tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737403660924869432024-03-05T03:47:54.543-08:00The Hot Chocolatesmandbridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06804497164306745480noreply@blogger.comBlogger176125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73740366092486943.post-33140351035504822162011-10-31T20:33:00.000-07:002011-11-01T06:59:58.911-07:00Halloween 2011<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JbqrXdf1UJg/Tq9r8zE2m9I/AAAAAAAAD7k/mYsZpNVp9-A/s1600/HPIM1405.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JbqrXdf1UJg/Tq9r8zE2m9I/AAAAAAAAD7k/mYsZpNVp9-A/s400/HPIM1405.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669869148129631186" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nu6VWwRXr6I/Tq9rfcjqCtI/AAAAAAAAD7Q/FDG_xaTBZvg/s1600/HPIM1414.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nu6VWwRXr6I/Tq9rfcjqCtI/AAAAAAAAD7Q/FDG_xaTBZvg/s400/HPIM1414.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669868643868609234" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LZMIPz0GPeE/Tq9rfLCa0UI/AAAAAAAAD7A/SmIJna_itQo/s1600/HPIM1412.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LZMIPz0GPeE/Tq9rfLCa0UI/AAAAAAAAD7A/SmIJna_itQo/s400/HPIM1412.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669868639165796674" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MLqnPGlvPoo/Tq9reC4tSGI/AAAAAAAAD60/zbiX2PQjmYI/s1600/HPIM1411.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MLqnPGlvPoo/Tq9reC4tSGI/AAAAAAAAD60/zbiX2PQjmYI/s400/HPIM1411.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669868619797710946" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bpWHp5vDRKM/Tq9rd74grfI/AAAAAAAAD6o/OjzcjVrS424/s1600/HPIM1410.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bpWHp5vDRKM/Tq9rd74grfI/AAAAAAAAD6o/OjzcjVrS424/s400/HPIM1410.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669868617917836786" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B-JoA3_yYew/Tq9rgKBEbdI/AAAAAAAAD7Y/Z_lxbLxxY5I/s1600/HPIM1415.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 275px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B-JoA3_yYew/Tq9rgKBEbdI/AAAAAAAAD7Y/Z_lxbLxxY5I/s400/HPIM1415.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669868656071568850" border="0" /></a><br />We had a fun Halloween this year. I stayed home with Wilbur and Charlotte, my sister Gina took Woody and Buzz trick-or-treating, and Tony took the princess, the turtle and the zombie/ninja/wizard/parachute pants-er out to torment the town. Julius brought home nearly 200 pieces of candy!<br /><br />The three big kids also had fun at school dressing up for the parade and having class parties.<br /><br />Tony, once again pulled off an impressive Steve Urkel and won third place. Didn't get a picture of him, darn! <br /><br />My favorite costume of the night was the little boy who knocked on our door with green hair and green balloons pinned all over him. He was GRAPES!<br /><br />Edited to add: The cute blonde girl up above in orange is my adorable sister Gina.mandbridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06804497164306745480noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73740366092486943.post-85504783409990664762011-10-27T09:27:00.000-07:002011-10-27T09:32:53.611-07:00First Day of School - August 2011<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9Is54mN1aJg/TqmG7plS6oI/AAAAAAAAD6Q/wiG16nFqXj4/s1600/HPIM1352.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 304px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9Is54mN1aJg/TqmG7plS6oI/AAAAAAAAD6Q/wiG16nFqXj4/s400/HPIM1352.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668209965355166338" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jPDu0b4pjSE/TqmG6oWyQRI/AAAAAAAAD6E/fgtwr9rLyjo/s1600/HPIM1351.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zf-MR14CrBs/TqmG75OMawI/AAAAAAAAD6c/TXWNEIC8qlA/s400/HPIM1353.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668209969553238786" border="0" /></a>mandbridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06804497164306745480noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73740366092486943.post-84453016577618413702011-10-27T09:25:00.001-07:002011-10-27T09:27:43.547-07:00Charlotte's Blessing Day July 3, 2011<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pTySu8ISebE/TqmGT6fx5sI/AAAAAAAAD5g/PGB2Mx-ALeU/s1600/HPIM1277.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 275px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pTySu8ISebE/TqmGT6fx5sI/AAAAAAAAD5g/PGB2Mx-ALeU/s400/HPIM1277.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668209282700666562" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PRbdeFrBJ_M/TqmGTXHnefI/AAAAAAAAD5U/aEXGFjDkwbU/s1600/HPIM1266.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 304px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PRbdeFrBJ_M/TqmGTXHnefI/AAAAAAAAD5U/aEXGFjDkwbU/s400/HPIM1266.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668209273204079090" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LTOWzoukTlo/TqmGUUOsjbI/AAAAAAAAD5w/syBRoV_xHng/s1600/HPIM1278.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LTOWzoukTlo/TqmGUUOsjbI/AAAAAAAAD5w/syBRoV_xHng/s400/HPIM1278.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668209289608334770" border="0" /></a>mandbridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06804497164306745480noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73740366092486943.post-78738356301854296302011-10-27T09:06:00.000-07:002011-10-27T09:23:20.750-07:00Charlotte 2 months - 5 months<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gL7s4AbJrKM/TqmEP8jCAYI/AAAAAAAAD5I/t8d0ns87BeQ/s1600/HPIM1398.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 304px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gL7s4AbJrKM/TqmEP8jCAYI/AAAAAAAAD5I/t8d0ns87BeQ/s400/HPIM1398.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668207015508443522" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tdj-rmgJ1Ns/TqmD0-xsxmI/AAAAAAAAD4w/-hTn_VXNpqM/s1600/HPIM1374.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 319px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tdj-rmgJ1Ns/TqmD0-xsxmI/AAAAAAAAD4w/-hTn_VXNpqM/s400/HPIM1374.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668206552250369634" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GsuNY7YiKQo/TqmD0SVks4I/AAAAAAAAD4k/hAGXm8FVN10/s1600/HPIM1337.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GsuNY7YiKQo/TqmD0SVks4I/AAAAAAAAD4k/hAGXm8FVN10/s400/HPIM1337.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668206540321239938" border="0" /></a>My friend <a href="http://halversenphotography.blogspot.com/">Amber</a> edited the 3 month pic but I'm a not a whiz on the computer and can't figure out how to get that one on here....hopefully I'll figure it out soon.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GsuNY7YiKQo/TqmD0SVks4I/AAAAAAAAD4k/hAGXm8FVN10/s1600/HPIM1337.JPG"> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fE-OkUZxhcQ/TqmD0Cc5VXI/AAAAAAAAD4Y/SPyhc7adsfs/s1600/HPIM1312.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fE-OkUZxhcQ/TqmD0Cc5VXI/AAAAAAAAD4Y/SPyhc7adsfs/s400/HPIM1312.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668206536056984946" border="0" /></a>mandbridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06804497164306745480noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73740366092486943.post-84841131734896765752011-06-26T21:58:00.000-07:002011-06-26T22:19:49.107-07:00Charlotte Hazel<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gwUe7Ke1S1Y/TggQEy6cw4I/AAAAAAAAD3Y/CrNcbB5Kvzs/s1600/HPIM6809.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gwUe7Ke1S1Y/TggQEy6cw4I/AAAAAAAAD3Y/CrNcbB5Kvzs/s400/HPIM6809.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622761809344512898" border="0" /></a>Born May 26th, 2011<br />6:41 pm<br />7 pounds 2 ounces<br />21 1/4 inches<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kb9rYbA4wKA/TggP4qoUr_I/AAAAAAAAD3Q/9v21xLomqfQ/s1600/HPIM6817.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kb9rYbA4wKA/TggP4qoUr_I/AAAAAAAAD3Q/9v21xLomqfQ/s400/HPIM6817.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622761600962572274" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Kdxa2aI_K6A/TggOCmKexEI/AAAAAAAAD2A/7deKdtuwqHg/s1600/HPIM1109.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Kdxa2aI_K6A/TggOCmKexEI/AAAAAAAAD2A/7deKdtuwqHg/s400/HPIM1109.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">May 28th - just home from the hospital:<br />Hudson, Henry, Braeden, Julius, Charlotte, and Bronwyn<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KYbTdvy7rb4/TggOC9BGhFI/AAAAAAAAD2I/0d_MM3onoDA/s1600/HPIM1110.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KYbTdvy7rb4/TggOC9BGhFI/AAAAAAAAD2I/0d_MM3onoDA/s400/HPIM1110.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zHRf33RnC-4/TggODCtDOrI/AAAAAAAAD2Q/x891FU2BppE/s1600/HPIM1112.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zHRf33RnC-4/TggODCtDOrI/AAAAAAAAD2Q/x891FU2BppE/s400/HPIM1112.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V1O07b60sq4/TggODOyhV-I/AAAAAAAAD2Y/5xK2GprqHP4/s1600/HPIM1140.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V1O07b60sq4/TggODOyhV-I/AAAAAAAAD2Y/5xK2GprqHP4/s400/HPIM1140.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nDAsWG_9RUU/TggODelp7eI/AAAAAAAAD2g/kF83aUeUmmQ/s1600/HPIM1156.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nDAsWG_9RUU/TggODelp7eI/AAAAAAAAD2g/kF83aUeUmmQ/s400/HPIM1156.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fXypImFKq-A/TggOEHbNwcI/AAAAAAAAD2o/qsYXJ2QX1zw/s1600/HPIM1159.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fXypImFKq-A/TggOEHbNwcI/AAAAAAAAD2o/qsYXJ2QX1zw/s400/HPIM1159.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">She is one month old today....and we are loving every minute of it!<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bEvRK4MkxnE/TggOEsMieiI/AAAAAAAAD2w/3PprmKAxFNM/s1600/HPIM1224.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bEvRK4MkxnE/TggOEsMieiI/AAAAAAAAD2w/3PprmKAxFNM/s400/HPIM1224.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tzXz4_azN2A/TggOFGtwB5I/AAAAAAAAD24/OFe8h7_N3jk/s1600/HPIM1233.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tzXz4_azN2A/TggOFGtwB5I/AAAAAAAAD24/OFe8h7_N3jk/s400/HPIM1233.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556155118614128930" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/TRttpIH2qSI/AAAAAAAAD00/_cw6B0fVEjQ/s400/HPIM6638.JPG" />Stockings<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 301px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556154367316746946" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/TRts9ZUmYsI/AAAAAAAAD0s/Xmurg01VMwY/s400/HPIM6649.JPG" />Hudson and Henry - The Incredibles is their #1 favorite movie<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556154361312361298" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/TRts9C9Cu1I/AAAAAAAAD0k/yQfyTrpSFBc/s400/HPIM6651.JPG" />Santa brought Julius a 12-inch Godzilla<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556154359524425986" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/TRts88SxAQI/AAAAAAAAD0c/GkKezrDmZM8/s400/HPIM6654.JPG" />Santa brought Braeden a 12-inch Mechagodzilla<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556154355965289346" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/TRts8vCM44I/AAAAAAAAD0U/0UGM6iIjOfQ/s400/HPIM6655.JPG" />Santa brought Bronwyn Gizmo from The Gremlins<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 301px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556154347398869730" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/TRts8PHzsuI/AAAAAAAAD0M/67kTa5sdb60/s400/HPIM6657.JPG" /> <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>We had an AMAZING Christmas. Thanks to all the family and friends who helped make it so special! We are now enjoying a quiet week sleeping in, snacking, and playing games.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>mandbridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06804497164306745480noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73740366092486943.post-6532496345788653952010-12-29T08:54:00.000-08:002010-12-29T09:10:41.099-08:00Last Month - Braeden and Bronwyn's BirthdayBraeden and Bronwyn turned 6 last month. We had a fun weekend celebrating their birthday - Braeden's choice was lunch at Red Robin and Bronwyn picked an afternoon of fun at Chuck E Cheese's. On Sunday we had cake and presents. <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/TRtpjTJZgiI/AAAAAAAAD0E/vZ41h-YW7vs/s1600/HPIM6608.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556150620447670818" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/TRtpjTJZgiI/AAAAAAAAD0E/vZ41h-YW7vs/s400/HPIM6608.JPG" /></a> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 283px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556150615209530034" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/TRtpi_oh0rI/AAAAAAAADz8/TNRV0a60X94/s400/HPIM6614.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 338px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556150610291070098" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/TRtpitT4FJI/AAAAAAAADz0/zZXZKlAs1bE/s400/HPIM6616.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 302px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556150605172505154" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/TRtpiaPg-kI/AAAAAAAADzs/Ia1znfCb4WI/s400/HPIM6619.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 364px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556150597321114130" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/TRtph8_mQhI/AAAAAAAADzk/g5IAI3WiQ_I/s400/HPIM6620.JPG" />Aren't the cakes lovely?!?! They LOVED them and that's all that really matters. Lucky me!mandbridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06804497164306745480noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73740366092486943.post-8633182996074151132010-11-24T15:22:00.000-08:002010-11-24T15:23:39.470-08:00Announcement!Baby #6 due to arrive May 30th 2011......<br /><br /><br />and yep, it's only ONE!mandbridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06804497164306745480noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73740366092486943.post-59609556350286650042010-07-28T20:25:00.001-07:002010-07-28T20:48:31.722-07:00Last weekend the three big kids went to a family reunion without us....it was fun to spend some time with just Henry and Hudson. We took them to the park to feed the ducks and play on the playground.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/TFD3axRGJjI/AAAAAAAADzQ/z3DfF2lrEok/s1600/HPIM6381.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499167184293078578" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/TFD3axRGJjI/AAAAAAAADzQ/z3DfF2lrEok/s400/HPIM6381.JPG" /></a> <div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/TFD3ak1mjtI/AAAAAAAADzI/KAc0OY4pD5w/s1600/HPIM6400-1.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 301px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499167180956536530" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/TFD3ak1mjtI/AAAAAAAADzI/KAc0OY4pD5w/s400/HPIM6400-1.JPG" /></a> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 301px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499167168899790002" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/TFD3Z37DNLI/AAAAAAAADzA/nvRqXwHuEVc/s400/HPIM6401.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 301px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499165329196713010" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/TFD1uyfqBDI/AAAAAAAADyI/kcpREQD91DA/s400/HPIM6402.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 301px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499165336201633826" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/TFD1vMlwoCI/AAAAAAAADyQ/UzP2mPVsmQA/s400/HPIM6404.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499165344160989458" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/TFD1vqPawRI/AAAAAAAADyY/ekPX0kTiByU/s400/HPIM6406.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499165362477222866" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/TFD1wueWS9I/AAAAAAAADyo/CaT0oWPFf-E/s400/HPIM6410.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499165348228224066" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/TFD1v5ZH1EI/AAAAAAAADyg/8IN4c5voS4Q/s400/HPIM6409.JPG" /> <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Tony and I had a fun time just hanging out with the two of them....that's never happened before. </div><div> </div><div>Thanks to my family for taking the other kids camping - they had a great time - made lots of new "cousin friends" and got reaquainted with others. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>mandbridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06804497164306745480noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73740366092486943.post-66211276291754314662010-03-29T16:31:00.000-07:002010-03-29T16:41:25.629-07:00Lavendar Waves Quilt<div align="center">Just finished this weekend....<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 378px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454203257466361378" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/S7E49w4PliI/AAAAAAAADxQ/ZkgNUrhKEk8/s400/HPIM6243.JPG" />The back is flannel and it's so soft and comfy...<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 301px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454203250411523474" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/S7E49WmPTZI/AAAAAAAADxI/CKTq-tX0kn8/s400/HPIM6245.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 301px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454203241420928002" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/S7E481GttAI/AAAAAAAADxA/ikCxX693dcg/s400/HPIM6246.JPG" /> I got the pattern from a tutorial at<a href="http://www.ohfransson.com/oh_fransson/2010/03/new-wave-quilt.html"> Oh, Fransson!</a> Most of the fabric is <a href="http://lilatuellerdesigns.blogspot.com/">Eden by Lila Tueller for Moda</a>.<br /><br /><br />It's going to an old friend who loves purple. Isn't it perfect for Easter?!?<br /></div>mandbridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06804497164306745480noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73740366092486943.post-3404954380794142992010-02-24T11:52:00.000-08:002010-02-24T11:57:29.746-08:00Just for Fun!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/S4WEQA-xuzI/AAAAAAAADwY/82w4XQABLG4/s1600-h/HPIM6006.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441901135423191858" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/S4WEQA-xuzI/AAAAAAAADwY/82w4XQABLG4/s400/HPIM6006.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/S4WEP_IWtII/AAAAAAAADwQ/8joP3DLAA-4/s1600-h/HPIM6004.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441901134926492802" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/S4WEP_IWtII/AAAAAAAADwQ/8joP3DLAA-4/s400/HPIM6004.JPG" /></a> <div>Yep - we're all still alive over here. I've just been too busy reading blogs to update my own. </div></div>mandbridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06804497164306745480noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73740366092486943.post-31822181640746616832010-02-24T11:03:00.000-08:002010-03-03T19:24:15.009-08:00I've recently found a couple of new blogs and I've had a great time looking through them....AND they're both hosting giveaways right now. Check them out if you're interested!<br /><br /><a href="http://alittlebitbiased.blogspot.com/2010/03/one-lucky-winner-one-last-giveaway-for.html">http://alittlebitbiased.blogspot.com/2010/03/one-lucky-winner-one-last-giveaway-for.html</a><br /><br /><a href="http://lilatuellerdesigns.blogspot.com/">http://lilatuellerdesigns.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br /><br />These are some of the things that I've been busy working on:<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 327px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441893076920183122" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/S4V868t8KVI/AAAAAAAADv4/GfIuWGnGvGc/s400/HPIM6028.JPG" /><br />This is a mini wall hanging quilt I made for fall. It was my first time trying applique....and now I'm not so scared. The pumpkin, stem and bird are all appliqued and it only took me the length of one movie. I really experimented with the machine quilting on this one - lots of swirls and loops. I didn't like the quilting at first - but now I think it's fine.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 386px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441893056536452594" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/S4V85wyFHfI/AAAAAAAADvw/UITkp9lB7_Y/s400/HPIM6027.JPG" /><br />This is another mini wall hanging quilt - for July, obviously. We have been working on this quilt in our church's Quilting Group. I machine quilted this in straight lines.<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 318px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441893032567117730" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/S4V84XfWF6I/AAAAAAAADvg/ojLcB9WLKXw/s400/HPIM5977.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 302px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441893042707997682" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/S4V849RHo_I/AAAAAAAADvo/5fROPFMyZ90/s400/HPIM5978.JPG" />This next one is a baby quilt - front and back. I figured out the pattern by looking at a picture of <a href="http://camilleroskelley.typepad.com/simplify/2009/11/silent-auction-for-benson-and-claire.html">this </a>quilt online. I added a strip of pieces to the back which I love. I free motion quilted this with loopy daisies in each block....I really love how it turned out.<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 383px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441893013925096962" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/S4V83SCvbgI/AAAAAAAADvY/AocBl-yFfjo/s400/HPIM5915.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441896222041896338" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/S4V_yBNY9ZI/AAAAAAAADwA/SyxJ5w3r7Tk/s400/HPIM5920.JPG" /> This quilt I made for Julius. I hand quilted stars in each block and hand quilted around each block. I love the orange batik binding.<br /><br /><br /><br />I just started Henry and Hudson's quilts. I'm using Riley Blake - All Star. I'm going to use the funky pinwheel pattern again.<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 284px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441898502910455650" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/S4WB2yG1L2I/AAAAAAAADwI/a-_MMKa6UiY/s400/HPIM6029.JPG" /> <div><div><div></div><div></div></div></div>mandbridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06804497164306745480noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73740366092486943.post-63889050256470419172009-11-02T08:06:00.001-08:002009-11-02T09:01:30.321-08:00Our Monsters....<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Su8FQ1cFlKI/AAAAAAAADt4/CxadfmaVRFs/s1600-h/HPIM5746.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399540265021445282" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Su8FQ1cFlKI/AAAAAAAADt4/CxadfmaVRFs/s400/HPIM5746.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Su8FQtZ45MI/AAAAAAAADtw/dG9jvRi53NM/s1600-h/HPIM5749.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 251px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399540262864741570" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Su8FQtZ45MI/AAAAAAAADtw/dG9jvRi53NM/s400/HPIM5749.JPG" /></a> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399539753997595826" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Su8EzFugdLI/AAAAAAAADto/EnESpVgLmeA/s400/HPIM5742.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 301px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399539747662091074" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Su8EyuIAU0I/AAAAAAAADtg/Z6AHyWH0P-0/s400/HPIM5757.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 301px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399539737794070322" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Su8EyJXSRzI/AAAAAAAADtY/igFA1W4Z-Cw/s400/HPIM5761.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399539733669371250" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Su8Ex5_4XXI/AAAAAAAADtQ/WopGXbRHE0Q/s400/HPIM5736.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 301px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399539721232818786" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Su8ExLqxomI/AAAAAAAADtI/RFU9x20mADw/s400/HPIM5740.JPG" /> <div><div><div><div><div><div>The babies dressed up - but I didn't get pictures taken of them.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>mandbridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06804497164306745480noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73740366092486943.post-36370629384550687992009-10-08T11:57:00.000-07:002009-10-08T12:06:58.390-07:00First Day of Preschool<div align="center"> I finally downloaded pictures and realized that I never posted Braeden and Bronwyn's first day of preschool....So here we go!</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390306273327285794" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Ss42_xw7hiI/AAAAAAAADso/qq86FHjlfok/s400/HPIM5713.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390306290803748498" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Ss43Ay3pLpI/AAAAAAAADs4/U8lN8676HPY/s400/HPIM5715.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390306298819035938" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Ss43BQuowyI/AAAAAAAADtA/yPZQR0w85os/s400/HPIM5716.JPG" /> We are participating in a Co-op preschool this year. Which means that each of the moms take turns teaching. We also have a mom assigned as a helper and another mom available for childcare. It works out pretty well. Bronwyn and Braeden have a great time and really look forward to preschool days.<br /><div> </div><br /></div>mandbridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06804497164306745480noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73740366092486943.post-91919105041254350032009-09-03T15:52:00.000-07:002009-09-04T08:29:47.605-07:00Lost tooth<div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377378414138688050" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SqBJLVWXAjI/AAAAAAAADsM/LoPK4bzxyt8/s400/HPIM5694.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377378405337718738" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SqBJK0kC39I/AAAAAAAADsE/xwD98yA3QR0/s400/HPIM5696.JPG" />This tooth appeared on the scene when Julius was 4 months old...He made the most of it for almost exactly 6 years. It made it's way through nearly 500 apples in that time - core and all. What a tooth! </div><br /><div align="center">He's gonna miss this one!<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SqBKkLa_ejI/AAAAAAAADsc/QNm1BFreQVc/s1600-h/apples-picture.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 351px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 326px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377379940482120242" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SqBKkLa_ejI/AAAAAAAADsc/QNm1BFreQVc/s400/apples-picture.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /></div>mandbridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06804497164306745480noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73740366092486943.post-1680966687038749872009-09-03T14:10:00.000-07:002009-09-04T08:30:05.740-07:00Summer Fun!<div align="center">I didn't get much blogging done this summer....too much going on. Here are a few pictures from my friends Taren and Holli while we enjoyed a hot day at the local splash park:<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SqAx9s6Z1jI/AAAAAAAADr8/DQGIog9FtIs/s1600-h/IMG_1570.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377352891178276402" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SqAx9s6Z1jI/AAAAAAAADr8/DQGIog9FtIs/s400/IMG_1570.JPG" /></a> Henry<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SqAx87piN8I/AAAAAAAADr0/xwzl_1qNEBw/s1600-h/IMG_1572.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 269px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377352877954185154" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SqAx87piN8I/AAAAAAAADr0/xwzl_1qNEBw/s400/IMG_1572.JPG" /></a>Henry and Hudson<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SqAx8Q5V6XI/AAAAAAAADrs/HntBU1c-XSU/s1600-h/IMG_1574.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 331px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377352866477762930" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SqAx8Q5V6XI/AAAAAAAADrs/HntBU1c-XSU/s400/IMG_1574.JPG" /></a><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377352860571817554" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SqAx765QVlI/AAAAAAAADrk/dnW1yp0LbPk/s400/IMG_1575.JPG" />Braeden and Bronwyn<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377352847384212066" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SqAx7JxFcmI/AAAAAAAADrc/VE0gPqQBrSI/s400/IMG_1582.JPG" /><br /><div><br /><div></div></div></div><br /></div>mandbridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06804497164306745480noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73740366092486943.post-40890773130857787402009-09-03T10:37:00.000-07:002009-09-03T13:57:46.099-07:00His first day of 1st GradeMy sweet Julius! He was so excited for his first day back at school. I thought I would cry....I didn't. I packed him a special lunch and made him a fun breakfast and waved goodbye. <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SqAr8opMNpI/AAAAAAAADrU/GmzKu6nfsEM/s1600-h/HPIM5707.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377346275782702738" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SqAr8opMNpI/AAAAAAAADrU/GmzKu6nfsEM/s400/HPIM5707.JPG" /></a> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377346254747185394" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SqAr7aR7sPI/AAAAAAAADrE/nU4YHymOe0k/s400/HPIM5709.JPG" />He came home super tired and without his new lunchbox....but thrilled as could be that school is once again in session. I sure do miss him though!mandbridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06804497164306745480noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73740366092486943.post-72973938457841869272009-07-27T10:32:00.001-07:002009-07-27T10:52:18.571-07:00The WeddingHolly (my sister) and Don were married in the Boise Temple on Friday, July 17<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span>. It was a beautiful day - I hope she thought it was perfect!<br /><br /><div align="center">Here is <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bronwyn</span> posing like it was HER day <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363195417414987042" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Sm3l0RQF7SI/AAAAAAAADqc/_QzW6eSTIYk/s400/HPIM5673.JPG" />Here is the bride with Julius, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Braeden</span>, and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bronwyn</span><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 324px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363195426594730914" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Sm3l0zcts6I/AAAAAAAADqk/9hF_Nk-S6H8/s400/HPIM5675.JPG" />Here is <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bronwyn</span> with her cousin<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Sm3l2MGyVJI/AAAAAAAADq8/-iVprQWGMm0/s1600-h/HPIM5680.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 247px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363195450393515154" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Sm3l2MGyVJI/AAAAAAAADq8/-iVprQWGMm0/s400/HPIM5680.JPG" /></a> Here is the Bride and Groom with nieces and nephews<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Sm3l1nUEssI/AAAAAAAADq0/AV0XJ9H9Gnc/s1600-h/HPIM5679.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 351px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363195440517132994" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Sm3l1nUEssI/AAAAAAAADq0/AV0XJ9H9Gnc/s400/HPIM5679.JPG" /></a> Here is our brother - doesn't he look great with the bouquet???<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363195437168962482" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Sm3l1a1zq7I/AAAAAAAADqs/WGWLrBXCLzw/s400/HPIM5676.JPG" /> <div><div><div><div>I made them a quilt for a wedding present...I can't believe I forgot to take a picture of it!!! </div><div>The highlight of the day for me was when Julius pulled the fire alarm at the church - just as the reception started. What a memorable story for Holly and Don to share! ;-) I've gotta get my hands on a picture of them posing in front of the firetruck....</div></div></div></div></div>mandbridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06804497164306745480noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73740366092486943.post-36382005886009845662009-07-10T10:09:00.001-07:002009-07-10T10:23:40.905-07:00Happy 4th of July<div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Sld2sKhKUYI/AAAAAAAADqU/smgWPT-rsmk/s1600-h/HPIM5655.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 301px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356880782890258818" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Sld2sKhKUYI/AAAAAAAADqU/smgWPT-rsmk/s400/HPIM5655.JPG" /></a> We went downtown for the parade....parking was free, the parade route ran right through the farmers market and we got a shaded spot. Perfect. We snacked on fresh mini doughnuts, a hand held cherry pie, kettle corn and and tore off pieces of a garlic and herb baugette. Afterwards the kids ran through a refreshing water fountain to cool off.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Sld2rrT1DAI/AAAAAAAADqM/InoyINJ2lTI/s1600-h/HPIM5660.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 301px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356880774512839682" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Sld2rrT1DAI/AAAAAAAADqM/InoyINJ2lTI/s400/HPIM5660.JPG" /></a> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Sld2rRzB5mI/AAAAAAAADqE/b6s6JMdihcw/s1600-h/HPIM5662.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356880767664383586" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Sld2rRzB5mI/AAAAAAAADqE/b6s6JMdihcw/s400/HPIM5662.JPG" /></a>Julius took this one!<br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Sld2rH4IB0I/AAAAAAAADp8/AVtH4ClkgAk/s1600-h/HPIM5665.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356880765001402178" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Sld2rH4IB0I/AAAAAAAADp8/AVtH4ClkgAk/s400/HPIM5665.JPG" /></a> We finished off the day with a BBQ and fireworks with some neighboorhood friends. AWESOME.</div><br /></div>mandbridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06804497164306745480noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73740366092486943.post-61244930251129650762009-06-23T09:25:00.000-07:002009-06-24T11:57:27.903-07:00Happy Birthday Babies<div align="center">I'm a bit behind....Henry and Hudson celebrated their first birthdays last week. </div><div align="center">We had a small family dinner and then let the birthday boys eat their cakes. <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SkEEdtzYaEI/AAAAAAAADpY/jA48OI6BzOw/s1600-h/June+2009+040.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350562740850681922" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SkEEdtzYaEI/AAAAAAAADpY/jA48OI6BzOw/s400/June+2009+040.JPG" /></a> Hudson dug right in!<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SkEEdJjOXCI/AAAAAAAADpQ/Son6f_Onu6I/s1600-h/June+2009+043.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350562731119238178" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SkEEdJjOXCI/AAAAAAAADpQ/Son6f_Onu6I/s400/June+2009+043.JPG" /></a>Henry went at it a little more slowly....<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350562726121866050" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SkEEc27wg0I/AAAAAAAADpI/PjOmtFNdbN8/s400/June+2009+044.JPG" />Here is Henry's first bite.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350562724104111362" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SkEEcvasBQI/AAAAAAAADpA/EFgQXRWWc-0/s400/June+2009+047.JPG" />And Hudson's bites were by the handfuls....<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350562716550486994" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SkEEcTRw29I/AAAAAAAADo4/tDfffMYIy3A/s400/June+2009+048.JPG" />Henry<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350561797258402146" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SkEDmypc2WI/AAAAAAAADow/B4rPAPRln4A/s400/June+2009+050.JPG" />Hudson<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 301px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350561792702998402" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SkEDmhrW54I/AAAAAAAADoo/DfrPvSOk3U8/s400/June+2009+054.JPG" />Henry<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 301px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350561784202228018" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SkEDmCAncTI/AAAAAAAADog/EA7WvCvKGAE/s400/June+2009+055.JPG" />Hudson<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 301px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350561781877675538" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SkEDl5WZlhI/AAAAAAAADoY/r1NS_6V9gfA/s400/June+2009+056.JPG" />Henry<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 301px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350561774347697442" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SkEDldTHPSI/AAAAAAAADoQ/ve-11C_tLDU/s400/June+2009+057.JPG" />What a fantastic year this has been. These boys are delightful....that sounds like such an old lady thing to say but it is the most accurate way to describe them. They just make me smile! They are very different from each other. Henry is close to walking and Hudson will follow soon. <br /><br />Hudson in a screamer...a very loud screamer. He also loves to eat - he shovels it in. He loves to drink water out of a sippy cup. Hudson screams when he sees someone drinking without him.<br /><br />Henry is a laugher....he loves to be tickled and thrown up in the air. He loves his bottle still. We like to line them up and have them race for the bottles - Henry wins every time! <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div> </div><div>Happy Birthday Babies! We LOVE you!!!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>mandbridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06804497164306745480noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73740366092486943.post-31287610573352433612009-06-03T09:15:00.000-07:002009-06-03T09:34:47.325-07:00Kindergarten Graduation<div align="center">Yesterday Julius graduated from Kindergarten.....and yes, I cried. I'm a bawl baby by nature so when my baby boy sang a song about growing up I lost it....rather embarrassing....but oh, well. <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Siai1W2HsTI/AAAAAAAADoI/6pMwyG8rDSs/s1600-h/HPIM5490.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343137045471015218" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Siai1W2HsTI/AAAAAAAADoI/6pMwyG8rDSs/s400/HPIM5490.JPG" /></a> The music program was great - sweet and funny!<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Siai1JX_5FI/AAAAAAAADoA/f9AWcB-252Y/s1600-h/HPIM5493.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 348px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343137041855013970" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Siai1JX_5FI/AAAAAAAADoA/f9AWcB-252Y/s400/HPIM5493.JPG" /></a>Mrs. Henry also had a special program. She had the students show us some of the fun songs and rhymes she taught them to remember the stuff they were learning. There were songs about each of the shapes and one about the Days of the Week, but our favorite was the Month's of the Year done with the actions to the Macarena - it was super cute! They also counted by 5's, 10's and 2's. What smartie pants they are!<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 385px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343137035925104802" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Siai0zSMqKI/AAAAAAAADn4/zh9oF2nn254/s400/HPIM5523.JPG" /> <div>This was the gift we all chipped in for...one of the mother's painted each of the children's faces on the pot.<br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 301px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343137028373897090" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Siai0XJ2X4I/AAAAAAAADnw/wGQGrZs3GN8/s400/HPIM5527.JPG" /> Here is Julius with his dear Teacher -Mrs. Henry. We feel really, really lucky that he was blessed with such a wonderful person for his teacher this year. He's missing her already!<br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Siai0KGdseI/AAAAAAAADno/nYrwDmqFF30/s1600-h/HPIM5528.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 256px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343137024870035938" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Siai0KGdseI/AAAAAAAADno/nYrwDmqFF30/s400/HPIM5528.JPG" /></a> I'm so proud of this boy! He makes me happy everyday. He is sweet and kind and super duper funny! I love him so, so much...</div></div></div><br /></div>mandbridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06804497164306745480noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73740366092486943.post-57442888297755387352009-05-18T15:25:00.001-07:002009-05-18T16:13:27.541-07:0011 Months<div align="center">Can you believe it?!?<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 301px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337297512249329714" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/ShHjzyYyiDI/AAAAAAAADnE/UsBSrbhgi18/s400/HPIM5397.JPG" />Hudson and Henry are 11 months old today. Unbelievable. </div><div align="center">What a lucky family we are...<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 206px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337294829880492562" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/ShHhXpyOQhI/AAAAAAAADmE/3aFLpVf9UvY/s400/HPIM5413.JPG" />They are both standing now - but neither one is walking. Henry is getting close. Hudson still army crawls to get around. Henry has the crawling thing down pat. We've had to do some serious babyproofing around here. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337294815094466018" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/ShHhWys9ZeI/AAAAAAAADls/bNCJ4s_XKb8/s400/HPIM5437.JPG" />They also LOVE to eat - not baby food but <em>real</em> food. I just feed them whatever we're eating. Sometimes from a spoon - but they prefer to feed themselves with their hands. I don't mind the mess at all...but I can't say the same for my kitchen floor!<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337294819729415138" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/ShHhXD-BG-I/AAAAAAAADl0/CojO2TaCybY/s400/HPIM5429.JPG" />Now that Henry and Hudson are moving and cruising the older kids really enjoy spending time hanging out in the babies room playing. They are constantly asking "Mom, are the babies sleeping or playing?" I even catch them hiding the babies in their <em>own</em> rooms to play.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337297506049965826" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/ShHjzbSvvwI/AAAAAAAADm0/NjSCRfudDBo/s400/HPIM5407.JPG" />This is Hudson. He is hilarious! He recently learned to clap. I say "yay"- he claps. And grins...not just any old grin - it stretches from ear to ear. It makes me smile everytime. </div><div align="center"> He just learned to pull himself up to standing during the last week so he got lots of "YAYS" and lots of clapping. What a big boy! <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337297499658958034" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/ShHjzDfAtNI/AAAAAAAADms/hf3Zf09Xm3o/s400/HPIM5411.JPG" />And Henry. Oh, Henry! Bender. Hender Bender. He is so darn cute with his new top teeth. </div><div align="center">Be still my heart...</div><div align="center">He does this thing when he's excited to see me he squeezes his eyes shut, shows his teeth, and breathes in and out of his nose really quickly. It works. I pick him up EVERY time. </div><div align="center">What a love!</div><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337295455142357410" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/ShHh8DERKaI/AAAAAAAADmc/bkB_LrfwC9A/s400/HPIM5404.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337295453216663170" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/ShHh775JZoI/AAAAAAAADmU/jS2Og0SSawk/s400/HPIM5427.JPG" /> <div>I'm coming out of the fog....the first year is a cloudy one with twins. Lots of joy, but so much work that my mind doesn't register much of reality. The fog is lifting. </div><div> We're looking forward to a magnificent summer ahead. </div><div>Happy 11 months babies!</div><br /></div>mandbridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06804497164306745480noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73740366092486943.post-4335531563568435752009-05-13T10:02:00.000-07:002009-05-13T10:10:36.923-07:00May Showers<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Sgr-uBTWqsI/AAAAAAAADlk/8emW1KNlvOs/s1600-h/may+2009+001.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335356775150824130" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Sgr-uBTWqsI/AAAAAAAADlk/8emW1KNlvOs/s400/may+2009+001.JPG" /></a> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335356767589067250" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Sgr-tlIfafI/AAAAAAAADlc/DPCoIbw5ho4/s400/may+2009+002.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335356769690600370" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Sgr-ts9iQ7I/AAAAAAAADlU/j1TqExXZlZA/s400/may+2009+004.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335356101428742162" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Sgr-GzffiBI/AAAAAAAADlM/AvdofFahP7Y/s400/may+2009+007.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335356096335843378" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Sgr-GghQEDI/AAAAAAAADlE/hHWy0RHNw-k/s400/may+2009+011.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335356100025221186" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Sgr-GuQ3gEI/AAAAAAAADk8/MlR07zuYfOw/s400/may+2009+016.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335356096129078706" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Sgr-Gfv9FbI/AAAAAAAADk0/7g8Wl_3-Xug/s400/may+2009+017.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335356091805563074" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/Sgr-GPpJeMI/AAAAAAAADks/9Vcq_2hPF9k/s400/may+2009+012.JPG" /> <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>mandbridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06804497164306745480noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73740366092486943.post-25041190226013726732009-05-07T20:54:00.000-07:002009-05-07T20:57:54.417-07:00FABULESS PHOTOGRAPHY GiveawayThe gals at Fabulessly Frugal are hosting a giveaway from an amazing photographer - Shandy Vogt. <a href="http://www.fabulesslyfrugal.com/2009/05/fabuless-photography-giveaway.html">Here</a> is a link to the giveaway and <a href="http://shandyvogt.blogspot.com/">here </a>is a link to Shandy's blog. Check it out!mandbridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06804497164306745480noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73740366092486943.post-27401345427885829702009-04-29T10:24:00.000-07:002009-04-29T11:33:46.679-07:00Happy Birthday to Julius!<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330169571004256514" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SfiQ_ABOEQI/AAAAAAAADjs/5x6OspiOfjg/s400/birthday+033.JPG" />We celebrated Julius's SIXTH Birthday last week. What a day! He requested a Godzilla theme this year (he's a fan). This is what we used for the invitations: <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 388px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330170536451286226" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SfiR3MlupNI/AAAAAAAADkc/isReSyRDqdk/s400/flat+godzilla.jpg" />Godzilla gifts are hard to come by...I've gotta thank Amazon and Ebay. Julius loves the old 60's versions of Godzilla (we rent them from Netflix). But his favorite so far is <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BMY2L0">Godzilla - Final Wars </a>released in 2005 because it has loads of Godzilla characters in it. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330170257812382018" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SfiRm-lCYUI/AAAAAAAADkE/Ju8HrjeihXg/s400/godzilla+final+wars.jpg" />So I ordered that, and the Matthew Broderick <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0767817478">Godzilla</a>. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330170259741106434" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SfiRnFw4YQI/AAAAAAAADkM/DKfF-2KsiXo/s400/Godzilla+movie.jpg" /> I also found a great <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0767817478">Godzilla: 50th Anniversary Soundtrack </a>that we used during his party. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330170258970645346" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SfiRnC5ME2I/AAAAAAAADkU/2qV5IT1TUIw/s400/godzilla+soundtrack.jpg" />We let him open one <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Godzilla-4-Custom-T-Shirt-Youth-Medium-173_W0QQitemZ140281015941QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item140281015941&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262&_trkparms=%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A30">present</a> before school - so he could wear it on his special day.<br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 301px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330169574869077954" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SfiQ_Oaqj8I/AAAAAAAADjk/Bp4S2x2j6_s/s400/birthday+037.JPG" /><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Godzilla-4-Custom-T-Shirt-Youth-Medium-173_W0QQitemZ140281015941QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item140281015941&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262&_trkparms=%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A30"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 350px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330170256436174562" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SfiRm5c7HuI/AAAAAAAADj8/KR1P7z_iHto/s400/godzilla+t.jpg" /></a> And then he got to open this one during his party:<br /><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250404856408&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.com%3A80%2F250404856408%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dp284.m38.l1313%26_nkw%3D250404856408%26_sacat%3DSee-All-Categories%26_naf%3D1%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 280px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330170251364593906" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SfiRmmjw8PI/AAAAAAAADj0/tLxyefIjYyA/s400/king+ghidorah.jpg" /></a> <div><div><div><div><div><div>During his partywe had lunch: grilled burgers and hotdogs, chips, and cut fresh fruit. We drank a yummy orange (his favorite color) punch. After lunch we played a few games such as Godzilla stomp and Don't drop the Godzilla egg.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SfiQ-53kPyI/AAAAAAAADjc/85FTnwVrdMA/s1600-h/birthday+041.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330169569353154338" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SfiQ-53kPyI/AAAAAAAADjc/85FTnwVrdMA/s400/birthday+041.JPG" /></a> Then we had the cake...made by me. Obviously. It looked terrible. But it tasted pretty good. It was orange colored and flavored inside with caramel between the layers.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SfiQ-ifkp5I/AAAAAAAADjU/g9t5eu_66uU/s1600-h/birthday+068.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330169563078502290" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4YAhmmPnMLU/SfiQ-ifkp5I/AAAAAAAADjU/g9t5eu_66uU/s400/birthday+068.JPG" /></a> After the cake the kids played outside on the trampoline and bikes for awhile and then they took turns swinging at the pinata. The pinata was homemade this year...my children were enthralled with the process. We made it into a Godzilla egg and filled it with candy, dinosaurs, and toys. </div><br /><div>After the pinata we went inside for presents. </div><br /><div>Then the kids went home.</div><br /><div>Then I crashed. So, so tired. Still am. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>But, it was a great birthday...I love our Julius so much! </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>mandbridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06804497164306745480noreply@blogger.com7