tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71814505111447128212024-03-05T23:45:15.203-06:00to the moon and backAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818955361405926795noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181450511144712821.post-90219024017689296632010-03-26T08:28:00.001-05:002010-03-26T08:29:44.721-05:00her firstOn Tuesday Livi got this...<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452714072867722834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 326px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjle3kFSCcLtB3iNNifL05Sb_RVP-udQTrGUatDZFspN8ncTawiXk0NfA7fSSMX_HEkgTVGzwLjlu3w5N-8CYrmLU6OapxxaPhhrLvVbSxI12wrBxUu4dN6Pq6ynCt8GKydpxpOT32V2Vg/s400/Fatlip3.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452714066927460770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmnPqcIqOin-60WV0-JLRiDWcSSEQam8iqgNG7AlyVvb6qHaY45Tcu30tpJWBe13icZY6rnK5F08CW_R76ZSjRALowGBT_fSp50lI7kqVxbNuHcSpdprsk4hGnEe2Hr05oKxPclxa_q6Q/s400/Fatlip2.jpg" border="0" />while playing outside at Nanny & PaPa's. There she was running along having a grand ole time. Then it happened. Right in front of me. She tripped over the scooter she was riding and went down. Slamming her poor little mouth on the arm of a chair. I scooped her up and then the blood came. She cried for all of 10 seconds, then was more concerned with getting the blood off of her hands and face. A big THANK YOU goes out to Steph for helping me get her cleaned up.<br /><br />Now she's got a boo boo and if she's anything like her Daddy and Mommy, it won't be her last.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#c0c0c0;"></span>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818955361405926795noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181450511144712821.post-47224480415608506082010-03-23T07:30:00.001-05:002010-03-23T07:37:24.285-05:00tutu too much fun...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyG2ICkFIwV0B4Wlx3T2ykSsqLyohtUmWVrIJbcWVod3TS1gw1Jhv8cn5Jik7NGtGaOWWKkZIA9wv0yoowtfKfvxWnZL54Y2nNBS_ROTM61G5BeypijSOkd_rL62XxsPU5SC4zNcG9Yf4/s1600-h/TuTufun.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451679596654822338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 173px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyG2ICkFIwV0B4Wlx3T2ykSsqLyohtUmWVrIJbcWVod3TS1gw1Jhv8cn5Jik7NGtGaOWWKkZIA9wv0yoowtfKfvxWnZL54Y2nNBS_ROTM61G5BeypijSOkd_rL62XxsPU5SC4zNcG9Yf4/s400/TuTufun.jpg" border="0" /></a>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818955361405926795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181450511144712821.post-32974763486913889972010-03-22T07:50:00.004-05:002010-03-22T08:54:57.253-05:00<div align="center">I</div><div align="center"><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451454314622088274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7BgFh_83SMBEeWOo1823XT_sQpXWKgQsJnNWQl3lpVF9sBSdB-ICyPIKuNKRcR64Wv7wNDcNy1lDICgYKmAA-Z6POa0Q6kR9_Xwh9tTruaRAIs8AT3qze9AN94ROjOZIERL_t_u8cS7k/s400/LiviSlide3.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center">love</p><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451454322111205698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8dd6h5y0NUM_pNhlowxDIe55MIOmpTwRf8lu7Nrub0x46dUE5te_2D3CoRKyc4QqsHJuxb09Wlv90bq_Pi02fameTgZLrGMjHz5bg1SdDYBl6Sk5SFoDwi86cjta-WxkbB0Wf-g-tzG0/s400/LiviSlide.jpg" border="0" /> this </div><div align="center"><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYYe0tgLAKsXqvb1ymdfqxNxKX4QtDo7kkXN8P3X39rmenHyrS5qZ0i0dtEUTXndoh0_4gdWm1mydFD4leyUArqNvCd7ttBEJSB1sEgicRqTu-ubc7SvXkYWPlzhdrSZqvipFhOOyNoeM/s1600-h/LiviSlide2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451454331588284978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYYe0tgLAKsXqvb1ymdfqxNxKX4QtDo7kkXN8P3X39rmenHyrS5qZ0i0dtEUTXndoh0_4gdWm1mydFD4leyUArqNvCd7ttBEJSB1sEgicRqTu-ubc7SvXkYWPlzhdrSZqvipFhOOyNoeM/s400/LiviSlide2.jpg" border="0" /></a> kid. </p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451454340124671186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3FF0zuKwJqq5LmMUxpKklGXbXrXgkkbChqao5bJ1WKeWjJgr5rZm5MNXQUqG29gQsUvnnmxYN2jNHnKJQ0IKRG56kdEi7ipDKJBNo1q9sdcXxqFF1uw9W4nyp9H7OOBLAOJkb5mMz-c8/s400/Livi.jpg" border="0" /><br /></p>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818955361405926795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181450511144712821.post-20341684499719481852009-12-01T22:54:00.007-06:002009-12-01T23:53:31.329-06:00family picturesFor family pictures this year we met up with our favorite photographer Miss Karen. She met us downtown and we snapped a few shots. Well more like 100's of shots. We had so much fun and I think they all turned out wonderful. It was so hard to pick one for our Christmas card! Thanks again Karen we appreciate it SO much!<br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410508594245767858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 269px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UlZSTHfbTSyIYjpgKj9kUoGxjr8R-t13ExViJYyxisIqiuNjpe9V1ZTQpQVuBWTz6vxXvKFtx9R6XGZXc9ppng46b7eqpqz97e5xzpO_oC_VzlIo8iTdT7qie182vJ1iD20xv2fmFKw/s400/15-2.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410507286735352050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyGakj8LjsIIBHRt9SgWmusKgatPlQLWHeGhJNb_z8HOFnfteeqYG3LdNNenFvePUaF6pwr5jYi9KQi8Ae5KNjNBS9aE7Mnt-rMfQNTWZcq0hgdXKy-kbEXiK11jfo5GF2-SDWZohOhVE/s400/26-2.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410500028861438562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2RfX1WCeaMPPeTigtg8lqm-YgnCSG5yXeFNs4AmECyM8YNFkcYeJGYrL1eFJBu1JpF_NEUlhx0iT9Zf3q8iGtaBpd0VvBOl1vrCatzdWqULMVx8-dJxo1BqRWNTZkH-Meb8xp_5lVp28/s400/13.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410508585413389234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHgYNt5bmvaFTpRtDmoG5oorQFyOzd1bdVvFvbE6ZcgedW23CYHR8YC31-9PgSaBYla0cBrIjUSPdalZAp_VD-yjpP5rwg-Zh4N8kEdxxtruxJRsyuoFpSnHGMDpG-Mxn1H8kJRTqNMMA/s400/76-2.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410500054753939074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQmvxwo9M_G_6HJRp0EnKdYVAdYrfLzvz23XKr_rXQcFnQ35hbsdBnNfUM9ash4l98zZWu75rctNkz0A_fJdSDNBl3Linvq-G9BrPNB-13gXI2yAALjRGmdkU_cluf9hZQyxjNhPyaYps/s400/96.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410507306210375282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ttl91jvn5JdajLFTsbIM7rp_9hyT0MGcK2qZtMhs7QKf7jP4riZmGHPIGgQOMF1g_ZS3bNFJ15lm4NPv6SusFx3Wku4GgCA70jSzF-UsbeAkA8E1Cbnr92ZLubt7H8LODc2ht3s582g/s400/103.jpg" border="0" /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410508589688788914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_fUZqEv05siHTEDfQUq3f6BxEPUSt2pY89OXB7EeMcrlqmrydMlxulvVJ71AGA39vTv8OPfKT5npDmcyyMmU7TKNOrEMuRMcfA4p-qnakIc_L2Wr0W6KIDQeD6UOziafDN0CZB5nhpPc/s400/106-2.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410508602588156898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 269px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcY7xgvabioQeaZnvToaoIXyQZSdiy3KOtDKnKa6uPD0HdP-GLevHLB-a7nGZIIeh-Mfc9yhlb-F74E0_vfAiDSVBRyWssJLBAFgij5eA3ii8Hn5VOK2yOcrfoBLrYzd9OT0dQZzXX_lM/s400/123-2.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410508612212644258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 270px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBbMQeDuVmZ8fzCCqRuBFbamPeRdSw669B1a80MI6GIPk2I62-C628ATk7k2390Buy9b6NV8vI4B2MkYbgmWXtIZpin_6fpVBU9cfdSPJ2C41uFcBFHv_Z0ngdsR1U7q_xgEYvSIZq3mA/s400/125-2.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410509550611937890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 269px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_0wKz_-UwwxNaVwmcin8IZQ6w_OQhyphenhyphen9NHkezE68el5Ye0U_100TOnYCmdTgJZpG0Tfu4ALKNU2Kkc76p4mgc3LlNKFOhP6P65C_UmeHkjaWFsQ-VrtqhMCfna3w0OemlZZdkNuDD5NoE/s400/170-2.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410509554893695666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 271px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuXbWWpI7ndr2zL9NmW72sRf2t1ELbWnDSqjCKoBRVxug97ZI8dvkoP-sTYc8_opNcrSM6SKfpCRbzFqYpXR9PTDq3HgY8W1_lFSrfnZCQ4-ZLG08uxgiI9rR64Cfvm8R7k2-NiEdWMi0/s400/174-2.jpg" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410509542489198338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHHpu5F1h1uwkqaPUqj13q3YLkw9XLTvsaARcLTrRjoSqQQzc4GAxhwEc-7V_JWtMvQB9j37t333Vg4nlvKHELwWB9SToVx2jpvz-HZIzUWBYDrWwZ8h4IQJ__7J8NxEkGdDKJL9uWePc/s400/137.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410509548696697570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 269px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_KnpIQGmfPd-5fgAF6BqcKFh1CvC5YKVp7fU9ESxsw5QxJ8MgkPzWHgNq_J-MjJtwvtjw010IVHJM8OILB4BLevxL8gs4-mm2hSe-sBDEsnEc6IfNhHklRNM7OtoOnrpfeLeEOthP6c/s400/148-2.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410509561933766802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq_TQRJ904GwwVFO_kyaGKT6aCfDseqWpJz_mV7AWwSBAEUW14kuMzlbUk_e2FszrDIIj5I58qcJnsGNpiyEHD3rEpW7Ud507IL76oEHU45hUbe0DQaea0g_QXeKBkPKahSuo731_DXuU/s400/206.jpg" border="0" />Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818955361405926795noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181450511144712821.post-37524586055453887602009-12-01T17:19:00.011-06:002009-12-01T19:55:47.887-06:00november recap<div align="center">On a beautiful fall day we had fun playing outside with Elmo and bubbles.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410425082957823330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFD2uGt5hthUz3RB5hpTDQ1PATQT1tfBL8hAqqkaK-Tj_CGElldph4gU2Y7zmyzESZ4zX4cVWBlzz3otj4mCb-AtPlXbawDS0N3F-GMMQJ-bnJulGXpuebnYaSaWczt3cuokJ_5TJcT4g/s400/Livi1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410425091167208114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoKctcSmRnDoTb1nDTZh9pe3A_r9R1iuWA4jiRWWYq8TRFsxgFMdEdFeenZdHY52bTpNeFlqzcRt54T_xRZCaZY8EMyQqslZPL8FT4iILpvLaUP9aFSrTijFaxP6t7qdQBoMvwLL6-bXc/s400/Livi2.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410425099091864626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGJQxzsUnKz2dWg65r7JKDMMqNvXgg89ZobOn8r47SLAtByDzwh_0mYt_T3yjgFeVDei0b0M5gYSxrw7RvVu5XcFuNtqSbeg-G5yRwbL8HMPmfp_XKHYyeEhm31_TxU5YUAWTWLxGkRM8/s400/Livi3.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410425107532136946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgODYClBF8LKJXpnzJ6W2DkBPjehWiLzvQwZ3S4qkeiATx7cxqEhepvBEahJAa0qLaV4BNHXpO9eh6eqByLEtLVnElInPOrlEEplBhfzegJCkqzh4cNNdC-OH6g9x1IWWNdJmuBvECrAUA/s400/Livi4.JPG" border="0" />She had her first ever school pictures taken.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410426745328119554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheQ9XsjMwK9bsNdqCpzNbKX0ilkRmKB0iWrAI-22e9Of5J9QLPHi-EXNZgXW7Lec29SD-UbtQZgsHLD4bgT0LMhC7kBg0bP9-7vDyeNbtGCwhkx-eVKU0TachjAbysMso-K03HFoSIA94/s400/Livi+close-up.jpg" border="0" />I saw Jewel with Rachel and Alicia.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410432363332912818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmlDdDQrB2iPzkmJnlY1EAq-gK0JTAN3VWfr_zpQdvx4IfVB5CPzINRJGTZiaq_pLna1nArnxGNyPYPvyKgIJIdlzTNJYhCuxZH0WssEHBi42dB4gm9NU_ksp0juyw3ieGRyS6aUNkFHk/s400/DSC00864.JPG" border="0" /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Rachel, Me, Alicia</span></em> <div align="left"><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410432373434816402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVEhvXGbnIIGdaeKBB4-EeSMQPh9QYKUF5P0NFcIU11J4-o9pAALrGY91AwjtcE1qCP38v1a-mmpeQ9dG61-0WgeE1hgl9yeyi196ILu1LV4argp9ZfLSxWDKTy2Fk5Js2I9o5D0r3ef8/s400/DSC00870.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410432383382393586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 367px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ohhb-gZ7yPJhkBelgTVo2BMVqPn8LD1hxxzUVYcYrq4_TSsnRJwByv8WX5xi-8bdV2wQh2hHa9UXTxq06odpqTA1BKpWqbMzlJf-SBI_p0VMKokCaTDLdUdCMdt8Aupx-632Cl_N634/s400/1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410432389065903186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbrmZVMTJjXItL0S1lpLIUPGKTmkjWeI6jtYRhQgdA7gY4Oic70rt05-F04kJupB9qXjRpOSXQjn-AAwQuvN-WMOukduPdSBFNI4hAZJA11MnV4FfmvIKls8lKsa4YoSxBnKrECkpysFE/s400/DSC00875.JPG" border="0" />Jarad went on a business trip to Vegas. He stayed at <a href="http://www.greenvalleyranchresort.com/"><span style="color:#009900;">Green Valley Ranch Resort</span></a>.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410435274132385522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrEtLC-LYRhm9oEVcXmE3aA7uZTFYoeLjrBDsK0znNCMurDK52vTnh9BP4BrnrJcZB1waX3rdYiT-FsQaq0miWJrn0dAw5j3zOFtmO5uP_EF6yuFII_OLePM-dMWWEcs1_8MjWngUcauA/s400/Vegas.JPG" border="0" />Jarad then went out to the deer woods with Papa and Uncle B.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410435280068739586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3u8XgMtbXjRIYvaOk6jDGFtR0OusehMpOEIKvVyqpLzecgTDsJiN0tsvOKXDCV2ylaWUn_ckUmtw0ZLdnCs1CsjAxUBzRaxIMQxVIUgkxWCqJwtHdV83m5Y6GBsu7nuENLgHHL6nE1XA/s400/3Deer.JPG" border="0" /> <span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><em>Jarad's buck and Uncle B's spike and doe.</em></span><br /><br /><p align="center"><span style="color:#c0c0c0;"><span style="color:#000000;">Jarad decided one wasn't enough so he went back out and got himself</span> </span><span style="color:#000000;">another one. This time, a doe, a deer, you know the female kind.</span><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410435284392381074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh34mquAhXymZYQgmdkzha04EqrcMVnakFCFh4lGlS4fYKG3ygetMpC9FjQxZ98TF1NfoLQ_91f15q89SIptrPai9OAscBH4nlKGnAbDLLunfMAkhJeie3zcFbvyNewvXlCqcr7lf77RzQ/s400/Doe.JPG" border="0" /></em></span></p><p align="center">Then there was that wonderful holiday in November with lots of food. This year we had Thanksgiving at my parents house. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410439254393143890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 298px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2g8SN8Q5tcUZBmYxUhyqLzbD-lz3Hlkg8nKlJ7hbZVk3glP_RTRwlgsrapjEGFvbJ1ZXJUZ2mzWCjtYgXweCUxA0JMSaSw21su_c93qxRuQIm7-jklY5K7XMRt8Nh54Bg297YywiKLQk/s400/Family1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410439280924030978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieTPOqgIKLyitvRngFyCHFUBrc6fRwYoHyMc9HZ7pAD0GjrWwVYytlUpp0VZCB-a38nkQJqn1dTGyXre-Oup_kKWGYPynEKOm0SgiGoNxN03Oa2KjT07Av4R9bR8hDWhl_S8aFs8e7LkE/s400/Livi2.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410439269829641938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 395px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgifgGg2bRiudgXMCftfFrP9ayS0zR0ioPmVdNI05gti1iouoQxG9JZceGHwXtyd4xWJiGGQFHBJ7RgAiAVUCOfdrtmwvjyDvQ33gF4Fa1dwGV4DkKnFH64-8-radTOVRBGCeg9K2Cpo8s/s400/Livi1.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><br /><p align="center">I was up early on Black Friday and at Wal-Mart by 4:30 to do some shopping with Rachel, Chrissy and Cheryl. While I was shopping Jarad was going to make coffee when the coffee pot somehow exploded and he sliced open his thumb. After a trip to Urgent Care then to the ER to see a hand specialist he was stitched up and sent home. </p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410435293048817314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhjHCKeqbxBoQkQV3cbypMX_IEluUlKetyORWlFw62Pg7YgbdftXm0L49Zc0DQs6X4ahKi6hfylzFLdL-TmTms44dSl_LHWOz8RDe0eKhyw0bpBzPN98WGIomZR0f_8uJRy0S1ONMF8Z4/s400/Cut.JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center">On Saturday we put up our Christmas decorations. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410444906611875650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 319px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4hW817ijL9Sc_JQpypkeKY2afu46C1JR_jf6gK7D1t0WS8C1n4jwAdwhLFaKl_7i6VOJlyF370wAUAmqjxClzDHTNJMG10692hHDnbBG2h60Zz0Iuv7MsxLoPK7LLCTAteCZgUJhHfS4/s400/Tree1.jpg" border="0" /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410444914015541570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 327px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRq1s2ry7kwwehTtO9R_wm4RkVeGH_CpXj8oTACbGFN4IHckMksSPFuhuNFw34u3_BRbwUFy6KLoOhTXhlt4N7nwDRAcGgN-dKaTQ1s5Bo8hC21AaKAzCrEUOzDtCA0gaMmMO3HxbXok4/s400/Stockings1.jpg" border="0" /><br />And that pretty much sums it up. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">Now we are getting ready for Christmas!! My most favorite time of the year! Can't wait to see my sister and her family. </span></div>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818955361405926795noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181450511144712821.post-30682204207458718242009-11-18T22:21:00.002-06:002009-11-18T22:29:40.866-06:00another yearLast year I wrote <a href="http://giddenslove.blogspot.com/2008/11/mom.html"><strong><em>this</em></strong></a> post about the wonderful woman that I am lucky enough to call Mom. <br /><br />Today we celebrated another year of her life. Another year of love, giving, and memories. <br /><br />Happy Birthday Mom! I'm looking forward to many, many more.Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818955361405926795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181450511144712821.post-41640230493406944182009-11-18T16:06:00.005-06:002009-11-18T16:53:55.470-06:00welcome to the world baby girlLast night at 8:05 pm something beautiful came into this world. My cousin and his wife welcomed their first child, Makenzie Michelle. She wanted to take her time so her mommy had to be induced and after 11 hours of labor and two and a half hours of pushing they were finally able to hold their blessing from above in their arms. Weighing in a a whopping 9 lbs. 11oz. and 22.5 in. long!!<br /><br /><div><div><div>Ladies and Gentlemen I give you Makenzie Michelle and her wonderful parents Shane and Kristen.</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405579327261672514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPYzKqNli-yHOK5jUz9eQhvKJY2fb8H-M33vjCMXzOeiWQAOIJ0NjjH_8WPlV8RvHxGCZEMAeMgJD-woWM3YrNdKnsINo7ecWyARLL9gIw99ks7EPKag8mYlI4xnzCjwz7TBBBedp2xPk/s400/Kristen.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405576819408482498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 415px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihf5e31kP2pWzliX4ieuoIzGH8QY0W5Bk1CZ8QwQmdp4fRN2AyyLzw99qXCFvKQinqX1_xqgh73rFS61m6Nl-EpgksHuKmxNBblbemkI0LxYpvlCHYWnIsM-6hRCmAsMp6ps3hGzptQ60/s400/Shane.jpg" border="0" />She is beautiful, just beautiful. And seeing her and holding her in my arms made me want another one even more. Soon I hope, soon.</div></div>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818955361405926795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181450511144712821.post-35072250123929412382009-10-31T22:58:00.011-05:002009-11-01T00:24:00.038-05:00halloween 2009<div align="left">This year Jarad and I wanted Livi to be something cute and funny. We figure she's two and next year will probably have her own ideas of what she wants so this year we went with a flower garden gnome. And honestly I don't think there was a better costume for her. She looked so stinking sweet!</div><div align="left"><br />Our Halloween festivities started on Thursday at her preschool. They have a Halloween parade and the kids walk around in their costumes. It was so much fun seeing all the different ones. The teachers all dress up as different color crayons!<br /></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398983940306299154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_TG8QnjqPWiL1gQFbo4KGyDMfWHv-xJ68Avn1FjH74U151Ebs8yvzKIfF_oPc3PiSsZx8w0Q2hqwTkeqPPX-VAbYsGQqLeogbnu7dy-t33iJT0QAjymhIBzl2FkwB0kyDM0IbA9okr8Y/s400/100_6935.JPG" border="0" /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398983949815258018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy2nnifh6JmUvO65BBHyoayB6Rad_7PQODbZlba6k7Fu899h9Ydj5IKN3aXCaxIZac8-ZqX8gyhyXOn4zRMcf9SIiTRydh3KSckSLhNCH05PTdcQ2rjQQDNgw1nzIfpT-fnDotjdA6TcQ/s400/100_6956.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398983961907819346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRN7-8aJWjyrDgdf4uArioDHyA_rC1bsqqSepImNsfQ5t6ffb19ESvLb6hyMtLM_l66KF9-uKbpPSW7jd_-uSPDZxlLsrdaOq1_g4XOMzbtPU1MMRCKetJrdhWHI1FP1L-0-A1ogJ4pew/s400/100_6966.JPG" border="0" />Today we made cupcakes then did a lot of running around. After going out to trick or treat my family we went over to my sister-in-loves house for dinner and then trick or treating in her neighborhood. After dinner all the kids got dressed and ready to head out and get some loot! It was so much fun watching Livi walk up to the houses this year. She seems so big and I don't know how we got here. My mom wasn't lying it really does go by fast. <div align="left"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398990974404254882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfbUNJRNKhp1qTZVHjt4fXrGm-XHhW4_C-NApcDYfqV0IAjYoPMqAY1i-972RdTJcxeW2Cvsv31SSNHQ2dyVL57rCLtp1g_JOGi1Spt4c110IdRcjq6TFvpu3yhD_VURlvIHIw3h23hxc/s400/100_7000.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Livi sitting by her princess pumpkin getting ready to go.</span></em></p><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398990982743918242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXick8sYYDoSK373UuNPn5O-fyW1AFkC9ngzOmT_TklyU9O2OWWvHQYX5tO0GBlblRNlK3qQc0LGMBLSN20Yzn81lqthj5rTti1UB5QJPoFXxZDg38MXfyd89xp0fDSxQWK-fad-_81mU/s400/100_7003.JPG" border="0" /></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Claire the spider</span></em><br /></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398990988391602418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxuwnJEAdVtEJDChDJiDSTwLR8ejJRhxj7dSeHzqjBpGSvp0WFsygwsE3n-LdOfpyF1nhEytzp3lBautqVHn2nCJefTx5W8ucLobnxeh41qAjJfP0xNuk9rSBDGQqt9UwKC9r6uirK_Ys/s400/100_7005.JPG" border="0" /></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Levi Buzz Lightyear</span></em></div><br /><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398990989151803282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiq8iqQa4wGr5jlgBqH7Kt4v_qxIHqD25wJFFKsFG-J77GKzn1F-QByTEjOReSom__jq-m4w_eFc8gRSXBLBGZg2PCQLLXbOE94xbd0_YtzVTidxt11s-7U_prUf22tFiYEZzlA8dY6j8/s400/100_7006.JPG" border="0" /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Drew Black Spidey</span></em></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398990999423854498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq4jH3TaHbVGhUdYf6iKep2XiZKXUNE7cOQaDcz6v7yTpQq8zmw9KvVFe0KY4rGqIOR1Isaw19821OdJPoBS5yqIY-ByAiwGHl-2jWzDjclh1ek-huDuBdQ_cQetJr_nqG7GHiPLsH_7o/s400/100_7009.JPG" border="0" /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">CoCo the Cop and Levi</span></em><br /><br /></div><div align="left"><em><span style="font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398994621809951378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Eo_2oEb_ikOPf9swPtzKJHBE09Wj2kYZ9PiXjLr5gm0kdaGUAcKEczkYpJdzjbXqt8NO9-NdSYlKUdSYBpCrnM-UcUsjC9DmRNS-bfubOSxz3HQoKuVhTN8MZgJBLMFZVdlKvAvvnbw/s400/100_7012.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398994624399802802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWiRxQ3aqj3HFMnpTnrQIvaQkIVYYn5degMjS8Udd7QDkPVH3U-aCteWDJy1fheCP9Ut-cOtcyPUYnUvbvORY4WmkhvxHaDk_KHIWG6UIy8GHDYeNWnNS_k31IWFeCQIK_3c1Y5jmPqTg/s400/100_7015.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398994631969688226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwi4uShbx25bYueEsDzEAKaOmxlj0hCHPu5C8znRywgjMYvIqzjM23dsDty5b2ACjeqhY6jXBcn4rwJrny_VWxX5-KAX4mVk31GviMFH8Y9LW2QzJ5KmqOX2Ii6mHp-qIlRZXNo6VUA8Y/s400/100_7017.JPG" border="0" /></span></em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398994635997450066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8hsTvXWT2-F16sxN5tJ914js8mzE-ofsltwrXEI9N-6qv8bS0tmkRnwFmeYcIb4EOzbGugnTJFlS4IeI2HQ5Wkqw_2ySYOr8PHUxdj0iCGcy4lneKjptZsGJdnFxcYpAnm1e6Oodr0RQ/s400/100_7019.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398994645639419778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzAmzwS4Gnecyf72j-NWdSWyHxbhvP-kYJdUKlZNeR0WtqDHKuAONWgUCLRzVnQckBbuyR_PXuWJlO-5AZWSYdya6uumNhJNXDyV8opNdx9ynexahyAhfUWexInoGAPQ51AEkA6SgwpzY/s400/100_7023.JPG" border="0" /> </div><div align="left">And since I didn't post these already, here is my fall decor. </div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398999093987096402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5OgH4BQ_LaBi11K-yOYL9js730GebQQpaRQw6VUgUgmY9zOwnRVj3pNzTsDgUkP_lPOlRncyhuHj9GITWOMrtolE0vaj9p75o_Enqgr2C6VGcN1U4z-EZZT5iIcRT-4lPzvTLVT7v-Oc/s400/100_6992.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398999101333272866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQ6YmUFFCgN3cw7JDkSQZbR_Z7_haLjJ7K5cRr_PGOA9Vn3O5_ILFbDXFOr6yQCLMIJJZA3RTmDyniKjSDpbs_E95HB9HtiZy4q_NpRjHvV5mWjVNTud-eMlJXF2rzvzcLJtR8yklVwc/s400/100_6995.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398999110559805954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphenkDVcYoDoYEDfoyCYYKzyBi6b57cJL6wJMjOvdpIRbH2_L2S4bXjb3q_p7Aetp1qaspTCMAKi_yLeT0xyXmEcZg9vWxRY8UNHkebE6KSD3VI0e5H-zMp6FEdRinZqDbAelNPWUi0TG4/s400/100_6993.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="left">Hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween! </div>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818955361405926795noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181450511144712821.post-55171230324320802552009-10-29T16:34:00.009-05:002009-10-29T18:28:31.514-05:00a huntin' they will goI wrote <em><span style="color:#ff6600;"><a href="http://giddenslove.blogspot.com/2008/11/g-spot-hunting-lodge.html">this</a></span></em> post last year telling everyone about the hunting lodge the boys have. This year PaPa decided they needed an outhouse. So he built one. And we all took it down to Conway. Here are some pictures of our fun day at the farm. <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /></div><div></div><div>Enjoy.</div><div> </div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398146670230407586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc-Z13hGeVu2V32D2RTbhpHdPjoMwc9j5l5giNtc0uvvx-Q-htIbttmcriy3gsYBGdNFZA722nsCRzpKAv5Q_C3mkWMrA5QAo3VzEagMIZVscXpnGX2LC9_KO5uB8D_3RNEQWAiSxtoXY/s400/100_6863.JPG" border="0" /></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Here they are taking it off the trailer. It is really, really heavy.</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em> </div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398146676643844162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2e3XdB566oPa9_BdyS6h8ojLXL5aiDwUK12yD9OQfZGMC4AOfof_prHwLjSPDqkkB8iOAeseXxXSPuqQLjO5D3mb-xfopes7nCqCU9rqnwWhuQNq4TiUFmNfO4YiAf2KVcRyZ-ftPBpk/s400/100_6864.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398146681040378658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlVMzYaZoxnfqr3oBfDrt_io7wMJapuf5eDJknNC4ACrbf8RZNnhZBvgvpDRFYwSjKRE25RRQ3qIjrAXpnrlKxJ4B9lQxHm-nfxWlwE6sQH4iqrRRbTy2Y2sMenjSy1jSg_Ndo_-Cl7B8/s400/100_6865.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398146689111817122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg6iWBONx56WYqxmfmgDK7xrV5PoIeQNASjpNOFMCO1WN3AJica-6BIMafE6wmWmqF2S3STW9-KfSQTFqbCu4211ZpSFgLaO87177XNdpa3-i3bbhIEGzNB0cHNTR_QBRy_T4xIj4yWvw/s400/100_6867.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398146693253559330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSViU3i0RJG56HXOVVPDWzFL39ckJwrXqCz82SLDicNBFOiuzihHvbD8YwMxU3UUJuDpVZZpIubARtB0zdDWAYrwsgw6fRjd1_JYpS95F0biedZ6Sn6Nw4wqBAvEJyDQ6aDh8dNxvtOVs/s400/100_6868.JPG" border="0" /><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398149277487176226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNxxaEmejU6URMwbTFPBf3ue1edFL6QqYG0guBa10BQAN8lGRSmMQw8vjy2_5XYXexRPo7bt13cV5YEhHkCTG2S23J95iL3zFQ5PDo4nir5W0WTplrc7-JA5lZBOHkJJxMBiyL2HSPZRk/s400/100_6869.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398149286669605682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcZ-LMMfEuaxrgjUllnXO1ah4mOV53C-MpsMrvB8-GwXJejipAXvgMVFK5sNjLSnWaAW2oP-FEb9mIe7K1WQ6tK-tUdfjZH1LUI4DlFkqsdKx1_X-J4mVJyDC78wgrtLgT5LTBKgpQQMs/s400/100_6871.JPG" border="0" /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">"B" is going to hate me for posting this one but this just shows you how heavy this thing is. I mean look at that face. </span></em><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398149291140702242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Ovzu9P3oPaiF5WxCfjkYwo8EN1lj4TakObVu5wM6gVx6HDTAXeShia0t7s8ulEf9pr9IpveWYkQe43SBQqTLGpLBBCImL9JsZR1qpjjctZ2VLRX7ahbz0Av2gQaAs-MnfJpkbiwMRus/s400/100_6872.JPG" border="0" /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">CoCo and Livi found playing on the trailer to be a lot of fun.</span></em><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398149296325380882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGhD3vi8u4qt9xZnxpjztgkL2EiLaKPdHbXheWin_Wl0v2k3yXikEMUGfzSWepmQd2clGnGHNRZaEbu-gOlFZx70uhKyXi6zNXbIfWQ6F2qhyphenhyphen6ij2V39J3Rbg5oY9Nar_MzJ3wDNucHg/s400/100_6873.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398149305000143138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvfcxJsnN1C-LBHgnr3qmLTcrwjsd-s2atNVu6-9F-o4t1fc88jSpCiogMQwJ8Ilq_O26BnyzIw3IsQq54OraaGguUUdGN2XjvUejB8ZQqlDARGbdZUVL_wZonktREq8nqPfo7D69tG8M/s400/100_6874.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398151643118147010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMUwxUDWrVkmXE89TRreAX-UnLuNwv2NVKVAJYh3bpYG-EJuISVsJoZlgJlYnxZw94ghcTyLrzWrsqRdvbkG0B-kwn1DY-zObVcX3nhRTnHpU_JkD9qr-rYQ6-Gr2Wp_sK0SWERrK0ND8/s400/100_6875.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398151649688364258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimFbupFP9XaIVjcPN1TavEsR6xMTjusvfE2hikfPdTD7HYiXLm291-qgc_zPpeTOAddTbwXafXfCOI1IASobf6i7zr5dx2f-Rw9-Vl4og_M85KHSSAgLNBOwKw0p_yUdGso8V5fiLTDiY/s400/100_6877.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398151654175377378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnBuzNthEdxqVS-LMb2MfQNieL5wkvx1OtzaX3QQLu7sEZ0ZTUYPeNerasbF0_uSmLB5p5XG_A3n_eR17wJ7bHYq0GLW6p1vrYR2f7yLXCrQ-wkAZt_xwBCxmOe742d8fqGIK4ZSRJuoY/s400/100_6878.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398151662694331938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-oqRIsVpjNP8Q6_iMFcmJdJk9A0Pb_EcmC7qT4HjondAF4lDnjPY-y8dKecDkxjkc47ysiXH-b0YPbwbkgcG3QFIGuuKY1Lya7GukrEZrwxjIKQjwPEfMdQjFVT8NdAAGVP3TrB8C8uk/s400/100_6884.JPG" border="0" /></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Helping Daddy load up some dirt.</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em> </div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398151673270575730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUgXRijzZaJA8kPwgqCJ0d5G8C5tmKDJFcNwhaFlZ-T01lFnS0FenbCl9IeSZFvQmJJ50xaqOlicG5GW2Uw2IcwOBSgn0mkUtiRazCP8qQZWCXi86kO_mFbzgxr9cpQj69zMjaXNcma3Y/s400/100_6886.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398154664241030658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1zXOjvu2WaBX-P8uDfL3msy71GIQagOC2w9Fkk6uFv8Bl9h-xGIH1pjqIdlauHthQKkzioj3F_kKCN1wXZuwYoGaNPNP2wY57efjyHHspFA_DATINkgt_9XBBKBmUjhjZz77AN1ugl8Q/s400/100_6887.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398154673436027586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp6MQnGr3Klv9P2_KudM15VH6hNozL6iRdWAOZNTHM8kAor5003sMc85YhsrthUo10Nx380mvun84cgp6OoN103KlJ6dRiSuMyaMgfHoUuhx97G-Y5bvxvU2b0UPIumD6qWNSQgMYsxj8/s400/100_6888.JPG" border="0" /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">With all the work done, its time to play.</span></em><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398154684319126546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi29l8QD3NGDU0eg4FXyOLfXAT9v6nnS2rcpwO6pxe-SyydM4d6uHSCsbNWsSlf0QncZXy-nJPtXRRYGJrc93FFWyIuiGw562tvYjjY3pXl3Sls0tlI8zypgsTyjbbtyh_xKTsVb6RrDtM/s400/100_6889.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398154700084253890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0mjG9wI75kKT5jquIZzyrc-rCSLPOnf80rtS03LDT48QChZLHj8vacTfaJck-seqZUPVTin3QkVgNciil-TKYB8331ZrPfaFdFFfHH1HkGt0tApQhQMVhhcdJfgbCBexQJVNVWNDZOFY/s400/100_6892.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398156805052701778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwuSdIxjKqUqdVV3GRbs_tgqZZrvsA_ed5F-D6XQikej4oeHp9VqtVM0Wg4dybWu50llVghFCYeZFV1OtNm98ClW3ngigAZqO0Z3sdRg1Ai2lSoNkI0bnyM1D-2Aca7vPk_S6Kg7__f5M/s400/100_6898.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398156811128562834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcxMbTHi_bzQNAQPoBkeW2InTskSUXOPqb2QANeEAnS6urinq7DWzQ8QbbQaH4OjEyboRK3HOeMmlWlB02_PmNGrTEn5ve2Av4W-dzIN0bTf5JAGVsgjiVjYczv2MEvGvVT1i89-bj-9Y/s400/100_6900.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398156819381184674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnZh87nv6r8fUiEtn2olfo7oMGxExNK96UCFmAIsNoqfeVGhBQLC3YUfk-EyJ-h2wHja0Esry4Grtz9n-5QRhCdWN0P3Gz3eKlcncN1E3RrvGmFknEwbp8MUxoJPH-uOd3c44d664RGPo/s400/100_6914.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398156828690356562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpPUP_rZdNG_AoLVCdyuWvL30SwQdORbgt6vkDMhJSlRGu75_x7-x5B1A3Dk1KnxYwFbr4-hxvD7RyF_TZnL1YvgCX-5stgi2mdEtjpPB7ItsVXtgxFNp6BDJHDIMlJGaJnw6Szh8cVSI/s400/100_6915.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818955361405926795noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181450511144712821.post-35940375147861847482009-10-01T17:04:00.004-05:002009-10-01T17:33:49.507-05:00thankfulMy morning routine is the same everyday. Wake-up, pour a cup of coffee (that's a new one for me) feed the dogs, check facebook, and then get Livi up. This morning when checking my facebook, I noticed Aunt KiKi had her status as, "Aunt KiKi is just plain thankful for my life." When I read that I laughed. And not because I thought it was funny. I laughed because I was thinking that same thing all day yesterday. Actually there isn't a day that goes by that I'm not thankful for my life. I'm thankful I have a roof over my head, a vehicle to drive, and three meals (if I want to eat three) a day. I have a beautiful daughter and a husband who in my eyes hung the moon. I have a family and extended family that would do anything for me and I would do anything for them. <br /><br />I may not have all the riches in the world. My house might not be the cleanest on the block, we might not be wearing the latest fashion, and some months we might pay our bills a little late. But we have smiles on our faces and love in our hearts and for that I will be forever thankful.Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818955361405926795noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181450511144712821.post-37980770411159234192009-09-04T22:39:00.006-05:002009-09-04T23:06:59.856-05:00livi goes to schoolWe decided to send Livi to mother's day out this year. She's in the 2/3 year old class with her cousin <a href="http://www.claireandcocosmommy.blogspot.com/">Cohen</a> and her buddy <a href="http://www.stephsgonnawin.blogspot.com/">Levi</a>. We are sending her twice a week. So far I believe she loves it! She asks to go all the time. When I picked her up the first day her teacher said she had a great day but they couldn't get her to sit down for any period of time!! ha! I guess I should have warned them that she is a busy body! <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Some pictures from her first day.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377826866866351346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgspkdFmEudrlT3u98CWClPfBgtD9fzlsUSGeuTLrHTmC3aUGuIms2SI8stWVG3HpLqlcakknLjOkSfYjO3kWjEB0U67Gfp7xozG9cIL3K-MFU34VktsLnIWPLiA0Wtsb_RzGJ8CwiT5wA/s400/Livi1.jpg" border="0" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377828278552249666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-rtLYFO53UYbtQWx__ekM3kPDxLML3UjrB4jV-B-Cy5zTfc8ZczePFTJZfFYFBDwdxqcG1BCycLvPfO_-xYCO_gG0jkIanszgYqwIpGBAvuXkXmX7bhbBYckXLw83M3aOk5f4A65Fr28/s400/Jarad&LIvi1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377826159765631586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjmBLn80B7jjKLpSUeVfKgWK-g2pLk7fDMU9N1yJCNALuX9Zz5vE87kbUHI35VIgho_cdFAXMNoUwmBk2a91QVdEMVollVL7p1wW5DdHFOl6hi4Y0iF-Ps13nhgst6Cbydiei8BWMs0Fw/s400/Walkingtoclass1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377826152754867762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg27qlc44W3h_ctgMArOlt7bYgVy8h-P0mt-gJrnpNZhtmw8G4-0dKpyx6yMfyqcXdu2V1zHUbNqFoORZazZlutyt-OIsn36a-XVS7oI9C5c5c23imOfpZy172e4u2XaU0lw5ykLzG6R7k/s400/Jarad&Livi3.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377826138131253330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim4G4OZ8j3YwI_zsqLgb8McG31PDQu72hxGu-LwC2p7DoDUhCXqoWz84X7umIMgqSaHZpb5RjRyk0Mp1TFSbzYSHsvGtaxr1neuTVvRglrpnRuNwJGjFmVX3U_X921aQen9r2q1t3CPuI/s400/Mommy&Livi1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377826128597723266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqXmZ6m8_0cWc2Q-doNbdgVC6qrPzZPk8DAMQ2KknzAlk5GS4dAZSHpfd5jgNJU4sDnVsdChvHAHQ6SlrxuCskiEpRrpwBaortsLYvJ4eNzE84dHpW82LO8qqPEjoO3sPMRNIbGc9ZAiw/s400/Jarad&Livi4.jpg" border="0" /><br /><p></p>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818955361405926795noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181450511144712821.post-39404737375782854642009-08-21T11:03:00.020-05:002009-08-21T23:03:05.320-05:00summer summer summertimeTo say its been a busy one would be an understatement. We have been going non-stop around here at the Giddens household. So far this summer we have:<br /><br />Celebrated a second birthday and got some really cute pictures taken of our cute little girl.<br /><div align="center"><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372450519318713890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-y7Sskr06gA-pSAWS5Y7d4OxszSjUP7Dmp-9Evk855w8oKHlaqGfmDmokGGfX_sZyxlNnx_Db-iO0yCph-HqybX2GyV0goAW11NUCvQcxhgW9I0dsnbxYKsVp-afG722l7vLomXiI4Q/s400/s41171cb127313_19_0.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372450538058504466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdV5JC8OPRdPUg41DkpjuoXvaRiS1Q11iJevbc_H18Q_O09hwwgJUAFukpVsziWULdzPPPYo29q83SC5VIPJf8wUCqtrJNb5KjVP5tTaERBGSse6XdLkQZqb_KtfgMZolxfE2I7Ig38gU/s400/s41171cb127313_2.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372450526561828162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVZic0IFEafrCOHUcTfdtAfVPZYQ2kbJtgemdxAKw1jCXPCrA_cQo-sjKx64Wl2NTBkH0MRGFD4Ey4ZA2RscjYNgsVc8QVaYgv-pik_vItY96NX3IrePzh9uYS6WFjFcOevFrCvNwy6rA/s400/s41171cb127313_1_0.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372508476767081346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvnOLfG0RhR9kWT9QDHEtcFdKTCAT1rZV6rPOutQ2tFND66dCdlF3QV5rgmIsRBHySAVGwxou-ZEs5Ssg6yuevaCsFAOsYNu59a-z2wbyrXwMBSYAKmhTrDI673it8GfBQH0uFks5CWXM/s400/s41171cb127313_23_1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372452271516766770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGRzXfqWMEWCmhjh-OfOwx3F74391ZcNiXKtmhW18GCnkeoli8ckjWwaFxAoNQzvG9wJDgqW20hTonIhIXE4xfgE5qoAGGSN2PjYRx0jDaGQGLNDFZZEJ3GEHRXGFbKOW3U7IArNyoFE/s400/s41171cb127313_18_1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372452249800033474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV9WGzGwZANaD4FOk6-kXWqMDA_ZUuVS3O9aHQFKaeOW5YgcLhCGvBoytn46QK-fadw9Eknipo-Hl7RrVikgAs9BBaP2s63SNjhGtqcm9dWVBT214lCihsbcaH-9pI8LQgHPr90wDg37Q/s400/s41171cb127313_12_1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372452260385605298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJzCuKjTkiInWOY96hpah21WL33YCJSx9AIPj8JWFmL3Nh9r_AUrR4bT5frfGKN3gsn6iZbsJRhUJfeXfKVZvcZuDjbvXtRjm-r694FF8RMJLN12jaPhdfCoEbv_7mzWNXNOIa46qow8/s400/s41171cb127313_13_4.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372452235853076050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiudshsOX0kZDmb6qDln7ART433DCuHnrx7WA2m8DZszpQbe5KD1VUN8_TEddaKHwUu7MY2wr2GVd7mMgSRFlmKu3FspvOGIA-qV7fD4zLOqxvgk2JkRGJi5rDdx9Rve46TYuxlTja4DcE/s400/Livi1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372508484013014962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTbyE4C05Lz2K5hC55JMlmWwHWp5eaxIIAwgyZktH6iRTZVB0WxtlNUXBKhFE1pehjHOm0p0ECyofLMbuJT_xSwIQ4sxUoeHowcXiQlr90C1VFa1lMDQE_o3ICRuKRwZ6bOHKM6pitOVI/s400/Family1.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="left"><br />Went on vacation to South Dakota with NieNie, Pa, Aunt Amber, Uncle Jesse, Hannah, Cade, Aunt Abbey, & Uncle Chris. Where we saw: </div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">The Badlands</span></em></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372455676880040754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjErpiIMKPZPY40dZmu4-hmEv2R8O0q5Z2ooMQz3uGnTa-H1uBMv_yRF70d7BhyLsP11hAmIVzeaij4lOlynVfVxnOg1t1Cxrm_lHhhXbuJRu71960jSCc84fUCAaehqmBLehBvbscYP7E/s400/DSC00588.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372508504187098210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2KFU_-Mmp81AJbR6gScFZ8hIz8ocFHjI4SytQUU9FyEcSlo0MmSs67NLZn7onG6AbE_MCVytx_Q9GOEuLJQ-YTDlCtNQ1OL8VICaQZgtnPKI4eLrwel6vdl5ZhSHECwXrDO4N5PYqwJw/s400/100_6350.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372508492094447442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGCgwgijTvs5etbL_3awwCLUo63oCJJe1XtPsfNFgtMiewD1-aqZrme2A0DqWxVRzOiCSfXOwK4amXPKj3Fu1TVSDuyzxYgiANPZd6IfqSpxh9B9_6FFankj9Y0yvyuiUzxJJP_lKjA4M/s400/DSC00594.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"> <em><span style="font-size:85%;">Stopped at Wall Drug and found a really neat chapel.</span></em><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372455690438755906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitlMM51Fz4b_DsjNyNMvCo3R9E5SS3cLpjfYGX-RTRtWpDIyqJT9XIo3dVZvdrsqGZsAqdp7xXOSSuMoCkDcoAnu5guzFiRDbHSclu9vLfldiRM-Dro5V5R18kZNuWrEMg0LIhAH2ceY4/s400/100_6387.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372508518272625298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHqzrQiCAoX4zyT_EGqij02GY6zBdTQ5yENf-A_cQ6jn0lamKw1vgMed7uwJ-cLqQBxv6pcnN43LxwrfJuh4akk5BSq4nhZmTPwbRIdUllcZVk1CvNuqliUjMto7A4BC42iHlrFKo6om0/s400/100_6393.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"> Mt. Rushmore</span></em></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372455657932495138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA63L2z18U2u5scxnmMTBltblDzteCqvrl4wwHIV3LlgqFRSMrEZTaenKVUVz9vnOn1wieuKqMGmVNvTUFlrXbGg0O_3TJdki1R8qj74VGtksUyfQ_M0p7adgk5_tKCNvSXZqITzPy-EU/s400/100_6453.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372516233827182658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLDcU4pK4seY6E0zglHGZuY6mfI7vUGbgVGI9TlLdityN7PO3ziP3KkNCghxeHvCmGB8tBFyDNDuLYmlIMSr8vD-0i0BGW7Q2_c0l9NQzGchHB1FjrhvVRhyphenhyphen-c0Om5mqW8zcGAVCKDbsg/s400/100_6422.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372516243602301730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcQqSHbjDTMV75DjOE0vmu4lFHu6U6akSuWtDugmNnD3YgasJtEU5PqG4l9rjMneYf-slQIeF_S8DOpGrAMK7DkIWebDZKdqcFHlbxeTyNTvv1QoZCVs2BPp8qM3jHIdvJueX0_LXUKU/s400/100_6445.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372516203484343330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKcsb9-Tyh4khSTLVxjqFYKi1K-MXDs4YbjoreCm5uiy8WU1tMiym8v3htEtiog4Ssw3o_zKdhSK2XmOu6kWYkwST4DC_zwZFaGZ_NwXNaJ01Cm1CoNihBSd_XgXLByI7qWdHgpk-9Uy8/s400/100_6401.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372516223265905618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFwdnRTngcQdOu6EoVeYSoRfIDDOPm8ZF6roqrc4I-o39OwDSJBKUA0v4xwSZZMFNOX4fud1JOaXJwKLTT_ds_07zEiKIifIAW9rPfytnYboZ-g81g3gFxaBf288ElZVgOSTeKMr-ZQp0/s400/100_6412.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372516212436689954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIUysDUHOUvd2grarYnMZA7NrII6KpWQsdHhilM1OJb97DcmqHW-fAj8iNWb_Zx9SCGC3GAEd-zVYBdFXl7Exadwt_5Rk0OKP_3XDxiJSv9kEUYjYFOZJ5qql2hPLqo_lM0aE41Z2Y_k/s400/100_6409.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"> Woke Livi up from a nap so she could play with the animals at Old McDonald's Farm.<br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372520853413157826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipvwn0dK1Pn8QHGZ5KhHreF289IW6i7Hhm5vAevmBCJWvFln5UN5M9am0OfO4I5J71fAchPYQKtIhNb-fkAtVXO1lTNOEcDt2XFZzM6tZgczBYar_QWAKeDdnCS0NlY6xPYdFpBoTTE_U/s400/100_6463.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372520866127780002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfpDFZuJjdqp_kDkDXDL7p372ZpVstQ7KUHmwKFe8pfk4Sl9X_yRIwlZ-Jz4zBbbbYmM7dF8vN0uxbzXz0CwdQUXDyMvX3gO0IqWwt-4x75E57ZAcwjuitRGq87u5JoGo4pQpdf7vx25w/s400/100_6469.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372520878634922786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjzPlPuXvNOSHJddvOxc3jJOVd650yKrJNI1-iIla1OytAezP91pKSRZ9XGMIrxYJDs7rrWpPva5BCQemQ6-o-NbGQT9sCTk9rT28sNJT5YArH3z6OeFnIqQ9m2LDmKPe9I6BmGbziWvI/s400/100_6470.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372520892899350914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF4WJS3f8cc5wo9_549qiXh0OgerfRbaFyrfAT__sWoFujB6r0GRvMKqGuSBtmTocZ37MWK32ywl7cba6HoWTU8DXVG1t29C6OTqJk6qN8D8laCy_d0jPYU3-GFsuHvYgtxK7QE2tvogI/s400/100_6477.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372520903478332594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinGE1SZYmxI4Be4ep40zJd5oKVr6Lvx3ILOlNAPzKZM3FMmrtscm1Gu5rmwDePqTAlVNoni_jCHVeGI1aHGByKkY7KeFz334wrwtpSYz1Gnic9cbFMLYXZdQtjuUGGEMF85s3SgBmzNo4/s400/100_6485.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Road on the 1880 Train</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372512330407160130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeebS_o8fwA9oIyQW9eMtSkfNM6yNTNqJ7ZRsgu2U7Xqqz1kYNVPQ6v2fPeINYvUb6LppZre72Wy_1VA-63anQB_aSk32t2NnW5dEwz_vdLDKRn0nXQO0vLPO3LsK8ZJE54pwpOnBuxkE/s400/100_6565.JPG" border="0" /></span></em><em><span style="font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372512337548820178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaCeHSDtpqlypqGq2ZAmCSP2HVfTRzy6hSGjH46E-xTNbwRE-nUvU1nzMF44sq7Mv6ZsEq-aNKssUSjscoQweyVJvQOxmqXRaXGhsAtwrfTxYICvO1nOOhSTrpGpPluMdvAd_9yla82IU/s400/100_6554.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372455668955629810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnjw-kq1soVODXnMDwZ5IltjETBSqthxFCmzb9vntNV5_mfLRIGWh-IBCEOmkwGs6m0IAXPDOywXxfpml1sX4eOipsazEyk7Z_RLEBcobDmdW7MfWx3xTWaylRBhQc6WzDVFkD3hhOQU/s400/100_6585.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372512356508838354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYqszlbglsHzyLSQNkpzcu1j01DD6adCQILIVYWuC6YCb7EbdkYMXSMLajdxNlrBfI4jZ4imtiYfM5epLydSwIiHSkDJothaICSrxSoAhSdTOr0hRV8wI76kyPZc9Rx1b_4sRVBVkBHkY/s400/100_6586.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372512351581192642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgTX-MMzuCffTfcOAPNOpx-HttkmJiTuU28nKuOrEHVPtzLV_EITzVGXBgUd5M9IB4K7wm9TkePcafQLYH6VUzYCwz_ot3s4L7ZeOykeUuh0zLbevUdm47alVQyZo2AZJNycN4WU8e37Q/s400/100_6569.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"> Spent another day in Hill City looking at the trains and shops.</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372631164926643698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghbUFE_fqaZzbRPq12uV83Y2xfSyL-pu6lR0Qv20FUA9Mgxi9XFigDqRMTnbWV1bVWzE8FEfxf8ao2qURIaVzM6KypeyDwlPiExJ3jf0Hahsc8rBNWDseFtEJDRqAnhTZgc-qLzuNIkxQ/s400/100_6624.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372631177325266242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCc5VgJBEinZXSRHdzdvY6D7ky-T6QE6ZVYEdRjOWVNHrWii483_zrWnzMCM0rizPxAfNDu3XuGlvJfb-UKC0KkMj7XE9fudss-AQevffg0tuUjhTVcU0miY0nIRfPcv6TQ4lto_qWA8o/s400/100_6625.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372631189764976082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKxDYS8odmHfr4SSfU2KDlTyFyxWsNO1M8PbrgpHdW5ox0XHi9-dGSq-UruWRb2Xj3uCAFrEAeuiMGciYjVuH6zkXWkxPJUEtWUPVRbumVuQvMr3VizD45uYCR5cOBzBqMxXAmv6FEJaQ/s400/100_6640.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p align="center">We drove on some very narrow and curvy roads with tunnels cut out of the mountains.</span></em></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372457869094244386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVeyYanpXqQ-hh89ppFcrdwT48zPz-L4Sp5_FJgc1o5PWnx1ky18nesmFcSEUfq-cifhsw95QdHNV7aZA_jM1KCnv0LjwXjwwUx5J8929obKpNsYxZ_Ol_nllLXzfCtpl4pwwu5nCn6G8/s400/100_6660.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372457875600355826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6MY4DIoxAYfyeq_zyc1Frs0VKg_So76y5Yq4aIm65TsN0kRwjHO0-uXheLOhr8RtLe54gfyvNaGzVrvvoHimKD25W6Qem0FCtx0_pV4ApdoI6Z3wHkDfHnkTBmtw6OcrByfrFFF4NDn8/s400/100_6668.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"> <em><span style="font-size:85%;">We saw lots of these:</span></em></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372457888700059794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7nkRmSckjHSH3OlU5e03k9ugttmxBzheGp5L0H-bh3NwQJdMxJONzo225FAyh19tMRIjlyTDqwcVA5NfkGEFeaNxfshCrBh2FTuhTUjYuBKASukTWYwXfzFP9kXjE5K5sKxD-8XQ3xuY/s400/100_6700.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372457909175781378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSrPYp2HoAESY5Oh_Mq1LNAzt4B4Dp0fEvl0e0Vl2iMtMvT667Cm1dPM0jxWx73gsOHzjZJ-AKYLx-LnmW6q7e38sZ59H7EWrCU_2gdwwB40MFN6WRBmTr15WsZRbZ9LZbnB3oZde4ixk/s400/100_6703.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"> <em><span style="font-size:85%;">We went to the Mammoth Site and saw, well, mammoths.</span></em> </p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372532575551259954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQS2ClfLB7mv8CcYosM4ONC-aNCKPlc0Q47KXPE26YyiIjdlhTTW-WXmkx7CoScOf1YUZWDl4TqamJgh17VX3WxlfmuXnnLs5Br7DXuk2UbQr_VWkUHTaggKRjPGxVpIgWKKhcKjVNsDo/s400/DSC00712.JPG" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372532554783862610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlxf2wLeoRhGaMEvt67mosUo5Z_mJHPKR_xo0zGiDxC_EaWa9oulUxtFdYB9YfxhHHrb01ucdIjO9TmV8fZ3oPb8hXKs3JgukwqnZ6lcw7-2s4czwwC1avIH-8_FrVyhQBbjrAahiUI9Y/s400/100_6722.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372532544227942530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUmEuGNBLRpUfd1pBbcBbesuaMI7IYOoL0oS5cHOFuc3W8pFL5YyA4reFscn4hsQZIV6S-qy5vjaar0_VUNVOwh75ELWYj6836i8BcU7orj7uGKRhKFKcHsvYdjjUe01C-L41KPPcyXIQ/s400/100_6719.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372532533760837122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1JkTu8BhQ9FHzyHa7u4MfGZsh9hl9vQoxCc82_xPWBLidsjnupyyfX4G0PRw52p9XimRyY7VkoSP0K0hprpC_4m21ehcLO5vw2M076Q187hWUmKK2BkbXY4bxyPrACqY9b22tJmQuKtQ/s400/100_6708.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372532568449724530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcvXKt7SYCDBfL55yAbwg_sPxhDzipV6yhtTljkfW5zhA2tgIGOX5I1-nxisMUfDBo5B_RXodxqKB0LExJBFKnd43InzcYqdKLi3_W-RQzw0KSHob3_fjWZsjl8HqzCNtC12HEAPET2s/s400/DSC00710.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"> <em><span style="font-size:85%;">We went to Prairie Berry Winery. </span></em><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372623595753283394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY3O1Gu1UvDiwRSyoFMnn1e4UAr7xQH4_nqBZ0wNE8B70pGHrlEhJd8Sn9N_DRtBtkD2SIyZmzZQUrct_D3Z2Q3zkRUal_ODtuBixQq6G2DR-WGMFsyg8sREZ9QVQD3cHIdBxlOcYzJvU/s400/DaddyLivi1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372623608911806242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9aESS1DPgMCF_vu1Z1_TW91_IOF_DpDE3u55BWyDvTZqfiTFRJHVuYSjV0tKLxg_mM2-UMuLlzaNWSc-hTnpsqbHCDumw2NzoKsJhOPkMRnyI6yg6dF23xxrKSMTJjt41iFCsBKI6OI/s400/Patio1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372623618450496178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqZ2T6N5fnLIxNFWsqDydEDFfR0xp9G37MvedueEBoS_awRGaiK8ln1wN02xyPXwF_4q-MAPdg227CyBEbyFEFp2yt_1cHhbkjraMExePS_-0w5kOBzqTkfdl6KqMU4of7TFjPtNZZd1I/s400/Inside1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372623627733808034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 225px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDqRqwCHTHADMFfWso4udcerQl9CYRb3ZrpYfxNOFV-paMoXtj6Bt4b4yF9ywMv_i2ZbHS1Wd_LSrSLw9Wo2gd45QWIF-VJLYGAAkFpjyvk5ytdR_YCAGYYNI28D89m4i1BzwAD5sdY1Y/s400/Tasting1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372623635351667346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 225px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgASRO0tFg2WH1K1OOHVGp8Afb4ASbF1ZwtwwK7Lw_E4GNKS6wdsE36Ha65e__GJL9lnMNmmNgTRcUZCNJgmUGPg7MhyphenhyphenMQhKtyoqTXk729UemEBmdw8W0TePlA56vkdsPWMWOCKiWbvBfw/s400/eatingcrackers1.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Woke-up every morning to this.</span></em> </p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372628087937111378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjBlGd3coAIoSjX38MGQdkDi2N4UDVyWVy7NHEeTlA2IQ-jjK7C8ZH3gfd1lfVlj2UI8dEdYw_i-urGKdVAzXZROKkOr060nLps4BGz9aepGwnFeOp5aHH-G_jEkzfpRmo9zmAXuKwXP8/s400/DSC00742.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372627191357066978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 110px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5voys6ECUfPOhmUDdmcpoty5sdPGwsouVw2YelL_ppAl1NmFAgly-W3fy_y2rujU8Arue2W1AuSSjNw3RK79vJOv9yVz8wehjpc2Nv_eaEU14YBCNY2-Q5JnH-GC6S_d0yNTcPYPYoM0/s400/Pan1.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><br />and this is just half of it.</p><p><em><span style="font-size:78%;">to be continued.....</span></em><br /><br /></p>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818955361405926795noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181450511144712821.post-57021427910018936052009-07-14T09:00:00.015-05:002009-07-14T22:40:33.858-05:00two years (& one week) ago...<div align="left">I was holding the most beautiful baby girl I have every seen. (She's mine so I can say that!) I remember the song that just happened to come on the iPod when she entered this world, Joe Cocker, You are so Beautiful. I remember Dr. B telling me to "pull her on out" and that's what I did. Placing her on my chest I felt a love and bond I have never felt before. Listening to her sweet cry (something I would learn is not always sweet) emotions took over me and I couldn't believe she was mine.<br /><br />Mine to love forever.<br /><br />Now two years later I still can't believe she is mine and I thank the Lord everyday for trusting me this little girl we call Livi Loo.<br /><br />Since her first birthday Livi now walks, feeds herself, can tell me what she wants, speaks three to four word sentences. She sings A,B,C,D,E and then starts over. She can count to 5. She still loves water but now she can wear floaties and floats around the pool herself. She loves when her Daddy comes home and if I say to her, "Livi who is here?" She will go to the window and start jumping up and down saying "Daddy, Daddy" then meets him at the door. On July 5th just two days before her second birthday she started calling me Mommy before then I was just Mama. Waking up to her saying Mommy was so sweet to me. She loves her dogs, Chili and Swiss and before she goes to bed she has to tell them nite nite too. She loves her grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends and calls them all by name. We go to the gym most days and she loves to see Miss Tracy and all the other kids there (most of them she calls by name too). She loves Elmo and wants to watch him all day. She loves trains and is taking a liking to Thomas. She is very aware of her surroundings. She knows where things go in the house and if something is out of place she puts it back. She likes to help me do laundry and will carry the clothes to the laundry room. She knows what kind of car's we drive and if she see's one on the road she says Mommy's car or Daddy's truck or PaPa's truck or Nanny's car. She knows where Nanny and PaPa live and if we drive by their street and don't turn down it she cries for them. Same with her NieNie and Pa (we made the mistake of driving past their house and she didn't like it that we didn't stop). She loves to be outside and if its raining she will say, "it raining, no outside." And list goes on and on.<br /><br />She brings such joy to our lives and I will go ahead and say it again, I can't believe she is mine.<br /><br />For her second birthday she had an Elmo party! It was a fun filled day of swimming, eating, presents and most importantly family and friends.<br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358447920084263250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjh3pUxvwa74p5wXqToHZ85051sNREOs1_pm8H5jpkVDyv8sacsT68yEHXZ8Cneb9CrDZ6XlEj5EzymMu98YPl2UGTRIlnZk6nDyVyF5CFf4fu3cdmeZBvLJjY_8HgtWbW7jqnSM6NJrg/s400/Cake1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358436999197655010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 306px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_oxVUOrI5_P3pLAbtZYpl3xSZipqZV5TKnocS4n9um9DWUNT9QH1XPcztjQaxbNS1e6GnGCjz8w9kjh7NTfkJe7k9N5-2HcGJxa99ueiTX3zUsIceDkSQlcKLBsLaJEuL-7INov9_It4/s400/Livi2.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358437028557574978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYth4FV-LWf37qq8ucLcYMONg2sBNqLHJ3ie57JoHn6AIYScCREUTG2AUhX74QxIyEyNZBrWxqjWJ10c6sK-9mthbW_D-2JjNvOn4ft7kq2YSnSZf43JHRNkUUqfn8x4iS9XQcRgNGHiY/s400/Us1.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>This picture was taken at the end of a very long day<br />and I'm not sure what she is doing with her face.</em></p><span style="font-size:100%;">Livi, </span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Mommy and Daddy are so proud of you and all that you have accomplished this past year. We love watching you learn new things each day and how you get so excited when you figure something out. You make our lives so much sweeter. We love you </span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><em>to the moon and back</em>.</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">The End.</span><br /></span>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818955361405926795noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181450511144712821.post-59719525808931026652009-07-08T22:37:00.005-05:002009-07-08T22:51:40.585-05:00stay tuned<div align="left">I have a new post coming soon. Yesterday was Livi's birthday and this weekend we are having her party. It's Elmo themed. But for now I offer you these recent pictures of Little Livi Loo.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356300590195958450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 337px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPVHRKw01qXXXmk00OKzWpOrakbN_W0zsuvb0De4TQ1dQJqzLse_DEn7zz6g871NY86SAyNoCynZWyu8OtfbGHrOStJvqDUEa8AL5gMVz4VZ8EEBSfqfahtP-VQHNH0DaXGTQcFSB6xQ/s400/DaddyLiviMommy2.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Birthday lunch with Mommy & Daddy (Nanny & Papa were there too!)</em></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356300598873538578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismramoKOfprpxuB8C08QniiVXyn-3V1CSv_FsF-JAHPshg821Q3iC1BeZ0ZnvSSeRUaJyjITykJSdRhtWSuOro28YXOFUEOL9BvcL_SFSjepexR5pDxc9gn__m63hXNVOQ74_r2a14kQ/s400/LiviRunning1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356301958919618786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi353BIVrUV62lN-fbiIS_sVq91RJan5KoEoBGKSP00X8Bt-nR42fq3_f5XRWFkPohOIoEaxolN6Wou26hvrJM-qnnp1GHMhD89IVKfANcHPPxV7l0UUR9leeo25Ophi-bA2YEiIdwJ83U/s400/Livi1.jpg" border="0" /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">These are from a July 4th visit from Uncle Doug.</span><br /></em></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div align="center"><br /></div><p align="center"> </p><p align="left">More to come...</p>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818955361405926795noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181450511144712821.post-58089193470070579572009-04-29T15:15:00.004-05:002009-04-29T18:24:22.414-05:00rockin' robinFor three weeks we have had a "friend" in our backyard. He has been waking me up every morning usually around 6 o'clock (if you know me I don't do 6 o'clock unless there is a screaming baby involved) and then hangs out for the rest of the day. Who is this "friend" you ask?<br /><br />A robin. A really annoying, strong willed, some would say stupid, robin.<br /><br />Three weeks ago I was sitting on the couch in the living room and heard a bird hit the window in the dining room. I laughed and thought silly bird can't you see there's a window there! Then he did it again. So I walked over to the window and noticed he had been doing this for awhile. I say that because there are little bird prints all over the top of the window. He continued to do this for the rest of the day.<br /><br />When I went to bed that night I had forgotten about the silly bird. The next morning though I remembered him, he was back.<br /><br />Now he had moved to the back door. He would hit the door then hit the window again. Over and over all day long.<br /><br />This bird wanted in my house and he was not leaving. My sister was over one day and she and her kids also witnessed it.<br /><br />A week went by. Jarad and I would just laugh. We couldn't figure out what he wanted and why he kept hitting our windows.<br /><br />Then one morning a week after he hit the window in the dining room the bird went to far. He started hitting our bedroom window. He even got really good and would fly up, hold on to the screen, and then fly up to the top of the window and just start pecking. Every morning pecking. I got pretty good too. When he would land on the screen I would hit the window, causing him to fly off. Thinking to myself, I'll show you bird.<br /><br />Jarad put some bird seed out, hoping that he would eat that and leave. Not so much.<br /><br />We seriously didn't know what to do. This bird was driving me crazy hitting and pecking all day long. I wanted him gone, away from my house.<br /><br />This had been going on for almost three weeks. So one night before I went to bed I prayed (like I do every night). Only on this night I prayed to God to please take the bird away. Show him some other place to fly. Although I thought it was silly to pray for a bird to leave my house alone I did it anyway. I didn't know what else to do. And guess what? That next morning I woke up at 7:30 to the sound of my daughters music playing softly in the baby monitor and the sweet sound of her breathing in and out.<br /><br />No bird in sight. And he hasn't been back since.<br /><br />I think it was a wake-up call from God. Reminding me that nothing is too big or too small for Him. Not even a annoying, strong willed, silly bird.Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818955361405926795noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181450511144712821.post-47248580890239278232009-04-28T15:45:00.003-05:002009-04-28T16:26:29.766-05:00ladies lunch<div align="left">As I've mentioned in other posts, I love our ladies lunch. By ladies I mean my best good friend Rachel or Auntie RayRay, me, and Livi. Its nice to pick a different place every week (sometimes twice a week) to go and have lunch and then either a quick trip to the mall or our favorite place Target!! Target usually wins.<br /><br /></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">A little background on my best good friend Rachel. We met in elementary school. She went to Ash Grove, I went to Bois D'Arc. It's the same school district just different elementary schools. It wasn't until Jr. High that we really became friends and we still are to this day. She knows all my secrets, my past, my ups and downs and she has stood by me through it all. She was there when I met Jarad. She was the first one of my friends I told I was pregnant and she was sooooo excited. She's the one I can call when I really need to vent to someone. And she makes sure that at least once a week she gets to see me and Livi. She is hands down the best friend anyone could ask for. </div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left">I've been meaning to get a picture of Rach and Livi but I always forget my camera. Not today! So I give to you Rachel or Auntie RayRay and Livi Loo Loo at our favorite place, Target.<br /><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329854793755413490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 341px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-UZiKHU_cV5YLK4MnJhoVVNP3GZhnfNQyhgX0XyuGCT0RejLIAtZ1N6oU6rGeXVWLWSsm-FqdJjGcbkDuXvlzU7xdu8ikdYbRF5wfbZMgq5Pndb6L6pKsTxnf4zr92T4Qiaw8A79uqLQ/s400/Livi&RayRay1.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Before going in. Livi is fascinated with the big "balls" outside of Target.<br /><br /></span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em></div><div align="left"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329854797606576514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSiRmpNQACfZT3lh4jAzCniDlxJ-esB1dBN9yOoNt0sRXJRQuz-FswsTB7ikMZJtiwNE0zlzA1-UePHjpFo7Rd1jlDWvqJbhVnsGtpzCLTC6VYkjNJilgJEKMzoMh9Yh_b5ZugDq-Pnxs/s400/Livi&RayRay2.jpg" border="0" /></div><p align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">All our shopping is done.</span></em></p><p align="center"></p>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818955361405926795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181450511144712821.post-6595467755051718092009-04-26T23:33:00.005-05:002009-04-27T09:04:38.117-05:004/26/2009<div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Morning at home</span><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwH_Xaxn9MR437_g2qekY1BX5DJdAvJXNNwWvoWGvoqT78h1n0yp9CWvli86z7K_Tv53ZeKZCykNzkmS2CYrnbmXaaOIsQi2e_XLQjGMtTmtU-znKrsxXyAQUB6y-dAVIgvHNQSYpPYdc/s1600-h/Livicollage.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329225053655863954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwH_Xaxn9MR437_g2qekY1BX5DJdAvJXNNwWvoWGvoqT78h1n0yp9CWvli86z7K_Tv53ZeKZCykNzkmS2CYrnbmXaaOIsQi2e_XLQjGMtTmtU-znKrsxXyAQUB6y-dAVIgvHNQSYpPYdc/s400/Livicollage.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> Afternoon at NieNie & Pa's<br /></span><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329225060290018466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhYtiTgMU2BdgSLkCL97R7qqhsCoJbLihfLl26t24Cq054yP30cwM-xmXUyN8NzVmsLNMtuc6xIfp0ndRDyLtCjFuJlY3nm4FTWlx_Yj_HYBSFZrdudO3Cttl3vU7b7E970_Vbz1unF4c/s400/Livicollage2.jpg" border="0" /></div><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Evening at Nanny & Papa's</span></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329225061440872658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYKl5qlogghr7SFFawho9X1m03W-dic0zl8e2xMXQCQex7y9l9KZIfNnhGbgmGsrT_eZdwR4Zij2JDAvw0WQOIqHhcsJFv_4cKqFPYIGsqmDd31_An7SsWTtjWb50HOnaigKrBtcDah8/s400/Livicollage3.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">She's always running.</span></p>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818955361405926795noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181450511144712821.post-81972833190372964352009-04-25T23:19:00.006-05:002009-04-26T00:07:12.476-05:00sweet saturday in springToday for the first time in a long time we had nothing planned. We didn't have to be anywhere. It was a nice feeling. So today when we woke up and saw how beautiful the day was going to be we decided to head on out to Lowe's.<br /><br />I had been wanting to get some plants for the deck and the front. Livi loved looking at the flowers and helped pick some out. We walked around for over an hour. Looking at bathroom fixtures and dreaming of things we would like to do to the house, making plans. It was fun.<br /><br />Then as we left Lowe's we decided to take the long way home and drive around a little. It was nice cruising around with the windows down and listening to Livi say MOO every time she saw a cow.<br /><br />It's times like these I realize how truly blessed I am. The simple times. A nice trip to Lowe's and a beautiful Saturday drive.<br /><br />When we got home it was time for Livi to go down for a nap. That made it really easy for us to get our potting done.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328856449456441250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXz3UJaExkY3FdjNfheDjAkVRGuVsRPd0V6dpiY5mjtbpceSLWIKHaUfK7zdl5wJKrolL3I7ZUT5mGZud-vOpIbt5sIdsY0-UiYUqVxpgc_BiVcFB26Hnhbfu2cX3sXuYaY7x__Elp5c/s400/Us.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"> <em><span style="font-size:85%;">CJ stopped by and said we looked cute so I made him take some pictures.<br /><br /></p></span></em><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328856455509231346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 244px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThj7ptqBMuB_OZexiMXtH_yoz0PBRb2emW6woj735G0K1Wtr7HVAQ7RjOiAsHG77svhxjMKIQxzPD5_QApgag7Dw9H1yqSbSXKsLx2YxK3hY5WitGlyrqb9Js-6a_uCMxKmCsiDR4NE0/s400/Planting1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328856458858907922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5kSDcL8FbWVhJKtaGyr23lWfCXuLMkcebWEQ07USWz0FWkZTgUvFyZgTUTPAUXeaeGSo6fDWhFBlfH61TGTXp3_4Occz076xwhnAZS0uIYmySUOQNmovxNNKPKyAky679eCGj-IL5IRM/s400/Planting3.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328856465932799778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcEbPSddEPGkC-uFz0j_WPGLfd6q2nonNWq_VsirhXABcaxnSoyaiS8zfbZBiy_FcPtP5jhDAsj4VQxrEBMDVUb4WoW4P24bG2plm2HdS-4Xe-iTUVQOXFx9M-MPrf1uVglUNIU_2DKAc/s400/Plants1.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"> <em><span style="font-size:85%;">Our finished project minus the one in front.<br /><br /></p></span></em><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328857698353959714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkwNEuue_cLl6_fEyrVl_RixR02Yvt9kSc6hwIyoBzma0kuHd5ZczhDV59mIsKoNpFNPOC65D-cYfvEuXz1gokwTA7MTcT3F7nnlPq-1loFsSp3JSNNQVqaBE1Zmjmz_aOGVR6RGihfbQ/s400/Jarad&Livi2.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>We also put the canopy back up. We had a lot of fun out there when Livi woke up!<br /><br /></em></span></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328857701361933986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLOffMGu7BF6WWFc88tbYwK6Nii2sP8n3_pYP4pDXMhRPjhEhbisfawX_B8cJAwpKt6wKcDCAsrKQzgyNnFjkXkbBlOK3hu1GOLpe0L9s25KY4d3N6Re0hieo6S1I3uzv39MFzNY1K09Y/s400/JaradLivi1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328856470137905346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl5mixn-h19gm8mgH5oBJpW25lJFh6ZrIGQ7wewl0FsWnmwTws94r_7Hx3i7RLDsKIIfkeNfEJMo6B29AsiJ1JSTzvPdK_aT-Nm-w_UkaViRquNitaZ4dUTJ8rFdGmDbT_2zIcYzIjjc4/s400/Stars1.jpg" border="0" /><br /><p align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">We got these stars for Christmas. I love them up there. </span></em></p><p>For dinner we decided to grill. Jarad ran to the store a got us some steaks and we had baked potatoes, corn, strawberries, and french fries (I know quite the combo). It was the end to a wonderful, perfect, sweet Saturday in spring. </p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328857707573651330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglnBNyQy-haMilp1w7zPEDpVxFmslIf5dq_qu8feJFEjIscnea4nCviWwvz9Z5vZJ2g-F382gKt_iWSE96O9muWXXePYx34_LkurT6Jr-qY1oVS0JlmWdcFhuNG0vgF3vfP1nJyrKdyZ8/s400/Jarad&Livi4.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Helping Daddy with the grill.</span></em></p>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818955361405926795noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181450511144712821.post-28251950622085985142009-04-15T16:56:00.009-05:002009-04-17T10:41:14.463-05:00Easter 2009 the end<div align="left">On Easter morning Livi woke up to this.<br /></div><br /><div align="left"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325040803137207682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 303px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4xHLIUZoH9FYSCuPcMiZ7OhszeK9v8kgW_x1wnyiAuCWLom7dgLeB0IhF4sTYOHSaeHrfn1jzwZvGhec_-kR9ZZGcJTEO_bPbH3ulzNCIJZOOos4zg-JXBh5DQ9P98wjvzOv6hsNSDBU/s400/EasterMorning.jpg" border="0" /><br /></div><div align="left">She was very excited to see Elmo. Most mornings she wants to play in her bed and doesn't want to get out and have her diaper changed. That was not the case here. She was ready to get up and check out her loot.</div><br /><div align="left"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325041788643545522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 336px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvXsVvAHjm5vzTKUYNDFDCnXVJWgxgR7FzhgHhgXhK9wkWBBdi1Q9d_xb5-x_L1cxwO5sFSqwJgtGo7rhseHOvRUx3AnAIFjPVJn7QvUkEtw7spMDVamkWMrtkNomrRciiMPcN24eCDQ0/s400/Livi5.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325045076056252066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYYPRvrgMXpB_Zp3hm4CFtrTLbMJzVBo8O5Ka3AKwQ9Q6srtbgUrdaZmKF6HLKtRONzSkps2vUFy90vgKpDWbmjqvYQN8cLc1ozyZSGcoqZXSA4O0uBu4OdonPxsJ2dUsjK4kYf9_yNUc/s400/JaradLivi2.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325045079842844770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0msYT6_7mAsr5xBPFZnLlbd9cl9B4IeeW2Xh_6X1zOWvWYMxQRlRBcVbwNSypAOxarJUe747GalmbEcG3jbznFOJZTEMf8lKhwDGvYPq6AEC-y0OfinICv-E-ARR8ArykM_o0T3hpp8w/s400/Livi4.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325045083316604370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuSzWJ5pYIRrdc64tnrDL1senC8okQy-HF_ySqg95mEhZMLgIx9MZ0bNUa_xPlwgKlr__yEHTeRSJBn0t_br0iYcgCsYsTRc2smWhGdZCSjezOeJqRZuCo6gGE0SmwcwQOyQuS_NOBtAw/s400/100_5529.JPG" border="0" /><br /></div>After trying some candy and playing with her puzzles we got ready and went out to my parents house to have Easter dinner.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325117462555073058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8N8_AaMRanZhV6q5YqK6zQgpnGXRajy1k95d8usM8ilJioY2rgXdb2_SRXuHmqPb8fQYYTYZZZGxeZ3hU2CUQSFfgTrpRHwHSMq6dnR5lhB5VVWweHXu2oHQlSOSrx1bdWJYAlraZL_g/s400/HappyEaster.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"> <em><span style="font-size:85%;">This is the only (good) picture I got of her. But its really cute so I'll take it. </span></em><br /></p><p align="left">And to make the great day even better, my cousin and his wife announced that they are expecting!! </p><p align="left">Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter too!</p>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818955361405926795noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181450511144712821.post-3773971939030143032009-04-14T17:34:00.008-05:002009-04-14T22:37:53.541-05:00Easter 2009 Part 1<div align="left">Our Easter celebration started off on Saturday at Nanny and Papa's. We had an Easter egg hunt and then a wonderful dinner that Jarad had won from Honey baked Ham (he put his name in a drawing one day last week when he was there for lunch and he won!) along with some amazing sides that Cheryl made. </div><div align="left"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">(He also won something else recently and I'm working on that post.)</span></em> </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Here are some pictures from our day.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324753567710163762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnlbRyE8tGCKYTH4mHeHRopg-gEy1tzVuDZF7kIq_JHnY9hW1KMI2nAsVH-8gz8tphHTR221A6997gN-KXyGKbsudwh_Jzx6O8AAKfTz_BaV6URwKB_Fjr6B9zERluyuwVDjUf35r1IxA/s400/The+kids.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>The kids and PaPa before the egg hunt.</em></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324752599017850802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2QO0mAnQ581MxMbhkY35t9fljvim27kWreNfT4GKnteXqlG1MZ1KEM2U4WyXdVXrwnYlvRRqoElezZ2IpVc3tmuuDm6PW8aJcd7ZfzSGcY6jE-QgGL64CSCoWhWScBBBgQCBb3zWAK3M/s400/Steph&Livi2.jpg" border="0" /> <em><span style="font-size:85%;">Livi getting her first lesson of many from our favorite coach, Steph.</span></em></p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324752587731190786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9dV6p5NVB0KEWmW8c2lqWwZ8Mdyu2WEJAcunuogFXmnuwEBLICLL9ikk0oOJhAtjbPHzuOz4wQ0zTDkfCOrzN1nJn8WmRWxh8IkhFZu_dDRgePr5r6wXL6NH33Kl10THvz0rp_Imez-E/s400/Steph&Livi.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324749918198918130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJnlLAdLUO5jq8TIBhxK8QxWu8uvL-Kb10KWyUiNqXhV5-fxSUYf05KOWjNbwYSna7C5hCXzq4ZtVvDDQE-TMX2xvd2uBafyS5or2ZhcTUJH1r6KAnbioRpwBU92IH2Y21nzC4fz7_m1s/s400/Livi1.jpg" border="0" /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Livi finding some eggs.</span></em></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324749938002238274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE6wHk1EUXpStxtEEQdydykGj4sC-nP5MYNFq91AY15UIbYF2Aor2lKTs6qF2K1ea3PYein4Tk6Xp1oe46qiQFHNcFs6u-PdfXstLPS3d-lKh0Q56QZkMOiXadniZ_R03SPSTrFfG25iY/s400/PapaLivi.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324749927692261010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijDJJmH4GQtOUT0ivrC7WbC8mP1kyFFcqG39Rdnp49wTcRSbee17QtK4VyVMo2BncsH5KS5A3DXd4hzWr96JgIapmbEoJvXA4lIxT76zlFWquEeaSTQTnVC8X_4ITuEJPWaLBcJ21Wuzo/s400/Livi2.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324749929717231826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUP5HmAHu98jAKN4uE3oChjrNy3VnJD1Md5FdY5NM7xik-LVap5aMSul6r41N2U5npPEWvekQgjjG-Wm9YdI0UmAurnsQb-9yjpKaSI_YWoHQCJb8IE6ZVVhBqnJTR93mJseWvHNyED2Y/s400/Livi3.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324752602906706370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1iHX4xsDqJ7CWvtWyB6YJB0HPupRHbHj8H-ysQ2rj00MWcToHQY8Dc_8HdNnGJuUqjKoNxFyM6ho_vAFN5g_H3qzV-EF4QdIR7SlMtrAa7iZGtmKa4VF_gJmbu87unpbD4phsyFiVLII/s400/CoCoLivi.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Kissing cousins, Livi and Coco.</span></em><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324752606387262034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 286px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNHgvy3n5ABX-RRLPQykXEEsfrpniEyxQOryDwXxgA4EpPQpPrjwvSoKEBjQuILcDzkNyLSuN5-qKwph_qgVPpPNWZWibqWRSJUMkDRdP72Lz1k9ca5D0FW_MPYSoG8YGSbnbVkQxOZaU/s400/JaradLivi.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Four-wheeler ride with Daddy to end the day.</span></em></p>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818955361405926795noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181450511144712821.post-81245765865455835242009-04-02T14:19:00.003-05:002009-04-02T16:28:13.036-05:00exciting things are afootIt's all happening so fast. I've been praying for it. Praying for something to happen. Something needed to happen. Jarad loves his job. He really does. He loves talking about promotional products and will talk about them all day to me if I will let him. He loves his employer and everyone that works there. He loves his customers. The problem with loving a job so much is, its sometimes hard to know if that is where you really need to be.<br /><br />Here lately though we've been talking. Talking about what we want and how are we going to get there. I suggested that I could go back to work. (Not that I really want to go back to work, I love my work here at home with my little girl but if we needed me to then I would.) Jarad really didn't have much to say about that, to me anyway. I was told by his mom that he mentioned to her that he really doesn't want me to work. Such a nice man.<br /><br />Still something needed to happen. Bills are being paid, diapers are being bought, clothes are being worn, and food is being ate. Saving though? Nothing was being saved. I like saving. Having a little put back for something special.<br /><br />Now it hasn't always been like this. Just this year. Gas prices went up and now back down. Groceries have gone up and well, we are in a recession. Therefore, promotional products really aren't being bought, at least not like they have been. Companies are cutting back. There is still a need just not as big as there used to be.<br /><br />Meanwhile, my father-in-law's company is thriving. Getting bigger and bigger everyday. New accounts are being picked up and finally his lifetime of (really, really) hard work is paying off. The only problem, he NEEDS help.<br /><br />I had asked Jarad why he doesn't just work for his dad. He has worked for him before, in the warehouse, drove a route, ran one of the bookstores and I'm sure there are others that I don't know about. He would just say, "dad doesn't want me in the magazine business". Well that was then and this is now. Then they weren't as busy, then it was unpredictable, then he didn't need help.<br /><br />But now? Now is the time. So I am extremely excited and very pleased to announce that Jarad is going to work for his dad!!!! It all happened so fast too. Fast like within a day. And the only people that knew were me, Jarad, his mom and dad. I found myself giggling with excitement just waiting to announce the big news.<br /><br />Since he is an independent contractor for Yates Promotions he can still sell for them! He has some clients that he will keep and continue to sell to. He just won't be doing all the other stuff there. His hours at Ozark News will allow him to have meetings in the afternoon. And frankly if anyone can have two jobs that will require what these two will its Jarad. He's always been a hard worker and sadly I think he enjoys it.<br /><br />I can't help but feel a little guilty though. I want him to be happy in whatever he is doing. After all he is the one getting up and going to work to provide for our family. I've been asking him everyday if this is really what he wants to do. He always says yes. I asked him yesterday if he was really sure this is what he wants, his reply, "I'd be happy driving a garbage truck if it was alongside my dad." Funny 'cause I'm pretty sure his dad feels the same way.Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818955361405926795noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181450511144712821.post-77716225215359849992009-03-29T22:43:00.003-05:002009-03-29T22:55:35.764-05:00new john deere ad?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRhAYXromiz1iLSlEWDoTDH1mootwparuo7EcAHUVK4-eSQyQS7pCAwqy8Pco6JX_AWlXN-IEJmgph-pEuphdAuGS2reRmf9KKF6SisScglPB8MQQgUxHwwB7b73lVnNiXCJkAVki_3m4/s1600-h/Livi+JD+4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318823978527957282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRhAYXromiz1iLSlEWDoTDH1mootwparuo7EcAHUVK4-eSQyQS7pCAwqy8Pco6JX_AWlXN-IEJmgph-pEuphdAuGS2reRmf9KKF6SisScglPB8MQQgUxHwwB7b73lVnNiXCJkAVki_3m4/s400/Livi+JD+4.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD0tGMDmNUYpxd5eolHq52H6DRxPfcjSmg1Wy8expwvSfkE5EhsRzOs8bRmeM_3s1O1_xNeXl7Uj3O431EsJjR4W7DqmwDtt4O4V32gzK0wf-Czp3gSf0JR-Dc5VaFrvpcmrF9pyaYiQY/s1600-h/Livi+JD+3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318823973687235298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD0tGMDmNUYpxd5eolHq52H6DRxPfcjSmg1Wy8expwvSfkE5EhsRzOs8bRmeM_3s1O1_xNeXl7Uj3O431EsJjR4W7DqmwDtt4O4V32gzK0wf-Czp3gSf0JR-Dc5VaFrvpcmrF9pyaYiQY/s400/Livi+JD+3.jpg" border="0" /></a></div>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818955361405926795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181450511144712821.post-49748767257777507932009-03-06T22:59:00.008-06:002009-03-06T23:29:54.504-06:00welcome back, welcome back, welcome back<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjz37gii3U1I3ZaYqCDJp_un9T3_79BRsnnigTp5HyPX7rTpGJXY4yqXnQdi0h_9fZLS8Tt0bo98K6cNZjCFTO2LRQeOvF2U6CsrlPVffdS0JyK0ffmfnJohsTzYSK1r61tlZ6fLpRwkM/s1600-h/12.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310310539834324722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 265px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjz37gii3U1I3ZaYqCDJp_un9T3_79BRsnnigTp5HyPX7rTpGJXY4yqXnQdi0h_9fZLS8Tt0bo98K6cNZjCFTO2LRQeOvF2U6CsrlPVffdS0JyK0ffmfnJohsTzYSK1r61tlZ6fLpRwkM/s400/12.jpg" border="0" /></a>I've missed you sweet Spring. After Christmas and New Year's I'm blah, blah, blah and then you come along. Sweet, sweet Spring. Welcome back.<br /><br />Today we met up with <a href="http://www.claireandcocosmommy.blogspot.com/"><em>Chrissy</em></a> and the gang at the park. So much fun. I didn't get any pics of her kiddos though because I was to busy chasing around this little girl.<br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310312025091038802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 374px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzaMXT8rFPC1lzhH8jGGxlZhqp_JZWCJSWJ7LEvvZIho5pQpIZKKbMeGNdjYLAiDVGF5CVvJgj4-nAzEY9hUTMcXa0aZ0-2VezEok2lfm1CLY-FsKBb9P9Clm5IwXKmfJPow7LYZOWGiQ/s400/8.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310308665388851714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5IhZGh8Em1GopKOsPMVpfTUmHKqUJaSMjEk-tNW7JdreADj2aseDBdk97JgGPhh02ZbXNGsCmEWh7swB4bU_2SCsOa_2xYlQ5cbKCWnHQPIrzn5GmJoZBGlQeLDglqeKOSOb447EntIw/s400/1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310310532971931314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 274px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn1q2gt9laZ6n8XzmEWRIIY5BnR6OgsfMP1BDkzjTsn1n-Sopz3u-_4qfSBeUtSON5B7dYyGNB0Pi-rgHs66b3FZoIOS9eTtBiZJrk_GDaBNzf9HAcR-8Aea-F-PxLYUpg5RlKQNHXssI/s400/7.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310308662015656386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCL_VRK1a17pMIDJuQOZzA4BBjwJdzm6jmWTKF4XB1CtPjZLR4qmkPzvLHVyCnNcx-AFZCKbbHpCOP21Vt4UB4uqQe5cfJ358khIKiNwNyHCK-Zm4GzlBW3m3mnseomI7jNDN6bO2X1sc/s400/2.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310310527560987922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtsJg4aySZz5Rdc5KTlB4WHdFKlbNFEdFJzC2zJuX5jFQCSeKXLAoxWP_EgdcwrRnJMr5RjKGjNxd7eU8_lCgZZFRXl-A-FDvbh5RH-9Go9h_w2Z8DP8LIdXUjLqj5EegV1ouVI3bwusw/s400/5.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310310518630062898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 247px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwAE9KseamGhhipumrYGOT13ykDhfyooWE4YlVkRdNhew9z1HMvAeuPcDjYx8XEaIEzqXkFGOGRvhLuPEqhRIoVX89OBMAkDMk6TdSTacdnaxjPJl3nC9YPqRYE-wmJ8X0topfVxW2tyI/s400/3.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310308675528582418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ufWzus2k2McOAqiYP2-gbmgQX82BbwtiZT8_G18hGMRhboyM2VwJ7O_yPdS6apJiYfclnZLy4j4eH1hkWGs6I_w5E4rLd0OIrqJmp8qx4E99UzAiMJBrjGs_8WDc8pYBAydlOd9AphE/s400/13.jpg" border="0" />We can't wait to see what tomorrow brings.<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818955361405926795noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181450511144712821.post-51378524732901525002009-02-25T17:41:00.003-06:002009-02-25T18:23:04.486-06:00sleep baby sleepOne of my favorite things to do is watch my baby sleep. I love listening to her breathe, off in dreamland while snuggling with her favorite blankie. The monitor we have for her room has a camera on it. I love being able to look in on her without really looking in. <br /><br />Every night before I turn in for bed I like to go in and check on her one last time. I usually cover her up again and lay her bink (pacifier) close by in case she needs it. I'll tell her I love her and then slip back out. Now there are some nights when looking at her isn't enough and I will pick her up and snuggle with her sometimes sitting on the floor while singing. I seriously can't get enough. Most nights she doesn't know I'm there. Then there are some nights she stretches and opens her eyes, giving me a smile. She's told me bye-bye, asked for a kiss, she says Dada and Mama then closes her eyes, rolls over, and falls back to sleep. I have never seen her talk in her sleep or heard it on the monitor. That was not until the other night. <br /><br />I walked in looked over the crib and with her bink hanging out of her mouth she says, Elmo. Her eyes never opened she didn't move at all. Just whispered Elmo. I like to think they were on some magical adventure and he was teaching her to count and say her ABC's. <br /><br />I wasn't really surprised that she was saying Elmo in her sleep, she has recently taken a liking (more like loving) to Elmo. She wakes up saying his name and repeats it many times throughout the day. She hands me the remote and says Elmo. Like an order. Insisting that he be turned on. <br /><br />I was sad though knowing that something other than her mom or dad was taking up space in her dreams. <br /><br />Maybe tonight will be my turn.Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818955361405926795noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181450511144712821.post-69117650553286539412009-02-20T18:19:00.006-06:002009-02-20T20:49:00.411-06:00strict ordersAs my grandpa used to say "It's a beautiful day in the Ozarks." Indeed it was. So nice in fact while talking on the phone today with Rachel (Auntie RayRay) she told me to take Livi to the park. Actually she ordered me to take Livi and my camera. It's just too nice to sit in the house all day she says. I honestly had no idea how nice it was outside until she told me.<br /><br />So that's what I did. After Livi woke up from her nap we went to the park. It was nice to get out of the house and enjoy this beautiful day. Tomorrow I think it is going to rain and be cold.<br /><br />Livi had so much fun. I think her favorite was the slide. I was a little nervous at first but she climbed up all by herself and was giggling the whole way down. I love watching her learn and explore things.<br /><br />We were there for about 45 minutes. It started getting chilly so I decided that it was time to leave. I asked her if she was ready to go she promptly said, "No." She really wasn't ready either. After a little whining I finally got her in her car seat, shut her door and walked around to get in. I don't know how I did it or how it happened but it did. I locked my keys in the car. With my child strapped in her seat. And sitting right there in on the console was my phone. My first thought was I should have looked at the keypad code and memorized it. I hadn't. Next thought maybe the drivers side back door is unlocked (somethings wrong with it and it doesn't power lock like the rest of the doors) which it was. Opening the door though made my alarm go off. Nice. I got in and off we went home after a wonderful afternoon at the park.<br /><br />You thought that story would be more interesting I know.<br /><br />Sorry.<br /><br />Here are some pictures that will hopefully make up for it.<br /><br /><div><div align="left"><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305039791398311858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7jb2ks3R5Y-D7i2hBC_DaZK1v2uxmuqro-K7no7cQAreJTfL31VQ1XupTiRMJgGMaoyrCJb4jZVrVW6fJuj2FPIFyoCE3tLlmfPsg-t96r9GHojmC1Ti0aWpVHABS2vVaBWh2n0KRL1A/s400/1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305076809295666738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj8YFiJY6SxCQ3RF80NWDLSg-eF6b54rZQ_0tbwOtfmex-mGja1BmiLkACHSYMGmntUaQt1CKzJ5vMSOaxZiNL05pyu9xVWeAJjcTBb832MRyiZJK2YPDxSDaxxbvHBjp9Qe_1HtbEbw0/s400/2.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305039806822871970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfB8VLE1b03o-NPQemDPcWQOo9V_ttgmHWDcpsMEa3qIed2mVrqnvKYPcG21Eg61NkYaYfjoiC5mBgJE7gnNyJ1a9r8AxYOVkivhjnNgAH8vWAnj1suQRMqmZgl3I64RdVqgYgFHCmocU/s400/6.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305039814051375442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 378px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1SwaYLDihyBJE-Zgqm33Em9Hdc3cD-XmqaAiVWxiT6bK8nhWCHCg9dHG9FRG3WywMhRrX9WW_rt-wsODgZNdb7xk31Yfie0Rm5HApFrGmkhL-HOn0W3n41Go8Zn7IIW45D0BO-tYbV4/s400/4.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305039821828562834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxTa5AVKHLt-84bHoO1q7Ww01fYLeMQ-Y8l0D_oifngGBRzJaWXTwVJGFvL9UM6OC2cjT_hULGv_IMnEFQWUoX4fKS2MwaY9bsWyOES20k138dchEbJwEUJb4sJzHbJQBcw5ciMVHxSLg/s400/5.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305076814265193010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Lx3Sd60lSGL5jDwsYFyIiEPQvJg0xfurtGwHns6Ok3KVqJk5rDtGu-iUrFmzsVPDHj-s32wIcgaUI_b5ui0jVUW5EeOsU1sE3IdtQPAKeNypaD4U-56C8Zj09lARhpQPQRz9EBR6DhM/s400/100_5316.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305039799819286770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1e_Addyi8UvgwfqYuW0TmlN62Zp88o-HriffaA4vPEZMHnaUZuXq9bm3fzM7YpY2d8kngrFnqxNnj1y92U17gHlDfAe8n_9jwGAL1U-3dlHvQk18SccHMMstqfxt4w03HQyqJPzeOLzI/s400/3.jpg" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyj0Ll73f_XXEeBZSITEHRuaHLgQX_EnOZwBpikjMbpiDpwxa2-bHFfkaXFFCxYQyoxlW1hQXxCvjKelpnd7UuMDfvKloAjacARRGOlOngUcFuBhCQTGZ4yi-Xt1jTpqkhjefb8pzZZto/s1600-h/7.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305040150046478594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyj0Ll73f_XXEeBZSITEHRuaHLgQX_EnOZwBpikjMbpiDpwxa2-bHFfkaXFFCxYQyoxlW1hQXxCvjKelpnd7UuMDfvKloAjacARRGOlOngUcFuBhCQTGZ4yi-Xt1jTpqkhjefb8pzZZto/s400/7.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818955361405926795noreply@blogger.com5