSbsL_2y8wW1NoVjDLrvhMMwyA64PLagWcFabDQ1sYRTysvn6If_nllZULiPrUICUvP-xK_Cm6kXkF4Zj9XlgIApKhwbQ2wlSbPb2HBQxvtyw8BCjaHE/s320/100_8339.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518797253464853682" border="0" /></a>We are very excited to be a part of many activities in addition to our regular school time. We will host a book club once a month. This month we read the first half of Little Pilgrim's Progress by Helen Taylor. Next month we are reading Farmer Boy by Laura <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Ingalls</span> Wilder. We are also going to be a part of Research Group again at a local library and will be hosting an Art Club. As if that isn't enough, we are also doing science clubs! My children have a science group after piano twice a month. We will be studying physical science. At our first meeting the kids learned about the Scientific Method. This is a tough area of science for me, one that I lack interest in. I am grateful that two of my very good friends have graciously invited us to their group and will be doing most of the teaching!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtWfM5UCUNsKx0CaiyfEgfBmBDLzvl23ehD7X1ZJQItU0cH1ehgLn4FAoN2nNk2NfFQYgRDq1qkxbaKD1QkTRjS1KdmlFrNhXMEfuVsd2vfu2nhFmEpuyhfD8PAiu4Bf2m7LpUQP6vA4/s1600/100_8336.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtWfM5UCUNsKx0CaiyfEgfBmBDLzvl23ehD7X1ZJQItU0cH1ehgLn4FAoN2nNk2NfFQYgRDq1qkxbaKD1QkTRjS1KdmlFrNhXMEfuVsd2vfu2nhFmEpuyhfD8PAiu4Bf2m7LpUQP6vA4/s320/100_8336.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518797242091841730" border="0" /></a>All of the TLC Academy is also doing another Science Club once a month. This month the topic was water and we learned so much! We did experiments on evaporation, condensation, a cloud craft, talked about the percentage of water on the earth and many more awesome activities! My friend Michelle did a great job packing tons of active learning into a few hours and the kids came away excited about what they have learned. They have been applying it in other areas which is always an indication that they "got it".<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwlGki9l7tXxNm9U9sXk8zeOMU1r9An1mx5T7_TAyCWNv9rVI8UpdOgsD9pWpaHoEdFlYFe6B92_gDfRpHTNPB4dXewndwYHJlw0Kpk6MQ3hMvZ6fHjx4xUJv5BO6G-zE8Zjfu-fcO5E/s1600/100_8342.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwlGki9l7tXxNm9U9sXk8zeOMU1r9An1mx5T7_TAyCWNv9rVI8UpdOgsD9pWpaHoEdFlYFe6B92_gDfRpHTNPB4dXewndwYHJlw0Kpk6MQ3hMvZ6fHjx4xUJv5BO6G-zE8Zjfu-fcO5E/s320/100_8342.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518795895308681138" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixdqKZW8ifbTlxS11abi9S4ChwVVgTe3VltdBBDOXnG-K9S8fZedPIoUundV_Ges_VibaCoGmSDvznO8RGk5jBJlOn8TuHcSpIIM2I30M_1yAgCMHhQRBp3c59p-2ZKJqdHCnZBBKu5zs/s1600/100_8343.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixdqKZW8ifbTlxS11abi9S4ChwVVgTe3VltdBBDOXnG-K9S8fZedPIoUundV_Ges_VibaCoGmSDvznO8RGk5jBJlOn8TuHcSpIIM2I30M_1yAgCMHhQRBp3c59p-2ZKJqdHCnZBBKu5zs/s320/100_8343.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518795882169454306" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtBikAn4lDZa-IieUPeTv7EEVT8mlwu8yu72AvbS1Anfs7ypDFj7fNx_aNHns16MCF0TILAwUWI6R8QBMziEcSFqd_mlcxiBKRKgOPsOrSLlG907sIIP0QDidskR5L5ykhqFwkJQ7Yna8/s1600/100_8344.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtBikAn4lDZa-IieUPeTv7EEVT8mlwu8yu72AvbS1Anfs7ypDFj7fNx_aNHns16MCF0TILAwUWI6R8QBMziEcSFqd_mlcxiBKRKgOPsOrSLlG907sIIP0QDidskR5L5ykhqFwkJQ7Yna8/s320/100_8344.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518795872432138242" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz716i2dlnLOZy4q7d6cURPAmtIyH2xu209dZQ_bPcaAoC0MlgcjFdN3oIbETtgy75xdtqrSJydUJucmaDggpioT-OIJKteoYtwo-iMsQb6LY7EAeF7mnoxB-Ch6NMdw64IK6L3A_rtJc/s1600/100_8348.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz716i2dlnLOZy4q7d6cURPAmtIyH2xu209dZQ_bPcaAoC0MlgcjFdN3oIbETtgy75xdtqrSJydUJucmaDggpioT-OIJKteoYtwo-iMsQb6LY7EAeF7mnoxB-Ch6NMdw64IK6L3A_rtJc/s320/100_8348.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518795866854356610" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTJGt4hHizHwU1Kd6ccIOH8vROmv7FV0kyX-rNsaXJCWnTymMHaR-nLA8JZcZ2mSu0IgL3ny8V3VaayX-UZIvGbvxwBh5DbK2WHCGEFjX4BURiurk8N81aXFoFdsAtiOb1dPIlDxubFJo/s1600/100_8349.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTJGt4hHizHwU1Kd6ccIOH8vROmv7FV0kyX-rNsaXJCWnTymMHaR-nLA8JZcZ2mSu0IgL3ny8V3VaayX-UZIvGbvxwBh5DbK2WHCGEFjX4BURiurk8N81aXFoFdsAtiOb1dPIlDxubFJo/s320/100_8349.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518795857528029346" border="0" /></a>Now this is going to look like a food blog from here to the end. We did lots of cooking this week. For History the girls were learning about the Incas, Mayas, and Aztecs. An optional activity was to cook something with corn. Bella chose to cook corn chowder. It was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">soooo</span> yummy. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGYYNXjvolifssGGb0HlmqI4-LhBy3XSoPNbPYvkvU8V1tpWpC7jUpqFB5DxBoBAmlvBdrITw-oDcl7J4NCCY3dGDuod55b0uibsMxoq4sna9SFtQ3lWdzBe0oJ_NOnNj7pRvCbvQxmAs/s1600/100_8313.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGYYNXjvolifssGGb0HlmqI4-LhBy3XSoPNbPYvkvU8V1tpWpC7jUpqFB5DxBoBAmlvBdrITw-oDcl7J4NCCY3dGDuod55b0uibsMxoq4sna9SFtQ3lWdzBe0oJ_NOnNj7pRvCbvQxmAs/s320/100_8313.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518807196168851554" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUhVnN7sQptoFUq5I5C4mVTtChgvtinvJu-sU4SySClPV9dLGq27G6rhjl26TnhxrLdoIKMVXHzdbiYQXfCxKOPn4l6Ih7smMzLYC17e6SB39WXJ-6eVUpsb9DBNTE6z32wJT9OXZTUmM/s1600/100_8320.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUhVnN7sQptoFUq5I5C4mVTtChgvtinvJu-sU4SySClPV9dLGq27G6rhjl26TnhxrLdoIKMVXHzdbiYQXfCxKOPn4l6Ih7smMzLYC17e6SB39WXJ-6eVUpsb9DBNTE6z32wJT9OXZTUmM/s320/100_8320.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518807182865713442" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ3oPORtYSAlpICdO7keGJaZV4fmfCF10ImoKIrLlgpY3jOjEX2hZcqROXNQDLtjL0nhWtGEoFyCw9Wy5bjMHQgvYxrtRHcEizL9mHga_Ned_U7ees5iS7RPfcTjJWagP8yr3WYczke8E/s1600/100_8321.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ3oPORtYSAlpICdO7keGJaZV4fmfCF10ImoKIrLlgpY3jOjEX2hZcqROXNQDLtjL0nhWtGEoFyCw9Wy5bjMHQgvYxrtRHcEizL9mHga_Ned_U7ees5iS7RPfcTjJWagP8yr3WYczke8E/s320/100_8321.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518807169206797250" border="0" /></a>Hannah made corn pudding and it was also really delicious!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzWcFTBZHLRbY3W5I5FFRlzHXB50PR7qzotWddOqqu-ex3AOsgk_9Sqw-tYei6ybSocUZfbemXhjXJnEw0W_tx13C2EODb3GYGTRSajWIqXCs-b912PYY0aqWr1RzU2aoRp-RigvpHOSw/s1600/100_8325.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzWcFTBZHLRbY3W5I5FFRlzHXB50PR7qzotWddOqqu-ex3AOsgk_9Sqw-tYei6ybSocUZfbemXhjXJnEw0W_tx13C2EODb3GYGTRSajWIqXCs-b912PYY0aqWr1RzU2aoRp-RigvpHOSw/s320/100_8325.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518807160329604946" border="0" /></a>She and her awesome mommy also made us an apple pie. Hannah's mommy <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Amira</span> is the crust master. I envy her crust making skills, for I am a terrible crust maker. Just look at that beautiful whole wheat crust with no hydrogenated oil. I have mostly banned hydrogenated oils from our diets, with the exception of store bought pie crust from time to time because I am such a terrible crust maker. Lame, I know...but enough about crust!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN9fg60yCDDqc2p5lpSdStVy0lhXyQ-Han0q2uhbBBlGb7taUYPkUinH1wY-Y06WiuhziZtPO896r4It5Z4KYFYkbf0E-Hf151ug8EwpacCyOI6RaWwRqTE1yICGGDB1y63wcZ7XST8Yw/s1600/100_8324.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN9fg60yCDDqc2p5lpSdStVy0lhXyQ-Han0q2uhbBBlGb7taUYPkUinH1wY-Y06WiuhziZtPO896r4It5Z4KYFYkbf0E-Hf151ug8EwpacCyOI6RaWwRqTE1yICGGDB1y63wcZ7XST8Yw/s320/100_8324.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518807149710846450" border="0" /></a>Let's move on to cookies! Those I am better at. Isaac and Ian are pretty good at them too! They made a delicious batch of pumpkin oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRlko7N5oQwvE21Q2xHV81ulQ51DedSybawjE9Xaed-KIK_ZJO9UOzGnHvCAhqaBOmYI0Gm0Z0go_8zzMN_YIFmW2XuN652bAARp3OrYJIW4z9aSiG5m4l3Ys4fLuPT-h03EQD0xo-8M/s1600/100_8352.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRlko7N5oQwvE21Q2xHV81ulQ51DedSybawjE9Xaed-KIK_ZJO9UOzGnHvCAhqaBOmYI0Gm0Z0go_8zzMN_YIFmW2XuN652bAARp3OrYJIW4z9aSiG5m4l3Ys4fLuPT-h03EQD0xo-8M/s320/100_8352.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518794659298554178" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguURqXGQvHuYrUwYil48nDk5PDZ8nvOCtgepUAzkewud-Tpj8H5ZNpRK8CQoEGJ0kvMgOYtRp6ktsbNYaCoEnHVTK-H960k6zgJyh3N3hDUfxzmTVlFp4ApmZXr2oPH1_FOuinBAZjjjs/s1600/100_8353.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguURqXGQvHuYrUwYil48nDk5PDZ8nvOCtgepUAzkewud-Tpj8H5ZNpRK8CQoEGJ0kvMgOYtRp6ktsbNYaCoEnHVTK-H960k6zgJyh3N3hDUfxzmTVlFp4ApmZXr2oPH1_FOuinBAZjjjs/s320/100_8353.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518794652725756050" border="0" /></a>We have been learning a bit about the traditional MA hero, Johnny Appleseed this past week. Hannah, Bella and Lexie made these delicious Johnny Appleseed treats. They were very easy (if you are lame like me and buy store bought pie crust that is) and very delicious. We had made caramel apple butter earlier in the week and they combined it with some diced apples, plopped a spoonful in little pie crust circles, sealed them and baked them!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibAqzpcPsWSoVhX1DMpO46FiAYA0dXzwQR9pVcuwWHrDHOnY8E0lCzkEi1xEKtwXe9q2Z_2ZztGZj9R5clhjBMtPESExp80yRA9Dms5MTHZJBuxhHVO-EYut4vKJyGj35LfmKD0J4k-hw/s1600/100_8354.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibAqzpcPsWSoVhX1DMpO46FiAYA0dXzwQR9pVcuwWHrDHOnY8E0lCzkEi1xEKtwXe9q2Z_2ZztGZj9R5clhjBMtPESExp80yRA9Dms5MTHZJBuxhHVO-EYut4vKJyGj35LfmKD0J4k-hw/s320/100_8354.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518794618955708402" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCNlnkh2ttNrBOhKyRNyHB-kWgg0xx3y6GG3aB3SObXgEV-Vox2W8oshqliH-mlFCBhYc5wtk25z7i3-pDj1ZBLSR5lgPTkzLySn9LLWgNXDroJtd2encLoJMbSk8hvGNX5rBrCIov_v8/s1600/100_8356.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCNlnkh2ttNrBOhKyRNyHB-kWgg0xx3y6GG3aB3SObXgEV-Vox2W8oshqliH-mlFCBhYc5wtk25z7i3-pDj1ZBLSR5lgPTkzLySn9LLWgNXDroJtd2encLoJMbSk8hvGNX5rBrCIov_v8/s320/100_8356.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518794597156674306" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO4GByOCM8YhjQUuf2OJVnV0dhHF3imEeDp9_zn5LX7E-qJdx4TEbuUY43kVtREBtIN7Rp5j5LW3UJ5uJm-L-3y0Du6cipKx5_oEtVyiVlus4BWsZ5aQ9mRE8IlUzTgHbOIg9qaCcKDCE/s1600/100_8357.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO4GByOCM8YhjQUuf2OJVnV0dhHF3imEeDp9_zn5LX7E-qJdx4TEbuUY43kVtREBtIN7Rp5j5LW3UJ5uJm-L-3y0Du6cipKx5_oEtVyiVlus4BWsZ5aQ9mRE8IlUzTgHbOIg9qaCcKDCE/s320/100_8357.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518794585554563410" border="0" /></a>All this fun fall baking and eating is not really conducive to maintaining my weight loss plan, however. It took a lot of running to burn of all these treats (especially trans fat loaded pie crust). <br />The next few weeks have some great things on tap, including a trip to the apple orchard, watching our butterfly emerge from it's chrysalis and lots of other hands on learning fun.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292836024809455626.post-46118224252452882592010-09-06T12:00:00.003-04:002010-09-06T21:24:09.032-04:00end of summerToday is labor day and the summer is officially winding to a close. I am pretty much ready to start school on Tuesday. Blogging our last summer events will help give me summer closure. I think this was the best summer I have had since I was a child. I am sad to see it come to a close. The last few weeks have been spent trying to balance enjoying the rest of summer and getting ready for school. No small task for a homeschooling mom, let me tell you. When I was teaching I had 2 weeks in my classroom with no kids to get ready. Now that my classroom is my home and the kids are always here, challenges are aplenty. Then again, so is the fun, so it all works out. Last week with the awesome weather it was wonderful to "have" to take the kids to the pool, rather than staying in front of this screen planning.
<br />Here are some of highlights from our last few weeks.
<br />When we first got back from our vacation the kids were still in vacation mode and apparently so was Jason because he decided to pitch the tent in the backyard for some camping. The kids LOVED it. The cool Berkshire nights made it a little uncomfortable for me and when it dropped below 50 degrees I went inside. <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><span style="font-size:85%;"> <a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23OZL9BQ2ALB8HwxUfBvBX6Dky-x6V8avGDF-Hx2IuFclcVpNdxFSfrKSlD4F-wnumfx1pOTnXNdeyQaqZ98Ccmpr8zI4graVz4b_qYouSs9tJrr1vASQNy7oLjY_r4cd2__3DDBNz6g/s1600/100_8216.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23OZL9BQ2ALB8HwxUfBvBX6Dky-x6V8avGDF-Hx2IuFclcVpNdxFSfrKSlD4F-wnumfx1pOTnXNdeyQaqZ98Ccmpr8zI4graVz4b_qYouSs9tJrr1vASQNy7oLjY_r4cd2__3DDBNz6g/s320/100_8216.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513561931875330866" border="0" /></a> <a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyJID1ZuBMbZJ0TNQ7u0oWCeVnYdpfsk4k7HOrRClZhzXJFGiD1OLZYQtfAdUELKsJYq1LMc5dFaQaNnXP-mP9FL77ubamcQtpmys1jU8BggoBa-9V4Uhi4ODK9tgrxmDw344RI7l6g24/s1600/100_8218.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyJID1ZuBMbZJ0TNQ7u0oWCeVnYdpfsk4k7HOrRClZhzXJFGiD1OLZYQtfAdUELKsJYq1LMc5dFaQaNnXP-mP9FL77ubamcQtpmys1jU8BggoBa-9V4Uhi4ODK9tgrxmDw344RI7l6g24/s320/100_8218.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513561923206287890" border="0" /></a> <a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnUgIurm3WeiutvfVELonBRQRNc-io91D58nnBwPqzL6HRQ8sDncnqWlBrgpd7xUJHS5zvYhi0EGqsnrhmVaVoUhCdJ3ldUmRbe-ps3EUnJTNtG-gohK2veSB2ZtRn4KNfva0vOG1acj8/s1600/100_8221.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnUgIurm3WeiutvfVELonBRQRNc-io91D58nnBwPqzL6HRQ8sDncnqWlBrgpd7xUJHS5zvYhi0EGqsnrhmVaVoUhCdJ3ldUmRbe-ps3EUnJTNtG-gohK2veSB2ZtRn4KNfva0vOG1acj8/s320/100_8221.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513561915915324114" border="0" /></a></span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><span style=";font-family:";font-size:85%;" >This is our fire mascot. I think his name is Corbert (named by one of the youth group kids). 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My kids and Hannah all won awards in the library contest for their short stories. Isaac won 1st place and Ian won 2nd for their age division. Hannah won 2nd place and Bella got 3rd place (honorable mention) for their age division. The library had a delightful ceremony and the kids received beautiful awards. 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This enormous dragonfly visited them too. He was sooo cool. 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He was amazing to watch. We were totally creeped out but interested at the same time. </span> <a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqI755tUL5KRDt0D2RJC1vdTbQRnieLqu_uEVA9YqEx82KrHIUVI89kUlF-yp6FEqW_f79xtWwcYHLpWpV23SqQjfnnk1au82fmw-CCtUXvj5pdQfTlb-_gB5z6xmPfWQ8jpvsNlyO_HA/s1600/100_8276.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqI755tUL5KRDt0D2RJC1vdTbQRnieLqu_uEVA9YqEx82KrHIUVI89kUlF-yp6FEqW_f79xtWwcYHLpWpV23SqQjfnnk1au82fmw-CCtUXvj5pdQfTlb-_gB5z6xmPfWQ8jpvsNlyO_HA/s320/100_8276.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513559969394637234" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">I have been doing lots and lots of school prep the last few weeks. None of it is really interesting or worth noting to anyone but myself except for our history time line. I am really excited about our history curriculum this year. We will be studying ancient civilizations and my curriculum came with instructions on how to make a time line out of a sewing board, contact paper and duct tape. Its really huge when it is all folded out but folds up conveniently. I am also very pleased with our lovely green contact paper and teal duct tape. 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Bella will be donating her hair to </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.childrenwithhairloss.us/">Children with Hairloss</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> so that they can use it to make a wig. Amazingly it has been less than 18 months since the last time she donated her hair and she has another 12 inch pony tail to send!! At this rate I may look into selling it haha! Hannah's hair will be donated to another cool site called </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.matteroftrust.org/programs/hairmatsinfo.html">Matter of Trust</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> and they make mats to absorb oil from oil spills using hair. </span> <a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzTz4lxV0ungcfznLLGl1knPmMYg89bMXebn4m8JiQghy74bL5orn84hcqSL3Z48RNrhjZr-O6rIU0fkGqUGb-mmju2Mhrdym3ifx9xWd2SdOe2hagbsKD1jBfLQki-6dzdVsofxJdCw/s1600/100_8282.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzTz4lxV0ungcfznLLGl1knPmMYg89bMXebn4m8JiQghy74bL5orn84hcqSL3Z48RNrhjZr-O6rIU0fkGqUGb-mmju2Mhrdym3ifx9xWd2SdOe2hagbsKD1jBfLQki-6dzdVsofxJdCw/s320/100_8282.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513559439298417170" border="0" /></a> <a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7YRyaOQoCXNEh84Qxh09JkugXxJDGogQEC3knSjpP9tobFPlnCn4HNE1Efxs4WADggnioGhBuYuSUYtw-f9sbVamR1D196YtT1PYXIPY8YYYkYAcjQFb0GFsWHCZvnKubTUjtD7LWhI/s1600/100_8286.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7YRyaOQoCXNEh84Qxh09JkugXxJDGogQEC3knSjpP9tobFPlnCn4HNE1Efxs4WADggnioGhBuYuSUYtw-f9sbVamR1D196YtT1PYXIPY8YYYkYAcjQFb0GFsWHCZvnKubTUjtD7LWhI/s320/100_8286.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513559425097725330" border="0" /></a> <a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNQQxMysAW5vTdvIgvugGQaagmnqAxaEBXI2JlaCFsi6MGfJxRPBBLdKrAH9UsMH2fc1uCTF71Bw3D_7B-kU0luW-PIAJ73GIXDTmPusosUBAQ-AiFUhE_yTbAuNtFp9tv6E2alUA7sHA/s1600/100_8288.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNQQxMysAW5vTdvIgvugGQaagmnqAxaEBXI2JlaCFsi6MGfJxRPBBLdKrAH9UsMH2fc1uCTF71Bw3D_7B-kU0luW-PIAJ73GIXDTmPusosUBAQ-AiFUhE_yTbAuNtFp9tv6E2alUA7sHA/s320/100_8288.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513559414455697698" border="0" /></a> <a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyf1mSZj45HNvg6LLV7q27a4CUqXW9c-NlSdNW0dfyP2YyXa4Ve_mfQCENuvYJmZcKmWUa6mr7FIeMJ9ET_7Sx8SRWFJtq_X0Pj0CUqeqppW-axsLYcGDXmrakYlC7lpf9Ps0-AzLJFxA/s1600/100_8289.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyf1mSZj45HNvg6LLV7q27a4CUqXW9c-NlSdNW0dfyP2YyXa4Ve_mfQCENuvYJmZcKmWUa6mr7FIeMJ9ET_7Sx8SRWFJtq_X0Pj0CUqeqppW-axsLYcGDXmrakYlC7lpf9Ps0-AzLJFxA/s320/100_8289.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513558895253012642" border="0" /></a> <a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwe0xY5PWcmtRj7bW12SWH2QzrMyCle_vrNoMGrp1Exhe-44VG1Q_iZfA0aEY-QbeQlvD8CVLsgbyeJwpweCiZwdTkHIoF7l1C3mNA_ZNE3RqM9p8EcCMmfwi_OpdBocxh0b6KLlwvDbA/s1600/100_8290.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwe0xY5PWcmtRj7bW12SWH2QzrMyCle_vrNoMGrp1Exhe-44VG1Q_iZfA0aEY-QbeQlvD8CVLsgbyeJwpweCiZwdTkHIoF7l1C3mNA_ZNE3RqM9p8EcCMmfwi_OpdBocxh0b6KLlwvDbA/s320/100_8290.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513558890009147186" border="0" /></a>Two adorable girls with sassy new cuts! 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I love that all the kids have asked to start sooner because they can't wait! I hope that excitements lasts after they get a few assignments under their belt... </span>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292836024809455626.post-49902187125791005482010-08-18T21:24:00.011-04:002010-08-18T22:49:38.777-04:00Vacation 2010This is our vacation. Ian dictated a journal to me of each day of our vacation and I am going to use that as the blog. I'll try to fit it together with the pictures as best as I can.<br /><br />Our Vacation<br />Day 1- Sunday<br />We went to church. It was good. We came home and packed the car, ate lunch and headed on vacation. The drive was boring. We ate pretzels and laid on mom's pillows because we could reach them. We got the the cottage! Me and Isaac and Daddy went over to the boat with Papa. Bella, mommy and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Ra-ra</span> (rah-rah that is what the kids call my mom) unpacked. We went to the Cove for dinner. It was awesome. I had a cheeseburger with fries. After dinner we went night fishing. It was awesome. We didn't catch anything but we still had fun. We looked at the stars and saw the Big Dipper. When we got back to the dock there were millions of minnows and when papa turned the lights off on the boat all the minnows jumped and it sounded like rain on the water. It was really cool. We also had oatmeal cream pies on the boat.<br /><br />Day 2-Monday<br />We had a nice big breakfast of pancakes. Mom went for a run. Isaac, me, Daddy and Papa went fishing on the boat while Bella and Mommy went to the little beach. I pulled in a flounder but we couldn't keep it. We caught the bottom too. I got to steer the boat a little and have snacks and Gatorade in the captains seat.<br />We came back in for lunch. Me and Isaac went crab fishing by the cottage. We found a dead crab. Then we went to the train beach and I went swimming with Papa and Bella. Then we caught some blue crabs and green crabs. We caught 4 and then we let them race on the beach. They buried themselves in the sand though. Then we came back to the cottage and relaxed.<br />Papa took us out on the boat again and I caught a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">striper</span> with Daddy. He was big but not a keeper. We came in and had fish and beef kabobs with corn on the cob and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">cous</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">cous</span>. It was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">cous</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">cousy</span>. We went back out and fished some more at night. We saw glowing plankton in the wake of the boat. When you disturb it, it glows. It was so cool. Then I fell asleep on the boat.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRk97nZcZEL2Xzjr8u44f5TMxN0V5hq-ECgfkGWDzC4m3jn3-IqOOmC6CE2JPfL6K10Il_nZOVI-tINBPPO0Nx7wPsg9eyimNWS2FIp_fxTggP7OOUbwTRcr5foZVOaXIV5Cti1MUPi98/s1600/100_7991.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRk97nZcZEL2Xzjr8u44f5TMxN0V5hq-ECgfkGWDzC4m3jn3-IqOOmC6CE2JPfL6K10Il_nZOVI-tINBPPO0Nx7wPsg9eyimNWS2FIp_fxTggP7OOUbwTRcr5foZVOaXIV5Cti1MUPi98/s320/100_7991.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506934368146244562" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6dEsnT1qF1ERM0vh15odI-9v7o_cDwl5jDz2ynPrfgHr_tdVFFjha1KWI-RpP0bqnSeROi7NVC-iIBfAnPHgx-6GfiyTSq1YcmcAojL5ztbuVXiteQz7bkS-MjhYlyVicCGcL3Sb2PII/s1600/100_7997.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6dEsnT1qF1ERM0vh15odI-9v7o_cDwl5jDz2ynPrfgHr_tdVFFjha1KWI-RpP0bqnSeROi7NVC-iIBfAnPHgx-6GfiyTSq1YcmcAojL5ztbuVXiteQz7bkS-MjhYlyVicCGcL3Sb2PII/s320/100_7997.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506934359935913026" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoWhYYV8FLkxY54nyReN9RGlfKJkIEgeloiJlZoLjTlePLp1PTNT9hliQ4-CTJTFYeWzJTs-r5bSi5PJcEwmihOHUzM0jK9PxFQIaLieveImlwINodvKEbHcpvi9CEMYKw9pkG2HZPyAA/s1600/DSC00675.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoWhYYV8FLkxY54nyReN9RGlfKJkIEgeloiJlZoLjTlePLp1PTNT9hliQ4-CTJTFYeWzJTs-r5bSi5PJcEwmihOHUzM0jK9PxFQIaLieveImlwINodvKEbHcpvi9CEMYKw9pkG2HZPyAA/s320/DSC00675.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506946269548028418" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiErzuMPsk4BA0e_E3NpQPE-g1hVlJLNibJXlNL05OvBc_B2JlQr093ViBGeZlVn69V9qbVYAHzNm5LFejOgiARH3al-CkHqNFh2qPO20TxNVtUTsFLK-UivKVxIE9uuv_n2v3bOXQBbUY/s1600/DSC00674.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiErzuMPsk4BA0e_E3NpQPE-g1hVlJLNibJXlNL05OvBc_B2JlQr093ViBGeZlVn69V9qbVYAHzNm5LFejOgiARH3al-CkHqNFh2qPO20TxNVtUTsFLK-UivKVxIE9uuv_n2v3bOXQBbUY/s320/DSC00674.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506946269559131426" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu4AYk5ocdk5HqzGVVlRhEGsVLWgFSx8yrRESpXutHeVLLsojH2Zgj5WqLaSxw86suHybFZDXKLXfQnyikxMi6ChNniyiNCyN0vDI0n4VZKCFqMx5btNp7y6I6_1RC_vitw-ZmdkjuNx4/s1600/DSC00672.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu4AYk5ocdk5HqzGVVlRhEGsVLWgFSx8yrRESpXutHeVLLsojH2Zgj5WqLaSxw86suHybFZDXKLXfQnyikxMi6ChNniyiNCyN0vDI0n4VZKCFqMx5btNp7y6I6_1RC_vitw-ZmdkjuNx4/s320/DSC00672.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506946266178845282" border="0" /></a>Day 3 - Tuesday<br />Today we went out on the boat and caught some <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">scup</span> so we could go <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">chunking</span> for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">stripers</span> later. I caught a sea bass. Mommy likes to eat those. Mommy and Daddy went on a date and Ra-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">ra</span> and Papa took me and Bella and Isaac to a nature center. I went on walks on paths through the woods. I saw a tree frog. I saw and old bee's nest and an owl too. A real one. I forgot what kind of owl it was. We got stuff in the gift shop. I got a geode and it had crystals in it when I broke it open. I got a dinosaur egg that I could dig a dinosaur out of. I saw some pumpkin seed in one of the ponds. Ra-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">ra</span> and Papa took us out to dinner at Ten Clams. I had mac and cheese and Issac had chicken tenders and Bella had mac and cheese. I had lemonade. I got ice cream for dessert. It was vanilla with cotton candy swirl. Mom took us for a bike ride. Auntie Kimmy and her friend Sarah came to the cottage too.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8vt-JIZtniRuO8qYiscOPKVQCrw3S1jA__dlLSf33UY5hBjasigrHm9vFyIikazThDcQ1XVCaO599CN9UIo5gif8J5aEWZv6FSxcbIRlL5-eBj702nG2NIUv9QeaSR-MlBHjClmAgv6w/s1600/100_8005.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8vt-JIZtniRuO8qYiscOPKVQCrw3S1jA__dlLSf33UY5hBjasigrHm9vFyIikazThDcQ1XVCaO599CN9UIo5gif8J5aEWZv6FSxcbIRlL5-eBj702nG2NIUv9QeaSR-MlBHjClmAgv6w/s320/100_8005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506934353933266370" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgianoMUkrGaXsc9nel28OmIFLU8vZ1FmHF-jRnHj16DtP-KCMaXGcw3pYywJzpVqL46Sz_YgFIgQmy7lm69BuBia9nnlVG2i-eu0Mic1RQmmWagUMWD7A9bxBN6461SXC8S2qUn3reYwI/s1600/100_8008.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgianoMUkrGaXsc9nel28OmIFLU8vZ1FmHF-jRnHj16DtP-KCMaXGcw3pYywJzpVqL46Sz_YgFIgQmy7lm69BuBia9nnlVG2i-eu0Mic1RQmmWagUMWD7A9bxBN6461SXC8S2qUn3reYwI/s320/100_8008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506934344628607458" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjySNsTgbmcPn1-z11m05cs-8NhLyMHN6FkD-I_5glAXAoYQn3j8DPAQc9HP-1QjBpxZx2HivTuag4WWVTnkK2Y3JTI58Z2nk0TbGSHi3x8kFyGx398KHYQdsE7UygpePFQZo0062HNF5g/s1600/100_8016.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjySNsTgbmcPn1-z11m05cs-8NhLyMHN6FkD-I_5glAXAoYQn3j8DPAQc9HP-1QjBpxZx2HivTuag4WWVTnkK2Y3JTI58Z2nk0TbGSHi3x8kFyGx398KHYQdsE7UygpePFQZo0062HNF5g/s320/100_8016.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506933817976229378" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI7DZAOweXq8QGP7rPQo995X1rAsklZ7WWVZCMFrG3VPRqgs2fiAUOUcvltDnku-8LpjP_Z6Vr4Mcza84LtnQbGQoq8lN8hyphenhyphen5GYZO4GWMbG77pB9plNCnw72kVNr-ENb6CoVHX6G6PA-I/s1600/100_8017.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI7DZAOweXq8QGP7rPQo995X1rAsklZ7WWVZCMFrG3VPRqgs2fiAUOUcvltDnku-8LpjP_Z6Vr4Mcza84LtnQbGQoq8lN8hyphenhyphen5GYZO4GWMbG77pB9plNCnw72kVNr-ENb6CoVHX6G6PA-I/s320/100_8017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506933804058231522" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiRNuhm8fFVNRa7VNngQ7sOKbkJUF8QC8KfBHBEcwiXEJOaO0xj7IpXCmHSrooq70ctC35Ow82X6hm53XVkHNxJmx9-bzKZTJlOxntH5MLACinbEul2FZD5zaSvfmYR3XR8yCTKm9jxYo/s1600/100_8023.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiRNuhm8fFVNRa7VNngQ7sOKbkJUF8QC8KfBHBEcwiXEJOaO0xj7IpXCmHSrooq70ctC35Ow82X6hm53XVkHNxJmx9-bzKZTJlOxntH5MLACinbEul2FZD5zaSvfmYR3XR8yCTKm9jxYo/s320/100_8023.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506933795096929330" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvS_7i1EXRgC8SAE8C-x4RIDrX_H1Aaq65uCxl7Nr9BRz8EZ-DKufSVdYtrnGY-MFuFEHKFwq8LZv8pR7KNMeiNlUk7GvCabfD_S6vGOEeu6aOrTAtE7azrnhDLqjqJ79N0pWHS0ztV4/s1600/100_8025.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvS_7i1EXRgC8SAE8C-x4RIDrX_H1Aaq65uCxl7Nr9BRz8EZ-DKufSVdYtrnGY-MFuFEHKFwq8LZv8pR7KNMeiNlUk7GvCabfD_S6vGOEeu6aOrTAtE7azrnhDLqjqJ79N0pWHS0ztV4/s320/100_8025.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506933792330300482" border="0" /></a>Day 4- Wednesday<br />We got up really early and Daddy took us out for breakfast. We went to the beach when we got back. Its called <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Napa</span> Tree. We got there on Papa's boat. The waves were big and one crashed me. I liked swimming in the ocean with mommy. We also built a sand castle and a mermaid and Isaac and Dad went fishing with Papa and they caught 2 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">stripers</span> that were keepers. They came back to the beach later too. Isaac made a shark in the sand and we dug a big hole until we found water and Daddy made me a throne. When we got back to the dock it was low tide and the boat got stuck. We all had to get off and walk to the dock. I liked getting stuck. 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The weather has been incredible, the kids are all at fun ages and it's just been so reminiscent of the summers of my childhood. This is what I remember summer being like when I was little, super fun, super hot and no pressure. That has been our summer in a nutshell. Here it is in pictures...<br /><br />We went to Lake <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Compounce</span> a few weeks back. Jason's boss very generously treats his employees to a day there, complete with bus trip and all meals. I really love the park there. It's nice and clean and they have free drinks everywhere in the park which is especially nice when it's 90 and humid! The kids had a blast. They boys were big enough to go on some of the "big people" rides and really enjoyed most of the rides they tried. Hannah and Bella are nuts and loved the roller coasters and fastest rides they could find.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj31-QIVvdrbMU0AuHd_mTw32m7MGFLmTv8ooGXWxq98PeKtBf9M_EMx0qbPAbMoBpU__uxyUIfM8Qatfzapv850lgPtdli-2jeGHieFmITMSTrI99veJvhceVSEoKRs4P3TVaRfyIs0RE/s1600/DSC00659.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj31-QIVvdrbMU0AuHd_mTw32m7MGFLmTv8ooGXWxq98PeKtBf9M_EMx0qbPAbMoBpU__uxyUIfM8Qatfzapv850lgPtdli-2jeGHieFmITMSTrI99veJvhceVSEoKRs4P3TVaRfyIs0RE/s320/DSC00659.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501749205141179538" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK_O-VmkjS30GdXDjURTW19-UkzndPYckReJWVqsOCOM8q4IdksxqLbDeLHtjCrCmN-cEdwUEw95A7MLcqedczcFyQFgm-38QsWQsfEwkQ_Cd-98RUz3sNGMCZvD9izncmX8yNFByvH2M/s1600/DSC00661.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK_O-VmkjS30GdXDjURTW19-UkzndPYckReJWVqsOCOM8q4IdksxqLbDeLHtjCrCmN-cEdwUEw95A7MLcqedczcFyQFgm-38QsWQsfEwkQ_Cd-98RUz3sNGMCZvD9izncmX8yNFByvH2M/s320/DSC00661.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501748322244194130" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivqeSgtjiZYGeZNAJG6m5H3IH4mUhZUIBCqRo_igxOYOx6_wQgH0XKqyPcrpsRoKHoemrLhz7hT9nj_KCajQXbE-ckBuSJkosFGC4guT62kUg0cCpUMieNfhctg9RmGaks0nWENN6F0pA/s1600/DSC00662.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivqeSgtjiZYGeZNAJG6m5H3IH4mUhZUIBCqRo_igxOYOx6_wQgH0XKqyPcrpsRoKHoemrLhz7hT9nj_KCajQXbE-ckBuSJkosFGC4guT62kUg0cCpUMieNfhctg9RmGaks0nWENN6F0pA/s320/DSC00662.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501748313923034210" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRwlkK-ti1TsLG17cGDxEkYytqfSYj7Bv3siP9eNGGdTVOOwvLvOXYxMz2yo9mrSCA1MRSJZ1bJgZWyqp1I8KNkM0NK5ZqlwOovGxxXUyKhEPjljSBVTt3_h8kz8rWWYTiBS8RyuK43Io/s1600/DSC00663.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRwlkK-ti1TsLG17cGDxEkYytqfSYj7Bv3siP9eNGGdTVOOwvLvOXYxMz2yo9mrSCA1MRSJZ1bJgZWyqp1I8KNkM0NK5ZqlwOovGxxXUyKhEPjljSBVTt3_h8kz8rWWYTiBS8RyuK43Io/s320/DSC00663.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501748306853892658" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicedGdB8xheF9UMv9aRNhblQ3m0j8wXi_TeYaUrijYHR0J2pL4PkhprMIdQFWuzTqbRHvIytQLUb4OfoTyF7aI75TL0Fnoze3FfOO1ZsNXrG2hmqPMFeU2yhoEEWs2uAfqRFIEVkthL3A/s1600/DSC00664.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicedGdB8xheF9UMv9aRNhblQ3m0j8wXi_TeYaUrijYHR0J2pL4PkhprMIdQFWuzTqbRHvIytQLUb4OfoTyF7aI75TL0Fnoze3FfOO1ZsNXrG2hmqPMFeU2yhoEEWs2uAfqRFIEVkthL3A/s320/DSC00664.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501748302081266082" border="0" /></a><br />We are so excited that our friends the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Germains</span> have moved close by. My friend Jen and I have been friends since we were born and it has been so nice to have her and her family close by. We've gotten to see a lot of them this summer and it's been so much fun! One day the kids all had a lemonade stand. They did pretty well thanks to some very generous customers who were very encouraging to the little entrepreneurs.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigSElEYrJbM2qs0KgqqUmInC8OqxaCTLHYtJeTwaJxllKlQflldoOVzGq_3-tIg2ug9DGvgmWQOGWFPz4ynqe4oljgSv03YnrxgJB3ox4y_ByoRUbnVeGpQF5O7uSNqVdzPDVIpj-iSVI/s1600/100_7816.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigSElEYrJbM2qs0KgqqUmInC8OqxaCTLHYtJeTwaJxllKlQflldoOVzGq_3-tIg2ug9DGvgmWQOGWFPz4ynqe4oljgSv03YnrxgJB3ox4y_ByoRUbnVeGpQF5O7uSNqVdzPDVIpj-iSVI/s320/100_7816.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501747494979227874" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2JzstDhuy8WSpExRyV-F7Vpwimgo6A5if6ksDKn2H4OVl8GM7DT7oi3bbYhQj-bviyOELvzoSj4CTcofv6o5Hsb7_dUl4oroM5KhDiIpebpP99VyHJ_WsyKa1-BuR_8o0OiHejHTUnuw/s1600/100_7817.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2JzstDhuy8WSpExRyV-F7Vpwimgo6A5if6ksDKn2H4OVl8GM7DT7oi3bbYhQj-bviyOELvzoSj4CTcofv6o5Hsb7_dUl4oroM5KhDiIpebpP99VyHJ_WsyKa1-BuR_8o0OiHejHTUnuw/s320/100_7817.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501747488418620994" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJh3v_xNyvmiH_hxaV1GpRxBGLC_d44HFrXIEfFZmJmXgedSBR_rb1kpIfFkhmAuipixX7dWN4fMaH_DkDU8-EGkGbt7zypcMOB3CN_ODwiuUhBZUPGzUwIFfLj74RtLdL6H6EVIllnec/s1600/100_7819.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJh3v_xNyvmiH_hxaV1GpRxBGLC_d44HFrXIEfFZmJmXgedSBR_rb1kpIfFkhmAuipixX7dWN4fMaH_DkDU8-EGkGbt7zypcMOB3CN_ODwiuUhBZUPGzUwIFfLj74RtLdL6H6EVIllnec/s320/100_7819.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501747478786895186" border="0" /></a>Everyone had a job. Ian liked holding the money best.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuiR8bOveWE6nch9z8az2t8q_YER4_zHASdNzFtkYbifGL-00vfCoBS2pQlvxfSn2Mqkj8nobLNbDfjypclXwP5PdRfzhgr8ZlD1omYW8ydoruQTO2yQxFjaDXM2G7HoPnWibjNu8hSNk/s1600/100_7821.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuiR8bOveWE6nch9z8az2t8q_YER4_zHASdNzFtkYbifGL-00vfCoBS2pQlvxfSn2Mqkj8nobLNbDfjypclXwP5PdRfzhgr8ZlD1omYW8ydoruQTO2yQxFjaDXM2G7HoPnWibjNu8hSNk/s320/100_7821.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501747468134288210" border="0" /></a>Another important ingredient for a great summer, water balloons. You gotta love an activity that takes at least 1/2 an hour to set up for and is over in 5 minutes or less. The kids made fortresses and teams and once the balloons were gone they switched to throwing buckets of water at each other.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6hveyEnMvnXty3WQdT_zZPtjacW0lkkNftGRmpbr-jdzHfBb8amk5nfGpl1YJE8brY0bfb7A0cnIS9-IV-_J7fLdzpV08tEV9r7X-EeUvlgW2s2Z9ND28rDvVVbL_fM9-kOjZWfFLCbA/s1600/100_7833.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6hveyEnMvnXty3WQdT_zZPtjacW0lkkNftGRmpbr-jdzHfBb8amk5nfGpl1YJE8brY0bfb7A0cnIS9-IV-_J7fLdzpV08tEV9r7X-EeUvlgW2s2Z9ND28rDvVVbL_fM9-kOjZWfFLCbA/s320/100_7833.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501747459106367954" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijN7YMj5i351YdVg7y9tzMaKPOYI4xsP9yVF6l-V5HC14oL5LYvRzQuuUj1FHYiceDJm9H25w_q36I1A9UA5XeV2IMFEmoueIMomd8GVhJxtH0va07k-I3oD3-HOh2XrBj59DcXPLg66I/s1600/100_7834.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijN7YMj5i351YdVg7y9tzMaKPOYI4xsP9yVF6l-V5HC14oL5LYvRzQuuUj1FHYiceDJm9H25w_q36I1A9UA5XeV2IMFEmoueIMomd8GVhJxtH0va07k-I3oD3-HOh2XrBj59DcXPLg66I/s320/100_7834.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501746530629444322" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWaVF8wx6m_F27Q5c0iY7jv9aV0YLqrInv-BXWLdz9IahB_La6cEk0kPKzIeApJBrNHAHZkIf7LBR3A0oaAEUW7cqq3A46FVygPkyBPfg3yGAhsM7NeDm0Anh5EJbiidobW7v-3iGvCGI/s1600/100_7835.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWaVF8wx6m_F27Q5c0iY7jv9aV0YLqrInv-BXWLdz9IahB_La6cEk0kPKzIeApJBrNHAHZkIf7LBR3A0oaAEUW7cqq3A46FVygPkyBPfg3yGAhsM7NeDm0Anh5EJbiidobW7v-3iGvCGI/s320/100_7835.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501746521603282258" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJtfIuD8BDaamCdPO38tctaWukxWbxRh0U1AUA0s4D33rkAvM7O8dnfWaFNjB1UwXlcQPeRqinZkVBeP2_r3k7Okfi_qu1Re2BZwgJTM7Z7GQLmCSoC-VyBZt7dZHH5PhZ9_uiCSx73FU/s1600/100_7836.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJtfIuD8BDaamCdPO38tctaWukxWbxRh0U1AUA0s4D33rkAvM7O8dnfWaFNjB1UwXlcQPeRqinZkVBeP2_r3k7Okfi_qu1Re2BZwgJTM7Z7GQLmCSoC-VyBZt7dZHH5PhZ9_uiCSx73FU/s320/100_7836.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501746517403159522" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMaS91MxzIBy3hGdin7kQ_igCbT_jikKtV39Bt_I9kWT03QtlWTN1L4jRemz5ee7yCihyMdlgyLPsdNzAJXt4V6RZsD08WgjJE3vWFZLMH-nAkDNSsEoiVBD63lhpR5Mo9gMATD1QYKQo/s1600/100_7837.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMaS91MxzIBy3hGdin7kQ_igCbT_jikKtV39Bt_I9kWT03QtlWTN1L4jRemz5ee7yCihyMdlgyLPsdNzAJXt4V6RZsD08WgjJE3vWFZLMH-nAkDNSsEoiVBD63lhpR5Mo9gMATD1QYKQo/s320/100_7837.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501746506972641138" border="0" /></a>Another day at the Germain's we made some slime. It came out really good. It farted in cups and made everyone laugh. 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She had a wedding dress brunch. One of my weight loss goals was to fit into my wedding dress by my 10<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">th</span> anniversary (which is tomorrow!!!!). Megan provided me with an opportunity to not only fit into it but to wear it for a few hours! Hey, every good birthday party has a theme. It turned out to be just my friends Megan and Michelle in attendance with our beautiful daughters and it was a great morning. I even wore the lavender traveling suit that I had bought to leave my wedding reception (b/c driving in my wedding dress wouldn't have been easy and where else would I ever wear it!)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJHiQyLKOI1ZjJ7mk6ORz0YmOdiXm9rdoAN49bblPb7g8u3u8NJGPBj1G2prW-kRhCztuoGAxunIIHqjW0_BT4xgDjtaoDoakCFWDSJlpB8DNyiOkiFj7YF3r_9XDo44m_d1mrvEnNz0/s1600/100_7858.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJHiQyLKOI1ZjJ7mk6ORz0YmOdiXm9rdoAN49bblPb7g8u3u8NJGPBj1G2prW-kRhCztuoGAxunIIHqjW0_BT4xgDjtaoDoakCFWDSJlpB8DNyiOkiFj7YF3r_9XDo44m_d1mrvEnNz0/s320/100_7858.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501745436305124082" border="0" /></a>The wedding themed birthday cake.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioRF4A9Fuagdvp4E39GhN6t6KJZMBtgM8uuOBIgo05Y-uCrLEv20NinfiYOApY91rhUkl3VHC_cgsqdFi6-tAJr96_6rCtoNnhMfhZQOriUuAH8PAOFRSLMpos1e28rJWwr5iLBm0LGhc/s1600/100_7861.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioRF4A9Fuagdvp4E39GhN6t6KJZMBtgM8uuOBIgo05Y-uCrLEv20NinfiYOApY91rhUkl3VHC_cgsqdFi6-tAJr96_6rCtoNnhMfhZQOriUuAH8PAOFRSLMpos1e28rJWwr5iLBm0LGhc/s320/100_7861.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501745428366557490" border="0" /></a>Michelle wore a bridesmaids dress because her dress is packaged and preserved.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBu-4JZtuHQ8bspJDxBkzfufXnYwWo6lofw_dxYrcm0MaEVMzsWb9bNXF2k-Ob2qJkwU0nSVH80RDNWptMKZuNIKhMgvUS-TbeEp2nk8LICzi9gfdoGf3ZbRIu-sC9tVrUqet9RtaKby4/s1600/100_7869.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBu-4JZtuHQ8bspJDxBkzfufXnYwWo6lofw_dxYrcm0MaEVMzsWb9bNXF2k-Ob2qJkwU0nSVH80RDNWptMKZuNIKhMgvUS-TbeEp2nk8LICzi9gfdoGf3ZbRIu-sC9tVrUqet9RtaKby4/s320/100_7869.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501745425666012914" border="0" /></a>The beautiful flower girls.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoCqZ_cqBB0fN1ZeG3KQKjd1dNheCODbRnWVhD7FEa7N1QByLVndwvYNu_Rms1z-FXKBuBMEfHNOHhHb4kXnyQXnBS329-GVplLMsIfRrFWpPBEM2vfXeCh2bgftTnQXgah5F-z0GHFgk/s1600/100_7878.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoCqZ_cqBB0fN1ZeG3KQKjd1dNheCODbRnWVhD7FEa7N1QByLVndwvYNu_Rms1z-FXKBuBMEfHNOHhHb4kXnyQXnBS329-GVplLMsIfRrFWpPBEM2vfXeCh2bgftTnQXgah5F-z0GHFgk/s320/100_7878.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501744546926979202" border="0" /></a>I don't think I'll ever get too old to play dress up. I hope Bella doesn't either.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr6GrsiKVsCaohM_e4xb0vxFG_71jJEXMqvw7cfACihLfkjS9FSaPOE0-nnpEmCqwMv0j8awEoXp_K5eIWxp-MQfowaz6T5C41HJ8mnjrYNQfUEDr0xmbzwq2iOoihIc6o0enYxVpEOFs/s1600/100_7880.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr6GrsiKVsCaohM_e4xb0vxFG_71jJEXMqvw7cfACihLfkjS9FSaPOE0-nnpEmCqwMv0j8awEoXp_K5eIWxp-MQfowaz6T5C41HJ8mnjrYNQfUEDr0xmbzwq2iOoihIc6o0enYxVpEOFs/s320/100_7880.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501744543117058434" border="0" /></a>We were blessed to have my <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">niece</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Madilynn</span> over for a few days in July as well. We packed our time full of summer fun. We had a delightful backyard campfire...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit5MEjmm8wqHrTZhCLDQ9r4IlsUhVmi8AwR25VijlBz7pO39fdC-TIGmYTwgJWJfXYzg9tExAbpvs1VqkIQKez_oolWsQjz6FymJ4MZFBFLMOxK_Y4GaIxaOTLHuTDP82k2nm_Ez3xWg4/s1600/100_7889.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit5MEjmm8wqHrTZhCLDQ9r4IlsUhVmi8AwR25VijlBz7pO39fdC-TIGmYTwgJWJfXYzg9tExAbpvs1VqkIQKez_oolWsQjz6FymJ4MZFBFLMOxK_Y4GaIxaOTLHuTDP82k2nm_Ez3xWg4/s320/100_7889.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501744534217093442" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhso_TeuOcC7PrERnc3oGUEW9_zL6TmgwKFJOyD8YRU1T1OhzRiRwbuMzIj5MSjm2in6ynPpkgLQ-R3cc8u2FCEMyRi6Rrl-ZnaS0SI_mq77HoPPmmd1k4dhtVsVnUNBTY5y_8RYeXo7jw/s1600/100_7890.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE7lg03LOdQVQZdN1jgOXINNeVMPDcJ6nzkn7SeIUieWkoKnmrVKhRC3o67yWdAiWm96vJPt2R5Ux45tUV9mKmLUJGIw13ppdjHv7-kwqjsgLk1u0KAE-R7JOhZ-qyoN1ysw0ogkX6V68/s320/100_7901.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501743340189748050" border="0" /></a>Got messy with some soft serve ice cream on a hot summer evening...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8CYGy0bRog8ma2TmbY2igTscI_Fx7yfY4LNXdBitN45GbWCtiTVhOveaIjFEyBfkwGqisnFrFEDcI9IhhRgiGUZbh_QoFAvBQlms6HIeHi63wfjQnbHV5yiS3CxQVcqRJftjgLtPvPt0/s1600/100_7904.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8CYGy0bRog8ma2TmbY2igTscI_Fx7yfY4LNXdBitN45GbWCtiTVhOveaIjFEyBfkwGqisnFrFEDcI9IhhRgiGUZbh_QoFAvBQlms6HIeHi63wfjQnbHV5yiS3CxQVcqRJftjgLtPvPt0/s320/100_7904.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501743332416169394" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr8aPptY_OCdEpnahbnDAD-tYyHG_axMmYV3o1xLkyd4YuoAYH-qF2FpInzLiFz_VTvCT1MZ-qhAmMyFfAxQmlwdIe8rD4v7CBokft1tyRkghBJE0i9owmWYT5Ua8b6l04Ub3sq3aPnRY/s1600/100_7909.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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I call this time "wonderful." When you are a busy homeschooling mom, there is no such thing as being bored, only blissful moments of not too many things to do. Anyway, "I'm bored" is not allowed in the summer vocabulary around here. It only indicates a lack of creativity. One morning where "I'm bored" was on their faces and "go find something creative to do" was on mine, Bella decided to wash all of her doll clothes and make a clothes line. It was just too cute.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilqACDE6qdfEnQpQViCfFWTKpmg8H1nwf6lVWOycDWn9NLupF7Ul0wn0AwkF3FAipni6K1UnbzHdiFHVe9Wiba6GdXaBg67qTJIwLXpdyVmDqz85cLn4yIpbrC9pM54dCitM-_eOq8lI0/s1600/100_7924.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilqACDE6qdfEnQpQViCfFWTKpmg8H1nwf6lVWOycDWn9NLupF7Ul0wn0AwkF3FAipni6K1UnbzHdiFHVe9Wiba6GdXaBg67qTJIwLXpdyVmDqz85cLn4yIpbrC9pM54dCitM-_eOq8lI0/s320/100_7924.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501742269221067810" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje3-imCojZGBthWD8PRbwZ_yZ9CFCjeBY81e4ar6fk6Ba6yg0eHnJRRbcZ7Lo9dbKuA3_884KC0C78Z1ozpPjOIX6H3tfMvRnVYiFjlF5fcpjL6gnROiXhN7eTANu63nlPxEo-zrHF0sI/s1600/100_7925.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje3-imCojZGBthWD8PRbwZ_yZ9CFCjeBY81e4ar6fk6Ba6yg0eHnJRRbcZ7Lo9dbKuA3_884KC0C78Z1ozpPjOIX6H3tfMvRnVYiFjlF5fcpjL6gnROiXhN7eTANu63nlPxEo-zrHF0sI/s320/100_7925.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501742260993525026" border="0" /></a>Although we haven't been too scheduled we have kept up with book club and piano for the summer. We also attended a craft day. The kids had a blast tie-dying shirts and making sponge balls among other things.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivlGNUvXP9tusB6CvEt-ahLs2L-lTOGQVC2g2TueBeNM7UpnpH6arT707W6sn80d3bs5Ty4j8qxpyUrOF8-0Iiix65NOnmfJgpg0LLBBK0P71XCm-iL-Xf3AKdfg45u1opWrQjveCgQwQ/s1600/100_7927.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivlGNUvXP9tusB6CvEt-ahLs2L-lTOGQVC2g2TueBeNM7UpnpH6arT707W6sn80d3bs5Ty4j8qxpyUrOF8-0Iiix65NOnmfJgpg0LLBBK0P71XCm-iL-Xf3AKdfg45u1opWrQjveCgQwQ/s320/100_7927.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501742256059785682" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheEHPmGDFlHq9RYou9XxeEAzLZFSGj3F7zwLssqjqRQemlxDC2yyloCEX7EOwqrOh1MSKmD4jPt5xjGqVYGvNQvgk9fiZBaADRDNlpWUwYOeJPBCpFJD14ewhhKkbszs7jeQf7RIG-zNw/s1600/100_7928.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheEHPmGDFlHq9RYou9XxeEAzLZFSGj3F7zwLssqjqRQemlxDC2yyloCEX7EOwqrOh1MSKmD4jPt5xjGqVYGvNQvgk9fiZBaADRDNlpWUwYOeJPBCpFJD14ewhhKkbszs7jeQf7RIG-zNw/s320/100_7928.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501742247094617618" border="0" /></a>Another fine summer afternoon when the rain was blessing the outdoors the kids decided, rather than being bored of course, to make a mural with the Germains. It came out really nice and they all worked very well together.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzUJy8WtQ-t9MHTeoX_WLfKm4RoiK-G6W7FDkc0Onmok-GCxSXQiv2_4swDBqGsdWj4joW2ziX06X4YzakzYz5agTi9TuqZOPxtq5_vSxqAHbiMs1vtrU5eLhw-8BJy8LmHY-AUnYSu28/s1600/100_7929.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzUJy8WtQ-t9MHTeoX_WLfKm4RoiK-G6W7FDkc0Onmok-GCxSXQiv2_4swDBqGsdWj4joW2ziX06X4YzakzYz5agTi9TuqZOPxtq5_vSxqAHbiMs1vtrU5eLhw-8BJy8LmHY-AUnYSu28/s320/100_7929.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501740968002262962" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy2smLHfvBdDlgyZEbQ1cuvJGihgzsey8BbBUacacg3e3aTgTZOH9RHn-yuitg8nYTUeMib6m4Grpq3tNlkXsmhy-5M2BD8wHM2ErNFCH8qfSmhrIaQ20OeCz1ggPUPRZHRKRrAhu2h_k/s1600/100_7932.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy2smLHfvBdDlgyZEbQ1cuvJGihgzsey8BbBUacacg3e3aTgTZOH9RHn-yuitg8nYTUeMib6m4Grpq3tNlkXsmhy-5M2BD8wHM2ErNFCH8qfSmhrIaQ20OeCz1ggPUPRZHRKRrAhu2h_k/s320/100_7932.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501740958802864930" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwVCV38h61OSpSgHsy1V8nwSDlZ9QzRVV3kltI_sCjLbfxhbGgiVkKNOQAjGlQRAFo3H36bUA18aVqaUSpNP5dTroQs82BplH-1Ei4pSNWL1ZrRkEejFXaE86ct9jt32DB86GObF6FZM0/s1600/100_7933.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwVCV38h61OSpSgHsy1V8nwSDlZ9QzRVV3kltI_sCjLbfxhbGgiVkKNOQAjGlQRAFo3H36bUA18aVqaUSpNP5dTroQs82BplH-1Ei4pSNWL1ZrRkEejFXaE86ct9jt32DB86GObF6FZM0/s320/100_7933.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501740949667454226" border="0" /></a>We Corbetts have been doing a lot of hiking lately. It's been so much fun. Isaac, in particular, is like a little mountain goat. He just doesn't run out of energy! I can't believe the pace he can keep on an uphill hike. We've enjoyed some leisurly hikes and have endured some rather strenuous hikes as well. We've also been covering some miles on the bike trail. It's a lot of fun now that the kids are getting bigger and we can be active together!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu4mv-aj_8yg4si1OezRkK0FXJ7DbbyQWYkSxlTGZ6nUtCRXQ19uddcHsO0MMxfHdxcSbbIBxAfEgeXgLIDSO6YlfKTyNKXu1IkkLvYz1xj2lnZX38G3rLh3OEudJfvVplJfFm-00z8TA/s1600/DSC00668.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu4mv-aj_8yg4si1OezRkK0FXJ7DbbyQWYkSxlTGZ6nUtCRXQ19uddcHsO0MMxfHdxcSbbIBxAfEgeXgLIDSO6YlfKTyNKXu1IkkLvYz1xj2lnZX38G3rLh3OEudJfvVplJfFm-00z8TA/s320/DSC00668.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501740939136648242" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgziRCYA9X2aM3n_3QKVkcrIrvEH-kz1BRBY_rEe61hHZH5Z64gqlB0_Fa9sP0EOE-xnTOHFCSau0llF32pIWP5VYiyjqDiQxR2K955FYXAKl4fWeWSJSLGmCFcQ39Dk_UaUR5VfDp4FXQ/s1600/DSC00669.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgziRCYA9X2aM3n_3QKVkcrIrvEH-kz1BRBY_rEe61hHZH5Z64gqlB0_Fa9sP0EOE-xnTOHFCSau0llF32pIWP5VYiyjqDiQxR2K955FYXAKl4fWeWSJSLGmCFcQ39Dk_UaUR5VfDp4FXQ/s320/DSC00669.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501740936049942850" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwR7vQfyK8DBaFk21f17FTzm_zi9MkjaiqTv0Sz9R8zVjfLzOf5VepsQxghWwA8WSBb6-hnUPzkyzgUHVWSuGMUpObEEzG3-zPwEPwb6Zc00d191OkFj2l6atnB-7jIhwqAZWkijEcd4/s1600/DSC00670.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwR7vQfyK8DBaFk21f17FTzm_zi9MkjaiqTv0Sz9R8zVjfLzOf5VepsQxghWwA8WSBb6-hnUPzkyzgUHVWSuGMUpObEEzG3-zPwEPwb6Zc00d191OkFj2l6atnB-7jIhwqAZWkijEcd4/s320/DSC00670.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501740059313577714" border="0" /></a>One of the most important things we have done this summer is implement a chore plan. I divided our major chores into 4 daily chores and 4 weekly chores. They alternate between all of us. Our daily chores include, dishes, table washing/setting/clearing, sweeping, and putting dishes away. Our weekly chores include bathrooms, vacuming, dusting and sweeping. Everyone is also responsible for their laundry once a week and keeping their rooms clean and beds made (which was already in effect). It's been going well. If I can keep it going when school starts back up, life will be much easier! So far they don't seem to mind...too much.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYUzt-XskNrp1ymtTQca_UuVbOAwa0BN-7PLcArIXZ_IIOAMQe4A_8V4zr1Lq85cuSna79MBEeTihEyfH-W5yRFLaDtkcfSyHqSXW5sdsRwl8E5j1JAuAzmJ8Ax_DVI5CL5g99rO98J4c/s1600/100_7910.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYUzt-XskNrp1ymtTQca_UuVbOAwa0BN-7PLcArIXZ_IIOAMQe4A_8V4zr1Lq85cuSna79MBEeTihEyfH-W5yRFLaDtkcfSyHqSXW5sdsRwl8E5j1JAuAzmJ8Ax_DVI5CL5g99rO98J4c/s320/100_7910.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501740055461591618" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-dJLaOOEJpMcx565yhi2Q43Brgn3u5ullsX4juFofKo7Ap2rgbDyCfUlGHTQufd4YPhYLM0lpcZX8bQGG1lxOKVJg4bs0N8VFUnJWgGzKUe966nd771klq4J3s8dvIdpHzfYM65WzORc/s1600/100_7934.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-dJLaOOEJpMcx565yhi2Q43Brgn3u5ullsX4juFofKo7Ap2rgbDyCfUlGHTQufd4YPhYLM0lpcZX8bQGG1lxOKVJg4bs0N8VFUnJWgGzKUe966nd771klq4J3s8dvIdpHzfYM65WzORc/s320/100_7934.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501740051697070034" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcyeppGPBhSoeamROGLIjGwi8ge52EMwWyteg7gtAUR5fVuH851MIDmHa_hx5FqIcVb_gaxPEC3CEU-hIKrzC4SVe_ENqekK3C5Clvxr45IHumuB4A2PjOGcEyXohRTJTM1B95b0DovKw/s1600/100_7935.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcyeppGPBhSoeamROGLIjGwi8ge52EMwWyteg7gtAUR5fVuH851MIDmHa_hx5FqIcVb_gaxPEC3CEU-hIKrzC4SVe_ENqekK3C5Clvxr45IHumuB4A2PjOGcEyXohRTJTM1B95b0DovKw/s320/100_7935.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501740045743397218" border="0" /></a>Today we had a field trip to the Berkshire Botanical Gardens. It was so much fun. The theme was Dirt to Dinner. 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I forgot how dangerous that thing can be. It didn't help that it ended right in front of a pine tree. 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The kids are counting down the minutes until they can be with Rara and Papa at the cottage and go fishing and hang out on the beach! Then it will be back home and getting down to business for me. I have lots of planning to do for this upcoming year! We are going to have a new student this year and have lots of awesome things to look forward too!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292836024809455626.post-6457900229802549322010-05-27T09:34:00.020-04:002010-07-08T13:05:28.878-04:00school ends and summer beginsIt has been gloriously hot for 5 days now. I am loving every minute of it. We have been filling our time with hoses, sprinklers, trips to the lake and reading and relaxing beneath the cool breeze of the ceiling fans. This kind of heat slows things down to a delightful pace, one that lends itself to the blogging I have neglected.<br /><br />So once upon a time, way back in June we were still in school and we had <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">book club</span>. We read <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Gooney</span> Bird is So Absurd by Lois <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lowry</span>. It was a great story and it introduces different types of poetry. In the story, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Gooney</span> Bird wears underwear on her head as a brain warming hat. We decided to make other sorts of brain warmers and the results were just as hilarious as if they had been wearing undies on their heads <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">lol</span>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIncUO5_1Zub05ICFvddIYyfRwu_cuoq3M3rfBx4X5t0EOfsn2aMhMaNfXy_47K8YlpsoSTcTgs36vAAaRVwvbUaTYYHCf-pI_SjwT-aLTHC-zgpNticSR3AugNmOMfCE6pyvCJYbUxS8/s1600/000_0560.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475952160633858562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIncUO5_1Zub05ICFvddIYyfRwu_cuoq3M3rfBx4X5t0EOfsn2aMhMaNfXy_47K8YlpsoSTcTgs36vAAaRVwvbUaTYYHCf-pI_SjwT-aLTHC-zgpNticSR3AugNmOMfCE6pyvCJYbUxS8/s320/000_0560.jpg" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixmR6x_rPR_wjc9_jTFUYT25_Haolbo66vTnZNE5mBdwCy7MxSz5GYKTK2aQUwowzwkh_FlqB6J5z1U9puBNIDUXhO-n65HUvel0xvl9-FNwv6OkbwvKTXdooZX9Rk8XQnybgz5OxJplo/s1600/000_0559.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475943215932956498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixmR6x_rPR_wjc9_jTFUYT25_Haolbo66vTnZNE5mBdwCy7MxSz5GYKTK2aQUwowzwkh_FlqB6J5z1U9puBNIDUXhO-n65HUvel0xvl9-FNwv6OkbwvKTXdooZX9Rk8XQnybgz5OxJplo/s320/000_0559.jpg" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUGRzI4DAjf92YT-Nj47KwmXPEGkW7vCLJCPswu52Uq0EMXd6WqR0wTrB1Gj1prXNXnPlxbsJ2lUeErq16WPvVzkNY1l8qsD6_zL0ATC0R45zLgX2jX-aokyKXR9GklgeKbuO3EVe1BAc/s1600/000_0558.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475943207604388306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUGRzI4DAjf92YT-Nj47KwmXPEGkW7vCLJCPswu52Uq0EMXd6WqR0wTrB1Gj1prXNXnPlxbsJ2lUeErq16WPvVzkNY1l8qsD6_zL0ATC0R45zLgX2jX-aokyKXR9GklgeKbuO3EVe1BAc/s320/000_0558.jpg" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy4FrRwrEtGYC3KYy7VrlJcLDH2wBqq6VfQAVhJh_itXX1feREJiQS_pLMIyO7dzehvDKnrKUNI3U1qawY6XqkoX9dgXDjCmqu1IbXtc3FVuD2fV2m7yeuGAJX4ApAo9seJvKPkCJUPs4/s1600/000_0557.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475943201685235474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy4FrRwrEtGYC3KYy7VrlJcLDH2wBqq6VfQAVhJh_itXX1feREJiQS_pLMIyO7dzehvDKnrKUNI3U1qawY6XqkoX9dgXDjCmqu1IbXtc3FVuD2fV2m7yeuGAJX4ApAo9seJvKPkCJUPs4/s320/000_0557.jpg" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomMCpF4NJozuvMY59sN-V9JUSw4MjUMKTDvms9uN2r_TpRPeTxTfznpwN51G8dfANapb2r2D7WGaO6TX9nrERIOtLaU2v3epehyzpg3wPe9XtVBeb1ALP0VjJuyzSbrAS3d4t5Ltw9dE/s1600/000_0555.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475943192457497266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomMCpF4NJozuvMY59sN-V9JUSw4MjUMKTDvms9uN2r_TpRPeTxTfznpwN51G8dfANapb2r2D7WGaO6TX9nrERIOtLaU2v3epehyzpg3wPe9XtVBeb1ALP0VjJuyzSbrAS3d4t5Ltw9dE/s320/000_0555.jpg" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHMC4MQ8k9ASMFx7jQLnEJMHLD3bCmYsD4Pc2SYUgBSv-_dQexgiWghfyJge3GiLVtryhdQ9ojlI8hxQtSMv0sa3bv9vkZLhMGpKSo40MNg2Uafq84U_GRIbN1rqc5PycSwG7GbodR2Ck/s1600/000_0554.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475943185500091458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHMC4MQ8k9ASMFx7jQLnEJMHLD3bCmYsD4Pc2SYUgBSv-_dQexgiWghfyJge3GiLVtryhdQ9ojlI8hxQtSMv0sa3bv9vkZLhMGpKSo40MNg2Uafq84U_GRIbN1rqc5PycSwG7GbodR2Ck/s320/000_0554.jpg" /></a> Near our house they are completely re-doing a road that connects to main routes. My friend Amy's husband is the engineer on the job and they organized a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">homeschool</span> field trip to the construction site. This may have been the highlight of the year for Ian <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">lol</span>. We learned about all of the different types of jobs that are done on the site and then the kids each wrote about which job they would like best. Everyone really enjoyed seeing the machines at work and talking to the workers on the site. It was a great trip and we learned a lot.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheu9WaSrSlv4_Mk6RQB8mSLQCge9NBK1V4tbT89RyII_sNKvYmdroCCmQZUMvYz4WSCSn2Zy6rA2BFSpxcaUgzzDf_d_SJjwQqhKbjK5dDaXEafMCiP4x6TuZjqeswernrXoRUZm7INjc/s1600/000_0588.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475953405810684914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheu9WaSrSlv4_Mk6RQB8mSLQCge9NBK1V4tbT89RyII_sNKvYmdroCCmQZUMvYz4WSCSn2Zy6rA2BFSpxcaUgzzDf_d_SJjwQqhKbjK5dDaXEafMCiP4x6TuZjqeswernrXoRUZm7INjc/s320/000_0588.jpg" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36bVpaxjWhqQgUQtUqNY6DPNtxDle3qjQoxXWZB-uZNQDA9q2hQ1hyphenhyphenUiuErXC_fe0ji1H0hgPomhfP-mWLOMRE9Cbdy24dwnmaa4y447XxuAHNRE2zXn5JBtItHrO8KvpGbM-lKx3pgc/s1600/000_0587.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475953392652993922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36bVpaxjWhqQgUQtUqNY6DPNtxDle3qjQoxXWZB-uZNQDA9q2hQ1hyphenhyphenUiuErXC_fe0ji1H0hgPomhfP-mWLOMRE9Cbdy24dwnmaa4y447XxuAHNRE2zXn5JBtItHrO8KvpGbM-lKx3pgc/s320/000_0587.jpg" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBmt4UI60oH7cKzh_AvswpVvJKqXtapJYyaXgR8CtWGa8Iwi4_L62QDJcFuTtLOoPC-0NiOTGhcQp551osP8IYQzTRR3LwAm_1dPO3VvwSUfxYCmZfvD9SKW7lH2vp6DkJSCW3euJd0Q4/s1600/000_0583.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475953392180749090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBmt4UI60oH7cKzh_AvswpVvJKqXtapJYyaXgR8CtWGa8Iwi4_L62QDJcFuTtLOoPC-0NiOTGhcQp551osP8IYQzTRR3LwAm_1dPO3VvwSUfxYCmZfvD9SKW7lH2vp6DkJSCW3euJd0Q4/s320/000_0583.jpg" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX5duomcpIovhkrhLeg_QE9fg90buzYC2gS13gcPPG3CEc6-26nDCpmHPbC_NQbv9bZRa5XVsm_EY5EfZa0V0qS3bKJg1-U8XODROMBbheLZTZLUrHOlOsGxmv1wOYIbCaHHo-iMrM1_c/s1600/000_0578.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475953386550074658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX5duomcpIovhkrhLeg_QE9fg90buzYC2gS13gcPPG3CEc6-26nDCpmHPbC_NQbv9bZRa5XVsm_EY5EfZa0V0qS3bKJg1-U8XODROMBbheLZTZLUrHOlOsGxmv1wOYIbCaHHo-iMrM1_c/s320/000_0578.jpg" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyTepk-Zemrx-GZB2BN8WsWhGvrZaDNoMt5-CZ8mnF_wyk0agCJS07WDd6F7SungSUVVewXmbGzRSqYpaBn7LLF7tsP0mIDIg6UgAdQXEOxQsD2vRujnypG7LmqZhRHkR5t9vPDL45z1M/s1600/000_0577.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475953377185041490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyTepk-Zemrx-GZB2BN8WsWhGvrZaDNoMt5-CZ8mnF_wyk0agCJS07WDd6F7SungSUVVewXmbGzRSqYpaBn7LLF7tsP0mIDIg6UgAdQXEOxQsD2vRujnypG7LmqZhRHkR5t9vPDL45z1M/s320/000_0577.jpg" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKLIv3yTSxjRExyHR4PhR9TVyDaa7VCuhch48uopz8dhm9S7ZutB92xhsNoPkd1kfWY2CGXtfdk9VWRkewcTJinnx5CuT5OHpoFQm3k1WczCZx36c84N6VHeRr4mPiXtsMry3W9G8SKjE/s1600/000_0573.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475952195362518546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKLIv3yTSxjRExyHR4PhR9TVyDaa7VCuhch48uopz8dhm9S7ZutB92xhsNoPkd1kfWY2CGXtfdk9VWRkewcTJinnx5CuT5OHpoFQm3k1WczCZx36c84N6VHeRr4mPiXtsMry3W9G8SKjE/s320/000_0573.jpg" /></a> This year was my 10 year college reunion. I find that hard to believe but despite my disbelief I enjoyed going to good old Mount <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Holyoke</span> and reuniting with my friends Becky and Kristin. It is an <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">MHC</span> tradition to have a laurel parade and the older classes march ahead of the graduating class and then the graduating class marches through all of the alumni. It's a really neat experience. Everyone wears white and carries something to represent their class color (if they paid the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">exorbitant</span> amount to go to reunion which I did not). I brought one of my greatest accomplishments to march with me. She and I had a great day and really enjoyed spending time with Becky, her daughter Ella and Kristin.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzYsTLE_CsaUoGdlS6Q6U8Qmd8yq2xGHYphgjJ7AuekDAuG959DGtOqUqvjcYPei8IeMRDsyA5TnG2sARelQHJNYOPGdmUxYlsOCH0dWxABvZi3T8Kqu3x8PjC6Dtncyczo6pbsMqD7o/s1600/IMG_0576.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491346989702704034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzYsTLE_CsaUoGdlS6Q6U8Qmd8yq2xGHYphgjJ7AuekDAuG959DGtOqUqvjcYPei8IeMRDsyA5TnG2sARelQHJNYOPGdmUxYlsOCH0dWxABvZi3T8Kqu3x8PjC6Dtncyczo6pbsMqD7o/s320/IMG_0576.JPG" /></a> Lexie turned 10 at the end of May and she requested a beach style cake to celebrate. She is such a great kid, I would have made her the empire state building if she asked.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBOKu1ZIBQDJGS8lEc8AbMYQFlEiK1Szbe6UPEscaFHyn1q661iSpOTMeEG1V5mhLGrWd_hrsTErfN4b0DM9hfNjanoQtDwDD2JdkMi_jm37rD-2zJA-9UFhpCRkwWxuHvomUJGG-BgCc/s1600/000_0566.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475952182475342914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBOKu1ZIBQDJGS8lEc8AbMYQFlEiK1Szbe6UPEscaFHyn1q661iSpOTMeEG1V5mhLGrWd_hrsTErfN4b0DM9hfNjanoQtDwDD2JdkMi_jm37rD-2zJA-9UFhpCRkwWxuHvomUJGG-BgCc/s320/000_0566.jpg" /></a> Once the weather warmed up the trips to the lake began. This day was just me and the boys because Bella was celebrating Lexie's birthday at Six Flags with Hannah and Lexie. I know I'm biased but I really do think these are two of the cutest boys on earth.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAgaGnq_mVWiM8GA6HuHfx0IZKmeQQAoy7K6_yisSJg4plsNWZnDavil2kMCY0z_G9NOilji6vmAz_IUThReycc6DtuXW0ezeooYb8LOmuknVnAS0pwTC3vU45N_rGNyvbBlCWKs-WU3U/s1600/100_7578.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491357109969822866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAgaGnq_mVWiM8GA6HuHfx0IZKmeQQAoy7K6_yisSJg4plsNWZnDavil2kMCY0z_G9NOilji6vmAz_IUThReycc6DtuXW0ezeooYb8LOmuknVnAS0pwTC3vU45N_rGNyvbBlCWKs-WU3U/s320/100_7578.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiga8JXXYqKjTkEf6p-ymawkzHW5due5sgPvWSQsfQDCwgqwM8I89xbLu3TxReF82Aj2I_BnVwx8EBusbeTcxPdZEF0eEpIQ0P_FoV6enit6aOfEBxtJFN34jUlkXomWUSmVMAZmGlz2KA/s1600/100_7586.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491357103184080418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiga8JXXYqKjTkEf6p-ymawkzHW5due5sgPvWSQsfQDCwgqwM8I89xbLu3TxReF82Aj2I_BnVwx8EBusbeTcxPdZEF0eEpIQ0P_FoV6enit6aOfEBxtJFN34jUlkXomWUSmVMAZmGlz2KA/s320/100_7586.JPG" /></a> To wrap up a year of art lessons on American artists we went to the Norman Rockwell Museum. We had a great tour and then got to spend time being creative in the area downstairs for drawing. He was such an amazing artist. I would love to go back again sometime by myself and really take some more time to look at his amazing works of art. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7n98Vvku1tVDoPZjmKWWgJcENHbNWa7AgXWNsPAOwBoMiXdGVuwN-tj6SA7X4ip7BgyliRVNF26_hvq_ceQp_7MzAY0LovpWSmuKqmuneFMcbPhhwuGUjNMC8fmVn6i1mZbCuymPCKlc/s1600/100_7588.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491357097067172674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7n98Vvku1tVDoPZjmKWWgJcENHbNWa7AgXWNsPAOwBoMiXdGVuwN-tj6SA7X4ip7BgyliRVNF26_hvq_ceQp_7MzAY0LovpWSmuKqmuneFMcbPhhwuGUjNMC8fmVn6i1mZbCuymPCKlc/s320/100_7588.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkI9y_p9jpgu39lucwazOIzyOLgcaf1zSz3puKQ648SAmkINYdHPSssWj13WI8bVSIldMHxRc6yt3w0y_AoNeEo5NH-DPYaIdWswTVenPQBrW-x0J1jCq9_dvekRnWMHDLppdUxGc32ac/s1600/100_7590.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491357086926118082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkI9y_p9jpgu39lucwazOIzyOLgcaf1zSz3puKQ648SAmkINYdHPSssWj13WI8bVSIldMHxRc6yt3w0y_AoNeEo5NH-DPYaIdWswTVenPQBrW-x0J1jCq9_dvekRnWMHDLppdUxGc32ac/s320/100_7590.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmWRfMxiCdWOJavjOYnSa633IbF-W6jq3XRZZB-NxwXzCYwj46YmemDHPdXeA7o_MIajILiQxT7olyfcN4bs4KWtpJoL-Gk0p6PUz4hNsEhkI8eWzQq-nO9h4rr1nis3aA5kScdd39Z2M/s1600/100_7593.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491355857195230706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmWRfMxiCdWOJavjOYnSa633IbF-W6jq3XRZZB-NxwXzCYwj46YmemDHPdXeA7o_MIajILiQxT7olyfcN4bs4KWtpJoL-Gk0p6PUz4hNsEhkI8eWzQq-nO9h4rr1nis3aA5kScdd39Z2M/s320/100_7593.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb1jYWRkImQz9bbYbajwG73gS1SM_OYbIuZ6HGI3eQ1f4GoOVWUaY8axgHtbbonxAc7zZqYazzpr8DSr9jR2XtNkhTSTafEMfo5VBDX0UVhM7J-jYTSVNxdgBgnWdq_B9jjLP2bsM38Xc/s1600/100_7596.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491355849047159938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb1jYWRkImQz9bbYbajwG73gS1SM_OYbIuZ6HGI3eQ1f4GoOVWUaY8axgHtbbonxAc7zZqYazzpr8DSr9jR2XtNkhTSTafEMfo5VBDX0UVhM7J-jYTSVNxdgBgnWdq_B9jjLP2bsM38Xc/s320/100_7596.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7FeHid5HGQseMfs1FvGnd9YPRbtEc4Dg6fFrKtQFdf-2noWHtvaW49e1flLnuKmYIjm8fCYqIyBxo_AZMJXU1p0m-6DlgtO8Ikp4MCnC1paSJavx5lwoH45rLZGtHXTs7VXVG_98Kw1s/s1600/100_7597.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491355844977338482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7FeHid5HGQseMfs1FvGnd9YPRbtEc4Dg6fFrKtQFdf-2noWHtvaW49e1flLnuKmYIjm8fCYqIyBxo_AZMJXU1p0m-6DlgtO8Ikp4MCnC1paSJavx5lwoH45rLZGtHXTs7VXVG_98Kw1s/s320/100_7597.JPG" /></a> There always seems to be so many birthdays in June. I had the honor of making cakes for two of my friend Bree's beautiful children. I made her 3 year old son Eliseo this baseball cake...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiySMJJc8uP-2AnEDSZPVFLeLs2Lt6uqD_hRatc0n00G9f-cIAurOcdlrSsU8l45FSiMr5zxySAdPSrKKO1ZV4Xfe9BEauMCvb46yd1mDgZvG8hRUpa4hzTSy2FBRuhMvq-Ah6vjk8xpUs/s1600/100_7741.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491355834963189010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiySMJJc8uP-2AnEDSZPVFLeLs2Lt6uqD_hRatc0n00G9f-cIAurOcdlrSsU8l45FSiMr5zxySAdPSrKKO1ZV4Xfe9BEauMCvb46yd1mDgZvG8hRUpa4hzTSy2FBRuhMvq-Ah6vjk8xpUs/s320/100_7741.JPG" /></a> ...and this was for her 13 year old daughter Bailey<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITeyiy8DK3ZohyphenhyphenOH5pr2wV8f4RGdcoeT2kEbVdtJTZrmcRDzIvpY1soI2tx6pswDQ3vZ1KglKJSD8GyqYPg-oX1HecgzrTL21y14oxJGAWvRaFriK5YHgx-MBJy-7Phmaa9BsgZCVBhQ/s1600/100_7642.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491355825676760914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITeyiy8DK3ZohyphenhyphenOH5pr2wV8f4RGdcoeT2kEbVdtJTZrmcRDzIvpY1soI2tx6pswDQ3vZ1KglKJSD8GyqYPg-oX1HecgzrTL21y14oxJGAWvRaFriK5YHgx-MBJy-7Phmaa9BsgZCVBhQ/s320/100_7642.JPG" /></a><br />Our special end of the year field trip for the TLC Academy was to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lupa</span> Zoo. I hadn't been in years and it was even better than it used to be. I love that place and highly recommend it. Sadly my camera died half way through the trip but we were able to capture some of the awesome animals they have. Our favorite was the black panther which we didn't get pictures of.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6_6ANpVn0mZOBED5f7MglFIpg4t9-drgWkVOeaOS0mTFXX0JBSWUfBjDzXYTzq8-QdbwWqbE-CAB8w1PXf4Sc3cbThf6sJQtJ1Xf4WMM5UodHbt64kaPzyaUf3K8IUQryLFpevWmweYc/s1600/100_7623.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491353006288604546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6_6ANpVn0mZOBED5f7MglFIpg4t9-drgWkVOeaOS0mTFXX0JBSWUfBjDzXYTzq8-QdbwWqbE-CAB8w1PXf4Sc3cbThf6sJQtJ1Xf4WMM5UodHbt64kaPzyaUf3K8IUQryLFpevWmweYc/s320/100_7623.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJyOwE0FkRtaExBPReOMaob-W4Sv36q_H37ccKlfgEzntH2rSSs_dsGa00EaKnEF-vwlyWJek33E-x4LFqv_kr7UaRqb0fH5GQLk2pbufeuVeEHh5zHHbB6iaY6blsGF_8r3R8vX_HzIQ/s1600/100_7627.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491352993513174274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJyOwE0FkRtaExBPReOMaob-W4Sv36q_H37ccKlfgEzntH2rSSs_dsGa00EaKnEF-vwlyWJek33E-x4LFqv_kr7UaRqb0fH5GQLk2pbufeuVeEHh5zHHbB6iaY6blsGF_8r3R8vX_HzIQ/s320/100_7627.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR3kEq0eqZDOFDMMtpgm7fCkAorr6UhstGaAF5drUtQxtJcDvC-7sBB4qwmGX-tG59tPLckn1wSqokpHC69rFyf_ukDNwKN0wkKWwPlXWUOSvblE9cLag9hAlOJKekayrIwou0yRQ7P38/s1600/100_7633.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491352987355140226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR3kEq0eqZDOFDMMtpgm7fCkAorr6UhstGaAF5drUtQxtJcDvC-7sBB4qwmGX-tG59tPLckn1wSqokpHC69rFyf_ukDNwKN0wkKWwPlXWUOSvblE9cLag9hAlOJKekayrIwou0yRQ7P38/s320/100_7633.JPG" /></a> The kids participated in a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Research</span> Group this year at a local library. The librarian hosted a few families of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">homeschoolers</span> and taught them the process of writing a research paper from selecting a topic all the way to an oral presentation. Hannah did her paper on Owls, Lexie did chocolate, Bella did butterflies and Isaac and Ian (and me) <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">collaborated</span> on a paper about sharks. On presentation day the kids brought refreshments that went along with their topic. Lexie brought white, dark and milk chocolate, the boys brought shark bites, Hannah made these adorable owl snacks and Bella made butterfly snacks. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaFpfPRSNTPWll0hwYbA-8whde2mJq9eTm4mcKdML96htae6YfQhcYIMgz4Drilug3TJ8vTGoB93AuMU0O2RYs3s2FCL3nsLYE2sNKp6DJ63QZCDv8TFKNwAv0D1neXJzigKVjCSXkKjE/s1600/100_7698.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491353715410882530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaFpfPRSNTPWll0hwYbA-8whde2mJq9eTm4mcKdML96htae6YfQhcYIMgz4Drilug3TJ8vTGoB93AuMU0O2RYs3s2FCL3nsLYE2sNKp6DJ63QZCDv8TFKNwAv0D1neXJzigKVjCSXkKjE/s320/100_7698.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcdJbIwqvjVVXxN3H5l7NuQnvQve6I0Qp9eTLZhDXi53bUsOgD1ivfayr987noKRBzC6FUzRP-3KpOhAH2njh3rxgjuMoa1GlYqI4Rdu9UdvmxXhaozTLrgC7Vn_NRETamC45E26TZ4y8/s1600/100_7697.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491352980023415634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcdJbIwqvjVVXxN3H5l7NuQnvQve6I0Qp9eTLZhDXi53bUsOgD1ivfayr987noKRBzC6FUzRP-3KpOhAH2njh3rxgjuMoa1GlYqI4Rdu9UdvmxXhaozTLrgC7Vn_NRETamC45E26TZ4y8/s320/100_7697.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgpsXaG8fO96hTBFG_xfzA-zyimt2QauU-s1Or2KOWHHnW6Foyqq3fP1CKwEejQ0GFAJaaLGDX0vEbw2XcF0TjMvWP61Io8bsI4Qk-InJrmKKpgszkXHEQtavZ4tujRJkSDxL8bVZ1_3c/s1600/100_7704.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491353713417213138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgpsXaG8fO96hTBFG_xfzA-zyimt2QauU-s1Or2KOWHHnW6Foyqq3fP1CKwEejQ0GFAJaaLGDX0vEbw2XcF0TjMvWP61Io8bsI4Qk-InJrmKKpgszkXHEQtavZ4tujRJkSDxL8bVZ1_3c/s320/100_7704.JPG" /></a> They all did terrifically amazing jobs on their presentations <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">that</span> day and then they gave them again that night for their parents at our TLC end of school celebration and award ceremony held in my kitchen.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj50JCm8YB5ILuxHUMBRQefOxCziI7ZlgXsuNOd2sSybZOkVs98wIvj6pQnYDsoAEW94DbztpkuE9hb3xxf3wWMu0-DZ3qb7D0w-JEk7KxZf2SJdrPp3Mcx0qdADAw-oFkbElQtbnchv9U/s1600/100_7720.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491353705672079794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj50JCm8YB5ILuxHUMBRQefOxCziI7ZlgXsuNOd2sSybZOkVs98wIvj6pQnYDsoAEW94DbztpkuE9hb3xxf3wWMu0-DZ3qb7D0w-JEk7KxZf2SJdrPp3Mcx0qdADAw-oFkbElQtbnchv9U/s320/100_7720.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHVjscujxt7ox1ypEx1u43YPAO1UP2S4em-wCLmbp7PSkWI5Z_d88fyQ5cft5imBCjabd6D6FGTrlkoAYZAeTlYGLNdyQJsYlPJZ1CI5KUDHuhii0J1SRqToq8vd1ZE-42ZQYkOJg-0Xk/s1600/100_7722.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491353699777079778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHVjscujxt7ox1ypEx1u43YPAO1UP2S4em-wCLmbp7PSkWI5Z_d88fyQ5cft5imBCjabd6D6FGTrlkoAYZAeTlYGLNdyQJsYlPJZ1CI5KUDHuhii0J1SRqToq8vd1ZE-42ZQYkOJg-0Xk/s320/100_7722.JPG" /></a> The boys presentation was more like a skit. They were wise old fisherman and I was a girl writing a paper and asking them questions about sharks. It was probably a little more comical than informative...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCqgMz0hXb_KBDHw6cupR86BoYy7U0JJPbYPL7JtSwPFOcJOA7v4Yl8q2X7QEs8ha5RjPsBS2Z05RasiB1kPx0jiJKTDuoNJM2c-NA4JEzPh-9Pj4J14Dw6-XqUy_mSlTbr90d_zm39LU/s1600/100_7710.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491353695077076066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCqgMz0hXb_KBDHw6cupR86BoYy7U0JJPbYPL7JtSwPFOcJOA7v4Yl8q2X7QEs8ha5RjPsBS2Z05RasiB1kPx0jiJKTDuoNJM2c-NA4JEzPh-9Pj4J14Dw6-XqUy_mSlTbr90d_zm39LU/s320/100_7710.JPG" /></a> The kids also put on a skit of the 3 Billy Goats Gruff for their parents.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihH1JTQ5XF5sWg1vO5_T66OpLMdtTEkZSscREbD1fnLzypZxolpJJf5_F7xdjFD0xtrUw2OJyQxISjcvkeWb5fKHvAo1DQVOg9n4yBVByUvyEebDFtqrlx5A02LbXEAKILtJJJJcDQFeE/s1600/100_7732.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491351247529040882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihH1JTQ5XF5sWg1vO5_T66OpLMdtTEkZSscREbD1fnLzypZxolpJJf5_F7xdjFD0xtrUw2OJyQxISjcvkeWb5fKHvAo1DQVOg9n4yBVByUvyEebDFtqrlx5A02LbXEAKILtJJJJcDQFeE/s320/100_7732.JPG" /></a> They each <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">received</span> awards from me for Godly character traits that they displayed through the year. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEF9qLsERwIWc55bTfTgrt-2GMXTkbQZRgwpKSThIsWgDomO5m6E5CyYl74VmzWRHpXu6WyDyy3Wrj4YS9SLhnZg8oGpktd_4552ZPNYSsBkxwgw7NbI3RLbGhrDdADOgwgRIpFAF6gLU/s1600/100_7739.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491351244451837938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEF9qLsERwIWc55bTfTgrt-2GMXTkbQZRgwpKSThIsWgDomO5m6E5CyYl74VmzWRHpXu6WyDyy3Wrj4YS9SLhnZg8oGpktd_4552ZPNYSsBkxwgw7NbI3RLbGhrDdADOgwgRIpFAF6gLU/s320/100_7739.JPG" /></a> Our tadpole finally grew into a frog. He was an adorable little wood frog named Fred. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnXFGJQK-rIjZR0lNszYVqzVjIS0n5_Op4JJlth_Z8LGFBAGjihtmVeWx_tBVVB5DkGMFhBMuA1z0TMs2RMvVbgoVcItrQY8OXxqda7g6uK6Yykk3cQgsOKt-7IVUk0EbzG8NbmKhhOt8/s1600/100_7750.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491351236510519474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnXFGJQK-rIjZR0lNszYVqzVjIS0n5_Op4JJlth_Z8LGFBAGjihtmVeWx_tBVVB5DkGMFhBMuA1z0TMs2RMvVbgoVcItrQY8OXxqda7g6uK6Yykk3cQgsOKt-7IVUk0EbzG8NbmKhhOt8/s320/100_7750.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmxuDysaYsbl9aOywJJ1F7p1-JOssagO4Y89HtEV7gPxfdFIpbT5lKC_mts-v1pdeY4AIchOyV8T7BgMclpSG-J_EuaOFBHWymz3vCmJkUOZxr1Uw700sCrXDQdVHhcHI7w6zrp2uOi64/s1600/100_7804.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491351226586429250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmxuDysaYsbl9aOywJJ1F7p1-JOssagO4Y89HtEV7gPxfdFIpbT5lKC_mts-v1pdeY4AIchOyV8T7BgMclpSG-J_EuaOFBHWymz3vCmJkUOZxr1Uw700sCrXDQdVHhcHI7w6zrp2uOi64/s320/100_7804.JPG" /></a> He seemed quite happy when we let him go by a lake near our house.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwyRcIdm4OU4ul8f_oVToCwiVbErvkDDiYYre3XEU0RW9EtKIP0NYUyEdoNDbpqOyVie6lyMo3VLcIgQqm2o8IXDPK0iITnErwxoAdWolYjqpdH5AFpHpl8I8Uet6lOg40spLLreNCXbU/s1600/100_7803.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491351216157897778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwyRcIdm4OU4ul8f_oVToCwiVbErvkDDiYYre3XEU0RW9EtKIP0NYUyEdoNDbpqOyVie6lyMo3VLcIgQqm2o8IXDPK0iITnErwxoAdWolYjqpdH5AFpHpl8I8Uet6lOg40spLLreNCXbU/s320/100_7803.JPG" /></a> Isabella celebrated her 9th birthday this past month. I am still in disbelief about that as well. I still feel like I'm 24, how can I possibly have a 9 year old and have been out of college for 10 years?! My beautiful girl got an armful of Silly Bandz for her birthday and celebrated with a sleep over and a trip to see Toy Story 3 in 3D on openeing day. We actually got to be at the first showing in our area. It was a special day for my big girl. She didn't even want a themed cake this year. Her tastes are obviously maturing and she requested a chocolate cheese cake...I tried to pretty it up a little too.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJ7iemogPu43QdbaMFlNpHqFHzpCeNmwqU81waX_wC7zW6OBV007ROSgIU9W7UZ3lfgEBq1_Zvl05T9appga00mtRIRPI7sZiv4w6nYUAhgfH6plJ9VvPRBYpFLgbSyoYx_8xmlAzBZg/s1600/100_7799.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491350452594031010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJ7iemogPu43QdbaMFlNpHqFHzpCeNmwqU81waX_wC7zW6OBV007ROSgIU9W7UZ3lfgEBq1_Zvl05T9appga00mtRIRPI7sZiv4w6nYUAhgfH6plJ9VvPRBYpFLgbSyoYx_8xmlAzBZg/s320/100_7799.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRcfEps4WG4UvcLqMru7k8TIey_MEsnICdYvwE7Xxd5wc5PFagpeRf2rk9P5ocCYPli4Vqg4HS5q5Pf_RAqUa3RFRmgccbtQF-HIhu2cimFEio5Hk_WK2rSStMtZcokc-l8AkRGbLiCYY/s1600/100_7757.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491350442520093650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRcfEps4WG4UvcLqMru7k8TIey_MEsnICdYvwE7Xxd5wc5PFagpeRf2rk9P5ocCYPli4Vqg4HS5q5Pf_RAqUa3RFRmgccbtQF-HIhu2cimFEio5Hk_WK2rSStMtZcokc-l8AkRGbLiCYY/s320/100_7757.JPG" /></a> We were blessed with tickets to a Pittsfield Colonials game from a friend for Father's Day. It was a great way to celebrate what a wonderful father Jason is. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWSNfZVumsiZ-rFL3p8T3B2ErJnBQRHE8HCcRrGWuZBFttZp5rbIKLekMVmYaC8frLtggEmH5PIoWbcwen3U4ZefMRb1vtIFgNLDFlX63MdQ1yR0DNhFpeqVOQPnvWglxT_LL_8Pi81w/s1600/100_7770.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491350437559474050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWSNfZVumsiZ-rFL3p8T3B2ErJnBQRHE8HCcRrGWuZBFttZp5rbIKLekMVmYaC8frLtggEmH5PIoWbcwen3U4ZefMRb1vtIFgNLDFlX63MdQ1yR0DNhFpeqVOQPnvWglxT_LL_8Pi81w/s320/100_7770.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6lJ4LEiHJ5czOcReTRvIIPTtp19Gpf3VhjCRiX7o8yRDYWeDY9LqsMRB36LkoKzXcecPxggyAN2WBAvWqO_W9b3BeJFwjEOTKJQk07V-3yZYM_wDLqqzJaifsy8bzBTBgZsDO2DB3eY/s1600/100_7768.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491349596385963538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6lJ4LEiHJ5czOcReTRvIIPTtp19Gpf3VhjCRiX7o8yRDYWeDY9LqsMRB36LkoKzXcecPxggyAN2WBAvWqO_W9b3BeJFwjEOTKJQk07V-3yZYM_wDLqqzJaifsy8bzBTBgZsDO2DB3eY/s320/100_7768.JPG" /></a> Awwww, what a great daddy!<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491349590029604610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglLWQz-d4765IREIoJ1qAS9w7h0VFpExNRVgYDvn-KZnCuZmFgZG8ikXMcKpqGDGVlEuhjpwA2RB1TPQF0F1QqIrE6IeGjNmRGpmavKKZ2pd6EJ8awlCNDOTK9_TZZuo7AMNrjzEWdf4I/s320/100_7780.JPG" />My children have been a part of a homeschool music group since September that my friend Amy hosts and teaches. She is also the kids piano teacher and one of the most wonderful homeschool moms that I know. The kids performed a choral ensemble of patriotic songs. They did such a great job. In between songs many of the kids performed piano pieces as well. Bella played a song called Drifting on the piano and sang it with Amy's daughter Leah. She also played Amazing Grace and she and Amy's daughter's Leah and Lily sang Proud To Be an American In addition to the 10 or so songs that they sang as an entire chorus. It was a very impressive performance and I was a very very proud mommy. My mom and Madi came all the way up to see them perform and I know that made it even more special for them.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgYJVrSs-leGLyxqmuf6KXqrkhft-kjqwh_yFiHqCAtthuvdEXMbXxQK7nLZCR9nsFJxDHUdBhIVuqlyWhGyFKJjVQqJX3z8lcXq4TZic1WZ6VZdScd8C6R76D1y_RrtdifWLuZoN9Mak/s1600/100_7786.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491349586601972370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgYJVrSs-leGLyxqmuf6KXqrkhft-kjqwh_yFiHqCAtthuvdEXMbXxQK7nLZCR9nsFJxDHUdBhIVuqlyWhGyFKJjVQqJX3z8lcXq4TZic1WZ6VZdScd8C6R76D1y_RrtdifWLuZoN9Mak/s320/100_7786.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCctbFMKZ6jGIwIgW2zEt9yCIbPm8Cs865-MTXImQQt_wCQZ60YB2ZN5jkoA5XZjgoH33q1XX9HUkpIO43_2Q7y52LO7-SCdsMH5mTXcVSwjtF4_Btwj27KXwtQDIcK7_UOSh8iC-MTE/s1600/100_7789.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491349581786072018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCctbFMKZ6jGIwIgW2zEt9yCIbPm8Cs865-MTXImQQt_wCQZ60YB2ZN5jkoA5XZjgoH33q1XX9HUkpIO43_2Q7y52LO7-SCdsMH5mTXcVSwjtF4_Btwj27KXwtQDIcK7_UOSh8iC-MTE/s320/100_7789.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCDcmo1K2uOf7ixgLl2KiBq5wjxATp89kfKKpQms2JqfvG_EzlKiXSZXEHbUR8zEZKLFmzHqrkTvR6l_A26WfZ8HsGTSToI7nJf3z3RtSsFO_5gX_ILiJPDTiyNvWjDk7I0vCWWN9Z9xc/s1600/100_7795.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491349570586975010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCDcmo1K2uOf7ixgLl2KiBq5wjxATp89kfKKpQms2JqfvG_EzlKiXSZXEHbUR8zEZKLFmzHqrkTvR6l_A26WfZ8HsGTSToI7nJf3z3RtSsFO_5gX_ILiJPDTiyNvWjDk7I0vCWWN9Z9xc/s320/100_7795.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFhzpbD1ylozkGB71IAshepxWqj2Rjxt-l4iJJD-4qPd_croBMdRBbxrLGXl43WR6zHn0KCpetNnrm0D7de1_-PXkoTIPDkMmhYJZ047aWBT9iN1zHAg-xQ5YSFLiG4_6Zo3XY7zBPAgM/s1600/100_7797.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491348892649186370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFhzpbD1ylozkGB71IAshepxWqj2Rjxt-l4iJJD-4qPd_croBMdRBbxrLGXl43WR6zHn0KCpetNnrm0D7de1_-PXkoTIPDkMmhYJZ047aWBT9iN1zHAg-xQ5YSFLiG4_6Zo3XY7zBPAgM/s320/100_7797.JPG" /></a> The funniest thing entertained my children for hours the other day. We harvested our peas and they spent almost 2 hours diligently shelling them and preparing them for dinner. They loved it. They were pretending they were from "old times" and had such a blast. In addition to the hours of entertainment they provided, the peas were also delicious.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif8XxRFfwBp2MXWOMtWEU7YmvrO8T1cb7SlhYbuYLbGypb2N2IXCZ8TkP9Xm8rUBUKzP45DEOdSNj8UNYIoRXufEPPDMwV1Crn7xfFTXdkuWC-vy06fno8GhGl-Bwl56eFTR_-wrBorGc/s1600/100_7811.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491348889526047442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif8XxRFfwBp2MXWOMtWEU7YmvrO8T1cb7SlhYbuYLbGypb2N2IXCZ8TkP9Xm8rUBUKzP45DEOdSNj8UNYIoRXufEPPDMwV1Crn7xfFTXdkuWC-vy06fno8GhGl-Bwl56eFTR_-wrBorGc/s320/100_7811.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF5s8LHcnVzCQu4t_2LlvSoBqhqBQB8CCYaHH5klPi4s8hZ-ZAa0OBi4O_1yDcQo-O6FsLBP7Rr_ONVkNBmSRuPOWKIIpZcoaMJfGDZP5JfCnZfUyRByKyNY6Ybq-O3EkHlksRXQsP9LE/s1600/100_7812.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491348884525052226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF5s8LHcnVzCQu4t_2LlvSoBqhqBQB8CCYaHH5klPi4s8hZ-ZAa0OBi4O_1yDcQo-O6FsLBP7Rr_ONVkNBmSRuPOWKIIpZcoaMJfGDZP5JfCnZfUyRByKyNY6Ybq-O3EkHlksRXQsP9LE/s320/100_7812.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCua5zosf0Z6MlGvaXMGDjT-3hCGLOAnjrFL4xklXKbWIurrNWFv4ulN330X5fFxX0Aq0JHtdnimS8INtuqOvPkXtlqqinFZvsS1AGdUYx8eC2-KZ4JxfUeoutzawJSnz9vKww9uBpxQg/s1600/100_7813.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491348878297262802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCua5zosf0Z6MlGvaXMGDjT-3hCGLOAnjrFL4xklXKbWIurrNWFv4ulN330X5fFxX0Aq0JHtdnimS8INtuqOvPkXtlqqinFZvsS1AGdUYx8eC2-KZ4JxfUeoutzawJSnz9vKww9uBpxQg/s320/100_7813.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUFYSSzmAFvBaMr5iL13PP_u4G3rLWXm3Dvg0ZHYMwBbT7B3_Jj_UNtPmhGWPEA94NfYEmMfSc6xaKRkk21hJbwk_C2LizOQKZsDdYYPiMD91HpB21SIJzE1uFLL09XQr8OuR81kHU8vg/s1600/100_7814.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491348869972413170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUFYSSzmAFvBaMr5iL13PP_u4G3rLWXm3Dvg0ZHYMwBbT7B3_Jj_UNtPmhGWPEA94NfYEmMfSc6xaKRkk21hJbwk_C2LizOQKZsDdYYPiMD91HpB21SIJzE1uFLL09XQr8OuR81kHU8vg/s320/100_7814.JPG" /></a> Speaking of peas...here is a picture of Ian and Madi dressed up as two peas in a pod for the Bike and Doll Carriage Parade. I decorated their wagon as a pea pod and they were the peas because they really are two peas in a pod. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb5m3yEoG1MzcAZw0FEJK_tRNWAAa66l4weeLTQ39vvEwikLr-pvJ_rR0gWlOJYVpVh84ZHuWcd9EjSEcXN-vSxa8tlMuAIRgmgHzDZnH9TrzbR2WvAizOgn3yd-igqbkpnWNjPwII2W4/s1600/IMG_0068_00.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491348136554525554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb5m3yEoG1MzcAZw0FEJK_tRNWAAa66l4weeLTQ39vvEwikLr-pvJ_rR0gWlOJYVpVh84ZHuWcd9EjSEcXN-vSxa8tlMuAIRgmgHzDZnH9TrzbR2WvAizOgn3yd-igqbkpnWNjPwII2W4/s320/IMG_0068_00.JPG" /></a> Isabella was a little Native American girl and she pushed Annika in a stroller that had been transformed into a teepee by my mom. It was ridiculously cute and they won an award for most original.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipha3IKfehCnKsQnRQQ0rKv6R9IFwu749oSRepZAUBtMtTIPfm9mOzVonrhzvnSICylujoEIblkbOvzgcfrSqdaPylggk-zdHwJ36tIo5hvT_38x328kYE4PxlOpf4HM76FQQ6kITpqn0/s1600/IMG_0045_00.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491348130375989890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipha3IKfehCnKsQnRQQ0rKv6R9IFwu749oSRepZAUBtMtTIPfm9mOzVonrhzvnSICylujoEIblkbOvzgcfrSqdaPylggk-zdHwJ36tIo5hvT_38x328kYE4PxlOpf4HM76FQQ6kITpqn0/s320/IMG_0045_00.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1uLC5X2f7nHxiheioslh8qkB8mTcVP6suDa6QMUEWsF-TuXjIJJAhCX8wzc6GDrkgcp4ImN5naMYN_eAe0YLEcaoG5wOXQCxOGwxT8Ru4MTHoisnazW9GHiHEMrl0go9sJ8WqfJnhBiY/s1600/IMG_0056_00.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491348120275304754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1uLC5X2f7nHxiheioslh8qkB8mTcVP6suDa6QMUEWsF-TuXjIJJAhCX8wzc6GDrkgcp4ImN5naMYN_eAe0YLEcaoG5wOXQCxOGwxT8Ru4MTHoisnazW9GHiHEMrl0go9sJ8WqfJnhBiY/s320/IMG_0056_00.JPG" /></a> Isaac was a Patrotic Red Sox fan and he won an award for Most Patriotic. I think that toothless grin, upturned eyebrow and cowlic must have sold the judges...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzBh4uT6RyQnl9eR9TNyDrvEQehdIAHcY4C22KNgShlQVUMRE6HPCzK5foJKWMZvn_5gW6yU7tvD_m6e6ZykvJ-c41W9OIo5TpBbyIUpxr69S_w7d4gsU36T5SOFZU-opeeZZ-xw6owEU/s1600/IMG_0041_00.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491348117370941506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzBh4uT6RyQnl9eR9TNyDrvEQehdIAHcY4C22KNgShlQVUMRE6HPCzK5foJKWMZvn_5gW6yU7tvD_m6e6ZykvJ-c41W9OIo5TpBbyIUpxr69S_w7d4gsU36T5SOFZU-opeeZZ-xw6owEU/s320/IMG_0041_00.JPG" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYAaYdOnPo8BadcUwKoYAKZXzxcb-tNIi3Io6p3lz4x7wsP5Kjrx_7_ybaUiYToaGJ4Q0cfp62gv9dUyHe0s5VLonq2MuEzLvaPrpLGt-uoRTCbdx3nQDrioZZhebDfEPw294fnW6wzP0/s1600/IMG_0035_00.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491348107113146738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYAaYdOnPo8BadcUwKoYAKZXzxcb-tNIi3Io6p3lz4x7wsP5Kjrx_7_ybaUiYToaGJ4Q0cfp62gv9dUyHe0s5VLonq2MuEzLvaPrpLGt-uoRTCbdx3nQDrioZZhebDfEPw294fnW6wzP0/s320/IMG_0035_00.JPG" /></a><br />Our agenda for the rest of summer is to enjoy the rest of summer. We are looking forward to our trip to Lake Compounce for Jason's company trip and we are counting the days to our vacation!!!!! Fishing, beach and fun here we come!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292836024809455626.post-73656635495605788482010-05-14T11:59:00.023-04:002010-05-21T11:20:43.252-04:00Long spring...Warning, tremendously long blog ahead with many adorable pictures and exciting event spanning the last 2 months! I can't believe it's been that long but it was fun to reflect and see what fun things we did. Believe it or not, there were actually many many more fun things that I forgot to bring my camera to!<br /><br />So, going all the way back to April fools day... I actually love April fools day and sometimes I plot and think weeks before. I got Jason that morning with the '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ol</span> tape the sink sprayer on trick. I laughed a lot over that even though I didn't actually get to see it. I, in fact, just laughed about it again just now. I tricked the kids with lunch. They were waiting for me to get them all morning with an April fool and I got them with somethings small so they thought they were in the clear. When I called them in from recess they unsuspectingly sat down to their chicken and biscuits and were shocked to find that instead of savory it was sweet! The peas and carrots were skittles and cut up orange <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">starburst</span>. The cream sauce was vanilla pudding, bananas disguised as chicken and it was over a corn muffin rather than a biscuit. Their faces were priceless. When dessert came out I was very proud of Hannah who said she probably shouldn't have so much sugar. I agreed but told her just to taste my "cupcakes" because they were so delicious. The kids were actually holding the cupcakes in their hands and still had no idea that they were mini meatloaves with pink mashed potatoes on top! They loved them. Isaac wants them for his birthday next year!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlAryrnX-XLenpW4910aQvoSwRPuDwrzgMeZVn0464IFbTa7mT_D7P_2QCqCQTBkjevkc8-qlvWZnB28box1qKwtnEqUQQDRKG87L8eou0YRxDac5dcSpSgc7vMoLG5tYJ4jxj95DwXyU/s1600/100_7251.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlAryrnX-XLenpW4910aQvoSwRPuDwrzgMeZVn0464IFbTa7mT_D7P_2QCqCQTBkjevkc8-qlvWZnB28box1qKwtnEqUQQDRKG87L8eou0YRxDac5dcSpSgc7vMoLG5tYJ4jxj95DwXyU/s320/100_7251.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473702622719236626" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPw0VndsuDvjFJgBgefCF6sFnl0PSWK4D3NJ3qSlg-Ua5QdfZoAP-JfLoSp65bbtWtkitJTwMJqKgZmZv-_sgAiuCc3gIDd-KflekzH14dUlfWUQdisw7HA18TWIjjuWQcq3ZC6m9Kk2k/s1600/100_7252.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPw0VndsuDvjFJgBgefCF6sFnl0PSWK4D3NJ3qSlg-Ua5QdfZoAP-JfLoSp65bbtWtkitJTwMJqKgZmZv-_sgAiuCc3gIDd-KflekzH14dUlfWUQdisw7HA18TWIjjuWQcq3ZC6m9Kk2k/s320/100_7252.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473702613697168594" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZBTKHjy93pqbEjSQva29FSE8MgFaqfGgWnqc1MDI2n4oglBTUXKwn5NPSjuNREY1LdTf3b6Dle022Ujwg7RRtKekMOrCWEZ_FZfYqPRLKs5pxPwHHNuXklFaduLJC2OImUqoPEDwz3s/s1600/100_7253.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZBTKHjy93pqbEjSQva29FSE8MgFaqfGgWnqc1MDI2n4oglBTUXKwn5NPSjuNREY1LdTf3b6Dle022Ujwg7RRtKekMOrCWEZ_FZfYqPRLKs5pxPwHHNuXklFaduLJC2OImUqoPEDwz3s/s320/100_7253.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473702609912207762" border="0" /></a>Isaac enjoys doing his math work on the white board rather than on paper. I don't mind, I just have to take pictures of his work for his portfolio. He's so cute.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9kI3X61uEQgKN9A7CGZe77-ZG9erpRgW_dRhzgc720QYI9ZkxFxZYET4wbIVe2LJmWubkE1mJIJa5JuHrw_3or7hrkTzX7GPKCFqnIZ4Y4UCGEWqjMGXoXch4mHPhm7lAnPifsnXGYB8/s1600/000_0519.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9kI3X61uEQgKN9A7CGZe77-ZG9erpRgW_dRhzgc720QYI9ZkxFxZYET4wbIVe2LJmWubkE1mJIJa5JuHrw_3or7hrkTzX7GPKCFqnIZ4Y4UCGEWqjMGXoXch4mHPhm7lAnPifsnXGYB8/s320/000_0519.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473704598446350002" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEQvdOvjJVGDnaTb_DpP6XF9jRSz_pHsb8qBl_k01Lw_d2wPiGm3nwp1aT1qNAesEsiZyFvpCdavsKhmFvSLeJZjrVaigGKwuP9IrMaYn47pZgLhT5Pl7doiQCJdzyhK9vf9J2ETg-4TY/s1600/000_0521.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEQvdOvjJVGDnaTb_DpP6XF9jRSz_pHsb8qBl_k01Lw_d2wPiGm3nwp1aT1qNAesEsiZyFvpCdavsKhmFvSLeJZjrVaigGKwuP9IrMaYn47pZgLhT5Pl7doiQCJdzyhK9vf9J2ETg-4TY/s320/000_0521.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473704586804697186" border="0" /></a>As you know from Ian's birthday blog, my baby is officially 5 years old now. He celebrated his big day with a bowling party at a local candle pin alley. It was a lot of fun.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI-IfJVm9wswyDNnLvgTB5m8H5Xbqs8xNkxjMHNY2K6YvuudDChOz-AKJPH_TDMkLT-rkWkPN_C0GRpSpePNSJ07vx1JJSEkCZA6hqJSmNPab9FnorxR5g0UnOUv2yA_sDKp7Y4NqSGDU/s1600/100_7334.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI-IfJVm9wswyDNnLvgTB5m8H5Xbqs8xNkxjMHNY2K6YvuudDChOz-AKJPH_TDMkLT-rkWkPN_C0GRpSpePNSJ07vx1JJSEkCZA6hqJSmNPab9FnorxR5g0UnOUv2yA_sDKp7Y4NqSGDU/s320/100_7334.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473703362083739906" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqNNqlEihQJtj4WtzjM-tSq3rxhzpX2Hu4KdLGBcnqWToPbx7pj7980m5D1e4b7d_bSLS43yUE3mqAwbQbH9dEkmIkAxWIZ_nGnWZK-NuDIDP2PUJoRCsCSsZNo66Otv4ZIVxubhYLumU/s1600/100_7329.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqNNqlEihQJtj4WtzjM-tSq3rxhzpX2Hu4KdLGBcnqWToPbx7pj7980m5D1e4b7d_bSLS43yUE3mqAwbQbH9dEkmIkAxWIZ_nGnWZK-NuDIDP2PUJoRCsCSsZNo66Otv4ZIVxubhYLumU/s320/100_7329.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473703356681856034" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV3VEdeA4-S_GBV8wvXj4CXE_suBABLTPgNzPFjpwL2q57RMyi3XpK_U9pk6QzhqTSzcopNeYJHqOYsMkAOy1rg9CM3YyAK7EjV1wPvWgSZbvdX1KPRkr1rD4Qo8G4gcMwJYJooGJPzYA/s1600/100_7325.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV3VEdeA4-S_GBV8wvXj4CXE_suBABLTPgNzPFjpwL2q57RMyi3XpK_U9pk6QzhqTSzcopNeYJHqOYsMkAOy1rg9CM3YyAK7EjV1wPvWgSZbvdX1KPRkr1rD4Qo8G4gcMwJYJooGJPzYA/s320/100_7325.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473703348356135378" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaB8hCUXQVhhP9P5k-4OcWeeu92sX7AyXjLiUREd29c4cb6BFMPGu4SgkUvHUHtfH4PkOKzEXm3xNZ_Z3N9fO-U9-jNmlmjazrgjfef0ah0ZKcIpjaPy-HM5oEf4LAVfKhzhR65-kI5HU/s1600/100_7316.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaB8hCUXQVhhP9P5k-4OcWeeu92sX7AyXjLiUREd29c4cb6BFMPGu4SgkUvHUHtfH4PkOKzEXm3xNZ_Z3N9fO-U9-jNmlmjazrgjfef0ah0ZKcIpjaPy-HM5oEf4LAVfKhzhR65-kI5HU/s320/100_7316.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473703339472090482" border="0" /></a><br />Since spring has <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">officially</span> sprung, even out in the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">hill towns</span>, we ventured out to a friends house to get some tadpoles from her vernal pond. We started out with way too many but sent a lot back to nature. In the end we kept about 20 and gave Hannah about 10 to raise at her house. Sadly, all but one of ours recently passed away. I'm not sure what happened, they were doing well for so long. Hannah's are all flourishing still. We have one survivor and are hoping to see him all the way through to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">froghood</span>.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAN_Li8j9sYgIbNpzeyXo_OefRT5E9WrXLmafLq6WV5xHEA9MYKaVA2JFUVHceMnAwlizIoYQn4QFVsjGFzjqFqDBovztXz-Z8mYJTeYGdV8zS4rjmwymVopf5ucarKgbbTQ2g5ymWOQY/s1600/tadpoles.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAN_Li8j9sYgIbNpzeyXo_OefRT5E9WrXLmafLq6WV5xHEA9MYKaVA2JFUVHceMnAwlizIoYQn4QFVsjGFzjqFqDBovztXz-Z8mYJTeYGdV8zS4rjmwymVopf5ucarKgbbTQ2g5ymWOQY/s320/tadpoles.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471164237641970018" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgguuJQrLbpzz9Ku9mu2yYFRzUNjQRzg9SrD269HXuq3rzd_lVHab5AC7Gwyj3ecO0Z7N3zbzTTpKM2m4LuYqezZRmbQ9o9vg06IrVgq4GpuCKv5X1a9ERcFP00MrM3YVEx-sjGXqt9F-Y/s1600/tadpolesn.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgguuJQrLbpzz9Ku9mu2yYFRzUNjQRzg9SrD269HXuq3rzd_lVHab5AC7Gwyj3ecO0Z7N3zbzTTpKM2m4LuYqezZRmbQ9o9vg06IrVgq4GpuCKv5X1a9ERcFP00MrM3YVEx-sjGXqt9F-Y/s320/tadpolesn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471164230871497330" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwBYw_JsGnbh44nYfHngVnlgqlue7kBQafvsaW48CIWzGXg5edA0Zm6Jg_vjXJNq03zFIiZ9d_XmRX8-uADOV80u-ojwkXYw3U1lodnVW4I1Y0zu57VTrb7i1tK6tayWAEY13NcqLIwQ8/s1600/000_0518.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwBYw_JsGnbh44nYfHngVnlgqlue7kBQafvsaW48CIWzGXg5edA0Zm6Jg_vjXJNq03zFIiZ9d_XmRX8-uADOV80u-ojwkXYw3U1lodnVW4I1Y0zu57VTrb7i1tK6tayWAEY13NcqLIwQ8/s320/000_0518.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471162302331926786" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDRzufky5pP8WOjo6vyu24ft3XhfAJTBdhgmy-40P-JkZPoDAffVaM1JDNhQdOjEddVRVDK2nO-kVQf5jCiQv0t_ItDD3EqTEx824vFXMxqDP1WWRiisTkF9ojD83Vi5SjzLJhQ0pvsm8/s1600/000_0517.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDRzufky5pP8WOjo6vyu24ft3XhfAJTBdhgmy-40P-JkZPoDAffVaM1JDNhQdOjEddVRVDK2nO-kVQf5jCiQv0t_ItDD3EqTEx824vFXMxqDP1WWRiisTkF9ojD83Vi5SjzLJhQ0pvsm8/s320/000_0517.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471162296730875778" border="0" /></a>Took a trip to Balance Rock recently. It is a big rock that balances on a small rock. It defies gravity. Very cool.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEh0Y-1_x1qWm52VlXuLWuB0J8Sc_e5s29UMO5oecHZCWOALvtMWGUwsrA01sIHm1g4IC_DnhbMzY2ZtxhR6Al-LugPru_nOXQG8Jv0SLpjDgXgGOMa9ofr7HFbQGI5qru_VfP-eXYf-g/s1600/100_7390.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEh0Y-1_x1qWm52VlXuLWuB0J8Sc_e5s29UMO5oecHZCWOALvtMWGUwsrA01sIHm1g4IC_DnhbMzY2ZtxhR6Al-LugPru_nOXQG8Jv0SLpjDgXgGOMa9ofr7HFbQGI5qru_VfP-eXYf-g/s320/100_7390.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471162289080225666" border="0" /></a>Isaac noticed right away that, from this angle, it looks like a giant dinosaur head. Also very cool.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkh2km2MwgqLbl4WeAyTlqvLej8pmRRMR3b7GOqoTNRWfIrtVgaX9iLeXIHbGRjOEclHlfuEwBjfOJoEfmDFMOmODshz2EEYYvPf1xMIvHMms294QFyyeGoC9dv6BJ7z8i_olWrov2PBc/s1600/100_7393.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkh2km2MwgqLbl4WeAyTlqvLej8pmRRMR3b7GOqoTNRWfIrtVgaX9iLeXIHbGRjOEclHlfuEwBjfOJoEfmDFMOmODshz2EEYYvPf1xMIvHMms294QFyyeGoC9dv6BJ7z8i_olWrov2PBc/s320/100_7393.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471161340772660674" border="0" /></a>All the kids had a blast running around and climbing on rocks and fallen trees. Spring is such a delightful thing.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Ql7Ujq2lZBfVXHSjFm1EDBytsyQuChhjcsrEqcyzPFaAqWIfiFAo8PXIbuJS-1Tah4_F4zKP6I4VZZSjOxf52t3NFQ3xLixOnaadJmxtXrjhhrmT25P8ueJLarHENIuVX68hU-MqgQE/s1600/100_7398.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Ql7Ujq2lZBfVXHSjFm1EDBytsyQuChhjcsrEqcyzPFaAqWIfiFAo8PXIbuJS-1Tah4_F4zKP6I4VZZSjOxf52t3NFQ3xLixOnaadJmxtXrjhhrmT25P8ueJLarHENIuVX68hU-MqgQE/s320/100_7398.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471161336380084770" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXStRpnecWKL2YbkZt36rT14GPWC8CXFqGQYJqMuzhUnk0r7QAEt62jch8lS7w7i6njTVo19hmWf400Vzd-9TYVBuVT3h3FAsqO24Jq2fWSYxNjb03zb0xWOqyz323AIiCmEc3KUZ_LQk/s1600/100_7400.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXStRpnecWKL2YbkZt36rT14GPWC8CXFqGQYJqMuzhUnk0r7QAEt62jch8lS7w7i6njTVo19hmWf400Vzd-9TYVBuVT3h3FAsqO24Jq2fWSYxNjb03zb0xWOqyz323AIiCmEc3KUZ_LQk/s320/100_7400.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471161327931554210" border="0" /></a>Another great thing about spring and summer is ice cream. The kids recently earned a trip to Ben and Jerry's by memorizing all of the books of the Bible. They actually got two trips out of the deal because when they memorized the Old Testament books it was free cone day and I brought them again when they memorized the New Testament books.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBCDHhibQFUCpy-BnN-EkScwWSGu73HCOflDlkxWh7ITMimwl2qTOQ622y2ER4rgFa8pCZMfRhPrlSLlChM0zej9TXmUmcnFdWxdAWf9kKpzZN-0L8d7I9M9WOz8JT8QrmBqIc2MczwKw/s1600/100_7403.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBCDHhibQFUCpy-BnN-EkScwWSGu73HCOflDlkxWh7ITMimwl2qTOQ622y2ER4rgFa8pCZMfRhPrlSLlChM0zej9TXmUmcnFdWxdAWf9kKpzZN-0L8d7I9M9WOz8JT8QrmBqIc2MczwKw/s320/100_7403.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471161323633754978" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>The kids have "choice time" most days. It is the time when I work with one or a few children and the others have a list of activities that they can choose to do when I am otherwise occupied. Craft Time is one of the choices and, being that it is getting closer to the end of the year, I am running out of crafts to give them. Then, suddenly, I remembered the box of sock puppet stuff that my sister had given the kids a long time ago and I pulled it out. It made for a great lesson on hot glue gun safety and they had a ridiculous amount of fun with their new sock friends.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPTeJBlSx8kQcqALenS-5E3H3g3TmJ4MaPWziCQmfcn_2tMtaRJof9wE17v0vH4oAKHdGhpYW2Mlw8xCN3fUlbEqcX-q34vjDsaU2l00-jN5zDgAMlrwVnoyJ9gMU40NF5VX53GRlLGCU/s1600/100_7424.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPTeJBlSx8kQcqALenS-5E3H3g3TmJ4MaPWziCQmfcn_2tMtaRJof9wE17v0vH4oAKHdGhpYW2Mlw8xCN3fUlbEqcX-q34vjDsaU2l00-jN5zDgAMlrwVnoyJ9gMU40NF5VX53GRlLGCU/s320/100_7424.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471160381736156738" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi3HdVwqRUFWaZYURV2CFnqRM4tNGrzHdYYNhwnA2r8ucbufZlvPRlLTeaGih4DyRO6mCQqDjP6cF6IR4OV-rmApfoqhwo3I0nwp0DhOHN3-yYN1Mcf_kWXHg6VSptWIbUlG-Xw3Pfaq4/s1600/100_7425.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi3HdVwqRUFWaZYURV2CFnqRM4tNGrzHdYYNhwnA2r8ucbufZlvPRlLTeaGih4DyRO6mCQqDjP6cF6IR4OV-rmApfoqhwo3I0nwp0DhOHN3-yYN1Mcf_kWXHg6VSptWIbUlG-Xw3Pfaq4/s320/100_7425.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471160373403352882" border="0" /></a>Our kids finally got their Christmas present from us! We went to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Fenway</span> Park to see a Red <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Sox</span> game!!! My whole family came too. It was so much fun. The weather was looking awful for days in advance so the kids started praying and, thank you Jesus, there was no rain! Pretty good since the day before there was an 80% chance. We were so happy! The day was wonderful. The kids got to have a great <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Fenway</span> experience. They got spoiled by their grandparents, got to meet Wally the Green Monster, got tons of souvenirs, ate lots of ball park food...oh and we even watched some baseball. Despite the rally in the 9<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">th</span>, they lost to the Jays 3-2. 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Last week we went to a local animal shelter. If I weren't allergic to everything there we definitely would have left with a kitten at the very least. It was a good experienced. The kids learned how to understand what a dog might be saying by how it is positioned etc. We also learned that there are an estimated 10 thousand homeless cats in our area. That's a lot of cats and a good reason to spay and neuter!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLQP4I1dezk_Shc5n9mnUHIq8ywsEKULdkgnsfpF311qpnysy0AV-0IVbjh1he4h0SbX4c18-QWptjiD6JKdsda1IplfijjZMaZDVFV2bppX5sawLlwb1Krepxb3IjC_CS_uaOBmUr3Zo/s1600/100_7469.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLQP4I1dezk_Shc5n9mnUHIq8ywsEKULdkgnsfpF311qpnysy0AV-0IVbjh1he4h0SbX4c18-QWptjiD6JKdsda1IplfijjZMaZDVFV2bppX5sawLlwb1Krepxb3IjC_CS_uaOBmUr3Zo/s320/100_7469.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473708656846600674" border="0" /></a>The boys started T-ball. Isaac was a little disappointed that he's not on "coaches pitch" because he is more than ready for it but they are still having fun and look so cute in their little uniforms!!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGoelkuzUxUXx4MJo35zPNXuGMao5g_IEZx7jgQDhIpSKcDf4-3yDxZR1i0c5O_BdHHyEVz75c24tqckNMuTsEdfL8P2hzJBD0JHaSxzqdssqF0P2uGER3gGXInaebN9PVmYRdlBKwhEM/s1600/100_7471.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGoelkuzUxUXx4MJo35zPNXuGMao5g_IEZx7jgQDhIpSKcDf4-3yDxZR1i0c5O_BdHHyEVz75c24tqckNMuTsEdfL8P2hzJBD0JHaSxzqdssqF0P2uGER3gGXInaebN9PVmYRdlBKwhEM/s320/100_7471.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473708403384781842" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUZ8yY-fHly3h5_yZXz3-Hik2Ch9fKCAiZb-nUqyVUKFIkPgNR6V6QxkvKFmF0JIoSDaOqxGKMLUe880po18dzwoIJVDKsF1NG7zvk6vqcU43isLG2MTtvVtVyXc85L1n_lACzbkx4IGk/s1600/100_7480.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUZ8yY-fHly3h5_yZXz3-Hik2Ch9fKCAiZb-nUqyVUKFIkPgNR6V6QxkvKFmF0JIoSDaOqxGKMLUe880po18dzwoIJVDKsF1NG7zvk6vqcU43isLG2MTtvVtVyXc85L1n_lACzbkx4IGk/s320/100_7480.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473708392476567074" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUwTX0zbLArNf2DKDu0GdE45kJ4EApLJOj8bYIdBFPpexC9Zi20lIWvybiHP33Dsn49iC9ShWw65fwn7mcyDq-YEytsa1Kx0L9R0d5nraFf0XII5r7FauTux7fDem-O9J0iD1J1TO7Y4/s1600/100_7484.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUwTX0zbLArNf2DKDu0GdE45kJ4EApLJOj8bYIdBFPpexC9Zi20lIWvybiHP33Dsn49iC9ShWw65fwn7mcyDq-YEytsa1Kx0L9R0d5nraFf0XII5r7FauTux7fDem-O9J0iD1J1TO7Y4/s320/100_7484.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473708385538488306" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS-s_mQx5Oe9vlWdDUDDT8OxNJh2NZrJZuXmVw_SR8PUIO_w-iXQgxxERZESA_K4u32Xx7i1_yehT-IBvvRRBFaO7DycENzEi4Yx0edgYesXGF8OauiRKnPxVZZKV8Pl9zGCqO8J14XG8/s1600/100_7487.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS-s_mQx5Oe9vlWdDUDDT8OxNJh2NZrJZuXmVw_SR8PUIO_w-iXQgxxERZESA_K4u32Xx7i1_yehT-IBvvRRBFaO7DycENzEi4Yx0edgYesXGF8OauiRKnPxVZZKV8Pl9zGCqO8J14XG8/s320/100_7487.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473708375040902386" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQVWt-nBvq6skId3u1wiMbrnh3qIaHWqATz8LGn52FoUBVe8lsUrhMoFdXtPpXK8rEo0rLMmdpFaP7cdsUsC7hbwdhRpVPX70HU2-Bl1AOr_g3JYJlZShUW7usK_UBpfYDW2rbm3Jp80k/s1600/100_7488.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQVWt-nBvq6skId3u1wiMbrnh3qIaHWqATz8LGn52FoUBVe8lsUrhMoFdXtPpXK8rEo0rLMmdpFaP7cdsUsC7hbwdhRpVPX70HU2-Bl1AOr_g3JYJlZShUW7usK_UBpfYDW2rbm3Jp80k/s320/100_7488.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473708371108126242" border="0" /></a>We had a homeschool kickball game this week. It was SO much fun. The kids did a great job cheering one another on. It's not always easy to play with such a wide age range, especially playing a sport but everyone did a great job getting along and helping each other. Ian was the only one who stormed off the field because his brother showed very little mercy in getting him out every opportunity he got. We even made the <a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.berkshireeagle.com/ci_15106620?IADID=Search-www.berkshireeagle.com-www.berkshireeagle.com">paper</a>! Isabella and Lexie are quoted at the end of the article and Hannah, Lexie and Isaac are in the background of the picture. Ian refused to look at, or talk about the paper because he didn't "get famous" like everyone else.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaHoJIyZIUs1hO4sIqn2MRshahGo98LiLlOW2Tg_IOSfdw7OtJmsMvjcy78QSywxuExRXSlHHIBL-ChrrI5u1a7wxeg2K1TZKoLD64noknfnSkn-oR0QD_rFfMLZQckPka7rkSy2Q02gY/s1600/100_7494.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaHoJIyZIUs1hO4sIqn2MRshahGo98LiLlOW2Tg_IOSfdw7OtJmsMvjcy78QSywxuExRXSlHHIBL-ChrrI5u1a7wxeg2K1TZKoLD64noknfnSkn-oR0QD_rFfMLZQckPka7rkSy2Q02gY/s320/100_7494.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473707620724157170" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0FpA2ojtARLntE83VucTeV8rLRdsvPbHKU__n4CxL-Ed9SaQZO0mj0LbgV3NckdvrKWHwQ9SIL5JAiYWh4LYgL4AlhdrhF8hqUo0xxWis4Yb5YesNXx0htdrYAJYqLmpPRIRsb5YO0I/s1600/100_7495.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0FpA2ojtARLntE83VucTeV8rLRdsvPbHKU__n4CxL-Ed9SaQZO0mj0LbgV3NckdvrKWHwQ9SIL5JAiYWh4LYgL4AlhdrhF8hqUo0xxWis4Yb5YesNXx0htdrYAJYqLmpPRIRsb5YO0I/s320/100_7495.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473707612852417602" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQYjuSagA47NofauZBdiFEC-z-0GfzBkyVlNoUIkCTOM_0qW7acMs75hWMC4aa-sXScIwNF8BQWbqvRRaiXI-cAOUQg5yyX9Rn0qbT_OGvapHTbbZmbkd-jO3_CFdWH0uT3qpOzdLQ1U/s1600/100_7497.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQYjuSagA47NofauZBdiFEC-z-0GfzBkyVlNoUIkCTOM_0qW7acMs75hWMC4aa-sXScIwNF8BQWbqvRRaiXI-cAOUQg5yyX9Rn0qbT_OGvapHTbbZmbkd-jO3_CFdWH0uT3qpOzdLQ1U/s320/100_7497.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473707607955744722" border="0" /></a>After our kickball game we had a guest speaker come to the TLC Academy. My sister's boyfriend Joe is from England and since that is what we have been studying for the past few weeks he graciously came to talk to the children about growing up in Manchester. He was 12 when he moved to America. The kids had some great questions for him and we learned a lot. We are also reading The Secret Garden and doing a great unit study with it. Last week we had some English foods for lunch, including Welsh Rabbit, which isn't actually rabbit at all. It's cheese broiled on toast. The kids like telling people that they ate Welsh Rabbit though. We will, of course, be topping of our study with a proper English tea time in the next few weeks.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTl111AuVT9Gkzzt3nhsamDCx5Lu6ZQNZnc4Krcya4saAHvUtVfji3kpTRA1c_sPVqOsaQ3p1ZWdahR49YyBmnj7MLa3O2A5NZx0uhBs5gL30BRZmOteipIA2VngTYNVcwn1_Qn7rkDTU/s1600/100_7499.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTl111AuVT9Gkzzt3nhsamDCx5Lu6ZQNZnc4Krcya4saAHvUtVfji3kpTRA1c_sPVqOsaQ3p1ZWdahR49YyBmnj7MLa3O2A5NZx0uhBs5gL30BRZmOteipIA2VngTYNVcwn1_Qn7rkDTU/s320/100_7499.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473707597113955874" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5XXcAA5YTFi-bvY3QjqdQONtGJGrYT4aMmzl2GnQAxzieboKcxGKmbfpDh2uvBJLC50fziBZxsY8ObpCjLuQwwHOrP7O4edy_a1ZcMy3VA053RhGv57MkkU1R5tlTLdQ6gfymSbY1Jcg/s1600/100_7500.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5XXcAA5YTFi-bvY3QjqdQONtGJGrYT4aMmzl2GnQAxzieboKcxGKmbfpDh2uvBJLC50fziBZxsY8ObpCjLuQwwHOrP7O4edy_a1ZcMy3VA053RhGv57MkkU1R5tlTLdQ6gfymSbY1Jcg/s320/100_7500.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473706968113429202" border="0" /></a>Madilynn came up with Kimmy and Joe. We love having her at TLC!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfklYVddgTBe3w0dYZ6c7sO98w88B-CqDww1Uhi_mRFOdQsKm5e_OMQw6ixOr8ABYZHQ7sDp3qymNR4tqgiA_RJ9bwsI4NEcvV8mZcpO_p7fzWZ32FGyMH4fqO_ZFqPRH7F6tfj-kphp4/s1600/100_7501.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfklYVddgTBe3w0dYZ6c7sO98w88B-CqDww1Uhi_mRFOdQsKm5e_OMQw6ixOr8ABYZHQ7sDp3qymNR4tqgiA_RJ9bwsI4NEcvV8mZcpO_p7fzWZ32FGyMH4fqO_ZFqPRH7F6tfj-kphp4/s320/100_7501.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473706965618880738" border="0" /></a>Wow, this really is the longest blog ever!<br /><br />One day this week we found ourselves missing Bella and Hannah and wondering what to do with out them. Having such a small, close group of kids, it's strange when some are missing. We decide that we couldn't just have normal boring day with out them and decided to take a spontaneous trip the museum. This idea was met with cheers and excitement and ended with lots of thank you's and requests to go back soon!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjhsmSJTfuNH1agmfL5iS8UjC08bZriPUemfqNM8UlVXbUBMhxf9k6IjkzrleVsiuCdfzZRbTi8G7sYrCmwB-0HDxW7nNj_8TUiOYTEENOHSIIYaiFykLsAP9X5aDA1KeaeDA5gx5viZY/s1600/100_7505.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjhsmSJTfuNH1agmfL5iS8UjC08bZriPUemfqNM8UlVXbUBMhxf9k6IjkzrleVsiuCdfzZRbTi8G7sYrCmwB-0HDxW7nNj_8TUiOYTEENOHSIIYaiFykLsAP9X5aDA1KeaeDA5gx5viZY/s320/100_7505.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473706953552286978" border="0" /></a>My little knights. They could barely hold their heads up with those heavy helmets!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAOFTRq5YgZBPB2m65tDca6rZQ4LJ7JijSiUR44-LBbNhlda_Wx_PkhDGt3Te2eMQYstcCQa76qWNp6MR9DvpjtWX5pAcH_HY_9Dk_CfsOipLFn-arUr50nFbvytfdAG0j5aBTu0AWNTU/s1600/100_7507.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAOFTRq5YgZBPB2m65tDca6rZQ4LJ7JijSiUR44-LBbNhlda_Wx_PkhDGt3Te2eMQYstcCQa76qWNp6MR9DvpjtWX5pAcH_HY_9Dk_CfsOipLFn-arUr50nFbvytfdAG0j5aBTu0AWNTU/s320/100_7507.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473706945884291570" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCIsaqMo0iD7_YPZNB3jyjTFGSx7Oh3S-jm_3kOAviYoRfkUuos8g58aUUPffhLT3yPaL4xxW1K7Y61Kf3ug8286nPiEq8XCMGuomfVKMwROFv6w0WNVTQjDZfdhs-kCd0kf4LQHFBf8/s1600/100_7509.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCIsaqMo0iD7_YPZNB3jyjTFGSx7Oh3S-jm_3kOAviYoRfkUuos8g58aUUPffhLT3yPaL4xxW1K7Y61Kf3ug8286nPiEq8XCMGuomfVKMwROFv6w0WNVTQjDZfdhs-kCd0kf4LQHFBf8/s320/100_7509.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473706941127712450" border="0" /></a>Lexie the Samurai warrior<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5-lN5Eh9oBI7QAtFeB5qbIuJWl9orHG7VqTlmLKjju8LdBIhsbO4Y7qhhyG62Xp1nDWYHAFFzrpnsPZYP7VRAVF2O56ka533wt2AI4yBgWlnUgiLZFn91YTYqxk8IwPtxkn6_rJWRB-s/s1600/100_7511.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5-lN5Eh9oBI7QAtFeB5qbIuJWl9orHG7VqTlmLKjju8LdBIhsbO4Y7qhhyG62Xp1nDWYHAFFzrpnsPZYP7VRAVF2O56ka533wt2AI4yBgWlnUgiLZFn91YTYqxk8IwPtxkn6_rJWRB-s/s320/100_7511.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473706401918988882" border="0" /></a>Fun with camouflage<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjusfC94mf5Vx2HZ3r-y3BCbWJp1YN1R9eO1ezbptdGCwPDgc-QWbvShF2lhtvsqkrT-ASI2Nrm5OP-9rZTOrcg5sy1JCR0ac6zGKQJD2iON7Uem8zDg_5sMQSD1CuAS9b8SjC-7VBfL1A/s1600/100_7514.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjusfC94mf5Vx2HZ3r-y3BCbWJp1YN1R9eO1ezbptdGCwPDgc-QWbvShF2lhtvsqkrT-ASI2Nrm5OP-9rZTOrcg5sy1JCR0ac6zGKQJD2iON7Uem8zDg_5sMQSD1CuAS9b8SjC-7VBfL1A/s320/100_7514.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473706393044303698" border="0" /></a>The Native American room always provides lots of entertainment.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8TpN6P-xFrt20IjUdGXuzG_jPXCddJ8Nqql2NrFCq2VYe-mkQmlOPKC7f0UbQt28HPG4yiW0FU5D-qDwQBQftyzQoHqVqKrti215LbyK9MnG-VkAw6o4UqZ1k6Cnzcx7FzERhc6PGwlE/s1600/100_7516.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8TpN6P-xFrt20IjUdGXuzG_jPXCddJ8Nqql2NrFCq2VYe-mkQmlOPKC7f0UbQt28HPG4yiW0FU5D-qDwQBQftyzQoHqVqKrti215LbyK9MnG-VkAw6o4UqZ1k6Cnzcx7FzERhc6PGwlE/s320/100_7516.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473706388649273714" border="0" /></a>The innovation area is a great place too! Ian loved drawing on the easel. He needs a little bench like that at home.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ632jlyRWPSftTPTUOXbhHwyAKxtauJomRBfBAqgzxdvCVnm-t8KV0_610pPx7StGnLYPZIMbFDf6jzjhRjE2JPx9YPFrZIK5cDhDyFvTFS69Qta7hj8LW9BWqwfiyYG9i4nZWH_HQI0/s1600/100_7522.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ632jlyRWPSftTPTUOXbhHwyAKxtauJomRBfBAqgzxdvCVnm-t8KV0_610pPx7StGnLYPZIMbFDf6jzjhRjE2JPx9YPFrZIK5cDhDyFvTFS69Qta7hj8LW9BWqwfiyYG9i4nZWH_HQI0/s320/100_7522.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473706380754620594" border="0" /></a>They created an innovative pillow fort for relaxing.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBEFO1_nm6briMo_BG5GwBPT4muyRVne-K9mDV9l-zs7GRjW8Tmsjr0h6KW2tW6slnE0VDDuztgclDdU-zGI31ZkVtSNvsZYyNrpwdaSOg2LpXi4AYwh08EuzM-aG2-j-_y02wGHZJ8zU/s1600/100_7527.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBEFO1_nm6briMo_BG5GwBPT4muyRVne-K9mDV9l-zs7GRjW8Tmsjr0h6KW2tW6slnE0VDDuztgclDdU-zGI31ZkVtSNvsZYyNrpwdaSOg2LpXi4AYwh08EuzM-aG2-j-_y02wGHZJ8zU/s320/100_7527.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473706373614093922" border="0" /></a>They also made some innovative creations in the craft area.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-GqMHyaoolhQPKvrVZFqQKYUqzuf1aLRVjaDF1bkFguPD9jMVhyphenhyphentSwCo104dyNULHV6O0mGf40fmpJ9O99JWR2_c6cAd78zIP4yD8KpZY6oFoat_P16iov2u9lcpzkttTj26vNv5JnX4/s1600/100_7529.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-GqMHyaoolhQPKvrVZFqQKYUqzuf1aLRVjaDF1bkFguPD9jMVhyphenhyphentSwCo104dyNULHV6O0mGf40fmpJ9O99JWR2_c6cAd78zIP4yD8KpZY6oFoat_P16iov2u9lcpzkttTj26vNv5JnX4/s320/100_7529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473705685150202802" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3nzUTq9zf7kDKyiYrmM7S6LyeYelDb-GpMhOg10OJOE5ZOg3hJVPXF6c9DI9OQpl9L1aRKd4Su_p3NrD_nnP7VGsUfvE0hXF0mr5gaJIJqGYkgkS7i3KLcuZeMx6ZPtVb-p7nks_HDlI/s1600/100_7530.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3nzUTq9zf7kDKyiYrmM7S6LyeYelDb-GpMhOg10OJOE5ZOg3hJVPXF6c9DI9OQpl9L1aRKd4Su_p3NrD_nnP7VGsUfvE0hXF0mr5gaJIJqGYkgkS7i3KLcuZeMx6ZPtVb-p7nks_HDlI/s320/100_7530.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473705677160350642" border="0" /></a>This Wednesday I had the honor of joining my parents and Joe for another trip to Boston to see my baby sister receive her masters degree from Lesley University in Expressive Therapy. I am so proud of her!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg42xwDaucUc5JDgOpOypzMtacH9ETQvLRTqbkuiQHv5LPPVPqiI3VKWvTmmihV7nkVoiHN5rts7IKFscVxAmF9chpY0_RaBalzDffENI2oWVoTY65MTZN2dpAoSriKjRqZ_RGZD0bP8cI/s1600/100_7556.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg42xwDaucUc5JDgOpOypzMtacH9ETQvLRTqbkuiQHv5LPPVPqiI3VKWvTmmihV7nkVoiHN5rts7IKFscVxAmF9chpY0_RaBalzDffENI2oWVoTY65MTZN2dpAoSriKjRqZ_RGZD0bP8cI/s320/100_7556.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473705667850181762" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmfvJxk2ljSypBa_Ie9JzpkIvcs1YggUL5YuRA9-vKWCn411ciO4xkONU9dCUaq_JClnNbH4UDgim4UKDrADCZDnyAWYs2F3emnM_1epHiMhKHeyqJSQUm7LrOIblMrVDdo1BIL52y7ME/s1600/100_7561.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmfvJxk2ljSypBa_Ie9JzpkIvcs1YggUL5YuRA9-vKWCn411ciO4xkONU9dCUaq_JClnNbH4UDgim4UKDrADCZDnyAWYs2F3emnM_1epHiMhKHeyqJSQUm7LrOIblMrVDdo1BIL52y7ME/s320/100_7561.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473705662363514850" border="0" /></a>I think the cap she wore atop of her sassy new haircut summed up years of hard work for her in a field where she is sure to be a pioneer. I can't wait to see which direction she heads next. Kimmy you are awesome!!! I am so proud to be your big sister and I love you!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijpf9Aw_4k2cXIxgh3hEKX6qU4L7Esadb5dWXDO3Ae35pQH-xts97zYBYA6MOo68lDmEVVqboMYFNbEolIJwovsnU531CEZbzeyrlZnL6QO8BTZYzQ6mqVMEEnlz7enTEpJ1NLj52kOq4/s1600/100_7562.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijpf9Aw_4k2cXIxgh3hEKX6qU4L7Esadb5dWXDO3Ae35pQH-xts97zYBYA6MOo68lDmEVVqboMYFNbEolIJwovsnU531CEZbzeyrlZnL6QO8BTZYzQ6mqVMEEnlz7enTEpJ1NLj52kOq4/s320/100_7562.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473705657478993474" border="0" /></a>School ends in a few weeks and we have lots to do before then!!! I am already thinking about next year too. The fun never really ends :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292836024809455626.post-67877503761842439822010-04-14T09:15:00.004-04:002010-04-14T10:03:35.186-04:00Happy 5th Birthday Ian<span style="font-size:130%;">Ian is 5 today!!! Happy Birthday to my baby!</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP81drLXP324tef4VT7nnIvMfYhM6wxEi_pA0OfLso7hScaX_AGbdtUsL1eZKpoxZeX-YPKuT4IQCeE35vPXvu4B6Qpnh1wL-yUKbF_UgZGY5CqXIIwnMZl9CnEJ9VXVJMww1Ms2B1Yi8/s1600/100_9270.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP81drLXP324tef4VT7nnIvMfYhM6wxEi_pA0OfLso7hScaX_AGbdtUsL1eZKpoxZeX-YPKuT4IQCeE35vPXvu4B6Qpnh1wL-yUKbF_UgZGY5CqXIIwnMZl9CnEJ9VXVJMww1Ms2B1Yi8/s320/100_9270.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459992017666373410" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHm24Ar2Q2nNEWtZUi9-z6u25uzVt3sdW1ApK8sSHyqgrLeWk6xWWWSUlQUYL8BjlL_W2M9WHRqQpsoEiE9k5LbajZ4NptulcpaOR1l4PuUfAAY3uHGDdSwSDlad6iV7tmGQPl_kMosmg/s1600/100_9267.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_slgw9oRvnKZag-zoHZYUFQYFXJ2OD6DY-9zBZ33HUd6wK69-O_FmZH5S2DFpfGB6rxypcHU479ivhFK_Fhi81WKZUQARwG1ga9QkR0g_y6qjV0fhbLRhJoJrC1ZblquXhBhNg_gFDyo/s320/100_7263.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459984312258611778" border="0" /></a>He sure has grown up alot in the last year! (especially his neck, i think it's 5 inches longer!)<br /><br />Happy Birthday Ian Bean!!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292836024809455626.post-67940087688669921482010-03-28T09:42:00.008-04:002010-03-29T21:02:22.146-04:00Spring has Sprung!Warning: super long blog ahead with many wonderful pictures. I just switched <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Internet</span> providers and now have much faster upload for pictures so maybe I will be inspired to blog more often rather than waiting for a month to pass...maybe not. I would be brief if all this blogging was for the entertainment of others but since it is for me to preserve memories and document school, brief I may not be.<br /><br />Since I last blogged many wonderful and exciting things have occurred, as usual. Going back a month or so, my sisters and I took the kids to see <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Nemo</span> on Ice. That was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">sooooo</span> cool. Unfortunately I only had my cell phone with me so this is the only cheesy picture I got and my sister Kimmy never put hers on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Facebook</span> so I couldn't steal them for the blog. All in all, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Nemo</span> on Ice was quite an adventure. We were having some rather treacherous weather that evening and I was just about to back out of going when Daddy stepped in and saved the day! He offered to be our chauffeur. He drove us all the way there in the bad awful icy snow, dropped us off, sat in Barnes and Noble for a few hours, then came back and delivered us safely home. The trip was grueling in my snow-hating opinion and our 1 hour trip took almost 2 each way but we made it and it was worth it.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFIW9BudRp3nHBCFmaRDL7cloAHs7z4IIoFA0pIUyiigCSbOLu4vNdToNpU5a8cKCxJSUzcxMxte_mKgSvkahr3e7Mefy-liiiso0CdA8hZLYzbP0SHTT2ZxD4HdN2JxyZwHch3RKJTU/s1600/DSC00611.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFIW9BudRp3nHBCFmaRDL7cloAHs7z4IIoFA0pIUyiigCSbOLu4vNdToNpU5a8cKCxJSUzcxMxte_mKgSvkahr3e7Mefy-liiiso0CdA8hZLYzbP0SHTT2ZxD4HdN2JxyZwHch3RKJTU/s320/DSC00611.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454041230911217138" border="0" /></a>My little mermaid finished off her swim season with a bang! She had worked so hard all season to compete in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">breast stroke</span>. It's a tough stroke to compete in because you are easily disqualified if you don't do it exactly right. This last event of the last swim meet of the season Isabella shaved almost 10 seconds off her time and won the heat ribbon! I could pour on and on for paragraphs about how proud I am of her for her amazing attitude and hard work. Now she is taking some swimming lessons to work on some stroke techniques and she is counting down the days until the summer season starts.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgRA-Kam9iHZJ8gPDcd_bs_QCYe9xYjzCfhfXGUvXuXVOKIU4j6t3AzpMjbeEwoSQ7Lj_AeKMwqNX8_Y895Pwhg8q6RG0-P1lynkvPjx4SMphLyMQjRz5__EITEMtO6uhMEjshfilHJG0/s1600/DSC00617.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgRA-Kam9iHZJ8gPDcd_bs_QCYe9xYjzCfhfXGUvXuXVOKIU4j6t3AzpMjbeEwoSQ7Lj_AeKMwqNX8_Y895Pwhg8q6RG0-P1lynkvPjx4SMphLyMQjRz5__EITEMtO6uhMEjshfilHJG0/s320/DSC00617.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454041220357675826" border="0" /></a>We finished up our study of the Winter Olympics. The kids loved watching the events (although I was so disgusted by some of the commercials in between I couldn't let them watch alone!!). The boys were particularly into the snowboarding and Isabella liked watching the figure skating which never seemed to be on until midnight! To wrap up our unit we made ourselves some silver medals (because I didn't have gold tinfoil) and Olympic torches. We also charted all of the medal winners for each event on a huge chart. It was great fun. Everyone is bummed that they have to wait two years until the next Olympics but it was a great math lesson because they figured out how old they would each be for the 2012 summer and 2014 winter Olympics.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDbB6WBoNnAzit116aJMnnsGYkkVWU3weRl3plJ5r3iBbE9BQgM9IR4zF524oHpBJIKD44Z3i06WH5a18X65B-WCpHh0ZYU5lNmoTNaGdSIS1U8Z_u9x_b4pchjAD5309QFP_mLwtuisM/s1600/100_7133.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDbB6WBoNnAzit116aJMnnsGYkkVWU3weRl3plJ5r3iBbE9BQgM9IR4zF524oHpBJIKD44Z3i06WH5a18X65B-WCpHh0ZYU5lNmoTNaGdSIS1U8Z_u9x_b4pchjAD5309QFP_mLwtuisM/s320/100_7133.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453863024892339922" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU874IoZhZ5pGXh-rfMDFh56Ax717G098fMmSBAhwZZ0LvbsTjVYt92mVBcr_QmDeC_S9T78oB58QblYcSWuNZObwtmNxxQ4HZqcsA-DV6mr20bomqxqTOmD2PGNCQxVB5a73NuPBa5nY/s1600/100_7134.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU874IoZhZ5pGXh-rfMDFh56Ax717G098fMmSBAhwZZ0LvbsTjVYt92mVBcr_QmDeC_S9T78oB58QblYcSWuNZObwtmNxxQ4HZqcsA-DV6mr20bomqxqTOmD2PGNCQxVB5a73NuPBa5nY/s320/100_7134.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453863020011674626" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiAon9rfUbsBMpwH3qOmwTDvs4d_cJwRDVByIZClbDVPY0u3mW31L7T238N6_zdo0TPf4VEtNz8kPoI7g5MSwy_M_Zne8sUMjBFeFmiVvdlMtdSXGROLWQNsmo-WxOv6WOMUCIR_D40Xw/s1600/100_7145.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiAon9rfUbsBMpwH3qOmwTDvs4d_cJwRDVByIZClbDVPY0u3mW31L7T238N6_zdo0TPf4VEtNz8kPoI7g5MSwy_M_Zne8sUMjBFeFmiVvdlMtdSXGROLWQNsmo-WxOv6WOMUCIR_D40Xw/s320/100_7145.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453863010122299218" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuiW87kJNQq5-1hI_OwjZj4KEVIczj_GJ7YMk9ahdZZ7smSxk_Jxk3x1rhcyGbKCu3BH4tDfsCaiqroMh3ntdkILZsdvzewwFQhfmQR9Klr2UYerJRA_Xnl3GX2nu2IUvLLKM-klYTgrA/s1600/100_7144.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuiW87kJNQq5-1hI_OwjZj4KEVIczj_GJ7YMk9ahdZZ7smSxk_Jxk3x1rhcyGbKCu3BH4tDfsCaiqroMh3ntdkILZsdvzewwFQhfmQR9Klr2UYerJRA_Xnl3GX2nu2IUvLLKM-klYTgrA/s320/100_7144.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453863006505223042" border="0" /></a>March 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">nd</span> was Dr. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Suess</span>' birthday. We ate the Cat in the Hat's hat in honor of the occasion. It was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">sooo</span> yummy!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7jsoLOEK_3oVkF7BCqxqhkUvGZCKa1fhfE_17YIxRgroUg-0nuLqfzv5CSZgYbcmqD6QvdxZsZhmRwOBSDKwH0BrGaPFRRZUl2c_lLJC4-q-hPAjt4tBcdc5ULsakRb0PsEwfZrM6XP4/s1600/100_7136.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7jsoLOEK_3oVkF7BCqxqhkUvGZCKa1fhfE_17YIxRgroUg-0nuLqfzv5CSZgYbcmqD6QvdxZsZhmRwOBSDKwH0BrGaPFRRZUl2c_lLJC4-q-hPAjt4tBcdc5ULsakRb0PsEwfZrM6XP4/s320/100_7136.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453863004078562114" border="0" /></a>Of course, we also had green eggs and ham.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZqDdgQLmOrhjCW9t-Gp0K_yNo3ekVsnAtRzXHHPbGqHQnghcDfIBp2XevVPHxTBEw_r-sGkQtMolhf8niCezpbXDmZZUzCg8Vii8wy_bPpBQlqa2cirXBaLibSRudM1WI9mwaMeZeHf0/s1600/100_7143.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZqDdgQLmOrhjCW9t-Gp0K_yNo3ekVsnAtRzXHHPbGqHQnghcDfIBp2XevVPHxTBEw_r-sGkQtMolhf8niCezpbXDmZZUzCg8Vii8wy_bPpBQlqa2cirXBaLibSRudM1WI9mwaMeZeHf0/s320/100_7143.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453862318536265058" border="0" /></a>We finished up our science unit on plant life and learned about plants that don't need seeds to reproduce. We started a new spider plant, a new <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">christmas</span> cactus, a new ivy, and a potato.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC_HDFxUr_ikI2ln-rEhNkb0DR5q3LcvvZaf43JuRj_P8rgK87yrMo8WURsdrW_9Pl7PIhijS5IaXRGcoIl0UUd2ZzEReWjNHr1ge5lOYzrrl_2JtdCpqzukulVBVicp0lXR_3ywkNkRo/s1600/100_7146.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC_HDFxUr_ikI2ln-rEhNkb0DR5q3LcvvZaf43JuRj_P8rgK87yrMo8WURsdrW_9Pl7PIhijS5IaXRGcoIl0UUd2ZzEReWjNHr1ge5lOYzrrl_2JtdCpqzukulVBVicp0lXR_3ywkNkRo/s320/100_7146.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453862316970778786" border="0" /></a>We also started a new math unit on fractions for the older girls. It will give us a chance to apply our multiplication and division skills in a less "threatening" way. They were all getting a little sick of tables and long division so fractions are like a breath of fresh air for all of us...and we have cool <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">manipulatives</span> which makes it even better!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDtRr6MppFly7qcnk39s5fCL87dmWZW1wIlJgzB6Nd7Ib4wVN2Z-CpvmndIXwpPhnM1k3RaeioBTDTCcwsAk3njAag3LC-k8VPGkG6bXPdGUYRMSrgn_Zzn2TRB-2dogvXtk0MEaWrhZU/s1600/100_7149.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDtRr6MppFly7qcnk39s5fCL87dmWZW1wIlJgzB6Nd7Ib4wVN2Z-CpvmndIXwpPhnM1k3RaeioBTDTCcwsAk3njAag3LC-k8VPGkG6bXPdGUYRMSrgn_Zzn2TRB-2dogvXtk0MEaWrhZU/s320/100_7149.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453862310442683490" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhLZZDrcAdzI8If8XoIsgVHeXoC5kL955W8fDsdWj_DXUeWKiOdMsl2ktD3r9CpqkOPOZImpJucI8ffDfgolYOC_FtIeg218YW4kIYv9bkIJoSEXJS_O4Q4f07lLKmayYcet24gPPBtbw/s1600/100_7150.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhLZZDrcAdzI8If8XoIsgVHeXoC5kL955W8fDsdWj_DXUeWKiOdMsl2ktD3r9CpqkOPOZImpJucI8ffDfgolYOC_FtIeg218YW4kIYv9bkIJoSEXJS_O4Q4f07lLKmayYcet24gPPBtbw/s320/100_7150.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453862301980892402" border="0" /></a>We, of course, had a TLC St. Patty's Day celebration. Hannah was our token Leprechaun for the Day. She went all out w/ the green! We had Lucky Charms for snack and a traditional Irish meal for lunch (ham, cabbage and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">boxty</span> which are potato pancakes that we decided we aren't that fond of). We discovered that corned beef and cabbage isn't even really traditional Irish food. Beef would have been for the wealthy only. They don't even have a special meal that they eat on St. Patrick's Day in Ireland.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9PjWgXSAXdbzGcjR485NMWNBNFlwc00_FkoCKG5uwWBXLd6txsGBrG9_reBYS_QXTd_pKDQx2f0uiCW53nXdBjahItkAnANAIsWV3u3k8mpf707EH82mrTSHP_nq8LtziBzvZqnDoIqs/s1600/100_7152.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9PjWgXSAXdbzGcjR485NMWNBNFlwc00_FkoCKG5uwWBXLd6txsGBrG9_reBYS_QXTd_pKDQx2f0uiCW53nXdBjahItkAnANAIsWV3u3k8mpf707EH82mrTSHP_nq8LtziBzvZqnDoIqs/s320/100_7152.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453862301144948898" border="0" /></a>We did all kinds of fun St. Patty's Day activities and at the end of the day we made these pretty rainbow cupcakes. Nothing healthy about them, loaded w/ coloring...but pretty.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO1EjLwrW97xtL9AtiMwVlJC8tNazTi7Wy7w4QDSMbca4_WyS_pF56o31H_NjK74UM2-cG78ypw6_tq9qgmxGtvpCnMe52wgI49e81MMP8Fg3B9_ad9FAEJ_KXFeu6sL1yhWHzGfKC6Ho/s1600/100_7156.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO1EjLwrW97xtL9AtiMwVlJC8tNazTi7Wy7w4QDSMbca4_WyS_pF56o31H_NjK74UM2-cG78ypw6_tq9qgmxGtvpCnMe52wgI49e81MMP8Fg3B9_ad9FAEJ_KXFeu6sL1yhWHzGfKC6Ho/s320/100_7156.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453861617034551602" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlvof8bIAb4aK7gYm7suebRzgTDEEwK8qwcEsHdK1WweHWsIsouFCnJiPQjuxZ4ZidMC0zB9E1n3cfh2rimDSN5zICUdX0PzccN64ojSCQO6rokePFkZtZvicPJdYkcEO2KyGXhUfXec0/s1600/100_7158.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlvof8bIAb4aK7gYm7suebRzgTDEEwK8qwcEsHdK1WweHWsIsouFCnJiPQjuxZ4ZidMC0zB9E1n3cfh2rimDSN5zICUdX0PzccN64ojSCQO6rokePFkZtZvicPJdYkcEO2KyGXhUfXec0/s320/100_7158.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453861606922123922" border="0" /></a>For our most recent book club we read the book "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Gooney</span> the Fabulous" by Lois <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Lowry</span>. It was a great book. The kids all love <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Gooney</span> Bird and all the funny voices I make reading the book. This particular one was about fables. Our activity for book club was to write our own fables and act them out for each other with the animal masks that we made. It was so cute. The animals in the fable had to begin with the first letter of each child's name and, of course, it had to have a moral. Hannah and Lexie worked together and did theirs about a hippo and a leopard, Isaac and Ian did a fable about two impalas, Corey and Samuel did a crow and a snake and Bella did hers about a baboon.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9UTrIjoC5dvvBlTDXJvnSi4DSU6BR4NqhERpkCXws1eKjHMuDYuCPZH3cqRA_rxxdl5_PJ-BPBqbxbtfCIoBZt188m2sdK7GcUmKWJTConmMexRejr337iq7UJukfjjyxxfdBBAlLmPY/s1600/100_7162.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9UTrIjoC5dvvBlTDXJvnSi4DSU6BR4NqhERpkCXws1eKjHMuDYuCPZH3cqRA_rxxdl5_PJ-BPBqbxbtfCIoBZt188m2sdK7GcUmKWJTConmMexRejr337iq7UJukfjjyxxfdBBAlLmPY/s320/100_7162.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453861600785156610" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2tS5lxSdIXfYfyn26QbE4SlqPoACVu9UTlljmBbPYbynd5IlLHRQZVSFYm_XV9OEUojarmjW4-C3XIPqfuZJo0WKs6Cu6DdZOcWUlV7-Q8in9v_6kMRW1ntbwujtsaxykmvSlRVTfqnk/s1600/100_7164.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2tS5lxSdIXfYfyn26QbE4SlqPoACVu9UTlljmBbPYbynd5IlLHRQZVSFYm_XV9OEUojarmjW4-C3XIPqfuZJo0WKs6Cu6DdZOcWUlV7-Q8in9v_6kMRW1ntbwujtsaxykmvSlRVTfqnk/s320/100_7164.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453861590367374562" border="0" /></a>Immediately after <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">bookclub</span> I headed down to my sister's castle to help prepare for Princess <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Madilynn's</span> 3rd birthday. It was a gala event. All the princesses wore their finest gowns (that my mom got us at the goodwill <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">haha</span>! except for Angela who wore her old prom dress 5 months after having a baby <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">grrr</span>...I won't go there <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">lol</span>!) and a few knights and princes joined us as well. All in all it was a delightful event and I really enjoyed playing dress up with my favorite princesses and princes. It was so much fun. I am looking forward to dressing up again in July when my friend Megan has a wedding dress birthday party! I have just lost 20 lbs and I have 20 to go by July to get back into that dress!! Princess <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Madilynn</span> requested a castle cake with her picture on it so I did my best...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzvftg-YySX9LQ7DbBJdVYgwuanSwPxL6IgLQ_HSQw3dh9MSAuBxSWOesryP3HlqhZdUlVsDGM1rwpvCI6d0V3iF34r3EnpxPJ-jXOi20E0-SRzaoaPzANN450q6gCOE5aBCV5pFe_XDk/s1600/100_7167.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzvftg-YySX9LQ7DbBJdVYgwuanSwPxL6IgLQ_HSQw3dh9MSAuBxSWOesryP3HlqhZdUlVsDGM1rwpvCI6d0V3iF34r3EnpxPJ-jXOi20E0-SRzaoaPzANN450q6gCOE5aBCV5pFe_XDk/s320/100_7167.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453687747476459042" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFIJxh8SpiWkS7pgpla0sXN-RfnxOVt-svI1C-P8jDFKdalnRBggnlsI_WfqIrZY80uXmvaTGebYdOWyon4fWX9gcbjkaGquXoFduL4rhdgWpsC-5RXO1BdGm5NxzAZtnjuZfNQAkN_I0/s1600/100_7168.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFIJxh8SpiWkS7pgpla0sXN-RfnxOVt-svI1C-P8jDFKdalnRBggnlsI_WfqIrZY80uXmvaTGebYdOWyon4fWX9gcbjkaGquXoFduL4rhdgWpsC-5RXO1BdGm5NxzAZtnjuZfNQAkN_I0/s320/100_7168.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453861587276279282" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBkjtmW-aw965G7b2yTfUptckdJnPdfA93DeKHbjVwYE6uxL50zjfcePltKW5pzsg9SkQyM6Z36isYqgTTPv57viWi7jiXQW5eo3SXnCkDyXWMWoSwBydTd0BkEa-et1BxUQ_UPRSbXng/s1600/100_7188.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBkjtmW-aw965G7b2yTfUptckdJnPdfA93DeKHbjVwYE6uxL50zjfcePltKW5pzsg9SkQyM6Z36isYqgTTPv57viWi7jiXQW5eo3SXnCkDyXWMWoSwBydTd0BkEa-et1BxUQ_UPRSbXng/s320/100_7188.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453687768468776882" border="0" /></a>Prince Ian had a delightful time decorating his golden box of treasure...he loves golden things...and treasure!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAqLOM7lYc51Z-ZVxpm9WIAA37o91we1NwaOttILgMIDbRljwEXqP82Rto1G1hTQNmgyY24ThX0FOjCBEoXAoDOnWiZl3EA3Lp_94jp1Tw2_8tuhrV4LhwzxQefvoKSTTx7QL3r8fXbA4/s1600/100_7186.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAqLOM7lYc51Z-ZVxpm9WIAA37o91we1NwaOttILgMIDbRljwEXqP82Rto1G1hTQNmgyY24ThX0FOjCBEoXAoDOnWiZl3EA3Lp_94jp1Tw2_8tuhrV4LhwzxQefvoKSTTx7QL3r8fXbA4/s320/100_7186.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453687765642432674" border="0" /></a>Princess <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Madilynn</span> was stunning in her Cinderella gown.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQOIhpgXMhr6s8LWVSxi-FHTUTeX4HGQl9Yh6Pl5lc8oLdL1V5AYcgu-41Vd42lZH-NwR2aIGFiOstu_v5z20ufNeAwZGY_6up1EehAQ3uQo_sl4hT4moJS8mhuDouPps7gqPH9LO0JY4/s1600/100_7177.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQOIhpgXMhr6s8LWVSxi-FHTUTeX4HGQl9Yh6Pl5lc8oLdL1V5AYcgu-41Vd42lZH-NwR2aIGFiOstu_v5z20ufNeAwZGY_6up1EehAQ3uQo_sl4hT4moJS8mhuDouPps7gqPH9LO0JY4/s320/100_7177.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453687759722281666" border="0" /></a>Isaac was not so into the whole princess party but he humored me by putting on his knight attire for a few minutes.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-rrLKBdn-ut8nkZf36G_1NivE2S9z6jixKKsHlxQER1MoBHLjfEKyniz2gTPmQKuggH99SQkpVu-_Ee0ZXwsBnyqBvKPdbOpC9dtGbFGvHefxg6J0qMVZfK6xFkb8zUzd0ljX6eC3S-Q/s1600/100_7172.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-rrLKBdn-ut8nkZf36G_1NivE2S9z6jixKKsHlxQER1MoBHLjfEKyniz2gTPmQKuggH99SQkpVu-_Ee0ZXwsBnyqBvKPdbOpC9dtGbFGvHefxg6J0qMVZfK6xFkb8zUzd0ljX6eC3S-Q/s320/100_7172.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453687751187485730" border="0" /></a>Princess Bella and Princess <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Annika</span> were a stunning pair.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7RBY3nlSZhnz2GfOQDjdopnuutLvMrzdo_IsZQNnsUpUr6e_XVVS1obW6YEsBiAwOGfAbGw-rRVHtnvlp1T6rXn9UP9oPasQq0NXHPD5xNKQDYsKZkFaE2bsFmtuac1MSGYmgCdCuiy0/s1600/100_7190.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7RBY3nlSZhnz2GfOQDjdopnuutLvMrzdo_IsZQNnsUpUr6e_XVVS1obW6YEsBiAwOGfAbGw-rRVHtnvlp1T6rXn9UP9oPasQq0NXHPD5xNKQDYsKZkFaE2bsFmtuac1MSGYmgCdCuiy0/s320/100_7190.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453686245882868626" border="0" /></a>Here we all are dressed to impress <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">hahaha</span>!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBQMuhf03yMVg2mwXkuSR7j_CkiM9QokAbSg35ny6G7iePw9GD9A6ErJDCU-Me6hzNCj4Pwse_dkxznf3hbS7DUeYrV2I5bRjLEXk-JS2hFxRkFsZrfrwSWhszNO8rR_7988TJ5Mlj_xA/s1600/100_7195.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBQMuhf03yMVg2mwXkuSR7j_CkiM9QokAbSg35ny6G7iePw9GD9A6ErJDCU-Me6hzNCj4Pwse_dkxznf3hbS7DUeYrV2I5bRjLEXk-JS2hFxRkFsZrfrwSWhszNO8rR_7988TJ5Mlj_xA/s320/100_7195.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453686237527029266" border="0" /></a>The very next day after <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Madi's</span> party was our huge family St. Patty's Day celebration. Corned beef and cabbage for almost 30! That's a lot of beef. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Annika</span> kept distracting me from my cooking duties w/ her adorableness.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDeZu0Y3KMIDdD99uYDh3E2bVqa5qpF8uhbnanEAfRshQ5Zlh-Pir4kVXwajpiy0M0gFDWJGdToknszXDydQ9MM0dqWkIjwnrRHb-cq7R_KlhgfF0vCJKh__arYCUdQVTXdS7WWwcqkZs/s1600/100_7200.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDeZu0Y3KMIDdD99uYDh3E2bVqa5qpF8uhbnanEAfRshQ5Zlh-Pir4kVXwajpiy0M0gFDWJGdToknszXDydQ9MM0dqWkIjwnrRHb-cq7R_KlhgfF0vCJKh__arYCUdQVTXdS7WWwcqkZs/s320/100_7200.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453686232007863282" border="0" /></a>I mean seriously, who could get anything done with that cutie around?!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjotmscd2a1190VxyhNA6icU56RcZgdwzBZ1utTlrSClLOqRJ5wctH1v1MXpe7j5lC-p4blNXTLbD0-IDnEToaA7KbbBmbAOmVWSpHqDX6YpmdC26Ve137ICHgqJBkWV4xvrwAnSZWLDEc/s1600/100_7204.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjotmscd2a1190VxyhNA6icU56RcZgdwzBZ1utTlrSClLOqRJ5wctH1v1MXpe7j5lC-p4blNXTLbD0-IDnEToaA7KbbBmbAOmVWSpHqDX6YpmdC26Ve137ICHgqJBkWV4xvrwAnSZWLDEc/s320/100_7204.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453686222735585410" border="0" /></a>While we were preparing the meal, Isaac was outside with his papa building the new swing set! He's pretty handy with a drill. When Jason arrived on the scene too, they had everything together in now time!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsnjlCLgOTHDRqw3EQ5f8WgT8VawDcG-jbcd_yNH0gcT_wEB338iOAC1hEBSR-a93_8uF4qgIexzuDCJO9Tjkhg7B1-YrIU1udJK2vtByz6YTdredQjm6UmgNNWh6dcmufBSGZolkMWeE/s1600/100_7205.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsnjlCLgOTHDRqw3EQ5f8WgT8VawDcG-jbcd_yNH0gcT_wEB338iOAC1hEBSR-a93_8uF4qgIexzuDCJO9Tjkhg7B1-YrIU1udJK2vtByz6YTdredQjm6UmgNNWh6dcmufBSGZolkMWeE/s320/100_7205.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453686216581512242" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCDhs3i3zM_NsP4l5Z1lzjQQCSiFYUJC4Og8PkwrFHFY-ExAhWiAomZt5th0326mrO4NdSGzh5hngOcunsJvayHzUv25ykopHImvDOw60g0jDMsu9t8ukhAcJwY3MzUCAwZH5gWoElYEE/s1600/100_7209.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCDhs3i3zM_NsP4l5Z1lzjQQCSiFYUJC4Og8PkwrFHFY-ExAhWiAomZt5th0326mrO4NdSGzh5hngOcunsJvayHzUv25ykopHImvDOw60g0jDMsu9t8ukhAcJwY3MzUCAwZH5gWoElYEE/s320/100_7209.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453685456509994770" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFGuthTkif1Lsi4Ab_kegSKEml3zAtZCrqJbVIy8-A7n-3aKH0AF8kDgFDa8Oj5ND_EfpOp7MNV74y3IezgeJkR-N4rCCnjtbSn_ytjZ1HDGrp_wgpbgjH8EbSIV_smUlwMlmJf2NxjEg/s1600/100_7211.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFGuthTkif1Lsi4Ab_kegSKEml3zAtZCrqJbVIy8-A7n-3aKH0AF8kDgFDa8Oj5ND_EfpOp7MNV74y3IezgeJkR-N4rCCnjtbSn_ytjZ1HDGrp_wgpbgjH8EbSIV_smUlwMlmJf2NxjEg/s320/100_7211.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453685454080578882" border="0" /></a>I found these two green beans peering through the grass...maybe they were searching for a leprechaun.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0GTd9txGUJ4k_ul1wfE_F96XvYRF5_YeaVs7kmZwGcYPi8l90Q6Q0TYVk9NoVFklwighcnO5lJHbYWAKo33UiE0EoNHnxD6Qfp7wVH7y7pl4wTxdAuuHiW0qt3MRNT6O3jGx3mFsoo_s/s1600/100_7214.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0GTd9txGUJ4k_ul1wfE_F96XvYRF5_YeaVs7kmZwGcYPi8l90Q6Q0TYVk9NoVFklwighcnO5lJHbYWAKo33UiE0EoNHnxD6Qfp7wVH7y7pl4wTxdAuuHiW0qt3MRNT6O3jGx3mFsoo_s/s320/100_7214.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453685445472759522" border="0" /></a>Next on the agenda was Jason's 35th birthday! I made him a chess cake. The board was pretty sloppy because I was sort of in a rush but the chocolate pieces came out cool...although rather time consuming.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin2WXmlrOOYJqD_BPdEVZFB40mbahmBc2WiyaI5ZpIguqADW93xqEvIK5rMI9dx3xiPG9GhRdtBFJMKY0zg6_CbORiq-wLeVrkzqP1qb3YdQ9nw7QXW8f1WvN1BPIPtI_zHlF4DsklIdU/s1600/100_7216.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin2WXmlrOOYJqD_BPdEVZFB40mbahmBc2WiyaI5ZpIguqADW93xqEvIK5rMI9dx3xiPG9GhRdtBFJMKY0zg6_CbORiq-wLeVrkzqP1qb3YdQ9nw7QXW8f1WvN1BPIPtI_zHlF4DsklIdU/s320/100_7216.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453685443069142194" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilwyaMlhoktK8ZVIc4Y503EMSx0EzDaqXhgTtU1NjEwKwrUtT4khwYsLjy9Tslnn-W_jImvQIIMn-V6Lx0dQoN36mk9h-dYwo3j2YGZKkpncmTnOje37P-oe2OMf51GYVX3rMPn_mQzXc/s1600/100_7218.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilwyaMlhoktK8ZVIc4Y503EMSx0EzDaqXhgTtU1NjEwKwrUtT4khwYsLjy9Tslnn-W_jImvQIIMn-V6Lx0dQoN36mk9h-dYwo3j2YGZKkpncmTnOje37P-oe2OMf51GYVX3rMPn_mQzXc/s320/100_7218.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453685434273843266" border="0" /></a>Last thing to report is that it's short story contest time again! We brainstormed and wrote and revised and wrote again then drafted illustrations and revised and finally completed our stories! The long, time consuming, arduous process sure does give the kids a great sense of accomplishment when they are done. They final products were so wonderful.<br /><br />Lexie's story was called "Finding Tracks." It was about 2 girls who find some mysterious tracks in the woods and they discover that a mountain man is making them to hunt animals.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY6jSwssq0llKEDZneTc-2m1AP2njA4V2E0cc-lfmAV9tArfJ6_xmrel2vg4fvquo31ZVeP11k9_t0pN-S969qqXgcjZRQ8HzofxFrKqd0uwdYwLm7-PLuGTa3QM4ZjA_6-tp_m0gRoRc/s1600/100_7248.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY6jSwssq0llKEDZneTc-2m1AP2njA4V2E0cc-lfmAV9tArfJ6_xmrel2vg4fvquo31ZVeP11k9_t0pN-S969qqXgcjZRQ8HzofxFrKqd0uwdYwLm7-PLuGTa3QM4ZjA_6-tp_m0gRoRc/s320/100_7248.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453684623420255842" border="0" /></a>Isaac wrote his story in the first person point of view. It was called "The Camp Out Mystery." It was about a boy and his brother and his dad who go camping and find that the fire is mysteriously relighted after they put it out at night. The boy discovers that it is a nice fire breathing dragon who relights the fire to keep them warm.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggtCrrzyLwPq3kd1VjMBM7iWxFP_WuDIN4FFUgQWbqCJl2L_bRdqwFzaOJxddsQSqXSxKMLsz79p6W-9z2xC6rP8DeESXRuEiNJ38HLc1IxxfmnXExq-9tqgtMNgCJqnr0oWk45WkChdQ/s1600/100_7242.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggtCrrzyLwPq3kd1VjMBM7iWxFP_WuDIN4FFUgQWbqCJl2L_bRdqwFzaOJxddsQSqXSxKMLsz79p6W-9z2xC6rP8DeESXRuEiNJ38HLc1IxxfmnXExq-9tqgtMNgCJqnr0oWk45WkChdQ/s320/100_7242.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453684617483223586" border="0" /></a>Hannah's story, "The Attack of Fastfood," was about a cheeseburger, fries and a milkshake saving themselves from the disastrous fate of being eaten in the fast food restaurant. It is an action packed attack with riveting illustrations and a happy ending.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoZhAnAE_B2nuFYx5hI1YdQGAznB4DiWLtsZrsqZ0MXWgZOz9lZsn9fdoKZlvz07M-D4xjaq6JfrDZrK3J-vFHwOXYHpx6Y8irv1pBC1bNNaG7Als7RThWq1T-3duuevcxkY6KZxiOb8Q/s1600/100_7237.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoZhAnAE_B2nuFYx5hI1YdQGAznB4DiWLtsZrsqZ0MXWgZOz9lZsn9fdoKZlvz07M-D4xjaq6JfrDZrK3J-vFHwOXYHpx6Y8irv1pBC1bNNaG7Als7RThWq1T-3duuevcxkY6KZxiOb8Q/s320/100_7237.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453684610929578466" border="0" /></a>Ian's story, "Bunny and Mouse," was about a bunny and a mouse who run away from Bunny's parents while playing. They go swimming and eat berries and take a nap in a field. Then Bunny's mom and dad find them and scold them for eating berries but give them lollipops because they are happy they are OK. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfDxX7zDW0IfQrfvh76RPOVL_U51ZwvJOnzIbco0mKlGURBxiux9vwdwGhPE4Zk9gdPJkM2T0anbe2C81QYfFOzq7SyXQwiXHVqqOyxCWOzn9mqx9JOKefe0LRiHAlwJqg51Pnyw47FNQ/s1600/100_7232.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfDxX7zDW0IfQrfvh76RPOVL_U51ZwvJOnzIbco0mKlGURBxiux9vwdwGhPE4Zk9gdPJkM2T0anbe2C81QYfFOzq7SyXQwiXHVqqOyxCWOzn9mqx9JOKefe0LRiHAlwJqg51Pnyw47FNQ/s320/100_7232.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453684606495411106" border="0" /></a>Isabella's story was entitled "The Undersea Adventure." It is about two twin girls who live in Hawaii and discover someone has polluted the coral reef that they scuba dive at. They confront the polluters and everyone helps clean up the reef.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmFJlnApCvE92aSkncd38g0K1fQa31uf2zOsRl3DBJI7UFPRyFrjAoa49fdMD-5ivTOSNsVKYhrzLCK5Z_iQTvcMMA0ha-ffTvSlNz0T_coHKS4R3pUq0dYWqzb4u4iBdM8Ktx7pdlRYo/s1600/100_7226.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmFJlnApCvE92aSkncd38g0K1fQa31uf2zOsRl3DBJI7UFPRyFrjAoa49fdMD-5ivTOSNsVKYhrzLCK5Z_iQTvcMMA0ha-ffTvSlNz0T_coHKS4R3pUq0dYWqzb4u4iBdM8Ktx7pdlRYo/s320/100_7226.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453684600962530402" border="0" /></a>We worked for a solid three weeks on these great stories and celebrated their completion with a pajama/game day last Thursday. Now it's back to our European countries with a study of Russia through the book Rechenka's Eggs and with materials that some of our friends who are missionaries in Russia sent us awhile back.<br />Spring is here, lots to do...I'm sure I'll have lots to report again soon!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292836024809455626.post-4492304523501571892010-02-24T15:51:00.003-05:002010-02-24T16:08:29.534-05:00Snow Day!!<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">Well, the kids are rejoicing that we finally got a nice big snowstorm! I haven't heard official totals but I estimate that we got about a foot and a half. The kids didn't technically get a snow day. They still had to do their school work this morning but after lunch we headed out to make some sculptures. This was the PERFECT snow for sculpting. In the front yard we made a green sea serpent and in the back we made a big white polar teddy bear. 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