tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30707375365931057722024-03-19T04:19:24.964-07:00The Oregon PostKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771283369575312395noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070737536593105772.post-62411641333078510772012-03-16T20:24:00.005-07:002012-03-16T20:52:01.936-07:00Firestation and the Grandparents!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIVRUKt9JEcpm17kJZFt7qbMFrkU4TyZClogiwUnCSlWuXjU6Ha5z7UtjQ2pGq1mF7YkhhheNLgBN6WmJAkKv48ksiYddbhz1Dda4vJArkJj0OeTbZSufSQQ5U6Wh7Z4sIk0F-ex0qGcCi/s1600/DSC00179.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIVRUKt9JEcpm17kJZFt7qbMFrkU4TyZClogiwUnCSlWuXjU6Ha5z7UtjQ2pGq1mF7YkhhheNLgBN6WmJAkKv48ksiYddbhz1Dda4vJArkJj0OeTbZSufSQQ5U6Wh7Z4sIk0F-ex0qGcCi/s320/DSC00179.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720707384662800738" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHy_x-b0GoT6cipdfy6tEw9hEWBAa-YCvqmq1bfVMzbIBXVUaDL0AFRIFJz6xN4kwCeUAuCUO9algCzZa-nySZ9ov5ZARoAalrZFp4Xu71YsrPcJOaFCkTZTaopPOv3nnntvLA6cFTKy_Z/s1600/DSC00177.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHy_x-b0GoT6cipdfy6tEw9hEWBAa-YCvqmq1bfVMzbIBXVUaDL0AFRIFJz6xN4kwCeUAuCUO9algCzZa-nySZ9ov5ZARoAalrZFp4Xu71YsrPcJOaFCkTZTaopPOv3nnntvLA6cFTKy_Z/s320/DSC00177.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720707374273415218" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncqqqz8UEAAtCWg5eccUonbQGpsFw0x_tj94l3sVlNccc7CWF-ZREHruGu6bTqWuFTi14ATCdZXOylBUSSA8ogM8NNwbQw3ClmsywHMLEHM0-6ep3m-8SPC1_8Mgyqqx0lO0nEDMc4l-Z/s1600/DSC00176.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncqqqz8UEAAtCWg5eccUonbQGpsFw0x_tj94l3sVlNccc7CWF-ZREHruGu6bTqWuFTi14ATCdZXOylBUSSA8ogM8NNwbQw3ClmsywHMLEHM0-6ep3m-8SPC1_8Mgyqqx0lO0nEDMc4l-Z/s320/DSC00176.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720707368782477570" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4qps0n4FUFpzqTiAb0_MLnXUsFi4iEbHmLlaH2o7OPJZV9wp7GNYgr61vpqPnsKYWC9RKYU6Qiy3xjKCG1DiGuxEuFH9vua9kbvfcdSX1Tg3zt1KKUpUj-K1b6W4Ehpzb6VXvWbB93myL/s1600/DSC00183.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4qps0n4FUFpzqTiAb0_MLnXUsFi4iEbHmLlaH2o7OPJZV9wp7GNYgr61vpqPnsKYWC9RKYU6Qiy3xjKCG1DiGuxEuFH9vua9kbvfcdSX1Tg3zt1KKUpUj-K1b6W4Ehpzb6VXvWbB93myL/s320/DSC00183.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720707393778231618" /></a><br />Last week, our Joyschool group went to a fire station in NE Portland for a field trip! Apparently they forgot we were coming and we had to wait about a half hour for someone to show up, but once they did the kids loved learning about fire safety, and riding down the fire pole a million times. We watched a video about the ABC's of fire safety and how to keep safe during a fire. I think the kids learned a few things. It made for a fun field trip.<br /><br />Last week my parents came into town for a short 3 day visit! They miss all their grandchildren that have moved away, and try at least once a year to visit all of them. It was so nice to have them here, even though it was a short time, and even though it was cold and rainy for a lot of the time. But such is the weather in Oregon in March. On Friday we drove to Cannon Beach and got blown all over the beach with the wind. But we survived by gathering seashells. Unfortunately my Dad dropped his nice work phone into the ocean just as the tide was coming in while he was hurling rocks into the sea!...I guess it paid him back. how sad. We continued driving down the coast to Tillamook and had to make a stop at the Tillamook Cheese Factory. The smell when you step out of the car was so bad of manure and cows, my dad said, "Well those cows must be playing a roaring game of 'pull my hoof'!" It was pretty stinky. But luckily, inside smelled nice. Although with a factory dedicated to making cheese, and people eating tons of free samples, you just never knew at what moment the aroma could change. <br />That night we went and saw the movie "The Lorax" which Sammy liked a lot, and enjoyed watching with Grandma and Grandpa. On Saturday we rode the train from Dave's office down close to Saturday's Market and made my parents walk through the rain for at least an hour or so seeing the sights of downtown Portland. Had to give them the true Oregon experience! Didn't think about the fact that my mother was "recovering" from pneumonia and relapsed not soon after that. Sorry mom. Besides making my mother even more sick, it was still a fun trip and the girls thoroughly enjoyed their time spent with Grandma and Grandpa Brewster.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRQ71mVZ_98iD_pNaqayL1yzN0Zjr5k4M0An6zIFm7_IUxe8VgJQodVomXEXkdAZ-hrmDQodiQVhRxgk34qIMvoqGOcQuDt3EbQGxFBORnLA97ViM2elO00KU62bUmQgnlNBbpk946k95/s1600/DSC00213.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRQ71mVZ_98iD_pNaqayL1yzN0Zjr5k4M0An6zIFm7_IUxe8VgJQodVomXEXkdAZ-hrmDQodiQVhRxgk34qIMvoqGOcQuDt3EbQGxFBORnLA97ViM2elO00KU62bUmQgnlNBbpk946k95/s320/DSC00213.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720708502891271698" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc1wKtbStffEIUSqIWqlp3SmSZTINkVPrVlu-XSO8rjFtIVWnKdAl-hc0eL6AVKtqhMnZKX5dU408zDNXY7ZXuguNGrF49QHtcK1rFTAbBxmXRUqvr1BFLnzpZZbp4pC5dnhtbl9knyDtf/s1600/DSC00212.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc1wKtbStffEIUSqIWqlp3SmSZTINkVPrVlu-XSO8rjFtIVWnKdAl-hc0eL6AVKtqhMnZKX5dU408zDNXY7ZXuguNGrF49QHtcK1rFTAbBxmXRUqvr1BFLnzpZZbp4pC5dnhtbl9knyDtf/s320/DSC00212.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720708497583995058" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4yFuRUr38SEn0CL0819PYye6H6dAvmUJpXv0caJ_mW9bwr1wHswkDd6OTd5VWXFFr0NlqT5-ADoKmUDuJZaiAIPvYHBOzx64zDGDT-A45d551BUSx2qH1aYxXUVGYn3mTkDKmO4xnAh5I/s1600/DSC00195.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4yFuRUr38SEn0CL0819PYye6H6dAvmUJpXv0caJ_mW9bwr1wHswkDd6OTd5VWXFFr0NlqT5-ADoKmUDuJZaiAIPvYHBOzx64zDGDT-A45d551BUSx2qH1aYxXUVGYn3mTkDKmO4xnAh5I/s320/DSC00195.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720708482305390258" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhrLjJP-z09UkgxIHyehVVX0puzLfSwmMHJA-MSHzsuQ3NlUEleG5m0XTk5Un5RVtvpscu08lS8d93R_u0H5PgexLWsssy0sgFs57D6L9g9O_RmXa7WbtDgdrJ3VdVrLpS2QKYyRpbLcHC/s1600/DSC00193.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhrLjJP-z09UkgxIHyehVVX0puzLfSwmMHJA-MSHzsuQ3NlUEleG5m0XTk5Un5RVtvpscu08lS8d93R_u0H5PgexLWsssy0sgFs57D6L9g9O_RmXa7WbtDgdrJ3VdVrLpS2QKYyRpbLcHC/s320/DSC00193.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720708481519333378" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDldz5fc0_wJ97mOEl7C5vD2bwzzyudCVVrk7sZWL9rwzklt6ufCBrmWlb-7ng6-y_HsP69YfHqssMY6mEXBEQFqUw4Yqh1JG-6Pkn65U75gg3c_FzJZ4VddwPAJkzbFbwVhULgVLiPEXh/s1600/DSC00221.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDldz5fc0_wJ97mOEl7C5vD2bwzzyudCVVrk7sZWL9rwzklt6ufCBrmWlb-7ng6-y_HsP69YfHqssMY6mEXBEQFqUw4Yqh1JG-6Pkn65U75gg3c_FzJZ4VddwPAJkzbFbwVhULgVLiPEXh/s320/DSC00221.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720708514228011858" /></a>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771283369575312395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070737536593105772.post-71424135684971547342012-02-07T19:16:00.001-08:002012-02-07T20:09:56.308-08:00Sunriver!....central Oregon<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvy2EhLtPGn7R_9aYItDJxomRmU1A_i3PxcD7No1UdtCe6kl9j3MKScILxB6aRXi-qWoelA0pbKJzM_WUOLMuT-gvOpjfdHvJohjh3diz9DgRpjGdknUdKt-3QhsF1Za6bCIS2WBLOJI0R/s1600/DSC00040.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvy2EhLtPGn7R_9aYItDJxomRmU1A_i3PxcD7No1UdtCe6kl9j3MKScILxB6aRXi-qWoelA0pbKJzM_WUOLMuT-gvOpjfdHvJohjh3diz9DgRpjGdknUdKt-3QhsF1Za6bCIS2WBLOJI0R/s200/DSC00040.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706602995709772738" /></a><br />We had such a great Superbowl Weekend in Sunriver! <br />We drove down to Central Oregon this last weekend with our great friends the Montgomery's and Cinquinni's to spend the weekend at a rented house hanging out and watching the Superbowl! Emily and I left Friday mid-morning and drove about an hour and a half to get to a little restaurant off the road called The Gingerbread House, one of those novelty places that many a Salemite stops at on a trip to central Oregon. We filled ourselves with bacon cheeseburgers, fries, and delicious milkshakes. The drive there was beautiful, with sun the whole weekend so we didn't have to deal with any severe weather. Our van was stuffed to the gills, with one of the sleds practically on top of the girls. We had to fill 2 cars with 3 families' worth of stuff, that included 4 girls, and 1 baby boy! But we did it, and we made it all in one piece. The house we stayed at was great with the main room as a big open floor plan suited for a lot of people. The sectional couch was great but you had to sit right in the middle of the cushion, otherwise you would hit your bum on a board that divided each seat. The first night we took the girls out to the hot tub where they got to play and get all their energy out, and then put them to bed. Afterward Emily and I got to relax and watch a girl movie before the boys showed up, which they did with Janell and baby Corbin around 10:30 or so.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSM-EUdEYFrTxJGz62b4o8FWeuqsyZfEzZgEEkqvteNJp5gP8rQM7_gpWmy4xhj3r40uP06vV6py_zJr2z1qMN8xlaMiNV5-z45Hbg8GXrrKuBXHB-Mjl3oFSPgL9SwoTTbAhE9JC4m2i1/s1600/DSC00046.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSM-EUdEYFrTxJGz62b4o8FWeuqsyZfEzZgEEkqvteNJp5gP8rQM7_gpWmy4xhj3r40uP06vV6py_zJr2z1qMN8xlaMiNV5-z45Hbg8GXrrKuBXHB-Mjl3oFSPgL9SwoTTbAhE9JC4m2i1/s200/DSC00046.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706602987231561570" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFC_50t2FGzPIzPnikPYYOxm-xTvDWOlpRos2FrBQq1kmD2DXaALJGvKK9tYYfQ91LToNUlwE14XLNJaJiOYv_4E2aRUkOzYnhzhZAQSaywfx0qGSb4QLsj4gzqlQWybpO-xqFVNzb-0-/s1600/DSC00044.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFC_50t2FGzPIzPnikPYYOxm-xTvDWOlpRos2FrBQq1kmD2DXaALJGvKK9tYYfQ91LToNUlwE14XLNJaJiOYv_4E2aRUkOzYnhzhZAQSaywfx0qGSb4QLsj4gzqlQWybpO-xqFVNzb-0-/s200/DSC00044.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706602972666870706" /></a><br />Saturday was fun because we drove close to Mt. Bachelor to go sledding with all of the kids! This was the first time we have ever gone sledding with our kiddos, we just never get much snow in Oregon, so I was really excited about it. It was a really sunny day and we found a perfect hill for sledding. There were quite a few people there who had the same idea as us, but we found a good spot. We had to sleds and a tube. Unfortunately the tube didn't last too long but was good while it lasted because it didn't speed down the hill like the sled did. I forgot how treacherous sledding can really be. That thing got going pretty fast and we saw a man, a pregnant lady, and a man with a baby all wipe out on it. I thought Janell might have had a hard attack watching Tom come down the hill with baby Corbin. Luckily he was strong enough to take the hit himself. Janell was quick to get the baby out of his arms once he got down the hill! It really was fun going and the girls definitely had a good time.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhfuthIaKyq0Uji2YAkd807Dx3HoT7dvWXGpg8c87DkayILcaeGIpgl77KST3XYqta99eToaR-HNwyg9_EK73x-8bx81VLMK1pUTn0Lqvw0dyugpLiaUqo-pyJeifyaRbORLQxYhNAK95W/s1600/DSC00100.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhfuthIaKyq0Uji2YAkd807Dx3HoT7dvWXGpg8c87DkayILcaeGIpgl77KST3XYqta99eToaR-HNwyg9_EK73x-8bx81VLMK1pUTn0Lqvw0dyugpLiaUqo-pyJeifyaRbORLQxYhNAK95W/s200/DSC00100.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706606583858376082" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvuxC-oHPjLXKMQ4yaLenWCoMZyqbgkyiEu7w5FQs5Sskbiq8IX92KUFTOJG47Yk7jGUaF3W-i6U10T2vxRcnvrdSrU-pPWIdZfzk0wtN_L0oZMb6NStSQxzZOL8nhDU50g3qs-xOHb_fF/s1600/DSC00095.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXGKHY_iStpJ92rkD0ih3K6drhV1vXPR4FUtVehamWvkCtr5vewStae2Apro0R2W6l145QboDpqjFiZSzyQHhtZGenVSmKbKnVqNGkcdqFERpseNGA2O26Yzy8XR404pNURlU9pEYudVvs/s200/DSC00160.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706611809992481634" /></a><br /><br /><br />The rest of the day was spent watching the Superbowl and eating more food, and playing more games, it was wonderful!<br />On Monday we got packed and drove back, but first stopped in Sisters to eat lunch at another great little restaurant called Snow Cap for more burgers and fries, and a mammoth Oreo shake. We walked up and down the streets a bit to explore the town, and then drove the rest of the way home.<br />It was fun to spend time down there in a very beautiful part of Oregon, and hang out with great friends! Thanks for the fun!Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771283369575312395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070737536593105772.post-43391384529712148162012-01-29T21:39:00.000-08:002012-01-29T22:24:43.676-08:00Happy New Year!...a month lateI have spent the last few days and several hours of my life copying my blog posts and editing them in a word document to print off. I read snippets of my posts as I was editing, realizing how much I have forgotten and how happy I was that I had written some of those memories down. So one of my new goals it to do a better job keeping my pictures organized and blog more, so I can print those memories off, and maybe even replace that as my scrapbooking! I'm starting to like this idea.<br />So I'm backtracking a bit to Christmas. Better late than never I guess.<br />It was a good Christmas spent here in Oregon. Christmas Eve was spent at Kristin and Alan's house eating good food, playing Dr. Mario, and some fun with "Minute to Win it" games. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFamWkRyePTRwqx_m5VCxSSXMDgn9Bqm3RggIYUT7ReJRMW1NiUeJyQl217vNKm4nm2d2pr1sLlBnq3ufV_GAgU4sbcV-2isEF4bkpltokRa-KuZ8f5c3VZXqIkkWXvgHTe85QLGaIpaw/s1600/christmas+morning+2011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 156px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFamWkRyePTRwqx_m5VCxSSXMDgn9Bqm3RggIYUT7ReJRMW1NiUeJyQl217vNKm4nm2d2pr1sLlBnq3ufV_GAgU4sbcV-2isEF4bkpltokRa-KuZ8f5c3VZXqIkkWXvgHTe85QLGaIpaw/s200/christmas+morning+2011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703303956874574866" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOjtiBrMtA5SeTfMzrotmC__dQFFaFF-mXIEWxsX4h_KwwdVGYLP9-U0mbrhf_3_d1MwWvJ0YEQ8RvRDfgi2-Xsx5wuEd7hNvrguGRUOdkNV6mqJu1dzl6TKdOXCnGCnitBssydIjoonBi/s1600/christmas+eve+night+2011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOjtiBrMtA5SeTfMzrotmC__dQFFaFF-mXIEWxsX4h_KwwdVGYLP9-U0mbrhf_3_d1MwWvJ0YEQ8RvRDfgi2-Xsx5wuEd7hNvrguGRUOdkNV6mqJu1dzl6TKdOXCnGCnitBssydIjoonBi/s200/christmas+eve+night+2011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703303953676724258" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM9lgRV_mqdJgICTIyaBMIwqKCeRj8dxRD4C6irfxKhequGJytKlQSCbbEjrQH2elXyEF9zErCnwNsTnXuIaT1WN45N55N3KWVPhMRounvPu__jM_YeeWXGsQy3231Qb3Vvs-PLuGlkejU/s1600/christmas+card.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 170px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM9lgRV_mqdJgICTIyaBMIwqKCeRj8dxRD4C6irfxKhequGJytKlQSCbbEjrQH2elXyEF9zErCnwNsTnXuIaT1WN45N55N3KWVPhMRounvPu__jM_YeeWXGsQy3231Qb3Vvs-PLuGlkejU/s200/christmas+card.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703303949230219906" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6TeJo56HEh-UcOgROD0CEqZ8C4pvRlklpkCnPspr32908Kg835pvxyonhvfgjhDNShsHcnS9r2Q15vix5igNRpq-GmhmR_0BBEzk4XFW07rJj3PcqIKGxDmgnpJNDOF1Ws7KwsPsCZ3Ml/s1600/Chrismtas+2011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 124px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6TeJo56HEh-UcOgROD0CEqZ8C4pvRlklpkCnPspr32908Kg835pvxyonhvfgjhDNShsHcnS9r2Q15vix5igNRpq-GmhmR_0BBEzk4XFW07rJj3PcqIKGxDmgnpJNDOF1Ws7KwsPsCZ3Ml/s200/Chrismtas+2011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703303945765694130" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR0BbVksug-AjrZhi2l1F-W1sEmMsR1NwdO5Bm2fdUmoQTaW2KL6j6WsCef8j3mkUWwwQT0VG7KV9i-QD3aUWqXCRMca5bb1VpM6iSKY_wOKghWzkR-aGVlT38k32whTKbTx_Yf-rLFWHX/s1600/family+christmas+morning+2011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR0BbVksug-AjrZhi2l1F-W1sEmMsR1NwdO5Bm2fdUmoQTaW2KL6j6WsCef8j3mkUWwwQT0VG7KV9i-QD3aUWqXCRMca5bb1VpM6iSKY_wOKghWzkR-aGVlT38k32whTKbTx_Yf-rLFWHX/s200/family+christmas+morning+2011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703303976189735378" /></a><br />We slept at George and Nancy's house and had to get up and go to church at 8:30 in the morning! When we got home, we got back in our pajamas, and spent the rest of the day opening presents. It was fun spending time with George, Nancy, Mark, and Tracee.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwcOJRvWEdrbvoA5E6juF_3ETQA_CWqtxFW52fbcsXphLAXLVfwa_VgyCvENrNSoC3dPti9GRMfvszxK6WLtDe8jlX5fvVCKzhS6tFXzFtc-VLacYLODWtJk_th8UMCLi-DfcGz1HrQf2D/s1600/taylor.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwcOJRvWEdrbvoA5E6juF_3ETQA_CWqtxFW52fbcsXphLAXLVfwa_VgyCvENrNSoC3dPti9GRMfvszxK6WLtDe8jlX5fvVCKzhS6tFXzFtc-VLacYLODWtJk_th8UMCLi-DfcGz1HrQf2D/s200/taylor.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703305084149719714" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKifVw1WXN-_rOesSZx1Lati22avtoRYeOeZtZB8lEvNviGV4xHOluvuyhSm8x0auve1ierpyHwWPIOpjZHZhWw-dEyBZ2YNYmdcsZOqLjkVNtgQ20XNOUfwHg-97AT44wvRPlp_nIlrTM/s1600/sam+and+natalie+christmas+eve+2011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 154px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKifVw1WXN-_rOesSZx1Lati22avtoRYeOeZtZB8lEvNviGV4xHOluvuyhSm8x0auve1ierpyHwWPIOpjZHZhWw-dEyBZ2YNYmdcsZOqLjkVNtgQ20XNOUfwHg-97AT44wvRPlp_nIlrTM/s200/sam+and+natalie+christmas+eve+2011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703305064402445282" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8x9lPwk9jl9fVuPkM9pgpDIyv-fVsVEB4aV0jMzxoC4rV9IyVnsRR10i_Pl8uQ6NtjLyEN17qFtgOflFYP1hAcO5ZqTPqQbNP-H6xA6kde6r3ZKsXnXBv_W38TPChq8zyv0sKslkSe4Va/s1600/nana+and+taylor+christmas+2011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 143px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8x9lPwk9jl9fVuPkM9pgpDIyv-fVsVEB4aV0jMzxoC4rV9IyVnsRR10i_Pl8uQ6NtjLyEN17qFtgOflFYP1hAcO5ZqTPqQbNP-H6xA6kde6r3ZKsXnXBv_W38TPChq8zyv0sKslkSe4Va/s200/nana+and+taylor+christmas+2011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703305067073186674" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN9hsXdiKBG4oL2fpkU_04IG5NQ-IZDz-8oMy_nfBRRlhdA4WDT8qTHTf07zEbljo7f4kxkhocBNghG6hfKRVs6gZsifd9isRy30roeLAuJ0eLjI3mR7h33xtZMex4tB4V1EFROPXB44zs/s1600/mom+and+girls+christmas+morning+2011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN9hsXdiKBG4oL2fpkU_04IG5NQ-IZDz-8oMy_nfBRRlhdA4WDT8qTHTf07zEbljo7f4kxkhocBNghG6hfKRVs6gZsifd9isRy30roeLAuJ0eLjI3mR7h33xtZMex4tB4V1EFROPXB44zs/s200/mom+and+girls+christmas+morning+2011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703305062229959474" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFQ7BGfFT-DYK6R2QCLr4tkxFBCMAYREAX7tIX4LmVisNHRRECVlcXmPirlTGY2Rqbm6_9-g8QQkdFf94M7z1ZiDTaFKPbq_9o58Qywoij777v5ESZXPgATq3AiqSujpDqHU7NMdSoBl6T/s1600/taylor+christmas+eve+2011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFQ7BGfFT-DYK6R2QCLr4tkxFBCMAYREAX7tIX4LmVisNHRRECVlcXmPirlTGY2Rqbm6_9-g8QQkdFf94M7z1ZiDTaFKPbq_9o58Qywoij777v5ESZXPgATq3AiqSujpDqHU7NMdSoBl6T/s200/taylor+christmas+eve+2011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703305088082448322" /></a><br /><br />January is my LEAST favorite month! Coming off the holidays, and the dreary Oregon weather with the length of the month make it hard to live through. Luckily it hasn't been too bad. We were blessed at the beginning of the month to find a new car! This is the 2nd car we have bought in the 7 years we have been married, and it feels so nice to have a car that doesn't kill my back to put the kids in. I feel very spoiled indeed. We got an amazing deal on a 2006 Honda Odyssey with all leather interior, and I love it. It was more an answer to prayer that we found this car than anything else, and Dave and I feel very blessed to have found it. It has made life a whole lot easier.<br /><br />Sammy is back into Joyschool and swimming lessons which she loves. The holidays were hard because she didn't have any scheduled activities and everyday she would ask "when is Joyschool going to start?"<br />It's funny to think Taylor is almost 2! Just in the past few weeks she has learned so many new words and communicates so much better! Both girls are very funny, but sometimes Taylor can be a bit of a bully to poor sensitive Samantha. But they do love each other and sing songs together during the day when they play!<br /><br />We are looking forward to a fun Superbowl weekend spent in Sunriver, Oregon with friends eating yummy food, and enjoying the great company!<br />Happy New Year!Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771283369575312395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070737536593105772.post-64352390125658984122011-12-17T22:58:00.000-08:002011-12-17T23:18:59.348-08:00A Merry Joyschool ChristmasSammy has had a wonderful last few months with her Joyschool group! We have done a lot of fun things, including last week when we had the opportunity for the kids to serve the elderly their lunch at the Art's center up the street! It was so cute, and they did such a great job! They all got to wear their cute caps, gloves, and aprons and after they served the old people their salads, they went up on stage and sang a bunch of their Joyschool Christmas songs, which of course the old folks thoroughly enjoyed. One lady even came up and gave me $20 to give to the kids!! I really tried not to take it but she was insistent. But we put the $20 to good use where we bought gifts for the kids to exchange at our Christmas party, as well as use it for a gift we bought for a less fortunate kid that we were getting a Christmas present for, so we felt good about that!<br /><br />Our Christmas party was really fun too! The kids got to dress up and put on the Nativity, which they loved doing, and then of course they had to sing all the songs we've learned from Joyschool. It was a really fun party spending time with friends, and seeing how much fun all those kids have together! Looking forward to good times next year.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpm2hqx9xfVwutGkxNjBmFCBhlPofq-DpU9WHe6b2iCkInHV8SxvXCd2MWOuaXRhGOLCOE9QuNecq1EwAG09JIKmQl0SWL1dngBm1fY5x0V2vFrN-G3iXBKR7GrFkIQt-daZF8hMcMlYEy/s1600/IMAG0435.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 354px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpm2hqx9xfVwutGkxNjBmFCBhlPofq-DpU9WHe6b2iCkInHV8SxvXCd2MWOuaXRhGOLCOE9QuNecq1EwAG09JIKmQl0SWL1dngBm1fY5x0V2vFrN-G3iXBKR7GrFkIQt-daZF8hMcMlYEy/s400/IMAG0435.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687364262138058322" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVcdbIW_J01uU_nX0BVRfS3wRydf_pLEJeCqHLsvChOWAUHRcm-JEMEz-jA0fpIuVC04i93GRimADf7JT6KxNMsjkHQudtbYgEO9B7eZPdML9V3AFXnSIsWx7vFklwhgu9J1Hzk5YjpSOd/s1600/DSC_1511.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVcdbIW_J01uU_nX0BVRfS3wRydf_pLEJeCqHLsvChOWAUHRcm-JEMEz-jA0fpIuVC04i93GRimADf7JT6KxNMsjkHQudtbYgEO9B7eZPdML9V3AFXnSIsWx7vFklwhgu9J1Hzk5YjpSOd/s400/DSC_1511.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687364243582112306" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkC0aBpuuXg_cRQ9oJMx8m45uma0XcJkXqekzgaTqFjK4i68Qmz33DwfzN2rtrvag4pzIQNqmZ6yyzyZlGlKrw2hC5Rf__3jVstaqGI_utZZBW_hQkw_Z_won7Prtmf0YAkhPO6tDjy403/s1600/DSC_1484.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkC0aBpuuXg_cRQ9oJMx8m45uma0XcJkXqekzgaTqFjK4i68Qmz33DwfzN2rtrvag4pzIQNqmZ6yyzyZlGlKrw2hC5Rf__3jVstaqGI_utZZBW_hQkw_Z_won7Prtmf0YAkhPO6tDjy403/s400/DSC_1484.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687364240417872770" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdp605vtk1k3T2Q7mILNnZFR4Xqouoe406_r7ZG9jDBPFd5NPlAwvUVLaNrxjKzhMA-R3WR8-wtooN1RA-juRs3zWfIJdFyugydWdRc6lImD-tdfcfKN19Vi8S1HHJ82qKvYwnAK3186vx/s1600/IMAG0448.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdp605vtk1k3T2Q7mILNnZFR4Xqouoe406_r7ZG9jDBPFd5NPlAwvUVLaNrxjKzhMA-R3WR8-wtooN1RA-juRs3zWfIJdFyugydWdRc6lImD-tdfcfKN19Vi8S1HHJ82qKvYwnAK3186vx/s400/IMAG0448.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687364266862837522" /></a>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771283369575312395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070737536593105772.post-15282439623421585652011-11-04T18:27:00.001-07:002011-11-04T18:43:41.743-07:00Is anybody there??Hello fellow bloggers! So I took a little break over the summer and it extended a bit into the Fall. What a fun summer it was! So much to post but I think I'll just start with Halloween.<br />I was a little too ambitious for my sewing skill level in my attempt to make homemade Halloween costumes. Sammy wanted to be Ariel and we already had a costume, so that became the theme for our family. So I had her costume taken care of, I bought a lobster costume online for Taylor so she could be Sebastian, and then I thought I could make mine and Dave's costumes. I was going to be Ursula the seawitch and Dave was King Triton!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZgrAKKMI2JXYeGgLJ9vO6BIG0LiUGlugbwpnHH_afJkfPnydvocqOmUL3jRnPE6lc50KD1_ePDMs7BTA07eH_s-HOPYVvyFT0XQIJVYV2K9bvKcJVfDSeiEyp8jTuElg8hbdqqfktNiV/s1600/DSC_1333.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 232px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZgrAKKMI2JXYeGgLJ9vO6BIG0LiUGlugbwpnHH_afJkfPnydvocqOmUL3jRnPE6lc50KD1_ePDMs7BTA07eH_s-HOPYVvyFT0XQIJVYV2K9bvKcJVfDSeiEyp8jTuElg8hbdqqfktNiV/s400/DSC_1333.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671318409092433330" /></a><br />It ended up turning out okay! I was happy and I think if there was an award for best dressed family, I think we would have won! It was fun dressing up together. I don't know if I'll do it again next year, or ever again. It was hard because again, my craftiness only extends so far until it's very hard and stressful to try and make something from reading instructions from another blog. At least it turned out okay, because if it hadn't, and I'd spent all that time in making them, I would have been mad!! I have had plenty of unsuccessful attempts of making other projects, and I didn't want this one to go the same way.<br />The same week of Halloween I was in charge of Joyschool and had to put on a Halloween party with all the kids. It was really fun and we had a costume parade with all the kids. Sammy loves being in Joyschool with all her friends!<br />Hope you all had a great Halloween this year!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtmmQvvNpUejVejmoKfGY-_oxyO2iKO6Cu_elYTt0NvPGHVj3mVvHJM5L_V_rXSvK3BEKJ8BrnrS1Db8li_UIBXmFN-ZYv6ZKw-yofRuv0aVB5_u_ZCKeMYfBhk4_URs4diawQwlV_ITmt/s1600/DSC_1327.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtmmQvvNpUejVejmoKfGY-_oxyO2iKO6Cu_elYTt0NvPGHVj3mVvHJM5L_V_rXSvK3BEKJ8BrnrS1Db8li_UIBXmFN-ZYv6ZKw-yofRuv0aVB5_u_ZCKeMYfBhk4_URs4diawQwlV_ITmt/s400/DSC_1327.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671318401995353474" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDThPWJNnX_BeiPdOFBnG9y7nCz3QxcKkqiEScCCAmhukKBRG-SRoWzL8KvTUzA84AP2gGlPgPJzrtC3q1V2UX6JHppGyeq9Cgc8vBBo0WwprI4cpxFVtVj01CL1WFHdVx_UcaBtbZ5SkS/s1600/DSC_1323.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDThPWJNnX_BeiPdOFBnG9y7nCz3QxcKkqiEScCCAmhukKBRG-SRoWzL8KvTUzA84AP2gGlPgPJzrtC3q1V2UX6JHppGyeq9Cgc8vBBo0WwprI4cpxFVtVj01CL1WFHdVx_UcaBtbZ5SkS/s400/DSC_1323.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671318394678129074" /></a>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771283369575312395noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070737536593105772.post-83829946944506690412011-07-05T12:06:00.000-07:002011-07-05T12:18:31.250-07:004th of July!It's always nice to have a beautiful sunny day for the 4th of July in Oregon! It doesn't always happen but yesterday it did! The whole weekend was quite nice weather wise. We spent a lot of time downtown hanging out at different water fountains and Saturday's Market. Yesterday for the 4th we went hiking in the morning at Silver Creek Falls. What a beautiful place to be. It was only the second time I had ever been there. Because we had two kids hiking we didn't go too far but enjoyed the waterfalls and playing in the water for a couple of hours.<br />Afterwards we went to the Bell's house and celebrated the rest of the day with birthday cake, delicious food, water fights, motorcycle rides, fireworks, and good friends and family. Happy 4th to Everyone! 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 365px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioZiuHslKzy2Hk80YdfNIIkKgChzm_dacLtXF3vTaZKQUUu8s6QSB615VMzQz5NhOkCb8nOM1CNztRC82mCXzgaHfX7P_hwfQuZA-6KQmizUft5sYft5h6CFOMm79aCG28eiR1wdyJU8D7/s400/Sams+preschool+performance.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622606086613037970" border="0"></a><br />This last year Sammy got to attend the Westside Academy Dance Preschool which she loved. She was so happy to go to Preschool where she did Gymnastics and Tap Dance two days a week. It was so fun for me to have her there just as much as she loved it. At the end of the year they do a dance performance, and yesterday it was at the Newmark Theater downtown. Sam was all dressed up in her dance outfit and her Preschool group did a dance during the performance. It was such a proud moment for Dave and me, and we loved watching her up there dancing and singing! So proud of our Sammy!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSAdMs06OY7ditpSU4FZeSopiARPuPGSItTREMrwwQyQdC0DL5nb3ov6JhQYXJNN5svx3i7TAwAArFZIGCtSOleG1en_FXbXB-hNJtC5Ey93KmCthYwXqWAj0VzZib-n8WVmT-U722nmlp/s1600/mom+and+sam+preschool+performance.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 358px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSAdMs06OY7ditpSU4FZeSopiARPuPGSItTREMrwwQyQdC0DL5nb3ov6JhQYXJNN5svx3i7TAwAArFZIGCtSOleG1en_FXbXB-hNJtC5Ey93KmCthYwXqWAj0VzZib-n8WVmT-U722nmlp/s400/mom+and+sam+preschool+performance.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622602131310965218" border="0"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiosscfx6MzAZuHCXtarbdORU81_zKONrzeZj2k_pC978PjJMAn3XRtwuuuc4RgIwgtfb9lPnJSNbLsODHAMnOgLyXYjPXO1hGZiK5xfadX8I_klyTW-OLi-kSOU_wsLw3flfS0THC0uwMh/s1600/Dad+and+Sam+preschool+performance.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiosscfx6MzAZuHCXtarbdORU81_zKONrzeZj2k_pC978PjJMAn3XRtwuuuc4RgIwgtfb9lPnJSNbLsODHAMnOgLyXYjPXO1hGZiK5xfadX8I_klyTW-OLi-kSOU_wsLw3flfS0THC0uwMh/s400/Dad+and+Sam+preschool+performance.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622602126761980402" border="0"></a><br /><object id="BLOG_video-FAILED" class="BLOG_video_class" contentid="FAILED" width="320" height="266"></object>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771283369575312395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070737536593105772.post-50065334112650543222011-05-24T13:46:00.000-07:002011-05-24T14:19:48.538-07:00catching upWell usually I'm good at posting a bunch of pictures when a lot is happening, and lazy when I don't have much to post, but lately I have been lazy in both respects. So instead of recapping all the pictures from Easter, and Mother's Day, I think I will just start from this last weekend, which was so much fun for us!<br />Dave participated in his first ever 100 mile bike ride from Beaverton to Pacific City on Saturday. Luckily for us, our friends have an aunt who let us stay at their beach house which was literally down the street from the finish line! So Sam, Taylor and I drove to the beach on Friday with our friends the Montgomery's and the Cinquinni's came later that night. We were there waiting for Dave when he crossed the finish line! We spent two nights hanging out playing on the beach a lot where it DID NOT rain on us at all (pretty unbelievable for Oregon weather) and we had sooooo much fun. Dave finished his race in about 6 1/2 hours and was pretty tired afterward. He even shaved his legs, arms, head, and face for the event. I have never seen him so hairless! <br />It was a very enjoyable weekend with good food and great friends! 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi86eejwYl27APxXkpXD-sk-j-eehSH-9uVDrdLV5jNWqHZJLzV65fECIN3IL8p5XqYwEQZXHXBVDrmVJCCSos023EE2YqlDosI0dazROWKiVJtzTMATEGloB9tyZ66TY0JWX3uIpTx__t2/s400/DSC_0514.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610393111175904210" /></a>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771283369575312395noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070737536593105772.post-61776183045622143882011-04-14T14:39:00.001-07:002011-04-14T15:01:07.164-07:00Great Minds Think Alike!So I was talking to my sister the other day complaining about how I wish I had more Gospel resources to use to teach my kids with, especially for Family Home Evening. Buying church materials is expensive!! I remember growing up my mom had a felt board with felt stories she would use, and I really liked that. So I looked online to see about buying some felt stories, and if you buy them as a set they are $150!! So I had to scrap that idea, way too expensive, and started looking for tutorials and such, and I found this ladies website where she downloaded all this LDS clipart, colored the pictures using her computer program, put them together in a printable format, and put them on her blog to share with everyone! I got so excited and was telling my sister all about it, thinking I'm amazing for finding her website, and she was like "that's funny, I found the same site and am working on doing the same thing for our ward!" It was funny that we would both be working on the same project from something we found online without talking about it first....except she is doing it for her ward, and I am just doing it for myself!<br />I thought it was a great idea for Family Home Evenings to get Sammy interested in Scripture stories, and making it easy to understand. A short story with pictures..perfect! She put up stories from the Book of Mormon, Old and New Testament, and Church history stuff! I am almost done with my stories, I just have to find a cute way to make my felt board! The other great thing....Joann's has all their felt on sale this week too! It's my first project of the year! Finally!<br />You can find this ladies blog <a href="http://chocolateonmycranium.blogspot.com/2007/11/flannel-board-stories.html">here</a><br />Here are just a couple of my stories that I've already finished! The Stripling Warriors, and Daniel and King Nebuchadnezzar<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXPOBiFe3RLf4J4nZiNmukTKXBsQ52avsLMwO3XoY9LGdecjg1BABacFOLB3TYunhCj4jn8vg_12QWXm_cDp3KFV1QKebXNnGLXtB6Dktzy_uSWLjNUrY9RbcRGKVgeCeAQ_zKEYYuq22/s1600/mail.google.com1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXPOBiFe3RLf4J4nZiNmukTKXBsQ52avsLMwO3XoY9LGdecjg1BABacFOLB3TYunhCj4jn8vg_12QWXm_cDp3KFV1QKebXNnGLXtB6Dktzy_uSWLjNUrY9RbcRGKVgeCeAQ_zKEYYuq22/s400/mail.google.com1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595560854295648066" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3D0Smn1BpC9hDHeNyThQKqgsLLjU7-8yqRd47damk9me7s_VWSAI1KeHsDu6wQoQqp4PQ-MdwTIq7XwIzs0Q43-7xjcAh0Adjko_oO669jqBggCtiFjEC2QySl0WYVlGrMbpjU5G55frS/s1600/mail.google.com.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3D0Smn1BpC9hDHeNyThQKqgsLLjU7-8yqRd47damk9me7s_VWSAI1KeHsDu6wQoQqp4PQ-MdwTIq7XwIzs0Q43-7xjcAh0Adjko_oO669jqBggCtiFjEC2QySl0WYVlGrMbpjU5G55frS/s400/mail.google.com.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595560851854988562" /></a>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771283369575312395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070737536593105772.post-17209115930058636992011-04-07T10:58:00.000-07:002011-04-07T11:18:46.252-07:00Extreme Couponing!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLSTNVqNu5aVFxWbAXCWhP9v3g4qwyUA2HsMHCWE7VMoQb8DQNgjc9WPYU_2RLBVUYDDF5dROpeZ8Bufnx7l-FdGUzGj4It2e9g2ne3O5w7xX83Kgrg_n0eDzoenwaIqJ_mS2fNw1-V1JH/s1600/a-case-for-coupons-coupons1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 323px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLSTNVqNu5aVFxWbAXCWhP9v3g4qwyUA2HsMHCWE7VMoQb8DQNgjc9WPYU_2RLBVUYDDF5dROpeZ8Bufnx7l-FdGUzGj4It2e9g2ne3O5w7xX83Kgrg_n0eDzoenwaIqJ_mS2fNw1-V1JH/s400/a-case-for-coupons-coupons1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592907764536900146" /></a><br />So I promise that I'm not sitting around watching tv all the time, but when I saw the previews for this show I knew I HAD to watch it! In the last couple of years I have been trying to get into clipping coupons and saving money. I think I was motivated by two things: One, well of course it was out of necessity. Food is expensive (even more so today) and not having a lot of money forced me to try and save money on food. And lets be honest, I don't think a rich person would automatically say "hmmm I think I'll start couponing today" because it is a lot of work. My second motivation was my sister in law Hilary. I almost think that she should be on this show because she is amazing at finding a great deal. She could probably come out of Target with two carts full of toys and clothes and spend $20! which is exactly what these women on TLC's Extreme Couponing do!! Man they have it down to a science! One lady's grocery total was over $1000 and she ended up paying like $2!! Okay I could NOT spend 4-5 hours a day on the computer looking for coupons, going dumpster diving for coupons with my young child, or spend 5-6 hours in the supermarket gathering all my deals and stacking my coupons! What?? It was fascinating to watch, and I felt like I related to some of these women (and 1 man) because it does give you a high to go grocery shopping and saving 87% on your bill! Yes that is my highest amount ever!<br />In recent months I haven't been as diligent with couponing, but after watching this show I feel a bit re-motivated about it all, not to go to the extent that they do, but to get what a need, and maybe a LITTLE extra. Because the biggest thing that I HATE HATE HATE about couponing is when you go to allll the work of putting all your coupons together and matching up sales with coupons, which takes a lot of time, and you finally get to the store at the time of day when your kids are the most happy, and you're ready to get all your stuff, and it's alllll gone because the other crazy coupon lady decided she need the entire shelf of bathroom tissue, soap, crackers, etc. leaving nothing for the rest of us! I guess I'm just not the early bird, because there are too many times where I have not gotten the worm and I just get frustrated That's my biggest hang up, but maybe if I get a little crazy about it too, I might get more lucky!Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771283369575312395noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070737536593105772.post-91717073901598412172011-04-05T12:52:00.000-07:002011-04-05T13:04:01.913-07:00ConfessionPeople who know me, know that I love the Musicals. I have also occasionally watched and episode of Grey's Anatomy here and there (mostly the older episodes). But I heard they were doing a musical episode and figured I would watch, not expecting much because seriously, a drama medical tv show singing over dead bodies? The only medical show to ever pull off a great musical episode was let me hear it...The "Scrubs" musical episode. Funny...."Everything comes down to poo! From the top of your head, to the sole of your shoe...our number one test is your number 2!"....even my Dad enjoyed that one.<br />The Grey's Anatomy musical extravaganza was a bit weird to watch as I expected. The main reason I wanted to see it was that Sara Ramirez who plays one of the doctors on the show played the lady of the Lake in the original broadway play "Spamalot" and she has an amazing voice, so I wanted to hear her. The very last song of the show she sang was amazing. It was worth sitting through the whole show to listen to her sing that song. So good! Listen...<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ih3xSQsdPAA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771283369575312395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070737536593105772.post-66097815304258697182011-04-03T14:08:00.001-07:002011-04-03T14:46:39.514-07:00Taylor's 1st Birthday!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ndLr08cRhnT3bmhd1Vqg_mIk7eUatW4tzEFZoQ72ZwuTt6eG6GTaQTsIaVkDUVDaZ7kL1WWis8mHvL1cpwl0g_T-dSnDQLKamcqQiswfDemHMjJiH4tyBwIH3iPitGNyBEbk2QUL-jUV/s1600/DSC_0165.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 339px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ndLr08cRhnT3bmhd1Vqg_mIk7eUatW4tzEFZoQ72ZwuTt6eG6GTaQTsIaVkDUVDaZ7kL1WWis8mHvL1cpwl0g_T-dSnDQLKamcqQiswfDemHMjJiH4tyBwIH3iPitGNyBEbk2QUL-jUV/s400/DSC_0165.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591472989542859490" /></a><br /><br />Has it been a year already? (at least it feels that long since the last time I did any blogging). Getting through January (and February for that matter) was a big struggle, and I know that it's due mostly to the weather. But it is finally April and things are looking up! <br />Taylor's 1st birthday was this week on March 29th!! The year has definitely gone by pretty fast. She has grown rapidly, although she was pretty huge to begin with. At a year old she is a spunky, fun kid, but a little timid. She still refuses to fully walk but she has been perfectly capable since at least 10 months old. She doesn't even like to ride in the swing at the park, and yet Sammy is on the big slide going down backwards head first! But she is very sweet and loves attention! She loves to put things on her head, yet she won't wear a headband and her hair is still so short people think she looks like a boy. oh well, I think this year will be a big one for her hair. <br />Last weekend we went down to Salem and had a birthday party for her with the Demcaks. She got her very own mini cake from Nana that was delicious. 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Then there is another area for playing games, riding rides, and winning tickets for prizes. It was nice to go there and not have to worry about making food and a cake at home. Low stress for me! It's a really fun place to go, and it's now the second time we've gone! Mark and Tracee and Doreen came to our party too which was nice to celebrate with friends and family. Taylor made a big mess of herself by taking the plate of food, most of which was covered in chocolate cake and put it on her head smearing the chocolate and mandarin oranges all through her hair. Whaddya do, it was her birthday and she loved it! The only hard part was that she was sick and so she was a bit cranky. I found out the next day that she had a viral infection and got red spots all over her body. Poor kid to be sick on her birthday.<br />Happy birthday to our funny Tebow!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL3OBbMJd_8oaxu8FRIK56S1jjiPW32g5J8muVYjwf4PA-lk94A_n99X76sQJOq1UpYEvI8iQAMyHWIaRxgY4pJqNTzFDWrSD-9EeajZGt4x6mRZCGLPr3XOXXPgsfBTbXlGcS5c5pMAHC/s1600/DSC_0202.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL3OBbMJd_8oaxu8FRIK56S1jjiPW32g5J8muVYjwf4PA-lk94A_n99X76sQJOq1UpYEvI8iQAMyHWIaRxgY4pJqNTzFDWrSD-9EeajZGt4x6mRZCGLPr3XOXXPgsfBTbXlGcS5c5pMAHC/s400/DSC_0202.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591472711296196082" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkPcFth8YTooai4bOlw1-YiTo8cnfxD5juihvm0jNZuOeYT15hPDkkzdwL8QQMZYwfdAUrMhczqKdvls_UuNmVyG_ThJXf5K6CEtWvDpb8LKu82bYwfv7l00iXySiUO390PKY-up_08_eZ/s1600/DSC_0213.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkPcFth8YTooai4bOlw1-YiTo8cnfxD5juihvm0jNZuOeYT15hPDkkzdwL8QQMZYwfdAUrMhczqKdvls_UuNmVyG_ThJXf5K6CEtWvDpb8LKu82bYwfv7l00iXySiUO390PKY-up_08_eZ/s400/DSC_0213.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591472709354311922" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9a7hDEvQ3rGlIfNwoOGlHEZPBAIUTB_KqbyKKyqyE8nXWGa8o7d9_C7aV5W0gbyLPou5JutxYTsxEYIzNXoB_SmIqi8dJ8e7UHUpJ9-xBM0AtoPTZybwEcUie21ijAwF5Qydlf53QT-pG/s1600/DSC_0233.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9a7hDEvQ3rGlIfNwoOGlHEZPBAIUTB_KqbyKKyqyE8nXWGa8o7d9_C7aV5W0gbyLPou5JutxYTsxEYIzNXoB_SmIqi8dJ8e7UHUpJ9-xBM0AtoPTZybwEcUie21ijAwF5Qydlf53QT-pG/s400/DSC_0233.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591472698397303234" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBoVPluYUGIZX09Y0bL-7AjvpstzZV2NQ0Q-idD1m450MfzBPKdKmfd_5w-CAgeuOzWd52QWEnYv8XMf2wT6n-Eth0XvSbWzpe19XsCNxNRcuovK2YxOSblouhFbtdn3bCqMCOge2tHd8s/s1600/DSC_0255.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBoVPluYUGIZX09Y0bL-7AjvpstzZV2NQ0Q-idD1m450MfzBPKdKmfd_5w-CAgeuOzWd52QWEnYv8XMf2wT6n-Eth0XvSbWzpe19XsCNxNRcuovK2YxOSblouhFbtdn3bCqMCOge2tHd8s/s400/DSC_0255.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591472695441376946" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4hBXjz8J_NtWH_03nXOMwXHgsFlTLhtZmGI2vkTN2ToiC_t-Vs1cMd3FYWf7q_IIvmrCIj6fllLMve2z_z7xJk4zh1vKLpGbAVM0KuwdmnMZqjerjfISdSNw-OS-c_F6ftSEOSOuiZpRa/s1600/DSC_0190.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4hBXjz8J_NtWH_03nXOMwXHgsFlTLhtZmGI2vkTN2ToiC_t-Vs1cMd3FYWf7q_IIvmrCIj6fllLMve2z_z7xJk4zh1vKLpGbAVM0KuwdmnMZqjerjfISdSNw-OS-c_F6ftSEOSOuiZpRa/s400/DSC_0190.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591472718009785234" /></a>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771283369575312395noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070737536593105772.post-45017528308180549282011-01-20T17:02:00.000-08:002011-01-20T17:57:52.766-08:00Funny ArticleThere is a funny article online at salon.com about Mormon Mommy Blogs.<br />http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2011/01/15/feminist_obsessed_with_mormon_blogs<br /><br />I have to say I am one of those that can sit around for hours reading these perfect blogs and thinking "I need to be like that!" I need to be able make a cute girls dress out of a mans shirt, and fashion new clothes out of cute fabrics, make anthropologie necklaces, and quilt blankets...all the time...believe I have tried, and keep trying to do and make all these things, but it does feel overwhelming. I wish it came naturally to me as it does these ladies. The reason why I read these blogs is to copy THEIR ideas! I don't think I've ever crafted one thing that isn't a knock off of someone else's! Which I am totally fine with, at least I made something, and that feels rewarding to me.<br />I can relate to what the lady says in the article about feeling 'pressure' to be perfect. I love Utah and it's where I grew up, but I have to say I felt A LOT more pressure to be perfect when I was living there, especially after getting married. That is one of the big things I love about living in Oregon. I don't feel the pressure like I did before, that I had to be perfect and take perfect care of my kids and husband. But I do still try hard here to do better each day, and will continue to try and be crafty and try to love cooking more, and I would LOVE to go back to Utah, but for now I can dream of one day where I might have a perfect day where I cook all three meals, take perfect pictures of my kids, keep my house in pristine condition, take meals to 3 families, and design and make children's clothes....just for one day I will be perfect!...no probably not, but I'm okay with that! :)Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771283369575312395noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070737536593105772.post-87989352866800931212011-01-18T15:48:00.001-08:002011-01-18T16:10:02.092-08:00January...blehWell I have been slow at blogging lately. Something about the busy time of Christmas and the long drag of January makes it so I don't want to do anything beyond what I have to. This is why resolutions are hard for me. I keep making them every year which I think is good, because if I stopped doing that, then I would be in a lot more trouble. Isn't January the worst? And it's not the funnest when every single day it just keeps raining. I am excited about the prospect of a new year and new challenges, opportunities, adventures. <br />Things I'm excited to see and look forward to in 2011: Allison coming home from her mission to Panama, a family vacation that isn't Utah, Idaho, or the coast....hmmmm where to go, Disneyland would be fun!, hopefully a new (and higher paying) job for Dave??? please please please, Taylor turning 1!, what?! Samantha turning 4!! Me turning twenty something, paying off more debt! getting in touch with my craftier side (or trying) with my new crafty tool I got for Christmas....The Silhouette!, Dave's 100 mile bike ride, and so many more things. I'm sure it will be another exciting year!<br />Here are some Christmas pics from our trip to Utah (with Dave!) this year. 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheEH5b03Hcsh9KEPKwwNSrkd6gkYtOAZl58sXDSXBh_ncWmFddq7yJ8lLbo3RiVFbJtlBZIHbUKdWsZ5q0_rnqCaTvZmKBlOEnKOMdAgiBLdgsbz8EnTB90nb7yUnyJ3_gfVmVDXJve_Om/s400/Christmas+2010+031a.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563682316980127650" /></a>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771283369575312395noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070737536593105772.post-91755703213362002112011-01-04T12:40:00.001-08:002011-01-04T12:46:05.049-08:00I Am The Biggest Loser!Happy New Year!<br />New Year. New Resolutions. New TV shows!!<br />Isn't everyone's resolution EVERY YEAR to lose a few lbs.??<br />Well now you can watch my friend Sarah do that on National Television!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMJlmXTTRAFfZt74Z5UEfCjQKlBFxQHIFglizHXUtjgkO8Vb9Ab02KuBDFoRwD2JAieeCIzG1owjntGgDBoEBGhD8h2tEV3DZfHvnzCe4_4ihyaFcYiWJmRgLTS9GDZkKPWsK99qMpb84H/s1600/sarah-nitta-biggest-loser.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMJlmXTTRAFfZt74Z5UEfCjQKlBFxQHIFglizHXUtjgkO8Vb9Ab02KuBDFoRwD2JAieeCIzG1owjntGgDBoEBGhD8h2tEV3DZfHvnzCe4_4ihyaFcYiWJmRgLTS9GDZkKPWsK99qMpb84H/s400/sarah-nitta-biggest-loser.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558433693845011138" /></a><br />One of my best friends growing up is on Season 11 Biggest Loser!! Woo hoo go Sarah!<br />It's not surprising to see her on TV, she just has one of those great personalities perfect for tv! And now she is really going out of her comfort zone by sharing her emotional struggles with weight, getting pregnant and having miscarriages, and wearing a sports bra with tight shorts on a national television show! Wow. I couldn't do that. Some of the news tv shows like Access Hollywood are calling her "The Woman to Watch"!<br />Watch Sarah and her mom compete on the Biggest Loser that starts tonight on NBC!<br /><br />GOOOOO SARAHHHHH!!Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771283369575312395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070737536593105772.post-66266070118958679092010-12-07T11:32:00.000-08:002010-12-07T11:48:30.252-08:00Thanksgiving weekend!The weekend of Thanksgiving was fun this year! My sister Angie was taking a road trip with her son Caden down to California and made a stop up here for Thanksgiving and fun on the coast! It was so nice for me to have some of my family for Thanksgiving! After dinner we drove to Lincoln City and stayed at this lodge right on the coast for 3 nights. Angie and I of course had to go to the outlet mall there and do some midnight-3:30 a.m. shopping, and it was great because it was not nearly as busy as it was last year when we all went up to Park City. And this year we actually found things we wanted to buy!<br />We hung out relaxing...well most of us did. Dave was in a lot of pain because he played in the turkey bowl and he fell into the end zone with the ball going into his chest. A week later we found out he had broken two ribs! I think he has met his quota of injuries for the rest of the year! No more biking until January. He is pretty grumpy about that. Riding the bus isn't nearly as fun! <br />Other than that we had great fun eating at Mo's, going to the Oregon Coast Aquarium, swimming, hanging out at the beach, and waking up to Angie pacing the floor repeating the words "block the kick, block the kick, block the kick!" (referring to the BYU Utah game). It wasn't televised in Oregon and the only way we were following it was through Angie's phone. Then Caden yells "They blocked it they blocked it!" And we all jumped around the room, well mostly Angie and Caden did! Ah, sweet victory! I think this was the real reason they won.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgllbxDfojnoctReQOMw7zEjeeJo4ZID87acJsR2hoFydF5dUNo6bdUcdTJNEbW_LB-OaGyVN6huW727KX7NghdbJoVxbQoVrOYqw0TnG27hkFNWBb9bPU_vT1GDZGaWidWbF_i9CBq9GI9/s1600/tumblr_lck5dereuw1qads36o1_500.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgllbxDfojnoctReQOMw7zEjeeJo4ZID87acJsR2hoFydF5dUNo6bdUcdTJNEbW_LB-OaGyVN6huW727KX7NghdbJoVxbQoVrOYqw0TnG27hkFNWBb9bPU_vT1GDZGaWidWbF_i9CBq9GI9/s320/tumblr_lck5dereuw1qads36o1_500.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548028049591950658" border="0"></a><br />We found these Utah shirts RANDOMLY at the Old Navy outlet on the Oregon Coast with only their sizes left. It must have been destiny!<br />Angie took some great family pictures for us, which we desperately needed. She is a fabulous photographer and these are some of my favorites!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioM_BZuy23mcmf4_9pWxYFwWeJ6DFJOOt58CnCdDDbuoDBCMRhDDtdQhRcja9wy72yhnx3V7ePfDnXVOUU7YiK6SQn4JyCWd0FZeU2eXPEO2csWsa3lYwXvBwhbRNSarW9iKxSe9U5JrVs/s1600/Taylor+Nov+10_02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioM_BZuy23mcmf4_9pWxYFwWeJ6DFJOOt58CnCdDDbuoDBCMRhDDtdQhRcja9wy72yhnx3V7ePfDnXVOUU7YiK6SQn4JyCWd0FZeU2eXPEO2csWsa3lYwXvBwhbRNSarW9iKxSe9U5JrVs/s320/Taylor+Nov+10_02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548028793986652834" border="0"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNqp1uhu-wf12IcnoFkPZ73tXMK_DmNzkksUe22XFqQqeG2j9wCrsUOweSHbuAL233vuJ-qsFnaYGdeV52lJHbI_vn-yPMs95xCLjZEOZ2qTYAg2GZJXtQ4IlPC3jU2P_UbliglHcIlKv3/s1600/Sammy+Nov+10_01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNqp1uhu-wf12IcnoFkPZ73tXMK_DmNzkksUe22XFqQqeG2j9wCrsUOweSHbuAL233vuJ-qsFnaYGdeV52lJHbI_vn-yPMs95xCLjZEOZ2qTYAg2GZJXtQ4IlPC3jU2P_UbliglHcIlKv3/s320/Sammy+Nov+10_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548028786061492482" border="0"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhQJd1jARy6eQSv5FzqbktYCjqyXZmkN-bz0-uysfkNCmIsozuja_ZLuwvSY_429OPHtiWnaNBwDBF0XBVg5Zwi48xcYsERuVgwV_VbPMBUQsqZ8UaQHzh5NsWOHmVLXVm_hwytOYgN1i5/s1600/Demcaks+Nov+10_15.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhQJd1jARy6eQSv5FzqbktYCjqyXZmkN-bz0-uysfkNCmIsozuja_ZLuwvSY_429OPHtiWnaNBwDBF0XBVg5Zwi48xcYsERuVgwV_VbPMBUQsqZ8UaQHzh5NsWOHmVLXVm_hwytOYgN1i5/s320/Demcaks+Nov+10_15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548028782595688466" border="0"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipKWeRsll5lwNO-hgUFoFZ0uShYw-zE7S1CL1QFwA0Rqgu7zNjIrxsDitnOSm7PEu01q16HnpVUDR3sCVBuOh0uANa3rSvtPUc6nMy_p2nr00bzF57b1i2R_h9hVLZOlSAuWCB7hyphenhyphenOtPn_/s1600/Dave+Taylor+Nov+10_02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipKWeRsll5lwNO-hgUFoFZ0uShYw-zE7S1CL1QFwA0Rqgu7zNjIrxsDitnOSm7PEu01q16HnpVUDR3sCVBuOh0uANa3rSvtPUc6nMy_p2nr00bzF57b1i2R_h9hVLZOlSAuWCB7hyphenhyphenOtPn_/s320/Dave+Taylor+Nov+10_02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548028777485043538" border="0"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjejDlLwhrIimJmmFoHRLWVIVjDazJY_w8Yy6BMgNFwb3f8CTk9t1aqo8Epm8mQHZv-9eS8xidfRT6LZbPoEj_VoATRMRbj2_mjUYxySNUcFOv6atB5k3jNILozAsbP1jf8eb4gzmbl90WV/s1600/Demcaks+Nov+10_12.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjejDlLwhrIimJmmFoHRLWVIVjDazJY_w8Yy6BMgNFwb3f8CTk9t1aqo8Epm8mQHZv-9eS8xidfRT6LZbPoEj_VoATRMRbj2_mjUYxySNUcFOv6atB5k3jNILozAsbP1jf8eb4gzmbl90WV/s320/Demcaks+Nov+10_12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548028775014887410" border="0"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL_8cyd0GS9p5FRMbQ-12g2_cWe630YqLDqupuXC0sF4PuLVCCqBvVHbarhpFijeaw8wZtyq22Xs_q_a8zSkMQHiuG-2XALbI70t-GzBbQEEpoUoYdK8taZxbeyxIc-HlCQcOuVLiC8yo-/s1600/Katie+Sammy+Nov+10_01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 187px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL_8cyd0GS9p5FRMbQ-12g2_cWe630YqLDqupuXC0sF4PuLVCCqBvVHbarhpFijeaw8wZtyq22Xs_q_a8zSkMQHiuG-2XALbI70t-GzBbQEEpoUoYdK8taZxbeyxIc-HlCQcOuVLiC8yo-/s320/Katie+Sammy+Nov+10_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548028933833133106" border="0"></a><br /><br />And a couple funny things from our fun weekend! 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It is always busy because we celebrated Dave's 31st Birthday yesterday and today is our 6 year anniversary! How the time has flown by!<br />I was trying to find something I could make that would be a little more sentimental for his birthday/our anniversary and I found a cute paper chandelier tutorial online and thought "that's what I will do!" It took FOREVER to make, but I love how it turned out. I hung pictures of us from the last 6+ years together. Good memories. And Dave liked it so it made me happy! He had both Thursday and Friday off work so we have been able to hang out a lot, which has been nice. Yesterday for breakfast we went and got Sesame Donuts and chocolate milk! Dave love loves Round Table (for whatever reason) so since it was his birthday, we went there for lunch and had all you can eat pizza! After we went and saw the movie "Megamind" which we thought was pretty good, but we realized why we don't really go out to movies these days. One, waaaaayyyy tooo expensive! And we didn't even see it in 3D. Two, it's hard to keep a toddler in her chair during an hour and a half movie. It was still fun though. That night we had cake and ice cream and opened some much needed birthday presents. Ya know...body wash, chocolate, shaving cream, aftershave...good stuff like that.<br />HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVE, WE LOVE YOU!!<br /><br />And HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TODAY! I can't believe it's been 6 years, but they have been great! I am grateful everyday to have found the perfect guy who treats me so well and takes care of our whole family. Love you!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimsEMUxnxFCOjAsFoDwtuamLuBUhr2AnTaJClJM5vkYYuC0tnGk_cOfpwBzfyAirrM4Y8J6DAN6yWtzbH4Hoe4R3o1XsTPfBA96WKV0GKgs2pmy96iEGJO1xGV0iQ5zyfGaahJGVtdZTDs/s1600/DSC_0034.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimsEMUxnxFCOjAsFoDwtuamLuBUhr2AnTaJClJM5vkYYuC0tnGk_cOfpwBzfyAirrM4Y8J6DAN6yWtzbH4Hoe4R3o1XsTPfBA96WKV0GKgs2pmy96iEGJO1xGV0iQ5zyfGaahJGVtdZTDs/s320/DSC_0034.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539114549966230402" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb0YdkF3wwCngALISWdhbkhOKylpfe16uAPWJtlMk-io5e1mE2rVmIYf-XHnZaqkslScMJPN83HBeUtI9ChR-ucFdM-NryafD3AYb1bW_QV3ijENaiizAxx092g3GIisqpvAZQ0qHmO0oo/s1600/DSC_0032.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb0YdkF3wwCngALISWdhbkhOKylpfe16uAPWJtlMk-io5e1mE2rVmIYf-XHnZaqkslScMJPN83HBeUtI9ChR-ucFdM-NryafD3AYb1bW_QV3ijENaiizAxx092g3GIisqpvAZQ0qHmO0oo/s320/DSC_0032.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539113990037159490" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqT7IXoevvhpzVmEhxgzx8KKVMy-i4Z8m2v3tipULRnEMfrq2Vj8lK0B4-91aH8XfQv9T-VnU6QodmKETwpYtKyWN3XwQ-2f_BUbQL66H1B7x0ScCKuOMxDaR2ONPuPpMFxnv_wGEmsF_n/s1600/DSC_0031.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqT7IXoevvhpzVmEhxgzx8KKVMy-i4Z8m2v3tipULRnEMfrq2Vj8lK0B4-91aH8XfQv9T-VnU6QodmKETwpYtKyWN3XwQ-2f_BUbQL66H1B7x0ScCKuOMxDaR2ONPuPpMFxnv_wGEmsF_n/s320/DSC_0031.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539114278534059778" /></a>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771283369575312395noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070737536593105772.post-81991323011575208982010-10-31T19:11:00.000-07:002010-10-31T19:24:00.923-07:00HALLOWEEN!First of all, this little movie is something my family always watched every Halloween, because my dad grew up watching it too! It's the Donald Duck Trick or Treat video with the witch, and I love it! Sammy and I were watching it over and over the other day while making sugar cookies. That and the Bing Crosby narrated "Ichabod Crane"...another goodie.<br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/skdVouumMk4?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/skdVouumMk4?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />Happy Halloween! Not much to say, just a lot of fun. This year Sam was a ladybug and Taylor was a Flower. Both very cute. Sam had a fun party at her Preschool where they danced around the gym in their costumes, went trick-or-treating to all the teachers, sang songs for all the parents, and ate candy! She loved it, and it was so much fun watching her. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh54vwIM58tHg0mFGrXIoHddHv80s_E7kIcBdYqJwQFFfFvvwHPUQd1PmvCJiiDtkXarZ0ytAhMVnuwRhGLiC6b7KtzsPyMRepCFDllkEz6EMVJKBhhZYXWjowbJ8gmm-wSo7tg5XsxQeCL/s1600/DSC_0806.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh54vwIM58tHg0mFGrXIoHddHv80s_E7kIcBdYqJwQFFfFvvwHPUQd1PmvCJiiDtkXarZ0ytAhMVnuwRhGLiC6b7KtzsPyMRepCFDllkEz6EMVJKBhhZYXWjowbJ8gmm-wSo7tg5XsxQeCL/s320/DSC_0806.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534399728157979010" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitIJBv5mjOcayvCXPOAjsXQ8LF5aRqIVdreFwJ0aANSAMdQdhk4zM47SZNwLDkCfn5EmAOW_6F-DJ4kii3pR7F7EYndmMocGSzIiuDe-zPYTUi2i4H66JjTzXXrHu5kAwd0uCS9aNWoK2f/s1600/DSC_0797.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitIJBv5mjOcayvCXPOAjsXQ8LF5aRqIVdreFwJ0aANSAMdQdhk4zM47SZNwLDkCfn5EmAOW_6F-DJ4kii3pR7F7EYndmMocGSzIiuDe-zPYTUi2i4H66JjTzXXrHu5kAwd0uCS9aNWoK2f/s320/DSC_0797.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534399716844377042" /></a><br /><br />Friday night we had our Ward Halloween Party which is always fun, and they did the trunk or treat, which I love, and Sam went trick-or-treating again with her friend Cara, who was dressed up as Simba!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ma0uCoX6woyXYiASqJF2fUx8SGN_nfD7juizFz58X4yAnIDHNrXZ0dYfjxi_I4QbSwWdq2olqcLnhG3YSWpOVZRTcn0bviHVFMVU0b17sA23U_1fQfGpBl6Vq3ZUPvUSUj2axDEAPAjX/s1600/DSC_0849.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ma0uCoX6woyXYiASqJF2fUx8SGN_nfD7juizFz58X4yAnIDHNrXZ0dYfjxi_I4QbSwWdq2olqcLnhG3YSWpOVZRTcn0bviHVFMVU0b17sA23U_1fQfGpBl6Vq3ZUPvUSUj2axDEAPAjX/s320/DSC_0849.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534400304102652034" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT4yiG1C0e5Lo6l87yNXU8H5OrSD8F58NqFwnscBhTNjFUo_LmNviNBCBVCAq4-hClCmXK-A7YIsYBFw6q8s39UtYkSwugtZE3k8Vg7ChbQ7lrHOvSEYYu4Ay79inhKkHGwzZhy5eDqzsA/s1600/DSC_0839.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT4yiG1C0e5Lo6l87yNXU8H5OrSD8F58NqFwnscBhTNjFUo_LmNviNBCBVCAq4-hClCmXK-A7YIsYBFw6q8s39UtYkSwugtZE3k8Vg7ChbQ7lrHOvSEYYu4Ay79inhKkHGwzZhy5eDqzsA/s320/DSC_0839.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534400299641391842" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6NrS-nMyJbdi7gQKVupBGx0wSGnrnqCaNZuSb-9aQ8aLzGlX1Kv5xXaASk8xoTASReqv26wXZ_E4BBhlw_fG7T7nepUCCfS7_xYYeS3jJhOWsPV6VHO5E_wJ7bI7-rvZhlDkmNfijM25H/s1600/DSC_0820.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6NrS-nMyJbdi7gQKVupBGx0wSGnrnqCaNZuSb-9aQ8aLzGlX1Kv5xXaASk8xoTASReqv26wXZ_E4BBhlw_fG7T7nepUCCfS7_xYYeS3jJhOWsPV6VHO5E_wJ7bI7-rvZhlDkmNfijM25H/s320/DSC_0820.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534400295276418082" /></a><br />Then on Saturday, we went down to Salem to celebrate an early birthday for Dave with his family, and we took Sam to their ward Halloween party, where they had another trunk-or-treat, and it was huge! I think it was a stake trunk-or-treat or something. So Sam has plenty of candy, and I don't feel bad about not taking her out tonight.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1m1ONvQlIh0K3udlWjJG2pG8cm22krKFCiPBOjB1wGXju_SblhNQyUeyQW7-B9DSoFfaaKdGReM63VZcfhHyAqk-0MbqvPbSOKNArCYsso9FZrHQcsgTsi9fiYHR3cueFR309_ciSZYg/s1600/DSC_0853.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 232px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1m1ONvQlIh0K3udlWjJG2pG8cm22krKFCiPBOjB1wGXju_SblhNQyUeyQW7-B9DSoFfaaKdGReM63VZcfhHyAqk-0MbqvPbSOKNArCYsso9FZrHQcsgTsi9fiYHR3cueFR309_ciSZYg/s320/DSC_0853.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534400928065019986" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNv8AqGfb7P61mqyCKmJab3FmAvEN-Ti6U8MTEW5ZsO4eubiYibQo9csyrkeiWP7HDrujITe_ZeZENd4ILSmG5i4FP63q8SG5pG0A-O7WWIwr5BxuRJgFOENDkieXIUZDQd0FQu1U2V7Jy/s1600/DSC_0863.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNv8AqGfb7P61mqyCKmJab3FmAvEN-Ti6U8MTEW5ZsO4eubiYibQo9csyrkeiWP7HDrujITe_ZeZENd4ILSmG5i4FP63q8SG5pG0A-O7WWIwr5BxuRJgFOENDkieXIUZDQd0FQu1U2V7Jy/s320/DSC_0863.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534400926486665410" /></a><br /><br />HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!!!Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771283369575312395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070737536593105772.post-48784092587064322862010-10-25T15:26:00.000-07:002010-10-25T15:43:49.222-07:00Another pumpkin patch..this time without too much incidentThe last couple of weeks have been fun for Sam at Preschool. A couple of weeks ago they went to a fire station, which I could not accompany her on that trip, but she came home raving about the 'big fireman' wearing her red hat.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSJgLKBjYySSZTkVRqPORsL8aS89lQkCIMNht6Vnk2OY9k6ylRoLJ3vz_CgIEbcrdIRMUiHjrQcP842wQ4bZXl3mHE0OABNqQP9YEmabXzls5fNInPsbfv531fAjiFpyNT1ShnvP9PGMRL/s1600/DSC_0793.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSJgLKBjYySSZTkVRqPORsL8aS89lQkCIMNht6Vnk2OY9k6ylRoLJ3vz_CgIEbcrdIRMUiHjrQcP842wQ4bZXl3mHE0OABNqQP9YEmabXzls5fNInPsbfv531fAjiFpyNT1ShnvP9PGMRL/s320/DSC_0793.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532114566625629954" /></a><br />Then last Thursday we went to the Baggensto's Pumpkin Patch in Sherwood. We road on a big wagon pulled by one of those big Jon Deere trucks. it took us to a big pumpkin patch with TONS of pumpkins. It proved a little tricky for Sam to walk around and not trip on a pumpkin every few steps. They also showed us they grow potatoes and even gave us some to take home! Sam, Taylor and I had tons of fun, and were happy not to be rained on!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOwlp7SkZDQ_AZ2cGT5EW0zvJsSM-ziaZHC7pvsqmoj6vnq_-VU7-wksrx5UI9pIu7uZsliCsRpVVxy9pJJFzm5ggdP0dy7yk3GqfL9CXEgVu-z_Gw9pwrZ2PTfYZE7bLxv-LIUlwrVLTI/s1600/shot_1287680296131.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 319px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOwlp7SkZDQ_AZ2cGT5EW0zvJsSM-ziaZHC7pvsqmoj6vnq_-VU7-wksrx5UI9pIu7uZsliCsRpVVxy9pJJFzm5ggdP0dy7yk3GqfL9CXEgVu-z_Gw9pwrZ2PTfYZE7bLxv-LIUlwrVLTI/s320/shot_1287680296131.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532115577264650242" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9zHfO9zx5WjaFMSvHgA6jBnE7Wxd9DdsB2W6NvnTKXvp3YHVU7nQSTBNvSA0ERVSDRmWE3oqkMJFQVC-xK7GZY0tOUFayMVU_K5GEXU0ZF7HPwmNN-pm0OoMH2_LQETATHdS4JUGQfkhn/s1600/shot_1287680207692.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 319px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9zHfO9zx5WjaFMSvHgA6jBnE7Wxd9DdsB2W6NvnTKXvp3YHVU7nQSTBNvSA0ERVSDRmWE3oqkMJFQVC-xK7GZY0tOUFayMVU_K5GEXU0ZF7HPwmNN-pm0OoMH2_LQETATHdS4JUGQfkhn/s320/shot_1287680207692.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532115571357070306" /></a><br /><br /><br />I am especially happy today, because our Primary Program is over!! I was in charge of writing and organizing it this year, and I let it stress me out just a little bit. Luckily I had a Chorister who kept me sane and is so good about not stressing about things! (wish I was like that!) Our program went over really well yesterday and I am so proud of all those little kids who worked so hard. They got to see me stand in the overflow in the gym with these big elephant ears to get them to sing louder for our very last song. I know I looked a bit silly, but they sang really well. Needless to say, I took a nice nap yesterday after church. And today is the first day I haven't had a headache in a while. So nice. I think it will be a lazy week.Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771283369575312395noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070737536593105772.post-80822501528081235442010-10-11T22:14:00.000-07:002010-10-11T22:43:46.037-07:00The hits keep on coming<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB8ytTEXbjAUf4pjVvxz-V9CvrLweFNr11jQ18HfwRJ6snBY-EhqF4cngTJlNjmLV0bSnEcoDWlDNxy-9NdxFGqtaJ9WlimlSX0Tu8SW4Ta0_8M57_1VG-i9xoARW6A6FyG_7kW6KhbYEn/s1600/DSC_0743.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB8ytTEXbjAUf4pjVvxz-V9CvrLweFNr11jQ18HfwRJ6snBY-EhqF4cngTJlNjmLV0bSnEcoDWlDNxy-9NdxFGqtaJ9WlimlSX0Tu8SW4Ta0_8M57_1VG-i9xoARW6A6FyG_7kW6KhbYEn/s320/DSC_0743.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527029617131929106" /></a><br />The day started and ended well. What a beautiful day it was today, and being a holiday and the fact that he works for a bank, Dave got the day off so we decided to take advantage of that and go to the Lakeview Farms in North Plains. What a fun place! We have never been there before. We got tickets to take the train to the pumpkin patch and Sam made a new friend. There was another little girl her same age named Sophia, so from the first 5 minutes we were there we made new friends that we got to hang out with the whole time. Fun for us, and for Sam. We all went and picked our pumpkins, took pictures, and then we rode the ferry back. It was when we got back that the trouble started.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-GsCfqA8A13UVdmGomEQezQm9NIR6gPZ6gdPVaRdnM6S389RB7ashiwmGG3Oet8rjEYq-2O8kCuON0MaTNTRUq-wOekYzsqs-L4OJ-gkMEM5Xs_JTxyNFE9HZmakNzJwPWq03pIJfwqD/s1600/DSC_0779.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 157px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-GsCfqA8A13UVdmGomEQezQm9NIR6gPZ6gdPVaRdnM6S389RB7ashiwmGG3Oet8rjEYq-2O8kCuON0MaTNTRUq-wOekYzsqs-L4OJ-gkMEM5Xs_JTxyNFE9HZmakNzJwPWq03pIJfwqD/s320/DSC_0779.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527029983026514418" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaXI6IyDah6XD9BUJwqhgZaA3yIHgx_WLmW7-npKyasFj6blrDpn7eukiEqXL6K41oPzg19iCEx-MBaC5WJvQ4tmNIeCxFckYgckrvuE96b4066AIQaTRNfQjB1vVI352qp_NgkwIZ3vSY/s1600/DSC_0773.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4dVaIEI45e28giods5Ip1VRAfHn-tTc_Vh-CX7IA3bym_WehFjyvrzZCNgs7bj2oz14l9aXHr7_wRLcZyJ7tKGnGJfcsMqBydxMHRjW55lKnAOFDaQiXYY_V3sBzBpMJsowrOe5W8Bm8u/s320/DSC_0735.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527029614996559346" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-eUgq7pbJn3H4I7NLDiliV3IGwsjoEtJ-wnva8JWbSu3NjCWMc6iSdq6_VPbFkaSvEFzlT_dXSKLxveotRytrXzWRg2gBIhQFa0xK8XnkXI42aO11hvzhri1HPj9FgYIHG9RXWq9GLAK/s1600/DSC_0731.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-eUgq7pbJn3H4I7NLDiliV3IGwsjoEtJ-wnva8JWbSu3NjCWMc6iSdq6_VPbFkaSvEFzlT_dXSKLxveotRytrXzWRg2gBIhQFa0xK8XnkXI42aO11hvzhri1HPj9FgYIHG9RXWq9GLAK/s320/DSC_0731.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527029609232606210" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywRL3aCJAYINRBAAxK0zBEBKoesZwxIWfngu4ztTaUP8hOvkflU3QXhqc-hPTeZr-7Cr8KkX-2Mze2jdQRATobn-w_t0HSYdz1ZHTovM9Msd5s1VjDy0klOkbj2kOFgHBdw3lHz8esKx6/s1600/DSC_0728.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywRL3aCJAYINRBAAxK0zBEBKoesZwxIWfngu4ztTaUP8hOvkflU3QXhqc-hPTeZr-7Cr8KkX-2Mze2jdQRATobn-w_t0HSYdz1ZHTovM9Msd5s1VjDy0klOkbj2kOFgHBdw3lHz8esKx6/s320/DSC_0728.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527029607113390978" /></a><br />Sam was playing on the gravel with her friend and like she is good at, she tripped and fell splitting her head open. I'm actually a little surprised this is the first time since she has started walking that we have had to take her to the insta care. She falls, A LOT. So we said our short goodbyes to our new friends and went to two different places in North Plains to try and get help but ended up driving back home to an emergent care place in Portland. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpOoKXvvHAzkYoMaC-NjCgFhc9XK4cjQAbCwC5uIkslry2kgrxUYrvjz1R2SjLO9QMHw1siEUygjtv2eHTmU6WRExHSA2eLmOa7Le3m67fzWHYZlJ4LnQMVot1x84a3GT_R65s9VJHCrBb/s1600/DSC_0783.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpOoKXvvHAzkYoMaC-NjCgFhc9XK4cjQAbCwC5uIkslry2kgrxUYrvjz1R2SjLO9QMHw1siEUygjtv2eHTmU6WRExHSA2eLmOa7Le3m67fzWHYZlJ4LnQMVot1x84a3GT_R65s9VJHCrBb/s320/DSC_0783.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527029987227312722" /></a><br /><br />Luckily she didn't need stitches but will definitely have a little scar. Just a little antiseptic, and some medical glue and we were all set. Our first family trip to the insta care!<br />Like I said the night ended well. For family night we carved our pumpkins we picked today! Sammy and I worked on her pumpkin. She said she wanted a princess so we did Snow White! We could find Princess Belle, but Snow White was good. Dave even cooked the pumpkin seeds and they are delicious. I guess the only thing we didn't do was save the mush for pumpkin pie!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6_GjuOzelo7WQOcwgHuMk8eGLEmPj2BD1rNgy52hVF33NEblQnPEoHGLFJS-ZJw7oGTXhimjXHiPxGSgWJ4a5zSX_DX7aK0G4w_GIHmwQ_thr256zd0kTLwl_S6fdIUnXl3DeCRAq4uG/s1600/DSC_0787.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6_GjuOzelo7WQOcwgHuMk8eGLEmPj2BD1rNgy52hVF33NEblQnPEoHGLFJS-ZJw7oGTXhimjXHiPxGSgWJ4a5zSX_DX7aK0G4w_GIHmwQ_thr256zd0kTLwl_S6fdIUnXl3DeCRAq4uG/s320/DSC_0787.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527030076625242594" /></a>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771283369575312395noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070737536593105772.post-69608285955682721492010-09-30T19:09:00.000-07:002010-09-30T19:52:22.693-07:00what...is...happening??<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWAH2RESFdi18QEY2n2lQAWZVc4e42c8XmaVlnXs2EqGMl9F_2vR5WP5jL-u5XsUTsXSkuWte48ya5RRHl-m5TaLh_UibDJBTOOBmaNZLQhScEAzfXA1tohyISx5n_X-UeUGMLMXLiAJJZ/s1600/IMAG0082.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWAH2RESFdi18QEY2n2lQAWZVc4e42c8XmaVlnXs2EqGMl9F_2vR5WP5jL-u5XsUTsXSkuWte48ya5RRHl-m5TaLh_UibDJBTOOBmaNZLQhScEAzfXA1tohyISx5n_X-UeUGMLMXLiAJJZ/s320/IMAG0082.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522900879213088738" /></a><br />I leave the red eyes because this picture is like a representation of what has been going on around here lately. It's a crazy eyes look with "I'm about to get upset and start crying!" look<br /><br /><br />It's been a weird few weeks. Maybe I deserve this for complaining about a resident I don't know but it's almost like bad karma. The last few weeks have been more difficult. It first started with a nasty toilet Dave had to deal with in one of our apartments....fun for him! Then like the very next day he got in a bike accident when his bike got all jammed up and he went flying 10 feet from his bike, but thankfully not into traffic. He has a lot of scabs, and got a very bruised shoulder, elbow, and wrist having to wear a sling for a few days. Then me, Sam, and Taylor all got really bad colds and were sick for a week. Then Dave got it and got a really bad cough, and then gave it to me. Then I hurt my back AGAIN and can't play soccer. I've had some back pain on and off for the last few years but in the last month and a half, it has been pretty horrible where I can't even stand up straight. It took a lot of nudging from Dave for me to go and see a chiropractor, and having my legs keep giving out on me from just taking a walk. A couple of appointments later, and an xray, at least it's not surgical! I have to wear a heel lift in my right shoe because it's a little shorter for now, and am not supposed to pick up my fat baby...yeah right. I've been lying on the couch alot. <br />Then with my bad back, tonight I drove with the girls to pick Dave up from work and on the way home...BAM!...got rear-ended!! I have never been in a car accident before! It's true what they say about accidents, it's like they happen in slow motion! I saw her coming in my rearview mirror and she was not paying attention! And then whack. I was shaking for about an hour afterward, and was worried about the girls in the back seat. Sam was fine, but Taylor started crying. I think it startled her a bit, as it did all of us. So now we have to deal with that.<br /><br />So I can't complain too much, because nobody died or got a serious illness or anything. It's just been a difficult few weeks. I hate feeling gimpy and lazy, and not being able to play soccer. <br />There have been highlights too though. We took the two girls to an OSU football game a couple weeks ago along with a couple of friends, and it was a lot of fun, despite the buckets of rain that fell on us. Sam made Dave the proudest dad in the world when she was cheering throughout the whole game saying "Go Beavers!"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8FSkEgchQKm1ZQLSpqcVFeE77khRMQIGVsYeTPIZjR8VtQa1Us05KcneZ-NMDQwDip5MqJip71P30ezxQAgpA6YgBRB2bwcIYH_vn2DNtXH-XLS2Ylhp2eCuAsWQfUIbUEVkgRtgB7paR/s1600/IMAG0202.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8FSkEgchQKm1ZQLSpqcVFeE77khRMQIGVsYeTPIZjR8VtQa1Us05KcneZ-NMDQwDip5MqJip71P30ezxQAgpA6YgBRB2bwcIYH_vn2DNtXH-XLS2Ylhp2eCuAsWQfUIbUEVkgRtgB7paR/s320/IMAG0202.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522902009949579346" /></a><br />she was very proud of her tatoo as well, and wasn't too happy when I removed it for church the next day.<br />I also went to a fun baby shower for my friend Sofie who just had her 2nd baby a few days ago! I felt so Portlandy....party at a Teahouse, eating delicious vegan desserts, and wearing skinny jeans. ha! It was great<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjINhTxiJXC2UJQvyRD9Oc4NlwcjEJs0yYYemghgPIJLb5fzMPl0OH8sEdR-HPak3g5tBKXIxJrGqT1I5xPN_mldF-VsZSKZ6lB79p26pUH_QzdjFAlKkpVklsCj6_ffmbm6gysEC72xMDc/s1600/shot_1284776397001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjINhTxiJXC2UJQvyRD9Oc4NlwcjEJs0yYYemghgPIJLb5fzMPl0OH8sEdR-HPak3g5tBKXIxJrGqT1I5xPN_mldF-VsZSKZ6lB79p26pUH_QzdjFAlKkpVklsCj6_ffmbm6gysEC72xMDc/s320/shot_1284776397001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522902748079602130" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRk0SLAtfU4XEbtxA6ZAqEWCuEuRRcP6MfQwwIGO1sU89jkORUC2jviIix76KFg-IP19rTkqp0R6bBPYvUpniSIufUoWB5bJR2DF8WKRBRHl5tAKNLw6_4IHKlohUB_9SQ_YEDDsMeFYT_/s1600/shot_1284776850740.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRk0SLAtfU4XEbtxA6ZAqEWCuEuRRcP6MfQwwIGO1sU89jkORUC2jviIix76KFg-IP19rTkqp0R6bBPYvUpniSIufUoWB5bJR2DF8WKRBRHl5tAKNLw6_4IHKlohUB_9SQ_YEDDsMeFYT_/s320/shot_1284776850740.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522902744444154434" /></a><br />Congrats Sofie on your beautiful baby boy!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge39wQDU2Aktq6O1f0rOwlulZ-kc33TmgNE8jp4-zKWDABMBCSqZ_W-bo8jPRp3_cUYqhmCrNEkXa5sN1AnbN-9BAOHbBmjvDkOgVL78ncr1SIcUTFM43Yc4dt06ooimqSCUxVmyiXglt2/s1600/IMAG0206.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge39wQDU2Aktq6O1f0rOwlulZ-kc33TmgNE8jp4-zKWDABMBCSqZ_W-bo8jPRp3_cUYqhmCrNEkXa5sN1AnbN-9BAOHbBmjvDkOgVL78ncr1SIcUTFM43Yc4dt06ooimqSCUxVmyiXglt2/s320/IMAG0206.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522904596274451890" /></a><br />And in an effort to relieve some of my back pain, and give me some sanity, I bought this little gem off Craigslist for CHEAP for Taylor to bounce and play in. So far she hasn't completely warmed up to it yet, but she is getting there! She is 6 months old now as of yesterday! The time is flying by. <br />Hopefully the next few days start looking up! I know. Our insurance will cover a brand new car for us after our accident tonight!! :).....wishful thinking.Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771283369575312395noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070737536593105772.post-30422319959990414802010-09-06T16:50:00.000-07:002010-09-06T17:09:48.896-07:00Sometimes......Sometimes I just hate being an apartment manager! So much so that I will even post something on Facebook about it...and I never post anything on facebook!<br />Ugh, today was the Second time one of my residents yelled at me. So this person paid his rent late today, and as per the Rental Agreement, you pay late, you get a $50 late fee...BLACK AND WHITE! I checked my box this morning around 9ish and his check wasn't there. We left and did some shopping, come home, check the box, and it's there but without the late fee. So I called him telling him that today was the 6th and he would have to pay a late fee. "What!! That is ridiculous, it's a holiday weekend, the check won't even show up today, I didn't want to wake you up by bringing it by at midnight last night (yeah that was a good one), you're just being arbitrary, I'm on a fixed income (always love that one)!" etc etc etc....I was trying to be as professional as possible stating "I understand but your rental agreement says....you are responsible"...but he kept yelling at me like I'm singling him out to pay a late fee. So I start to get upset and am like "please don't yell at me, I will talk to my manager and see if he wants to overturn your appeal, but I will not hear from him until tomorrow so I will let you know TOMORROW!" pause: ya know how you start to get upset when someone is yelling at you and you are trying not to yell back at them but your voice starts to quiver and get shaky?...yeah that was me.<br />So he keeps yelling at me and then says "what are you trying to put on a performance right now for your husband?" and by that time, I was DONE talking to him. "LOOK, SIR, you are NOT listening to me and I CANNOT talk to you anymore so when I hear back from my managaer I WILL LET YOU KNOW!!....and then I hung up on him...........*sigh*<br />what a jerk. People just pay your rent on time<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbYMnIyCJo5PO-h51c3-HKmQy60VCk7f14mCv61kNi2CDy8cFP9DLvlcnxnGs4fjsvUk1hPto8dUPlu-3fszOKkMXb0To4vmznGDuOp2uzSenLLod-vWrkJFb8KxY3OQk-7L7ZjdPWBXrV/s1600/shot_1283574922642.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 319px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbYMnIyCJo5PO-h51c3-HKmQy60VCk7f14mCv61kNi2CDy8cFP9DLvlcnxnGs4fjsvUk1hPto8dUPlu-3fszOKkMXb0To4vmznGDuOp2uzSenLLod-vWrkJFb8KxY3OQk-7L7ZjdPWBXrV/s320/shot_1283574922642.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513955936735231906" /></a><br /><br />Ahhhhh I feel better.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Ou-jl7IoP-7qkIiKjKOY2Rwvd6AVvH63ykqKR89r-euYrHbhcgej4AV3zJjTWh4JGVrRsEeDTBzXmwFOr26x6u3BlAmqdE-StLEo7gvR6XPzZKmlJAEaCFbNb8LiZq-A4Hk1YFhwfLR3/s1600/shot_1283568176077.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Ou-jl7IoP-7qkIiKjKOY2Rwvd6AVvH63ykqKR89r-euYrHbhcgej4AV3zJjTWh4JGVrRsEeDTBzXmwFOr26x6u3BlAmqdE-StLEo7gvR6XPzZKmlJAEaCFbNb8LiZq-A4Hk1YFhwfLR3/s320/shot_1283568176077.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513956288060333762" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxqe-D3XjcwLOa_1JvHU1Rt8aKhuv8_vr-jXxgyYsigSxQoN-eQGlkQ8_-CVoIfeRFpoK_cdE2PeLWRQ4zsh-23ByRWgL73Kt8o1LeQaVKYt67SzfRuq9gYaAVChdvIg6OtnbVOIS7hRC_/s1600/shot_1283568221182.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 319px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxqe-D3XjcwLOa_1JvHU1Rt8aKhuv8_vr-jXxgyYsigSxQoN-eQGlkQ8_-CVoIfeRFpoK_cdE2PeLWRQ4zsh-23ByRWgL73Kt8o1LeQaVKYt67SzfRuq9gYaAVChdvIg6OtnbVOIS7hRC_/s320/shot_1283568221182.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513956279976467106" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtXgRNGFO_lAiECPP3Lg8BcnVTAbwYQGpbH3h_EmU18jsA0zMLQ5Imjwp25GfFWrKcmq-LK7mixpJjYMyppPUdDzIokuU8NDNdinqa6U4AjMsDpGkfvQbdPUFTCkKC4FbKIrYh4KntcVnw/s1600/shot_1283574936604.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 319px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtXgRNGFO_lAiECPP3Lg8BcnVTAbwYQGpbH3h_EmU18jsA0zMLQ5Imjwp25GfFWrKcmq-LK7mixpJjYMyppPUdDzIokuU8NDNdinqa6U4AjMsDpGkfvQbdPUFTCkKC4FbKIrYh4KntcVnw/s320/shot_1283574936604.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513956268825429554" /></a><br /><br />Oh yeah this is what we did this weekend. Baseball. Free. Fireworks. Friends. Transvestite. Fight. Fun!Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771283369575312395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070737536593105772.post-14445604971109467592010-08-30T16:58:00.001-07:002010-08-30T17:20:21.463-07:00Where's the Cheese?Ya know how you reach the end of summer and then ask yourself "what have I done this summer?" and then get this desire to go on a trip? That was us this weekend. We haven't seen Dave's sister Kristin and her family pretty much the whole summer so we went with them and Tracee to Tillamook on Saturday. It was fun although I had problems with the drive because my back still hurts. We went first to the Tillamook Cheese Factory. Did you know it takes 10 pounds of milk to make a block of cheese? It is kind of fascinating watching all the factory workers processing these HUGE blocks of cheese and breaking them down into small blocks. And of course you can't go to the cheese factory without getting some ice cream. Cookies and cream, and strawberry cheesecake...yum!<br />After we went to the coast and it was sunny for about half the time we were there. Then it got a bit windy and cloudy, but at least we did have some sun and it was still enjoyable! There was this big cliff and at the bottom there was this long dark tunnel you could walk through to get to the other side. It was weird how the weather was very different and a lot more windy on one side than on the other.<br />It was nice to get one last beach trip in before the end of summer and go with fun people. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYlC_fWsd_oe37oR5GHEMeEFutSz3BsDk6eTzUoFxevw7E0XdE7HkhUjx96ZqFLqXanWXPz6W5iTM42xgvgJM8R81zt34CqA9weYwvjJ-yc5sdxF-X67Ktqovg2dLPxcFxEJFZ20WIR3it/s1600/DSC_0649.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYlC_fWsd_oe37oR5GHEMeEFutSz3BsDk6eTzUoFxevw7E0XdE7HkhUjx96ZqFLqXanWXPz6W5iTM42xgvgJM8R81zt34CqA9weYwvjJ-yc5sdxF-X67Ktqovg2dLPxcFxEJFZ20WIR3it/s320/DSC_0649.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511361612723541042" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFKhldWGBjdOMd0YMiORqyn1UHEpnR-rt7w-AvjJ-QMiFiYTGrDTzQ4PHVbLQ3pH0S1tw3noKoqOZKSFYx1i_tjQ1VW_HaptSWCD8Y3q-rKZPuTOytkU6IVEE5QKVgAsN4V95vCwM_8i_G/s1600/DSC_0644.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFKhldWGBjdOMd0YMiORqyn1UHEpnR-rt7w-AvjJ-QMiFiYTGrDTzQ4PHVbLQ3pH0S1tw3noKoqOZKSFYx1i_tjQ1VW_HaptSWCD8Y3q-rKZPuTOytkU6IVEE5QKVgAsN4V95vCwM_8i_G/s320/DSC_0644.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511361601571291234" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN5Jinmts-Zcr_uL-mVOU40w5yaht5YwtTe4fUVRV5vWoU7X0k5mhSjRidy9CNIt7FZ1KK4VQSybusV-bWfXTBO2YqaQBrDkeVY-Me2LiwcsW2oPf4lDe28RU4NCcSwYD-KmzCLzafN24l/s1600/DSC_0636.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN5Jinmts-Zcr_uL-mVOU40w5yaht5YwtTe4fUVRV5vWoU7X0k5mhSjRidy9CNIt7FZ1KK4VQSybusV-bWfXTBO2YqaQBrDkeVY-Me2LiwcsW2oPf4lDe28RU4NCcSwYD-KmzCLzafN24l/s320/DSC_0636.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511361252360418722" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCv27a_Bw5gkIPPGwqrsZEF2MPvO8VzR7gEVG7n5qdia5QGQ4D1HvXBTjrOvr7JKmIywi9Ac6Q9dwJ6ESKmg4AGwyvZsgRItatpM1Xg9fBLekeCW2IYy00teLai4cXbN2cgPlXIrmYAWuf/s1600/DSC_0633.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCv27a_Bw5gkIPPGwqrsZEF2MPvO8VzR7gEVG7n5qdia5QGQ4D1HvXBTjrOvr7JKmIywi9Ac6Q9dwJ6ESKmg4AGwyvZsgRItatpM1Xg9fBLekeCW2IYy00teLai4cXbN2cgPlXIrmYAWuf/s320/DSC_0633.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511361242895251074" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrL0GM6tbGgYzLRcGqVPGf0HIg3hs4NXCPc1bHK8v0li-MkASxSrEk__JrVy1rdtYJrbNcBG7cldWPqzpoj4axuEF1oRanNOr22ZFSsgvsNCCRzSrVWTDnH2QEcJung5wS1k4yppCP4Tqv/s1600/DSC_0626.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrL0GM6tbGgYzLRcGqVPGf0HIg3hs4NXCPc1bHK8v0li-MkASxSrEk__JrVy1rdtYJrbNcBG7cldWPqzpoj4axuEF1oRanNOr22ZFSsgvsNCCRzSrVWTDnH2QEcJung5wS1k4yppCP4Tqv/s320/DSC_0626.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511361231860539090" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy77Q145HBPnt80n90TAnIKCA7gMmHNQtpm2tHJ_uei1m1NkPn2E19SvEXpYiAlhwhNeFLtWPEwbTtOhZ2haXzwrKI-qh8QUB6B453LCRh6vDYZwwzA1THoKkGmxJLxJhrhxC5hwww-Uy_/s1600/DSC_0603.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy77Q145HBPnt80n90TAnIKCA7gMmHNQtpm2tHJ_uei1m1NkPn2E19SvEXpYiAlhwhNeFLtWPEwbTtOhZ2haXzwrKI-qh8QUB6B453LCRh6vDYZwwzA1THoKkGmxJLxJhrhxC5hwww-Uy_/s320/DSC_0603.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511361225984011602" /></a><br />Last week we also started some solid foods for Taylor. I think she is going through some growth spurt or something (I mean is that even possible?) because she is wanting to eat at all hours of the night. It is still so funny to see babies eat foods for the first time and how fascinated they are by the spoon! funny kid<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip_KpYJjtkgAGMF8ICly9q3_NyVufeK7bXQMgYUIhy3irCk2bidOQchRwoWlIKt-7JCLwJeJEx9UvutXaTIqOOM3o6cbouTnZVPxybdb4vr-95vzO5uRS9e1mUEQJHb8G3aj7WGhwr04k9/s1600/DSC_0659.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip_KpYJjtkgAGMF8ICly9q3_NyVufeK7bXQMgYUIhy3irCk2bidOQchRwoWlIKt-7JCLwJeJEx9UvutXaTIqOOM3o6cbouTnZVPxybdb4vr-95vzO5uRS9e1mUEQJHb8G3aj7WGhwr04k9/s320/DSC_0659.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511361623415508466" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPAmm4gku2KWSwfaCjVxq9PvNbo0aRCch0-qBEN7rNzeTAv-o31Uas53897yIz_O7DOltdNF67aQ2ZslXF9oNaz_9Jqc3sHlDf-I_N1bvLvxJ3XSdXeGN5vKf3L9aKTf2xidOIUiZI48o4/s1600/DSC_0657.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPAmm4gku2KWSwfaCjVxq9PvNbo0aRCch0-qBEN7rNzeTAv-o31Uas53897yIz_O7DOltdNF67aQ2ZslXF9oNaz_9Jqc3sHlDf-I_N1bvLvxJ3XSdXeGN5vKf3L9aKTf2xidOIUiZI48o4/s320/DSC_0657.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511361617240309714" /></a><br /><br />On Friday Sammy's cousin Eric came up to play for the day while everyone helped Tracee move to her new abode. It was a fun day going to lunch with Lacey and making sugar cookies! I found some really cute alphabet cookie cutters at a garage sale that are from Williams Sonoma. I told Dave we have finally made it because we now own something from Williams Sonoma, we have moved to middle class! :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl8LwwAacudsMAjStfKbVM8gazgeVW47jK_RSRb4ZDt4SzFLIOy_jJxXKwydoGp8fDCJV2aHl09ExVxNG33F7U8fwP9O2TN6qHneTQefK6P6BYrc4a5jRav9XJ49O-0oOJkTI0jtE-GWwC/s1600/DSC_0591.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl8LwwAacudsMAjStfKbVM8gazgeVW47jK_RSRb4ZDt4SzFLIOy_jJxXKwydoGp8fDCJV2aHl09ExVxNG33F7U8fwP9O2TN6qHneTQefK6P6BYrc4a5jRav9XJ49O-0oOJkTI0jtE-GWwC/s320/DSC_0591.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511361217567045618" /></a><br />All in all it was a fun weekend! And, my soccer team won the championship this season! woo hoo!Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771283369575312395noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070737536593105772.post-24885951696203262832010-08-26T22:56:00.000-07:002010-08-26T23:12:13.088-07:00Oi! My backThis week has been fun...but very painful. I have realized that I am an old lady because last week I threw my back out! And a few hours later played a double header with my co-ed soccer team! Looking back I probably shouldn't have done that. I took the two girls to a parade last Saturday and went to pick up Taylor...and zing! Wow I have a really bad back, although have you seen the size of that baby lately?! It's no wonder I threw my back out. So this week I have been so sore and in a lot of pain, but have still been trying to keep moving. I think I need a couple of really good days to rest my back. <br />I still tried to do some fun things with the girls this week. I took the girls to the zoo the other day because it was the baby elephants birthday! We were sitting down for the bird show they were putting on, and they have the birds fly across the audience to a podium. Well this one big hawk missed his mark and went into a tree, where a lady was sitting under and was about to eat her lunch. Right as she is about to take a bite, plop! The hawk aimed a deuce all over this lady and her food! It was so sad, but I could not stop laughing!! poor lady.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5g48dWBW4zTbJ1hNaX_-HTM2wI0hPQKYCs0M9yK0pHUPhQ2JsZBNzZKDMRc-NMfY6NsVJ8x8IrgLHQXt52wwaJ_fKgtP4UIKXYvS6aUOh2LxCtwykfPbPis2wKJKZKEqKuykNCCm2hkt/s1600/IMAG0100.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5g48dWBW4zTbJ1hNaX_-HTM2wI0hPQKYCs0M9yK0pHUPhQ2JsZBNzZKDMRc-NMfY6NsVJ8x8IrgLHQXt52wwaJ_fKgtP4UIKXYvS6aUOh2LxCtwykfPbPis2wKJKZKEqKuykNCCm2hkt/s320/IMAG0100.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509967720233758738" /></a><br /><br />The next day we went to a fun lunch with some ladies in the ward. We hung out eating, while all the kiddos ran around playing. It was so much fun and even the babies had a party hanging out together lying on a blanket. There's something so rejuvenating about hanging out with women and jabbering! Fun!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGirgyvDAWO7KmBDSjbiQKQ83BZYU0XG35kAjeVh_wziu-kzCxSK68yRUGojB6cUrVbkqtBaJVf23llRJcYdlLhMGMKMOpyT-z5PwkIheTYox3Jr7KkbCHjLdLh24RspHYMjpfx99eqEdx/s1600/IMAG0116.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGirgyvDAWO7KmBDSjbiQKQ83BZYU0XG35kAjeVh_wziu-kzCxSK68yRUGojB6cUrVbkqtBaJVf23llRJcYdlLhMGMKMOpyT-z5PwkIheTYox3Jr7KkbCHjLdLh24RspHYMjpfx99eqEdx/s320/IMAG0116.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509967736159461810" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinX5mFmdbnIVkMbwWpqdowaQTBhgIBKPInqRmhALEdQkTeGBmfcxcoQ58BBDGwlZk1XOTDWgx8h8CWmKWlE5gMMHBKICcj1jF0G8C9rAY5mqVzzqAZkiy3q5fEYHbclYl06PzsMvMMS_uf/s1600/IMAG0106.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinX5mFmdbnIVkMbwWpqdowaQTBhgIBKPInqRmhALEdQkTeGBmfcxcoQ58BBDGwlZk1XOTDWgx8h8CWmKWlE5gMMHBKICcj1jF0G8C9rAY5mqVzzqAZkiy3q5fEYHbclYl06PzsMvMMS_uf/s320/IMAG0106.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509967728217339954" /></a><br /><br />And last week Sammy got a haircut that she was in desperate need of. Now she has a cute little bob!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFEJ7ifgyjo6_EmI0Yk6CBGBGsO9VwXbci6ZaJAFgdZYVEaonDysKtcmH4F0vWF_VRhzFzLuGdYoCmp8JUJzdvmPF0cG1KqULdf5rtgxM2HK2Mu1nyEbEVvijP3eNE0-IaRJ6mcpIToGa/s1600/IMAG0086.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFEJ7ifgyjo6_EmI0Yk6CBGBGsO9VwXbci6ZaJAFgdZYVEaonDysKtcmH4F0vWF_VRhzFzLuGdYoCmp8JUJzdvmPF0cG1KqULdf5rtgxM2HK2Mu1nyEbEVvijP3eNE0-IaRJ6mcpIToGa/s320/IMAG0086.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509967708249148290" /></a>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771283369575312395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070737536593105772.post-17709774809749366522010-08-12T11:35:00.000-07:002010-08-12T12:04:20.228-07:00Goings on!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdd0XRUtyZqmEW5lphnlySe2NWfYJ8Hbf4zycCuGUquIM7Gm9UTBiVRh9aHOHuFImwespOjtM5jSZDIuQT8tFVKY2iEFslRVtStlVkp5yOb94lMhEF-tvPO4lIqqm6NTEnQUPB9Ec1IyNs/s1600/IMAG0020.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdd0XRUtyZqmEW5lphnlySe2NWfYJ8Hbf4zycCuGUquIM7Gm9UTBiVRh9aHOHuFImwespOjtM5jSZDIuQT8tFVKY2iEFslRVtStlVkp5yOb94lMhEF-tvPO4lIqqm6NTEnQUPB9Ec1IyNs/s320/IMAG0020.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504599146183966962" /></a><br />I feel like we have been really busy doing stuff the last few weeks, or maybe I have just not been able to organize my time enough to blog about it. But have been doing fun things. <br />A couple of weeks ago we went to downtown Portland on a Friday night and they had the "flicks on the bricks" where they showed "The Three Amigos" on a huge screen right in the middle of the square! It was so much fun and there were tons of people. Of course! It's a classic! We also went to the Washington County Fair, and Sammy was all dressed up in her pink cowboy hat and pink cowboy boots!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVapaBQz08DmMQ01f2YjqQnP_9Y_LqvtwcfHeKpCYIc6XqGpL9YQjkD7URHkbBfXR8Q-h_bfRtUXK1eczPVd2tQ-VWTtQq4hwCH_2akR7QphPP7AbVHk64orY3h3dCksAyolQNsW_KquVf/s1600/IMAG0058.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVapaBQz08DmMQ01f2YjqQnP_9Y_LqvtwcfHeKpCYIc6XqGpL9YQjkD7URHkbBfXR8Q-h_bfRtUXK1eczPVd2tQ-VWTtQq4hwCH_2akR7QphPP7AbVHk64orY3h3dCksAyolQNsW_KquVf/s320/IMAG0058.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504599175145413522" /></a><br /> We also had these ginormous corn dogs that were delicious! And yes we did eat the whole thing!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbNcGBrKFpfVpMC_8pa2pNmzSLcadnRlcwNTcIBpg2Bssp36TKvDOCYLhmjWThF6ZQS1fadF8oUSE5haFLg5_bUAt9MjVW6W1Ju_phGh-cCFRVFxAsdPMrdn1BwT1B3iS_ZBxPGxuO1cvZ/s1600/IMAG0050.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbNcGBrKFpfVpMC_8pa2pNmzSLcadnRlcwNTcIBpg2Bssp36TKvDOCYLhmjWThF6ZQS1fadF8oUSE5haFLg5_bUAt9MjVW6W1Ju_phGh-cCFRVFxAsdPMrdn1BwT1B3iS_ZBxPGxuO1cvZ/s320/IMAG0050.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504599171971323378" /></a><br />Taylor has hit the 4 1/2 months old mark. Wow time is flying by! And she is still as huge as ever, and just as sweet and cuddly. Her favorite place to be is in the baby bjorn sling and she is as happy as can be! And that is probably the easiest place for her to fall asleep too. Last weekend we went to the Bite of Oregon downtown and Dave had her strapped on to his chest. He noticed there was a lady across the way that was secretly taking pictures of her, because she had fallen asleep and looked so cute. Dave caught her eye and she finally came over almost crying saying what a beautiful baby she was! It was a little crazy, and she may have been a little drunk too.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhciduDl-MrvQ9xJx2kabNxD92JMKsuIS7jzbh3akwadah8gMBh3q9h9QzVCHPiQBuS5ZCKW7mK24Cmcs8Xj595_6ofilCbd5RbvuIYjI07MBKGmmfoWcVEBpqe2OmPJlOb1fW5hrTkoWPe/s1600/IMAG0079.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhciduDl-MrvQ9xJx2kabNxD92JMKsuIS7jzbh3akwadah8gMBh3q9h9QzVCHPiQBuS5ZCKW7mK24Cmcs8Xj595_6ofilCbd5RbvuIYjI07MBKGmmfoWcVEBpqe2OmPJlOb1fW5hrTkoWPe/s320/IMAG0079.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504601108053899266" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguC8aTGSb02BonzHfBth9HxJ5pSxHOodow8T1pHDT2OWzx64sak1_aeG9gXv4uWjKy716mdBhy81o0QOFkCxMCwXEuPdqWVYnKWcGknVagkco-ky1RiIGTmWZO6E3SgcHL5lwOCvX1AhT3/s1600/IMAG0043.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguC8aTGSb02BonzHfBth9HxJ5pSxHOodow8T1pHDT2OWzx64sak1_aeG9gXv4uWjKy716mdBhy81o0QOFkCxMCwXEuPdqWVYnKWcGknVagkco-ky1RiIGTmWZO6E3SgcHL5lwOCvX1AhT3/s320/IMAG0043.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504599166281743122" /></a><br />Lately with Sam I have been trying to find a Preschool which has been crazy! One, because she's old enough to be in Preschool, and two, it's hard to find a Preschool that isn't $800 a month! Ridiculous. Unfortunately we are in the bracket of making too much money to get any scholarships or financial assistance, but we don't make enough to afford these outrageous tuition costs! And I'm really not interested in a co-op right now because I have another kid and half the reason I want her in a preschool is to have a little time to get other things done and errands run while she gets to have fun.....sigh....I think I've found a good place though, but it is a little expensive. We'll see.Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771283369575312395noreply@blogger.com1