tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797445510774952602024-03-14T05:57:22.577-07:00The Cary CrewLet the Craziness Begin!Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169616167374334330noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179744551077495260.post-6769469499157780442009-09-01T11:28:00.000-07:002009-09-01T14:28:41.281-07:00The Hills Are Alive With The Sound of....FIRE!So there are sooo many fun things that we have done over the summer that I really need to blog about! They are back logged in my brain fighting to get out. But..... well with a fire raging out my front window I just couldn't put this one in order. So here it is.... FIRE! It all started far, far away in another town and was just interesting to watch the fire choppers since they were picking up at a reservoir by our house. But now with 5 days having passed and heading on into the 6th. day the fire is right out our front window! Still interesting to watch.....but now with a little trepidation as the homes two blocks above us are evacuated! And we are sooooo sick of the smoke! It feels like we will never breath fresh air again! Ugh! It has also postponed the kids starting school and so they are all stuck in the house going stir crazy! Ha ha.....what memories are made of...... Hopefully my next post will be all light and airy and full of fun stuff. Until then.... In closing I should mention that while these pictures look a little menacing we are quite safe....the firefighters could use your prayers though! They are working so hard!<br /><br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&captions=1&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2FCaryCorner%2Falbumid%2F5376552117725477617%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Also here are the links to my Youtube site to see our fire videos.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJMHoO_mS3A">http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJMHoO_mS3A</a><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5_5h1dOskY">http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5_5h1dOskY</a><br /></p><p><a href="http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LBrg0N4Em8">http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LBrg0N4Em8</a></p><p><a href="http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=WecGFOHVevg">http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=WecGFOHVevg</a></p><p><a href="http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3zkrTMl1KE">http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3zkrTMl1KE</a></p><p><a href="http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9d8te2ZRNA">http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9d8te2ZRNA</a><br /></p>Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169616167374334330noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179744551077495260.post-58582523865206192382009-07-15T16:14:00.000-07:002009-07-15T19:38:22.475-07:00Lassen 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLI1zd66-z3Z_h4siOZda-fuDz4IYia9Svf2ZPbgPOOyknSP2DwVZAHS9zJ51GK8UUnSwP38Ie48CrlxTwB3sVGzofkuR6ll88jGYzGrKR3O5EBS1rEQSRlIm0zo3LoSyPmbGg4GLKc2I/s1600-h/749.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358851068658620514" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLI1zd66-z3Z_h4siOZda-fuDz4IYia9Svf2ZPbgPOOyknSP2DwVZAHS9zJ51GK8UUnSwP38Ie48CrlxTwB3sVGzofkuR6ll88jGYzGrKR3O5EBS1rEQSRlIm0zo3LoSyPmbGg4GLKc2I/s320/749.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div>Ok, so I'm really late in writing this I know .... but.... well I was trying to sum up my feelings. What an amazing time.... again!!! It was just what I was needing the meetings, the fellowship, just to get away from the rat race called life. Not that I have a bad life mind you I am not complaining it is just so awesome to go away and be surrounded by those of like faith and just immerse yourself in it for a whole week! <div><div><br /><div></div><div>Aubrie was in the cabins this year and well....it was weird. Nice and weird all at the same time. She loved it! But it was just .... well ....I guess it sorta felt like the first little steps away.... Our cabin while having more room (Hannah was stoked to get a bed and not have to sleep on the floor) just felt a little empty sometimes. Sigh..... On another note .... unlike her mother at Lassen many moons ago.... she signed up to play all the sports! And had a wonderful time!</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEH-k7ZX0Rad9dQSllNmZfFfPlWNslT4DZgIFpdE-_Dt-yZtrFsqEUsUqN0RaelFiULYxsGbK1Gf68dBA-rbBCSSp5Epy_SQ6DQXPdE6mF8jFptficncmDKf-hB8-O7yZkrFMXrgsNba8/s1600-h/735.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358851053375946610" style="WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEH-k7ZX0Rad9dQSllNmZfFfPlWNslT4DZgIFpdE-_Dt-yZtrFsqEUsUqN0RaelFiULYxsGbK1Gf68dBA-rbBCSSp5Epy_SQ6DQXPdE6mF8jFptficncmDKf-hB8-O7yZkrFMXrgsNba8/s320/735.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQlHExQATI06Q7VrMSPPpbiJ7spcrLnE8W53sY74EIej4DxRS1E_q-cBwIg6EDdHCbG7qBjFm5kvYFJlRPzlZPGZv8BAju4X812TMCeH0L6JLvgPeqywsJ7sH0OzLvHi8ZHgNp8JmNUcw/s1600-h/499.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358847525513135026" style="WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQlHExQATI06Q7VrMSPPpbiJ7spcrLnE8W53sY74EIej4DxRS1E_q-cBwIg6EDdHCbG7qBjFm5kvYFJlRPzlZPGZv8BAju4X812TMCeH0L6JLvgPeqywsJ7sH0OzLvHi8ZHgNp8JmNUcw/s320/499.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div>Emma had a fabulous time at camp with her friends. She and Melissa and Ellie have long been Lassen pals and this year they were joined by sweet Emily. It is so nice to see them having such a great time friends that they will spend eternity with!</div><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAMVeEdrUyT1ZnccQwGBDXoNtx0Jl2nSKdeqMEnF7gfCDFEWXmM6LzaJ1o1SB2ki4M6JxDCnGP8kQX3JvkuofIcq8HhSLOdQkHDEI5lafJZx9ND1ZhifqbRi9qMXCDwHzDnvEJmyJ97kg/s1600-h/640.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358851047023368962" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAMVeEdrUyT1ZnccQwGBDXoNtx0Jl2nSKdeqMEnF7gfCDFEWXmM6LzaJ1o1SB2ki4M6JxDCnGP8kQX3JvkuofIcq8HhSLOdQkHDEI5lafJZx9ND1ZhifqbRi9qMXCDwHzDnvEJmyJ97kg/s320/640.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAOu4jzFdsfU4FOZhz4L64Hy2IDjzmEeZGUsuxm4aJMM2n4YIp7wCaMIw9-Y_5keW7366kCJpdzqDXPwGyaaCgOXv1JhV5HTfSY_i2csEKOcPGg3kMtNUkaJmCzJvUqskiS5qoz8dfn60/s1600-h/563.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358847535855931266" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAOu4jzFdsfU4FOZhz4L64Hy2IDjzmEeZGUsuxm4aJMM2n4YIp7wCaMIw9-Y_5keW7366kCJpdzqDXPwGyaaCgOXv1JhV5HTfSY_i2csEKOcPGg3kMtNUkaJmCzJvUqskiS5qoz8dfn60/s320/563.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Hannah.... oh ... Hannah my little shadow. She just didn't seem want to branch out this year. I tried quite a few times to give her a little push but she seemed to just want to be with mommy. I finally stopped pushing and realized that she was just in need of some mommy time! And we did have a great time together! She did leave me each day to go and enjoy the wonderful crafts put on by Jackie. I guess that crafts are the one thing that trumps mom. If you are reading this ... Thank you Jackie for another fabulouso year of Lassen crafts! You can never have too many fleece blankets!</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhLDLTjz-Q-zkx02A7TTNpkc0E3vPJFwNTpYmWNqY-U24LPkwWMnplPXvLI4stDdBciDZ3Vvj9ghLlGlQpwdQkniRBSh689GKIY3d1hysE68OjEeR8qkmcoMzezgwnXMzpEvnzFIXQZI/s1600-h/183.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358847507200617554" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhLDLTjz-Q-zkx02A7TTNpkc0E3vPJFwNTpYmWNqY-U24LPkwWMnplPXvLI4stDdBciDZ3Vvj9ghLlGlQpwdQkniRBSh689GKIY3d1hysE68OjEeR8qkmcoMzezgwnXMzpEvnzFIXQZI/s320/183.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5QaT34IpdSMDQizaKfHevE-NKDq8vuv8X46578f6__VWZIzMnXd6YGMbXoC_3gbvar-R6fTYWvmniwvwmgznc93YcgtG8ddUH05uN5tl0ETl8O7Sg-8isENJbvOANZZW_fVJR8r_VOJI/s1600-h/151.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358847495769124082" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5QaT34IpdSMDQizaKfHevE-NKDq8vuv8X46578f6__VWZIzMnXd6YGMbXoC_3gbvar-R6fTYWvmniwvwmgznc93YcgtG8ddUH05uN5tl0ETl8O7Sg-8isENJbvOANZZW_fVJR8r_VOJI/s320/151.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>And Brock....he loved finally being old enough to participate in the lil' kid games! After dodge ball in the mornings I could talk him into a nap during the afternoon meetings just so that he could go play capture the flag! Another HUGE shout out here to Rob! You rock heading up all those games with the kids! They love it! </div><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2N8p1vFcIUVk-QXjtRWsBftzVT9-JQLRrilcWj1NfkF976gzf6skneDpRTZ3yQSc3KirmhCjN-x4VxkhFDNJs25MtQIm6F5PoI58NZWGtRbqOQPbuO9Luoe_ph5WO_uwkrN82w4wrz7o/s1600-h/785.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358876623383493490" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2N8p1vFcIUVk-QXjtRWsBftzVT9-JQLRrilcWj1NfkF976gzf6skneDpRTZ3yQSc3KirmhCjN-x4VxkhFDNJs25MtQIm6F5PoI58NZWGtRbqOQPbuO9Luoe_ph5WO_uwkrN82w4wrz7o/s320/785.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35yaHaaYzZ0C2kRLH7-UtPnkMYQb8g9YvRusOHLxDgKtt7WFACHbcUiHxPhGDr0NeNW_RARVc6uRfv9QW8zjGg-mQJ_E1RDUoyaks1V3_VuB4OkLoaFbo7wWpQHYwZUnNUdDLJnHQdso/s1600-h/776.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358876615215551410" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35yaHaaYzZ0C2kRLH7-UtPnkMYQb8g9YvRusOHLxDgKtt7WFACHbcUiHxPhGDr0NeNW_RARVc6uRfv9QW8zjGg-mQJ_E1RDUoyaks1V3_VuB4OkLoaFbo7wWpQHYwZUnNUdDLJnHQdso/s320/776.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif23RkBcsHk1nzzvmHD4P2eocdtOGRu37gkcAg6Luo2QP-JSEG4qZf-DJXfciwWV0vqKTFgkOYTm_yVMLL1-AW1i6YGbd7fyjPouVok-6shQk9VgFQvQT9gijWR3V7u6VwC0UGtA687ks/s1600-h/209.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358847516469002610" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif23RkBcsHk1nzzvmHD4P2eocdtOGRu37gkcAg6Luo2QP-JSEG4qZf-DJXfciwWV0vqKTFgkOYTm_yVMLL1-AW1i6YGbd7fyjPouVok-6shQk9VgFQvQT9gijWR3V7u6VwC0UGtA687ks/s320/209.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><div>It was kind of hard to leave Lassen this year knowing that the word on the street was that this would be the last one. But if indeed it was the last year it was a wonderful year to end on. Aubrie will kill me if she reads this but.... I think what she said fits what we were all feeling. After we got home and everyone else was asleep she came out of her room a bit teary. She curled up with me on the couch and we hugged and she cried a bit. When I asked her what was wrong she had a hard time explaining it..... she said I feel like something inside of me has changed and will never be the same again. She said that she felt so wrapped in love up there and so close to the Lord that she almost wished that she hadn't experienced it so that she couldn't miss it like she did. Wow! Can you imagine what it will be like to be Home!?!</div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQisV0_j0jq8iBIqBvK2Hx3Qz-H0fXWPFV7A8M-Xblx35PiQgd9ysspBAAcsa3rXqtkdvSBG3vw1TYZaUipaCJ5jHLoerz0Bs4-sFtjoluWm67SBmtQKjRRm2czo_Ovr__XHw6tniY0fc/s1600-h/745.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358851066084984418" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQisV0_j0jq8iBIqBvK2Hx3Qz-H0fXWPFV7A8M-Xblx35PiQgd9ysspBAAcsa3rXqtkdvSBG3vw1TYZaUipaCJ5jHLoerz0Bs4-sFtjoluWm67SBmtQKjRRm2czo_Ovr__XHw6tniY0fc/s320/745.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div>If you want to see the rest of the pictures I posted from Lassen click on the link below.</div><div><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/CaryCorner/Lassen2009">http://picasaweb.google.com/CaryCorner/Lassen2009</a># Enjoy!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169616167374334330noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179744551077495260.post-5706665088811581162009-06-23T11:06:00.000-07:002009-06-24T07:52:23.911-07:00Class of 2009<div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">The Cary family has two promoters this year.</span> </div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350904514521179442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMO2-gOM1gIrUuWu7BQdmId0DUgBZT7pcj88ivdieyaekqSPee1hmshlWodSvZEbnNaOi69gIUgiJRsXXrkGQencx56A2cluUTaVvbHMCrlKbctYOMzN6Efk0lfxOI8cq5QCR5WE41QwM/s320/063.JPG" border="0" /> Brock is done with preschool....I can't believe it my baby is headed for kindergarten! </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350904518070318754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzKCQRkGzXDK73dB4-EuRmdpJAoXI1uY6mV5rlfvZ0oxs8wqqIlm552DvnxrlkK-ApnG_uI8iAsKsjjENlCzC4kYU12T1y0rrXKzf40FiVfR90CPJMBBBPitfjLEigrhyphenhyphenl3uLOBh56yQ0/s320/088.JPG" border="0" /> </div><br /><div align="center">And our sweet Aubrie moves up to junior high! <span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Congrats Kiddos!</span></div>Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169616167374334330noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179744551077495260.post-47698918512064974442009-05-23T20:27:00.000-07:002009-05-23T22:33:31.753-07:00An ER Visit....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUwRGJIlwo72BvswFzm_aSpmZvwS-8rGpP_jnxBwW5EWgfCRg8ty0psXt5UvhLu5K4aMEykFiHDbdVE2KZM7dOjv6SLMeMD3AGyLxCAUOdg1xxJdj3anc8rUuCC4YI_wvyisgB4bU9eaE/s1600-h/003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339247768312929666" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUwRGJIlwo72BvswFzm_aSpmZvwS-8rGpP_jnxBwW5EWgfCRg8ty0psXt5UvhLu5K4aMEykFiHDbdVE2KZM7dOjv6SLMeMD3AGyLxCAUOdg1xxJdj3anc8rUuCC4YI_wvyisgB4bU9eaE/s320/003.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Sitting outside the very crowded waiting room.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2sFZYaR1XMzCeGRFk2pL2hSIDvFC1XnnBxbZ4j124ivvwbkU883UkhH1iAbJaAXactNso5kaYNl-c_Bap7gsBn73bkyJSojv0-9SfXQdT-UUv0ckdhBpFBBveHI3kA9BjVgw3WeTgqM0/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339247765184684738" style="WIDTH: 201px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2sFZYaR1XMzCeGRFk2pL2hSIDvFC1XnnBxbZ4j124ivvwbkU883UkhH1iAbJaAXactNso5kaYNl-c_Bap7gsBn73bkyJSojv0-9SfXQdT-UUv0ckdhBpFBBveHI3kA9BjVgw3WeTgqM0/s320/001.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Hannah's eye while waiting</span><br /><br />So the long story is this.... Monday evening we were sorta having a rough one around here and Hannah had been sent to her room till dinner was ready. She was crying (not a huge surprise) when all of the sudden it got much louder! It was a cry that I did not recognize and so I thought that maybe she was throwing a tantrum (about this I actually was surprised). <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Ok</span> and here is the part that I am still not sure that I should admit but as I heard her coming out of her room ... a very <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">frazzled</span>, tired, trying to make dinner mother said .... "you had better be nigh unto death to be coming out here screaming like that!" And then I turned around.... There she stood holding her eye with blood gushing between her fingers!!! I about died!! At first I thought that she said the dog had bitten her and I was so afraid to move her hand. But I did and found that what had happened was that the dog had scratched her eye lid slicing it open about half an inch. But let me tell you when it first happened it looked like the longest half inch that you have ever seen! After going back and forth about what to do we called a doctor friend who said that we should go in. Of course it was just after five and the doctors office was closed so into the emergency room we went. After five and a half hours they called us back and cleaned out the wound, glued it shut and sent us on our way with a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">prescription</span> for antibiotics.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOCexIo7r91rHz2co1kbGLgtp0mHDVUXZssLxAfZlb90jZyvuipUSglZFEFhb_a9MpqSR8BIQXmx2fBzWw7u4hYTfKmCl1FxiD22RMrLCCRFYUQFIT3DnbD9ThgYI8EHK_ehJD1957NYw/s1600-h/005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339247771898916690" style="WIDTH: 329px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOCexIo7r91rHz2co1kbGLgtp0mHDVUXZssLxAfZlb90jZyvuipUSglZFEFhb_a9MpqSR8BIQXmx2fBzWw7u4hYTfKmCl1FxiD22RMrLCCRFYUQFIT3DnbD9ThgYI8EHK_ehJD1957NYw/s320/005.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Worried while waiting for the doctor.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPf9s6Ki_zGgvrqJMLbiRxk3lyrWbj1Td0c_8kuGixDTxDRSZb8izKbl76yOGOyIMhOixeVI5u9rha5JG7Q_FLknOlj3dk6uHdjNLcF3HSsd4WiEw6Vv-JXs83z8SIsT7ae-brtWdkQdo/s1600-h/008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339247777319533298" style="WIDTH: 326px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPf9s6Ki_zGgvrqJMLbiRxk3lyrWbj1Td0c_8kuGixDTxDRSZb8izKbl76yOGOyIMhOixeVI5u9rha5JG7Q_FLknOlj3dk6uHdjNLcF3HSsd4WiEw6Vv-JXs83z8SIsT7ae-brtWdkQdo/s320/008.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Waiting for the glue to dry.</span><br /><br />After hearing a few stories about untreated dog scratches while in the ER I was very thankful that we had had a doctor friend to call for advice as I was not going to take her in! To top off the night I almost passed out when the nurse was cleaning her eye!! I think that it was a combo of tiredness, hunger and relief mixed in with a healthy dose of queasiness due to all that we had seen while waiting in a very overcrowded waiting room! Anyway, that has never happened to me and poor Hannah was so worried! They actually had to give me juice and crackers and sit and rest my head. I think that the only thing that stopped me from actually going out was knowing how bad Hannah would freak out! Like I said long story long ... all is well now and her eye though many shades of purple is healing nicely! Thank the Lord it could have been so much worse!<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339252340405466898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-WQHTw7i94BCAOiFterJua-oTOlwP3CaN5RXcPLtthHjVEKi-gC2LbVE6kN0USF_2yMFyCVWn52inAwfN-xqauUFqcVMgxPmn9HmOuJjx1jtZqataJRQ86himiAouw4WFaY5oV18rbM/s320/073.JPG" border="0" /><span style="font-size:78%;"> A photo captured by daddy ...sleeping peacefully in the morning.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiESf6mgiSe3AV6SuQJXvjjcKKws4xJKo4NzDJFnlZ84NmG9U_18CMqQmQcNjTR-IdVlVsZxpWSmf0CK43-LZN9dmyyl68pJaV2PYkShZoZ5VGn5hJmOVstJthwLeyR5CJMdqihyUXa0G4/s1600-h/073+-+Copy.JPG"></a>Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169616167374334330noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179744551077495260.post-59984472940521757312009-05-20T19:21:00.000-07:002009-05-20T20:17:02.065-07:00Gone Fishin....<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&captions=1&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2FCaryCorner%2Falbumid%2F5338106257301718161%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br /><br /><br />So for Brock's birthday..... way back at the end of March when asked what he wanted he said that what he really wanted was to go fishing..... in a boat! So for his birthday Greg and I got him a little pole and planned to go out fishing. However like life always seems to do ... it got busy! We were either sick, out of town or some other craziness was happening. Anyway, last weekend we finally went out fishing in a boat. We had a wonderful day! The funny thing though... we didn't catch not one fish! Brock was so excited, we woke up early and got McDonald's for breakfast per Brock's request and then went to a lake about 20 min. from our house that rents nice little boats. We tooled around and Brock sang row, row, row your boat while he used the oar to help row the boat (every time the motor went off the oar went in). He thought that that was the second best part of the day! The first part.....swimming! It was a beautiful day! The weather was warm and the lake wonderfully cool. We pulled up into this gorgeous little cove and got off to run on the beach. Next thing we knew Brock was in the water first he was up to his knees and then he was up to his waist next thing we knew he was asking if he could get all the way in. Soon he was out swimming all around and having a grand ol' time! It was really nice to get to spend some quality time with just one of the kids. And Brock was so excited to go out fishing....on a boat. As for fish......ah who needs fish anyway?!?Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169616167374334330noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179744551077495260.post-38955793265614748542009-05-09T15:52:00.000-07:002009-05-09T16:39:14.017-07:00Decade Day....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI8Efnwr8-GEUZCWPN4V0oXtg-z2qAgyVyzc6GrfVVkA6JJsSw3pz_Ql0KvV7lL1cT-mc4ieCLetZI7z12ppd5NKtSNHkCHlieYD8yViSC63bn6V5aomWh-SRbwBBmVXffP5rgDh3fNKo/s1600-h/041.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333970793248705266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI8Efnwr8-GEUZCWPN4V0oXtg-z2qAgyVyzc6GrfVVkA6JJsSw3pz_Ql0KvV7lL1cT-mc4ieCLetZI7z12ppd5NKtSNHkCHlieYD8yViSC63bn6V5aomWh-SRbwBBmVXffP5rgDh3fNKo/s320/041.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Every once in a blue moon the kids school has a "spirit" day. They had one this month and it was decade day. Aubrie was home sick and Emma had PE so didn't want to do it....but Hannah... of course she wanted too! She only decided that she wanted to on the morning of so we were quickly trying to piece something together. So we went with the decade that I knew best and was easiest for me....the 80's! We pulled out the dress-up make up with the bright blue eye shadow and ripped some jeans and tight rolled them (kinda) and gave her big hair! I thought that she was adorable! It was so funny though...when Aubrie saw her she was like... mom you didn't really dress like that did you???? Like what? I asked. With big hair?....ummm yup.....and ewww blue eye shadow....ummm yup(as much as mom and dad would let me that is)...but you didn't rip your jeans did you??....ummmm....yup! And then with an eye roll....Oh Dear! Hee hee!! Man I miss the 80's...Not!Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169616167374334330noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179744551077495260.post-38057286941665172862009-04-23T20:11:00.000-07:002009-04-23T21:38:33.220-07:00A New Addition to the Family....<span style="font-size:180%;">Welcome.....Daisy!</span><br /><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328108849494306946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPRBZMp4LjkYlAPVyrG6zASmxl71xEcdAIW7AXBVbbecjjfRiF1utgKSpPJdwhJma7QfegVCDe7-Hg6OgGc86MHV0xt0VkQydDTA0xdJ_bgZFS0zZRTbQQLFt9k7Ubanieq8iK7uxvoU/s320/005.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br />So for awhile now we have been thinking and praying about getting a dog. Ya see we already have 2 cats, one bird and a fish....oh yeah and 4 kids! Umm and we live in the city....so you see where the hesitation comes in?! Anyway I so wanted the kids to have a dog to grow up with and we were getting to the point that if we didn't do it soon we'd find ourselves getting a dog because we were lonely after they were all gone! Ok maybe not quite that bad but you get the point. We decided that when we got home from our spring break trip we would start to look for a dog. We were going to rescue one from the pound and that way would would be saving a dog and staying away from a purebred and all of their purebred problems (been there done that). So the day we got home I was ready to run down to the pound and get a dog any dog just because it was time after all. But Greg.... my ever calm, opposites attract, the Lord sure provides, amazing husband....said we should wait and pray and he was sure that the Lord would provide the "right" dog and we would know when it was. So.... we watched and waited....and on Sat. we took a family outing to the pound just to check out the local dogs (I had been keeping a daily...almost hourly watch on the pound web site updates so I felt pretty sure that there was not one there). The kids wanted to see so...why not? After perusing the kennels and once again not finding the "right" dog we were headed home but stopped to look at the kittens ...and there....amongst the cats was the cutest little chocolate lab you have ever seen! After asking at the desk and finding that she was a stray that they had picked up and they would hold for a week to make sure that no owners showed up to claim her we went home to wait until her release date on Tues. Boy you have never heard more earnest prayers! So Tuesday came and Brock and Greg head down bright and early so that they wouldn't miss her and they were told that the wrong date was written and she would not be released until the next day. Also we were not the only ones interested and so there would be a silent auction. Ugh stress!! Wednesday it was my turn to go down and I don't think that I have ever felt worse in my life then to stand there and bid against someone knowing that one of us would have to go home and tell our kids that we didn't get the puppy! It made me physically sick! But Greg and I had discussed it and we felt really comfortable in the number that we had both had laid on our heart if you will. It helped as I left the house and Brock said to me "mommy if God wants us to have that dog you'll say the right money and we'll get it". Ahhh the faith of a child. Anyway...it came down to one other guy and me and I really thought that I would be going home empty handed ....but....Greg and the kids were right...the Lord showed us and gave us the "right" dog for our family. And boy is she a cutie! Maybe we should have named her Patience and she could have been a constant reminder to me! Hee hee! Anyway she is an approximately 3 month old chocolate lab mix?!? And her name... we think.... is Daisy!<br /><br /><br /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328108857267710130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6X6KapPtRxecGXzj2GzwmIXrFPkmYjxrBQ3QS-6ODopLETL5IUHpGCGw3Dy_tRWghNYaBCwiEwpUX-83YMKx4SQNF4bQfdtN-N6VmOe0QjQYbi-TmVtKAmLsJo4GXaNgQhVSqvabyhTA/s320/027.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328108852551346034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 279px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggWo9t3MIkMt2y3i7InuFOPI-D4hDIcJDxsEpZaaPfx5b5Y92D5N0Lr5ea0IOnzpv8XnIT137EeTEviXcaSDwexn7pvbIW_rZN-as-2aGqLL3e5eJ-FOddvcKMVuAHsqr8ULesp03zCbU/s320/026.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328108860666863170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3AD4xLx12qb8y13g6Q6Yu-zB9uRJl9jLCf9iSyZSmeD8VfhjLG3ah7XUzW46cKxUxomNmGzYkGvBzunNAlkwOcN_CT-gFOCUoTl4epJ538agIuDW1EYqfhKquxowxs0WMBWwncQrjknQ/s320/036.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328108861701642530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNc0K4ao0doD-z7sjJFN1Vn0YABE6ODGBjUBo7N616X3bIHWHpZobQkDzq-7wt0xa6vY-h5GIrjunSf6vRV8Dx-CD8GujfLP7RxUmp1ngtF8iJYRvaBb288WcspP45ESFPwg5HLuOrIbY/s320/039.JPG" border="0" /> </p>Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169616167374334330noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179744551077495260.post-38042357350890568142009-04-21T21:41:00.000-07:002009-04-21T21:56:34.160-07:00Belated Happy Birthday to Our Baby Girl....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2d0vor6Ps4kO6cXL7N0MmjTXJ1NbIz1EBfbNTSU_IOH_xE3XtQhbq4tncIFxRNApc57eV9S1jUMn4dTvPcELN2Yum7J2mtmTAbi7m7mvZaM4trv-xPHz6G-1CMQFd7MBlSBvIcTI_FXc/s1600-h/355.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327374366665742370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2d0vor6Ps4kO6cXL7N0MmjTXJ1NbIz1EBfbNTSU_IOH_xE3XtQhbq4tncIFxRNApc57eV9S1jUMn4dTvPcELN2Yum7J2mtmTAbi7m7mvZaM4trv-xPHz6G-1CMQFd7MBlSBvIcTI_FXc/s320/355.JPG" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327374371902350786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5vpP9608bgRAleqZU6FMyKQrXJyDwhFvOylwhRJr08CqUOn9tW-ilTeMy6Vpkzdf1Uax4NZ6nS9blH3jaqXT9W96v45kvSHtg2FW-Lq8r9J6atmx8OqgscLCdoUUFfnN8Q9YkQjJM_9M/s320/360.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327374375340340882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZQobhVqa9Za9_lzqMPYgbLHghWuMPb86-IA5GJnGZiixcwnY-q8Nlk9TnAnL4rNPnnl2GayzTnpWghkUgBQU8ifnZlDOhY3P_dFqGqpVqWIp12GY22TYJaV379a4_CHrGV6P2IA5IDcA/s320/191.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><strong>We love you Hannah! </strong>Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169616167374334330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179744551077495260.post-92114970954969068362009-04-20T19:56:00.000-07:002009-04-20T22:08:18.838-07:00Home again, home again jiggety jig....What a wonderful spring break! We started off by flying into Sea-Tac and then taking the beautiful drive north to Vancouver B.C. where we enjoyed a wonderful time with the saints there at the super conference they put on....the food was amazing, and the ladies make it all!! (oh yes and the fellowship was great too)! I didn't get any pictures at the conference but I did manage to get a few shots while we all visited around the pool in the evenings. It was such a great times catching up with all those that we haven't seen in some time. It's amazing how you can go so long without seeing some folks and when you are together again it is as if no time has passed at all. It is so amazing to have such common ground in the Lord that it is just like getting together with a great big family. Can you imagine what heaven will be like?!? Anyway...it was a fabulous time!<br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&captions=1&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2FCaryCorner%2Falbumid%2F5326995511126312065%3Fkind%3Dphoto%26alt%3Drss" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br /><br />From there we drove south again to my parents house where it seemed like a great big party for four more days. And well...I guess it kinda was! For 90% of the time we were there there was about 16 to 20 people in the house at all times! And they had a birthday party for Brock and Hannah! It was a crazy wonderful time! My poor parents! Thanks Dad & Mom for all you did for us while we were there! Love and miss you ALL!!!<br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&captions=1&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2FCaryCorner%2Falbumid%2F5327000536941185233%3Fkind%3Dphoto%26alt%3Drss" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed>Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169616167374334330noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179744551077495260.post-58388377113666064202009-04-04T22:14:00.000-07:002009-04-04T22:32:50.775-07:00A Bad Case of the Spots<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38Wl6op94DIzyt85v4GX7MfG7N6GX5XmKU84nrlqjGeEZ-Lu6eSVZVNQloZWDQNzNQy29_yQW0si2uZ0jNyixLJsQWSDL6ZdaXeuO-nHiI-xNozYEJra0MDsB5erq0yO61rL0ysHI1lU/s1600-h/008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321075444976203762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38Wl6op94DIzyt85v4GX7MfG7N6GX5XmKU84nrlqjGeEZ-Lu6eSVZVNQloZWDQNzNQy29_yQW0si2uZ0jNyixLJsQWSDL6ZdaXeuO-nHiI-xNozYEJra0MDsB5erq0yO61rL0ysHI1lU/s320/008.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>So, about 10 days ago now I took Brock into the doctor after he had had a cold for some time and it had now turned to a fever and hurting ears. So, in we go and sure enough a double ear infection...bummer! What I didn't realize was that this was Brock's first antibiotics as we have thankfully never been a family to suffer any such problems. Anyway...long story long...7 days into the antibiotics he woke up covered in spots! After another trip to the doctor they confirmed that he is severely allergic to penicillin. Ugh! So now he has to be on Benedryl for the itching, Prednesone for the swelling and yet another antibiotic because the ear infection was not gone. Oh, and the new stuff...they sent me home with instructions to watch him real close because 10% of the people allergic to penicillin are allergic to this too and then they stop breathing!!! Needless to say that was a sleepless night! Thankfully he did not have a reaction and that means that at least we do have a drug that we can give him in case of another infection at another time. But the poor boy...boy did he itch!<br /><br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321075446230100706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5NDd692fFJoxaz621nhcktiAfquoZ-3Sh-9ocf3w1_xEEZ3iTpqIqpSkhbxJIGnBnztfv04UKasPDqt0qMAhLzd807mtDWao1lYZvSLEcgBecZcl6sVpD6j1MjX2BvUczP2NqTBEDq88/s320/Brock+Crop.jpg" border="0" /></div></div>Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169616167374334330noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179744551077495260.post-30833097906505339152009-04-02T22:25:00.000-07:002009-04-03T11:50:56.409-07:00Happy Birthday Bud!<div>I feel like I am writing a bunch of these lately but really....I can't believe it....it feels like just yesterday that we had our sweet boy and now he's 5! I just registered him for kindergarten it was the most surreal feeling....he can't be old enough....can't I hold on just a little longer....he's my baby....watch and keep him Lord for we sure do love our little man!
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<br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&captions=1&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2FCaryCorner%2Falbumid%2F5320326345069894945%3Fkind%3Dphoto%26alt%3Drss" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed>Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169616167374334330noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179744551077495260.post-56226858243906384142009-03-26T08:33:00.000-07:002009-03-26T09:00:50.299-07:00Goodies in the mail...<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7scoA_SFqNX9SZ5A3iPzgndsmotsebyncjOFzGrmldrQNAK3fDYbnn48aSfVy0r0x3mreDlcl1oei3yoaNpaTDlyDurZPGmnF3beXx3EXNKY8CW3VYVNbYIC9850ocLXQplikvaefbg/s1600-h/030.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317526747426357442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7scoA_SFqNX9SZ5A3iPzgndsmotsebyncjOFzGrmldrQNAK3fDYbnn48aSfVy0r0x3mreDlcl1oei3yoaNpaTDlyDurZPGmnF3beXx3EXNKY8CW3VYVNbYIC9850ocLXQplikvaefbg/s320/030.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>What a great surprise to open the mailbox the other day and find fun stuff mixed in with all the junk mail! I love getting packages in the mail! I know who doesn't right? Anyway... due to all the massive yucky sickies in our house right now I had forgotten that awhile back I had won a drawing over at Deliajude and so it was a bright light in an otherwise dreary sick day to open the box and find this..... <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317526757618060546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZSsEsJfAsIxMsmYM8O8wViQn_PVN6X_bHCQYGJ8uDnZ-CiypDtRTWkd0XAHtGfLDx7ie2Ojl7FXr-wX28w4v_CK-zQA_UFJpOLMNcVb79CI5YgY_2XlipgaBDAkatnjh159L_jiDH_Co/s320/032.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br />And not only had Nicole sent the books that I had won but a fun game for the kids too! They have been having a good time playing the game and I love it because it is great at mixing fun and learning! I have only had time to peek at the books between sick snuggles and nose wiping but I can't wait to dive in! The little snatches have been hysterically spot on! So...thanks Nicole you'll never know how much I needed a little pick me up that day and a package in the mail was just the thing...it worked wonders! Thank you! </div></div>Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169616167374334330noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179744551077495260.post-32022642675873804432009-03-14T18:31:00.000-07:002009-03-14T22:23:27.046-07:0014 years.....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCVFthApzHJkS_GJr8es4Tnm71sKkPaq1b23SZ-gF9i8RwwB41Oc4WLbhQ6STMkzLpG3OjWMPVqw4lr94HL1jXnI0XCWPvP1MXjxp3D5oNXsmnOygwrjt3sGSPsYzPoZuKQfiU9K1yWbo/s1600-h/025.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313280008613108690" style="WIDTH: 222px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCVFthApzHJkS_GJr8es4Tnm71sKkPaq1b23SZ-gF9i8RwwB41Oc4WLbhQ6STMkzLpG3OjWMPVqw4lr94HL1jXnI0XCWPvP1MXjxp3D5oNXsmnOygwrjt3sGSPsYzPoZuKQfiU9K1yWbo/s320/025.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTFehrCdMa2tPVecU3PUm_V0c2oYa0S9BOzDvPw4tkt8gaaxtCg7BvzYPOQ2uE_IEvjK7j9oBsFd4v6CN-nbrkMXk6bp_RaQTP8oYw5JLC0UsENa3TWLf-027drMZCTAdShZUPVH5VfaQ/s1600-h/scan0024.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313279997094477698" style="WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTFehrCdMa2tPVecU3PUm_V0c2oYa0S9BOzDvPw4tkt8gaaxtCg7BvzYPOQ2uE_IEvjK7j9oBsFd4v6CN-nbrkMXk6bp_RaQTP8oYw5JLC0UsENa3TWLf-027drMZCTAdShZUPVH5VfaQ/s320/scan0024.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><div>Yikes, it's hard to believe that it has been 14 years since we got married. In some ways it seems like it was just yesterday and then when I look around at our kids and think about the things that we have done and the places we have been it doesn't seem quite as short a time. We are blessed! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNuDw0wI9rZMckqG4h4V7aPnEM72X6IXBujSnp7lYCzRxjYoaNekgEMKJjY1GztnQSZsv7iHqlCPovGRBTyIVq7sFSAzLIQfp2ivPutasUsrNJLWSzpZDKEZsgjaJ4CiKgK1y2sgDrPYY/s1600-h/scan0023.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313280002632716562" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 226px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNuDw0wI9rZMckqG4h4V7aPnEM72X6IXBujSnp7lYCzRxjYoaNekgEMKJjY1GztnQSZsv7iHqlCPovGRBTyIVq7sFSAzLIQfp2ivPutasUsrNJLWSzpZDKEZsgjaJ4CiKgK1y2sgDrPYY/s320/scan0023.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVD4-cH7I9jYHplGYVwBvJwwoWigWEbdWM6X50hMrjjemuOqNWAaaMfMk8qX9r4aW28K6D-uoxKcdW904TG21BFBNM6T1scCCCVtGRKht-yvOA2wfOxygcQqWr5lPL-B7l1BZfpdb-Rc/s1600-h/scan0022.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313279999470253906" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 227px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVD4-cH7I9jYHplGYVwBvJwwoWigWEbdWM6X50hMrjjemuOqNWAaaMfMk8qX9r4aW28K6D-uoxKcdW904TG21BFBNM6T1scCCCVtGRKht-yvOA2wfOxygcQqWr5lPL-B7l1BZfpdb-Rc/s320/scan0022.jpg" border="0" /></a></div></div>Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169616167374334330noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179744551077495260.post-33212646799441060832009-02-19T18:32:00.000-08:002009-02-19T22:13:51.062-08:00Valentines....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCDjKzIuKLC4vbGqwURuJe3J-SG6N1_oYtZU3tOdIhVUh613XQrJeGEaxeTDt3TX6TicYSB_3MXAUk7kEseQCToyunabALje_hH4-HOtDVcYxiyhEuCVpPcWYiO2AJ4rGw9Y3sp2BPn7E/s1600-h/108.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/AVvXsEjCDjKzIuKLC4vbGqwURuJe3J-SG6N1_oYtZU3tOdIhVUh613XQrJeGEaxeTDt3TX6TicYSB_3MXAUk7kEseQCToyunabALje_hH4-HOtDVcYxiyhEuCVpPcWYiO2AJ4rGw9Y3sp2BPn7E/s320/108.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304757975989305266" /></a><br />We had a great Valentine's Day! It was the first weekend we were home as a family in three weeks and there was so much to do! Our kids were bummed and thought that the day would be sooo boring! I mean what a yucky way to spend Valentines. But ya know there is something to be said for a day spent working. Everyone was happy while we were working and when all was said and done it was nice to sit back and enjoy what we had done together as a family. Not to say that it was all work and no play there was a little love spread around.... <br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN1FVc3UAB8x3RIJe6xlB9F9ok3i7KqxtKn7_D2Odr1AWqzAe4dDkEaeui2xLdITcDtTaQP-Pae1gy9F_rTmcNYuQK9WeqOWEw9kQG4wHNcvb8Gn66-mkBqIamX2c9ukfGU4HoEnp24RI/s1600-h/093.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/AVvXsEiN1FVc3UAB8x3RIJe6xlB9F9ok3i7KqxtKn7_D2Odr1AWqzAe4dDkEaeui2xLdITcDtTaQP-Pae1gy9F_rTmcNYuQK9WeqOWEw9kQG4wHNcvb8Gn66-mkBqIamX2c9ukfGU4HoEnp24RI/s320/093.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304757977674458034" /></a>Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169616167374334330noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179744551077495260.post-85162235262490440372009-01-08T22:03:00.000-08:002009-02-09T08:22:10.317-08:00Time Just Seems to Slip Away.....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6oNIeHmm0tlVf_6UADD_bnH3fylOEP7F8QMim1-OuXFYGU7EutZW-Efv67St1vCzt3ev29mac7ZIbeNvCiAwUB2IHYfzVB3Vd73aYGgZE8FqZAI69BF02QwH3tlYgfmAhQwJ3H5ez5w/s1600-h/074.JPG"></a>So as any of you who still stop in from time to time know.... well..... I've been missing in action. But... well... I'm back! I can't tell you how back cause I don't know but here I am! I've been feeling a little bit of guilt as I look at everyone elses blogs and I love to see their pictures and get a little glimpse at what they have been up to. But me...I've been a bit of a taker and not a giver. Ha ha! So anyway ...no excuses....we're all busy. But here are a few pics over the last (gasp) eight months. And .... I'll try to do a little better then that...we'll see.<br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&captions=1&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2FCaryCorner%2Falbumid%2F5300660363986581745%3Fkind%3Dphoto%26alt%3Drss%26authkey%3Dx1KyC8u4xLM" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embedMandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169616167374334330noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179744551077495260.post-24076054273018666852008-06-07T15:14:00.000-07:002008-06-08T16:22:18.822-07:00Welcome Lil' Mr. Staggs....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj97XAdwf9kP1zfV50JTUFxvk2paK2MCmX9x1GTTfK9H6btaav3-RmIF4heaE4TZ7s088z8kS3T-v1hnwcnmnqu95rJAUSeVGNXthkuimpLhMOispOW_OBHJ0hkjhY_oRCsaziWKc_ELOw/s1600-h/Johnny+%26+Colin.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209268417597613810" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj97XAdwf9kP1zfV50JTUFxvk2paK2MCmX9x1GTTfK9H6btaav3-RmIF4heaE4TZ7s088z8kS3T-v1hnwcnmnqu95rJAUSeVGNXthkuimpLhMOispOW_OBHJ0hkjhY_oRCsaziWKc_ELOw/s320/Johnny+%26+Colin.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>My brother John and his wife Jackie had their first little one early Thursday morning. They named him Colin Andrew. He weighed in at 7 lbs. 9 oz. and was 19 inches long. He has a head full of dark hair and I know that I am a little partial but I think that he is beautiful! This has got to be one of the hardest things about marrying and moving away....I want to hold that little one soooo bad! Anyway...welcome little one. We love you!</div>Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169616167374334330noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179744551077495260.post-14938464583209550082008-05-24T15:11:00.000-07:002008-05-24T21:01:59.010-07:00Crazy....Hair Day....So I had this great long post almost ready to go telling about what we've been up to in the last month. However when I went back and read it to myself it sounded stale and boring. To much time had passed and it wasn't fresh and fun anymore...(note to self...blog more often). Not that my writing is all fresh and fun and exciting but it is current. So here is a little glimpse at what we have been up to this week.<br /><br /><div><div><div>On Tuesday evening we had a wonderful time at Emma's spring chorus <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">performance</span>. This year they sang pieces from " The Sound of Music". They all did such a great job. Emma had a small speaking part introducing a song and she was the only one who memorized her part. Those years of learning the memory verse are paying off in more ways then one I guess.</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4vfEo4lKIDCUFAMnGVSa0N_3A6uUGRYCjfPSTNe2ErSNxY4CCFXiQfy7SlzBynCbRbf5Wz1zbv3EYVrGmijwYPqD9f6lJUyHVm6NiJZ-BrCwjfmXY49ipXHKxlVUYNSVgfWCUPKD6Tbc/s1600-h/107.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204150407615853490" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4vfEo4lKIDCUFAMnGVSa0N_3A6uUGRYCjfPSTNe2ErSNxY4CCFXiQfy7SlzBynCbRbf5Wz1zbv3EYVrGmijwYPqD9f6lJUyHVm6NiJZ-BrCwjfmXY49ipXHKxlVUYNSVgfWCUPKD6Tbc/s320/107.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>On Thursday evening we again had a treat in going to Aubrie's orchestra <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">performance</span>. This is her second year playing flute for the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Dunsmore</span> Elementary School Orchestra and she loves it! They amaze me! Here are all these fourth through sixth graders and they have such poise and play so well. </div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYcWPOPQayg5Jn2NU9HmOt28_aD8eJEvd0vahS-2CCUYW0V026jJGgVFAwOL4ZHKYFbQJC1SS3Z0KuWoIIAOoE-8Y5_zEPhpT8uSKB8MsLtTCY5uTZ1Mz8egxDg3kIAzGuHhEO6g4KWGc/s1600-h/207.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204150411910820802" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYcWPOPQayg5Jn2NU9HmOt28_aD8eJEvd0vahS-2CCUYW0V026jJGgVFAwOL4ZHKYFbQJC1SS3Z0KuWoIIAOoE-8Y5_zEPhpT8uSKB8MsLtTCY5uTZ1Mz8egxDg3kIAzGuHhEO6g4KWGc/s320/207.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Friday was a day that the kids wait for all year....Crazy Hair Day! They like to try a little something different each year but one thing that does not change year after year is.....LOTS and LOTS of COLOR!! </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89AP9Q1YduN-LliIUHmZJ8mfuGvcjcHEFPdhC_AwOrRFOlBwX4nd2cxSTTDRoOTOhPV6HPWqWFDEZGZ70-xuZZWe31gsIZ5CS-NzXcf1bGaYYuMy7ZP4yvGcB5tRfK-c1NAXGYIFzSUU/s1600-h/112.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204149269449519970" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89AP9Q1YduN-LliIUHmZJ8mfuGvcjcHEFPdhC_AwOrRFOlBwX4nd2cxSTTDRoOTOhPV6HPWqWFDEZGZ70-xuZZWe31gsIZ5CS-NzXcf1bGaYYuMy7ZP4yvGcB5tRfK-c1NAXGYIFzSUU/s320/112.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>One last semi ironic thing. Here today is...Saturday...Memorial Day weekend...the opening of the beaches....almost summer some would say. So we decided that today was the day to set up the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">ol</span>' pool. And what do ya know....rain! It's raining in southern California at the end of May. Ha ha...with the cost of water I guess we'll take all the help we can get in filling the thing. It's killing the kids though. But along with the rain came the cold...it's only 55 degrees out there. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Brrr</span>...no ones <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">goin</span>' in today! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1mH8uyMVb388iu6UtawB2rqef868jjlgY77axbb0cAUNicqmrgUQ6uVe-q8IJSKdLcllZpCU8kqPKhV9BDmHzoBPRBvG9RzaaNybwocyVL6QNRForHuUbi0hCMAO48S-VidyY_9cWYwM/s1600-h/013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204149282334421874" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1mH8uyMVb388iu6UtawB2rqef868jjlgY77axbb0cAUNicqmrgUQ6uVe-q8IJSKdLcllZpCU8kqPKhV9BDmHzoBPRBvG9RzaaNybwocyVL6QNRForHuUbi0hCMAO48S-VidyY_9cWYwM/s320/013.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJoYV9Yh8uQ0CnPK-kKlftrkhVFmj_wH5IimdAxy-ppTmGk8vQ3jP0WECaEENussGHzQz0oBqj6MtRDCuwZhqmD0-FqZenorqw2LOxY8ZVMNEo6_2q2t2dPnOqS1r8Xwlafbeielzfr0/s1600-h/021.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204151107695522770" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJoYV9Yh8uQ0CnPK-kKlftrkhVFmj_wH5IimdAxy-ppTmGk8vQ3jP0WECaEENussGHzQz0oBqj6MtRDCuwZhqmD0-FqZenorqw2LOxY8ZVMNEo6_2q2t2dPnOqS1r8Xwlafbeielzfr0/s320/021.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>Well <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">apparently</span> I was wrong because before I could finish this post my crazy kids were indeed in the pool! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">BRRR</span>!! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBn0GaLxTRGcxB0yUPd69krR4m9BxofuVGDR9vr2R18hfOZZsL9_gWzHwtJGdP8Mi4a2wlU7bkeHJmv8X7wcPxWSS2uMuaREmY-vmAkpshL_hQEIWJWCWze4RLBvO-Mqm5YMrqHB7wmek/s1600-h/049.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204149308104225682" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBn0GaLxTRGcxB0yUPd69krR4m9BxofuVGDR9vr2R18hfOZZsL9_gWzHwtJGdP8Mi4a2wlU7bkeHJmv8X7wcPxWSS2uMuaREmY-vmAkpshL_hQEIWJWCWze4RLBvO-Mqm5YMrqHB7wmek/s320/049.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFgvSYWu0tYnQQL4QEe1rEyVk_4P_w2u7uBW-5XGY7IAmK8K7-OYBPDbJDXuMGjI7PG49FYwtKK5YRozLA6nXhGHX9Yd-Jp5zDef9oIBhxYaEGQgGz6mbSICHEzVOtz3PBDKQLU0394G8/s1600-h/089.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204149316694160290" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFgvSYWu0tYnQQL4QEe1rEyVk_4P_w2u7uBW-5XGY7IAmK8K7-OYBPDbJDXuMGjI7PG49FYwtKK5YRozLA6nXhGHX9Yd-Jp5zDef9oIBhxYaEGQgGz6mbSICHEzVOtz3PBDKQLU0394G8/s320/089.JPG" border="0" /></a></div></div></div>Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169616167374334330noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179744551077495260.post-53605128699503489622008-04-12T21:17:00.000-07:002008-04-14T17:15:56.085-07:00Salvation is a Big Word but I am Not Too Small...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeCPMuR4hQ8CJF72tQKZsOVHbEAbP5jd_stF4eszrWNFbTSP8NFjxl20vBOK66GDqQHmWdVL7PWb6doIfnur7O1rj3mSeLjwR4PQnARmyL0PKcZb8e1-NuqcBOmntfo779GvLmILVTTxw/s1600-h/DSC_0185%5B1%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189253002842427906" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeCPMuR4hQ8CJF72tQKZsOVHbEAbP5jd_stF4eszrWNFbTSP8NFjxl20vBOK66GDqQHmWdVL7PWb6doIfnur7O1rj3mSeLjwR4PQnARmyL0PKcZb8e1-NuqcBOmntfo779GvLmILVTTxw/s320/DSC_0185%5B1%5D.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Brock asked the Lord to come into his heart and wash away his sins this past Wed. I wasn't there when it happened as he was spending his normal Wednesday with his G'ma Cary. So I will just try to recount what was told to me. Apparently they were on their way home from Costco and they were talking in the car when Brock said something about the song "Jesus Loves Me". He said ya know the part that says " He washes me when I lie" , we've figured that he misunderstands the line that says "watch me where I lie". So if he misunderstands that's ok because it seems to have lead to his salvation. Anyway...they started talking about sins and what they were and that the Lord would wash your sins away and Joyce says that it was just like he started to connect all the dots. So she told him that he could be saved and asked if he would want to do that. He readily said yes! So they pulled up at home and she asked him if he would like to have Daddy and Papa come in from the office to all pray together. He liked that idea too, so after getting them from the office they all came in and knelt down and Brock prayed and asked the Lord to come into his heart and wash his sins away. That little prayer was such a wonderful answer of prayers that we have been praying now for...well...I guess since the day we found out we were expecting this little one. "There is joy in the presence of the angles of God over one sinner that repenteth" Luke 15:10</div>Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169616167374334330noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179744551077495260.post-18014435557130278422008-03-19T10:55:00.000-07:002008-03-19T22:03:02.692-07:00It's Official....Angelique Staggs!!<div>Wow...ok where to begin! My sister Michelle has had a sweet lil' foster daughter for the last two and a half years and finally on March 14th it was made official and Michelle was able to adopt her!! YEAH!! So Brock and I made the trek to Washington to be there for all the excitement. We had a whirlwind trip starting with a five and a half hour delay on our flight...ugh! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQjoQut7R5Wqkag0A8Z714PCVyB6oy5h20k-y2eVOc-oAhd7kKE84lShPf9VxQye_nR0EGW_ZrOqacTZ0yvtUyEaelddqSFEJfFXbA1LeRAChzcFlm1yZz7wZHhpRdoBYLLQRVSyTtTc0/s1600-h/020.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179679433776206898" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQjoQut7R5Wqkag0A8Z714PCVyB6oy5h20k-y2eVOc-oAhd7kKE84lShPf9VxQye_nR0EGW_ZrOqacTZ0yvtUyEaelddqSFEJfFXbA1LeRAChzcFlm1yZz7wZHhpRdoBYLLQRVSyTtTc0/s320/020.JPG" border="0" /></a> We got in on Thursday evening and just unwound. Friday morning we woke up and went to the courthouse for the adoption. Tons of friends and family came and I don't think that there was a dry eye in the room. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNsy5MEG_R6rZNK2Er1GuNns873ELYoUZc2Gyej62aJyVwm3Ze1eonLL2GKMN_RaCUx0I3ObmJ-hv4DHNSUYqh67mdeQ1lN6VdUR6sEgyTPQkR52zspOvMVMsX00T8UXKJ395E2aHuPXA/s1600-h/076.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179679438071174210" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNsy5MEG_R6rZNK2Er1GuNns873ELYoUZc2Gyej62aJyVwm3Ze1eonLL2GKMN_RaCUx0I3ObmJ-hv4DHNSUYqh67mdeQ1lN6VdUR6sEgyTPQkR52zspOvMVMsX00T8UXKJ395E2aHuPXA/s320/076.JPG" border="0" /></a> We ran around for the rest of the day getting all ready for the fun party at the meeting room that night. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizUm27SG1RQODuf9wN1YxLvnXAGv8ErckX9mknEyylQUo39Wy42xe803LSw_rtsSSkr2G9N4IAv1HvkvUWIwUwDRRf0U5b_tTjKveBpBNxbZdzbzF27XlwXIIfD0qry-X-gkkMkgWGqbc/s1600-h/084.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179679446661108818" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizUm27SG1RQODuf9wN1YxLvnXAGv8ErckX9mknEyylQUo39Wy42xe803LSw_rtsSSkr2G9N4IAv1HvkvUWIwUwDRRf0U5b_tTjKveBpBNxbZdzbzF27XlwXIIfD0qry-X-gkkMkgWGqbc/s320/084.JPG" border="0" /></a> I don't think that I have ever slept so well in my life as I did that night. Saturday we slept in....even the kids were exhausted and slept in, so nice. Later all the family met up for lunch at the Rainforest Cafe for lunch. After a little convincing that the animals were all fake and would not come get you we all had a great time. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIUAErL_gQi_Nau-lJjh3tjLI-HoPdP1e10PBldzuSlv9ecWZfXN_pGDgMSainheVvjG7yFBVz9kzRUY-97AtYQ7vvlnulC-8_9YjOuyxEDpBXNs161EJDQYd9PV0w-p04id7o9ezC87g/s1600-h/149.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179679450956076130" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIUAErL_gQi_Nau-lJjh3tjLI-HoPdP1e10PBldzuSlv9ecWZfXN_pGDgMSainheVvjG7yFBVz9kzRUY-97AtYQ7vvlnulC-8_9YjOuyxEDpBXNs161EJDQYd9PV0w-p04id7o9ezC87g/s320/149.JPG" border="0" /></a> After an afternoon of naps for the little ones we met back up again to let all the cousins "adopt" animals at Build A Bear. Again, so much fun! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTVZNUXDJDsxcZo2fYdjigf8gn3kWx8M-xBKAjOuGqzcPM_DJPf3wQygwWMIRO6QQ64PxSDo3fIiJix50J8tyR4X_mF6QiOqvCrNzT0IG3C83ZamjSBwYF3DLjbJgj_UWKplEWwYF-g4c/s1600-h/182.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179679455251043442" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTVZNUXDJDsxcZo2fYdjigf8gn3kWx8M-xBKAjOuGqzcPM_DJPf3wQygwWMIRO6QQ64PxSDo3fIiJix50J8tyR4X_mF6QiOqvCrNzT0IG3C83ZamjSBwYF3DLjbJgj_UWKplEWwYF-g4c/s320/182.JPG" border="0" /></a> Sunday we relaxed a bit and went over to the Leals for a yummy lasagna dinner with delicious pies for dessert. And on Monday our last day in town we went over to mom and dads for breakfast. We had waffles with strawberries and whipped cream mmm. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU3QROQRVpvztT21H0dbzd15OlshDo0boTq77YHqGEd7z6ghjX1dfPdHlalIksXZztBSPfB8d8T9fxoPudG3ChbobVd_PrvDqY07OcRdTVWX0JAJkwMivrH8Pe-xZTMplkFk09AJ1KORE/s1600-h/206.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179680778100970626" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU3QROQRVpvztT21H0dbzd15OlshDo0boTq77YHqGEd7z6ghjX1dfPdHlalIksXZztBSPfB8d8T9fxoPudG3ChbobVd_PrvDqY07OcRdTVWX0JAJkwMivrH8Pe-xZTMplkFk09AJ1KORE/s320/206.JPG" border="0" /></a> Then we took the trolley into downtown Tacoma and went to where else...none other then..Starbucks, one of my most favorite places. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtNtb1ZAP3rcZfno-NyxGylXhYzys1kMrAkxsbAP3uAAWyLq19fGm0s_YRaccfY0kAK_bCXy1QA0eLmOwfMShNn9w9AKpi1bSSjNmUVlcnNxR8PRCpgfb_RjAcMm0ihd4HeBhpp9nSRtM/s1600-h/214.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179680782395937938" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtNtb1ZAP3rcZfno-NyxGylXhYzys1kMrAkxsbAP3uAAWyLq19fGm0s_YRaccfY0kAK_bCXy1QA0eLmOwfMShNn9w9AKpi1bSSjNmUVlcnNxR8PRCpgfb_RjAcMm0ihd4HeBhpp9nSRtM/s320/214.JPG" border="0" /></a> From there we went to the airport for an uneventful flight home. YEAH! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNOEU869NZIuUN6mJPtvV_fY3MTikZuiPP0RJu9px4wFPNka5cfTl32shvKxdbaE2f_fpdM27oyhGIhdrmO5kCDy_uWnPR8BVB5TRLt4KW-UtqnZhCSy4yZVNcnePts4ASyaDepqzXkYA/s1600-h/236.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179680799575807154" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNOEU869NZIuUN6mJPtvV_fY3MTikZuiPP0RJu9px4wFPNka5cfTl32shvKxdbaE2f_fpdM27oyhGIhdrmO5kCDy_uWnPR8BVB5TRLt4KW-UtqnZhCSy4yZVNcnePts4ASyaDepqzXkYA/s320/236.JPG" border="0" /></a> Through all of this Greg and the girls were troopers and stayed home and kept things running. The only thing that they forgot...was the cat box. Ugh...how do you forget that! Ha ha! So anyway long story long we had a great time and we officially have a niece/cousin to call our own!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjanLoXiT8Utqa3JFUM7-25S9Yp470_iEc1_LdZ3QBDiT-sWmUmRe_nNA-kI_zPPAfFsN2kyK00xkWSyU9JW32ZKc7G4xcsoqPuAU_SP3vgPMHKbqs56OjjSx7WmPOW5EEzTlSNLAblxSw/s1600-h/228.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179680790985872546" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjanLoXiT8Utqa3JFUM7-25S9Yp470_iEc1_LdZ3QBDiT-sWmUmRe_nNA-kI_zPPAfFsN2kyK00xkWSyU9JW32ZKc7G4xcsoqPuAU_SP3vgPMHKbqs56OjjSx7WmPOW5EEzTlSNLAblxSw/s320/228.JPG" border="0" /></a></div>Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169616167374334330noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179744551077495260.post-89096296614901112712008-02-12T22:06:00.000-08:002008-02-14T21:20:32.847-08:00It is still winter.....right?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfiywwFng6mDijGlQQyzxP8F285dm99mKa0-g5HQDZ5q8c6M_9G4oehMMscipccYmkJNX7vUGrnF5BglNvUiNvbQSV79cyzD_s_mFitb_N0Ru2R1DT449paIY8RCxOW0L6mKw22VG9NsU/s1600-h/063.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166691331469456434" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfiywwFng6mDijGlQQyzxP8F285dm99mKa0-g5HQDZ5q8c6M_9G4oehMMscipccYmkJNX7vUGrnF5BglNvUiNvbQSV79cyzD_s_mFitb_N0Ru2R1DT449paIY8RCxOW0L6mKw22VG9NsU/s400/063.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div></div><div>I'm so excited!!! Now first of all don't get me wrong I love, love, love winter! I even wish that it got a little more wintery around here. However this year I keep getting every little bug that is going around. And they are all different and not very short. Greg and the kids seem to get varying little colds but none of them seem to keep them quite like I have this year. And I am glad for that! I would just like a break! So now to the exciting part...it has been 70 to 80 degrees the last few days! I've thrown open all the windows and let the sun shine in! I'm hoping that this warm spell and the nice clean breeze will wash my house of all the germs that seem to be incubating around here. And after that....could we please get back to some winter around here!</div>Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169616167374334330noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179744551077495260.post-2951162229886390022008-01-23T22:09:00.000-08:002008-01-29T16:04:59.729-08:00DISCLAIMER NOTICE!!!Hello all! This is sort of a lame-o post, however I felt the need to go ahead and blog it. Some of you may recall in my really long Dec. post that one of the things that I mentioned was our new Nintendo WII. Now we love our new WII....however....one of the pics that I posted was of us playing a game called Dance Dance Revolution. When we purchased said game I thought that it was just music and that it shouted out what moves you should do on the pad. I was WRONG! The game comes with all the lyrics to the songs and not the cleanest of lyrics I might add. So needless to say I am now venturing into my first EBAY sell. I should have known something was wrong when all the teenagers thought I was really cool! Ugh..Hebrews says "whose faith follow" not whose failure follow! Oops!Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169616167374334330noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179744551077495260.post-41613228118109861412008-01-15T08:21:00.000-08:002008-01-15T19:08:14.462-08:00Poor Aub...<div>So Yesterday started as a normal day. Get up, get the kids to school, go to Weight Watchers.... yes I'm finally trying to loose the "baby weight". Anyway we then stopped at Starbucks and had coffee with a friend then off to the gym. After the gym I thought to myself yes I'm gross and sweaty but you are out of the house and you have Target returns sitting right here that need to be done. So off to Target we go with just enough time to do Target and get home and shower before needing to get the kids. So everything was going fine and dandy till my phone rings. Of course when it rang I had to be in the bathroom with Brock, toilets flushing water running and whose number should come up but the schools. Never a good sign! So while answering the phone and trying to shuttle Brock out of the loud bathroom (he has now turned on the hand dryer) the school nurse informs me that Aubrie has probably broken her finger. So still sweaty and gross we head to the school. (Note to self ... go home and shower right after the gym.) We get to the school and this is what we find. Poor Aubrie sitting in the nurses office with a swollen finger that is all black and blue.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidcTkhLo9ji9A8BkgR5e134c6TDMMGsKd32_PPaHh6Z97XvrFRELLdRnwx2NBVSRm6Alrv0yW9bjma0-dT4MtIfZgu4mFhmO1FeDqWkNaGrfzMQGxFLQ5YDVc1Rlrfz_lITjTJr8qpGco/s1600-h/201.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155876357767054978" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidcTkhLo9ji9A8BkgR5e134c6TDMMGsKd32_PPaHh6Z97XvrFRELLdRnwx2NBVSRm6Alrv0yW9bjma0-dT4MtIfZgu4mFhmO1FeDqWkNaGrfzMQGxFLQ5YDVc1Rlrfz_lITjTJr8qpGco/s320/201.JPG" border="0" /></a> Apparently while playing basketball at school the other team tried to pass and she jumped up to try to intercept and well ... her finger got the raw end of the deal. So off to the doctor with a grumpy tired Brock in tow. After squeezing it and wiggling it..Ow! they took X-Rays. They said that there was so much swelling that they couldn't tell if there was a hairline fracture but at least it was not badly broken and that they treat a hairline and a bad sprain the same. With a splint. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLOOuAEjrbuqiQvZhwN2pLdA1QbndoUH6kV9N_L8K822Ayc2JaTrzHK70Qz7Kn2QUi-KVSnyFu8N-nV5n2zBLvvkENwv0Ni_STcLKIv0qTWPsuymn8_PVK6G3gIMLLD03jV5qx_kyMuLg/s1600-h/209.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155876366356989586" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLOOuAEjrbuqiQvZhwN2pLdA1QbndoUH6kV9N_L8K822Ayc2JaTrzHK70Qz7Kn2QUi-KVSnyFu8N-nV5n2zBLvvkENwv0Ni_STcLKIv0qTWPsuymn8_PVK6G3gIMLLD03jV5qx_kyMuLg/s320/209.JPG" border="0" /></a>So short story long...Aubrie hurt her finger and is in a splint. Oh yeah and if I haven't mentioned it enough...take your shower after the gym as I ended up spending my whole day in my gym clothes...Yuck!</div>Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169616167374334330noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179744551077495260.post-29171048869915033622007-12-09T14:55:00.000-08:002008-01-05T10:26:45.013-08:00Blogging in my mind...So I've figured something out. I like to blog and would do it more often but can't seem to fit it into my schedule. Ya see I could fit it into my schedule but I like to do everything well sorta type A if you will, and so I go through my day and I do things and the kids do things and I even take pictures and as I do it all I think to myself " oh that was so cute, this is how I'll blog that" but then alas something happens and I can't do it the way that I would like so I just don't blog at all! So.....drum roll.....My New Years resolution is to blog just short and sweet and more often. Of course resolutions are meant to be broken, right? Oh well we'll see how it goes! Here's a little peek at what we've been up too since we last chatted... <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaTlyhHT4zTpUWrOn1h9X5sWCAh3x31y-TOOHfAjGPJSBNIHhwY0kAabszHQ6fbd-wcqKW8rsQm98bM6hLkQA75QzaAP3MrjYaU_X-ySy9y2rySPymQ2n8EC8iGcH0LFgrHpv-xgucduc/s1600-h/114.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151774659704405330" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaTlyhHT4zTpUWrOn1h9X5sWCAh3x31y-TOOHfAjGPJSBNIHhwY0kAabszHQ6fbd-wcqKW8rsQm98bM6hLkQA75QzaAP3MrjYaU_X-ySy9y2rySPymQ2n8EC8iGcH0LFgrHpv-xgucduc/s320/114.JPG" border="0" /></a> Aubrie turned 11!! Can you believe it "11"! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqNhDfPy78m2xU3JWl8JTE5ZWBYotE_M9ETUM6eyb1shdTlFgk7uVXluSSj6Ra_BQJKOe90HgCAz_zt_SGS1yDN1UMgu0chuCZF1-Kylr1hjykLISMXyOV6yxM-I8xHK6EKn5PHC9WQvU/s1600-h/194.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151774663999372642" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqNhDfPy78m2xU3JWl8JTE5ZWBYotE_M9ETUM6eyb1shdTlFgk7uVXluSSj6Ra_BQJKOe90HgCAz_zt_SGS1yDN1UMgu0chuCZF1-Kylr1hjykLISMXyOV6yxM-I8xHK6EKn5PHC9WQvU/s320/194.JPG" border="0" /></a>Emma had a wonderful winter chorus performance. She loves to sing and has such a pretty voice.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4PH_dTtQBqCHVhtOKYk_YPZzHwy_ccYaB6eSbn0svbB1aFD9nkhPa5LXKfp1rzpMmUAJx_5kFwednrwgaj8Tm4VI845vFgsHSredtgEZtvzIItjrWc-g-Yf1evYbpFNHsV9ZvYTEC8I/s1600-h/218.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151774668294339954" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4PH_dTtQBqCHVhtOKYk_YPZzHwy_ccYaB6eSbn0svbB1aFD9nkhPa5LXKfp1rzpMmUAJx_5kFwednrwgaj8Tm4VI845vFgsHSredtgEZtvzIItjrWc-g-Yf1evYbpFNHsV9ZvYTEC8I/s320/218.JPG" border="0" /></a>Aubrie had her winter orchestra performance. She is in her second year of flute with the elementary school orchestra and was just accepted into honors orchestra where she will get to play with kids from the whole district, so she is looking forward to that. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYAb8aQ9T-5Jwhj2vAacYeawHuOJA6LgTEPZQZbAxE9bj6lEDhz5_HtFlH3m8tH2aj4_3sHLQhqcuYaFo8HLyaDbNR8FroUrI2yHhEv4PD8f1kR_kvda6QPXFf93uK_MtTTmak9dRHXBE/s1600-h/170.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151774672589307266" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYAb8aQ9T-5Jwhj2vAacYeawHuOJA6LgTEPZQZbAxE9bj6lEDhz5_HtFlH3m8tH2aj4_3sHLQhqcuYaFo8HLyaDbNR8FroUrI2yHhEv4PD8f1kR_kvda6QPXFf93uK_MtTTmak9dRHXBE/s320/170.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbFwSDyQ6R7hBI8CiTg1NrqJMdTEgSq1jZgL-ZTrptDCaDe4U_fPj_d3OiGza0eYw0wpHGKJXniW649Ks8MzaWQp45tATT9wZt3sCgUWpQyKX0uabM6gr46gq03rP2nqYzG2BwI6aN5d8/s1600-h/174.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151774676884274578" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbFwSDyQ6R7hBI8CiTg1NrqJMdTEgSq1jZgL-ZTrptDCaDe4U_fPj_d3OiGza0eYw0wpHGKJXniW649Ks8MzaWQp45tATT9wZt3sCgUWpQyKX0uabM6gr46gq03rP2nqYzG2BwI6aN5d8/s320/174.JPG" border="0" /></a> We also did some baking/sampling for conference. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxVXngbO8g4lwuNjKKJBxVXj4Fs6U5s7Hlz3RgKha-MkP9v7xphRR5IXblz79MwqkfTbLaFOR_hyphenhyphenVJxwyEH_eO6aO831Fi87M3pUY6UxUX8BCsj8VisrN_w9mrHv48rPWpxlQbbvZ8WU/s1600-h/225.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151775973964397986" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxVXngbO8g4lwuNjKKJBxVXj4Fs6U5s7Hlz3RgKha-MkP9v7xphRR5IXblz79MwqkfTbLaFOR_hyphenhyphenVJxwyEH_eO6aO831Fi87M3pUY6UxUX8BCsj8VisrN_w9mrHv48rPWpxlQbbvZ8WU/s320/225.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIutFlqNPAo5qTftu1c-lmhhScSUpwZXaNTo14N80K6ukJDerzyeFIP1TdjUFIB5Mpj2Lbaf8TmIaPEMosyq3fvSwydeKyYnZ9R4k3qEqq9fwV0wWjU_UYhiXJEoWVlYApRDwe4TAIyU/s1600-h/248.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151775982554332594" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIutFlqNPAo5qTftu1c-lmhhScSUpwZXaNTo14N80K6ukJDerzyeFIP1TdjUFIB5Mpj2Lbaf8TmIaPEMosyq3fvSwydeKyYnZ9R4k3qEqq9fwV0wWjU_UYhiXJEoWVlYApRDwe4TAIyU/s320/248.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIg5dpgIe30cghLzVAATAHd43iz3oxhqm3wUluTDIR5Ugtja9IAsG6jb17BTxCOOhuP8W-GGJCrMFcpdjc9MJEatd6tcfJZXaVsyxOvpKWMKUUGL4c3wuxlBB_kLb5M5G7uaAidU2IxTA/s1600-h/413.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151775986849299906" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIg5dpgIe30cghLzVAATAHd43iz3oxhqm3wUluTDIR5Ugtja9IAsG6jb17BTxCOOhuP8W-GGJCrMFcpdjc9MJEatd6tcfJZXaVsyxOvpKWMKUUGL4c3wuxlBB_kLb5M5G7uaAidU2IxTA/s320/413.JPG" border="0" /></a> Papa and G'ma Staggs came and there was lots of book reading, game playing and tons of snuggle time.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilVCbtprbOTFxDZ0cIDr3iBkW6Ebn-njsCcXqk7A_C3E0wfUUcw30F-4bF_oKKFBst0s6rnLpSxvlfC5Ehb1N1JYpIO_nl-387KJ93lmfqrsxWoHxTH_y8PxvReRNF_1xs27tJwnTfM5Y/s1600-h/342.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151775995439234514" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilVCbtprbOTFxDZ0cIDr3iBkW6Ebn-njsCcXqk7A_C3E0wfUUcw30F-4bF_oKKFBst0s6rnLpSxvlfC5Ehb1N1JYpIO_nl-387KJ93lmfqrsxWoHxTH_y8PxvReRNF_1xs27tJwnTfM5Y/s320/342.JPG" border="0" /></a> We also took our annual pre-conference trek to the desert. The weather was nice and the pools were lovely. The kids have such a great time out there they come home chapped with dried out skin and hair reeking of chlorine. Ahh memories in the making.... <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWdSgRLV5x3UO8NbIxNGzTU6EMDUyc-vvviInvwCuFwtW_VsloBK3vj7uw-E4Aa3AQnuwfhd50HIkaKCa_h9S5MEVkI8n9Uh05hPUJS81Qqp-cf0VfNT7mMOQZnbLctFCWrIEeUthyphenhyphenRoc/s1600-h/396.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151777133605567986" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWdSgRLV5x3UO8NbIxNGzTU6EMDUyc-vvviInvwCuFwtW_VsloBK3vj7uw-E4Aa3AQnuwfhd50HIkaKCa_h9S5MEVkI8n9Uh05hPUJS81Qqp-cf0VfNT7mMOQZnbLctFCWrIEeUthyphenhyphenRoc/s320/396.JPG" border="0" /></a>After conference Greg & I with lots of help from many others hosted the post conference beach party at Zuma Beach. It was the windiest day I think that I have ever spent at the beach. But you try telling a couple a hundred young people that we're gonna cancel due to the weather. They don't care what the weather is like they want to be together and they've traveled many a mile to go home with the story that they went to the beach in So. California over winter break. And so "Onward Ho" and the Lord blessed and a great day was had by all. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpnMl6SMR5k3_BYU9Rphe7b45zZmXcfnyeLQcAhO4qf5wupF5dYhqJz8UDr3TTy7u-RWT8xHvzYkIDcovBuQZHqB6lXs6ZYq0xwxVdnMtNG9PkzKAGpd4SulPtH0KsQCqZW8qSa_t89Pk/s1600-h/412.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151776004029169122" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpnMl6SMR5k3_BYU9Rphe7b45zZmXcfnyeLQcAhO4qf5wupF5dYhqJz8UDr3TTy7u-RWT8xHvzYkIDcovBuQZHqB6lXs6ZYq0xwxVdnMtNG9PkzKAGpd4SulPtH0KsQCqZW8qSa_t89Pk/s320/412.JPG" border="0" /></a> The Conner cousins were out for conference(they brought their parents too) so we got to spend some quality time with cousin Kait. In-N-Out at the park, shopping, game playing, brownies at midnight, hiking in our beautiful hills, the list goes on and on... <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzb9_4V21TveAcsbYUgu51i_3hUVRpaKGFSucS65Pjo6PTdNDTSPNBkiTrr_YLNBgwImxGrDKPxDI337zTTtQaLlUrBtOCts_VwSVa0mxicP-Kvc10lM6iAsNeZMcihtvpdBj4l8YnFIQ/s1600-h/435.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151777137900535298" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzb9_4V21TveAcsbYUgu51i_3hUVRpaKGFSucS65Pjo6PTdNDTSPNBkiTrr_YLNBgwImxGrDKPxDI337zTTtQaLlUrBtOCts_VwSVa0mxicP-Kvc10lM6iAsNeZMcihtvpdBj4l8YnFIQ/s320/435.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqV9IxrLWLvL5mFmzAW6t_V7vQO266MXoxSl6s7Sj7KvaFWtvJuSHQ7DIy-qzAZd5FVxaH__f8MNgNedFNkvR-r59kgUrh4TXTn0xjby2MGwDqKEH1yscUgm3MuoHCKz-I2vzokdkbPF4/s1600-h/016.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151777142195502610" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqV9IxrLWLvL5mFmzAW6t_V7vQO266MXoxSl6s7Sj7KvaFWtvJuSHQ7DIy-qzAZd5FVxaH__f8MNgNedFNkvR-r59kgUrh4TXTn0xjby2MGwDqKEH1yscUgm3MuoHCKz-I2vzokdkbPF4/s320/016.JPG" border="0" /></a> Oh and a huge highlight for the kids... no really....for the kids...at least while they are awake... we got a Nintendo WII! I think that this thing counts as a workout...well at least I like to tell myself that.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis2IKX0V0j1-4aoMKgQSRAkwosLrJaHSqebjiCBjuHleyqLxwMKn-o9btx6H99pT3dVfOPVNkPVYF_BU3w202yS4skfZd4_t3cOJDgM39C1YxhzCcg6SiA8fLopSJpXF6ecPut_tshecU/s1600-h/417.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151777159375371810" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis2IKX0V0j1-4aoMKgQSRAkwosLrJaHSqebjiCBjuHleyqLxwMKn-o9btx6H99pT3dVfOPVNkPVYF_BU3w202yS4skfZd4_t3cOJDgM39C1YxhzCcg6SiA8fLopSJpXF6ecPut_tshecU/s320/417.JPG" border="0" /></a>Oh yeah...and...we TRIED to have company. I say tried because we gave the invite... they excepted and we got ready. However right before they were to be at our door the phone rings... and low and behold they were caught in what LA is known for.... traffic! I don't know who was more disappointed them or us! I would say that we got the better end of the deal however as we still got to eat and they came to Gospel on an empty stomach. Sorry Knittery ..... maybe next year! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinGHiJg9yfgscdijan4bn2NwZkNfqoY1cvNLX5s2LJplW4xfJsb4dh9Pzfi5R_V9RwkZyillgw1wuEnhI3x6VtbZHgbPnd3FhNYPRi99_GeAC6NydbYeQu7F4_Bzxn1I6GGXZ43iFtg0w/s1600-h/449.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151777163670339122" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinGHiJg9yfgscdijan4bn2NwZkNfqoY1cvNLX5s2LJplW4xfJsb4dh9Pzfi5R_V9RwkZyillgw1wuEnhI3x6VtbZHgbPnd3FhNYPRi99_GeAC6NydbYeQu7F4_Bzxn1I6GGXZ43iFtg0w/s320/449.JPG" border="0" /></a>And last but not least we had a wonderful new years eve celebration over at the Widholms. Good hymn sing, good talk, good food and great friends. So I guess that about wraps up the year 2007 for the Carys. Well ... hopefully we'll be talkin' to ya again real soon. We'll see how resolutions work for me..Hee hee hee!Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169616167374334330noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179744551077495260.post-65616179398213957662007-11-24T14:32:00.000-08:002007-11-24T22:13:06.015-08:00What a wonderful day...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_bfMlcDGieePA7Mz8i7mOINKhyphenhyphen0hPvG06TzvL8T4ucJe-YGVEO9xrnRpJWxhawxDCFHAW9vAIjQGvBhndBheb2AAWmcZNoQ9fWvMTbdc1VmMUTK3dpEZGDIRYOQgLCbJcAerJtTKA90/s1600-h/057.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrfmviyQcWCGVDjWBn4ypgwEYfRBDasTmbeGo9LQzS4hPOLqQibVDHHDSryyeLgYFhAA6Exop-5IAqJgIq76i9JEC2kFW0w2PswfSVHHxFydvGhG2ZkKuESxGim3bm4lJ-x_vFTqPzoVc/s1600-h/040.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136551124646442770" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrfmviyQcWCGVDjWBn4ypgwEYfRBDasTmbeGo9LQzS4hPOLqQibVDHHDSryyeLgYFhAA6Exop-5IAqJgIq76i9JEC2kFW0w2PswfSVHHxFydvGhG2ZkKuESxGim3bm4lJ-x_vFTqPzoVc/s400/040.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Thanksgiving has come and gone and what wonderful memories we have to look back on. Another Thanksgiving spent with our family and friends. Another year of silly, fun, memorable traditions with our kids. We started a "new tradition" this year....we go out to dinner as a family the night before. I don't know that you could really call it a tradition but it was nice to not have to make dinner when I was already in crazy cook mode. It was also nice to go out all together instead of just Greg taking the kids to get them out of my hair, while I appreciate that I sometimes feel like I miss out. Anyway....ramble, ramble, ramble! So then Greg read the cute little book "Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving" to the kids while I worked on my yams. Then off to bed. We woke up in the morning to a beautiful day! It was bright and sunny but cool and crisp <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">definitely</span> Thanksgiving weather. ( My first year in So. Cal. it was in the 90's on Thanksgiving and I just couldn't really enjoy the day...<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Ok</span>, I cried...so needless to say whenever it is cool on Thanksgiving here I now rejoice!) So anyway....cook, cook, cook, clean, bathe, dress, do a bunch of little heads of hair and we were ready to go. Caleb and Lisa have very kindly made our family a part of theirs over the years and we love our cozy Thanksgivings out in the country for the Cary/Conner Thanksgiving. Over the years we have added to our little group so that it now includes Phil & Lou Saint-Vincent and Les & Mariann Williams. So along with our wonderful food we had great company. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih1Q3TCBI8b2zfeXbpvANdYpU2riCDT0ukUgQpyWM1t2o5JA_uJta5dUIy4GuOCqwa3qBzABGTURe5SZ6y5zyN9LiKn8QzjwACzHh_kpLWTuEj3BVxMu2cG19CFroayLjAVtKQPCCfKR4/s1600-h/059.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136551146121279282" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih1Q3TCBI8b2zfeXbpvANdYpU2riCDT0ukUgQpyWM1t2o5JA_uJta5dUIy4GuOCqwa3qBzABGTURe5SZ6y5zyN9LiKn8QzjwACzHh_kpLWTuEj3BVxMu2cG19CFroayLjAVtKQPCCfKR4/s400/059.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiakNDEjXmIAF3W0iwPSTFthuGTdOCPN2o1UISA63q5XI2GTd9KtH_3WvEg-q1qxb6as8IDdv23nYiS2lofPPcBWTXnclkzzdJRbKIwbjq1zsG-LMoC3_sC15dDh7z9qV31LP3aq4zY8uA/s1600-h/061.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_bfMlcDGieePA7Mz8i7mOINKhyphenhyphen0hPvG06TzvL8T4ucJe-YGVEO9xrnRpJWxhawxDCFHAW9vAIjQGvBhndBheb2AAWmcZNoQ9fWvMTbdc1VmMUTK3dpEZGDIRYOQgLCbJcAerJtTKA90/s1600-h/057.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136551137531344674" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_bfMlcDGieePA7Mz8i7mOINKhyphenhyphen0hPvG06TzvL8T4ucJe-YGVEO9xrnRpJWxhawxDCFHAW9vAIjQGvBhndBheb2AAWmcZNoQ9fWvMTbdc1VmMUTK3dpEZGDIRYOQgLCbJcAerJtTKA90/s400/057.JPG" border="0" /></a> We spent the day inside, outside, upside down with a wonderful fire and kids running round. (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Ok</span> I know that's silly but it just fit!) <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuWpOWcfxoJzzeDiIgrP9Fun_90PUh47HGCjcwRmhO5rJIG7hJ85gtyd0xRKezA45tLcmQSvo_DIAVMzMDEre-WBMWN8y21svP-OieTHMTFQ171sl_79BvAi7ZzAIagdJDaWIVpOxWQNY/s1600-h/044.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136551154711213890" style="CURSOR: hand" height="303" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuWpOWcfxoJzzeDiIgrP9Fun_90PUh47HGCjcwRmhO5rJIG7hJ85gtyd0xRKezA45tLcmQSvo_DIAVMzMDEre-WBMWN8y21svP-OieTHMTFQ171sl_79BvAi7ZzAIagdJDaWIVpOxWQNY/s400/044.JPG" width="400" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiakNDEjXmIAF3W0iwPSTFthuGTdOCPN2o1UISA63q5XI2GTd9KtH_3WvEg-q1qxb6as8IDdv23nYiS2lofPPcBWTXnclkzzdJRbKIwbjq1zsG-LMoC3_sC15dDh7z9qV31LP3aq4zY8uA/s1600-h/061.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136551171891083090" style="WIDTH: 269px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 339px" height="332" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiakNDEjXmIAF3W0iwPSTFthuGTdOCPN2o1UISA63q5XI2GTd9KtH_3WvEg-q1qxb6as8IDdv23nYiS2lofPPcBWTXnclkzzdJRbKIwbjq1zsG-LMoC3_sC15dDh7z9qV31LP3aq4zY8uA/s400/061.JPG" width="300" border="0" /></a> We ended the day at prayer meeting and I'll confess sometimes it seems like all you can do to make it out the door to meeting on Thanksgiving night but ya know I can't think of a better place to be then on our knees giving thanks to the Lord on Thanksgiving day. So until next year that about wraps up our Thanksgiving. Hope you all had as wonderful a day as we did!</div>Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169616167374334330noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179744551077495260.post-47436625284616509182007-11-10T19:00:00.000-08:002007-11-11T14:58:30.711-08:00Hello Again<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhamIJ2MqkLRP97-hVlc5nopcKJ5iVc1e_nYln8Wcgrr71vtXaSlWdTnO0pB33HC9hSETNcGDO4hFF9li5ZWRo6_jb-aYvvXzvJl-Bst7JZfWa-v0RRmhA4iL1sX-BQQeG6n0bh8RX78Mc/s1600-h/612.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131720867851192786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhamIJ2MqkLRP97-hVlc5nopcKJ5iVc1e_nYln8Wcgrr71vtXaSlWdTnO0pB33HC9hSETNcGDO4hFF9li5ZWRo6_jb-aYvvXzvJl-Bst7JZfWa-v0RRmhA4iL1sX-BQQeG6n0bh8RX78Mc/s320/612.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Ok, so.... since I last posted... ya know... forever ago! We have done 5million and one things! I am so impressed with all of you who post so often! I'm gonna try to be a little more consistent...try being the operative word. So anyway...my parents came for a visit( so fun...the kids love to have all their grandparents close), I had my B-Day, we had the Sunday School Picnic ( Greg's booths were a huge success), Emma had a piano recital, Emma had her 9th birthday though the party is still to come, we went to San Diego and spent the weekend with Bill & Ava, Natalie & Madeline Warr ( and had a marvelous time I might add ), while in San Diego we also took the time to visit Legoland knowing that it may be the last time that this amusement park would fit the needs/age range of our brood. It was a beautiful day and great fun was had by all. Along the way I have managed with the doctors help and the prayers of many to finally get over my crazy bout of bronchitis. Whew...for awhile there I felt like I wasn't gonna make it! I have never coughed so hard in my life. I am so thankful that no one else here has gotten sick! Whew! Well that about hits the highlights of the last few weeks, I say that I'm going to try to post more but we'll see how that really goes...it gets a little crazy around here between Thanksgiving( my most favorite holiday that I am totally looking forward to) and conference at the end of the year. So until next time.....Adios</div>Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169616167374334330noreply@blogger.com3