tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13410138744001700952024-03-14T02:21:20.983-07:00Randomly RiggsHaving a place to go - is a home. Having someone to love - is a family. Having both - is a blessing. ~Donna Hedges
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger172125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341013874400170095.post-20943479503264264732013-11-07T06:55:00.000-08:002013-11-07T06:55:01.089-08:00Happy Halloween!!<b>Happy Halloween!!! </b><br />
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This year we went all out for Halloween. Well, Chad and the kids did.....I somehow ended up a witch in a world of superheroes!!! LOL This year was the first year Chad was off work for actual Halloween night. It was so fun!<br />
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We went to a Halloween party at my friends house, then Boo at the Zoo, then trick or treated on Halloween...seemed like our Halloween lasted 2 weeks....ha! <br />
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Here are some photos of our holiday. Chad has the most awesome Batman costume ever!!! So if you need a Batman....I got one!!! :)<br />
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I went to Lowes and bought Deglosser and Grey Paint. We removed the doors one at a time and I did each cabinet by itself. It took me probably 7 days from start to finish to get it all done and put back together. <br />
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I also had my husband replace all the hardware and two old broken cabinets with new ones. He also added bead board to the ends of each cabinet to give it some character. I don't have a photo but we added a tall pantry style cabinet next to the refrigerator which has added so much storage its ridiculous!!! I love it!! <br />
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So here's an older before and an after photo of my handy work! <br />
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This year we went up on Saturday and had lunch at Pop Ellis Soda Shoppe and then spent the afternoon in antique stores and walking around town. It was a very nice afternoon. That night we went to the play Kiss Me Kate. It was good, not the best play we have seen but it was entertaining. <br />
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Sunday morning we slept in (as a mommy and daddy that is rare!!)then we went down to the hotel restaurant and had a delicious breakfast. <br />
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I cherish these short get-a-ways with my sweet husband. They are few and far between but definitely something we look forward to!!!<br />
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We had a busy summer, but we did find time to go to Florida with my husbands parents to Cocoa Beach and Universal Studios!!! Yay Us!!! We flew down...it was my first time on a plane..I LOVED it!!! Ill never drive anywhere ever again!! <br />
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Here are a few pics from our vacation. I feel so behind that I cant possibly post all the things we have done the past year!!<br />
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A few highlights of the past several months:<br />
* We flew on a plane (first time for me, Abby, and Brady)<br />
*Decided to take Abby out of private school. She is now in public school and doing great!<br />
*My husband was given an opportunity at work that gave him an AWESOME schedule! He works M-F 5AM-1PM, off weekends and holidays!!<br />
*Brady turned 4!!!<br />
*We are still struggling with Potty training with Mr. Brady...he's stubborn!<br />
*Abby ran Cross Country for her new school.<br />
*I painted my kitchen cabinets<br />
*Brady got stitches for the first time<br />
*Chad and I took and AWESOME vacation to Biltmore Inn and Biltmore house in the Spring.<br />
Ill try to post some pics and details on some of these plus whatever else I can remember!!!! <br />
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I'm going to try to revamp the site a little so bear with me!! I have missed blogging!!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341013874400170095.post-5875690411169507442012-12-18T19:24:00.000-08:002012-12-18T19:24:11.456-08:00American Girl and the Birthday GirlMy daughter turns 10 years old this month so when I asked her what she wanted to do for her birthday she said she wanted to take a trip with me and her daddy to Atlanta to the American Girl Store and get a new doll. <br />
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So instead of a big party we took her down to Georgia for the weekend and went to the American Girl Store. All I can say about it is....it wasnt just a trip, it was an experience!!!!! We had the best time that weekend and we LOVED the American Girl Store!!<br />
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The Hotel had an American Girl package that included Abby's own check in, a room with American girl decor and a free bed for the dolls (we got to keep!). They also gave Abby cookies and milk at bedtime and a free snack from the snack bar. <br />
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What a fun weekend we had! Here are some pictures from our trip!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341013874400170095.post-29000136978274604372012-12-18T19:13:00.000-08:002012-12-18T19:13:50.346-08:00Happy Anniversary!On December 5th we celebrated our 14th Anniversary!!! I cant believe its already been 14 years since we said "I DO". WOW, where does the time go? <br />
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I will never forget the first time I laid eyes on my husband. I was in Nashville TN for some job training and he came walking into the class and that was it for me! We talked during breaks and he followed me to a resturant that I went to for lunch (what a stalker! LOL). Then that night we went to downtown Nashville together and well thats all she wrote really! We spent the entire week together and started long distance dating after that. 4 months later he asked me to marry him and 11 months after meeting we were married!!! One advantage of marrying young is I feel like we have grown together and raised each other..LOL Its not always been an easy road or all fun and games but I wouldnt trade it for anything in the world. This man owns my heart and I love him so much. Heres to another 14 years of loving each other and spending everyday with my best friend!!<br />
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This has been one of my favorite quotes since I first read it...always makes me think of my husband!<br />
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14 years ago....wow we were just young kids with no clue what we were doing! I was 20 and he was 21!<br />
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14 years later......more in love than ever and I'd like to think a little wiser!<br />
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Merry Christmas! I can't believe its already December! WOW, where did the year go? Well I have been busy decorating the house and making yummy treats this past week. My first project was to make something to hang on my front door and forgo the wreath which is what I have always had and I was kind of tired of it. I wanted something different and cute and I found this Holiday Frame on Pinterest. <br />
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I went to Hobby Lobby and purchased an open frame (they were half off this week), ribbon, and ornaments and this is what I ended up with. I love it so much! I can also just snip the ornaments off of it and change it for each holiday or season. Very simple and fun to do!!<br />
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I also got a yummy treat recipe from my friend and I call them Holiday Pretzels..not sure what they are really called...LOL <br />
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You just take square pretzels and melt a Hershey's kiss hug on top of it (or any flavor Kiss)in the oven until soft, about 4 or 5 mins on 200 degrees then top with M&M's. DONT walk away, keep a close eye on them. <br />
So good and very easy to make. These are not diet friendly so I hope my family eats them all soon so I cant eat them!<br />
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Our Christmas Tree!<br />
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Annual trip to The Fantasy of Trees...we love this event!<br />
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Peacock Tree....this year I put up a new tree in the dining room and decorated it with peacock items. I love it, its so cute!<br />
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I'll post the recipe then some things I did a little different and what I plan to do different next time.<br />
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Easy Crock Pot Baked Potato Soup<br />
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5lbs of potatoes (Diced and Unpeeled)<br />
1 medium onion chopped small<br />
5 teaspoons of minced garlic (I used the king in the jar)(I only used 4tsp..I felt 5 was ALOT of garlic)<br />
64 oz Chicken Broth<br />
16 oz Cream Cheese<br />
1 Tablespoon seasoned salt<br />
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Optional toppings: Shredded Cheese, Bacon bits, and green onions<br />
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Add potatoes, onion, garlic, chicken broth, and season salt into Crock Pot.<br />
Cook on High for 6 hrs or Low for 10 hrs (I cooked mine for 10 hrs)<br />
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After 10 hrs Add Cream Cheese and mix well into soup. I used a potato masher to mix it into the soup.<br />
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Stir well until all the cream cheese is melted and mixed in, the broth will turn white.<br />
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After I put the soup into the bowls to eat I added shredded cheese and bacon bits on top and it was just like eating a loaded baked potato!!! So Yummy!! and SOOO EASY!<br />
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Tips:<br />
I started mine at night and let it cook all night.<br />
I left the crock pot on Warm all day and let the soup just sit there until dinner time.<br />
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What I will change next time:<br />
I will leave my potatoes larger. I diced them into very small pieces and I think larger chunks would taste better. <br />
I will use a little less chicken broth....64 oz makes it very soupy.<br />
Like I said before, I used 4 tsp of garlic instead of 5. 4 tsp of garlic seemed to be perfect. <br />
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I served mine with biscuits but cornbread would be good too. Maybe even some Mexican cornbread!! <br />
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I hope you enjoy, I know I will definately be making this again!!!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341013874400170095.post-12137138363999335452012-10-29T14:38:00.000-07:002012-10-29T14:38:07.843-07:00My Cabinet Redo!Well, Im at it again! I spent the entire day repainting my 70+ year old Hoosier Cabinet. When I got it a previous owner thought it should be trimmed in a funky green...not my style and it didnt match my kitchen either! <br />
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I decided to paint it back all white. I used a Satin finish Bistro White to repaint it. I also felt it needed a "pop" of color so I spent a week going back and forth on what color I should use. I didnt want to trim the entire cabinet like it was before so I opted to paint the back panel and the inside back panel Yellow. <br />
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My only issue was apparently the paint that was used before I got it was some really harsh stuff...it wouldnt sand off, I used steel wool and it still wounldnt budge, so I just decided to start painting. It took 4 coats to cover that funky green and brighten the white..the dirt that wouldnt wash off was sooo hard to paint over, it just kept coming to the surface...but I finally got it!!!! <br />
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Yes what I thought would be a quick easy spruce up turned into an entire day of painting Hell!!! LOL But I am glad I tackled it today and now it looks so pretty!<br />
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Back panels in yellow...I thought it gave it a good "pop" and kept the vintage look.<br />
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When I got it, we found that someone had written a recipe on the inside of the door. After looking it up and talking with my mom we have decided its a recipe for Chocolate Gravy!!! So I DID NOT paint over it. and at the top of the door is a phone number someone had written down. I dont think I will call it but I opted to keep it as well!!! So cute...I guess they didnt have paper and used the cabinet for note taking..hahaha!!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341013874400170095.post-33058896347829400362012-10-21T16:08:00.001-07:002012-10-21T16:08:44.849-07:00Wanna Be Interior Designer...I like to pretend I was an interior designer in another life. Although, maybe not a great one...but anyway...LOL....I found these plates at a local store and a friend of mine had told me about these awesome plate hangers that just stick to the back of the plate and you can hang them on the wall sooooooooooo....this is what I ended up with. I like it! <br />
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Also, I have been searching for an antique Hoosier cabinet for a long time. My aunt has one that my grandfather bought my grandmother when they first married. Of course, she will not part with it so I started looking for my own. These babys are NOT cheap and everyone I found was super expensive or had the old timey flour bin and sifter missing. I refused to buy one that had the sifter missing! So I basically gave up...it was a lost cause, I was never going to find one....well I got a call last night from my Dad and he said he had found me something at an auction and he would be bringing it to me this morning...hmmmmmm....OMG...its a Hoosier Cabinet!! That has the flour bin and sifter still intact!!! Yes, she needs a new coat of paint and some TLC but its the best one I have seen! I love it and cant wait to freshen it up, but I couldnt just leave it in the garage, I had to put it in the kitchen!!!!<br />
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Flour Sifter....its the original!<br />
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Door still has the original wire inside it!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341013874400170095.post-12509715552075272922012-10-21T15:53:00.001-07:002012-10-21T15:53:09.459-07:00Photo Shoot...LOL Ok as you all have already read----I am dieting!! LOL So far to date I have lost 65 pounds!!! Yay me!! I would still like to lose about 20 more! My husband decided to play "photographer" a few weeks ago and he took some pretty good pictures of me. I have spent the past 10 years hiding from the camera so this was "huge" for me to put myself out there like this. I saw a segment on one of the morning shows about how moms are realizing they are not in photographs with their children because they dont like the way they look. I was guilty of that as well, but I did often get in photos, I just felt horrible when I saw them! HA! Although, I used to kid around with my mom that I had the opposite of anorexia....no matter how bad I looked in photos and the mirror I was always like "dang I look good today!" LOL <br />
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So here's my husbands handy work as "Mr. Photographer" for the day!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341013874400170095.post-91439580720493437432012-07-25T13:06:00.002-07:002012-07-25T13:07:17.270-07:00The DietAfter seeing this photo of myself on New Years Eve I came to realize that I was slowly losing control of everything about me. Especially my health.<br />
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So January 23, 2012 I started my diet. Some people may be embarrassed to post their weight or pant size but the way I see it if it helps someone who is struggling then there is nothing to be embarrassed about right?<br />
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On the morning of Jan. 23rd I stepped on the scale (which I purchased the night before at Target because I didnt own a scale)to see a number I was not happy with. I weighed 202 pounds and I was wearing a size 18 in pants and most of my tops were XXL. <br />
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I decided that day to count calories and start exercising. I used an online calorie counter to see what I needed to eat to lose weight. It said I should eat 1650 calories a day to lose 1-2 pounds a week, so I dropped my calories to 1400 per day. I started walking on the treadmill that night. I was only able to do about a mile at no incline. <br />
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After Day 1 I pretty much felt defeated. That feeling did not go away for a long time. <br />
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It seemed the harder I worked the slower my progress was. After the first week I weighed in and had lost 1 pound...OMG...I wanted to crawl in the closet and never come out. I thought I would never lose the weight I needed to lose. <br />
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I didnt really set a huge goal. I started out saying "when I lose 10 pounds I will set another goal". It took me about a month to lose that 10 pounds and the emotional stuff you deal with is far worse than the food and exercise. <br />
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I cant count the emotional breakdowns I had those first few months. I was ultra sensative to anything anyone said, I felt like we had food and I was denied eating it, I felt alone and defeated on a daily basis. <br />
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On top of all of this I had two kids to raise and take care of! What was I thinking taking on such a task with all the other stuff I had to do?? <br />
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Our life consisted of daily trips to McDonalds, Sonic, pizza joints, etc...who has time to cook with kids, extra activities, and life in general??? <br />
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Having to learn to cook was extremely hard...meal planning, what will the kids eat, what will my husband eat, what CAN I eat..it was torture! <br />
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But somehow I managed to defeat my emotions, lack of cooking skills, limited time for exercise, and negative attitude and 6 months later I am weighing in at 148 pounds and now a size 8!!!! <br />
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OMG a size 8!!!! Who would have ever thought that 6 months ago. Im not going to elaborate on how I did it or what all it took because I am in the process of making an entire blog dedicated to telling busy women and moms that you CAN take care of yourself and your family all at the same time. So stay tuned for my new blog but I just wanted to tell everyone what I have been up to lately. <br />
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Oh and in the process of all this.. we ended a school year, my daughter was in a play, my son was in the hospital and ended up having surgery to remove tonsils and adnoids...so you can say we have been extremely busy this summer!<br />
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<b>6 months later and ALOT of hard work!<br />
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WOW, what a ride that was. Its been YEARS since I couldn't put a book down....especially 3 books. A friend of mine told me about these books by E.L. James so I thought...OK I don't have anything else to do after the kids go to bed, I will check them out.....BAD (or GREAT) Idea!!! I stayed up until 3:30am reading Fifty Shades of Grey, the next night I stayed up until 4:00am reading Fifty Shades Darker, and on the third night I was running on pure adrenaline at 5am when I finished Fifty Shades Freed.<br /><br />I do have to say these books are not for the weak...or anyone who embarrasses easily! I was Fifty Shades of Red after reading these books but I will openly admit I enjoyed EVERY LAST MINUTE OF THEM!!!!! <br /><br />Some circles are calling it "mommy porn" and some call it "erotica" honestly, I don't know what to call it except pure uber romance!!!! There were times while reading these books I could feel my heart pounding waiting to see what would happen next. I laughed, cried, gasped, and dropped my jaw so many times I cant count. <br /><br />My husband has enjoyed me talking about these, he's made fun of me, and actually suggested I may need to be DE-Greyed!! LOL <br /><br />Apparently their are talks in the works to make this into a movie. I honestly cant see it on the big screen. Showtime or HBO maybe. They pulled the Tudors off so I think they could make a great series with these books. There are some VERY graphic scenes that I don't know HOW they could pull off without ruining the books but I kind of hope they do try to film it. <br /><br />Alot of blogs and circles are talking about "who would play Christian Grey?" or "who would play Ana?" I am still at a loss for who would make a good Anna. I was sold on Jonathan Rhys Meyers playing Christian until I saw a photo of Henry Cavill....who also starred in The Tudors...to me this photo IS Christian Grey and Ana Steele!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkJMlcV4O6rQ-2GGx-gWxHXU9gas4qtnYzASIuA2DNw2zah8HNQfHYvItXAsFYQvLaKWliuxmF4ibf1P4nVmG5IrgzdWZaJSvfbdlYqB2A9Wg01mYHbSF4PaJE-bBTDfDiGKDi1yOowutP/s1600/fiftyshades.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkJMlcV4O6rQ-2GGx-gWxHXU9gas4qtnYzASIuA2DNw2zah8HNQfHYvItXAsFYQvLaKWliuxmF4ibf1P4nVmG5IrgzdWZaJSvfbdlYqB2A9Wg01mYHbSF4PaJE-bBTDfDiGKDi1yOowutP/s320/fiftyshades.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721337105936351874" /></a><br /><br />I cant wait to see if there is a 4th book or if it goes to the big screen or if they make it a series...who knows but I guess I will just have to wait and see.<br /><br />It was a great read...I'm so glad I read them and will probably remember these books for the rest of my life...WOW! <br />Oddly enough, these books have made me appreciate my husband so much more and I am so thankful to have the kind of marriage I do...even if I do see a little "Fifty" in my husband from time to time...its a good thing!!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341013874400170095.post-32121188564796818172012-02-12T14:08:00.001-08:002012-02-12T14:33:43.894-08:00My Diet.......UGGGG!!!! :)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3YGfSefQfLAQ54Z5vtYY3neVK6WiApI6_UzQZzFgZJmikXa_34fm5hx16uTtjTSQAed_V90rKWu8-yBJlW8eBuReZC60ZE2Wm8Zw7wFmGk_dbDNg5UgafgC25nClYsUS9jr04iS5NCWeL/s1600/fat_on_scale.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3YGfSefQfLAQ54Z5vtYY3neVK6WiApI6_UzQZzFgZJmikXa_34fm5hx16uTtjTSQAed_V90rKWu8-yBJlW8eBuReZC60ZE2Wm8Zw7wFmGk_dbDNg5UgafgC25nClYsUS9jr04iS5NCWeL/s320/fat_on_scale.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708374985763210178" /></a><br /><br />So I have to share with sad news with everyone that I am on a diet!!! I hate the word "diet" and I am not the type of person who "diets". Well, after I had Brady which that pregnancy was full of eating right and taking insulin injections in my stomach daily....my drs told me my health would NOT recover from his pregnancy the way it did with Abby. and it DIDN'T!! <br /><br />I gained so much weight after I had him because my body had been through so much and I was on 100 units of insulin a day for 32 weeks. So I couldn't lose the weight I gained with him, and I gained even more after he was here!! The last trip I made to the dr....my blood sugar was high, my blood pressure was high, my weight was at an all time high and I felt helpless!! So of course I went into denial and said there HAS to be something wrong with me, I don't eat that much!!! <br /><br />I enjoyed the holidays and said like every other human...JAN 1 I am going on a diet...well I didn't! LOL <br /><br />Well, about 3 weeks ago I noticed my pants were tight, I was so tired I couldn't walk up the stairs without having to sit down when I got up here, my face was covered in acne like never before, my hair was falling out, and I just looked awful. SOOOO I said to myself...I cant do this anymore, its time I took control of my own health! <br /><br />I spent about 2 days mourning the old me then I realized, there is no miracle diet, no miracle pill, no miracle diagnosis to make me feel better. I did alot of research on what the best approach for me would be. I decided counting calories and walking on my treadmill was my best option. I can eat what my family eats just smaller portions and my treadmill is always available for use!<br /><br />THE BIG DAY!!! JANUARY 23, 2012...I started my diet! The calorie calculator I used said to lose 1 pound a week I needed a calorie intake of 1650 calories a day. Well, I dropped it down to 1400 calories a day to start, just to see how I would do. The first few days were KILLER, I was so hungry!! I thought about food and eating from the time I got out of bed until I went back to bed that night. I noticed something about myself...my stomach was growling.....I couldn't remember the last time my stomach growled! I hated it!!! I thought about quiting probably every 2 hours for that first week!<br /><br />When I weighed 7 days later I was shocked.....I had lost 7 pounds...WHAT???? No way! I was beyond happy. I couldn't believe just cutting my calories and keeping a food journal had made such a difference. <br /><br />The next week wasn't so pretty!!! I was still hungry alot but I was also very irritable! It was a rough week but I never went over my 1400 calories a day and I added my treadmill in the mix to! I weighed and I had lost another 3 pounds!! 10 pounds in 2 weeks...WOW!!!!! I was impressed! <br /><br />This past week I weighed and YEA...another 4 pounds GONE!!! So counting calories and walking on my treadmill in 3 weeks I lost 14 pounds....its a miracle really!!!! <br /><br />The hunger pains are not as bad, the irritability isn't as bad, but I do have my good and bad days. But I am looking forward to seeing what the future brings with this lifestyle change. <br /><br />I haven't set a BIG goal, I am going pound by pound and using every 10 pounds as a milestone!!! I will definitely do diet updates and let you know how I am doing. Its not been easy, BUT its easier than I thought it would be!<br /><br /><strong>14 pounds GONE</strong>......here to my next milestone of 20 pounds GONE!!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341013874400170095.post-48582615685703838632012-02-10T15:12:00.001-08:002012-02-10T15:19:58.508-08:00Valentines Day Brownies!Valentines Day is probably one of my favorite days!! Yes I know its NOT Feb 14Th yet, but I'm just getting a head start on it!!!! Tonight Abby and I made heart shaped brownies! Abby LOVES brownies, they are her favorite dessert!! So in honor of Valentines Day.....here are our brownies!!!!!!<br /><br />Drum roll please......................<br /><br /><br />Baked and ready to go!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaLKJY5p2ei5pR1p9Lz28emcygdw4NIhhw0VQregKdLP0cKe3665HhRHl4135jdcwjn2vkzxNyvBvxhv9fwsfN_FZOKTbDprz3s_70bq1lHf_RxrWkrtCitJiGPK9Cn-6xnJrAAF706yoE/s1600/Feb+2012+009.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaLKJY5p2ei5pR1p9Lz28emcygdw4NIhhw0VQregKdLP0cKe3665HhRHl4135jdcwjn2vkzxNyvBvxhv9fwsfN_FZOKTbDprz3s_70bq1lHf_RxrWkrtCitJiGPK9Cn-6xnJrAAF706yoE/s320/Feb+2012+009.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707649325949863058" /></a><br /><br />YES the cookie cutter worked!! I was worried they would fall apart!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBbg5jpcmrLT1rqR4q6-urHFEBef0BuuIfaBlu_6slWj8snoS3alr146F1h2Oz6y4bO_SR_O5RruZWT5TsgQogbN_LH0F7YdkYA6Aly2qH_9AkoMvEGOy2lC6gW5r0SrSWEbLZgQGf6hvA/s1600/Feb+2012+010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBbg5jpcmrLT1rqR4q6-urHFEBef0BuuIfaBlu_6slWj8snoS3alr146F1h2Oz6y4bO_SR_O5RruZWT5TsgQogbN_LH0F7YdkYA6Aly2qH_9AkoMvEGOy2lC6gW5r0SrSWEbLZgQGf6hvA/s320/Feb+2012+010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707649320101913234" /></a><br /><br />Add a little powdered sugar and a homemade stencil and look what we have!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9tdUyVAc2YUvU93wbkOc9Pudk8xzw-qWkC8wLvqAFVA7nMyGe9wYtbOyxYFc120evWLojDlcvhhOY8Br8A7cegWkGZMtYEyPqO2UKRDpouSdLq3HchisLzGElKALz6q01AB5PQ2HN0AWG/s1600/Feb+2012+011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9tdUyVAc2YUvU93wbkOc9Pudk8xzw-qWkC8wLvqAFVA7nMyGe9wYtbOyxYFc120evWLojDlcvhhOY8Br8A7cegWkGZMtYEyPqO2UKRDpouSdLq3HchisLzGElKALz6q01AB5PQ2HN0AWG/s320/Feb+2012+011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707649305635765522" /></a><br /><br />YUMMY!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBxdB6v8EV7xpOhJg7RNL8ZIlijMwTHXY96TyanrbMbjhLVi2jgZoJkDeRfj95Yc3YR4oSWdoo6Gbo5i5YcgvOVkxmd37530T8BSEWlgOvkMZDxspP0Np0wQts-XvJ3fX5JbgKQ3NzQw5b/s1600/Feb+2012+012.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBxdB6v8EV7xpOhJg7RNL8ZIlijMwTHXY96TyanrbMbjhLVi2jgZoJkDeRfj95Yc3YR4oSWdoo6Gbo5i5YcgvOVkxmd37530T8BSEWlgOvkMZDxspP0Np0wQts-XvJ3fX5JbgKQ3NzQw5b/s320/Feb+2012+012.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707649294457559602" /></a><br /><br />this is "brownie scraps" as Abby calls them and she added a little powdered sugar to them and now they are ready to eat!!! LOL<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZNO0WhuRun8bpouDm0T0GpJaAPbdceatzu1nnkzRHzwT2YJ5LCgcdpy6hyocxgGx7DONHNbtQnBZx-SYD_gGWgAfk-9XXenCA_4yjIOYnr2LGZ5HTAHmff3WdezQgu2pzAovdG2LdDpMU/s1600/Feb+2012+013.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZNO0WhuRun8bpouDm0T0GpJaAPbdceatzu1nnkzRHzwT2YJ5LCgcdpy6hyocxgGx7DONHNbtQnBZx-SYD_gGWgAfk-9XXenCA_4yjIOYnr2LGZ5HTAHmff3WdezQgu2pzAovdG2LdDpMU/s320/Feb+2012+013.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707649279008028978" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341013874400170095.post-27661426567230969132012-02-10T14:23:00.000-08:002012-02-10T15:12:15.478-08:00Lets Play Catch Up.....January 2012!WOW! I am so far behind on my blog so I'm doing one post for the month of January! The weather has been very warm this January so we were outside alot! We avoided all sickness until Abby came down with Bronchitis last week...:( Chad found out he has Basil Cell Carcinoma on his nose and is scheduled for surgery in a couple weeks. So we have been busy busy busy.......here's the highlights!<br /><br />January included the following activities:<br />- 3rd grade Awards Day<br />- Brady riding his tricycle outside for the first time<br />- Abby building a birdhouse with her Daddy<br />- 3rd grade spelling bee<br />- Catholic Schools Week<br />- The Bite<br /><br />Abby received the Science Award and the Homework Award at the 3rd grade awards day!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg02uQsbM__ppgHON40BnywSY3hfd3k59abADUL4Lb-gdCyPYTmETu5I6pa9g7Tiy9zIS6PQ5maSWvFJfwsJyB3HutEcoOx2afEt-ZYFXlFmApjl0Tz8mvghTSC_xbwUvRr8EUO9cMerCGl/s1600/January+2012+017.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg02uQsbM__ppgHON40BnywSY3hfd3k59abADUL4Lb-gdCyPYTmETu5I6pa9g7Tiy9zIS6PQ5maSWvFJfwsJyB3HutEcoOx2afEt-ZYFXlFmApjl0Tz8mvghTSC_xbwUvRr8EUO9cMerCGl/s320/January+2012+017.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707638118883065954" /></a><br /><br />Brady rode his tricycle outside for the first time...and LOVED it!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlDqzhH91je7lfW4UIAQFwTFB5AEQoSlRYALZVWU5VBB-YW8ZSntKLbtCjn4Dxk6BxrDQtK0HSIhGgBLeAr1R0dRrXSXKDa-jwwP7jW2pLxrxf4UA9ZP-pdVrfUFJ0U3ejNytFr92dv2Qb/s1600/January+2012+029.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlDqzhH91je7lfW4UIAQFwTFB5AEQoSlRYALZVWU5VBB-YW8ZSntKLbtCjn4Dxk6BxrDQtK0HSIhGgBLeAr1R0dRrXSXKDa-jwwP7jW2pLxrxf4UA9ZP-pdVrfUFJ0U3ejNytFr92dv2Qb/s320/January+2012+029.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707638108784293250" /></a><br /><br />Abby got REAL woodworking tools for Christmas so her and her daddy spent one afternoon building a birdhouse!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCP9JMRTS_y2AECPGF03StwZKmYJTyZNK9fNkkwBrYylZNwWjgcntuxOFjppqZAC-SnsHL7wRmBTDKQvOSTqK_VXxaGWAHYA2QXTF869nSMmt-_n7VFWpkFFVIhf9D0IkgJfVoezH_TY8/s1600/January+2012+050.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCP9JMRTS_y2AECPGF03StwZKmYJTyZNK9fNkkwBrYylZNwWjgcntuxOFjppqZAC-SnsHL7wRmBTDKQvOSTqK_VXxaGWAHYA2QXTF869nSMmt-_n7VFWpkFFVIhf9D0IkgJfVoezH_TY8/s320/January+2012+050.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707637767787041858" /></a><br /><br />Abby won the 3rd grade spelling bee and came in 8Th out of 30 at the school spelling bee (grades 3-8) as a 3rd grade representative!! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkIcPHrgyt8YiOg80cocxf-Hf2jlGFCASEbOp8D9gRY9ZJ3ohGe4_0TbM4G6AG3HTgyOHOdu2a8NX1NLoHynOjzBS6aFmHWfx8wzLQpRQo5m1IVkJPy8KnIYY6EYOT_fhN756iQdGKmH0/s1600/January+2012+073.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkIcPHrgyt8YiOg80cocxf-Hf2jlGFCASEbOp8D9gRY9ZJ3ohGe4_0TbM4G6AG3HTgyOHOdu2a8NX1NLoHynOjzBS6aFmHWfx8wzLQpRQo5m1IVkJPy8KnIYY6EYOT_fhN756iQdGKmH0/s320/January+2012+073.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707637758860602290" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicKSi9Kap_f7ONfi_L1OnOZx8jhyx5gg19EIRXmGRopPCqhLUSqtxwyRwCL6u6TnbVreLrwaeIvRHO3_bRPIb6SODibYSTzkM0LYAU2AuK8m8Kx5quswsmVnmTd6ZHFQs6PE1UwxMgHsI/s1600/January+2012+080.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicKSi9Kap_f7ONfi_L1OnOZx8jhyx5gg19EIRXmGRopPCqhLUSqtxwyRwCL6u6TnbVreLrwaeIvRHO3_bRPIb6SODibYSTzkM0LYAU2AuK8m8Kx5quswsmVnmTd6ZHFQs6PE1UwxMgHsI/s320/January+2012+080.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707637745205518498" /></a><br /><br />This past week was Catholic Schools Week and Abby was given a beautiful rosary by Cardinal Rigali!!! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3KfPM6AMB8f8s0FHmhdDV1x9GVpk7bUSG7_FayIxcJ-JM2mJBxIYOQ3HSis4_E4NwrdWGxCuV6rujMnxlWNY2oP4CZ-Kzp9qkFavGLBGpmyXkP_VqumeD8mzyhAcdBFJEjD3syLOVuAM/s1600/January+2012+110.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3KfPM6AMB8f8s0FHmhdDV1x9GVpk7bUSG7_FayIxcJ-JM2mJBxIYOQ3HSis4_E4NwrdWGxCuV6rujMnxlWNY2oP4CZ-Kzp9qkFavGLBGpmyXkP_VqumeD8mzyhAcdBFJEjD3syLOVuAM/s320/January+2012+110.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707637730815122802" /></a><br /><br />and last but not least was the first battle wound Abby has ever received from her brother...he was upset we wouldn't let him have Abby's beta fish and he threw a fit, trying to make him feel better she picked him up and .....boom, he bit her on the chest!!! Lets just say he wont be doing that again anytime soon!!! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwxVJ0tKnheGntHLU34UwYEF2VBp2ugT748kZ_NUNUsUcx15lBsJF78TDXGE3OsAd6I4Y_nz_XXVcgGd8RxqbjvvUArjXo_mDDzZEZ9Dmx5nDCKNP-1Efk1avlnbMnWRgWQPUG8rwPkvs/s1600/January+2012+114.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwxVJ0tKnheGntHLU34UwYEF2VBp2ugT748kZ_NUNUsUcx15lBsJF78TDXGE3OsAd6I4Y_nz_XXVcgGd8RxqbjvvUArjXo_mDDzZEZ9Dmx5nDCKNP-1Efk1avlnbMnWRgWQPUG8rwPkvs/s320/January+2012+114.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707637725241239106" /></a><br /><br />I need to do better on my blogging, things have just been so hectic around here. On top of all this I started a diet last month too....more on that later!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341013874400170095.post-59950777366311471252011-12-27T21:10:00.000-08:002011-12-27T21:46:35.452-08:00Christmas 2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs5JADLxdo_sd6R7ZadLC3HVl3Hdxe2CbTjlXQVdyNdo6uUCVnDvemNmEsskXXxIA_84tuOTtSWYsx-32PZSWujobog63nIb6upqP-9YEHTmfNE4CvwJLx3zUUAMEgK_doxh7fIy35lMA/s1600/Christmas+2011+032.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs5JADLxdo_sd6R7ZadLC3HVl3Hdxe2CbTjlXQVdyNdo6uUCVnDvemNmEsskXXxIA_84tuOTtSWYsx-32PZSWujobog63nIb6upqP-9YEHTmfNE4CvwJLx3zUUAMEgK_doxh7fIy35lMA/s320/Christmas+2011+032.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691049547010239298" /></a><br />Merry Christmas!! I just wanted to share our Christmas with everyone. We had a wonderful holiday. It was very busy but very fun. We are blessed beyond belief with loving family, traditions, and the ability to give our children the magic of Christmas.<br /><br />Throughout the Christmas holiday season we have 4 places we go to. My parents, Chad's parents, Chad's grandparents, and our house!! Below are some pics from all our travels this holiday season!<br /><br />The kids with their Uncle Jonathan and his girlfriend Caitlin<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMUSFJeZdpzqzPlSM9_a6blXbFOMlEO7iZere-knKwJksB9CjmkWfkL1UNCG5ejUtObcc8pddGcr8LefJk1SaFJmZVNJPSV3h5B4YbiiC55VAjJg0zAsZAxb-sKcxD7BNTd83CmY6otkQ/s1600/December+2011+189.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMUSFJeZdpzqzPlSM9_a6blXbFOMlEO7iZere-knKwJksB9CjmkWfkL1UNCG5ejUtObcc8pddGcr8LefJk1SaFJmZVNJPSV3h5B4YbiiC55VAjJg0zAsZAxb-sKcxD7BNTd83CmY6otkQ/s320/December+2011+189.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691047361786163314" /></a><br />The kids with Mawmaw and Pawpaw Riggs at their house on Christmas Eve.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQOGoEDN9WBmHvi1tWjIyp_MXtmcHWV-0NRIQp8TUytZ0wYwYseqGwDT2h9ItOVil049MjOO3CHkvshQX2FD06F6ZFQLEgz9oK1gh6-hQn4N0HhivuyrZnIiviA8EGKecktus94_NbaQ4/s1600/December+2011+179.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQOGoEDN9WBmHvi1tWjIyp_MXtmcHWV-0NRIQp8TUytZ0wYwYseqGwDT2h9ItOVil049MjOO3CHkvshQX2FD06F6ZFQLEgz9oK1gh6-hQn4N0HhivuyrZnIiviA8EGKecktus94_NbaQ4/s320/December+2011+179.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691047357240797074" /></a><br /><br />All of us with Nan and Poppy (Chad's grandparents) on Christmas Eve<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMdWk4OLK875Ml2m9O_sO-E7MkYSKtInSbbFvksjCWTHvVB8f-VnPKSvgZC_xlZLMouabRUPKD7FXCCVcncsK7PnzuJF1ooB9GYhzlBWZNHp1DTQATN5Z4F84sCf9jlTkcC5ODG8tu6uQ/s1600/December+2011+176.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMdWk4OLK875Ml2m9O_sO-E7MkYSKtInSbbFvksjCWTHvVB8f-VnPKSvgZC_xlZLMouabRUPKD7FXCCVcncsK7PnzuJF1ooB9GYhzlBWZNHp1DTQATN5Z4F84sCf9jlTkcC5ODG8tu6uQ/s320/December+2011+176.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691047317956440066" /></a><br />The kids with my mom and dad on Dec. 21st <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKdpfujWJKU1y49QsuyLMbVWEpNVd1FviirvRb9yPentoBPh41wdMWcnrXrwT9oi74geQ6zxcpm_3DgU6c_p2z35Lon8wOcf7xSLOtaBxn6PIAnDvAqasslEhxPR2vNqsq4M5fiZJsiRA/s1600/December+2011+088.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKdpfujWJKU1y49QsuyLMbVWEpNVd1FviirvRb9yPentoBPh41wdMWcnrXrwT9oi74geQ6zxcpm_3DgU6c_p2z35Lon8wOcf7xSLOtaBxn6PIAnDvAqasslEhxPR2vNqsq4M5fiZJsiRA/s320/December+2011+088.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691047316175551474" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMckWtsbTKzQsJa50e8WvM_snGRY9YxA9jWW39ODaSXhSBUnj3_gRqBNqOVImmFppJqXb72Xt_pSwfe8M6h7SbIWCwEMhdvA6IihwuuL4WeVAgz6LXjkyK8xpVwv_qChCjdljpdXuwIAk/s1600/December+2011+094.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMckWtsbTKzQsJa50e8WvM_snGRY9YxA9jWW39ODaSXhSBUnj3_gRqBNqOVImmFppJqXb72Xt_pSwfe8M6h7SbIWCwEMhdvA6IihwuuL4WeVAgz6LXjkyK8xpVwv_qChCjdljpdXuwIAk/s320/December+2011+094.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691047863155036226" /></a><br /><br /><br />My aunts got Brady the Thomas the Tank Engine Wooden Roundhouse for his train table. He loves trains!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheEFdMFsx4XB11eEkHoUvHUXd9Ts4Llw_0lmtPN0Ux-wIVrjtuAaa-WdNy4dbS-8Q4O6GuyA-bESW3SredLdeF51zI52tgkQ3Xx5gZzCbPc4GCa-dfjleUw514yrWai0ZX6YWaSgdNDVI/s1600/December+2011+108.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheEFdMFsx4XB11eEkHoUvHUXd9Ts4Llw_0lmtPN0Ux-wIVrjtuAaa-WdNy4dbS-8Q4O6GuyA-bESW3SredLdeF51zI52tgkQ3Xx5gZzCbPc4GCa-dfjleUw514yrWai0ZX6YWaSgdNDVI/s320/December+2011+108.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691046512540437618" /></a><br /><br />My aunts got Abby the Nintendo 3DS and she was thrilled!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzGBNTzOO20auSY1F6ysreB7wrcC2MPf2Kzz7-AJpu4jw5xkwLhprQKa9Bywv-H7HKOq1v0t7Qplm-xw-QQOlhkNPpRmqEPgGC8lWgQB5tUwScY4bPr8yKZtRVYnSXox19huV97q1WV0/s1600/December+2011+107.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzGBNTzOO20auSY1F6ysreB7wrcC2MPf2Kzz7-AJpu4jw5xkwLhprQKa9Bywv-H7HKOq1v0t7Qplm-xw-QQOlhkNPpRmqEPgGC8lWgQB5tUwScY4bPr8yKZtRVYnSXox19huV97q1WV0/s320/December+2011+107.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691046509182590146" /></a><br /><br /><br />Brady got the Little People Farm and Tractor from Nene and Papaw Cox!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfs3wM3FkDGAjcjgiEuTUWdlxBelSyM5lNzv53X-qHE7FHgDi-yrWUeDfZ0isSUc1zkrMu9sHnKkSu06l3QGMWJgYBck7YhPyEA6ifSZ9Hbb3NBaCxeTZTh55Ijwj07ih5tt75YaTQ3AQ/s1600/December+2011+102.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfs3wM3FkDGAjcjgiEuTUWdlxBelSyM5lNzv53X-qHE7FHgDi-yrWUeDfZ0isSUc1zkrMu9sHnKkSu06l3QGMWJgYBck7YhPyEA6ifSZ9Hbb3NBaCxeTZTh55Ijwj07ih5tt75YaTQ3AQ/s320/December+2011+102.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691045949988916930" /></a><br /><br />Abby got the Melissa and Doug Horse Stable from Nene and Papaw Cox!! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkrMzYpiptuZpuC-PyRs7WEIH5x4O8JcThvXBH1eCJ6LOVspGuSH9MNNdZxzrxvSQ_vF1yHy1XGVyTCuM1om78hPutZVC4DsF97TfzMSuWHheXZrdpBGU8wPKWomohoad78Z7yjfZ0rSs/s1600/December+2011+096.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkrMzYpiptuZpuC-PyRs7WEIH5x4O8JcThvXBH1eCJ6LOVspGuSH9MNNdZxzrxvSQ_vF1yHy1XGVyTCuM1om78hPutZVC4DsF97TfzMSuWHheXZrdpBGU8wPKWomohoad78Z7yjfZ0rSs/s320/December+2011+096.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691045944019566834" /></a><br /><br /><br />Brady got a bike from Mawmaw and Pawpaw Riggs!! Cant wait for the weather to cooperate so we can take it out!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnk9utFjpnPOcPALJbaQVBF0sr8yiXWj5l7yNZJUCY1aOEXFjgdPOFwq8uv2ccWQeDOGAUWpXbVob7Y-c5ef2Z2TWJ0aE1B4xICtaETzcDpNZn3Zv4qaARupkVeCpvzJXLZsFYe5oisSE/s1600/December+2011+211.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnk9utFjpnPOcPALJbaQVBF0sr8yiXWj5l7yNZJUCY1aOEXFjgdPOFwq8uv2ccWQeDOGAUWpXbVob7Y-c5ef2Z2TWJ0aE1B4xICtaETzcDpNZn3Zv4qaARupkVeCpvzJXLZsFYe5oisSE/s320/December+2011+211.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691045209604965890" /></a><br />Abby got a Kindle from her Mawmaw and Pawpaw Riggs!! She was so excited!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSA6ESstNfRGQyQZgmypAsV7X3qxQrWVKFukNi9WELG1Zs6ACjv8qHqOx-Eqwm30hILO1Hzpsi8eEFTW6jfjeakyUUdmrvsHq4nzIHDVQ70NEAwbYmfHpE1Zt0dHuNlHRgnZVSftc3cNg/s1600/December+2011+201.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSA6ESstNfRGQyQZgmypAsV7X3qxQrWVKFukNi9WELG1Zs6ACjv8qHqOx-Eqwm30hILO1Hzpsi8eEFTW6jfjeakyUUdmrvsHq4nzIHDVQ70NEAwbYmfHpE1Zt0dHuNlHRgnZVSftc3cNg/s320/December+2011+201.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691045207554099250" /></a><br /><br />Christmas Morning!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKUL8FoHRewl-sXl3m75uAN2s-6wDr-bbzm3TAvIzQ30HK3KrroxbPPIErgVXjLrXwmcNwn8yI3maHWjFL5rDKkGSILw4enUCh5gp5hQYCtJfDhyphenhyphenF3m7hq94ekitpp9m-5YOeqGRLVJug/s1600/December+2011+216.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKUL8FoHRewl-sXl3m75uAN2s-6wDr-bbzm3TAvIzQ30HK3KrroxbPPIErgVXjLrXwmcNwn8yI3maHWjFL5rDKkGSILw4enUCh5gp5hQYCtJfDhyphenhyphenF3m7hq94ekitpp9m-5YOeqGRLVJug/s320/December+2011+216.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691044160826951650" /></a><br />Brady with his Santa gifts!!!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho7Tq1VBYrWfsrJ_j9hUbRtw9mo2sID7nv9WAe8OX_T8yH5GXzQ4khigHQJgeHzhDDr8Ng5a4Lrn2pAWypHNhFwsWBmOr5RGa3GSe3g22W1Inum2c5d3fyZq7O2ya4PgeD8PFiE3D-sjQ/s1600/December+2011+217.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho7Tq1VBYrWfsrJ_j9hUbRtw9mo2sID7nv9WAe8OX_T8yH5GXzQ4khigHQJgeHzhDDr8Ng5a4Lrn2pAWypHNhFwsWBmOr5RGa3GSe3g22W1Inum2c5d3fyZq7O2ya4PgeD8PFiE3D-sjQ/s320/December+2011+217.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691044141908904450" /></a><br />Abby looking at her Santa gifts!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrfAzDhVSAk0RIi1MvW7PWXkh_eOmQYYJ6TbsKgCBwnZPdVwgLQK3sNCq2bUv4-8hYUzE3RRfg04f1Xsir91f6ITLLDaXmcO6NyzXxPMz5IWgIDuflW8OLkLFwzfYzFMl08AvIjk7d4I/s1600/December+2011+218.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrfAzDhVSAk0RIi1MvW7PWXkh_eOmQYYJ6TbsKgCBwnZPdVwgLQK3sNCq2bUv4-8hYUzE3RRfg04f1Xsir91f6ITLLDaXmcO6NyzXxPMz5IWgIDuflW8OLkLFwzfYzFMl08AvIjk7d4I/s320/December+2011+218.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691044136758869410" /></a><br /><br /><br />The kids and I got Chad a Craftsman tool chest for all his tools! I have to share the story, I was afraid he would guess what it was so I had my parents pick it up and wrap it and put it to the kids. Christmas morning I told him it was too heavy for the kids to unwrap he needed to do it for them....yep we totally fooled him. He loved it! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGT3QqCfeKgBN6dcDHbV8YRuGxrag3nTUpz1FuN_k8avoiTdd8L3jWvUgzxLJul8upcH7m8hzF8ebT8R0foxjjIeS85WvTcvZxXvUaTkW-fCOD8hxvjxbRevU1mq1Y-dSp26gN_ubed1E/s1600/December+2011+232.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGT3QqCfeKgBN6dcDHbV8YRuGxrag3nTUpz1FuN_k8avoiTdd8L3jWvUgzxLJul8upcH7m8hzF8ebT8R0foxjjIeS85WvTcvZxXvUaTkW-fCOD8hxvjxbRevU1mq1Y-dSp26gN_ubed1E/s320/December+2011+232.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691042897022251474" /></a><br /><br />I took the money and gift cards I got for Christmas from my family and Chad's family and bought myself this awesome new bedding, sheets, and pillows!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZjVvj1cqrXCSbSBzwbSvL3WKp6qvh0MKsXzdlO6Cs-yxBP_yA3BvWN36Aj0CUJvhA5-oQVuBVBbgmqhJZNrdwz8ijjF0GC6sNGPXVcX1flZBLc1Ioic-XlmCuXurnnuuKRJU99vgPhb0/s1600/December+2011+237.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZjVvj1cqrXCSbSBzwbSvL3WKp6qvh0MKsXzdlO6Cs-yxBP_yA3BvWN36Aj0CUJvhA5-oQVuBVBbgmqhJZNrdwz8ijjF0GC6sNGPXVcX1flZBLc1Ioic-XlmCuXurnnuuKRJU99vgPhb0/s320/December+2011+237.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691042884109220098" /></a><br /><br />My gift from Chad was a Pandora Bracelet! I love it so much!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrlajFILZ3WtRmB1EdCTBMKo24T2KyooEWpggXNM_3isMRUI9Wimz-oM4sIlgUK1CwDqYfrQtz8WDJz_BI_CkR6ZIhQ-aL78YMlxBfLZf7IvvOE0eaZfjqaP5YytYgMeaS7exXcVFgbTU/s1600/December+2011+239.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrlajFILZ3WtRmB1EdCTBMKo24T2KyooEWpggXNM_3isMRUI9Wimz-oM4sIlgUK1CwDqYfrQtz8WDJz_BI_CkR6ZIhQ-aL78YMlxBfLZf7IvvOE0eaZfjqaP5YytYgMeaS7exXcVFgbTU/s320/December+2011+239.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691042878472391186" /></a><br />My parents also got me an awesome vacuum cleaner (I know--but I like those kinds of gifts, its something I wouldn't buy myself!) and baking dishes. I didn't take a pic of them because I was too busy taking pics of the kids!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341013874400170095.post-53201307717679227402011-12-19T19:43:00.000-08:002011-12-19T20:35:36.197-08:00Abby turns 9!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheput_Uw260M3QDh1C-9FBGYxwW_sOuqKu5AscHdD6Nk6PCUxQJ7wELyKL7g_x374-Qh3Zweg3eVR6pMQsDK23OASw2LVwP-RRg4dTnIZTbK7VM3eujoI65hCwtDLDSsyOk0xNwuawpNk/s1600/birthday+vintage.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheput_Uw260M3QDh1C-9FBGYxwW_sOuqKu5AscHdD6Nk6PCUxQJ7wELyKL7g_x374-Qh3Zweg3eVR6pMQsDK23OASw2LVwP-RRg4dTnIZTbK7VM3eujoI65hCwtDLDSsyOk0xNwuawpNk/s320/birthday+vintage.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688055700547219394" /></a><br /><br />Today my little girl Abby turned 9!!! What a blessing she has been to our lives. She is the sweetest, kindest, most caring little girl. She is such a wonderful child. I cant say enough good things about her, yes she's my daughter but she has such a wonderful soul and is such a delight! <br /><br />She took her sweet time coming into this world. I was in labor with her for 15 hours and finally at 8:18pm she made her grand entrance! Her personality beamed right away--she did not cry when she was born she just made a little sound to let us know she was OK. She was such a good baby and has continued to be a great kid.<br /><br />She is definitely a daddy's girl! She loves to crawl into his lap and sit on the couch and watch TV with him like she was still 2 years old. When she is sad or hurt she wants her daddy!! <br /><br />She adores her little brother to no end. When he is upset she is upset, when he is hurt she is the first to run to him, she kisses him good night EVERY night, and she worries about him all the time (even though we assure her he is fine and we will take care of him! LOL). When we were pregnant with Brady we worried she would not adjust well (she had been an only child for 6 years), we had a pregnancy scare when I was about 12 weeks along and she had to go to the ER with us....she sat and cried saying "please let my little brother or sister be OK"....she was the first to hold him when he was born besides me and Chad. She loved him before he was born and is the BEST sister in the world!<br /><br /><em><strong>Some interesting facts about Abby at 9 years old:</strong></em><br /><br />Her favorite animal is a horse!<br />Her favorite color is blue!<br />Her favorite places to eat are Steak N Shake, Cracker Barrel, and Subway!<br />She loves to watch the 1981 Spider-Man cartoon with her brother! <br />She loves fashion design and says she wants to be a fashion designer when she grows up. <br />She loves to play board games, especially Monopoly!<br />She loves to read the series "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" and Warrior Cats Manga books.<br />She is in 3rd grade and her favorite class is Art!<br />She runs cross country for her school in the fall and plays AYSO soccer in the spring.<br />Her favorite person in the world is her brother Brady!<br />She is learning her multiplication tables!<br /><br /><strong>Happy Birthday Abby!! We love you so much and we are so proud of the wonderful young lady you are turning into!!!</strong><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghSzUTyeHS6i1hE8BKgCGsohLZESSq16_6rbaJ-yu99qrpp0V9G6GHC7jAjfKBQgJbxDXspVPoKkEsRxJ6KS5704NNo_N2tgboqigUX1BdYXGvbOFnbsQSqsg7KhShu1kzSkmokKguRTg/s1600/newabby.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghSzUTyeHS6i1hE8BKgCGsohLZESSq16_6rbaJ-yu99qrpp0V9G6GHC7jAjfKBQgJbxDXspVPoKkEsRxJ6KS5704NNo_N2tgboqigUX1BdYXGvbOFnbsQSqsg7KhShu1kzSkmokKguRTg/s320/newabby.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688053871824587298" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1d5ZemPs1zVpe8rztMmi3dGcDboHME0-Zd0l-yna-KdazKjIS-gbivKIZWY-L-4q5WpZMAZopNvFKJXmHEXcyPqAj_PMoJTuxEE3s7sXKYLacUCjZmMGzpxRGQ3GqPn9clVeZ4khVhao/s1600/unicorn.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPiBHnBHDNdlaKKSDIedXdE9QqDrBbG1XcY3O8sCC5dMaD8ehhO646TQiXzDzzQqYAKwrB0Xx6QJs_hrPF3y4RaxvM_Q4m4o4ZlTKv4OC4TzRE-8YzP7kIQp1HiwBaoIr_Z5DHgWTXMR0/s320/Myrtle+Beach+2008+131.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688053454359660818" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsM0B6iZq6c8x-LTKJ7A8Gwcbi-5ziZ_JYw4wklZ8uElyqEc7f_uhlq9pdWVRrjmLde3w5yEBuYvSLITknIkFezcsf4HftjZ8ulI54NHkBv_zFYRftAmQAtez8d0ulfmo4xXQeMWbNSW8/s1600/December+2011+055.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsM0B6iZq6c8x-LTKJ7A8Gwcbi-5ziZ_JYw4wklZ8uElyqEc7f_uhlq9pdWVRrjmLde3w5yEBuYvSLITknIkFezcsf4HftjZ8ulI54NHkBv_zFYRftAmQAtez8d0ulfmo4xXQeMWbNSW8/s320/December+2011+055.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688053443543237250" /></a><br /><br /><em><strong>A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future. <br />-- Author Unknown</strong></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341013874400170095.post-18057465156506776742011-12-07T13:53:00.001-08:002011-12-07T14:39:33.484-08:00Happy Anniversary!December 5th was our 13th wedding anniversary. I don't like the number 13 but Chad assures me in this case it is NOT an unlucky number! :) <br /><br />I was 20 years old and Chad was 21 when we got married. WOW, that sounds so young today!! I do have to say that God blessed me with a wonderful husband. He has given me two beautiful children and a life I am so thankful for. <br /><br /><strong>Some interesting facts about us:</strong><br />We met on January 26, 1998<br />We went to Cherokee NC to Harrah's Casino for our honeymoon (our one day honeymoon..LOL)<br />We LOVE to go watch plays!!<br />We both LOVE pizza!!<br />We LOVE to watch Notre Dame Football!<br />Chad chose our daughters name and I chose our sons name!!<br />We have a standing date every year on Black Friday!!<br />We never hang up the phone without saying I love you.<br />We leave each other silly notes all the time. <br /><br />Here are some photos our our wedding! I wonder what Randy Fenoli from Say Yes to the Dress would say about some of these fashions??? LOL <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhflKi8XOAvWPlnbOqpG6s6ZZUhPYlHDaKbbsyHM2U0gF8mL86xjTBkHrX7p_9LbY4RPtztnXiVZnuaLRYcNt31U1B-XgwlIghEpXkzTS47gCnKspIlxT5nZltoYdrm6A2-fyalmMMArJ4/s1600/royalview.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhflKi8XOAvWPlnbOqpG6s6ZZUhPYlHDaKbbsyHM2U0gF8mL86xjTBkHrX7p_9LbY4RPtztnXiVZnuaLRYcNt31U1B-XgwlIghEpXkzTS47gCnKspIlxT5nZltoYdrm6A2-fyalmMMArJ4/s320/royalview.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683508401456725938" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy7MplBdx5JPSURQE9A_A8N6tC2yEH_V8Igm0ydHw5QyuVw6NFrN61o7QBuOrlaP3SCgRzCcolvBiqN15yJX5NJYFm9c-OwMp7bWDR3bBBx4B3tJqIH1iFPqR9wgY0t0RcSskBpgDYUoI/s1600/weddingbride.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 246px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy7MplBdx5JPSURQE9A_A8N6tC2yEH_V8Igm0ydHw5QyuVw6NFrN61o7QBuOrlaP3SCgRzCcolvBiqN15yJX5NJYFm9c-OwMp7bWDR3bBBx4B3tJqIH1iFPqR9wgY0t0RcSskBpgDYUoI/s320/weddingbride.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683508389138737698" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQscUgNrwY0xydoCHgXso5gsnw0ubfIuuq-tSg56DNd7Dh9La90nw66SVCD-zB39B_TThrPufZXykr02VdDlfPtsAWxm0_OY_CdNt_vibIRpEW5hT1UQfEOszTv-QAWXZqGmK-jcWGGu4/s1600/weddingcake.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQscUgNrwY0xydoCHgXso5gsnw0ubfIuuq-tSg56DNd7Dh9La90nw66SVCD-zB39B_TThrPufZXykr02VdDlfPtsAWxm0_OY_CdNt_vibIRpEW5hT1UQfEOszTv-QAWXZqGmK-jcWGGu4/s320/weddingcake.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683508366754182754" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZLGN9zZFndevVEc4ZDeFKMTS-MiDobZCvcGGzkDs945eYs9Lv-7PMIokIzG3YIg0lyAGaaOl5bpYB3I9iIqLd-Q9FbaHL7lBi-lWHhGHL_dTw9eevUH6xduyfRqV-hyLUEZx4Ob7ayKM/s1600/leaving.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZLGN9zZFndevVEc4ZDeFKMTS-MiDobZCvcGGzkDs945eYs9Lv-7PMIokIzG3YIg0lyAGaaOl5bpYB3I9iIqLd-Q9FbaHL7lBi-lWHhGHL_dTw9eevUH6xduyfRqV-hyLUEZx4Ob7ayKM/s320/leaving.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683508363318846514" /></a><br /><br />And here we are now! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6sliBSHMfWV_N-i2RQrEAp4q3lmsf_z32rbG7Tk8hJrsqe7VaucFYNVcMxLbLPif0t6lfghkt3aZBabPjpS1-2_r-HTcKBjPrdRiC__o6Pj0ycbyun2_lufaj35siboGY-PtNOxV2tUI/s1600/Hodge+Wedding+007.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6sliBSHMfWV_N-i2RQrEAp4q3lmsf_z32rbG7Tk8hJrsqe7VaucFYNVcMxLbLPif0t6lfghkt3aZBabPjpS1-2_r-HTcKBjPrdRiC__o6Pj0ycbyun2_lufaj35siboGY-PtNOxV2tUI/s320/Hodge+Wedding+007.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683509113665867186" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeND6pk7TLWt-HrjOvYTKT8tw_NUTWDHSmSW3VRj1ID9DeMTO2J4MoomVHZfUcMA5IMuipXRICe44dEJPm59Rz5akbhIm2yZ5bd2B-wpZErONeFnOl1vUq-BQSrHmjH3ckp_lU1bvlY54/s1600/Aug-Sept2011+150.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeND6pk7TLWt-HrjOvYTKT8tw_NUTWDHSmSW3VRj1ID9DeMTO2J4MoomVHZfUcMA5IMuipXRICe44dEJPm59Rz5akbhIm2yZ5bd2B-wpZErONeFnOl1vUq-BQSrHmjH3ckp_lU1bvlY54/s320/Aug-Sept2011+150.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683509519511155618" /></a><br /><br /><em><strong>I love you, not only for what you are, But for what I am when I am with you. -Roy Croft</strong></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341013874400170095.post-47969809215283811462011-12-06T19:31:00.000-08:002011-12-06T19:43:32.014-08:00Birthday Party and Bears...Oh My!!!Sunday we had Abby's 9th Birthday party at Build A Bear with all her friends. Her real birthday is really close to Christmas so I always bump the party to the first of the month so people aren't so busy and her friends can attend. December birthday's are kind of hard to do, especially when its really close to Christmas!!<br /><br />All the kids seemed to have a great time and Abby was beyond happy!! After the Build A Bear fun we went to the food court for a Rudolph cookie cake and gifts. I never know if you should open gifts at the parties or not, all the parties we have been to except a couple the kids opened the gifts so that's what we did too and no one seemed to mind. <br /><br />Abby is so blessed to have such wonderful friends and she was so happy they all could make it. Great party!!!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurogtHfQbJTf-o9-66Y4Bi8sawHW_GLQuVQfEUKwmpXXYbfx4gdkg1Pb-2fIyX8XNyOdywPZZvYD0tRkaxhVah5jDEuF7Lsgny3S9gQ8B_mALLvZrmVPXfuBJJhbAOif-OHmZtFTG6Rs/s1600/Abbys+9th+Birthday+Party+001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurogtHfQbJTf-o9-66Y4Bi8sawHW_GLQuVQfEUKwmpXXYbfx4gdkg1Pb-2fIyX8XNyOdywPZZvYD0tRkaxhVah5jDEuF7Lsgny3S9gQ8B_mALLvZrmVPXfuBJJhbAOif-OHmZtFTG6Rs/s320/Abbys+9th+Birthday+Party+001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683225269944367362" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig5V7NsZqcqfAbEKbKYNWqWRxoMvU23bJwt3Mt4nb6DS4m9-oO-U8gCgz6K3q0alEY2487clOBCxhZ_keb3cWIhxBVYG1DI_FkG0THcRvNL3Nq26j0wYmax4j0BWq2VX6pjQ24-yBgj6c/s1600/Abbys+9th+Birthday+Party+005.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4fc3UPrbMQGq7AAbVXwSVZJvDGE11Mtr2dAd8tgraXveSvirR2hH8IMjUe7dNzYTy7FDhEs6w3VaP61zI_sRopUrjnmfyB2HwCWpxMzaC3ekV1KCymkEXDIgkKznRVofgasJxEiRyUrg/s320/Christmas+2011+015.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679495217592982690" /></a><br />We put our Christmas tree up last night! I love putting our tree up, we turn on Christmas music and go to work!! Its so fun to talk about all of our ornaments! There are only a few ornaments on my tree that doesn't have a story that goes along with it like why we have that ornament, who got that ornament for us, who made that ornament, etc. We have several ornaments on our tree that were on the white and silver Christmas tree we had at our wedding reception. Those are my favorites! Abby has made several ornaments in school and those are my favorites too! So yes all my ornaments are special and the top of the tree is my favorite part, I love to make it huge!! I love our Christmas tree!!<br /><br />Tree up, lights on, bows on....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNzTiVzDcuHw2EtoOrXbUYRwXnLgrwCLPVzYpUmMbR2VhKc5rnXu41zZwwWyH2EPXyc880ChnW6LB7VKF3T03C6WYyocgdfOcLoik7fwjwaCYyPIvQ_GlB6KFFUThAtJfoLurYZT2IpAY/s1600/Christmas+2011+006.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNzTiVzDcuHw2EtoOrXbUYRwXnLgrwCLPVzYpUmMbR2VhKc5rnXu41zZwwWyH2EPXyc880ChnW6LB7VKF3T03C6WYyocgdfOcLoik7fwjwaCYyPIvQ_GlB6KFFUThAtJfoLurYZT2IpAY/s320/Christmas+2011+006.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679494279459850322" /></a><br /><br />Lights and bows on, ready for the ornaments!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfx2zvHskmW9rYYRvbj35thSrBdqh93BQmEG8T5jmM8Whr6pGC3ACXQqZ1p1NfGf9A7GdlwW9astsRnkGA60G7Brd8nierDUfNP14UsNMyp9T8a_CT7k4N5D2kJZ5UHQMCQRBZilkOKEk/s1600/Christmas+2011+007.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfx2zvHskmW9rYYRvbj35thSrBdqh93BQmEG8T5jmM8Whr6pGC3ACXQqZ1p1NfGf9A7GdlwW9astsRnkGA60G7Brd8nierDUfNP14UsNMyp9T8a_CT7k4N5D2kJZ5UHQMCQRBZilkOKEk/s320/Christmas+2011+007.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679494269038568290" /></a><br /><br />getting ready to hang ornaments! The kids had to look at every ornament!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNHrSSAitnOW-0U8HeCAuWlT4WKQ9KAP-uk8hn8ePrrOn45fEoPx28rBgTsyB29emg64H12KroNvOC5zVPou9-M88aKYhxlgpNF2WhDvDicCWpQRm_0K1xfnIAtPYJkLS0pDUJIluZ89M/s1600/Christmas+2011+009.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNHrSSAitnOW-0U8HeCAuWlT4WKQ9KAP-uk8hn8ePrrOn45fEoPx28rBgTsyB29emg64H12KroNvOC5zVPou9-M88aKYhxlgpNF2WhDvDicCWpQRm_0K1xfnIAtPYJkLS0pDUJIluZ89M/s320/Christmas+2011+009.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679494251274235426" /></a><br /><br />Abby hanging her handmade ornament she made in 1st grade!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji7wJB9eav3y2sqyhyphenhyphenmhtBGivE4B34OBFdxhNlkdb_aMLGZSQIugJSI31yZG5LYVuW8MMoeZS14PxGxLndJt4QdNK4GFGZYN45itbVPmSFclutM4V8evPQIuMm3_qfy4P2ogKjTWz-91s/s1600/Christmas+2011+010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji7wJB9eav3y2sqyhyphenhyphenmhtBGivE4B34OBFdxhNlkdb_aMLGZSQIugJSI31yZG5LYVuW8MMoeZS14PxGxLndJt4QdNK4GFGZYN45itbVPmSFclutM4V8evPQIuMm3_qfy4P2ogKjTWz-91s/s320/Christmas+2011+010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679494239532958114" /></a><br /><br />Brady playing with the Santa car ornament I got when I was a little girl!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_gFJx8rQskL6TrSEB9LFR1Wxhx95-yqHkclKJIUuRAjm4eEIPXUbkIS6rdF5z4ENboNe58RBVbdKCdlbP3AlFJwvN7P-x4JOzFZSYM6qQMjJ32rF2FsHKz4JhaUnkAiwRIrZkOBN05o4/s1600/Christmas+2011+011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_gFJx8rQskL6TrSEB9LFR1Wxhx95-yqHkclKJIUuRAjm4eEIPXUbkIS6rdF5z4ENboNe58RBVbdKCdlbP3AlFJwvN7P-x4JOzFZSYM6qQMjJ32rF2FsHKz4JhaUnkAiwRIrZkOBN05o4/s320/Christmas+2011+011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679494237495534610" /></a><br /><br />Abby playing with my wooden Santa I hang on the wall!! LOL FUNNY!!!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2o2ZlyU_mlWqAWmejn_OW5hdzwHSnT89pAkoaYXrg8qYxGAKpKVHUqTur9Di4qmv6bN9NVH8OcQfQ4qnunubxy3frfSkREhYuV8lGMFOTLRSK3n5aHe5I9vr86cVSVyIM1KrB3mymXy4/s1600/Christmas+2011+012.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2o2ZlyU_mlWqAWmejn_OW5hdzwHSnT89pAkoaYXrg8qYxGAKpKVHUqTur9Di4qmv6bN9NVH8OcQfQ4qnunubxy3frfSkREhYuV8lGMFOTLRSK3n5aHe5I9vr86cVSVyIM1KrB3mymXy4/s320/Christmas+2011+012.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679493203916094562" /></a><br />Chad's Notre Dame ornament we bought in South Bend, Indiana a couple years ago.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSNXt55UXJWH_N1NYE5ip8gOM8ZgSpV346e1mzmXSKf6mcYMQtH45sJFcfx63cLDIfvGncZjC6jkosRXMixy_fum-T1_2tBiObVs5nhDT45s26pWjwtQO4K1qxWL4VwN7DKNi812L87BI/s1600/Christmas+2011+021.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSNXt55UXJWH_N1NYE5ip8gOM8ZgSpV346e1mzmXSKf6mcYMQtH45sJFcfx63cLDIfvGncZjC6jkosRXMixy_fum-T1_2tBiObVs5nhDT45s26pWjwtQO4K1qxWL4VwN7DKNi812L87BI/s320/Christmas+2011+021.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679493195361261538" /></a><br /><br />Vera Bradley ornament, this is my favorite one of the three I have.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0PtMGk44ltg66rreYOCQvIZD1bmwGi1cUsnZDpLks7USqb6Yi5kvtY1lYA1fApUQAWGhPVS9NcEB2dPOIaS7G2MlCgCd-gmwI1iEVRvpdPKZkL1XRjKjsMcoFSGg6CuFB2-3bVNK5g3o/s1600/Christmas+2011+022.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0PtMGk44ltg66rreYOCQvIZD1bmwGi1cUsnZDpLks7USqb6Yi5kvtY1lYA1fApUQAWGhPVS9NcEB2dPOIaS7G2MlCgCd-gmwI1iEVRvpdPKZkL1XRjKjsMcoFSGg6CuFB2-3bVNK5g3o/s320/Christmas+2011+022.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679493180107673426" /></a><br /><br />Santa heads, we have several stuffed in our tree! I love them!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYqlVSqLg18ul64Euto6olEa2A9AElP3sXMRbRp8Fu5-V6qHKm3ad4IkHrz3XPVmc_vN2vITEZQ6bcGJKPD6DAA74-fb7BxZVP7KLx3gKM7OhkYDnCOvqXOTN1br24r_QnWbAjeipwyyU/s1600/Christmas+2011+023.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYqlVSqLg18ul64Euto6olEa2A9AElP3sXMRbRp8Fu5-V6qHKm3ad4IkHrz3XPVmc_vN2vITEZQ6bcGJKPD6DAA74-fb7BxZVP7KLx3gKM7OhkYDnCOvqXOTN1br24r_QnWbAjeipwyyU/s320/Christmas+2011+023.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679493174044725858" /></a><br /><br /><br />Cousin Eddie's RV....That there...that's an RV...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6YRR4brTQnnIjyks6OZ9SyQtI7o5GIuU1qzzb7b0g69JNbCt2bx8hQYbgy98xGC8R_tGe-vXUoEEpQRItw-J9216iOMvAMwaK9EaAAYlWCcCs6SmgTpnWzuOPaty8tuCivi6p-R9Kj5U/s1600/Christmas+2011+024.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6YRR4brTQnnIjyks6OZ9SyQtI7o5GIuU1qzzb7b0g69JNbCt2bx8hQYbgy98xGC8R_tGe-vXUoEEpQRItw-J9216iOMvAMwaK9EaAAYlWCcCs6SmgTpnWzuOPaty8tuCivi6p-R9Kj5U/s320/Christmas+2011+024.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679492329842388066" /></a><br /><br />The Elf and ladder...he's been climbing our tree for 10 years now!!! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtsuVjTIr2t9-OU9YJ9lD7uHfVr5H27ucw7PjyHsGa49WN4tkRlY3nVfw32taLlDjazO7ivQGfjl74q3Ax7mDi1bKKLfgNEftT5gaR5YjOeowc2tyInYzbPzTRiCzVXu_R5nr8bQppZ00/s1600/Christmas+2011+025.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtsuVjTIr2t9-OU9YJ9lD7uHfVr5H27ucw7PjyHsGa49WN4tkRlY3nVfw32taLlDjazO7ivQGfjl74q3Ax7mDi1bKKLfgNEftT5gaR5YjOeowc2tyInYzbPzTRiCzVXu_R5nr8bQppZ00/s320/Christmas+2011+025.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679492321992432722" /></a><br /><br />White birdhouse ornament that was on our wedding Christmas tree!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1sQ5uHunb6ArpZ3W97SQRLVjFughyLsJsZzVTPzb6ABCKD4OUFuL4s_N4Yv9RISGed5-ase5sglUWEd17N2C5YkXAzWAo9DpVJr-eCrIfyaT2SSM5mOdDbzBX3cD0rNuofwColLH56mk/s1600/Christmas+2011+026.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1sQ5uHunb6ArpZ3W97SQRLVjFughyLsJsZzVTPzb6ABCKD4OUFuL4s_N4Yv9RISGed5-ase5sglUWEd17N2C5YkXAzWAo9DpVJr-eCrIfyaT2SSM5mOdDbzBX3cD0rNuofwColLH56mk/s320/Christmas+2011+026.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679492314522223346" /></a><br /><br /><br />St. Nicholas!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLL3zBSuMGJCBdFH_4TmpBDSBRGOyRZ0LldloKrdU5EeG9XWsI6WJWoZH_v3sorycvm2JaHCgfGP3imAydGcsOuPasCvozfZZnyzdo8Z5uXntKgZkV-1jPzNRavGZ9F2Pqqy63HcovfNY/s1600/Christmas+2011+027.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLL3zBSuMGJCBdFH_4TmpBDSBRGOyRZ0LldloKrdU5EeG9XWsI6WJWoZH_v3sorycvm2JaHCgfGP3imAydGcsOuPasCvozfZZnyzdo8Z5uXntKgZkV-1jPzNRavGZ9F2Pqqy63HcovfNY/s320/Christmas+2011+027.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679491312935754578" /></a><br /><br />Our Boxer angel ornament..in memory of our first dog Sadie! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgz1aPb3Uj55GQjMGbylZMzYyaU9QUkSoowu9aM8Fg88wSIgEhIdAQU7cKXpsCpxiN8FDahoiCNYv4-bFEvYCH9kt-JenVnlazkTndH3bsdSAAlzQbR-9M0VYMKQ6ZnJNVVXJjck0XU3U/s1600/Christmas+2011+029.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgz1aPb3Uj55GQjMGbylZMzYyaU9QUkSoowu9aM8Fg88wSIgEhIdAQU7cKXpsCpxiN8FDahoiCNYv4-bFEvYCH9kt-JenVnlazkTndH3bsdSAAlzQbR-9M0VYMKQ6ZnJNVVXJjck0XU3U/s320/Christmas+2011+029.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679491311045216114" /></a><br /><br />Brady's Elmo ornament...one of the gifts on the ornament has the name Abby on it. Im sure its for Abby Cadabby but it was so fitting!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUKc6OCtz0csfSJ5gqwF8b_odde2HmNow2w8cR6Doq6StVb0_eHXKg8VVNy_h3qcLBP_uJT0d_tjQhZp3Mj_iJYeAM3SOs8aIVt-05T9ozVLss_wueOnLvdT4p7X-tYNy2PyuBmjWpO3Y/s1600/Christmas+2011+031.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUKc6OCtz0csfSJ5gqwF8b_odde2HmNow2w8cR6Doq6StVb0_eHXKg8VVNy_h3qcLBP_uJT0d_tjQhZp3Mj_iJYeAM3SOs8aIVt-05T9ozVLss_wueOnLvdT4p7X-tYNy2PyuBmjWpO3Y/s320/Christmas+2011+031.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679491288523625490" /></a><br /><br />Ring-o-gingerbread men<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL6irPuxlJnxCPmSkk33_jkIAvYOD31RUsIh8a6s-eIkhteSVuMb9k5MFEgB0kBcveFnAI0yDP7dLaseSPROY4WBMYC2lPk7CdexmAMjRzXMPGtZ_kauBJfW7dlNiViOGntTbnRA12ujI/s1600/Christmas+2011+033.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL6irPuxlJnxCPmSkk33_jkIAvYOD31RUsIh8a6s-eIkhteSVuMb9k5MFEgB0kBcveFnAI0yDP7dLaseSPROY4WBMYC2lPk7CdexmAMjRzXMPGtZ_kauBJfW7dlNiViOGntTbnRA12ujI/s320/Christmas+2011+033.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679491283853146946" /></a><br /><br />The top of the tree....personally I think the MOST important part of a Christmas tree!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC3NxU-UuyWKEWo1Gdj2JRHI2NuBBs036Lh02-4mWg5ysh6x05Ok9cTH6o3LST-RaoionyK3rwULEtrYmKyeRFDUTLoOYTjv49Q3sQX-uJcatVkeDKq3DvTl-WHzqK2WWdLXdv_NoXc4U/s1600/Christmas+2011+034.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC3NxU-UuyWKEWo1Gdj2JRHI2NuBBs036Lh02-4mWg5ysh6x05Ok9cTH6o3LST-RaoionyK3rwULEtrYmKyeRFDUTLoOYTjv49Q3sQX-uJcatVkeDKq3DvTl-WHzqK2WWdLXdv_NoXc4U/s320/Christmas+2011+034.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679490528714772258" /></a><br /><br />Abby and Brady had a great time helping hang the ornaments! I hope they always help me decorate my tree!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPP3Ruxg9vPfwUpdHfsmWMze-ZRbsBfZ7XAnUYocln_YDS-sPgPNvTYc3tSjhtvmpKKL3NY6FNp7g2NtpoG_x13qjKFwKuGPrlfMQOZlC3xc7F_dj47DJFUVxCKGiRKjXmIb3tU_H1K88/s1600/Christmas+2011+036.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPP3Ruxg9vPfwUpdHfsmWMze-ZRbsBfZ7XAnUYocln_YDS-sPgPNvTYc3tSjhtvmpKKL3NY6FNp7g2NtpoG_x13qjKFwKuGPrlfMQOZlC3xc7F_dj47DJFUVxCKGiRKjXmIb3tU_H1K88/s320/Christmas+2011+036.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679490524833302322" /></a><br /><br /><em><strong>Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time. ~Laura Ingalls Wilder</strong></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341013874400170095.post-54437613401765660552011-11-23T18:15:00.000-08:002011-11-23T18:38:09.155-08:00Fantasy of Trees 2011Every year we go to the Fantasy of Trees at the Knoxville Convention Center. Its the most awesome place to get into the holiday spirit!! We went today and had a great time. Brady was so interested in everything that we kind of "flew" through it and I didn't get many pics of trees and I didn't get any of the gingerbread houses or wreaths! Oh well, there's always next year right??!! :)<br /><br />This tree matched Abby's hat!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9hU5GoC3EBujGl4j3wf-Td_hMBeHzH0LE8XQcu44U653srle5jhzvcsOIEfrJqtjCDOIIzzdzqXJJU78nsj_cf6zpwNNo3VZ8kWPmtCOx48A-smZvrEr3GUorUh1YbuDeVougUIXHZso/s1600/November+2011+051.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9hU5GoC3EBujGl4j3wf-Td_hMBeHzH0LE8XQcu44U653srle5jhzvcsOIEfrJqtjCDOIIzzdzqXJJU78nsj_cf6zpwNNo3VZ8kWPmtCOx48A-smZvrEr3GUorUh1YbuDeVougUIXHZso/s320/November+2011+051.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678384204987215362" /></a><br /><br />Brady <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFgsVqvsp9aJjzQvXcJRMPro7e5PMsMnBSaG5yRJIHIcbhYZ7zetZVNjIPPD1kpp_xqQTnYKg3RfXMHVBDw2Eczj4hRONw7CyF5q4VQoNrBkcO7DIlbM6OcHS4foxOgtSeuCECcvT4Y1Q/s1600/November+2011+052.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFgsVqvsp9aJjzQvXcJRMPro7e5PMsMnBSaG5yRJIHIcbhYZ7zetZVNjIPPD1kpp_xqQTnYKg3RfXMHVBDw2Eczj4hRONw7CyF5q4VQoNrBkcO7DIlbM6OcHS4foxOgtSeuCECcvT4Y1Q/s320/November+2011+052.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678384182928388690" /></a><br /><br />OH NO!! Not the Cheese Touch!!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioIa1epn4oGxdO9kogJqvPOSjv1LcdSRGo9ynMRM6GxWdXpY6eur-3hejDhiEc-AsHFmIebmjhRBoxZEInE49Y3nVGhFgZ0GdxNv98nfA1WFn6f2hMXkCwmtMjBMuYpXxHbqeGJJL3OTg/s1600/November+2011+053.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioIa1epn4oGxdO9kogJqvPOSjv1LcdSRGo9ynMRM6GxWdXpY6eur-3hejDhiEc-AsHFmIebmjhRBoxZEInE49Y3nVGhFgZ0GdxNv98nfA1WFn6f2hMXkCwmtMjBMuYpXxHbqeGJJL3OTg/s320/November+2011+053.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678384181593641634" /></a><br /><br />Abby and the reindeer!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrRymi4HSv8jsah5DmSVqn-SPAQlabXzrz4z6hNHSHz2axlOACPVm-_C31lALjqpyIdlKiIJyVhiQQ0jSExkrl0rRpiT9I59ObcRHDAQp6A9tVGMToa8dHwqgChGDPaKqS-drq6Gn3aYQ/s1600/November+2011+054.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrRymi4HSv8jsah5DmSVqn-SPAQlabXzrz4z6hNHSHz2axlOACPVm-_C31lALjqpyIdlKiIJyVhiQQ0jSExkrl0rRpiT9I59ObcRHDAQp6A9tVGMToa8dHwqgChGDPaKqS-drq6Gn3aYQ/s320/November+2011+054.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678383211854240994" /></a><br /><br />Abby and Brady, I'm not sure what hes looking at but he was in awe of the entire place!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSk4IbC8vrQjUKTd6Ni4aTpUuA4LOsB36BNt_DbAWeUNY9QjqsXqUpxpg9fRoqvgr8KTiWzfl-2pstZFCueUlJxXbM-SXh8v-v8yZ0182V1O4idH9KrgL-vZaLNh2xhutTYwZrzWThcxw/s1600/November+2011+055.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSk4IbC8vrQjUKTd6Ni4aTpUuA4LOsB36BNt_DbAWeUNY9QjqsXqUpxpg9fRoqvgr8KTiWzfl-2pstZFCueUlJxXbM-SXh8v-v8yZ0182V1O4idH9KrgL-vZaLNh2xhutTYwZrzWThcxw/s320/November+2011+055.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678383202674478530" /></a><br />I really loved these, they were all over the place!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYmWVk6PzWM7PNSnYi2LPTNEITP_E5Tlbf7OupXgv7hNMi4SLzX7lkxpBHsmxHCfmXW7NADTzDiXAnYnswINN9Xbi3k4TmF2B0ziZmlxMQEkW2O-d51rCxW18k5gbEHAqjR-hLXBTzcHY/s1600/November+2011+056.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYmWVk6PzWM7PNSnYi2LPTNEITP_E5Tlbf7OupXgv7hNMi4SLzX7lkxpBHsmxHCfmXW7NADTzDiXAnYnswINN9Xbi3k4TmF2B0ziZmlxMQEkW2O-d51rCxW18k5gbEHAqjR-hLXBTzcHY/s320/November+2011+056.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678383198388355778" /></a><br />AWESOME wooden Thomas the Tank Engine tree!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIbk82pDGyCWZkiIOKZa_xTn0N-__F6cu_BDg4QpJrO0sH6yMmK9MeYkp0M32f8VPx0BsjIYJzHDKIKDmTfQnG5nYz2myDeYKnXl8r526WEjeVhiwNrLyDSBbpMn-xPF9mAO7pYjBL0Q0/s1600/November+2011+057.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIbk82pDGyCWZkiIOKZa_xTn0N-__F6cu_BDg4QpJrO0sH6yMmK9MeYkp0M32f8VPx0BsjIYJzHDKIKDmTfQnG5nYz2myDeYKnXl8r526WEjeVhiwNrLyDSBbpMn-xPF9mAO7pYjBL0Q0/s320/November+2011+057.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678382560423866002" /></a><br /><br />Daddy and Brady<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgITCagvt-rGm4inv5aQzq0HrhxHq9eBbKHCvqMBPUz9Jcs3CxzvklB_qbsVLrP4J1CSjMk8rHDWhSKq4B82N1THT2hnZ7FWWHxF3PqOP6N01lb8YP-qvRwmjNVWdqaIcrr9jekq_CelNM/s1600/November+2011+058.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgITCagvt-rGm4inv5aQzq0HrhxHq9eBbKHCvqMBPUz9Jcs3CxzvklB_qbsVLrP4J1CSjMk8rHDWhSKq4B82N1THT2hnZ7FWWHxF3PqOP6N01lb8YP-qvRwmjNVWdqaIcrr9jekq_CelNM/s320/November+2011+058.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678382538880308562" /></a><br /><br />Beautiful old Chevy!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg1J0k-AZNmbomQqxbgTj0cIsHhyphenhyphen7ixXnzE4ZhgBUhokbc0Mg7tK7BxHCII_IBGavV2JLximbjzXOlMgFn1YHCL2qLbCtnMxCIvGC3q25SnGL8G1XMy2-d4eqZdU3cEaeCNA9HbOqtP1M/s1600/November+2011+059.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg1J0k-AZNmbomQqxbgTj0cIsHhyphenhyphen7ixXnzE4ZhgBUhokbc0Mg7tK7BxHCII_IBGavV2JLximbjzXOlMgFn1YHCL2qLbCtnMxCIvGC3q25SnGL8G1XMy2-d4eqZdU3cEaeCNA9HbOqtP1M/s320/November+2011+059.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678382535660273714" /></a><br />Abby gets this reindeer painted on her face every year!! LOL<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOdLRWJ-1d7P2Ujd_PP0_5hUPhuWnEXuD4LCekhQue6QrpN12Z8pxT8roNVbrE0JBeaVE8oizEe05rY9QwQSYp_iDre42tlQJopxLjzwBIPFTJkJLS7Iicn-tKtA2Vv6INlw3r58Wx0mA/s1600/November+2011+062.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOdLRWJ-1d7P2Ujd_PP0_5hUPhuWnEXuD4LCekhQue6QrpN12Z8pxT8roNVbrE0JBeaVE8oizEe05rY9QwQSYp_iDre42tlQJopxLjzwBIPFTJkJLS7Iicn-tKtA2Vv6INlw3r58Wx0mA/s320/November+2011+062.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678381698729265410" /></a><br />Painting our wooden reindeer's!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglHwK6O_RD3NUcNf-3eUi1ftmkiyEpJDUFgAtMh0TgMEZd-Ebgxncw7GTFYPJrvMZ2-SdQ59QhcpBaHJOqKVC50FxhWaxcdJgSqQeF3-PVFzqxYPFq77lQlvHTV1zz81k0aKDk3TcFjD4/s1600/November+2011+064.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglHwK6O_RD3NUcNf-3eUi1ftmkiyEpJDUFgAtMh0TgMEZd-Ebgxncw7GTFYPJrvMZ2-SdQ59QhcpBaHJOqKVC50FxhWaxcdJgSqQeF3-PVFzqxYPFq77lQlvHTV1zz81k0aKDk3TcFjD4/s320/November+2011+064.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678381691486783490" /></a><br /><br />The following pics are NOT the best we have ever taken there, the kids were worn out and hungry so these are the best we could do on our way out...LOL<br /><br />Me and the kids<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeVS5iSFny1d3cb6FOOmbZ_HYvsGJCbTndTD2TSH66D-Ib_cgFzaaVp_Z5OJ6nrcRqfJo1ZpKT4fDFGHUI4_cmK0OG2WwhOGCrn-n1th-3Mplo19cyJNNFpZDLyKM86byqpVOG-53wwrk/s1600/November+2011+072.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeVS5iSFny1d3cb6FOOmbZ_HYvsGJCbTndTD2TSH66D-Ib_cgFzaaVp_Z5OJ6nrcRqfJo1ZpKT4fDFGHUI4_cmK0OG2WwhOGCrn-n1th-3Mplo19cyJNNFpZDLyKM86byqpVOG-53wwrk/s320/November+2011+072.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678380703412871154" /></a><br /><br />Family pic...hmmm LOL<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVrPPlT4bKW-gX9ktkJyuz68EGwlLQ5IOiB1qFjVkrFM8PUbivNLmwAqz7V1LLNrB7-K6nDo8XVZAqXd9maCiwJdrn5wXloe4Laota39Zh6T2LGS6Bgfc-gz09FuGkwPK3KRmS1zlBasc/s1600/November+2011+073.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVrPPlT4bKW-gX9ktkJyuz68EGwlLQ5IOiB1qFjVkrFM8PUbivNLmwAqz7V1LLNrB7-K6nDo8XVZAqXd9maCiwJdrn5wXloe4Laota39Zh6T2LGS6Bgfc-gz09FuGkwPK3KRmS1zlBasc/s320/November+2011+073.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678380691579987714" /></a><br /><br />Downtown at the Sunsphere! Brady thought it was so awesome! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDwS34GfgmH59eVFm-rRPL969RCMR3gjF_35cz0w1lvnSo4PRZSpY6snz2fsluPoF2doz7HMggVQGImIZ5cyR3_1AWNPd-5yMXYCApluWrvct6L286MQ76oEWfXR69XhWDbfVq_vr8dPU/s1600/November+2011+075.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDwS34GfgmH59eVFm-rRPL969RCMR3gjF_35cz0w1lvnSo4PRZSpY6snz2fsluPoF2doz7HMggVQGImIZ5cyR3_1AWNPd-5yMXYCApluWrvct6L286MQ76oEWfXR69XhWDbfVq_vr8dPU/s320/November+2011+075.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678380685989162066" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341013874400170095.post-42259102117599709382011-11-21T18:24:00.000-08:002011-11-22T18:31:05.763-08:0024 Things I Am Thankful For....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE20kC9chnUB9PlULdvAEQplIZvSmoxgY5fLD7FmE98gIHlYwiDurWMmx1beCvdYhw-uKGEqayDljKUqIf-sDBDZjMF4ijYobak3TEMxc0_bL1semLKNZgdWaFJhAhGnYyRZCMyoxk1x8/s1600/thanksgiving+image.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE20kC9chnUB9PlULdvAEQplIZvSmoxgY5fLD7FmE98gIHlYwiDurWMmx1beCvdYhw-uKGEqayDljKUqIf-sDBDZjMF4ijYobak3TEMxc0_bL1semLKNZgdWaFJhAhGnYyRZCMyoxk1x8/s320/thanksgiving+image.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677641981116356226" /></a><br /><br />I decided to make a list of 24 things I am thankful for since Thanksgiving falls on November 24th this year. <br /><br />1. <em><strong>My Husband </strong></em>who I have had a crush on since the first time I saw him. He has given me this wonderful life and these beautiful children and the best 14 years I could have ever imagined. He is my best friend and my #1 fan. He takes care of us and makes sure we have everything we need. He makes me smile, laugh out loud, and still gives me butterflies. He knows when I need a hug, a shoulder to cry on, or a hand to hold. <br /><br />2. <em><strong>My Children </strong></em>who make me laugh and smile everyday. They bring me joy I could have never imagined before I was a mother. They love me unconditionally and their hugs are tight and hearts are so big.<br /><br />3. <em><strong>My Parents </strong></em>who have always been there for me and I know I can count on them for anything. I am truly blessed to be their daughter. They gave me all they could and sometimes they gave me more than I deserved.<br /><br />4. <em><strong>My House </strong></em>that keeps me warm and dry in the winter and gives me a place to lay my head at night. My home is my job and I am so proud to have it when so many people don't have homes. I love my house and I always want to make it better than it is and a place my children are comfortable in and feel at home. I think a home is one of the most important things a child can have. <br /><br />5. <em><strong>My Warm Bed </strong></em>that I get to sleep in every night and a soft place to lay my head.<br /><br />6. <em><strong>My Friends </strong></em>who are there for me when I need someone to listen to me and I know I can count on them. I don't have very many really close friends but the ones I have are the best friends I could ever imagine and I love them so much.<br /><br />7. <em><strong>My Husbands Job </strong></em>which affords me to be able to stay home and raise my kids, gives us health insurance, pays our mortgage.<br /><br />8. <em><strong>Cheeseburgers</strong></em> my favorite food of all time!<br /><br />9. <em><strong>Hard Times</strong></em>, I know this sounds strange but without them we could not be so thankful for the Good Times!!<br /><br />10. <em><strong>St. Joseph School </strong></em>which educates my daughter in the best way possible and allows her to learn about religion as well as academics. <br /><br />11. <em><strong>Sweet Tea</strong></em>--without it I could not make it through an entire day!!<br /><br />12. <em><strong>Books</strong></em> because without them the world would be a boring place!<br /><br />13. <em><strong>Television</strong></em> which is a strange thing to be thankful for but I love nothing more than to curl up in bed at night and watch it!<br /><br />14. <em><strong>My Pets </strong></em>that keep the house alive with mischief and smiles ( and sometimes alot of frustration) but they do keep me company when I need them too and they never ask for anything in return.<br /><br />15. <em><strong>The Young and The Restless </strong></em>which I started watching when I was 5 years old at my Granny's house. I would get out of Kindergarten at half day and go to her house and watch it while eating Peanut Butter Crackers and drinking a coke! :)Its a memory I will never forget and I still watch the show every day.<br /><br />16. <em><strong>Snow-</strong></em> I love to go to bed on a cold night and wake up to alot of snow and the silence that comes with it, when you walk outside and you cant hear anything but the still of the world and the sight of winter.<br /><br />17. <em><strong>Electricity,</strong></em> I cant imagine what it was like years ago when they had no electricity so I am very thankful each day that I have it.<br /><br />18. <em><strong>Santa Claus </strong></em>who brings the magic of Christmas to the heart of children and adults. Life isn't always easy but the sound of bells and the sight of Santa makes me smile and the magic he brings to children is priceless. Both my kids still believe and I hope when they learn the truth they will still be in love with the idea of the Spirit of Santa!<br /><br />19. <em><strong>Freedom.</strong></em> I am so thankful to be a citizen of the United States of America and for the freedom that gives me. I am so thankful to live in a country where people can make their own choices in the way they live, the faith they practice, the person they marry, and the way they raise their children.<br /><br />20. <em><strong>My iPod </strong></em>without it I would be lost when I take a shower, drive in the car, clean my house, or sit at my computer. I love you iPod! :)<br /><br />21. <em><strong>Dearfoam Slippers </strong></em>that I wear EVERYDAY and cant imagine my life without them.<br /><br />22. <em><strong>Oreos</strong></em> they give me comfort when I am down and out and I cant help but smile when I see the holiday ones with the red center, the spring ones with the yellow center, and the fall ones with the orange center. Thank you Oreo for your variety and yummy goodness!!!<br /><br />23. <em><strong>XBOX</strong></em> because you bring such happiness to my husband and make him smile when no one else can..LOL<br /><br />24.<em><strong> God</strong></em>--because without Him none to the above 23 items would be in my life!!!!<br /><br />Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving and a safe Black Friday, yes I will be out there among the crazies that day and will be so thankful I am!!<br /><br /><em>For each new morning with its light,<br />For rest and shelter of the night,<br />For health and food, for love and friends,<br />For everything Thy goodness sends.<br />~Ralph Waldo Emerson</em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341013874400170095.post-39074390299400040252011-11-17T19:07:00.000-08:002011-11-18T17:01:55.692-08:00Paint....Pain....Proud....:)I have been wanting to repaint the downstairs of our house for some time now but it seemed like such a hard job and would take so long I just kept putting it off and putting it off. Well, Friday we went to Lowe's and bought a ton of paint and supplies and Saturday morning we started in the kitchen and finished Monday night in the dining room. <br /><br />WOW, what a job! I think its the largest project we have done to this house! We finished it up with only a few battle wounds. I had legs so sore I could hardly walk and the worst headache ever (paint fumes I'm sure!) and my husband is sporting a new hole in is body thanks to a pin nailer!! We laughed alot, wanted to cry alot, and thought about giving up several times along the way. But it was so worth it and what an experience to spend 3 whole days with my husband making our home so beautiful!<br /><br />Lots of paint and supplies--let the fun begin! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLqmZYdqRzsl0lEIp5CK00dP7vGBCgIHrzN_RF3Z2o2_4TYUwJXyuaK1bmV2LQuUmKrOXcdJU2u_EC7rUJ1cBIXVk4oiW9UoZuzyQy4x8JXQLZZQy_l2R9F7HrcRKd8uC4EmpNlIXnPqU/s1600/November+2011+001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLqmZYdqRzsl0lEIp5CK00dP7vGBCgIHrzN_RF3Z2o2_4TYUwJXyuaK1bmV2LQuUmKrOXcdJU2u_EC7rUJ1cBIXVk4oiW9UoZuzyQy4x8JXQLZZQy_l2R9F7HrcRKd8uC4EmpNlIXnPqU/s320/November+2011+001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676178815494320498" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em><strong>Living Room</strong></em><br />Before-We had never painted the living room. When we moved in it was this strange goldish brown color and it seemed like such a job to paint it so our things did match OK so we just left it this odd color. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_rJMAS2QsJHqkZm-DOSIYJYg_mC-C89qjOC2vi28xmppAPEgtFVz9DF4eSQvdEwW9eGFiSIbqQwUoWFQtW4cwEmRa5zkej9iNnfTGGucSQLWG4j3H0n-dtNcEF2QbwxlkW4qUBSfNreg/s1600/living+room+004.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_rJMAS2QsJHqkZm-DOSIYJYg_mC-C89qjOC2vi28xmppAPEgtFVz9DF4eSQvdEwW9eGFiSIbqQwUoWFQtW4cwEmRa5zkej9iNnfTGGucSQLWG4j3H0n-dtNcEF2QbwxlkW4qUBSfNreg/s320/living+room+004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676174394936712898" /></a><br />After- Summer Sparrow (a historic looking brown) replaced the "gold" color. I love it so much, it really brings out the white molding and trim and make the room feel so cozy.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN8b2_SUgR1uEdHfdpsWkm8AbW_ZQ5JH3PX7HVPa5Eyf5Hs0f6OxNKWFBgtHcUXKSWKg55EFZWNnvNZSTeI8BXAk4Jk5dlV0PwIOJuSPg9yd11JMbZb2EVxnAM_Uoomh-tpxnNBH0y4zc/s1600/November+2011+015.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN8b2_SUgR1uEdHfdpsWkm8AbW_ZQ5JH3PX7HVPa5Eyf5Hs0f6OxNKWFBgtHcUXKSWKg55EFZWNnvNZSTeI8BXAk4Jk5dlV0PwIOJuSPg9yd11JMbZb2EVxnAM_Uoomh-tpxnNBH0y4zc/s320/November+2011+015.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676174376651859954" /></a><br /><br />Before- The fireplace was almost lost in the "gold" color that was on the wall. It just didn't seem to stand out and the "gold" looked more dirty than "gold" so it was a much needed change!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-1MZBKS88NVGHatlD9ufMvX9ihFpvy8f5sGgOzTHsskvZDMwjKcCgrfFLtsRsA48691DEU0k3js-KYc-_1ZRDSXmzdS8h4wvQCbxuIgnTkSd2joGL-A5Hk6Q1FBprAH1iUjlVxL7E-8/s1600/living+room+009.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-1MZBKS88NVGHatlD9ufMvX9ihFpvy8f5sGgOzTHsskvZDMwjKcCgrfFLtsRsA48691DEU0k3js-KYc-_1ZRDSXmzdS8h4wvQCbxuIgnTkSd2joGL-A5Hk6Q1FBprAH1iUjlVxL7E-8/s320/living+room+009.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676174386671739938" /></a><br />After- I think the new color brings the fireplace out and the white looks so good against the brown. I am so happy with this color and the way it turned out!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvb7apnnWz2GXI7-CmL4PgFTayXleMKExpwF9vw9Ke9rIN7YUK2IRRGJRJVoz_04lVe6a0QoR8m3oywRixAMKPP6yeWVEymULaPP_6azIl9XKI2vANvO8bgBUy-9fXM1C7O6C8jDtBs_k/s1600/November+2011+014.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvb7apnnWz2GXI7-CmL4PgFTayXleMKExpwF9vw9Ke9rIN7YUK2IRRGJRJVoz_04lVe6a0QoR8m3oywRixAMKPP6yeWVEymULaPP_6azIl9XKI2vANvO8bgBUy-9fXM1C7O6C8jDtBs_k/s320/November+2011+014.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676174379553314178" /></a><br /><br /><em><strong>Kitchen</strong></em><br />Before- the kitchen was yellow when we moved in, we repainted it a deeper yellow shortly after moving in, I'm still not sure why we painted a yellow kitchen yellow again?? LOL <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijd6rVZLTm9fqAPrITqytFWBNraxgrEN677c8qGXftuJzZECnvXUR7_K7jVrC5F0fSRnz7mr_jWG5CClimvatnHFONtSd8DENIFrkt4pqvxXXTC0Vg5H-4DTZVHx_Wckvi7gbINVCIWcM/s1600/November+2011+002.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijd6rVZLTm9fqAPrITqytFWBNraxgrEN677c8qGXftuJzZECnvXUR7_K7jVrC5F0fSRnz7mr_jWG5CClimvatnHFONtSd8DENIFrkt4pqvxXXTC0Vg5H-4DTZVHx_Wckvi7gbINVCIWcM/s320/November+2011+002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676168548683589154" /></a><br />After-Evening Eclipse ( a deep blue) replaced the horrible yellow on the walls. We added a back splash. My husband used wainscoting for the back splash then he took a regular piece of pine and used his router table to actually hand make the molding and trim on the back splash. It turned out so pretty!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkl78Qy9k-dY35nAtucuOtkWksMge11izBMBfIxINXi253xODVjRU_vq-BfcrEpKwtQWWWPqcb71cV4W1iB4Wg7qeYJG5SgqOgubXFcGS0iyrs9vyxjgKmhmOkiFCXN-qUq6djPl3ppYQ/s1600/November+2011+024.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkl78Qy9k-dY35nAtucuOtkWksMge11izBMBfIxINXi253xODVjRU_vq-BfcrEpKwtQWWWPqcb71cV4W1iB4Wg7qeYJG5SgqOgubXFcGS0iyrs9vyxjgKmhmOkiFCXN-qUq6djPl3ppYQ/s320/November+2011+024.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676168545129222914" /></a><br />I replaced a horrible picture of a flower with this nice collage of family photos on the kitchen wall.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4d28vdZWXqRTnXoYtgEe6OWBlfzgtJneVA6eclwlKLQGk29ZKJ2jl9rkUPGp6YNK5B2TOY9xlgG1dEWri4nmngI44gAgQHqJka632LEjB_9VFUw0NJ1BWXVQhX378qB8HLgaoikz8rDE/s1600/November+2011+019.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4d28vdZWXqRTnXoYtgEe6OWBlfzgtJneVA6eclwlKLQGk29ZKJ2jl9rkUPGp6YNK5B2TOY9xlgG1dEWri4nmngI44gAgQHqJka632LEjB_9VFUw0NJ1BWXVQhX378qB8HLgaoikz8rDE/s320/November+2011+019.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676170110093094258" /></a><br />I also took Chalkboard paint and made a "Shopping List" chalk board next to the pantry door. Its so easy to just make your grocery list during the week on the wall and copy it onto paper on shopping day!! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8xf8Wl14RJ4MrHEjdaK9Wb_Lc6iNX9hpfwna9EejSzlpCNcpGcsDKQPQMw1k64QSSq1-078VNMw-JqYqkQRaHGd_uymd_vM4gq6Os-VguT0Lyt8UdDbs7wA6Y8vCcEDI3Ai9rhA0Qpw/s1600/November+2011+021.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8xf8Wl14RJ4MrHEjdaK9Wb_Lc6iNX9hpfwna9EejSzlpCNcpGcsDKQPQMw1k64QSSq1-078VNMw-JqYqkQRaHGd_uymd_vM4gq6Os-VguT0Lyt8UdDbs7wA6Y8vCcEDI3Ai9rhA0Qpw/s320/November+2011+021.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676170108226100850" /></a><br /><br /><em><strong>Hallway</strong></em><br />Swiss Chocolate and Smoked Oyster replaced the icky Yellow and Hunter Green walls in the dining room and hallway. Please ignore the baskets of junk in the dining room, I still don't have it all put away yet! LOL<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghuDV6vuYsLDhaofgs4ROrw6vhTiZWZE9r3r0e1MJWbqE9_JNv-JiU3Kd5ixYp12CEsI4VwDdzCDJ0KmZRit6FLS7JbcmNXHZxDpy70t8mKABePwrozYi87bVuauEvHbob7umJDAQs2Ng/s1600/November+2011+020.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghuDV6vuYsLDhaofgs4ROrw6vhTiZWZE9r3r0e1MJWbqE9_JNv-JiU3Kd5ixYp12CEsI4VwDdzCDJ0KmZRit6FLS7JbcmNXHZxDpy70t8mKABePwrozYi87bVuauEvHbob7umJDAQs2Ng/s320/November+2011+020.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676167972019749906" /></a><br /><em><strong>Dining Room</strong></em><br />Before-Dining room walls. They were the same yellow as the kitchen and a hunter green that had faded over time.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLGkOu53YCnhj3kS4KxRYrq-jsSsMJaCAxBN1zzLc5aLG8NGWQn4ins3aeOW3xPZqnCiGUykYdA79OqgFldPNnYtCFvsqK8jKRwooBpiiMkjd954N8Ij1JnwPw06-jykptckyNcV961No/s1600/Aug-Sept2011+076.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLGkOu53YCnhj3kS4KxRYrq-jsSsMJaCAxBN1zzLc5aLG8NGWQn4ins3aeOW3xPZqnCiGUykYdA79OqgFldPNnYtCFvsqK8jKRwooBpiiMkjd954N8Ij1JnwPw06-jykptckyNcV961No/s320/Aug-Sept2011+076.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676180479239764306" /></a><br /><br />After- Dining room walls are now Swiss Chocolate and Smoked Oyster. I'm hoping to get a better pic of the dining room in a few days and I will update the post. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2IYr8HbBRpxmyBtheGLtS6XaE-LG53_hFCPOfmV0mdNyYQTHBwUJmVM8eDRo0KzEOz3269dXEa5s0cxH3fGzvy29fJidMni_ZdGaSkLwLpcwYfQW2ijvFszUDmXl8uMNppS8v7QSf3-Y/s1600/November+2011+027.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2IYr8HbBRpxmyBtheGLtS6XaE-LG53_hFCPOfmV0mdNyYQTHBwUJmVM8eDRo0KzEOz3269dXEa5s0cxH3fGzvy29fJidMni_ZdGaSkLwLpcwYfQW2ijvFszUDmXl8uMNppS8v7QSf3-Y/s320/November+2011+027.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676505628055449890" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLAy7tgLkhn2Wa6EoRBgAZtIP6tJxFVTPlpMnu1wTc2LPYTm-sevoo0P2a9qOopv_zddwg03QMJfvN0Pt-sGI3hjLckKEVu4Hd9jR3kW9dMuI3qX3loif3U6pEBctrZ9QjB1-8ONmpjNQ/s1600/November+2011+012.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLAy7tgLkhn2Wa6EoRBgAZtIP6tJxFVTPlpMnu1wTc2LPYTm-sevoo0P2a9qOopv_zddwg03QMJfvN0Pt-sGI3hjLckKEVu4Hd9jR3kW9dMuI3qX3loif3U6pEBctrZ9QjB1-8ONmpjNQ/s320/November+2011+012.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676167973821220258" /></a><br />We still need to repaint all the trim and molding white and I really want to paint my kitchen cabinets black using milk paint...but thats on hold until we recover from this round of painting!!! I am still trying to get the house back in order, here's hoping its done in time for Thanksgiving!! LOLUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341013874400170095.post-88260994458430754592011-11-08T18:56:00.000-08:002011-11-08T19:03:15.609-08:00My Cat!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCugRrZIsqKcj0LWw1-55pK4OJQYMrEUkq67A82NXiOkDe5fKj9i40jkJzUBMcX0EeV_BvhNJRBaBbLfANgFOA7i33UqgXIeeniVKqLRxEOouBgBZcuYoapb1qOJRCpnZOYMBAY-NFkBk/s1600/October+2011+109.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCugRrZIsqKcj0LWw1-55pK4OJQYMrEUkq67A82NXiOkDe5fKj9i40jkJzUBMcX0EeV_BvhNJRBaBbLfANgFOA7i33UqgXIeeniVKqLRxEOouBgBZcuYoapb1qOJRCpnZOYMBAY-NFkBk/s320/October+2011+109.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672826204374316050" /></a><br />We adopted Shannan last September so we have had her a little over a year. This is the sweetest, coolest cat ever! She will lick you on the cheek, come when you call her name, and lay on your chest and rub your face with her paws. I swear sometimes I think she thinks shes a dog!! She loves to play with the Husky and the Husky loves to play with her....I was worried she would eat Shannan when we first got her but after Shannan smacked her in the face they became quick friends!! LOL Just wanted to share these pics of my kitty!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAXdfWx6HX1VKnNzepiorUHyLhbBHSvMhQWQClYRTc6Vr8e8rXgQtkFGYBDmY54mUB8AgytquB4-VfZlF1FMW4fd3OoZaYvbVLR3h0Z5NYDm_uxpmtciU0quav5aTyx6FFB9etZ3Oyesk/s1600/October+2011+107.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAXdfWx6HX1VKnNzepiorUHyLhbBHSvMhQWQClYRTc6Vr8e8rXgQtkFGYBDmY54mUB8AgytquB4-VfZlF1FMW4fd3OoZaYvbVLR3h0Z5NYDm_uxpmtciU0quav5aTyx6FFB9etZ3Oyesk/s320/October+2011+107.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672825157522911442" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7wKVJDCkGf6ad0_kjz9ywgK1H7EM0SmBBImd6PIGWZMv3wKwb_jouFwqPH4MEja37bJGhV_vi45WsSP0aALLGajZz6bXhSKjhjaO_Nrava8Zuj2SPzBlTYFaA6PLrFFLqwAEyj9DLaNU/s1600/October+2011+108.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7wKVJDCkGf6ad0_kjz9ywgK1H7EM0SmBBImd6PIGWZMv3wKwb_jouFwqPH4MEja37bJGhV_vi45WsSP0aALLGajZz6bXhSKjhjaO_Nrava8Zuj2SPzBlTYFaA6PLrFFLqwAEyj9DLaNU/s320/October+2011+108.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672825150113949938" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0