tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70362725165284795282024-03-13T23:14:33.350-07:00Adventures in Anne's Everyday LifeAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02685230580167231442noreply@blogger.comBlogger772125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036272516528479528.post-26269120843531077082024-03-11T19:50:00.000-07:002024-03-11T19:50:33.117-07:00Daylight Savings Time<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI0f6UOmi_oUqtU4G-V_gxoUaQj16d_GMq21R8mIAYFGPQcR6PatDExheBKijJK3uh0zKlb0Cbl5scTJZ4KMfNKIibmgpavseB5rll9ORpk2BXWt4bGh5xY8hmU_pR8UTHjX7QCKZOPraMmWfOfUVsdrcydw7Lnn0p-e6TVTJu72bJebOFnDGm03GaVmE/s813/0796E325-984F-4B3C-90E8-5B822F52DA2C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="813" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI0f6UOmi_oUqtU4G-V_gxoUaQj16d_GMq21R8mIAYFGPQcR6PatDExheBKijJK3uh0zKlb0Cbl5scTJZ4KMfNKIibmgpavseB5rll9ORpk2BXWt4bGh5xY8hmU_pR8UTHjX7QCKZOPraMmWfOfUVsdrcydw7Lnn0p-e6TVTJu72bJebOFnDGm03GaVmE/s320/0796E325-984F-4B3C-90E8-5B822F52DA2C.jpeg" width="295" /></a></div><p><br /></p>This is SOOO me right now. <p></p><p>Hard to crawl out of bed. </p><p>But I am enjoying the slow creep towards spring. The sunshine coming in the windows. I am ordering seeds and itching to start seedlings. This year I am going to try to do it from seeds and not spend so much money on seedlings. But I do need to get started now. Every year I get excited to garden, and every year my garden is a big fail. *But maybe this year*. </p><p>Doug made me 2 planter boxes prob 8 years ago and they have slowly disintegrated, and the fence flops over.. so we are thinking if we should reinforce the raised beds, or just take out the wood and have just the garden bed area. One con to just having a dirt rectangle surrounded by fence is the neighborhood groundhog hasn't seemed to be able to dig under the fence and come up through the raised bed- but would have no problem just digging and coming right up into the garden. So not sure what to do about that. </p><p>Anyway, every year Doug gets me a handful of free seed packets from the library, and I bought some of the heirloom and specialty seeds on Amazon. It still was like $25 for seeds- but I spend prob closer to $75 each year on seedlings and then just have such a sad garden experience it's never evened out. We shall see, live and learn! The one pro to both my neighbors cutting down all their beautiful privacy giving trees between our homes, will be that I should get more sun! But believe me, that is the only pro. I now look out my back window and see, I am not lying, 9 sheds in all the backyards of my neighborhood. 😢</p><p>But I digress, I am trying to be thankful for all we have living here in this house, with lovely neighbors, a quiet street, great location. And hopefully this year a wonderful garden! 🤞</p><p> </p>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02685230580167231442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036272516528479528.post-37087514188990280472024-01-27T14:00:00.000-08:002024-01-27T14:00:18.703-08:002 trips to the Urgent Care<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Last week my boy was complaining of ear pain. We had missed the prior week of school due to an on and off fever, he went to school on Tuesday, and then Thursday this ear pain. So off we went to Urgent Care.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh924kwE1hYegeRxmPRpO5eyzfDKah8dU5cOIUJguh0GYFoOeqEDqlMoixG4v-mbeGwu02l3AEpehUjnWzoaV_Oc_4Aiq8rE9kt4KZlvjV59bk1BH1h2ZnLbog2_iZN2zf0QLPJsnIkAow6wosjkXx3cwlxlRdjNh_SIbl7VcLE8DQKHUNBnj7zsEQRXbY/s4032/IMG_3865.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh924kwE1hYegeRxmPRpO5eyzfDKah8dU5cOIUJguh0GYFoOeqEDqlMoixG4v-mbeGwu02l3AEpehUjnWzoaV_Oc_4Aiq8rE9kt4KZlvjV59bk1BH1h2ZnLbog2_iZN2zf0QLPJsnIkAow6wosjkXx3cwlxlRdjNh_SIbl7VcLE8DQKHUNBnj7zsEQRXbY/s320/IMG_3865.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's when I knew he was really not feeling good. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzKxoFeeJ_SWxlswcnPwchl0Ql1OvZrgKIqIMtzVGgE9cgAagBMg0Eyl3Tq_3qytK7NhIVUV7sf31b9APLDlw9kVbn1Y3oUZUsyeuGt3Eu4DEgywfHAnWsCRP3b6RM1crax3Z9EjdwpBr5V9ovwSxP36eW6zm-KJMUVWbrm-Vl1z5bHDL3WhkNMiw9k4A/s4032/IMG_3866.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzKxoFeeJ_SWxlswcnPwchl0Ql1OvZrgKIqIMtzVGgE9cgAagBMg0Eyl3Tq_3qytK7NhIVUV7sf31b9APLDlw9kVbn1Y3oUZUsyeuGt3Eu4DEgywfHAnWsCRP3b6RM1crax3Z9EjdwpBr5V9ovwSxP36eW6zm-KJMUVWbrm-Vl1z5bHDL3WhkNMiw9k4A/s320/IMG_3866.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrgx5UQul260KU0WcqHLhP1xyRClblrLhnmRpEITZWx9J8f_MmT7ip2uGmh3Mgoin_boDgH2lPrP4oIvEhLv3AglUcRVzTfDPPjh8hF11dxxI0qI6-kbr_6SMa6andUjt1Nd0Dxsc0me7FZDAYnJhyphenhyphenfAJQ5MHWbB84HEiFc0hLprgfFJFpJvmiahzC3Mw/s3088/LRDW6279.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrgx5UQul260KU0WcqHLhP1xyRClblrLhnmRpEITZWx9J8f_MmT7ip2uGmh3Mgoin_boDgH2lPrP4oIvEhLv3AglUcRVzTfDPPjh8hF11dxxI0qI6-kbr_6SMa6andUjt1Nd0Dxsc0me7FZDAYnJhyphenhyphenfAJQ5MHWbB84HEiFc0hLprgfFJFpJvmiahzC3Mw/s320/LRDW6279.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After 7 years, his first ear infection. Picked up the antibiotics and home to sleep most of the rest of the day on the couch. Thankfully just the next day he was feeling better. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj81FBZNwSAHMyAp2VBaSOVd1tIrUZn3mkoCzwjF1W-4KBtmAwojD1VF_URtStQurhG2rvkTAmZHsoCZM_CNvRoHosEqLE7eVhjhj46mdMIU-PSJhLI_7E4mh29bRTcaTLfsAWZs3e4NJrylfGZ992fo5iU7qGoT1A6btHpQNNf4BGhNKLVTsLMAmGzOu8/s4032/IMG_3872.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj81FBZNwSAHMyAp2VBaSOVd1tIrUZn3mkoCzwjF1W-4KBtmAwojD1VF_URtStQurhG2rvkTAmZHsoCZM_CNvRoHosEqLE7eVhjhj46mdMIU-PSJhLI_7E4mh29bRTcaTLfsAWZs3e4NJrylfGZ992fo5iU7qGoT1A6btHpQNNf4BGhNKLVTsLMAmGzOu8/s320/IMG_3872.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was really relating to that song "and mom and dad can hardly wait for school to start again!" as he had nearly a 3 week break already for Christmas and then he was off another week for the fever and then another day for the ear. He only goes 2x a week to school and we do the rest of the work at home, so I felt a lot of pressure with him missing so much. But oh well, he has recovered and we got all our work done at home too so it is fine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then today we were planning on meeting some friends at an outdoor iceskating rink and doing that as a family for the first time. We were getting lunch ready when we heard, "thump! waaaaaaahhhh!!" Lucy had been sitting on the toy cabinet with Jeanie and she reached for a toy, fell off, and must have hit her chin on some hard toy on the ground, and she had a nice slice under her chin. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The bleeding stopped after a couple minutes, but it looked deep, I could see some adipose tissue. So off we went to spend 3 hours at the Urgent Care 😔</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(The happy minutes before the fall:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnlsJIc1OWiEyQ0Y-xJ8Arm28XH5KvQhk2nS5VA41xpj0b4Fj1xUusB6vFOinKZmWlQLlOc44tiXi5kd5nYvoHGGElBSlFzgBQzNrnN6q8NbuhqjT8Fo6xYZyDWYsxh40iXCgPy3_vtxJenSsQnJ-j2nMnnx-V7xCtMBXvIzQTY-8I89HkJbwFjzdKLEY/s4032/IMG_3967.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnlsJIc1OWiEyQ0Y-xJ8Arm28XH5KvQhk2nS5VA41xpj0b4Fj1xUusB6vFOinKZmWlQLlOc44tiXi5kd5nYvoHGGElBSlFzgBQzNrnN6q8NbuhqjT8Fo6xYZyDWYsxh40iXCgPy3_vtxJenSsQnJ-j2nMnnx-V7xCtMBXvIzQTY-8I89HkJbwFjzdKLEY/s320/IMG_3967.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Running around without a care in the world at the Urgent Care</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzrJSbqHrjUoQ_XrK9nastaKJT-s2uQ3c3gHyfPYIbjuGLCSAHi3fFULItoc8iw2XIKCACktFbdTYbzOmUUDw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwWG6Pk3isSQrQLnIhWktCJMsI7nvcaz-62i3X3k-aGn2AmW1OeJQ9sKVVYHgkUUMu5JzCoz3e2YWl4-WEIbopLXP7INLh6Sb7c5vK-539Qt8iJWRjQEVckDIG_X00nPt2wcL9Ti5P5CojOqzwAdy4gNCjDIZSKF9Br9nNQYeEQ7rpPJgXdiG7ahg2bOg/s4032/IMG_3972.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwWG6Pk3isSQrQLnIhWktCJMsI7nvcaz-62i3X3k-aGn2AmW1OeJQ9sKVVYHgkUUMu5JzCoz3e2YWl4-WEIbopLXP7INLh6Sb7c5vK-539Qt8iJWRjQEVckDIG_X00nPt2wcL9Ti5P5CojOqzwAdy4gNCjDIZSKF9Br9nNQYeEQ7rpPJgXdiG7ahg2bOg/s320/IMG_3972.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Guess I didn't take a pic of the injury, but a 1/2 inch cut under her chin. He didn't stitch it, but did glue it shut, so I think it was worth going. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How crazy to have 2 trips to the Urgent Care in 1 month, hopefully we are good now! :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><p></p>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02685230580167231442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036272516528479528.post-40610270664560093332024-01-02T15:41:00.000-08:002024-01-02T15:41:14.275-08:002024 Goals<p> New Year, new goals!!!</p><p>I love setting goals. This year I wrote them on a piece of paper with kind of a checklist aspect. I am VERY motivated by checking things off. And I plan to keep this in sight this year, instead of just forgetting about the goals until the end of the year.... 😖</p><p><u>Marriage Goals</u>:</p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">- Complete the </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Love-Respect-Workbook-Desires-Desperately/dp/1591453488/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2KTRLRLL8KMEO&keywords=love+and+respect+workbook&qid=1672718574&sprefix=love+and+respect+workbook%2Caps%2C120&sr=8-1" style="color: #559729; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Love & Respect workbook</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> with Doug. Read 15 of 52 chapters so far. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">- Date nights 1x a month (and weekly "date nights/connection time" at home also.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">- Attend a marriage conference. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">- Do <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Husband-Project-Loving-Man-Purpose/dp/0736925228/ref=asc_df_0736925228/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312034012759&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9830240117654044205&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016970&hvtargid=pla-449549499294&psc=1&mcid=fd44810252793526ae39c8d76436c49b&gclid=Cj0KCQiAhc-sBhCEARIsAOVwHuRunbSO4dbgge8R9VoGjcYbK3ZzDE-4HvTRpgoJPS9aEqu26hxl_0caAtwoEALw_wcB">The Husband Project</a>. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">- Pray consistently for Doug and our marriage. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><u>Mothering Goals</u>:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">- Complete the</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Parenting-Surviving-Thriving-Workbook-Building/dp/1418514128/ref=sr_1_3?crid=10P65HMKASA5T&keywords=parenting+from+surviving+to+thriving&qid=1672718540&sprefix=parenting+from+surviving+to+%2Caps%2C241&sr=8-3" style="color: #559729; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Parenting from Surviving to Thriving workbook </a><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">together. Did 2 of 12 lessons so far. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">- Continue "Monday Momming" prayer check-ins with Liz. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">- * remember people matter more than a clean house!!! * </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPpo4Y9jCttB7Y52HmaIVWrYldEhb6beGoMYtKUBDyzmKfyMwOjSPdGj7I07Xb2xc-17EI3btFn7pvAlcBcDfSIsnluu4ivGnSNlyxtmRN1HoY0uk4KrQJf1x-YG_IXhHSF5bRsWyKjImhlPfCXqKDNrQRZLO2R8VG0wrwUY4HsBd-9QXRqNgW4bijzvs/s750/614E0B86-F9B0-45D2-9955-69014C144A5B.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="502" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPpo4Y9jCttB7Y52HmaIVWrYldEhb6beGoMYtKUBDyzmKfyMwOjSPdGj7I07Xb2xc-17EI3btFn7pvAlcBcDfSIsnluu4ivGnSNlyxtmRN1HoY0uk4KrQJf1x-YG_IXhHSF5bRsWyKjImhlPfCXqKDNrQRZLO2R8VG0wrwUY4HsBd-9QXRqNgW4bijzvs/s320/614E0B86-F9B0-45D2-9955-69014C144A5B.jpeg" width="214" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(these motherhood thoughts get me every time!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><u>Faith Goals</u>:<p></p><p>- Finish <a href="https://www.bsfinternational.org/">BSF</a>. </p><p>- Use the "snooze button" time to read my Bible instead. </p><p><u>Work Goals</u>:</p><p>- Write 2 flashcards per shift: 1 drug and 1 disease/condition to study up on. </p><p><u>Personal Goals</u>:</p><p>- Use the harp lessons from my 40th bday. </p><p>- Read (some?) of my book pile: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAbxeftL1mU1nrXF5RV9nSqqDF2DogD601Lf9AA1AOkCJx4BKwPjqWPoF_v8KoW1UzLBNs4_PZ8YqjI0_gX49CUwBDh63qHFugV4U95h459zdntdBGJ1wQN1VgxM0IpGPv1OqWe-m3p2K72_NizsHOZjH-umRkOfU34HwjmQDtUtBuAKEL9esNe8Oodxg/s4032/D62B6897-68D4-4D34-9873-5B5A8FE2542B.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAbxeftL1mU1nrXF5RV9nSqqDF2DogD601Lf9AA1AOkCJx4BKwPjqWPoF_v8KoW1UzLBNs4_PZ8YqjI0_gX49CUwBDh63qHFugV4U95h459zdntdBGJ1wQN1VgxM0IpGPv1OqWe-m3p2K72_NizsHOZjH-umRkOfU34HwjmQDtUtBuAKEL9esNe8Oodxg/s320/D62B6897-68D4-4D34-9873-5B5A8FE2542B.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>(I also plan to keep a list of books I read, so I can remember that too.)</p><p><u>Fitness Goals</u>: <br /></p><p>- Complete the<span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.glowbodypt.com/10minuteplan" style="color: #559729; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">10 minute plan</a><span style="color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">- Complete the <a href="https://www.glowbodypt.com/firm30">Firm 30 series</a>. </span><b style="color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </b></p><p><span style="color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">- I'll add myself to the millions of people who want to lose 10 lbs as a resolution! I've slowly and steadily gained weight since quitting breastfeeding last spring. My body is actually at what I would say the weight it likes to be at, but<i><b> I </b></i>like to be about 5-10 lbs lighter. Even that little makes a difference in the looseness of the pants, the effort to run up a flight of stairs, the difference in my face in photos, etc. Just obviously hard to do, especially when one already exercises and eats pretty healthfully, and is now over 40... 😩</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"><u>Not resolutions, but hopes</u>: </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">- More photos in our photo travel map (flights already booked for a mid-winter break trip!)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">- We'd love to get a 2nd rental property, we'll see what happens with the economy this year. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">- We're also looking to move, although I'm not going to move unless it's "the one". I do need to pray that Doug and I will be in unity about a decision- we ended up having some good conversations from what happened with the house we lost out on, but it was hard. We need to have a team approach going forward. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">- Doug has been wanting to do something volunteer wise with the kids, so we've been thinking about what we could do while still having little ones. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">Excited for this new year!!</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02685230580167231442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036272516528479528.post-4576059735155914612023-12-30T19:33:00.000-08:002023-12-31T11:52:11.876-08:00Reflections on 2023 Goals<p> <b style="color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Goals for 2023:</b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">- Complete the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Love-Respect-Workbook-Desires-Desperately/dp/1591453488/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2KTRLRLL8KMEO&keywords=love+and+respect+workbook&qid=1672718574&sprefix=love+and+respect+workbook%2Caps%2C120&sr=8-1" style="color: #559729; text-decoration-line: none;">Love & Respect workbook</a> with Doug, there are 52 chapters so should be able to do 1/wk (I have seriously had this book back from Andrew days, never did it, and think it could only benefit us) - <b>We did about 15 chapters.</b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">- Complete a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Parenting-Surviving-Thriving-Workbook-Building/dp/1418514128/ref=sr_1_3?crid=10P65HMKASA5T&keywords=parenting+from+surviving+to+thriving&qid=1672718540&sprefix=parenting+from+surviving+to+%2Caps%2C241&sr=8-3" style="color: #559729; text-decoration-line: none;">Parenting from Surviving to Thriving workbook </a>together, 12 chapters, so 1/month - <b>We completed 2 chapters. This workbook was pretty intense with each chapter being about an hour of reading/questions/reflections on our own childhoods and it was a good reference, but took a lot of time and thought. </b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">- Date nights 12x a year, finish our dance lessons CD together, and attend a marriage conference - <b>We probably had about 6 date nights. We were doing good with our date trades with another couple friend until some issues came up, so we need to get back to hiring babysitters. We did some of the dance CD lessons, did not finish. And did not attend a marriage conference. We DID go on one short getaway cruise alone together for our anniversary, so that was great. </b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">- Purchase a new rental property - <b>Nope. The still high Seller's market, 8% interest rates, etc were just not in our favor again this year. But our rental property is still going well, so we are thankful for that. </b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">- Use my harp lessons gift certificate Doug got me when I turned 40 - <b>No, still need to!</b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">- Make a school decision for our son, keep him in school or move to a hybrid/homeschool option - <b>Yes. We made a decision to do the hybrid/homeschool option this year. I think we are mostly pleased with the decision? Some of the pros and cons are exactly the same thing. Pro= he's at home more; Con= he's at home more (lol) = more work, more fighting, less time to spread between 3 kids. I do feel he is learning well. He obviously likes being home more having more time to play and more flexibility. The teaching him to read has been really hard. Next month we are going to hire a weekly tutor to hopefully help jumpstart his reading a little better. It will be a whole new world when he can read. When we ask him if he likes this school option better, he says no, but always like something "I miss the playground" (the hybrid school meets in a church with no playground), or he misses his old friends. We have noticed that last year he would very very frequently ask strangers if they believed in God (his old school's motto was "share Christ's story with love") and we've noticed that settling down, which is a shame. I think the Wednesday chapel the old school used to have can be livestreamed, so I've been thinking about having him watch that weekly so he can still have that Godly aspect of school. The hybrid school is mostly ran by Christians, but since it is state funded, it is a neutral school. So we definitely miss that Christian aspect. But overall we do think it is working well for our family, so we plan to continue on next year for him as well as for our new kindergartener. </b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">- Complete the <a href="https://www.glowbodypt.com/10minuteplan" style="color: #559729; text-decoration-line: none;">10 minute plan</a> (I did her 12 week postnatal plan pretty much on repeat all of 2022 so I'm ready to move to the next level) - <b>I'm 1/3 done! I still ended up repeating the postnatal plan almost most of the year. I had some Diastasis Recti, even 2 years post pregnancy, and I was so afraid of moving on to her new program and maybe making it worse. So over the summer I did about 10 weeks of Physical Therapy to get that closed. When I finally got it good enough to "graduate" I started the new plan. I'm in phase 2 now, and I do like it, altho it's actually not as challenging as the prenatal one believe it or not. But she says phase 2 and phase 3 will progress, so maybe. I've already bought her <a href="https://www.glowbodypt.com/firm30">Firm30</a> series to try after I finish this one. </b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">- Read through the pile of books that has been on my nightstand for years now</p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTWkbTmGHpacmDCfOR-o_R1bQwtpq4a-wtyChDvlRbJhnaP1Ltr73OmHjT_wlvMnFlQ5x4zmMfjbPW-kBcrQMBzLGa9Mp9463Nn-rE_XF5T9KPWSYhSO4B-9QOHV-lrNb78xTiLjTQLONeGV_-yM6UUVgmcu2PMSQYMeSGLyaZ9P914ggnEV-kMoU-/s4032/B1669FD1-E322-4609-8CF7-1CC631A95D2D.jpeg" style="color: #559729; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTWkbTmGHpacmDCfOR-o_R1bQwtpq4a-wtyChDvlRbJhnaP1Ltr73OmHjT_wlvMnFlQ5x4zmMfjbPW-kBcrQMBzLGa9Mp9463Nn-rE_XF5T9KPWSYhSO4B-9QOHV-lrNb78xTiLjTQLONeGV_-yM6UUVgmcu2PMSQYMeSGLyaZ9P914ggnEV-kMoU-/s320/B1669FD1-E322-4609-8CF7-1CC631A95D2D.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">- </span></span><b style="color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Another year, another no. BUT I feel like I have to stop being so hard on myself about this one. Every year I read at least 10 books for book club. And I've read 3 of the Narnia books with August. And I know I've </b><span style="color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"><b>bought</b></span></span><b style="color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">/been gifted prob 4 or 5 other books that I'm trying to work my way through. I was thinking about it, a fiction book I can just slam through in about 3 late nights on the couch, but these non-fiction, life changing books, just need so much thought and reflection, they are a slow go. </b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Books (parenting) I did love this year:</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOZ2dfk9_ruVAoBVqTf-04Bdm-bNr8LnD5Yv4WbG4shcEa0hqKjl_Glym7AvrNw86s_VI4GPDZRadFEr9F122gatiArebZcd7uMl9n5A4Aw6qOmwNbpLqAT5hpBWiCqAWpYw8XumWu4wkO-IigaFV3AHPj5myuTinT8E1meEM0KMpu6D9bt2eCeL2XTuc/s350/0C2A6475A9880AE94ECB4D0F4270B1274EE46C5C.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="227" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOZ2dfk9_ruVAoBVqTf-04Bdm-bNr8LnD5Yv4WbG4shcEa0hqKjl_Glym7AvrNw86s_VI4GPDZRadFEr9F122gatiArebZcd7uMl9n5A4Aw6qOmwNbpLqAT5hpBWiCqAWpYw8XumWu4wkO-IigaFV3AHPj5myuTinT8E1meEM0KMpu6D9bt2eCeL2XTuc/s320/0C2A6475A9880AE94ECB4D0F4270B1274EE46C5C.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">30 short chapters, and helpful. I keep it in the bathroom for quick moments of "alone time" lol. Definitely worth the continual re-read. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvCWI5QD5WYsAEl9SmYGP3bcTnnQJmWKRu7Ytpj4moHSPpwX0N1cLzpO54KKZl6hskCy_ek5DZJKYyCzNyNBEKDCThI1dxOPgXbNJOcaeiBRRPs05LeuKFY5UFtEtMmCXHv3y2Ya1oIyfRIjeJdTSfUcQwClvCLcjgZeEnONxMra8bO3OAMVBF455Qcxs/s350/7C36480CC34E5FF771D195F80478DE1EEF0F98FA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="229" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvCWI5QD5WYsAEl9SmYGP3bcTnnQJmWKRu7Ytpj4moHSPpwX0N1cLzpO54KKZl6hskCy_ek5DZJKYyCzNyNBEKDCThI1dxOPgXbNJOcaeiBRRPs05LeuKFY5UFtEtMmCXHv3y2Ya1oIyfRIjeJdTSfUcQwClvCLcjgZeEnONxMra8bO3OAMVBF455Qcxs/s320/7C36480CC34E5FF771D195F80478DE1EEF0F98FA.jpeg" width="209" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Only halfway through this one, but LOVING it. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLWXVazshpUE-5S3HbLE6uPhPdjUcEil9ZwjhPuLVGkppE__e5FxFkwnm_oTrqn10lKHV8f9Kd_Z5HbcJsYNlD2CBLb1YpnpPuR14ElrXV-RAz9JkDkExr0uJ9I-2pCQwi75swh_Sm_28yjlklOWHs_KVAMjWlN2HJPC4xzmMS8suqXyBPACAA-kLIECU/s350/eca315af2f8e128ed833d25f6915e08c95dcd3fb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="219" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLWXVazshpUE-5S3HbLE6uPhPdjUcEil9ZwjhPuLVGkppE__e5FxFkwnm_oTrqn10lKHV8f9Kd_Z5HbcJsYNlD2CBLb1YpnpPuR14ElrXV-RAz9JkDkExr0uJ9I-2pCQwi75swh_Sm_28yjlklOWHs_KVAMjWlN2HJPC4xzmMS8suqXyBPACAA-kLIECU/s320/eca315af2f8e128ed833d25f6915e08c95dcd3fb.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was one I was surprised I liked so much, but it might be my favorite mothering book I've read. </div></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></b></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">- Complete <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Prayer-Journal-Women-Scripture-Devotional/dp/1941325823/ref=sr_1_3?crid=4YZVULROD12V&keywords=52+week+prayer+journal&qid=1672718830&sprefix=52+week+prayer+journal%2Caps%2C202&sr=8-3" style="color: #559729; text-decoration-line: none;">this prayer journal</a> (I like it's weekly and not daily, seems more attainable) - <b>I made several weeks in, I liked it, just couldn't make it a habit I guess. </b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">- Transition the girls into sharing a room (after 15+ months, we need the baby out of our room!) - <b>Yes! Once we finally made the switch everything went fine. This was one of those things that I just was so anxious about forever, but when we finally just made a decision and did it, it was a lot smoother than I'd imagined. There was a little difficulty because I still nursed her at night, but she was starting to finally slow down at that point anyway, and was done nursing altogether a few months later. </b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">The room before:</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqAesq6zeSiRq0Eq_stE4fjeLucC2H-Nqh3oa6S5HqCQAfBqm4i8HYsc7Xd-DemgZsM_OyyBDyYrp3Wiha34_TLHPIR3qnwjcinctE_cgcGzQEuiXfQ-RuurGfZdkMDSWPim8CcN1ZrOn459WRWHYk7SLE6HiwtGtaC8kJ39EDag0kKafSbXNjskBgSPE/s4032/IMG_7224.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqAesq6zeSiRq0Eq_stE4fjeLucC2H-Nqh3oa6S5HqCQAfBqm4i8HYsc7Xd-DemgZsM_OyyBDyYrp3Wiha34_TLHPIR3qnwjcinctE_cgcGzQEuiXfQ-RuurGfZdkMDSWPim8CcN1ZrOn459WRWHYk7SLE6HiwtGtaC8kJ39EDag0kKafSbXNjskBgSPE/s320/IMG_7224.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jeanie got a new bed, I found it by the road in our neighborhood. I knew it was a Grandma's house and she'd only used it for watching her granddaughter for sleepovers. I painted it white for my girl. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ZtFgFRvOO2zxbapctZPZngUtNDvD1oIhaCZB4yN8SbA84VJiLDJks3HqkJ0egfsXcfrdQahwMuKjyU0rVbj9gFCxO3sq1lvWhoTD8Ot0ar9S8rhhZyLfILryAYZITkT3yy4OmSqhS1mMXAgRUzfdiK6_tOoXF97O-L7VjwPvlcVk3yKHAQP7HGDiboA/s4032/IMG_7227.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ZtFgFRvOO2zxbapctZPZngUtNDvD1oIhaCZB4yN8SbA84VJiLDJks3HqkJ0egfsXcfrdQahwMuKjyU0rVbj9gFCxO3sq1lvWhoTD8Ot0ar9S8rhhZyLfILryAYZITkT3yy4OmSqhS1mMXAgRUzfdiK6_tOoXF97O-L7VjwPvlcVk3yKHAQP7HGDiboA/s320/IMG_7227.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lucy's side got decorated for her. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh761-47jzFqppMvgxl2y9LGkgoixETHrgL9Wjg4tHt9nOv5KFdKLNvgzuLJrB8ten9Bqvp2qaqJvLS9s342IioH2s_3VOV9kFAx4Zub7vCJ4cV2T8n_lz-3SF_g5Y04em-DAB7tWpaPIMYWpPo-NBUReBXKSxjW0WkoJQrLs5HkDImNKNng0q5Jdb2X-c/s4032/IMG_7234.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh761-47jzFqppMvgxl2y9LGkgoixETHrgL9Wjg4tHt9nOv5KFdKLNvgzuLJrB8ten9Bqvp2qaqJvLS9s342IioH2s_3VOV9kFAx4Zub7vCJ4cV2T8n_lz-3SF_g5Y04em-DAB7tWpaPIMYWpPo-NBUReBXKSxjW0WkoJQrLs5HkDImNKNng0q5Jdb2X-c/s320/IMG_7234.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The girls' growth pictures, bookcase, and little collections. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLBrzIscAYLMfdFx6bw8qtJQmDI2chUZs1pcVJmSecGZRL2Ib_gLcQPWHjVjdeSwWx0tmA0nHOIyprQqKQM96XuZFJqTWlS_0s32nPkoU-bxmQKjjV3KAoaxveorv9f6Y0VvlIiCGdcUP_mhW_vejGfvLU5aNTOR44U72Qo6YxUU1nkO5zUVEPna6kxog/s4032/IMG_7235.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLBrzIscAYLMfdFx6bw8qtJQmDI2chUZs1pcVJmSecGZRL2Ib_gLcQPWHjVjdeSwWx0tmA0nHOIyprQqKQM96XuZFJqTWlS_0s32nPkoU-bxmQKjjV3KAoaxveorv9f6Y0VvlIiCGdcUP_mhW_vejGfvLU5aNTOR44U72Qo6YxUU1nkO5zUVEPna6kxog/s320/IMG_7235.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A room for 2 little girls:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXk8YNRT0gL5H38B5ceLalFWhO-MAOfpnXRNHs8wtFPUtJ1qDI4W-buKiJhRuuz8JQ0HzrefTvYCzG4FOKVvsSmkevvQAC_dbPss3j95NNyIQ4Sn45IRp-GriOKCvG1tPZ9_eOTynhQtysG_MyLU-azrs26j3BknPxjE72uLDROmLkNu0o3a0QQwOC5Fs/s4032/CA654342-856A-479B-80A8-F314FAF2F9BC.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXk8YNRT0gL5H38B5ceLalFWhO-MAOfpnXRNHs8wtFPUtJ1qDI4W-buKiJhRuuz8JQ0HzrefTvYCzG4FOKVvsSmkevvQAC_dbPss3j95NNyIQ4Sn45IRp-GriOKCvG1tPZ9_eOTynhQtysG_MyLU-azrs26j3BknPxjE72uLDROmLkNu0o3a0QQwOC5Fs/s320/CA654342-856A-479B-80A8-F314FAF2F9BC.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">- Get Jeanie potty trained - </span><b style="text-align: left;">Yes! She's been most of the second half of the year accident free and that has been great. She goes without even telling me, or needing help, so that's been great. </b></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">- Think about a job/career switch - <b>Thought about it. Deciding to stay in my spot. I think I'd like to go to Mother/Baby, but would have to work midnights. I can't even fathom that logistically now, but maybe could revisit this when all the kids are in school, even the hybrid school, but we are about 3-4 years away from that anyway. But who knows, if we lose our parent babysitters at some point, we might have to make some sort of changes before then anyway. </b></p><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">- Find some way to streamline cooking/cleaning/laundry??? - </span></span><b style="color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">I know what works best is to have a list of 10 meals and just always have the ingredients to make them. I've had a big tupperware of fresh veggies that people grab from for lunches/snacks. But I do get annoyed that it's 99% me peeling/cutting/chopping those biweekly. Doug is a great help with grocery shopping tho. The second half of the year we have hired someone to come clean once a month. So at least once a month I have washed floors. Which is a lot more frequent than I could say before that. We got a cordless stick vacuum that I love and even August can use it to zip around and clean up after meals. And we got a very expensive new vacuum for the carpets, which even though it does a good job, </b><span style="color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"><b>unfortunately</b></span></span><b style="color: #383838; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> I hate it and wish we wouldn't have gotten it. It is so heavy and so loud I wear the kids ear protectors, and it has a dual motor so it's powerful, but that makes the vacuum part thick so it can't go into small spots like my last one. And I hate I'm stuck with this thing for like 10 years till it dies. Laundry, meh, no way to streamline that I've found, but sometimes I get the girls to help me. They love to put the stuff from the washer to the dryer and then can pull things out one at a time for me to fold. They love to match socks. But 5 people means laundry several times a week. </b></p><p style="background-color: white;">2023 has been a really great year overall. We are blessed with healthy, happy, lively children. We were able to take a trip to Louisiana and Mississippi mid- February, a road trip to Vermont and New Hampshire and Niagara Falls over the summer, we went up to Bois Blanc Island Labor Day weekend, and we did our kid-free Bahamas cruise. We enjoyed a 2 week long visit this summer with my brother and his family, spending lots of time together. We celebrated the birth of my sister's baby after YEARS of praying and waiting and hoping and praying some more. We've weathered some concerns with our parents' health, my mom's new knee early winter and Doug's dad's cancer scare. We are THANKFUL for all God's goodness in 2023 and hope and pray and continue to follow Him into 2024. </p>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02685230580167231442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036272516528479528.post-10864074880512260052023-12-29T08:44:00.000-08:002023-12-29T08:44:52.177-08:00Christmas festivities<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our friend's annual Elf party, a lot of last minute sickness cancellations this year, here are the elves that were there, growing up!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0EIfOtok14INHTAHcmgmHvJWjfFb899bHBK40z_Qmf55jbRUFHk7V0MWTBYlV1qiDd3hviers4CME3s5vataP1nqAFkvjxNOE5ojaMqcT8QxcMcxqQJiD4LrMnozFAfCIFIW6MkKhobkFSzuRnQvZXRitNrDaH0ez24fyDHaNmCVGTAujVFTPXv5y2qk/s1024/HLAH9938.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0EIfOtok14INHTAHcmgmHvJWjfFb899bHBK40z_Qmf55jbRUFHk7V0MWTBYlV1qiDd3hviers4CME3s5vataP1nqAFkvjxNOE5ojaMqcT8QxcMcxqQJiD4LrMnozFAfCIFIW6MkKhobkFSzuRnQvZXRitNrDaH0ez24fyDHaNmCVGTAujVFTPXv5y2qk/s320/HLAH9938.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2_1V4M_Q5duZQxM_TOH7aE6wDmkIfiS6mEDCQ8lMetmrFT4NoZskj-TNMQpW-lqRpbyKf4xvVKZuCx5UtZIfho_g25OQYXqdg_SdX2PkqBk_LaumvoflEulQ40H2WYMJ86umG2DlCCZmIzEBtCzx0XtWuwIiA-cYlF8_gJzNAbC0nH2c9875ioM_HJPo/s1600/IGCO0409.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="1600" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2_1V4M_Q5duZQxM_TOH7aE6wDmkIfiS6mEDCQ8lMetmrFT4NoZskj-TNMQpW-lqRpbyKf4xvVKZuCx5UtZIfho_g25OQYXqdg_SdX2PkqBk_LaumvoflEulQ40H2WYMJ86umG2DlCCZmIzEBtCzx0XtWuwIiA-cYlF8_gJzNAbC0nH2c9875ioM_HJPo/s320/IGCO0409.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis1-jJRXtpuldhyphenhyphencb63mWsHbGS-0P3G2RpQ_T60gDKkZrIPxypo8FG1A_NS6DcgMyLNMCZY2aOfAGbxcYFDbB7rCu6tQ80JWfTn-GaqP-6oHZFiRUaXaEz06z9Bkbnwk3Nnm7_7doExUN1lE7kf1ZTnM6kzXgUjnjHT2-GHfie5vBrNeEFGrJiGljLx9M/s4032/IMG_3380.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYqww0fz6Z3ojui5axMRU3BQiu56fH4lHojz4Fh3yOVMHIZsE-cm0KVeeILs-HADy45OkSJQpmAp9CrfSUuF2ML3YwqLL_DxRJH-wZVAVa7vt4JEQGYtz1aBoQRYv_WlW3-Tj4n0SK3uIYjm3oJaFM85YY7kNP9pAvs11xQvCmRXXIabiCDzIBShiCnmg/s320/IMG_3397.JPG" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis1-jJRXtpuldhyphenhyphencb63mWsHbGS-0P3G2RpQ_T60gDKkZrIPxypo8FG1A_NS6DcgMyLNMCZY2aOfAGbxcYFDbB7rCu6tQ80JWfTn-GaqP-6oHZFiRUaXaEz06z9Bkbnwk3Nnm7_7doExUN1lE7kf1ZTnM6kzXgUjnjHT2-GHfie5vBrNeEFGrJiGljLx9M/s4032/IMG_3380.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis1-jJRXtpuldhyphenhyphencb63mWsHbGS-0P3G2RpQ_T60gDKkZrIPxypo8FG1A_NS6DcgMyLNMCZY2aOfAGbxcYFDbB7rCu6tQ80JWfTn-GaqP-6oHZFiRUaXaEz06z9Bkbnwk3Nnm7_7doExUN1lE7kf1ZTnM6kzXgUjnjHT2-GHfie5vBrNeEFGrJiGljLx9M/s4032/IMG_3380.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis1-jJRXtpuldhyphenhyphencb63mWsHbGS-0P3G2RpQ_T60gDKkZrIPxypo8FG1A_NS6DcgMyLNMCZY2aOfAGbxcYFDbB7rCu6tQ80JWfTn-GaqP-6oHZFiRUaXaEz06z9Bkbnwk3Nnm7_7doExUN1lE7kf1ZTnM6kzXgUjnjHT2-GHfie5vBrNeEFGrJiGljLx9M/s320/IMG_3380.JPG" width="240" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Went to a Nativity play and outdoor activities with my parents.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQNoDTuGXcN7hlmJMEDNBZ0DmH0p-a9mNyx76rRGTNykpZbQhK-vIw4qYjbTKEGv_GDh7ilId5WvwwXomuWgmK6yLi6sKN9WvBdlL4UlpgNnNDWHhVod3xEtyd5dloebETZapsVRNLg4QU-STBZq8Nb2tsxrqhxd_rh6VgGOPOi_Wp3J4SjZsPSHsJCM/s4032/IMG_3409.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQNoDTuGXcN7hlmJMEDNBZ0DmH0p-a9mNyx76rRGTNykpZbQhK-vIw4qYjbTKEGv_GDh7ilId5WvwwXomuWgmK6yLi6sKN9WvBdlL4UlpgNnNDWHhVod3xEtyd5dloebETZapsVRNLg4QU-STBZq8Nb2tsxrqhxd_rh6VgGOPOi_Wp3J4SjZsPSHsJCM/s320/IMG_3409.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Took my kids to a ornament craft making event at the library. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTqbPYrfzUIfXNdxy8jCKl95cpScZhzSdxi7zfQst65tYBKEtdixpe2d2-3qhLKeh_gflWBo410BjD_Ci5AgbngfT4ErpZ7m4YznnhgmgMCT5sDdQX7LfFkOhcW2twtoOXMaM0eEVAxViDhr82WPK-3_bbdONCfO5cwxIwSR0hPH-srJz6WPEUuKQ-OUo/s5571/IMG_3578.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5571" data-original-width="4178" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTqbPYrfzUIfXNdxy8jCKl95cpScZhzSdxi7zfQst65tYBKEtdixpe2d2-3qhLKeh_gflWBo410BjD_Ci5AgbngfT4ErpZ7m4YznnhgmgMCT5sDdQX7LfFkOhcW2twtoOXMaM0eEVAxViDhr82WPK-3_bbdONCfO5cwxIwSR0hPH-srJz6WPEUuKQ-OUo/s320/IMG_3578.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Holding my baby niece Rose at my parent's Christmas choir concert.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPX2hcVXfEah6QQjX0L5PRxax1EldgmxDvWnmc_-q0Qvm8aK_iEE7yNijsSb4VNHctr9wIVa_4F0jZw4aLFKhOUWKX5pK7aitGLM86dt90gpQJRnZzaYm1sc7C7GC_mfM2gOwC4vGy59COC2KA5QqN74C9fFp3cPEQIb_rDZcMGkM52A2MLZ7DAwYNfCU/s750/IMG_E3423.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="750" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPX2hcVXfEah6QQjX0L5PRxax1EldgmxDvWnmc_-q0Qvm8aK_iEE7yNijsSb4VNHctr9wIVa_4F0jZw4aLFKhOUWKX5pK7aitGLM86dt90gpQJRnZzaYm1sc7C7GC_mfM2gOwC4vGy59COC2KA5QqN74C9fFp3cPEQIb_rDZcMGkM52A2MLZ7DAwYNfCU/s320/IMG_E3423.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">August at school (it was pizza and pajamas day)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1IHmluVuqpbhwIHiQaOXMBURNCz5phWJnTPGEXZ8Bj-nFShr5iM8vuiOumXmZTb-wlxIsGeETQbMUu6v7gZzpDtfmy4coUToEii5R9wmZKNsKbkl8qUJyUijIR9HwRXy0ljRl_wxj9kHTOcKznsNCA9Q6j364WpUtmCQQhzLztc9V_lu05wkYgLRaleg/s3088/XNXC8405.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1IHmluVuqpbhwIHiQaOXMBURNCz5phWJnTPGEXZ8Bj-nFShr5iM8vuiOumXmZTb-wlxIsGeETQbMUu6v7gZzpDtfmy4coUToEii5R9wmZKNsKbkl8qUJyUijIR9HwRXy0ljRl_wxj9kHTOcKznsNCA9Q6j364WpUtmCQQhzLztc9V_lu05wkYgLRaleg/s320/XNXC8405.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was my turn to work Christmas this year, so I worked my weekend Saturday, Sunday, and then Christmas. I missed my family, but we had potlucks everyday with my co-workers, and saw Doug's family on Friday and my family on Tuesday, so it was kind of interesting to spread it out like that. </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8TvTxv7sfBCFpJA4bOtOZsW6IAM5Ectg6iy59kEkEDJy74zz8Rf-UrwTnW9MYFSItQSXDcW2oUf0tOifwyJmmBUnKlAZeID-VgipUeRjAZU_4LV8bZD82I92wqtrcbKaW455ev2pZ_WFPS41_czG-eTvxROZ5zoukHzhoYPyStnGxB9fPw34_geM-9PY/s6038/IMG_4073.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3491" data-original-width="6038" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8TvTxv7sfBCFpJA4bOtOZsW6IAM5Ectg6iy59kEkEDJy74zz8Rf-UrwTnW9MYFSItQSXDcW2oUf0tOifwyJmmBUnKlAZeID-VgipUeRjAZU_4LV8bZD82I92wqtrcbKaW455ev2pZ_WFPS41_czG-eTvxROZ5zoukHzhoYPyStnGxB9fPw34_geM-9PY/s320/IMG_4073.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Christmas songs on the piano</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCgTFk_yxOYi_UQjLZsmihYmuUAuHM06c-zvUBR8wR7xs12HdMQju9fHmoeVW_Daifn0NYbocZ3R2HcHeaOVZhhfrvoiOM-U_N6UI4ZrQHYqrREehTFFrHUSNekrtHm5v5IpAUI2sRQjTP4dZoWOKzdADnruLbWTjR5444kSkYU_LDbrFjhyphenhyphen1C0D0eHu0/s4032/IMG_3529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCgTFk_yxOYi_UQjLZsmihYmuUAuHM06c-zvUBR8wR7xs12HdMQju9fHmoeVW_Daifn0NYbocZ3R2HcHeaOVZhhfrvoiOM-U_N6UI4ZrQHYqrREehTFFrHUSNekrtHm5v5IpAUI2sRQjTP4dZoWOKzdADnruLbWTjR5444kSkYU_LDbrFjhyphenhyphen1C0D0eHu0/s320/IMG_3529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx0z6w59sJshZAGIRlIxaz0N9JIRHjISP2N7OxzRRuKFuhbwIGVGhy3aYNJKFZgQ0M1fdDIy9D55C_J2G1Itw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx2Z_fhRTTXkljvkQS-CblYRuogvidjb4I0cANPWuNOSnJashDE123Jwjg1I6k7D8tcT0uHqG4P-ILV5ObG2w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD0vcjvWSsgI0V_0MyvPapuICXsf9eDqOj9BszAEEKLVXw9oUiGjE6mNMhyphenhyphenB6M73sWx7TGR5vuhRCY8Y6YgUxLbMgLlnkqfw3dbXXz58WxCk8JgBnMOoSEP_aEXtNSEXeUpAe9VkdLbhSGmyqc6VJ_gE0MLHrCXkw503pPFUdKfj02l7DwROQBNugXYgc/s4032/IMG_3498.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD0vcjvWSsgI0V_0MyvPapuICXsf9eDqOj9BszAEEKLVXw9oUiGjE6mNMhyphenhyphenB6M73sWx7TGR5vuhRCY8Y6YgUxLbMgLlnkqfw3dbXXz58WxCk8JgBnMOoSEP_aEXtNSEXeUpAe9VkdLbhSGmyqc6VJ_gE0MLHrCXkw503pPFUdKfj02l7DwROQBNugXYgc/s320/IMG_3498.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">August had 2+ weeks off school, and we took a break from Jeanie's homeschool program too, and have been having lots of free play at home, library books, sorting old and new toys (my job!), and playdates and it's been a nice break. </div><br />Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02685230580167231442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036272516528479528.post-51109918332662936322023-12-15T18:39:00.000-08:002023-12-15T18:39:20.530-08:00work fun<p> Our secretary at work has been having too much fun with an Elf on the Shelf. Everyday she does several poses for him, some elaborate, we've been laughing so hard. Here are some of the (mostly) appropriate ones ;)</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76Z9sZYT2AVWDxTCcLX7z8Ab6oNpohNqH0uSbPx70r3fZAWnjmGVSZaLdK7DAarZQrUmj7yBDbzR2YamW4UbFlEu3tSyZPQDIeVis3oA3nQSSVPfFB08eEp9bjAzZhOiEL1OPR0Jedoo6SjDijYcMQwtX2eeTXudq75tgdTh70dtEo3LNWKfYTnrUdXQ/s4032/SAIF9893.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76Z9sZYT2AVWDxTCcLX7z8Ab6oNpohNqH0uSbPx70r3fZAWnjmGVSZaLdK7DAarZQrUmj7yBDbzR2YamW4UbFlEu3tSyZPQDIeVis3oA3nQSSVPfFB08eEp9bjAzZhOiEL1OPR0Jedoo6SjDijYcMQwtX2eeTXudq75tgdTh70dtEo3LNWKfYTnrUdXQ/s320/SAIF9893.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTMW7Poja28eYDRFfo_buxP6L27W1OC4i_jpGDT2T8u3lrfnFAIRMis1yhB54wwByDyAnpQKpIiplBr-f3Lnjau52ay9f0oVIKP-k9n_4mnJPg6naaMncgcKMX_bjbqOuHysXvy7wL2h5XLzf0hyphenhyphenRX9xwhn4xizgrddsUmC4JrDa9mSm8IqyJ1NJk-zJA/s4032/RELC6857.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTMW7Poja28eYDRFfo_buxP6L27W1OC4i_jpGDT2T8u3lrfnFAIRMis1yhB54wwByDyAnpQKpIiplBr-f3Lnjau52ay9f0oVIKP-k9n_4mnJPg6naaMncgcKMX_bjbqOuHysXvy7wL2h5XLzf0hyphenhyphenRX9xwhn4xizgrddsUmC4JrDa9mSm8IqyJ1NJk-zJA/s320/RELC6857.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3G6UxXqm7dmQZOwar2UiDS0qhM70rfs-h0KLDhyEeR2mKvBpZaLfTnrpCToAGe_PF5op7f8q92RXgyJCaUhqHQKkCCR8YirHF94Up9IHahq-Qp1Ww3rpmsUrvj2nzLwNiRCr2Y06Xt_DPyLJLrfKUFUDt38KOXLPEnzcUDR9S6L8HESBRT47UHJCoXAw/s4032/IMG_3879.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3G6UxXqm7dmQZOwar2UiDS0qhM70rfs-h0KLDhyEeR2mKvBpZaLfTnrpCToAGe_PF5op7f8q92RXgyJCaUhqHQKkCCR8YirHF94Up9IHahq-Qp1Ww3rpmsUrvj2nzLwNiRCr2Y06Xt_DPyLJLrfKUFUDt38KOXLPEnzcUDR9S6L8HESBRT47UHJCoXAw/s320/IMG_3879.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCwBiFuVlEPbc6rhi2kIAUSCSiTmZ3EDfsMy4W0E3Zr8gWQX5Htd2D2b_L1MScPI69x0fHLSD17bN3jU6wguAyM6NYWrYxVgVouSAIgYAR8kz77kbcboJrJ6nBkJCmmm4ghgiuoxzx4219vTe7G8Ymzwn2mtvsLEbkm5C-Htuy6sTllbcqpMImQ8-BeIU/s4032/IMG_3877.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCwBiFuVlEPbc6rhi2kIAUSCSiTmZ3EDfsMy4W0E3Zr8gWQX5Htd2D2b_L1MScPI69x0fHLSD17bN3jU6wguAyM6NYWrYxVgVouSAIgYAR8kz77kbcboJrJ6nBkJCmmm4ghgiuoxzx4219vTe7G8Ymzwn2mtvsLEbkm5C-Htuy6sTllbcqpMImQ8-BeIU/s320/IMG_3877.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW7x2Iu49IiA6XRYSKYRI5KHo7WJ-JKRUvkQLJHM0Y_35HUjtPk0wLG9IjBAt-g-M-RQxs7c2t2LB1UPrrEOou14CmWUEJ6YmCQ_PR6AmHFzFu0rbMuaeKheTdH2SAfd7G62yNg0HxI0OegS3mW6oybm1WAm76CfiPARt_FoaPzzV59JvAQCQn1bbWxwA/s4032/IMG_3876.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW7x2Iu49IiA6XRYSKYRI5KHo7WJ-JKRUvkQLJHM0Y_35HUjtPk0wLG9IjBAt-g-M-RQxs7c2t2LB1UPrrEOou14CmWUEJ6YmCQ_PR6AmHFzFu0rbMuaeKheTdH2SAfd7G62yNg0HxI0OegS3mW6oybm1WAm76CfiPARt_FoaPzzV59JvAQCQn1bbWxwA/s320/IMG_3876.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWwkU-BeiybaVQoUSuNVaBeEVji3ZIXP41RAUBWWFK0VHU8Q6Gyj9wDIZgYQw_4jm6X1l4vykZLGqy_8FZwer410SS6-jmPRNsBR-V2PGE31YCSPM4FkGDwkFtpYXG4rDPZUUVieyPTzfIwu-4x3u4IWVYDJ5Tze59g2GOn0M-6fFSR8b73bNPGvMXVKo/s4032/IMG_3874.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWwkU-BeiybaVQoUSuNVaBeEVji3ZIXP41RAUBWWFK0VHU8Q6Gyj9wDIZgYQw_4jm6X1l4vykZLGqy_8FZwer410SS6-jmPRNsBR-V2PGE31YCSPM4FkGDwkFtpYXG4rDPZUUVieyPTzfIwu-4x3u4IWVYDJ5Tze59g2GOn0M-6fFSR8b73bNPGvMXVKo/s320/IMG_3874.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3FyPMDaoqymythm7OMj_GNFICy5jCZIE4h00F93PsjsgMG-jw-9ZLdADdnkBwcaVQFPvwUrQFbvEjpxydBDAgtKmn9otQp5y5s6mscf_mBoZoya1Dq6ucU5XBy7PPPWqwInFdXsM3IJIGMjyDQk0lBx_HwDu_Q-p_lilk_oHPCY0LgOcv4QD2DBrzhsI/s4032/IMG_3853.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3FyPMDaoqymythm7OMj_GNFICy5jCZIE4h00F93PsjsgMG-jw-9ZLdADdnkBwcaVQFPvwUrQFbvEjpxydBDAgtKmn9otQp5y5s6mscf_mBoZoya1Dq6ucU5XBy7PPPWqwInFdXsM3IJIGMjyDQk0lBx_HwDu_Q-p_lilk_oHPCY0LgOcv4QD2DBrzhsI/s320/IMG_3853.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjtvhZqUqhoqRleTA20_BTlCrmKDpKbzVAuAJvyskrLmjsLHU8TdYY_0RmD39j4R_h1_RraQRDlBu0ev8PVt6E2kLVjMlDd2fzx1k9GgQv5z-aaSGI3Jd8KSEKp376CXH2SvuYVrh_3Buz7LsT3qpnB8hC_Z-UZpAo5IfAutdvoXG_n_3xgu-bGWFRm44/s4032/IMG_3795.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjtvhZqUqhoqRleTA20_BTlCrmKDpKbzVAuAJvyskrLmjsLHU8TdYY_0RmD39j4R_h1_RraQRDlBu0ev8PVt6E2kLVjMlDd2fzx1k9GgQv5z-aaSGI3Jd8KSEKp376CXH2SvuYVrh_3Buz7LsT3qpnB8hC_Z-UZpAo5IfAutdvoXG_n_3xgu-bGWFRm44/s320/IMG_3795.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And one of the night nurses bought every single other nurse a Christmas present. So sweet!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAtXPWWK-U2MUTnDOVsYdxSiLrnhsy89LQ8yzmSpkTZ-WtJ0nrwHtDla616BzsAJUWPaiVo100nSfy6QafClb2Lo75mok7ATc_0HPqFveJjk7B0pQk54drmCvIYH_FBX8g3dPZxqz3m-2U_xtgVwH-IchJw7GmXN5CZYSI5K0yzlBU-anh-E_pP6QDKfo/s3088/IMG_3374.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAtXPWWK-U2MUTnDOVsYdxSiLrnhsy89LQ8yzmSpkTZ-WtJ0nrwHtDla616BzsAJUWPaiVo100nSfy6QafClb2Lo75mok7ATc_0HPqFveJjk7B0pQk54drmCvIYH_FBX8g3dPZxqz3m-2U_xtgVwH-IchJw7GmXN5CZYSI5K0yzlBU-anh-E_pP6QDKfo/s320/IMG_3374.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This mug was my present. Coffee?, naaaah, its gonna be my new icecream mug :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02685230580167231442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036272516528479528.post-57469547648764820982023-11-16T19:26:00.000-08:002023-11-16T19:26:09.449-08:00The one that got away<p>Doug and I have been trying to get a new house. We walked in to a fixer upper on 4 acres and it just felt like "home". There were beamed cathedral ceilings, gigantic windows, built in bunk beds, built ins in general like you wouldn't believe, including a bench seat surrounded by a built in bookcase. It had a barn for storage and even a second level for whatever we'd want, kids' playhouse maybe someday. Every window I looked out of I saw green trees. It even had an old apple tree on the property. </p><p>I've been thinking about this property non stop for 3 weeks. Talking to inspector and contractors, planning, dreaming. I've imagined our family in every nook of that house. Doug talked to the neighbor to get a feel for the neighborhood and to sleuth some stuff out since it is now bank owned. </p><p>Long story short, the bank rejected our first 2 offers, and since it is uninhabited and winterized you can't test things like the water, well, or septic. It's from 1955 out in the country and they had oil heat. Which you can't test since everything is off, and what we read about that it may or may not be a nightmare. Just too many unknowns, and the bank wouldn't budge. So we had to walk away. We have a reno budget, but not enough to rebuild this house from the entire inside out. </p><p>And I am super disappointed about it. </p><p>I think actually overly disappointed about it. And so here I am, after crying for a couple hours, and saying stuff to my husband I'm not even sure I mean, and here I am trying to work it out "on paper". </p><p>We said we'd live here 5 years and then move, and here we are 9 years later and I kinda feel "trapped". And some that is I haven't wanted to leave our neighborhood which I do love... but there's been nothing to "make me want to move" ... until this house. </p><p>Everyone just keeps saying "oh they'll be another" and it just makes me feel so alone like, no that house pretty much was made for me, and I just feel so unknown when they say that. (Which I know is stupid because a house is not my identity.. but here I am crying sitting on the couch thinking that anyway). </p><p>It just makes me question like does God even have good things for me? Which I KNOW is not true, look how MUCH He's given me. And my mom had even prayed that God would either give us this house, or save us from it. So He could quite literally be answering her prayer. And I know He is good, THIS VERY DAY we got news that the tests Doug's dad had to look to see if he had some cancer somewhere came back good. We'd been praying so hard about that!!!! God is SO GOOD!!! But yet here I am on the couch with my pity party. I don't understand. </p><p><br /></p><p>My daughter's ABC Jesus Loves Me 4s homeschool curriculum has a weekly character to learn and this week's was "contentment". And I read that at the beginning of the week and I wondered to myself if that was going to be a foreshadowing. To learn to be content in my small, but paid off house. To be content with my stressful, but bill-paying job. To be content with the constant meal-making and cleaning up/ laundry folding/ argument breaking up/ cleaning/ being needed and instructing/ always interrupted phase of life because I am BLESSED to have a family to care for. </p><p>I'm pretty sure that's it in a nutshell. Thanks for listening. 😌</p>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02685230580167231442noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036272516528479528.post-38190723598866533752023-09-26T09:13:00.000-07:002023-09-26T09:13:20.107-07:00Book Club Girls' weekend getaway<p> Last weekend got to have one of my favorite times of the year, the annual Book Club Girls' Weekend Getaway! And since no nursing babies this season in the group, and ability, we were able to go for 2 nights!!! One of our former "members" (aka friends) had moved to Chicago several years past, and she had invited us to stay at her house for the weekend and go see Hamilton which was in town. I was the only non-theatre person in our group, but was up for a group outing, so that's what we did this year. A bit different from our usual going to the coast and enjoying beaches and small town shopping, but it was really fun. </p><p>Before getting ready and going out to the show we did walk around the Morton Arboretum, it was beautiful and could've spent a lot longer there walking all around. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgplj4MtpZKigOaeg_8BrVztutJLRJZ3SKNODfUKQDVMnBNR0nanFBGvK_4zSLjmEeDJBRdQtkYUU9KiwwXCDNpjhr8OKpFPjVBdadR7BGRcxDoyjpwJSD3KPLhxnI1rwN5LiciWj6x6nTR9AgPsn5c88RZHXNjRoWFjhtX7KUk5yGtruWZol2qydirPpM/s4032/IMG_2176.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgplj4MtpZKigOaeg_8BrVztutJLRJZ3SKNODfUKQDVMnBNR0nanFBGvK_4zSLjmEeDJBRdQtkYUU9KiwwXCDNpjhr8OKpFPjVBdadR7BGRcxDoyjpwJSD3KPLhxnI1rwN5LiciWj6x6nTR9AgPsn5c88RZHXNjRoWFjhtX7KUk5yGtruWZol2qydirPpM/s320/IMG_2176.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKn_ljtxP0gPD8KG4wbnoE_rj5eSNkeQHytaqppXRI9MZ8zBn2gYEk-bN7yjYMOvZsB92R1zLPyWiIonZdHsY_k3gx5gp_g59ADPgaxmardHL5vwtlCaKx1gp4lfY0Cw11Gfc5vFmxuQQm2cID5ROzqeq47TkgcQLBrM76MWyjqDv4xdhUBTZdfFWhPYc/s3088/IMG_2185.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKn_ljtxP0gPD8KG4wbnoE_rj5eSNkeQHytaqppXRI9MZ8zBn2gYEk-bN7yjYMOvZsB92R1zLPyWiIonZdHsY_k3gx5gp_g59ADPgaxmardHL5vwtlCaKx1gp4lfY0Cw11Gfc5vFmxuQQm2cID5ROzqeq47TkgcQLBrM76MWyjqDv4xdhUBTZdfFWhPYc/s320/IMG_2185.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWE8SoxUFoPQwPH1yJ9kEsslC3WZLCxlgyip7uFkwkPGngpnmW8jSCIcANKOQYUjGxZv2vLCLcqr0xVAX6ZTN1xWhFsyzyif8sFabi5rWynKiM9v48MYr8S-V-XpJAz7heV3N_eqAhqirrh0T85m9xIRmr3RhUqENTIzRWZeBlbjwgslvgnsm6ipQZpog/s1024/NKNR4098.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWE8SoxUFoPQwPH1yJ9kEsslC3WZLCxlgyip7uFkwkPGngpnmW8jSCIcANKOQYUjGxZv2vLCLcqr0xVAX6ZTN1xWhFsyzyif8sFabi5rWynKiM9v48MYr8S-V-XpJAz7heV3N_eqAhqirrh0T85m9xIRmr3RhUqENTIzRWZeBlbjwgslvgnsm6ipQZpog/s320/NKNR4098.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF909cLe0TLoLUl403QIUYRsQaRzMiTkTcWiV-A6rzu9DGeB4yOefgvN7RoLUgzjyu-V4WXMXQ68nGjxxI4IqKgENgccqHKPj0gNxRY21xWr9XluEwl5q4BVulWkof3QETYfc7eyZN-COxezm6QFdj2zqg5gBRf1jFzF829M8hUxPXakUwRDAG5AVmri0/s1600/WJHL3853.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF909cLe0TLoLUl403QIUYRsQaRzMiTkTcWiV-A6rzu9DGeB4yOefgvN7RoLUgzjyu-V4WXMXQ68nGjxxI4IqKgENgccqHKPj0gNxRY21xWr9XluEwl5q4BVulWkof3QETYfc7eyZN-COxezm6QFdj2zqg5gBRf1jFzF829M8hUxPXakUwRDAG5AVmri0/s320/WJHL3853.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Then we got ready, had an amazing dinner at Gio Mia in my friend's suburb, and then went down to the show. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp8o37Neac--jYgt-Lc5vH83haR7_1A6rZcbafuqiaP0Vr4CumWCLbtW8XahgahTL6ehxstuefKey9gk4hHgyHPmsW5CqPRSjI3CTKSg4WDth08Ie3GCeVeY41v-_j9UYB_el9QU2s6FrEi8Xve-1TknOUNIHRGxw-HAdXtUbuMFYv7Yx9BEXPtfN62CI/s320/IMG_4331.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp8o37Neac--jYgt-Lc5vH83haR7_1A6rZcbafuqiaP0Vr4CumWCLbtW8XahgahTL6ehxstuefKey9gk4hHgyHPmsW5CqPRSjI3CTKSg4WDth08Ie3GCeVeY41v-_j9UYB_el9QU2s6FrEi8Xve-1TknOUNIHRGxw-HAdXtUbuMFYv7Yx9BEXPtfN62CI/s1600/IMG_4331.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdSL9EiIO6F8pMWvxdtcNEbQWeS_xhfJow4S3WIOh1dRQnjh9nurU0VYNm-gRBARCd0vBTFQsJu24Hh1LmeCg3vo3CS7OlI-eulAew9wvncIgG2_90d70WrlOoSu6IzBzLWnbZhEOclsT8Fz-fI-mi28VZW5r4GSHke7Tc0CH6AJAwSyY3U8vXbh6Vxpg/s320/IMG_4336.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdSL9EiIO6F8pMWvxdtcNEbQWeS_xhfJow4S3WIOh1dRQnjh9nurU0VYNm-gRBARCd0vBTFQsJu24Hh1LmeCg3vo3CS7OlI-eulAew9wvncIgG2_90d70WrlOoSu6IzBzLWnbZhEOclsT8Fz-fI-mi28VZW5r4GSHke7Tc0CH6AJAwSyY3U8vXbh6Vxpg/s1600/IMG_4336.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-1ABH6TiJFOYwT9jUCjFt8S72UWYtD7T2BQ2dhtJFvDx4a4Hbb-n_-xI4pmO0pXfuFkzDvDFn25DlzEtKFad4DGuv0dh8goEHy6fQVUnBUayXanSZa3MjxWY0aC_9KR1gnfp2y-OdTSiQODBV3Do0NaqMgNdFEeBOa_IzXrHfTxEu2k1qaH74uUOXASU/s1600/KSDE2083.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-1ABH6TiJFOYwT9jUCjFt8S72UWYtD7T2BQ2dhtJFvDx4a4Hbb-n_-xI4pmO0pXfuFkzDvDFn25DlzEtKFad4DGuv0dh8goEHy6fQVUnBUayXanSZa3MjxWY0aC_9KR1gnfp2y-OdTSiQODBV3Do0NaqMgNdFEeBOa_IzXrHfTxEu2k1qaH74uUOXASU/s320/KSDE2083.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5lNnwROKdLLU1XN0WnJXIZG7mAcgtaOih7MKnS8mkDLyplIUoQGRpP4RTbilJ4EZ9jQ8hed13-Sf6-9rmsTlO7CrXY4AnRtYBVCxhkPV5vbYwQgH027o5GQP_F5ykFcEB3XwAHVeLNDfg2fTojbyRxY5jC8dlRT8lEy1VEAZ34e0W8hPMbTBloHnjdA/s1024/LNEM0962.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5lNnwROKdLLU1XN0WnJXIZG7mAcgtaOih7MKnS8mkDLyplIUoQGRpP4RTbilJ4EZ9jQ8hed13-Sf6-9rmsTlO7CrXY4AnRtYBVCxhkPV5vbYwQgH027o5GQP_F5ykFcEB3XwAHVeLNDfg2fTojbyRxY5jC8dlRT8lEy1VEAZ34e0W8hPMbTBloHnjdA/s320/LNEM0962.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxKTJnAiyD_Wns5R1BuN1U0bHk9SQJsjOc7kliacndAZIgGKMMrNFpBIDkeqN7cUVtJAhKOyLr2ghIAbeAssfxTQpLVi7Gz7ijE4N97OqmnjaBITVpuh4GDXNZxtAh0iA5DEwI5gMTWRPFiBxceK32_urWDsXPmcI-QeNQ6iZDsMkq6dJPPv7i3F9_7Jw/s1600/QTHJ5619.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxKTJnAiyD_Wns5R1BuN1U0bHk9SQJsjOc7kliacndAZIgGKMMrNFpBIDkeqN7cUVtJAhKOyLr2ghIAbeAssfxTQpLVi7Gz7ijE4N97OqmnjaBITVpuh4GDXNZxtAh0iA5DEwI5gMTWRPFiBxceK32_urWDsXPmcI-QeNQ6iZDsMkq6dJPPv7i3F9_7Jw/s320/QTHJ5619.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4MKK_kgVqyOzIqDdaF5eDELu6KfuvUCl-fqOth05rtcQoq2TuYZjV_xAxh_hGox--kOrFtTBiF1y6DV7M42Rqe-n--WExYQYQt9MPDgD5qPUN11o55jmDdAaAmshKBi5_IlWoV4yx-ICZBdg3D-sqQCeZAcxK1Fd9vHuObleTasaQgGIjS6sOZ0xQ6wg/s1600/QXBV4759.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4MKK_kgVqyOzIqDdaF5eDELu6KfuvUCl-fqOth05rtcQoq2TuYZjV_xAxh_hGox--kOrFtTBiF1y6DV7M42Rqe-n--WExYQYQt9MPDgD5qPUN11o55jmDdAaAmshKBi5_IlWoV4yx-ICZBdg3D-sqQCeZAcxK1Fd9vHuObleTasaQgGIjS6sOZ0xQ6wg/s320/QXBV4759.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(that's a light reflecting purple on my friend's hair, but it looks pretty cool :))</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So apparently Hamilton was started in 2016, and I'd heard of it before, but really had no desire to see it. I have to say it was pretty good. My friend and I had watched a bit before on Disney + to prepare and we didn't like it, but it was pretty good in person. (And I think our friends playing it in the car nonstop on the drive to Chicago helped a little, lol), <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPSWZUExZ8M">The music is really good</a>, and I am amazed the whole thing was written by one man. Wow, such talent!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next morning after a nice breakfast we walked in Waterfall Glen and then began the trip home (listening to Hamilton most of the way home again, I have to admit a lot of those songs are pretty catchy!)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha8YIKtJOotD_1uAmY12HwTPyazs3-NtBuoFaSc1Z_dFzXXa6iA4qVd95YWbChEGmwIsoDHF5uHARGxdHsb7i64t1BED79f2S9zE_Z8GZiYvA1H88JdKK-NV4vdwltu-dqrmycc8WTu0LCcGo4MTdkPSFHR1WVWk5JjRQGt8EtvwKhjgRkYYP1j4-jlWI/s4032/IMG_2194.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha8YIKtJOotD_1uAmY12HwTPyazs3-NtBuoFaSc1Z_dFzXXa6iA4qVd95YWbChEGmwIsoDHF5uHARGxdHsb7i64t1BED79f2S9zE_Z8GZiYvA1H88JdKK-NV4vdwltu-dqrmycc8WTu0LCcGo4MTdkPSFHR1WVWk5JjRQGt8EtvwKhjgRkYYP1j4-jlWI/s320/IMG_2194.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgArrulkRNIkj_c-WlZEt7SrR5trhlT7f4YQb_n9zv-gIQRIh3rZsLsAyFv6ADBYeNyVwHy9z4Bznks52JCnONjr1_5TLBvzbM1yafHUa4MuvlPPj1TMLuunhPSC7nvFjbfsV9Aw64FTE069yYXWg46bHTr3Wx1EGekIApc8rccWn7eZHEuHZvlb7geVt4/s4032/IMG_2195.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgArrulkRNIkj_c-WlZEt7SrR5trhlT7f4YQb_n9zv-gIQRIh3rZsLsAyFv6ADBYeNyVwHy9z4Bznks52JCnONjr1_5TLBvzbM1yafHUa4MuvlPPj1TMLuunhPSC7nvFjbfsV9Aw64FTE069yYXWg46bHTr3Wx1EGekIApc8rccWn7eZHEuHZvlb7geVt4/s320/IMG_2195.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgJsFkrX0zlfCAth_6A6NbFFjIj0BGEaP8fzWtI7ehBRZlZImh95Ro_BF8AbhEEehmO0WgnW9a49A2NdmXtnzoLqcxxPcYB_HMDhmcOPVk1mXBKabobMg4tYfBei_tWZu4h_LDvrYWTcyEMbZ1hwNaeuRxnl9qufh0-x2D6Cp2Nr4iFlWOVoSp7WChesM/s4032/IMG_2201.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgJsFkrX0zlfCAth_6A6NbFFjIj0BGEaP8fzWtI7ehBRZlZImh95Ro_BF8AbhEEehmO0WgnW9a49A2NdmXtnzoLqcxxPcYB_HMDhmcOPVk1mXBKabobMg4tYfBei_tWZu4h_LDvrYWTcyEMbZ1hwNaeuRxnl9qufh0-x2D6Cp2Nr4iFlWOVoSp7WChesM/s320/IMG_2201.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwMOgpJpD-Is_-cCsmI0eN7aqtShsfc2cTyNKIAqj00X_UgWeJxUMF8kjghuQFaxbQx6wqJQBc7g9LVbPlfng04EMql2umH8bvF44NZw20Bd7Iu9pFSWSOYiysh890oYpwVvFu4F9nGsdANZ4UNBj58ZQs0YjK8aglzTlFcwrgznLUvMEgFn5JXArhNaA/s1600/UROM4792.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwMOgpJpD-Is_-cCsmI0eN7aqtShsfc2cTyNKIAqj00X_UgWeJxUMF8kjghuQFaxbQx6wqJQBc7g9LVbPlfng04EMql2umH8bvF44NZw20Bd7Iu9pFSWSOYiysh890oYpwVvFu4F9nGsdANZ4UNBj58ZQs0YjK8aglzTlFcwrgznLUvMEgFn5JXArhNaA/s320/UROM4792.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5-OqBNOwfYyHqrhpLE93C8A44TSlNvy1Zxfqmv4NBsUnqKKaAEmHPwhAa6MyDwUVNULma5-xiTp-p-gjeSeHPymwSKLouWUShLJ5izMIiWs3x0cHd_cL5qc0dvJDZO7Ey5n3r9v59WhLoaNSUyBCMllGSInqXCHQe3aKrUYhqqkSB_WonThh-ZUupmXM/s1024/HRID3426.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5-OqBNOwfYyHqrhpLE93C8A44TSlNvy1Zxfqmv4NBsUnqKKaAEmHPwhAa6MyDwUVNULma5-xiTp-p-gjeSeHPymwSKLouWUShLJ5izMIiWs3x0cHd_cL5qc0dvJDZO7Ey5n3r9v59WhLoaNSUyBCMllGSInqXCHQe3aKrUYhqqkSB_WonThh-ZUupmXM/s320/HRID3426.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Such a great getaway, a time to talk and have fun together, so thankful we can do this every year. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02685230580167231442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036272516528479528.post-2673014344114960212023-09-15T18:50:00.002-07:002023-09-15T18:50:21.098-07:00long time no see<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRBy5nM-gSLktR57_t0Bs2mu0jA6qcIVFxQrvNIUZg-mhFNzmWxpsMZgEoi4MzLylD2OFx6wQ_HL_ULdcAFJs1csbuaK1LMlk0-J8D78irmGZXRmFKiDkg4A5-IatCh3boVLerUUxw9vOMzfNmjQ2OqhNM55cCH56bTpiTIX7vQpD2bApkGGowXzYWX-A/s1800/1ba6259099fbc12762fbc35f694bad20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRBy5nM-gSLktR57_t0Bs2mu0jA6qcIVFxQrvNIUZg-mhFNzmWxpsMZgEoi4MzLylD2OFx6wQ_HL_ULdcAFJs1csbuaK1LMlk0-J8D78irmGZXRmFKiDkg4A5-IatCh3boVLerUUxw9vOMzfNmjQ2OqhNM55cCH56bTpiTIX7vQpD2bApkGGowXzYWX-A/s320/1ba6259099fbc12762fbc35f694bad20.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is what seemed appropriate after googling "keeping my head above water". </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's me, right down to the extra flubb. It's been a busy summer, but a lot of goodness. I did an 8 week summer nature curriculum with the kids to get us ready for homeschooling this fall. It was fun. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDFkL-lu_zbITNkfXdLMZUcp_dB16w58JJflIbWabZsL321N7p_nOSoO16UeDEUiJBxmXNg-f554oqdUxKE7NbEvOGC0vpVCLPpwTnYvapdtU0tvmxuYLDTanXiv5w6jvuN81HygzZsRmtT5LXTUqdmryuMDS8DapQAUpZ4dwo8Dg6Iu3Nfj_xwSR9Pr0/s4032/IMG_0511.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDFkL-lu_zbITNkfXdLMZUcp_dB16w58JJflIbWabZsL321N7p_nOSoO16UeDEUiJBxmXNg-f554oqdUxKE7NbEvOGC0vpVCLPpwTnYvapdtU0tvmxuYLDTanXiv5w6jvuN81HygzZsRmtT5LXTUqdmryuMDS8DapQAUpZ4dwo8Dg6Iu3Nfj_xwSR9Pr0/s320/IMG_0511.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beaver dam cookies</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixVOQH9G_DuNTDHqnUHdlThiMtEWy9vBuzwu0kp0mANsENSVaZ3NGTbQbDJotG3TqxjdhMMo_bpF8GlTWftvZKF8opWhsDriWclHGzE_JRe2AWtHv-bZp3IjFtrPh-mTH5VuWtGl88ZpWMjkfTEbZdx6D06tX6yAJLDcOzZEszjTBuDtgJrj_2pPa-Ngs/s4032/IMG_0520.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixVOQH9G_DuNTDHqnUHdlThiMtEWy9vBuzwu0kp0mANsENSVaZ3NGTbQbDJotG3TqxjdhMMo_bpF8GlTWftvZKF8opWhsDriWclHGzE_JRe2AWtHv-bZp3IjFtrPh-mTH5VuWtGl88ZpWMjkfTEbZdx6D06tX6yAJLDcOzZEszjTBuDtgJrj_2pPa-Ngs/s320/IMG_0520.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQVPxthWw1itxh2Bii_7ZQLMcFspCb5aOxXVtPgvCBp6ghnR9gwiNXQlYTT5GguFZfvbSWH0GnpTYC0i0uNnXI2WahfvLmCi22SHjXJpw4HI2K7XgdxCUWFP9pWzb_FeSDG_0nG_zmIQwbPhvkpuB3deGHAg1FG35r0UG0nUbwxHXotTCMX4mavFqg2yw/s4032/IMG_0541.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQVPxthWw1itxh2Bii_7ZQLMcFspCb5aOxXVtPgvCBp6ghnR9gwiNXQlYTT5GguFZfvbSWH0GnpTYC0i0uNnXI2WahfvLmCi22SHjXJpw4HI2K7XgdxCUWFP9pWzb_FeSDG_0nG_zmIQwbPhvkpuB3deGHAg1FG35r0UG0nUbwxHXotTCMX4mavFqg2yw/s320/IMG_0541.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">window suncatchers</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioHZ1G4L9ODOU-iLE8DdrlO_n_aZ80XJqnsI90uz796BuzvuxlNU4dbl_5VH05-JHDrmI9BAdnrizxohRjDD2D017mYpwRgpC7l6ohdZ5TEPbbw7aAL8ne8FK0UMU5qplV-RuhVwyY0gn5kIPov-UvuForS67T_aYp_bWVa432G1NIeRsRjjJSfF0BwdI/s2016/HXXV6717.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="954" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioHZ1G4L9ODOU-iLE8DdrlO_n_aZ80XJqnsI90uz796BuzvuxlNU4dbl_5VH05-JHDrmI9BAdnrizxohRjDD2D017mYpwRgpC7l6ohdZ5TEPbbw7aAL8ne8FK0UMU5qplV-RuhVwyY0gn5kIPov-UvuForS67T_aYp_bWVa432G1NIeRsRjjJSfF0BwdI/s320/HXXV6717.JPEG" width="151" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ocean slime</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZQcYhAxpMggHw29p_FcRxErCHxUJprY57xB3nvcZZT4GOvAMpmW1nTZA7IkW34VhNG5km9OlwKLmE9cULnPFzwdoqfzFhP4sgCTBnyHntMnboZJ8FEnGI6BidWAQIslTqTCY-IszD7JgYsDwI9IJ8ZOuEJkkzZCRELzIY8uVelu-m-bN1FG4vbe09HTI/s2016/VPEC5203.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="954" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZQcYhAxpMggHw29p_FcRxErCHxUJprY57xB3nvcZZT4GOvAMpmW1nTZA7IkW34VhNG5km9OlwKLmE9cULnPFzwdoqfzFhP4sgCTBnyHntMnboZJ8FEnGI6BidWAQIslTqTCY-IszD7JgYsDwI9IJ8ZOuEJkkzZCRELzIY8uVelu-m-bN1FG4vbe09HTI/s320/VPEC5203.JPEG" width="151" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Making blueberry pie. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwSHb3MTEcgr-VsP21FDc9MHfLquPG9TYWRquZApkaClZuhQEgeDtktL1U8zZ7crwNh5IQAxjNyTibh6JYXMNo1YWz2YNAXXjAC6Ri6CC2zEvFgpKIXJNBuhQDjoCTepk6IxOostSr_QWvu8Jt4zhFIvoLmlaCmI7GaPh2Cchw3an_74Oi0diaf8eckcU/s4032/IMG_1447.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwSHb3MTEcgr-VsP21FDc9MHfLquPG9TYWRquZApkaClZuhQEgeDtktL1U8zZ7crwNh5IQAxjNyTibh6JYXMNo1YWz2YNAXXjAC6Ri6CC2zEvFgpKIXJNBuhQDjoCTepk6IxOostSr_QWvu8Jt4zhFIvoLmlaCmI7GaPh2Cchw3an_74Oi0diaf8eckcU/s320/IMG_1447.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Painting constellations. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was really <a href="https://brighterdaypress.com/">a wonderful program by this homeschooling mom</a> I follow on Instagram.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We went on an out East road trip to VT and NH that was really a nice time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7qzPFZF1iTBUghHzBQhyZ_AlWi7nucqOylVLVuOOnBGc3lg51N09_EdQRunPVgpxrGpWcDQzrPHCXLuMla9LiZnTCuc0nbgeXf2jGrFT-DkXGn0suuZrQxdDoAZ7JGVCVtczVGKnZD2koLaJ3dbgiUdKgv8XwBBgNYiVjNplYWZ60vHb4urX2boJyie4/s2020/BOVR2336.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2020" data-original-width="959" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7qzPFZF1iTBUghHzBQhyZ_AlWi7nucqOylVLVuOOnBGc3lg51N09_EdQRunPVgpxrGpWcDQzrPHCXLuMla9LiZnTCuc0nbgeXf2jGrFT-DkXGn0suuZrQxdDoAZ7JGVCVtczVGKnZD2koLaJ3dbgiUdKgv8XwBBgNYiVjNplYWZ60vHb4urX2boJyie4/s320/BOVR2336.JPEG" width="152" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9EV4B93wUO2pHCNb368Mhy3kcnYWejf1oqy6a_0sO7eMHoRTZrVpAAnCa3h-E6vU9y0g8xEE7WiexVsM_npnYIZv9rnIT9oZsWKJl59zRX1wHEhg_ygJJMs_qJZcn0fha1sbFKuCPtKaJv31h7znYkqDxONyFEKwoyFkJiU5C8-SdfLKCS6Kckpu2b-s/s4032/IMG_0870.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9EV4B93wUO2pHCNb368Mhy3kcnYWejf1oqy6a_0sO7eMHoRTZrVpAAnCa3h-E6vU9y0g8xEE7WiexVsM_npnYIZv9rnIT9oZsWKJl59zRX1wHEhg_ygJJMs_qJZcn0fha1sbFKuCPtKaJv31h7znYkqDxONyFEKwoyFkJiU5C8-SdfLKCS6Kckpu2b-s/s320/IMG_0870.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCE7Qgv5XsZNtlY5r8DEKNgBGoDQIZHaBxeqhZDC9SHZzjSth63FQ1He7w_PuPtRR1N1p9-YLtaSS2FjG2RSqdtD8PKcSElcf_PwXAh94QCIWQ74OvxxplJrCanE2mwEeodbE3DkzQXYQe-EzO6GLAFzPcDb5G-z22_y52DddqnMJPxhE_2Eq8zBPI40/s1984/LCVV7593.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="1984" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCE7Qgv5XsZNtlY5r8DEKNgBGoDQIZHaBxeqhZDC9SHZzjSth63FQ1He7w_PuPtRR1N1p9-YLtaSS2FjG2RSqdtD8PKcSElcf_PwXAh94QCIWQ74OvxxplJrCanE2mwEeodbE3DkzQXYQe-EzO6GLAFzPcDb5G-z22_y52DddqnMJPxhE_2Eq8zBPI40/s320/LCVV7593.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZw2vzsI7OeGei1Irchtq3cuWkjMyQGkQ0oKPbcAVlPpjh3qas8LKzdIEhkXX815-MvSu5F0hOYCxqmETGZZ2XpXB3q60gKYepmurwLORLHHClk_vImrQ5MElvNEmdI6e4-T9Idofh0hSCbF7FW8uDm2y5l3-3tzSt9a8DtwhefiWd66qdxLbiNTN9H1w/s1984/MOXAE8881.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1984" data-original-width="940" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZw2vzsI7OeGei1Irchtq3cuWkjMyQGkQ0oKPbcAVlPpjh3qas8LKzdIEhkXX815-MvSu5F0hOYCxqmETGZZ2XpXB3q60gKYepmurwLORLHHClk_vImrQ5MElvNEmdI6e4-T9Idofh0hSCbF7FW8uDm2y5l3-3tzSt9a8DtwhefiWd66qdxLbiNTN9H1w/s320/MOXAE8881.JPG" width="152" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhltf9Ki7_R0PqxTow6TNwFnSTrwdQ4edk8Eie9CF3J0k6QAvp58d85lnyxDtlt86uhz-Sa2_5X-aP5Cuwn1EFDRGjx8aYsEdeSfT0s0tNU3iKAdk3mYIY75AzdpmBqsuxlMrcM2ArmEHgz54l8TSNNYCdl_Z_BlA6Hwta6gZdazyx1qOofwJHTa7cKOz4/s2016/SSZG8768.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="954" data-original-width="2016" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhltf9Ki7_R0PqxTow6TNwFnSTrwdQ4edk8Eie9CF3J0k6QAvp58d85lnyxDtlt86uhz-Sa2_5X-aP5Cuwn1EFDRGjx8aYsEdeSfT0s0tNU3iKAdk3mYIY75AzdpmBqsuxlMrcM2ArmEHgz54l8TSNNYCdl_Z_BlA6Hwta6gZdazyx1qOofwJHTa7cKOz4/s320/SSZG8768.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">stop at Niagara on the way home</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1qHlTlc4KeIOls4QbirwrKIj1KF8nPfrkyM6XQs2JUXssIbKe9q5UUW95jSXQF7c8-l0-2bHwjn_o-NDQQkdf_eoljYgy5cwoPwFL0IjzjORJpZWedCWlKqABFG-cCyYcewN_HxnNnYa9m0s1xMEpwtWOfIyfAMrFor6rIJIsdv71v8H7J5wseo-G_ww/s4032/IMG_0920.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1qHlTlc4KeIOls4QbirwrKIj1KF8nPfrkyM6XQs2JUXssIbKe9q5UUW95jSXQF7c8-l0-2bHwjn_o-NDQQkdf_eoljYgy5cwoPwFL0IjzjORJpZWedCWlKqABFG-cCyYcewN_HxnNnYa9m0s1xMEpwtWOfIyfAMrFor6rIJIsdv71v8H7J5wseo-G_ww/s320/IMG_0920.JPG" width="240" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We visited for 2 weeks when my brother and his family were in town</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjWLfyCqatZdtPP3ZqwU8-qOrn-jCgTETr98mQ8e2THacFZCctGYFpqWyKpdC5jnbXWjqhEMWM_w5QdCDcyWlm12CWGyuBQZz2VDnN5GpC0hsH1R2QTJHfpdBTDt4jwHK66ed2IuFtnqseVQvPVELTFCHaDpwk14qpwxsQ9PLyD9OKpicA2hvGv3ncK0I/s4032/IMG_1016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjWLfyCqatZdtPP3ZqwU8-qOrn-jCgTETr98mQ8e2THacFZCctGYFpqWyKpdC5jnbXWjqhEMWM_w5QdCDcyWlm12CWGyuBQZz2VDnN5GpC0hsH1R2QTJHfpdBTDt4jwHK66ed2IuFtnqseVQvPVELTFCHaDpwk14qpwxsQ9PLyD9OKpicA2hvGv3ncK0I/s320/IMG_1016.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I turned 42 and we had a gender reveal party for my sister</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJiwqVl2Y1pY-QEwEuQNYTuO0tPyhyblCH6lfjV1GdYgrjTV4rpIP2M7Vt5dE5rbwzlq425bf017wxKlmlzM39hogHbtd3-4nrhfE1h1-3vh-utNl2kIrt8RuutBhDYQCrr4tmS-FbvACShPn8iXXNP7ytUKhPME7ErdI_LNdJqti770nlq8JjtSEgj3g/s1600/XHRM5860.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJiwqVl2Y1pY-QEwEuQNYTuO0tPyhyblCH6lfjV1GdYgrjTV4rpIP2M7Vt5dE5rbwzlq425bf017wxKlmlzM39hogHbtd3-4nrhfE1h1-3vh-utNl2kIrt8RuutBhDYQCrr4tmS-FbvACShPn8iXXNP7ytUKhPME7ErdI_LNdJqti770nlq8JjtSEgj3g/s320/XHRM5860.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Had a baby shower for my sister</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfG1byMONiATlPEkRjACYazs6W1dUrT6kGXmOGUedx-5J8ttSAjpf1RTF39ohTzjMkaqoZA69_6uF3fGerhOEDo81tgeSUSDMuqBK0pZSQbzHS3HDUltIdwKQBLc1wXlr7cqImUQY2Zv7Mya_ytJrGBMjSfmX6poghA4pJkqJMTF_4rGnxdJIKsOUIVww/s4032/IMG_1300.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfG1byMONiATlPEkRjACYazs6W1dUrT6kGXmOGUedx-5J8ttSAjpf1RTF39ohTzjMkaqoZA69_6uF3fGerhOEDo81tgeSUSDMuqBK0pZSQbzHS3HDUltIdwKQBLc1wXlr7cqImUQY2Zv7Mya_ytJrGBMjSfmX6poghA4pJkqJMTF_4rGnxdJIKsOUIVww/s320/IMG_1300.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These 3 are growing up</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnK563cfwKMwMDbbAVJF4-X8S6FTCzOPwQY4wF7ofl5EJU6MDzY4I-316MPoAGvhWp51wg3UnOFt6pMos2ZEf7zWGistFvGRmaHTqSVqd2B4kUwl_ReFaTvygjcQ5940LHa1Zd3UW6UUsjqGIdgYZwKqX_14WkDjzabwxXxBnI6diMtUt4YTnxLVkj9V8/s4032/IMG_1405.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnK563cfwKMwMDbbAVJF4-X8S6FTCzOPwQY4wF7ofl5EJU6MDzY4I-316MPoAGvhWp51wg3UnOFt6pMos2ZEf7zWGistFvGRmaHTqSVqd2B4kUwl_ReFaTvygjcQ5940LHa1Zd3UW6UUsjqGIdgYZwKqX_14WkDjzabwxXxBnI6diMtUt4YTnxLVkj9V8/s320/IMG_1405.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">made lots of goodies with the kiddos</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1EnToofZsFf08HrayWGqP5UFChdoo1VPWaMnjftK7ZzfOhCmxqEAgQ18A8dqF0siVbBEFRbD7lKHTD64HzRFJI1lEgTjse9LSY6j44nzdAmW3jPpFiJej9Xqx3-49Tcy6w9piMlYE1r0jjYx8e0JR4J9k0H04QgS-VlL3Drp_GOS-FGpbDmWDCypnQ4/s4032/IMG_1432.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1EnToofZsFf08HrayWGqP5UFChdoo1VPWaMnjftK7ZzfOhCmxqEAgQ18A8dqF0siVbBEFRbD7lKHTD64HzRFJI1lEgTjse9LSY6j44nzdAmW3jPpFiJej9Xqx3-49Tcy6w9piMlYE1r0jjYx8e0JR4J9k0H04QgS-VlL3Drp_GOS-FGpbDmWDCypnQ4/s320/IMG_1432.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These 2 had a 3 day nature class at the nature center nearby</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKY7BpoayzdlNgmt6NZmBCMKRVcbOiV5R48N2wDXbe-TJZ-yUKhHNPlRSk6nRJrEodmMZuo_eIJHsOgHW-01nNah-d8OyEW9jrFUYZhjQqeSYFOPPUj89R9u1kgDZUn3jAnNC0I5ulUWQSYM9OtKjfJEwoJdkSJST3AjYD6g_aoYwUhgZjrLYauCoEpls/s4032/IMG_1438.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKY7BpoayzdlNgmt6NZmBCMKRVcbOiV5R48N2wDXbe-TJZ-yUKhHNPlRSk6nRJrEodmMZuo_eIJHsOgHW-01nNah-d8OyEW9jrFUYZhjQqeSYFOPPUj89R9u1kgDZUn3jAnNC0I5ulUWQSYM9OtKjfJEwoJdkSJST3AjYD6g_aoYwUhgZjrLYauCoEpls/s320/IMG_1438.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Labor Day mini trip to Bois Blanc Island</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPepmncOGZdlnAPa9du_ZnoZWSVK1FkdlumB6KWCJipZfq0WbMFd-peKqicu-mcyiaFkaCXeI_fLNF0tTVUQ-OtKZLJkLEpCfwaa4INXxoD2ehQKfrrIEs3j_2DIerEfI0RENutPozaLrlaNBFZCcwV0q0jF9pSTjcBV54Fp9RJrTbN1h5kRGTwUIOYuI/s3088/IMG_1718.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPepmncOGZdlnAPa9du_ZnoZWSVK1FkdlumB6KWCJipZfq0WbMFd-peKqicu-mcyiaFkaCXeI_fLNF0tTVUQ-OtKZLJkLEpCfwaa4INXxoD2ehQKfrrIEs3j_2DIerEfI0RENutPozaLrlaNBFZCcwV0q0jF9pSTjcBV54Fp9RJrTbN1h5kRGTwUIOYuI/s320/IMG_1718.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ei2E_04wk7gMwMmjU2GhG1t8bvPUfBntXnagxBMjAoZlou-F-FMwEO-XFdnDxTYAWOEqHx9tPfcN9MjbJA3ZoEUc9rWx9i3kxOQkR8HkEZkHsd-kft3-ajPVUXTyurhtmMEafjRCnu1-sQC2AVN2Wy2Hphi8B6Fb5ZMRlM9KqhpqIX210nV6PJ_8dOQ/s1080/NBRB3180.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ei2E_04wk7gMwMmjU2GhG1t8bvPUfBntXnagxBMjAoZlou-F-FMwEO-XFdnDxTYAWOEqHx9tPfcN9MjbJA3ZoEUc9rWx9i3kxOQkR8HkEZkHsd-kft3-ajPVUXTyurhtmMEafjRCnu1-sQC2AVN2Wy2Hphi8B6Fb5ZMRlM9KqhpqIX210nV6PJ_8dOQ/s320/NBRB3180.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This precious girl turned 2</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9SYeHr50dVVnimA8pN93gnf1QqSoW9j2fbFGVTiQ_j-xXGox8Pqm6rCo9GlBZQ7vIVOvYW3N8AXZ9ZP7liBGU5zKoTi-0dZHhc2eLQk4_8kwcapYhwscCNT9bWa1Csv3mN9C_vhjQ33ZYAbvTQ4fQhi1O01bqXDnMI6hY1wYrCLr58KkFrjVY4T4kzAo/s4032/IMG_E1468.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9SYeHr50dVVnimA8pN93gnf1QqSoW9j2fbFGVTiQ_j-xXGox8Pqm6rCo9GlBZQ7vIVOvYW3N8AXZ9ZP7liBGU5zKoTi-0dZHhc2eLQk4_8kwcapYhwscCNT9bWa1Csv3mN9C_vhjQ33ZYAbvTQ4fQhi1O01bqXDnMI6hY1wYrCLr58KkFrjVY4T4kzAo/s320/IMG_E1468.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then last week, August started his Homeschool hybrid program, Jeanie started back to speech therapy, and my Bible study program started up again, all on the same day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And I just feel that I haven't had a moment to myself that isn't folding laundry, washing dishes, cleaning up someone's mess. Not to mention my garden and side yard are out of control, but I either 1) have no time, or 2) the mosquitos are OUT OF CONTROL all of a sudden. Oh and my car has been in the shop 3x in the last 3 weeks for the same exact thing. And I've been doing PT for my diastasis recti I've had for 2 years now since Lucy's birth so I have to add in an additional 20 minutes of exercises each day for that. My precious new niece was born, but is going on her 3rd week in the NICU. Our hospital merged with another one and they don't realize it takes people to take care of people, and have been firing people which makes everyone's jobs harder. I've gained 8lbs since I finished up breastfeeding in the spring. And I am just OVER IT all. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Ok, breathe, breathe. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I know in a month or so we will be in a groove and it will be ok. A lot of the stuff we are doing is fun stuff, like this weekend we are going to the apple orchard and zoo, and today we did a family swim at the kids' swim lessons. Its fun stuff. It just is always very busy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There've been many times where I've thought about blogging about something or other. But it just doesn't seem to happen. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Part of it is this STUPID blogspot website. It always takes several times to log me in, and when I upload pics it usually puts them in chronological reverse for some reason so then when I try to drag it to the right spot it inexplicably deletes it. I really hate it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So anyway, that's what's going on. I'll pop in when I can, this blog was supposed to be enjoyable for me, and not just something to check off a list. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02685230580167231442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036272516528479528.post-65717156309981778892023-07-12T19:32:00.004-07:002023-07-12T19:32:30.964-07:00horsing around<p> One of Doug's former co-workers had been inviting him over to see his horses, so last weekend we made the hour drive over there. </p><p>And we ended up all getting a horse ride!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGBFjSBDRbqvSJnkum4h3JGOh7NlQhyrpkFbsv6q2m_3I2sxYP7GKiL176iNiej-lV5ndetTqfx2smZL_rgNLm289-873_vYl77b4Mdnn0GTnul26AVAeER3xZYKirIHxjPRm_KpGIqDrQ7DBDZcWZEtnOCjjh63pMCrsKL4pbjHuRKwhPXvX8pG0vYHA/s4032/IMG_0312.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGBFjSBDRbqvSJnkum4h3JGOh7NlQhyrpkFbsv6q2m_3I2sxYP7GKiL176iNiej-lV5ndetTqfx2smZL_rgNLm289-873_vYl77b4Mdnn0GTnul26AVAeER3xZYKirIHxjPRm_KpGIqDrQ7DBDZcWZEtnOCjjh63pMCrsKL4pbjHuRKwhPXvX8pG0vYHA/s320/IMG_0312.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuE6DEWbMP_jp5NAmHvRU2tBb3hOZT7EnxODixkBsPd500OF1f88I8CktL0zvagdHdRJaDdXchnVtf9UyyyplJ8QA4FtWssBJtTxysZSKSC3J0F-Q7KHYFn1FbM0GW4B6ttv04WLQJ1Tjk199C85Fl0rfFya2eyVJgYzGV-4kVWYFNRZizoONU1WrTDRw/s4032/IMG_0307.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuE6DEWbMP_jp5NAmHvRU2tBb3hOZT7EnxODixkBsPd500OF1f88I8CktL0zvagdHdRJaDdXchnVtf9UyyyplJ8QA4FtWssBJtTxysZSKSC3J0F-Q7KHYFn1FbM0GW4B6ttv04WLQJ1Tjk199C85Fl0rfFya2eyVJgYzGV-4kVWYFNRZizoONU1WrTDRw/s320/IMG_0307.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not Miss Lucy, but she was able to alternately pet the horse and then be afraid of it, haha</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Vi_6LAODasrexpYI3UYgjX9nQRQFWAt7JUFiphgOLkOApaFAAkb9HLW8PJ1ejkvWrpRrEbTXmKuPRBW0eooR2w32H2l8zZvkouw8fqR2nmtmxTQueGpG7OCsg0F_0oA7WHTpEcNoh9St_xag82fPwESTT6WHnNqH1l7cvb0yN1v-AF1msAwjHWMuAZU/s4032/IMG_0303.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Vi_6LAODasrexpYI3UYgjX9nQRQFWAt7JUFiphgOLkOApaFAAkb9HLW8PJ1ejkvWrpRrEbTXmKuPRBW0eooR2w32H2l8zZvkouw8fqR2nmtmxTQueGpG7OCsg0F_0oA7WHTpEcNoh9St_xag82fPwESTT6WHnNqH1l7cvb0yN1v-AF1msAwjHWMuAZU/s320/IMG_0303.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw4acxxp3tEw6kH7cvyPWaHLknqV4LwdG_PgFNPg1nhdjfhXhAg20LG0yV5ZSuQDgUzt3qDjVZwBuaB9_JRTq4tpSZ3lfI3QH1W4vrXQca3xU4sGg_kkEYIp49RJfBNTVmk3fmxSOX9cdrvxb3SEOTwbJ2MhAtrqxfeXiBzR23gssN5BmJiNM_h6vabaE/s4032/IMG_0293.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw4acxxp3tEw6kH7cvyPWaHLknqV4LwdG_PgFNPg1nhdjfhXhAg20LG0yV5ZSuQDgUzt3qDjVZwBuaB9_JRTq4tpSZ3lfI3QH1W4vrXQca3xU4sGg_kkEYIp49RJfBNTVmk3fmxSOX9cdrvxb3SEOTwbJ2MhAtrqxfeXiBzR23gssN5BmJiNM_h6vabaE/s320/IMG_0293.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3AbrOWXWoftu5cwZZYckkJ7KyKG03JSWNTEGMGqSwBsFc-_awhU9-wrvpeXcnnEEiI_LYVuJfXb49-uy6DyVykDeVVxJZSm5OMT87m_LRRgOJOzzKElM1r8ILvCpznN_IPQunEc5BGCaBgAvsKdmKuwp2qeQim-UhkG7cEW-6rJtU7BGgh8S50oLl2Jo/s4032/IMG_0289.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3AbrOWXWoftu5cwZZYckkJ7KyKG03JSWNTEGMGqSwBsFc-_awhU9-wrvpeXcnnEEiI_LYVuJfXb49-uy6DyVykDeVVxJZSm5OMT87m_LRRgOJOzzKElM1r8ILvCpznN_IPQunEc5BGCaBgAvsKdmKuwp2qeQim-UhkG7cEW-6rJtU7BGgh8S50oLl2Jo/s320/IMG_0289.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJF3PQ-6hr-0zmONIzg36aNB3RH0AampY0YmKbPwiGTiWVHOPRILCrbilfwCcknbfZ_T3aldbXxc8NCWHU4-aDRgiLTf-bxR_o4EOTUcYCVtIkh8TUK678XgmRDGR-PQ7-yDHOnkQeWdRgOpJlt-bxdBkJJNSN-PjKh9TsRUugD2PadTEvOs7APlknkPc/s4032/IMG_0285.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJF3PQ-6hr-0zmONIzg36aNB3RH0AampY0YmKbPwiGTiWVHOPRILCrbilfwCcknbfZ_T3aldbXxc8NCWHU4-aDRgiLTf-bxR_o4EOTUcYCVtIkh8TUK678XgmRDGR-PQ7-yDHOnkQeWdRgOpJlt-bxdBkJJNSN-PjKh9TsRUugD2PadTEvOs7APlknkPc/s320/IMG_0285.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzAhFkNq1OdFxrxgBoFlOSMlTvKom6w-Uby6GUocboFp7weNZ7kXiWXm141LPzAFt9btWI7H6v4J5y9zk_WiGUmCE6OeZmUtb8JyqtCbFUjCYPJyZFRqUzkBLs6yy_z_FTOLHz33nkgIFDJ-JBE7wHEB7ztVAOsDVT_B4sq92AU41sG3OwSuHlESPq2is/s4032/IMG_0283.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzAhFkNq1OdFxrxgBoFlOSMlTvKom6w-Uby6GUocboFp7weNZ7kXiWXm141LPzAFt9btWI7H6v4J5y9zk_WiGUmCE6OeZmUtb8JyqtCbFUjCYPJyZFRqUzkBLs6yy_z_FTOLHz33nkgIFDJ-JBE7wHEB7ztVAOsDVT_B4sq92AU41sG3OwSuHlESPq2is/s320/IMG_0283.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-eBPhDxtu_V3MhM0PiWjcLP26iaORCZVySOaZBcjF13Gqnx5Jhuwk_ijATWibG_1xNo6JYI2vmRIbiYN0Sb4bBxeeLjK_c9YilyO2eNcNgMAwLK5ZERdldQfigsUpCKVPWBHFvxUCbrlaMN_ya_ofVWK71HBlvQnL0J0pBkM-Kgmt515uewgwFIQHRU/s4032/IMG_0276.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-eBPhDxtu_V3MhM0PiWjcLP26iaORCZVySOaZBcjF13Gqnx5Jhuwk_ijATWibG_1xNo6JYI2vmRIbiYN0Sb4bBxeeLjK_c9YilyO2eNcNgMAwLK5ZERdldQfigsUpCKVPWBHFvxUCbrlaMN_ya_ofVWK71HBlvQnL0J0pBkM-Kgmt515uewgwFIQHRU/s320/IMG_0276.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_DFamN4c1OdLzP6SYMViYbqvt5JD1irSO4kqsoVSFSzl6JxpcEB_tuEFdeYnksg88lMH1yQ5_EOiSO2vSpPbV7l-YPLxgrg5wdJgxfFPZH5p2yFvU1rbLE68uvpvRjCSEi22ufEwgcIDJx7nLWg22UDmN-_bKZUKnf1BxRz-zdvjMZF0EqlFP_gJuDo8/s4032/IMG_0275.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_DFamN4c1OdLzP6SYMViYbqvt5JD1irSO4kqsoVSFSzl6JxpcEB_tuEFdeYnksg88lMH1yQ5_EOiSO2vSpPbV7l-YPLxgrg5wdJgxfFPZH5p2yFvU1rbLE68uvpvRjCSEi22ufEwgcIDJx7nLWg22UDmN-_bKZUKnf1BxRz-zdvjMZF0EqlFP_gJuDo8/s320/IMG_0275.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was a fun day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I couldn't help but remember my love of horses as a girl. We had 14 acres so I would beg my parents for a horse. They would often arrange for me to go to my dad's cousin who lived nearby to help groom and ride her horses. Now I can see why we never got into it. It is a very time consuming and expensive hobby/sport/pet. This co-worker said they had spent $100k on their riding stable. 😱 And spend hours and hours grooming, mucking, etc. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Always you get up on a horse and just imagine yourself flying like the wind, but it's always just a slow walk in a circle too, lol. And of course while my kiddos were up on the horses back I was glad it was just a slow steady walk with the owner holding the reigns, the nurse in me is too cautious about broken necks and fear of being stomped on. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The visit ended in a trip for ice cream and it was a lovely little half day trip :) </div><br /><p></p>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02685230580167231442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036272516528479528.post-6899457543922093492023-07-06T12:33:00.001-07:002023-07-06T12:33:45.715-07:004th of July<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">4th of July fun with friends at our friends' house of the lake. Good friends, tubing, wakeboarding, playing in the sand, good food, and fireworks!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDYloSxQhwvCc28rzyOa1qChpvrBvMOVqANibufHSF8EnUUkzxdgSyKObQXb7GRGhd1Msw6yTHcvUfYHL9Z3PjmXnLsWDs-v_EzGla5LXS6nVP1jeHJFUDPHjzDGy-uRsIPXbtJKpFZGZnjsV8SMf0aF00DLPxF_1zojfSXnG6O2CF0dbz8XMKvienu0A/s4032/IMG_0331.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDYloSxQhwvCc28rzyOa1qChpvrBvMOVqANibufHSF8EnUUkzxdgSyKObQXb7GRGhd1Msw6yTHcvUfYHL9Z3PjmXnLsWDs-v_EzGla5LXS6nVP1jeHJFUDPHjzDGy-uRsIPXbtJKpFZGZnjsV8SMf0aF00DLPxF_1zojfSXnG6O2CF0dbz8XMKvienu0A/s320/IMG_0331.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy85zpkpA2KHsJ7QD_LKmV9BL6at_lPonlHaNSpOZbl7uOu1CCeDmt0VEkcNfIFLSG7ZHRw1-GWz_efU8oY_i56lgGdGR1M_QA_HYZfP9QFluOXORcgvq3n9incmjmKb0oAdv7RBxnsACanjYKsSu-PF81C3MaGA8EkvXf12Lbrzy70Qo5rw6La2QCqdc/s4032/IMG_0361.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy85zpkpA2KHsJ7QD_LKmV9BL6at_lPonlHaNSpOZbl7uOu1CCeDmt0VEkcNfIFLSG7ZHRw1-GWz_efU8oY_i56lgGdGR1M_QA_HYZfP9QFluOXORcgvq3n9incmjmKb0oAdv7RBxnsACanjYKsSu-PF81C3MaGA8EkvXf12Lbrzy70Qo5rw6La2QCqdc/s320/IMG_0361.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOhILJEQ256CCqIrPe3xgbz9SH70Nc1y6BDIprz_2pXk2blN-X1yQmikaqB3hDqocJ1LTIC06OsxAl_07PDXOo9hv9VQRZza-7wHqysZ5Iu18c4ryQh1r0KDel86FEp6vnwxTVIW5NWcsgsyMgY6RCvNjrZd2shB1ZfAjqVQgLHbukj6r4x1Qj6QH6Rtk/s4032/IMG_0363.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOhILJEQ256CCqIrPe3xgbz9SH70Nc1y6BDIprz_2pXk2blN-X1yQmikaqB3hDqocJ1LTIC06OsxAl_07PDXOo9hv9VQRZza-7wHqysZ5Iu18c4ryQh1r0KDel86FEp6vnwxTVIW5NWcsgsyMgY6RCvNjrZd2shB1ZfAjqVQgLHbukj6r4x1Qj6QH6Rtk/s320/IMG_0363.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhTeeQIVd5nzbs2ww-FZC1dydFgLBf-OXDLBLdnCELYiGKbb-s2JvZGWTDPXH8iMwdIo6lwaKSgSzq6phWH89TAN1rMxE6pm5HrowLt-Twuj_sNulDFf1n_GDEVyoMbIW1VpLYqVIWKax0I4KQ5YXEjf6dpiMtMBKpA3eQapOPUrN-Irnwmn3bgxS1TeE/s4032/IMG_0365.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhTeeQIVd5nzbs2ww-FZC1dydFgLBf-OXDLBLdnCELYiGKbb-s2JvZGWTDPXH8iMwdIo6lwaKSgSzq6phWH89TAN1rMxE6pm5HrowLt-Twuj_sNulDFf1n_GDEVyoMbIW1VpLYqVIWKax0I4KQ5YXEjf6dpiMtMBKpA3eQapOPUrN-Irnwmn3bgxS1TeE/s320/IMG_0365.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirUFxhJRRFclFN2S-EqXZJD7i5zCrwNk3r4RaisrCiydv3kxbEpBZDI8wmgAX_993qsb4tEcwXpEN261zVW4p_34eo8IzU8tYf1uWT7lNVqkDWbdkNbWLJrzsD7vXbRPwSdY-B7o4ci6wRoSlyE6B1Em1oGZZcvVkppH7U_UdCUaxZXJx30ncZaHkQF4/s4032/IMG_0382.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirUFxhJRRFclFN2S-EqXZJD7i5zCrwNk3r4RaisrCiydv3kxbEpBZDI8wmgAX_993qsb4tEcwXpEN261zVW4p_34eo8IzU8tYf1uWT7lNVqkDWbdkNbWLJrzsD7vXbRPwSdY-B7o4ci6wRoSlyE6B1Em1oGZZcvVkppH7U_UdCUaxZXJx30ncZaHkQF4/s320/IMG_0382.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmiqMNlYpkEOZp0XPBUw0ekzeub-0JXx_C1tQ2NGMTSlYVcWckiQQ5C8KIxkws50oJ-FM-bULVKAq2sq-nIpEBL4WHtYLu7o3MWpskFn-qbyNjEvdodJd-Q8cT8WDTHPKawCsAg9mSLAU4X35-JV_hQ9nlHs5fEC9d4pPjN6Pg3rl-weECmXJxXuW8ing/s4032/IMG_0388.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmiqMNlYpkEOZp0XPBUw0ekzeub-0JXx_C1tQ2NGMTSlYVcWckiQQ5C8KIxkws50oJ-FM-bULVKAq2sq-nIpEBL4WHtYLu7o3MWpskFn-qbyNjEvdodJd-Q8cT8WDTHPKawCsAg9mSLAU4X35-JV_hQ9nlHs5fEC9d4pPjN6Pg3rl-weECmXJxXuW8ing/s320/IMG_0388.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYEOgolqwF2ycPFm2Blf3aYetSAKCrgXTzP_If1BZTRM0NYIz7IOO_P82fydkRpRCHLkaGWpnWXJtQHfA0t_MuN974Q8vKOcoIUaVYcL2nF81_DwaM1nFubEcP8SsuVljGVyqwZ-LzML0gUK6Bq0xKWqZBhJ3SoP-HRuh5M9hrbcTv3hV__Jl2wgdljXk/s4032/IMG_0400.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYEOgolqwF2ycPFm2Blf3aYetSAKCrgXTzP_If1BZTRM0NYIz7IOO_P82fydkRpRCHLkaGWpnWXJtQHfA0t_MuN974Q8vKOcoIUaVYcL2nF81_DwaM1nFubEcP8SsuVljGVyqwZ-LzML0gUK6Bq0xKWqZBhJ3SoP-HRuh5M9hrbcTv3hV__Jl2wgdljXk/s320/IMG_0400.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWJ2OEf8BF0nts4rTnOAhsuaCD0w2sxHXw_GD8aW7RDbPcwFvWTYIB257nBrwDEzI1aDLBGfSlL6MfjCQvEPDdmbvUrFeTqYdjxs6U164zo6CsvJXlqi4IXuOSEyDewvjHg2pcQWXSoK4SPJG86YTwWb4KWR93j_MCbuLSEvaJkv3ciALOZywJbw6DD50/s4032/IMG_0410.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWJ2OEf8BF0nts4rTnOAhsuaCD0w2sxHXw_GD8aW7RDbPcwFvWTYIB257nBrwDEzI1aDLBGfSlL6MfjCQvEPDdmbvUrFeTqYdjxs6U164zo6CsvJXlqi4IXuOSEyDewvjHg2pcQWXSoK4SPJG86YTwWb4KWR93j_MCbuLSEvaJkv3ciALOZywJbw6DD50/s320/IMG_0410.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhow2V8ga-aVV52UWokAC3dThAt0dqiKD7tc_MDI5yFbE3XB7_7olXIqYlsyJ5qUHP47esUALRfiYP7VFvaMq0lbhLSO2neousRG2z2LIGl2KWqOULOvyh0T85QDCf9vpKtMWA9qkeTd-dDQCNeRomSZ3bKfJFFS1JCDiosY56FelN_7ZzzIQDsA56-rPc/s4032/IMG_0413.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhow2V8ga-aVV52UWokAC3dThAt0dqiKD7tc_MDI5yFbE3XB7_7olXIqYlsyJ5qUHP47esUALRfiYP7VFvaMq0lbhLSO2neousRG2z2LIGl2KWqOULOvyh0T85QDCf9vpKtMWA9qkeTd-dDQCNeRomSZ3bKfJFFS1JCDiosY56FelN_7ZzzIQDsA56-rPc/s320/IMG_0413.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-mx-cWedenGb2edv4a3uPzpWIMU2fDibG4GA-rN1PTEc4MQqp2gDnOxY1sF10tkDKFX8Yv05mc29NctkxpOUgZQ_rnag2eyzSQ0y223MBGe_pe86N-h5kMj4tLY3fwKipppg4pcb-aAkR0HBMSGYmMxNiFbrnEYlzaHGdXYuDZkHMZ4QKHbOaBhXbHyE/s4032/IMG_0425.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-mx-cWedenGb2edv4a3uPzpWIMU2fDibG4GA-rN1PTEc4MQqp2gDnOxY1sF10tkDKFX8Yv05mc29NctkxpOUgZQ_rnag2eyzSQ0y223MBGe_pe86N-h5kMj4tLY3fwKipppg4pcb-aAkR0HBMSGYmMxNiFbrnEYlzaHGdXYuDZkHMZ4QKHbOaBhXbHyE/s320/IMG_0425.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj66Ddo4z91s8Y5uitdX6DIuouDVKXtKrGcrW1PrzInzpotrZGZ6-DrPTa1WGth3rZ2OJvbu3ckpxKKK2Oy_cJ_ah_10mFp42E9Ww2lBK_YCq7DnrK59VsDusCHoCOUkRUiepUVgQmhIzERxXAU4OSu2TEepWNLPcAHzbzh-_JS3BV54yl_aZIJF4-A708/s4032/IMG_0440.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj66Ddo4z91s8Y5uitdX6DIuouDVKXtKrGcrW1PrzInzpotrZGZ6-DrPTa1WGth3rZ2OJvbu3ckpxKKK2Oy_cJ_ah_10mFp42E9Ww2lBK_YCq7DnrK59VsDusCHoCOUkRUiepUVgQmhIzERxXAU4OSu2TEepWNLPcAHzbzh-_JS3BV54yl_aZIJF4-A708/s320/IMG_0440.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So thankful we live in the land of the free. God bless the USA!</div><br /> <p></p>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02685230580167231442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036272516528479528.post-78763635286156065052023-06-21T19:28:00.000-07:002023-06-21T19:28:18.553-07:00June goings-on<p> Well another month has gone by with no blogging! So busy all the time.</p><p>This little lady went on her first father/daughter trip. They had a good time. Look at how happy she is! 😍</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGN9cRsC0bICHDNJzA4eR58z4x7h4GQqnt1tAk0ZbLbvY-_uXVeTbMJqPlP2ZPf1a5XjtFZV0fkKJxwc3VP00RdsJMs-IYPNFUYmDdcs4aCouSuU-ON7vqztiqofYYcHVmswlLNrx5glV996XJvO9gFQyTBhGKOw0Ah3yJGgO3iUPFTd7Duha3IrY3PBQ/s2016/VOVA2566.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="954" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGN9cRsC0bICHDNJzA4eR58z4x7h4GQqnt1tAk0ZbLbvY-_uXVeTbMJqPlP2ZPf1a5XjtFZV0fkKJxwc3VP00RdsJMs-IYPNFUYmDdcs4aCouSuU-ON7vqztiqofYYcHVmswlLNrx5glV996XJvO9gFQyTBhGKOw0Ah3yJGgO3iUPFTd7Duha3IrY3PBQ/s320/VOVA2566.JPEG" width="151" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pic of me & mom since I forgot to take one of us together when we hung out for mother's day</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi08VugN98HTp6p_wp3LBfjQslWXaAaffIGODghuaMPO0nLmfHD_sjInRi_5LKmDBj0abDwREr87HYVn2-rD3l5PDZYgRYzzT8FQZSMLyRY5wVQNKK-jvp671oIaGD-D_mXUsnthS3wRIa-2Y_Vxf6m4q9ZS5X7wtw0Vm-kHyIJW53UUdN8Cx9yQ0fJKqA/s3088/IMG_9900.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi08VugN98HTp6p_wp3LBfjQslWXaAaffIGODghuaMPO0nLmfHD_sjInRi_5LKmDBj0abDwREr87HYVn2-rD3l5PDZYgRYzzT8FQZSMLyRY5wVQNKK-jvp671oIaGD-D_mXUsnthS3wRIa-2Y_Vxf6m4q9ZS5X7wtw0Vm-kHyIJW53UUdN8Cx9yQ0fJKqA/s320/IMG_9900.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Me & my little Lucy</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULG3NnAaILLwcNdiEjtXJb4rT9Rgg5Ka87IHzu0MHjuwhIhvBaLKWttogoXGHwVnfuvBBjGqVlrGI4E96QpfK_ZjFs0pP0x1UyWeGhq41GyMC1LNw_1QJ-FLiOrgcWL38LL9jelxLDnOXmPH-a-kfOEaKnHg2TCRIyIN86C2IXxFL8sHtPSNYW8O--HA/s3088/IMG_9896.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULG3NnAaILLwcNdiEjtXJb4rT9Rgg5Ka87IHzu0MHjuwhIhvBaLKWttogoXGHwVnfuvBBjGqVlrGI4E96QpfK_ZjFs0pP0x1UyWeGhq41GyMC1LNw_1QJ-FLiOrgcWL38LL9jelxLDnOXmPH-a-kfOEaKnHg2TCRIyIN86C2IXxFL8sHtPSNYW8O--HA/s320/IMG_9896.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jeanie girl was practicing AB patterns</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_3-0Ji-qyhmnYCHOlLtNyd32cqCmINGavJJXsYia3hTE79w2lKoJtN-rUJqNMFhH2SLsVG792Ami9l0rnBmDfTN8obBwg46SYcGwNv9qpE8ZjEFpJt5ifwQIw7KbR1tapVQuXMCQKIbZKF5D1y9wRXP_iddfAJA99sOA172lQ0bA3-WgrWyZ2mbOcKRs/s4032/IMG_9886.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_3-0Ji-qyhmnYCHOlLtNyd32cqCmINGavJJXsYia3hTE79w2lKoJtN-rUJqNMFhH2SLsVG792Ami9l0rnBmDfTN8obBwg46SYcGwNv9qpE8ZjEFpJt5ifwQIw7KbR1tapVQuXMCQKIbZKF5D1y9wRXP_iddfAJA99sOA172lQ0bA3-WgrWyZ2mbOcKRs/s320/IMG_9886.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">August had a half day in his last week of school and we went to the Zoo afterwards, fun!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWSJdjtCYA2mFOGKrF5SSwDpceIJC49jP5vhFWAfLwzSHKxbOPyjKsa_ftOypUsalcxtx9KzROfQ8kimBBb-ZeyvKuxVivPNZWfKxzi5qGNjlTwDrDBtNN36oYQLHWSe-8mMNBAhIwI0AO0p4YT6esVnRQSGCWp1l3XeBCZTdjPm1i5B74g6iAxuNqcwc/s4032/IMG_9863.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWSJdjtCYA2mFOGKrF5SSwDpceIJC49jP5vhFWAfLwzSHKxbOPyjKsa_ftOypUsalcxtx9KzROfQ8kimBBb-ZeyvKuxVivPNZWfKxzi5qGNjlTwDrDBtNN36oYQLHWSe-8mMNBAhIwI0AO0p4YT6esVnRQSGCWp1l3XeBCZTdjPm1i5B74g6iAxuNqcwc/s320/IMG_9863.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He finished up his 8 week soccer class (he wasn't a big fan. His last game was so funny, he was running, then he'd stop and pick a clover and eat it, run and pick a clover, run and stop and pick a clover, I had to tell him to stop picking flowers during the game!!) But it was a good intro course and we'll probably try one again sometime. But for now it's on to tennis lessons. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh21l3KoBjF2aOmXJiVVNKHAj9SBFHOpOVCUaOFtVbKSJnZXQT741TbJPCR5kdoDTIw1JzTF7HjmehMArth-YvNugfpktV6OPCPdBXL-t9sEd3x8P5yXedim0KOGkGFcW3ruJ2CXgK5fMfLPICJp8KnbwC8Wux-cVWY8yaLQsRSr03-STGA90IKWgOknjs/s4032/IMG_9829.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh21l3KoBjF2aOmXJiVVNKHAj9SBFHOpOVCUaOFtVbKSJnZXQT741TbJPCR5kdoDTIw1JzTF7HjmehMArth-YvNugfpktV6OPCPdBXL-t9sEd3x8P5yXedim0KOGkGFcW3ruJ2CXgK5fMfLPICJp8KnbwC8Wux-cVWY8yaLQsRSr03-STGA90IKWgOknjs/s320/IMG_9829.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Me & the other 2 while Jeanie was gone with daddy</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0013FvpF4wHPDPz9HcPoQ56xFTVJ_Gn54O9553ooqFS0_1fR2o1n5u0g3ld8GSfek0wPI0vh3SMn9po_Z8_XuPBZrC-BAXHzpg5VnKZcOU4T14rCQRtSD6TDWotuN7RYKO32_GFGXTjtSbsfiMqlKyCcrqi5uFSsUSjK285Fy369zpjymLIF36ZvfXJM/s3088/IMG_9803.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0013FvpF4wHPDPz9HcPoQ56xFTVJ_Gn54O9553ooqFS0_1fR2o1n5u0g3ld8GSfek0wPI0vh3SMn9po_Z8_XuPBZrC-BAXHzpg5VnKZcOU4T14rCQRtSD6TDWotuN7RYKO32_GFGXTjtSbsfiMqlKyCcrqi5uFSsUSjK285Fy369zpjymLIF36ZvfXJM/s320/IMG_9803.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Little garden is planted and ready to grow! My backyard is such an ugly eyesore, but hopefully the garden will be somewhat productive.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT1S-qG8DZ65Dq9VwUq1-3euTcMmfDD3z-qxy6etzULtoKZMZJIyCxJQUthDRQbKARZIG1QxOd48YWXp8UtfyzOXNNG3AQrd3rHTskMeDweMzfoZcVKB-dHD84Yn-4XxlwAkJpaB1QR7sgWNQxgqVNSLwFLMRR7ZSoreM-xtFWdsRhdDBz3eIACPoQJMs/s4032/IMG_9775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT1S-qG8DZ65Dq9VwUq1-3euTcMmfDD3z-qxy6etzULtoKZMZJIyCxJQUthDRQbKARZIG1QxOd48YWXp8UtfyzOXNNG3AQrd3rHTskMeDweMzfoZcVKB-dHD84Yn-4XxlwAkJpaB1QR7sgWNQxgqVNSLwFLMRR7ZSoreM-xtFWdsRhdDBz3eIACPoQJMs/s320/IMG_9775.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Little things growing.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrquF1CpuF723Qb0rj-bMIR4umR4NIM16d7mOkB4kTfQckkCwdZpFRV6Ud_EBIwa-Ga50t4a1FwZTMqpSqyZTnKXVzPwoj1xL8FyatugN-rjOg5INjsXX_IPGZAW8GUzphjTg4su3Hi1Ym4-udMvoq6R5V8GET_HtSkOHlWtkkdZloXUF5D79cAORnUWI/s4032/IMG_9772.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrquF1CpuF723Qb0rj-bMIR4umR4NIM16d7mOkB4kTfQckkCwdZpFRV6Ud_EBIwa-Ga50t4a1FwZTMqpSqyZTnKXVzPwoj1xL8FyatugN-rjOg5INjsXX_IPGZAW8GUzphjTg4su3Hi1Ym4-udMvoq6R5V8GET_HtSkOHlWtkkdZloXUF5D79cAORnUWI/s320/IMG_9772.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A very persistent groundhog has burrowed out this hole at least 3 times as we keep refilling it. Last night he got caught in the live trap. I was at work and Doug told me today a little groundhog friend kept peeking out of the hole to look at his friend/(relative?!) in the trap. Which makes me sad, I don't want to break up a little groundhog family! 😩 But nor do I want them in my garden. So hopefully we will catch the friend soon and can reunite them in their new area a few miles away. One summer Doug caught 7 groundhogs, and then its been years with none, so we shall see what happens. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAy9ac0Y02BOw2QAnXYmMCjHdoZYkUu4AMsaKDAhrP3W2TCcOiRKrS_n6tggy-20yZwuh_R1MW-rTsIsrNHXaQtc-I7i3XzLLrSys2KCGHLhhPciF-YCG07vLXo1Tgd3sGR4Mg0HvllgKYe7rwvdax-xbveXRo5nGoQkwhtw4gKRzPFR-lHfrlNLD7LuY/s4032/YJOJ8140.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAy9ac0Y02BOw2QAnXYmMCjHdoZYkUu4AMsaKDAhrP3W2TCcOiRKrS_n6tggy-20yZwuh_R1MW-rTsIsrNHXaQtc-I7i3XzLLrSys2KCGHLhhPciF-YCG07vLXo1Tgd3sGR4Mg0HvllgKYe7rwvdax-xbveXRo5nGoQkwhtw4gKRzPFR-lHfrlNLD7LuY/s320/YJOJ8140.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02685230580167231442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036272516528479528.post-54630100723125989592023-05-22T19:28:00.000-07:002023-05-22T19:28:52.548-07:00today<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The day started off with a trip to the dermatologist and then to the plant store to get seedlings for my garden.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8WpynX7T2vYqMf8v8FC9NMZ5SKWEpLDAwzOevN8rGoMznY8CsESsoUM8zeRV4XIRX97N5G6gR1m4ikk9bcuV1u3iplTKKeGlvk80dNesOevl9id36vSPdW344cVeO-zRS10aI5gNyxhTs7LI3_ykbi9E1Uot-uRlwbM-EIHQvcMV7cI4D1u30HYs/s4032/IMG_9676.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8WpynX7T2vYqMf8v8FC9NMZ5SKWEpLDAwzOevN8rGoMznY8CsESsoUM8zeRV4XIRX97N5G6gR1m4ikk9bcuV1u3iplTKKeGlvk80dNesOevl9id36vSPdW344cVeO-zRS10aI5gNyxhTs7LI3_ykbi9E1Uot-uRlwbM-EIHQvcMV7cI4D1u30HYs/s320/IMG_9676.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thankfully we had a $50 giftcard to this place, seedlings ain't cheap! I still spent another $15, then came home and bought some taller tomato cages on Amazon, and still need to buy some seeds. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV239nLy6NLiJsPAl5_VPQWpu3tM16HT2GZj5AUd4AzJPNGSqLFfDVvaP5rdJfc3l9MAAmfzlv6Zp0MkDQeFyV3w7bJ1ym9HTEc-eEf5jMYyLevCAD_0BvOsbgEPoW8CMoQT4TCWN9V3a5_V4BjPgIUdodLLWk2BBC19RX8lbVjtg1dEE3RynRYoes/s4032/IMG_9677.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV239nLy6NLiJsPAl5_VPQWpu3tM16HT2GZj5AUd4AzJPNGSqLFfDVvaP5rdJfc3l9MAAmfzlv6Zp0MkDQeFyV3w7bJ1ym9HTEc-eEf5jMYyLevCAD_0BvOsbgEPoW8CMoQT4TCWN9V3a5_V4BjPgIUdodLLWk2BBC19RX8lbVjtg1dEE3RynRYoes/s320/IMG_9677.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am so pleased with this Viburnum plant. I planted it 3 years ago and it FINALLY bloomed! Last year it had great foliage growth, but not a single bloom. And this year it is covered. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zePc35mhYYrqFO3bGq63fA1RAJc3LKy-H_l9i2Ef3S_e4vDO0M2Yzm_Jr0e4VRbwFlEXXnLU-KKq5A-8WNp_tPF1udq5qqCGuVxkk-jqq2Bs4IDyHvO20Ndodofd_S8g2JTkL2wmGwIoxouxY-9gUvQELEA4zJOY2C54vxldXlCg1C_xRzm3WL5T/s4032/IMG_9680.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zePc35mhYYrqFO3bGq63fA1RAJc3LKy-H_l9i2Ef3S_e4vDO0M2Yzm_Jr0e4VRbwFlEXXnLU-KKq5A-8WNp_tPF1udq5qqCGuVxkk-jqq2Bs4IDyHvO20Ndodofd_S8g2JTkL2wmGwIoxouxY-9gUvQELEA4zJOY2C54vxldXlCg1C_xRzm3WL5T/s320/IMG_9680.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When August came home from school Jeanie wasn't feeling well so they all watched some Peppa Pig and ate some popcorn. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxDULJl213aXOg6r4dQeXQXgwh6F6uq3wvHzyMmFQ5natSLYNKNI_2nHxAW51-_wY-LMAQXPFBWcaVZsRT7ZuQJwKvjuoo5TDFSiXttd3MLsTaa6r-SYxv5p7qWH2aOEWqUdClOkV73lxYb435SFLeeJ6G4YDLNtxL5asl7rfipC5552siQzzkjQdy/s4032/IMG_9683.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxDULJl213aXOg6r4dQeXQXgwh6F6uq3wvHzyMmFQ5natSLYNKNI_2nHxAW51-_wY-LMAQXPFBWcaVZsRT7ZuQJwKvjuoo5TDFSiXttd3MLsTaa6r-SYxv5p7qWH2aOEWqUdClOkV73lxYb435SFLeeJ6G4YDLNtxL5asl7rfipC5552siQzzkjQdy/s320/IMG_9683.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I do not know what is going on lately in the neighborhood but there is seriously a cat infestation. I looked out in the afternoon and one cat was lounging on the porch, another cat appeared to be stalking up on that cat, and not pictured was our cat also on the porch closer to the door. I guess I don't totally mind, but sometimes they all fight and it's like just get along!!!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_UxJgFN-M0QbJ9wuaesUI31NTGX7PZR7kgleIEXsct1Wqbmg2iTuzZnqMVwXKoJUNPQhuSKcGLN8Lb3mq43RG55H0qOp6niG7p-BZIpzfYwt4JuD6hjyczT-3TXpfeAGzMdKkVfVvA2KMlxhOK_QzQt98fgtGvN7mb0O3lIOW2YMA2m87yLLFnlkf/s4032/IMG_9684.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_UxJgFN-M0QbJ9wuaesUI31NTGX7PZR7kgleIEXsct1Wqbmg2iTuzZnqMVwXKoJUNPQhuSKcGLN8Lb3mq43RG55H0qOp6niG7p-BZIpzfYwt4JuD6hjyczT-3TXpfeAGzMdKkVfVvA2KMlxhOK_QzQt98fgtGvN7mb0O3lIOW2YMA2m87yLLFnlkf/s320/IMG_9684.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This girl. Trouble. I was making dinner and looked over to see her with the power cord for Doug's laptop being poked into her ear. So I put her in the penned up play area, and then when I look at her again she is eating dirt from a plant :( so the rest of the dinner was made holding this heavy girl.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDLZOXoXDtspE5i8RJIE6LPX9jEIzHTeROTQAuD1acjQDK8nHAQKn4Pli0beWOutB6eCUMVoVpqPcbCt_lLeztDhiC4O3KK8vzn6OLJJBShg6jQs1705JjQeP-96QM2Umv4MKS7MWmaVTcMNdiguI7cplmKmb7AeRLihtBy-Ex2HmsKhAtPHG73QWR/s3088/LVPT6299.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDLZOXoXDtspE5i8RJIE6LPX9jEIzHTeROTQAuD1acjQDK8nHAQKn4Pli0beWOutB6eCUMVoVpqPcbCt_lLeztDhiC4O3KK8vzn6OLJJBShg6jQs1705JjQeP-96QM2Umv4MKS7MWmaVTcMNdiguI7cplmKmb7AeRLihtBy-Ex2HmsKhAtPHG73QWR/s320/LVPT6299.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After dinner this sweet babe still wasn't feeling good and fell asleep laying on my lap. We had a few precious minutes until little sister clamored all over us and woke her up. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwsc4W5ftleb8aJju1v7PN4GLmib68NTr2Sc8iXvP-ULmYYqVEHK52gJk31TMd5NFuol9WrYibyqi1W1_1zA9qdLG7ipLOqspdvnnIx5P-_OTYMgraGA70WLup1PY-uBCvP--aLv9zTMVuoRnTs-GHzyzRoeGGwBIM_GEmNSNuxfhBLpPHwmxfWrs-/s3088/IMG_9687.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwsc4W5ftleb8aJju1v7PN4GLmib68NTr2Sc8iXvP-ULmYYqVEHK52gJk31TMd5NFuol9WrYibyqi1W1_1zA9qdLG7ipLOqspdvnnIx5P-_OTYMgraGA70WLup1PY-uBCvP--aLv9zTMVuoRnTs-GHzyzRoeGGwBIM_GEmNSNuxfhBLpPHwmxfWrs-/s320/IMG_9687.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Doug and I worked in the garden boxes after the kids were down, weeding, and rototilling. We'd planned to pick up some free compost before we planted and Doug went to the place to pick it up. I assumed it was an open till dusk type place, but nope, open 8-4. So he'll try to get it on his lunchbreak tomorrow and then I can plant.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, in the category of things I didn't think I'd be spending my free time on: sewing up my son's ugly cheap stuffed toys. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There used to be a time when I could name who and what occasion stuffed animals were gifted to my kids. But sadly some cheap crap has been blended in somehow and of course it gets treasured and would be sorely missed should it get "misplaced". </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3sMu2NFTVbJUmOTEaHBuqoejhIatgcqnZFUm7SwwnauRJV5Y_SkW9w5mm1G8zoR9MR1jGb9aZ2QG7svVW14OJV6qwz6v8m4252W8OarC4Q4Jdfjm2ZRnGzJLxJ4PMxG-BxmU89edTp6b7dxdZE_8APc3oAFkDb0Y6gMB89d3kfAjX9fhf16a4xIG/s4032/IMG_9689.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3sMu2NFTVbJUmOTEaHBuqoejhIatgcqnZFUm7SwwnauRJV5Y_SkW9w5mm1G8zoR9MR1jGb9aZ2QG7svVW14OJV6qwz6v8m4252W8OarC4Q4Jdfjm2ZRnGzJLxJ4PMxG-BxmU89edTp6b7dxdZE_8APc3oAFkDb0Y6gMB89d3kfAjX9fhf16a4xIG/s320/IMG_9689.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This guy is Mr. Pepper, origins unknown, and tonight I sewed up a big rip in his back. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBs9NkWq85Ovd2ydGfUkiltJ-L60IFBv7eJe8RZ4tCD7ySTVaoaCtNlAYcYQC5o24IN1IZXTcPtgsbyzWtf607TwOIH2ZF-3stvCBY94eaVZCIEQj6cQt7UzETPxR1mN-a0Z1gL5lZfQ9tgnD0pK7EqrL70bRk8d86nYGfkOIQivwodwfy_7xTkHXX/s4032/IMG_9690.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBs9NkWq85Ovd2ydGfUkiltJ-L60IFBv7eJe8RZ4tCD7ySTVaoaCtNlAYcYQC5o24IN1IZXTcPtgsbyzWtf607TwOIH2ZF-3stvCBY94eaVZCIEQj6cQt7UzETPxR1mN-a0Z1gL5lZfQ9tgnD0pK7EqrL70bRk8d86nYGfkOIQivwodwfy_7xTkHXX/s320/IMG_9690.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Uggglly. And I couldn't even get Senor Pepper to stick, so Mr. Pepper it is.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLazgXRZFNZrAh2ZdpikDiVN0OiPTo_BhwVvKyZUbPEGTqr2fFpcWsJwVtjHI478T7bniVYoGXoKoAvuJobBe6tlF1nkgFfLFqf-8D5W6ibpRqVEBKMUbBAT1Jp2LYJbZKo0l7iYu1Kgw6PsbOE569ESctZA9aqj_J-U3-lXASw3bofIh6y4xvoFw/s4032/IMG_9691.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLazgXRZFNZrAh2ZdpikDiVN0OiPTo_BhwVvKyZUbPEGTqr2fFpcWsJwVtjHI478T7bniVYoGXoKoAvuJobBe6tlF1nkgFfLFqf-8D5W6ibpRqVEBKMUbBAT1Jp2LYJbZKo0l7iYu1Kgw6PsbOE569ESctZA9aqj_J-U3-lXASw3bofIh6y4xvoFw/s320/IMG_9691.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Can't wait to see him be excited about Mr. Pepper being fixed in the morning 💓</div><br /><br /> <p></p>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02685230580167231442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036272516528479528.post-51060017176791246752023-05-11T18:40:00.005-07:002023-05-11T18:41:44.653-07:00Life lately<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's felt really busy lately! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had a big project to take down a tree, and of course I can't find a better "before" picture, but that pine has been growing up into the maple for however many years and it was super bushy at the bottom and bugged me. (this pic is after Doug already cut all the bottom reachable limbs off)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So Doug's buddy and my dad came over and a neighbor we all worked to get it down, and then trim up the maple. Also rehomed my crazy forsythia (the pretty yellow one in the pic there) to my mom's house and cut down a lilac that died who-knows-why last year. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_TANBlkGpuiJlXxnJdzeEH2I1cPFHo1e1vdcEG4o-hvVfQKnkQP-f-J0l6QEa8Xs7LxLbVdyUBx0XtzQTp9qzTAWroKeheNFqnpP_BS4Ucg4OM_Lmxun0H6p8maYWnqTzYATUlgdxEOtFUEJHZ96jmuNfGTpfVId-Q25tHqIcRzoJ9Vev1l6Ege8B/s4032/IMG_9184.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_TANBlkGpuiJlXxnJdzeEH2I1cPFHo1e1vdcEG4o-hvVfQKnkQP-f-J0l6QEa8Xs7LxLbVdyUBx0XtzQTp9qzTAWroKeheNFqnpP_BS4Ucg4OM_Lmxun0H6p8maYWnqTzYATUlgdxEOtFUEJHZ96jmuNfGTpfVId-Q25tHqIcRzoJ9Vev1l6Ege8B/s320/IMG_9184.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-69yg35mLo-4SL-mC1GsHVswV3OY5kdeI_UjR49a_8KB8NlcdxgEVdj_TOu5TLG6KbrHHyXaFGtZeSrZFY4Ltlz_QrCow3F0Ela9ozHq7yC1IeRkMfO-2htc7OfOoz3XIxkcQq11y0WzjHipabnHebvigOIWenmhPSsNFQPbt_YjLhjSHRq_zedxp/s4032/IMG_9185.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-69yg35mLo-4SL-mC1GsHVswV3OY5kdeI_UjR49a_8KB8NlcdxgEVdj_TOu5TLG6KbrHHyXaFGtZeSrZFY4Ltlz_QrCow3F0Ela9ozHq7yC1IeRkMfO-2htc7OfOoz3XIxkcQq11y0WzjHipabnHebvigOIWenmhPSsNFQPbt_YjLhjSHRq_zedxp/s320/IMG_9185.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzXb0RR7czPdjP9zajguHlWCX0x9k13_rADtfFO5BN58_eVeDpD2nmR9GXcgciHQv4EPaDm-S_RW9SeAoh2SA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYMG3R50RpU-H6vHyg6QQhZalodAlxIvRlmWWyt5Bg8_vn8Ml_eOLloAAlrZcFyr_q8FB1Xe2X2O__Zv3w6EWwjGVw91drBYyDQ4jfUdSYL6WpQ8qMmsrZO_akCXZNN7q1hxYlC1m5uVurlEJlNiWiDctnNuTw6IPvRDuGKFcq5MGgkv6eMQicvOG/s4032/IMG_9189.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYMG3R50RpU-H6vHyg6QQhZalodAlxIvRlmWWyt5Bg8_vn8Ml_eOLloAAlrZcFyr_q8FB1Xe2X2O__Zv3w6EWwjGVw91drBYyDQ4jfUdSYL6WpQ8qMmsrZO_akCXZNN7q1hxYlC1m5uVurlEJlNiWiDctnNuTw6IPvRDuGKFcq5MGgkv6eMQicvOG/s320/IMG_9189.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHMh_umdBwACuZfjhY44SN_PIq87YdjzL-7fW2IJFMITJc_3EvMvUI-ZWj-L936CPnhljPW58bIIbOL-XQ4jT8pjVTKBy8VDXDnvjTqmWGIusxHrcUMUjmjJ_OJW6xD01wpUfo3M6eVYgM8frXBe8Z13p6UyWdSQvTJ3_qQrnbMPi6eDRio2twRoCg/s4032/IMG_9190.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHMh_umdBwACuZfjhY44SN_PIq87YdjzL-7fW2IJFMITJc_3EvMvUI-ZWj-L936CPnhljPW58bIIbOL-XQ4jT8pjVTKBy8VDXDnvjTqmWGIusxHrcUMUjmjJ_OJW6xD01wpUfo3M6eVYgM8frXBe8Z13p6UyWdSQvTJ3_qQrnbMPi6eDRio2twRoCg/s320/IMG_9190.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0vCGjNYpW4EgtDCV1hdISV9eV_jP6cagk7QXCreRof-AiMUvnf2W49FRXX-UJ0HE5a2S5_TvESG1yJkJk-wPw2zk29LhjmxYfe9FYF0SiVM0SHdj43zpBcRabeISOLEMkHuf2aDH6K6i2pVY53sBf2Q29BS2lbAmxq4b0l-iMsbcTQW02179SLq9A/s4032/IMG_9191.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0vCGjNYpW4EgtDCV1hdISV9eV_jP6cagk7QXCreRof-AiMUvnf2W49FRXX-UJ0HE5a2S5_TvESG1yJkJk-wPw2zk29LhjmxYfe9FYF0SiVM0SHdj43zpBcRabeISOLEMkHuf2aDH6K6i2pVY53sBf2Q29BS2lbAmxq4b0l-iMsbcTQW02179SLq9A/s320/IMG_9191.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwcbp68zuD6yxeJd_aMGqEBLp2WscZXbmkFFrS1UiEDlGcYenGtuWt24N6d0LO9vtRec66keZ7L-vTWkQJFyg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After getting rid of all the brush and limbs and logs, the next goal was to clean up this "grove" area. So nearly every naptime and after kids in bed, before dark, night has been devoted to this task and it is exhausting. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJOHwb5DtWDN58t8fEnh8ELH1ejDdR2fgMzM20wYuuwB_C-hG4uSe4pwAV-ZIjE_9pqMKOtcvtQaO6E7MsoEWQ1ay1zEFXpYHohjy4b9iH44hN-xQT9-ZIZetWyXsTxfJ78TEiXN_ZXGzJA9t5IJKarpu4EElVHLGtrS-Eye9igITiMChwLr5ewdCe/s4032/IMG_9205.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJOHwb5DtWDN58t8fEnh8ELH1ejDdR2fgMzM20wYuuwB_C-hG4uSe4pwAV-ZIjE_9pqMKOtcvtQaO6E7MsoEWQ1ay1zEFXpYHohjy4b9iH44hN-xQT9-ZIZetWyXsTxfJ78TEiXN_ZXGzJA9t5IJKarpu4EElVHLGtrS-Eye9igITiMChwLr5ewdCe/s320/IMG_9205.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also going on: fun with MagnaTiles</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO_WdLpsGcdWilY11YQHOArWvUd46q3EfAVZUoCvi62cYtapvQ21QDMg6XmwNOokDVI6ozo6_Y5U-mSm5gN8nf5Hf7yHnlfaf9MWRQ88JwWJuMB5Qm5dYz3fFCJ_dU-uL866mW1aqiTZegNrJwHXstTqaO0gAuapwMkBQQ5s3buK0IQE4XQ38gI8GN/s4032/IMG_9263.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO_WdLpsGcdWilY11YQHOArWvUd46q3EfAVZUoCvi62cYtapvQ21QDMg6XmwNOokDVI6ozo6_Y5U-mSm5gN8nf5Hf7yHnlfaf9MWRQ88JwWJuMB5Qm5dYz3fFCJ_dU-uL866mW1aqiTZegNrJwHXstTqaO0gAuapwMkBQQ5s3buK0IQE4XQ38gI8GN/s320/IMG_9263.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And this boy is doing a 7 week beginners soccer class. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgezNqK3hJHM1GjqPDtnkAS_LyEqGh16vCUid2JR3E_bMFi__lbZMfrI24G9N4gYV2Js6UQ4stflVRoaDlB_QcgTJBzwDxvakmU2ebZMYKQRE2PGvvSToxR9Xe4znJux9mN4319O0Zb6t2dHcEIJSTVwaftmI7m3FQ_okisuM0q6RCDLt7ShpDe1uSY/s2016/MXLO2904.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="954" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgezNqK3hJHM1GjqPDtnkAS_LyEqGh16vCUid2JR3E_bMFi__lbZMfrI24G9N4gYV2Js6UQ4stflVRoaDlB_QcgTJBzwDxvakmU2ebZMYKQRE2PGvvSToxR9Xe4znJux9mN4319O0Zb6t2dHcEIJSTVwaftmI7m3FQ_okisuM0q6RCDLt7ShpDe1uSY/s320/MXLO2904.JPEG" width="151" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And planting fruit trees. Here's us pushing 3 trees to the Jeep and then thinking... <i>hmmm... where shall we put these exactly??<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></i></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgR2pUplgTRqNc17ljRtSYcSyRRnBmNmA1DusfIsJjsxTmB-3S0SSFD3sMagpsx_xSg51iLmcdEgrldofERp3Bf5yT7nC_43-oO2cY9HaSjp7dLzPgSS4nJh27swRZVt_qI6SofNWiRcfYWga6dwtvQLS6r4e9z5s-Ul1hAoUoEJa5xIVTSgLUEHz4/s4032/MKFD9557.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgR2pUplgTRqNc17ljRtSYcSyRRnBmNmA1DusfIsJjsxTmB-3S0SSFD3sMagpsx_xSg51iLmcdEgrldofERp3Bf5yT7nC_43-oO2cY9HaSjp7dLzPgSS4nJh27swRZVt_qI6SofNWiRcfYWga6dwtvQLS6r4e9z5s-Ul1hAoUoEJa5xIVTSgLUEHz4/s320/MKFD9557.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Luckily we only live 3-ish, very slow, miles away as these babies rode on my lap and on the center console sticking out the sunroof on the way home. We got a lot of looks!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6shnA6h4TfDyNzd1tm2srNiwz-EoV3_1t6T1gypxgjR0pkxwi4nesPb9IgswPHIso2OHGseNBhW5G1k5VbcuSd_KkPF_uNwErhcTenbeiDDPMK1020MbyZU-bKGiNWal3Qo1mPlq0FlP4f-jqL5KZQIRM1pawxn0ulFqmbiTYrVJEPiRTq57-0vJI/s4032/IMG_9380.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6shnA6h4TfDyNzd1tm2srNiwz-EoV3_1t6T1gypxgjR0pkxwi4nesPb9IgswPHIso2OHGseNBhW5G1k5VbcuSd_KkPF_uNwErhcTenbeiDDPMK1020MbyZU-bKGiNWal3Qo1mPlq0FlP4f-jqL5KZQIRM1pawxn0ulFqmbiTYrVJEPiRTq57-0vJI/s4032/IMG_9380.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8OjzAm-f0LKy1Hhy-RM9BpRhBTXalbPz_xmjVNkav5J_7MdU2WjsOZ2YcMx4wK7NFn7z24RbT262Rf2ZKUOe615Na85DVQTF_lw8YEYrTQA92Lp20EssGB39RJgMXqYLUWp6EsJAu4P6aPwKqKbmBRzaKxQR_MowsiFUTpbeLvJh86ZgC0bV5Dlsq/s4032/IMG_9378.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8OjzAm-f0LKy1Hhy-RM9BpRhBTXalbPz_xmjVNkav5J_7MdU2WjsOZ2YcMx4wK7NFn7z24RbT262Rf2ZKUOe615Na85DVQTF_lw8YEYrTQA92Lp20EssGB39RJgMXqYLUWp6EsJAu4P6aPwKqKbmBRzaKxQR_MowsiFUTpbeLvJh86ZgC0bV5Dlsq/s320/IMG_9378.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Progress picture of the grove with the brush/other small trees gone and hours and hours of roots and weeds hand cleared from the ground. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6shnA6h4TfDyNzd1tm2srNiwz-EoV3_1t6T1gypxgjR0pkxwi4nesPb9IgswPHIso2OHGseNBhW5G1k5VbcuSd_KkPF_uNwErhcTenbeiDDPMK1020MbyZU-bKGiNWal3Qo1mPlq0FlP4f-jqL5KZQIRM1pawxn0ulFqmbiTYrVJEPiRTq57-0vJI/s320/IMG_9380.JPG" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Utilizing my last year's birthday present of my leaf hands!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5Uryjw8O_UK3dyNO8qVpaXi_7d4p99VZQyE-DHcJxoFUvV-HN2g3WVg8e9vHHSLkbkhn2D92c9SJlJbcGU1kKrvclWgDfm4BXvz9unLskdAoTjtZ7dKTUHjCJZ-7ecbpwUK6jES8QzmBkhdoJ1ByzrgRmKNRQKkWCrpOqprSUkl_zLAJ1BS1haVu/s4032/IMG_9357.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5Uryjw8O_UK3dyNO8qVpaXi_7d4p99VZQyE-DHcJxoFUvV-HN2g3WVg8e9vHHSLkbkhn2D92c9SJlJbcGU1kKrvclWgDfm4BXvz9unLskdAoTjtZ7dKTUHjCJZ-7ecbpwUK6jES8QzmBkhdoJ1ByzrgRmKNRQKkWCrpOqprSUkl_zLAJ1BS1haVu/s320/IMG_9357.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So just went outside to water the fruit trees and saw a deer print in the ground. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It went something like this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>oh hey, a deer print!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>oh the prints are walking over to my apple tree...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>wait a minute a bunch of the leaves and flowers are gone!!!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Doug, emergency! We need to perimeter the trees tonight!!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So Doug has been at our college ministry group and is stopping by Walmart on his way home at 10pm to get stakes and fishing line so he can work by headlamp-light to perimeter the trees. Sigh, such is the life of the "farmer" I guess. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02685230580167231442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036272516528479528.post-63367577523252909672023-04-06T19:34:00.000-07:002023-04-06T19:34:08.970-07:00102<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYqg90sMiFyZEuNd5Nj0uS0fsYqmM9aYmtA_0BX7r8-CV-YsH-rTBg15McFTZDvsrxm2QAkhRzbICgbqi4ZkuUzD0gUMh53LQTpkMOv7JaNernys399i7xAjgIFiX5REa6EYWly5-Z-r8_JCG99ldw6LvGRlQYHT_Ok3auoUNaD-ZkhcQnyRDVT7U/s960/339766325_930022245005573_8904738974735711290_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="674" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYqg90sMiFyZEuNd5Nj0uS0fsYqmM9aYmtA_0BX7r8-CV-YsH-rTBg15McFTZDvsrxm2QAkhRzbICgbqi4ZkuUzD0gUMh53LQTpkMOv7JaNernys399i7xAjgIFiX5REa6EYWly5-Z-r8_JCG99ldw6LvGRlQYHT_Ok3auoUNaD-ZkhcQnyRDVT7U/s320/339766325_930022245005573_8904738974735711290_n.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Grandpa turned 102 today. Here he is with a cake my cousin made for him, he's so cute. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He is my last grandparent. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today we were in the city where he used to live before my Grandma broke her hip and they had to leave their home with its upstairs bedroom and move up North to live with one of my uncles. So I wanted to stop by their house, and maybe send Grandpa a pic on his birthday. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As we were driving down the street I was commenting to Doug about how few original homes remained as the homes were being torn down for these mansions on the small, but wonderful close to downtown, lots. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then we pulled up....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_FH7-f8zRBN58DY9Q3Q9iEWKV_LdfC3qdxB_S--hjvja1MB_C41AgsICUXmghNKhiiymshTuPsVK_0VcY3kSTooZaGBl04QCYLGQpcLvaMuW__DQSvm6AgheUQaoHXamrHQ3T2OA5roYKzo4BCpYkzK1MT7smLltn5eBDrxa876BtTzfcYDDzdIA/s1280/E47F87F3-7CD0-44D3-8CD0-17EB007F031C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="958" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_FH7-f8zRBN58DY9Q3Q9iEWKV_LdfC3qdxB_S--hjvja1MB_C41AgsICUXmghNKhiiymshTuPsVK_0VcY3kSTooZaGBl04QCYLGQpcLvaMuW__DQSvm6AgheUQaoHXamrHQ3T2OA5roYKzo4BCpYkzK1MT7smLltn5eBDrxa876BtTzfcYDDzdIA/w300-h400/E47F87F3-7CD0-44D3-8CD0-17EB007F031C.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was gone.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And I got out and stood by that fence and just started sobbing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm not even sure why. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's just a house and they haven't even been there for nearly 10 years now. For a now mostly wealthy area, it was a small house built in 1901, and I kept thinking one of these days when I'd drive by this is what I'd find, but I was shocked all the same. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My grandparents bought the house a few years after they married, they raised 8 kids in that house, my grandpa built an addition on the back, I lived there a good almost 10 years on and off as I watched it for them when they went to Florida for the winters and as I went to school and figured out life. So many fun memories of racing down the streets with my cousins and playing in the backyard. It seemed so huge back then, and looks so teeny now with the trees ripped out and the house gone. So many family dinners around the dinner table and people crammed into the living rooms. Parties at "grandma's house" in my college years. So so many good memories.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think I felt extra sad because now I don't have either of my grandparents' homes to look at anymore. My mom's side my grandparents' home burnt down in a fire, with my Grandpa Arthur inside. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And now this one is gone too. And Grandpa is my last grandparent, I'm lucky to have had him this long, I know. Doug said to me, he hasn't had any grandparents in over a decade now. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anyway, I was just feeling sad. I know I must have a picture of it somewhere, but for now all I have is this one off zillow where you can see they haven't powerwashed it in forever, and after 100+ years the front steps were now starting to slant, I don't know what those people did to it to let it fall into such disrepair. My grandpa always took such good care of it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyBC2vtpAYTs4arjn5m3cB3-TaH7hXbccgKFfFTTdQx5IbIvk5EKD_k92CrerPa5YoFduHgKGjaq4q8PMKzFFHyyumlJpZD58AZCLC9S8nTBfanDmYNBydWPAY_IKszmNLWyfo8O1-mYWyjaICho6EP5z3Y2jrBZ-lRWsQf4eSik8yzRDSD6yVsg8N/s1096/B2755391-2EED-436B-B4E5-6B218A128284.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyBC2vtpAYTs4arjn5m3cB3-TaH7hXbccgKFfFTTdQx5IbIvk5EKD_k92CrerPa5YoFduHgKGjaq4q8PMKzFFHyyumlJpZD58AZCLC9S8nTBfanDmYNBydWPAY_IKszmNLWyfo8O1-mYWyjaICho6EP5z3Y2jrBZ-lRWsQf4eSik8yzRDSD6yVsg8N/s320/B2755391-2EED-436B-B4E5-6B218A128284.jpeg" width="219" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anyway, just feeling sad. Missing my Grandma who's been gone 5(?) years already, but feels like much longer since she battled Alzheimer's for a long time. Life feels very bittersweet sometimes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I need to make a plan to go visit him again. We went up last October for a quick visit and I love seeing my kids spend time with him. August was so excited to teach him to use his Nerf gun. He can almost relate better to him, I find myself struggling to know what to talk about with the age-related memory loss and he can't really follow a conversation much anymore. But I still love to see him and just like to be there. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzuZfuxCcLTdV6KTON0kNujVQsPMfer2f21e8sBqfawSuD_lwPflm0nGb96rmLGi6eYnectL83WoTSLFsbCUA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy birthday Grandpa. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I know he longs to be in heaven with Jesus and my grandma, so I hope someday soon he will, but I also think it's so neat he's still here. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02685230580167231442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036272516528479528.post-82709379564841762362023-03-14T10:47:00.003-07:002023-03-14T10:47:33.105-07:00life lately<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd0E-l2X2x8Lh1BAoDfdW01LViRHSsL3wCRLXghH9sb3wggScxMVf8aW0D5iav9eu6gPyrqX7H5v8g1FkfB2IK0TwjLqnGm8gNTVxVk0tNERou0NuGMg4GyE6VKXo5a7MwQ69RgrbPOLw5jtyEOd3zIDhwwISqohlpRLBRWLPrMrV6_hoxTI3-RbP4/s3377/IMG_E8593.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3377" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd0E-l2X2x8Lh1BAoDfdW01LViRHSsL3wCRLXghH9sb3wggScxMVf8aW0D5iav9eu6gPyrqX7H5v8g1FkfB2IK0TwjLqnGm8gNTVxVk0tNERou0NuGMg4GyE6VKXo5a7MwQ69RgrbPOLw5jtyEOd3zIDhwwISqohlpRLBRWLPrMrV6_hoxTI3-RbP4/s320/IMG_E8593.JPG" width="220" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had a family getaway to a waterpark.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I posted on FB the story of this waterpark trip:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">This post is a “thank you” to the woman in Meijer back in January who paid for my groceries. I don’t know what you saw as you looked at me and my girls as we squeezed in a grocery trip between speech therapy and morning nap. But you came over to us and told me you felt led to pay for my groceries, yes, all $270 worth. </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; text-align: start; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 16px;"><img alt="😬" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t18/1.5/16/1f62c.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"> You pushed your cart away with a smile and a wink and you told me “go do something fun with those girls.” The very night before, a coworker had told me about </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">a different waterpark and as Doug and I looked it up we filed it away under the category of ‘sure when we have an extra $250 laying around.’ I drove home from the grocery store humbled, and in thankful tears, and I came right home and booked the trip. So, thank you, whoever you were. Your generosity was just so touching to my heart that day. And you have five very happy people who spent some wonderful family time together. </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; text-align: start; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 16px;"><img alt="🎉" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/te5/1.5/16/1f389.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4eLYC5RqYoSq_yIFUQ1hiolIaGxt4sq7PJ7t9i3oAQ_QZ7iEF4LMxmUEAaFkYhlLPb63c0F2u5XCXb4ufi5RHuYWHYQxXPCO4Ubx7iUpUI-KyceGqnF_WbNyqEollyIKkj55pMlEEeuga38ImyH5J4MpYrBsCorwgSplTEeoZGPxcL5QyFgtMHgd_/s931/IMG_E8576.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="931" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4eLYC5RqYoSq_yIFUQ1hiolIaGxt4sq7PJ7t9i3oAQ_QZ7iEF4LMxmUEAaFkYhlLPb63c0F2u5XCXb4ufi5RHuYWHYQxXPCO4Ubx7iUpUI-KyceGqnF_WbNyqEollyIKkj55pMlEEeuga38ImyH5J4MpYrBsCorwgSplTEeoZGPxcL5QyFgtMHgd_/s320/IMG_E8576.JPG" width="258" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jeanie learning at speech therapy.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinCQEdAfOsaXnOek9M98KIabCI3-NGEiVuJ1hDigDjlPNnQr6Qk8koN6lZbtciHHat9BxMorgbjIEbECo5K_mHPM_qP2p0dtJMXDTfv9xz_PGR2mf6Dfr6w7xBe9SQ2InHP5Jq5aJvaBI8TX-lLx7sXD-H7UziqpDvUoJARFRl562h0RJfiX4iQfHk/s4032/IMG_8644.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinCQEdAfOsaXnOek9M98KIabCI3-NGEiVuJ1hDigDjlPNnQr6Qk8koN6lZbtciHHat9BxMorgbjIEbECo5K_mHPM_qP2p0dtJMXDTfv9xz_PGR2mf6Dfr6w7xBe9SQ2InHP5Jq5aJvaBI8TX-lLx7sXD-H7UziqpDvUoJARFRl562h0RJfiX4iQfHk/s320/IMG_8644.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Caught some sibling love at swim class.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnt1KA7rK6Vb7b15vpdcYWqG8Ylyw91kFTghTPfJdLYXHrPCtVxZKTuFFxwxcHCumH40otCcQpdXgNzNHnj-I6wfbUs2RvgjRGbVf-s9h0T_C5peQYvZkqtGQMMjveG5GfH_JUiEda8FVUDSUH9l5ap_d1hldyGQH9z8wPGsQPAFwR4ThtYjJSGmRq/s3088/IMG_8642.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnt1KA7rK6Vb7b15vpdcYWqG8Ylyw91kFTghTPfJdLYXHrPCtVxZKTuFFxwxcHCumH40otCcQpdXgNzNHnj-I6wfbUs2RvgjRGbVf-s9h0T_C5peQYvZkqtGQMMjveG5GfH_JUiEda8FVUDSUH9l5ap_d1hldyGQH9z8wPGsQPAFwR4ThtYjJSGmRq/s320/IMG_8642.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some sibling love of my own! Going line-dancing with my sister.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjREbZZcVL2KMzQDkzJZHtuUFo41HMPfBr607q8J9siLbhXBRdBcI3RRfr89QIHGXRAjoEJIYVnTBllV-osRbYL_gHwtDROWhsK5yoIhOyZQ41geKsLd3ey9TqUy-TyKSlYXDuFr3QYntd46keElAP1vKfRezsxKW1fmIMCLexzOavYE8WVqwr1f1QI/s4032/IMG_8562.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjREbZZcVL2KMzQDkzJZHtuUFo41HMPfBr607q8J9siLbhXBRdBcI3RRfr89QIHGXRAjoEJIYVnTBllV-osRbYL_gHwtDROWhsK5yoIhOyZQ41geKsLd3ey9TqUy-TyKSlYXDuFr3QYntd46keElAP1vKfRezsxKW1fmIMCLexzOavYE8WVqwr1f1QI/s320/IMG_8562.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJSfQAks6PIhuUtbIbBUdQfiSS84JGsp_hGpdtACIgOF8lutlnMf7Pb06GB6p-ptEPKN3n8xsRwc_JF9DkTMmGZ7_XxhGFoherUNO8sksvu0ev5PyStF9RTOZzKHRiRYqV9wmrV8GW4mjJXO3SahtAnyHXXyszha89JkTcgwDFnXIqYwIY0UQxt1rb/s4032/IMG_8560.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJSfQAks6PIhuUtbIbBUdQfiSS84JGsp_hGpdtACIgOF8lutlnMf7Pb06GB6p-ptEPKN3n8xsRwc_JF9DkTMmGZ7_XxhGFoherUNO8sksvu0ev5PyStF9RTOZzKHRiRYqV9wmrV8GW4mjJXO3SahtAnyHXXyszha89JkTcgwDFnXIqYwIY0UQxt1rb/s320/IMG_8560.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Doug's adventure of making maple syrup!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgct2_hqVHJfx0YdrvqgrZAwMCyRA1T6YpPbuvPHs3kc9_oGfb-zoGmY4qoFNxiyZrfuU8VfXqgcGt8QOCT-alFQOURZkZ0j0LxbFIG4PUwFy3T721eOqv008wLnbICcdGoMnRIGIarwODHA1-hgeVMRr4kkGzPKxBsHzYNdYdpHPEirrCUUpDtfNBG/s4032/IMG_8514.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgct2_hqVHJfx0YdrvqgrZAwMCyRA1T6YpPbuvPHs3kc9_oGfb-zoGmY4qoFNxiyZrfuU8VfXqgcGt8QOCT-alFQOURZkZ0j0LxbFIG4PUwFy3T721eOqv008wLnbICcdGoMnRIGIarwODHA1-hgeVMRr4kkGzPKxBsHzYNdYdpHPEirrCUUpDtfNBG/s320/IMG_8514.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Baby girl is 18 months. Time fliiiiiies!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi71afG3uVtKJao6C-fUi_ygkvT-NkzdGJ74jFxAKLpubl-siRk80fDfyo17DCkDInL12SY4ZOajYBl_Z0sSQy48eWwfNZ0rvYJk_5pHDdju8gNF7HLx5xjAVWHIqdD1gv7tOfZr75CK9otDi-igVNRQ97vJfTXv8-56_TERg44Xy-gvoOM7RONBwBg/s4032/IMG_8494.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi71afG3uVtKJao6C-fUi_ygkvT-NkzdGJ74jFxAKLpubl-siRk80fDfyo17DCkDInL12SY4ZOajYBl_Z0sSQy48eWwfNZ0rvYJk_5pHDdju8gNF7HLx5xjAVWHIqdD1gv7tOfZr75CK9otDi-igVNRQ97vJfTXv8-56_TERg44Xy-gvoOM7RONBwBg/s320/IMG_8494.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had a list of books Doug reserved from the library and this was one of them, we didn't know it was going to be 2+ feet high, lol, where do they even shelve that?!?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGp_JI-tJaARSeXBNijHRUAVPU2M0Qoyq1KauUyupnPSaYEXjw80V2wuaYXQqpxfNHztdp9ulrF9wfcpEwxLmQneNw-JPICP1SQ06R3ggJ2ZUuHF4Msvq_gnWYPkSjGB15YNmD2E9hpapbAQSb1LgAkB5MxB8ZO-jQ_fzBuJImvxR2ITFillioFPcI/s2016/AFBZ0651.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="954" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGp_JI-tJaARSeXBNijHRUAVPU2M0Qoyq1KauUyupnPSaYEXjw80V2wuaYXQqpxfNHztdp9ulrF9wfcpEwxLmQneNw-JPICP1SQ06R3ggJ2ZUuHF4Msvq_gnWYPkSjGB15YNmD2E9hpapbAQSb1LgAkB5MxB8ZO-jQ_fzBuJImvxR2ITFillioFPcI/s320/AFBZ0651.JPEG" width="151" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love catching little moments like this <3</div><br /><p></p>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02685230580167231442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036272516528479528.post-71002798635357529912023-02-22T13:22:00.000-08:002023-02-22T13:22:29.006-08:00Fixing my daughter's Warmie<p>My daughter was gifted this little puppy Warmie a couple years ago and it is her f-a-v-o-r-i-t-e... she sleeps with it nightly and rolls it around in her stroller and takes it everywhere. Which is why, despite my 'no toys in the bathroom' rule, he was in there and fell into the (full) potty chair. EW. </p><p>Anyone with a Warmie knows the #1 rule is you can't wash it. BUT, as I said, it fell in the potty chair. So into the washer he went, along with another Warmie, a bear one we bought for her at Oswald's Bear Ranch that was also in on this bathroom party.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCZR0EIfS549sEf6wPDhF0ANKiqk23iGN72g_qtZrNu0M2FRNsFeZIHHdkoNeclvr4R4OqrfvgWI8RhXWRNVlmlbvyMkLwIVzZ_SsaC5f9FP9zCYVciFJ5YrxIG7ZsrjXIN9xRPNf0ji-s_shA-Ys7Jo1e7JLpuPRZ5U2P6oHMxRb0CnnxJ_oIN5Gx/s4032/IMG_7928.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCZR0EIfS549sEf6wPDhF0ANKiqk23iGN72g_qtZrNu0M2FRNsFeZIHHdkoNeclvr4R4OqrfvgWI8RhXWRNVlmlbvyMkLwIVzZ_SsaC5f9FP9zCYVciFJ5YrxIG7ZsrjXIN9xRPNf0ji-s_shA-Ys7Jo1e7JLpuPRZ5U2P6oHMxRb0CnnxJ_oIN5Gx/s320/IMG_7928.JPG" width="240" /></a></p><p>As soon as I pulled it from the washer and it was like 10 pounds I realized why they say don't wash it. Because those Warmies are filled with flaxseed for weight and lavender seeds for smell so when you put the toy in the microwave it provides a nice warm, scented "warmie". My daughter had never even used it as a Warmie, so I didn't care about that, but I had to fix him!</p><p>So, I slit him open in the back and sure enough he was filled with now heavy, wet, slimy, expanded seeds.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi19d4NdtgOGXrxCMrsRBc5JJfBIb4MI7T2So-McEUY6vPCczFy05k_UvOgrrf0nDp68FszyeHtf82hJvZTEkMG_VOdS-vY9jciUfX1ZRl3CcsTFCVXUhrMF5NqvuONfUAAk2kNH9A9sw7No8IPMBgFhMxVrgBfNIVJfb3zBoHRn29pyXfsmUvGy0yt/s4032/IMG_7929.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi19d4NdtgOGXrxCMrsRBc5JJfBIb4MI7T2So-McEUY6vPCczFy05k_UvOgrrf0nDp68FszyeHtf82hJvZTEkMG_VOdS-vY9jciUfX1ZRl3CcsTFCVXUhrMF5NqvuONfUAAk2kNH9A9sw7No8IPMBgFhMxVrgBfNIVJfb3zBoHRn29pyXfsmUvGy0yt/s320/IMG_7929.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1UcTK77KLPo2XLI0g29j08f52cIk31v2JamawpzDA9S-0wiL9lDbY6S2QSS0im_f7CVQo2PIqCiU0ShcFhKDZIosY9BYJaizTC_q759pZ8x0yDRC95uaVfiBYYJxMzgQEqtaC3MqW5mR9xwpfZnObtLE9ex6QjNcJTb8sR7fXFej_QeyBFa8A2mZ3/s4032/IMG_7930.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1UcTK77KLPo2XLI0g29j08f52cIk31v2JamawpzDA9S-0wiL9lDbY6S2QSS0im_f7CVQo2PIqCiU0ShcFhKDZIosY9BYJaizTC_q759pZ8x0yDRC95uaVfiBYYJxMzgQEqtaC3MqW5mR9xwpfZnObtLE9ex6QjNcJTb8sR7fXFej_QeyBFa8A2mZ3/s320/IMG_7930.JPG" width="240" /></a></div></div><br />Looked so weird. Most of them squeezed out easily, but the seeds tucked into his paws and just stuck on the inside took a long time to rinse out. I wanted to get them all out because I was googling how to fix it and I read someones' Warmie sprouted something after they had washed it! 😲<br /><p></p><p>Next up was the bear.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgN7aXnh_-PU3iOT-QnCCxHwx1Zkzozs9OtQzGqg15CKofL6tufR8GPIPkeFlnOk5dH_8OE6Yyf2QlKzObfULbIT_AnGcZLTvJ940HVU4YAIMLzxZm0QJJiTw8MhHGuNZ-stGr5PZFbocExFdPYgHHTrG7fhzZKyw5EevCDugqX6QeceEaEwxn536u/s4032/IMG_7933.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgN7aXnh_-PU3iOT-QnCCxHwx1Zkzozs9OtQzGqg15CKofL6tufR8GPIPkeFlnOk5dH_8OE6Yyf2QlKzObfULbIT_AnGcZLTvJ940HVU4YAIMLzxZm0QJJiTw8MhHGuNZ-stGr5PZFbocExFdPYgHHTrG7fhzZKyw5EevCDugqX6QeceEaEwxn536u/s4032/IMG_7933.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMybuom2vfZwtlPt5e-1ie38EfMrNkHKqKrSw4KUIQLFyCRE_XNnS2qhk0cU8lh46_yDdJyRltFwbacOl1ThvLMg4BC9as5ufafKoi4h6dKKOs67NsNP4KfEnzD4EkQL-JL3iZfdIOgYr_Qy2M3Z4Dnmz0N7V4DF528-4D2qh5kisFxwB0sZ_RoWwk/s4032/IMG_7931.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMybuom2vfZwtlPt5e-1ie38EfMrNkHKqKrSw4KUIQLFyCRE_XNnS2qhk0cU8lh46_yDdJyRltFwbacOl1ThvLMg4BC9as5ufafKoi4h6dKKOs67NsNP4KfEnzD4EkQL-JL3iZfdIOgYr_Qy2M3Z4Dnmz0N7V4DF528-4D2qh5kisFxwB0sZ_RoWwk/s320/IMG_7931.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQKs1T2n64Lw6w6_UIzVho2i56l83lW5eyvXMC4mcn271Rq6s6WLjklkXr6M5Jlkj48ig8KXfLlm-UUsPkS99b4sj-iyjDsVGTLKEkpJnxJnSICkrzE5MYifmgd-Zyw0LuVP8senQI67o5_g_3m4PpBMpv2K_O7Qwa5usrynlxy1OAb3IZcPcAYjbi/s4032/IMG_7932.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQKs1T2n64Lw6w6_UIzVho2i56l83lW5eyvXMC4mcn271Rq6s6WLjklkXr6M5Jlkj48ig8KXfLlm-UUsPkS99b4sj-iyjDsVGTLKEkpJnxJnSICkrzE5MYifmgd-Zyw0LuVP8senQI67o5_g_3m4PpBMpv2K_O7Qwa5usrynlxy1OAb3IZcPcAYjbi/s320/IMG_7932.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; text-align: left;">If someone had told me that having kids meant spending 2 hours on a Friday night disemboweling stuffed animals of their innards I would've said 'hmmm... we'll see about that', BUT the things you do for love.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgN7aXnh_-PU3iOT-QnCCxHwx1Zkzozs9OtQzGqg15CKofL6tufR8GPIPkeFlnOk5dH_8OE6Yyf2QlKzObfULbIT_AnGcZLTvJ940HVU4YAIMLzxZm0QJJiTw8MhHGuNZ-stGr5PZFbocExFdPYgHHTrG7fhzZKyw5EevCDugqX6QeceEaEwxn536u/s320/IMG_7933.JPG" width="240" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Little empty animals.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had fluff and I bought a bag of the stuff they put in those weighted blankets to give them both some heaviness.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVxEqPvLGIq-kGR4q3fD16helkMiaXSA25Er5aGDHHfP8F5OAyITdlSkGWsyHtDBo8kxXJ_mb12cHjmPZqJJZjW2OzrhdFGLNOIkbDgM9RrecUbaDUMF9wzoLiN7nhQjQQ-aD7-MaQ_68-r6JNK3V7SKF7fs2AAnEefH_cNfeaGpOV0EqWC2vYzFZi/s4032/IMG_7961.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVxEqPvLGIq-kGR4q3fD16helkMiaXSA25Er5aGDHHfP8F5OAyITdlSkGWsyHtDBo8kxXJ_mb12cHjmPZqJJZjW2OzrhdFGLNOIkbDgM9RrecUbaDUMF9wzoLiN7nhQjQQ-aD7-MaQ_68-r6JNK3V7SKF7fs2AAnEefH_cNfeaGpOV0EqWC2vYzFZi/s320/IMG_7961.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another fun hour stuffing them up, and spilling impossibly tiny plastic beads all over my table and floor, and sewing them up again. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiVrsxpPBceepaB1Pf-jLbf_A1vsm5DnqhX2XSE4cL-yzr5HEFDI682Vhwx4_Ksu7gUuEsrB3r200hi_rsj9yuwqkOdtz6yQ9MizAfBHbo2IEiqAXkUBlVvwof--1WqaH8W0x1ertlWxhQFaJQak1Z7qPKsuZQMQAKg2pXM69K-jpzphY5dJF3dUJ4/s4032/IMG_7962.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiVrsxpPBceepaB1Pf-jLbf_A1vsm5DnqhX2XSE4cL-yzr5HEFDI682Vhwx4_Ksu7gUuEsrB3r200hi_rsj9yuwqkOdtz6yQ9MizAfBHbo2IEiqAXkUBlVvwof--1WqaH8W0x1ertlWxhQFaJQak1Z7qPKsuZQMQAKg2pXM69K-jpzphY5dJF3dUJ4/s320/IMG_7962.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But, she was SO happy to see them again outside her door when she woke up. It made it all worth it. 💓</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /><br />Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02685230580167231442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036272516528479528.post-63183618199797571022023-02-09T18:13:00.000-08:002023-02-09T18:13:27.694-08:00on my heart<p> I've been thinking about homeschooling our oldest ever since his first week of starting kindergarten. Something just didn't "feel" right. But I was intimidated. I purposefully did not go into teaching, started to, got overwhelmed thinking about being responsible for creating 'lesson plans' and changed majors.</p><p>Sometime during the fall shortly after he started school I heard about a hybrid program that was 2 days school (but like a charter type, not public curriculum) and then 3 days homeschooling where you finish up the check-off list of the week's schooling. I've talked at length to the administrator, interviewed 2 moms who go there, toured the school, prayed, and step by step we have come to the decision to apply. It feels really good, the coming to a decision after months of prayer, thought, and research. So I hope soon we will know the outcome. In the meantime, I have really been loving the school more and more where he is. It's never really been a problem with the school, except for it being expensive, it's always been about wanting more time with him and to foster an environment of trust, care, love, and learning. </p><p>One of the moms that I talked to told me about a homeschooling mom she follows on Instagram and I have started following her too. I've already got so many good tips and things I just agree on. Toy recommendations, book recommendations, started the online piano academy her son went to. And the other day she posted these:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixXWnwpLiX-kSk_wxb0NERMIKFQyXAa_kCyS_67dMBwJiiaGvejfiAvFBqHnd6bS2eWHA61zINBEvY2i71HMdld7iob5YYetflittI7YtJ-U0YzPeMklRwp2z-2wEpYamAczODiI_eO_Gi4pkhhRLVttN4cKOEPSIXl-yN4buN57sB3pLVax0VDavA/s767/40F919F5-E9AA-480F-95D1-671604C4B97F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixXWnwpLiX-kSk_wxb0NERMIKFQyXAa_kCyS_67dMBwJiiaGvejfiAvFBqHnd6bS2eWHA61zINBEvY2i71HMdld7iob5YYetflittI7YtJ-U0YzPeMklRwp2z-2wEpYamAczODiI_eO_Gi4pkhhRLVttN4cKOEPSIXl-yN4buN57sB3pLVax0VDavA/s320/40F919F5-E9AA-480F-95D1-671604C4B97F.jpeg" width="313" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdlzUG1YkLZgZWskff8ezFsvUNqmH9fj3pXjQTn1smTFyBeiX3CdeanVD86ddsYuouyxAqyeD4r50Lfv0hhGrGZ6vitWNAgP3me0-G9xgpAtcvfJTXghNSdmr9p3bjtb5LLjSpbzVCJ8jyMrj1S6SYEk36tI4Eo5yQobto1gPfXDgUD2V94Mp585oF/s809/96D1FE44-033F-4569-9A3C-35C87A79D9B0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdlzUG1YkLZgZWskff8ezFsvUNqmH9fj3pXjQTn1smTFyBeiX3CdeanVD86ddsYuouyxAqyeD4r50Lfv0hhGrGZ6vitWNAgP3me0-G9xgpAtcvfJTXghNSdmr9p3bjtb5LLjSpbzVCJ8jyMrj1S6SYEk36tI4Eo5yQobto1gPfXDgUD2V94Mp585oF/s320/96D1FE44-033F-4569-9A3C-35C87A79D9B0.jpeg" width="297" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBpLvhFe2V1nLD0xc5HejXQxNolJe2qJEB-WRjDTsKqWPJzl8TnoTbTVohtaAWWoRMvdlnBmVC5vOami4rNNVhFSOYvN695KB4by_aoEOJ1X6CAPGn-N2_jU6mlF1NgWNdXOtbXx9OWhu15AFC7cK0MXFggh4VRS4GS2X5da3xWlu4TKv1Tr-vKF-h/s809/8C4598C8-BDFC-4440-8282-D1FC1CBDFA67.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBpLvhFe2V1nLD0xc5HejXQxNolJe2qJEB-WRjDTsKqWPJzl8TnoTbTVohtaAWWoRMvdlnBmVC5vOami4rNNVhFSOYvN695KB4by_aoEOJ1X6CAPGn-N2_jU6mlF1NgWNdXOtbXx9OWhu15AFC7cK0MXFggh4VRS4GS2X5da3xWlu4TKv1Tr-vKF-h/s320/8C4598C8-BDFC-4440-8282-D1FC1CBDFA67.jpeg" width="297" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is me. This is exactly where I'm at. Overwhelmed, but overwhelmed by wanting to do my very best by these three little hearts. Struggling with doing it, but wanting to spend more and more time with them; the good, the bad, the ugly (and very often, the poopy at this particular stage). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm praying for the Lord to guide us. Either he gets into this new school and we begin a new chapter in our lives this fall taking a little different of a road- or he doesn't, and he continues at a great school, I'm trying to trust in Him and His plan. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And me. Reminding myself that I'm in charge of my attitude, and my response. And it's so good to remember this LEANING IN, in all areas, as a daily offering to Him.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02685230580167231442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036272516528479528.post-1616601402983896122023-01-24T19:42:00.006-08:002023-01-25T18:38:57.168-08:00busy week<p> Another busy week in the books. While I was at my work weekend, my dad and Doug took the 2 oldest to the circus. They said it was kinda frustrating at first because the tickets were advertised as (and in writing as) a free kid with each adult purchased ticket, but it was super long cold lines outside and then re-routed to other lines to trade the other tickets for "real tickets", which they had to pay for. And finally got bad seats due to waiting in lines for so long. But, Doug said the kids really liked the show and it was a good performance.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxZLV5Z1PMcCABM7Ypdt5Ndj2CWeXa_Qo5Qb4FJIaOOiyVM6d0sCJ8kje8ex3g48GtUK8EKmenBhkNBsd-moyLsMjULRKGAptEbAW-nLwSk3ev2h2NAlndbkaEF6W0mx8NTlEoiyzAbdMkEMUy84OATWWCepQOdiuOVezOzATJUfPjQ5g-gcJC8lHm/s2016/LOSS1390.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="954" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxZLV5Z1PMcCABM7Ypdt5Ndj2CWeXa_Qo5Qb4FJIaOOiyVM6d0sCJ8kje8ex3g48GtUK8EKmenBhkNBsd-moyLsMjULRKGAptEbAW-nLwSk3ev2h2NAlndbkaEF6W0mx8NTlEoiyzAbdMkEMUy84OATWWCepQOdiuOVezOzATJUfPjQ5g-gcJC8lHm/s320/LOSS1390.JPEG" width="151" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">3 cold people waiting in line.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJQfBddP4xHJe6yn7X3s-tIF4QShtjADbe_M01K5oWEmlU4UP_DBVz_rXt74OwUSpx0KzZN2cm7GppXJi8Stt1-oihchZunU529XeUBRLoGuV5cEe6SFAdkmfKMsQWfP1wRKCPmexxEtP6snhtO87niDbVGnk9WyDIHSZef6SyfxA4pDEXDTqFRvjL/s2016/TEDN6341.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="954" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJQfBddP4xHJe6yn7X3s-tIF4QShtjADbe_M01K5oWEmlU4UP_DBVz_rXt74OwUSpx0KzZN2cm7GppXJi8Stt1-oihchZunU529XeUBRLoGuV5cEe6SFAdkmfKMsQWfP1wRKCPmexxEtP6snhtO87niDbVGnk9WyDIHSZef6SyfxA4pDEXDTqFRvjL/s320/TEDN6341.JPEG" width="151" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Siiiiiigh. We have been potty training Jeanie, well, cracking down on the potty training we've loosely been doing the last year. Sometimes that means getting out of the bath to do your poop, and apparently sometimes that means having a second poop mere minutes later IN the tub. Ewwww. It's getting real old quickly the soaked underwear and pants and constant reminders. But hopefully soon it'll be behind us.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGb_zrXHtcMLxk0svzrvx5_b4Nruwx9WnxdtJ4S2tQK3D9FDB3_C8dOyC2ajHYwW4mYX3Q61eTvoVUois2Yvv71v3di49c-DwZPDnjtKunK8uNwHVRyBOnV3Z5EtW5t4p_VMEMH4kUc5tawLAdM16EBY_NuER27F5O6ES5oMHP6wYbE72dNQjXtKR7/s4027/RQIUE5057.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4027" data-original-width="2564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGb_zrXHtcMLxk0svzrvx5_b4Nruwx9WnxdtJ4S2tQK3D9FDB3_C8dOyC2ajHYwW4mYX3Q61eTvoVUois2Yvv71v3di49c-DwZPDnjtKunK8uNwHVRyBOnV3Z5EtW5t4p_VMEMH4kUc5tawLAdM16EBY_NuER27F5O6ES5oMHP6wYbE72dNQjXtKR7/s320/RQIUE5057.JPG" width="204" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The other day I thought I was tucking a long stray bang behind my ear when I realized no, I just have several areas of 3-4 inch strands of random hair. ??? I'd heard once that when you're pregnant you grow "baby hair" and so maybe that's what's been growing since being pregnant. Who knows. But I guess it's a good as reason as any why my hair won't all be up in a pony in the back.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU4WuhgDB6HwxfOsxFNOjQbz2wDPL69XOyrcqMV7gozAo2hTaVsrwrvQDhGVcgNioo8f5rxcJzXjC2wLYM6JgXFnJTlgs3F6l49lPX0kaMk_yP-jZK17-Ejbkad4LtzgjRZQGXLQNXwFSB6S8IgPx29s3cmoYXkQMDTmUys-7UQ3n9JCnviGd5qjkX/s3088/IMG_7637.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU4WuhgDB6HwxfOsxFNOjQbz2wDPL69XOyrcqMV7gozAo2hTaVsrwrvQDhGVcgNioo8f5rxcJzXjC2wLYM6JgXFnJTlgs3F6l49lPX0kaMk_yP-jZK17-Ejbkad4LtzgjRZQGXLQNXwFSB6S8IgPx29s3cmoYXkQMDTmUys-7UQ3n9JCnviGd5qjkX/s320/IMG_7637.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So apparently I need to wake up earlier. Last week my snooze habit (sometimes I don't even know I'm doing it!) Really bit me. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">First, woke up late, so was rushing to get August to the bus. Second, Jeanie who has recently been switched to a toddler bed from her crib and therefore she just comes out whenever she wants, came out of her room smelling like THE WORST diarrhea I'd ever smelled. Even her hair stunk, but yet it was all contained to her night diaper?? PTL. Anyway, then he missed the bus. I had to shower her off and get her ready. We raced out and dropped August off at school. No make up or shower for mom. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvoGpsiTCpvnPyT7RZtYk0ec9_SDPiEQRcMbvDvYkpaTRm3CCuMGpHcmx7PTT3FALEfV7bzDc1xlVTOZYSGbEMBLwRkaBjlFJGxZrsCutB6NOls2lORf4CosMDQkj4C5MIXP91FJ0b9lHEw5DAauWI_sqqYIsXEn8yCjq_x-ONsPDtb1QzYknagNjH/s3088/IMG_7546.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvoGpsiTCpvnPyT7RZtYk0ec9_SDPiEQRcMbvDvYkpaTRm3CCuMGpHcmx7PTT3FALEfV7bzDc1xlVTOZYSGbEMBLwRkaBjlFJGxZrsCutB6NOls2lORf4CosMDQkj4C5MIXP91FJ0b9lHEw5DAauWI_sqqYIsXEn8yCjq_x-ONsPDtb1QzYknagNjH/s320/IMG_7546.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">None of the girls had breakfast so we stopped at Mc Donalds. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRHR1X_FH8fTFofWGuujk9R71BL9Sr-1WIFfiAHUy3S0JZTOwk48ls9NXAphNV6x4Ez2Kybk7r7ucpIWnr6dowU2_fc171o962BkF3N9_-inKIk24ZTVfzGLB_H_8NotzbxuA7LPYpZrOWhNdfeceQiyRq7Aqq3Pluh-1mV44pPwdZBjGTjW2xwg3L/s4032/3859D928-67F7-4038-8DE4-D89176971F28.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRHR1X_FH8fTFofWGuujk9R71BL9Sr-1WIFfiAHUy3S0JZTOwk48ls9NXAphNV6x4Ez2Kybk7r7ucpIWnr6dowU2_fc171o962BkF3N9_-inKIk24ZTVfzGLB_H_8NotzbxuA7LPYpZrOWhNdfeceQiyRq7Aqq3Pluh-1mV44pPwdZBjGTjW2xwg3L/s320/3859D928-67F7-4038-8DE4-D89176971F28.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And a successful potty for my girl, while baby girl got wheeled in too since we were alone at McDonalds.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCaChfynopeU3P470VshmqPS40fwiZDgFI8Br9UOW15TL3gx9EmPHLxgJVFZ4nPxk63-NCem6v5E7ShNFEEWXrk2iZ-zvRNPfLjfPy8DVP1hY5LykEwhFbjXFRwaa8vfruaNqVOjmAFxDhQNKAOFXGD2v31lA2yumJ4t6ZX_cvvONg-7YpflJySQJs/s4032/CXXG2662.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCaChfynopeU3P470VshmqPS40fwiZDgFI8Br9UOW15TL3gx9EmPHLxgJVFZ4nPxk63-NCem6v5E7ShNFEEWXrk2iZ-zvRNPfLjfPy8DVP1hY5LykEwhFbjXFRwaa8vfruaNqVOjmAFxDhQNKAOFXGD2v31lA2yumJ4t6ZX_cvvONg-7YpflJySQJs/s320/CXXG2662.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jeanie had her speech therapy and as we drove there in the freezing rain I watched a small crack from the left corner of my windshield spread the entire way across to the right corner, popping as it went and leaving me terrified that I was about to get a face and eyes full of glass. I didn't, but it was very scary.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7nVjNn7FYuAG5H8iPEvswItxllqEvHeWb8Oq58cgAefvu2yBPBxom-E3G8zoOz6Ln3WsWrn79FqMEN3TOk-aAuC-j0h4AkTQ3N9_Qw-UcQ7JlMe9jK6jeYZntYP2OL1Lu6ny9YJ0C2sC8-DL_e35URElYWd2NJDZP9c_fOzJVzdd79IOZDxqmbuFR/s4032/CBEY4429.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7nVjNn7FYuAG5H8iPEvswItxllqEvHeWb8Oq58cgAefvu2yBPBxom-E3G8zoOz6Ln3WsWrn79FqMEN3TOk-aAuC-j0h4AkTQ3N9_Qw-UcQ7JlMe9jK6jeYZntYP2OL1Lu6ny9YJ0C2sC8-DL_e35URElYWd2NJDZP9c_fOzJVzdd79IOZDxqmbuFR/s320/CBEY4429.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After speech we went to do a grocery run, and as we were checking out a woman came over and said "I feel like I have to do this" and she paid for my groceries $270 WORTH (!!!!!), wow, so completely generous and such a blessing. And she just said "go do something fun with those girls". I drove home in awe and in tears. Just the night before I'd been talking with Doug about doing a family overnight at a waterpark hotel, but it was like, where do we just have $250 lying around not allocated to something else. But now it is booked! Thanks to a generous stranger. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next day August had a half school day so me & Jeanie picked him up, we got burgers at 5 Guys (Oh my gosh, everything is SO expensive these days, $35 for 3 burgers and 1 fry!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgaUyj9Cr1GK2_SuNOd0nrnV_Ncoj0nL6AIXn9qCrZow6u35VTz3Tgp1ZWEslS2YgocvOc7PSEnFOkQXLSOcjkmZcbBUEFzIcoIEzkXfIGxGCYkK1_DTqrjNlszIoAPnvnsZrNQvBaelylApsVNZIdWZ6Fb509RhuCN8vheYckXP44ReQWZMaU2414/s3088/IMG_7553.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgaUyj9Cr1GK2_SuNOd0nrnV_Ncoj0nL6AIXn9qCrZow6u35VTz3Tgp1ZWEslS2YgocvOc7PSEnFOkQXLSOcjkmZcbBUEFzIcoIEzkXfIGxGCYkK1_DTqrjNlszIoAPnvnsZrNQvBaelylApsVNZIdWZ6Fb509RhuCN8vheYckXP44ReQWZMaU2414/s320/IMG_7553.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMeJu5XHgQMDsOV0Flel6wszkw6krqiFilvXvtxCrpm1G53_eJiwL7cnGQ8gt5qtUieQWQmaW5a8ooQznDdPCWWrPPHqcgrbh4KT1JXNDUTUJuSOml7-gjAx1J2AKOGwNhPB8uY8-Hh-XJh8G91pWjdyjereb28VZb3EKec4hU-5qCti7xz4CtkRS6/s4032/IMG_7554.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMeJu5XHgQMDsOV0Flel6wszkw6krqiFilvXvtxCrpm1G53_eJiwL7cnGQ8gt5qtUieQWQmaW5a8ooQznDdPCWWrPPHqcgrbh4KT1JXNDUTUJuSOml7-gjAx1J2AKOGwNhPB8uY8-Hh-XJh8G91pWjdyjereb28VZb3EKec4hU-5qCti7xz4CtkRS6/s320/IMG_7554.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And went to the kids' swim lesson</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBqa58ZrHBYyZ7ufF7cCPx4fBBpnhCLbDTbIV9KA3eA8lbb8TZ0Gazy-x7BY-zXIU98Td5ZeOqCed-6jmR9K6uUNnne16lYtgFD2z1TusUYuwYkpBHdV3RoXD1PF1mPKivegX1yx5CRJjxL2q8BbL6HprB8jfAf8ow1XA7-xGC8mIzG7TCvjMO2dRC/s4032/IMG_7556.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBqa58ZrHBYyZ7ufF7cCPx4fBBpnhCLbDTbIV9KA3eA8lbb8TZ0Gazy-x7BY-zXIU98Td5ZeOqCed-6jmR9K6uUNnne16lYtgFD2z1TusUYuwYkpBHdV3RoXD1PF1mPKivegX1yx5CRJjxL2q8BbL6HprB8jfAf8ow1XA7-xGC8mIzG7TCvjMO2dRC/s320/IMG_7556.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Caught them hugging mid-lesson 💗😍💕</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And just back to regular work and life. I got a new vacuum, well 2 actually, and things have been feeling a little less chaotic/messy at home, which is needed. Also I'd been trying several times to reach out to people about piano lessons for August, with no responses (?!?). I just heard on Instagram about a guy <a href="https://www.hoffmanacademy.com/">Hoffman Academy</a> who has some free program (and more options if you pay and subscribe) but one 15 minute lesson down and here is my son:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzFk-1Au5ZImmYzPWjoSJnaanimmfrYf2PKNg44jglWWCZwekRjSvfrggxqfYOOGdT54V1wo5hPPRiD61f16Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I'm pretty excited to start it out, he seems excited and we can try this for awhile and then either pay for his subscription or get in-person lessons some day depending. There are so many talented people out in this world, it's so neat to be connected online. </div><br /> </div><br /><p></p>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02685230580167231442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036272516528479528.post-44147144713306855302023-01-16T12:53:00.002-08:002023-01-16T12:53:32.968-08:00little boy photographer<p> I found these pictures August took last month around Christmas time :)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipmGa1Abee01sW28y9EszyXw8RnAoqqibqfeY8vphkrXXpOmPSPJtF5bNpQu0Y51LsihQeWeXGjhqmuViL4VAwhQSmG9aH_bBH1wSoz4yex5Af4N5zfTqavojtxG24qU6CpwRs26deNQoZwbGRGGhKeYq0IR46vZ1-fg9MyJvNyfS_chyPBxcM2XyF/s4032/IMG_6883.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipmGa1Abee01sW28y9EszyXw8RnAoqqibqfeY8vphkrXXpOmPSPJtF5bNpQu0Y51LsihQeWeXGjhqmuViL4VAwhQSmG9aH_bBH1wSoz4yex5Af4N5zfTqavojtxG24qU6CpwRs26deNQoZwbGRGGhKeYq0IR46vZ1-fg9MyJvNyfS_chyPBxcM2XyF/s320/IMG_6883.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb__55YjAMejow_75O8KPWZRl7m9SRtFsm9HPEpNEw78q8PbqpurwgqWj1MD2lxNykAhSeY1lj2SoQUhx3XM7oMA_fAI3X-RI8-pX2NqEOa5ioBI-7zgLMfOKptqLsqd2-K-ZhzVEztIvDIEln9lH1Bt0u-NlbGDnqybpmu4D2pnipZ2UU7NO7pp7N/s4032/IMG_6890.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb__55YjAMejow_75O8KPWZRl7m9SRtFsm9HPEpNEw78q8PbqpurwgqWj1MD2lxNykAhSeY1lj2SoQUhx3XM7oMA_fAI3X-RI8-pX2NqEOa5ioBI-7zgLMfOKptqLsqd2-K-ZhzVEztIvDIEln9lH1Bt0u-NlbGDnqybpmu4D2pnipZ2UU7NO7pp7N/s320/IMG_6890.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCp9fZD_To4vdNb4rlGx4Wwu6KzkaLyYES1aVShLINddEjGgFXOwZcTYvF_Xffhluh5bRtKz06lvhp6bUikeWtNwmg9-rO_E-GmdIF0wkliviNYAauV7ff_uUr631IHtIz7HPLQ3Y-JQglBW9vlJevjTC_fLJzoEsmoUS0eMRFTf6mOPozOf2wWMop/s4032/IMG_6892.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCp9fZD_To4vdNb4rlGx4Wwu6KzkaLyYES1aVShLINddEjGgFXOwZcTYvF_Xffhluh5bRtKz06lvhp6bUikeWtNwmg9-rO_E-GmdIF0wkliviNYAauV7ff_uUr631IHtIz7HPLQ3Y-JQglBW9vlJevjTC_fLJzoEsmoUS0eMRFTf6mOPozOf2wWMop/s320/IMG_6892.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu3L72jqAj3JvyunoHeD8tj_I8zeFTazIDPBIz2ya6qrPePre6phryXiJCihuMx-kQ5RZjcj65Xqe8UxNqLxv0yO64ISm_RhcfaHR3jxBzmxVtQUJJ_mfMZS6xvIiBJJ-JB8W4i8httsyD_SHgJJViay09g_JCjRYnkDfJZxwzwtZqXkZjABZSmc9h/s4032/IMG_6893.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu3L72jqAj3JvyunoHeD8tj_I8zeFTazIDPBIz2ya6qrPePre6phryXiJCihuMx-kQ5RZjcj65Xqe8UxNqLxv0yO64ISm_RhcfaHR3jxBzmxVtQUJJ_mfMZS6xvIiBJJ-JB8W4i8httsyD_SHgJJViay09g_JCjRYnkDfJZxwzwtZqXkZjABZSmc9h/s320/IMG_6893.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjveG-FaPbKoApj9IK-jDpn8CqrRkLnPn1pKEZTqzTdMRyKPgjHBvuZSKzuHXwYEGJBBwVUpaUwkVA3N7__WHNlBjIWhxTKq-S8tVJPzCyPSXrFijgXHXSGVIEg8KgXVY6-SECZ9lx8Xyvih1IghdI6Uk-E6HOLXwbTOUMvDd7xCSXP6JOTIzBkEWpo/s4032/IMG_6895.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjveG-FaPbKoApj9IK-jDpn8CqrRkLnPn1pKEZTqzTdMRyKPgjHBvuZSKzuHXwYEGJBBwVUpaUwkVA3N7__WHNlBjIWhxTKq-S8tVJPzCyPSXrFijgXHXSGVIEg8KgXVY6-SECZ9lx8Xyvih1IghdI6Uk-E6HOLXwbTOUMvDd7xCSXP6JOTIzBkEWpo/s320/IMG_6895.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZX1PBewHO4QAtBWQ1v7gIfGBbQs3NBnEy3yR0H49PY-Uo8ojzLfvonjvQ32sGzynU7Eow03JDBLVOyjChQimS3aNz5etmUGIvMl6munEKZjmJNKo9_bQPLrYsBf1Uforr8YgonatJEdmsjZ_Bi01_cOkH0FT9SDog0nl841Lkb3m2dvHxkGMbTZF3/s4032/IMG_6896.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZX1PBewHO4QAtBWQ1v7gIfGBbQs3NBnEy3yR0H49PY-Uo8ojzLfvonjvQ32sGzynU7Eow03JDBLVOyjChQimS3aNz5etmUGIvMl6munEKZjmJNKo9_bQPLrYsBf1Uforr8YgonatJEdmsjZ_Bi01_cOkH0FT9SDog0nl841Lkb3m2dvHxkGMbTZF3/s320/IMG_6896.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit81bnlDs916G-Rop8mEKEuAI4gbYPjX3zvNMQEVu0Ysn7Y9YypzxU1jJEaLWoj27C23IbSNIQVzXYzHll5_Yjo2A4LsNk_NsQ7IPBAwtOabfcxjwx6WvREAmbpIKrhq97hafTn1IyieIjlexCcZTbpvDHeEKRGc5IvmuP77ELLQ1f7zcTrro_imGs/s4032/IMG_6898.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit81bnlDs916G-Rop8mEKEuAI4gbYPjX3zvNMQEVu0Ysn7Y9YypzxU1jJEaLWoj27C23IbSNIQVzXYzHll5_Yjo2A4LsNk_NsQ7IPBAwtOabfcxjwx6WvREAmbpIKrhq97hafTn1IyieIjlexCcZTbpvDHeEKRGc5IvmuP77ELLQ1f7zcTrro_imGs/s320/IMG_6898.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhRqmDj7nf60sKf-dfJNfq5gKCljNNXYBRj9PAwgxKsgzZvazK1GL5gr7wKngfmKFQBMe7eQJzWXtcMEdLsKtGxsG3xVV54-8CwYskPDtG-sQoaXumeVauf_YGBxjehsY7NRfAYFin3k87Qzae_NsMXRbFXcIlSMMW7uA8x4L0Of-AgW3Dv1GAxOYI/s4032/IMG_6899.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhRqmDj7nf60sKf-dfJNfq5gKCljNNXYBRj9PAwgxKsgzZvazK1GL5gr7wKngfmKFQBMe7eQJzWXtcMEdLsKtGxsG3xVV54-8CwYskPDtG-sQoaXumeVauf_YGBxjehsY7NRfAYFin3k87Qzae_NsMXRbFXcIlSMMW7uA8x4L0Of-AgW3Dv1GAxOYI/s320/IMG_6899.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9N9I-6oZ-V2DEjD2OSZR3RMZv_bOHm3uL0v7Niek8HQoTS2rQWS8LYjY5nl4ZRwTGxAG8JK4DmYk2SqHfi36mQ92SmbPJlx8Q1PA4hcG9hki3TePFDvz9_e0M5xOqzyqqQHnDfPZ2OAQCfzjz-Xqt9ZyL5WdiK0itf_ghGjGa3YXQljJqCRHR_kRk/s4032/IMG_6901.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9N9I-6oZ-V2DEjD2OSZR3RMZv_bOHm3uL0v7Niek8HQoTS2rQWS8LYjY5nl4ZRwTGxAG8JK4DmYk2SqHfi36mQ92SmbPJlx8Q1PA4hcG9hki3TePFDvz9_e0M5xOqzyqqQHnDfPZ2OAQCfzjz-Xqt9ZyL5WdiK0itf_ghGjGa3YXQljJqCRHR_kRk/s320/IMG_6901.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KURl4-m0e-E2MZ8uJ8lpX0kQCq7ivfQirlowk0eStljUqMsTEEd7pwMOnXStKmp241VkHYhhJJH-8G8MDA44jo_K6YeUMc6aAsflqbEaNHvygThbzgNMB4a6n4sVRXenJBCutzq3542_XK7GU8cg1y6Sw46Fq1_GAVerB7PJDGRjmIu2KwOlvqZE/s4032/IMG_6902.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KURl4-m0e-E2MZ8uJ8lpX0kQCq7ivfQirlowk0eStljUqMsTEEd7pwMOnXStKmp241VkHYhhJJH-8G8MDA44jo_K6YeUMc6aAsflqbEaNHvygThbzgNMB4a6n4sVRXenJBCutzq3542_XK7GU8cg1y6Sw46Fq1_GAVerB7PJDGRjmIu2KwOlvqZE/s320/IMG_6902.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYaN4TuM7H4sHS4i-NyhxOW6KUrCt5UfLduBwwFQyS2PnXj3qyuvktzl3kqojkL6XngmUOPLJD3yT9GERrX62ufLqQKwWNPrfkriMnef-4ktKiz89-gKmoCUa5_1-KVrl9z0QT5TegLc5TqlFWy46oln7tpT70HgID-vGIxW_YAjXTkOM4ozPAziR/s4032/IMG_6903.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYaN4TuM7H4sHS4i-NyhxOW6KUrCt5UfLduBwwFQyS2PnXj3qyuvktzl3kqojkL6XngmUOPLJD3yT9GERrX62ufLqQKwWNPrfkriMnef-4ktKiz89-gKmoCUa5_1-KVrl9z0QT5TegLc5TqlFWy46oln7tpT70HgID-vGIxW_YAjXTkOM4ozPAziR/s320/IMG_6903.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheW_IaHsYsgCeb-Ar-PHgIWgKbtWhHYIcC7IUu0_bjdqNRjJh8fgPuwIE0KtSYmNAnMOSfEFPjXnhU1tSCsubQXKdwASrSbZCaCFYmTozhl5IpcxRORyGgCdGFOO3vuNnPk3h7S-jAmJOU5iO9uHadB71hF8yvikzD8AvHDYU40IrW-IImPLPbJcZr/s4032/IMG_6904.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheW_IaHsYsgCeb-Ar-PHgIWgKbtWhHYIcC7IUu0_bjdqNRjJh8fgPuwIE0KtSYmNAnMOSfEFPjXnhU1tSCsubQXKdwASrSbZCaCFYmTozhl5IpcxRORyGgCdGFOO3vuNnPk3h7S-jAmJOU5iO9uHadB71hF8yvikzD8AvHDYU40IrW-IImPLPbJcZr/s320/IMG_6904.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixe4kvRw7IPp3yKChvOu_6f-bM9VK2NXIEUL7vNFQmyhnvWCHKDPjZLO3yo8X3J4UgSpBuuGTsS5szuMA3p_u7zbAzUPwt5TqY6-N9Ibj7xGQCAwiwFULWzfDUjcu6kKg8xU_AgjF0he2QwysN3YbkIt8xkTJUfc_C3_7bBiu2-67KgJzm1go7a32H/s4032/IMG_6905.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixe4kvRw7IPp3yKChvOu_6f-bM9VK2NXIEUL7vNFQmyhnvWCHKDPjZLO3yo8X3J4UgSpBuuGTsS5szuMA3p_u7zbAzUPwt5TqY6-N9Ibj7xGQCAwiwFULWzfDUjcu6kKg8xU_AgjF0he2QwysN3YbkIt8xkTJUfc_C3_7bBiu2-67KgJzm1go7a32H/s320/IMG_6905.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW8efi6b6to5t8fJpaAyXHOZ2i_u8genesTOq9HpRWVTV5cK5AbLrXZqmjye1XV1Qnu01H2nDG-tuPpMnIojmLJbkJD8eNhqHwXTaQWdOoAUxc1_vyeQNR78eXLOfS5Zs6rwyHoHfMp7kjB43SjC1-OHecnMIuR9CVVtz2ApRqzVjYAeoWLAr1hgXW/s4032/IMG_6906.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW8efi6b6to5t8fJpaAyXHOZ2i_u8genesTOq9HpRWVTV5cK5AbLrXZqmjye1XV1Qnu01H2nDG-tuPpMnIojmLJbkJD8eNhqHwXTaQWdOoAUxc1_vyeQNR78eXLOfS5Zs6rwyHoHfMp7kjB43SjC1-OHecnMIuR9CVVtz2ApRqzVjYAeoWLAr1hgXW/s320/IMG_6906.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjblaywlz3DRxFntD6reQqKyM7LrQNU9cSNuX0LjQjFK7DoSqImSJBibWINfqhTclCZxAuMp4kiHdOIy0nxlFZ1GxqFeF_Dssa5QsptISRSivf26L1Qd8_lcQPkzqxjd-gJY-1esUGE3dmKbhJmE1X9vh-CBiBuuG2G0GyIxGQx5wtgLuwic6py9xyI/s4032/IMG_6907.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjblaywlz3DRxFntD6reQqKyM7LrQNU9cSNuX0LjQjFK7DoSqImSJBibWINfqhTclCZxAuMp4kiHdOIy0nxlFZ1GxqFeF_Dssa5QsptISRSivf26L1Qd8_lcQPkzqxjd-gJY-1esUGE3dmKbhJmE1X9vh-CBiBuuG2G0GyIxGQx5wtgLuwic6py9xyI/s320/IMG_6907.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU_NCIX4Wn9y2rzrtMkmsk4hZVYpK4kGvyxz5ukLgIpfE9QbQvUkyCzm8wBGQvDI_Ho9cIIkBFOQ9mDUKvLVCzoEZpZxANSresagjHZU6UApJIoW825dhZUDoGnRIerHRkcBy-eIWeaN8xs0jdlpgVGZXX4u6qqURLUu1QUvP76FQVTp1G_GWUShq0/s4032/IMG_6908.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU_NCIX4Wn9y2rzrtMkmsk4hZVYpK4kGvyxz5ukLgIpfE9QbQvUkyCzm8wBGQvDI_Ho9cIIkBFOQ9mDUKvLVCzoEZpZxANSresagjHZU6UApJIoW825dhZUDoGnRIerHRkcBy-eIWeaN8xs0jdlpgVGZXX4u6qqURLUu1QUvP76FQVTp1G_GWUShq0/s320/IMG_6908.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCMZDE5pq3Br-WTnGvWaPds6gvq7X00fNCqrlbf2V8w7Zl9iqd1igju5zesBUVjASUB6KlSjV6wPv876i_9SEgZ14HxhfysxA7OQbTA6K3ZoABo9Vx-EQjVgrsdsRSQB4oAvyVxzxsSXMZiEJBzovS7tQSSNuYzcWbxvj_ZiOVSY3XhGOZqQYwBt75/s4032/IMG_6909.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCMZDE5pq3Br-WTnGvWaPds6gvq7X00fNCqrlbf2V8w7Zl9iqd1igju5zesBUVjASUB6KlSjV6wPv876i_9SEgZ14HxhfysxA7OQbTA6K3ZoABo9Vx-EQjVgrsdsRSQB4oAvyVxzxsSXMZiEJBzovS7tQSSNuYzcWbxvj_ZiOVSY3XhGOZqQYwBt75/s320/IMG_6909.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiElqFx0PL297MISh5q6Lo6rs31FVPN4ZrHG4wYBziwjNrygTKtoFK5mzmBYZl12-sDhoPKPjzA_ISsfOuSOo3z1JG0Fl0Q7Nh0IbYqY2kFjS60gDZFkcjvizR2VuRBADsvHCclNFTjk1trej48BRJbmf2vFdzo6wEQ5-mYeziQzK7fR03Rpq9C7xYX/s4032/IMG_6910.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiElqFx0PL297MISh5q6Lo6rs31FVPN4ZrHG4wYBziwjNrygTKtoFK5mzmBYZl12-sDhoPKPjzA_ISsfOuSOo3z1JG0Fl0Q7Nh0IbYqY2kFjS60gDZFkcjvizR2VuRBADsvHCclNFTjk1trej48BRJbmf2vFdzo6wEQ5-mYeziQzK7fR03Rpq9C7xYX/s320/IMG_6910.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin7Zeq246GHl7m_W8vfi-N4otxKrNh1GjD9S9AvqVL0kyTvhHrClRgyVnyFIltORIfJQ7u0UifVT7ct4Z9fcxSNvAI-ngyExzf-IIf39cBmqGwfewDPqj3gbxelltyLVxicD-9M4NJ50nYB675xrdCIqt0bLHiBv1DbK2EDyF28hicae2AsxKx4flP/s4032/IMG_6911.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin7Zeq246GHl7m_W8vfi-N4otxKrNh1GjD9S9AvqVL0kyTvhHrClRgyVnyFIltORIfJQ7u0UifVT7ct4Z9fcxSNvAI-ngyExzf-IIf39cBmqGwfewDPqj3gbxelltyLVxicD-9M4NJ50nYB675xrdCIqt0bLHiBv1DbK2EDyF28hicae2AsxKx4flP/s320/IMG_6911.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC-_oLQkWu1nIpP8F_GhSNBUBStZ6VDrX_ZKT1tdda_Ix9M4mLGo0sa7iHuquuDdPC_T-zSprec2IHOZCW_YiSFju1URc9TVQb5L1hE6fF-TyTNK1IjTWowFJ0xgMbYNq6DSS1Z5H2wMi_9IwJy0DEz6jnK4X5A-lqp4AKDbscdY_mUP_UB5R1RkLu/s4032/IMG_6912.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC-_oLQkWu1nIpP8F_GhSNBUBStZ6VDrX_ZKT1tdda_Ix9M4mLGo0sa7iHuquuDdPC_T-zSprec2IHOZCW_YiSFju1URc9TVQb5L1hE6fF-TyTNK1IjTWowFJ0xgMbYNq6DSS1Z5H2wMi_9IwJy0DEz6jnK4X5A-lqp4AKDbscdY_mUP_UB5R1RkLu/s320/IMG_6912.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO-nNm4MqPfSFHQWIBagDS-B0Rpxf-TZca2WN4Fb0Dt4F1r2yE0OprM2eZZ9IV4Jo4ArKCwmL8j7_AQIdaLXQLcZeaHDTdQYY27Pn2-n0P2DpVz0urLx7Lcgp2eSlZkKKPvQvcKS_xVXrlVYzPMhcqid6Kt-MHkkl1uDnf9ewPYnZ0c0qoEpljKQm0/s4032/IMG_6913.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO-nNm4MqPfSFHQWIBagDS-B0Rpxf-TZca2WN4Fb0Dt4F1r2yE0OprM2eZZ9IV4Jo4ArKCwmL8j7_AQIdaLXQLcZeaHDTdQYY27Pn2-n0P2DpVz0urLx7Lcgp2eSlZkKKPvQvcKS_xVXrlVYzPMhcqid6Kt-MHkkl1uDnf9ewPYnZ0c0qoEpljKQm0/s320/IMG_6913.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNfo1WP7E2SIEoNWlANlmJQY1sUy9AzJlbllmQJ34KxPyYdlKTJAOEQBDpmFRUD32Jo0IXnuLyw4WKBM6fJFQUCrhqTRm3m_DSeLPC6QjXefpGipGOX87hVXhGBEnTswrqli1hVndqJT3B-tV21ZHeP4TQiz9qI4nMZz4zEUEsBG5LJjqHnmvKoC1/s4032/IMG_6914.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNfo1WP7E2SIEoNWlANlmJQY1sUy9AzJlbllmQJ34KxPyYdlKTJAOEQBDpmFRUD32Jo0IXnuLyw4WKBM6fJFQUCrhqTRm3m_DSeLPC6QjXefpGipGOX87hVXhGBEnTswrqli1hVndqJT3B-tV21ZHeP4TQiz9qI4nMZz4zEUEsBG5LJjqHnmvKoC1/s320/IMG_6914.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4BWfd8ADiSCPAhkO01ExVCa0tidcevu4qlyXIA7kNsMpD0jE6r4gmRzQg37IKojmQdmctBZvzFps9ZNKV3JDsEMAOBDN1fPwzZcd1oSocPd_Heg22XSnPjEtCg1zL3LL63-aQ8fAYliv555zPcGoVWX52LWVdWo-8GfuE6AwLu80vg5CmVWlZjSzB/s4032/IMG_6916.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4BWfd8ADiSCPAhkO01ExVCa0tidcevu4qlyXIA7kNsMpD0jE6r4gmRzQg37IKojmQdmctBZvzFps9ZNKV3JDsEMAOBDN1fPwzZcd1oSocPd_Heg22XSnPjEtCg1zL3LL63-aQ8fAYliv555zPcGoVWX52LWVdWo-8GfuE6AwLu80vg5CmVWlZjSzB/s320/IMG_6916.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4eEJq9ZeVtsj_AKDWnASlwVCowkr3H9DTd-yg2WcpWdaMs4c-4yVbODcDPlHmeDYXpC9Ag_Ykamg2sLUkU27qgGs97EbB_TlJ9x8nlxXvRH2q1hPLYP6wNWmqsgLCCh7ntQuG6-ymDOgZBicFpRF2febF1dV9fWFZXBbV7kw13ZxoTzRlyoWutrTt/s4032/IMG_6917.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4eEJq9ZeVtsj_AKDWnASlwVCowkr3H9DTd-yg2WcpWdaMs4c-4yVbODcDPlHmeDYXpC9Ag_Ykamg2sLUkU27qgGs97EbB_TlJ9x8nlxXvRH2q1hPLYP6wNWmqsgLCCh7ntQuG6-ymDOgZBicFpRF2febF1dV9fWFZXBbV7kw13ZxoTzRlyoWutrTt/s320/IMG_6917.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6jKcjZa7IvqTJcAb8Chq8nDk7w3Qq1pf5vlF5WEAuI14-5KC6y5PKZAH_wox5lB1no21DJF7Sz9T3QAcsY3-15KPZ4lVH5ddv7jTdhPRcP-BdJl3Vn7-qgUNuBusPfKaPqd2YyEMyLy-r7AuKmbaNETszmUpfuffWUCLllTmrZPWNLKuYtgw397Ga/s4032/IMG_6918.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6jKcjZa7IvqTJcAb8Chq8nDk7w3Qq1pf5vlF5WEAuI14-5KC6y5PKZAH_wox5lB1no21DJF7Sz9T3QAcsY3-15KPZ4lVH5ddv7jTdhPRcP-BdJl3Vn7-qgUNuBusPfKaPqd2YyEMyLy-r7AuKmbaNETszmUpfuffWUCLllTmrZPWNLKuYtgw397Ga/s320/IMG_6918.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlZx10bOgMo2l-qM0vpAzbWBt0dd5mrs5e1qLdk6j9NZZcG8LHUIvrTWdcJ51huVk0lQTDUuum3SGiaRR0C15qoEeXYFAcHVsT-8BMXOt-xerzfgZ22w3Uh9EY4Bs2UyUawJM3hNKsCP-TsPmHUfj8NlIsg9tLLknydmcfK2DhxfJ_W__NUdy5nDKA/s4032/IMG_6919.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlZx10bOgMo2l-qM0vpAzbWBt0dd5mrs5e1qLdk6j9NZZcG8LHUIvrTWdcJ51huVk0lQTDUuum3SGiaRR0C15qoEeXYFAcHVsT-8BMXOt-xerzfgZ22w3Uh9EY4Bs2UyUawJM3hNKsCP-TsPmHUfj8NlIsg9tLLknydmcfK2DhxfJ_W__NUdy5nDKA/s320/IMG_6919.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNq49kyrmi_DfE9g8YbmRbM8gDKPkzhN_0GuJFfN3Joxtrz76IfuELMZNtVTJ4PhDjzNNw1K3X3Gqt2tLv7aQeZ8acDI5uTXJ0VneZHQskbzdxnX5oz7Vm7KI7gzH1wVH9BOaJlDAXDgEg8Bm48Bo7GNdOeS0OlWBOvqG1YxuNeT5l1SBdH6Oia__o/s4032/IMG_6920.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNq49kyrmi_DfE9g8YbmRbM8gDKPkzhN_0GuJFfN3Joxtrz76IfuELMZNtVTJ4PhDjzNNw1K3X3Gqt2tLv7aQeZ8acDI5uTXJ0VneZHQskbzdxnX5oz7Vm7KI7gzH1wVH9BOaJlDAXDgEg8Bm48Bo7GNdOeS0OlWBOvqG1YxuNeT5l1SBdH6Oia__o/s320/IMG_6920.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCJWdpmdAZfIwb5BPER5Lp0AOD-OWJv7Q1gTcF_y1UeniKRd_NF50KWnnYVNBjbgZHtZ4nZQf_xE9CaGX8SZ7LCJAe-iVCcou0n-9bctiogGasxJMcbic3apome7OttcQWvQcZE6c5qAM5yDa47v2BjrnxOFjh-TYvM4r7o5KYyQWqw7UtiruIuly3/s4032/IMG_6921.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCJWdpmdAZfIwb5BPER5Lp0AOD-OWJv7Q1gTcF_y1UeniKRd_NF50KWnnYVNBjbgZHtZ4nZQf_xE9CaGX8SZ7LCJAe-iVCcou0n-9bctiogGasxJMcbic3apome7OttcQWvQcZE6c5qAM5yDa47v2BjrnxOFjh-TYvM4r7o5KYyQWqw7UtiruIuly3/s320/IMG_6921.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbsst21qJTc-3IfQL1f8A8l7d9voaT3HqSC1EEd-V72jmhpMATnT8K2H0-Q5snhEG3YId1I2vnzk1-B3TPgLhLSp0M9OckXEpt06vcN3Wxgtk5DTem673nEYsXBOWanl1hOkca3-DUkUBqADqAducvTdubTm9wjW9u9KFZmQpxo4x1bCs4gWlhzEme/s4032/IMG_6922.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbsst21qJTc-3IfQL1f8A8l7d9voaT3HqSC1EEd-V72jmhpMATnT8K2H0-Q5snhEG3YId1I2vnzk1-B3TPgLhLSp0M9OckXEpt06vcN3Wxgtk5DTem673nEYsXBOWanl1hOkca3-DUkUBqADqAducvTdubTm9wjW9u9KFZmQpxo4x1bCs4gWlhzEme/s320/IMG_6922.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigbvcxCFrrv70MvhQbvjZFS0Nk9vfEZR1DrhlmGq24RghaNUpHuBxKLBd8EevegVPgMweZIvGa-tWk0pUkM6XsfVFL4eB9j1YVpxwhYzaOhVhFENASV4zwWnfNx3U17WFlMbkFI_jNApbw5Npgkh8m1k89PDRnDxENjUN3S3S87mnETZxIeuL8CU8u/s4032/IMG_6924.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigbvcxCFrrv70MvhQbvjZFS0Nk9vfEZR1DrhlmGq24RghaNUpHuBxKLBd8EevegVPgMweZIvGa-tWk0pUkM6XsfVFL4eB9j1YVpxwhYzaOhVhFENASV4zwWnfNx3U17WFlMbkFI_jNApbw5Npgkh8m1k89PDRnDxENjUN3S3S87mnETZxIeuL8CU8u/s320/IMG_6924.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5YGRybOihmMYs50Gd-qoMDSxq-lp-6XFF2CAcx1W2Q9GZx6_JieV8uqUBFnOfjNc7j_VuZ8-w3xgQwcARH-S518uaczYRHzmZk5OrzxBdS8Z0cwhbwxbUiIS9xh-ck23znkd4bblzalUOG_SgfDOcK9fDpqkipHwqAeX8AFPFrNMjst1vAASGBco4/s4032/IMG_6925.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5YGRybOihmMYs50Gd-qoMDSxq-lp-6XFF2CAcx1W2Q9GZx6_JieV8uqUBFnOfjNc7j_VuZ8-w3xgQwcARH-S518uaczYRHzmZk5OrzxBdS8Z0cwhbwxbUiIS9xh-ck23znkd4bblzalUOG_SgfDOcK9fDpqkipHwqAeX8AFPFrNMjst1vAASGBco4/s320/IMG_6925.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65vmIthJodcf4X3quAzTGO3STcDfpM1z5iKZEGOWuHdetnuLPPHXVvHM_rgHxXwu2GTZXkQVIN-lzsf7Z48CCfFg5R5zaZQsdbUQnv6a5hGDes2NSfmOUnmDsDs6Yw7P7-8dUWFbNmRpCZBUxUP4qvMPKp_DUZhgH-WOor2SE2cY6lVKEamdmAxrw/s4032/IMG_6932.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65vmIthJodcf4X3quAzTGO3STcDfpM1z5iKZEGOWuHdetnuLPPHXVvHM_rgHxXwu2GTZXkQVIN-lzsf7Z48CCfFg5R5zaZQsdbUQnv6a5hGDes2NSfmOUnmDsDs6Yw7P7-8dUWFbNmRpCZBUxUP4qvMPKp_DUZhgH-WOor2SE2cY6lVKEamdmAxrw/s320/IMG_6932.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was like taking a tour of our home through his eyes, haha. </div><br /><p><br /></p>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02685230580167231442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036272516528479528.post-25542960971759210372023-01-03T12:29:00.000-08:002023-01-03T12:29:24.158-08:002023<p> Oh my gosh, I went to review my goals from last year and there weren't any! Geez.</p><p>So anyway, another year behind us and a fresh new year on the horizon. </p><p><b>Goals for 2023:</b></p><p>- Complete the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Love-Respect-Workbook-Desires-Desperately/dp/1591453488/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2KTRLRLL8KMEO&keywords=love+and+respect+workbook&qid=1672718574&sprefix=love+and+respect+workbook%2Caps%2C120&sr=8-1">Love & Respect workbook</a> with Doug, there are 52 chapters so should be able to do 1/wk (I have seriously had this book back from Andrew days, never did it, and think it could only benefit us)</p><p>- Complete a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Parenting-Surviving-Thriving-Workbook-Building/dp/1418514128/ref=sr_1_3?crid=10P65HMKASA5T&keywords=parenting+from+surviving+to+thriving&qid=1672718540&sprefix=parenting+from+surviving+to+%2Caps%2C241&sr=8-3">Parenting from Surviving to Thriving workbook </a>together, 12 chapters, so 1/month</p><p>- Date nights 12x a year, finish our dance lessons CD together, and attend a marriage conference</p><p>- Purchase a new rental property</p><p>- Use my harp lessons gift certificate Doug got me when I turned 40</p><p>- Make a school decision for our son, keep him in school or move to a hybrid/homeschool option</p><p>- Complete the <a href="https://www.glowbodypt.com/10minuteplan">10 minute plan</a> (I did her 12 week postnatal plan pretty much on repeat all of 2022 so I'm ready to move to the next level)</p><p>- Read through the pile of books that has been on my nightstand for years now</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTWkbTmGHpacmDCfOR-o_R1bQwtpq4a-wtyChDvlRbJhnaP1Ltr73OmHjT_wlvMnFlQ5x4zmMfjbPW-kBcrQMBzLGa9Mp9463Nn-rE_XF5T9KPWSYhSO4B-9QOHV-lrNb78xTiLjTQLONeGV_-yM6UUVgmcu2PMSQYMeSGLyaZ9P914ggnEV-kMoU-/s4032/B1669FD1-E322-4609-8CF7-1CC631A95D2D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTWkbTmGHpacmDCfOR-o_R1bQwtpq4a-wtyChDvlRbJhnaP1Ltr73OmHjT_wlvMnFlQ5x4zmMfjbPW-kBcrQMBzLGa9Mp9463Nn-rE_XF5T9KPWSYhSO4B-9QOHV-lrNb78xTiLjTQLONeGV_-yM6UUVgmcu2PMSQYMeSGLyaZ9P914ggnEV-kMoU-/s320/B1669FD1-E322-4609-8CF7-1CC631A95D2D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p>- Complete <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Prayer-Journal-Women-Scripture-Devotional/dp/1941325823/ref=sr_1_3?crid=4YZVULROD12V&keywords=52+week+prayer+journal&qid=1672718830&sprefix=52+week+prayer+journal%2Caps%2C202&sr=8-3">this prayer journal</a> (I like it's weekly and not daily, seems more attainable)</p><p>- Transition the girls into sharing a room (after 15+ months, we need the baby out of our room!)</p><p>- Get Jeanie potty trained</p><p>- Think about a job/career switch</p><p>- Find some way to streamline cooking/cleaning/laundry???</p><p>Pretty much my overall goal is to draw nearer to the Lord. Grow closer to Doug and strengthen our marriage. And be more intentional, loving, and purposeful in my relationships with my children. (and then expanding that to other family and friends.) It feels like such a busy season of life, but when will it not be? I want to be more at peace with the craziness and not let it swirl me away into chaos, and I want to find joy in the everyday drudgery of feed/clean/laundry/repeat. I heard <a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=take+the+chance">this song</a> the other day and I just was crying thinking about it, yes!! one day I won't be able to take any chances or spend that time, so the time is now. Looking forward to a new year, new growth, and new surprises along the way.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02685230580167231442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036272516528479528.post-17929867991367163842022-12-19T18:04:00.002-08:002022-12-19T18:04:51.203-08:00Nativity<p> I'd been eyeing some Nativity sets on Etsy. The cutest little handpainted peg sets. However, I started to think they'd be too chewed on and $50 was more than I wanted to spend. </p><p>Then I stumbled upon this set at Walmart when I was getting wrapping paper. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQo-JZR7l4sr3DyB8jKwZgnpuTWHLfEAWOuSvpAZ_9HDyIWEsrORTTmZ55gdicBv2ykzff3tudlvZA-BbsCBjHYqdg_dOghYlP05ZG4NaV8Uwmqd3xsNUzOAjpt8h0EdWETdmc0yExyPsF1J4mQhpPhgTbnsXalh_1lbaVqUwAFzvKqveMNvd7NRhe/s4032/IMG_6954.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQo-JZR7l4sr3DyB8jKwZgnpuTWHLfEAWOuSvpAZ_9HDyIWEsrORTTmZ55gdicBv2ykzff3tudlvZA-BbsCBjHYqdg_dOghYlP05ZG4NaV8Uwmqd3xsNUzOAjpt8h0EdWETdmc0yExyPsF1J4mQhpPhgTbnsXalh_1lbaVqUwAFzvKqveMNvd7NRhe/s320/IMG_6954.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The girls, especially Jeanie, played with it for hours the first day. "Mom, mom, it's Mary and Jo-fess!!!" For $16 I guess I didn't really notice the wise men were like several heads taller than Mary and Joseph. And who cares the sheep really looks more like a dog. And that baby Jesus has a little hot dog body when he gets pulled from his swaddling cloths. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But this part does make me laugh:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlbrjIbPskN4qMlD_q5_wwB2uQzyRlQ0Wfo8j70upGUckO5w1Mrbjm3jF8k-LW0ALrnLqCcTqxbNSyHBwuhmqPgkuwCFLeZ_M_BtgV3hHLtrnhPYk7sDZZZ-nnwWy98qk9G1Pq7OpBLcv6yttQxlIPZH8uv39703HDbZPv9joXhels1IslQdfzjg3g/s4032/IMG_6955.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlbrjIbPskN4qMlD_q5_wwB2uQzyRlQ0Wfo8j70upGUckO5w1Mrbjm3jF8k-LW0ALrnLqCcTqxbNSyHBwuhmqPgkuwCFLeZ_M_BtgV3hHLtrnhPYk7sDZZZ-nnwWy98qk9G1Pq7OpBLcv6yttQxlIPZH8uv39703HDbZPv9joXhels1IslQdfzjg3g/s320/IMG_6955.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's more like Abraham and Sarai instead of Mary and Joseph :) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You guys couldn't find anymore brown yarn, had to use gray!?!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02685230580167231442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036272516528479528.post-2885360136103273632022-12-17T13:44:00.002-08:002022-12-17T13:44:25.407-08:00Weeks of sickness<p> </p><p>A mystery bug has been going thru our family. </p><p><br />One night I found August asleep on the bathroom floor. The next day he told me his stomach didn't feel good, but he had no fever and no other symptoms so I sent him off to school.</p><p>Only to get a call an hour later that he threw up on the bus and to come get him, :( poor guy!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjan-6QEGZbnLzWiRvyxt0ggs_vyyyUAiUbcSVP1yvqE9iFoWkctntCYYaF-iWFp7XrrqzX01umOx-4o94sPrr5UXBrJcbDLcPjWcAPSHBE5qx9VUplMn4NEHP1ssJRbvkGZ-IPmCWJ-GD7ZEMylx45P4QnY5tulI8IaR8GaRcaRugG9Bxz6TIVC2y7/s4032/IMG_6802.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjan-6QEGZbnLzWiRvyxt0ggs_vyyyUAiUbcSVP1yvqE9iFoWkctntCYYaF-iWFp7XrrqzX01umOx-4o94sPrr5UXBrJcbDLcPjWcAPSHBE5qx9VUplMn4NEHP1ssJRbvkGZ-IPmCWJ-GD7ZEMylx45P4QnY5tulI8IaR8GaRcaRugG9Bxz6TIVC2y7/s320/IMG_6802.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He never did throw up again, but he developed a mild fever later in the day and spent most of the day sleeping on the couch. Which if you know August, you KNOW that means he was sick because this boy is all energy.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKzZMl0Wwcl93ghO1-_btMsGMb95mEztHBAeBm-CeclVS9NugohEL8VrPY7YGpPUpMrUu68bv-e7ztfvuFlFsSHyCuhcEa8MWc7yOtnXod2oYiLew-vtJ8-VBhzpSa77hE7zAp8nQ9CE2FU--blF0f3zxzsYezXo_tlSzB0iQ2UcFm9WD-ocpvPmtE/s4032/IMG_6811.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKzZMl0Wwcl93ghO1-_btMsGMb95mEztHBAeBm-CeclVS9NugohEL8VrPY7YGpPUpMrUu68bv-e7ztfvuFlFsSHyCuhcEa8MWc7yOtnXod2oYiLew-vtJ8-VBhzpSa77hE7zAp8nQ9CE2FU--blF0f3zxzsYezXo_tlSzB0iQ2UcFm9WD-ocpvPmtE/s320/IMG_6811.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He spent a total of 3 days off school since the school has a no fever in 24 hours policy and the fever went, but returned again the next afternoon.</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1AfkOJQV0xv-xN21jpISLxvpOEP_4lEVj07MorZXTb62F6CIOQcOBHVvQP1RpE0m9Ks68HKCKjUHuDxkBYOSlomdaBlyW_ttDAnAmH7E0W6p8cAf4TxMgXu2CNZlXkiRNWTJrYgV7nj7BqdJXoWJ1e6eOMG5Sw3yhoRGKUoNVM4-EzH6qTPXenxDS/s2016/GVAV3705.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="954" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1AfkOJQV0xv-xN21jpISLxvpOEP_4lEVj07MorZXTb62F6CIOQcOBHVvQP1RpE0m9Ks68HKCKjUHuDxkBYOSlomdaBlyW_ttDAnAmH7E0W6p8cAf4TxMgXu2CNZlXkiRNWTJrYgV7nj7BqdJXoWJ1e6eOMG5Sw3yhoRGKUoNVM4-EzH6qTPXenxDS/s320/GVAV3705.JPEG" width="151" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He got better and then Doug and I both ended up with coughs and cold symptoms for the next week. Jeanie escaped the sickness somehow! And poor booger-nose Lucy is still suffering, she had a couple nights low-grade fever, but mostly the booger nose plagues her. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaHS2qn-S3UqWCQh295ma3qRhp8mWgSsvBYDVij6FgZey3AR9JemGrXam09xlUD9RT1axhrn5MC3dCIxppMXcFZSiQBlf8V2lMcE4HQFvzWwthwFFFE-h5FtXYYPS5dXL4z9PC0GE-A4J8fnnE5kDvD8_QzVZFvCK1qF3hJpeIMdX7_UUfYUu81xco/s4032/IMG_6977.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaHS2qn-S3UqWCQh295ma3qRhp8mWgSsvBYDVij6FgZey3AR9JemGrXam09xlUD9RT1axhrn5MC3dCIxppMXcFZSiQBlf8V2lMcE4HQFvzWwthwFFFE-h5FtXYYPS5dXL4z9PC0GE-A4J8fnnE5kDvD8_QzVZFvCK1qF3hJpeIMdX7_UUfYUu81xco/s320/IMG_6977.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was her bed this morning, a fun time pulling out all the kleenex was had by her while I slept next to her blissfully unaware. All that kleenex, but did she bother to use one to wipe her nose faucet?!? 😆</div><br /><p></p>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02685230580167231442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036272516528479528.post-61739067867366083402022-12-05T11:58:00.001-08:002022-12-05T11:58:02.333-08:00The Evolution of a Smashed Thumb<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBSwUalnh5evfw8scsPTqtgtPJzZ69SB_HxMfgBhTiMElpqE_IjZKFAtFM740LCZxOuLLD_m-XOWhlbvFv4HOVVc1Sb6WPVFHyRcrew0TS2h9kAaGNr1LfvHnyzCWOrxu-ExVXT6IyXtFW7hB1XwxY1qUSaQR2gbKffD-nlGI0eun3zWJekem-V9ic/s4032/GHNL8267.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBSwUalnh5evfw8scsPTqtgtPJzZ69SB_HxMfgBhTiMElpqE_IjZKFAtFM740LCZxOuLLD_m-XOWhlbvFv4HOVVc1Sb6WPVFHyRcrew0TS2h9kAaGNr1LfvHnyzCWOrxu-ExVXT6IyXtFW7hB1XwxY1qUSaQR2gbKffD-nlGI0eun3zWJekem-V9ic/s320/GHNL8267.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">July 19th. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stupidly stupidly stupidly tried to "slow the close" of my car door somehow and it just slowly crushed on my thumb. All to catch the mailtruck in my neighborhood on the way to swim class. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Drove to swim, rushed into the next door Hibachi place for a cup of ice, and my thumb was in there for the next hour. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It swelled like crazy and hurt for days.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3unL3TYXzG_6uifRGqF8zxgng8ebkYgqWSywAoz7rtYDL9shIW3Mg2sb7TR13QTpdDYWOPrb_tgqsIus9vy-Gt400rkP-O7DxxuscajUhB-QdFQBBfulWKYbqvyKaIgAG7LSfIseiQkB0RxAhC4oZw7kFz5dlAmd2h1mHToT5QryTcrYR4ZmBvKWy/s4032/IMG_4370.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3unL3TYXzG_6uifRGqF8zxgng8ebkYgqWSywAoz7rtYDL9shIW3Mg2sb7TR13QTpdDYWOPrb_tgqsIus9vy-Gt400rkP-O7DxxuscajUhB-QdFQBBfulWKYbqvyKaIgAG7LSfIseiQkB0RxAhC4oZw7kFz5dlAmd2h1mHToT5QryTcrYR4ZmBvKWy/s320/IMG_4370.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">August 17th</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A month later and so much uglier.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEjG7Ks1PhTSJvvDeiyrjVMGgSBsUWnXUDC8moOMTo4QaGkTqV-0LDB4LteAxzHXAwR-0FXPRWs5fC53HNOkydtGzRU1zhGW3vhxgQTX5eoFMVvIL_xQZW7TK3XcYcGNqs7qb1-qtVc9DFGLKjYiqRK_OgHEEC2d_mWUiu4PobftGP8RXxHQrKowIt/s4032/IMG_4832.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEjG7Ks1PhTSJvvDeiyrjVMGgSBsUWnXUDC8moOMTo4QaGkTqV-0LDB4LteAxzHXAwR-0FXPRWs5fC53HNOkydtGzRU1zhGW3vhxgQTX5eoFMVvIL_xQZW7TK3XcYcGNqs7qb1-qtVc9DFGLKjYiqRK_OgHEEC2d_mWUiu4PobftGP8RXxHQrKowIt/s320/IMG_4832.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">September 15th</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As it grew out I noticed it had actually cracked while it was behind the quick and it grew out like a shattered windshield area. I was worried after all these months it was finally going to chip off</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7XHifNhwSo4Pb7ZYQikG8q-YWKTnwbji-MsSFXsrZgYSTYodV17Hw6yjQ-TCJWb2RSJqS_m-9uRy8x0dtTI5Je4Xy23nnPu6sGluTchpakW68gzzFK3SlXi5GorI9JRDVskCckJ-q0GA5lC68A1hjzCEPtBKTHoQWkGyPfgDh1Zq4awdvjl4BW1Br/s4032/IMG_5006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7XHifNhwSo4Pb7ZYQikG8q-YWKTnwbji-MsSFXsrZgYSTYodV17Hw6yjQ-TCJWb2RSJqS_m-9uRy8x0dtTI5Je4Xy23nnPu6sGluTchpakW68gzzFK3SlXi5GorI9JRDVskCckJ-q0GA5lC68A1hjzCEPtBKTHoQWkGyPfgDh1Zq4awdvjl4BW1Br/s320/IMG_5006.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">September 24th, people finally started to stop commenting on it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And some of the old blood must have seeped out from the nailbed crack because it very quickly lightened up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihbZJW8JnPUcOpDyhTc9hj6YhOu4_owx_I0kfQj6tPD0A-zVHRY3N-0-42RfCruUapD9SRz12Pi1XsSFp010UNR2eTJh9UVM6p0XoMB8oTqO2d6N1ye3x_YIfEyuP026xRCc0F380FMSA2vSG0AaPMe4BtLMTtGxLFfUwe2eMSS-G2DiljV7k8Y9lx/s4032/IMG_5048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihbZJW8JnPUcOpDyhTc9hj6YhOu4_owx_I0kfQj6tPD0A-zVHRY3N-0-42RfCruUapD9SRz12Pi1XsSFp010UNR2eTJh9UVM6p0XoMB8oTqO2d6N1ye3x_YIfEyuP026xRCc0F380FMSA2vSG0AaPMe4BtLMTtGxLFfUwe2eMSS-G2DiljV7k8Y9lx/s320/IMG_5048.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">September 29th</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pieces of the top of the nail started to flake and peel off.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO3iq5884VEnRueg8lFTN9f7ki_YV4B363-qMjL5MCMNqq93T-7IOF1dtbRtEvmC6G1q6R5TiNByrM5P5gitvjMBkASBtbmIztk9VnaD6UHxcIU0XxO60CLnmxcxHr_dHgztAXRLAFkTOutG6Ik2v-y_wEfWQZuW_zbMNamHrX0QGKXOuyrq0GkVn_/s4032/IMG_5210.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO3iq5884VEnRueg8lFTN9f7ki_YV4B363-qMjL5MCMNqq93T-7IOF1dtbRtEvmC6G1q6R5TiNByrM5P5gitvjMBkASBtbmIztk9VnaD6UHxcIU0XxO60CLnmxcxHr_dHgztAXRLAFkTOutG6Ik2v-y_wEfWQZuW_zbMNamHrX0QGKXOuyrq0GkVn_/s320/IMG_5210.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">October 10th</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Still flaking and peeling off the top of the nail.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH5KWJOG9roQ4VgN5HK_ObLoPZBcaSmMxpB-cNtueWUSCevzrg0tZaO1a7K1T-yWzOhWyaY5CpaAVodYWUoh7L5o_vWAaWmW7pyb2Q7svnqacyljpMRcOAONcu1-EUTf2lhpij_w1fOVM8qF-RyauauF2VhDYVAIfpSodhyuiDGlUNg3_7cLIirPC8/s4032/IMG_5527.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH5KWJOG9roQ4VgN5HK_ObLoPZBcaSmMxpB-cNtueWUSCevzrg0tZaO1a7K1T-yWzOhWyaY5CpaAVodYWUoh7L5o_vWAaWmW7pyb2Q7svnqacyljpMRcOAONcu1-EUTf2lhpij_w1fOVM8qF-RyauauF2VhDYVAIfpSodhyuiDGlUNg3_7cLIirPC8/s320/IMG_5527.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">October 27th</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The ratty part finally grew off only to catch on a glove at work and rip half of it off. Ouch! Very short on that one side for awhile.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQFizTIajrStJPSq0fhYfeP-Dwik5zB4c8zdaWbHnXAajvxpFtA-aYRIdil_dW8wXfewNxVEsvx_ygak170Pbr0_es48H5lUzds-5NzYePKIion5BmT7PeSNuMEzraaIIaQwi0HW7uBvVQGJOJUaJBxB-dXe7XXvW5hpNwZeqV1C6K3uabPIH01nh/s4032/C250AE98-6BE7-4E19-9C1A-765917EA982C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQFizTIajrStJPSq0fhYfeP-Dwik5zB4c8zdaWbHnXAajvxpFtA-aYRIdil_dW8wXfewNxVEsvx_ygak170Pbr0_es48H5lUzds-5NzYePKIion5BmT7PeSNuMEzraaIIaQwi0HW7uBvVQGJOJUaJBxB-dXe7XXvW5hpNwZeqV1C6K3uabPIH01nh/s320/C250AE98-6BE7-4E19-9C1A-765917EA982C.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today, December 5th. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The chipped/gouged part has like 3-4mm's left to go before all the evidence will be gone. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wow, 5 months to get over one little accident!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02685230580167231442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036272516528479528.post-15698188503580060522022-11-26T09:51:00.005-08:002022-11-26T09:51:58.377-08:00Jill's quilt and shower<p> My friend Jill is adopting, I couldn't be more excited for her. Her friend was planning her shower so I wanted to help. I was going to be in charge of decorations, gift baskets, advice cards. And on top of that I decided to make her a quilt. There wasn't a ton of notice as how adoptions go, so on our anniversary getaway, we spent a little of it at JoAnn's picking out fabric! I was inspired by <a href="https://gluesticksblog.com/gingham-baby-quilt/">this quilt blog pattern</a> I found online. </p><p>Fabric purchased and washed:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi29jsj33G1-PYy2OC7vntaqBoLF0YLXfYkPQ77H4alAOzC_DBmF83fqKKmNu3MC1PZUxSq4EDO8lz5NZh3SHY_BQr3X3aY75XeCuuMsv1rXU_D4mVLhxsNEZAcj3EnfEDuvoZZ1rNErtuiY8Avyt0qllWUSiGjnIonCDEWEHGg9IiUILVZPXdYenpp/s4032/IMG_5827.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi29jsj33G1-PYy2OC7vntaqBoLF0YLXfYkPQ77H4alAOzC_DBmF83fqKKmNu3MC1PZUxSq4EDO8lz5NZh3SHY_BQr3X3aY75XeCuuMsv1rXU_D4mVLhxsNEZAcj3EnfEDuvoZZ1rNErtuiY8Avyt0qllWUSiGjnIonCDEWEHGg9IiUILVZPXdYenpp/s320/IMG_5827.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Probably my least favorite part is the cutting:<p></p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4WgCwC6R33mJukb1oQM9-DeTqgS8-QkUoNefINmo339L2OXISl_UdwOdGFBoJ_8DCz-vOnVQjzf8WFhe9rdFfgyl_TqvM1o3UYkXzBjgWW8WyU4vkr-77ZHV8ZpXUY2ENl4r5WcLpD7twJ5ywwBrAQ7UZGp0644rbWdSskNWYY7qmLg0KbpwYXMiG/s4032/IMG_5828.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4WgCwC6R33mJukb1oQM9-DeTqgS8-QkUoNefINmo339L2OXISl_UdwOdGFBoJ_8DCz-vOnVQjzf8WFhe9rdFfgyl_TqvM1o3UYkXzBjgWW8WyU4vkr-77ZHV8ZpXUY2ENl4r5WcLpD7twJ5ywwBrAQ7UZGp0644rbWdSskNWYY7qmLg0KbpwYXMiG/s320/IMG_5828.JPG" width="240" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Squares ready to sew:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIJ98oSnJZ8NM7NIJBMgjJHvjwBycCKkUPojJi-JsJrEquGwopT6fwXYM98TH3pVmzgBPXFnzA2jI2VpUdm6yjhOBqMy6SAy_xUaZMgW26nI_AelxFHyeSfd0sblVGNF4PlRua_GS8VIPYVq8wV1EmJMMeR2W2DFaWPfu-aFhQDldnU95vvEl8nEw6/s4032/IMG_5829.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIJ98oSnJZ8NM7NIJBMgjJHvjwBycCKkUPojJi-JsJrEquGwopT6fwXYM98TH3pVmzgBPXFnzA2jI2VpUdm6yjhOBqMy6SAy_xUaZMgW26nI_AelxFHyeSfd0sblVGNF4PlRua_GS8VIPYVq8wV1EmJMMeR2W2DFaWPfu-aFhQDldnU95vvEl8nEw6/s320/IMG_5829.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sewed them alternating white and grey and navy and grey strips</div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlH3yQA46eOPQWHqul3jk9uSHCnQ-pMXuuYZ1Jg3r1anKTZ4QEROuHjHnjabWeteLDvOLnLeN_Sm9WXj_xmT4y1SPfCzGiGu5q3JTSGbN_R4c86vR68I7cIJFG8sRoT8AsQnLiCnKBtA-iE1BiileUxTNKfp-10i2fBYuPNnOMmGynxzTJQ4OXmE80/s4032/IMG_6162.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlH3yQA46eOPQWHqul3jk9uSHCnQ-pMXuuYZ1Jg3r1anKTZ4QEROuHjHnjabWeteLDvOLnLeN_Sm9WXj_xmT4y1SPfCzGiGu5q3JTSGbN_R4c86vR68I7cIJFG8sRoT8AsQnLiCnKBtA-iE1BiileUxTNKfp-10i2fBYuPNnOMmGynxzTJQ4OXmE80/s320/IMG_6162.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next sewed the strips to each other</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjTdxUdRxjSaRlRaJJH6nJQyNvW7fh0Xj__d3POmL-hNg7oBDmGl97yoqXGVeNamD7m2fvUs_zEZZpGbkn2g2JtUXoSdf8uUs8zIGtCwyTbmxnquOIWaAfbQKngqj74Rho424NpmoYVOk0P3Fh7jRFriOVmm1ykIajehLlldUCKEZxac2xnw3to0e_/s4032/IMG_6164.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjTdxUdRxjSaRlRaJJH6nJQyNvW7fh0Xj__d3POmL-hNg7oBDmGl97yoqXGVeNamD7m2fvUs_zEZZpGbkn2g2JtUXoSdf8uUs8zIGtCwyTbmxnquOIWaAfbQKngqj74Rho424NpmoYVOk0P3Fh7jRFriOVmm1ykIajehLlldUCKEZxac2xnw3to0e_/s320/IMG_6164.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">laying it on the batting and backing fabric, no matter how much I measure it never is quite right!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSDk3tNQ0pDY0T-JfKe-OpMTEQFCIUK7S05Zq-zopITvd_EhTuhIzUSEW3Ned6N2mBgnWOB--x-6si8Xs_9gqwGE46C5jCao1_5M8s3pXCgy2lj27rlRAEC6zy5dV4ln_h6YbCuR4WSS-VYM72REzMaJo13zfnZ0znl6sfJV-75lXNdXt3sHNdaBQA/s4032/IMG_6168.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSDk3tNQ0pDY0T-JfKe-OpMTEQFCIUK7S05Zq-zopITvd_EhTuhIzUSEW3Ned6N2mBgnWOB--x-6si8Xs_9gqwGE46C5jCao1_5M8s3pXCgy2lj27rlRAEC6zy5dV4ln_h6YbCuR4WSS-VYM72REzMaJo13zfnZ0znl6sfJV-75lXNdXt3sHNdaBQA/s320/IMG_6168.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">sewing all 3 layers together</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipaRZvlAibf2TbJnjl_bUltsyTmcjEG7h-rZFxpmlm8q44rnS5VPX9UBKSmr0nSiWMelfACiMWpWjZzp3zD6WayUhvB3N90YBtf_KOHV40RPdRl79xNO7lPPtShL3bo334GXlXyN5bkkWH8ObAwaiFFgqCFqJIz2yXZvb4KAeGalNcC08deG5IDwNk/s4032/IMG_6170.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipaRZvlAibf2TbJnjl_bUltsyTmcjEG7h-rZFxpmlm8q44rnS5VPX9UBKSmr0nSiWMelfACiMWpWjZzp3zD6WayUhvB3N90YBtf_KOHV40RPdRl79xNO7lPPtShL3bo334GXlXyN5bkkWH8ObAwaiFFgqCFqJIz2yXZvb4KAeGalNcC08deG5IDwNk/s320/IMG_6170.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Putting on the binding</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvxoRC6XhOQLXpTOUuJAaOll6r8mLYVJg1Gq7zOd3MonH3CjCEWIcenYZ5etwVBYH40FWiWondU-uzEcMsGKjPxf-_d5YgSXfDuKvlVRG1iYfJDKA9STCGLkVj_ZWLDqt8VlLi-qb2p4WBE1aIVi6VVKkyiaeAtK51vkIGhNJ-MLHaGmTszwBIgIuw/s4032/IMG_6172.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvxoRC6XhOQLXpTOUuJAaOll6r8mLYVJg1Gq7zOd3MonH3CjCEWIcenYZ5etwVBYH40FWiWondU-uzEcMsGKjPxf-_d5YgSXfDuKvlVRG1iYfJDKA9STCGLkVj_ZWLDqt8VlLi-qb2p4WBE1aIVi6VVKkyiaeAtK51vkIGhNJ-MLHaGmTszwBIgIuw/s320/IMG_6172.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As careful as I was, this wrinkle still got sewed through several columns, sigh</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNKB9twCOd1E0xl_-MND9TRsuFzrhioRPDmya7zL4oSa91ob3OC8npmYNktAQQwNbuBG-4ejwZ0-U01511MK98b4YOXM8WsEjk_ad09LEidl0cbK5OtCpEIJSXcdAcA_tDHBjR6Ig8ELt7Q8DLAGhlrRY14P77-oc5rJb6F_cx-M0KJRx1zKnv-vM1/s4032/IMG_6173.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNKB9twCOd1E0xl_-MND9TRsuFzrhioRPDmya7zL4oSa91ob3OC8npmYNktAQQwNbuBG-4ejwZ0-U01511MK98b4YOXM8WsEjk_ad09LEidl0cbK5OtCpEIJSXcdAcA_tDHBjR6Ig8ELt7Q8DLAGhlrRY14P77-oc5rJb6F_cx-M0KJRx1zKnv-vM1/s320/IMG_6173.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Overall I was really pleased with it. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6fOFJnGwtgtoabGMbqANcdP7HlqoiL1lOFiSmicUbLImj7DnzHW69Hthx3GBo0sWMcxq-SUfxTbeupy_bzJvQmluuBwyHoWP0aIBj8zjk_CwJuO6D-ICar15elaWiPNPX5BA8Iw1oLm75vSH8NEODlF9taBttKd6cVu6BHpiZ7inzCvKCORupWZ-9/s4032/IMG_6179.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6fOFJnGwtgtoabGMbqANcdP7HlqoiL1lOFiSmicUbLImj7DnzHW69Hthx3GBo0sWMcxq-SUfxTbeupy_bzJvQmluuBwyHoWP0aIBj8zjk_CwJuO6D-ICar15elaWiPNPX5BA8Iw1oLm75vSH8NEODlF9taBttKd6cVu6BHpiZ7inzCvKCORupWZ-9/s320/IMG_6179.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg6MMDDvggsPqkyZ-ayDKQTIeufgEn-S48ecuz5xBLHGkwaBbdjt36cfUpLMBfb30dwaqyrLdW6sLTQ8ygKsSmedwfJi-iWY4MSv3gz97WmNEH4dgpx-ltqz4beKPTeRySgmca9GArAf2L5LQsKFM2Fj3ywxiu15HK6nIlbAskF1nq7me_TG2uqR5D/s4032/IMG_6180.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg6MMDDvggsPqkyZ-ayDKQTIeufgEn-S48ecuz5xBLHGkwaBbdjt36cfUpLMBfb30dwaqyrLdW6sLTQ8ygKsSmedwfJi-iWY4MSv3gz97WmNEH4dgpx-ltqz4beKPTeRySgmca9GArAf2L5LQsKFM2Fj3ywxiu15HK6nIlbAskF1nq7me_TG2uqR5D/s320/IMG_6180.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6hAtbSjhDpNPGwslAwsFZYctB9ae9cKwF7Rbg8sHisGjqPl99YZ_yipXOSFTOfEx-tSz_TYUxhXBim0k_cS2dXVu1Jvfavrck5LX_qpmA4t1WdlywxdAEc75qmidH9WSQQB5hkLHNXLGgweZy3a3N_finN7pnNn3ZYqenSegphjZZmsLCN6gWs-5G/s4032/IMG_6181.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6hAtbSjhDpNPGwslAwsFZYctB9ae9cKwF7Rbg8sHisGjqPl99YZ_yipXOSFTOfEx-tSz_TYUxhXBim0k_cS2dXVu1Jvfavrck5LX_qpmA4t1WdlywxdAEc75qmidH9WSQQB5hkLHNXLGgweZy3a3N_finN7pnNn3ZYqenSegphjZZmsLCN6gWs-5G/s320/IMG_6181.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She was thinking it was going to be a baby boy, but now she is unsure so we'll see! It was a very stressful week for me with late nights staying up to finish the quilt and then the shower assisting. I did all the gift basket shopping, that was fun. The advice cards were ordered. But I had planned on one of those balloon arches and little did I know that was going to be so stressful. As it was, I borrowed the balloon blower upper and the arch from co-workers, but the night before the shower I spent hours in the half bathroom blowing up the balloons (the pump was too loud and waking up the baby if I did it in the kitchen!) and part of the arch frame was missing so had to engineer some missing parts with toilet paper tubes! Anyway, with my faithful assistant Doug we got all the balloons blown up and partially assembled. The next day I had borrowed my dad's van and good thing because it was stuffed with balloons, two of which popped while I was driving which was very nerve wracking! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDyk2tJg60IGerSuKL-emq8GdczkLlzA50AWKX3Gybd3R_eT-1Ikh3XR25ByN5owi66ihFuOtoZqXiMa12IP7fo73KIXk1mGDvJBDLo7x7B9dbkj7I6pkr8XDJd41usWRiKA2Q9_OVKxSMDmOBQbPPvYsN1C5ucB74l_ILeeCKdRJqrEKJXHZRXVEW/s4032/JYAG2341.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDyk2tJg60IGerSuKL-emq8GdczkLlzA50AWKX3Gybd3R_eT-1Ikh3XR25ByN5owi66ihFuOtoZqXiMa12IP7fo73KIXk1mGDvJBDLo7x7B9dbkj7I6pkr8XDJd41usWRiKA2Q9_OVKxSMDmOBQbPPvYsN1C5ucB74l_ILeeCKdRJqrEKJXHZRXVEW/s320/JYAG2341.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(kitchen covered with balloons)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had only about 15 mins to set up, it was held in a very nice restaurant, but the other girls helped me and it got assembled and ended up looking pretty good.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJkUfxtij6_aQqO4KIT8Z7g4YcvNoySv5Gsb8Dt8El5p9oWfwWpx_SNfjlZPZLJLJ_-3vqGp5Mn5_mlQlBPW31V9qZe7w0kF5o7hDVB_-nEVgqEBlCUQdNLu4ziL2Ki5LTKU4WzniSmAx9gAXS9XmpWvZa0PPdRrQm5de0itDFx5_DLI2lQFmVAvTl/s4032/IMG_6189.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJkUfxtij6_aQqO4KIT8Z7g4YcvNoySv5Gsb8Dt8El5p9oWfwWpx_SNfjlZPZLJLJ_-3vqGp5Mn5_mlQlBPW31V9qZe7w0kF5o7hDVB_-nEVgqEBlCUQdNLu4ziL2Ki5LTKU4WzniSmAx9gAXS9XmpWvZa0PPdRrQm5de0itDFx5_DLI2lQFmVAvTl/s320/IMG_6189.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(the "boy" balloon part fell down... was it a sign?!? lol)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrdQYTLCiXRdlXuxDNWyqSBj3jQcb-a9NENd5mj_qmHcQ6P4UvyqNWxMuyvepXZarlBl7sxMh8_PY20OnGiTb7hvhDVKXA75KU5ykETuBPu8MG3FrlGyuY25bTL3S6hW0cbB9iiOWzPRbcDvWYOMbG9GGR8PxecA2vAiGfTxN97bBXqqbck0JZyr_O/s4032/IMG_6190.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrdQYTLCiXRdlXuxDNWyqSBj3jQcb-a9NENd5mj_qmHcQ6P4UvyqNWxMuyvepXZarlBl7sxMh8_PY20OnGiTb7hvhDVKXA75KU5ykETuBPu8MG3FrlGyuY25bTL3S6hW0cbB9iiOWzPRbcDvWYOMbG9GGR8PxecA2vAiGfTxN97bBXqqbck0JZyr_O/s320/IMG_6190.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA3GF_om92NP0FIMDcD33YWJrp_cKtO7tUij4nbiHLfKsQmPeHhh6UzrJ2XTJWxZmckBong3zXjlcQX333eOaXPY2qs3NKxVEDYwkC0VwIUwtkYmsb-Co4aqBd4fK7mVUdOwb1WU4WZ8sSGTCOovcLpmLO7mpOGQ4dowsBNKxs-BVf2QBIGuv8kTtf/s4032/IMG_6191.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA3GF_om92NP0FIMDcD33YWJrp_cKtO7tUij4nbiHLfKsQmPeHhh6UzrJ2XTJWxZmckBong3zXjlcQX333eOaXPY2qs3NKxVEDYwkC0VwIUwtkYmsb-Co4aqBd4fK7mVUdOwb1WU4WZ8sSGTCOovcLpmLO7mpOGQ4dowsBNKxs-BVf2QBIGuv8kTtf/s320/IMG_6191.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was actually one of the nicest showers I'd been to. It was small and intimate, the food was so amazing and such a nice treat. Flatbread appetizers, I chose the salmon with green beans and dill potatoes for my lunch, and there were dessert shot glasses. Mmmmm. Jill has really kind loving friends and we went around the table talking about how we each knew her and some words of wisdom, and then they did a little "game" about adoption which was informative and interesting. It was a really wonderful shower and so good to celebrate her. I can't wait to meet baby!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ggHZSU_rdpJ1UauOn9SaIHVAghNardffmiFJyAB-9pu9QxMATCKbtVIWTWKY3nZByGn0xkbTyGq0KxWKTzEUz8mAc6EXnk9_qOX6W0ta94bavzQcMNZdB4hit-aip-4DXHgj9DymJb_Cn9U2i6kvw9OkLG1kx8Of6xIcC9e0h9Cq_mXaeysdk27w/s3166/IMG_E6193.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1837" data-original-width="3166" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ggHZSU_rdpJ1UauOn9SaIHVAghNardffmiFJyAB-9pu9QxMATCKbtVIWTWKY3nZByGn0xkbTyGq0KxWKTzEUz8mAc6EXnk9_qOX6W0ta94bavzQcMNZdB4hit-aip-4DXHgj9DymJb_Cn9U2i6kvw9OkLG1kx8Of6xIcC9e0h9Cq_mXaeysdk27w/s320/IMG_E6193.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02685230580167231442noreply@blogger.com0