tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54525424875917886552024-03-12T17:33:12.111-07:00meeshmeeshwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660991941874954606noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452542487591788655.post-20772334012247728332009-12-15T11:40:00.000-08:002009-12-15T12:10:07.833-08:00Happy Birthday Andy!<div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">20 years old!</span></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415557492295166274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0QFUkPbeAggdojGB8HiFfyKqvM7qAnXXSME2SoYi0g8nAHe-htvcaG6lx4lg-idzElvfKZbA4KgAqktBzGU5iYm8WQUVZeg6nJKipPD4hyphenhyphenn1NlndkxNjbWVyhURqItmOqstpGsWyY8BX3/s400/2009+891.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center">December 12th was Andy's actual birthday...unfortunatly I was not around a computer that day...Andy marks the last of the birthdays for the year...we love you Andy...Greg and I can't believe that between the two of us 3 of our kids are not "teenagers" anymore...</p>meeshwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660991941874954606noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452542487591788655.post-46695653696116834062009-12-01T13:33:00.000-08:002009-12-01T14:33:01.737-08:00Happy Birthday Karch and Natalie!<div align="center">Its a big birthday for our kids Karch and Natalie... <div><div><div>One is now old enough to drive....eeekkk...</div><div>The other is old enough to be legal....double eeekkk...<br /></div><br /><div>To both we wish them a very happy birthday and lots of love...</div><div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410394259274089762" 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/AVvXsEghndyRojcPwFjvFuThYsz-UFpcuJccBdt2-1dzue6TIO2eOxeC7yEOFYzzKEBQ_bby3HGLkCp1Ef_7wTWuUSLRNlHJeWQl5HVjllSGF6O6Ltuin3fGfZmHG5idD_Jnh0NbGjKGzth9vCnz/s400/2009+612.jpg" border="0" /></div></div></div><br /></div><p align="center">16 years old today</p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410398563940872818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 316px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLnK0uzxzTezibDf6RnI10o2RyP_7htekflVh4zMbVjboiTehN9is6fv9L2s80WPXB4egqES445tIHAbTPoDsd34z5w0QKySNjUxdIlZzmrhHPB6jpVMJtodMYb96HUa80pbrfHV4Q-YiS/s400/2009+512.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center">21 years old today</p>meeshwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660991941874954606noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452542487591788655.post-8055899935219622402009-11-19T13:06:00.000-08:002009-11-19T13:22:54.458-08:00And the season begins...<div><div><div><div>So high school basketball officially started this week... Monday night was our player intro night...its a fun time of the year for my boys...but what this means for me is getting boys to practices every day and at different times since they are on different teams...Karch is now double sporting it...Club volleyball has begun...Kendall has started practicing with her club volleyball...for 3 months life is spent coming home from work and pretty much spending <strong>every</strong> evening driving kids around...I know others are in my same boat...so I will not complain...instead I am going to focus on not stressing out when I go a week(or two) without making a home cooked meal, the house is not clean, laundry piles up, and my to do list continually getting longer...</div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405927000890862178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAgYVlPsWn8m6_rZ-O1BCHJmoGjBQ5152atOWhu4qwQ8tHJAv3HnxD_fWjbrLQUDg8cZvZGPWWX8a1T5vdkcBgRyNE5oPt9b5Qz4sursC_kTB5AqcIcEmnD4_FTHNV_8J_JM4awWGF_fVL/s400/2009+897.jpg" border="0" /></div></div></div></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405926981403537778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rzAzoE0Wb75sqJLOJgQkGSXMDEJ6iS1iyGwI237TX6Om89OMW1XxqRvTNVPjoM1hQHKk3iM2AFZ39HZmwOefeEEtRzPLtL4UfmNuOwJxMC9an_UYtDwThRk2whA7b3tup2mU2GR62fPj/s400/2009+899.jpg" border="0" />meeshwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660991941874954606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452542487591788655.post-41013241542940849932009-11-17T11:17:00.000-08:002009-11-19T13:05:59.376-08:00Birthday dinners and father son time...<div><div><div><div><div><div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6872i37hx_NcX_uRioy8GyJEUP4irdLhFEVCR1lL5KGtSmSizlWs4t8vHjglkpQOG4TEumpE0773TJzLbvGuSI0CZO-Jxnanxp4MH_xUXWs_gdki4knI_-KagV63Sjxg1iXANZDHm9D4R/s1600/2009+915.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405914737050649618" 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/AVvXsEh6872i37hx_NcX_uRioy8GyJEUP4irdLhFEVCR1lL5KGtSmSizlWs4t8vHjglkpQOG4TEumpE0773TJzLbvGuSI0CZO-Jxnanxp4MH_xUXWs_gdki4knI_-KagV63Sjxg1iXANZDHm9D4R/s400/2009+915.jpg" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405914742752307794" 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/AVvXsEiM1ZAUyg-0ZlRtJYVCWnbsv0A9FhLbEljAWjvh5fGifn8jZ7WhqwBR0P0gGsNBRRg1yJtlzgnlg5HZyG0TuFQ1E_ZLiOapIhcyBwmiYvIKxrQOcPOzb9LKYF3LiwU4Q0R8wyMSc5gkPJdS/s400/2009+918.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405914754148079602" 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/AVvXsEhAJhhrckcD3LmZVHeQHEZrUF9FIJ7bhyphenhyphenn_2nGc1Qx-byebmLC8J88w7t0YEqIuI0ZN-o6ILcduviJqrgbfQVHeX_cThAViNj6ftwVqAxmXH0lm_9XNWWvTv9zL67gRDWZuT0RruCjoLZIL/s400/2009+926.jpg" border="0" />Last Monday night we headed to Cheesecake Factory to celebrate Kenya's birthday...a treat for all of us... great time...good food...laughter...10 min. photo opp (which should have taken 10 sec. thank you boys)...<br /></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Two nights later I came home from work to a glorious site...it was my birthday, and I must admit I was having a woe me moment when I left for work that morning because Greg had no work that day and my kids had no school that day, yet I did, grrrrr...but I had big smiles as I arrived home that evening because the house had been cleaned, a cake had been made by Karch and decorated by Kendall, and Greg was standing at the stove making dinner...so wonderful...Kendall had even typed out a menu for dinner, funny girl...and to top it off Greg did ALL of the driving the kids to and from their practices that night...now I am just needing to figure out how to have these kind of birthday nights more than once a year...seriously the best gift...thank you my dear family...<br /></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405920107202161330" 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/AVvXsEjjkGCq5Pw71ST0BW7201pAwWdDE-P-oNiKqvgjUNbxx_sPTUWMU7U9-LfrmEfNS70P2_rz_-93rgJ7HWzpPqosF8ZNU3Gl3VTnl2R2VtypRDO0kC-AvTt_C1EuRXD5GCSPoK0-Pt2DI6Lm/s400/2009+911.jpg" border="0" /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405920123642249922" 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/AVvXsEhxYtA9O7iuEieLgHQW6sRdN9D1psiP-bALUFjC1c1Egwg3HawVsMWLhAZJ7apRKXYv24cKSxpNAYxynhFGDf_I7JvGHyWEmkI1kWhl1p69Zzk906CyXdbL9xKmmyOOp0pQY7A_hpTo9mt6/s400/2009+912.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405920091222497906" 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/AVvXsEi84lSuhOXZ0s2wXis6D4GkgcoBUZyi0LAET0IE66v3LGqasfMgfp5KQRbT8ojZQ8e_cBS7dfigTKkbGk3yw9MUIm-YuFkODNGSco3CBZVCRe84hyphenhyphen75G7i5jtcYAD8gkQAXqJVRwJyCqGkh/s400/2009+910.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405920100782403938" 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/AVvXsEjcWSAtpfm36VgnDYOsdvyWbFRcMBiDQ78zh6pL0XqP7u7eekso6j6OWDH7HLh2HPQZvlxpUp7sYGVC9c_ncTjsLjiTPSK3hW0P8WxUwaZSIbvlEod8zGaTlVbS_-L8DwGdMBkBJDeiMd0p/s400/2009+913.jpg" border="0" />Andy came to town for a short visit at the end of the week. Greg took work off and the two of them were able to play...thanks Andy for making your dad's week!<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405921693755985202" 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/AVvXsEg728sm_kuSevZRQv4AD_NzQGErb68HaW3sd8EZfZT8NITe-U3QINVFi-HKCM86SgS8TQvVD3MMCHqFTRItByt2W6p1Ul805Tg8n5rILQsVg3MEoJ0M6cch09e5h86gxghrmZmEs3RWBFjX/s400/2009+894.jpg" border="0" /></div></div></div></div></div></div>meeshwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660991941874954606noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452542487591788655.post-9237951783605850532009-11-09T09:24:00.000-08:002009-11-09T09:44:23.675-08:00Happy Birthday Kenya!<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNmqxKD53a9N3kU-7e7tMMcZgVccYscybwSloHyIzlaEWW9mGW21xJD4PvwCXGzxkAcixfM3ehSA53WiOyn9MSX4GEqxctSNSUF4zlYpQ3WjR5R7IuEdUHJorBAG5uHLpRjQgqxxRT_v0w/s1600-h/2009+727.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402156670007319346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNmqxKD53a9N3kU-7e7tMMcZgVccYscybwSloHyIzlaEWW9mGW21xJD4PvwCXGzxkAcixfM3ehSA53WiOyn9MSX4GEqxctSNSUF4zlYpQ3WjR5R7IuEdUHJorBAG5uHLpRjQgqxxRT_v0w/s400/2009+727.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><strong>20 years old today...</strong></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Mmmm...no longer a teenager...hoping you have a wonderful day that brings you smiles...I know thinking of you today is making me smile...I love you honey, Happy Birthday...</div><div align="center"> </div><div><strong></strong> </div></div>meeshwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660991941874954606noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452542487591788655.post-31851367521762551962009-11-06T13:18:00.000-08:002009-11-17T11:17:15.456-08:00An unexpected road trip<div align="center"><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401109254891060642" 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/AVvXsEimpWcY9P0QLjS2OBKq5xl7pb8RLgRc6ubwtTKoIxXHA43ZWMduozek9ea1KItnLle7TZSJOPVkXga899pDBpwE35GUYoLOXSwsX4fnmBOWBQlDveWk083yEYjJWXtgyDcPGRjQmvVzmzSi/s400/2009+876.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><div><div><div align="center"><div>When Greg and I arrived to my parents this past weekend and looked at all the boxes that were already packed and then looked at what still needed to be packed and then looked at all their furniture that was making the move and then saw what was in their storage needing to be moved we started getting concerned that it might not all fit into the rental truck...my mom assured us that their home teacher thought it would all fit, and besides they already rented the biggest truck available...<br /></div><br /><div>But even after puzzle piecing everything into the truck it became very apparent that there was not enough room...it was decided that another truck would need to be rented...seriously...so the next size down truck was rented and the rest of the stuff was packed very precisely into that truck...and if you can believe this there was still things left behind...so my niece and her family scored! But the question that needed to be solved was who was going to drive the extra truck up to Spokane...Kenya volunteered, my parents thought they could do it, Brady???? We found out that you needed to be 21 years to drive the trucks so Kenya and Brady were out...and there was NO WAY we were letting my parents drive the truck...no offense mom and dad but we expect you to live longer than your move/drive up north...Greg had his busiest week at work and so I became the driver of the second rental truck...<br /></div><br /><div>So as my kids and Greg headed south Sunday morning, the rest of us headed north...it was a two day trip with a sleepover in Bend, Oregon...yep...never thought I would ever go to Bend...but my very first trip to Spokane turned out to be great fun...even without makeup or clean clothes (I was so not prepared to travel for longer than 2 days) I made sure we stopped for some photo opps...and if anyone is thinking that Spokane, Washington seems to be in the middle of nowhere, I am here to tell you that you are right...it is :)...and it was sooooo cold...but the landscape was still pretty to look at...and at the end of the trip it was a treat to see my sister and the rest of my nephews and niece who I had not seen in two years...<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401109243292275730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9yyNqN-CIreYHwpwsk4SIVeIqKOZGP4rCDg31idhv_U-nUWdwlfU_GOGGGU25Z5FR2PsoTzDYE2OXD8DPSce1cUdqkrCHRi3XzZwsgUR09Gi0KSkCsPo5ooQK-yWvtLft54YU8QKOj_1G/s400/2009+864.jpg" border="0" /></div></div></div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><p align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">My mom rode in my truck the whole way...it was great to be with her for the two days...I love this photo of my mom...there is something about it that makes me giggle...</span></em></p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401109260569139778" 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/AVvXsEigN9F38t0ERcK3Wdk4RbEGOg8aIxgcn2eShs6I-c8wUwkrVKQ5ohSU3S4DNGiMUHChaMHlvCo3G7RySEUlM0656iD1Q5p0lSWAP5PvRSkEiT9nI5l1CPpdELxGosjkEYwfW_m5FZ3G6wxs/s400/2009+869.jpg" border="0" /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Mt. Shasta after we passed by it...</span></em><br /></p><p align="center"></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401109270112121458" 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/AVvXsEjw1ti60xkmbz9c_77kGVwz7V7UwvU4W-uvob7vmIgnMg8Fz0ca7C-ulThQvUP0urP4r_fTUpRjCnDA9J5SEKyo8rddm3_Hh2cZrNSMPU0OCKM1ItJlJQKqh1H2vPTgEgRWo9n9LMowdJX2/s400/2009+870.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401110588478993442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJQ5sB9GivelBJpcqLy5FjOC9hWL7ooEAEW54qqBrCXKT6uIwIKkQXbgobz9NnlsGygK6M5I1UBqtvzIVMOiioHFGp-niMYpnJAqCnCgycMAJyPvHNmvgM-uO13htKHobojHVDhEWDtKpb/s400/2009+874.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Was laughing really hard when I saw this happening...Brady was so glad I had my camera...I am the BEST Aunt ever...</span></em></p><p align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401110594728300322" 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/AVvXsEijGpEqYHvCbrTZefb0W_EcJ5bHZU7Nr3cDirlGyOKQ7LTDDeRWdE_2Y9VhhqNeuB8sj9PSrB06VpBNL0KCIwyPHdnZfa0RddE4fwu1VQJM7neVTirJTZaKqrP_zxl2yIIghI-IxeV6mCpl/s400/2009+879.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401110598159965858" 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/AVvXsEgN7flgXtop6pB2DpFm8o0sUFGQipDNgHvarGjYSijnvipnOYga9hnO71CH37fDfy10AlN8o2HRUGwcijLAoK9LJj4dkdJtUG3r_pXU66hl5-x3NE8ofr4Vgo-kplKSb9dHmBqYsLytDEIr/s400/2009+878.jpg" border="0" /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">We drove next to the Columbia River on the Oregon side for over an hour...</span></em><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401110618666103602" 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/AVvXsEhLyKo9ulpLESJQRgKUm7jRTE9fRs6fo0kdIRKr0Ri9OrVc1iBI0L9d9EIrDSoLxwkpH7oB2-_rZBCCsGwOfEfElel0kiB-ApKQ1Poodkt-avntloAczbVUiSvgpBaFaP8XebRzeBa7B8nq/s400/2009+866.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">I followed Alan the whole way...so when I saw him roll over a curb I was able to adjust and not do the same...</span></em></p><p align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401110608800558498" 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/AVvXsEjxBDjgCFX7jqD7ZjaI8JK3ZXk9iIhIt_4pNWCR-isEiIcarDDVU0L8jJSiwzz2cQJTke76HS1rt_VzC4pDBaFJvoOfiH-DtQtIcaHsiWIZ4Fzuf8G6xA2pQwWBXcroBZrBd86IbmAZhP6Z/s400/2009+819.jpg" border="0" /></span></em></p><p align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Saying goodbye to my family sans makeup and clean clothes :)...happy for the new beginnings for my parents...glad that they are near <span style="color:#000000;">my sister and Alan and grandkids</span>...will miss all of them...</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em></p>meeshwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660991941874954606noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452542487591788655.post-91347860378874397122009-11-06T11:55:00.000-08:002009-11-06T12:58:33.619-08:00Packing up and heading north<div><div><div><div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401088740942546098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAPns3VcmD0_tORSFWcPuQvnft0dI2J9vZH1eaO0okOw6BFEUBycwYNsH2JjAW9IL10tEdlJ15aQLyoAilI3gb9odD8rNc8DYTuUuFbQw1OLnVDQBxyG69zn0J82Fb1RrMDXLcCcE9nfnR/s400/2009+842.jpg" border="0" />This past weekend we took a road trip to my parents home to help them with their move to Spokane, Washington...45 plus years living in California...so jealous that my sister gets them...can't believe they really made the move...we had a good time though saying goodbye and loading them up...a lot of lifting, silliness and some showing off of muscles(courtesy of my nephew Brady) kept the weekend full of activity...my brother in law Alan and nephew flew in town to drive the truck to Spokane with them...it was also great to see my nieces Noelle and Taylor and Noelle's kids...my sister Kim who died 10 years ago would be so proud of her daughters...there was only one problem...not everything fit into the rental truck...yep...<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401088731069658866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJPUy1mxuwanTq31Tpm4Yd1LfMGRqfcSkBUvCTg3yDprMBGpQji4Pb-n6hxQ0rF-HcvcDfOYoiZSvqF8QpbW3lyWYW-C5E3bNq7ODaBzLD810llX-IqoglJuhSMluhOQWFCco1U3PTzoYa/s400/2009+823.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401090304959030226" 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/AVvXsEi1ohRaiCro4vY0O89NV3-iVSEVkm0R2SHrVGxGcMi-ZQ7NhfI_kEbaliVhryJ1sEJlX_kOIMozu8JrPXrhHjvUrUij2ta4HNaqI7frhl-EW4ss59ql3_e7rXQmWU9DzZ4TEthMSmu-5TUs/s400/2009+825.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401090329035965378" 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/AVvXsEiPP-s3cRggzNm0II5V0OleTrvSzXFKErkSbm0ImCHR5tDI4ZWdp5lXqf8zFq0ey45wlPnbaOACkqLPWrcViZYiJpDpcfhtt7B5KMOKpj8f8wbRGoUItYSw_4BJZKTXobYbQZMBtMbyD9-b/s400/2009+884.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401091364458067618" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-LhTIy9oExU5jvhrg0wJTnpDJ55ad25uoDAD23mjtG3KQqDZQ4viWnH-JTKyuSLh3xIRXOcpjIKqKagoGidO3M_-2fWg9VcQgWvigNK2xqq0CMRkONpHlZLE9YSfE-m7p6Sbvo_BIx9sJ/s400/2009+845.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401091354363573330" 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/AVvXsEiz-NP4JIguntUHIMTVyeExle-pmXsQRjMnwuwa-9Z0zoTc6VNWMOB3VXkbCSfH8b12-7XiPObbepGWQvVJHAgeocH2tDRtwenPRrkyo9QbKqMWsK-WxCUJhe9RC9zu-d_qN74B7TweoOF1/s400/2009+858.jpg" border="0" /><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401090325627333042" 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/AVvXsEhgwYMWUGID4f9BKyFQwpP4GhNELg2LLdOQkRW29P922VcrwyZnJoGvRqwb9kJOagieHYrpAFt9TaMwphw221sjR0aHPySBXlya45RlgUwwz8e4zGnJqwg-xuQJ9Y2a2CotrGr6nmxFnYN5/s400/2009+860.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Some of my mom and dad's grandkids and great grandkids</em><br /></span><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div>meeshwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660991941874954606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452542487591788655.post-713141989336311772009-10-26T14:12:00.000-07:002009-10-29T11:13:54.164-07:00A Wedding in Utah...<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397377151314640194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyLHsotZFPFZzVwo7cEEbl7Zm5ybjUf2qbALwT8mcnf2VsLWbecZJMEOeI72tLB3zvVGjYGEyZxs1Wy54mgVSkSMLK56ues1vQWdvfG1fx1CbuFhx800PuDbuH7j852IxCtYWRh-hGilYa/s400/2009+743.jpg" border="0" /></div><div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">This past Friday Kenya and I took a quick trip to Utah...why???...Kenya's cousin Kelli was getting married...this marks the first grandchild on the Smith side to be married...Kelli is Kenya's closest cousin in age...they were born 3 days apart...Kenya and Kelli despite not living near each other seemed to connect anytime they saw each other...so when we heard the news of her engagement Kenya said to me 'we are going, right mom, we HAVE to go'...of course, I felt the same way and told her I would see if I could work it out...so after using a companion pass we were committed to going...<br />But for me this marked the first Smith family event since my divorce 51/2 years ago...this was a family that for 14 years I was a part of and loved and still love...yet just like that once the divorce is final you find yourself not just losing a husband but you also find that in a way you have lost or should I say the boundaries have changed with this whole extended family that was very much a part of your life for so long...even so I was looking forward to it...and by the end of the day I was glad we made the effort to attend...<br />The wedding ceremony was beautiful...the bride and groom looked so happy...for me I can't help but smile when I see two people so in love and ready to make that most awesome and challenging committment...and this is why I love weddings because of the happiness it makes me feel...<br />It also was awesome to be able to spend the day with Kenya...my daughter is a funny girl, yep...<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398045402473622322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNOreJ_V5Y7a1XhEbnJBsCgFCTN_jOrxYiglm5PE2b9NEQaCayP0FXooSy1kSZMsPvXyjERcrobTLkzUaZK33mUej4XwyLv66_mwUr84DIjvnNw2RmwDm3uGLwoyUGDOBj7lx9siGqRQtu/s400/kenyakelli+002.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397378251473223074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0pBWM9EEuGk0Wl2rjFR-jS4vt12_hvx0KyArutBzs4SQnXeQ5Y5RCcQd2-sUkC2X7stMsSmF5qFHkb3DwSbSJxf-UjyogOY-Hfd0xIQNrfKsWlooXEhqdheokgbuTGgNBVuCULCBvPRKT/s400/2009+750.jpg" border="0" /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">It was so great for Kenya and I to see her cousins...Tara and Carson looked sooo good...we have missed them...it also was fun to see the younger cousins and how cute they are and how big they are getting...</span></em><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397378244983584098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuxscbdjveKIa5v_S5n6ZOR5Emz72YPkkpRrSskDB5pWthSCHaMhxb2lVinGSTwBeRWe-186JC-SPK0MEl6u6vaoo8PNv6FbYmjjuOCj0Koxqon1q7NzbZPR7sUvD50a8VQVzw34-pP7Xh/s400/2009+742.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397377179869541666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpK5-ISrJ83SMgh0gLowXzHPBXVi9b2C1gTivFT4_yHIfC_k4nd3jge3zztlrsPYA8cMb3frpJv7q7hgrE-ENAzs-BepG8zb_H9psuqn_TnJzLUIn2wvnss_WCaNgpoS4eQ9ozL9glytg/s400/2009+760.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397378929053876530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDl2B3gBX7pOQB7iSH3KyDE_oQh9KhzuVEVBZARy8goDQZvtMygOnGid8Jof6On2M2eCI6zV9ol8yrTRuVUwPxlReCr3-MqmWI2kCQqKFlvSfPN8Xqfh8iR1ZjZ-9nU3Vb7muo4KdZZoqd/s400/2009+800.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397378942497823810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy5y6ppVihlHN3GciJNtMQ6mJoRO3iihHMSG5JehtlcBvicUKP_o4htx-HVANJOe2htip73J6tmh2RsCm7qYYeVU_tkJVoT2gXbOu31PaFJOk9vFK8iY7Y7ZAudCQqD30f8dohIslPSXrD/s400/2009+803.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397379714501507698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMvzcgvR6BRt1kqS9lO75p831Xnlb9RUgS2DrzhczawIbQGL7o7nzgty80savtht6qiEQoOqGgIQCGj8dbxFnfTCPnn0EgGI4rl7aNmJviuRX66YZSbkWxVub9P_RLFK8tZzwoWpc0gKv1/s400/2009+801.jpg" border="0" />,<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397378919538179106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLYkUUdeLfxezO3CLsZEpamiJf5B-N0xlqLD7hv2PdEcwYAPzcDza99erMzhk-1tDH2zwu4EbwBwZSkY_rcbIaZ63xdixCkU2oK_WAcrasvmrX8I5zt4QeyvbWodG0UTOOs4-4iXHCEhnX/s400/2009+802.jpg" border="0" /> We loved seeing everyone, it was especially good for Kenya to see her aunts, uncles and grandparents and the only thing that would have made it better is if Kenya's Uncle Mark and Aunt Tami had been there...</div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397379695617913538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1hxPZBM8kPqKJPo8p9U4663mqPoiqbJOjE5kGDEqNiWqUI9KXpFXgehTCo3OQzTHKkbk0TpD4LsotYczHHAnPFJlBLMhMu4Xd7aWsROy_Eeu-I9FvBKTP4kHTCwx27mr1JCdq3RNgTj24/s400/2009+798.jpg" border="0" /> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>meeshwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660991941874954606noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452542487591788655.post-40622949109064660192009-10-26T14:06:00.000-07:002009-10-29T11:11:29.520-07:00Chelsea and BYU Volleyball<div><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh962ulBucsNUecKSzY1sqJzqqE-_7kzmGlEwKaDRR8kZBe0KgfzcPnBc0pY8C6qBwMgOL6PBmGc8Y0ifk7iSOkDYGT37nKNhcwXs2ua35AmM3RmEWJxO8aGh8o_txBk3O4s6ldas1dQSkp/s1600-h/2009+805.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397367824328408738" 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/AVvXsEh962ulBucsNUecKSzY1sqJzqqE-_7kzmGlEwKaDRR8kZBe0KgfzcPnBc0pY8C6qBwMgOL6PBmGc8Y0ifk7iSOkDYGT37nKNhcwXs2ua35AmM3RmEWJxO8aGh8o_txBk3O4s6ldas1dQSkp/s400/2009+805.jpg" border="0" /></a>One of the things Kenya and I wanted to do was to watch our dear friend Chelsea play volleyball...we were lucky enough to discover as we were planning the quick trip to Utah that she had a home game on Friday night against the U of U...we left the wedding reception early to go watch her play...<br /><div>It had been awhile since we had seen her play in person...we were sooooo proud of her...she rocked...unfortunately BYU ended up losing in 5 games...but I can confidently say it was NOT due to Chelsea :) she played sooo well and the whole time Kenya and I were so happy to see her succeeding on the court...you go girl!!!!</div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397367831611366722" 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/AVvXsEg7-zEeUPM-jflWHtqI-ePi9359Ohj6dlkMgNyMKkq-qIE_7P4TjIJYFj5ABejPvyqw3lgBAaTxe7ARjSPQTTgk8KFtddW5FW7yobPr-XS4wRhC4TXCyaCyWeW3WRgcpm_P2Fr0cLWmcMnX/s400/2009+808.jpg" border="0" /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397367828014851074" 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/AVvXsEjPMHZbq2EvpONRyzBvBWrLzhQ99_AMSHtHBr8hjpoR6N74gkt0yenssHSA5ZChjrOlDiBpCAko-jStJ8wjVGR7oFq0_Lcr5-pOMAzjmLpR8G3M2BaKF88QbOCC9tmPxajrknnWva165H3b/s400/2009+807.jpg" border="0" /></div>meeshwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660991941874954606noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452542487591788655.post-24634582655261520012009-10-26T13:56:00.000-07:002009-10-29T11:09:25.334-07:00Hospitality Plus...<div><div align="center"><br /><div>One of the greatest things about marrying Greg is that my kids and I inherited a whole new extended family...and lucky for us we love them...whew...</div><br /><div>Kenya and I stayed with Greg's brother and sister in law Jeff and Lisa while we were in Utah...it is so nice how accepting they have been on their end with the additions of my family to their extended family...we loved seeing them and on Saturday even got to meet their first grand baby Brooklyn...she is a doll and it was fun for me to see how natural they have filled the roll as grandparents...we also were able to stop by Greg's other sister Lisa for a very quick hello...our time was short with them but it was made up by staying up REALLY late both nights talking and catching up...<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397365556870035298" 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/AVvXsEgyFazXKr8TdjJE21_p0K7Cm72-u65EBYuC-4U87MIJdbOOzvsd_Jxp0Baa7hHQ0hcKiqHTrTOg1HkupzbebIzpQc8secKFI5kBzh-R2VeNyRM7FIjaYgn6ho5JLjU0cfOl5yZ9I9JIY341/s400/2009+811.jpg" border="0" />Lisa, Jeff and Brooklyn</div></div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397365558934353682" 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/AVvXsEhBPOX1_iEdOfOn_SHnul8Q5cIdBvP5BCyRCKEn8UQ8lkpCMNquCkLv9tX9m83fd0Tg-7J_TOiLoaC71pRfy2gNuwB5Qycw9ZzRa-yN5qrM8s8TOO8Kyt8OYLnQmmyxOmMVKeoigcv7Dwj_/s400/2009+810.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397365572824933426" 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/AVvXsEhXHzWUHRZnIiCJbYVEUNP7U3HJ61C39l_6ctKTOPQWlViPI7LeNcXssOpVAlDkTd9vVfKtiI4JyBB9p7hxmni5dS94Io-upHqzGSJxM65h12ytpkhCGr2zWZRJpbGhq_qzkGid0JZSl1Xf/s400/2009+809.jpg" border="0" />Enjoying being part of the Warnick clan.</div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397365582010652434" 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/AVvXsEh8UZTecjAEiLLM2keD3dNrn2_6IXLkG-27JLAmvFKSE2oXLE2x75HUCUVHdYbfiaBIo6PQh-uJM88m2fWtBULV05Q8gzm91v32vllT5KhlGydMkC2w5ia8KpyeziASJzIEZZBGIwfSi3Kf/s400/2009+763.jpg" border="0" />Sister-in-laws, Lisa and Lisa...</div><br /><div align="center">Thanks Jeff and Lisa for the hospitality and the warmth we always feel when we are there with you!<br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>meeshwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660991941874954606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452542487591788655.post-757473467202112562009-10-26T13:41:00.001-07:002009-10-27T12:24:44.731-07:00Homecoming hoopla...<div align="center">While Kenya and I were in Utah celebrating Kelli's wedding, back home Dana Hills High School was celebrating Homecoming...I was a bit sad that I was missing out on the festivities...my boys committed to performing in the school's halftime show the leads up to the announcement of the school's homecoming queen...it is a bit of a mystery to me what spurs my boys to dance in front of a bleacher filled stadium since they keep their dance skills hidden from us at home when asked to show...but I can tell they have a lot of fun with it...maybe its because of the cute girls and they outnumber the boys by a lot...then again maybe its because their friends are doing it and both seem to be able to laugh at themselves and their friends pretty easily resulting in fun times...either way I am thankful for a good friend who took photos for me and Greg's account of the event so I could at least visualize the happenings...now if I could only get Sandon to show me his shimmy...word had it he was very good at this :)</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397358406393071586" 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/AVvXsEjm7Mz3ZevG-7wbJbkFjuP_gyuKSOgrCtkcAaN1CwoDHWK6XV2R5SDj-X4OthcnPhkJtuhj462UwN7dZnS4c3yjDAKizQg-5HQ5UHQrXxzhlfjv_dn3dSPGXhOuk05F4PVwuWDmnWhXhjrC/s400/2009+780.jpg" border="0" /></div><p align="center">Mckay came back for Dana's Homecoming game and Kendall was soooo excited to see him.</p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397357757757773970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCkm7-4CE5Zm51p9njgWNjzOdHzNgmwqkKlzadV3zey95D2nndrpC8Z8YWUV-UkXr2g8MHs0hUpP1jwvA8rX9u5pJdJTpvyHkIRkyTCqMz1HD3WXTidGXUAYHMiauIYGRgyDioBeok_ZXn/s400/Karch1%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397357751811432818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBeuhbw5oG1w3_BsCmVQQtM5g50c9xlBB5sTmbJaERzZkRXtokJ4781SIvWNIFfmU17_U_ydmMRb3Eu6FrBm_AdrpwJBoznk0VcptTmYP_XmQUvxg27MEFzx4Z0TM6iUtJ7CDy0h8oshHq/s400/karch3%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Sophomore class performing to an "alien" theme...can you see Karch...hint look in the middle of the second photo...</p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397357770354047538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidookhKwqLesJdz1J2nkeoEBgQB8hyF-4hPSJ633tiaB6OtYWdF7i860_tgnX9sU3bwykA5trlcm0za_4v2Q30j9wzta3WjDPBwNA4ub4XD5pQ6NgUEIcLes3dgrjdx-X8C6Vwb_sYHy7L/s400/homecoming_001%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397357778891469234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkdYaKL9yJXMtejjuUJkn7RcRF5G7oCf22X3isLvcHAHxUF29IvUd9FDUJYGoN6QSrulI-FuupJNAVuo63TqqHuX4Fc3YLgiBT6tw-SWzeYEwfF0XqZ2ekz7xFzVMlRxrq6V1CMyJqZ5Fj/s400/homecoming_007%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Sandon's class performing to a "sailor"theme...so sad I missed this...would have loved to have seen them in action :)...hint: first photo Sandon is 2nd row 4th boy from right...thanks Amy for the photos!!!!</p><p align="center">The next day Karch and a group of his friends attended the Homecoming Dance...again I missed the photo opp beforehand but thanks to wonder hubby (this is what he was this past weekend filling the needs of my kids, which were many, while I was gone...) he was able to get some shots for me...</p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397358380203813618" 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/AVvXsEiIhyRyK-odLJ3313L-uST-fXeTG3DaP2XqHXIIYH_SpJ_dLpQLtM2zO-W2-JjTzHWlqtS3kvyaImrqqcJ1SG67l1aH_x1O7Vihv69vBI7UScEH2ZAyE_u2YB-875M5gjQiDcTMDoOmteGJ/s400/052%5B1%5D.JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397358396101338098" 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/AVvXsEg0Jm-wTsh7c9tchE2yLoE2X9RGJ8ezN3KKgpUv49yLnv_-r3H3yD3rr9coZ6aJJqfkmJf22xWXLvfjprB1WUKRtGtYf_S8LcagamYuS-G9S2WbczuZqtGonFVuifQ10pVAgZ31-G6Pi81P/s400/2009+786.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center"> </p>meeshwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660991941874954606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452542487591788655.post-2586325479534968652009-10-05T13:51:00.000-07:002009-10-05T15:40:00.327-07:00Encore!<div align="center">Last Friday I met Greg in Arizona. Greg had been in Arizona for the week working. I made the quick trip so that I could see Greg's son perform in his school's fall play. I was excited to make the trip. I had yet to see Steve act. I kept hearing what a good job he does in these plays. </div><br /><div align="center">Steve had one of the leads in the play "Nightmare High School". From the moment the curtain went up I was so impressed with his acting. He was confident, natural, his voice projects really well and he played his role very convincingly. The whole production was entertaining and fun. It was great to spend the time with Natalie, Andy and Steve. We miss them and are glad that things are going well for them. </div><br /><div align="center">Bravo Steve!</div><br /><div align="center"><em>(sorry for the blur in some of the photos, no flash photography allowed...)</em></div><div align="center"><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389241079141331874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ZRQhHnRuqXkXajIKNVXW3WHS8_BL2QRGW6UjEnOej4w4gMxW1Uv4VX85xtjLLiZjUtgDstZKqC4hyphenhyphenW4FZjwWxLXIv66S707wxpyX52rmf52F4X6IkhEQdEa433AOG3XZCbjJZn0X14Am/s400/2009+737.jpg" border="0" /></em></div><div align="center"><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389241069879149058" 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/AVvXsEjW018le9lmJj5VSEFAptnX16G6dq5et2EMziHycmN7QfjyKlYfQzDrt1slgGs_Y3xs02397dgyMSfZoK464iGD7OprdJQRvqjA0yk0m_O8Vh9_E88wxAh85xlxe6aeT0oTGnw0Dkjcy1FT/s400/2009+733.jpg" border="0" /></em><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389241090627063922" 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/AVvXsEiaWr-x8ZxTFuSl79mSC98fUMdpsONj72TRSvyB6E91Pz0vi-XJsA-q3d9y7GybWBfFc67mx9PLKnLtCnQO9acFdGmFGg3MF-buhsYPMqAf2rkhPZP7Yg1Kqjh977jvSre50bvxIR7LCbfj/s400/2009+735.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389241097642480162" 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/AVvXsEiQiY0xgSu10GydDe1JbFas5nKicORilTGgGLkr73Vi7APniLx2Eea7I2BHdWqUb2kJgtYNSL5195nkPHJW3OJDevjVA0oNbG3JKkICqrHeU7ICjOFhVwQQmpBLQZSKU3KG-avsxPc8FRpK/s400/2009+739.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389241112319474850" 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/AVvXsEg2VgrfovptVxYOrF8C_-ZqIXogHOT93H1saQImU8dUOs9OBcE9vFYU9PT96zkWx06zJiVGbnJZOij_DTKABahrH9Vwa9CKvqcJNrLBwyU1vAIRlRyqVAhUtNRoTsUu3zQCFy03e-WiNXVi/s400/2009+740.jpg" border="0" /> </div>meeshwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660991941874954606noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452542487591788655.post-74498607257112361082009-10-01T13:39:00.000-07:002009-10-01T14:12:46.243-07:00Ummm...I think Greg is going to want to strangle me after this post...<div align="center"><strong>Good thing he loves me sooo much!</strong><br /></div><br /><div align="center">Greg's 5 minutes of fame.<br /></div><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387734927691899842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 259px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYQUxo-BzwNn1MbVtGeous5nuMBAgNqS0NHoRP8L25C_l98PCavezYGzINCGONQUjaFxCDEENnAKvQ7086kaeQZtcR7rvUXU3Z5AQcYQp0KeHxyPb-VznE6vbsnR1tv4gW5G-enjHgNWkx/s400/Greg+Newspaper+Article.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><p align="center">The San Diego Tribune ran this photo and article on Greg...what a stud! :)<br /></p><p align="center">(love you honey :))</p><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em><a href="http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/sep/20/nuclear-plant-inspector-keeps-his-eyes-peeled/?northcounty&zIndex=168990">click to read article, if you are curious</a></em></span></p>meeshwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660991941874954606noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452542487591788655.post-21855407250270845742009-09-28T15:13:00.000-07:002009-09-29T15:47:04.162-07:00A quick trip to Grandpa and Grandma's house.<div align="center"><div align="center"><br /><div><div><div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387011193766749330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFb8Piz1GfrywTWiJ0GChj4_-DvfPDdoHGn0k0Wei9OrCRMg3ryYMaaLxvsphygIXCGCZNsVLOIXHNpoB9oivRva1ICxM0VQqtF_Bbkaqovur43ARdHagh9-5IzMgAQX7w1UhyphenhyphenR8Sz-jZo/s320/Grandpa+Campbell+199.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387010201222079906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYAwBz4v4QJY4GJhLsUX-Gnd-41y329fYhf1Sh16H0luv0yO8DBX8i27_PCh_EkR_9wEh-Vh4PJ4e_vSzFMRL7ktMubuRbvjkgdl7psPJ_j8BkMCafP7hbusoAWM9nU_cXr-pUr6SqBWxT/s320/Grandpa+Campbell+002.jpg" border="0" /> <em><span style="font-size:85%;">The storage unit...</span></em><br /><br /><div><div><div><div align="center"><div>So my mom and dad are moving...and not just to a different house or to another city...but actually moving out of state...yep...Spokane, Washington will be their new home...<br /></div><div>They had decided that finishing their lives close to their daughters would be the most ideal...being able to watch their grand kids grow in person...the problem was that one of us lived in southern California and one in Spokane, Washington...and due to the high cost of living where I live (big bummer), it makes more sense for them to pack up their things and move near Stephanie...I understand, but still am jealous that my sister and her kids get them and we don't...</div><br /><div>The moving date is October 31st.<br /></div><div>With only one month to go, there is quite a bit of organization and packing that needs to be done...how do you pack up 40 plus years of stuff????...I have decided you don't...<br /></div><div>So this last weekend Kendall and I drove up to Sacramento after work on Thursday for a couple of days of packing, sorting, cataloguing, and TRYING to toss...my super duper Aunt Shirley flew in from Connecticut to help as well...</div><br /><div>We also got to celebrate my mom's birthday...76 years...(ummm mom you don't care that I just listed your age right? Well you shouldn't because you look fabulous!)<br /></div><div>We "packed" much into the weekend. We spent the whole day Friday at their storage sorting, documenting and TRYING to toss...but realizing that tossing things even if you have not looked at these items in years is hard to do :)...Kendall had fun going through her grandpa and grandma's things, learning more about them (especially her grandpa) in one day then in the last 12 years of her life, Grandma even taught Kendall how to create some very cute bracelets...we had fun with Aunt Shirley, and Kendall was able to learn in person why Aunt Shirley needs to get her butt out to the west coast...of course that is so she can be around her wonderful niece more often. :)<br /></div><div>A big hug to you mom and dad...we had such a fun time, thank you, which went way to fast...wishing we could be nearer to you this next month...we love you.</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387010208957182770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg01zFVFf3uDOqp52l-y5qlw3Y2a7ActH8RWT1msNFz7xNSniWkCe_wF7oILVe7fwkbFGyPr54kiR3pEs-bXUlnaNcxotPu6o1bsvQxXhDjGJfV4oppu6gxFMuvIiHmq-s7ys1ZJ4mHRUas/s320/Grandpa+Campbell+019.jpg" border="0" /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Grandpa making sure that I don't toss too much...</span></em><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387011186765901090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg63-rMYd4jN7-AZDIA6aGKgOLxLnwAIFXkCrGTYor14t8wjEFUApbNX9r6SzJI_wKcwwC4v5z1vtYQuRE6LoAP8AEZUoo0gsEqEsDo39B9mcI2wonvF40fPAk4bbMjIYsbhrN0ravSeGPJ/s320/Grandpa+Campbell+173.jpg" border="0" /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">A trip to D.I...<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387010229174335970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhjQWyIOu72m2OrFbczxmgzmv4op69QjGwr0oqtbzc65NenMVOJdZLOdKLUKx6zQNP1OQ-z1KJMSs-IXz6_OdTqCV4nkulrkgQg01SKlU7O4mFr0zeogq8yw3RrmTXBT8IGEgbHjeQTpNv/s320/Grandpa+Campbell+142.jpg" border="0" /></span></em><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Kendall became an expert at creating some colorful bracelets, thanks Grandma!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387012088496129186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Hp0nqjnfsA332i65wuCLFoumQAY8BFGjYp29Yn1bHhyphenhyphenuhYbGOQt5HhqVeiAgpg1jf5HUXqEVFCQuhShLpxpTRnQWR0p85EE_upRvJgzoS4f2QpFKZ4wY-0TV9Kc414QWR60Sj62XZJjC/s320/Grandpa+Campbell+213.jpg" border="0" /></span></em></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387019852046903666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAvU_Atm1cAtiYeqF_RRmZlQYvOOKZ_KQldOpHdaZcwxbvUVmSq0zU2PaG3VLPJVjwgoUkuHxmGd2l0jV3d-r7MUKOO1KOeGJaiZfnEn60dooAcHTo5hfPThGbHZpxBM_DoQCHLb7mc9Om/s320/Grandpa+Campbell+209.jpg" border="0" /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Aunt Shirley got a special bracelet made just for her...</span></em></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387019462155125634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0JYVuQPqGVvLgLFCAYQI4ZaklDULMiUZnyFRNNEN4JiRQbcjmLJJU7Dz2tytYZSiYmv66RoX4WdRFfWVvwDpBeDL0Wfy-4AWpWKMuj0SGPk5xPr7nvc1QExgn1I-7t-AnXoPdnl523H3D/s320/Grandpa+Campbell+202.jpg" border="0" /> <em><span style="font-size:85%;">The Birthday Girl!</span></em><br /></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387011216213416066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 235px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcCxu-d7a9sa3RT2hyphenhyphenuDZDBv0iZWM24dJkFRaIlpig682TRbN4qza_MWyJ77BpV73QcvPaod_nJBmLz_7ZdJjGfIil_LYK4voAi_7uabxtU9vniX5SSd787HsbWFEvd6spQfXnGGvUmZbP/s320/Grandpa+Campbell+206.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387011205890558258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhegtnT310Cb6Gm4stB8kkdYc8Y3YqcjvRXT7rGtBkBCYiihfI1TSrD9gXj_uBgEQKxR2h1-XzcoCz55j6YnA8gIMNG475zF-ZW_hIAC-g7fGcH1v6gbGrlut-NHO4UyoO9j6uskdI-ej8_/s320/Grandpa+Campbell+200.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387012075265718050" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 278px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcBDu8PJUFQp96j8JArPlFBgkWSMIXXDOp1aosf-CW18QfWH3kTYUBAB8cYq80aXZsFHPJG1HtrWOcqKMK_wMWccSfMwNcWzOFyBG0fZ-BLP-zQZceWcXXcgGMa5G8xec2RCzYR0ymVK52/s320/Grandpa+Campbell+222.jpg" border="0" /></div><p align="center"></p>meeshwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660991941874954606noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452542487591788655.post-62360963308450358572009-09-24T11:26:00.000-07:002009-09-24T11:52:47.453-07:00The Last of the bunch...<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcM1Os8OlC3Y4YP2RrOWtAOMXaynzZ1kU4ij6_cuAYbdm5VJp5zAIcRmwfGkA08VxeQAA7tOlOFMGsaWisc6wbV9f7jvpXzLjTzP56XPzrfLDI9euMA5iPWH5mmiwluIkLiPpULctJwKPk/s1600-h/2009+723.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385102931186607122" style="WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcM1Os8OlC3Y4YP2RrOWtAOMXaynzZ1kU4ij6_cuAYbdm5VJp5zAIcRmwfGkA08VxeQAA7tOlOFMGsaWisc6wbV9f7jvpXzLjTzP56XPzrfLDI9euMA5iPWH5mmiwluIkLiPpULctJwKPk/s320/2009+723.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilIeQJlDNh6h0I9JOENc5j-UacXRLM6oxCKQl67Jw-wUEaxs-Mqam7k3hrES0XKjHjljgVoQLR4WgQIShNcgVqnj22Velqwvx0i5LODJiaTZmjp2348AIJ2bi4s9KQOMib8OsLTFBPJTXt/s1600-h/2009+724.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385102938806449490" style="WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilIeQJlDNh6h0I9JOENc5j-UacXRLM6oxCKQl67Jw-wUEaxs-Mqam7k3hrES0XKjHjljgVoQLR4WgQIShNcgVqnj22Velqwvx0i5LODJiaTZmjp2348AIJ2bi4s9KQOMib8OsLTFBPJTXt/s320/2009+724.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /> </div><div>This morning Kendall began the ritual of improving her smile...two long years...she was pretty excited to get her braces on...I am wondering if she will be feeling the same way tonight when she tries to eat something...I am happy because she marks the last of the kids to get <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ortho</span> treatment...<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Sandon</span> is in the middle of his treatment...I and my wallet though will really be excited when there are no more monthly trips to the office for the adjustments to the braces and the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">withdrawals</span> from my bank account...<br /></div><div></div>meeshwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660991941874954606noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452542487591788655.post-91095627479089648692009-09-21T11:05:00.000-07:002009-09-21T12:08:11.757-07:00Happy moments...<div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZC2xVQflgrz4qmV8K0opy1IKjCYQWXl3nAlnu_sJ8f6XUNYouQQMlDpGd5-MG02uuOgfQyTlyq1QGPpvAm9XvnR9wODdL7UysrIDpRJjDOFy6j5ejwYVhaasmbeUMIXdSPHK72wA6AAwr/s1600-h/Elyse+Wedding+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383986234025206386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZC2xVQflgrz4qmV8K0opy1IKjCYQWXl3nAlnu_sJ8f6XUNYouQQMlDpGd5-MG02uuOgfQyTlyq1QGPpvAm9XvnR9wODdL7UysrIDpRJjDOFy6j5ejwYVhaasmbeUMIXdSPHK72wA6AAwr/s400/Elyse+Wedding+2.JPG" border="0" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:85%;">Elyse and Rob all smiles</span></em></div><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Saturday Greg and I were able to see my dear friends daughter married in the Newport Beach Temple...it was truly a happy occasion...there is always something special about weddings...I could not help but look at April(mom of the bride) while sitting in the temple...which happened to be a mistake because instant tears formed immediately...I saw in her eyes contentment, satisfaction, joy...I am so happy for her...I then looked at Elyse's(the bride) face and saw happiness, hope, excitement and could not help but be thrilled for her...as I looked around this particular sealing room I was reminded of another Saturday about a year and a half ago where I was that bride in that very same sealing room and I too had felt that same happiness, hope and excitement...and as I held Greg's hand this past Saturday I still felt so happy and blessed for the marriage I have with Greg...and how grateful I am that he loves me regardless of my imperfections...I could see in Rob's eyes how much he adored Elyse...I could feel and see that April knew this as well...and then I felt more than anything that I hope that my own daughters get to experience that happy moment as well.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383986241378261234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX-oQFcuF8Y0gCXJqIRGWHgW5CPGdsnFe4woWkwoBfXNLFQRn2YSuij1uiKC1f7A1zVMG4e-poMG9OdDl-mRJXggAJfJoa7u5YDbVGsUCZPpIrO5YujCeQL_oy4zTBOnLJQ-ue55X0gzWD/s400/elyse+wedding+1.JPG" border="0" /></div><p align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Enjoying a moment with the very beautiful mother of the bride...wait are we really old enough to be a mother of the bride...apparently April you are!</span></em></p><p align="center"><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Photos courtesy of <u><span style="color:#810081;"><a href="http://twomanyjohnsons.blogspot.com/">Shawna Johnson</a></span></u></span></em></p><p align="center"></p><em><u><span style="font-size:78%;color:#810081;"></span></u></em>meeshwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660991941874954606noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452542487591788655.post-38396374203511316412009-09-08T11:24:00.000-07:002009-09-08T11:33:23.019-07:001st Day of School<div><div><strong>Loving that my kids will still humor me and let me take their photos on the first day of school...</strong></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0MlDahJX2IZqW_iesgVz-PnyuV0AO7kn1JfKQWBVkXguq_pAERVQq0yxqHdr8Px0cJ7PZpcV33vxPCzq8TI7M8wb6A_6WNjB9CTgMDSrsHNstnkbmc6Au6mam3fWptmMUYLw50XcBPmFl/s1600-h/2009+714.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379165101887902322" style="WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0MlDahJX2IZqW_iesgVz-PnyuV0AO7kn1JfKQWBVkXguq_pAERVQq0yxqHdr8Px0cJ7PZpcV33vxPCzq8TI7M8wb6A_6WNjB9CTgMDSrsHNstnkbmc6Au6mam3fWptmMUYLw50XcBPmFl/s400/2009+714.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center">Sophomore and Freshman year!!! Happy that the boys are at the same school again!</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9PDgjzfl_h_ic-ggrP0WXdrPfXtG1hj0akP0p2y7DwMZKagBBPvB6LqPyUlvGKWM_PTqEw7TFrlBiWTyfdPqDeJZfJc5ohLxJBFA63rRa0HjO6abSgNGIan9xiWQF72mfyEoW96GIpK9V/s1600-h/2009+716.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379165118799803842" style="WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9PDgjzfl_h_ic-ggrP0WXdrPfXtG1hj0akP0p2y7DwMZKagBBPvB6LqPyUlvGKWM_PTqEw7TFrlBiWTyfdPqDeJZfJc5ohLxJBFA63rRa0HjO6abSgNGIan9xiWQF72mfyEoW96GIpK9V/s400/2009+716.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />7th Grader...no problem...</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7SX7y-O27Lj_aTkh90VAblLP3XLAX8Vru61pmZ0MrRlzN2hmYDa-jKU4p9ngJ5vCHxbRJnioelNAglVfYrNvIxr839q_2JKn5u7DhNNdMWx-IBEIuEyE0Jub5I2FXrTL8-pxETGqDR5U/s1600-h/2009+715.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379165111313232658" style="WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7SX7y-O27Lj_aTkh90VAblLP3XLAX8Vru61pmZ0MrRlzN2hmYDa-jKU4p9ngJ5vCHxbRJnioelNAglVfYrNvIxr839q_2JKn5u7DhNNdMWx-IBEIuEyE0Jub5I2FXrTL8-pxETGqDR5U/s400/2009+715.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><p align="center">Kendall and Skylar...looking good girls!</p></div>meeshwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660991941874954606noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452542487591788655.post-33498076146702016922009-09-08T10:56:00.000-07:002009-09-08T15:11:42.120-07:00Labor Day Weekend and Us Time<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiffcwHwN1nVL3JjgxmCzOSNYm356N-4sFAAVSwzp_-FW0ZFkbZmhucDsAE_rs_cVaUe-b11-KIhSp5NnUqsTABy8_cOd__vxxluLX3QQgro-ccNumDrfnQh-FugU8nqb0Gtf8wLN-Qwwsc/s1600-h/2009+711.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379157516972801394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiffcwHwN1nVL3JjgxmCzOSNYm356N-4sFAAVSwzp_-FW0ZFkbZmhucDsAE_rs_cVaUe-b11-KIhSp5NnUqsTABy8_cOd__vxxluLX3QQgro-ccNumDrfnQh-FugU8nqb0Gtf8wLN-Qwwsc/s400/2009+711.jpg" border="0" /></a><em><span style="font-size:85%;"> The holiday spirit shown along the freeway by Camp Pendleton...</span></em></div><br /><strong>Taking deep breaths and enjoying the long weekend...</strong><br /><br /><div align="center">This is exactly what Greg and I did, us time was minimal this summer...we went to San Diego's Mission Bay for a couple of days...went to my favorite temple...enjoyed a book by the pool...relaxed with some pretty awesome weather...reconnecting before the busy school year...came back and used our day off from work by getting house and garage in order...ending the weekend with one of our favorite barbecued meals...can't believe summer is over...but feeling ready for fall...<br /></div><p align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Mp4z1dz-BI3CakUdRXkK6vzlUi8Ysz7ApmJQv7oy8xb6IZeks1uYA06kzp9HMAptaoPsxtIddn_UBL7QbviZNbRx4XuBRke3L2eO2W6QjPD5VXj9Xv30elYbMYczAeiU4Ry5-kAJgw3s/s1600-h/2009+720.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379159045923376354" style="WIDTH: 200px; 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HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQUg1fSczC9t2WvELVz35IzKMqcbGHS_fFcAdGHzLjaTrJQR3vaG28AJ1gBfzpySi2W_wTW-F3fhnYU6mIzR0u_AQQEpYm-k5LaAD4n022F85BB8olPe30fRZcocJiBVm8gzV-P4gZGf-/s400/2009+713.jpg" border="0" /></p>meeshwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660991941874954606noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452542487591788655.post-14390043023781545742009-09-03T09:45:00.000-07:002009-09-03T15:00:30.861-07:00Hiking, Camping, Fishing, Dads and Girls...<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ByR8NwSNTQKP5ll2eRkA_HYTbT7ITCx9zlE-9A3U0q1EgRGUIoTF2IPBzxaGLThrM-xcmzY8xeIBs0vUJH012uopchHVIxKsBdnxYp-MipIzY5BGjVinfwMnlqMZyg35MWR2k0LGoPCP/s1600-h/2009+681.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377284957245286306" 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/AVvXsEg7ByR8NwSNTQKP5ll2eRkA_HYTbT7ITCx9zlE-9A3U0q1EgRGUIoTF2IPBzxaGLThrM-xcmzY8xeIBs0vUJH012uopchHVIxKsBdnxYp-MipIzY5BGjVinfwMnlqMZyg35MWR2k0LGoPCP/s400/2009+681.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:85%;">4am departure...</span></em></div><div align="center"><br />Last week Greg and Kendall were invited to go hiking/camping with some dad's and their daughters...Kendall was very excited to learn that Greg was taking 2 days off of work to take her...one of the first things she asked was if she got to wear one of those back packs that the boys wear when they go hiking...I was laughing as I said yes because I was not sure she understand that those packs can get pretty heavy especially if you are hiking for more than a couple of miles...but of course any opportunity to prove to herself ( and brothers) that she can do what they can do is a very exciting thing for my youngest daughter...:)</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Their destination was somewhere by Shaver Lake about a 5 hour drive to the southeastern part of the High Sierras...</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Did I mention how excited Kendall was to go??? She was so excited that when I woke her up at 3:45am to get ready to leave at 4am she literally popped right up...mmm...(Kendall it would be awesome if you did this during the school year, thank you very much :) )</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377284963170130178" 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/AVvXsEjKeE_ReXyavKHHFWqQyun-iME-rvbEegTeJ5_lkN2f0CIOYfjAFiEYFt6q2K1z1Iy1PxkZkRAcmcmvOp8qk1embtoEklFv0WhwFyVFOJg-1-gWpaC6e9Mawj3eHtNkGVL2M8ZQByfQXeVh/s400/2009+684.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">The group before the hiking/camping began...ummm...do you think that because Kendall is only one of 2 people who already has her pack on that this means she is excited...yep!</span></em></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">It was fun to hear Greg and Kendall talk about the trip...they had so much fun...I did not hear any complaints except that Greg wanted to catch more fish than he did (I believe he only caught 2 but they only ate 1)...the scenery was beautiful, Kendall became good at "casting", they enjoyed the companionship of everyone there and each other, water was cold, funny stories shared, new friendships, being silly, Kendall said that food tasted extra good when she was camping...<br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377284975856255010" 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/AVvXsEi6zqK9uDgiQqaQ7EPkfIMG8F9Ud-TfPxEt9FWpnvqT7psPNzpXPAhduwpRMrwetiECqeYGuR_ocrmIttCMtOsrtNMYtOExf5dLZXjl2ZjfPiKPljNAOq0IKrWUyfvHlgqRMIXswOoLSBPi/s400/2009+697.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377284984599370866" 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/AVvXsEgiMAPPAyWiGn5iSWqLHGTmSRpu0V9UH5_Q9DMoYUpfvCEKos61wHM1vYyX5EfFTRhQsKvYbV6Me0m1MfdCUybJaoylyEU-9N-m3BA9PCpt6EWWgE0ey08vDHYoPJMC0H8hd8zXx0SYIMjL/s400/2009+701.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377286476035778370" 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/AVvXsEil-gJpeRv3dDTQ6h6sVT0cAoPnfv0rnUQJ3zKN-yYeW208ZBzAAGaos8KkkECW_OCnoh7oUORq0nUfIg4UDEIu90ih_gw2vTQjj00jW-4plDPrycHxRkd5gAr2_U8kf3kMhTMkfnuYwAnz/s400/2009+695.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377286500624901746" 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/AVvXsEgrVN0nt8vqFSTzfw8gyLXz43XrHfANkHmoYC7FPKmadX84ux2VDSZfQqWnmktFzJtwdnFJGdBJAmSszZI0gXd22ZjdIio29vij8PGkPo6NM7FVlYOPiSCepOkAJmpLn7Ki5OqbE3pG4RFI/s400/2009+698.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377286483861993490" 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/AVvXsEjJxv4vMHr7yCgCf9uq2ADXqBtxu2PufPdyoyytluXkBz_4W-rreiJae3_ypVr5S8JWZmZ7h84nHrhtGj8hE7K44M8U2eVADNUWZY4i2ms-AE9niDP1UNmCAQt8SkBdWd3_uSwt9Wx0nOeb/s400/2009+702.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377358093086706418" 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/AVvXsEjCik5D6jd7gY4t-GYsGOE40Cof5u-Z5MwAk7vEbIL7cRzMhNoruvPZuu3fMlCtlFBPLJ1IZgoW-_EzDGLOKF4-5UM-gP-2l4urEkZi0cJR-ECPeRp3njkR6ukxmZ03H171bqlnpeT2QONC/s400/2009+691.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">A big thanks to Glen and Tess for inviting Greg and Kendall...they had so much fun...in fact I already heard talk about next year...a big thank you with hugs and kisses to Greg for taking the time and making it possible for giving Kendall a taste of what her brothers experience when they go on their camping trips and for loving her like your own...and Kendall a high five to you because you never complained to me about the pack, or the hike, or the dirt...instead I believe you embraced it...what a stud. :) </div>meeshwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660991941874954606noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452542487591788655.post-34560214824105602302009-08-31T14:41:00.000-07:002009-09-01T11:35:52.261-07:00The Start of Something New...<div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC2K115ptuUASyR3DPFNX_8tYXcItrVA0zJEoIm1JZO0A8Jp3pt2ijpJGhHXgjBjReOqcZ-1dQ-I7kwwXbdhTHQC-66QPvHFST5phb94Rj4Vri3V6sFw9iP0aul66hPpOXuF7I4Yo_bGqk/s1600-h/CULBS+McKay+012.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376253614440519058" 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/AVvXsEiC2K115ptuUASyR3DPFNX_8tYXcItrVA0zJEoIm1JZO0A8Jp3pt2ijpJGhHXgjBjReOqcZ-1dQ-I7kwwXbdhTHQC-66QPvHFST5phb94Rj4Vri3V6sFw9iP0aul66hPpOXuF7I4Yo_bGqk/s400/CULBS+McKay+012.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><div align="center">This past weekend I dropped McKay off to college. Both McKay and I have been looking forward to this time...I have been very excited for him to begin this new journey of his life...so it came as a surprise when tears sprung from my eyes when I woke him up Saturday morning...<br /></div><div align="center">What is up with that? The thought of sleep filled nights, not being privy to all of his choices and doings only brings me smiles...But as Saturday progressed and as the trip was made to Long Beach, and a dorm room put together, I found the moment to be bittersweet...I watched him Saturday embrace his new environment, his new friends and roommate and his new school...and I realized he looked really happy...and that made me very happy...but I also knew that his smile, his sense of humor, his stubbornness, and his presence would also leave a hole at home...<br /></div><div align="center">For the record...Long Beach States Men's Volleyball team ROCKS...why?...we had stuffed the suburban full of ALL things McKay would need for his dorm and college life...an email was sent out from the coach for all players to be at the dorms to help unload and carry all the things of the new freshman recruits...I was seriously sceptical if any would show...to my surprise MANY showed and the unloading happened in ONE trip...yep...how awesome is that??? A BIG thank you to McKay's teammates! I was so impressed!<br /></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376252876132757970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCul-ABrlaVbe_bn3dc9IDsTeMWzcKoXtJ389yJ-6rTypiK_Ew0XT9d-GEv-PT5gsB5TZkAWmUoqubgN5HZLDb2Czn99V5OMUVJX2s3UaNTO8X_Ckek_YaPllOZDA0jfTVFl3xoq3RgcIn/s400/CULBS+McKay+002.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Smart boys, using a small flat bed to drive car full to dorm which in turn made the trip into the dorm room short...</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em><br /></div><div align="center">I could tell right off that dorm life is going to be a change but I believe a lot of fun...McKay is in a suite of 4 rooms, each room has 2 boys, 7 of those boys are on the volleyball team...4 freshman, I think 2 sophomores and a transfer...the eighth boy plays in the school band(trombone player, I think?)...the rooms are tiny and there is NO air conditioning (it was so hot!)...but whether they got lucky or there was an athlete connection they are located RIGHT by the laundry room and dining hall, score!...</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376562608033497410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsK6gzgZHFzRt91RQen3yPOo3w3zW0cy3Fp1hhYeppYFfEAgK102SZ9LClJMPK2WwLO768RIbi9X4Ftg5hjtNBRpowq8APDTiU8q0ukRlu4WusEf3DAw5P24ETjuM8SYcOmads0dz_wLlr/s400/CULBS+McKay+004.jpg" border="0" /><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Cooling off in front of the fan...</span></em> </div><div align="center"><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376252903642567922" 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/AVvXsEhcnlBKEyHRMS9qtrSK11YIlaLY1-exfV6G-2VWrD3sWiLwkBWMbKHd0_38_Jp5iBIZDR1anh1Eaq2_9G-urroaafiz5FtIl2tMNWc_gRivTD86rqeKONJJ2KdeK6HrrBqPVV-drPn2LJyh/s400/CULBS+McKay+006.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376252898418213058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoooogage44Vuf57b-ghHasDdqJer7WLZL2FMG-K2pJDWwFau1cV_YHIBKxzYuSgBkh2dgWWRKO5IAY5veMg_7Uw-5r1tO6FrkRftnVWwzI1pf7JqykgseFrmRoZgkWyRgfTgbprxQUI6I/s400/CULBS+McKay+005.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em></div><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Dorm mates and Teammates...</span></em><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376253596168814498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_lhVIkIdI77FqT4Pa9Ir3FlPOvwxgebgKky8F0f8C_QNFcMbr5xPr7qptKhLg0JDSHKVgHQ5o0za4W-GKf8fjKjHpClcBP07MNAl1iv1Alb2_Cz8s-2aCLZs6GLtO1PsVu0o8-hgLnCi/s400/CULBS+McKay+007.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>McKay's home for the next 9 months...</em></span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></div><div align="center"><br /><div align="left">When I left Saturday night McKay and new teammates were dressing up in different attire to go support the Women's volleyball team at their first home match...mmm...no comment, haha...</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376253607948068002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Lk63XymK3UB2bIPneZZSxL1FEGbeKSV7uZ1o_po3ye0NKIC4RvVtnVaOmlmb8wBLy2EHf4ylLsbuGtH3P70G39xmK9veYlJGXKBFXLEew_dTv_4IO-J7wYaQKsbUfNvJ8hZBldqMcYA0/s400/CULBS+McKay+008.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">The boy in the orange shorts is McKay's new roommate, all of them are the 4 new freshmen additions to the Long Beach State volleyball team and all very tall...this was their outfits for the women's volleyball match, missing from photo is McKay's superman cape...yep. </span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em></div></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Last night we decided as a family to bring McKay his last home cooked meal in awhile...his siblings also wanted to see where their brother was going to be residing this next year...when I told McKay this I told him we would NOT make a habit of this, just dropping by, or would we????...ha...regardless, he seemed very happy with the dinner and treats...</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376255243806941634" 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/AVvXsEjxJ4jcgfh6KaN_XhA0x6H-26kWEJLWI5T6_GRVjMEKEC1FVOccqEaI3ieSQuu_Yg2NlFJ08HnsCxX_GHdJzOhwKZ-b_QDroCe3nterskST9B0dWCgIapnqJjqcmDZw05Y1bBspgzSABdTs/s400/2009+703.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">In front of McKay's dorm, bringing him his treats...</span></em></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em></div><div align="left">So my dear son...here's to starting something new...to new friendships...to new memories...we love you much and wish you the best of everything...and when you are feeling the need to come back to your roots, the bed might have been claimed by another :), the door though will always be open...GO BEACH!!! :)</div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376560640991160354" 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/AVvXsEgkgHC2HAdUnNBmFNHF8Zqqn50JcV2RBzQJ1tPuggSy16oPVqLqHrWS_hnnsT_AAfQ3mujxKb_0H2i8Z02X5cUFc-6jFCBxky3Hwak_VY6dlBrnjTekQCpnbOEM5yUSUyWiBKeaLTEdRCmh/s400/2009+705.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Saying goodbye for now...</span></em><br /></p>meeshwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660991941874954606noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452542487591788655.post-85270219172467276522009-08-22T11:13:00.001-07:002009-08-22T13:40:12.779-07:00Birthday Girl!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikr_Ap06lBUrrwFzXSU6VaFTK8WdpRyVGQHxmY4_faQtKOg5MPpVgKXl_jBV5wCLRVd3JTvXihTw7y9tj3RlR-URanEyVywzPsz0GnMpXZnM6GSA6aPX5prJiakQxcsNWx5beFcXS3FqdN/s1600-h/Kendall+bday+photo+001.jpg"><br /></a><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwRybJyoWN9eZ10Q62zBWZWFhFCyWYVT3YuL8_-dF5CJqOy5oA5BYdZsaMMWX66uexVxX1C_8zMBgAGSfsRvPiC0g0qoij58fFzStNaF7wJwupIGgJKqz8_N3vvnr7Jubfto5Pg7BbAU0H/s1600-h/Kendall+bday+photo+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372853673825613858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwRybJyoWN9eZ10Q62zBWZWFhFCyWYVT3YuL8_-dF5CJqOy5oA5BYdZsaMMWX66uexVxX1C_8zMBgAGSfsRvPiC0g0qoij58fFzStNaF7wJwupIGgJKqz8_N3vvnr7Jubfto5Pg7BbAU0H/s400/Kendall+bday+photo+003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="font-size:100%;">Happy 12th Birthday Kendall!!!</span> </span></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">It has been awhile since I have seen somebody soooo excited for their birthday to arrive...in our household Kendall has been keeping track or I should say counting off the days until she is twelve since January...it started out to be a weekly reminder to us how many weeks left until her bday...the last couple of months we have been getting a daily reminder...this last week...an hourly :)... in fact she had it down to minutes the last couple of days knowing that she was born at 2:24 in the morning...<br />Yesterday I came downstairs to this at our kitchen table...<br /></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiczZNAcNRFmMg-L4G7HeVz4PsWiVDN8rYTqKD7OGPKEYxwK4ZXyWLdIS4NOXltpoMEl29dgTDeAAvedCM9biuG4mcnRCOFbJsC2e6t1n2s1W1KX1Uw3yDjsKII9yzpKO7_6LHxeGX0DQ3i/s1600-h/Kendall+bday+photo+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372858004695249746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiczZNAcNRFmMg-L4G7HeVz4PsWiVDN8rYTqKD7OGPKEYxwK4ZXyWLdIS4NOXltpoMEl29dgTDeAAvedCM9biuG4mcnRCOFbJsC2e6t1n2s1W1KX1Uw3yDjsKII9yzpKO7_6LHxeGX0DQ3i/s400/Kendall+bday+photo+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKmuQmv-VJ-9LGBF8nu_A_3t75WULDbQxAmrxumIGa1A8J3DrEPOun6D8opINHulQfh3QWUA1U6B57GMKYT756JKJ3j349CoQnVfrtE3bHyltJK7uvgwXml-AHCIddIYyoahlRmzecJdA/s1600-h/Kendall+bday+photo+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372853697437179554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKmuQmv-VJ-9LGBF8nu_A_3t75WULDbQxAmrxumIGa1A8J3DrEPOun6D8opINHulQfh3QWUA1U6B57GMKYT756JKJ3j349CoQnVfrtE3bHyltJK7uvgwXml-AHCIddIYyoahlRmzecJdA/s400/Kendall+bday+photo+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Haha Kendall...thanks for ALWAYS making us smile...hoping your day is everything you were expecting it to be...hoping you liked your birthday song that Greg and I sung to you after waking you up at 2:24am this morning :)(we thought it very appropriate considering)...I know you can't wait for your first Sunday in Young Women...can't believe your old enough for YW's...<br />Love you lots.<br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div>meeshwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660991941874954606noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452542487591788655.post-1419241838129430782009-08-17T12:46:00.001-07:002009-08-17T12:59:42.888-07:00Summer Saturday Afternoons<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCHrjWcKPe51E4p5P0ES3WZIlL-ZAG6xux8zkaOcKJY7hrpdZ5Tm7QCeNK8xqvPjaqagXZQMqN5kn4eRxdEF-bGf6Yir-KSjZeUTccVztDdE0bjWQsJwRdactyKhs7sEeuHcrtFYBL_D8c/s1600-h/2009+675.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371021873395018914" 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/AVvXsEhCHrjWcKPe51E4p5P0ES3WZIlL-ZAG6xux8zkaOcKJY7hrpdZ5Tm7QCeNK8xqvPjaqagXZQMqN5kn4eRxdEF-bGf6Yir-KSjZeUTccVztDdE0bjWQsJwRdactyKhs7sEeuHcrtFYBL_D8c/s400/2009+675.jpg" border="0" /></a>Relishing in the end of summer...loving Saturday afternoons after cleaning house, grocery shopping, etc...grabbing a book and a chair and heading to the beach...enjoying my last Saturdays without scheduled games/back to school commitments...being able to take deep breaths...relaxing in perfect weather while enjoying the view.<br /></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371021881171834002" 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/AVvXsEhuXtVN3LBYct_F7nOUcPHvbR6PBnGVDK9hjsczYWOepYmCwP_Ag2Cp9-SOivxos5BA3M7JOlvgL079n8PvFYeAJzhc5M-pTwSbvwRZIZWoHIBIC9hDmjqj6gnE_peEsopNlYIlLmb_XobJ/s400/2009+679.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div></div></div>meeshwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660991941874954606noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452542487591788655.post-91775345090448969132009-08-12T12:34:00.001-07:002009-08-13T21:14:11.441-07:00Happy Birthday Steve!!!<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvik_yDb1p8QONB9gZ33iGGrApJp8ZC2344I3dhUENtOot7nW_wHimS4YYaiKCoy9MyTeZrdN5mMd5fQ6Jk5OEGgeySEpAebzDnbca6uQfa0nJPvo68RN4a4R3XE4Qk4vwk9DjrXdflujX/s1600-h/2009+613.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369163253914421970" 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/AVvXsEhvik_yDb1p8QONB9gZ33iGGrApJp8ZC2344I3dhUENtOot7nW_wHimS4YYaiKCoy9MyTeZrdN5mMd5fQ6Jk5OEGgeySEpAebzDnbca6uQfa0nJPvo68RN4a4R3XE4Qk4vwk9DjrXdflujX/s400/2009+613.jpg" border="0" /></a> Hoping your 17th birthday is <span style="font-size:130%;">AWESOME...</span></div><div align="center">Wishing we were there to spend it with you...</div><div align="center">We love you...</div><div align="center">Enjoy!!!!</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"></div>meeshwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660991941874954606noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452542487591788655.post-90918362495898746872009-08-10T12:38:00.000-07:002009-08-13T21:21:46.786-07:00Skipping for a couple of days because...<div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><strong>My boys went on a kayaking trip to the Channel Islands National Park...</strong><br /></div><div align="center">They went with the 14 yrs and up (teachers&priests) boys from church. We are lucky to have leaders at church that are adventurous and always planning different campouts for the boys. I was thrilled that all of mine wanted to go. And <span style="font-size:130%;">YES</span> I am <span style="font-size:130%;">ALWAYS</span> excited for them and whatever adventure is in store for them...but I am also guilty of having a little extra skip to my walk with the thought of a quieter house, not having to worry about organizing kids schedule while i am at work, not having to feed all and knowing the house was going to stay a lot cleaner (no offense boys) for a couple of days. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Kendall celebrated the news that the boys were going to be gone for a couple of nights with some dancing moves and stating that the 'G & G's' were going to party...I asked her who were the 'G & G's' and she looked at me and said Greg and girls...(duh)</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">And though there was a slight glitch in the skipping, (Kenya had to go to urgent care with a very painful stomach ache that resulted in having a cyst... that ended up bursting a day later while getting an ultrasound...which was cool for the technician who said it was first time she ever witnessed a live burst...but not so cool for Kenya who was actually experiencing the pain...but then the bursting seemed to eventually solve the pain issue...) the 'G & G's' really did have a nice weekend...</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">As for the boys...they ended up on Santa Cruz Island, kayaking with sea lions, hiking to gorgeous views, enjoying being boys...and when asked if the trip was fun I was told that it was "sick"(grandma this means it was REALLY cool)...and usually when the boys come home from trips it is just a given that not all stories are shared...they apply the saying what happens in__stays in__to their campouts...but I did send my point and shoot camera with them this time with one request...will you bring back a photo of all 3 of you in it...and because my boys always do what I ask:), they came back with exactly one shot of the 3 of them...but thanks boys for the other shots because it was fun to have images to go with the stories that you were willing to share...</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368436287545763106" 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/AVvXsEhbRrjMzONMWG24I00MQS-0rF7V9VbSxtQBXGXbrLVtSB0grVBGg2UoaAqcpFZ-Il8Weoc_kswbADFgqkd5cSYq64Gkm_V2iLMT5ndWEc3_5tMeJYzzHtf0ZLSUODLmD2h9aRHOgNXMCqTA/s400/2009+668.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368436297787836498" 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/AVvXsEiTflPmqG2NTTQdYqORxKmKK2ZCgkaHM2lICOn_NvTrJi7mL7ebLa-YQvcGREqjrc-oMyt_m_1of8FtUfB9-naUcFo9ZuFf1bHW2ao_0jiyfBbgji10BS1uyHED7UCyMrNYyeTjFcSE8cEg/s400/2009+661.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368436316656638306" 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/AVvXsEgXhxxRbZ2A0VRjEy4bywli4pOei9V1RlKk6POqhpAq8lMD3B2NvgySISLnYOiPOOHnOMBRfthOKEVM7Vex1VEWLN6rbja2j_FbvxZOCMFDif7OglAiZ2ZCgt8ZyyJUzXSmZb3zw5nBlDu8/s400/2009+672.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368438005680073762" 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/AVvXsEg5FN-5NvMwz5dGyyOylBwo49pJEEwgJejcGfX15WlnywzlnXPLZlHYsd3KKEDjzaPxtdeb8jMP7-6xEYGInTCw02zpSet9f_81AjTzUoDgYu_cIV4Y669q9I3EhFm2ap4_rlSMd5WywEKK/s400/2009+664.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368438018621708834" 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/AVvXsEiy4DMer4L_ZOT958UfW-_IM-KS5TKMx7zOKXPxSyzOYdziQT9UA9qBwJUDK3tiD4crWb9Dr10mh5pTn9IbR2H-WhWk57ai0oehTPFK6lsRsp_7fyq6lmdD1vHS32UuP87mjoQf_d5AVG-Z/s400/2009+671.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368438027279542594" 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/AVvXsEjsdXcAF0_U681cR6NLYVGSoifEnBR0oT665A8h_p5xwhdxB52IgJPP6SMphyzMPlpa9vsbZtoJ699iwAeitinxGgPUZN6jrS8jL6K4TAVnlSCTwjqphqmkdMwCPL_sISMIquk1f_blZI0s/s400/2009+659.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Thanks Sandon for the photos!!!</em><br /><br /></span></p>meeshwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660991941874954606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452542487591788655.post-23281078452880338082009-08-06T11:24:00.000-07:002009-08-06T13:50:27.819-07:00Orange County Fair '09<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366919084446957826" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 158px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4U40N7bUQnMx9ihY_2MKN1lz-HkZ9eKlUjNAqtKIGxFeTV3H7PuUcNnznh5D2TvmkMPONa_XxeBsPwtZmSZv_sY1fvDiVKZzszDXX2bpLCd6anr9dZ-jIclSNO1GPiFXzECdxww9Ilxvq/s400/OC+Fair+%2709+Photo+Booth.jpg" border="0" /> <div><div><div align="center"><div align="left"><strong>Basically Kenya <span style="font-size:130%;">ROCKS </span><span style="font-size:100%;">as a big sister...</span></strong></div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left">So the Fair has been in town for the past month...last year on a whim Kenya asked if she could take Karch, Sandon and Kendall to the OC Fair...they went and had a blast and came back with a photo booth pic to commemorate the visit...so when the Fair came back to town this year it was decided that it would be fun to do it again...<br /></div><div align="left">So yesterday I left money in an envelope on the fridge with the explicit directions to have fun, eat lots of fried food, keep track of each other and go on the craziest ride ever...oh, and to bring me back a '09 photo booth pic...</div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left">I believe mission was accomplished...I received this text from Kenya's phone on my way home from work...<br /></div><div align="left">"<em>Were having soo much funn thank you momma"</em></div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left">Last night as they came walking through the door with smiles, laughter, tummy aches, (lame) plush toy:), stories of the craziest ride and photo booth pics for their mom I knew that plans were already being made for the OC Fair '10...</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366929852878955682" 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/AVvXsEiH7PVt96UukCBK7oycgeB52kPtA1BdAd64V3wGkbEK1Oyv1ZiJQOpYMW7I1IZ1cHe_1I3yK9jY5tc_WXCcn8RPJfQFvVO33tuNiHINwo9qgkhMc6fpn69XKCANteE7HZeXw68hEE0yVnrW/s400/2009+651.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366929870613732114" 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/AVvXsEhwVG8hBHOlBl1QcpBGj_6CP3rNWJIMsXlCVyWMqNl9DC_sKvHkNjwCFHWi6Y3ZwSDdjJSIUSl-b_4GllEIJYd3Ex32lLSJcUrGX9sKmooM2_Tu1PKzs4BAYqZMQ8Jme37zIcB8zOMVHYi2/s400/2009+625.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366929866631053874" 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/AVvXsEh0WFr-CyhjnqqSR6s4jrzh-jnPUrmJ4ApTzv8y2KCfWsck0xfZjNSUbW3FKkrnPqJ2sq-0UeicaRrbgmsqwJK7_yv5ReD3iPNrQ8-_zncCoT7i1wehqBaxd8ZKT4pB6eipCIcQTjpaqJCA/s400/2009+644.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366931084345303410" 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/AVvXsEgpE7XEesaoNUhoBea_t5pyTMCL_qbnQwEDgbzlAh30RFBsTRsWVm_qcODw8ZGhxvs9XFZ1ZfgX9hMGYuCRAZXMOgyDGmUMYW3l5PPmazMRhqtMx8DPcd7I-1LbTjf15aaCNFLBPwau-bQr/s400/2009+634.jpg" border="0" /><em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;">Apparently this ride called 'Speed' was the craziest ride...</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ffcc00;"></span></em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366931101452408322" 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/AVvXsEjQDRd6_Wuv2TH6fEr6Yo8I9pxSkyoUOcqVqxvU_X_wbbLOX1h_iafBfpiyhPPIiy7FuRjXs1AFzvZv93atGQhfjwL9n3CwcLgz2RFhHeuWdiLskqFy_roxk3j3H_6WuvvuQq6rfTMMSpU4/s400/2009+628.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366929864417314418" 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/AVvXsEhPkokAhfrASApgMlsOj1fSM1cRt0YjIvsmRxuypFt13FwrpyBNnm7K0EgTtUhDgYLZ86BK2vS9fCd4KS9Ub1K49S9Mr1ZxRKV_9oWIXpZXWtAag8RKBJawSWfI4Gphpw2kDVAhBEXElnMC/s400/2009+636.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366931092181050818" 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/AVvXsEiFLveUgnKq4WcESol8wr3SQ7Ts8RTuJbnKUxS3XqpfwdUONENjFWUaDtxDCAChVTDI85_sgdFdNonC9zzKigISYOAShaKVfBaysxdle2gYBIuEJ3KoYHJqZ-UTsPvffSel0uQg3azPH78u/s400/2009+647.jpg" border="0" /><span style="color:#000000;"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Not to sure what this is or what Kenya is doing???? ha!</span></em><br /></span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366931104342289778" 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/AVvXsEiq4_QewN21jIyL2lGTEm-HBje-hA7LI3cXhqEBuFMRGQFE0l2oSCgz9JPtcK5uEXtJ_cfWHNl-ccprgeXZQ67VBijOh424goWj4Oya5XLtBuZVXbBn5jw4S6pOOoC3SjSXJreniHwfhsqQ/s400/2009+653.jpg" border="0" />Kenya thanks for providing another reason in why you are best at being a big sister!</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Photos taken by Kenya, Karch, Sandon & Kendall</span></em><br /></span><div></div></div></div></div>meeshwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660991941874954606noreply@blogger.com4