tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81922403312312781942024-02-18T19:44:32.923-06:00Home of Boys, Toys, and NoiseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192240331231278194.post-34995486835835453232010-05-18T23:37:00.003-05:002010-05-18T23:45:20.893-05:005 Boys and 1 Girl<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQRDv23WxxcJ1umiWwDYVUZlrO-YFObv3bPUcek65SvgA9INLjHirT3xKjtgaNFt58Whx6Rk1a8AY_4QkpYvpH40WsklMtXVN9aucHDVcHsWS3qgb1DOe8GO3-ztHYRxtCP_jv5-ErWmYn/s1600/SDC10311.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472837586841889282" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQRDv23WxxcJ1umiWwDYVUZlrO-YFObv3bPUcek65SvgA9INLjHirT3xKjtgaNFt58Whx6Rk1a8AY_4QkpYvpH40WsklMtXVN9aucHDVcHsWS3qgb1DOe8GO3-ztHYRxtCP_jv5-ErWmYn/s320/SDC10311.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I'm still the only girl in the house!</div><br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div>We added a 7 week old black lab to our home over the weekend. We have been calling him Toby.<br /></div><br /><br /><div>This is the first time Chad has had a dog and he couldn't stand the thought of Toby sleeping outside alone<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyu_UD83i0CRTGKNb0sKCoWySbJ0m45cLFgF-s23GSrf_a1n0pzhLvkIqns8sA-hDaSaa1KvL-FeP6N31jOzX9syUPnNNPwHYB51G-5Rq1zyUsy86QVePh6FCsiE6sH3CZUk5iqPq5Gsx9/s1600/SDC10317.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472836183424194098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyu_UD83i0CRTGKNb0sKCoWySbJ0m45cLFgF-s23GSrf_a1n0pzhLvkIqns8sA-hDaSaa1KvL-FeP6N31jOzX9syUPnNNPwHYB51G-5Rq1zyUsy86QVePh6FCsiE6sH3CZUk5iqPq5Gsx9/s320/SDC10317.JPG" border="0" /></a> on his first night with our family.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192240331231278194.post-42057663625318490442010-05-11T20:14:00.011-05:002010-05-11T21:18:05.211-05:00How long has it been...since my last post...two months=too long=lots of photos!<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div><div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;color:#33cc00;">Spring Break</span>---tried for 3 days to get on a flight to California and the closest place we could get...home! So we drove to Arkansas and stayed at <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUg0PZYekY16wpoyu1pALAON9NSLQY9l1xYSBHaN75tPOAa7mFOj9YuzrgY5S8_ITWQKKk66br9BwsGn_8bWv4y5SFp3HnqD_VbxpUaScjy4EQwSy0U70jn36q_mav9cy7-osK745mVZ1L/s1600/SDC10004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470187045818502962" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUg0PZYekY16wpoyu1pALAON9NSLQY9l1xYSBHaN75tPOAa7mFOj9YuzrgY5S8_ITWQKKk66br9BwsGn_8bWv4y5SFp3HnqD_VbxpUaScjy4EQwSy0U70jn36q_mav9cy7-osK745mVZ1L/s320/SDC10004.JPG" border="0" /></a>a working ranch...of course my camera died and I only got a few pictures with my phone.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color:#009900;">We...slept in the old tac room converted to living quarters (in the horse stables)...ate home cooked meals of goat roast, the best bacon ever, and blackberry pancakes!</span><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">We...road horses (except for Ty...don't ask, I have no answer), had a trail ride by moonlight to look at the stars, went on a possum hunt (also by moonlight), enjoyed nightly bon fires, and kids riding a bull (made out of a barrel and springs).</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#6633ff;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#6633ff;">Easter<span style="color:#000000;">---<span style="font-size:100%;">camping with our friends...we have a trailer, they have a boat...talk about FUN!</span></span> </span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1fqd4MF-b56tCw6J7d2T-Eq5EoNGK7_a0qn9UMsNL4QvmiO9E_9kXZWcnAcabkyL0LeOop-hPPnDnQr_4VCbm53lxRldXmdYHog0l2apF1e-Gvs5fyOypGtbDQ3p9BGVvk17IL86MRIN/s1600/Brotherly+ninjas.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470187061139175922" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy3DmMK8ozHBzNn4iSkB5EoVoCkaES3BcYVse_Hii8hb4Nl8r0i0Cqa1iMEG-GdPPDAi3KVEpR4si6JaU-FhjlE6sR3oMLm_rkEaer1a2mQ_5xetOku2BEUZ_H5NVQyzV1RS8NEq6bkTxf/s320/Melissa+%26+Ty+waiting+for+milkshakes.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Next post...in a few weeks after all the end of school year activities are done! </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192240331231278194.post-80852844239291034092010-02-08T11:15:00.005-06:002010-02-08T15:04:10.432-06:00Our newest nephew<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZMnz0QPJOf9tpY09H_Lu8T2hXbrPlaCSstTNhnFPGfxK577pEcTp7yMEwRxwKCxlfTbW5V8_0rMKR3MQIk0PyJkNYV2Pg-5HZ_E7cSyqRzTpjEMqpb91Lq08pjHrvN3i9vfJdvzDfEzJW/s1600-h/Elizah.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435923069046579266" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZMnz0QPJOf9tpY09H_Lu8T2hXbrPlaCSstTNhnFPGfxK577pEcTp7yMEwRxwKCxlfTbW5V8_0rMKR3MQIk0PyJkNYV2Pg-5HZ_E7cSyqRzTpjEMqpb91Lq08pjHrvN3i9vfJdvzDfEzJW/s320/Elizah.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><p>Elizah Joshua Wamhoff</p><p>born 2/8/10 at 5:34am</p><p>8 lbs 14 1/2 oz, 21 inches long</p><p>proud parents: Josh and Grace</p><p>proud sister: Hannah</p><p></p><p>I think we'll fly out in March over spring break and see him!!!</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192240331231278194.post-89867141530923843312009-12-11T10:57:00.003-06:002009-12-16T11:26:25.730-06:00Merry Christmas from our home to yours<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAaNuSsQZDxPOUeRlmwj8HC3lZprXIqnuKTJ7Azt9DthO8W2RvM03Jeo4LlbknuPg0iFekhfiuGP0oqfERhJ5pS-qDuu1U5disFt4W8P5T-E7wqFJgv-U2LzjoqOdZvNzEA4C_fQMFJ_Ux/s1600-h/SDC11055.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414024104299560978" style="FLOAT: left; 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This is the first time all 11 of them were together in...well, Greg and I have been married 15 1/2 years and they've never been all together in that time. It was a great reunion at a sad time.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCkQ4BeoCmu8pie_1FT3rQVJkBFwRDaNYAIXEe8BrqHgf69dqtvbB2XPJXJGTUHhcskP4lbnJwNeaTLYKHZWUyHO-ShoGYRFIp4WFfmRMvqbGGrws7f40uxgt07e5JFJTNCu2-mhI39yiv/s1600-h/Pemberton+Wamhoff.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392255206405219922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCkQ4BeoCmu8pie_1FT3rQVJkBFwRDaNYAIXEe8BrqHgf69dqtvbB2XPJXJGTUHhcskP4lbnJwNeaTLYKHZWUyHO-ShoGYRFIp4WFfmRMvqbGGrws7f40uxgt07e5JFJTNCu2-mhI39yiv/s320/Pemberton+Wamhoff.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And we can't go to California without a trip to Superior Dairy in Hanford for the best milkshakes on the planet (chocholate chip is my favorite)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnUTL_Xy23YUF4kK3tWD-CjYsn8MmCYdhs7rVYmdXGdc6bGa_pDRuDE0vPua7HiGOtuExR_5omZdcB_Qbq0Yj2usQl7zIOtLON7z_dEE4ZW3ckdMctiiwM4NIp1HYd09qgrsjoVbmDbC5Z/s1600-h/Superior+Dairy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392256860044979922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnUTL_Xy23YUF4kK3tWD-CjYsn8MmCYdhs7rVYmdXGdc6bGa_pDRuDE0vPua7HiGOtuExR_5omZdcB_Qbq0Yj2usQl7zIOtLON7z_dEE4ZW3ckdMctiiwM4NIp1HYd09qgrsjoVbmDbC5Z/s320/Superior+Dairy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhattd5vQdYmXdoCPlympFZha72eSXgSvUYl8qnPKkbNQFEpQflVxBbScdIJZt3DPLEpCHOTwv-OWT7nlr2N27nEoWiwrnQp-Smeb7WXURIgzZgzqOazOMiGtoOkftYKN_bfsCEGZMDAUjl/s1600-h/Chad+and+Hannah.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392255230364107410" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhattd5vQdYmXdoCPlympFZha72eSXgSvUYl8qnPKkbNQFEpQflVxBbScdIJZt3DPLEpCHOTwv-OWT7nlr2N27nEoWiwrnQp-Smeb7WXURIgzZgzqOazOMiGtoOkftYKN_bfsCEGZMDAUjl/s320/Chad+and+Hannah.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />After breakfast at Superior Dairy (yep, mom is great, she fed us milk shakes for breakfast), we headed over to Aunt Nola and Uncle Leonard's fabulous celebration of 50 years of marital bliss and harmony. What an awesome example they are to all of us young married folks!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY4vi00F74cmlJ7xIRZ51ahy-8Yxcgg56OvZA0MxuwPs0nEyAdAG3j0JNpm9_J0DFbhZ389ITODRWB0uslmpcn87K1exUBSJE8jDDTu6bZnMRH_DZVZWIlRemav0qZ_xCh2eNVEUfphegm/s1600-h/Leonard+and+Nola.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392256847196521058" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY4vi00F74cmlJ7xIRZ51ahy-8Yxcgg56OvZA0MxuwPs0nEyAdAG3j0JNpm9_J0DFbhZ389ITODRWB0uslmpcn87K1exUBSJE8jDDTu6bZnMRH_DZVZWIlRemav0qZ_xCh2eNVEUfphegm/s320/Leonard+and+Nola.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEadXqE_27C1LoMeSyQSRt0PaHTfHAuq2iacsLS-OzN4CizHkJtU8b5vB05fsh3XjR3ySk8pbBkJmE_HPxjLsBc_O4Rf840HEkKXRhDnUeb8e3hBGzIBAb1Ra_3yQ53rizjd7qvq8524kA/s1600-h/Greg+Tricia+Chad.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392255222223340274" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEadXqE_27C1LoMeSyQSRt0PaHTfHAuq2iacsLS-OzN4CizHkJtU8b5vB05fsh3XjR3ySk8pbBkJmE_HPxjLsBc_O4Rf840HEkKXRhDnUeb8e3hBGzIBAb1Ra_3yQ53rizjd7qvq8524kA/s320/Greg+Tricia+Chad.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJzgQnvGNDmdb9SjyDttDhxRnlhe8QjR_QcK23Phm65LjL9q2WLp088V_H8wYyz7rTXDEfMod7AJM4zSgaPxXegy14yW4hyphenhyphendz7sWSDleuEBsZkexfnw-SiQP7K9jJTjKhijQ_p5AbKja07/s1600-h/Lynda's+kids.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392255215913049922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJzgQnvGNDmdb9SjyDttDhxRnlhe8QjR_QcK23Phm65LjL9q2WLp088V_H8wYyz7rTXDEfMod7AJM4zSgaPxXegy14yW4hyphenhyphendz7sWSDleuEBsZkexfnw-SiQP7K9jJTjKhijQ_p5AbKja07/s320/Lynda's+kids.jpg" border="0" /></a>(Josh, Lynda, Steve, Jenny, Brian, Greg, Jordan)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192240331231278194.post-69443481665332471342009-09-09T17:21:00.003-05:002009-09-09T17:35:00.342-05:00The "Center" of our World<div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXd_pi8Y_fHUVXgR4UDrR_3Y9K4xqAAFJRS47VZzvC_o_dNPXXRRxGiXYb5CFvi6fH-bbtW7i1zgl-x1EQ8bQTDMe3Zz0WiplTNdjX8RrqQUi58U5YwJTPWJRIOmipyU1BTVZ6uDERGDkQ/s1600-h/Dylan+Football.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXd_pi8Y_fHUVXgR4UDrR_3Y9K4xqAAFJRS47VZzvC_o_dNPXXRRxGiXYb5CFvi6fH-bbtW7i1zgl-x1EQ8bQTDMe3Zz0WiplTNdjX8RrqQUi58U5YwJTPWJRIOmipyU1BTVZ6uDERGDkQ/s320/Dylan+Football.jpg" border="0" /></a> All of our kids are the "Center of our World" but Dylan <em><span style="color:#3366ff;">is</span></em> the middle child!<br /><br /><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJNnwVyTSRNUPK92IfvYJo7NR1wpHACXTBrPXAAQiPvm3-cETn8G3b3hWwbqum1uqdisjIlLLaPRuLGF4Z2nCYyyPccYW7F7qowpRdTGou7LEd5sNJzeIMIl1gT5_ZqzdIUxUrASJ3iYoF/s1600-h/Dylan+Hurricane+Football.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379598643371696626" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJNnwVyTSRNUPK92IfvYJo7NR1wpHACXTBrPXAAQiPvm3-cETn8G3b3hWwbqum1uqdisjIlLLaPRuLGF4Z2nCYyyPccYW7F7qowpRdTGou7LEd5sNJzeIMIl1gT5_ZqzdIUxUrASJ3iYoF/s320/Dylan+Hurricane+Football.jpg" border="0" /></a>Dylan is #65<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE75nHYPE21Kzz3b2W2c_2R_OPZ-kZoejtgEvYxQeQuYUzwO2vHWaqvLj8MpfQsEkQKE0mNrUopU_fA0m91flKVhwIi1jI-UBgpVNF23riSOKHurgUk7NUjkrw9Mh56-l-3t1ntzDmmHNO/s1600-h/Dylan+full+steam+ahead.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379599490279414194" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE75nHYPE21Kzz3b2W2c_2R_OPZ-kZoejtgEvYxQeQuYUzwO2vHWaqvLj8MpfQsEkQKE0mNrUopU_fA0m91flKVhwIi1jI-UBgpVNF23riSOKHurgUk7NUjkrw9Mh56-l-3t1ntzDmmHNO/s320/Dylan+full+steam+ahead.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"></a></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192240331231278194.post-89153706551239773322009-08-31T20:46:00.004-05:002009-08-31T20:59:33.627-05:00Are you ready for some FOOTBALL!Dylan decided he wanted to play football this year. He's doing great. He <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQzfu3_Bq8SSd1-NKL2De_RGxgyvGAS4WZqNUjDbUMQD8JUYAl_2mpcbjNtLwdZALGYkNcA5oEtM-6m-qijbuG3aKT6Rkn6eZwekTqlqjZmuhYcyY67ONIvnZJ4GLFFjX7TNb3cdVO5V8C/s1600-h/Dylan+and+Bryson.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376310317032391602" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQzfu3_Bq8SSd1-NKL2De_RGxgyvGAS4WZqNUjDbUMQD8JUYAl_2mpcbjNtLwdZALGYkNcA5oEtM-6m-qijbuG3aKT6Rkn6eZwekTqlqjZmuhYcyY67ONIvnZJ4GLFFjX7TNb3cdVO5V8C/s320/Dylan+and+Bryson.JPG" border="0" /></a>plays center and kick off team. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6-CjWbvVIPJpgHhgODZV2bDxaSsm_31ZCpD2h6TU9eeBoyXLH1Cqdoj-s0QpAy91y-qynRlJcGMlfKlM9M67BFq0kNDnhsKGokK0ShnrS3GMPffMBmIh4vaq0a-sE52hvdHVg0GrONxpC/s1600-h/Dylan.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376310308128952066" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6-CjWbvVIPJpgHhgODZV2bDxaSsm_31ZCpD2h6TU9eeBoyXLH1Cqdoj-s0QpAy91y-qynRlJcGMlfKlM9M67BFq0kNDnhsKGokK0ShnrS3GMPffMBmIh4vaq0a-sE52hvdHVg0GrONxpC/s320/Dylan.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibhI8qvtrvny4xnthWZaEk5cHu1XdKbXFLeuFSlX1HsWIXhqegFzXk9msLHNZh4SMvgCMOPjt2edxGui7epD4cOY3O5iqGNKDbISzo3NzN_0TYMINby9zrP_RGJEOf-htqQj9y09PUj9t_/s1600-h/Jerry+and+Dylan.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376312696874725954" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibhI8qvtrvny4xnthWZaEk5cHu1XdKbXFLeuFSlX1HsWIXhqegFzXk9msLHNZh4SMvgCMOPjt2edxGui7epD4cOY3O5iqGNKDbISzo3NzN_0TYMINby9zrP_RGJEOf-htqQj9y09PUj9t_/s320/Jerry+and+Dylan.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376310325935005810" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIArlJQk5c_OVHu6KKoHtzzF_sfDia6N_JIPmTWIhpnncNf5nHuUjMCZgqbccTtipSbivWC9uzRW1ZJ_gO2eMI_XNbX7TdSNnwNVeT63hA0ZUYcsgs9lfxqCFdl6FzRbERQwXO0-u7qC8E/s320/Watching+football.JPG" border="0" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192240331231278194.post-51306998535295425012009-08-31T20:37:00.004-05:002009-08-31T20:45:49.751-05:00Against my better judgementI am posting some pictures of how my WONDERFUL family and AWESOME friends showed me they loved me on my birthday this year...go ahead, laugh ou<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0D4M5SuEtRf082sApDt9EdZ16l4TihKR-4eFz17aqlGoI5vsGgnHqCtgZmUsTTDaS9k1n21J0DXAw7q_IJASPzbBZKzb-wxabo8MyFVJAYDlbjrJxmasfnShJ1Tm1PGXAUE7-gk1DtW59/s1600-h/40th+birthday+signs+(5).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376308276213857602" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0D4M5SuEtRf082sApDt9EdZ16l4TihKR-4eFz17aqlGoI5vsGgnHqCtgZmUsTTDaS9k1n21J0DXAw7q_IJASPzbBZKzb-wxabo8MyFVJAYDlbjrJxmasfnShJ1Tm1PGXAUE7-gk1DtW59/s320/40th+birthday+signs+(5).JPG" border="0" /></a>tlo<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlvFBDaiRfELGI-ENgC_zPRRRk56LeLsMJ2Q5vRc-DU6ckNf-rc45ApimLhWX729Bm14XDYnVdADGvbcV0c6-l-1AaXvX7_Rj_Rfe1v563nVaD_v7QJHunRpOlCpbQ4DBVHyZduJlp5-Fc/s1600-h/40th+birthday+signs+(6).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376308274219116978" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlvFBDaiRfELGI-ENgC_zPRRRk56LeLsMJ2Q5vRc-DU6ckNf-rc45ApimLhWX729Bm14XDYnVdADGvbcV0c6-l-1AaXvX7_Rj_Rfe1v563nVaD_v7QJHunRpOlCpbQ4DBVHyZduJlp5-Fc/s320/40th+birthday+signs+(6).JPG" border="0" /></a>ud! I did!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKgH7tXVY1K4D8_EJ06QKPCzqlRp8eQ3p8ObWx8DdbhQ1rUFEZ3FxnTuE0-zihXlxOIWr61cqlnXvA-a43sbogeynSOWAYQtAr4zkaP5ZXl1YNcncrEtSM4m5RBe_wmHJTynNTajHutAiQ/s1600-h/Tricia's+walker.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376308248433931506" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKgH7tXVY1K4D8_EJ06QKPCzqlRp8eQ3p8ObWx8DdbhQ1rUFEZ3FxnTuE0-zihXlxOIWr61cqlnXvA-a43sbogeynSOWAYQtAr4zkaP5ZXl1YNcncrEtSM4m5RBe_wmHJTynNTajHutAiQ/s320/Tricia's+walker.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHVPXReQj6TRmXnRpWFFqljHnnQie3EgII46bqAj6XB9El1jSHgOyy9L_E4uzSIOaweFgkxOU_nmeDj48yO_2K7zJEf9o3sk9GYvTyeDTymzxoN_yfNUOKRtuzEo9_kCDWcZIUrzYHbKbF/s1600-h/40th+birthday+signs+(4).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376308255631901858" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHVPXReQj6TRmXnRpWFFqljHnnQie3EgII46bqAj6XB9El1jSHgOyy9L_E4uzSIOaweFgkxOU_nmeDj48yO_2K7zJEf9o3sk9GYvTyeDTymzxoN_yfNUOKRtuzEo9_kCDWcZIUrzYHbKbF/s320/40th+birthday+signs+(4).JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLxM0_EeEsXsasZ-gngHw3c1xcWCWziIxhMPnaJES5L9obS38v2mGG4GiM-jSxkvkqV8z-4e3dJgd6PZHgokvShxLq_OUwicJDuM4hgnnYfkphmPI4xghYTDgmt_oc2YIiBhxJqWJpbyyB/s1600-h/40th+birthday+signs.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376308265149701954" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLxM0_EeEsXsasZ-gngHw3c1xcWCWziIxhMPnaJES5L9obS38v2mGG4GiM-jSxkvkqV8z-4e3dJgd6PZHgokvShxLq_OUwicJDuM4hgnnYfkphmPI4xghYTDgmt_oc2YIiBhxJqWJpbyyB/s320/40th+birthday+signs.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaHFZhpLIgo8mXVNz02sUw1F2zF2KKVv9R1AvV9mzvT-jN8t9Ym3r8w9pz11nXYc3-e-fLeLUpj7W1Ea9S6GEfA271_gnbDIaTSEqqCtqGqa-3fO96TLOJktfqhKpuDrg8-YDj_Erq-i_H/s1600-h/I+love+my+family.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376308622621536082" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaHFZhpLIgo8mXVNz02sUw1F2zF2KKVv9R1AvV9mzvT-jN8t9Ym3r8w9pz11nXYc3-e-fLeLUpj7W1Ea9S6GEfA271_gnbDIaTSEqqCtqGqa-3fO96TLOJktfqhKpuDrg8-YDj_Erq-i_H/s320/I+love+my+family.JPG" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192240331231278194.post-4257583032234455292009-07-06T09:49:00.020-05:002009-07-27T02:12:04.925-05:00On the road with the Pemberton's: Summer 2009<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363019146755494466" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaOA2Ka4eZEg6yQJbUfQyWlBKzk5owQHCe0JTkFgUzU6WQlFOyV_uJKPZP_26CAWWIDLHMQbNlc1ftv5m6FQ4XuATuLK3CeQo45bJarQFw5jzIuiZQJu9vACqJz-BelNMKp_lVNbNompJd/s320/South+Dakota+(37).JPG" border="0" /><span style="font-size:180%;"><em><br /></em></span><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p>So we after at least 10 years of talking about how fun it would be to own a travel trailer, we finally bought a 5th wheel last year in California. With the price of gas last year we decided to park it at Greg's mom's and save up our money and Greg's vacation time and planned a month long adventure for this summer to go pick it up and bring it home to Texas where we could actually use it! Below is a glimpse into our month of...fun, adventure, family, history, and wonderful memories.<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">WEEK 1:</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Saturday, June 27th-Dylan, Chad and I left Friendswood headed West making it as far as Fort Stockton, Tx 8 hours later. Glad we were driving mostly in the dark through the boring part of Texas.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Sunday-June 28thth-stopped in El Paso to pick Ty up at the airport since we left before he got home from Boy Scout camp. Gregs mom's maiden name is McNary and we had some time to waste before picking Ty up so we stopped for a fun photo op</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXuVWY8NjyEZpHneNy3e8oaoUK3JnUfNQg0zBbzZr7w_igy_0WF4pwCrqXb2gVV-Yi3LMjheF0nsSO1MFXR9vID8Ew-ZE7FGyY9nmYNcI0wYQNHDIdjgZGUuoQRP9g13HyVr1sb4Kx-qVd/s1600-h/McNary,+Texas.JPG"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362979132933164322" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXuVWY8NjyEZpHneNy3e8oaoUK3JnUfNQg0zBbzZr7w_igy_0WF4pwCrqXb2gVV-Yi3LMjheF0nsSO1MFXR9vID8Ew-ZE7FGyY9nmYNcI0wYQNHDIdjgZGUuoQRP9g13HyVr1sb4Kx-qVd/s320/McNary,+Texas.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></p><br /><p><span style="color:#ff0000;">From El Paso we continued on to Phoenix for a nice restful nights sleep.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Monday-June 29th-Greg was supposed to fly in to LAX on Tuesday but couldn't stand being back home without us for the next 24 hrs so he took and extra vacation day and flew in to Phoenix and we picked him up a day early and headed to his mom's in Reedley to get the trailer ready which took the next two days.<br /></span><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></p><br /><p><span style="color:#ff0000;">Thursday-July 2nd-4th -to McCloud, California/Mt Shasta <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp2R7t5NZ3EmI6e_UA9b-VnlguY8NIV4iPNye_w_g9hB7tsgPtjFX2pWZJPz52D_94EIiRJggG0HLuLDPcyh5dJlzSFz94vBlkUBhJM8Qfk7EMjRcvrmjNfkwUxzR1e_vIC0k2Bm3B6r_a/s1600-h/View+of+Mt+Shasta.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363026808689734514" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp2R7t5NZ3EmI6e_UA9b-VnlguY8NIV4iPNye_w_g9hB7tsgPtjFX2pWZJPz52D_94EIiRJggG0HLuLDPcyh5dJlzSFz94vBlkUBhJM8Qfk7EMjRcvrmjNfkwUxzR1e_vIC0k2Bm3B6r_a/s320/View+of+Mt+Shasta.JPG" border="0" /></a>to camp and spend the holiday with Greg's family and hunting friends. We were all there except for Brian's wife Alma, and their two kids, Melissa and little Brian...we missed you! Thanks to Greg's friends Mark and his son Bart who live in McCloud and kept up with us and showed us an awesome time!</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi5ga05xxm_HwdV1P2z7_D9kEA1jbaoa8XS6qevlyOrPOlXBtgoDy3Hrk_9f5F9z_0qBVD4HDeQqJITO7WQNsBPgUOifUuthJtcX_qGcac19-7JPeus0C8ebvyLX6cbPXUjqBKP3B5SJvy/s1600-h/McCloud+(65).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362979139560052978" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi5ga05xxm_HwdV1P2z7_D9kEA1jbaoa8XS6qevlyOrPOlXBtgoDy3Hrk_9f5F9z_0qBVD4HDeQqJITO7WQNsBPgUOifUuthJtcX_qGcac19-7JPeus0C8ebvyLX6cbPXUjqBKP3B5SJvy/s320/McCloud+(65).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0TZPDA_VWC3Su4RNlYWduAxKcWYAANQy8d1eWW_FbDd4K9D1qN6DRzgUDwlhq_TpIKSYlg-_MPvMyY1B07yMTnGhlz8tOzEH_o8Dpmf_VhJhpEmvU1FQ7jGRrEXn-_ZG2eNgNQ8V8bqWn/s1600-h/McCloud+(92).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362981660216497970" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0TZPDA_VWC3Su4RNlYWduAxKcWYAANQy8d1eWW_FbDd4K9D1qN6DRzgUDwlhq_TpIKSYlg-_MPvMyY1B07yMTnGhlz8tOzEH_o8Dpmf_VhJhpEmvU1FQ7jGRrEXn-_ZG2eNgNQ8V8bqWn/s320/McCloud+(92).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcM9cMn6nGkDaIwPM5KLWDqFrlgX_j4312NWikkPXQxcikiXdt2Hsici_XG6QGGicM7jzuFUXXrCNS_tG4fxpV0HUtR4R8oBM2cQqV5wYutLULZ6kmoU4phSsenT9kGyQkWeny0tDX09M/s1600-h/McCloud+(7).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362981673906624898" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcM9cMn6nGkDaIwPM5KLWDqFrlgX_j4312NWikkPXQxcikiXdt2Hsici_XG6QGGicM7jzuFUXXrCNS_tG4fxpV0HUtR4R8oBM2cQqV5wYutLULZ6kmoU4phSsenT9kGyQkWeny0tDX09M/s320/McCloud+(7).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgErWG5EFzODy3_EIFlqKdimLwOR6nYY8JLyRsBswtaXCyPaBkLD81gmGgNHCTqj_zdcaePjDbxFstEF5FqpyJUVCxhoH4-Qup6UJpsyQrSFNmzlHkmIFhJREaOVwDzH9aA8ljx3bFXssp_/s1600-h/McCloud+(38).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362981656366985426" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgErWG5EFzODy3_EIFlqKdimLwOR6nYY8JLyRsBswtaXCyPaBkLD81gmGgNHCTqj_zdcaePjDbxFstEF5FqpyJUVCxhoH4-Qup6UJpsyQrSFNmzlHkmIFhJREaOVwDzH9aA8ljx3bFXssp_/s320/McCloud+(38).JPG" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362979141026918882" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0xduco-zIPUWKg97LYgBKCKpARvAL10jmiD5Of1eszGbovbl5LCkLdOWnPPxnrxWWK6frO_saOrWWf5ElADyfS_-FphQ1PxDCMqRoDNoK1Or7l9lF6n3VtqEgGZM93Kg_U0GRfGk7ZSYK/s320/McCloud+(67).JPG" border="0" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Zr6oWve9rAvASf7-HsZ2dI8GScXKf0KdxA3lyhYRYX8cEgjCj6XLzz8rFUxL3jsnS90dxZbV9DALg9vJYaTmNX7Pjit04CII7NZAcWZjOsAFxi1cXNICAfgzc9wi0_2Dv96e2EIK10ik/s1600-h/McCloud+(10).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362981668985591890" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Zr6oWve9rAvASf7-HsZ2dI8GScXKf0KdxA3lyhYRYX8cEgjCj6XLzz8rFUxL3jsnS90dxZbV9DALg9vJYaTmNX7Pjit04CII7NZAcWZjOsAFxi1cXNICAfgzc9wi0_2Dv96e2EIK10ik/s320/McCloud+(10).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiL2Q1h99BG5U2_1tHkQVLdvWWweqJ_4Fo9yR4Jerjb2by6fxwg3_VwbxQq28gTqgDhq-MyQPsg5cYSVLyJSwZRYROXp_I7UDloDGo9hjNBQQbhFbEzjdqvU0FljscH_5es5jJO4roQw3x/s1600-h/McCloud+(87).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362981664811978674" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiL2Q1h99BG5U2_1tHkQVLdvWWweqJ_4Fo9yR4Jerjb2by6fxwg3_VwbxQq28gTqgDhq-MyQPsg5cYSVLyJSwZRYROXp_I7UDloDGo9hjNBQQbhFbEzjdqvU0FljscH_5es5jJO4roQw3x/s320/McCloud+(87).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><span style="color:#663366;">WEEK 2:<br /></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#663366;">Sunday-July 5th-spent 10 long hours on the road. We stopped for the night at my brother's in Boise. Grandpa and aunt Jan were there also. It's never dull at aunt Joy and uncle Brett's. From the minute we showed up it at 8pm it was eat some good dutch oven chicken, awesome chocolate cake, do 4 loads of laundry<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhM4Gu6ymVDw5NIPAVrpkh36yc2b6w3fWDSnPrPqMabp7E_M5ckIAVgQ82lnIE1zagqXbflh2BXeeq2fO-ufyJqsImG_WMu2Tq4-n8fTaT88n32Ov3RI1_pZjLMvPJFBdShMvYZ6oG_3_/s1600-h/IMG_0580.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363017401120730242" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhM4Gu6ymVDw5NIPAVrpkh36yc2b6w3fWDSnPrPqMabp7E_M5ckIAVgQ82lnIE1zagqXbflh2BXeeq2fO-ufyJqsImG_WMu2Tq4-n8fTaT88n32Ov3RI1_pZjLMvPJFBdShMvYZ6oG_3_/s320/IMG_0580.JPG" border="0" /></a> while launching water balloons off the porch into the park,</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmxDiSRnftNqFPgSN2Jn5quSGDi7_1p-FKzd0dLXDJ7yNjFi08sMBj47rwOkzEZZ5hzgIllYjUeA6EUs0P34qLtDypHgwOginz3qwJeUPoyYz8kCr7-LC_uatOcxkapAZ8hLge0FPAX6x6/s1600-h/P7058729.JPG"><span style="color:#663366;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362979152854766210" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmxDiSRnftNqFPgSN2Jn5quSGDi7_1p-FKzd0dLXDJ7yNjFi08sMBj47rwOkzEZZ5hzgIllYjUeA6EUs0P34qLtDypHgwOginz3qwJeUPoyYz8kCr7-LC_uatOcxkapAZ8hLge0FPAX6x6/s320/P7058729.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#663366;"> and </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMj-fXmtetFkdU2ipdE1Ewkjo0BOxI11tU8dEWNrIdZb1dK1FpEJlbsRlm960BD6fWq4Jy-JS_Uge45-CiY-qtqXlsom-KoXIbQd4_w6YDLzWNuoQENHZk3vEIbmFeYhguZVPaPFghW8wK/s1600-h/IMG_0586.JPG"><span style="color:#663366;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362979150324499778" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMj-fXmtetFkdU2ipdE1Ewkjo0BOxI11tU8dEWNrIdZb1dK1FpEJlbsRlm960BD6fWq4Jy-JS_Uge45-CiY-qtqXlsom-KoXIbQd4_w6YDLzWNuoQENHZk3vEIbmFeYhguZVPaPFghW8wK/s320/IMG_0586.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#663366;">watch <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5r3qaI-LcLKneLHkberx7hNyxT8OBMU6HrD46w4JRR1IsEZPyLs2SmQzdTGQT2LJEULWh0Hh1Xf_rq_QVRRI1sEhU38YufDfG5tNVE5HvnZ5YOgfGNeYXOB8CG09U7h3vZCQRUbjhD9dy/s1600-h/P7058725.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363017394240237282" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5r3qaI-LcLKneLHkberx7hNyxT8OBMU6HrD46w4JRR1IsEZPyLs2SmQzdTGQT2LJEULWh0Hh1Xf_rq_QVRRI1sEhU38YufDfG5tNVE5HvnZ5YOgfGNeYXOB8CG09U7h3vZCQRUbjhD9dy/s320/P7058725.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKlO-9WoWf80408GF3sFCLQ6fxyMgXQ_ua0hQafvjsJrXz1k_xvWwYteqKIhyvc0sB_nkn4osLrjKLMUy62M9BltHknjKCszPi6uX4GwNj3Kr7JOXgIo22H-3qlNJuw__JZ20kHCX0LUg8/s1600-h/P7058707.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363017387960199122" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKlO-9WoWf80408GF3sFCLQ6fxyMgXQ_ua0hQafvjsJrXz1k_xvWwYteqKIhyvc0sB_nkn4osLrjKLMUy62M9BltHknjKCszPi6uX4GwNj3Kr7JOXgIo22H-3qlNJuw__JZ20kHCX0LUg8/s320/P7058707.JPG" border="0" /></a>a great fireworks show compliments of my nephew Trevor.</span><br /><br /></div><br /><div><span style="color:#663366;">Monday, July 6th-eat breakfast and time to get on the road to Yellowstone for the week with my mom, aunt Donna and uncle Gary. Arrived at Yellowstone after dark.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#663366;">Tuesday, July 7th-Friday, July 10th: Spent the days at Mammoth, Old Faithful, saw a baby bear cub...bison...cow elk, deer, bald eagles, had a picnic and ice cream, camp fires, smores, floating the river, driving up to Sawtel. Wonder where the pictures are? Me too! Actually, I thought I'd free up space on the camera and copy the photos from this part of the trip to the laptop...problem is I got side tracked and deleted them off the camera before making sure they copied properly...so I'm waiting for my wonderful mother, mother in law and Aunt Donna to send me copies of the photo's they took!</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#663366;">Saturday, July 11th-Sunday, July 12th: Hang out in Pocatello at Aunt Donna and Uncle Gary's 4 wheeling, bbq at my cousins, catch up on laundry and watch recordings of the past 2 weeks of the Bachelorette! And yes, those photo's were also part of my oops!</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">WEEK 3:</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#006600;">Monday, July 13th-highlights, low lights and a hair cut before heading to Salt Lake to drop of Greg's mom at the airport before we headed Mout Rushmore. We had overnight stays at Flaming Gorge, Utah and Sidney, Nebraska on the way. Nothing in Sidney except a Cabella's (heaven for the men...hunting, fishing, camping and camo stuff)</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#006600;">Wednesday, July 15th-Friday, July 17th: amazing time at <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfzmQmcNdL2zzUiHHSeCGZjHUWqpIqwdI67eJPII2Qvt7PjtEGVwdCD3TK_7T74shzVFOaslEz7pQhjBzQvALsIarbj_SB1JcnfYjmNDdYRusitgYZjCB2XN4wdmPR94DSWzEBmvPiU5tm/s1600-h/South+Dakota+(27).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363017417632668690" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfzmQmcNdL2zzUiHHSeCGZjHUWqpIqwdI67eJPII2Qvt7PjtEGVwdCD3TK_7T74shzVFOaslEz7pQhjBzQvALsIarbj_SB1JcnfYjmNDdYRusitgYZjCB2XN4wdmPR94DSWzEBmvPiU5tm/s320/South+Dakota+(27).JPG" border="0" /></a>Mt Rushmore, <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvSmW1fLfmf08DTIzPPJHZDcGmyoGqbgScyXylaVkmx_qGk9zeFxfVKk-zlwt3H75PsWDqn34PX_Urusyl6A-7o2O4RQ_Mrek5qW-er5FVYfuRivDXxFj5kBxVptIoQjmG83E_jbHSM8jc/s1600-h/South+Dakota+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363017411087212578" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvSmW1fLfmf08DTIzPPJHZDcGmyoGqbgScyXylaVkmx_qGk9zeFxfVKk-zlwt3H75PsWDqn34PX_Urusyl6A-7o2O4RQ_Mrek5qW-er5FVYfuRivDXxFj5kBxVptIoQjmG83E_jbHSM8jc/s320/South+Dakota+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a>Crazy Horse, Hill City, <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51hC5PXgJ9v4m71z-bCWuSWLRPFjfdhra_-L8KCY7mnGxeeLVa2EsElO0X3EghdCJ_cLbKx04sQxvg-Yt7zBROuyNsYE4VR1q-oKcpBZOeKvaoX-yzIgQaTHlqEIRZDIOoKggGhUESRGm/s1600-h/South+Dakota+(14).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363019130905703474" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51hC5PXgJ9v4m71z-bCWuSWLRPFjfdhra_-L8KCY7mnGxeeLVa2EsElO0X3EghdCJ_cLbKx04sQxvg-Yt7zBROuyNsYE4VR1q-oKcpBZOeKvaoX-yzIgQaTHlqEIRZDIOoKggGhUESRGm/s320/South+Dakota+(14).JPG" border="0" /></a>Deadwood, Sturgis, Rapid City, Custer State Park in South Dakota. We loved all the hills <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-ypSUe9SzhslV4509yVhvMvjbaspdY7vee4e_-Fk_t7zLvYeczNQ2V3ugfz5mR2Mf31UsN9K1wJdfeJ3Mwei5FrPWDRSBP8_mY-T4fMS9d5Wrru_HRzMc63e9Gl5l9nLnP2bVBsPCkj2/s1600-h/South+Dakota+(21).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363019139201739074" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-ypSUe9SzhslV4509yVhvMvjbaspdY7vee4e_-Fk_t7zLvYeczNQ2V3ugfz5mR2Mf31UsN9K1wJdfeJ3Mwei5FrPWDRSBP8_mY-T4fMS9d5Wrru_HRzMc63e9Gl5l9nLnP2bVBsPCkj2/s320/South+Dakota+(21).JPG" border="0" /></a>and history of the area. We panned for gold<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9bTugpO7sGTE7J2e_6ttGk0qvT0VTcFRizZEzaOXS-Ni9fxG6uODmEbGqzCISH7rFs1vmoJnzPtA4nlsN7pPwZsRMIbR28QDc5zHDgtTe6BduBhM-0goEGKCKUuFnRgMcz9MdnI97uE-M/s1600-h/South+Dakota+(32).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363019163273182994" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9bTugpO7sGTE7J2e_6ttGk0qvT0VTcFRizZEzaOXS-Ni9fxG6uODmEbGqzCISH7rFs1vmoJnzPtA4nlsN7pPwZsRMIbR28QDc5zHDgtTe6BduBhM-0goEGKCKUuFnRgMcz9MdnI97uE-M/s320/South+Dakota+(32).JPG" border="0" /></a>, toured a gold mine,<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAjGWf6Hkh9c488HNSTAl9MoGd8ssPXa1MVhjPSdzZeO0RU_ZKBeO9rX0WsNORONmHvnkTOLQ2Kz1Z2o0b0gLoQuCboYdTz_SHut0Q3SGuPB0cNxY4jQRR7z_nswXAAiTTPJZMYspIL1Jd/s1600-h/South+Dakota+(33).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363019156939171026" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAjGWf6Hkh9c488HNSTAl9MoGd8ssPXa1MVhjPSdzZeO0RU_ZKBeO9rX0WsNORONmHvnkTOLQ2Kz1Z2o0b0gLoQuCboYdTz_SHut0Q3SGuPB0cNxY4jQRR7z_nswXAAiTTPJZMYspIL1Jd/s320/South+Dakota+(33).JPG" border="0" /></a> met one of the original men that worked on Mt Rushmore and had him sign a book.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#000099;">WEEK 4:</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#000099;">Saturday, July 18th-Monday, July 20th : heading east to Atalissa, Iowa to visit Greg's cousin <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA5YCVE0sO1HwbfgoR7aldkuqZezqx7K7Ck_m5345lYXIimbkkqUKJwvtNeFvtq2QB_YWSmbN4sJOUxerlDDAZiIOfKtoo4eDTTt0DNxCaaVsm3y3UPUjuh-8H7QnBwdup-bh_aYyW4BAW/s1600-h/Atalissa+(3).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363026784234308130" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA5YCVE0sO1HwbfgoR7aldkuqZezqx7K7Ck_m5345lYXIimbkkqUKJwvtNeFvtq2QB_YWSmbN4sJOUxerlDDAZiIOfKtoo4eDTTt0DNxCaaVsm3y3UPUjuh-8H7QnBwdup-bh_aYyW4BAW/s320/Atalissa+(3).JPG" border="0" /></a>Kristi and her family. They live on a farm in the country. Our family LOVED it! They had <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC6d8HWElvKoLDOj4RoohhcrawQVCDoi3n7GkwQZG4ylbJFwkNYB5s4SUWKxnrmPD946Z97-NN1hfhPSeQfOxzY4d0VZHJq_jZVj__4JHVnF4nDAe0y68vqjbVImLk-6PTx57McGV5Kbko/s1600-h/Atalissa+(26).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363026790237407922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC6d8HWElvKoLDOj4RoohhcrawQVCDoi3n7GkwQZG4ylbJFwkNYB5s4SUWKxnrmPD946Z97-NN1hfhPSeQfOxzY4d0VZHJq_jZVj__4JHVnF4nDAe0y68vqjbVImLk-6PTx57McGV5Kbko/s320/Atalissa+(26).JPG" border="0" /></a>chickens, horse coral, trampoline, and the stars at night were AMAZING! No city lights. Bon fires <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOlp8QQrvJ-lc4mPTASZtQnRMhYIuQaZR6KPldQQcZFqL-D3u-oLpuAf8Ys8TE3WBz8M4dSGBU6bnZEHnIfMsQcK-LIhdf3Oaqk5rris2bYi91iAqUBhv1zh9m_yOzcbqE_HDFvbkKhx7S/s1600-h/Atalissa.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363024019096441122" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOlp8QQrvJ-lc4mPTASZtQnRMhYIuQaZR6KPldQQcZFqL-D3u-oLpuAf8Ys8TE3WBz8M4dSGBU6bnZEHnIfMsQcK-LIhdf3Oaqk5rris2bYi91iAqUBhv1zh9m_yOzcbqE_HDFvbkKhx7S/s320/Atalissa.JPG" border="0" /></a>to cook smores and bananna boats...the BEST corn I have ever had and if you ask the Dylan and Chad the most awesome dirt track <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUuilciFBPihZegHLjPuntr9h-VCmyknoWBfe_6asx8rHs8fatK7zS7H2ZDO3k7UNcetVIH4MP0ncV6_XXG0SKPZcKoXP_RL-9EsyzgjnM9jhj-nR8HQ_oOA49U-FKIIc7yJaola61wA_0/s1600-h/Atalissa+(12).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363024033753980274" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUuilciFBPihZegHLjPuntr9h-VCmyknoWBfe_6asx8rHs8fatK7zS7H2ZDO3k7UNcetVIH4MP0ncV6_XXG0SKPZcKoXP_RL-9EsyzgjnM9jhj-nR8HQ_oOA49U-FKIIc7yJaola61wA_0/s320/Atalissa+(12).JPG" border="0" /></a>around and over and <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhvKqQUHw5iJqDIhqZNzbzMjk2DjL8M9sSVy0drYq2zMlW17XOFcn-iNCl8nEJ9qH-AbnBf9Rh5G1RUUn1yDKHXqwJk8RZrWmwk3U51LzyZyOydVXjf2NS8NnYESJCPCq_Hc8nVG_s0wR/s1600-h/Atalissa+(9).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363024022390557026" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhvKqQUHw5iJqDIhqZNzbzMjk2DjL8M9sSVy0drYq2zMlW17XOFcn-iNCl8nEJ9qH-AbnBf9Rh5G1RUUn1yDKHXqwJk8RZrWmwk3U51LzyZyOydVXjf2NS8NnYESJCPCq_Hc8nVG_s0wR/s320/Atalissa+(9).JPG" border="0" /></a>through the oats to ride 4 wheelers and motorbikes. If you ask Ty...not enough soft ground to keep the remote control airplane from shattering when he crashed it!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLImNa9a8yuQpz8AvvtPoR3YfTA9hiwdgcmTnsOJZt5NAJJMW8mmpFCmeSysEkEBNRkloccj_1dJZtT8KBE63sepTk9lT-Qdtdym8IjJ-LMAxiPpkN0bcnGFFj9wr3R01WKBbqsFZ8qyr/s1600-h/Atalissa+(27).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363024041277642722" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLImNa9a8yuQpz8AvvtPoR3YfTA9hiwdgcmTnsOJZt5NAJJMW8mmpFCmeSysEkEBNRkloccj_1dJZtT8KBE63sepTk9lT-Qdtdym8IjJ-LMAxiPpkN0bcnGFFj9wr3R01WKBbqsFZ8qyr/s320/Atalissa+(27).JPG" border="0" /></a></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPQRm7mAIgVrnfJSamaie_-U5k5pA9zLTH69J2mz20Soofold5UoVyoiHymAL_bae7b3ziI_7vSOFYQCh-VoeQw_HNlCxKaN5hIL7XZd1n7MMK34s5tUownNA4wJdLbviy1pwX-2RUIB5Q/s1600-h/Atalissa+(28).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363024051462884530" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPQRm7mAIgVrnfJSamaie_-U5k5pA9zLTH69J2mz20Soofold5UoVyoiHymAL_bae7b3ziI_7vSOFYQCh-VoeQw_HNlCxKaN5hIL7XZd1n7MMK34s5tUownNA4wJdLbviy1pwX-2RUIB5Q/s320/Atalissa+(28).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><br /><div><span style="color:#000099;">Chad: Can we move to the country and live on farm?</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#000099;">Mom and Dad: That would be so much fun. We would love to. But what would dad do for a job?</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#000099;">Chad: We could grow plants and food and sell them to make money.</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#000099;">(Anyone who knows me knows I haved killed more than one cactus! I don't think we'd make a very good living growing plants and food)</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#000099;">Tuesday, July 21st - Thursday, July 23rd: on to Nauvoo, Illinois for a wonderful last few days of our vacation where we met up with my grandpa, Aunt Jan, Aunt Beverly, Aunt Donna and my mom. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3oS9fVPqcp-NVYPe8Vfj996hMKqWDF2pqHUy8kR0Kdz5Ev23Qi0c_Jcso2TGxRJFHu4HQ6zhooVT_0PqNoZ7FtBkvIm-EPxlkTPt131p9cn5GDIGuskVpjwxdQNoZhLnWwMLNr3B3T3Um/s1600-h/Nauvoo+(74).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363026796041017346" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3oS9fVPqcp-NVYPe8Vfj996hMKqWDF2pqHUy8kR0Kdz5Ev23Qi0c_Jcso2TGxRJFHu4HQ6zhooVT_0PqNoZ7FtBkvIm-EPxlkTPt131p9cn5GDIGuskVpjwxdQNoZhLnWwMLNr3B3T3Um/s320/Nauvoo+(74).JPG" border="0" /></a>Saw several shows and took a carriage ride and wagon ride and learned alot more church history. </span><br /><br /></div><br /><div><span style="color:#000099;">Saturday, July 25th we arrived back at our home sweet hot and humid Houston home! After unloading the trailer, throwing in a few loads of laundry and taking a well deserved (REAL) shower, I got a much needed pedicure!</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAPSKzzEV29L23Oi3GonZisnIwY4mPjhj0P27s2-tQRBeBICIOSFaGJZro1aRVemb9QTAXkafb8wpyNT3MqTBjGLQPaJjzhGvdivrQeIzWZ7mCZ2gFbsfWohZjrxpFXxTZuchgjWEcljIL/s1600-h/Pedicure.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363026802667852786" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAPSKzzEV29L23Oi3GonZisnIwY4mPjhj0P27s2-tQRBeBICIOSFaGJZro1aRVemb9QTAXkafb8wpyNT3MqTBjGLQPaJjzhGvdivrQeIzWZ7mCZ2gFbsfWohZjrxpFXxTZuchgjWEcljIL/s320/Pedicure.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><em><span style="color:#ff6666;"><strong>We were gone for 28 days, traveled 7416 miles, spent 165 1/2 hrs in the truck, saw 50 relatives, 2 friends, and created priceless memories to last a lifetime! I would do it all over again given the chance!</strong></span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192240331231278194.post-3164366544003209502009-06-06T09:58:00.002-05:002009-06-06T10:02:10.472-05:00He's Free<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrEX5GT-JemjXzOk_B_OoWU1X1mO4XZa0GWDIeaa251IgsyjUGCnPZBlwlwBrEvV_Xx9UNg19FdV8iajZmYW95FJMuRDgXEQjkukwvPSHIivkICdwRKzdOxgDL9NVt8ptI8nTy2WOGMfSP/s1600-h/I'm+free.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344230015170226850" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrEX5GT-JemjXzOk_B_OoWU1X1mO4XZa0GWDIeaa251IgsyjUGCnPZBlwlwBrEvV_Xx9UNg19FdV8iajZmYW95FJMuRDgXEQjkukwvPSHIivkICdwRKzdOxgDL9NVt8ptI8nTy2WOGMfSP/s320/I'm+free.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Of the extra weight from his cast anyway. He's moving slow...as expected. I'm beginning to think it was easier to have the cast on...getting him to stretch and get used to using his leg again is more challenging than I thought it would be. But the good news is we get to spend lots of time in the pool...doctor's orders!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192240331231278194.post-89151023103691464982009-05-06T20:30:00.005-05:002009-05-06T21:02:45.939-05:00Finally something worth posting<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGemKZsAZlpfqf7iJ4dirILk6vmJudf_w1grxFGSdrOquiwznxGFB0_0GWl88L8ERqmXYJtPh8sHfFR1-VCNuzhiOLq5A3K-W7xH4OIwtKWCHThvsXpf7ZmD8fvjeUuaSmhbLJUG9nmnBw/s1600-h/The+new+slave+driver.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332888678627356066" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGemKZsAZlpfqf7iJ4dirILk6vmJudf_w1grxFGSdrOquiwznxGFB0_0GWl88L8ERqmXYJtPh8sHfFR1-VCNuzhiOLq5A3K-W7xH4OIwtKWCHThvsXpf7ZmD8fvjeUuaSmhbLJUG9nmnBw/s320/The+new+slave+driver.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I am pleased to relinquish the title of "Slave Driver" to none other than my youngest son...<br /><br />Please don't report to me to child protective services...I can explain!<br /><br />Before I start, for those of you who didn't know, in February I took a new position as the school secretary for a brand new elementary school that is currently still under construction and will open in August. That meant that I would be working at a different school for the rest of the school year than the one Chad currently attends.<br /><br />Yesterday Chad's 3rd grade class went on a field trip to a one room school house. Afterwards, like with most field trips in elementary school, they went to a park to eat their lunch and play. While on the see saw with a friend, the teacher announces it's time to get on the bus. So off jumps the friend and Chad's dangling leg got caught between the ground and the see saw. Immediately a chaperone called me to let me know what had happened and did I want to meet them at the school. The initial damage report is that he's got a pretty ugly bruise on the back of his calf, but no swelling. They asked if I wanted to meet them back at the school and what do I say...(keep in mind he is the youngest (and toughest) of my 3 wonderful sons) so of course I say "take him back to school and let the nurse check him out and then call me". Which they did. Then the nurse calls...remember, I worked with this nurse for 2 1/2 years and love her because she is the best at what she does. Knowing that Chad was in good hands, when she called me and said he could stay in the clinic the rest of the day with some ice, I was totally comfortable with that.<br /><br />So after school I went and picked him up...yep, it was an ugly bruise, but still no swelling. He could not put any weight on it. I carried him to the car and took him home and carried him to the couch. Greg gets on the phone to the orthopediac doctor but he can't see us until noon the today so he makes the appt. In the mean time, Chad is shaking and feeling nausiated and wants the puke pan, just in case. We load him up and head to urgent care for x-rays. 1 1/2 hrs later, yep, he's broken his tibula AND fibula. Lovely! Greg heads to work and I stay up most the night with Chad who refuses to take medicine for the pain until 4:30AM.<br /><br />So at noon today we head to the dr...yep, he's broken his fibula AND tibula...let's put a cast on him for 4 weeks, take and x-ray to make sure he doesn't need surgery immediately, come back Monday for another x-ray to double check he doesn't need surgery, and on June 10th (an eternity from now) come back and we'll take the full leg cast off and maybe put a knee high cast on, or a boot, or nothing at all and just do physical therapy to get him used to walking again...BEFORE our month long camping trip this summer!<br /><br />Sounds like fun...I know you are all wishing you were in mine and Greg's shoes right now!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192240331231278194.post-47698427846992663312009-02-15T22:56:00.010-06:002009-02-16T00:46:14.975-06:00The Man Cave is complete<span style="color:#ffffff;">It's late and I have no clue how to put my photos into a slideshow! Oh well...here are a few ph</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7zT5L5dvVe7SR-pBNQDzouRixAzGSmLYh2DYwGeJxuaP6ZTs1_frbOVtQHhzmIjynKL5N7eh-j8ad3DN8NNmWQ1O8CqR2YyFg_ptFplRDWlKGZL58BOSafqG-7sDbhXWUXbaP3N-igxx0/s1600-h/1-the+rock.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303266198489462802" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7zT5L5dvVe7SR-pBNQDzouRixAzGSmLYh2DYwGeJxuaP6ZTs1_frbOVtQHhzmIjynKL5N7eh-j8ad3DN8NNmWQ1O8CqR2YyFg_ptFplRDWlKGZL58BOSafqG-7sDbhXWUXbaP3N-igxx0/s320/1-the+rock.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijAXyN2v0PSSk80hgjx8YGkbT7OYYABafuaXRpPAHsQVwma8j5hbVOFl2lXAHfHQ_H_mzvhfgedk8_5xGNYm2K01jsoshn85Cuh7QJfBO66I4nk2MbhA407XlA3oGVDZjxw1FTpKHWfB6v/s1600-h/3-the+floor+support+beams.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303266200161154786" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; 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It was to set a goal for each month and accomplish it. Greg and I have talked about building a bigger shed in the backyard for the last 5 years and in December we made it a goal for January to build that shed. We figured we would give ourselves 1 month. I'm happy to report we will reach that goal...but it's already February you say. You are right. Ya see, we didn't start until January 15th so it hasn't technically been a month yet! And take into consideration the size of the shed...12x16! Yes, it's a small house but big enough to clean out the garage so I can park the car in it! All we have left to do is build the 2 doors and put the shingles on the roof! We will be done by this weekend then take a much needed long weekend and go visit his mom in California. Stay tuned for the slide show results next week!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192240331231278194.post-17186026042033864812008-12-29T23:58:00.006-06:002008-12-30T00:19:05.595-06:00Happy Birthday Ty<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibGcYRKho4DGkJLJb15Ec0vGVpAbHLkv0ErPfplHZYwz1IAARGJ7TgSYKt8ypUONhsHvqObQS2iSlbB6O27EoOP21Dtl1BmQmFTjcIEbnMNWEjNrWwbEzk6FdgHRO7Xri9WYuIT87RlUuP/s1600-h/Ty+turns+14.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285463776033819298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibGcYRKho4DGkJLJb15Ec0vGVpAbHLkv0ErPfplHZYwz1IAARGJ7TgSYKt8ypUONhsHvqObQS2iSlbB6O27EoOP21Dtl1BmQmFTjcIEbnMNWEjNrWwbEzk6FdgHRO7Xri9WYuIT87RlUuP/s320/Ty+turns+14.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>14 years ago today our first son was born! Where did the time go? I have no idea!<br /><br />Some things I remember clearly without reading the details from what I recorded in his baby book:<br /><br />1)1st birthday party with 6 or 7 other 1 year olds and their moms.<br />2)the time we were sitting in Sacrament meeting for a missionary farwell when Ty was a little over a year old and I broke down in tears. Of course Greg thought I was crazy when I told him I was crying because 18 years from then Ty would be going on a mission. Now it's only 5 years away!<br />3)the day he busted his head open on the fireplace in our first home and needed a plastic surgeon to stitch him up. He was 22 months old.<br />4)his first day of kindergarten<br />5)the first time he pee'd standing up (camping trip in McCall, Idaho)<br />5)his baptism day<br />6)his first trip to the principal's office (for expressing his choice for President in the 2004 election with his friends in the restroom)<br />7)when he became a deacon<br />8)his first football game<br />9)his first crush on a girl<br /><br />I'm glad I can remember the good times and not so many of the things he has done that haven't made us so happy at times!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192240331231278194.post-74922494521437856352008-12-10T21:41:00.006-06:002008-12-30T01:11:42.829-06:00Twice in their lifetime!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ_gVnQFE8yBre3ynrU-1wrhPxUgMDY-y0S_AwLpHyZyY9OCY8GApdePIevvCjx_YxWkvdjWiMthplmSl87go0PfGZIMgbZAtEVPEFBHAt4IYWz-W5RO9HEADsuInx2RwlqL9kxEUvD3ZV/s1600-h/What+the+heck!.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278374778569372626" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ_gVnQFE8yBre3ynrU-1wrhPxUgMDY-y0S_AwLpHyZyY9OCY8GApdePIevvCjx_YxWkvdjWiMthplmSl87go0PfGZIMgbZAtEVPEFBHAt4IYWz-W5RO9HEADsuInx2RwlqL9kxEUvD3ZV/s320/What+the+heck!.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijZKCWq3EjwIMfGTwCh90ZC4u0FS2xDdgyYZIBdqX9xSHd-MKyhkgJAWyGtIa2umFlUBTnqlYcZO3HfH20rYXM_VHAAaq7FHb6Kckdj7MgIXrWRjqh9qTDnoz5NhAhIywc-T_Rxsy1L-ms/s1600-h/Snow.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278374776873338018" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijZKCWq3EjwIMfGTwCh90ZC4u0FS2xDdgyYZIBdqX9xSHd-MKyhkgJAWyGtIa2umFlUBTnqlYcZO3HfH20rYXM_VHAAaq7FHb6Kckdj7MgIXrWRjqh9qTDnoz5NhAhIywc-T_Rxsy1L-ms/s320/Snow.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhstJy9gIk-T7JlNnAwnpRhAc3f2R8fAh3avXom24NhLHFRNR8OaDoafaJH5Nvy1RhryOmMEhZ1DQKDN65aMvoF7cIgrS8CS_CnU0G-tGRJoWVDhCUW96rFGrgQCKMYHDA1IxDrYiFbGRcP/s1600-h/Snowball+fight.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278374786377665186" style="WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhstJy9gIk-T7JlNnAwnpRhAc3f2R8fAh3avXom24NhLHFRNR8OaDoafaJH5Nvy1RhryOmMEhZ1DQKDN65aMvoF7cIgrS8CS_CnU0G-tGRJoWVDhCUW96rFGrgQCKMYHDA1IxDrYiFbGRcP/s320/Snowball+fight.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy08yBqBrVh9k_XY1JqWfQFsWZ6tWyOhdnzBR3Is3Q7ouVQj1CPjUje8Uc0xGOVQj0F8rGNJ8YS6Co6rTGWNAW7w6TxjGFDOSHTFzplOl0M1woCySsytnTtUIVXEFt-J4PeTHjHSNJ5TGU/s1600-h/Snow+on+the+trampoline.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278374794461578898" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy08yBqBrVh9k_XY1JqWfQFsWZ6tWyOhdnzBR3Is3Q7ouVQj1CPjUje8Uc0xGOVQj0F8rGNJ8YS6Co6rTGWNAW7w6TxjGFDOSHTFzplOl0M1woCySsytnTtUIVXEFt-J4PeTHjHSNJ5TGU/s320/Snow+on+the+trampoline.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6pMf4e7wJpDrbP5-ijrwPUq2KHTbGVyz8_2CCBGm_912b5wgfTyVdbwG8J7OlNPqqstn0k38VCvTjinZ3ldGecs0HykkPjpWF5Jr_VpVpyHoSBhCvQlDsXbs6WwUAhK2XrYzVEcHd31lE/s1600-h/Snowball+fight.JPG"></a><br /><div><div>Yes, I'm referring to the snow that has been falling in Friendswood, Tx since about 6:00pm today...maybe it started earlier, but I wouldn't know it was because I didn't wake up from my nap until then! </div><div><br /></div><div>But nothing will top the Christmas Eve snow of 2004!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGqWUnE57Mm4PcCE3wRUyBnuAykyvg9vCdBgQnYQTGrIvOTBShvpiUjU9zT9A41qCSqcAsWMwieJR6-xOoYvZvFaytF1R2BvHmvYVIxTkaWotkp-IiWCDOVV6TusLgeX39uDqrznVTcrCt/s1600-h/Unbelievable.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278377054005984370" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGqWUnE57Mm4PcCE3wRUyBnuAykyvg9vCdBgQnYQTGrIvOTBShvpiUjU9zT9A41qCSqcAsWMwieJR6-xOoYvZvFaytF1R2BvHmvYVIxTkaWotkp-IiWCDOVV6TusLgeX39uDqrznVTcrCt/s320/Unbelievable.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div>And it was still on the ground Christmas morning!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8uQdzaiMQxqOXlRtyn6ENKg4DgYqYmq0H5LMdh3BIw1FFx9GbmXolX2T8bZtvFnH8gmq47xBm4t9ctAi9mhKfgMSpFEZTAnYlE7-LpCkM9SwbOf9nxFfDRwQNpl_-GntaVL-lBNKWiNTY/s1600-h/Christmas+Morning+2004+(d).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278377047693326258" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8uQdzaiMQxqOXlRtyn6ENKg4DgYqYmq0H5LMdh3BIw1FFx9GbmXolX2T8bZtvFnH8gmq47xBm4t9ctAi9mhKfgMSpFEZTAnYlE7-LpCkM9SwbOf9nxFfDRwQNpl_-GntaVL-lBNKWiNTY/s320/Christmas+Morning+2004+(d).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192240331231278194.post-17308808542388886622008-12-06T17:15:00.002-06:002008-12-06T17:18:56.525-06:00It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas!The colder temperatures this week have helped to make it feel more like Christmas! It was 37 degrees one morning! We decorated the office at school Thursday and put up the tree and decorations at home that night as well. <br /><br />Today I went to some Christmas boutiques with my mom and a friend!<br /><br />And I even changed the background on the blog!<br /><br />Now I'm off to have a date with my hubby while my mom is keeping all the boys overnight!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192240331231278194.post-88859849447808860042008-12-03T21:45:00.010-06:002008-12-03T22:58:20.905-06:00It's been way to long since my last post...What can I say! It's easier to talk about blogging than to find the time to do it lately. I feel like I have to have pictures with every post and when it takes me a month to download my pictures to the computer so I can use them in my post I always get behind.<br /><br /><br />So once again I'm playing catch up.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwtKh6VGDB-FwzjBGfdOk5s9TFAr30xLmuCWgN0NPz21qYRAOzunQk4hWW_dVXSHzUJ0-XY2YK0vcrhN2BrUpeJHl4X_KkSDeVit-YnoaQjb6gWB0r4C6rfHbs5eLWT3GKP-JGKY38qoFV/s1600-h/DSC04580.JPG"></a>We finished all 3 fences and got a new roof! What a relief to have that behind us. We haven't gotten to building the shed yet due to some other delays (explanation below). We plan on paying someone to do the small amount of sheetrock work that needs to be done inside after the holidays just because we don't feel like messing with it.<br /><br />Halloween...Dylan broke his wrist at school during PE playing "two touch football". I guess that translates to a push and a shove...or a touch and a tackle. Oh well!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ou3lR_ilXo-sNNVCR6fjqYg9yi3zleeGYAvaZAU-S4MUpCnDPIQ_CZHB2ECgwQclJuz3kT20xj8zqOT01m_e9OOUZg-iRbNMKI24XscAhRTERIV72MDUGIm8Z9Qwan6WCA1vCTP9Ls7u/s1600-h/DSC04565.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275791434376378834" style="WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ou3lR_ilXo-sNNVCR6fjqYg9yi3zleeGYAvaZAU-S4MUpCnDPIQ_CZHB2ECgwQclJuz3kT20xj8zqOT01m_e9OOUZg-iRbNMKI24XscAhRTERIV72MDUGIm8Z9Qwan6WCA1vCTP9Ls7u/s320/DSC04565.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />The Monday after Halloween Greg got his braces on then Dylan got his on Wednesday. Gregs are the clear porcelin ones on the top so you can't even tell he has them unless you are close. All I can say is it's gonna be a long 2 1/2 years <span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"><em>for</em></span> <span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"><em>me</em></span>!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjezfRuQGjVhBxxG52c4J-BH8rjBwTmpiBCFPQ7T_8TVwM5NYR9-C-7EFPfc608qKVU9IQ-s41tld4fo4yhTAPYb4Od6v2hLXe3ecIwEQkcB438KqrOfNLgboqDQFnkJcTlKxifBMzTx77c/s1600-h/DSC04564.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275781897480838194" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjezfRuQGjVhBxxG52c4J-BH8rjBwTmpiBCFPQ7T_8TVwM5NYR9-C-7EFPfc608qKVU9IQ-s41tld4fo4yhTAPYb4Od6v2hLXe3ecIwEQkcB438KqrOfNLgboqDQFnkJcTlKxifBMzTx77c/s320/DSC04564.JPG" border="0" /></a>I also attempted to take some pictures of the kids for this years Christmas card. There were so many cute ones I still have no idea which ones to use! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqaXLLJWali3ipLGTxXTQaNSbKf4U7P54bz1aDqokDljPxKD4ifQvAE-8Txc2-RiZJEJaEXYUYxBxKswfMSiS4RRzNGEzeS7gNqlD-oy3hZ_f-_k9YJCEor0fN0QJm6epUQ9XqdIl8e0Mi/s1600-h/DSC04592.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275785900194836354" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqaXLLJWali3ipLGTxXTQaNSbKf4U7P54bz1aDqokDljPxKD4ifQvAE-8Txc2-RiZJEJaEXYUYxBxKswfMSiS4RRzNGEzeS7gNqlD-oy3hZ_f-_k9YJCEor0fN0QJm6epUQ9XqdIl8e0Mi/s320/DSC04592.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbhbYj3A92JXG00Pq_p6FhZEfNgMA9x8Uuh4d_3bp5xFBJ8GXv2YYRZqxN7I8W7B7gan7vY6yL_26rEFusHr8w6XbQKnh_ALPFSi_aLv9Mhum-dXcos_cspb7kQSQ3WLd9-vpBuBohCmXN/s1600-h/DSC04593.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275785894846435314" style="WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbhbYj3A92JXG00Pq_p6FhZEfNgMA9x8Uuh4d_3bp5xFBJ8GXv2YYRZqxN7I8W7B7gan7vY6yL_26rEFusHr8w6XbQKnh_ALPFSi_aLv9Mhum-dXcos_cspb7kQSQ3WLd9-vpBuBohCmXN/s320/DSC04593.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQTzUdSbWhRSbtKbBriyXeUIdvIkg_Nm7lsOyBlIjoBhtpuGYPKWbDJY9fe4UeJ4znGJ15jFw0E_Av2_TPpVch-DhSasg0zh2TLGvetzNs1Vu4Al2F1owIwRyGrzM5W_JqBjqx8SVIRFDw/s1600-h/DSC04589.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275785885715252306" style="WIDTH: 320px; 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CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJqMrWKUrGrkqmaJo_hbU6qgWaGloXYBu0fqOhwZs-dgM1PCM6BVxCnglZZrdEeykDwQmS1vMFJ5qlU5dml6pNd_QXOkSySEclKxotgSZtH9Cipsyd466vNgR0q-4z9gh71LVjnf8EY2OH/s320/DSC04583.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheTOEIsH_GD-nEK9iQKmQtg-qSQbcm-xDIpCqq7Sj1UJYrhpITaaHDatRoN2N8OWYvxGgGEw46bO3D_GlAbkAjNUaqsAUPKjO05td1wZy9_z8EjZE_XzK9qopfB0oMQXmRoqkVxL1J3RXL/s1600-h/DSC04579.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275789592460352786" style="WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheTOEIsH_GD-nEK9iQKmQtg-qSQbcm-xDIpCqq7Sj1UJYrhpITaaHDatRoN2N8OWYvxGgGEw46bO3D_GlAbkAjNUaqsAUPKjO05td1wZy9_z8EjZE_XzK9qopfB0oMQXmRoqkVxL1J3RXL/s320/DSC04579.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We had plans of staying home for the Thanksgiving holiday and working on the shed, rearranging furniture to make room for the Christmas tree, decorating, shopping on Black Friday, etc. However, the week before Thanksgiving my 98 year old great grandmother had a stroke and passed away in Utah. The funeral was the Monday before Thanksgiving so we all flew out to SLC and drove to Pocatello, Idaho to honor her. She had been a widow since her husband passed away in the 1950's. It was only the last 11 years that she lived in a nursing home...I say "only" but I think that's a long time. Luckily the 2 homes she lived in during those years she was watched over by family members. Her grandson, who is my 2nd cousin and my age, was her doctor for the last 2 years. She outlived 4 of her 8 children. This picture was from this summer when we last saw her.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJK1yx2bmiXPPrwbfN2R8XX4Lb-K0RzqFOthER7qCIacrX0o-b4leGMIw4atoSFGMYi9s7H3EKofv_VEz1ffNDh8aQbRwbHhy2eojauI316-QsnbbVU4Syd3uNMCzOVzbENnbeHWwInv0n/s1600-h/Utah+056.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275785877731685442" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJK1yx2bmiXPPrwbfN2R8XX4Lb-K0RzqFOthER7qCIacrX0o-b4leGMIw4atoSFGMYi9s7H3EKofv_VEz1ffNDh8aQbRwbHhy2eojauI316-QsnbbVU4Syd3uNMCzOVzbENnbeHWwInv0n/s320/Utah+056.jpg" border="0" /></a>Since we were already in Idaho we decided to drive over to Boise and stay the rest of the week with my brother and his family which is always a great time. The basement is filled with pinball machines that my brother has bought broken and repaired the "guts" and of course we had lots of Wii time together. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRk8HcFgJ2CPPfHzLpfvvEDcjQNchMNSbrDS8dSNf-E_shcZPgzXkL7_gI5iqA65cF5M5EFYwfbtAHCWvh0okWC76LVfqOBvq2PGJb8e6T6RoPgpmivQheo0pWUBFZqzm3eAEJBVQ-4URG/s1600-h/DSC01373.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275789606920579202" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRk8HcFgJ2CPPfHzLpfvvEDcjQNchMNSbrDS8dSNf-E_shcZPgzXkL7_gI5iqA65cF5M5EFYwfbtAHCWvh0okWC76LVfqOBvq2PGJb8e6T6RoPgpmivQheo0pWUBFZqzm3eAEJBVQ-4URG/s320/DSC01373.JPG" border="0" /></a>While there we also went to Idaho City which is an old mining town in the mountains<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMElDRVGId-OqCasXlVVy0nN7un67P5D0WFjfZSkUe6pW5fqUzqXBsSPpHevoB16RU-O0cyMpRCXiCIVvCHIHng6i-C-INPI4h4RWezIm-gMxLBrcVndNnmxWs9mwLMz3UEzRec_TMa-t_/s1600-h/DSC01356.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275789617588837602" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMElDRVGId-OqCasXlVVy0nN7un67P5D0WFjfZSkUe6pW5fqUzqXBsSPpHevoB16RU-O0cyMpRCXiCIVvCHIHng6i-C-INPI4h4RWezIm-gMxLBrcVndNnmxWs9mwLMz3UEzRec_TMa-t_/s320/DSC01356.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1BNhAIwiQ5s_WpExkn2b3wgYVgvblYyNVHbVI0oF7-Rqk7gPyFxQ5C4_TOqnV95mJMQWjDaXL0bSP3j_ywQS9nW3pYSA3Ck9mElBf7OjZ7cfh1Z2ojg7XDjU5WBx_oXESXvynter_S2-n/s1600-h/DSC01367.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275789621299188946" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1BNhAIwiQ5s_WpExkn2b3wgYVgvblYyNVHbVI0oF7-Rqk7gPyFxQ5C4_TOqnV95mJMQWjDaXL0bSP3j_ywQS9nW3pYSA3Ck9mElBf7OjZ7cfh1Z2ojg7XDjU5WBx_oXESXvynter_S2-n/s320/DSC01367.JPG" border="0" /></a>, did our "black Friday" shopping, and Greg and Ty went to the BSU vs Fresno State game later that night. We headed back to SLC early Saturday morning to beat the crowds and caught a Saturday afternoon flight back to the warm weather! It was a great holiday.<br /><br /><br />Now it is December, the cold front is coming in as I post this (I love having the windows open and covering up with blankets on the couch.) Tomorrow night we will have the extended family over for dinner and decorate for Christmas which is so fun! We will never forget the Christmas Eve in 2004 when it snowed! I'll have to dig that picture out and post it!<br /><br /><br />I love remembering the birth of Our Savior and all that he has done for me in my life. I love focusing on others and how they have blessed my life. I am greatful for this time of year for so many reasons. I am greatful for all of you!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192240331231278194.post-73812859876818800592008-10-28T17:07:00.015-05:002008-10-29T05:41:46.476-05:00What do we do with our time?Lately I feel like I don't get anything done and still at the end of the day I'm exhausted and fall asleep before my head hits the pillow.<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /></div><div>But in reality, when a friend that I haven't talked to in just few days says "what have you been up to?" and I tell her, SHE's exhausted! I know I'm not the only woman, wife and mother that feels this way...and I'm not looking for sympathy. It's only at moments like this that I realize I/we have really accomplished alot of things.</div><div><br /></div><div>Some of the things we have been doing with our time:<br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663300;">Building fences with neighbors</span></strong></div><div></div><div><span style="color:#663300;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG9fSD7RTBRaw4fN6hyyNNqeh1GgSzBzageiIOjmpwnKqeDE9b7khONk9_mgKUQ7AQbK1DP3Uzae1oZQwjrQuSw-T29ZcCA1IoGxQCurZLDryT6z40s5Ss15wpUfuhEc3y-p9J40h0t3F0/s1600-h/DSC04525.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262391310767144146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG9fSD7RTBRaw4fN6hyyNNqeh1GgSzBzageiIOjmpwnKqeDE9b7khONk9_mgKUQ7AQbK1DP3Uzae1oZQwjrQuSw-T29ZcCA1IoGxQCurZLDryT6z40s5Ss15wpUfuhEc3y-p9J40h0t3F0/s320/DSC04525.JPG" border="0" /></a>step 1-tear down and haul off the old fence </span></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKotO7XZQeKTaqupsuklTHVWHLgOUdx0VY6JkDkuIokdkKYBWCwncfSHA5IlCRMS6Vmk1P2ldA8w5jgStdSqJqFEsOR9I5byyGG5FyjvwASwqAsbjb26oDFzGQY29H8rXkf5ykMjY6p65b/s1600-h/DSC04522.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262393480936757538" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKotO7XZQeKTaqupsuklTHVWHLgOUdx0VY6JkDkuIokdkKYBWCwncfSHA5IlCRMS6Vmk1P2ldA8w5jgStdSqJqFEsOR9I5byyGG5FyjvwASwqAsbjb26oDFzGQY29H8rXkf5ykMjY6p65b/s320/DSC04522.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><span style="color:#663300;"></span></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /> </div><div><span style="color:#663300;"></span></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262393478419055698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimumL9-CsFX-pypROaBBc5HSjPd3UmtXjwjkKSCJrYhPjGHEra33g64Jy1J5qrKEuhBoKPEJPeYg7iZ7OaklglUcwf2AytEJnCH4IUKZjzhJWgBCLV66cbdBv5oI2K_fm99KyAxF2WPWj2/s320/DSC04524.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><span style="color:#663300;"></span></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color:#663300;">step 2-dig hole, pour cement, set post...you wouldn't know it but behind this one post there are 12 others that you can't see. That makes for one straight fence!</span></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwDYqbC0SznYkTC_sHnmfswbNdNMvqdXTVKYARXREy41BFb4BHDpOfnepSBNavYv2x6wJBNHTWjTR1DvYhUqrRDevX_gGjPzW1JpwyJLjFp11cUtVB6pR-JQ2P830okX2-PAcj8o-WT1th/s1600-h/DSC04527.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262391297153258242" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwDYqbC0SznYkTC_sHnmfswbNdNMvqdXTVKYARXREy41BFb4BHDpOfnepSBNavYv2x6wJBNHTWjTR1DvYhUqrRDevX_gGjPzW1JpwyJLjFp11cUtVB6pR-JQ2P830okX2-PAcj8o-WT1th/s320/DSC04527.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><span style="color:#663300;"></span></div><div><br /><br /> </div><div><span style="color:#663300;">step 3-nail 2x4's between posts </span></div><div><span style="color:#663300;"></span><br /><span style="color:#663300;">step 4-nail rot board to posts</span></div><div><br /><span style="color:#663300;">step 5-start nailing pickets, one at a time</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCCY5JDPQOrGaQ9_ZRNVLXqQ55nB7OikdNM7koqyyRhR670e6qyGPwXRlyiSSjrfkdk-w0dXDz4UTEvq5B9ign29qv-td0_w_iO36TWuYaAGgBgY3uJfrv71BkUtuleWDdYJD_v1OXQRkG/s1600-h/DSC04531.JPG"><span style="color:#663300;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262391298977872354" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCCY5JDPQOrGaQ9_ZRNVLXqQ55nB7OikdNM7koqyyRhR670e6qyGPwXRlyiSSjrfkdk-w0dXDz4UTEvq5B9ign29qv-td0_w_iO36TWuYaAGgBgY3uJfrv71BkUtuleWDdYJD_v1OXQRkG/s320/DSC04531.JPG" border="0" /></span></a></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><span style="color:#663300;"></span></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><span style="color:#663300;"></span></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#663300;">This is what it looked like at the end of day 2.</span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUPUp7ZgYvnQvrUJcQKm3eWxVOswQB6q59szIk0WboBCLNGueTjDJd4T0z23Ayyi8CK2vK2h12Wwq9dvA4nu-hxg2z5670oNcSO73X1uWgbfnr9K64uE4ssdAzTYiHnrEwP2E_FBv16rma/s1600-h/DSC04529.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262405994000100002" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUPUp7ZgYvnQvrUJcQKm3eWxVOswQB6q59szIk0WboBCLNGueTjDJd4T0z23Ayyi8CK2vK2h12Wwq9dvA4nu-hxg2z5670oNcSO73X1uWgbfnr9K64uE4ssdAzTYiHnrEwP2E_FBv16rma/s320/DSC04529.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color:#663300;">The final product: 83 feet long, 7 ft tall, worked with a great neighbor, 2 long weekends and only $440 (for 1 side).</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color:#663300;"></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color:#663300;">And because we had so much fun (NOT), this week we are doing it all over again on the other side of the house!</span></div><div><span style="color:#663300;"></span><br /><span style="color:#663300;">This week...we get to work with a very motivated but not very hands on helpful neighbor. We started Sunday at 2pm and it's Tuesday and we (well, Greg, my brother and the neighbor) dug the new holes for the posts and poured cement and set all but 4 of the posts while I cought up on blogging, returned the auger used to dig the holes, picked Dylan up from his bowling activity with orchestra, ran through Wendy's to grab a bite while waiting for Ty during his guitar lessons! Plas for tomorrow are to set the last of the posts before Ty's football game so Thursday we can get the 2x4's nailed up. That leaves Friday for trick or treating and Saturday and Sunday we can do the building part of building a fence! </span></div><div><br /><span style="color:#663300;">The 2 back neighbors we share the fence with aren't interested in helping build that section of fence so we said fine...we will fork out the money for someone else to do it as long as it is a reasonable price and good quality work...after all, we would much rather start working on our next project: building our new shed!</span><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color:#663300;"><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">Trunk or treating...</span></strong> </span></div><div></div><div><span style="color:#ff6600;">with our favorite little fairy princess Alexa...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjxpJJr8xvuW35qtKySN-GATShFR6OxQSN9BYVRH7x1V7a3HJ7aTneqQ84y-gS9WNZwtrEhbRajueSCmvb4xhMkDRzDn3XkBRV_KF4aXsM8HwD8xFY982hgCX-ogDA2wupsmMXRNFazPBO/s1600-h/DSC04547.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262333449521250322" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjxpJJr8xvuW35qtKySN-GATShFR6OxQSN9BYVRH7x1V7a3HJ7aTneqQ84y-gS9WNZwtrEhbRajueSCmvb4xhMkDRzDn3XkBRV_KF4aXsM8HwD8xFY982hgCX-ogDA2wupsmMXRNFazPBO/s320/DSC04547.JPG" border="0" /></a>I know that if we would have ever had a little girl she would have been "one of the boys"! This little princess loves to play swords and rumble and tumble with the boys. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyH241C-Kln56X6wVMuIlIG3pRpnzbLsJTSYFoN-LKf-oNWc3iW8HqwLtKWFH9GO01NeMlukuugQ4A6akwQlbys2MN_WzCsNoWWxv9SO1NZ3PAUK9gmj4F8I-Y-UR25TNPExKgWDHjoyqa/s1600-h/DSC04538.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262343869498039634" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyH241C-Kln56X6wVMuIlIG3pRpnzbLsJTSYFoN-LKf-oNWc3iW8HqwLtKWFH9GO01NeMlukuugQ4A6akwQlbys2MN_WzCsNoWWxv9SO1NZ3PAUK9gmj4F8I-Y-UR25TNPExKgWDHjoyqa/s320/DSC04538.JPG" border="0" /></a>They are very protective and watchful over her and love having her around most of the time...which reminds me of a few months ago when she was getting to be quite good at walking, we had her overnight and Chad asked me if I could strap her in her car seat because she was getting into everything!!! Of course I told him I tried that with him and it didn't work so there was no use trying it with Alexa!</span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLkzK8Q9SYswpfAJyNmXp3TeAdFQ9_Z47Tdanun5kDQ8cRItKdGib3xM2zXQ-ihOWstdUrRbEbCztie8sqxxFd16wYAjkQUG9EUGZTd5sQNbLRKQtJEFcrTodp3-_YyVBEivlF0LrRUT_f/s1600-h/DSC04539.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262397225840064338" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLkzK8Q9SYswpfAJyNmXp3TeAdFQ9_Z47Tdanun5kDQ8cRItKdGib3xM2zXQ-ihOWstdUrRbEbCztie8sqxxFd16wYAjkQUG9EUGZTd5sQNbLRKQtJEFcrTodp3-_YyVBEivlF0LrRUT_f/s320/DSC04539.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><span style="color:#ff6600;">We haven't seen much of her the last few months because my aunt has been in Indiana. She came home after the hurricane to deal with insurance and then she came back this past weekend to vote. Both times she was able to bring Alexa over to our side of town so we could get our "Alexa" fix!</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigj2rjtG9HPzFP_G6U-kAC9_yRy-wLTi8ROp3cpSbqNVMyugWgzA0Onr-k7x6wE374UImeKwk012Lt0H7ImqRwZCh4NNEBNSVsQleeepzOE3tbQbERtqVRptiD64b60O7pVC9zCwCJBAze/s1600-h/DSC04552.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262397235643564594" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigj2rjtG9HPzFP_G6U-kAC9_yRy-wLTi8ROp3cpSbqNVMyugWgzA0Onr-k7x6wE374UImeKwk012Lt0H7ImqRwZCh4NNEBNSVsQleeepzOE3tbQbERtqVRptiD64b60O7pVC9zCwCJBAze/s320/DSC04552.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">Fishing</span></strong></span><span style="color:#000099;">...</span></div><div><span style="color:#000099;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#000099;">Last Saturday the bishop and YM president took Ty fishing with them to High Island. They go out in the Gulf in kayak's which Ty loves. Good news, as you can see from the picture, <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjquNTAoS7FdWolxSosicZ-8B1-J-i893kdPwHxUuXsaSXVGek8eb4fxPVN3_1-oFvAAG5xNRxTYI37UapCqkCQiApjvUtL29JwG8DiAqX1QxiJ_D8-Xwj0G4DWZtTHO4x_YP6T2zz_PL3j/s1600-h/DSC04556.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262393467903765778" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjquNTAoS7FdWolxSosicZ-8B1-J-i893kdPwHxUuXsaSXVGek8eb4fxPVN3_1-oFvAAG5xNRxTYI37UapCqkCQiApjvUtL29JwG8DiAqX1QxiJ_D8-Xwj0G4DWZtTHO4x_YP6T2zz_PL3j/s320/DSC04556.JPG" border="0" /></a>Ty caught a huge (at least I think it's huge) red fish. We cleaned it and had a wonderful dinner on Sunday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWtyirmliTrk-ZjF7UHiac6ztfF5gBuglanwjJMHZaqhdk8VNs4Yn6Dsn6l_DlCC3Nza0DgWcoZXcuUeSI8-x3OL2555IEUd4SQugREXWiswk0CAwcN_66Vm2aUmmIYMrG9XQ-CmLO15pE/s1600-h/DSC04558.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262393475086231266" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWtyirmliTrk-ZjF7UHiac6ztfF5gBuglanwjJMHZaqhdk8VNs4Yn6Dsn6l_DlCC3Nza0DgWcoZXcuUeSI8-x3OL2555IEUd4SQugREXWiswk0CAwcN_66Vm2aUmmIYMrG9XQ-CmLO15pE/s320/DSC04558.JPG" border="0" /></a>. Bad news, which anyone that knows Ty can recognize he looks a little different in the picture...no glasses. Yep, you guessed it, there is a fish in the Gulf wearing Ty's glasses! If you happen to see Mr. Limpet, grab Ty's glasses! <em><strong>Good news</strong></em>...we had Ty's eyes checked last week and he needed a new prescription anyways. <span style="color:#ff0000;"><em>Bad news</em></span>, he doesn't have a backup pair and the new glasses won't arrive until Wednesday. <em><strong>Good news</strong></em>, tomorrow is Wednesday and they should be here in time for his 5pm football game!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color:#000099;"></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color:#000000;">I love being busy! I'm sure it means we have earned a vacation at the end of it all!</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192240331231278194.post-62050743647117087382008-10-16T14:56:00.013-05:002008-10-16T20:18:45.804-05:00Fences, and Roofs, and Braces...Oh My!<div>It's been a while and from the title of this post you may be able to figure out why. But first I have to back up to more post Ike highlights.<br /><br /><br />One week after Ike hit it was a Friday, the day after Greg had left on his annual hunting trip to California. My aunt Donna and a few of her daughters were in town because they were going with my mom and grandpa on a cruise to the Bahamas out of Miami on Sunday. I had just learned that the kids and I would be off of school the entire next week because the schools were not all ready to handle students and staff. Our school district was the worst hit...even worse than Galveston schools. 39 out of the 40 schools in the district had some damage...some worse than others. Ty's gym and locker and weight rooms were destroyed so they are using the portable buildings for the rest of the football season at least and probably until the end of the year.<br /><br /><br />Anyway, we were driving around town looking for eggs and the thought came to me and I said to my aunt Donna "tell me why the boys and I aren't going on the cruise with all of you." And her reply was "I don't know. Here, talk to my travel agent." So we called her up, they had a room that held 4 and most of all, the price was right. So Friday afternoon I bought some new clothes and Sunday morning 9 of us boarded the plane to Miami. We spent the afternoon at South Beach <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP3YNpayTO-aPiiwAMhruD7ebCVukws-ydKFOVFwUPwGwbX_Ll76RtImcgA2eZhbDqFS4ZtEqmAo7Vf7iAmn4Lrn-CXpohvjVzQjkddpTdpzhyphenhyphenmaAGEqWFv4Z0dzzsa1_jClaYRBXKGVQ8/s1600-h/DSC04421.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257851486640753842" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP3YNpayTO-aPiiwAMhruD7ebCVukws-ydKFOVFwUPwGwbX_Ll76RtImcgA2eZhbDqFS4ZtEqmAo7Vf7iAmn4Lrn-CXpohvjVzQjkddpTdpzhyphenhyphenmaAGEqWFv4Z0dzzsa1_jClaYRBXKGVQ8/s320/DSC04421.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />and Monday at 2pm we boarded the ship. It was not my favorite cruise line (Norwegian) but the ship was newer and nice. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfRbzJPUESm76eRKHLYVGNShB-PZo2Hekw79NUyLiIHAYEIIF_plcpdOP-YJcfbLrVZtKzCfeWGJB9ikNgabIl_YnVSk_LlXfdVZzAt0rlIA_p7nxrym5oBpKfyR9KsmfdxXM-3v1hCXgR/s1600-h/DSC04516.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257851503370641842" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfRbzJPUESm76eRKHLYVGNShB-PZo2Hekw79NUyLiIHAYEIIF_plcpdOP-YJcfbLrVZtKzCfeWGJB9ikNgabIl_YnVSk_LlXfdVZzAt0rlIA_p7nxrym5oBpKfyR9KsmfdxXM-3v1hCXgR/s320/DSC04516.JPG" border="0" /></a>The staff was nice but slow at meal time.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The ports we visited (Freeport, Nassau,<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuGHwrjOGPKGl02OIOHUr5IDR3b6U4zSF8LMojY4YrHpoSZIMb06Wlnt9Ne90fbTRQtX2_2lCE8fJ6ZzLPY5rijyYi9TtOd6zv4hSSDeMPVQEh_IC_Zg1lAOW6d3xZXuicBksIL5jRcdBj/s1600-h/DSC04488.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257851490739522402" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuGHwrjOGPKGl02OIOHUr5IDR3b6U4zSF8LMojY4YrHpoSZIMb06Wlnt9Ne90fbTRQtX2_2lCE8fJ6ZzLPY5rijyYi9TtOd6zv4hSSDeMPVQEh_IC_Zg1lAOW6d3xZXuicBksIL5jRcdBj/s320/DSC04488.JPG" border="0" /></a> and Norwegian's private island) were all nice and sunny. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgLEwxNnjWcjcqb04M1RlzOVLfB8OQhNsKi-2zLItK7fqB63Ge1LyeloecW6TDc1H27sf15tHOLN44VnLjQZwybm1JLG0fX0hp4NoDxCXbaPlzvD0OnRTVAQEdEUodizJVtu0ySLF5FEV1/s1600-h/DSC04512.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257863304527905298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgLEwxNnjWcjcqb04M1RlzOVLfB8OQhNsKi-2zLItK7fqB63Ge1LyeloecW6TDc1H27sf15tHOLN44VnLjQZwybm1JLG0fX0hp4NoDxCXbaPlzvD0OnRTVAQEdEUodizJVtu0ySLF5FEV1/s320/DSC04512.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />We flew home on Friday, Greg got home Sunday, and Monday it was back to reality...dealing with insurance adjusters and hunting for a roofer, fencer, and/or contractor that 1)we can trust 2)will do a good job 3)that will do it at a reasonable price 4)that can have the job completed before the boys get out of high school. We have met with 2 roofers and 2 fencers so far. Saturday a roofer will come out and meet with us and the insurance adjuster. We do know that the one fence that didn't have any damage but still needs replaced will be built this weekend only because Greg and the neighbor are going to do it themselves. We have been talking about it for a few years and since the other 2 fences will be new we decided it's as good as time as any to do the 3rd side. I wish the other neighbors were able to help build the fences we share but that's not the case. They have said they would pay Greg labor if he built them since we would be number 1 in line for a fence instead of 431...or 243...or you get my point. It may end up that the boys and I help Greg build the other fences just to get it done! Watch for pictures of our new fence in a future post.<br /><br />Now onto the braces...Greg and Dylan went to the ortho this week and November 3rd and 5th is "B" day for them! They received their "last supper" (a bag of candy and gum) from the ortho as we left. They will both be in them for 2 1/2 years. Dylan will have to have the herbts device<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMWzLii_5lGlxg7F1msqF1Hx7ecT9orJKanlVQesvbT8zbeTG_YjF8K5Acf5QH-Gf-CohOHSG9LZrThTc3VgyCNf6kfC90VkEm0tnezFYGUvSmNRM4gIAcqK6fvhWNFzUBqpcbEwOELNHW/s1600-h/herbst-02.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257926016099823794" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMWzLii_5lGlxg7F1msqF1Hx7ecT9orJKanlVQesvbT8zbeTG_YjF8K5Acf5QH-Gf-CohOHSG9LZrThTc3VgyCNf6kfC90VkEm0tnezFYGUvSmNRM4gIAcqK6fvhWNFzUBqpcbEwOELNHW/s320/herbst-02.jpg" border="0" /></a> for the first year also to force his bottom jaw to grow forward. Greg is too old for that device since he is done growing so after a year he can have surgery to correct his bottom jaw. They would break it then insert permanent extenders. He's not sure if he wants to do that yet. I'm glad they are doing this together for moral support reasons only...definately not excited about the financial side of it. Stay tuned for photos!<br /><br />That's it for now...</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192240331231278194.post-75329874597493845502008-09-16T19:17:00.027-05:002008-09-17T14:59:01.588-05:00Our Ike Experience<div><br /><br /><div><br /><div><div><div><div><div>Boy was I fooled thinking I'd be able to blog through the storm. Yes we had power via the generator but no internet! Duhhh! Some people think I was a blonde in a previous life. I will start where I left off...</div><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#000099;">Friday evening</span>---our hurricane guests started arriving around 6pm...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEPGWAoN35eB0Vnool78g9XfeGi4N1BWCCeLQ5rLCjB3R9rLgdNIi25-m69OODrDjzARVTEh6vMGbLVcf_Mq7r-l7zxdgcnQ1oXA7MSwmHPvc1Oqd-glcEmu_pvqW8E3sbzF9LkXoSVzer/s1600-h/hurricane+Ike+party.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247063931855516146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEPGWAoN35eB0Vnool78g9XfeGi4N1BWCCeLQ5rLCjB3R9rLgdNIi25-m69OODrDjzARVTEh6vMGbLVcf_Mq7r-l7zxdgcnQ1oXA7MSwmHPvc1Oqd-glcEmu_pvqW8E3sbzF9LkXoSVzer/s320/hurricane+Ike+party.JPG" border="0" /></a>bringing with them beds, extra tv, batteries, water, snacks, and moral support. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7y7OZUsOgp5Vk7kWgpYlpsdiCGRVQ88zSm7a0xSqeLfMDwvQ0Xmppkv6qz5JObx9HK0IiuWzQtl0e_V1Hdy7GQLhbByc9wlOxdjNDDMKmB3gNDDluYH1zOFWwCDF3zydO421hg8L0fnB7/s1600-h/Hurrican+Ike+party+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247063935452914034" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7y7OZUsOgp5Vk7kWgpYlpsdiCGRVQ88zSm7a0xSqeLfMDwvQ0Xmppkv6qz5JObx9HK0IiuWzQtl0e_V1Hdy7GQLhbByc9wlOxdjNDDMKmB3gNDDluYH1zOFWwCDF3zydO421hg8L0fnB7/s320/Hurrican+Ike+party+2.JPG" border="0" /></a>We started having intermitant power surges around 7pm. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuR_3q3JsJZW7GwMdFw6oQ5LpFOpr6_ROiuyfHJYHe1I7Fm8cAmMoUD6AivFknFR2bA3Bugbm5VCPtHGzrB5NfZ5WF7v9UlB1Xfb4CBjGwIIL2UKzaKDA273yTUitf_1fLT2fi1AACRE2B/s1600-h/Pre+3-Chad+watching+the+b%26w+tv.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247063925350874210" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuR_3q3JsJZW7GwMdFw6oQ5LpFOpr6_ROiuyfHJYHe1I7Fm8cAmMoUD6AivFknFR2bA3Bugbm5VCPtHGzrB5NfZ5WF7v9UlB1Xfb4CBjGwIIL2UKzaKDA273yTUitf_1fLT2fi1AACRE2B/s320/Pre+3-Chad+watching+the+b%26w+tv.JPG" border="0" /></a>I would count to 15 or 18 and the power would come back on so we continued on with our game of cards and the kids played "Rock you like a hurricane" <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgHkKSlE1T-iSnZmgZgGvhRKeHirbgg6OJxDAgZyAnOH4VW_DfiKrJseP5Vz-50P3OBel1hKm4JrbK3J5moGNAE_jk207p_Y-mNcXz_NHNgl3LvSptUtWGLUKNbjO2YB5NyU17RapG0tr0/s1600-h/Rock+me+like+a+hurricane+(3).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247064921063880114" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgHkKSlE1T-iSnZmgZgGvhRKeHirbgg6OJxDAgZyAnOH4VW_DfiKrJseP5Vz-50P3OBel1hKm4JrbK3J5moGNAE_jk207p_Y-mNcXz_NHNgl3LvSptUtWGLUKNbjO2YB5NyU17RapG0tr0/s320/Rock+me+like+a+hurricane+(3).JPG" border="0" /></a>on guitar hero. The winds and rains started around 8pm. By 11:15pm when the power went out and I had counted to 25 I knew this was the beginning of the loss of power for an unknown amount of time. However, we did have Greg's Iphone for entertainment! He pulled up some old emails that his friend Mark Massey sent...you know the ones that get forwarded to you that someone forwarded to him that someone forwarded to him, and so on. Some of them had us all in stitches. By about midnight the kids and my mom and grandpa had gone to bed. Just in the knick of time because the conditions outside worsened. I remember at one point during what we thought was the worst of it Dawn asked the question something like "who's bright idea was it to hunker down through this storm?" The husbands looked at the wives as Dawn and I pointed at each other...and then we laughed and the guys said "just we thought!" </div><br /><br /><div>We were watching the local news on the battery operated black and white tv and about 1:30ish the eye was directly over Galveston and all was calm <em><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">there</span></strong></em> and would be for the next 1 1/2-2 hours...so we had something to look forward to-NOT! Galveston is only about 28 miles from us so the eye would theoretically reach Friendswood in about 2 hours. So we waited...and waited...it was about 3am and still blowing like crazy. Sustained winds reached about 85mph with gusts up to about 105. We sat and waited for the windows to shatter so that we could patch them ...I just knew we would regret not boarding up. I had been up for almost 24 hours and couldn't take it anymore so I went in the bedroom and crashed out. I woke up a few hours later with the rains and wind still around 50mph and learned that at the last minute Ike jogged to the east...this was good and bad. <strong><span style="color:#000099;">Good</span></strong> because it forced the storm surge to the east side of Galveston Bay instead of the west side where the community is that my school is at along with all the parents and students and many of the staff members live...<span style="color:#009900;">Bad</span> because that meant we in Friendswood never had the benefit of the 2 hour calm of the eye...we got the west side of the eye wall continuosly until the storm finally passed around 11am...<span style="color:#6600cc;">Good</span> because the west side is the "clean" side. The amazing thing...the kite in the tree in our front yard has been stuck there for about 3 or 4 years...and it's still there!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigGbAsAnrRTALAiTM8I4py8z2Mr-tWT17Ym2YYLHYikH9-cwiqxNAI6CyGOPMsyTR1_Ezi7erDjamLAqGRyFOBqFOJJIWmzF1ss5An0xNVqfTgBNYQweLxUhpx6BgYs8vVsV5KiZo_h1oA/s1600-h/DSC04379.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247071971076216610" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigGbAsAnrRTALAiTM8I4py8z2Mr-tWT17Ym2YYLHYikH9-cwiqxNAI6CyGOPMsyTR1_Ezi7erDjamLAqGRyFOBqFOJJIWmzF1ss5An0xNVqfTgBNYQweLxUhpx6BgYs8vVsV5KiZo_h1oA/s320/DSC04379.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div><em><span style="color:#330000;">On the menu tonight</span></em>: grilled chicken breasts, sausage, mac and cheese</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;">Saturday</span>---We are so blessed! Not lucky...BLESSED. We lost alot of fence <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwlpz9YXhAgBz7MObiJORSGdvZUbH7D9orh1rrBsOSb644B46vbLN3Xx2-sDFDuzkSNt4wOA2uvx5mjKn-3hQ13Ktp100kkacX6SfIIf7y70EaWPl5dRWsFn_A6S-m34jWq0o9WV8-lDlG/s1600-h/DSC04403.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247070266322586290" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwlpz9YXhAgBz7MObiJORSGdvZUbH7D9orh1rrBsOSb644B46vbLN3Xx2-sDFDuzkSNt4wOA2uvx5mjKn-3hQ13Ktp100kkacX6SfIIf7y70EaWPl5dRWsFn_A6S-m34jWq0o9WV8-lDlG/s320/DSC04403.JPG" border="0" /></a>and a lot of shingles off the roof. No problem...until Sunday morning when it rained! The roof started leaking <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5EFVvsYxD9PPlUGjMJek5d6Q19tmCk1zDqQJofyq9Qqc4XBe_1CEtdntnwIl51k-QtFBeVKJkDF89XJzflR-bTbz-HizGTqkJB0ARNVeRbOK5Kp8wLV1MFnUC8ORYORiKG1U8ra4QWooG/s1600-h/DSC04399.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247075185640546290" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5EFVvsYxD9PPlUGjMJek5d6Q19tmCk1zDqQJofyq9Qqc4XBe_1CEtdntnwIl51k-QtFBeVKJkDF89XJzflR-bTbz-HizGTqkJB0ARNVeRbOK5Kp8wLV1MFnUC8ORYORiKG1U8ra4QWooG/s320/DSC04399.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQKFmrWSD5mmA1zDjbkct3tcS8LYzG7hVay01xmVIwEPvgtRjmcV8c2uGKpvFK0myugNc9IngdTX9AHjp42Duo7-68rjvVvaAUIJ9kykJ8AoIUsEAvBeVWraR8lZKOsjxPS-l_dLYJpWCl/s1600-h/DSC04373.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247075188868297618" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQKFmrWSD5mmA1zDjbkct3tcS8LYzG7hVay01xmVIwEPvgtRjmcV8c2uGKpvFK0myugNc9IngdTX9AHjp42Duo7-68rjvVvaAUIJ9kykJ8AoIUsEAvBeVWraR8lZKOsjxPS-l_dLYJpWCl/s320/DSC04373.JPG" border="0" /></a>over the entry way. Thank goodness it only rained for 3-4 hours. It also moved our air conditioner unit. It didn't move it totally off it's pad, but it did shift it several inches.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzHnOsi6undBGeloj-CFdueeqQT_8gLbQGcLQEvo6LiY1lQV1zyAq00W05C9nKxAUxsuvXJSMW1fChtX2ASGi9oTbXDdZHGH0XZATiwEBssqQXZdWODb41GsHjFErIPoByS7BQ4PCjrcZm/s1600-h/DSC04401.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247070262740347218" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzHnOsi6undBGeloj-CFdueeqQT_8gLbQGcLQEvo6LiY1lQV1zyAq00W05C9nKxAUxsuvXJSMW1fChtX2ASGi9oTbXDdZHGH0XZATiwEBssqQXZdWODb41GsHjFErIPoByS7BQ4PCjrcZm/s320/DSC04401.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>We started our new life living with a generator...trying to save as much food from the others refridgerators and freezers and cooking it as fast as we could...which was faster than we could eat it! But we gave it a good shot! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD2IOE99hp8hGpllS137huDx9l4cPU6yojcAKdSzHsnzDmrnBYLPB8NYic0mcVTtYOwQsi2X05xVoiX4lWCBFFgTmSqIyLV-eN-5UB8bPpRZRbP2Vv28jYa9X4IbVpfu-uuhDG9DUmADYa/s1600-h/DSC04363.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247064922268970914" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD2IOE99hp8hGpllS137huDx9l4cPU6yojcAKdSzHsnzDmrnBYLPB8NYic0mcVTtYOwQsi2X05xVoiX4lWCBFFgTmSqIyLV-eN-5UB8bPpRZRbP2Vv28jYa9X4IbVpfu-uuhDG9DUmADYa/s320/DSC04363.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div>Chad was the official "toast master"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUaZ_FTRyBg1NmSenvmQwd2qMwcCc5BDwp9T-M3c8a5O8rAoKq2H_EySCs5StbPenWQ2EThWHWhuUUepbTSWwzNAMVlcrHlS3TIi8Tlv6NJDf75tAeFafntP0F7W8kPdN-Fv1TcW9Via0P/s1600-h/DSC04374.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247064929254480914" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUaZ_FTRyBg1NmSenvmQwd2qMwcCc5BDwp9T-M3c8a5O8rAoKq2H_EySCs5StbPenWQ2EThWHWhuUUepbTSWwzNAMVlcrHlS3TIi8Tlv6NJDf75tAeFafntP0F7W8kPdN-Fv1TcW9Via0P/s320/DSC04374.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>We ventured out Saturday around noon to check on mom's, grandpa's, aunt Jan's, and Dawn and Jerry's places. It took a while since alot of the streets were blocked by downed trees and power lines. But in the end the damage to their homes was minimal as well...gutters and fences and a few shingles. And once again we realized how BLESSED we were...as was the majority of our area. Of all the trees that we saw down I would bet 90% fell away from homes and cars...that's why we couldn't get around the streets very easily. It was truely an amazing sight every time we turned around.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmvBVjC12wVXa9_eS-8S6VcOg9HvzSE6V02SW25xHaoCCl9_60GcneE06R7qZx8ZOp4RyUZxb4g05meM92VXv5UCYNP89FBkVxbArLmQixPiQmThIeMq84wKLeYqT8VUOou9GXQhqZ9Tcv/s1600-h/DSC04365.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247075165321873602" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmvBVjC12wVXa9_eS-8S6VcOg9HvzSE6V02SW25xHaoCCl9_60GcneE06R7qZx8ZOp4RyUZxb4g05meM92VXv5UCYNP89FBkVxbArLmQixPiQmThIeMq84wKLeYqT8VUOou9GXQhqZ9Tcv/s320/DSC04365.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0lHWAeEKbGwH6yH6-ktibhenh-tfvwMXehrOjLSI9KvvCaDsAScxxi-WFzBsE6gQAXhgNnEVnPJemVPtwhHiOR0fwCrzeTIcBZu2aqsZWFszWFct8hHjp4E_eFn2tz844PgTGgFQ9QGqb/s1600-h/DSC04371.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247075182188050754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0lHWAeEKbGwH6yH6-ktibhenh-tfvwMXehrOjLSI9KvvCaDsAScxxi-WFzBsE6gQAXhgNnEVnPJemVPtwhHiOR0fwCrzeTIcBZu2aqsZWFszWFct8hHjp4E_eFn2tz844PgTGgFQ9QGqb/s320/DSC04371.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmaLQKbEbu_Xq4VbnlN8bJC_eqAOvvEJTojVDmCcW1IyecYkV1GudTo4TvzEr6TDAe-iy_P20mIEC5aiGwUbErnVFwBaz3G1kCIyUHHVJa7Qo2i_7HMh2hWrzNsaZ4wnZWzbAI_Fi0bYmd/s1600-h/DSC04367.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247075177538587746" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmaLQKbEbu_Xq4VbnlN8bJC_eqAOvvEJTojVDmCcW1IyecYkV1GudTo4TvzEr6TDAe-iy_P20mIEC5aiGwUbErnVFwBaz3G1kCIyUHHVJa7Qo2i_7HMh2hWrzNsaZ4wnZWzbAI_Fi0bYmd/s320/DSC04367.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p>After lunch we checked out some other areas of town to see the devistation. Unbelievable as you probably agree after seeing some of the media coverage. By the way, we found that ice machine in the parking lot that Dawn swore she saw on Nasa Rd 1...it was really in League City.<br />We never lost water which was wonderful and we have a gas stove, oven and hot water heater! YEAH! That helped a ton when it came to cooking and HOT showers! Saturday's temperatures were hot and humid making things very uncomfortable. We finally had to put sheets over the leather couches so we wouldn't stick to them. Our friends decided to go back to their house that night to sleep in their own beds instead of on our couches...but they still did not have power. I think the important part was that we were all together during the storm.<br /><br />Greg and I decided it would be more comfortable to sleep under the stars on the trampoline...and we were right.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUirHUQUWvBNaImu2vJYuxVdpVSwj_hyQ1gtuHH06yuP8hYzC_6VlaW6fUspfzqHiMZ2kH7wDMVs_aP4ZhrZf0l2WtkAThquQbMBYTj8Yr1bpvAOLW5W40aX8dVpEuL1JlfTPeI4M7osty/s1600-h/DSC04383.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247064933222033266" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUirHUQUWvBNaImu2vJYuxVdpVSwj_hyQ1gtuHH06yuP8hYzC_6VlaW6fUspfzqHiMZ2kH7wDMVs_aP4ZhrZf0l2WtkAThquQbMBYTj8Yr1bpvAOLW5W40aX8dVpEuL1JlfTPeI4M7osty/s320/DSC04383.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#330033;"><em>On the menu tonight</em></span>: ribs and sausage</div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#003300;">Sunday</span>---still no power at the Pemberton house. We thought Dawn and Jerry and the kids would be back over for breakfast...sure enough Dawn and Logan and Bryson pulled up about 11am honking their horn and waving <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnHlthiN24BjU8URH78tNVUB_qE5tS8pu7HTpimyVg7gDsy_o0jRCF3ZPGoVn3xsVpwrl7RQHkozFdpRjHwovkHLPxYEawXt7DzKttr1uDwgEeLbXBGaTnforC-HCkyYi7y0ZxKr_yrRDp/s1600-h/Day+2-donut+shop+is+open.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247066537995895218" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnHlthiN24BjU8URH78tNVUB_qE5tS8pu7HTpimyVg7gDsy_o0jRCF3ZPGoVn3xsVpwrl7RQHkozFdpRjHwovkHLPxYEawXt7DzKttr1uDwgEeLbXBGaTnforC-HCkyYi7y0ZxKr_yrRDp/s320/Day+2-donut+shop+is+open.JPG" border="0" /></a>fresh hot donuts out the window shouting "we've got the power!" <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9FuZ20BojbMe7zStKRz_NGMPdeL1zDV6NX8YJVylKrMeR44tKcxcRW8QbOlNH86zcg0AArV-gbehRgkPk4yYug3xIJIH8y7bicBJBZFITtXxAWTpbSGsODwK8_LG86YLnM_vCH0bTKRCi/s1600-h/Day+2-We+have+the+power.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247066529166766898" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9FuZ20BojbMe7zStKRz_NGMPdeL1zDV6NX8YJVylKrMeR44tKcxcRW8QbOlNH86zcg0AArV-gbehRgkPk4yYug3xIJIH8y7bicBJBZFITtXxAWTpbSGsODwK8_LG86YLnM_vCH0bTKRCi/s320/Day+2-We+have+the+power.JPG" border="0" /></a>Their power had been restored. They live right behind Walmart and Sam's Club...what do you expect! The celebration was a little premature since after about 2 hrs they lost power again...no we weren't laughing <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">at</span></em> them, we were laughing <em><span style="color:#000099;">with</span></em> them. </div><br />The only one that sustained bodily injury through the whole thing was Chad. He went outside and a stray dog jumped on him and he didn't have a shirt on. We doctored him up and convinced him he would live.<br /><br /><div>For some reason our land line went out and the cell service of course was hit and miss so I went to my mom's to place the dreaded call to the insurance company and get that process started (which is sure to be long and complicated).</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVwC2aVeZkmtiOReVIIohyZRVrQ8BvEURNEU9vniB5pLThh6Kw1BGQULW2bfohhlsE48x9lybcFgxYHY-Pjb7epFPeBRur5lYMKRBxXK3ayK5W7OkJmPsl8PhLzp7LoETJgdJk2tcVvcWI/s1600-h/DSC04360.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247068741275900290" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVwC2aVeZkmtiOReVIIohyZRVrQ8BvEURNEU9vniB5pLThh6Kw1BGQULW2bfohhlsE48x9lybcFgxYHY-Pjb7epFPeBRur5lYMKRBxXK3ayK5W7OkJmPsl8PhLzp7LoETJgdJk2tcVvcWI/s320/DSC04360.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><em><span style="color:#330033;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjavcCDH_hkNc79GKtr0oWr2xu-MKWOjlL7tM-VJ-rPF9cz-cP5OzKsA7jeQ5ursU81XE1KIW7oEZ4edEZ_8-kmDKF1d7Zf11Z8TH4_nDRdNfjrUwuqD5tvT5OqtVOB5h32IXF37XMJoN0P/s1600-h/DSC04360.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvktCC3Kh4U7kgNV_bQUr8l51GQFKotqlsHVCCuNsVAxWfT3QbtOw0xiCVj1KqGLt21B3alh7Iju3t5G91QYWvpDOlLDPqnaRAmjmedFfFWekrmXxEvu8pAjci8Chi8C0q0SzQWfWfqsb/s1600-h/DSC04361.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247066553707788674" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvktCC3Kh4U7kgNV_bQUr8l51GQFKotqlsHVCCuNsVAxWfT3QbtOw0xiCVj1KqGLt21B3alh7Iju3t5G91QYWvpDOlLDPqnaRAmjmedFfFWekrmXxEvu8pAjci8Chi8C0q0SzQWfWfqsb/s320/DSC04361.JPG" border="0" /></a>On the menu tonight</span></em>...brisket</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1w9vTxHbuXRI0L1qqj0_UXDnSIPpKPkJyk6QyDI71JDVh-DuR0U94m_mWezWINirLpxnZryMY8kwXQjPy8JZBhgZNDm96PxmXCkezg_JVk2k-9c3Uc4j9OxO6wnrpznbgyHkLFL0QxjA1/s1600-h/DSC04362.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247068745230398370" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1w9vTxHbuXRI0L1qqj0_UXDnSIPpKPkJyk6QyDI71JDVh-DuR0U94m_mWezWINirLpxnZryMY8kwXQjPy8JZBhgZNDm96PxmXCkezg_JVk2k-9c3Uc4j9OxO6wnrpznbgyHkLFL0QxjA1/s320/DSC04362.JPG" border="0" /></a>By 9pm the power was restored again and it stayed on this time so we went and visited with them at their house before returning to our trampoline to sleep yet another night without power!</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#6600cc;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#6600cc;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#6600cc;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#6600cc;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#6600cc;">Monday</span>---Waking up we found at some point Chad decided to join us on the trampoline. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCWkI36cYYDm77PnNfk2CzIXajRWF5kDxMtnpOAp6QpiXR6JSvQWvnM4YUy_nzjuIryYABSC-NYoH5Vj5_XoI9CXlaFL6JufVSxR5rmvX5_Vu7LbZC9W8_xzfSowYZjDQOb5KXIWqAgxpr/s1600-h/DSC04387.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247070251955369298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCWkI36cYYDm77PnNfk2CzIXajRWF5kDxMtnpOAp6QpiXR6JSvQWvnM4YUy_nzjuIryYABSC-NYoH5Vj5_XoI9CXlaFL6JufVSxR5rmvX5_Vu7LbZC9W8_xzfSowYZjDQOb5KXIWqAgxpr/s320/DSC04387.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig4hGsd-pLsRKLqFR52aRQc52jzCBK4TiUdZaStJPmLNw6h5RfmOz-TymixXZuxhyphenhyphen1TQtClTO-zSaYCVB8sBhVRmW7isL0S1WyD-mNNqA8nqTc7vg99o99pXaGttJGkHJq0UWZZWpc95mc/s1600-h/DSC04388.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247070256792422514" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig4hGsd-pLsRKLqFR52aRQc52jzCBK4TiUdZaStJPmLNw6h5RfmOz-TymixXZuxhyphenhyphen1TQtClTO-zSaYCVB8sBhVRmW7isL0S1WyD-mNNqA8nqTc7vg99o99pXaGttJGkHJq0UWZZWpc95mc/s320/DSC04388.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Knowing the community in which I work and Chad has several friends and classmates was hit very hard, we wanted to do something to show them we were thinking of them and their stuggles ahead. Dylan also had friends in the area since he attended school there last year. We made sack lunches to deliver in the Clear Lake Forest neighborhood behind our school. We didn't know if anyone would want them since we didn't get to the area until around 1:30 but that didn't matter. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglGNmr0wocX8c6mC3mo22YNybhlzBtsqN-n7lWCVRBvxhHhMLmqnpkwQyHB4bDjZBf_zURruwgsQj5mv0jIUxSYrXpEDgisAEVsAbfepegAcun-AbfcnSNfZYvm2RMQHJRfsQF3acGMm_c/s1600-h/DSC04392.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247071952515688322" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglGNmr0wocX8c6mC3mo22YNybhlzBtsqN-n7lWCVRBvxhHhMLmqnpkwQyHB4bDjZBf_zURruwgsQj5mv0jIUxSYrXpEDgisAEVsAbfepegAcun-AbfcnSNfZYvm2RMQHJRfsQF3acGMm_c/s320/DSC04392.JPG" border="0" /></a>It didn't matter if we saw anyone we knew or not. I loved this lady's shirt...if you can't read it it says "my kids think I have money coming out my (you fill in the blank)... and then it has a $100 bill between the cheeks! I couldn't stop laughing even though it is a little graphice. Back to business...I didn't know who lived in what house but I knew the families in that neighborhood that I have come to know and love from working at the school for now my third year. What a great experience we had. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwwKzSXmg3dwrub6dCWfwU6GCQWVASkplryux_E0MUNjz6TndF2T-aBt47euRWS78Ha_Neke9dPjI_IUT0p0g8joqEEl3Jhgo-FDKss2WlAPPU8S17DzSlppd9DQaH-tQLOfPkvwvdxFis/s1600-h/DSC04391.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247071965369646226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwwKzSXmg3dwrub6dCWfwU6GCQWVASkplryux_E0MUNjz6TndF2T-aBt47euRWS78Ha_Neke9dPjI_IUT0p0g8joqEEl3Jhgo-FDKss2WlAPPU8S17DzSlppd9DQaH-tQLOfPkvwvdxFis/s320/DSC04391.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpa6OjR5vbe2GSYP6ooyT0CRMB95jpEbtgWN03yi3NTctZHtOsaPGCJwcAx7KAigH5mNe10r8Yrk_3Wz_-edy6EsRQuTAHq7-zY71AUpZT7PRQX3B4EU5JV_GrXfP584JJy5a6j5bknZXR/s1600-h/DSC04390.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247071966910127554" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpa6OjR5vbe2GSYP6ooyT0CRMB95jpEbtgWN03yi3NTctZHtOsaPGCJwcAx7KAigH5mNe10r8Yrk_3Wz_-edy6EsRQuTAHq7-zY71AUpZT7PRQX3B4EU5JV_GrXfP584JJy5a6j5bknZXR/s320/DSC04390.JPG" border="0" /></a>We sat in the back of the truck as Greg drove up and down the streets so we could offer what we had. We only ran in to three families that I knew but fed many others. We wanted to go to some other neighborhoods but ran out of food and couldn't get in to Nassau Bay unless we lived there. </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>While we were passing out food, Ty helped grandpa clean up the branches out of his yard. Grandpa said he worked his tushi off. I am so proud of our kids.<br /></div><div>I know there will be many more opportunities to offer service in the future.</div><br /><div><em><span style="color:#330033;">On the menu tonight</span></em>: steak and shrimp<br /></div><div>(Chad joined us all night on the trampoline Monday night!)</div><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#990000;">Tuesday</span>---Greg headed back to work at 6am this morning. He works at Hobby for Continental Airlines. They didn't have power in the hangers but they were able to clean up twisted meta and debris. Greg was in charge of creating a white board for employees that had damage to their homes to list their names and needs and others could sign up to help them or leave names and info of someone they know that might be able to provide a service for them. What a great idea, honey!<br /></div><div>I was woken up at 8am by Ty pouncing on the trampoline yelling "we have power!" And from that moment on the washing machine started and it didn't stop until about 9pm. And the only scare was when I was putting the last load in and the power went out...before I counted to 3 it was back on...sigh.</div><br /><div>After dinner tonight Ty and Greg climbed on the roof to put a blue tarp over where we are missing the most shingles. We are expecting rain this weekend and he is leaving Thursday night for his hunting trip and I didn't want to take the chance since we know the insurance company won't be getting out here anytime soon.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg87jHoRQ-8WO0AHgMMc2sfkvw4z8Gke0si9FPYHLNnCpbdCQmNZQeXBv7Xn2Ld996Lbu80vqI534rTl_Dudp896O0T-v5saiPx-N4Wit4WltSdcUDa1xC3NUlUCa-DPsLfkPKLWqJrTQam/s1600-h/DSC04397.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247070272145878434" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg87jHoRQ-8WO0AHgMMc2sfkvw4z8Gke0si9FPYHLNnCpbdCQmNZQeXBv7Xn2Ld996Lbu80vqI534rTl_Dudp896O0T-v5saiPx-N4Wit4WltSdcUDa1xC3NUlUCa-DPsLfkPKLWqJrTQam/s320/DSC04397.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>As I put the last load of clothes in the dryer and reflect on the whole Ike experience, I count my many blessings, and name them one by one:</div><br /><div>*we are all safe and so are our friends and family</div><br /><div>*the kids fell asleep before the worst of the storm<br /></div><div>* the sun will come out tomorrow as it did after the storm</div><br /><div>*at least Greg wasn't hunting during this hurricane like he was during Rita<br /></div><div>*life was definately more bareable thanks to the investment of the generator and gas appliances</div><br /><div>*cool fronts that came through on Saturday that provided wonderful weather for opening windows to air out the house and also perfect weather for sleeping under the stars on the trampoline</div><br /><div>*we were prepared and didn't have to wait in lines for gas and food and ice<br /></div><div>*the money we saved by having all the stores and resturants closed we can put towards our insurance deductible</div><br /><div>*we know what to expect next time we decide to "hunker down"<br /></div><div>Thank you to all of our friends and family that checked on us continuosly via texting offering us a place to stay and anything they could do to help. You are all loved and appreciated.</div><div> </div><div>As for what we will do "next time", remember a few posts ago I referred to the "Rita factor"...next time, I'll make the decision to evacuate or "hunker down" based on the "Ike factor"!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192240331231278194.post-52623388040760997312008-09-12T19:30:00.005-05:002008-09-12T19:46:43.102-05:00Current Conditions<div>It's 7:30pm and mom, Dawn and I just got back from a drive. We went to my aunt's house to get the electric pump to blow up the air matresses because I put ours in a place I wouldn't forget (yeah, I forgot where I put it). Her house is already without power which means grandpa's house is probably without power. We decided while we were out to look around. While driving down Bay Area Blvd a traffic light cable snapped and if mom had to swerve to the right to avoid having the traffic light go through the windshield (glad I wasn't driving!)<br /><div><br /><div>We drove to Nassau Bay...Clear Lake Park is under water...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmkrU11-l1bMyRIblWJTQHcvrT_4jI-KkDYKapvNHgw9BjsMSBKPVlrBRcOyik4MnaRGpNqIqPPor27u0_VcSNJ8tGrz3AR4cD9yzTd7QbZjUI_uPmAxrWGmAyN43WhS2Mv0XqZjgCNdvn/s1600-h/Clear+Lake+park.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245300702527905490" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmkrU11-l1bMyRIblWJTQHcvrT_4jI-KkDYKapvNHgw9BjsMSBKPVlrBRcOyik4MnaRGpNqIqPPor27u0_VcSNJ8tGrz3AR4cD9yzTd7QbZjUI_uPmAxrWGmAyN43WhS2Mv0XqZjgCNdvn/s320/Clear+Lake+park.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div> </div><div>The Hilton Hotel parking lot is packed with news crews...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDcuWJjG-UGZHFddyGlv-Cc9AGQ2_oSV9HK3KQifdbkNPil5GQbVnodmSiQmpzx3XvUalrgl5r1ippxYVNWHXhbl8g7-QeX8YObxCuvhhYydWSn7ff_d7_T7Pqm9H5sjXqTcYW0SdCSif/s1600-h/Hilton+Hotel+parking+lot.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245299827789574338" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDcuWJjG-UGZHFddyGlv-Cc9AGQ2_oSV9HK3KQifdbkNPil5GQbVnodmSiQmpzx3XvUalrgl5r1ippxYVNWHXhbl8g7-QeX8YObxCuvhhYydWSn7ff_d7_T7Pqm9H5sjXqTcYW0SdCSif/s320/Hilton+Hotel+parking+lot.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>The Bal Harbor and Nassau Bay subdivisions are baracaded to keep everyone out but you could see the water in the streets.</div><br /><div>The winds are pretty steady at 30 mph and gusts to 40-45mph.</div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192240331231278194.post-84800268522383879102008-09-12T12:25:00.006-05:002008-09-12T19:29:39.718-05:00Pre-Ike landfall activities and conditions<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOfewAuysKsrkOoez9ArnNZZlzHZN3DNjuraWNf8dJuEwx2UjPRhtgm3-oeEDKGuhBP9ngLnXp94kxK69Oc0OH5mE1GVoqqUwYshFbt5_f9euCsyS5YyrHnHOjGb0DiBWj15Vj6xhQ2XOc/s1600-h/DSC04346.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245294813398028834" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOfewAuysKsrkOoez9ArnNZZlzHZN3DNjuraWNf8dJuEwx2UjPRhtgm3-oeEDKGuhBP9ngLnXp94kxK69Oc0OH5mE1GVoqqUwYshFbt5_f9euCsyS5YyrHnHOjGb0DiBWj15Vj6xhQ2XOc/s320/DSC04346.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The replies to the email I sent out a few hours ago assures me who our real friends are because they have NO problem telling us how they really feel by calling us names! Names like BRAVE or CRAZY. I can assure you we are not BRAVE so that leaves CRAZY! Thanks to you all.<br /><br />Dawn looking a little frazzeled...this was before the power surged twice and the winds started gusting!<br /><br />We are gladly taking in overnight visitors. My mom, my grandpa, and our close friends Dawn and Jerry Davis, their daughter Marissa, and sons Logan and Bryson...oh yeah and Jezzie (the dog). They are bringing over matresses and an extra tv to hook their Wii up. The method to our madness is pooling our resources and supplies and with 5 realatively young kids, 2 tv's, a Wii and a PS2 should keep the arguing to a minimum. Of course for the older crowd we will be watching the weather as we play our favorite past time games such as hand and foot or a dice game.<br /><p>Greg securing the grill...</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwef6oHH517WoXCW8933pXMnSy12GrS8N7-FfdxH2FXPsNtVsckv3ArPP3_p99QLixWEjmUKa1uanfGi7fmCtoA1Ie2Of_csW5n3vafpKPRe6ty8Cg2XaXtJVMFi5BEg56kl9J_3cRBEOE/s1600-h/DSC04343.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245294797581955682" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwef6oHH517WoXCW8933pXMnSy12GrS8N7-FfdxH2FXPsNtVsckv3ArPP3_p99QLixWEjmUKa1uanfGi7fmCtoA1Ie2Of_csW5n3vafpKPRe6ty8Cg2XaXtJVMFi5BEg56kl9J_3cRBEOE/s320/DSC04343.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Jerry and Grandpa waiting for something to happen...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR6bs3aOWfNtNCQxP-fE8Qoukh9OTfumQNxinPkCdhuI0iNwGqF_biTdoBVD76LNQ2vP-DDJG_D-PHdorCFdNoE6PDAIgRKik8j2zuLtAlm6mNyi6Pj1GRiumUrmC617vByVVyEiKEo2OP/s1600-h/DSC04344.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245294802686502498" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR6bs3aOWfNtNCQxP-fE8Qoukh9OTfumQNxinPkCdhuI0iNwGqF_biTdoBVD76LNQ2vP-DDJG_D-PHdorCFdNoE6PDAIgRKik8j2zuLtAlm6mNyi6Pj1GRiumUrmC617vByVVyEiKEo2OP/s320/DSC04344.JPG" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192240331231278194.post-56025338545096066792008-09-12T07:18:00.009-05:002008-09-12T08:46:55.443-05:00Bloggin about IKE<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQwOkhUNqJHUqwkI-wrfRjLF45usjmdvX0iiyOAb_pycZZkQVaUnzhXajFY6v1EL0x6PHCtN1HZsdSQEv084hWpyZxKe9uaD6Mk4DVKJbCJ7dneat690l5yy9H7kbFlDLNkrBjlNaMwa8c/s1600-h/Let+the+party+begin.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245117730405255986" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQwOkhUNqJHUqwkI-wrfRjLF45usjmdvX0iiyOAb_pycZZkQVaUnzhXajFY6v1EL0x6PHCtN1HZsdSQEv084hWpyZxKe9uaD6Mk4DVKJbCJ7dneat690l5yy9H7kbFlDLNkrBjlNaMwa8c/s320/Let+the+party+begin.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I never imagined being a blogger...especially not one that blogs when a hurricane is predicted to hit us within the next 20 hours. But here it goes!<br /><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;">Wednesday, Sept 10th</span>...started doing laundry about midnight so we had lots of clean clothes for when the power goes out. Went to bed at 2:45am...not because I had that much laundry but because of I don't know why! I'm not nervouse I just think it's anticipation anxiety or something.<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Thursday, Sept 11th</span><span style="color:#000000;">...5:15am (refer to Sept 10th entry to calculate how many hours of sleep I had) On his way out the door to work Greg thought it would be a good idea to wake me up and send me to the gas station to fill up the truck and to Walmart to get some <em>more </em>water. I guess he wanted to get my heart pumping early in the morning. Keep in mind with the price of diesel it has been a VERY long time since we have actually </span><span style="color:#3366ff;">filled</span><span style="color:#000000;"> the truck. It has been used for the short runs to scouts and the store. Luckily Greg has been carpooling with my brother and friend to work at Hobby so I can take the car to work. I can't say I experienced sticker shock but I wasn't pleasantly surprised either. Oh well...I filled up and then headed over to a basically empty Walmart. I don't know why...we didn't <em>need</em> anything except a 6 volt battery for the flashlights. But I managed to wander around and find stuff that by the time I got the very short check out line I had spent $56. I think I just wanted a story to tell when others tell me about their 10 hour wait in line fighting over cans of tuna!</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#993399;">6:30am</span> -I was back in my pj's and crawling into bed...right after I checked the latest updates on Ike's path.<br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">7:00am</span>-Mayor of Houston issues manditory evacuation for our zip code. The phone starts ringing, texts start coming in.<br /><span style="color:#ff9900;">9:15am</span>-debrief the boys on the things that need done<br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">9:20am</span>-Ty, Dylan, and I mow the back yard<br /><span style="color:#33cc00;">9:55am</span>-hit the drive thru at Sonic while drinks are still 99 cents<br /><span style="color:#663366;">10:30am</span>-arrive at grandpa's to start sorting boards to put on windows<br /><span style="color:#996633;">1:30pm</span>-boards 90% installed. Steve and Greg will finish grandpa's windows, start and finish aunt Jan's and mom's windows when they get off work in an hour.<br /><span style="color:#000099;">2:00pm</span>-shower to prepare to watch my 5 month old niece and 11 year old nephew<br /><span style="color:#ffcc00;">5:15pm</span>-catch a 1 hour nap<br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">8:00pm</span>-friends Dawn and Jerry and their kids come over to watch the weather, play cards, and talk about "hunkerin' down" and post hurricane plans</div><br /><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhUkUsBfpDP-b5KGoZN66qPpPeqIwZMLPqR7pzB6PT-iGYqcUv_G3gZyEsBPFM6esbmxhP0kbuB0U82VyyHBpY7GP_TubJd9SOsPnUBr4ugRcJDJ14_4AsxWHRWLGqiWwZ6LlmlupYPcY-/s1600-h/bring+it+on+IKE.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245118076739875650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhUkUsBfpDP-b5KGoZN66qPpPeqIwZMLPqR7pzB6PT-iGYqcUv_G3gZyEsBPFM6esbmxhP0kbuB0U82VyyHBpY7GP_TubJd9SOsPnUBr4ugRcJDJ14_4AsxWHRWLGqiWwZ6LlmlupYPcY-/s320/bring+it+on+IKE.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><span style="color:#006600;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#006600;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#006600;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#006600;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#006600;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#006600;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#006600;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#006600;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#006600;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#006600;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#006600;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#006600;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#006600;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#006600;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#006600;">10:30pm</span>-Dawn and I go looking for an automatic ice maker that Dawn swears she has seen in a parking lot on Nasa Rd 1 somewhere to stock up on ice...never found it <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX9_8ziUnmR4ez6pBdVvN3YIJDg0Sei2_fR_A55VwKJpuy-NNDHE6tVS6CR6d8WhVyDizzmVqvHy_U_fyPJACvIuk8WV3DFqZtgp742nglLGRQ-fJTfVoPAiic_2LMwU7kX6tF1lzJJYL6/s1600-h/IKE+photos.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245118762317623570" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX9_8ziUnmR4ez6pBdVvN3YIJDg0Sei2_fR_A55VwKJpuy-NNDHE6tVS6CR6d8WhVyDizzmVqvHy_U_fyPJACvIuk8WV3DFqZtgp742nglLGRQ-fJTfVoPAiic_2LMwU7kX6tF1lzJJYL6/s320/IKE+photos.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span style="color:#660000;"></span><div><span style="color:#660000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#660000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#660000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#660000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#660000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#660000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#660000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#660000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#660000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#660000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#660000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#660000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#660000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#660000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#660000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#660000;">Midnight</span>-went to bed<br /><br />Now that I have caught up...Stay tuned...</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192240331231278194.post-72417825771805577562008-09-11T02:15:00.001-05:002008-09-11T02:19:21.368-05:00Where were you...<a href="http://www.ilike.com/artist/Alan+Jackson/track/Where+Were+You+(When+The+World+Stopped+Turning">http://www.ilike.com/artist/Alan+Jackson/track/Where+Were+You+(When+The+World+Stopped+Turning</a>)<br /><br /><br />Thank you to all my friends and family that have in the past or are currently serving in the military so that my family and I can live in this beautiful and free country.<br /><br />God Bless the USA!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192240331231278194.post-15171293090614475652008-09-11T00:36:00.004-05:002008-09-11T01:28:20.931-05:00Here we go again...Except we really aren't "going" anywhere! At least I'm not! I'll talk about Greg's plans later!<br /><br />Tracking Hurricane Ike at <a href="http://www.stormpulse.com/">www.stormpulse.com</a><br /><br />So often when any post-Katrina/Rita storm appears to be heading for the Gulf, especially towards Galveston, when the media talks about possible evacuations they often refer to "The Rita Factor"...which is basically referring to people like me! After evacuating for Rita, all though the normally 6 hr drive only took 11, I figure unless it's a category 10+ I'm gonna "hunker down" with the generator we bought and never used during Rita! I'm not boarding up any windows, taking any pictures off the walls, cleaning out the bottom of closets or underneath the beds...and I'm definately not getting in a car or truck unless it's to drive around and be a "look a lu" at the creek levels and wind damage. Since school is cancelled for the next two days I am doing all the laundry so if we loose power we will all have clean clothes for a while.<br /><br />My "Rita" story: Greg left for work on Saturday night with plans to leave Sunday morning (after he showered at work of course) and catch a flight to head out on his annual hunting trip (more like a glorified and expensive camping trip)in Mt. Shasta California with his cousin and friends, knowing there was a "distrubance" in the Gulf of Mexico. He said to me "what are you going to do if a storm hits?" My reply was "what are you going to do if there is an earthquake in California while you are hunting?" We both laughed it off and away he went to work. By Tuesday afternoon the schools closed for the rest of the week, I went home, removed pictures from the walls, etc., packed clothes for a few days, and grabbed our 72 hour kit so we would be ready to leave Wednesday morning. Well, that would have been fine except I was also helping pack up my grandpa, my mom, and my aunt who all decided Wednesday morning to put boards on their windows while I was taking a quick video of all the contents of all the houses for insurance purposes, packing there important stuff in the back of the truck, etc.<br /><br />Since I couldn't get Greg on his cell phone while he was on the mountain, I contaced his mom to tell her what my plans were. We finally got on the road at 4pm Wednesday afternoon. After about 7 hours on the road I got a call from Greg. I think his words were "Some hunter on the mountain said Houston was evacuating. What are you gonna do?" So I explained what I had already done and where we were headed and told him to call me every day so I could keep him up to speed on our plans since he didn't have access to the weather.<br /><br />Fast forward to Saturday morning after having already spent 2 1/2 days entertaining the boys in a strange town and in a hotel with the rest of my family (luckily we had 2 adjoing rooms) and watching the weather channel 24/7. During the night Friday the storm looked as if it was turning more north and east of us, the media speculating on how we may have "dodged a bullet this time" and might be able to start returning home late Sunday or Monday.<br /><br />The phone rings and it's Greg asking for an update. Excited at the thought of getting out of the hotel and back home I start rambling off the weather update and plans on returning home, etc. and all I hear Greg say is "So aren't you gonna ask me if I got a deer?" If I could have jumped through the phone I think I would have but instead I calmly said I was a little preoccupied with other things and that wasn't the first thing on MY mind. (Yes he got a deer...his first one ever!)<br /><br />The drive back home was only 7 hours. And by the time Greg got home from California all the pictures were back on the walls and if it weren't for the guy on the mountain telling him Houston was evacuating he would have never known what a crazy and stressfull week I had while he was gone! But that's ok! He got his first ever deer and shipped the meat home. It was his third year to go hunting and so I think we figured out that deer meat cost about $100 per pound! Only to be lost when we had a power surge and the freezer went out and we lost all the meat...which didn't bother me too much because I'm not a big deer meat eater...unless it's sausage!<br /><br />SOOOO...know you know if you ask me what the plan is for IKE, I am staying! But I think it would be good for Greg to experience an evacuation with the boys, his mother in law, and my grandpa!!! What do you think?<br /><br />Disclaimer: I am not bitter (anymore)LOL...it has been 3 years since that happened. I just like telling the story! Almost as much as I like to tell the story of how we met! My version is always the better version! Love ya, honey!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0