tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63724561158079372572024-03-13T13:22:13.513-05:00Diaz Traveling CircusUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372456115807937257.post-81085139318875697882009-09-23T14:40:00.001-05:002009-09-23T17:36:24.648-05:00Relaxation Day Three!On Wednesday, we decided to have a relax by the pool day. The pool at our condo was really cool. It had a huge pirate ship with a slide through it and a beach entrance for the little ones. We had a ball doing pretty much nothing! Later that evening we headed back to Downtown Disney, but this time we ate at a grown up restaurant. The food was super yummy, and no dinosaurs in sight. After dinner we took the boys to find a souvineer with some money my grandparents had given them in Destin. Then took in all the Downtown Disney sites! Overall we had a fantastic relaxing day! Day 3....my kind of day!<br /><br /><br /><div><embed style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 320px" name="flashticker" align="middle" src="http://widget-75.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=144115188096488565&site=widget-75.slide.com"></embed> <div style="WIDTH: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=144115188096488565&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-75.slide.com/p1/144115188096488565/bb_t062_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=144115188096488565&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-75.slide.com/p2/144115188096488565/bb_t062_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=144115188096488565&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-75.slide.com/p4/144115188096488565/bb_t062_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" border="0" /></a></div></div><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p><img class="centered" alt="post signature" src="http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll39/michellerdiaz/Signiturecopy-1.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a title="Bookmark and Share" href="http://www.blogger.com/" target="_blank" pub="DayDiaz&url="><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" width="125" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372456115807937257.post-60114279890409520942009-09-23T14:18:00.004-05:002009-09-23T15:37:47.314-05:00Magic Kingdom-Disney Day TwoTuesday was Magic Kingdom day! We got there right when they opened, Mickey and the gang were doing a big countdown with streamers, fireworks, bubbles, the whole shebang! We had our plan so we headed straight for Dumbo! The crowds were again WAY down and we never had to wait in line. We took turns riding Splash Mountain, and Day made Cory do it against his will. If you look closely at the picture, you'll see Cory is the one ducking his head behind Day. We got everything done, just like we planned and headed back for lunch and naps around 1. Unfortunately, around 4 when we were heading back, there was some rain moving in...so right about the time we walked through the gates, the sky fell out. It rained, and rained and rained for almost an hour, while we sat on the floor of a hot dog place and ate dinner. After that, we decided that we could either get soaked walking back to the car or get wet walking to some rides. So off we went to weather the storm;) It was actually pretty fun playing in the rain. We made the best of it and had a blast! They ended up canceling the parade but the fireworks were still on. They were fantastic! Day 2...success!!<br /><div><embed style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 320px" name="flashticker" align="middle" src="http://widget-a3.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=144115188096488355&site=widget-a3.slide.com"></embed> <div style="WIDTH: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=144115188096488355&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-a3.slide.com/p1/144115188096488355/bb_t013_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=144115188096488355&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-a3.slide.com/p2/144115188096488355/bb_t013_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=144115188096488355&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-a3.slide.com/p4/144115188096488355/bb_t013_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" border="0" /></a></div></div><br /><p><img class="centered" alt="post signature" src="http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll39/michellerdiaz/Signiturecopy-1.jpg" /></p><p><br /><a title="Bookmark and Share" href="http://www.blogger.com/" target="_blank" pub="DayDiaz&url="><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" width="125" /></a> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372456115807937257.post-870576797117568762009-09-02T21:07:00.004-05:002009-09-23T13:37:37.356-05:00Animal Kingdom...Disney Day One!Our first day in Orlando was spent at Animal Kingdom. We had our "Touring Plan" and we were ready to go! Thankfully, my plan to come after the school year started seemed to pay off. The crowds were very small and we never waited in line more than maybe 5 minutes. We saw some cool animals and saw some cool shows. The kids did really well, and after a long afternoon we headed to Downtown Disney for dinner at T-Rex. It's owned by the same people as Rainforest Cafe, but with a Dinosaur theme. We sat in the Ice Age section, which I'm pretty sure that wanted to be as realistic as possible by making it negative 12 degrees. It was LOUD and VERY OVER STIMULATING, which means the kids LOVED it! The boys ended the day with a bubble bath in our jacuzzi tub. They had a ball and went right to sleep! So...Day 1...success! Here is a slide show to give you a play by play of our day.<br /><br /><div><embed src="http://widget-22.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=144115188096485922&site=widget-22.slide.com" style="width:400px;height:320px" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:400px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=144115188096485922&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-22.slide.com/p1/144115188096485922/bb_t024_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=144115188096485922&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-22.slide.com/p2/144115188096485922/bb_t024_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=144115188096485922&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-22.slide.com/p4/144115188096485922/bb_t024_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><a title="Bookmark and Share" href="http://www.blogger.com/" target="_blank" pub="DayDiaz&url="><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" width="125" /></a><br /><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372456115807937257.post-82033051079747240072009-09-02T08:45:00.004-05:002009-09-02T21:07:15.894-05:00More from DestinHere are the shots from are very rushed photo shoot on the beach. We made the mistake of waiting until the morning we were planning to leave to try and get these pictures taken. We thought we had until noon to check out of the condo, but when I went to get our key fixed at around 9:45 on our way to the beach for pictures...the lady informed me that checkout was at 10. Ooops! We had most of our stuff packed, but not totally and we had planed to eat lunch in our room. I expained this to the nice lady, and she was gracious enough to give us until 11. So we had to rush through the pictures. I also didn't like the lighting as much as I did when we've done it at sunset in the past. As you can see from our eyes...it was very BRIGHT!!! Our eyes are opened, but just barely! Bright sun and white sand are not good bed fellows when taking pictures. <br /><br />They still turned out pretty well, considering.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376908842926046450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihswggaNpmVqDRqGwC54rjt3vtgBXhd_H7H6TC2KrLsf7R3A7oKHWRpz-4EdXby13_ixbd69SquBvF09yUL_CsjVCnoHXiZJ1vfTNZs7sGiin4ZS0Bp703VmcaSf9aEoONc1W39ujKoHU/s400/Disney+Day+1+028.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376908850911753250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYzKOli408dLpturpC6IxG1yMB6qykqiV3YIp9ANR-KtfW85ttuIfN1_f_W00q1GXvv-iJibh_8luEeESCS_Im7Pp3o5I2PTD4P7FN8DLmzDRcgLAxoJUNOmee6giIPNyS_BZrhuDie4/s400/Disney+Day+1+053.JPG" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAoZFnzTkHeUwprgize6amq-hkWdtDMMNFtSZx9253r_LyGBwCltVEme6QMaEgJMvVAyHUk6C880JtK9axo6iTHsFOlXGulAznwrteE2F5JPpQeOHu5Dobvzl9hbTVmrrI4dCpYO_JKl0/s1600-h/Disney+Day+1+087.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376908863075273890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAoZFnzTkHeUwprgize6amq-hkWdtDMMNFtSZx9253r_LyGBwCltVEme6QMaEgJMvVAyHUk6C880JtK9axo6iTHsFOlXGulAznwrteE2F5JPpQeOHu5Dobvzl9hbTVmrrI4dCpYO_JKl0/s400/Disney+Day+1+087.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijGGhpDDBxruPfHH2PweNqRi7zzEE9jB4_jP0SXk3PDciv2qd1XfYTxljo9dRLGSplntuhtqMQIG9-9A65rD6gsfxPGmVLnCgLca1-FFiqWyfgl1Gif_-GZEKgK3v5xoYQq7gB5jyCv3M/s1600-h/Disney+Day+1+082.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376908857183101346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijGGhpDDBxruPfHH2PweNqRi7zzEE9jB4_jP0SXk3PDciv2qd1XfYTxljo9dRLGSplntuhtqMQIG9-9A65rD6gsfxPGmVLnCgLca1-FFiqWyfgl1Gif_-GZEKgK3v5xoYQq7gB5jyCv3M/s400/Disney+Day+1+082.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377055103029074498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivD9dp8Ez0ajeWxMZzbBHCu-cOmTHMLXpHnCJgOxD3pgYadFynLUWUxsHpuX71VzXrTXeiAiIPtASRtIocqRlzLEoAYgdDRWVccr8TypXmQtFyMIFJfVo4aODBMU_yAZrvmTag6BdiCmI/s400/Disney+Day+1+1001.jpg" border="0" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL7J5tyL5Qq87xFJda4IH-F8Uk_oi6qRnGXzSVkax9-gIJHYSLeYZWxooO642x8KguzDIl9e3qPbTEIx3p_KwWZuAs_gu958Tk7lc7lCFPlazJZgkjlCpJPWl7Q6FgGndwq5pzyOLVtgQ/s1600-h/Disney+Day+1+122.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377055110767572658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL7J5tyL5Qq87xFJda4IH-F8Uk_oi6qRnGXzSVkax9-gIJHYSLeYZWxooO642x8KguzDIl9e3qPbTEIx3p_KwWZuAs_gu958Tk7lc7lCFPlazJZgkjlCpJPWl7Q6FgGndwq5pzyOLVtgQ/s400/Disney+Day+1+122.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvrsr8H__r5nGJSYwBWUMbFr7kgecLXuaZst0dKUjDWHApjSt-DZ62JWotCmS9o1YM4hLUtzzo0OYcv27O2waM9DOXS755sFTPCDwOncSW_YH-SveDY8RRItbSSCt5D17Px83guXC7Vt8/s1600-h/Disney+Day+1+095.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377055095185121314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvrsr8H__r5nGJSYwBWUMbFr7kgecLXuaZst0dKUjDWHApjSt-DZ62JWotCmS9o1YM4hLUtzzo0OYcv27O2waM9DOXS755sFTPCDwOncSW_YH-SveDY8RRItbSSCt5D17Px83guXC7Vt8/s400/Disney+Day+1+095.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div><p><img class="centered" alt="post signature" src="http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll39/michellerdiaz/Signiturecopy-1.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><br /><!-- AddThis Button for Post BEGIN --><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a title="Bookmark and Share" href="http://www.blogger.com/" target="_blank" pub="DayDiaz&url="><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" width="125" /></a></div><br /><!-- AddThis Button for Post END --></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372456115807937257.post-52985840905263368492009-08-29T07:30:00.007-05:002009-09-02T08:45:32.326-05:00Life at the Circus...<p>Wow, June 9th. So much has changed in such a short time! A few short weeks after my last post, some things that I'll spare the details of, took place and my dad moved out of my parents house. The choices he was making left my mother no choice but to ask him to leave. Unfortunately, I had to be the one to discover/catch him making these choices and relay the facts to my mother. Needless to say, I have not been in a bloggy mood. I'm afraid that whatever "followers" I had, have all but deleted me from their readers. </p><br /><br /><p>On top of all of that, I've been super busy working on a women's retreat that our church is hosting. I am the head of the publicity team and have been working on everything from posters to name tags. Most recently, I've put together the entire program that we will use at the retreat. Between these two things, I've had very little spare time....UNTIL NOW!</p><br /><br /><br /><p>We are currently on our after summer vacation! We've decided to leave all our stress at home, no one is allowed to talk about the yucky stuff waiting for us back home and we're spending some much needed quality time together. My mom and brother are here with us and we're lovin' it! We're gonna be here in Destin until tomorrow morning and then we're off to Disney World for 5 days! My grandparents came to meet us in Destin for a quick visit and it's been great to see them. Here are few pictures from our day yesterday...you might notice that my pictures look a bit better quality...that's because my husband surprised me for my birthday and bought me a D40! I'm still learning, but I LOVE it! (Maybe I'll get time to post about the amazing surprise party he also planned for me...I have an amazing husband!)</p><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIKDQ8JldKMyCqxiw7J2UIh_lv4wkQ3ozAAuQeRBCCJcAGJMvLUmIKiPovzZXOl3-DjKmOpVgdtqHhcGXnhRqUSiukRnGlrJgg_Ng-IcrB4gmV5lK7gKkytJUKFY0E6Hg9no7YL6pbE0nA/s1600-h/August+09+033.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375373865431202578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIKDQ8JldKMyCqxiw7J2UIh_lv4wkQ3ozAAuQeRBCCJcAGJMvLUmIKiPovzZXOl3-DjKmOpVgdtqHhcGXnhRqUSiukRnGlrJgg_Ng-IcrB4gmV5lK7gKkytJUKFY0E6Hg9no7YL6pbE0nA/s400/August+09+033.JPG" border="0" /></a> Surfer Dude Cooper<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0tuYvIs17Er3Rw67pK3ge7C1WburNz0lnEAZNie5RCWuD38ZmHzUwlkcxebbE4CJ-17VNcBREI-L7fCos0Iymno3ZKzOR7mkeTfF2Rdpen8N0Ovlxrpz4dZ-8vMfY16fHKwNb8KNlWsM_/s1600-h/August+09+014.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375373858375056418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0tuYvIs17Er3Rw67pK3ge7C1WburNz0lnEAZNie5RCWuD38ZmHzUwlkcxebbE4CJ-17VNcBREI-L7fCos0Iymno3ZKzOR7mkeTfF2Rdpen8N0Ovlxrpz4dZ-8vMfY16fHKwNb8KNlWsM_/s400/August+09+014.JPG" border="0" /></a> Good thing he has on those floaties!<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375373873105255442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBetNgKFGfBQMscxE1acwgFjDT5gcvVQsuc7NrR7wZ2mOQN2MUwadT2mwC68UrLo8zFo8TT36x4NH_UhAWp7C2C3c0q1fh36d7GqOFg0OcrtXVlab185Ms5NS_tzh6nFssQJ8MhFkVGSDY/s400/August+09+039.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br />The amazing view from our room<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375373881069255154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhONuwR_lb3VqKL-UHc5AD9ZOqDanONYRYi_ZdeYugD35WVEMhbFUIPxH7eaH8BeUBwWQGk9AoEzO-igRt3uq03gJthR6k75Q-LxE_s4dvhtEYuLKMfbJr5f_hB8Fd4MXtAK9EOZ7wIT30I/s400/August+09+052.JPG" border="0" />Papaw, Jean & the boys<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjakB5aPHU4NRmXxcrzpEqQ7T5w_zWTBDPJJEQbMIu2vciOq5X7ApFPwvqXBpblw8rGa0yho5dbMzuWWaIr8mvqyXAU_30RtBNvgXWDK0MlsO5O4NX4qjSLmTWqaAHhkkbJAmNXy8ySUeQ/s1600-h/August+09+061.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375373890646872114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjakB5aPHU4NRmXxcrzpEqQ7T5w_zWTBDPJJEQbMIu2vciOq5X7ApFPwvqXBpblw8rGa0yho5dbMzuWWaIr8mvqyXAU_30RtBNvgXWDK0MlsO5O4NX4qjSLmTWqaAHhkkbJAmNXy8ySUeQ/s400/August+09+061.JPG" border="0" /></a> Dinner on the patio at Angler's. We could look over the balcony and see the boys playing on the playground they had on the beach. Carter was bathing in the sand, and then he decided to take a quick dip in the ocean with all his clothes on...you'll see that in a sec.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqJiq_U6UvxkbNCaP-kCPVd0Nx00xip0LDqeStLYRlEZRkaS1P9osgJtDT6buD2ytxwhigHyjGaBT58EV-fHBychri0rucVjYw53ADik3g1cDzL-TE39XQomJK_24-H_1ZdyPdnirUJcs/s1600-h/August+09+065.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376850740279108178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqJiq_U6UvxkbNCaP-kCPVd0Nx00xip0LDqeStLYRlEZRkaS1P9osgJtDT6buD2ytxwhigHyjGaBT58EV-fHBychri0rucVjYw53ADik3g1cDzL-TE39XQomJK_24-H_1ZdyPdnirUJcs/s400/August+09+065.JPG" border="0" /></a>The view from our table...<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRb0sbU9FFj3hPMfr7Q0n6BkVcPwm57w0jZTR5eToDdBa5VpVOjQKxzSBNb_EU-shmlGChOugKJEBH7yq6Xr4yzWk4G7ejNuqBnq2BhecoY5VUFIbi7eYjZ5DMlwzlCQpTehLvHtT6hyphenhyphen8/s1600-h/August+09+0756.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376850733006856242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 190px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRb0sbU9FFj3hPMfr7Q0n6BkVcPwm57w0jZTR5eToDdBa5VpVOjQKxzSBNb_EU-shmlGChOugKJEBH7yq6Xr4yzWk4G7ejNuqBnq2BhecoY5VUFIbi7eYjZ5DMlwzlCQpTehLvHtT6hyphenhyphen8/s400/August+09+0756.jpg" border="0" /></a> They loved going in the sharks mouth.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjYB14Wr-EugeDE-0CBAjdm5IcMjWa3GfMZuFNcUL0xbDHcW3GykewHlgV-csixXR6gFda0Nr5mvUH9cVEm_nEqfemmoyQTg4SYiVq9wyNf0uYrKWR4AAxzAyI94WRHTAyubc1lwOqWEg/s1600-h/August+09+084.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376850724208174978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjYB14Wr-EugeDE-0CBAjdm5IcMjWa3GfMZuFNcUL0xbDHcW3GykewHlgV-csixXR6gFda0Nr5mvUH9cVEm_nEqfemmoyQTg4SYiVq9wyNf0uYrKWR4AAxzAyI94WRHTAyubc1lwOqWEg/s400/August+09+084.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKybbD3yjwaCqe9F7yeWBDo40XBz9BJn7g8_zQQEX2v4QryN33zAurCj5eCzvEjSVYMuz-35utgzudj2nMWB8XM9qg2ni6Eg0cKsgHBm7TC4E0Y0TH6gBLzNjkd-PmPQTe-uq7oH3HOpo/s1600-h/August+09+099.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376850707499960018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKybbD3yjwaCqe9F7yeWBDo40XBz9BJn7g8_zQQEX2v4QryN33zAurCj5eCzvEjSVYMuz-35utgzudj2nMWB8XM9qg2ni6Eg0cKsgHBm7TC4E0Y0TH6gBLzNjkd-PmPQTe-uq7oH3HOpo/s400/August+09+099.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZq1cF4i4YwhOxQpPHOhscpwprk0nqpnBO0Z3_od2K57XIi5U0wMopcyzMiut95VwZg2_FQJOG4G8oVeXeYzllxpJID0KCm17eU0nGdeT1hpwQdleKl5B07DF0yD2W9y35f1qcAGvLTto/s1600-h/August+09+100.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376850698149189522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZq1cF4i4YwhOxQpPHOhscpwprk0nqpnBO0Z3_od2K57XIi5U0wMopcyzMiut95VwZg2_FQJOG4G8oVeXeYzllxpJID0KCm17eU0nGdeT1hpwQdleKl5B07DF0yD2W9y35f1qcAGvLTto/s400/August+09+100.JPG" border="0" /></a> Just a tad wet. That's what happens when you fall face first into the ocean!</div><div></div><div></div><div align="center">We had a great first day in Destin. I can already tell that two days wont be nearly enough!<br /><br /><br /></div><p></p><div><br /><br /></div><p align="left"><img class="centered" alt="post signature" src="http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll39/michellerdiaz/Signiturecopy-1.jpg" /></p><div><br /><br /><br /></div><p align="left"><a title="Bookmark and Share" href="http://www.blogger.com/" target="_blank" pub="DayDiaz&url="><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" width="125" /></a></p><div><br /></div><!-- AddThis Button for Post END --></div></div><br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372456115807937257.post-35428510062448961812009-06-09T18:51:00.004-05:002009-06-09T19:03:25.922-05:00Backyard Visitor<p>A few weeks ago we noticed we had a visitor in our tree in the backyard. We found a small dove with a nest full of two small eggs. We decided that she must not have scouted out her spot too well, since our backyard is like '<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">home run</span> derby' every night. Not to mention, this tree is only about a year old and is very measly. We showed the boys and talked about how we had to be super careful not to hit the tree. </p><br /><p>We've been giving her bread to eat, and keeping a watchful eye on the nest, thinking <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">any day</span> now we would see the babies. Well, today was the day! There are two fuzzy baby birds in the nest. I'm pretty sure she's wishing she'd made a bigger nest. They already look like they could fall out if the wind blows too hard. </p><br /><p>Here's some pictures of our backyard visitors...</p><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQTHRpKd8-uvlsyswjQpFAykOeKfCYGAOSUmf-viIinjwyC1aUMxYUNQb3YU2jBAV5IAe4HgYZHddMNAFOoyMPWJtpkL1B0Dey3DozKJYf2m645ZZ4MjvMVtD3UqRGyh65Abgq0q7VmEn3/s1600-h/Fossil+Rim+2009+001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345481652622314962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQTHRpKd8-uvlsyswjQpFAykOeKfCYGAOSUmf-viIinjwyC1aUMxYUNQb3YU2jBAV5IAe4HgYZHddMNAFOoyMPWJtpkL1B0Dey3DozKJYf2m645ZZ4MjvMVtD3UqRGyh65Abgq0q7VmEn3/s400/Fossil+Rim+2009+001.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345481653860892914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkW5c5zdhmxITplf0J1x1nmGlcgg9I2ahX-R9scA7JE3Cwu4jqvV-7RIUPhTeTb2wNdu5GGrpgWPe8l6d1scqkzn919_f7kEMg6xbS5YOu2ODC3JxcCriSrBpj8FCfFT7tcyDkMHk9GuU/s400/Fossil+Rim+2009+004.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345482135414876306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSFYKAKBJ9qD5HuSm63rYnglJ7ObNCEMhD4XI7IMVW2b-nfmLheq6qmWpFJ0cPzCyOxzKT5OQiutfpyNyA_lstA_VHWHroLMCr6e2JYbzO38k-xkUOAQqYb26GxyjyjmVx49F2d_ZYaTuI/s400/dove+babies+010.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p></p><br /><p><img class="centered" alt="post signature" src="http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll39/michellerdiaz/Signiturecopy-1.jpg" /></p><div><a title="Bookmark and Share" href="http://www.blogger.com/" target="_blank" pub="DayDiaz&url="><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" width="125" /></a></div><br /><!-- AddThis Button for Post END --></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372456115807937257.post-53173835187867699902009-06-08T17:11:00.001-05:002009-06-09T20:00:26.027-05:00Spring Campout<div align="center">****Note: I found this post in my folder that I had 'drafted' and forgotten about. This was from back in early March, but thought I'd give it it's moment in the limelight!****</div><br /><br /><p align="center">This year for our annual Sunday School campout we went to Lake Whitney. It was a new experience for us, since this was our first time w/o our camper. We sold our old one just after the new year, and haven't found one since...so we were tent campers for the first time. We put the boys in a small tent and Day and I used a tent we borrowed from our friends the Smiths. The weather was beautiful and the fellowship was great! We had a lot of fun, but it sure is different now that so many of us have kiddos. It just makes for a lot more work and a lot more mess to clean up, more mouths to feed, more clothes to wash when you get home, more people to keep track of, and more toys to fight over share. </p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345483440932610930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtudZ5NKfBJ7L6GNcmNcf-elmEhysJ2TdYomovIBArMvz71MdxFOyegQ3w58LT2zD41yI9_bIfPFMnZKvcWKW20QclAVWlhM0DmPRBfk01y7m2HCkaUrZ4A76ryWX9OR0Cq7lcI2ndRj6e/s320/500200573_kTTyy-L-1.jpg" border="0" /><br /><p align="center">I think we might need a bigger table! </p><br /><p align="center"></p><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6hfT8JvH3-b3waThwzFP72lFhzuwmLVvkUCQ2ZtW2v-hBoqtbY9WKOFJc4sB38ZUfsNPxehf8RnkOvZHvqm7jk1VhxnmOkmsSuuOCJxN8Mc68qZed4NqjkyLR_mzq-i1OV5_LyVgNP5_k/s1600-h/500237580_xbEVp-L-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345483871315986098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6hfT8JvH3-b3waThwzFP72lFhzuwmLVvkUCQ2ZtW2v-hBoqtbY9WKOFJc4sB38ZUfsNPxehf8RnkOvZHvqm7jk1VhxnmOkmsSuuOCJxN8Mc68qZed4NqjkyLR_mzq-i1OV5_LyVgNP5_k/s320/500237580_xbEVp-L-1.jpg" border="0" /></a>Pinata Time! </p><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345483881474853602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_NI4QNLiGwHDAL3_MwRTWDAlkFGZBPP07qV8biRNZYmDUdBd7DhlSSjlz0ydiqN2L_UT1A4hwV9EI8NNx4oYqTloQRe4L2BLkKHUXxBjRBp35gOSheERnhLKGuXrl0twc0lvDCu4cBjGK/s320/500241633_DABA3-L-1.jpg" border="0" /> Conner takin' a wack at it!</p><br /><p><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345483875654102834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMx8K1256uLCE-4qvgWiZRe557O7G6cWZeSyMT1taN-nuvDe4NvuRmqxV4IcanK44O7geOQ5umtyz6QCuHz7yilsugum1Lp7CtdZJKb6L7qOeVR2UTOd9XCM2GvnGkEi8yINm62YN63r2V/s320/500245000_3RAzf-L-1.jpg" border="0" /><br /><p align="center">Cooper rarin' back for a good swing! </p><br /><p align="center"></p><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguSDr-190LbhrxUVKigOwNUSATaO8_-i-J_PVYlw1SdXvlmGsfhYf5Iad875kzvzhvBNmV0vedcghuQb6ZVheHBRMy4DC_9iXzHp5Uzq-toPdUnF_7CERCOSkHXx8kmpQ5THMcMzT5OHtD/s1600-h/500229435_GyAqJ-L-2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345483866566380850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguSDr-190LbhrxUVKigOwNUSATaO8_-i-J_PVYlw1SdXvlmGsfhYf5Iad875kzvzhvBNmV0vedcghuQb6ZVheHBRMy4DC_9iXzHp5Uzq-toPdUnF_7CERCOSkHXx8kmpQ5THMcMzT5OHtD/s320/500229435_GyAqJ-L-2.jpg" border="0" /></a> Splashin' in the lake!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNeaSsASJ3_TPUnnQICgiHaOr0KklLL_brnc9oRNQiGfFFMEKqiNlrf2wQUEod1W0dPv6BXbKFqKis6ng6H5e2gVIDwmg-ogKa1Wx3vKSihJcZ2aWcWlEORP0DlJh3w4rMGRP0sHyIFApT/s1600-h/500226336_gFVKx-L-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345483452809352418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNeaSsASJ3_TPUnnQICgiHaOr0KklLL_brnc9oRNQiGfFFMEKqiNlrf2wQUEod1W0dPv6BXbKFqKis6ng6H5e2gVIDwmg-ogKa1Wx3vKSihJcZ2aWcWlEORP0DlJh3w4rMGRP0sHyIFApT/s320/500226336_gFVKx-L-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> Trying to fly kites!<br /><br /></p><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG9qh-dJRNoXaBMedviM13JduJybROhX98UkQ1V-zaOy6eB9Kphki20r84gFzeC4DLMZZ4TEv-fR3buhZcNm1ktfYEMWawh95uotThyphenhyphenNnG9OeIpC8cSkUP8eVV6aUhtrK2Ptyb5xe88RUh/s1600-h/500206028_McWFk-L-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345483446459497234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG9qh-dJRNoXaBMedviM13JduJybROhX98UkQ1V-zaOy6eB9Kphki20r84gFzeC4DLMZZ4TEv-fR3buhZcNm1ktfYEMWawh95uotThyphenhyphenNnG9OeIpC8cSkUP8eVV6aUhtrK2Ptyb5xe88RUh/s320/500206028_McWFk-L-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> I just loved this pose from Conner. Such a ham!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirbex0TNWT4IXheasYCt-mk-4RcZ9xF8FhzZhCindVMRksjSNN_7AxkdTt6V2vbr52termhh7HEItl0SWmqEJPbIfnQnPfILD8VQGhOLAh5FbGZ-z8HZKyKJS37nJRNywX__GlEDh4qnIz/s1600-h/500197987_BhRkW-L-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345483436363955618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirbex0TNWT4IXheasYCt-mk-4RcZ9xF8FhzZhCindVMRksjSNN_7AxkdTt6V2vbr52termhh7HEItl0SWmqEJPbIfnQnPfILD8VQGhOLAh5FbGZ-z8HZKyKJS37nJRNywX__GlEDh4qnIz/s320/500197987_BhRkW-L-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> The boys hangin' out by the fire.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIWn5MEywHThsx7Ibl9ObSO5pc7QLNR_MoYkKZutQzoJUzZtogEDdm4g6o3peMUtSc5jpTlmmPNnmxKrZi9euVPNrny3Py6cr8tHuq9wJ1ldASQTcjvfxaqLkt1z-gcOYJ8eo0SE8DSabD/s1600-h/March+20+013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323936052303472882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIWn5MEywHThsx7Ibl9ObSO5pc7QLNR_MoYkKZutQzoJUzZtogEDdm4g6o3peMUtSc5jpTlmmPNnmxKrZi9euVPNrny3Py6cr8tHuq9wJ1ldASQTcjvfxaqLkt1z-gcOYJ8eo0SE8DSabD/s320/March+20+013.JPG" border="0" /></a> Fishin'<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3HGe3d4WX8kvnJz1n-sdWY1DdYZXv77v-0mLDMIOq3wbfjpQsqiUQvY1zcJVtEt1z0cgfP8T4I44v9t0Q3EnhAzDWCJyEWSFCsYTdFosIbH4Kvqqo-Um5HcGlQQsuWvylSQkN_qgf_Xk/s1600-h/March+20+012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323936044476002562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3HGe3d4WX8kvnJz1n-sdWY1DdYZXv77v-0mLDMIOq3wbfjpQsqiUQvY1zcJVtEt1z0cgfP8T4I44v9t0Q3EnhAzDWCJyEWSFCsYTdFosIbH4Kvqqo-Um5HcGlQQsuWvylSQkN_qgf_Xk/s320/March+20+012.JPG" border="0" /></a> Rock Throwin'<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz37ikazGovnK8_BIhcBhLa93vdqsadd0hcJJ97C8ETs1dxpz7mNiG9uvjXIM6zWI-TD61QezIfuVKZ0-6NfV2CLcaYpmXgxIbaDf-I_Gq5CtSOV2wSlGkA0N_zjFDf6dfqWt-SkgC24Vk/s1600-h/March+20+015.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323936038956485266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz37ikazGovnK8_BIhcBhLa93vdqsadd0hcJJ97C8ETs1dxpz7mNiG9uvjXIM6zWI-TD61QezIfuVKZ0-6NfV2CLcaYpmXgxIbaDf-I_Gq5CtSOV2wSlGkA0N_zjFDf6dfqWt-SkgC24Vk/s320/March+20+015.JPG" border="0" /></a> Rock Skippin' </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><p>The kids really did well overall and Cooper made a huge milestone while we were there. He's been talking for awhile about wanting to learn to ride his bike w/o training wheels, but since our first attempt, we just haven't taken the time to work on it any more. Well, Cooper made up his mind that he was going to take them off while we were camping. So the first chance he got, we took them off and he never looked back. In true Cooper form...he hopped on his bike and started riding like a pro. He did have some issues with starting and stopping, but mostly because his poor little legs are too short to reach the ground. </p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345483452168049554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN_uwVQmp9vm_y_jJyhnXk0SW_Ys7QwKOTaxOjT5-gEGjTI51ddowO6x4FKk_WHZMnEXWOKVKS32Mrt1Vq0dM4pheRZY13R-BQVxQNP5IiuxwxdnuGqXDflFRrn1rNbpNp32kvY5GSVgCg/s320/500207306_CCLis-L-1.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwpSK-mJexDaN6Y6SKzQOZFNOQSvJv0xFrpz717Eofxyp8ovTJI8EM7NXxLPwiykxwu-6fYQicy9GLrJmqJ3d_AnjiOuFZnLxsmcnk6QRoXMPcLUkdQrrMGkwSoyHC6OkO6xZvymBt5JHF/s1600-h/March+20+009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323936032350542306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwpSK-mJexDaN6Y6SKzQOZFNOQSvJv0xFrpz717Eofxyp8ovTJI8EM7NXxLPwiykxwu-6fYQicy9GLrJmqJ3d_AnjiOuFZnLxsmcnk6QRoXMPcLUkdQrrMGkwSoyHC6OkO6xZvymBt5JHF/s320/March+20+009.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixzxtB0Wew93z4WSgOgWaLC3QNyxmx7JyjJxOq24k3SqOL-cYCo0FNAzcLrsG3KmaE_fjK_nWbgoLUsqUm3sJouG8orRgcX05kQn845E9M4yPZGSWr3feaMfIUJkiFrPjwPXmLZehJwBdu/s1600-h/March+20+007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323936028921313314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixzxtB0Wew93z4WSgOgWaLC3QNyxmx7JyjJxOq24k3SqOL-cYCo0FNAzcLrsG3KmaE_fjK_nWbgoLUsqUm3sJouG8orRgcX05kQn845E9M4yPZGSWr3feaMfIUJkiFrPjwPXmLZehJwBdu/s320/March+20+007.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="left">We are so thankful that we have a group of people that we can make memories with, that encourage us in our walk with the Lord and have seen us at our worst and love us anyway! I love the memories we are making with our family. </p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345490529942438482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEwMhoeNmQipxqqU7M6xGe9A6uNw5sq1o9IrZvQbcLLN5bd_aUWxxhm6o2-KYnXfCAj8f15QiwSwOp9grUTndblCrBjkS1Ij-qbZclCvcWOY1A0pFKCf9y3kcpWwi13n1Nrw2HB-lq0euv/s400/500249747_5Bpnj-L-2.jpg" border="0" /><br /><p align="left">(By the way, in case you were wondering why Carter didn't make it into any of the pictures, its because my mother graciously offered to keep him with her for the weekend. We love ya Carter, but you're just not camping material quite yet!) </p></div></div></div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372456115807937257.post-43780547727001907462009-05-27T17:45:00.005-05:002009-06-02T06:20:45.939-05:00WE MISS MABRIE!As many of you know, Conner and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Mabrie</span> are best buddies (in love and will be married upon their 30<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span> birthdays, according to the contract that we've made with her parents!)<br /><br />Unfortunately for us, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Mabrie</span> and her family have been in California for over three weeks while Mark has been working there. Conner had been making her pictures every so often since she'd been gone, so we decided to mail them to her. Carter made pictures for Allie and Cooper made a card for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Mabrie</span> too! We mailed it and waited for the news that they'd <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">received</span> them. Here are some pictures of their <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">correspondence</span>. Jenn was even nice enough to take a video of them opening their goodies and telling the boys thank you and that they missed them!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342524737117091202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_XFndVcxhrlYbE_2KcKdTMjp-4NR5BMo3VFhPunp5jWaXs1KMNgfoBjDCRf3eTYUyrxSXgQSOYSCf_7chuYu9GIKDVLQfBJodrhyphenhyphenNqiMHP8TEwGyREk0Lbt90-9QPjKwe9WsK88ta00WS/s400/field+day+09+083.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">On our way to the mailbox.</p><p></p><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342524743298641234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSEwxNyg7i4jOy3gjJ7x7yHyV9izmxjf9Mx1d5v49uIsJYNk7ERhgpy5t3TN2qi_eBIM7nPRmDfd8BJ8724flZ5FqT5ksRIORjsknTLgG_jHv5pazWtmkJZTAPThqYIg-K9M77YKhWXfv/s400/field+day+09+086.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">Conner putting his letter in the mailbox.<br /><br /><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342524751929540818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9A9usjqh1L0xFQ-ySoXDAR3JeR0Q0Fm-oObxLxfPHB5634DGVcsIhm0utw6W7g5w2JfmXMYH0J0edbsXz67vJj1SRTcr5mKsCfpTqNbqDMVEKXFpKL6gfhM0y1rtUlJMc2euCTs_jyF6Y/s400/field+day+09+087.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">Carter's turn.</p><p align="center"></p><p align="center">And three short days later....<br /><br /><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342524753512334066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLPsm5xu6-LKBJJ4zf9ALilS-jc0_apO9RLbpR-v_c-xild-VZ169XT2JIOoc2Ms7RKlZYCndP44LSmcDbsnA4xoe6VWy0GydoG2Fm1TKhPa1pPtnm2VX0WBS4iX5lySx8d4Qnhp9br_x3/s400/001.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">...there were smiles on two little girls faces.<br /><br /></p><p></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342524759210383986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFk_Jb5gsTIveq4Evu12b6yvQ60gypmP69sshc2IdFDtPw9kUpeHp4R1g2bRjl3CSIKL2sBpKAT6WvDFz3MIwjWnxIegBpLwG9FRyo4eVLD_Xbzck4yFT3IsAr65aU8S4k6_q4KAf0oJC7/s400/005.JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center">This one is my favorite! I think she liked 'em!</p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342526248366429954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqmJAJOSNWBHdLlP2Luc1EtaZNCNjlv7m2WgSShKcOdPw8joCWSf61TsautgDIX1jwOp_WngD9bP3VgV-j-qPbjSrebiXT2opHYBSouwDvpy3ZQbtTGnljjz9hgkSdWpsJjrNB5x10Ic53/s400/007.JPG" border="0" />Mission Accomplished!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><img class="centered" alt="post signature" src="http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll39/michellerdiaz/Signiturecopy-1.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a title="Bookmark and Share" href="http://www.blogger.com/" target="_blank" pub="DayDiaz&url="><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" width="125" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372456115807937257.post-23658686031734293612009-05-27T15:08:00.008-05:002009-05-27T17:44:24.065-05:00Don’t hate me because I’m behind!<p>Okay, so yes...I'm behind on blogging AGAIN! My excusses are long and uninteresting, so I'll skip that part and go straight for the good stuff. </p><p></p><p> </p><p>I'll start with Field Day! Cooper's field day was not what I expected, mostly because I was expecting it to be like our field days when I was a kid. Not so much anymore. Mostly, it was just random 'sports'ish games that required little skill nor brought any real compitition. There were no ribbons or awards to win, but the kids seemed to have fun none the less. The few things that were familiar were good ole' Tug of War and the Three Legged Race. </p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340605220102611186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Hn2LOqAM-XascQmNaxH1VybusQziwemTPtYWqoKBQuAAEQlughE2S0LfO6U1cvfUdSYjxeBdFiHDAzL0aKFcAjaOqpC6h8rtVEPbPM9J9yaIz7MWzebrl3ECJn21FZvj585zLtkTMRER/s400/field+day+09+005.JPG" border="0" />Cooper and his buddies...Jackson and Lathan. </p><p align="center"><br /> </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJe6RNZJYZiCpsCB2-XBDjyHQsgynv6dhNoL36TqIyGXPJ62Ad91quHt9f7VvT5M104LAqYZQ8rCva59u2A5XjbZybEyD6MynWj8xaf2p-bf4OCr5_mE_kg5o50ny-KG44LSsGfK8IwE4K/s1600-h/field+day+09+031.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340605242416090706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJe6RNZJYZiCpsCB2-XBDjyHQsgynv6dhNoL36TqIyGXPJ62Ad91quHt9f7VvT5M104LAqYZQ8rCva59u2A5XjbZybEyD6MynWj8xaf2p-bf4OCr5_mE_kg5o50ny-KG44LSsGfK8IwE4K/s400/field+day+09+031.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Jumping Rope<br /><br /></p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgbRhDSeSMxIlBHknP_5uu0u4ZX3gEHCrGwi5exZUQBMiYN2188nabgjjWec9EZDyIb0b2zzUMPjd1q5nlw0fnfCm2LT2zK-u1VKbZCkkx7zta3PcPDbn2m5Qe8mXNEQZyc_3vxwXJIiLI/s1600-h/field+day+09+025.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340605241614785666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgbRhDSeSMxIlBHknP_5uu0u4ZX3gEHCrGwi5exZUQBMiYN2188nabgjjWec9EZDyIb0b2zzUMPjd1q5nlw0fnfCm2LT2zK-u1VKbZCkkx7zta3PcPDbn2m5Qe8mXNEQZyc_3vxwXJIiLI/s400/field+day+09+025.JPG" border="0" /></a> Cooper & Jackson winning the Three Legged Race!<br /><br /></div><div align="center"><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlaYGQji6AHuRWFbMgYeoSIq7oZw1AKUY4pUwEKrt3ShMoEFVb2O-I1SNRNdSi3bvDO8iSiOux_n54STCWXCuIX05CjGbebin4E3LF-67TXl58Ru7TZFpHFVBW0mofVeOyUaKhC7pmqSUa/s1600-h/field+day+09+013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340605230162571874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlaYGQji6AHuRWFbMgYeoSIq7oZw1AKUY4pUwEKrt3ShMoEFVb2O-I1SNRNdSi3bvDO8iSiOux_n54STCWXCuIX05CjGbebin4E3LF-67TXl58Ru7TZFpHFVBW0mofVeOyUaKhC7pmqSUa/s400/field+day+09+013.JPG" border="0" /></a> Carter taking a turn w/ the football. </div><div align="center"><br /><br /> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7BA0seY_BNW8AwROK7c7TsyNIacEGZFrqvoraSZW8fuhzj7o-WbuHaojkPcwL5pvAvp3XM4467c360xJKeqjMU8nff15SmRK5SK9KcE-OaYHlzKHNlIW9Bya7jCpsg-l0N-j1lro5USJW/s1600-h/field+day+09+008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340605223862431554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7BA0seY_BNW8AwROK7c7TsyNIacEGZFrqvoraSZW8fuhzj7o-WbuHaojkPcwL5pvAvp3XM4467c360xJKeqjMU8nff15SmRK5SK9KcE-OaYHlzKHNlIW9Bya7jCpsg-l0N-j1lro5USJW/s400/field+day+09+008.JPG" border="0" /></a> "Hockey" </div><div align="center"><br /> </div><div align="center"><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340607214454385138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZut_Es44HddrWpuPyvvyUbxyxewWUZOX6e_itmJxtBLWsrbNY9vSwB0SSEs0Tz_Aj3iP8liyZtSGXsTKet2JZgeouFH1yJdmQBLZi54JpRjCLwfsrUxq-yn9JbMx7SuqVz5p5MtkxdgrM/s400/field+day+09+027.JPG" border="0" />"Betcha Can't Guess"<br /><br /><br /><br /><p>Conner and Carter had a very scaled down version of field day at preschool. I came to get a few pictures of them in action. It was very cute watching them race each other and be so excited to finish. They did them by class so I didn't get any of them together.</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340609203728622418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDhxow3hq_KchaQxf0kr6GnMJ1l8ovx_dvaVRVV_0_V-t-z9KbOC-8OMJiP1HIGFzcm_P2NDrpC8FeaefslVOlV2E0CGxxogyVK1_hcuYWaqs-5QyhT0p8WdyfV0OE2WRN6gs16tjjdRb3/s320/field+day+09+035.JPG" border="0" />Carter anxiously waiting for his turn.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjreNewo7wLOwQVe9rdzSdi8dwWSSfEIdpJcfPKZk94ml7Rioa91frxRr09cb3ykCgLskAOp40ArF_eD50oteBEiacWKhFHKSohTujjNm_xQkoMRJVQlxexZn5ODaX8skiO477GFAr8uKk_/s1600-h/field+day+09+050.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340609219682373666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjreNewo7wLOwQVe9rdzSdi8dwWSSfEIdpJcfPKZk94ml7Rioa91frxRr09cb3ykCgLskAOp40ArF_eD50oteBEiacWKhFHKSohTujjNm_xQkoMRJVQlxexZn5ODaX8skiO477GFAr8uKk_/s320/field+day+09+050.JPG" border="0" /></a> ...and he's off!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJn-nnWdnatN-5In_8qSFZGDhYEKjqwV0yUw7tD0bkdiFJFi6M3Wz1EJkjvL6EYy-aJWKUH60me-E6RupOjgzVH9EUMa2JVebuVC7lK5giFBpMLgUserByWCt1e2CBjVXA73YyODb3FOG/s1600-h/field+day+09+042.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340609209251388994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJn-nnWdnatN-5In_8qSFZGDhYEKjqwV0yUw7tD0bkdiFJFi6M3Wz1EJkjvL6EYy-aJWKUH60me-E6RupOjgzVH9EUMa2JVebuVC7lK5giFBpMLgUserByWCt1e2CBjVXA73YyODb3FOG/s320/field+day+09+042.JPG" border="0" /></a> The ole' egg on the spoon race!</div><div><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340609218570288290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLHVZblyzyTKschGS8vDUDSY2SbTDAJLrNbzarNOO1WQIBm0YWcfzo5M1Xai5EAhE9rRGyfwNIT5OVm3CvBnyj_Vswea-xBNoLKDTffxZ3OWmUkHYH7ruL_BjzN0-dGB5OKtlnUMtchTMb/s320/field+day+09+044.JPG" border="0" />Looks like he found a faster way!<br /><div><br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340609231742074322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheVy38g1HxDJI3BlPOTji4nz6OEpmzAn1BeRGhDnYmG-__mPbrxl77MfytH2WfgEnoMm0KYDZhmVZKgKB_J9hNMfGcE504FyfgYL6MYc-D4dWrQiODJl1UcfWqw-looyHmX-vIaV80KFbb/s320/field+day+09+057.JPG" border="0" />Two year olds and Tug of War, not a good combo!<br /><br /></div><div> </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340624354146252674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjthAkUhgZI40ty42KECXFZtinQ1Iy9SqMfSRVHoH6qKqKejH9OUbADSk5VAHv1uINJ2sq1ZBbNlGpPlaboexcnkqD_9AzeS88IImt3Ot3geE6jJjZNHuNqh9oYfMbqNmH546TtsasSYEFr/s320/field+day+09+059.JPG" border="0" /><br />Conner's ready with his egg.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340624356397309794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqQCC1bqNAjTpU1rU4iyVv6MdERqrkBdBUmzdEj2gI4kKHIsJWAEdNGW0b5LrlxlR-nx6dRMkPF1XSSBTZ_zXfyYfffRp_i1fIawxz_5GazpNF7pJ2B_gxx5XMg_0-1BrNJSMC2fLqTyKk/s320/field+day+09+061.JPG" border="0" />He did really well!<br /><div><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_c5jObexVz3wxWD6ETKT92d58afZeqMs82wV6xd42Cx8HS_HNmBuNekJvVJRfNEpcgQh1Dd1N2aDbWnLFViCvx94SlU__96vCMd75BjmTgUX4jmGsfRuhglmpcCSC0bnRQ2-UtICF5_DJ/s1600-h/field+day+09+068.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340624365837533858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_c5jObexVz3wxWD6ETKT92d58afZeqMs82wV6xd42Cx8HS_HNmBuNekJvVJRfNEpcgQh1Dd1N2aDbWnLFViCvx94SlU__96vCMd75BjmTgUX4jmGsfRuhglmpcCSC0bnRQ2-UtICF5_DJ/s320/field+day+09+068.JPG" border="0" /></a> Then the bean bag toss...his went next to the furthest.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340624370112034770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZtz4ZyswGjCxwOGjq1nMyZMaXPP3zODEUsx_0SbXyCFoYgAKz2ZcefQlAOvV694VDWm5UyoHRJn9LyKGmajhc1TR0RsOLytQBrGK7jTwkc_2K2ktSiTZxFjjLLtSkkwo0S54tNQWlrjlH/s320/field+day+09+071.JPG" border="0" />Running his little heart out!<br /><br /><div align="left"><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340624377117463970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1fUpPNH3ZSV0_uKx9KkFVMyMXTD4Kl3Jf9Du8558N7jXHQZBC5Y7KQ8NVcmb7LFR60_MBgFgiTldQlrMQk72MQeG0lVPTuzJMhCIqxxD1ig539hSOwnH4OcBMfp8rWnzLgDJnzrbwD_0u/s320/field+day+09+075.JPG" border="0" />Three year olds and Tug Of War worked much better! <div> </div><div> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:130%;">This post is long enough...stay tuned for more updates!</span></div><br /><!-- AddThis Button for Post END --></div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372456115807937257.post-89318123187332026592009-04-11T09:41:00.000-05:002009-04-14T09:39:24.173-05:00Happy Easter!<div align="center">Our Easter weekend did not turn out quite like we'd planned, but that's life at the Diaz Circus! We are having some remodeling done on our house and the wood floor turned into a bigger project than expected when, we pulled up the existing laminate wood floor and found that our dishwasher had been leaking slowly for probably a year and we had water under our floor which means mold and yuck everywhere. This added some work to our project and so our floor was only a third of the way done by the weekend. Day tried to fix the two hoses that were leaking, but somehow this caused another piece to stop working and created another larger leak. So he spent all afternoon Sat. making multiple trips to Lowe's, cleaning up towel loads of water off the floor and still not having a working dishwasher. Looks like a new dishwasher is in our future.<br /><br /><br /></div><p align="center">Somehow in the midst of all that, we still made time for some Easter fun. Friday we had our playgroup Easter hunt and this worked out great since Cooper was out of school, he got to come too! Then on Sunday we went to visit G.G. (Great Grandma) and did another hunt in the courtyard at her place. </p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324258074219550130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVXM8bKOiQA_wkxOqplKB9uQxWfXx9AY1ksbsrPCDijBVPg1XhpcoKTqgSajKgddvN7UHk0kH8z3Wj36QNJFXANaTIVqnsPkHziywrvZHpyKbykyG7CjOqbyLUD-yOCgOfTy6n5zbLqUaV/s400/easter+09+006.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">And there off!<br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324258072042111682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxTEbcLV9LgFQ4t9DRnb_BwuZjOyztQahC-c61_369Hz7ny5tbMwVU6D5GCW-XvF4g4ucSv7DEvhjc94JTmsJAN_r6QtIhHdhyphenhyphen3HbYHgWLJjsiPOW3sp3jV9zpNketF5F_2-REXWbdzfsg/s400/easter+09+003.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p align="center">Carter found him an egg!<br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324258078164842642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-1Nr-xEv4jKma35MTWQiCk_w28PUhFV1bbtTybUXGHl4lLM_8DITKvOcWPATLZG16A8r-1BqQala71kyMfgcctP_fzkywGbUUa_Rp4nTv-EwWKpC_xuFvdbTHIBzy6FSMePaloZeadNi/s400/easter+09+008.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">Cooper found one too!</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324259851458907794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1b0XQ_rHRCaB9af9c26-zQLn_vrUXXKOvCZFg2x3HyQh-ymjHjw_OBuX7KHEpoEsaALHcHvjVwcnjsy-RjGds9saRR1FeUg7fNOCyltsQayxHeUnhgUMmF6glxrvr01gzH4O_GAabghNu/s400/easter+09+012.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">Happy with their loot!</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324259874629189218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJFJaKRoes74EhBcQgQXtIbU8Do8musu5MXvV6R3bh5ATsWICG6WHLBsrL-DEQSvGMP5plqjFrKog_7HNvnTaaejiTIZd48UfLO3qwrcSjFY-SFTHuBcWy2cZtHlqTXjGELQzR4YRVPsA0/s400/easter+09+033.JPG" border="0" /> Cooper was so glad that G.G. is back home! </div><div align="center">We are too!</div><div align="center"><br /><br /> </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324259866502942178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCw6hTyxCgjn9-IwN6ux693VYqy6THP0Dww7eOGP9Cba_M2sJYQzQYme0I05kvW-c8yHuxlqYA6woHFNDN2agfln9B8G0LG0nMSk2aKzXcrSXdP6VGL0lhSOX9Ec1Cd-vowNuzRPrbK6BB/s400/easter+09+026.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">My little poser!</p><p align="center"> </p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324259857367387922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGEKy_o6go-uPhqIPCA2_zj745iEiCiJKK6QCmg8UXKJkxUhzy9I12NoHf0tvkj0CfgJVHVQegDYR9Rip5zF_zdtXlsDzDSRxXAFIMnYVfV2iGnyIh9vS4c6kmY0y4pz2d1SDHDPQ4vvgH/s400/easter+09+019.JPG" border="0" /> G.G. and her boys!</p><p align="center">I even managed to get a family picture of us all dressed after church. Somehow we even stayed moderately clean after going out for lunch! You can even get a peak at our new fireplace. </p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324258065966255058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxQQRuBtvV0trI1CFeUFvWUWigvJ2bn1-VG-X6AC7NlffnOq9QrMn9V46kZ9Id7sDRGXvhDsUox1OxHAC9NfOCBSq6L1jHMEGaLu6PcM0vaINRoymRH7FdzUt9pO3zKMgdzsGSYu9B2hoW/s400/Easter+09+028.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324258063304010850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_cgs-e9fMyYPC5q74G1PWl_OvsLwDT5QB2KvVS5n6LB9yG2kK84VLr_UdztLrUzyfjlmsc0KWTRwDvIoBLlF_34C9scyZOJlwUHruYQwnOZskhNCunUwhlsXdMxtm_o61I8qv1vSKsgJo/s400/Easter+09+021.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p>I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend in celebration of the death and resurrection of our Savior! </p><br /><p><img class="centered" alt="post signature" src="http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll39/michellerdiaz/Signiturecopy-1.jpg" /></p><div><a title="Bookmark and Share" href="http://www.blogger.com/" target="_blank" pub="DayDiaz&url="><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" width="125" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372456115807937257.post-18256645326292192932009-04-09T16:32:00.000-05:002009-04-12T17:11:14.963-05:00Opening Day!<div align="left">It's baseball time again, and that means it's time for our annual trip to the Ranger's Opening Day game. For the past two years, we've gone to a tailgate party with some Grand Prairie Police friends of Mark's, but this year we decided to do our own little tailgate party. Unfortunately, the weather wasn't what I'd call favorable for such festivities and I tried to talk my hard core sports fan of a husband out of this idea, but he'd have nothing to do with that! </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">So, we packed up our grill, burgers, and dogs...along with Cooper (who got to cut school for the day) and Conner and headed to the ballpark around 9:30 am. Mind you, the game didn't actually start until 1:30, but we had to beat traffic and have plenty of time to cook-out and just 'chill'. (No pun intended!) And boy did we chill! It was only around 45 degrees when we got there, and I'm pretty sure it felt like 30ish when the wind blew. </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">But...we braved the cold and the boys played a quick game of baseball in the parking lot. While they were playing some guys from the Fort Worth Star Telegram came by and took some pictures of the boys. They got our names and where we were from, but did promise anything. Well, we opened the paper the next morning and low and behold, our little Conner...with a bigger picture than George! </div><div align="center"><br /></div><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323925985492194578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 347px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSFSRnk5Grdsp-8TIpr44sJpP-cAirKqvKVIJH_Cx-P9a2AfJu-IE38fC4OxVSwjjwc197w0MstLGfa5j9qeMuwgMO0_sQhuLkc95lT4b5XwQ49KUGoGZp3FZ8pCCPicru83TC9tcMLkx/s400/march+09+012.JPG" border="0" /></p><div align="center">George who? Who's that cute kid hitting the baseball?</div><div align="center"><br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323927650790632210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 264px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCSEbfGuxNEKm5z8aqxpARzRElOvUuaH3FCFnfdzBej8AhscihjcDpEbAb24CowncGp0Tlzga-7UJBpRte8stuiFuytWdtWedVIZhDkIhMGTyLLELFQKhF6NT2aIxjQ_Rau12vfU-AaBJ/s400/march+09+0161.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center">We took the article to school on Tuesday and he said..."Mrs. Gala...I'm famous!"</p><p align="center"><br /></p><p align="left">The game was great, the Ranger's won and the boys got to hit some balls in the kid's park! It was another great day at the ballpark. Maybe next year will be a bit warmer. Here are some pictures from our day! </p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323924880222353266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN5Og6qUUfyWLfUdcQYGXM53d8gcSOP9S-LLar1-adOFVS3qfIsmARWEPG30BURDw2AgldyUo3_VlkYyfP54q3Y1vyV31yfWWhqyzLXe__wQmmOiCmCDc920_dyiZi1PwFF1TIycrRGlhM/s400/P4050001.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">Super fun tailgate party!</p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"><br /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323924878657895026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEaKhYL0tZkX3j4RfHeuk2Cv9lnL3K8hz27on4X3kZW__TA_EI_PZrpsht7Wju1QxX30vjX_8hnDwfHCsK9pY8vW3zbPlYzZphGjjtEdHiyLK8uGcuHGoV1lc5dAWilGka04AZOiK64HbA/s400/P4050002.JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Yummy beef!</p><p align="center"><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323924886020096018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj311qm5BqBOVo6MMt1xAmSzzkch8JH4e70K_qsziZVfzmNzC0R2zS2l8rAC0pkDzS0pQ5Crzl4sy9YIE7XS8SJ9Bpqln7_rDuo1qph6hPbc6m31HvbupJlca5zo4J1URbVW7WSM6U55yAg/s400/P4050003.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">The boys watching a DVD in the car...since they were FREEZING!</p><p align="center"><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323924887242639218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1L6VaWB9EVuiJjJcTKUug966fU7GQWixTtcSi1PCZqnPzrxD6GVK5CQqdF-KRjMscdYToK3NvOA-XX6_wKy09Ib4BtdC7v1UqBAH5y8hgZYRPVHhcJ4JZhY1YaA8KJHWT6tsHqPCFWdsG/s400/P4050009.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">Thankfully our seats were in the sun, so we were warm for a good 45 minutes before the shade came and turned us into icicles again!</p><p align="center"><br /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323924889168817698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoNzIalCk7zdn6AWkRbM3n18uLc6C2eD2LQuqNsr137V1X8pyeg1nTxbSWj0dz8OZYftLoZVORameRjTq-R9DbnXOoI51eo9PsYYrJyFETC9ibNAQiIKgV1PZcd3GzGN50DoLdGD2zSr9e/s400/P4060019.JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Captain was having himself a Cooper for a snack!</p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323925980394511986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35_jibQOMp-Y1gtJb2Fmj2aAoFzEv5JB1VUkceDZakHlgx5E-Hoaj-nci5OkZgGwm3JH3DURYHTVd13bZzzaCiZL67u8oJ0bdWj-9lGGWqBgsKjvMuUKhtWPfXQ_lUvtLSmsHyPvRK7yH/s400/P4060024.JPG" border="0" />Conner getting ready to knock one out of the park.</p><p align="center"><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323925977055959266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmcHfa7A_NK9YjM0qOyF-bv6871Z92tkMhAuPOnsd1URhPj0SCBOxAIg1Ib9pNx3zCRufLvbRfywfXbCIew2k8niUiyYRqwC1i0Dxnlhc9-pFfwdEIpMpLpHmgoNxdAY6wA-iw1khN3x4n/s400/P4060027.JPG" border="0" />Cooper hitting a grand slam!</p><p align="center"></p><p><img class="centered" alt="post signature" src="http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll39/michellerdiaz/Signiturecopy-1.jpg" /></p><a title="Bookmark and Share" href="http://www.blogger.com/" target="_blank" pub="DayDiaz&url="><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" width="125" /></a><br /><br /><!-- AddThis Button for Post END -->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372456115807937257.post-78844628879692921552009-03-25T11:42:00.000-05:002009-04-13T09:41:11.275-05:00Annual Sunday School Camping Trip<p>This year for our annual Sunday School camp out we went to Lake Whitney. It was a new experience for us, since this was our first time w/o our camper. We sold our old one just after the new year, and haven't found one since...so we were tent campers for the first time. We put the boys in a small tent and Day and I used a tent we borrowed from our friends the Smiths. The weather was beautiful and the fellowship was great! We had a lot of fun, but it sure is different now that so many of us have kiddos. It just makes for a lot more work and a lot more mess to clean up, more mouths to feed, more clothes to wash when you get home, more people to keep track of, and more toys to fight over share. </p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p>The kids really did well overall and Cooper made a huge milestone while we were there. He's been talking for awhile about wanting to learn to ride his bike w/o training wheels, but since our first attempt, we just haven't taken the time to work on it any more. Well, Cooper made up his mind that he was going to take them off while we were camping. So the first chance he got, we took them off and he never looked back. In true Cooper form...he hopped on his bike and started riding like a pro. He did have some issues with starting and stopping, but mostly because his poor little legs are too short to reach the ground. </p><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><p>We are so thankful that we have a group of people that we can make memories with, that encourage us in our walk with the Lord and have seen us at our worst and love us anyway! I love the memories we are making with our family. (By the way, in case you were wondering why Carter didn't make it into any of the pictures, its because my mother graciously offered to keep him with her for the weekend. We love ya Carter, but you're just not camping material quite yet!) </p><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFzVXdCD5ZVsoKRShr35umokw6Ezv3RtAW9XRAz_cxgFVQlh9PskQLWW9SpCXSy3iudzD-ToM-6FwpfhALXMy0vzHfzuXdgL7S-_uOPra-eK0TNCEgtUB_Z3ZdzYkTlw0Qg_OoDaG33ZmO/s1600-h/March+20+085.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324158055123331186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFzVXdCD5ZVsoKRShr35umokw6Ezv3RtAW9XRAz_cxgFVQlh9PskQLWW9SpCXSy3iudzD-ToM-6FwpfhALXMy0vzHfzuXdgL7S-_uOPra-eK0TNCEgtUB_Z3ZdzYkTlw0Qg_OoDaG33ZmO/s320/March+20+085.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>The boys LOVED having their own tent! </p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg40A_QHDnYuuvlSuZGIkV_KRZfu_H9NJDLf0Bf9IViCsgm1zr3e-mqxJMosC4jgIOTujorwl5gIORfZnB4LovthKPS3cl6WDaAeLIRVEwg17vAvtVuvg7B4-dI5jtzARsy5hyphenhyphenTijlQV83A/s1600-h/March+20+079.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324156909801652818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg40A_QHDnYuuvlSuZGIkV_KRZfu_H9NJDLf0Bf9IViCsgm1zr3e-mqxJMosC4jgIOTujorwl5gIORfZnB4LovthKPS3cl6WDaAeLIRVEwg17vAvtVuvg7B4-dI5jtzARsy5hyphenhyphenTijlQV83A/s320/March+20+079.JPG" border="0" /></a> Amelia and I played in the waves. </p><p align="center"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKJz5JbXmTcIn6WiA2OvpwXfxfDqc-x7zjy1Pmb8pZ0kzSuA89riylIp9OFHwxifqF9P-iot2dTSRIGJlq54ZASdc4kNkZVh4tqgh7u9fPPS2-PmuTjzPIGUdamBZdnAi5opPlptiSl6N/s1600-h/March+20+076.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324156905632997042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKJz5JbXmTcIn6WiA2OvpwXfxfDqc-x7zjy1Pmb8pZ0kzSuA89riylIp9OFHwxifqF9P-iot2dTSRIGJlq54ZASdc4kNkZVh4tqgh7u9fPPS2-PmuTjzPIGUdamBZdnAi5opPlptiSl6N/s320/March+20+076.JPG" border="0" /></a> Conner looked for shells in the sand.<br /><br /><br /></p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYZw_WL6KHHgu8sbtEQCp6cXLp2rvBoj6cyz2AeqtCXI3Kexciau7kgr8ptvL5f0k7xneW9QzKWDO5kpuCYrzEg2eT7t8Cogp2L2EiU5DtCOUI7SbGNAm_lNIqlsuJvpVWvWN6ICNWZX7T/s1600-h/March+20+069.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324156902816103362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYZw_WL6KHHgu8sbtEQCp6cXLp2rvBoj6cyz2AeqtCXI3Kexciau7kgr8ptvL5f0k7xneW9QzKWDO5kpuCYrzEg2eT7t8Cogp2L2EiU5DtCOUI7SbGNAm_lNIqlsuJvpVWvWN6ICNWZX7T/s320/March+20+069.JPG" border="0" /></a> It was SOOOOO windy! Perfect kite flying weather!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioo-jdaWmpQuDLvHNnkhF1HCgjwsGZ_xlIDtxfJzmJ1aB21ytPko8dG1M6Sn6Nq6Smx7MrBl5pZJfGaSbLPebDX0XelE7s0Uvssf8aSm7hyCdpfh70AF0rxvmIKtglvnQXBy71uw7xs6qs/s1600-h/March+20+068.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324156897088194354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioo-jdaWmpQuDLvHNnkhF1HCgjwsGZ_xlIDtxfJzmJ1aB21ytPko8dG1M6Sn6Nq6Smx7MrBl5pZJfGaSbLPebDX0XelE7s0Uvssf8aSm7hyCdpfh70AF0rxvmIKtglvnQXBy71uw7xs6qs/s320/March+20+068.JPG" border="0" /></a>Conner taking a turn with the kite!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz0uljZGKH58QQuJ4xVPTaP6jxUpNlzygYtRA3BembuYfS-V5DoNvhFtmoo2Fsx-nHs3mE4KUt4NYAxH_yZa9OFARxvdk1STJumzGep1o_Ml_U0jhAOFqK1nuLwODg-Rmff_71JorEu7Ls/s1600-h/March+20+0744.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324156894519792322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 308px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz0uljZGKH58QQuJ4xVPTaP6jxUpNlzygYtRA3BembuYfS-V5DoNvhFtmoo2Fsx-nHs3mE4KUt4NYAxH_yZa9OFARxvdk1STJumzGep1o_Ml_U0jhAOFqK1nuLwODg-Rmff_71JorEu7Ls/s320/March+20+0744.jpg" border="0" /></a> Conner took great care of Amelia!<br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEvwhXkflYUuqru-zjhebeXilm5IFOF-tYZx16n_RU3vY4sjinUjjZGyQlXmRYw03VmRjHxr7A9Q1oqzjKJzHSTIdES_LHyzH_Om_uu6dqOELLFiaYwGx_fMN6-XYN1bX9qFh-2EnuLGnx/s1600-h/March+20+067.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324153675014922530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEvwhXkflYUuqru-zjhebeXilm5IFOF-tYZx16n_RU3vY4sjinUjjZGyQlXmRYw03VmRjHxr7A9Q1oqzjKJzHSTIdES_LHyzH_Om_uu6dqOELLFiaYwGx_fMN6-XYN1bX9qFh-2EnuLGnx/s320/March+20+067.JPG" border="0" /></a>They were buddies all weekend!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCUU2swLe2lWT4IAoDg45-pLPXnMD1iqGzcYZiOiE_M1c-Mn8F86rPc4P4dh1QD8f1R2cMmWydTviAiZHb8_x26TCgK4P9uiXbmxt-U6J92r17atwqr3mncunVxLH6aa0-KbGJ82AZjfnt/s1600-h/March+20+047.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324153674534885682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCUU2swLe2lWT4IAoDg45-pLPXnMD1iqGzcYZiOiE_M1c-Mn8F86rPc4P4dh1QD8f1R2cMmWydTviAiZHb8_x26TCgK4P9uiXbmxt-U6J92r17atwqr3mncunVxLH6aa0-KbGJ82AZjfnt/s320/March+20+047.JPG" border="0" /></a>The bluebonnets were starting to bloom, so we got a few pictures. Not the best outfit for bluebonnet pictures, but oh well!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7XUpc6UaWonkAseQOGi8avQ6y3dObw8b66mcYCxAWEGJhLcxZY9W1Qk4UKxlyh36wuEwQ6kxYbkq93Q05XKSbGw1rAC5liFijzmrBq0Vr8THZldhztlEKWg8Wia2VYYycAbV1BjcQ7VQR/s1600-h/March+20+052.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324153667326467378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7XUpc6UaWonkAseQOGi8avQ6y3dObw8b66mcYCxAWEGJhLcxZY9W1Qk4UKxlyh36wuEwQ6kxYbkq93Q05XKSbGw1rAC5liFijzmrBq0Vr8THZldhztlEKWg8Wia2VYYycAbV1BjcQ7VQR/s320/March+20+052.JPG" border="0" /></a> He's just too cute not to take his picture!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBg5JLpZkroL70nyqTdfIO4bbRVs0YDJTgLccua5PXdp4Rq1RDprG4Bn4dEf1GoyQ2liqIVo-DFhc3LIYxv3nH4YpISoepGV9fQWixmB8WxxKEYpe8B6dhhAkySW8Xcl1fnlLkUjb8MHtM/s1600-h/March+20+043.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324153664475880834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBg5JLpZkroL70nyqTdfIO4bbRVs0YDJTgLccua5PXdp4Rq1RDprG4Bn4dEf1GoyQ2liqIVo-DFhc3LIYxv3nH4YpISoepGV9fQWixmB8WxxKEYpe8B6dhhAkySW8Xcl1fnlLkUjb8MHtM/s320/March+20+043.JPG" border="0" /></a> Brent was nice and let Cooper hold his fishing pole. No luck with the fish though.</div><div><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIWn5MEywHThsx7Ibl9ObSO5pc7QLNR_MoYkKZutQzoJUzZtogEDdm4g6o3peMUtSc5jpTlmmPNnmxKrZi9euVPNrny3Py6cr8tHuq9wJ1ldASQTcjvfxaqLkt1z-gcOYJ8eo0SE8DSabD/s1600-h/March+20+013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323936052303472882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIWn5MEywHThsx7Ibl9ObSO5pc7QLNR_MoYkKZutQzoJUzZtogEDdm4g6o3peMUtSc5jpTlmmPNnmxKrZi9euVPNrny3Py6cr8tHuq9wJ1ldASQTcjvfxaqLkt1z-gcOYJ8eo0SE8DSabD/s320/March+20+013.JPG" border="0" /></a>Dad was fine tuning the pole.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3HGe3d4WX8kvnJz1n-sdWY1DdYZXv77v-0mLDMIOq3wbfjpQsqiUQvY1zcJVtEt1z0cgfP8T4I44v9t0Q3EnhAzDWCJyEWSFCsYTdFosIbH4Kvqqo-Um5HcGlQQsuWvylSQkN_qgf_Xk/s1600-h/March+20+012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323936044476002562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3HGe3d4WX8kvnJz1n-sdWY1DdYZXv77v-0mLDMIOq3wbfjpQsqiUQvY1zcJVtEt1z0cgfP8T4I44v9t0Q3EnhAzDWCJyEWSFCsYTdFosIbH4Kvqqo-Um5HcGlQQsuWvylSQkN_qgf_Xk/s320/March+20+012.JPG" border="0" /></a>Nothings more fun than throwing rocks in the lake!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz37ikazGovnK8_BIhcBhLa93vdqsadd0hcJJ97C8ETs1dxpz7mNiG9uvjXIM6zWI-TD61QezIfuVKZ0-6NfV2CLcaYpmXgxIbaDf-I_Gq5CtSOV2wSlGkA0N_zjFDf6dfqWt-SkgC24Vk/s1600-h/March+20+015.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323936038956485266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz37ikazGovnK8_BIhcBhLa93vdqsadd0hcJJ97C8ETs1dxpz7mNiG9uvjXIM6zWI-TD61QezIfuVKZ0-6NfV2CLcaYpmXgxIbaDf-I_Gq5CtSOV2wSlGkA0N_zjFDf6dfqWt-SkgC24Vk/s320/March+20+015.JPG" border="0" /></a>Cooper was learning how to skip a rock. It's harder than it looks!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwpSK-mJexDaN6Y6SKzQOZFNOQSvJv0xFrpz717Eofxyp8ovTJI8EM7NXxLPwiykxwu-6fYQicy9GLrJmqJ3d_AnjiOuFZnLxsmcnk6QRoXMPcLUkdQrrMGkwSoyHC6OkO6xZvymBt5JHF/s1600-h/March+20+009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323936032350542306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwpSK-mJexDaN6Y6SKzQOZFNOQSvJv0xFrpz717Eofxyp8ovTJI8EM7NXxLPwiykxwu-6fYQicy9GLrJmqJ3d_AnjiOuFZnLxsmcnk6QRoXMPcLUkdQrrMGkwSoyHC6OkO6xZvymBt5JHF/s320/March+20+009.JPG" border="0" /></a> Cooper taking off w/o his training wheels! Look at him go!<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixzxtB0Wew93z4WSgOgWaLC3QNyxmx7JyjJxOq24k3SqOL-cYCo0FNAzcLrsG3KmaE_fjK_nWbgoLUsqUm3sJouG8orRgcX05kQn845E9M4yPZGSWr3feaMfIUJkiFrPjwPXmLZehJwBdu/s1600-h/March+20+007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323936028921313314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixzxtB0Wew93z4WSgOgWaLC3QNyxmx7JyjJxOq24k3SqOL-cYCo0FNAzcLrsG3KmaE_fjK_nWbgoLUsqUm3sJouG8orRgcX05kQn845E9M4yPZGSWr3feaMfIUJkiFrPjwPXmLZehJwBdu/s320/March+20+007.JPG" border="0" /></a> He was so proud of himself. Somehow this turned into another teary eyed moment for mom. Another sign of him growing up!<br /><p></p><p></p><p></p><br /><p align="left"><img class="centered" alt="post signature" src="http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll39/michellerdiaz/Signiturecopy-1.jpg" /></p><!-- AddThis Button for Post BEGIN --><br /><p align="left"><a title="Bookmark and Share" href="http://www.blogger.com/" target="_blank" pub="DayDiaz&url="><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" width="125" /></a></p><br /><br /><!-- AddThis Button for Post END --></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372456115807937257.post-18739797109549838682009-03-12T11:26:00.005-05:002009-03-27T13:01:49.686-05:00Dallas Bloom at the Dallas ArboretumWe made a trip out to the Dallas Arboretum and enjoyed the spring display! We'd only been there in the fall, which was also beautiful, but the spring flowers are some of my favorites. They also had this new exhibit that was really cool. They had tree houses that were made based on various children's books. The kids had a blast in the Peter Pan pirate ship. Some of them were books I'd never heard of, but they loved playing in the just the same.<br /><br />I had high hopes of getting some great spring/Easter pictures of the boys while we were there, but the night before Carter took a spill down the ladder to our playground and not only had a huge scrape on his face, but a black, swollen eye to go with it. So if you're wondering why he looks like he's been in a fight, that's why;)<br /><br />There were too many cute pictures to only post a few, so I had to go with the slide show. 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One, they were finishing a unit on nutrition and wellness, so what better way to encourage an active lifestyle. Two, they were hoping to raise money for a new sound system for the cafeteria by having people "<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">sponsor</span>" the kids who committed to run a certain length of time. </div><div align="left"><br /> </div><div align="left">When I first asked Cooper how long he thought he could run he answered, "49 minutes!" I told him that would be like a Word World and half and maybe he should try again. His next choice was 15 minutes, but even then I was afraid that would be a stretch, so we finally negotiated it to 12. </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><br /><br /><div align="left">The night before, during dinner he asked me, "Mommy, are you gonna come to my fun run and watch me?" "Heck yeah, I am!" I said. "You're not bringing Carter are you?" "We'll yes, he wants to cheer for you too! Plus I don't have a choice. Why would you say that anyway?" "Mom, he's always a trouble-maker!" (Can't really argue with that!)</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><br /><br /><div align="left">So on Friday, the whole family...including Mimi, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Pawpaw</span>, Uncle Cory and his friend Clay all came to cheer Cooper on. Cooper was at the front of the pack and ready to take off with a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">vengeance</span>. He did a great job and it quickly became a family affair. </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><br /> </div><div align="center"></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheegPe-RrtF3NoNLWshZhuEZS_qk6jmWbeGXb1IpYiImsUic-x6GUsm4CDWSlPPnwEqKMToXnWvxgC_7W6WDlkpB7hYguVt47zsjnyrQxJ4V3tzgMCIOI_-0a1n-Mnx3hj6LYN5QusE3wc/s1600-h/Feb+28+0077.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309747000666747634" style="WIDTH: 303px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheegPe-RrtF3NoNLWshZhuEZS_qk6jmWbeGXb1IpYiImsUic-x6GUsm4CDWSlPPnwEqKMToXnWvxgC_7W6WDlkpB7hYguVt47zsjnyrQxJ4V3tzgMCIOI_-0a1n-Mnx3hj6LYN5QusE3wc/s320/Feb+28+0077.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center">Waiting to start... </div><div align="center"><br /><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzK1hYEXeVFzwHsHP9mIQy_hXj3U22X1vqUXkh5c06oC_U9dOJI7Wv-GocJGwNhCGCO-dcSxTKlmd1GSOhpB9UHAhedLDUT6zeexvdOZ9xwVYW73jUwrCVyWZ5sNoDhijwOCte-Oyl2Lbd/s1600-h/Feb+28+010.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309747002545384818" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzK1hYEXeVFzwHsHP9mIQy_hXj3U22X1vqUXkh5c06oC_U9dOJI7Wv-GocJGwNhCGCO-dcSxTKlmd1GSOhpB9UHAhedLDUT6zeexvdOZ9xwVYW73jUwrCVyWZ5sNoDhijwOCte-Oyl2Lbd/s320/Feb+28+010.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center">And he's OFF! </div><div align="center"></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcC9SnsFCAIqtjrPwwcUvngnWYyNapzh41HakjTQEVvjCXf0Diev9HnbY-71lLnWYFW6NQEl0PGX33MAmeGAL1-2JYQo4ufMLmdOngyTKHr49bWila1m4VFw4PL6jo5KkCUQVoedXqVJo9/s1600-h/Feb+28+011.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309747010359492674" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcC9SnsFCAIqtjrPwwcUvngnWYyNapzh41HakjTQEVvjCXf0Diev9HnbY-71lLnWYFW6NQEl0PGX33MAmeGAL1-2JYQo4ufMLmdOngyTKHr49bWila1m4VFw4PL6jo5KkCUQVoedXqVJo9/s320/Feb+28+011.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Look at them go!</p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309752581673592082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 306px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBRSW8YdW7cfIsKSs4VChMOthMLOkT2RuEtqCX-0pBuHShkwedvKXywlkkBogLp5acubSOb19pxgZmGW9vfZGnYt5JzZbRr3KqTvfH3wyixzmrYjJsRK8tCvAKWlTBgJywqAeehkZHBknA/s320/Feb+28+0133.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center">Making his first lap around. Looks like he's having a BLAST! </p><p align="center"><br /></p><p>Carter really wanted to get in on the action so I decided to run with Cooper and let Carter come with us. After one lap around I was going to stop and let Cooper go on his own, but Carter screamed..."Do <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">adin</span>! Do <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">adin</span>!" So around we went, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">adin</span>! After a second lap, he was not ready to stop. He went around '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">adin</span>' with Mimi, then '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">adin</span>' with Cory and once by himself! That makes for 5 total laps he went around! He was a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">runnin</span>' fool!<br /></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivX8UMhRoq7uJR33pakWPXftc_nkwuckuD100uYI-F7nuWYXCUlbcGcdiszgzMSgXDgADDweKqGfL3sVwnWIpbjp6IHMcdRZbffBDrPbjewQb3arcpFqHrPtbzDCtSxqr7K54hu1eWUsJD/s1600-h/Feb+28+018.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309747024379052082" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivX8UMhRoq7uJR33pakWPXftc_nkwuckuD100uYI-F7nuWYXCUlbcGcdiszgzMSgXDgADDweKqGfL3sVwnWIpbjp6IHMcdRZbffBDrPbjewQb3arcpFqHrPtbzDCtSxqr7K54hu1eWUsJD/s320/Feb+28+018.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Finish his second lap with Mommy. </p><p align="center"><br /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309752578869536290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkIYo-fdeJ5AO2vL1XFhqCwF_grBSie_sxoPYxpPH4bfzH-X-_q6I3jWHTwOUWCFV50rkU8jGv6Ysv3FvbSH_OHmP2R82UD0olCwfOe4D2dVTeeB-2TW4ulu49Nv6ncz-CRTRBfoehXRE3/s320/Feb+28+024.JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Mimi took all three boys with her. Carter is now on lap 3!</p><p align="center"><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309752570917876306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFM6I3vWfe6PqKQG0OTpt2drM-Nm_CQusHwA6CjxQpg2SCF0aaHVFd-zGfZPSHckhgnyWN4BDxioAXK97PXbFEO-yqk7BvBGSZicakngo9NAjUOD8H9_rN2LcJPl1Srzldsu3bxjgeYX01/s320/Feb+28+022.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">"Do <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">adin</span>?"</p><p align="center">That's really what he was saying! This was right before lap 4 with Cory. </p><p align="center"></p><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309752590496194050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 210px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdMxXGeKNFseB5Jtrs2BLIhUf8dAo8ieQobVQcPCosm_neAwzEjWJPW-0TSDgMN2e8ga4DhKHwCsaI9-Px9IDGjg7X-IL-seAJ_vMXcvtVNmSw_XLU8ijC-wFRrrJwrpqPF3knnlufqvpc/s320/Feb+28+0277.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center">Finishing up lap #5 with Cooper, and some other kid who seems to be confused as to which way the race is going:)<br /><br /><br /></p><p>After about 20 or so minutes, I asked the teacher how long they were going to let them keep this up. "Oh, they're doing this for the whole P.E. hour! We still have thirty more minutes!" Good grief, that's a long time for 5 & 6 year <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">old's</span>. They could walk of course, and Cooper walked some, but mostly he ran his little heart out. We didn't stay to see him finish, it was windy and getting colder by the minute, so we headed home. </p><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXb7J3i8ltpknm25tALZOh_umOePhsu8V7jhcehGjTRxhcFcpz9jOHg_Zn3sd7ZWQK8Jiqr_BFcgG-WXFsUUTU5Yem53t3-9g_HmvKhZogHpS_h5M8y4GhTP7cSeNQc3XklrxlmzVE-hAe/s1600-h/Feb+28+021.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309747028128274290" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXb7J3i8ltpknm25tALZOh_umOePhsu8V7jhcehGjTRxhcFcpz9jOHg_Zn3sd7ZWQK8Jiqr_BFcgG-WXFsUUTU5Yem53t3-9g_HmvKhZogHpS_h5M8y4GhTP7cSeNQc3XklrxlmzVE-hAe/s320/Feb+28+021.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">It was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">gettin</span>' cold! Conner had seen enough, Carter wanted to keep on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">runnin</span>'.<br /></p><p>Cooper did a great job and had lots of fun! We are quickly becoming a family of runners! Come back soon to see a post of Day and I running the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Cowtown</span>.<br /></p><p><img class="centered" alt="post signature" src="http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll39/michellerdiaz/Signiturecopy-1.jpg" /><br /><!-- AddThis Button for Post BEGIN --></p><!-- AddThis Button for Post END -->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372456115807937257.post-12067352286195792122009-02-08T10:05:00.010-06:002009-02-08T11:31:23.433-06:00Playing catch up...<p>So, here I am again...behind on my blogging. Mostly, we've just been sick, sick, sick! I was really hoping that this would be the year that we made it through the cold season with little to no sickness, but I guess there's always next year, right? </p><p> </p><p>Oh well, so here's some of the things that's been keeping me too busy to blog...</p><br /><p>While Cooper and I were waiting to see the Dr. at Care Now, we were looking through a Family Fun magazine. Cooper saw this fun food craft and wanted to make it, so when we stopped at the pharmacy to get his medicine for his strep throat, we bought all the goods to make these banana snow men. Carter got to make one too...I think Conner was still taking a nap so he missed out. Take a look at our cute little snowmen!</p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfhEjYRgZauyMV_LSXKa457R20HDHkH-ni9eS4tuUuEAh0gKInJwRNP__wEcIk4aibxb0noiQ0rjsrzoEWzTm7_cn50Lir5tWUPTHlpUrKzMrYat4Dfw2sAGfDSxPztnmS47C1xXPQck/s1600-h/jan-feb+09+004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300461721641918162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfhEjYRgZauyMV_LSXKa457R20HDHkH-ni9eS4tuUuEAh0gKInJwRNP__wEcIk4aibxb0noiQ0rjsrzoEWzTm7_cn50Lir5tWUPTHlpUrKzMrYat4Dfw2sAGfDSxPztnmS47C1xXPQck/s320/jan-feb+09+004.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKAJS3-LJoTfo0ZPr54WODY92iAk6fnJ8jmiBiwJOfJDi5Lq0zcmd5hskwtxNh_HVyyUcSe-8mAwyO-Xl-ntq34Mcx1CE3fwomJQgy4IB12ACn5H0JrFVqkhKFdexQ3KHGONgLiHhNPX4/s1600-h/jan-feb+09+002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300461719919137762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKAJS3-LJoTfo0ZPr54WODY92iAk6fnJ8jmiBiwJOfJDi5Lq0zcmd5hskwtxNh_HVyyUcSe-8mAwyO-Xl-ntq34Mcx1CE3fwomJQgy4IB12ACn5H0JrFVqkhKFdexQ3KHGONgLiHhNPX4/s320/jan-feb+09+002.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300461726434904418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVOKd9pg_t8Bb81QVDO3sp5a4L7ueymVvmsoBzXzQ3jOYXpco3gQNmWoSfHAGYqYhAAiMzgt9cTpu9pUSpFsNP0fO9FJXWxhEqb2bk_VUpCC_PZrNCSTZ9xHM3axqdGETf9HQ_IFdWvJc/s320/jan-feb+09+005.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div></div><div></div><br /><div>We had a 'snow day', which in Texas means and 'ice' day! Cooper was thrilled to have a break from school, until we informed him that he will have to make it up later. All that mattered today was having fun in the ice. Day had the idea to send them down the driveway in the recycle bin. Cooper thought it was awesome, but Conner and Carter...not so much. I'll try and add the video but for now, here are the pictures of our icy fun!</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6qXLutM2ENJqabCJIsIcOEn6NCmM_iNjjzMgwFbRFM83CtOjKw3_CrnZsXQgYtaSsmu4yyFFVEwiAvuVzZ22jQjOse8qNhOkzQcu307JnnhaPvvDOlGLFQFW1QUYQ4wcxUzISyBv2xNY/s1600-h/jan-feb+09+029.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300464295968277538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6qXLutM2ENJqabCJIsIcOEn6NCmM_iNjjzMgwFbRFM83CtOjKw3_CrnZsXQgYtaSsmu4yyFFVEwiAvuVzZ22jQjOse8qNhOkzQcu307JnnhaPvvDOlGLFQFW1QUYQ4wcxUzISyBv2xNY/s320/jan-feb+09+029.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqeoIdv5ASXl6OWj_znzsWm2nNLxJAwIZ4Y1VJv14SRjPCwJxmVoQ5m1_Z2nj34SySigVmHYv_yPZDDBchq3hIHG9ZcMDiaaxWfVheKeh9OzEeOj0LOhbDx2qcnTwaoY2_cgk3cLcZiw/s1600-h/jan-feb+09+030.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300464291977663266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqeoIdv5ASXl6OWj_znzsWm2nNLxJAwIZ4Y1VJv14SRjPCwJxmVoQ5m1_Z2nj34SySigVmHYv_yPZDDBchq3hIHG9ZcMDiaaxWfVheKeh9OzEeOj0LOhbDx2qcnTwaoY2_cgk3cLcZiw/s320/jan-feb+09+030.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie5AxWRXD0sVs19gU8RcZ-AhQ_0qfH-4Te7JUWuTWHVzF4lxRSH1pzTgIsOWxC0oQVBLxAWPXektYOiZJs2nn6nPDl1gBAd1QYeYPgZjbqJT4RNvkF_A6xG60d6a7kmTI7aCGqsS0m9c0/s1600-h/jan-feb+09+031.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300464285428335922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie5AxWRXD0sVs19gU8RcZ-AhQ_0qfH-4Te7JUWuTWHVzF4lxRSH1pzTgIsOWxC0oQVBLxAWPXektYOiZJs2nn6nPDl1gBAd1QYeYPgZjbqJT4RNvkF_A6xG60d6a7kmTI7aCGqsS0m9c0/s320/jan-feb+09+031.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHzrZi56ApDFK5keV2E9U4taPrTMwMAZje34EJPO_h8I04gvBsnpYvnFPQseyDp2miGoqqno9RDQWZHIt3mo6nySJybzX1YHTr5W93RIq-AAyY1JuxNPSPgeiq7jvVcDQy7bCLmIC6KZk/s1600-h/jan-feb+09+032.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300464282316714962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHzrZi56ApDFK5keV2E9U4taPrTMwMAZje34EJPO_h8I04gvBsnpYvnFPQseyDp2miGoqqno9RDQWZHIt3mo6nySJybzX1YHTr5W93RIq-AAyY1JuxNPSPgeiq7jvVcDQy7bCLmIC6KZk/s320/jan-feb+09+032.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div>Cooper had a birthday! He's now a big 6 year old! We had lots of fun at his party at ASI and his friends had lots of fun too. He's growing up so fast! Here are some shots of his party fun...</div><br /><br /><br /><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP1UEIgd__s8-4amJXr15fm85Npfqsam8651nlSnw3xqkQWS1TaX9TCZIPiiMm3QJ3wqLYc-S4zJHpCeZGFzz_VvZdsL3yA_w-XZLmWmdm97dA7Aedlv87L0-37VCfkb1Iu-WoQPeUCKs/s1600-h/jan-feb+09+118.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300472223380074338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP1UEIgd__s8-4amJXr15fm85Npfqsam8651nlSnw3xqkQWS1TaX9TCZIPiiMm3QJ3wqLYc-S4zJHpCeZGFzz_VvZdsL3yA_w-XZLmWmdm97dA7Aedlv87L0-37VCfkb1Iu-WoQPeUCKs/s320/jan-feb+09+118.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtuzz5a85ewTepluYdpxvrHI5LVLjwzKiwPfDJ0420ei5s5h-dmWjbXvEimvY93WDosWwynQhtMscE6aoxUlf5YEeCtw9I6SdDpAXprA4g_AHy4raVeHgcLFsOnKyfAh7SXtPmQWz9r8/s1600-h/jan-feb+09+109.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300472215362123666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtuzz5a85ewTepluYdpxvrHI5LVLjwzKiwPfDJ0420ei5s5h-dmWjbXvEimvY93WDosWwynQhtMscE6aoxUlf5YEeCtw9I6SdDpAXprA4g_AHy4raVeHgcLFsOnKyfAh7SXtPmQWz9r8/s320/jan-feb+09+109.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtCRdiY5eEGI22BISVuzhsRymkvToYtwkwrfCWeKMpu7GP2r1ltCiuSl0zlRek5FWCVwaPlcyO3Clta_02sWAmAWyyhyphenhyphen9K-S5MoNR9sG5OOpNS3b9wvCFv52CE7VXolyX1NE5kIbCy8Lg/s1600-h/jan-feb+09+097.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300471029521376882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtCRdiY5eEGI22BISVuzhsRymkvToYtwkwrfCWeKMpu7GP2r1ltCiuSl0zlRek5FWCVwaPlcyO3Clta_02sWAmAWyyhyphenhyphen9K-S5MoNR9sG5OOpNS3b9wvCFv52CE7VXolyX1NE5kIbCy8Lg/s320/jan-feb+09+097.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg92osSgvTPI4OMMaNvfRYfIsK_jZD0s2MTuhzXxTQ2jkYltzH0qh-tpu1azpusI5N0uSMsEOD2U4KQJiKx6L4eXisKqPzoC8exBrvTTOlXYGNcTviKzm1o-zjCoYuVUe6QIGFA5OkXDvI/s1600-h/jan-feb+09+075.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300471026076031346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg92osSgvTPI4OMMaNvfRYfIsK_jZD0s2MTuhzXxTQ2jkYltzH0qh-tpu1azpusI5N0uSMsEOD2U4KQJiKx6L4eXisKqPzoC8exBrvTTOlXYGNcTviKzm1o-zjCoYuVUe6QIGFA5OkXDvI/s320/jan-feb+09+075.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300471017821370178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf6wFSoXZiuM56F49bOYZHmnV25nxYgZzka8aDmRPfaHqNiV5kQKcPM1KmdMuau6FO4J0avyKi54KXnAuZuaGZsiNSOnVik4lKY0znMRZb6Q12No_gyjtCUOrftmAOKaVf2l_NQSTyHj4/s320/jan-feb+09+056.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSAWEt-w9UGatcNhuuJgrAuMs6g1cQMVSG8_bX6jiMWs5M1BqDUOyOFtlSPJ3JBf1C42YxSTmHKcwvyfAvCw7alzXnuJmzIBtaNqEaPH1Ivk0kvnqZD_CuClz2QVmXE9J4qcONRBWt5BI/s1600-h/jan-feb+09+065.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300471026769869730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSAWEt-w9UGatcNhuuJgrAuMs6g1cQMVSG8_bX6jiMWs5M1BqDUOyOFtlSPJ3JBf1C42YxSTmHKcwvyfAvCw7alzXnuJmzIBtaNqEaPH1Ivk0kvnqZD_CuClz2QVmXE9J4qcONRBWt5BI/s320/jan-feb+09+065.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYvqKzqkK_fWDft20CmsJOQ3Y__t_e3RP8DugxFzdXIl5tznsVE4GqIB5LN10IU8pr5P6CKRqXcAP4aMws4YOf44l7lRabDwUixFP5qiK3qZnEeXZmcqu-2-T_Lcj-InXIfMEj8egTGd8/s1600-h/jan-feb+09+038.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300471020706797410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYvqKzqkK_fWDft20CmsJOQ3Y__t_e3RP8DugxFzdXIl5tznsVE4GqIB5LN10IU8pr5P6CKRqXcAP4aMws4YOf44l7lRabDwUixFP5qiK3qZnEeXZmcqu-2-T_Lcj-InXIfMEj8egTGd8/s320/jan-feb+09+038.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300472226355805698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBTYjFdfaOvk1LRFCIG-AEki-kFlp0t82XNzuESPgAhu2Y8iEDtohspr60PoCS9exh5RXNtVbTB1D5ZaftVcFpv36BDQeUnyCgdb-KaR7PVyA94oRY2PQAtWfCC2L-wiyBW5I_Ndri-2g/s320/jan-feb+09+123.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300472229288695618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXWPw4c1OKoPWuO4OUJmaWHlVpqWfhZPOFUoekSFe-wyLuWcSbDXo9Jkemv3buXFv6XOReFv5Vmup9wNuybGeT60Ym4v0ou_pFRuwyA0juEKV4QSsi2zx9khbdjb_-JzDqHdaVtjwY7F0/s320/jan-feb+09+132.JPG" border="0" /><br /></div><br /><br /><div></div><div>Finally, last Sunday we had our second annual Super Service Sunday project. This year we brought lunch to a local fire department. The boys came with us and got to check out the fire truck. It was great to say thank you to these guys who do so much for our community. </div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaw2HRhxdVbW__IQpn3p1W-BswZzNpwm5bEIBzjmS9JtSWmlpgqahWLrRR7DjUhg9_aQTAroeOfRGw5UIpI3srB0fpUxCmseWOZbPKeKR3xb8t0Wm4aqmQytHV_hlkmK3Llo8Y_24MDUg/s1600-h/jan-feb+09+162.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300475353556911586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaw2HRhxdVbW__IQpn3p1W-BswZzNpwm5bEIBzjmS9JtSWmlpgqahWLrRR7DjUhg9_aQTAroeOfRGw5UIpI3srB0fpUxCmseWOZbPKeKR3xb8t0Wm4aqmQytHV_hlkmK3Llo8Y_24MDUg/s320/jan-feb+09+162.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjayoAedTgaPFWbQn-XM1ojdDOoHdJBcbeF8oww2b33u18P162TDchUDTLQK1g4QGePHolZKExMpf45pPnlWs24zosSmhkLblUs_4QXWkotDt3kijSqQCagM8VKvVJBGfSyud6IhSuXl98/s1600-h/jan-feb+09+160.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300475351832249906" style="DISPLAY: block; 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After having three kids in four years my body was not in the best of shape...unless you count round as a shape:) But to be honest, I've struggled with my weight my entire life and tried to blame it on a number of things; being 'big boned', it just runs in my family, I'll start tomorrow,... you name it, I had an excuse! And now, looking back I am truly not positive what finally clicked in my mind that finally got me on the right track. Honestly, I can see it has been a combination of several different influences from several different people and circumstances.</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="left">My first step was really back in college when some friends of mine invited me to come to Weight Watchers with them. At that time I was at my highest weight of 183 and was able to lose almost 30 lbs. That was about 6 months before I got pregnant with Cooper. From that point on, my body was nothing more than a baby making machine and with each child we added, I was put lower and lower on my own priority list. It wasn't long before I was just about right back where I started. </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="left">About two years ago, not long after I had Carter, a few of my playgroup friends and I joined Weight Watchers again. I had such great success the first time, I knew that I could do it again. I started at 181 this time around and lost about 20 lbs. Not long after that, my friend Kristin and I joined 24 hr. fitness. She and I would meet at 5:45 as many mornings as we could and work out together. I have to say that this was the biggest turning point in my reaching my weight loss goals. I always thought of exercise as something I would do once I got most of my weight off. I assumed that I would hate it, and that it wouldn't really produce any results. Ultimately, I think I was afraid that I wouldn't lose the pounds that I was looking for. And to be honest, I was right, but what I was wrong about was how much better it made me feel and that I didn't hate it. I didn't LOVE it, but I didn't hate it. The pounds didn't come off right away, but my body was different and the inches came off slowly but surely. </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="left">Most of all I owe my success to my husband, my motivator, my encourager, my friend. He has loved me at my biggest and everything in between. He started running in a few 5K's and finally convinced me to do the Cowtown back in 2007. I walked the whole way with a friend, but enjoyed the atmosphere and realized that being healthy might actually be fun! We've done a handful of 5K's since then and I've realized that running makes the weight come off much faster, and I'm all about that! My competitive nature has taken over and I'm always trying to beat my time and am now considering doing the 10K at the Cowtown this year. My last 5K was the "Jiggle But Run" at River Legacy Park. The best part was that I did it with my playgroup moms. We've all been working on getting our bodies back in shape and I was so glad that we all did this together. It was so fun and I had my best run yet at 34.14. I'm so glad I have my girls to keep me motivated too! Here are some pictures from that run... </div><div align="left"><br /><br /></div><p align="left"></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290517578684815474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYO-SAg1J5YECNgyrJj6uIrCEMKPa4vc-9y0h6FPvuXIBuhKIyRjkHiVg9-5QPkU57U9s3yMWDk7c0gEbBNchyphenhyphenAyOsXEcU37rBNJBZPPk1QEclYxz1YOIBYqdi954wcD5vDMHEyqv2ERAG/s400/jiggle+butt+run+002.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">Here we are before the race...looking nice and energized! </p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"></p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc9wSt9U-0esGh_DCACj1R4-UK-JFPsNxOcGPEb0WyU-Rhfwt5595jC3SihXEx9jQY4kbzHw9ui6sniywitt4g4VFGurb_pRw35PPzDgtQ0KQcvoBsgRgUaY1go8i7E8UXogvAABihSFS-/s1600-h/jiggle+butt+run+012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290517593395756898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc9wSt9U-0esGh_DCACj1R4-UK-JFPsNxOcGPEb0WyU-Rhfwt5595jC3SihXEx9jQY4kbzHw9ui6sniywitt4g4VFGurb_pRw35PPzDgtQ0KQcvoBsgRgUaY1go8i7E8UXogvAABihSFS-/s400/jiggle+butt+run+012.JPG" border="0" /></a> And I'm off! </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGbjONuQOa15Ok6NZdNhY6WBvH3aWCAmpBOEbJ-p-LtTSMbC-MJxaVPLXOlnYzCqOmKnrDn5qkyyxjLejqyQLhAkfoZTz6NXdjaxLm29XOAzo7CKmDI9yTrWlePN-VUtrRd-9pKH23RYPh/s1600-h/jiggle+butt+run+010.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290517585185038370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGbjONuQOa15Ok6NZdNhY6WBvH3aWCAmpBOEbJ-p-LtTSMbC-MJxaVPLXOlnYzCqOmKnrDn5qkyyxjLejqyQLhAkfoZTz6NXdjaxLm29XOAzo7CKmDI9yTrWlePN-VUtrRd-9pKH23RYPh/s400/jiggle+butt+run+010.JPG" border="0" /></a>"Go Mommy!"<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290517612477849266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5xcrpfi2ZU9VKasXJEfkxTSVJnk-p1-Xy6jU5PR6_YaN2vQxCRE2n56oQdbjGZ0wBeHSPm51zJyhyphenhyphenVpKiSedPTw-VPqO-1bNJsyEoRfc-nqT359yesVxheT4lUuxOzyT0nRu9AAhIL0Ra/s400/jiggle+butt+run+027.JPG" border="0" />Here we are after the race...still look pretty good I'd say!<br /><br /><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><br />My initial goal weight was 140 and I felt like I would never get there, but after a year of hard work I've finally gotten there and even surpassed it by almost 5 pounds!! I haven't weighed in the 130's since junior high, and I'm sure I'm taller now then I was then...so I look even better now. I sometimes don't recognize myself in pictures or even in the mirror. This is the first time in my life that I am comfortable in my body, and most of all I am hopeful that I can erase some of the health problems that have been so common in my family. Like heart disease, diabetes, etc.</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">So, I had to add some before and after pictures...</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjJSkFCA9ikPKxgcv0bPAJz_ZH86FHXMiKniRK4zdCxkhVNrOQrjKWcGHr3X3hHzS2ptF4sIIzp35uNGhyphenhyphenwd_pck8fUO1Vw9SlaAmlEcghLnBQpHQYg6Vwb12wnb0bCetzRwfAU9Wr5dxD/s1600-h/1656.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290531745933547810" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjJSkFCA9ikPKxgcv0bPAJz_ZH86FHXMiKniRK4zdCxkhVNrOQrjKWcGHr3X3hHzS2ptF4sIIzp35uNGhyphenhyphenwd_pck8fUO1Vw9SlaAmlEcghLnBQpHQYg6Vwb12wnb0bCetzRwfAU9Wr5dxD/s320/1656.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_fiX4PfQB-2WMzGiRsGtJZiL4xiyj4oW322mKUoz5YzrcxMKn9I2Aa7M54Sqtu4orwaCsnIX4UQfQgK6MpYMmEcjxNyXu0GD5ajE4KMPKingiWEyaZfOyxlkHIkwdhAQ5AugeGkI-Ih_d/s1600-h/Celine+001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290531752667392642" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_fiX4PfQB-2WMzGiRsGtJZiL4xiyj4oW322mKUoz5YzrcxMKn9I2Aa7M54Sqtu4orwaCsnIX4UQfQgK6MpYMmEcjxNyXu0GD5ajE4KMPKingiWEyaZfOyxlkHIkwdhAQ5AugeGkI-Ih_d/s320/Celine+001.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRghil_kCUOcsIQQUhTI6eB_flu8xnepCuv0EMFiiKweACDMd4vlHI6t9E_D-iF79zN5NYlOTTizHu0vaOES69YmA3jCNQYTIsQq4koK5GHjWtGh8OEErqegc54OxxcX-gSsgwcQhFsZFd/s1600-h/1656.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpIA_NRByMCeUMToJQJ-Ec2SIZXilBBp6os2Dm3wGikzMYgTzigfMKXqWC77W_HBJv4NJ2ysoYXKf0VyEfg3bDNrCccQh4Jx3QbH2S8vMp3E18WkK2rUxN5uSFpheCpg9fp4FrM0iF6jZl/s1600-h/Celine+001.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The first one is from spring of 07' at a marriage conf. that our Sunday school class went to. This was about 6 months after I'd had Carter...yet I still look pregnant! That was not what I saw when I looked in the mirror. I didn't realize I'd gotten so overweight! </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><br /><br /><br />The other pictures is the same picture from the anniversary post, but side by side you can really see the difference in both of us! Day has lost nearly 45 pounds alongside me! I'm so proud of us! </div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372456115807937257.post-71859598757255907622009-01-08T13:31:00.006-06:002009-01-08T17:52:24.214-06:00Nine years and counting...<p>It seems crazy to think that Day and I have been together almost a decade! Wow, that makes it sound REALLY long! The truth is, it has seemed like minutes! As I look back on our wedding day, I can still recall the overwhelming sense of peace that overcame me throughout the whole day. I had no doubt that God had brought us together and that His hand would remain on our marriage so long as we put Him first. Don't get me wrong, this has been a journey of hard work and unwavering commitment to making our marriage the best it can be. There have been days that we've both wondered who this person was that we're sharing a roof with, but mostly we have an absolute blast together. </p><p>Honey, as we celebrate our marriage today, I want to thank you for making me a better wife, mother and woman! Thank you for always making sure that my every need is met, for never letting things go un-done at home, for being an amazing father to our boys, for making me feel like the only woman on the face of the earth. Not only that, but making me feel like I make all your dreams come true as well. You are my best friend, my rock when my world feels wobbly, my source of laughter and strength. I love you more each day and can't wait to see what God has in store for us in the years ahead!</p><p>Love ya honey!</p><p>Here's a look at us on our wedding day (I couldn't find one of just us close up, but you can click on it to make it bigger) and from this weekend when he took me to see Celine! We had a wonderful evening away and it meant so much to me that he'd worked so hard to plan this special surprise. Next year....Hawaii here we come!</p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpv0XwRiYsSMpsbgpP8aQtvOzQ8_1vjcIpdQCx7f-rd9hP-ckqBqtRHI8p-B_sn7zANqZ45XS3n1-YW1pwn3mVf1dtIvFt-XydCrks4la5STjv_oUnxihXEJP3VmmnVNGIQq6l8CjjSdgU/s1600-h/img078.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289071907779167186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 281px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpv0XwRiYsSMpsbgpP8aQtvOzQ8_1vjcIpdQCx7f-rd9hP-ckqBqtRHI8p-B_sn7zANqZ45XS3n1-YW1pwn3mVf1dtIvFt-XydCrks4la5STjv_oUnxihXEJP3VmmnVNGIQq6l8CjjSdgU/s400/img078.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKUtZWK2UZLq4Az6NWwKoIIyozCsF17_ahw33Z8YjVVT96uwTJFpTzBG1z9W5Wd97ThpjRUxkxaknJKkSyvd_JPeAdePj4RIE4Ru5onNSIT0r-LQnVrIrZaSeGN0Vppm7rNyc2lhS4rbfD/s1600-h/Celine+001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289071903579523986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKUtZWK2UZLq4Az6NWwKoIIyozCsF17_ahw33Z8YjVVT96uwTJFpTzBG1z9W5Wd97ThpjRUxkxaknJKkSyvd_JPeAdePj4RIE4Ru5onNSIT0r-LQnVrIrZaSeGN0Vppm7rNyc2lhS4rbfD/s400/Celine+001.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><img class="centered" alt="post signature" src="http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll39/michellerdiaz/Signiturecopy-1.jpg" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372456115807937257.post-77319198328876449472009-01-02T16:49:00.004-06:002009-01-07T14:13:27.250-06:00The Trains at North Park<p>On Friday we took the boys along with Mimi and our good friends the Smith's (Zack, Julia & Mac) to see the Trains at North Park Mall. I knew that Conner would love it since he's always loved all kinds of trains, but I was truly surprised at how much Cooper and Carter enjoyed it. It's not that big of a place, but it still took us about 20-25 mins to walk through, since they were taking time to look at every last thing in each little 'town'. There was Mt. Rushmore, Downtown Dallas, a snow village, and Indian village, the White House, a circus and carnival and I'm sure others that I forgot. Oh...Thomas and Percy the trains. I would recommend it to anyone who's looking for a holiday tradition to do with their family! There are also other things to do in the mall, like a Scrooge show and a puppet show, but since we went after Christmas, those were not opened any more. We'll just have to be sure and go before Christmas next year. Here are some pictures of their faces as they enjoyed the trains.</p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0sAfIjsG8dWVQnZwjgCzvX5uclYQzI_nZ7tVGA0PAe_29zhyphenhyphenDNsWtnmHZxcb6bDypKGIW3K8WhCTn0v_L-yOk-n-R5PnA7ixvdMfD9ogF0nOFSpTs34mki_HL9r477vw2vICdYlfh-tz0/s1600-h/January+2+002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288320581074897442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0sAfIjsG8dWVQnZwjgCzvX5uclYQzI_nZ7tVGA0PAe_29zhyphenhyphenDNsWtnmHZxcb6bDypKGIW3K8WhCTn0v_L-yOk-n-R5PnA7ixvdMfD9ogF0nOFSpTs34mki_HL9r477vw2vICdYlfh-tz0/s400/January+2+002.JPG" border="0" /></a> "WOW!"</div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw4lUbCseewgKPvuyhteR1qWVFHHe32q97gsjd9BDWOXZQ1pCU6obqhbEoOtT5tkemHuXUmSaV5-VNnvYhfYBz-PGFi39umo7ElpjX9ZVWNPvtri1tnELpGtLYhxirbw4bGZlevBscCl0P/s1600-h/January+2+004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288320568661415106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw4lUbCseewgKPvuyhteR1qWVFHHe32q97gsjd9BDWOXZQ1pCU6obqhbEoOtT5tkemHuXUmSaV5-VNnvYhfYBz-PGFi39umo7ElpjX9ZVWNPvtri1tnELpGtLYhxirbw4bGZlevBscCl0P/s400/January+2+004.JPG" border="0" /></a> Our first trip to Mt. Rushmore<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNslqsW7lyU6k8MDSlrR3-bk3zm0YcwQ2xakXZCHeNkpkMfkDBWiMV_P3p1FhslpOJXrzojBZQiaInQebQaQRO-YoShv9rW4y1Atxc7d6qqijBJTP2LD6-a2Gy0nLk4RJZtCnP0NhAaE1_/s1600-h/January+2+006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288320558812444498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNslqsW7lyU6k8MDSlrR3-bk3zm0YcwQ2xakXZCHeNkpkMfkDBWiMV_P3p1FhslpOJXrzojBZQiaInQebQaQRO-YoShv9rW4y1Atxc7d6qqijBJTP2LD6-a2Gy0nLk4RJZtCnP0NhAaE1_/s400/January+2+006.JPG" border="0" /></a>"CHOO CHOO's!"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPRm2WU8lCuRpmpZq3O_gE0_QQbB5DRrZwKZx1mgbLImrHooLr0vByPk2CuEgP2xX5dmuMPbA1iqLr4W6dgYLGI6Hy0mtr79lAyHMrdM2YJU_IdsRPzTvgnBC6rlKJd6WMzb65W9AU5TYr/s1600-h/January+2+011.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288320546895061442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPRm2WU8lCuRpmpZq3O_gE0_QQbB5DRrZwKZx1mgbLImrHooLr0vByPk2CuEgP2xX5dmuMPbA1iqLr4W6dgYLGI6Hy0mtr79lAyHMrdM2YJU_IdsRPzTvgnBC6rlKJd6WMzb65W9AU5TYr/s400/January+2+011.JPG" border="0" /></a> Conner was in train heaven!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI5jcNAO8KnRy9vP4qInXYEjcBK-dF6zB8ZtL5oE1z0I31-APhDsLPjkj0EXRGSCOY_9u4GC3INYWzAMa1JoJDD89Rx5UCNUD4sFJqq8hlFM8sdbyMwtb6uOQotGF_WDUcPJ7uhOcAYn2U/s1600-h/January+2+017.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288319189235795234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI5jcNAO8KnRy9vP4qInXYEjcBK-dF6zB8ZtL5oE1z0I31-APhDsLPjkj0EXRGSCOY_9u4GC3INYWzAMa1JoJDD89Rx5UCNUD4sFJqq8hlFM8sdbyMwtb6uOQotGF_WDUcPJ7uhOcAYn2U/s400/January+2+017.JPG" border="0" /></a> Carter spotted some candy!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQbpDqeKwQqgek7Z9DKwwIqGB_PE26Mj5gK3hQZ5C5_SRsnszG96_HEdPb1ayfgzqepD8JkPU2BE40dVA3zW6voSfdYLHOzwOVbrG1ffVZGprCLw87I8cSkI3fQnMwzlRE4JUEiM_Gn2Xw/s1600-h/January+2+025.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288319178153091650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQbpDqeKwQqgek7Z9DKwwIqGB_PE26Mj5gK3hQZ5C5_SRsnszG96_HEdPb1ayfgzqepD8JkPU2BE40dVA3zW6voSfdYLHOzwOVbrG1ffVZGprCLw87I8cSkI3fQnMwzlRE4JUEiM_Gn2Xw/s400/January+2+025.JPG" border="0" /></a> He also spotted a familiar face...Thomas the Train!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkcSrv7WAovZH6JxCWLwTIhu-VeUdVl0NRis0E6QRhtE-o7_ky1ztxPC0dft5EIkiwfWTytSRYOGM1ac4xJ7-WpoyYrXyTvoE-vhp7Lpw-izWFp5kGgK9WGv4PysDIOOipYHvLT3DcHYRD/s1600-h/January+2+035.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288319165624131938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkcSrv7WAovZH6JxCWLwTIhu-VeUdVl0NRis0E6QRhtE-o7_ky1ztxPC0dft5EIkiwfWTytSRYOGM1ac4xJ7-WpoyYrXyTvoE-vhp7Lpw-izWFp5kGgK9WGv4PysDIOOipYHvLT3DcHYRD/s400/January+2+035.JPG" border="0" /></a> Mimi and Conner in NYC!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtjNfdbqyqjwOTBtCodnScNEpxQncbv7lzWN7GCyL2_A94O1nealKzphNqGPtpl7GV2LLiXejNDS0u8gZqiv4sKo14GS5mUHW4r5Yx45Lp3sNNiC10wDqNODY2bc5ZroF4hwBaANJxV6j8/s1600-h/January+2+036.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288319162408153586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtjNfdbqyqjwOTBtCodnScNEpxQncbv7lzWN7GCyL2_A94O1nealKzphNqGPtpl7GV2LLiXejNDS0u8gZqiv4sKo14GS5mUHW4r5Yx45Lp3sNNiC10wDqNODY2bc5ZroF4hwBaANJxV6j8/s400/January+2+036.JPG" border="0" /></a>Mommy and Cooper in NYC!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuCsVXsYO11s0DHu6c90P65t08GgA1E73WE7TH2M8YJg6Hemqve5KkkQt65PIK5MgtsT-ZBWXnkgOoVUf3O-IWSV4jXeunkLI8B3PIoP8mjzozXd6URf6QahhetR2l5BIVIw4NrjpWY-5K/s1600-h/January+2+043.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288319159898152226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuCsVXsYO11s0DHu6c90P65t08GgA1E73WE7TH2M8YJg6Hemqve5KkkQt65PIK5MgtsT-ZBWXnkgOoVUf3O-IWSV4jXeunkLI8B3PIoP8mjzozXd6URf6QahhetR2l5BIVIw4NrjpWY-5K/s400/January+2+043.JPG" border="0" /></a> A group shot!<br /><br /><br /><p align="left"><img class="centered" alt="post signature" src="http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll39/michellerdiaz/Signiturecopy-1.jpg" /></p></div></div></div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372456115807937257.post-38056272299489507782008-12-31T20:11:00.002-06:002009-01-07T14:20:39.262-06:00Our Trip to the Dallas Science Place Museum<p>Today we went to the Dallas Museum on Natural Science or The Science Place with a friend of mine that I use to teach with and her boys, along with a friend of hers and her kids. I had never been to this museum but heard it was really great, and it really was. There were lots of hands on stuff for the kids to do and the whole bottom floor is for younger kids and they had a blast! I highly recommend it to anyone with kids of any age. You get a pretty good idea of the vastness from our pictures. I used a slide show since there were so many great pictures to share.</p><p><br /><br /><div><embed src="http://widget-3e.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=lt&il=1&channel=144115188094859582&site=widget-3e.slide.com" style="width:426px;height:320px" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:426px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=lt&at=un&id=144115188094859582&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-3e.slide.com/p1/144115188094859582/lt_t062_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=lt&at=un&id=144115188094859582&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-3e.slide.com/p2/144115188094859582/lt_t062_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=lt&at=un&id=144115188094859582&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-3e.slide.com/p4/144115188094859582/lt_t062_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><p></p><p></p><p><img class="centered" alt="post signature" src="http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll39/michellerdiaz/Signiturecopy-1.jpg" /><!-- AddThis Button for Post END --></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372456115807937257.post-73512694366391790672008-12-29T14:09:00.003-06:002009-01-07T14:03:33.437-06:00My Lego man...<p>I gave my aunt and uncle the suggestion of getting Cooper some Lego's for Christmas in hopes that this would be something he would be good at, and would be challenging for him. I asked them to get the 'kit' type one's that have step by step instructions on how to build it. I wasn't sure if he was old enough for them, but when we had some quiet time while his brothers were asleep...I got it out for us to work on together. I had to try not to tell him what to do, and just let him look at the instructions and do it on his own. He did GREAT! There were several times that I had to correct one of the steps he had missed, but on the majority, he followed the instructions just right, and when I had to step away for a few minutes, I came back and he was done! </p><p>I always sort of knew that Lego's would inevitably be part of my future, but it use to seem so far into the future. Seems like a weird milestone, I know, but this is just another step for Cooper being a bigger boy. I know I shouldn't be so surprised at how well he did. He tends to catch onto things pretty quickly, and this was no exception.</p><p>I guess this means that I'll be stepping on these little suckers for many years to come...Yippe!</p><br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287259270672104642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG9qkXmKMlr1rbNSmB78PBRRO1T0CJ3Q1BClpp3xx6JoRpeUb2KBKtDXrQvXRtD388huL_XMfBnK0X3HT50JFtqkX8lBu6-lViwEqkOCBmHtfuytiOYBAHGBjEN_Rmpbtonq3YnFee9JFm/s400/January+2+051.JPG" border="0" />The goal... </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287259244645396818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIX9KzH4LhW4UNw21lncb5HEDEiPC8K2IBLRUlto8I1PRNUkz951vV0CsQQJkVl4FYyB2hN0K5TZUsvxSRewwf5AR49KJ4KvP8-XvekavJ73TGFKIxsH4IzRxbXVi9L-TDzwgONLDJL6YJ/s400/January+2+045.JPG" border="0" />One piece at a time... <div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div></div><div align="center"><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287259251570169394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimbVvB49nO9F6hkmZ4Hc8_-lyHVpQfW_n5fwP7Q6LlPsFH8FoAxkaUZdbal8A7DWwuS6UVAFCgPmFxV_IZfMF_-fDBwDUu41e9sSMENWD-VkgN0bIvqPzB8EnF7v8O9wwSupjhmS_h0DD-/s400/January+2+048.JPG" border="0" />Working very meticulously...<br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXoKGrpSudsAe46nT8_iQu35GUoNvI8IsgBA-dWUMAgwp3fA2m_XnahabM_wtDGeJbJASX6pSA2VKLgEpTP5C4SKkJGHjoVzUiijfYTknvrVxWx9rRN1wdQf0_IekXZW-ovuKg6kSQobsP/s1600-h/January+2+047.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287259262695289826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXoKGrpSudsAe46nT8_iQu35GUoNvI8IsgBA-dWUMAgwp3fA2m_XnahabM_wtDGeJbJASX6pSA2VKLgEpTP5C4SKkJGHjoVzUiijfYTknvrVxWx9rRN1wdQf0_IekXZW-ovuKg6kSQobsP/s400/January+2+047.JPG" border="0" /></a> So far...so good!<br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287259280638725298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5qfrH62tgjdPjyQKESsYq87ts9ormTheKmHdekbE82ORdTio0C9x7yrJazyRjGEEmqQVi43r751V0sex8pWNrFOhVxPIPyN3D4yHy9d33em5cvHx8uh6lcArZYAas5g19M8_dPPpTOqPt/s400/January+2+052.JPG" border="0" />The finished product! So proud of himself!<br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="left"><img class="left" alt="post signature" src="http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll39/michellerdiaz/Signiturecopy-1.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><br /><!-- AddThis Button for Post BEGIN --><br /><div><a title="Bookmark and Share" href="http://www.blogger.com/" target="_blank" pub="DayDiaz&url="></a></div><br /><!-- AddThis Button for Post END --></div></div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372456115807937257.post-62383849519265766002008-12-26T19:59:00.001-06:002009-01-07T14:09:42.323-06:00Diaz Family Christmas...<p>We spent the first part of our day with Day's family. It was great to see everyone and catch up. Here are some pictures of the whole gang.</p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhuzgzjcNdFkhcCEgIAqt16mMzUn02GSetquQzYMNqi6JjiDn5f4utkJrYWejpMuasjrOyppQcQTP_VoPTFNlIAmEg0mS3wuF1IMyLZuDB8dY4oVNaCkMX6VyA8nx7gUQrAurL__wGFHx/s1600-h/December+26,+2008+179.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287253687378603282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhuzgzjcNdFkhcCEgIAqt16mMzUn02GSetquQzYMNqi6JjiDn5f4utkJrYWejpMuasjrOyppQcQTP_VoPTFNlIAmEg0mS3wuF1IMyLZuDB8dY4oVNaCkMX6VyA8nx7gUQrAurL__wGFHx/s400/December+26,+2008+179.JPG" border="0" /></a> A serious pose...</div><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287253701761477282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgubCBbKQpBFt0MCPFoIeAC72PIY7rTPuW0O4g68NwNort_lWjnwrg7khflbIJ2XFdQenzwS8_NvkUiFJj4p6MkeJSXA1mN3NYC2ArieWSa3ixhWFRLD2kPXZH0q2uV7XEPps8cjk8I3Ksh/s400/December+26,+2008+180.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">A silly pose!</div><br /><p></p><br /><p><img class="centered" alt="post signature" src="http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll39/michellerdiaz/Signiturecopy-1.jpg" /></p><p><a title="Bookmark and Share" href="http://www.blogger.com/" target="_blank" pub="DayDiaz&url="><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" width="125" /></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372456115807937257.post-86313990520181197632008-12-26T19:38:00.001-06:002009-01-07T14:11:18.293-06:00Let me back up....again:)<div align="center">I forgot to post about our annual playgroup Christmas Party. As most of you remeber from previous playgroup posts...we've grown exponentially, but still manage to have fun! The kids had a book exchange and the mommies did a gift exchange for the first time. This was just another reminder of how blessed we are to have each other and our kids happen to have fun too:)</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9m5Zd7udeDYmui7uNtuZRjK1-qW27yp0edxVxD9E3mFPvgHQeFlP0gdmoKIyMBeKVKFJKAIwPXnfW41r1eA0v15quFP9at4MPDUtlUSn_e0HV2gMVKW6aUQaMhLRiy5Aoy9NXArZySJl/s1600-h/December+08+055.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287248604760463634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9m5Zd7udeDYmui7uNtuZRjK1-qW27yp0edxVxD9E3mFPvgHQeFlP0gdmoKIyMBeKVKFJKAIwPXnfW41r1eA0v15quFP9at4MPDUtlUSn_e0HV2gMVKW6aUQaMhLRiy5Aoy9NXArZySJl/s400/December+08+055.JPG" border="0" /></a> Playing 'musical books'...didn't go quite as planned, but everyone ended up with a book they could enjoy.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-qlAYOCPMp303qrIWt-aNfs496FFqBsbrqoOP-Uc9kk2_qxTtaTW2VcCft094Pf3JpTQNz7Fh2-nGUsADhBZOfABSqXWNv-VSqHFB86yrgGtj31nqQe5-r3IBmkovCnywjDLKrVz0vCoN/s1600-h/December+08+061.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287248596460855122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-qlAYOCPMp303qrIWt-aNfs496FFqBsbrqoOP-Uc9kk2_qxTtaTW2VcCft094Pf3JpTQNz7Fh2-nGUsADhBZOfABSqXWNv-VSqHFB86yrgGtj31nqQe5-r3IBmkovCnywjDLKrVz0vCoN/s400/December+08+061.JPG" border="0" /></a> Ben and mom checking out the new book.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2il5zOEfeqeE_4ee687ViLY-01yqzoLK5jz44GBTI0cYo25BB4H9_XyKbYow-EIow7Yw_XG2tMTfHyIa5IxpY8tPTwNDhfRVju4rQtq5olS58PYQ3iIVmfEXPduBxWTUJVm1JjonPdUDK/s1600-h/December+08+062.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287248588770670530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2il5zOEfeqeE_4ee687ViLY-01yqzoLK5jz44GBTI0cYo25BB4H9_XyKbYow-EIow7Yw_XG2tMTfHyIa5IxpY8tPTwNDhfRVju4rQtq5olS58PYQ3iIVmfEXPduBxWTUJVm1JjonPdUDK/s400/December+08+062.JPG" border="0" /></a>Luke and Ethan working on a "Look and Find".<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH6ph051kJh0Pj37Qv5nW1F-_0ucP3xoGfjE7O_CET9LwFdToMSNVlyMi0cZww38djkLJlKqVD7S6VQ4xlTJs2ZKIRth46d4RzfnHRLPvdglS-WQa3-emdIXl9Ku3NJt8ldqVWzh019pci/s1600-h/December+08+066.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287248582415133906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH6ph051kJh0Pj37Qv5nW1F-_0ucP3xoGfjE7O_CET9LwFdToMSNVlyMi0cZww38djkLJlKqVD7S6VQ4xlTJs2ZKIRth46d4RzfnHRLPvdglS-WQa3-emdIXl9Ku3NJt8ldqVWzh019pci/s400/December+08+066.JPG" border="0" /></a> This was the best shot I was able to get. Not everyone is looking, nor super happy about having their picture taken...(Conner, Chance, Jackson)but you get the idea.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287248611186868226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXelu0ZZdKH94yppCku74CLkfTBHUpIE23vMccOa6J9F0CJRO4kQI3sVpSMI4vxWokbYZ-cAgKrQHVQzvlAOIPV2aZYCIYbaE4YHdk0yjco-1GelTBiKnwVePYoqABIr6pbRxW5gf8WPyy/s400/December+08+073.JPG" border="0" />Conner and Mabrie getting in their hugs goodbye.<br />God love'em!<br /><br /><p></p><p></p><p></p><p align="left"><img class="centered" alt="post signature" src="http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll39/michellerdiaz/Signiturecopy-1.jpg" /></p><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372456115807937257.post-38873427878599480122008-12-25T22:00:00.007-06:002009-01-07T14:08:05.226-06:00Christmas has arrived!<div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jvCoVSAo2PUkMHoINyqx59QGDramsjioQ_Jy9L1-L4eOvunlfnjJrvM92ydwFSDMh00nmOew0r0ZwvCqtYLgAZVMC4MFFTme9qqLCqK0zV5yWED6Ai4onESosHW3s861SJJnANWdsBRg/s1600-h/December+26,+2008+116.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286914809337717250" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jvCoVSAo2PUkMHoINyqx59QGDramsjioQ_Jy9L1-L4eOvunlfnjJrvM92ydwFSDMh00nmOew0r0ZwvCqtYLgAZVMC4MFFTme9qqLCqK0zV5yWED6Ai4onESosHW3s861SJJnANWdsBRg/s320/December+26,+2008+116.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div align="left">I love this face! That's what it's all about! Pure joy! </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><br /><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl5DSH6kmfve1x0AtK2BVPt8fwJOyec6xO2efJAQq5pMUMueWhUT2K3KUNeJ2g8UOjxXpg0Hw1RZ3S8iufljGG6bSG3MeWVlwhpyJb1otnm5MxOSRpGVVqfk0FM924AcnHclwd7fsDKC5H/s1600-h/December+26,+2008+118.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286914802804157650" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl5DSH6kmfve1x0AtK2BVPt8fwJOyec6xO2efJAQq5pMUMueWhUT2K3KUNeJ2g8UOjxXpg0Hw1RZ3S8iufljGG6bSG3MeWVlwhpyJb1otnm5MxOSRpGVVqfk0FM924AcnHclwd7fsDKC5H/s320/December+26,+2008+118.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Conner stood in awe!<br /></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8VeRQkVo9oMNdu-od8DYRPzy7_Nr0wEFr0HP3-R_3YWkLBlfIIwNah6EV23tRylUwUJnzV2bHv9tAa3XaKNaQDc3OGtruzGbIKGavYUYFoPvJkYMyyuXsx1MYV1OeEaASHY74Hz8S5vOL/s1600-h/December+26,+2008+119.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286914797041749186" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8VeRQkVo9oMNdu-od8DYRPzy7_Nr0wEFr0HP3-R_3YWkLBlfIIwNah6EV23tRylUwUJnzV2bHv9tAa3XaKNaQDc3OGtruzGbIKGavYUYFoPvJkYMyyuXsx1MYV1OeEaASHY74Hz8S5vOL/s320/December+26,+2008+119.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Cooper jumped for joy!<br /></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><br /><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQe75aruN-KowobaDlArVe7I3tn8Mji8lZiHKrhtdc-CT1FssIv8YmTxyG_cNrpkBIlCYmeKXWJNmJAmFSbTcj4b4G6q1kQAOG_QWUGrCsxrxBDb3GWTaHbQRsb6uxOrhuLeZQSkY7UeW/s1600-h/December+26,+2008+128.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286914795271839586" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQe75aruN-KowobaDlArVe7I3tn8Mji8lZiHKrhtdc-CT1FssIv8YmTxyG_cNrpkBIlCYmeKXWJNmJAmFSbTcj4b4G6q1kQAOG_QWUGrCsxrxBDb3GWTaHbQRsb6uxOrhuLeZQSkY7UeW/s320/December+26,+2008+128.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Carter checking out the hockey set that Santa left.</div><div align="left">He didn't care about anything else. We had to force him to </div><div align="left">sit down and look at the goodies in his stocking.<br /><br /><br /></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCPJT7RGSP2p8A0puvEpbKpmjemcghQP4lmEvyRx1uOVaDylJaVo8lTJWSi3irMBcZWjMtNapsumP5cZifOW3C_h4tvWkSZWhJ7qxUI7xq7htDTQn7sD_dmNX9FkoLBAI1bbzpvKuApEDc/s1600-h/December+26,+2008+127.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286913536245911074" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCPJT7RGSP2p8A0puvEpbKpmjemcghQP4lmEvyRx1uOVaDylJaVo8lTJWSi3irMBcZWjMtNapsumP5cZifOW3C_h4tvWkSZWhJ7qxUI7xq7htDTQn7sD_dmNX9FkoLBAI1bbzpvKuApEDc/s320/December+26,+2008+127.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Conner getting a good look at his loot! </div><div align="left"><br /> </div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB1NhgbEQJxOQUDGRAgfUiLUuXmfzpelvf-OoF9jcaAQCyPODvH1mUFvGZ8AIFbcWE6Rz7Vdi7JYdO9udsisf__F3tpWsYX_d4Ix-88mOxE3YGBH-0tuLmqGHG6VA5PVNjqjsL-GW38cGo/s1600-h/December+26,+2008+138.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286913529080041506" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB1NhgbEQJxOQUDGRAgfUiLUuXmfzpelvf-OoF9jcaAQCyPODvH1mUFvGZ8AIFbcWE6Rz7Vdi7JYdO9udsisf__F3tpWsYX_d4Ix-88mOxE3YGBH-0tuLmqGHG6VA5PVNjqjsL-GW38cGo/s320/December+26,+2008+138.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Getting a good game of hockey going! </div><div align="left"><br /> </div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOVk7qBX6LjI5piI0TVeOXOOahUUfITDb15_R2iAKdTDw4E2yRj1D9Iv6Vu-flE_g7GU8jK5QgygVQdMl39H0croznw5MASD1pBwblrJzoeaGuBM-bR_mAJwfV25HLHF0cQtmDGaF4yorw/s1600-h/December+26,+2008+139.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286913519651916386" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOVk7qBX6LjI5piI0TVeOXOOahUUfITDb15_R2iAKdTDw4E2yRj1D9Iv6Vu-flE_g7GU8jK5QgygVQdMl39H0croznw5MASD1pBwblrJzoeaGuBM-bR_mAJwfV25HLHF0cQtmDGaF4yorw/s320/December+26,+2008+139.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Cooper knew he loved this, but had no idea what</div><div align="left">it was...too funy! </div><div align="left"><br /> </div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGhnjR6aGuVHqe-P1m2jrmm_h22ddeN407EpTkQadf3HimllKfruiUgBwEm965Oif2MSgkJpaT9jUjk1SBBsP1bR5aL-9lHVcF-xecneD2SXQUdPyLtpmWSQglhxz0rUJLC3G5UMNcq7u5/s1600-h/December+26,+2008+153.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286913513101866738" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGhnjR6aGuVHqe-P1m2jrmm_h22ddeN407EpTkQadf3HimllKfruiUgBwEm965Oif2MSgkJpaT9jUjk1SBBsP1bR5aL-9lHVcF-xecneD2SXQUdPyLtpmWSQglhxz0rUJLC3G5UMNcq7u5/s320/December+26,+2008+153.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />My look of total shock when I realized that Day </div><div align="left">had gotten me tickets to see Celine Dion on the 5th</div><div align="left">of January. This was a anniversary/christmas </div><div align="left">combo gift, and I was totally surprised! He bought</div><div align="left">the tickets back in Feb. when they went on sale. He's </div><div align="left">pretty good at keeping a secret, I'd say! He had even more</div><div align="left">surprises up his sleeve, but I'll save that for a later post. </div><div align="left"><br /> </div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk7_qxthxVd4P_DBh12Ulac7i3Ffk2e8l3Q2ea92edfcg5SQR3XPZiizcof9cxLaivIiYTSK8Cz8vsPoWmARUWpucr2VZSEh0nYv1jbUfK62_MMHWJiCun_AT_Ret-sdzIBWtYXsOVSp6l/s1600-h/December+26,+2008+155.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286913499350477858" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk7_qxthxVd4P_DBh12Ulac7i3Ffk2e8l3Q2ea92edfcg5SQR3XPZiizcof9cxLaivIiYTSK8Cz8vsPoWmARUWpucr2VZSEh0nYv1jbUfK62_MMHWJiCun_AT_Ret-sdzIBWtYXsOVSp6l/s320/December+26,+2008+155.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This was the scene after all the fun was said and done.</div><div align="left">We had a great morning and we are blessed beyond</div><div align="left">measure to be able to give our kids a Christmas that</div><div align="left">is so full of joy! </div><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><img class="centered" alt="post signature" src="http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll39/michellerdiaz/Signiturecopy-1.jpg" /></div><a title="Bookmark and Share" href="http://www.blogger.com/" target="_blank" pub="DayDiaz&url="><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" width="125" /></a><br /><br /><br /><!-- AddThis Button for Post END -->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372456115807937257.post-2505671014018611682008-12-24T16:53:00.003-06:002009-01-07T14:17:00.586-06:00Christmas Cookies w/ Mimi and Pawpaw<p>Last year we made cookies for Santa in Alabama, so we continued the tradition this year at my parents house. Carter didn't quite get it, but enjoyed eating all the icing off his cookie. It was lots of fun and the older boys did a great job! This will be another tradition we hope to continue for many years to come.</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK-n3stpaxS_D66KUZHYIn11MVko_4ykkjSGnITErZLQUDTkiw65WUH_5gFkyjgechAXNo19FLKwAuwLPqP0MOALyxV2fVQ1W12Ck5bIYkzNgKYqJ8-EJ-RKz2AL8cA7Ew_9WXBjgXW7zq/s1600-h/December+26,+2008+017.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286906614459474242" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK-n3stpaxS_D66KUZHYIn11MVko_4ykkjSGnITErZLQUDTkiw65WUH_5gFkyjgechAXNo19FLKwAuwLPqP0MOALyxV2fVQ1W12Ck5bIYkzNgKYqJ8-EJ-RKz2AL8cA7Ew_9WXBjgXW7zq/s200/December+26,+2008+017.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0reJQ6Fn9bTM0Aq2agSISoXC0_AUu-qo565VpgYNBH8WB4j0JRux8qHzI3gjtKfUi1IOD5745O9Wjd4s4kvTXg2laWWdhjcizF6EmcVapwGkwdW87Cb1Ko7_2OSrSutATJqNPIqmpdGm_/s1600-h/December+26,+2008+024.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286906605744956866" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0reJQ6Fn9bTM0Aq2agSISoXC0_AUu-qo565VpgYNBH8WB4j0JRux8qHzI3gjtKfUi1IOD5745O9Wjd4s4kvTXg2laWWdhjcizF6EmcVapwGkwdW87Cb1Ko7_2OSrSutATJqNPIqmpdGm_/s200/December+26,+2008+024.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Carter's ready to roll! -------- Everyone hard at work.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn47oq_vtslHWJeGfxFutGYG5yQUq5p27ZijTv-kkMdRs0vDSQ0Y6PKRX9qIcXVl2rDkprw2y6k9_IhWgGdeyBmJSI4dgYrYHdKfxoMMLDKds11c5KZUgd5s8vEd6ghSSclWDWI_z2xFzv/s1600-h/December+26,+2008+032.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286905858390968722" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn47oq_vtslHWJeGfxFutGYG5yQUq5p27ZijTv-kkMdRs0vDSQ0Y6PKRX9qIcXVl2rDkprw2y6k9_IhWgGdeyBmJSI4dgYrYHdKfxoMMLDKds11c5KZUgd5s8vEd6ghSSclWDWI_z2xFzv/s200/December+26,+2008+032.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUfvE9My6ChgCf6MwugPhNr-4FVzYzmP7ko3KsCpIdCRdHwgZR45gAFNYHpJ0XR7ttBVdGVtBbBK4u9b0HDH69ImqKbtWl7lPjgwBIrUue_tpiGDgAZs7MDTCsc1XjHPJIpNfb2X5RI_Qv/s1600-h/December+26,+2008+033.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286905840483908626" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUfvE9My6ChgCf6MwugPhNr-4FVzYzmP7ko3KsCpIdCRdHwgZR45gAFNYHpJ0XR7ttBVdGVtBbBK4u9b0HDH69ImqKbtWl7lPjgwBIrUue_tpiGDgAZs7MDTCsc1XjHPJIpNfb2X5RI_Qv/s200/December+26,+2008+033.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Happy bakers! ------- Carter, where's your dough?<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghIDYmKOOAzHputuhSio0ufz4EPIGZyHPtWTHoq3xReZwmFd9SORhSjdJ1Jo8RkqGUwOaYO-pcS4Cr6MDhhFur5mN-atbvFIczOPaacSDLpecPPUUp4T9NGjgUGdijf2WbKFrW2E_4ehXP/s1600-h/December+26,+2008+049.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286905823585919890" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghIDYmKOOAzHputuhSio0ufz4EPIGZyHPtWTHoq3xReZwmFd9SORhSjdJ1Jo8RkqGUwOaYO-pcS4Cr6MDhhFur5mN-atbvFIczOPaacSDLpecPPUUp4T9NGjgUGdijf2WbKFrW2E_4ehXP/s200/December+26,+2008+049.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL0K0-LXeq_1FQzSGCsH57hadVDHdVo2P8950jekmlfnFKcgQt9ndkzvUW9Kr0-fSWff4_Lp8BhrqWWkBwQJVe-e3trEzyCHZotho969Bq7AyLZ1nS4V8pXPa54BJo42_bi2doHbU0l_L3/s1600-h/December+26,+2008+048.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286905813516913506" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL0K0-LXeq_1FQzSGCsH57hadVDHdVo2P8950jekmlfnFKcgQt9ndkzvUW9Kr0-fSWff4_Lp8BhrqWWkBwQJVe-e3trEzyCHZotho969Bq7AyLZ1nS4V8pXPa54BJo42_bi2doHbU0l_L3/s200/December+26,+2008+048.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Showing off their handiwork!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZpC-uU_kHqcqZcAHAs7o1vUS7NXltxAnrfiysWiAdq3ppgGBvYWhxZw69O55x2G4FPqtDzvAscFUxDfqlMyRCKELkr5qFM4h2JtAXswDuMvKpRj_vC6xKJv4Hg4jOToURndLECyJ6bUDe/s1600-h/December+26,+2008+050.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286905832153151858" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZpC-uU_kHqcqZcAHAs7o1vUS7NXltxAnrfiysWiAdq3ppgGBvYWhxZw69O55x2G4FPqtDzvAscFUxDfqlMyRCKELkr5qFM4h2JtAXswDuMvKpRj_vC6xKJv4Hg4jOToURndLECyJ6bUDe/s200/December+26,+2008+050.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />All done baking...now time for the decorating!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7kdtrkP-8r9OSX8aC4YsS-k_9e6pdfAfG6X5LDUaP9q9B2GCY7oztIFVvtGwIAwu_BovQEQnvso36Ft6SuI5l0LYwGGw-xgL7fAuWWZ9o_PXfDhxZR35cM3BW9YuK23o5pTdR2fDVzX3l/s1600-h/December+26,+2008+051.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286904648068498402" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7kdtrkP-8r9OSX8aC4YsS-k_9e6pdfAfG6X5LDUaP9q9B2GCY7oztIFVvtGwIAwu_BovQEQnvso36Ft6SuI5l0LYwGGw-xgL7fAuWWZ9o_PXfDhxZR35cM3BW9YuK23o5pTdR2fDVzX3l/s200/December+26,+2008+051.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjao9UbM7c58Mzz3czfX_eyOvJQEwE7sPBHbXFum1sT5oEv7ben86nhmpmZxcnx3RqxzNLwALRG-3WsaQsBlrCXCsbTc2zgbz4Y80r1CJ7tmdMSAB9KA4w-C328F7A5bjGe5SMhYoSEtbVR/s1600-h/December+26,+2008+057.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286904634711611122" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjao9UbM7c58Mzz3czfX_eyOvJQEwE7sPBHbXFum1sT5oEv7ben86nhmpmZxcnx3RqxzNLwALRG-3WsaQsBlrCXCsbTc2zgbz4Y80r1CJ7tmdMSAB9KA4w-C328F7A5bjGe5SMhYoSEtbVR/s200/December+26,+2008+057.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Carter doing his best ------ Then sharing some with Pawpaw<br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzuCinZMgmflcSiAJZdWQ0PyA58vvWRDVnlPU71Mv2ermBacB5lIhNreaWOm6cwQ8lUqAoPxJoDX5hyphenhyphenTLqTFtm08BakD3qfK0a3DlJs6LLh2V2GPB4b95uGftQslwhXvTif51OgOmFzT8e/s1600-h/December+26,+2008+065.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286904633441587522" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzuCinZMgmflcSiAJZdWQ0PyA58vvWRDVnlPU71Mv2ermBacB5lIhNreaWOm6cwQ8lUqAoPxJoDX5hyphenhyphenTLqTFtm08BakD3qfK0a3DlJs6LLh2V2GPB4b95uGftQslwhXvTif51OgOmFzT8e/s200/December+26,+2008+065.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZI71hVeKGICdOKjKPC8gOm2sXdI3Yoz_EF4gWYoUPAhXmivJ8bnyAcsyj3VPiu7eymZ8e8p8Xkql69d4DLbJeZ6m_KreLQl9dqQ-BoyxOgxKj0-mcT5atT3g-tBKkEoBndZ-8u0tWpm7k/s1600-h/December+26,+2008+070.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286904626570752610" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZI71hVeKGICdOKjKPC8gOm2sXdI3Yoz_EF4gWYoUPAhXmivJ8bnyAcsyj3VPiu7eymZ8e8p8Xkql69d4DLbJeZ6m_KreLQl9dqQ-BoyxOgxKj0-mcT5atT3g-tBKkEoBndZ-8u0tWpm7k/s200/December+26,+2008+070.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div>A little sprinkle here, a little blop there...<br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXZPGFp0gbs1yBCdWonl0Kd3arSQWvSiRXvJ6lS4F6pdZbvmw3GszRfweIV8ldbR2-BTlMsIkrF1m7CFfNEDr_MzQ8hb9vnr7kYJRlqwtixhNOcL8AlH6rgaw95_DxuSBvc2X0UlTV620L/s1600-h/December+26,+2008+079.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286904615540369826" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXZPGFp0gbs1yBCdWonl0Kd3arSQWvSiRXvJ6lS4F6pdZbvmw3GszRfweIV8ldbR2-BTlMsIkrF1m7CFfNEDr_MzQ8hb9vnr7kYJRlqwtixhNOcL8AlH6rgaw95_DxuSBvc2X0UlTV620L/s200/December+26,+2008+079.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Taaaa Daaaaa! Aren't they beautiful! Santa will be very impressed!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-V5jBsVPa1IiTnZXYrSX0GN9vfYr-DrTlUYgoT7PH6CoJUr7YnODMZYpFerEW23qLjO1BWxrfTnlt54KJUyPzpEfqj-oEPYCR5p1lfoeuJOwjneC9iXBZAPgrwGMUdMRv1Q0QJKdWhQcL/s1600-h/December+26,+2008+115.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286911812497458386" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-V5jBsVPa1IiTnZXYrSX0GN9vfYr-DrTlUYgoT7PH6CoJUr7YnODMZYpFerEW23qLjO1BWxrfTnlt54KJUyPzpEfqj-oEPYCR5p1lfoeuJOwjneC9iXBZAPgrwGMUdMRv1Q0QJKdWhQcL/s400/December+26,+2008+115.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />On Christmas Eve they get to open one gift which is always matching pj's. Here they are putting out their yummy cookies for Santa. Couldn't you just eat them up?<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjerHvoUnXwq3292CRCcaKxxiu7oPRaUR-DjFBOwfkNY8hM2pa0WHjC1IKXMMy1GpIi5RxM5xwGaOhh-0yksiM74tQ2sWLmtVcOvdtR6p8QKF43A3_QumSQMPNXRUX4PLVyTXsGMBSmtwm/s1600-h/December+26,+2008+033.JPG"></a></div><br /><div></div><br /><p><img class="centered" alt="post signature" src="http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll39/michellerdiaz/Signiturecopy-1.jpg" /></p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372456115807937257.post-81168581479542270912008-12-24T15:21:00.002-06:002009-01-07T21:02:31.923-06:00Gingerbread House Tradition...Year 2<p>This was our second year to build and decorate a gingerbread house. Granted, it all came in a kit..pre-made and all I really had to do was add water to the icing mixture. But around here, the less work the better! Last year Carter wasn't old enough to help, but boy did he 'help' this year! We finally had to strap him into his booster seat to help avoid any 'mass destruction's'. He was very anxious to help, but very wild in his attempts to put candy on and was mostly in charge of putting the gum drops on the bottom of the house. Cooper and Conner did a great job at following my directions and have not stopped asking when we can eat it. I have a feeling it will be more fun with each passing year. </p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGJxFitaW99CKorHlVruh8Thz_GrzwudFQKQt5rKKQ3UtQObgHgmHhdN4arcyJumebc0h5ECuFmMSw6NnSVQ0gIGIgPn_zzMH-rpROvvueQE-Utyjr-9Jetz718q-Hbt0yHe-6YYm7wc5d/s1600-h/December+08+002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286824717741642834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGJxFitaW99CKorHlVruh8Thz_GrzwudFQKQt5rKKQ3UtQObgHgmHhdN4arcyJumebc0h5ECuFmMSw6NnSVQ0gIGIgPn_zzMH-rpROvvueQE-Utyjr-9Jetz718q-Hbt0yHe-6YYm7wc5d/s400/December+08+002.JPG" border="0" /></a> Getting the roof all iced up...and no Carter isn't wearing any pants, but at least a diaper.</div><div align="center"> </div><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286824722551047106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUY-R2Ang8aUORIZjAls25C0QooEDtUkMfbBW-DMK-7t8gchoIDuTbY_MHaTNCNlssTGGnHAqdzVwMvW7fbCJKMCYqcFyakGzDMJh2MVk8WfF0RVFGxFHHNvi_3fKZVyIZrL4yo0Dgl_uX/s400/December+08+014.JPG" border="0" /></p><div align="center">Carter getting a little angry at being seat belted away from the action.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286817100661199794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrPRgoqkaOCWpGSfg6FdxRb4tkDKCHnig-rpmjJTb0Sxm0OE58ZItraSdYX1wjL4Rovi_MmfJJPYPhsLZcgf_7EChSiyLPbc9tfZcJJoZYTlM0CItxPRHtJqis7wnzVN1b4LDzrWzRCU24/s400/December+08+012.JPG" border="0" /></div><div align="center">Now doing a great job at placing the candy on the roof.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286817112155604706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jXHP8p7zC6u66wX61_XhFaWaQAuaEB7QGrC8ejPm5pnmqK1fLNfKuJy_eaZARiJoGGU1dk1MLPHo2LyHxTgQzxT2RAQqeEEQWyz6kOxzXeYEF1SJQhPuYlt6Oh45BJh-LnFVbNySOFcf/s400/December+08+018.JPG" border="0" /> Carefully and methodically placing the colored balls </div><div align="center">on the swoopy pattern mommy put on the roof.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiCcHD2ROV55kNLu4cy7KgAEsNsqReY7Pzr7TuhETowU4eZineUCufZjC6NT2hz2j4uThv_RS5VYBM6VVGMrykJ-BY-Xwn0ZJ9efc1mzixq0VqctA6oY5uY3R4QUS4M3dzQl2JoT2aEsgI/s1600-h/December+08+026.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286817128060995698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiCcHD2ROV55kNLu4cy7KgAEsNsqReY7Pzr7TuhETowU4eZineUCufZjC6NT2hz2j4uThv_RS5VYBM6VVGMrykJ-BY-Xwn0ZJ9efc1mzixq0VqctA6oY5uY3R4QUS4M3dzQl2JoT2aEsgI/s400/December+08+026.JPG" border="0" /></a> They really did have a blast and it turned out great.<br /></p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286831861408756882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEireK4pU1mF-Ht6Kp3GxaZ0eR-4QMTEMhI__z3ux1eR4-CB4Y9lLxyLjwR8z2bCfn5NOJk2gY_CXB7m57IETjLSfUf-QljbLeLLjeuQheo_zKNicJSFBYljexDysAGZNgmVJsvUxuagqNe-/s400/gingerbread+house+004.JPG" border="0" />The finished product!<br /><br /></p><p align="left"><img class="centered" alt="post signature" src="http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll39/michellerdiaz/Signiturecopy-1.jpg" /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0