tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83670043857690141002024-02-19T08:22:42.049-08:00Avocados and Cauliflowerbrenda in seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12929435638119067256noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367004385769014100.post-56748782133486650702011-01-14T21:48:00.000-08:002011-01-14T23:08:20.910-08:00Winter and Holiday Catch-UpI guess I have not blogged for a while. We had a nice Thanksgiving. We spent Thursday with my in-laws and Sunday at my mom's house with extended family for my brother's birthday. Sometime in early December the kids and I met my dad at Point Defiance Zoo for <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">ZooLights</span>. The kids really liked it but were not on their best behavior. Oh, well.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCxGNR6IHS1UR0Ra_3LAilXDrsnxK1ciMg4r2j1m_sLuK_NDWm9VICRhddQf6bMiSKJNR82v5Gr9FkA2-72kS69ON2D_NXBe0IU1brKMyolITFL9bEgUzw4gbdBuDwQqucNokg3FHBezY/s1600/005.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562298262149368146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCxGNR6IHS1UR0Ra_3LAilXDrsnxK1ciMg4r2j1m_sLuK_NDWm9VICRhddQf6bMiSKJNR82v5Gr9FkA2-72kS69ON2D_NXBe0IU1brKMyolITFL9bEgUzw4gbdBuDwQqucNokg3FHBezY/s400/005.JPG" /></a>Just before Christmas we spent a day with our friends in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bellingham</span>. These two love birds spent the day together with the giant stuffed caterpillar. The 4 oldest boys played outside all day. It was a nice relaxing day for Kim and I.<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjflvMYKRQeBNa1yft09XNocoA8e8qCHAETUPb9QhvR4WmY44V9jjmQvcFC6eqOnv1yFku2-ZsyvJkkUZ1hYCJq45dHtBclRdJNynQ9lJF4hIYFYz0XHZ3Me3H-3ouzeRlVL6J07CSny9cD/s1600/017.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562298259368033378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjflvMYKRQeBNa1yft09XNocoA8e8qCHAETUPb9QhvR4WmY44V9jjmQvcFC6eqOnv1yFku2-ZsyvJkkUZ1hYCJq45dHtBclRdJNynQ9lJF4hIYFYz0XHZ3Me3H-3ouzeRlVL6J07CSny9cD/s400/017.JPG" /></a> On Christmas Eve, we trekked on over to my in-laws for a nice celebration there.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUvg0VEJQ0e3i88P2dr8yeoQT6-zSKMwaQUZ4JnM2YMvoOwqRQphqjABPVRAEm7nnkIaiCIiwDHRZS8itf1QG20652NaqfoxE90k3F57lSy_NFqs9ySOTqn5yGvM_tknE2penDUlVgBO_r/s1600/026.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562298248929594306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUvg0VEJQ0e3i88P2dr8yeoQT6-zSKMwaQUZ4JnM2YMvoOwqRQphqjABPVRAEm7nnkIaiCIiwDHRZS8itf1QG20652NaqfoxE90k3F57lSy_NFqs9ySOTqn5yGvM_tknE2penDUlVgBO_r/s400/026.JPG" /></a> And on Christmas Day we went to my mom's house for a quick round of presents and then drove to my grandparents' house and spent the rest of the day with the whole family. This was our first Christmas without Bob (my <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">step dad</span>). It was hard. We missed him. Below is a picture of the kids playing instruments during our family singing time. I have a sweet video of Bob jingling bells right along with the kids last year. Bob loved Christmas and enjoyed surprising everyone, especially my mom, with a nice gift. This year Stephen bought my mom a small diamond heart necklace. When she opened the box he said, "because Dad would have gotten you something nice." It was so sweet. And Tim got her a nutcracker. He had taken his girlfriend to the ballet and purchased a nutcracker for her there. My little brothers are pretty cool.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVdT_fSNBX_By2ybtvI7mFQKUAsNKUmMplSHp0gwNPCNq-fCS95k8i44USLePjfd7jLcjwQctPx11jysgwYPtD1vj1tv4nbbJok3-dMlsfhiv-yPmerC56eXS8wI4vm8xABB42WAbYYVsX/s1600/037.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562295981739122994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVdT_fSNBX_By2ybtvI7mFQKUAsNKUmMplSHp0gwNPCNq-fCS95k8i44USLePjfd7jLcjwQctPx11jysgwYPtD1vj1tv4nbbJok3-dMlsfhiv-yPmerC56eXS8wI4vm8xABB42WAbYYVsX/s400/037.JPG" /></a> This is a picture of our tree this year. Photo courtesy of Joey.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsjoYvjK5u0NXLH8QtTsjjnsUqcJ-6Aqo6kgehhWljjiXmdq9rL0S6m7IprK6xJcM564QAy1UmZ31Ct072fVWWbYa0bbcPasKnd8irBeXS6jIGfYLnj2uDt-ZgFUZ5HYp40RenwS60iZsS/s1600/042.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562295971646699026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsjoYvjK5u0NXLH8QtTsjjnsUqcJ-6Aqo6kgehhWljjiXmdq9rL0S6m7IprK6xJcM564QAy1UmZ31Ct072fVWWbYa0bbcPasKnd8irBeXS6jIGfYLnj2uDt-ZgFUZ5HYp40RenwS60iZsS/s400/042.JPG" /></a> My husband was on-call at 2 hospitals over the New Year's weekend so I packed up the kids and we went on a mini-trip to visit relatives. We spent New Year's Eve in Tacoma with my great-aunt and uncle and some cousins. That was nice. Then we went to the Ranch (family property near Mt. Rainier) and we rode ATVs with my dad and then spent the night with another aunt and uncle at their house in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Eatonville</span>. They still had 4-5in of wet snow and so we built the first real snowman ever for my kids. C loved the snowman. She hugged it. After we left, she asked when it was going to walk and talk and come to life. She has only seen the Frosty movie once.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVOYS6shxkHaQM7WyqyNteE_wtEcUEWIlOl3-rn5kyIC84AqchqqB9BYgyvwtoklO-UxisTPOVzEvD0AoVzgpcQ68nfWJSpW3jz7r0FjhXNazYRfFXS1QNnrAYiderrQ5tR6TqJCHIo43B/s1600/downsized_0102011242.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562295323931934242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVOYS6shxkHaQM7WyqyNteE_wtEcUEWIlOl3-rn5kyIC84AqchqqB9BYgyvwtoklO-UxisTPOVzEvD0AoVzgpcQ68nfWJSpW3jz7r0FjhXNazYRfFXS1QNnrAYiderrQ5tR6TqJCHIo43B/s400/downsized_0102011242.jpg" /></a> Now we are back into a routine with school and everything. We are busy touring schools trying to figure out where to send J next year.<br />How's that for an update of the last 6 weeks?<br /><div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>brenda in seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12929435638119067256noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367004385769014100.post-15340568354230374112010-11-24T22:46:00.000-08:002010-11-24T22:55:40.053-08:00New Mode of TransportationLast week I got studded tires put on the Mazda (just in time!). M has been driving it to work this week so we have been without a vehicle that is suitable for the snowy/icy roads. We needed to run some errands today so we opted for this super-cool mode of transportation. The kids loved it. We walked/rode to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bartells</span> and the library and stopped at Panda Express for lunch. It was pretty fun.<br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5VMOfc7hHh-HG6qjmVIdCLWlz5CLgwKmlGu5m9_TVJ7pUGStjEQ6PH31PzgpmTAIsabF7MDxNkrySi7HPuJz8zyilivuehGoRl8pjkvYEVQsPhQDizWJZ_0zgcn8R-N8Hblo6YWi6shvZ/s1600/009.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543375995982872130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5VMOfc7hHh-HG6qjmVIdCLWlz5CLgwKmlGu5m9_TVJ7pUGStjEQ6PH31PzgpmTAIsabF7MDxNkrySi7HPuJz8zyilivuehGoRl8pjkvYEVQsPhQDizWJZ_0zgcn8R-N8Hblo6YWi6shvZ/s400/009.JPG" /></a> In order to get C to smile for the above photo, I had to ask them to do grumpy faces first and then I got the smiley picture. Here's the grumpy one for your viewing pleasure.</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPhSA8u2DfH2Ns6lzRz5k5ubDhScGaeeesMis7gumGKNtsUWgVmAZFZ1YEq6cFWZlnq-28i2vuILbBnGq8tBqudCJZX9mvtbJRq-8wZAT0YA-WpHqScnc8KwGzaLqtNQDOcqWNeqebJP8c/s1600/007.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543375987489971442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPhSA8u2DfH2Ns6lzRz5k5ubDhScGaeeesMis7gumGKNtsUWgVmAZFZ1YEq6cFWZlnq-28i2vuILbBnGq8tBqudCJZX9mvtbJRq-8wZAT0YA-WpHqScnc8KwGzaLqtNQDOcqWNeqebJP8c/s400/007.JPG" /></a>brenda in seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12929435638119067256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367004385769014100.post-38641126467443316062010-11-22T22:24:00.000-08:002010-11-22T23:23:39.194-08:00Weird Weather<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigfi8enDpPmIOVsscLM5DfW7Hyzfp2Te8YKtecjo7UGH-vAfUJ89_fMauiaQbq2ZBKYkfkzzSVSkGrR3o8GFyWncHoJqKTCxOe-wO1X-6P8-oScCRgzjfmD_Ld95F_0OcrdeWlbzyehp26/s1600/232.JPG"></a><br /><div align="center">Back on November 4<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> we spent four hours at Golden Gardens doing this,</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjitcONkZujlQX-vxt-64qvPK9V7JNdahFZf73F-tsQRS6MsRfqcGB1UV7CPlGVqZEV-TjnnjgGoRi8v3n3aillXl0L5LVRN_K8cHB_ZUP1KFlPfdJV5mfXi4abqxrFzkemvBNfAWGj4Ju8/s1600/197.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542636161241578882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjitcONkZujlQX-vxt-64qvPK9V7JNdahFZf73F-tsQRS6MsRfqcGB1UV7CPlGVqZEV-TjnnjgGoRi8v3n3aillXl0L5LVRN_K8cHB_ZUP1KFlPfdJV5mfXi4abqxrFzkemvBNfAWGj4Ju8/s400/197.JPG" /></a> this,</div><div align="center"><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0h9A5gMEthZVyujzQl7mcSPZsMmefGM_UqQBIQtgSOCf3klts8WZxwjy5ZSoUXEZY_spcLEBPkId50LrhzcN40ju6LB1ncEjp3DYgKrQvyVVltDwfUSAXEEHwt_bzbQ6Bve3lU8qZqltw/s1600/185.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542636150579273346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0h9A5gMEthZVyujzQl7mcSPZsMmefGM_UqQBIQtgSOCf3klts8WZxwjy5ZSoUXEZY_spcLEBPkId50LrhzcN40ju6LB1ncEjp3DYgKrQvyVVltDwfUSAXEEHwt_bzbQ6Bve3lU8qZqltw/s400/185.JPG" /></a>this,<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOSY9OqwtMdlO76j5r1asXM08MOmC7UP3C8RhGNwMB8pn4-JFAQf5ItCvg29rg_jj3R-gyLnkvGaDO0FM6PYxz45KjnyMtwKyto4K-k9sc-kruZZakMCFxOdRmQ8wk-i4xCWwNaLV7gSBO/s1600/187.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542636140833122962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOSY9OqwtMdlO76j5r1asXM08MOmC7UP3C8RhGNwMB8pn4-JFAQf5ItCvg29rg_jj3R-gyLnkvGaDO0FM6PYxz45KjnyMtwKyto4K-k9sc-kruZZakMCFxOdRmQ8wk-i4xCWwNaLV7gSBO/s400/187.JPG" /></a>and this, because it was 74 degrees outside.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVcjP4Mbu-HqgS__1bPNyGl6lpAAEzpgTaYZ0e7ZOm_zb8jpQh-UaiqnDP69pAaaSPmKMnw-sJ7cTTrAEmVozrnGmeR7KWeoILdFNJ4q6N7qslyFFE_ghrz4iHYhcUawqVVKl3xPtqsyz1/s1600/174.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542636131060443042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVcjP4Mbu-HqgS__1bPNyGl6lpAAEzpgTaYZ0e7ZOm_zb8jpQh-UaiqnDP69pAaaSPmKMnw-sJ7cTTrAEmVozrnGmeR7KWeoILdFNJ4q6N7qslyFFE_ghrz4iHYhcUawqVVKl3xPtqsyz1/s400/174.JPG" /></a>A <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">measly</span> 18 days later we spent the day playing in the snow. It is currently 23 degrees. </div><div> </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542634151521609698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLoQOu6oVhhUveoIDCnQYhd1KJca2bytDi1jFnVZPg05VkbQv4FIXx4E_NmGPIz0FMKtlYqwn4YqLYihS9J2AvqeH5tLbk6H1tlvhZwjvr18-fdtHXPy-DVgAJnz9z98fw-PpR8MMoKdFR/s400/213.JPG" />We walked to school this morning. If you know J at all you would be proud to see that this year he is willing to wear boots, mittens, snow pants and a hood. C was very grumpy as she had woken up late and was still half asleep and a bit unsure about this snow stuff because this is the first snow she remembers.</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbvt1XvZc0yypgKBCaP09zZwqlM8YvNSa6qB-Edo70yyRH492vdprF97SRFhJOlvEFWBUnLmdcwhhu6F5saPhZ-3XPdvZkzdeOtuv5y9O-nvIyt8IPz9LdQlUHq1QPHWDomxYWT5BVE_js/s1600/225.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542634165225816690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbvt1XvZc0yypgKBCaP09zZwqlM8YvNSa6qB-Edo70yyRH492vdprF97SRFhJOlvEFWBUnLmdcwhhu6F5saPhZ-3XPdvZkzdeOtuv5y9O-nvIyt8IPz9LdQlUHq1QPHWDomxYWT5BVE_js/s400/225.JPG" /></a> J wanted C to throw snow at him and she was happy to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">oblige</span>.<br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivuhdeTQO3DejyzUp2ZqHMoM_c2iDDoTSANbiU2biXkLJdy_RcNzocEtDygBcuRxCA32UfM_K3JMu01l0_qaiixkW2cjLOpa326XVK3f_OPJ2vSUk3oSQsKwEfakB-cf9YFHv3BG-kWESU/s1600/215.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542634151350777026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivuhdeTQO3DejyzUp2ZqHMoM_c2iDDoTSANbiU2biXkLJdy_RcNzocEtDygBcuRxCA32UfM_K3JMu01l0_qaiixkW2cjLOpa326XVK3f_OPJ2vSUk3oSQsKwEfakB-cf9YFHv3BG-kWESU/s400/215.JPG" /></a> J was super excited about all the snow and had to eat some, of course. Later, his dad asked him what it tasted like. His answer? Water.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiXwuaZ_ujqIne8QcmmY968VN6_mm4Wsw6M_986Y0TXKIgzAwWjD6CR9J9TT7Diu1vQxEbbSdv2bzRcFpTnCWUs9tHc5S_p5yP74SF2n2X-n5XXMvW7EXVWXOAHxanSr0YXEBTdCBiHJAa/s1600/229.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542632430117920866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiXwuaZ_ujqIne8QcmmY968VN6_mm4Wsw6M_986Y0TXKIgzAwWjD6CR9J9TT7Diu1vQxEbbSdv2bzRcFpTnCWUs9tHc5S_p5yP74SF2n2X-n5XXMvW7EXVWXOAHxanSr0YXEBTdCBiHJAa/s400/229.JPG" /></a> He finally convinced C to try some, too. She thought it was too cold.</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6my6PX368IAWk4c8ixw2eNe36YX-sM9LkPy9yfI80Xl-cR17XdPg5ZD5Fg6kf8b35W1cpVLdQBKDwE5Irgpecr2iyKKqoyEG5suI_lErkQTDKAajGOEY2uQH3dZXLBNzBn8s92idpmYtk/s1600/230.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542632425225437762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6my6PX368IAWk4c8ixw2eNe36YX-sM9LkPy9yfI80Xl-cR17XdPg5ZD5Fg6kf8b35W1cpVLdQBKDwE5Irgpecr2iyKKqoyEG5suI_lErkQTDKAajGOEY2uQH3dZXLBNzBn8s92idpmYtk/s400/230.JPG" /></a>We also warmed up a bit at the gym today.<br /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjju-u00U4LN-sb40ey3Yd-5j1iiifqXptkizdEO54-qGDSTsH8gfRqRw0OkZpreoFLRUr82bTzLypwYJBc6SvR5pT115xx7y4lWVaPALut0pPV_u4MlWwFE2ueQvHneenQaWRsBOSWEZN1/s1600/217.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542632415126958946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjju-u00U4LN-sb40ey3Yd-5j1iiifqXptkizdEO54-qGDSTsH8gfRqRw0OkZpreoFLRUr82bTzLypwYJBc6SvR5pT115xx7y4lWVaPALut0pPV_u4MlWwFE2ueQvHneenQaWRsBOSWEZN1/s400/217.JPG" /></a></div><div>It was a fun day.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>brenda in seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12929435638119067256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367004385769014100.post-75373961067395997752010-11-02T22:49:00.000-07:002010-11-03T10:32:24.350-07:00This Boy...<div align="center">...this super cute boy...has a renewed interest in photography. </div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535198531534436434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb623KcO8YVMQvkaJdXifZ93tlWwB4Mybu_h4PNn8op8gFPuONMABRGaqQdbuZrAJC5Bhn1YuTi_kaRp7izHdSlD7teeXWngjg1jrVQGwJfOYKzUyerv8rs97wH3RfHfkIYXGy8MTcuZkh/s400/027.JPG" /><br /><div align="center">He has been using my camera to take pictures of various things like this plate of asparagus,</div><div align="center"> </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535198549902788866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG0O1kFsclRm2B3kASPDgHIaseUEt4G_OXGE-Isg6HT_q2mVBLe_wsV82fK-RK-eNofrqjg1ggLucuUu0M5m7dmNVy1nBRD3ey9ZJNCLn-JDYH_L3n92_hVYWgMVyR7W5nhUxeeIAZhVb6/s400/055.JPG" /><br /><div align="center">the new fish tank,</div><div align="center"> </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535198539671400514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzmhfQ5rJdQxVhEiIDMqgQSTvTYWlGd8Ke4qMdyJzGbFug9Et31dpy-fur_sd39MC1Luxvm1BxAVvAk79tcCm0tYGryJvMmIYuqsHmilwBKPJqOmk2FtbaPk-XXZ_wxqZY724_ntBR49Xr/s400/040.JPG" /><br /><div align="center">the neighbor boy,</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Yswtet3lB8HkFC49g0A60rtOOTqf4SPIsPN4mHxrFbPDKtu686SeAnYVecGD5vmtqJu13NFsEn8gfaWSKof1lFD49mgqs3otUaBOCc_X0tELBG6cjalnz2xFufXt_0iFKrCjVEnFERFs/s1600/190.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535202348756808162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Yswtet3lB8HkFC49g0A60rtOOTqf4SPIsPN4mHxrFbPDKtu686SeAnYVecGD5vmtqJu13NFsEn8gfaWSKof1lFD49mgqs3otUaBOCc_X0tELBG6cjalnz2xFufXt_0iFKrCjVEnFERFs/s400/190.JPG" /></a> his favorite <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Wii</span> game,<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_K3ra7r6noJ79A9u_4inahox8f6dECxxJqNeCpaSqIuLI-jqr2eHkrCSqU9NaF42bVUXweBN4UjBTkyJSyq01GV_Tx8n-OvuYxYx0GM6bY3PhXfapQrRwZsTkwyUBQ8MtTitl294qQEkH/s1600/126.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535202345302246594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_K3ra7r6noJ79A9u_4inahox8f6dECxxJqNeCpaSqIuLI-jqr2eHkrCSqU9NaF42bVUXweBN4UjBTkyJSyq01GV_Tx8n-OvuYxYx0GM6bY3PhXfapQrRwZsTkwyUBQ8MtTitl294qQEkH/s400/126.JPG" /></a>underneath the couch (took me a long time to figure out what I was looking at here),<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0UhE0TEIxncAsCnnflYRc4eE64prclriIidtDU9oVZAE12gPCLW5-aIMVPNbpueJT7UCuInIE2xAFFAmI8v70skjzIbdULRQJJ2DfqrcaPcdhpxlVij_x7ZqrAqhpv9N811K6jjOwqcf0/s1600/068.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535202334649145250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0UhE0TEIxncAsCnnflYRc4eE64prclriIidtDU9oVZAE12gPCLW5-aIMVPNbpueJT7UCuInIE2xAFFAmI8v70skjzIbdULRQJJ2DfqrcaPcdhpxlVij_x7ZqrAqhpv9N811K6jjOwqcf0/s400/068.JPG" /></a> and himself.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZzhY-lCXuOPSc7fSz4PpH5btiCmcA4AEWJa8YoQH0fw-YJBWocjPFuOa5N6xgjV1_UBttbJ0HpTuZuF4bE5MnWsaQVp3VYkBZpefPTS-4LgEbjxrxfAI5jNhsM2CekMD7UMlBWohoL6ar/s1600/109.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535198554459661586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZzhY-lCXuOPSc7fSz4PpH5btiCmcA4AEWJa8YoQH0fw-YJBWocjPFuOa5N6xgjV1_UBttbJ0HpTuZuF4bE5MnWsaQVp3VYkBZpefPTS-4LgEbjxrxfAI5jNhsM2CekMD7UMlBWohoL6ar/s400/109.JPG" /></a> We love him to pieces.</div></div><br /></div>brenda in seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12929435638119067256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367004385769014100.post-51341699540935455062010-11-02T22:18:00.001-07:002010-11-02T22:48:45.485-07:00This Girl...<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 328px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535193851269710354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1PxKTLcyGmD8JQMRTuAtgwGxmMMWg-ZV6MqtWxx6ujAwMdCMU4tgmovSIyDhzJHQG46kNuHgja0P-lqeyXe13oLgglzKmE6N1_W9_xhfvAA9_89pexlVCfpxOJUB18z19WtyyC85hCYrT/s400/031.JPG" /><br /><div align="center">...this silly girl...gave up naps this past week. It is actually going quite well even though she seems a bit young.</div><div align="center"> </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535192659768845266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-P28rvCxVhZurRDRXwWZtLCfBqHQiqfDh_77zgd7lMMw4Y1DhxNjQdkc9RbUiEmvulvVvaz8rdaVJD6qvWWHXQLWTLRp9EUAGmnzbXcqP3ZwMfneJuJpIs-cSJgqL8jz018oKV7NETngw/s400/142.JPG" /><br /><div><div align="center"><div>Recently, she got her very first hair cut,</div><div> </div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535191943818539730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6QTekHCi3orTCHVudOSJOB2eSyWuyEH3BXy6w2iF1H0tQH-UM9v9solqwac0fID1Vl6sZ0P7TkBto1CKBpx47OP67bmbKHmRS4TZvR_1dkltnHSbZ-2eTQDxUUsXlDZCKdfJJ1djZlSra/s400/020.JPG" /></div><div>complete with sparkles.</div><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535191952607474994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk9i-9qR1YG_n6o8LbKZlTXkd6Aqw88ap784VmQ2PlDFcAhlA6N_XiM11kIYeTr2oyng0abP8cqVhSIpuE7ggh8vj6ba7kR5hLCFu02HAHR3EHBY49hBn70SA5_nd30W_w0DULd-BnLHRz/s400/025.JPG" /> We love this crazy girl.<br /><div><div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div>brenda in seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12929435638119067256noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367004385769014100.post-35201329320449925302010-10-11T23:17:00.000-07:002010-10-20T22:49:22.714-07:00HawaiiAt the beginning of this month, Matt and I were lucky enough to get to spend a week in Hawaii to celebrate our 10-year wedding anniversary. The kids stayed home with grandparents. It was so wonderful. We knew they were in good hands and having fun and we enjoyed our alone time very much. I rediscovered how bad we are at relaxing on vacation. We always have to do and see as much as possible. Here's a recap of the week. We landed in Honolulu around noon on a Thursday. First, we took a nap in our hotel and then went to the beach, walked around Waikiki, had dinner, came back to the hotel, read a bit and went to sleep. The next morning we were at the moped rental shop by 8:30am and we rode to Pearl Harbor. We did all the museums there which took us about 6 hours.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP1qzGFb72HZL-s0otgftW7ujLo6TBO0WKGKYK7qh1diCfrwhaxGZuMIyUbU-EU2N9tFF_NopJOkgF0qukPEKInTLJS-YpJQMARoQnUzL0IqTvSBzV5yQ8Z7NbQuvjkI0_ICfFda3SqYHs/s1600/073.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529622436443409762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP1qzGFb72HZL-s0otgftW7ujLo6TBO0WKGKYK7qh1diCfrwhaxGZuMIyUbU-EU2N9tFF_NopJOkgF0qukPEKInTLJS-YpJQMARoQnUzL0IqTvSBzV5yQ8Z7NbQuvjkI0_ICfFda3SqYHs/s400/073.JPG" /></a> Here is Matt at the Arizona Memorial with the Missouri in the background.<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXHA_njlQiY6UK1D8EeMNb4nWJ5gyJZZHWOvULpsdsVEhauEHDO46efPcqzD_ghvZ8lwZsTNFa6SYLa2sFbziTciBnUKY386uqgkf57FLJsNe1gMR4owcWUyQ41t3rkoQB4NAZO7Savbu/s1600/057.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529622427686299330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXHA_njlQiY6UK1D8EeMNb4nWJ5gyJZZHWOvULpsdsVEhauEHDO46efPcqzD_ghvZ8lwZsTNFa6SYLa2sFbziTciBnUKY386uqgkf57FLJsNe1gMR4owcWUyQ41t3rkoQB4NAZO7Savbu/s400/057.JPG" /></a> Here I am standing in front of the Missouri.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha_b8yC0EGXbVEt1E_shLfTpVcWg9IivsxHIEaSxoqIznWh5Q7aAVgHuVFJn3lKteCqyLzXJxC-csLjx1bjuEbpcNj5_FuGxQGtjHRGUp90qp4BEmKsA28zuWYOTe6Es0af28VdlsCF3yZ/s1600/068.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529622421746882418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha_b8yC0EGXbVEt1E_shLfTpVcWg9IivsxHIEaSxoqIznWh5Q7aAVgHuVFJn3lKteCqyLzXJxC-csLjx1bjuEbpcNj5_FuGxQGtjHRGUp90qp4BEmKsA28zuWYOTe6Es0af28VdlsCF3yZ/s400/068.JPG" /></a> This is at the Air Museum. Matt's grandpa was the gunner in this type of plane. We also toured the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bowfin</span> (a submarine) and a Maritime Museum.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVqAC1Jy0yxSfOgPpkFLLf-zP44Y1IU8QwyYKK-mBHP3o1qNif5wPdywyIec3LNaC-2w8xW-0nZHOE2p42-xf6Vp4xxe_MknxOzqbyPeLNb7sVA9X8u9RubR09zhaC-huPz3ctRQ2Uw7ON/s1600/072.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529622411608516258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVqAC1Jy0yxSfOgPpkFLLf-zP44Y1IU8QwyYKK-mBHP3o1qNif5wPdywyIec3LNaC-2w8xW-0nZHOE2p42-xf6Vp4xxe_MknxOzqbyPeLNb7sVA9X8u9RubR09zhaC-huPz3ctRQ2Uw7ON/s400/072.JPG" /></a> On the way back to Waikiki, there was a little rain storm. We were riding mopeds and dressed in shorts and T-shirts. It was a bit uncomfortable but not cold. I kept thinking that at least I would end up with a good blog picture but half way back it cleared up and we were basically dry by the time we reached the hotel. In an effort to not waste our moped rental time, we changed clothes and then took off for Diamond Head Volcano (inactive). It was only a few miles from our hotel and the hike to the top is less than a mile, although part of it is very steep.</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3FBq3DMqDOtnH7nwiw9SpADqz15PeaimesRu3j9MLPWOMFvRTsR3qEIt8vTDDiDV5u3Bjm4Khg_LcsZ3r_X8AfikGcBOyxEPBky9OIRR194NjLT-_IfdvCiKUR3GgrbtK40J0ktjHc6wy/s1600/076.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529250103174900354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3FBq3DMqDOtnH7nwiw9SpADqz15PeaimesRu3j9MLPWOMFvRTsR3qEIt8vTDDiDV5u3Bjm4Khg_LcsZ3r_X8AfikGcBOyxEPBky9OIRR194NjLT-_IfdvCiKUR3GgrbtK40J0ktjHc6wy/s400/076.JPG" /></a>This was our view from the top of Diamond Head with Waikiki in the background.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBZ4AzpDAUl9mHKtpFg_cdCr1pq1D6aUMcXElE3km8sUxnXTCijW8j_e9k2K41waiuTeMseiewUDSdf9kxg7SjPuBx-a87PzZV2eRGy8UURxVWTt33jWJlSJ4HvGvZSKPQXMmdjd_OKm_-/s1600/091.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529250093321102146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBZ4AzpDAUl9mHKtpFg_cdCr1pq1D6aUMcXElE3km8sUxnXTCijW8j_e9k2K41waiuTeMseiewUDSdf9kxg7SjPuBx-a87PzZV2eRGy8UURxVWTt33jWJlSJ4HvGvZSKPQXMmdjd_OKm_-/s400/091.JPG" /></a>The next day we didn't do too much in the morning because we had signed up to go SCUBA diving in the afternoon. We did two dives to about 40 feet and saw lots of tropical fish and a few eels, including a very large one that Matt found under the ledge of a reef. On the morning of our last day in Oahu we rented boogie boards and rode the waves. It was very fun. Then we <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">layed</span> on the beach for a bit.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlBXlVJnqt69s_e-rETu65IkM70-n8mN_qHcPO3JZhwATAj_jXV7prU8C0SkYGtZ8tVnJup3AxGQzUcZ0o_Jv0NkZNbrzU71TPUcAD64wmZkrjOsb3S52aSuK611VkMsKvWvhQVyr08U8_/s1600/093.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529250091756701746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlBXlVJnqt69s_e-rETu65IkM70-n8mN_qHcPO3JZhwATAj_jXV7prU8C0SkYGtZ8tVnJup3AxGQzUcZ0o_Jv0NkZNbrzU71TPUcAD64wmZkrjOsb3S52aSuK611VkMsKvWvhQVyr08U8_/s400/093.JPG" /></a> These are the views that we had from our hotel window. Here is Diamond Head<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNJGwxLgbriRYKMlGobxV0SSlvKHC3NSGerqHyDsNtbpMdi5H01eDrGHRV541eR_uwKv88Oa6RmpomJRSMUnfvxU7WgQ6YZb5UBXQdRGFNXDPwkKVL8ODS0SPNYqx-83GRT7bLSsqH8QAi/s1600/101.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529250087790443010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNJGwxLgbriRYKMlGobxV0SSlvKHC3NSGerqHyDsNtbpMdi5H01eDrGHRV541eR_uwKv88Oa6RmpomJRSMUnfvxU7WgQ6YZb5UBXQdRGFNXDPwkKVL8ODS0SPNYqx-83GRT7bLSsqH8QAi/s400/101.JPG" /></a>and this is the eastern end of the Waikiki beach. Our next stop was <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kona</span> on the Big Island. We stayed at a lovely resort. This was the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">resort's</span> private beach and the view from the outdoor restaurant where we ate breakfast every morning. We snorkeled in that bay twice and saw tons of tropical fish, a few eels and sea turtles that came within a few inches of us. It was beautiful.</div></div><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527044440301298546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWqdtkIBgo4AGoGGsP0px_8F_3u7Ny-8rdXDQPLMdQY_JxkhwQ68l_teJaX0_QvbCcnJL9HroUYqlJi9f_qO84yHzEvZk2paS7LuZqhdy59lKyxzXeqXHmZsronGhMRPhbS1Pb-Q86EkiY/s400/058.JPG" /></div>This was our private hut (called a Hale on the island). There were no locks on the doors, no shades on the upper halves of the windows, ceiling fans but no A/C, no <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">TV's</span> or radios or clocks and we were not permitted to use cell phones or computers in the public areas of the resort. It was actually really nice.<br /></div><div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527046337344745522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9v_RWAmG5b-jSMZ85oboVZPyEyxR0UxhiTW6aZJfjSFhKBGSnP1h31hyquTy2Dhq6juAzBn4SMvVIWGVpu9Q0RfQOVE1nszkshlrkBDHlajMa07494n700O9xnmb_vfXgwaH66rHBrg-L/s400/059.JPG" />Here is the view looking out from our porch.</div><div> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527046328249947666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZpl9KsCDVgPrTFAO5SfF2IRnUC6pLk0v7hDSfq_AYNG2CPz1UcbXyQp2Osf2NOko19dffVb11QPwS7a7hyMjH3SznAWqWzKFpGmyw9Yc4Qs_FRl3c7BSA2KK1zRA4Lk_XpPZmZQqP-uyT/s400/060.JPG" />Some local wildlife.</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi5C-nsrAPrHEUTpRb-g1QBFyw3p_rJk2j_9KOkZAsoJBh7qwed-8IFmhgqHCYC3_ILOy9cl-jZUO7boubXNgFPCeW5iBj_9ys1P0ugdNgO_KFaa-UScyr7TGkXypCKGOdg88K7tppHHdB/s1600/009.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527046348207355442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi5C-nsrAPrHEUTpRb-g1QBFyw3p_rJk2j_9KOkZAsoJBh7qwed-8IFmhgqHCYC3_ILOy9cl-jZUO7boubXNgFPCeW5iBj_9ys1P0ugdNgO_KFaa-UScyr7TGkXypCKGOdg88K7tppHHdB/s400/009.JPG" /></a>A friend on the outside wall of our hale.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBRfFh1LcdROiDzK4xp4ZBtr7VUUGpdMYfgtBV0s1xMdZYF7oPCgD36S_yvWuCoJ7Xdvu_68iUWP1B_0fLRN3H9fiYzB64gHSihsFBiYyzV9nFdZsmpJO7jcNBuDS-EmAWWcQfEDIBOR8R/s1600/062.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527046343398522386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBRfFh1LcdROiDzK4xp4ZBtr7VUUGpdMYfgtBV0s1xMdZYF7oPCgD36S_yvWuCoJ7Xdvu_68iUWP1B_0fLRN3H9fiYzB64gHSihsFBiYyzV9nFdZsmpJO7jcNBuDS-EmAWWcQfEDIBOR8R/s400/062.JPG" /></a>One of the less exotic, but still very yummy, fruit plates we started off with each morning.<br /><br /><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGWYlJL3CVhGFeJHtqpLw74LVYCSphxydfH-085o6SJifs-lBmRMSG4iWjXSOooxgGnlC6UWP4V-ThguUeUcXTNQAw7-hbQBTWUgcaD0OcWJzV5SiF-eBHdhu4mjl5vND3Pk8sexvvW7_/s1600/053.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527044430217770146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGWYlJL3CVhGFeJHtqpLw74LVYCSphxydfH-085o6SJifs-lBmRMSG4iWjXSOooxgGnlC6UWP4V-ThguUeUcXTNQAw7-hbQBTWUgcaD0OcWJzV5SiF-eBHdhu4mjl5vND3Pk8sexvvW7_/s400/053.JPG" /></a>One day we went SCUBA diving with manta rays. I put those pictures on <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Facebook</span>.</div><div>Our last full day we spent at the active volcano Kilauea.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUMWbofK91KCKjeLXAmv2AELFz0L-n-D2-JUNv9Pb6WenznlySI_dYNPSQ7P8ojh512coyyhivGWBy_vJV2Fo6ezqT6oeEGnTwMUCkyc63nnrnwXQ49ufuEaI_9ibUVbqCkdMZhs07sTPw/s1600/029.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527044427224778322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUMWbofK91KCKjeLXAmv2AELFz0L-n-D2-JUNv9Pb6WenznlySI_dYNPSQ7P8ojh512coyyhivGWBy_vJV2Fo6ezqT6oeEGnTwMUCkyc63nnrnwXQ49ufuEaI_9ibUVbqCkdMZhs07sTPw/s400/029.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnG3F8d6cdMGLWVgjSn4goYLvpjdyhTzy1T2YTTLeGgaeMGE_pqb4BvaP-PEtx5JB2SwOz98adBoZGCWq0KU3cue73I6OmuesyhX3phHBwALV4a6KFr6oONdWgVH313gutTp4RCjRLgEP7/s1600/022.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527044420388678738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnG3F8d6cdMGLWVgjSn4goYLvpjdyhTzy1T2YTTLeGgaeMGE_pqb4BvaP-PEtx5JB2SwOz98adBoZGCWq0KU3cue73I6OmuesyhX3phHBwALV4a6KFr6oONdWgVH313gutTp4RCjRLgEP7/s400/022.JPG" /></a><br />Lava fields.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTFc1rXkqxuzV9Zd6h2f_MIOqGyEC7rMx-_lGCtwvikaKCc26-h8owv2hY999RL6lO84pgSoNTsAHNZKEx_dkocH9oDKCbdj8DSl4sw_D9EGqyh_WWYnWz7OcMpEHV-b_e39QYgxheDKK/s1600/030.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527043038221320626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTFc1rXkqxuzV9Zd6h2f_MIOqGyEC7rMx-_lGCtwvikaKCc26-h8owv2hY999RL6lO84pgSoNTsAHNZKEx_dkocH9oDKCbdj8DSl4sw_D9EGqyh_WWYnWz7OcMpEHV-b_e39QYgxheDKK/s400/030.JPG" /></a> Lava coast.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY92cVlQQbe-B_ZSXiMuA9OBQsaMgAWY45SjOAfmn1X-RftnOV7HFu-7sQPU2UP0jgEmqwOj8GEfKQ21phv7qFCBH8EJ1SR-I_6it8_U9wUGsSxu-fDw_fAu-T3ZkHiu9ySUE46x1icOcY/s1600/037.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527043031543747650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY92cVlQQbe-B_ZSXiMuA9OBQsaMgAWY45SjOAfmn1X-RftnOV7HFu-7sQPU2UP0jgEmqwOj8GEfKQ21phv7qFCBH8EJ1SR-I_6it8_U9wUGsSxu-fDw_fAu-T3ZkHiu9ySUE46x1icOcY/s400/037.JPG" /></a>Glowing lava in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">cauldron</span> at night.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1zujsKnF4bC4Hw6ioGDmHcqGWCyUOM-4pt3emKtuwAp3Zn0PmUkMJ2oAr8SZhYK_AH5RGZCaxsTEEd_UmBQk0RF4IeXVwn_5neKcs6rhZBaOmf6EoY3WuYa-xmA-FrU-6ToA3NuTLNhE3/s1600/047.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527043020836566850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1zujsKnF4bC4Hw6ioGDmHcqGWCyUOM-4pt3emKtuwAp3Zn0PmUkMJ2oAr8SZhYK_AH5RGZCaxsTEEd_UmBQk0RF4IeXVwn_5neKcs6rhZBaOmf6EoY3WuYa-xmA-FrU-6ToA3NuTLNhE3/s400/047.JPG" /></a>It was a great trip. Happy Anniversary to us!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVaPL2r197oisyZSKIJEhNxrdNpAFdYM3gpRrpfHxshq1lIYhnpI9XbtU_zaugWtMvB6G_3PoE55VkhhgwT48jujqrZ1qBlOXNUq8k7bx53mLJ_A9iFwT96fzs3KWCzSO9yIsx84Qc42aY/s1600/007.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527043019908169058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVaPL2r197oisyZSKIJEhNxrdNpAFdYM3gpRrpfHxshq1lIYhnpI9XbtU_zaugWtMvB6G_3PoE55VkhhgwT48jujqrZ1qBlOXNUq8k7bx53mLJ_A9iFwT96fzs3KWCzSO9yIsx84Qc42aY/s400/007.JPG" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>brenda in seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12929435638119067256noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367004385769014100.post-74437489480995077242010-09-21T22:11:00.000-07:002010-09-21T23:32:33.631-07:00Cute StuffThe kids have been saying and doing a lot of funny things lately. Here's what's been cracking me up.<br /><br />Claire called me Brenda all day today.<br /><br />Joey this morning: "Dad, sometimes my undies get stuck in my bottom and I just pull them out."<br /><br />When Matt goes to work we tell the kids that he is going to help sick people feel better or fix their <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">owies</span>. He has been having bad headaches the last few days and this morning Joey asked if Daddy was going to go to work to fix himself.<br /><br />Grandma Nelson recently painted Claire's toenails with a glittery nail polish. Claire admires her "sparkle toes" often. Yesterday, the kids were coloring and the next thing I knew Claire announced that Joey wanted sparkle toes too and was that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ok</span>? I went into the room where they were to find them mid-way through coloring on their toenails with glittery crayons. I said yes.<br /><br />Currently, in Claire's speech development, she is skipping all L, W and R sounds if they are in a consonant cluster at the beginning of a word. Therefore, she puts "kips" in her hair, her name is "Care", doesn't want to "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">skish</span>" or "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">skeeze</span>" the bugs, plays the "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">dums</span>", etc. It cracks me up.<br /><br />Here is Claire's version of "Jesus, Name Above All Names".<br /><br />Jesus, name above oh knee<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Bootiful</span> Savior<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Gwoh</span>-wee-us <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Woh</span>-oh-oh-ode<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Emman</span>-you Care (her name, no idea)<br />God is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">wiff</span> us<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Bwessed</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Weedeemer</span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Wiv</span> in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">da</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Wode</span> (live in the world)<br /><br />For those of you who don't know the proper lyrics they are as follows:<br />Jesus, name above all names<br />Beautiful Savior<br />Glorious Lo-o-o-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">ord</span><br />Emmanuel<br />God is with us<br />Blessed Redeemer<br />Living Wordbrenda in seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12929435638119067256noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367004385769014100.post-31363470254283122932010-09-15T23:18:00.000-07:002010-09-15T23:43:20.319-07:00First Days of SchoolThe kids started back to school this week. Joey goes to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Pre</span>-K three days a week and Claire is in the 2's class one day per week at a local church preschool. This will be Joey's 3rd year there. He really likes it even though he cried the first minute on the first day but then he was fine. The school is within walking distance and this year Joey has decided to ride his bike.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfzax79556QrWoIPxafBEvxHsf3f-17OACDJCr0xdiVMOaztLSZTMFtvhAtukd0ySVeyX0xe59iioPfuzi9wYJiIdq-M2HqHzB2KkzTFnJV94eCg-rA7QFA_D1FrnJpBa7JYDvCCAIcHaS/s1600/036.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517396311627249250" 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/AVvXsEhfzax79556QrWoIPxafBEvxHsf3f-17OACDJCr0xdiVMOaztLSZTMFtvhAtukd0ySVeyX0xe59iioPfuzi9wYJiIdq-M2HqHzB2KkzTFnJV94eCg-rA7QFA_D1FrnJpBa7JYDvCCAIcHaS/s400/036.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOWv9Kg2pu4fy3z5XZXpYOUReL2EE6tYxItshQcNI7ASk2eL0NHVYK1BHlPVeZrcL3VzTczed5qz78hlGP8dbzggc1KGY5XpTjajA1g6pmL8F5VilA3uqAmEXmwhBFWG02M1m31-XhnVzn/s1600/038.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517396297397199010" 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/AVvXsEhOWv9Kg2pu4fy3z5XZXpYOUReL2EE6tYxItshQcNI7ASk2eL0NHVYK1BHlPVeZrcL3VzTczed5qz78hlGP8dbzggc1KGY5XpTjajA1g6pmL8F5VilA3uqAmEXmwhBFWG02M1m31-XhnVzn/s400/038.JPG" border="0" /></a> Had to add the silly face photo. I was lucky to get a nice one.</div><div align="center"><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjutn5k9rQSSvBBwbb8yKJ9lKjjt-XwxdVhcVvfYzjcmTswBil6VXOcrrDNp8jYEMyCpLonIpxohO_zBdhJRINU99CyplAe-fUF45imoNgcA5S5CMFNWbQDCv_qSQvJ06AsyJof7Zq5Mwzl/s1600/042.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517396291109474050" 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/AVvXsEjutn5k9rQSSvBBwbb8yKJ9lKjjt-XwxdVhcVvfYzjcmTswBil6VXOcrrDNp8jYEMyCpLonIpxohO_zBdhJRINU99CyplAe-fUF45imoNgcA5S5CMFNWbQDCv_qSQvJ06AsyJof7Zq5Mwzl/s400/042.JPG" border="0" /></a>Claire wants to stay with him everyday.</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2O4DYypESF1L5oq0_iKGgGM6VQ_EV9nvbT7tNrNwvUMggCeeHsuAw0vmVBlNGQPHO3_lPhduNMkFcrM4cJtMAAgiP1FVAgwrqnwzLnWnbv0wGvOdyFNtTCY9G0NtEqigj_Yyg70tQkIxy/s1600/046.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517396280088120850" 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/AVvXsEh2O4DYypESF1L5oq0_iKGgGM6VQ_EV9nvbT7tNrNwvUMggCeeHsuAw0vmVBlNGQPHO3_lPhduNMkFcrM4cJtMAAgiP1FVAgwrqnwzLnWnbv0wGvOdyFNtTCY9G0NtEqigj_Yyg70tQkIxy/s400/046.JPG" border="0" /></a> This is Claire's first day of school. She usually pushes a stroller all the way with one (or more) of her "friends" in it.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkS9Sp71T04PQZ6mOnMQeilPar33FCvhh5d7y7mxPoxpDIqAPNaW2Clq5rLatG3jyExyzFNjbcvQVj_hLQjirNj3VYl3pIMEO6QItI0If_l2MI9y36_xJ7jDFTHAWPTvpWhs0OxNzrIszd/s1600/048.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517394055792580706" 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/AVvXsEhkS9Sp71T04PQZ6mOnMQeilPar33FCvhh5d7y7mxPoxpDIqAPNaW2Clq5rLatG3jyExyzFNjbcvQVj_hLQjirNj3VYl3pIMEO6QItI0If_l2MI9y36_xJ7jDFTHAWPTvpWhs0OxNzrIszd/s400/048.JPG" border="0" /></a>Claire has some attitude.</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghKox9JjLQUTCi8-n9E0BmVJLGihR6LMB7V0ccc01lsOhXpXNUWmQslmg8i15Gx7breFlxOzQ-45g15R_WvIGj3vuufcT1w8e2hYhyphenhyphenyYYjtNdcBDq2CLlhyphenhyphenWNXd06XKtX8ZfhJPXo5EOPc/s1600/051.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517394044948767010" 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/AVvXsEghKox9JjLQUTCi8-n9E0BmVJLGihR6LMB7V0ccc01lsOhXpXNUWmQslmg8i15Gx7breFlxOzQ-45g15R_WvIGj3vuufcT1w8e2hYhyphenhyphenyYYjtNdcBDq2CLlhyphenhyphenWNXd06XKtX8ZfhJPXo5EOPc/s400/051.JPG" border="0" /></a> But she was actually happy.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkQeoEmLPwV194WSx_plfhW7zKkHYFHtNXGkIL0WjJ3lw0JylDtxL4tB_J9tJxewdUVZ1TzHFDh6Lj5JcTuGlzm_1-TLbicuINTCG8tMBgZru7bhcsBlXVNatWMU1RlDyvuiIz5qFHtuib/s1600/052.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517394034330649922" 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/AVvXsEjkQeoEmLPwV194WSx_plfhW7zKkHYFHtNXGkIL0WjJ3lw0JylDtxL4tB_J9tJxewdUVZ1TzHFDh6Lj5JcTuGlzm_1-TLbicuINTCG8tMBgZru7bhcsBlXVNatWMU1RlDyvuiIz5qFHtuib/s400/052.JPG" border="0" /></a> Joey wanted to give Claire a hug. Sometimes they are friends :)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_A4GU7qFtv0MrhFgaIEmOvpmFMzcG-q04gbi7SaUF6wxM27XcA-1JanwyqLKMO45KZz-uhnKMmCvsSGAWwEGMXKDFXcRCz61ChocB_27IQEdKcfMKzrSsBj1PlbNSWajvGchSnlmEFkGi/s1600/055.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517394026212560098" 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/AVvXsEj_A4GU7qFtv0MrhFgaIEmOvpmFMzcG-q04gbi7SaUF6wxM27XcA-1JanwyqLKMO45KZz-uhnKMmCvsSGAWwEGMXKDFXcRCz61ChocB_27IQEdKcfMKzrSsBj1PlbNSWajvGchSnlmEFkGi/s400/055.JPG" border="0" /></a> I am looking forward to getting back into a routine and having 2hrs and 20min to myself once a week.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>brenda in seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12929435638119067256noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367004385769014100.post-1150553875160259622010-09-15T23:02:00.001-07:002010-09-15T23:18:32.411-07:00Bathroom Remodel: AfterHere's the new bathroom! Our friend Justin did a great job. We are really happy with the new look and function (except for the water that leaked through the ceiling last night when I ran a bath for Joey but that wasn't his fault, it was because of the guy we hired to refinish our tub).<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9OjKX1grkvREC8j603p-_T40m-3Jtb3QHA70K-oK-a-kmTejD-o9MiCQ7qAZK7-qMVHbGr2Ztx1aFR_ORdHC1MRsezbKOplNgEjy20euWyK2fdSw2owP2CGyOhkqIx-uqYs4njR4VIeSV/s1600/056.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517389020282313538" 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/AVvXsEi9OjKX1grkvREC8j603p-_T40m-3Jtb3QHA70K-oK-a-kmTejD-o9MiCQ7qAZK7-qMVHbGr2Ztx1aFR_ORdHC1MRsezbKOplNgEjy20euWyK2fdSw2owP2CGyOhkqIx-uqYs4njR4VIeSV/s400/056.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517389011370721746" 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/AVvXsEj5x-LPHLa8TX1dpCY5qvSAGtYVHoDSD8zq7LtMFzzo2Gx7H47FUSeyubsXHIoctsP4ZKkOEDSj6EogfGt-LBXYEpVp_FpChrUN_jiiOzInXFRllwyzV_i9jt9482yiG5X0vAxtYCuDCFmL/s400/057.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0qQJGeanqyQDvQ2BuGFkPynBAlA7GTMcdoF_lKjqBIHVFC3Lnk2Mx3KnWTq3eS0HvGhsNeDLskKv06ior-ObfK1bbyMp2P-IKv6pashXgauUNgiWRESQRPL-DGmpuJB3WkHKOWYbTdjPO/s1600/058.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517388997373317122" 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/AVvXsEj0qQJGeanqyQDvQ2BuGFkPynBAlA7GTMcdoF_lKjqBIHVFC3Lnk2Mx3KnWTq3eS0HvGhsNeDLskKv06ior-ObfK1bbyMp2P-IKv6pashXgauUNgiWRESQRPL-DGmpuJB3WkHKOWYbTdjPO/s400/058.JPG" border="0" /></a> And this picture just cracks me up. Justin also installed some new lighting in our living room and this is a picture of the kids standing on the shelf in the closet, watching him work on wires in the attic, early one morning. Justin was so great with the kids. He let them "help" when they could or watch when they couldn't. They are both going through Justin-<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">withdrawals</span> this week.</div><div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517389032995882978" 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/AVvXsEjAZzg4_IT9zpKZFlayvZ137k3vBB5zYmEMvFmcj-iScTBWTjGyQG7FEscj8Z-_ma8n9Mc-CvciA5EGIzo-Q991GgTlUHFC15-0_ORZH-wtBEWRBHY8WCvaZCQuETPfvUyeWstFJ_vF1Y-W/s400/43510127.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div>brenda in seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12929435638119067256noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367004385769014100.post-12486814583032295252010-08-19T21:56:00.000-07:002010-08-19T22:17:03.409-07:00Bathroom Remodel: BeforeWe decided to have our upstairs bathroom remodeled. Here are the before shots. It is almost done now so stay tuned for the beautiful, much improved, after shots.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGzOnuk89ZjYW6DLv9U2D8oSoEvSFPKRv-KCpz7TbdGcUbhyphenhyphenrnvnqMNmm7UqzejHZ3AfHk_7zBrlPTdG7YJgATnmRsiVCxnls0AJor53lSvipnjsAUxT8F9wiJO0rKY_GxAcC_axLbSg6D/s1600/051.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507353421770087362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGzOnuk89ZjYW6DLv9U2D8oSoEvSFPKRv-KCpz7TbdGcUbhyphenhyphenrnvnqMNmm7UqzejHZ3AfHk_7zBrlPTdG7YJgATnmRsiVCxnls0AJor53lSvipnjsAUxT8F9wiJO0rKY_GxAcC_axLbSg6D/s400/051.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgudSzSChCOfypcoMjnH-dNF0Cbd7GS5On4Ky7dTlbt1Bs2bcgIYmgyjUvPjvJ9Bbl_m_9dXeyfsn0eZVEiyZuHDmefZpg_vZbL55ooO61LtRpiHUlcUyGlMXd0RgCc_-snQllxYEP7lPIa/s1600/052.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507353415011496482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgudSzSChCOfypcoMjnH-dNF0Cbd7GS5On4Ky7dTlbt1Bs2bcgIYmgyjUvPjvJ9Bbl_m_9dXeyfsn0eZVEiyZuHDmefZpg_vZbL55ooO61LtRpiHUlcUyGlMXd0RgCc_-snQllxYEP7lPIa/s400/052.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiql4IaLVZhzNxINUt98a5Ny227x6c_iCEdkMLQN92ulF4oBceT0CVT-opyj9-Pkxz8-NxcwNCOCsVGggP-dsi2IeuDs5FjXNrSsifOwSWbjZysKK4oDEASToa6SmcnmAm8euHGp_NeKb7S/s1600/054.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507353411654554210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiql4IaLVZhzNxINUt98a5Ny227x6c_iCEdkMLQN92ulF4oBceT0CVT-opyj9-Pkxz8-NxcwNCOCsVGggP-dsi2IeuDs5FjXNrSsifOwSWbjZysKK4oDEASToa6SmcnmAm8euHGp_NeKb7S/s400/054.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLle2Gzo8bvGLz8Aot9TlL0-IYxQZAIJEZ8ii1rRRz7ybdiU3LN8bznOITJvh_er2-fet-QQhOOb6t0oUkqEo5xhTVDD0VXnW2qgGFJdZmOb4si4dyRnFDhGivvU8XNf9H-jT5dRIGJpFu/s1600/055.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507353400228378098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLle2Gzo8bvGLz8Aot9TlL0-IYxQZAIJEZ8ii1rRRz7ybdiU3LN8bznOITJvh_er2-fet-QQhOOb6t0oUkqEo5xhTVDD0VXnW2qgGFJdZmOb4si4dyRnFDhGivvU8XNf9H-jT5dRIGJpFu/s400/055.JPG" /></a> </div></div></div>brenda in seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12929435638119067256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367004385769014100.post-74235599521263434312010-08-08T22:06:00.001-07:002010-08-08T22:15:03.610-07:00You Know You Are a True Seattleite If...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtuyY9neVLUYIf0PhyJmpqbTEi4cJcBmnKpAmpXhIjaXMBDwno80oe2hea3Zsf5WZ58rLaxhLYons5_mQ4C-mh-ir9zCayv3W9lyh3IJ9M5Mjy6WAU0KV1p9m2pLVLzuxPqsJA4XvgO-05/s1600/003.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503273397683143218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtuyY9neVLUYIf0PhyJmpqbTEi4cJcBmnKpAmpXhIjaXMBDwno80oe2hea3Zsf5WZ58rLaxhLYons5_mQ4C-mh-ir9zCayv3W9lyh3IJ9M5Mjy6WAU0KV1p9m2pLVLzuxPqsJA4XvgO-05/s400/003.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNiczsDoWBqY5y-GVgU2W9imckMv5sZwOgiJaVj53PrnnBAOeLGDQlvOXRZfTbcJO2eKLANy6kj7xOqqHoLGu9mjLtqxSCzaNQyF_zhafqgVu9G9PZXI7JTNklW9hSn0f1Ui_bhjDLSSlW/s1600/008.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503273390725315426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNiczsDoWBqY5y-GVgU2W9imckMv5sZwOgiJaVj53PrnnBAOeLGDQlvOXRZfTbcJO2eKLANy6kj7xOqqHoLGu9mjLtqxSCzaNQyF_zhafqgVu9G9PZXI7JTNklW9hSn0f1Ui_bhjDLSSlW/s400/008.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrCcVVt3IAs_eMjmnSCs2aCd4cRv8GPZg9TtNv_VB40vrvHUYf8fdC1oQUBzmIRJIalCGVrPzSqRtejkEd9WJMbtkEgcBeuuCi9viIBX07mPUPWcKSlzOfAYKwFsOI-2uquaDPdxH_ymKI/s1600/011.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503273382267061778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrCcVVt3IAs_eMjmnSCs2aCd4cRv8GPZg9TtNv_VB40vrvHUYf8fdC1oQUBzmIRJIalCGVrPzSqRtejkEd9WJMbtkEgcBeuuCi9viIBX07mPUPWcKSlzOfAYKwFsOI-2uquaDPdxH_ymKI/s400/011.JPG" /></a><br />...you attend a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">SeaFair</span> parade in the rain. OK, it wasn't THE <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">SeaFair</span> Parade but it was the Lake City Parade which is part of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">SeaFair</span> complete with the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">SeaFair</span> Pirates and Clowns and the iconic pink Lincoln tow/toe truck. Neither kid liked the pirates. Claire liked the clowns and Ronald McDonald. Joey didn't. When he saw the tow/toe truck I asked him if he thought it was funny. He said that he liked that it towed but he didn't like the toes. Of course they enjoyed the candy as well. I think it was mostly a success. I know I had fun.brenda in seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12929435638119067256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367004385769014100.post-44902543344001976232010-07-27T21:59:00.001-07:002010-07-27T22:25:04.378-07:00Art<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498819397542651250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNVN8QbhRiYy1dibFuJkiNNGAUu4GQdFy-s0Zg20DxDlkxgZobQ-FF3msZJGc-rteu0trIDKM8ihRKB-RxMuCcJq5VpCqNi83VciLvCRNaBI8sH-pRibcmQiZcec1gx0_p9eiOdZJtV67C/s400/009.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498819403482287986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguawWjcEFOYj2CSZpcyubOKezcgnBxQpgg9fOjW3EFgwrRGWbr1ArOanA6HqPMlr-zY2iVzNO7oDFKHCEUJSf9HUaqav6qbrvn08XX79FS4XoZficHad3uruvPEytQiJ66_UEdFD9gHfPq/s400/012.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498819418978266898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGEgYJVP6H9jXxe0p0cH0ErknD4ByjbEq4Ci0soRcpU0Iowfw2EIneyvYQHDdZVGsJKxvMBrWh4JmDFSOcCLPH5QOpfDod8AFBY9RatlLrKtxOhi8uztbitE04y-59wS57mpXG-AltHpOc/s400/011.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498819424676349890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUwUZCypc1dC9RCPqMXiGrJcL7ZpO2YPOngnwRJSB1O-7rVNL-dRcSpvAqmkTYCheUWQvgFxhcqjN6o6LOEqh9VXZHWpIfW0Q3Pd3pHuDIXxs2AOQ72okt8DAvfQll8Up5_8kqMpqnR95j/s400/015.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498822779892838882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhncCwnhHOesulhJT9yrIu17AsQ3O1xtJ_Jn5HusWtupl-HymwADcHQ05vNQ58f6ksiqpaPc6WPNVcqIa36dPwntZQZi_2wz7kamqhJA9C8xJuu87wa79jerSJe_tn8Q-C3JJoG_3zixm1i/s400/017.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498822794695389250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbeQSq5nDboWpoi6XMzkxBe75-djyplQ6KhjS_NGaGJbrAGqYplRGmZ7F2gucIUicS9uLn57lbbwpR26Uqh2k7EOEGnV33kTRhDm9scsEHfE2PBezUi_KS-RlmT5JddZ6k-WJUtJGtP8ZL/s400/020.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498822788012548674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijakiYY2xeN2rS_BAb8eXO-ZMvdfWPY6wOx3vOEnpEE_UK-dEcWBuEZiV2lroKD6gI58WgSvGEhn_KDFu6DT7iDi1IJmHg7XLc8zg4TkL5CEOn8bcCXpXzqAcJxQT6M6iUHHrwn32SvPUs/s400/019.JPG" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMtjvrEI5IS9GMiW8zrRquOxKkcjy9Q5AiRzWrpyGm_wnshvmOaRElMJYQWB3yx_tto0zKhH66TobjTHI98EZ0XRGyJcv1ts5pMpY3D6pjQI06liBgyHdFThKVDpIgkbTHTosSPbXLpd55/s1600/021.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498822802405687634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMtjvrEI5IS9GMiW8zrRquOxKkcjy9Q5AiRzWrpyGm_wnshvmOaRElMJYQWB3yx_tto0zKhH66TobjTHI98EZ0XRGyJcv1ts5pMpY3D6pjQI06liBgyHdFThKVDpIgkbTHTosSPbXLpd55/s400/021.JPG" /></a>brenda in seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12929435638119067256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367004385769014100.post-57178488857089089882010-07-20T21:52:00.000-07:002010-07-28T22:32:25.439-07:00San Fransisco GetawayM and I spent 4 days last week in San Fransisco. We left the kids behind. Our wonderful parents took turns taking care of them. M had a conference there for a day and a half. I enjoyed having a few hours to myself. The rest of the time we did touristy things, ate yummy food, shopped a bit (there is never any time for clothes shopping when you have little kids), watched a couple movies, walked all over town and enjoyed being together. Here's a few pics.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidLGIH7LHigdnpWp4G6jBztQAElHADNW4MOODXleLbQAFmvkS0JFfBHwTOA3rbCSdpqUd-JpGXVobCvnOi1sITIIFW5uR70kr-bYYgq1cD6Jx-caBntWwFwTss2p5hFAhfejNW8BLzPnCO/s1600/003.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496232953214850402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidLGIH7LHigdnpWp4G6jBztQAElHADNW4MOODXleLbQAFmvkS0JFfBHwTOA3rbCSdpqUd-JpGXVobCvnOi1sITIIFW5uR70kr-bYYgq1cD6Jx-caBntWwFwTss2p5hFAhfejNW8BLzPnCO/s400/003.JPG" /></a> Riding a cable car (transportation system from 1873, the cars grab cables running on a loop underground, wiki it if you want to learn more).<br /><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjghP30USVuleKgUDU_RQEGgxWfVOQeGTC4TKyXDyiETnzNWnKPTbYI_ZqFqMPHIibywVLNy3oJ84shTs5CpOItjwTrjMABMhweZG_kxT_EWQbQakOrYYVLWx4h9Cq8IBzggQJwdBUsM4p3/s1600/007.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496230219572623746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjghP30USVuleKgUDU_RQEGgxWfVOQeGTC4TKyXDyiETnzNWnKPTbYI_ZqFqMPHIibywVLNy3oJ84shTs5CpOItjwTrjMABMhweZG_kxT_EWQbQakOrYYVLWx4h9Cq8IBzggQJwdBUsM4p3/s400/007.JPG" /></a> Then we rented a tandem bike and rode across the Golden Gate Bridge (note: tandem bikes are not as fun as they look, especially when riding across a windy bridge).<br />.<br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Do5ZJ62t5L9yCHOCjWd68BGP0OonJqq3XGacRreJ70pR8Zymc0XBrCubqrMmQI2w8JyDEykTJJuGONdHYA2V10-LHnXxGKHzTn14oqxdLD0BY8zw3cmmOj8US4DkhNijDKGbEQsXsHfn/s1600/008.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496219362686388242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Do5ZJ62t5L9yCHOCjWd68BGP0OonJqq3XGacRreJ70pR8Zymc0XBrCubqrMmQI2w8JyDEykTJJuGONdHYA2V10-LHnXxGKHzTn14oqxdLD0BY8zw3cmmOj8US4DkhNijDKGbEQsXsHfn/s400/008.JPG" /></a> Here we are about to get on the bridge with the city in the background.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXeO3JxZkvICQrrV3XHP5MDWb-NqyftlI9hl1rGw1fzhTEthGk8uhD5JHb5Eco_UbWzprJwMOjO_UX-aDcQAVtFPgvtaa_n9KElv8Ommr9komt57Imo3wRA24-pKTF0JRsEbxW38sYY5S8/s1600/012.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496219353049988546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXeO3JxZkvICQrrV3XHP5MDWb-NqyftlI9hl1rGw1fzhTEthGk8uhD5JHb5Eco_UbWzprJwMOjO_UX-aDcQAVtFPgvtaa_n9KElv8Ommr9komt57Imo3wRA24-pKTF0JRsEbxW38sYY5S8/s400/012.JPG" /></a> Action shot.<br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtnwPhO4hitYjcLLKhqUYwdQwQsElvJYpSaggesDUvumU3wyS-fV7T-b98fy4Euw_oiSfpPHnMYa52sU2jK8ySPr0wrAB-H3ORKbuqdeYT9hNMQQ5z7tTnjCIe0pZXbBEbkJe_Zmrwd1zA/s1600/014.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496219342696150642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtnwPhO4hitYjcLLKhqUYwdQwQsElvJYpSaggesDUvumU3wyS-fV7T-b98fy4Euw_oiSfpPHnMYa52sU2jK8ySPr0wrAB-H3ORKbuqdeYT9hNMQQ5z7tTnjCIe0pZXbBEbkJe_Zmrwd1zA/s400/014.JPG" /></a> On bridge.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiycuaxe8yTcMcqCBaUbj2uJ2ip5A932nJRxY6XC4lqBL9ETHqWeSPzY3eWcCXQSE2m_UthPjvg8kl_sXCJs8XLN460haH5dOig5k6PkiBQfk-vxRSBPGXLdGA2hnwoyjZ_kEKtUUB9mXH3/s1600/020.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496219333894596514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiycuaxe8yTcMcqCBaUbj2uJ2ip5A932nJRxY6XC4lqBL9ETHqWeSPzY3eWcCXQSE2m_UthPjvg8kl_sXCJs8XLN460haH5dOig5k6PkiBQfk-vxRSBPGXLdGA2hnwoyjZ_kEKtUUB9mXH3/s400/020.JPG" /></a> And we made it.<br /><br /><div>Thanks to M for making me go and thanks to our family for taking such great care of our kiddos.</div></div></div></div></div></div>brenda in seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12929435638119067256noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367004385769014100.post-35723876412016249902010-07-19T10:45:00.000-07:002010-07-19T10:45:00.203-07:00Visiting Papa Fitzer at WorkThis is a stacker. Papa <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Fitzer</span> has been driving one of these almost every day for decades. He took each of them for rides and they loved it. I used to love riding/driving these when I was a kid, too.<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494935728043707282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidcJdkyp32qq4JokOxcWoRS0PDZhHNeaPdtho1LX4RW-f0tsXLdAqG-D3WzvvCdvllVX6yZWjgHXJIaHCU0da9ZHiGqTDsvY9IazQWu7dQplH-J_bhbKINY3o31ZICWi209c6IfNNs4u8J/s400/180.JPG" /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnhRRj5gRfVZ1lC346ptGgGuKZzsAVeU2KTErih6o6aC_7H1ZIipoBe2S2yc_VKM-OMn_6F9nEKhC8HHZ78AkHDRydzWLpyg5MMle-shCWRmyopDeHGAHRBTY-rVIz_GLBuxfn2rApV1UF/s1600/183.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494936866310689938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnhRRj5gRfVZ1lC346ptGgGuKZzsAVeU2KTErih6o6aC_7H1ZIipoBe2S2yc_VKM-OMn_6F9nEKhC8HHZ78AkHDRydzWLpyg5MMle-shCWRmyopDeHGAHRBTY-rVIz_GLBuxfn2rApV1UF/s400/183.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjao3_BF3HeNobqnhjk8pAaDRJF9E3OhjJ-iipOq9cmU0rPn1xO4S8UjRMDwsJ8v-QOJjC-k95WpImNqDKzGauA4stwS6XvwwVEcqPlMCYcbPNJZZ9hNduhNjMR8MeGOU7-6HgcuBZJRR9M/s1600/179.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494935723605133490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjao3_BF3HeNobqnhjk8pAaDRJF9E3OhjJ-iipOq9cmU0rPn1xO4S8UjRMDwsJ8v-QOJjC-k95WpImNqDKzGauA4stwS6XvwwVEcqPlMCYcbPNJZZ9hNduhNjMR8MeGOU7-6HgcuBZJRR9M/s400/179.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit8tf3Xhqus953t_XNR5YnWF9ipqQe7wkH-N-r8PNbb_Vz4f6DPszUC0og6hTjBiF7hwnruDo7qApgEui-3Tqcxc8Bn1xsjlq_yxjheGliUvQp5Nk7gcr0iUnZwbZXAKwjP0ksio99dBGO/s1600/172.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494935702794087218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit8tf3Xhqus953t_XNR5YnWF9ipqQe7wkH-N-r8PNbb_Vz4f6DPszUC0og6hTjBiF7hwnruDo7qApgEui-3Tqcxc8Bn1xsjlq_yxjheGliUvQp5Nk7gcr0iUnZwbZXAKwjP0ksio99dBGO/s400/172.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>brenda in seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12929435638119067256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367004385769014100.post-55245735199998527302010-07-18T10:05:00.000-07:002010-07-17T10:44:25.649-07:00Bellingham FriendsWe have gotten a chance to spend some time with our friends in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bellingham</span> twice recently. The kids always have a blast together playing outside, feeding the chickens, running around downstairs, and sometimes we take them places. Only the tiniest nap and everyone gets dirty. It is super fun and my kids always want to go back. Now that many of the kids are older and more independent and we only have one "baby" between us, the moms actually get to chat a bit. During our visit in May, I was trying to take a picture of Claire and Ari on the couch but this little guy kept getting in the way.<br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxNJfBJ6IXlh-NFabKO_Cp3t3TIhplA0tBbK5Gvh9YU6Rfef9DtR-ERis8_gLZJdCIH5gmaaRrNpDqrk6HP-x_PNPYuAZMeBIHX9BbJgRUnr2t6J00adtQk-sAJLX8_Dzfcjpndw1qg5ML/s1600/044.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494929091665893186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxNJfBJ6IXlh-NFabKO_Cp3t3TIhplA0tBbK5Gvh9YU6Rfef9DtR-ERis8_gLZJdCIH5gmaaRrNpDqrk6HP-x_PNPYuAZMeBIHX9BbJgRUnr2t6J00adtQk-sAJLX8_Dzfcjpndw1qg5ML/s400/044.JPG" /></a> See? He is kind of a ham.<br /></p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMRdtizIzjVqHIqhWi5NrBJYic3YgJG3aF5wn-UE2loc3Ei0KkATmmSbkY4Uc0O2smXc7dLkXHRrMLHVUEjtT70OYXXlO6DJPe5pfS-6YvOOVCMT6Ds1x-kEzf5AS3BmNwPvbfhmlWrl-Z/s1600/040.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494929082661664930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMRdtizIzjVqHIqhWi5NrBJYic3YgJG3aF5wn-UE2loc3Ei0KkATmmSbkY4Uc0O2smXc7dLkXHRrMLHVUEjtT70OYXXlO6DJPe5pfS-6YvOOVCMT6Ds1x-kEzf5AS3BmNwPvbfhmlWrl-Z/s400/040.JPG" /></a> So, I finally got a good picture.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-4uyQgQ-KlMEyW_Gzxl7p0KyV4DR-YvtPD4IDjX9xf1kb88bxZFQpNTWVKP52O9kqo-iZ6lMzsXRzM-_DydcA86zg7b8iV6FwkN_MqZaxqj-tBxbiU9ewaKk4C6E5b5NY3eBkiQp2B-mo/s1600/035.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494929076929956146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-4uyQgQ-KlMEyW_Gzxl7p0KyV4DR-YvtPD4IDjX9xf1kb88bxZFQpNTWVKP52O9kqo-iZ6lMzsXRzM-_DydcA86zg7b8iV6FwkN_MqZaxqj-tBxbiU9ewaKk4C6E5b5NY3eBkiQp2B-mo/s400/035.JPG" /></a>I think she might be a baby-lover like her mom and grandmas.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjATVjCO7K_Riw_Ww0Mfe8uhBlkvIbZYdFNicHwB_S38dWt4HYFEy0PQw4WT_eZVmJ2duOycKjLdSLDFOpkr82ikDCvKuVNOgqTfP5mU8Ax8EEU-TzGqk3lMRPfuXs3iJpHvkqJB5SQqEsr/s1600/032.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494929068355128626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjATVjCO7K_Riw_Ww0Mfe8uhBlkvIbZYdFNicHwB_S38dWt4HYFEy0PQw4WT_eZVmJ2duOycKjLdSLDFOpkr82ikDCvKuVNOgqTfP5mU8Ax8EEU-TzGqk3lMRPfuXs3iJpHvkqJB5SQqEsr/s400/032.JPG" /></a> For this June visit, we ended up at a local spray park.</div><div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494925837350240754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDD73u9JUS6K0pnN5Vew_Eyk2_aVcwA7m-nDVvDq50_xIb6IiTaOFh9FF93wZvFl15JTymuGDRuYjK1oc03xbCtR9_L9qc0ZgTU4xV46ozzsCTm-sEWjamdSUdhpQXaNukgAEAuQLK9iJg/s400/147.JPG" />Ari chilled in the backpack.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmdDJrse6_Ei2aeIy_xTQdhuY19vpDbM85TcTqOsI_Td-P6KQrGgCJSwDS_6e5OJ0KHouDNXuHCw96npvMp18bTHuBzkwAxq08Dfs8rWVrl_wWsgjsQ-w0SBUTr7PuSvEkeOMD_pR57Zmh/s1600/146.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494925844231168114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmdDJrse6_Ei2aeIy_xTQdhuY19vpDbM85TcTqOsI_Td-P6KQrGgCJSwDS_6e5OJ0KHouDNXuHCw96npvMp18bTHuBzkwAxq08Dfs8rWVrl_wWsgjsQ-w0SBUTr7PuSvEkeOMD_pR57Zmh/s400/146.JPG" /></a>And here's the group, all 7 of them.<br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv8mkbX1YymJKHVE0DLWSEgrObtoN-hLg5S624m5mEVaH8VOoMl5rngVUfiX3ybhpM4QYEM0RZb8pCV-oDkrLlFKLgPAmMXVtatrZAJoL-FvChs7PPf-BrSeGkC9kEL-RQnx4C3gf6tcCA/s1600/149.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494925827010488466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv8mkbX1YymJKHVE0DLWSEgrObtoN-hLg5S624m5mEVaH8VOoMl5rngVUfiX3ybhpM4QYEM0RZb8pCV-oDkrLlFKLgPAmMXVtatrZAJoL-FvChs7PPf-BrSeGkC9kEL-RQnx4C3gf6tcCA/s400/149.JPG" /></a><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494925821076345330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1uMGa9Rjd8pcGrnE7MG31dKhvCbCpdqnuaObYzWcRaeGqtyMpcfpSv5TxW3pdXa67CiYTfuCrtHsolbpW_-hhZ4u7s8sIoiaZZtrf_-HPJNU54fK79uKtVc01MtPmy65QSi0JhhMrJpfZ/s400/151.JPG" /><br />It is nice to have good friends.<br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>brenda in seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12929435638119067256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367004385769014100.post-43946230154632505982010-07-17T09:42:00.000-07:002010-07-17T09:59:55.935-07:00Long Time, No BlogUgh. I haven't blogged for a few weeks. I have some spare time today, though, and am going to write some posts and get them ready to publish over the next few days. Here is a sneak peak as to what we have been up to lately.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Y9H9a5xOwpUVFBORiEWHaJjGJSNql25xDC2v-rpi9r8kfaaTVTWkszbglI8IcAUzAeIRlEy2dcYPGHEk5et61RyU997vX6t2UB1vr83Crx55fngCLpOGbzdnf1Rok_S9Oh4_0JIHOfcv/s1600/101.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494920376478378210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Y9H9a5xOwpUVFBORiEWHaJjGJSNql25xDC2v-rpi9r8kfaaTVTWkszbglI8IcAUzAeIRlEy2dcYPGHEk5et61RyU997vX6t2UB1vr83Crx55fngCLpOGbzdnf1Rok_S9Oh4_0JIHOfcv/s400/101.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ZlrTzduh2WlhwlVQCNLITXo4fL4zG3s58_aHWODdJyJ9nG3vGyuUoXJh-QoeWFKVrdgmOeFPthzFCWiqNTQPjZxsyfhAohCYzKUF7Dey4bIpk6TdhIXfxbuP_LKJwukLcPwPemCqsfEu/s1600/156.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494920370650332802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ZlrTzduh2WlhwlVQCNLITXo4fL4zG3s58_aHWODdJyJ9nG3vGyuUoXJh-QoeWFKVrdgmOeFPthzFCWiqNTQPjZxsyfhAohCYzKUF7Dey4bIpk6TdhIXfxbuP_LKJwukLcPwPemCqsfEu/s400/156.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNX-vqrNtPSoz-VeucgVOGQmj-O96asdhf9uxti31B-sRLrzRRaJGJ-ehFhWnaBjExDRAdl_ybAxde-ZmtK-VAhJmRE03kx4ZYvkaaZHkM5XjW5B_WsFHg_Sgf6E9BCwma4Mb7BZW9yKtL/s1600/043.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494918785083482514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNX-vqrNtPSoz-VeucgVOGQmj-O96asdhf9uxti31B-sRLrzRRaJGJ-ehFhWnaBjExDRAdl_ybAxde-ZmtK-VAhJmRE03kx4ZYvkaaZHkM5XjW5B_WsFHg_Sgf6E9BCwma4Mb7BZW9yKtL/s400/043.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw2pzTE26WwOg3M3sjQMQO91wXnLVSfXnaW5BvpkIifkXxDrGcJOfUejkeeSDdohjXCsZI4zNvVHRB8sjNikPf1IH-VP7DlVw1guRecoAaNjO8K8rF3V1tNYzbCHuRIJ5UvHXO9kLTKcds/s1600/183.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494918775769432450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw2pzTE26WwOg3M3sjQMQO91wXnLVSfXnaW5BvpkIifkXxDrGcJOfUejkeeSDdohjXCsZI4zNvVHRB8sjNikPf1IH-VP7DlVw1guRecoAaNjO8K8rF3V1tNYzbCHuRIJ5UvHXO9kLTKcds/s400/183.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Stay tuned...</div></div></div></div>brenda in seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12929435638119067256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367004385769014100.post-68752845794326222422010-06-25T22:39:00.001-07:002010-06-25T22:44:09.464-07:0010 Years<div>Yesterday, Matt and I celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary. Thanks to my wonderful in-laws, we were able to go out to a nice, relaxing dinner at Anthony's in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Edmonds</span>. I was going to write a long post about how we met and a recap of our 10 married years together but I am too tired now. I will have to save that for later. Here is a picture from our dinner last night. </div><div> </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486953887273012818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1-HfkiFOOzTrzc9xgU_geDyv1fBYtJGZa9Dc2VzTzg-PKkwy5FS0W_ZzbtdcKXjvM3kfblXinpF80G02b0u0VxgoFhlocqODHFr_nM13lfBXndbByUQPNrFcpz2rleZX9nJrtMU02aLO_/s400/Picture+210.jpg" /><br /><div></div>brenda in seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12929435638119067256noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367004385769014100.post-62537584513004548692010-06-21T22:29:00.001-07:002010-06-21T22:33:17.211-07:00Happy Father's/Birthday DayMy poor husband. This weekend was his birthday and Father's Day. We hardly saw him because he was working so much and he wasn't even on-call. We did get to spend a little fun time with him and we were thankful for that. He is such a great daddy and husband. We love you Daddy Matt.brenda in seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12929435638119067256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367004385769014100.post-57949235997583871342010-06-15T22:32:00.000-07:002010-06-15T22:32:00.418-07:00A Week in Review<div align="center">I can't seem to find time to blog as much as I want but this is what we did 2 weeks ago. It was a full, fun week. On Tuesday, we went to the zoo with our neighbors. We started at the penguin exhibit right at feeding time. It would have been pretty interesting if the keeper had stood somewhere that the visitors could have seen her better. We did get to see a little bit, though.<br /><br /><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482494030550680322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLhxvO77228DQ_NFoUDBRtM19ybJqGgU8qWxStDMUyoS6YiuwfmZMJtebYAOYOMrS145yuZU3sKB0oD3u7i6JyXiGCDE15hE82slVp11_xSsIvYbuyNiZz3D2MRPgutGAPO3MmlctOHoqm/s400/Picture+049.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">Meet our neighbor/friends: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Domonic</span> (3yrs this week), Amy (mom) and Lincoln (1yr).</div><br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482494035387451426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhklyXQcAx1uFcBdHFMvU8TU8F7AaTF-_dWlV4EMsMC0yeN1m45Nzqxkx0sqax488TigAqH4yaYP_bweIbOco-XpSLWVGIbJ9Ee14bwAOdMFOFvL-kBifU7ILb8lVyrotNIDZj4mwxIP2V9/s400/Picture+044.jpg" /><br /><div align="center"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Domonic</span> was not too impressed with my kids' funny faces.<br /><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482494019947134146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2WmbdUDSFCPLU_LHmHVRK80kmLcwewHBuOfgNgc_0zQdOdAKzEen3m1_ERrJX3oZF5lEUj_EbrAt7371Ir4BhjJgc1BYpl0_stbvNlTw7j0oAXxv2Z2Aiz_a3M5Juy91Idy52bGzX11iR/s400/Picture+053.jpg" /> <p align="center"><br />Joey and Claire each got one of these suckers since Joey can't have <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">ice cream</span>.<br /><br /><br /></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482494012015067698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyQ8FCXNTKK0aykKXjheHFfR5wJOPVMsbiJUeCiVmcyXEymG3HdoEmB1qUHtGMIwZVlHcDrScyVfAxbmAFEam2eiZhaU3AqVg4Z3jRbmNm9nes5CZFz_RA14l5moiqQiBsI-vlyX598O_I/s400/Picture+055.jpg" /> <p align="center"><br />Claire ate the top half inch.<br /><br />Joey turned his into a weapon and went to town.<br /><br /></p><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480646227164613970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixGxJuSVCVB-TAUkGMvCQkvqPsqBHVElvSKjkTE0EuwmuwAgHTr3KDvHPfdy2x4tm8hkH_-O_G5hcje2uOj9rCgMPFHvKCg-2txcxOmzIy-_MC44OIS97URfhPB9ykMdTnp83TltiLIQ-B/s400/Picture+056.jpg" /> A peacock was wandering around outside the food <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">pavilion</span></p><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480646213264335330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmsvQcmBxjFWL_SscW9Px23NuGm33LIkIKK91xqFe7CRlzczqpQAzpghfYJdH-JM7wzff5HymW-Qf33dRP7IEv2rMAs6LkC1ZwflmotRMfK2JtU5nDxMWOtTidfhxD2RSSeVD2KSHmD_tb/s400/Picture+060.jpg" /> and opened his feathers for us. </p><p align="center"><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480646201523718466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0rt-AAvm63i9lgWSAcqrSn0ZFZowWLBlUIhSLhfR75zNe4HAzI690CO9jHN8G6pEnPj7uaXLWY3JYZaZTwBGJGXuqNIEyzE-4aE8ngB_obNZDSD9PqlnR2dUI7BhzG1VW0gjk5ZEE3prU/s400/Picture+062.jpg" /><br />We went to see the new <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">meerkat</span> exhibit. Outside the exhibit is a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">meerkat</span> den for the kids to climb on and in. Claire found a dung beetle and a replica of its meal of choice. </p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgybjc8aFAJn8f2Wai1ZqHQN-2kBNn5NjDBgch11jMNvU2nXyapUAthppuw1b_2slLd2_-BbxYRD4fs5qV6YRcjz77GHkXDny1Gx3dnUh4PlbXFY2kQ5EkgPxRAMOABmUkEcBQyLL1PQeab/s1600/Picture+065.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480646188626448754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgybjc8aFAJn8f2Wai1ZqHQN-2kBNn5NjDBgch11jMNvU2nXyapUAthppuw1b_2slLd2_-BbxYRD4fs5qV6YRcjz77GHkXDny1Gx3dnUh4PlbXFY2kQ5EkgPxRAMOABmUkEcBQyLL1PQeab/s400/Picture+065.jpg" /></a><br />Joey finished his sucker inside the den and<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482729735167414866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeSI7gI9yAViMEphQjhp_zzuI1dVH133DlNFqZNc_BLkNvUyGk4hx19NkgM-1kVw-uOx6FJpj4lsYEZMdUdilOf-79cfQzC6VQEUgfnS7UFEzpYO32FRPnU1JTSPSdTSdfRPjyfWWTvXnb/s400/Picture+068.jpg" /><br />our neighbors posed as smiley meerkats.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg64H4cXaNex9YXqMOC6cz-L-ejJPF73Ocy70XZ3LdII9z077c6VOwO8Z0lKEASiSZHWu0rpYZQB6eVC2vr9scd8SvzQtinnS1DOUZ6Ly8AqDjxBPHIftY8Nf7NYrnB4G2uaKwP4XM17alX/s1600/Picture+066.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480644609323016834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg64H4cXaNex9YXqMOC6cz-L-ejJPF73Ocy70XZ3LdII9z077c6VOwO8Z0lKEASiSZHWu0rpYZQB6eVC2vr9scd8SvzQtinnS1DOUZ6Ly8AqDjxBPHIftY8Nf7NYrnB4G2uaKwP4XM17alX/s400/Picture+066.jpg" /></a>Later in the week, Joey refined his <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Wii</span> skills<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPUNpktXP1ybjmSlEVS5GqerV9A0909R3jVZtQBpaj17M2f6cs88JxVh_ndMfEZp9mq__zR0hBnDG3DcefxKwjBwF177sc_qfv-RSVlSSgbpkdE9X-UKyGucRdWac_IBm_obzKMePdZQmg/s1600/Picture+083.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480644599688251362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPUNpktXP1ybjmSlEVS5GqerV9A0909R3jVZtQBpaj17M2f6cs88JxVh_ndMfEZp9mq__zR0hBnDG3DcefxKwjBwF177sc_qfv-RSVlSSgbpkdE9X-UKyGucRdWac_IBm_obzKMePdZQmg/s400/Picture+083.jpg" /></a>and was rewarded with a pack of water balloons for sleeping all night in his own bed for 8 nights.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW-OS0BRpMfDmp1YwL7W7o9DLfxnFKOGWLthup6AD-aVP7k7Z6i_1wZ0fvz2ip0arJekN0oW5-LQxNvwUzj9FvNJoa1FlAYaKmFomy4n-46Mln7muoKvc-UNzBs4H5hk9CAxkeq63B7Ym-/s1600/Picture+088.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480644566717569730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW-OS0BRpMfDmp1YwL7W7o9DLfxnFKOGWLthup6AD-aVP7k7Z6i_1wZ0fvz2ip0arJekN0oW5-LQxNvwUzj9FvNJoa1FlAYaKmFomy4n-46Mln7muoKvc-UNzBs4H5hk9CAxkeq63B7Ym-/s400/Picture+088.jpg" /></a> Friday night was Mariner's night. This was after the game. We had fun but were tired at the end.</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcNYc2EnJ9XJfN_b8_nolNRR-Lk5Km7Lu0T3e2tOagsOi4h-GIY_xnCaDfIwCaftKFxOTpUtR64Hr-CwPqzIEwruClx-BAshh13NykcLSom-9IqD3LzeTYYgfwCHC2YCozO-uuogNrkitg/s1600/Picture+089.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480644556574465218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcNYc2EnJ9XJfN_b8_nolNRR-Lk5Km7Lu0T3e2tOagsOi4h-GIY_xnCaDfIwCaftKFxOTpUtR64Hr-CwPqzIEwruClx-BAshh13NykcLSom-9IqD3LzeTYYgfwCHC2YCozO-uuogNrkitg/s400/Picture+089.jpg" /></a> Here are some videos of Joey playing <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Wii</span> (because I think the footwork is so funny) and riding his new bike for the first time at a park on the weekend. </div><div>Oops, I can't get the videos to work right now. I will try to post them later.</div><div><div><br /></div></div></div></div><br /></div>brenda in seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12929435638119067256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367004385769014100.post-53816382682188015232010-06-14T22:20:00.000-07:002010-06-15T07:23:32.019-07:00Potty-Training Day 1I thought today would be a good day to see if Claire was interested in potty-training since she has been going occasionally on the potty lately.<br /><br />9:20 Take off diaper. Sit on potty. Nothing. Put on princess underwear.<br /><br />9:40 Sit on potty. Nothing.<br /><br />9:55 Underwear a bit wet. Sit on potty. Went a little bit.<br /><br />10:00 Went all over the couch. Sat on potty. Nothing. Put on new underwear.<br /><br />10:30 Sat on potty. Nothing.<br /><br />11:00 Sat on potty. Nothing. Put on pull-up and leave for the store.<br /><br />11:30 Arrive at store. Head straight for restroom. Discover slightly wet pull-up. Sat on potty. Nothing. Mom gives up and decides to leave pull-up on until after naptime.<br /><br />11:40 Went to pull-up isle to find princess pull-ups to see if that would help motivate. She chose the firetruck ones.<br /><br />4:30 Sat on potty. Nothing. Put on underwear.<br /><br />4:50 Sat on potty. Passed a lot of gas. Discussed going #2. Sat for a while. Nothing. Mom decided to put her in a pull-up for fear of having a big mess to clean up.<br /><br />9:00 Sat on potty. Nothing. Put on diaper for bedtime.<br /><br />Ho hum. Oh well.brenda in seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12929435638119067256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367004385769014100.post-74237456761568627512010-06-07T22:20:00.001-07:002010-06-07T22:56:25.674-07:00Trees<div align="center">My mom had some trees cut down at her house today. We went over to watch. Claire said it was too loud for her so she played in the house, perfectly happy to not have her brother there bothering her. Joey and I spent a good portion of the day outside watching and helping. Joey climbed this tree which was <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">severely</span> pruned.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp7b_S-RACObhXLv7S_Uj4NszCrUer6dASVpUQEvTaRV7Fjqd5nYvTKrVZ98qwyzVBwq1Dx3qRSadQMyo8sxH7aQyfNGVAiRVTeyQ-l8ojcuJNLNCopng00bCkXZEzy14gVouGaHwnIaex/s1600/Picture+096.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480272142627394338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp7b_S-RACObhXLv7S_Uj4NszCrUer6dASVpUQEvTaRV7Fjqd5nYvTKrVZ98qwyzVBwq1Dx3qRSadQMyo8sxH7aQyfNGVAiRVTeyQ-l8ojcuJNLNCopng00bCkXZEzy14gVouGaHwnIaex/s400/Picture+096.jpg" /></a> And helped this man clean up. Who can be first to name this guy?</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTHLzViLIlSxNc2qVUW_v9nnCAvXQQv6LaoiSpDUpy9Obc0TQBFFqXH4VJRJzNVbA7OSLG9gxSxyjVZSs-L51EwGARaiqTfQKTrp6qM39bK5un7WafsA1Xh-DbM5RakeXKvgD6A_6HJdF/s1600/Picture+098.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480271403949830898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTHLzViLIlSxNc2qVUW_v9nnCAvXQQv6LaoiSpDUpy9Obc0TQBFFqXH4VJRJzNVbA7OSLG9gxSxyjVZSs-L51EwGARaiqTfQKTrp6qM39bK5un7WafsA1Xh-DbM5RakeXKvgD6A_6HJdF/s400/Picture+098.jpg" /></a>The only reason that man got to finish what he was doing was because Joey found a worm.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz7ovVuwKb1LslbdM5YnKk3YVUWODq1dYaotMNEDknm-yw703Fz2NIPwpvBjxl0WvbAJkFCoEKjyY_Mn-VGPz0GhNOCpWBA_mQeraWBrBOzasF8aPphTm-oFGDQ-1oG_YMQK8X6_idqWQF/s1600/Picture+101.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480271395578290434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz7ovVuwKb1LslbdM5YnKk3YVUWODq1dYaotMNEDknm-yw703Fz2NIPwpvBjxl0WvbAJkFCoEKjyY_Mn-VGPz0GhNOCpWBA_mQeraWBrBOzasF8aPphTm-oFGDQ-1oG_YMQK8X6_idqWQF/s400/Picture+101.jpg" /></a> Later in the afternoon, Joey got pretty tired. He was too tired to pose by this bird nest that we found (unoccupied, thankfully).</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM35Txs1rVPbbQ2TJP9-DeGl4Ce3TAsXR10CRQoPCsP1SgQsULr8X8AH7pfkqww-G5ohrJYDmptZTcF_EbXogfuqUpyDQ-RBLZPtkMHw9iWRJpSs5EE-tz3P2BrnJ1uefQUdV5Rw9Sf5Ig/s1600/Picture+103.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480271387997010626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM35Txs1rVPbbQ2TJP9-DeGl4Ce3TAsXR10CRQoPCsP1SgQsULr8X8AH7pfkqww-G5ohrJYDmptZTcF_EbXogfuqUpyDQ-RBLZPtkMHw9iWRJpSs5EE-tz3P2BrnJ1uefQUdV5Rw9Sf5Ig/s400/Picture+103.jpg" /></a> The <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">arborist</span> got shocked while cutting down the big cedar in front. It was pretty bad. He screamed. All his muscles tensed and he couldn't let go. After 2-3 seconds he was able to let go and the saw fell to the ground and then he fell out of the tree. We were all relived when he stood up and we saw that he was <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">OK</span>. It was pretty scary.</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-_zWMPduTVwS1bRnXwpFUAN1mZugyWQa4Z06rUc1U4GU3iVDzAEjqJYYV6jZrSU2nFXLd25X6pnX5jVRVHjTzIOSAN2fbBBKcoB8W3lBpyRXLGKHyjBV3J7cuiHgHadHGKlMPLPkDggA/s1600/Picture+105.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480271373797173874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-_zWMPduTVwS1bRnXwpFUAN1mZugyWQa4Z06rUc1U4GU3iVDzAEjqJYYV6jZrSU2nFXLd25X6pnX5jVRVHjTzIOSAN2fbBBKcoB8W3lBpyRXLGKHyjBV3J7cuiHgHadHGKlMPLPkDggA/s400/Picture+105.jpg" /></a>Here's a video of the spruce coming down.<br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxa8_abPBqPHpqhhH0bCXThT2Jd8mUAu3Ki2I4HSgQTLTgZrkAWqku72-t6rVdKdlWPosQOXx_LDxTZ5oxyjQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>brenda in seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12929435638119067256noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367004385769014100.post-65101453141993100262010-06-02T23:00:00.000-07:002010-06-07T22:25:14.156-07:00RandomnessWe went for a walk in the rain today. We were supposed to have a big storm but Seattle didn't seem to get too much of it. It rained a bit in the morning and then stopped. When I decided to take the kids out for a walk it wasn't raining. By the time we got outside it was sprinkling. When we got to the store I was a bit worried because I could see dark rain clouds to the South. After we were done shopping it was raining quite a bit but still not enough to be uncomfortable. Part of our walk was undercover. To make this even more interesting, Joey was pushing a cool new toy truck that he got for his birthday with a handle (<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">sprigtoys</span>.com) and Claire was pushing her stroller. They pushed their toys all the way to and from the store. They thought it was fun to walk in the rain. Joey got a wallet with a chain for his birthday. It had a few dollars in it. He wanted a sparkling juice beverage at the store that I told him I wasn't going to buy so he bought it with him own money. That was his first purchase.<br /><br />When I go get Claire out of bed each morning she tells me, "I am done with my nigh-nigh time now."<br />I overheard her on the monitor the other day. She was "reading" to her dolls and said, "C is for cat. D is for dog. D is for walrus."brenda in seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12929435638119067256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367004385769014100.post-25448107996038964542010-05-31T22:14:00.000-07:002010-06-02T23:00:15.037-07:00Joey's Birthday WeekJoey turned 4 last week. His birthday week was kicked off by getting to be the Snack Star at school. He chose to bring Star Wars cupcakes with blue frosting (they were supposed to have white frosting with blue sprinkles but they weren't made quite right) so all the kids had blue hands and fingers when they left school. Thursday was the last day of school and they had a little program. Half of the kids sang and did the motions and half just stood there but they did all stay on the stage pretty well. Joey did not sing but smiled and waved at our neighbor boy who was in the front row.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt7nVzm2wzELqGdkp0A8jpM_V4kxNVZNRNPVuCnDTQ9obxUvFEcSU5Md4uBLYeIFeGoc5943bZREJA8rGi0MhDayWgzvSCbVd1n6j3c51QzJDIt6vzAtEBEgm911FbSJ8mPjX6atooEV31/s1600/Picture+001.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478416871393490050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt7nVzm2wzELqGdkp0A8jpM_V4kxNVZNRNPVuCnDTQ9obxUvFEcSU5Md4uBLYeIFeGoc5943bZREJA8rGi0MhDayWgzvSCbVd1n6j3c51QzJDIt6vzAtEBEgm911FbSJ8mPjX6atooEV31/s400/Picture+001.jpg" /></a> Joey chose to go to the Science Center on his actual birthday. We hadn't been there for six months, or so. We had a good time, especially in the insect area. Joey didn't want to touch the hissing <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">cockroach</span>.<br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNo-iJ4R-87CWuE6CMFeepIOTG-Lce_e8d7VhWjldICHBVkyuAi653kAPRVTdtfJj3sAJ7uj7fH6eFdRsrJEy2LMZaSpzlpLah4twNaqfegT6qq0Uz5UaBIxHbUXmW8fadGNcx5sKQGLnP/s1600/Picture+004.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478415740724522498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNo-iJ4R-87CWuE6CMFeepIOTG-Lce_e8d7VhWjldICHBVkyuAi653kAPRVTdtfJj3sAJ7uj7fH6eFdRsrJEy2LMZaSpzlpLah4twNaqfegT6qq0Uz5UaBIxHbUXmW8fadGNcx5sKQGLnP/s400/Picture+004.jpg" /></a> But Claire did. Sort of.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHeBMTMj837v6aHvcHKfZyGV7PX_Em2k2JbhF-aA4MugYL6EAmX03EJIOV3hO8SA_AF1eKdLthisJVDGdSvxyW5589ebN0eXAJXCI691-zz7kDR3wmG-t7hpDjv1TvtjFy5ZbZ6OdmZpRs/s1600/Picture+005.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478415735899999250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHeBMTMj837v6aHvcHKfZyGV7PX_Em2k2JbhF-aA4MugYL6EAmX03EJIOV3hO8SA_AF1eKdLthisJVDGdSvxyW5589ebN0eXAJXCI691-zz7kDR3wmG-t7hpDjv1TvtjFy5ZbZ6OdmZpRs/s400/Picture+005.jpg" /></a>We had Joey's family part on Sunday. He was so excited for everyone to arrive that, as soon as he woke up from his nap, he ran to the couch and waited.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgufTwxCoS0-C3DAXTnLi7NFd-lfLp7LzWDlNDJ4PdNEiRUpAnQ_HVJhjWU4RYfPy9gsgToeCZUKzZtx1NYH5AUQvoPAOySrCZjWx6VH9B94X5nSuY4QRI8MCjNHQQxiFNbgK8c0btHaT20/s1600/Picture+013.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478415731500902946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgufTwxCoS0-C3DAXTnLi7NFd-lfLp7LzWDlNDJ4PdNEiRUpAnQ_HVJhjWU4RYfPy9gsgToeCZUKzZtx1NYH5AUQvoPAOySrCZjWx6VH9B94X5nSuY4QRI8MCjNHQQxiFNbgK8c0btHaT20/s400/Picture+013.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtVn83ifMxVLOp3lkuyi2OEpk7eFIqXWjroFNepRJqRP1lBddG4SMuMQqcOu9DSVzXROldIhP5DRK-7zaKv-98q5xYeGUCzdDlKBGqZLtm4lwlrPc4j_sJ-Gv9dWTfCzMbhqgbneiKhml/s1600/Picture+014.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478415715648595730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtVn83ifMxVLOp3lkuyi2OEpk7eFIqXWjroFNepRJqRP1lBddG4SMuMQqcOu9DSVzXROldIhP5DRK-7zaKv-98q5xYeGUCzdDlKBGqZLtm4lwlrPc4j_sJ-Gv9dWTfCzMbhqgbneiKhml/s400/Picture+014.jpg" /></a>We had another Star Wars cake for his family party.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhRmjnS-dNVEuplTJrt8O89zak_kGDMBaD7VOhDBl7VIw6f90G5MPOERYnp7GMMHc8Ec7n8KhGcuXu077oFXjgYMbkXwGM6mP5_3XpzzCXMIYC1QLObgVtE3zTELGwT33O8rHxC_ivM067/s1600/Picture+009.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477672691990630914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhRmjnS-dNVEuplTJrt8O89zak_kGDMBaD7VOhDBl7VIw6f90G5MPOERYnp7GMMHc8Ec7n8KhGcuXu077oFXjgYMbkXwGM6mP5_3XpzzCXMIYC1QLObgVtE3zTELGwT33O8rHxC_ivM067/s400/Picture+009.jpg" /></a> Joey opened his presents and I was so proud of him for politely saying thank you to every person after each gift.</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimSx3kcxz_WxrcvThldoRZPCYflq3v4pwXG6-RmmwjUPl1C43BXh66rmhQRJHqVFt2LU2HNqFT9iHDb8t2qECe_FBkA1e2GTWlnnY1yZdjMK9HPZnrdGiTGOV715mXSwF1OTerA_yRhPwy/s1600/Picture+019.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477672682324419538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimSx3kcxz_WxrcvThldoRZPCYflq3v4pwXG6-RmmwjUPl1C43BXh66rmhQRJHqVFt2LU2HNqFT9iHDb8t2qECe_FBkA1e2GTWlnnY1yZdjMK9HPZnrdGiTGOV715mXSwF1OTerA_yRhPwy/s400/Picture+019.jpg" /></a> And Claire played <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">PlayDough</span> with Aunt Kathy (from California).</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMEM2o6Gm7VclbRv08QGsa9iwLykG6LeJS8l0elhOzQg1OV236GdNES47DDrhyphenhyphend3r1PHoub4_Hnp_n8FKvumLE_0JrbFULEjKCfHo_qS3tqLHmMYGbhoU8nM4pza7xSf2EXn4GpaDyK5IN/s1600/Picture+024.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477672676281944946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMEM2o6Gm7VclbRv08QGsa9iwLykG6LeJS8l0elhOzQg1OV236GdNES47DDrhyphenhyphend3r1PHoub4_Hnp_n8FKvumLE_0JrbFULEjKCfHo_qS3tqLHmMYGbhoU8nM4pza7xSf2EXn4GpaDyK5IN/s400/Picture+024.jpg" /></a> Joey had Light Saber and other weapon battles with anyone who would fight with him.</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwCfiyMnebZvqjm3xN1I3688wtdPrNbFAf9bZl0PcNidOF_R7A0aA8m8ZM3ZWDTSubZhp8rctnZO5JhMz9W8tdcrbBGY0yMkTZ9bgpl8b5bpYGBIz9YAoEOYQGnMDEffF8AAjald8ZDEbL/s1600/Picture+026.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477672661193003890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwCfiyMnebZvqjm3xN1I3688wtdPrNbFAf9bZl0PcNidOF_R7A0aA8m8ZM3ZWDTSubZhp8rctnZO5JhMz9W8tdcrbBGY0yMkTZ9bgpl8b5bpYGBIz9YAoEOYQGnMDEffF8AAjald8ZDEbL/s400/Picture+026.jpg" /></a> He is growing up so much. I think I'm going to like the 4-year-old stage. Recently he has been more trust-worthy, more helpful, skipping naps and going to bed earlier, cuddly and caring about others' feelings and lots of other fun things. We love our big boy so much.<br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>brenda in seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12929435638119067256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367004385769014100.post-48447841022881954532010-05-25T21:31:00.000-07:002010-05-26T06:39:51.244-07:00A Dad and His Boy<div align="center">Lately, Joey has become very attached to his dad on the weekends. He wants to help his Dad and do things with him all the time. Last weekend they mowed the lawn.</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ3CTv2F6D5dxKbiP5rysIsjHRSSdgGjAcG9Kbidhkft2bdvqjGyonZprq9zYV72ho2osf-zYaTillVwr33CEVEXt9URUsqRnMw0CFcs68spBW5QjI2Hof0KVftdaTMK2cYw5v_mN3GF8p/s1600/007.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475433947902942914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ3CTv2F6D5dxKbiP5rysIsjHRSSdgGjAcG9Kbidhkft2bdvqjGyonZprq9zYV72ho2osf-zYaTillVwr33CEVEXt9URUsqRnMw0CFcs68spBW5QjI2Hof0KVftdaTMK2cYw5v_mN3GF8p/s400/007.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475433923788948866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSTurDLOjYcl0a007IapAO1DKZz63djX72nRAlfT2eOAchKSsCG1g_aZLlfwUiP_-rACtC-kHpiLQaL8dDWxNqnmxeYO8LyGooJYB4i5aV7ioVuveSDAj-n9hW8Y5BET5sxbanhKL8oDjE/s400/021.JPG" /><br /><br /><div align="center">And then Little Missy wanted to join in on the fun,</div><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475433940940742658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZo-m-8jifui7ydBckPleZdKZsT-CllsAp1KYQMynfEdmuNDh4fuuvS-cz_sYTUyvmb0YCeeKeiINwJJD6nV_Vgb-H9w_cbRvzJztlbNM8xm6xRXpq6wjNRuw3NaNuABFwBlJEiwGvHHWR/s400/012.JPG" />attitude and all.</div><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 304px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475433931540676322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOWfVNtzc1LMfk5qUJSmWX6-Ze3vF7ufIB_D6w8exnlOecZcFIYflybieiPQ38eX2h8AXDgYLwlBT_RGueZoKNfs6u2TRXbB98alyc6TBSTARUeVi3wCdSMvxRJHtapg98ziFRvG0sJ5Mc/s400/019.JPG" />Then they waxed the car.<br /><div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZfQ6qtekHTX9I7jzkj_KgfnHNZC8Z2Vg9OpGJxAPYN-dchMD0FscBqr3ey0xie0VQAzrpVRTY6LYzO_S6uE5WleTbJaH0vMtxljbhruLfIV5kPVwVnGIQhuuKA3qVoY6XrELaSrNNf2I4/s1600/022.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475433911523540162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZfQ6qtekHTX9I7jzkj_KgfnHNZC8Z2Vg9OpGJxAPYN-dchMD0FscBqr3ey0xie0VQAzrpVRTY6LYzO_S6uE5WleTbJaH0vMtxljbhruLfIV5kPVwVnGIQhuuKA3qVoY6XrELaSrNNf2I4/s400/022.JPG" /></a> I love my boys.</div><div><br /><div> </div></div></div></div><br /></div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyKpledcLXv2d0eZwYhUzgPKYoBQ1WmPuk70SEle6TlyEQ8WZSyss4HG43MgI8Icog3czpfJCTfRNkAVv_6WQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>brenda in seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12929435638119067256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367004385769014100.post-55082507058041430222010-05-12T22:12:00.000-07:002010-05-15T15:14:57.850-07:00Volunteer Park<div align="center">Last week we went to Volunteer Park and found a lily pond with gigantic <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Koi</span></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF-vkX0IdtQwGxT7alH_OtnEgzDSoZc4hGavLRGlZM68yDlHklUeTzf2tQdMGlbry9Oqj6BvyKssSIwJ0JG12w5FxscPBcGTeE7ZzKc5nhDnYRrKcwSKuIJf2umOH0_LVgVh6bNFaATHXW/s1600/007.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471614510812487586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF-vkX0IdtQwGxT7alH_OtnEgzDSoZc4hGavLRGlZM68yDlHklUeTzf2tQdMGlbry9Oqj6BvyKssSIwJ0JG12w5FxscPBcGTeE7ZzKc5nhDnYRrKcwSKuIJf2umOH0_LVgVh6bNFaATHXW/s400/007.JPG" /></a> and a water tower that made the kids a bit nervous at first</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi08k7LOyquq6r5yQpQ1Sp0vXVcVoch_Q0fVijbMLUZLSgS1nf6j_91C_AH5vDVMNtD9AKoulTc1HSVpSdaKoGIW4sWyvGN1yUVmycr9YAP3iB34a39-2CodYBxheN4N3iG3SeVyrQzUkzi/s1600/010.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471614503589258098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi08k7LOyquq6r5yQpQ1Sp0vXVcVoch_Q0fVijbMLUZLSgS1nf6j_91C_AH5vDVMNtD9AKoulTc1HSVpSdaKoGIW4sWyvGN1yUVmycr9YAP3iB34a39-2CodYBxheN4N3iG3SeVyrQzUkzi/s400/010.JPG" /></a> but when we got to the top we had a 360 degree view of Seattle<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLZIRtSRYOMyooD-6kIMrjwia0flqg4XOfGSItotWAvWmfwtL8wOBxJB4im4ZdwE8AkCs7oYzRODtOcGayxbwAw_uJVefnMYpqZs9aYS13m6jBt6EwwLmD-OLTz_9zdhlnGt8Gw0mMN3vz/s1600/012.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471614495496967042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLZIRtSRYOMyooD-6kIMrjwia0flqg4XOfGSItotWAvWmfwtL8wOBxJB4im4ZdwE8AkCs7oYzRODtOcGayxbwAw_uJVefnMYpqZs9aYS13m6jBt6EwwLmD-OLTz_9zdhlnGt8Gw0mMN3vz/s400/012.JPG" /></a>and the kids did some climbing<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwyicMFPrBzTrbb66hSWk1bmCugwOIlC74GyBzzf6XF5VdgLSBE_8GW-T4Ql-XrUPSedoDIcKsBWzD2pxu2LzrGpbyJdKw17yXZe6-lKZdzBAZB9DhbD0FDrwrW_-uZTodKCQHJ6uhNuO5/s1600/013.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471614481351497938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwyicMFPrBzTrbb66hSWk1bmCugwOIlC74GyBzzf6XF5VdgLSBE_8GW-T4Ql-XrUPSedoDIcKsBWzD2pxu2LzrGpbyJdKw17yXZe6-lKZdzBAZB9DhbD0FDrwrW_-uZTodKCQHJ6uhNuO5/s400/013.JPG" /></a> and I tried to take an artsy photograph with a basic point and shoot.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfc3gFjkUhUR5RjXi-R9nJAsvKHVpy5c_psfonDNH-OD50ctOGTLQhixaRJAjn52nOKDsuOfFyYDIIuQs1UbV53W-fjiTRW9YkyBiBZSgrvTu0gt5TQWx9Pq6fG1b2EZWzPSbEhwP89AfT/s1600/019.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470623423112583810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfc3gFjkUhUR5RjXi-R9nJAsvKHVpy5c_psfonDNH-OD50ctOGTLQhixaRJAjn52nOKDsuOfFyYDIIuQs1UbV53W-fjiTRW9YkyBiBZSgrvTu0gt5TQWx9Pq6fG1b2EZWzPSbEhwP89AfT/s400/019.JPG" /></a>The trek back down the stairs wasn't nearly as scary as going up<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVi_7LMdQmNU6TA8FJhBVchG82qPi6-cnVnl1Ccubq8ovkxzC5UgDYVn7hVwMfrSl56uCv08dKBMZBF8AWnSsZZIznoQU8icAPCFRE9zEEXGpcVWbihaox1hAh6cXuZOWFtAExn9y55o5v/s1600/025.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470623412498962002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVi_7LMdQmNU6TA8FJhBVchG82qPi6-cnVnl1Ccubq8ovkxzC5UgDYVn7hVwMfrSl56uCv08dKBMZBF8AWnSsZZIznoQU8icAPCFRE9zEEXGpcVWbihaox1hAh6cXuZOWFtAExn9y55o5v/s400/025.JPG" /></a>so we happily walked to the playground and rode on these<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYtGa0b0KMfQ7iEDpVYxPVAEIDGCiLxEGxYmgZ0pWWHJ7iCu3IWKBcHhGH7LwcQI0a9b8wBz639oZokl2fp_DbL6BQe5_xB0WyPJjZj-SMPtjCd8nGxv28g9Ozg1mpylrNeLfaQvZkW1FD/s1600/032.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470623406692655074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYtGa0b0KMfQ7iEDpVYxPVAEIDGCiLxEGxYmgZ0pWWHJ7iCu3IWKBcHhGH7LwcQI0a9b8wBz639oZokl2fp_DbL6BQe5_xB0WyPJjZj-SMPtjCd8nGxv28g9Ozg1mpylrNeLfaQvZkW1FD/s400/032.JPG" /></a>and these </div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxIc5TdjwQDgUUGJCt-PR9TebnLU-hXm2FT-azC56_gVGi2VidVdEvJKaxooDzv59TNXeBaFucf97fVopgTWbzDBE5kMzftdmhx92mWgo4mn1gljXESYuQDyuX8aAh8VbKzblHEKWmCKcz/s1600/035.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470621698464860386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxIc5TdjwQDgUUGJCt-PR9TebnLU-hXm2FT-azC56_gVGi2VidVdEvJKaxooDzv59TNXeBaFucf97fVopgTWbzDBE5kMzftdmhx92mWgo4mn1gljXESYuQDyuX8aAh8VbKzblHEKWmCKcz/s400/035.JPG" /></a>and Joey showed off his greatly improved </div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5VondnzKwa55ph2ZOEXnInKXv2LAAXgZVumFMu1s9KZ-HlzojYLagO7FwUV2pdyVLKxJgIoTxQYMe_ie69DrSBFXcJFg6ebYVxkGYQqP1KadtrHltVZmb6r8B3kOVOjsNh7x4SxsqY3eu/s1600/036.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470621689080239666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5VondnzKwa55ph2ZOEXnInKXv2LAAXgZVumFMu1s9KZ-HlzojYLagO7FwUV2pdyVLKxJgIoTxQYMe_ie69DrSBFXcJFg6ebYVxkGYQqP1KadtrHltVZmb6r8B3kOVOjsNh7x4SxsqY3eu/s400/036.JPG" /></a>pumping skills.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfbCF8Vpm0Pz2q8H4oBnBGT1uRAs4fjaGw42Xe94LkTVvnhe9KmZcuIdlGWCXtIFwQbj371GncyhxSq4EwHLK5ewKlqDHZ2ToC-m3qxefNH3iSE8cZYL3dcCYxSIYA4F-6JxnXWzEJgx51/s1600/038.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470621678610986786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfbCF8Vpm0Pz2q8H4oBnBGT1uRAs4fjaGw42Xe94LkTVvnhe9KmZcuIdlGWCXtIFwQbj371GncyhxSq4EwHLK5ewKlqDHZ2ToC-m3qxefNH3iSE8cZYL3dcCYxSIYA4F-6JxnXWzEJgx51/s400/038.JPG" /></a> It was a fun day.<br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>brenda in seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12929435638119067256noreply@blogger.com0