tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3059724294222430062024-03-06T00:12:12.596-08:00Rich & BuffyBuffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052480726189740485noreply@blogger.comBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305972429422243006.post-47976640242753145292010-09-20T09:57:00.001-07:002010-09-20T09:57:53.829-07:00Finished Table!!<div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993300;">Rich ran in the Top of Utah marathon on Saturday. He did great and we are really proud of him. Now he is done I have a whole list of things for him to do around the house :)</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPcBzZbSJSEcrMQGWfFROAUJshQM46TduCR3Du-IrDphsuAXeF6ooaOb6mNC7upjEihk17LG8Sxnec8qwMtsyoUIibJeVkoSHuDyM1HUQ54h-9suhhD3ej9O0U-40qo4l53LLy0ZGjAuA/s1600/rich+marathon.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPcBzZbSJSEcrMQGWfFROAUJshQM46TduCR3Du-IrDphsuAXeF6ooaOb6mNC7upjEihk17LG8Sxnec8qwMtsyoUIibJeVkoSHuDyM1HUQ54h-9suhhD3ej9O0U-40qo4l53LLy0ZGjAuA/s320/rich+marathon.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519036549062776274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993300;">The table is now finished - here is a little recap of the process.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993300;">This is the original table we got for free</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993300;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_JvIBs_iwHmgg_WhR1kiNdnBFRL52w-9p2UsdwELMv4z_dkCUWDdVIU3Uffrop7VvgkoS2ZjBeNsLB6iQOs6rl9BuiSXD-MlpUkGLgw575vrrq9uoLWS2UcA7ey5XfAhqiIz4odsJWvs/s1600/sanded+table.jpg"></a></span><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgXLYWAwZDsw9F2VEFFJ4OfBeNkXfWR_-eC5KmWkXRgKFtJpoAo03m97g0avOIktrz28dvYZkT-RLoCW-VgiGBbse3Tx0rfR4HBffTDvXmi0zhBIKMoMbJwseLiYJcjiBZOPQOzFhcgAE/s1600/original+table.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgXLYWAwZDsw9F2VEFFJ4OfBeNkXfWR_-eC5KmWkXRgKFtJpoAo03m97g0avOIktrz28dvYZkT-RLoCW-VgiGBbse3Tx0rfR4HBffTDvXmi0zhBIKMoMbJwseLiYJcjiBZOPQOzFhcgAE/s320/original+table.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519036005606971730" style="text-align: left; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993300;">I primed and painted the legs a greeny/blue color and then put a dark stain over the paint to get in grooves on the legs. This is the top all sanded down.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_JvIBs_iwHmgg_WhR1kiNdnBFRL52w-9p2UsdwELMv4z_dkCUWDdVIU3Uffrop7VvgkoS2ZjBeNsLB6iQOs6rl9BuiSXD-MlpUkGLgw575vrrq9uoLWS2UcA7ey5XfAhqiIz4odsJWvs/s320/sanded+table.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519036015568189858" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993300;">This is just after I applied the stain</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9PoPkie9jzhahu5v0Ypth33icfO5lp9CZBiV_PLQBAaFiDHtG8LRb9wF6PMoEjNVVfTVks0EzVmnki_64Ox0yvuIvGl2skiz9Fe9yC3cnb1s3YwxG6GJ21nfhMHuW8LDElkokY1Gs2o4/s1600/table+stained.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9PoPkie9jzhahu5v0Ypth33icfO5lp9CZBiV_PLQBAaFiDHtG8LRb9wF6PMoEjNVVfTVks0EzVmnki_64Ox0yvuIvGl2skiz9Fe9yC3cnb1s3YwxG6GJ21nfhMHuW8LDElkokY1Gs2o4/s320/table+stained.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519036023259017442" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993300;">and here is the finished table - we LOVE it!! Now we just need someone to help Rich pack it back inside the house and I need to find some chairs that I can paint to go with it.<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb3b_7CzAAMlmQUxZAOGf-CnCl32t-lMk5Ctk9iqhonDquDce66py_0GjZWO5YRQUH7_S0Ir1t26cpmMRX1aJxNSa4ep6Mk5L0NWfQCFA9K7DT5Jk78A-1HBzc0F7Wm9vHMVRc-6OJfXU/s320/table+refinished.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519036027805362978" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993300;">I have started painting the kitchen - here is a sneak peek of the color. I am repainting all the trim too, so I'll post a finished picture in a couple days. It is fun to see some of the projects I have started come to an end.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ4wyikdSxYSHVS0TxbxCCeJ6JmabU2TWsZM5iI1ANotlCiFV9Xhry4riQZz0z4PVRGXcFRf33tE0FDVF5p08SzEkiEV40KeSBZwFC7zESemeoyKkwjmjj0LhMOvSXWrz4uvBUE1PtoQg/s320/sneek+peek+of+kitchen.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519038642643308258" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div>Buffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052480726189740485noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305972429422243006.post-41557829650356781212010-08-06T10:34:00.001-07:002010-08-06T10:34:15.154-07:00Vancouver B.C.<div style="text-align: center; ">We got to Vancouver at 5pm on Friday and checked into our hotel and went to a yummy Italian place for dinner. I had a thin crust, almost like a cracker pizza with carmelized onions and proscuitto and fontina cheese on top. It was SO good - Rich and I both were loving it! Our hotel was super nice and in a good location for walking everywhere. Rich's conference was about a 10 minute walk away and we were close enough to walk to different places for dinner and shopping and stuff, so it worked out great. One of the best things about Vancouver is the temperature and location. It is mild temperature there year round. They get snow once or twice a year but two hours to the north is Whistler that gets tons of snow and a couple hours to the east they get lots of snow. It was between 70-75 degrees the whole time we were there with no wind. You could wear pants and not be too hot or shorts and not be too cold - it is the perfect temperature! Plus it is such a great location - you have downtown right next to wooded parks and mountains and surrounded by ocean. The thing that surprised me the most about Vancouver was how many Asians live there. I felt like we were in China except everyone spoke English - it was crazy!</div><div style="text-align: center; ">This is a picture looking back at Vancouver from N. Vancouver</div><div style="text-align: center; ">You have to take a seabus across the water to get to N. Vancouver. The public transportation was very easy to figure out and use.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirwi-ktICWm4JkkiuWv9kTKw1SCX8yl9RD7a_JTkQwstWLvF3X_6vmqtNj3t9dnBNsrtlU8ZEg-BO-OQ9OcDgFE55oOobxGp0HuWx7w4MyShvQLxankFAfjieQL4JoNDTffFaPHyWWaCY/s1600/buffy+on+suspension+bridge.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCIh3_San6rOewbxqNIHeoscVR5lrkbril1Xz-oKHWG9t4LEJzwx87J36G1EV20rAo5EKnemo7NMOHk9ecCLbO517YgOnGCcrocCCd6EmFE-8z7M0O2b4OPhaoQJ6tooEZnZZvYWz5wlY/s1600/DSCN5060.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCIh3_San6rOewbxqNIHeoscVR5lrkbril1Xz-oKHWG9t4LEJzwx87J36G1EV20rAo5EKnemo7NMOHk9ecCLbO517YgOnGCcrocCCd6EmFE-8z7M0O2b4OPhaoQJ6tooEZnZZvYWz5wlY/s320/DSCN5060.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502334637244533074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; ">here is a picture of Rich and the seabus we just rode to get over to N. Vancouver</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp6ZHd8P9fimIeyGUm16fPUeg-upvPZiCKQrjg2Fs61UaWERotVoqUDA1rQ3nt6ZWjXDUtn-T1D9OBB4VgjVTigh6mU4-Zhl7_OhnXht6rUXf1kIGrHo22HCr9O6tFz0bH0cafip6vTfs/s1600/Rich+and+seabus.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp6ZHd8P9fimIeyGUm16fPUeg-upvPZiCKQrjg2Fs61UaWERotVoqUDA1rQ3nt6ZWjXDUtn-T1D9OBB4VgjVTigh6mU4-Zhl7_OhnXht6rUXf1kIGrHo22HCr9O6tFz0bH0cafip6vTfs/s320/Rich+and+seabus.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502334632849305026" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; ">We caught the bus up to Capilano Suspension Bridge. It is absolutely amazing how much money and work they have put into this park. The suspension bridge is 450 ft. long across a 230 ft. deep canyon. It really sways when you walk across it - so many people were freaking out and walking super slow.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6VjIS1pzdgUeubTbwjOyAcBf54-oOJxGRB-KX3oF-y3Vo3rww8HfJKfcOxBIrvdC1AaXy7mmt0EiAD-4yY7iWDf7J4nw-FGr0Z-Q0O4vB3HlG4MwgN9sM-GLtxuDTQpuIVghNEF7-AM/s1600/rich+and+buffy+suspension+bridge.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6VjIS1pzdgUeubTbwjOyAcBf54-oOJxGRB-KX3oF-y3Vo3rww8HfJKfcOxBIrvdC1AaXy7mmt0EiAD-4yY7iWDf7J4nw-FGr0Z-Q0O4vB3HlG4MwgN9sM-GLtxuDTQpuIVghNEF7-AM/s320/rich+and+buffy+suspension+bridge.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502334242930042226" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbvsF_tdgNcLYyHA4Pywo42O5iCM4oMhocdfg6RTuiPPSRd0R-kzm5DVfo3XldX5WwIJGeK0sXSYjylbzn6SJKNzS4mEdeCPFDd-68zrAB7-7Yki5xELqZWTOG8hJDc14dltTjr5Af6nI/s1600/suspension+bridge.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbvsF_tdgNcLYyHA4Pywo42O5iCM4oMhocdfg6RTuiPPSRd0R-kzm5DVfo3XldX5WwIJGeK0sXSYjylbzn6SJKNzS4mEdeCPFDd-68zrAB7-7Yki5xELqZWTOG8hJDc14dltTjr5Af6nI/s320/suspension+bridge.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502334232879487042" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirwi-ktICWm4JkkiuWv9kTKw1SCX8yl9RD7a_JTkQwstWLvF3X_6vmqtNj3t9dnBNsrtlU8ZEg-BO-OQ9OcDgFE55oOobxGp0HuWx7w4MyShvQLxankFAfjieQL4JoNDTffFaPHyWWaCY/s320/buffy+on+suspension+bridge.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502334647237261234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; ">After you cross the suspension bridge they have built all these paths and walkways through the forest and up through the treetops. It was fun to walk from tree to tree and be so high up.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtE8WzDFThdqy0vg0UeFhOu6kfXHnx6BRfqanOQiAOmKqcZkAg1KKlFP03tSj3ojJOLySVdY_lNxxOt1O97ErWEb0bUjMsO7X6gs7VJsnbIyRm6gfVWB_2uiOxzeQGquLnkQoSuDsRJJg/s1600/rich+walking+in+tree+tops.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtE8WzDFThdqy0vg0UeFhOu6kfXHnx6BRfqanOQiAOmKqcZkAg1KKlFP03tSj3ojJOLySVdY_lNxxOt1O97ErWEb0bUjMsO7X6gs7VJsnbIyRm6gfVWB_2uiOxzeQGquLnkQoSuDsRJJg/s320/rich+walking+in+tree+tops.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502334220745723266" style="text-align: left; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; ">After the Suspension Bridge park we caught the bus up the Grouse Mountain. We took the gondola up the mountain and they have all sorts of different shows and activities at the top. It got really foggy for a while when we were at the top but then it cleared off.</div><div style="text-align: center; ">This is the lumberjack show - it was so fun to watch them compete against each other in different events. Here they are cutting into the tree and sticking a piece of wood in the slot and then would stand on it and cut the next piece in until they had worked there way up to the top of the tree and cut the top off.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBSN_HLFoCi5giOJOmgo9JYLXhk5axcuxhzpcfcrsTPXHqzfVE_Mme8Xu2LaHAYufjInLG2Bm4pbZNQC9eETszY18Fd1BPtPJG3hN5BpVKXdQ8gAncoQsZWRNQL6aw4r9V0xgAOCzSFdc/s1600/lumberjack1.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBSN_HLFoCi5giOJOmgo9JYLXhk5axcuxhzpcfcrsTPXHqzfVE_Mme8Xu2LaHAYufjInLG2Bm4pbZNQC9eETszY18Fd1BPtPJG3hN5BpVKXdQ8gAncoQsZWRNQL6aw4r9V0xgAOCzSFdc/s320/lumberjack1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502333900016625986" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; ">You can see the log they spin on in the picture above. That was really fun to watch. Down below they are cutting through the logs.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivgrA-Lz6e_90dtjEcPmX96ScEDgqPnuvvS_C1sHkNLINDLUAD0YanJg2xs5MNRS-P0JEFq6Uork5heMihELuz9jvvjyOyn9t4o7m4QKVnYydZsAbXEKcrJ00c6m1xOmz3TqHrTzbxB0k/s1600/lumberjack2.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivgrA-Lz6e_90dtjEcPmX96ScEDgqPnuvvS_C1sHkNLINDLUAD0YanJg2xs5MNRS-P0JEFq6Uork5heMihELuz9jvvjyOyn9t4o7m4QKVnYydZsAbXEKcrJ00c6m1xOmz3TqHrTzbxB0k/s320/lumberjack2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502333889955942114" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; ">After volunteering Rich to go help them to the two person saw - they picked me to go up instead. Rich said I looked like Ma Ingles of Little House on the Prairie. We raced against another lady from the audience and the other lumberjack - we won!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg99cp3cyKrvaRgV5BHz2FNXn3M2zbyuGYuH7BQDApJ9wiw4mNkBFJi0D2isJHgguTMxdEI7bscYXchdcbhBM4z44n22i7G5G1t9qVtAyTl514Ot4arugdtVgy4TyoJRSEDKQo_Dap_g7E/s1600/lumberjack3.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg99cp3cyKrvaRgV5BHz2FNXn3M2zbyuGYuH7BQDApJ9wiw4mNkBFJi0D2isJHgguTMxdEI7bscYXchdcbhBM4z44n22i7G5G1t9qVtAyTl514Ot4arugdtVgy4TyoJRSEDKQo_Dap_g7E/s320/lumberjack3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502333880959328338" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; ">We went to a Birds in Motion show after the lumberjack show. They brought out falcons, hawks and eagles and they would fly from the trainers arm to a perch and back - but the would fly right over the audiences heads and so close to our heads you'd have to duck so they wouldn't hit you. The birds know you'll move so if you don't they will hit you. I have a video I'll try to post of a hawk flying so close over our heads its wing hit Rich in the face.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7bVWWxpNf7vTeJCMauG5furbW3kYIoSo4CeSHbZlkE0QuWOJNWo805anw72odrSTc9FJHa_4t35Dlco7Ns-_50pWDTyfMiDLkPzCKV_DRlgH4PoIhnZ5H5dEJgQqwrbK6LYAvyQAzKU/s1600/bridshow1.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7bVWWxpNf7vTeJCMauG5furbW3kYIoSo4CeSHbZlkE0QuWOJNWo805anw72odrSTc9FJHa_4t35Dlco7Ns-_50pWDTyfMiDLkPzCKV_DRlgH4PoIhnZ5H5dEJgQqwrbK6LYAvyQAzKU/s320/bridshow1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502333713783263202" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; ">This is the bird that hit Rich - I think it was a Hawk.</div><div style="text-align: center; ">Here is the eagle - they were huge.</div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBh6RVJNPSK8uhGn5Mz6wLA5m06TVUbtdWY1gb-VZWXFJyc3gXdltQ6PZ4vOZ1BuKyaQMMdaa5_ATNn173HokUTxvQ83hRZA-V8URFhrzBn7EvSJPUSO5mxMNZi02ibIvfnq2_lOpXzEE/s1600/birdshow2.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBh6RVJNPSK8uhGn5Mz6wLA5m06TVUbtdWY1gb-VZWXFJyc3gXdltQ6PZ4vOZ1BuKyaQMMdaa5_ATNn173HokUTxvQ83hRZA-V8URFhrzBn7EvSJPUSO5mxMNZi02ibIvfnq2_lOpXzEE/s320/birdshow2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502333704901792370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; ">We reserved the bikes our hotel offered for one afternoon and rode around the seawall. The north/west tip of the penisula that Vancouver is on is a big wooded park that they have made bike and walking/jogging paths around the edge along the ocean. It is about 6+ miles around the park. It was so pretty riding along the ocean. We rode bikes for 2 1/2 hours, then I couldn't walk.</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center; ">This is Rich on the Vancouver side - behind him is N. Vancouver</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAhFKr5DZURC2K8lgN-0g4rTEviBhXtJap1WlMWsWyJhLuVPCDDRQdMR8gr_l_pBOBx__sqqqVGC1rc1S8D7FMIdYh4VVBshBHweY1NtpCePjyr61gN83jTscslSeynoKksYtM9i8Oj0w/s1600/rich+on+the+bikes.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAhFKr5DZURC2K8lgN-0g4rTEviBhXtJap1WlMWsWyJhLuVPCDDRQdMR8gr_l_pBOBx__sqqqVGC1rc1S8D7FMIdYh4VVBshBHweY1NtpCePjyr61gN83jTscslSeynoKksYtM9i8Oj0w/s320/rich+on+the+bikes.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502333529644123122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; ">That is Canada Place behind me. There are convention centers there and cruise ships dock there. There were a few cruise ships headed up to Alaska.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMbGWn7UWGKSm9x9gvg9rupTbfcke-gM8NZe8ykRc8rahtOziNhhfqipcIAFqLvPMhC8DoMxWBNLaMDOYC8FRdMsGxNshlgUoHTpaZWVqAZEebF85nPRLJmkwY6-bTIENk5IUPwSpQ29o/s1600/riding+bikes.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMbGWn7UWGKSm9x9gvg9rupTbfcke-gM8NZe8ykRc8rahtOziNhhfqipcIAFqLvPMhC8DoMxWBNLaMDOYC8FRdMsGxNshlgUoHTpaZWVqAZEebF85nPRLJmkwY6-bTIENk5IUPwSpQ29o/s320/riding+bikes.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502333527220736274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; ">On our last day there we went back up to Grouse Mountain so Rich could do the Grouse Grind. We learned all about it the first day we were there and he wanted to do it.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj21AZyGtv__6-3EbqU4qJXy_gYEaDui97QNCwQwmVK5iS1CmrrgLoiVXDdvt1SnCS6vjsSIyEQqbERicWXrnMrGVDrUxM8xZnKErQCeoFZmR0DwpnFw6jXu76Uuv5xqpefGqvaqtkoOY/s1600/rich+grouse+grind.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj21AZyGtv__6-3EbqU4qJXy_gYEaDui97QNCwQwmVK5iS1CmrrgLoiVXDdvt1SnCS6vjsSIyEQqbERicWXrnMrGVDrUxM8xZnKErQCeoFZmR0DwpnFw6jXu76Uuv5xqpefGqvaqtkoOY/s320/rich+grouse+grind.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502333365446225554" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">T</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">he Grouse Grind is 2,800 feet elevation gain in 1.8 miles. I would have liked to do it with him but didn't think it was a good idea for me. So I stayed at the bottom and read my book - The Help - while he did it. I finished the book while we were there - it is a good book, I really liked reading it.</span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9XMAMxtq4MNvlQasbOvIVMKdRSzdh4f7XoBSwb08Xmt6KudpUL3-E0eL_SiIJ2-zqyVcgCwKX0oFzQgW7I2sqqW9kyOnd7okiXAe8ZOu2DUPbR1ogw9uT7ln6mRaD87vIxX9Oeiexw4A/s320/grouse+grind.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502346122600147874" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">The best part was just being with Rich and not having to think or worry about kids. After you have kids that seems to be the main focus in life and it is so nice to have time to just be with Rich. It was so nice to just do whatever we wanted and sleep in as long as we wanted. But by then end of the trip I was more than anxious to get back and see my boys. It doesn't take long to realize you are back to reality and everyday life. :) We need to start packing up our house this weekend. We close Tuesday morning and will start moving stuff over as soon as it gets funded and we get the keys :) We are so excited!!</span></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwiDzJp_k0T1Q_VC7hRPwYzwuIheyECC7qlc7KaYIJVr7hKviQwaqyr09-3TcRnlpuaSbVi3MkW0ekI50c6TQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Buffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052480726189740485noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305972429422243006.post-10063998566262981562010-06-27T09:39:00.000-07:002010-06-27T09:55:55.567-07:00Silver Lake<div style="text-align: center;">We spent yesterday afternoon and evening up American Fork canyon at Silver Lake. One of our friends, who works with Rich, goes up there a lot camping and fishing and arranged the outting with all the families in their office. </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirwqzIZhLA1PAGJ8ZOyqOOPEBFd_BxvZD2ghHQXqQvNekjeboQWqyC7ClXQ4RxVclUitkW34QGb5gwP8Z1o4MfN5RhYPTj5CVqkR5bz6H7H7NU6ykAFC812CGjsLg2fadGHaRo-bx8nKC1/s1600/silverlake1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirwqzIZhLA1PAGJ8ZOyqOOPEBFd_BxvZD2ghHQXqQvNekjeboQWqyC7ClXQ4RxVclUitkW34QGb5gwP8Z1o4MfN5RhYPTj5CVqkR5bz6H7H7NU6ykAFC812CGjsLg2fadGHaRo-bx8nKC1/s320/silverlake1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487494692134880834" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It is a beautiful drive up American Fork canyon to Tibble Lake and then farther up the canyon to Silver Lake, which is less crowded. The boys loved being in the mountains and by the water and fishing and eating snacks! Our friend brought his 4 wheeler and took the kids on rides as well.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrzInngKm-_ITMN5yskd6GOktzlb1hXNB-cgrMv1uRRQfyBppNGoz4Fy6kWXVf2AxWeOruEkKPJOYuUCJdNSMAsZZcezzQx2fLD-p1lJy-eub8Ee6Pe_S_-RTeb0CLJr7B_dIv1Jm9bANi/s1600/silverlake2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrzInngKm-_ITMN5yskd6GOktzlb1hXNB-cgrMv1uRRQfyBppNGoz4Fy6kWXVf2AxWeOruEkKPJOYuUCJdNSMAsZZcezzQx2fLD-p1lJy-eub8Ee6Pe_S_-RTeb0CLJr7B_dIv1Jm9bANi/s320/silverlake2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487494678747465330" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We bought some cheap water guns for the boys to play with - they were a big hit.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOLPKp3AQD6dU1EbeIoABaueDl5dXK3CLoQzihAQzlZXBQYi3putrEODVp3N5d4yh1dXubPYCS9Y-aYqoIg9W69xvxF10JfuhAggPCfst24YJS-4UAlJE9mhd0ZGPCPj9Oi-201iRvDz7a/s1600/silverlake3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOLPKp3AQD6dU1EbeIoABaueDl5dXK3CLoQzihAQzlZXBQYi3putrEODVp3N5d4yh1dXubPYCS9Y-aYqoIg9W69xvxF10JfuhAggPCfst24YJS-4UAlJE9mhd0ZGPCPj9Oi-201iRvDz7a/s320/silverlake3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487494673594139074" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Rich was very determined to catch a fish - plus he had just finished running 18 miles and standing in the cold water felt good on his knees, so this is where he spent most of the time. :)</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJc1PvBw8Z3_Aia9MVNMKM6VU412tS36V4CigVhUy8frEFLPtixru5RRFdNKiOk0NXj9W3kTUXjPgbOjmHYXDe-AAcEDnYWDQ1Kzkh7D6HiSrdgyoXcT7NAS9RG0FfSvHkWYgv29exKNvs/s1600/silverlake4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJc1PvBw8Z3_Aia9MVNMKM6VU412tS36V4CigVhUy8frEFLPtixru5RRFdNKiOk0NXj9W3kTUXjPgbOjmHYXDe-AAcEDnYWDQ1Kzkh7D6HiSrdgyoXcT7NAS9RG0FfSvHkWYgv29exKNvs/s320/silverlake4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487494661960740946" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Kade loved fishing - even though he never caught a fish, he still had a great time.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmHK3q7b-9uEkJFL88PlH5m2GAIivb_3bcB7oSyDdOFBMmEBONfQRPW83UrsTSQwe9dje0WQHXTASeRbvAeWJTfeedBmTZ9mbNHcBHPhf8JXEAq6CA1enXrhAtmUQCcBbXJ-HH5kjd6YE/s1600/silverlake5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmHK3q7b-9uEkJFL88PlH5m2GAIivb_3bcB7oSyDdOFBMmEBONfQRPW83UrsTSQwe9dje0WQHXTASeRbvAeWJTfeedBmTZ9mbNHcBHPhf8JXEAq6CA1enXrhAtmUQCcBbXJ-HH5kjd6YE/s320/silverlake5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487494649341134594" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Riding the 4 wheeler with Travis</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXF1RjB3HblEQzIkhUNdttd4EhUTwyB9XrwV79WW76NgiJuSIbOW-uN5sECiBfKHMBk-3PuueAM3tAWH0nan0wbQPQRZZOs__8H_Eui9mXnnW3_SgNvJhymGhZRS51S1JbrjmzVSrePHm4/s1600/silverlake6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXF1RjB3HblEQzIkhUNdttd4EhUTwyB9XrwV79WW76NgiJuSIbOW-uN5sECiBfKHMBk-3PuueAM3tAWH0nan0wbQPQRZZOs__8H_Eui9mXnnW3_SgNvJhymGhZRS51S1JbrjmzVSrePHm4/s320/silverlake6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487494412156957186" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Ty and Malika having water gun wars</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy8pfXocAVMyMg0VgLEsnqwOHVTL2x9va9VZZ96Q2TotkpPvpSyd2VkgjAs7F4t7M2rUq-6A823FSRoGq-T7N1z9SUX5EVuRvQP8uEtGJDWxm7YtYmnofdrNAEdCH29iGZ8JH6CwxzFKCa/s1600/silverlake7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy8pfXocAVMyMg0VgLEsnqwOHVTL2x9va9VZZ96Q2TotkpPvpSyd2VkgjAs7F4t7M2rUq-6A823FSRoGq-T7N1z9SUX5EVuRvQP8uEtGJDWxm7YtYmnofdrNAEdCH29iGZ8JH6CwxzFKCa/s320/silverlake7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487494404857516578" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Success! Rich finally caught a fish - it is so tiny he didn't want pictures taken. But Only 4 fish were caught, so just catching one was a success!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU29ktE6367j_XOZTM2XbdKxWwW7VLLKD0y8972RZAKUP5KvF4m-IR8cd-WHh8RYGT8lAT5zoCNmPPlMMM6Z_W8RkIts5Is_-IJbhbSAe3PiGynVuRXleAs2MXEamhyphenhyphenD9I6n-fyn3UEXXD/s1600/silverlake8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU29ktE6367j_XOZTM2XbdKxWwW7VLLKD0y8972RZAKUP5KvF4m-IR8cd-WHh8RYGT8lAT5zoCNmPPlMMM6Z_W8RkIts5Is_-IJbhbSAe3PiGynVuRXleAs2MXEamhyphenhyphenD9I6n-fyn3UEXXD/s320/silverlake8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487494396951595906" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Ty caught a fish on the first time he tried. Rich cast it out for him and he was reeling it in and starting screaming - Yeah Big Daddy, I caught a fish. He was very excited!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZfwaIBUDitoEqTBZjD1S0ighbm-ZNeGpUliRLCIxzcxVMZ0oyXxqkSDBktIWCJg42nXM02QfG4iKb2Q2xvZxj-3zHnSPQ2cWd-h1CCSNImurNmeNgOOYsAqmlv5i7rIFtBAKqPAksKPm2/s1600/silverlake9.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZfwaIBUDitoEqTBZjD1S0ighbm-ZNeGpUliRLCIxzcxVMZ0oyXxqkSDBktIWCJg42nXM02QfG4iKb2Q2xvZxj-3zHnSPQ2cWd-h1CCSNImurNmeNgOOYsAqmlv5i7rIFtBAKqPAksKPm2/s320/silverlake9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487494246759316786" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Here is a picture of where we were at. We were on this little penisula surrounded by water. The weather was great and it was nice and relaxing being up in the mountains. </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpvT-obgxXh7E3RVQhqvmfJV1QZi3lYC4OfdvNkuuvMp0WdmpQgbjcKLTXSAvduRWqytt0qZ2nOvoIEDnKymLBDd05GID7zc3Gko-g4ge-tePgEpuzUNSFH6gLhV4uiSODx9d87530LScc/s1600/silverlake10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpvT-obgxXh7E3RVQhqvmfJV1QZi3lYC4OfdvNkuuvMp0WdmpQgbjcKLTXSAvduRWqytt0qZ2nOvoIEDnKymLBDd05GID7zc3Gko-g4ge-tePgEpuzUNSFH6gLhV4uiSODx9d87530LScc/s320/silverlake10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487494233296017858" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks so much to Travis and Teresa for organizing this and bringing their 4 wheeler - we had a great day!</div>Buffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052480726189740485noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305972429422243006.post-11719715548780809782010-06-24T08:51:00.001-07:002010-06-24T08:51:49.780-07:00Summer Update<div style="text-align: center; ">Ever since school got out the boys have been sleeping in longer. I LOVE it!!! They must get really worn out during the days because they are still going to bed about the same time. We've been getting up between 8:30 and 9am which is a nice change from 7 - 7:30am. They all love to cuddle when the first get up, which is my favorite part of the day! It usually doesn't take very long for them to all start wrestling and fighting and then someone gets hurt and starts crying - but for those first couple minutes it is nice.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcGvLpgn382DYGSa8dsZ9Ln22sfArxIr6Hdxnv3qOg3C64B0lzuhwKbPyoatateFXfOpr-J31UTLL8RIKTmZhorYt5dHyJkkZwNyduBJcCCs5iWODAiRyrgOOfV287Z3gBVcxwaixMqhE/s1600/lazy+mornings.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcGvLpgn382DYGSa8dsZ9Ln22sfArxIr6Hdxnv3qOg3C64B0lzuhwKbPyoatateFXfOpr-J31UTLL8RIKTmZhorYt5dHyJkkZwNyduBJcCCs5iWODAiRyrgOOfV287Z3gBVcxwaixMqhE/s320/lazy+mornings.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486364083690993746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; ">We came home from baseball games last night and found this deer laying on the grass in the shade. Zack was so scared to see it he wouldn't get out of the car unless I was holding him and even then he was scared to look at it.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMPyFXmgjNzsys-W8k7XM7zzWGO6b1MTJg6rzfZZh0Jovpn9KKtZdn9IfVpPg4lsu2B2xtzfETUw7li0F2O0jFidvqkZ5bqrD8SiGdKoHxZ3gkxHv94EST5QIJ1vv-ivN0kIHBidLczE/s1600/deer+on+lawn.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMPyFXmgjNzsys-W8k7XM7zzWGO6b1MTJg6rzfZZh0Jovpn9KKtZdn9IfVpPg4lsu2B2xtzfETUw7li0F2O0jFidvqkZ5bqrD8SiGdKoHxZ3gkxHv94EST5QIJ1vv-ivN0kIHBidLczE/s320/deer+on+lawn.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486364016625486706" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; ">Check out these HUGE green onion we found growing in the yard. They were as tall as Kade. We used these in our tacos that night. Kade loves them.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbJQxVD0z_mr5-X-OKznANu7q4IswbNJTJxv04PDM9p1XAUi8PcjmsPXGQ4vqvg2PCjBWwQXV1VUXqHuLCQV5DTA16GF5s7fDww9aJWssAeelj91mpmiIfAMJSaf4pR8IMjmNLi3CDLBk/s1600/huge+green+onions.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbJQxVD0z_mr5-X-OKznANu7q4IswbNJTJxv04PDM9p1XAUi8PcjmsPXGQ4vqvg2PCjBWwQXV1VUXqHuLCQV5DTA16GF5s7fDww9aJWssAeelj91mpmiIfAMJSaf4pR8IMjmNLi3CDLBk/s320/huge+green+onions.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486363956511657186" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; ">Baseball season has come to an end. It has been a long season - but we have loved it. Ty was in t-ball again this year. Next year he will be in coach pitch. The highlight of his season is when a kid hit a pop fly and it hit Ty in the leg. He thought that was pretty funny.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_URHxjZ5rAQ2RxQEug2Gzcik06faGe67y2WAu95fiJu7bbNefl1WIGxLW2_KrbY1eZ7G1T-2qsEmBdPMGJzwaEhFrL0xVAKqdwQUlf310JW0mqzqLxJbC_W_oUf0Rfwl-Fq5wh7RxVh0/s1600/ty+hitting.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_URHxjZ5rAQ2RxQEug2Gzcik06faGe67y2WAu95fiJu7bbNefl1WIGxLW2_KrbY1eZ7G1T-2qsEmBdPMGJzwaEhFrL0xVAKqdwQUlf310JW0mqzqLxJbC_W_oUf0Rfwl-Fq5wh7RxVh0/s320/ty+hitting.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486363807913452066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; ">Most of the time Ty was throwing his mitt up and catching it or playing in the dirt. The last few games he actually would try to get grounders and throw them to the bases - so we did see some improvement. :)</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaTjfu3jEYVrvWs0VIIU2SGQ1U8l1ncc8MsvO8H_DuyFrcz40J-jrHZ-bGlqqMfHXykHPvfEzsT_7YyCg94bAOZyYWCGtj1nEEk9kI39lOdrRky1QIGi7MX3Q0ZhfG_d8i2BVYTexFVrs/s1600/ty+baseball.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaTjfu3jEYVrvWs0VIIU2SGQ1U8l1ncc8MsvO8H_DuyFrcz40J-jrHZ-bGlqqMfHXykHPvfEzsT_7YyCg94bAOZyYWCGtj1nEEk9kI39lOdrRky1QIGi7MX3Q0ZhfG_d8i2BVYTexFVrs/s320/ty+baseball.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486363735552666402" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; ">Kade was in coach pitch this year and it was so much more competitive than his little tball in Idaho Falls last year. Kade's team didn't lose a game during the regular season and got 1st place trophies, and Kade also got a game ball after one of the games for his good hits that helped the team score some crucial runs.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8WI9SNDDaoY3JwEIVHqNo2Y4TnD_0JPvVVcw03fXMYe2JfKTWhcw4gQay15gQxbcynynRei5tTUUpWW97XdL-lCM5EUqjHMfhOhB2saxhu0O7VzJBmkLUUmCoU9U_WmEPhE2Ctg5JPuE/s1600/kade+baseball.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8WI9SNDDaoY3JwEIVHqNo2Y4TnD_0JPvVVcw03fXMYe2JfKTWhcw4gQay15gQxbcynynRei5tTUUpWW97XdL-lCM5EUqjHMfhOhB2saxhu0O7VzJBmkLUUmCoU9U_WmEPhE2Ctg5JPuE/s320/kade+baseball.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486363620410167906" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; ">I couldn't get him to tuck in his shirt - oh well!</div><div style="text-align: center; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQcxVSBYff2WOQgrAqmoTpRyegiwj9amlgg4MyB8XbHZeJdB5a9K8VYnSl5CVvAihjaJBMToY3-5X9yrAnewerT2l88_80DhYCt6xdd80PnXvh561gvtqLRj5U7Az02lrGmS6o66nZJfc/s1600/kade+in+dugout.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQcxVSBYff2WOQgrAqmoTpRyegiwj9amlgg4MyB8XbHZeJdB5a9K8VYnSl5CVvAihjaJBMToY3-5X9yrAnewerT2l88_80DhYCt6xdd80PnXvh561gvtqLRj5U7Az02lrGmS6o66nZJfc/s320/kade+in+dugout.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486367990789875538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div>Buffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052480726189740485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305972429422243006.post-26446666065924814542010-06-09T11:20:00.001-07:002010-06-09T11:20:50.233-07:00<div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;">WELCOME SUMMER!!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Icee shacks are now open, running through the sprinklers, playing on the swings, NO school, Lagoon and Lagoon A Beach, relaxing days of playing and picnics and the boys favorite summer TV show WIPEOUT is back June 22. WE LOVE SUMMER!!!!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">After playing at Lagoon all afternoon yesterday - today is a relaxer day at home. We started out the day by cranking the music - Chicago's greatest hits to Lady Gaga while we cleaned the house. We have finished exercising and had lunch and the agenda for the rest of the day is to play outside while I sit on the porch swing and read - ahhhh..... a perfect day finished off with the boys baseball games.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I hope you all have a nice day!</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyTe5Mkf1N9qeop1-OPl4_8t1-s1uvGYEKPGMQjPNeYUCkGYeey4gDVdjAypJdzCvjhBw2XwrcSHaPCSf1BGxnpn5ncw7PZwF5Fx1lpzbRWDyojNJ4zki016h8Z6b94ZWbPvwAeFo4AKc/s1600/firepower.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyTe5Mkf1N9qeop1-OPl4_8t1-s1uvGYEKPGMQjPNeYUCkGYeey4gDVdjAypJdzCvjhBw2XwrcSHaPCSf1BGxnpn5ncw7PZwF5Fx1lpzbRWDyojNJ4zki016h8Z6b94ZWbPvwAeFo4AKc/s320/firepower.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480836382507809218" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">Ty and Zack playing on the deck and posing after yelling "Boom Bang Firepower"</span></div>Buffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052480726189740485noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305972429422243006.post-86527742677842813312010-05-27T06:55:00.001-07:002010-05-27T06:55:36.093-07:00Preschool Graduation for TY<div style="text-align: center; ">It's graduation time!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0AUaE_xPBaSXeVCFt314tt88PMO4Mg6iD8zNecojXTj5-UVOMF3osKNEm7H7OBnnkWDD0yr-zqcpedzVBNYBOGWyBBwOtCIX_F8wBQ-3Hi4e2gyBofXlb15MLWMFePXxZFU6IJUUDjpc/s1600/ty+with+diploma.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0AUaE_xPBaSXeVCFt314tt88PMO4Mg6iD8zNecojXTj5-UVOMF3osKNEm7H7OBnnkWDD0yr-zqcpedzVBNYBOGWyBBwOtCIX_F8wBQ-3Hi4e2gyBofXlb15MLWMFePXxZFU6IJUUDjpc/s320/ty+with+diploma.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475697682948872754" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; ">Ty's preschool graduation was short and sweet. They sang lots of songs, got called up one by one and then it was done.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHRWDa3gpw9DMaPuQdKbp3iuIbrJ_DJgSVgQZSn9Cqo72bpgxBWbYR4E4DtRu59lXYcBzov1AFnpTXVc2My6F5rrBmzAxPMxoULVdtx5J2kgHLUKrbRbSCKiTwcPNT6lwiuOnytH-PeEA/s1600/ty+with+mom.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHRWDa3gpw9DMaPuQdKbp3iuIbrJ_DJgSVgQZSn9Cqo72bpgxBWbYR4E4DtRu59lXYcBzov1AFnpTXVc2My6F5rrBmzAxPMxoULVdtx5J2kgHLUKrbRbSCKiTwcPNT6lwiuOnytH-PeEA/s320/ty+with+mom.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475697602442407922" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; ">We took pictures before we went down to the school to avoid the chaos.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbJsUh763bhUnKDu2aWyZlh-_pkyZ77Dda8rCXrCs1zxaq5eKqWvUPwYzOViLMNux9HgIhQBw5AtRbQZIbWRyZ1Vs-Z6yQdMB1dIPpBBjd2VhTxjH8R5G9hxF5tjPVe47o1nB-2MpaNAQ/s1600/ty+with+dad.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbJsUh763bhUnKDu2aWyZlh-_pkyZ77Dda8rCXrCs1zxaq5eKqWvUPwYzOViLMNux9HgIhQBw5AtRbQZIbWRyZ1Vs-Z6yQdMB1dIPpBBjd2VhTxjH8R5G9hxF5tjPVe47o1nB-2MpaNAQ/s320/ty+with+dad.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475697521011491826" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; ">Ty wanted to kiss us in every picture.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiimJc2WDRnTmq4MpapKGxApEBpGLKFeA5KFpJ0ioFcLXxVEr4CHKQHvg9AuD1MT5Lj-6FDIOAmsO0fqOvPwGfTnoYGul6P51dFxcTe65dwKqGLp9OXCMIGdemnikH4dmRQEZMtzntB58Y/s1600/ty+graduation.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiimJc2WDRnTmq4MpapKGxApEBpGLKFeA5KFpJ0ioFcLXxVEr4CHKQHvg9AuD1MT5Lj-6FDIOAmsO0fqOvPwGfTnoYGul6P51dFxcTe65dwKqGLp9OXCMIGdemnikH4dmRQEZMtzntB58Y/s320/ty+graduation.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475697386699313730" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; ">On to kindergarden!</div>Buffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052480726189740485noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305972429422243006.post-52687382474643687432010-05-20T08:33:00.000-07:002010-05-20T08:38:21.763-07:00USU Alumni 5K Run<div style="text-align: center;">I only use this blog to check other blogs I like to follow - but I got sick of seeing the same pictures up everytime I pulled it up - so I added a new post just to have a change of scenery when I pull up this blog. Our family participated in the USU Alumni 5K family fun run last weekend. Kade and Ty rode their bikes while Rich and I ran. I pushed Zack in the stroller so we could all participate. The boys were excited to each get their own Aggies shirt and their own race number.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu2AX23Gsg2NG0na6nnd7xgLTT0W8WSAWsrIITacjF2wTqocrKhlkCfVpmjjywN2yncvGSpuUAHe47hJ4BiAUrUGpPWq5Pe-zu4ITle9RbLicZJHhi5lWwXB02wFY270ISd6beraK632cN/s1600/boys+5K+run.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu2AX23Gsg2NG0na6nnd7xgLTT0W8WSAWsrIITacjF2wTqocrKhlkCfVpmjjywN2yncvGSpuUAHe47hJ4BiAUrUGpPWq5Pe-zu4ITle9RbLicZJHhi5lWwXB02wFY270ISd6beraK632cN/s320/boys+5K+run.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473376215279399234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Family picture with Big Blue before the race.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRAUZZoEBjccTnCdn2XlOy40pZ9MpVMr80W0SAUslqYYAWS67khPfjpNrJEBJyhzML7qnLdZ02OOVIU6MnUhmlVT9iUtsbkm4U0qqzAn7rDfqXZ6C7W3zWGHWJiB5HvehvH-S6Z54up7W9/s1600/family+with+big+blue.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRAUZZoEBjccTnCdn2XlOy40pZ9MpVMr80W0SAUslqYYAWS67khPfjpNrJEBJyhzML7qnLdZ02OOVIU6MnUhmlVT9iUtsbkm4U0qqzAn7rDfqXZ6C7W3zWGHWJiB5HvehvH-S6Z54up7W9/s320/family+with+big+blue.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473376153062064242" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMfr7sM9zNCf3yqNyOfxTFmzOcNcYFA_3r-dJZ-wZu_tiE1qAAUfhNPkAKYekdQrFR_bPg4Bn38rsfHhuuHYWl6r0LV1T33DOR1vhUUGRVmm6rLKj8-iphN9wHWJNMiSm8_ZgLwYpQcOYW/s1600/family+with+USU+alumni+sign.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMfr7sM9zNCf3yqNyOfxTFmzOcNcYFA_3r-dJZ-wZu_tiE1qAAUfhNPkAKYekdQrFR_bPg4Bn38rsfHhuuHYWl6r0LV1T33DOR1vhUUGRVmm6rLKj8-iphN9wHWJNMiSm8_ZgLwYpQcOYW/s320/family+with+USU+alumni+sign.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473376085934685026" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Post race celebration - Aggie Ice Cream! My boys thought it was the best breakfast ever!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxO5vvCJy5k2fjcAGY34caFDSn34NCVB4jAunduL2eBgCEsdCakgeUAE1IbOt6FTfbJqGwvQSaWnXPJnH6JlrT0XO9JZ1Bb4UKzUfwQaE7I2YCYu5xClejs4Ty4SwcgHZ0F_-X5cWGHKOr/s1600/post+race+ice+cream.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxO5vvCJy5k2fjcAGY34caFDSn34NCVB4jAunduL2eBgCEsdCakgeUAE1IbOt6FTfbJqGwvQSaWnXPJnH6JlrT0XO9JZ1Bb4UKzUfwQaE7I2YCYu5xClejs4Ty4SwcgHZ0F_-X5cWGHKOr/s320/post+race+ice+cream.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473375847121027266" /></a>Buffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052480726189740485noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305972429422243006.post-55359925565001736122009-11-01T20:56:00.001-08:002009-11-01T21:07:30.849-08:00Halloween 2009<div align="center">We couldn't have asked for better weather. It felt so nice to be outside, walking around while the kids ran from door to door getting candy. Our friends came trick or treating with us, and we had a fun time together. They brought the Ghostbuster costumes that Rich and our friend Dan dressed up in, with the blow up ectopack (?) or something strapped to their backs. Kade was Obi Wan Kenobi, Ty was Luigi and Zack the black spider. This was Zack's first year of trick or treating, he stayed home with me last year and passed out candy. It took him a few houses to realize that we put the candy in the bucket and don't just eat as we go. Once he figured out the process he was all over it. He'd run up and pick and treat and run back and throw it in the bucket I was holding for him and then turn and run back to get more treats to put in his bucket. That's when I'd have to grab him and turn him towards the next house. :)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqKU4cI32TX_7qBQXOk1v7vHNKHhUZWI9Z9a7uWAGGDshfbianLkWUq_0cN5fwWClqiSkfIw_0iza79l-MiA87Ixc_0GmyyTFyrxaxzHSht78LacRlyYOf6T5DkpRdBVYilnbhtZATcNXF/s1600-h/halloween+001.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399365859080594610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqKU4cI32TX_7qBQXOk1v7vHNKHhUZWI9Z9a7uWAGGDshfbianLkWUq_0cN5fwWClqiSkfIw_0iza79l-MiA87Ixc_0GmyyTFyrxaxzHSht78LacRlyYOf6T5DkpRdBVYilnbhtZATcNXF/s320/halloween+001.jpg" /></a> Our friends suggested going to a senior living center after we went through the neighborhood. It was so fun, and something we'll try to do every Halloween. The people living there loved seeing the kids and they all had their bucket of treats to pass out. I'm so glad we went.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieR0f82FiyCNiKUmPz7Kqj18IOLK8fYqqcBMhjVSYocvKSk9IN-6VnYi2BiQa82PjDC8_2DShad5uOptSHPAFpEOqRIqIK870fp3yKk_WeOUlN-XIFd33ZGwgFcRo-7Xb6F91rpeqFMQcA/s1600-h/halloween+002.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399365793064614018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieR0f82FiyCNiKUmPz7Kqj18IOLK8fYqqcBMhjVSYocvKSk9IN-6VnYi2BiQa82PjDC8_2DShad5uOptSHPAFpEOqRIqIK870fp3yKk_WeOUlN-XIFd33ZGwgFcRo-7Xb6F91rpeqFMQcA/s320/halloween+002.jpg" /></a> Me and my friend Nicole<br /><br /><br /></div>Buffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052480726189740485noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305972429422243006.post-32164827536238464822009-10-31T14:39:00.000-07:002009-10-31T14:48:35.083-07:00Halloween Rocket Launch<div align="center">It was such a beautiful day here today, we spent as much time playing outside as we could. We got an old rocket from Rich's parents house a while ago that no one was using and today was the perfect day for the launch. The girl from across the street that is in Kade's school class came over and joined us for the exciting launch. We walked down through the orchard and up into and empty field behind our house so we were not close to any homes in case of rocket catastrophe. Rich and Zack prepare the rocket for liftoff<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQ5-_21KKoF7eRO_0g89d3MDfzJba3RKgioJ5e34e1nrN9umQKWTCmjF7viV1sVr9-fOebgKStObyaGf7BHlwxlSdQb3nUK-Cg2zx1JdPWpNqIALlG_P4YB03JGwrEiiqXHLv6Ozhpw3T/s1600-h/Rich+and+zack+preparing+rocket.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398882259634776082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQ5-_21KKoF7eRO_0g89d3MDfzJba3RKgioJ5e34e1nrN9umQKWTCmjF7viV1sVr9-fOebgKStObyaGf7BHlwxlSdQb3nUK-Cg2zx1JdPWpNqIALlG_P4YB03JGwrEiiqXHLv6Ozhpw3T/s320/Rich+and+zack+preparing+rocket.jpg" /></a> The kids took a blanket to sit on while they watched the launch<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNxzZpjx342jFDcVwj5_nP-AMl4Y9x5iYcn9MKS7QKF6sKT5RE9IxnSz5Kc6LG-HvqsMof_ltZncnbJ2t0DB85FzPBGAr6Ia11Gcj9D90SCPQEZ6RxBemulqMhVflShqYxQPSgl4PL-GSR/s1600-h/kids+waiting+for+launch.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398882175934453218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNxzZpjx342jFDcVwj5_nP-AMl4Y9x5iYcn9MKS7QKF6sKT5RE9IxnSz5Kc6LG-HvqsMof_ltZncnbJ2t0DB85FzPBGAr6Ia11Gcj9D90SCPQEZ6RxBemulqMhVflShqYxQPSgl4PL-GSR/s320/kids+waiting+for+launch.jpg" /></a><br />And we have liftoff!! It actually worked :)<br /><br /><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyttbKRcWlYMkommeD3EZIyIXEOk8C_2oRvKLDP64C3isBdRglQtbx6vrMcIV-KobPWqpSYOWmacQlvWEcS8A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Buffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052480726189740485noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305972429422243006.post-38228926244809121372009-10-29T18:27:00.000-07:002009-10-29T18:28:10.084-07:00Fartsy Claus<div style="text-align: center; ">This is the book Kade picked out at library today in school. I really do try to teach my boys about manners and I really don't like them to talk about farts and stuff - but I was laughing so much through the whole book that I'm sure anything I was trying to teach them is now destroyed! Here are a few excerpts from the book.</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">When he was full, he rushed to his sleigh, jumped into his seat, and went up and away. At each house, Santa's belly began to smart, so he rubbed it, only to let out a fart. The reindeer eyed each other, feeling queasy and funky, thinking, "He smells like a dirty old monkey."</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">Up in his room, Michael opened one eye. "What the heck? Is sounds like the fourth of July."</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">As the story goes on the reindeer have all passed out from the smell of the gas and so the children have to help Santa figure out a way to get all the toys delivered. They construct a pair of underpants that will use his farts to propel him from house to house so he can deliver the toys.</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center; ">Needless to say - Kade LOVED the book and was so proud of himself for picking it out.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinwvOt4MfIG7bwKLQzC5WMFtGyQLhFo2i9cb8FlRONdiY3hJC63mGRHQzwOh88UG4bXl94oohcdBRlhptgx3gRg5x1LHCgozBZE2SJf40P8QlueUd585ggKryPaDJj7Gwr_2G3Q1aVvDs/s1600-h/fartsy+claus.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinwvOt4MfIG7bwKLQzC5WMFtGyQLhFo2i9cb8FlRONdiY3hJC63mGRHQzwOh88UG4bXl94oohcdBRlhptgx3gRg5x1LHCgozBZE2SJf40P8QlueUd585ggKryPaDJj7Gwr_2G3Q1aVvDs/s320/fartsy+claus.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398195836937707554" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " /></a></div>Buffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052480726189740485noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305972429422243006.post-78775755083112134042009-10-22T08:07:00.001-07:002009-10-22T08:07:50.512-07:00Madsen Boys<div style="text-align: center; ">Here is a picture of the boys this morning before school. This is as close as I could get to everyone looking. Zack is eyeing his motorbike. As soon as the picture was taken he jumped off the bench and on his bike and was off.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEwW2_BlTdW4sNQN2sp4dZ16c5wjE1F73YxcTnM87jRXqeiBfRJ77qAWvz79dvAFNBt9hEYlR3zDTy4pBwt9AKWpfVsPBc1tsyHh4UQTskn39uLoNrNW3mL8wkHkBLDExK-WkW2-U090k/s1600-h/DSCN4371.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEwW2_BlTdW4sNQN2sp4dZ16c5wjE1F73YxcTnM87jRXqeiBfRJ77qAWvz79dvAFNBt9hEYlR3zDTy4pBwt9AKWpfVsPBc1tsyHh4UQTskn39uLoNrNW3mL8wkHkBLDExK-WkW2-U090k/s320/DSCN4371.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395440555255047090" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>Buffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052480726189740485noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305972429422243006.post-52499510876032745182009-09-30T08:36:00.000-07:002009-09-30T08:43:51.540-07:00Snowbird<div align="center">Here is a recent picture of our crazy Zack! He has turned into pure trouble!! He is into everything and has learned to climb up everything - even walls it seems. He is just too cute though so it is hard to ever get too mad at him. He had just finished licking a brownie spoon in the picture - he got a hitler mustache somehow while licking the spoon.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPhUVQ1WwDb62eUroFdcSdjTwPohsmmz6UMupAWEugo5fJHS1_6GP_H7Qp08tOvivu1IXLfX3xTuOAHyHAznk3TZnQKA6PyJStWbBh7wDfCenKGq64lJano2uStI9EFaQ0WHjUmS1Kb7c8/s1600-h/zack+brownies.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387285139847288930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPhUVQ1WwDb62eUroFdcSdjTwPohsmmz6UMupAWEugo5fJHS1_6GP_H7Qp08tOvivu1IXLfX3xTuOAHyHAznk3TZnQKA6PyJStWbBh7wDfCenKGq64lJano2uStI9EFaQ0WHjUmS1Kb7c8/s320/zack+brownies.jpg" /></a> Last weekend we went up to Snowbird to ride the tram. It was a beautiful day and a beautiful drive up the canyon seeing all the colorful leaves.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPhWiaQem23LKfZE7mf15TFKA4k0Onzk11FfnmGaQOBmQhrCoQ_4XO6wFhAekw9pOYpe1_pg8sPv1Y0AA_DdNsPcQjfaBW3qzsTwQxe2_t1qL-n6rSOYXHk-8QOluxVQ1bSwuExrvdkGYP/s1600-h/snowbird.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387285087300504866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPhWiaQem23LKfZE7mf15TFKA4k0Onzk11FfnmGaQOBmQhrCoQ_4XO6wFhAekw9pOYpe1_pg8sPv1Y0AA_DdNsPcQjfaBW3qzsTwQxe2_t1qL-n6rSOYXHk-8QOluxVQ1bSwuExrvdkGYP/s320/snowbird.jpg" /></a><br />The tram ride was fun - they smash you in like sardines, but it is a quick ride to the top.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyBBvTaXM41SJmw8fPbkK7daqGsN2RVAW16XAOpla75lGuhqrU7es3Chu_taZsxbUoEyhTtG5KET-SViJHFdkLS_ww53kU25hzBLKarEjZvFzvt8UhfN-T3j-xM09jciFnlm0piP4YEala/s1600-h/dad+and+boys+on+top.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387285028649341490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyBBvTaXM41SJmw8fPbkK7daqGsN2RVAW16XAOpla75lGuhqrU7es3Chu_taZsxbUoEyhTtG5KET-SViJHFdkLS_ww53kU25hzBLKarEjZvFzvt8UhfN-T3j-xM09jciFnlm0piP4YEala/s320/dad+and+boys+on+top.jpg" /></a>It was so windy and cold at the top. We spent most of our time on the top in the warming hut by the bathroom. Ty hates wind, so he walked around with his hood over his face most of the time. :)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvm7huRoYJzkky5-Y41bBOBYHsI8kEpBzCNPw5zJhUCQFqw7pDa23Vx08cCKQ2-yW6U_Bt3OF1qVIructwTIJQJuYxyrPJ_cc5YA8Hf82NF_p0sxZ33YUD3BaCbODQCU68bLKL3gPqYibO/s1600-h/mom+kids+on+top.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387284963509456930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvm7huRoYJzkky5-Y41bBOBYHsI8kEpBzCNPw5zJhUCQFqw7pDa23Vx08cCKQ2-yW6U_Bt3OF1qVIructwTIJQJuYxyrPJ_cc5YA8Hf82NF_p0sxZ33YUD3BaCbODQCU68bLKL3gPqYibO/s320/mom+kids+on+top.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div><br /></div>Buffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052480726189740485noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305972429422243006.post-30156558564934646712009-09-30T08:15:00.001-07:002009-09-30T08:35:49.037-07:00Adam's canyon<div align="center">A couple weekends ago we went for a hike up Adams Canyon. We loved this hike when we lived down here before and were excited to do it again now we're back. This is the view down from the top.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTPicXHQRvhuPM9BaagKJr4kBHAPk31GRCqIQ-9cS8nh3EXOFy_qQP2LIBPYVmkJpDPZl9RsLsmTctN1AzDeVLCI4dTdB9vXyFPzpTel2eW-QogKaedhfZA0OE_jCxYGAVM375BSwtNiti/s1600-h/view.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387282178974464850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTPicXHQRvhuPM9BaagKJr4kBHAPk31GRCqIQ-9cS8nh3EXOFy_qQP2LIBPYVmkJpDPZl9RsLsmTctN1AzDeVLCI4dTdB9vXyFPzpTel2eW-QogKaedhfZA0OE_jCxYGAVM375BSwtNiti/s320/view.jpg" /></a> There is a 400 ft. waterfall - more of a trickle now - at the top of the hike. When hiking with kids it is always great to have something exciting and fun at the end of the hike :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUL0bGEzxkvSQdeUAqh6D5liPhNeJ6YxatJYQZoJaC8Q3dvZi5A8KxFZqD7ZTkdwJVWMxieFXHwGwyBSyc6FbugG17j1Z26_cdxWKaYs53gRkVjKbYoa-lZEG4HbhA6NO0X2oAu4W7qb6v/s1600-h/waterfall.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387282114295244034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUL0bGEzxkvSQdeUAqh6D5liPhNeJ6YxatJYQZoJaC8Q3dvZi5A8KxFZqD7ZTkdwJVWMxieFXHwGwyBSyc6FbugG17j1Z26_cdxWKaYs53gRkVjKbYoa-lZEG4HbhA6NO0X2oAu4W7qb6v/s320/waterfall.jpg" /></a>There were little pools of freezing cold water they played in.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTv4rSi65WXnlOVV84pf9_4mK5rH2TvUIHDzmmKP9Mr1S_OwOHvq-Y9y0Wv5-CZyg3D24AA8KA2ENTeyCV2gpniDI4FXNcHJ6kMxqoIdkZOOjDGLKbrXsqgFbnDV9itl9m-IRqcH13lJNF/s1600-h/water.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387282044355413730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTv4rSi65WXnlOVV84pf9_4mK5rH2TvUIHDzmmKP9Mr1S_OwOHvq-Y9y0Wv5-CZyg3D24AA8KA2ENTeyCV2gpniDI4FXNcHJ6kMxqoIdkZOOjDGLKbrXsqgFbnDV9itl9m-IRqcH13lJNF/s320/water.jpg" /></a> Rich just got a bunch of walking sticks from work that we tried out on this hike. They were awesome! Very entertaining for the kids, but also very helpful for Rich and I. We loved them!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIw7itU4HDhJfe0_I2t3SN35rWNaDqOrXgoIt8mYNfQljQM-1g878HqamRGj4GyKU3V04AkU0fMVi7BVQsSYvGUwB_sPUfOdHx2jhRTvyt8nyuPxNZSIDXwEkIkc6UNNykgRJq3x0mCcT/s1600-h/fam+hike.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387281932428121618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIw7itU4HDhJfe0_I2t3SN35rWNaDqOrXgoIt8mYNfQljQM-1g878HqamRGj4GyKU3V04AkU0fMVi7BVQsSYvGUwB_sPUfOdHx2jhRTvyt8nyuPxNZSIDXwEkIkc6UNNykgRJq3x0mCcT/s320/fam+hike.jpg" /></a><br />This is the very beginning of the hike before you get up into the mountains.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW7AQA2DMPOuq-drL0MiZBsJs4QN24CHDmDfwoC16S3gnm0awEqdQpb1DEo7fek5YiPdz66mNir8-awLSffiGQhDn_ubH4laORSP3yrPuXoYjeY0nuRcE2vKmvexQu61M1SQO14VF9tW9C/s1600-h/start+of+hike.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387279712179922994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW7AQA2DMPOuq-drL0MiZBsJs4QN24CHDmDfwoC16S3gnm0awEqdQpb1DEo7fek5YiPdz66mNir8-awLSffiGQhDn_ubH4laORSP3yrPuXoYjeY0nuRcE2vKmvexQu61M1SQO14VF9tW9C/s320/start+of+hike.jpg" /></a> We don't hike for very long before we have to stop and feed these crazy boys! <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfLf59DW92lN754wfF8CeiQ0CcBP4OZWyslpsEPLWiKTiWTmfGzmAnpGoSpupLMqZqe4Zb6h8oOtJC8l4wCeungDcS_TmG6nqyVcIVcrtCY8EW2tCR2UDn9Ihtr7adt7zwg6l0CfaDgXQ1/s1600-h/lunch+on+hike.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387279635281514530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfLf59DW92lN754wfF8CeiQ0CcBP4OZWyslpsEPLWiKTiWTmfGzmAnpGoSpupLMqZqe4Zb6h8oOtJC8l4wCeungDcS_TmG6nqyVcIVcrtCY8EW2tCR2UDn9Ihtr7adt7zwg6l0CfaDgXQ1/s320/lunch+on+hike.jpg" /></a>We saw this gross creature while hiking. I saw it first when I almost stepped on it! I hate snakes! <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1qxOSG6WA6qUQ91DyhUV4SyRQLlvatxd9F6dYh8fGujz6wWK8GDJ_hWpy4UmJd_Zv_4PFUuAq7WfYrhLOTv6f3EkqczaL1Ic_XOvoJahnocF6ImO8cc6Bi5hOXCakewVhEKzRC-SZ_fdA/s1600-h/snake+on+hike.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387279553958689522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1qxOSG6WA6qUQ91DyhUV4SyRQLlvatxd9F6dYh8fGujz6wWK8GDJ_hWpy4UmJd_Zv_4PFUuAq7WfYrhLOTv6f3EkqczaL1Ic_XOvoJahnocF6ImO8cc6Bi5hOXCakewVhEKzRC-SZ_fdA/s320/snake+on+hike.jpg" /></a>Kade wore the camel back and apparently drank water the whole time because we had to stop about every 10 min. for him to use the bathroom.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4gQZ9y1JxSkeYTczl7fYhsPXWZ8IRWQBduDIxVXsO8NMqyfCk7kSumA63HnJ4VvstSMp7DwfH9B8tPv1AZ0rjX1v3mEcR2hpR7yXhJjA5T2MQR3ufMuEEK5gBDIWiuoG_y61RvsH3pXOe/s1600-h/drinking+from+camelback.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387279442014256498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4gQZ9y1JxSkeYTczl7fYhsPXWZ8IRWQBduDIxVXsO8NMqyfCk7kSumA63HnJ4VvstSMp7DwfH9B8tPv1AZ0rjX1v3mEcR2hpR7yXhJjA5T2MQR3ufMuEEK5gBDIWiuoG_y61RvsH3pXOe/s320/drinking+from+camelback.jpg" /></a>It was the perfect day for a hike and thankfully Ty and Kade made it the whole way without us having to pack them.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Buffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052480726189740485noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305972429422243006.post-40762279166247821792009-09-22T07:18:00.000-07:002009-09-22T07:28:01.728-07:00Lagoon<div align="center">We had a fun, long day at Lagoon on Saturday. We went with a lot of my family and had a great day. It was 85 degrees, still warm but not too hot, and the lines were not very long. Lagoon-A-Beach was closed so we spent all day riding rides, and taking turns staying with the little kids on the rides while the others went and rode the big rides. I think everyones favorite was Wicked. We LOVED it! By midafternoon everyone was getting sleepy - Zack saw my dad and brother laying on the grass and ran over and cuddled in between them. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5D4bX8GClvfzZ2oKhepAWQMD4Zbn4APQa_VgGx-ch-71WFb4vhS-KL8Z6Kl_-JoSjjbh8l1vJoPxOsj4DvpBZ1iBgiluymciLsipLjJBPO7Rsin9ACEjdkrprRvlu2CN8ZhTHIeSVYtxO/s1600-h/zack+sleeping+with+scott%EF%80%A2grndpa.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384296648330037938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5D4bX8GClvfzZ2oKhepAWQMD4Zbn4APQa_VgGx-ch-71WFb4vhS-KL8Z6Kl_-JoSjjbh8l1vJoPxOsj4DvpBZ1iBgiluymciLsipLjJBPO7Rsin9ACEjdkrprRvlu2CN8ZhTHIeSVYtxO/s320/zack+sleeping+with+scott%EF%80%A2grndpa.jpg" /></a> My nephew Hank and Ty had a great day together - riding rides and playing. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfbWb9FAdmUobI7ctaVp8eJix2Rq5I7deCeD4zZewI7rkU0Tou9mmuGht61dULiclFyQyFbBbQvzGX0s45syLFgCaomu_VOwWykufDOz5-XEF0KGQYPjn1Yv-_Mf2fLJV3IHvh_GpqC8ie/s1600-h/hank+and+ty+on+shooters.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384296526653067394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfbWb9FAdmUobI7ctaVp8eJix2Rq5I7deCeD4zZewI7rkU0Tou9mmuGht61dULiclFyQyFbBbQvzGX0s45syLFgCaomu_VOwWykufDOz5-XEF0KGQYPjn1Yv-_Mf2fLJV3IHvh_GpqC8ie/s320/hank+and+ty+on+shooters.jpg" /></a><br />Zack LOVED the rides - Ty was more selective on what he loved, but if he loved it he rode it over and over and over. This was one of the rides Ty LOVED!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdHE_xUNpwvgAogNKhCRnWmDh8OrTn8ZKz9w_vEmM83NUVYXUa1B6s9IzjizXQ1navRdJ0dI8dUkbMf16v25i1CS-0QjRhbL0P-hacMZwf1cvnm6Id3CV2OAl4V_na0NYXEm8eldLZtBS3/s1600-h/tyzacklagoon.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384296445799443202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdHE_xUNpwvgAogNKhCRnWmDh8OrTn8ZKz9w_vEmM83NUVYXUa1B6s9IzjizXQ1navRdJ0dI8dUkbMf16v25i1CS-0QjRhbL0P-hacMZwf1cvnm6Id3CV2OAl4V_na0NYXEm8eldLZtBS3/s320/tyzacklagoon.jpg" /></a> We had a great day and loved being with family.<br /><br /><div></div></div><br /></div>Buffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052480726189740485noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305972429422243006.post-7150852868805620162009-08-15T19:27:00.000-07:002009-08-15T19:36:48.894-07:00Picking Huckleberries<div style="text-align: center;">I <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-size:180%;" >LOVE</span> huckleberries - in milkshakes, pancakes, plain - however you use them they are delicious! While we were in Driggs last week at my parents, my aunt took us all up to her huckleberry spot. We had 14 of the 15 grandkids with us and had a great time up in the mountains. The kids did much better than we expected and when they got tired/bored of picking huckleberries they all just ran around and played.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_xe1pUx5Zauzoc3dnRlN-TAhu9NnwmJKP1zyS4QV7rkKzt7lftNSy4AYQLuefHhOUUQbBcxCDh5EDUG5HA0v_OBvTCGVQwyZeTlCb92kxhfiM1K0dltr1w9GFl4HFuv12Yjy15AXcfZjT/s1600-h/picking+huckleberries.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_xe1pUx5Zauzoc3dnRlN-TAhu9NnwmJKP1zyS4QV7rkKzt7lftNSy4AYQLuefHhOUUQbBcxCDh5EDUG5HA0v_OBvTCGVQwyZeTlCb92kxhfiM1K0dltr1w9GFl4HFuv12Yjy15AXcfZjT/s320/picking+huckleberries.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370383285956065794" border="0" /></a>The favorite thing for the kids to do was to eat the huckleberries! Then they would complain that they didn't have any in their buckets, and want me to put my precious berries in their buckets. :) I consider myself to be a pretty nice mom - but not that nice.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-qBnkKiBs1tNc_KjvjAxtFweNBzColnLdS3s3B36bW9yU8OJZXIM_h14qc6v29wvqKJiwkne8v1Vk8QsgR6zhmcOvFsC6FzEpOHWZU30XAKnCXq0am6rjNlsyxYtPafWWzP9Rl7IH7LnK/s1600-h/Ty+picking+huckleberries.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-qBnkKiBs1tNc_KjvjAxtFweNBzColnLdS3s3B36bW9yU8OJZXIM_h14qc6v29wvqKJiwkne8v1Vk8QsgR6zhmcOvFsC6FzEpOHWZU30XAKnCXq0am6rjNlsyxYtPafWWzP9Rl7IH7LnK/s320/Ty+picking+huckleberries.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370383055101522594" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifcFGPWCEecDtreZZkkj7NFsftVpWj-QQrWODeQy7g52_6i6VRpN-IsX3-dV1DEMMPa1_JK0hyphenhyphennJuWue7DGkUbT3OOs7vGD3zWIBWJNT1dKPyBW_zYwHz_f8hNM9izv1P9XLI4wSjUTKUM/s1600-h/zack+and+case+eating+huckleberries.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifcFGPWCEecDtreZZkkj7NFsftVpWj-QQrWODeQy7g52_6i6VRpN-IsX3-dV1DEMMPa1_JK0hyphenhyphennJuWue7DGkUbT3OOs7vGD3zWIBWJNT1dKPyBW_zYwHz_f8hNM9izv1P9XLI4wSjUTKUM/s320/zack+and+case+eating+huckleberries.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370382922092734866" border="0" /></a>We've made huckleberry shakes almost every night since we picked.<br /></div>Buffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052480726189740485noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305972429422243006.post-58809512831464790952009-08-11T13:57:00.000-07:002009-08-11T15:34:23.764-07:00West Yellowstone<div align="center">Last weekend we went camping with Rich's family up at Hebgen Lake by West Yellowstone. On Sunday after we cleaned up camp we drove through the Park and had a picnic. The boys had never been through the park and they loved seeing the geysers. It was only 59 degrees but OK weather to walk around in.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhePysYzg2NMkiSiQZtcGZeyQo-P1Zv_wL-7VZ547ZzkYG9hfh_G8LeAbmMoZV-XGsOE-4p0-rhLEQXkkMEAbNqLrCFlZYqeePCwnMx014Aa_ycRPTjlOImi2VkZ1njfCob2p8EJyseLUjj/s1600-h/boys+at+firehole+river.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368814581684300690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhePysYzg2NMkiSiQZtcGZeyQo-P1Zv_wL-7VZ547ZzkYG9hfh_G8LeAbmMoZV-XGsOE-4p0-rhLEQXkkMEAbNqLrCFlZYqeePCwnMx014Aa_ycRPTjlOImi2VkZ1njfCob2p8EJyseLUjj/s320/boys+at+firehole+river.jpg" /></a> Here are the boys at the firehole river.</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNQYisDukaxQk_ShU7yRLvlIpJ6h4T5w8ePf3IgD3H60NqmfrAdmw2PMmLbqW5Gv4NinUFspBNhBEakX8F1c0dMJzBk9W_IB_0LjRoOErnURQo6_2V6Nvhz5ZaQCN2IELIs4zTCJcZkiGX/s1600-h/mom+and+boys+at+river.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368814327256604834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNQYisDukaxQk_ShU7yRLvlIpJ6h4T5w8ePf3IgD3H60NqmfrAdmw2PMmLbqW5Gv4NinUFspBNhBEakX8F1c0dMJzBk9W_IB_0LjRoOErnURQo6_2V6Nvhz5ZaQCN2IELIs4zTCJcZkiGX/s320/mom+and+boys+at+river.jpg" /></a> We stopped for a picnic farther up the firehole river. It was difficult trying to get all the boys standing and looking at the camera. It looks like only Zack is cooperating in this picture - but he is folding his arms - so that makes up for Kade and Ty's crazy faces. :)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjXW4HF_ZZ5DoPxCSRzkilywSR5V05QPXU46x-Yh1SXBUc-asDdyXNfSb_Y1oYIAz5Zp-ezFeXbPLVbn-3WM1pzB0NzUNmKc5lvhk9_Eunz01MneZ7RAh3jyM1grS3yufnlyGaRyrP6KTL/s1600-h/sleepy+boys.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368814156884978690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjXW4HF_ZZ5DoPxCSRzkilywSR5V05QPXU46x-Yh1SXBUc-asDdyXNfSb_Y1oYIAz5Zp-ezFeXbPLVbn-3WM1pzB0NzUNmKc5lvhk9_Eunz01MneZ7RAh3jyM1grS3yufnlyGaRyrP6KTL/s320/sleepy+boys.jpg" /></a> The boys were SO tired after the weekend of camping. This picture is at Old Faithful - all the boys laid down on the bench while we were waiting for the geyser to erupt.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio7EaIZ0SnlEOd6sz4LqIa5TdaQ25-sITv3st-ksDNNQ5PBTVyEDKwk9hHY-ZaPiISG8N04IitzuTuWdCHfSG7FShnPYAVw5NvJaf-vrd-a6pyfjexoSQrTD6g59RenqTmmhzjDruC96y7/s1600-h/geisers.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368813956350922722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio7EaIZ0SnlEOd6sz4LqIa5TdaQ25-sITv3st-ksDNNQ5PBTVyEDKwk9hHY-ZaPiISG8N04IitzuTuWdCHfSG7FShnPYAVw5NvJaf-vrd-a6pyfjexoSQrTD6g59RenqTmmhzjDruC96y7/s320/geisers.jpg" /></a> Looking at the geysers by Old Faithful.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzuyhT0G3c4UwEpAGmWFYD2-uC-CrQEnJZgoBksPiXikyg4EdkTWGVylDQdv6m07D3Jy8hbj_0nsZjgC6iF5mCEJeOEVVFoq89cL2kNSDFEsShkx00P-bSZa56D4ovPnvhtz95M678uRb4/s1600-h/old+faithful+sign.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368813762449469314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzuyhT0G3c4UwEpAGmWFYD2-uC-CrQEnJZgoBksPiXikyg4EdkTWGVylDQdv6m07D3Jy8hbj_0nsZjgC6iF5mCEJeOEVVFoq89cL2kNSDFEsShkx00P-bSZa56D4ovPnvhtz95M678uRb4/s320/old+faithful+sign.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Buffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052480726189740485noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305972429422243006.post-25210841052110636842009-07-27T20:26:00.000-07:002009-07-27T20:41:55.713-07:00Hebgen LakeFor years we've been going to Hebgen Lake with my mom's side of the family and it is something we look forward to every year. We stay at a cabin on the lake, but we've always set up a tent and camp if the weather cooperates. It's a weekend filled with family, food, waterskiing, swimming, playing and golfing for the guys. The kids played and swam in the lake all weekend with their cousins. We waterskiied on very smooth water which was SO much fun!!! My mom and dad were even able to come up for a few hours on Saturday which was a fun surprise for everyone to see them and visit with them. My dad was able to waterski which he hasn't done in years :) There are always the memorable moments of the sudden afternoon thunder/wind storms, leeches and mosquitos but the fun we have all together makes it all worth it. We had a great weekend and are doing it again at Henry's Lake with Rich's side of the family in 2 weeks.Buffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052480726189740485noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305972429422243006.post-47921884719300098492009-07-20T09:15:00.001-07:002009-07-20T09:31:12.725-07:00Summer Fun<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is so hard for me to keep this updated during the summer. So I guess monthly updates will have to work for now :) As of right now things have fallen through with our house and we are hoping someone else finds it soon and wants to move in quickly so we can move down to Utah. But in the meantime we have been having lots of summer fun. Kade and Ty have been to 4 birthday parties in the last few weeks and have been busy playing everyday with friends. I have been golfing 3 times this summer, which I've loved. I went once with my brother, once with Rich and then I went last week with two of my sisters and my brother. <br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ZOSt2aA_vlAXm7BN31cG-3mSloTpNax_7H90hL1MHFylncI8Qi9PFqxQTmEW3Ao0P0yhDf4gks7ekDSWCtRVT8iV8BxojG2TRhYRgenYFqkiVqml-M1KRWMElEiN-2leCInLkAWYB2gI/s1600-h/all+golfing.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ZOSt2aA_vlAXm7BN31cG-3mSloTpNax_7H90hL1MHFylncI8Qi9PFqxQTmEW3Ao0P0yhDf4gks7ekDSWCtRVT8iV8BxojG2TRhYRgenYFqkiVqml-M1KRWMElEiN-2leCInLkAWYB2gI/s320/all+golfing.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360578493874928626" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvCCJWCjiy1IpGhNfox_4waj74JXEAEJHs6LQTd8a_lX8fzLMVthyphenhyphengzbv_W8UYf2ExMPtz5Lmd7dBbeuY4X1yJsZZ7LZ12w_BXf1HriqVB1U82vYf_yinzQcBck6P2ExvO1WcZnWLksFd/s1600-h/buffy.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We had so much fun golfing. I got 2 birdies! They were both of a par 3 hole and I hit my tee shot within a foot of the hole both times and putted it in for birdie. I took pictures of where my ball landed on the green but they were with my sisters camera and I haven't got them. But I did have 3 witnesses to document it really happened :)<br /></span><br /><img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvCCJWCjiy1IpGhNfox_4waj74JXEAEJHs6LQTd8a_lX8fzLMVthyphenhyphengzbv_W8UYf2ExMPtz5Lmd7dBbeuY4X1yJsZZ7LZ12w_BXf1HriqVB1U82vYf_yinzQcBck6P2ExvO1WcZnWLksFd/s320/buffy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360578220226713858" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This last weekend we drove down to Utah to our friends house warming party/birthday party for their son. After the party and playing we put the kids to bed and me and my girl friends went to The Proposal while the guys stayed home and played board games. The movie was so funny!! We were all laughing so hard the whole movie long. It is definitely adult/crude humor so be warned. On Saturday morning the guys went golfing in the morning and then we went over to the Roy Aquatic center with our friends. We love that aquatic center - it is so much fun. Zack was having so much fun. I put him in a little floaty jet ski thing and he could touch the bottom of the pool and he would walk all around and stop and watch people or try to run kids over with his floaty. Rich took the boys on the slides and they both loved that. We spent a couple hours there and then drove back home. We were exhausted yesterday - but after a good night sleep we are back at it again today and headed to Rigby Lake! <br /></div>Buffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052480726189740485noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305972429422243006.post-78428637143054023462009-06-28T09:25:00.000-07:002009-06-28T09:32:18.197-07:00Softball TournamentOur stake had a softball tournament yesterday that was so much fun. Each ward could put together their best co-ed team and they had unlimited hot dogs, chips, treats, popcorn, drinks, snow cones and an inflatable for the kids to play on. Rich and I didn't plan on playing since we missed all the practices through the week, but we were quickly recruited to a team and had a great time playing. Rich had brought his shoes and glove just in case. I was not as prepared - I was in flip flops and ended up playing bare foot and borrowing a mitt. Rich hit a home run with the bases loaded his first time up to bat. A few innings later he hit it over the fence for another home run. Our boys were very impressed and excited to see both of us play. Kade, Ty and Zack ran around for 3 hours watching us play and eating an endless amount of hot dogs, chips, popcorn and snow cones. Later that night Kade told us he ate 6 snow cones!!! Good thing they were mostly just ice :) Buffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052480726189740485noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305972429422243006.post-50417644411930232802009-06-25T19:23:00.000-07:002009-06-25T19:36:55.849-07:00A round of Golf<div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit8UKrvVOYgdIoT3f49qFisosBUacnY38S0KiNgrY8Gm-N1NwFspUfEC8lL0Ar_vZJZsMQ059-XLK2qAcjaPbDc41fk6GIbOvIAxjuK4h4dr2Yv2dk0pDpEXriK_Sj22BltXSQ927is-PY/s1600-h/golfing.jpg"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit8UKrvVOYgdIoT3f49qFisosBUacnY38S0KiNgrY8Gm-N1NwFspUfEC8lL0Ar_vZJZsMQ059-XLK2qAcjaPbDc41fk6GIbOvIAxjuK4h4dr2Yv2dk0pDpEXriK_Sj22BltXSQ927is-PY/s320/golfing.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351456389782536642" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">When I was younger my dad used to take me and my siblings golfing all the time on this little par 3 course by Ashton. I have so many fun memories of golfing with my family and today I got to add to those memories. Thanks to my amazingly wonderful neighbor who watches my kids more than I do - I got to go golfing with my brother this morning at Pinecrest here in Idaho Falls. It was a perfect morning, a little humid - but a little sweat is good right! :) It was a pretty slow, relaxed day on the golf course while we were there and we had such a good time. I don't golf very often, more like hardly ever now, but I do have to say I out drove a man who we let play through. I was driving the ball really well - my brother was very impressed, and so was I! I didn't play my irons as well and my putting was so-so, but it is the tee shots that really count - right :) <br /></div></div></div>Buffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052480726189740485noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305972429422243006.post-84252471923967091322009-06-20T19:17:00.001-07:002009-06-21T07:43:22.862-07:00Utah State Hey Aggies All the Way!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAtby4N2KlnY2XkXaEE_1yxYQeUVEm57rdPwiBNn4xlAv6WZNwCduHEzErlBW6VJCArDSG9X2Jf2k6N3wucVG1PHAynH4-XyQV-gU-NokmPPzyCVvx34dHoiaM10MHxSghoIQvlfYdlp01/s1600-h/family+on+A.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAtby4N2KlnY2XkXaEE_1yxYQeUVEm57rdPwiBNn4xlAv6WZNwCduHEzErlBW6VJCArDSG9X2Jf2k6N3wucVG1PHAynH4-XyQV-gU-NokmPPzyCVvx34dHoiaM10MHxSghoIQvlfYdlp01/s320/family+on+A.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349790806353408898" /></a><div>Thanks to Rich's Uncle and his cousin, we had a family/USU alumni reunion Saturday at Utah State University. Rich's Grandma and Grandpa on his mom's side both graduated from Utah State and many of his aunts, uncles, cousins and siblings including Rich and I all went there as well. So far in their family there have been 29 USU graduates. The USU alumni association gave all USU alumni "game day" t-shirts to wear and everyone got FREE Aggie ice cream! :) We had family pictures and USU alumni pictures taken on the steps of Old Main. If you went to USU and get the alumni magazine look for our picture to be featured in there in the next little while. :) It was so fun to go back to USU and walk around campus and show the boys where Rich and I went to school and where we lived. After being up on campus and having the pictures taken we all gathered for a luncheon in the Agricultural building where Rich's cousin works. She did such a great job organizing everything and decorating in the USU theme. All the kids got goodie bags with candy, USU chapsticks and temporary USU tatoos. After the luncheon Rich's little sister was at a basketball camp/tournament at USU and we all went to watch her play a game in the Spectrum. It brought back so many fun memories going back there. The kids loved running up and down the steps in the stadium. We had a great day in Logan and had a fun trip down memory lane! We loved Utah State!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuRngLIhSTyweAK-ysrN_uFU6dApcQnc5pwtIJiKJ49-nZ17QCyMS0Z4jMQOuJvTUpJZFy2qvxKVgYOm1i6ueqNWxkQRsYF1hk_JDQtCHyT1YZb-1z2W5ivMJVLDVeZ9xTesyKD4KuUwEx/s1600-h/Ty+future+Aggie.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuRngLIhSTyweAK-ysrN_uFU6dApcQnc5pwtIJiKJ49-nZ17QCyMS0Z4jMQOuJvTUpJZFy2qvxKVgYOm1i6ueqNWxkQRsYF1hk_JDQtCHyT1YZb-1z2W5ivMJVLDVeZ9xTesyKD4KuUwEx/s320/Ty+future+Aggie.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349788716691413090" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZyOgpPERudIS_Cj_WwfxF14M-LyXcPAqddJ6imGpiM9MG1yXcaqrqT6Sujuig1g3Yt3mtGo7SIPxQAObKeSThU7wLAHkOmdqXbG0ksYsoVYipaHKcP1n6RQw8gNIxR_i9u78p627EBuyX/s1600-h/Grandma+Carver.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">One of our future Aggies - Ty sitting on the A.<br /></span><br /><img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZyOgpPERudIS_Cj_WwfxF14M-LyXcPAqddJ6imGpiM9MG1yXcaqrqT6Sujuig1g3Yt3mtGo7SIPxQAObKeSThU7wLAHkOmdqXbG0ksYsoVYipaHKcP1n6RQw8gNIxR_i9u78p627EBuyX/s320/Grandma+Carver.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349788561390894082" /></a>Rich's two aunts on the left, his Grandma in the middle and his uncle on the right all went to USU - he also has another aunt and uncle that went to USU that were not in this picture. Rich's mom went to BYU.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy-l4ith4x2Slso7hJTUdO1DwemSxNVr4pBZIr3BmvUdhA725fcP9xTGsUAR_N8fvpvP6Z3TFvneO8G0jpupYnNUIpMUtELvQhBpinrlf0H79bN8c2lTZohFPr0LBUtknrMXBdaM75A3sL/s1600-h/whole+family.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy-l4ith4x2Slso7hJTUdO1DwemSxNVr4pBZIr3BmvUdhA725fcP9xTGsUAR_N8fvpvP6Z3TFvneO8G0jpupYnNUIpMUtELvQhBpinrlf0H79bN8c2lTZohFPr0LBUtknrMXBdaM75A3sL/s320/whole+family.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349788442062601970" /></a>Here is a picture Rich took while everyone was trying to get organized and all in the picture. This is probably most of the people that came to the reunion. Look at all those Aggie Blue t- shirts :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLP5_milq2VzJAuRt4CTEYFIJFQ-50DhaJ91aKBiOBTcOGyG0CHjMMSuyDnvJzVamuRZiURuQZNu7aJWKXEKYflurwpZXvxdt5UeTq50j6zi3Uhot_fLRrriRQ4T4N7PJWwYT7j4kMJZx/s1600-h/boys+on+campus.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLP5_milq2VzJAuRt4CTEYFIJFQ-50DhaJ91aKBiOBTcOGyG0CHjMMSuyDnvJzVamuRZiURuQZNu7aJWKXEKYflurwpZXvxdt5UeTq50j6zi3Uhot_fLRrriRQ4T4N7PJWwYT7j4kMJZx/s320/boys+on+campus.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349602028625958034" /></a>The boys by the waterfalls on campus. It was so fun walking through campus again with the kids.Buffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052480726189740485noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305972429422243006.post-2652745649409891732009-06-17T07:24:00.000-07:002009-06-17T07:46:32.925-07:00Update<div style="text-align: center;">I haven't posted in a while so here is a catch up post on what we've been up to. We got to watch my cute little nephew Hank overnight while his parents went out of town. He is so cute and it felt completely normal to have another boy around :) On top of being so cute he calls me funny Buffy - who wouldn't love that? On the day we had him we actually had a break from the rain and so we packed a picnic and loaded everyone up and rode our bikes to the park for lunch and to play on the toys. It was so nice to be outside again!</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFGLxTqwBhvQMorQdDhpiYx5cNyhvyPxROCipvVNLUpmVPup2UHHe8GynD17CXA22GHv0L4skiNUALhY031IwyYG3uaZS_WsSTdki4L63ZXj8HAxPKFbhuI8mbuKVma0fP5pVefrx-DLN9/s320/hank+zack+in+bike+trailor.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348303993480393762" /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPf-V_lhB70dYempZ5vJ_56QULlwASExzpLX-4CK4n1dK9_TB5-kaMoZTv5hox_fgHmHtLG3UYiYES_szZjoj1-iBE-1JWgehjRsg7dmMuoVa-0xH_KdyoGn6rUfuLfaNrMtMbMVWXRWdV/s1600-h/picnic+at+the+park.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPf-V_lhB70dYempZ5vJ_56QULlwASExzpLX-4CK4n1dK9_TB5-kaMoZTv5hox_fgHmHtLG3UYiYES_szZjoj1-iBE-1JWgehjRsg7dmMuoVa-0xH_KdyoGn6rUfuLfaNrMtMbMVWXRWdV/s320/picnic+at+the+park.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348303900645051778" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We definitely took advantage of the sunny days with many picnics. It is so fun that all you have to do is eat your lunch outside and the kids think you are the greatest mom ever and that the food is the best food they have ever tasted :)<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzpEBynVYQoh_OLNX7P2mtzv5ThCGM3PF_O1tlQ2PKwSJz29go715TQ1IRZqa3m1EtHyKgjdWjNAtnmUua_BmfIj96b-6Ssm98FB7gA5Ur25ufoHoEteRCzBGDDOmV0KgrWFjK0dowtOZX/s1600-h/picnic+at+home.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzpEBynVYQoh_OLNX7P2mtzv5ThCGM3PF_O1tlQ2PKwSJz29go715TQ1IRZqa3m1EtHyKgjdWjNAtnmUua_BmfIj96b-6Ssm98FB7gA5Ur25ufoHoEteRCzBGDDOmV0KgrWFjK0dowtOZX/s320/picnic+at+home.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348303817007483378" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We have started swimming lessons. This is Kade's third year and Ty's second. Kade is a little fish in the water - he loves it and always has. Ty loves the water but has been more hesitant to put his ears and face under. He is doing much better this year and really loving his class.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiniplYegGxhIvnB55qa72I5noGysSCZhFV-Vjj0LytZD1Ynpfm3RmLnsx58JX-xYrY3QcxlRGOEj64CT62mBvnLncHda9fAj4NJzu6eznuu4F0oyCk3siatsBfAV8fM4WlFyie9JNcnNQJ/s1600-h/ty+in+water.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiniplYegGxhIvnB55qa72I5noGysSCZhFV-Vjj0LytZD1Ynpfm3RmLnsx58JX-xYrY3QcxlRGOEj64CT62mBvnLncHda9fAj4NJzu6eznuu4F0oyCk3siatsBfAV8fM4WlFyie9JNcnNQJ/s320/ty+in+water.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348303703945509410" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">After the lessons we go outside to play in the outdoor pool. It has been so rainy and cold that we really haven't got to enjoy that too much - but it still doesn't stop the kids from getting in and playing for a little while. This is Zack and his little friend Brooklyn lounging by the pool.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioEQL_QOrZK0lAzZi4YIUo3vjjmKIjTfKYM4ND-MNqyxfSp6tMWnkDs5H8RQUOB6uLl7RTyHoVpXrdg5fQ78UyxfytXm1FZAtP4_opj2T8EvSytyMLLuMTHicgZtbwt4G2MeHvPyGtCCyh/s1600-h/zack+brooklyn+swimming+lessons.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioEQL_QOrZK0lAzZi4YIUo3vjjmKIjTfKYM4ND-MNqyxfSp6tMWnkDs5H8RQUOB6uLl7RTyHoVpXrdg5fQ78UyxfytXm1FZAtP4_opj2T8EvSytyMLLuMTHicgZtbwt4G2MeHvPyGtCCyh/s320/zack+brooklyn+swimming+lessons.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348303615064793442" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Kade and Ty are both on tball teams as well. Kade's team is The Pirates and Ty's is The Blaze. Thanks to all of the rain, most of the games have been cancelled. Hopefully they can start playing soon. They each have 2 games a week - so that will keep us busy most of the summer. In the swimming video - Ty is on his back swimming with his teacher and then Kade is swimming across the pool.<br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dybz-2Ijspjl-0IIKZIA37d1Xud6nTDVM5NSnu5pTHnCffxUW5I2T5FpWavUEJD7558wDhwexB0d41ykkvglw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Buffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052480726189740485noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305972429422243006.post-56413205465848768432009-06-02T17:50:00.000-07:002009-06-02T17:58:53.844-07:00Graduation Day<div align="center">Today was Kade's big Graduation Day from Kindergarden. He was so excited for his graduation and that Rich was able to be here for it. Kade has loved kindergarden and I have loved having him in kindergarden :) It has been fun helping out in the class and seeing him learn new things and make new friends.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh83H5qUGPZNA0n1RaTf30xHl6PTHDnVm03aGGq7wgJuUhkSkYs0_2ZK12vYuZ9FgUM8soAPoMOtKayXkAquJ8bWZBGJ5HFrkKr9QjDqBc_XrDfouQ-XAKmEvm6HhIWBqdk9E6jxi9C18SP/s1600-h/graduation+day.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342897943110744386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh83H5qUGPZNA0n1RaTf30xHl6PTHDnVm03aGGq7wgJuUhkSkYs0_2ZK12vYuZ9FgUM8soAPoMOtKayXkAquJ8bWZBGJ5HFrkKr9QjDqBc_XrDfouQ-XAKmEvm6HhIWBqdk9E6jxi9C18SP/s320/graduation+day.jpg" border="0" /></a> The class all lined up on risers and sang about 6 songs they had been practicing for a few weeks. They all looked so cute in their handmade graduation caps. After all the songs the teacher called them one by one up to get their graduation certificate and shake their hand. They were all so proud and did a really good job.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4tgFmrRt9FdVbTmsCSk9V66AH6phUgra2TZhjCr__ZAhRKEVixYplQ1zdFr2kxmr3nVNcyZh3vsOLiYusAqcnDYLnNdahQ3rsndEErA2IC5AN0Zr1g-RZDuM1w1VY4uQlAB2kZ74AjQTi/s1600-h/graduation+line+up.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342897843403702530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4tgFmrRt9FdVbTmsCSk9V66AH6phUgra2TZhjCr__ZAhRKEVixYplQ1zdFr2kxmr3nVNcyZh3vsOLiYusAqcnDYLnNdahQ3rsndEErA2IC5AN0Zr1g-RZDuM1w1VY4uQlAB2kZ74AjQTi/s320/graduation+line+up.jpg" border="0" /></a>Congratulations Kade only 16 more years to go!<br /><br /><div></div><br /></div>Buffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052480726189740485noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305972429422243006.post-54074776133253742722009-06-02T17:32:00.000-07:002009-06-02T17:50:27.251-07:00It's Ladies Night<div align="center">After a week of sick kids and cleaning up throw up I was so ready for my girls weekend away. We started the weekend off with some shopping in Park City Friday night, which is always fun! Saturday we spent the day shopping and have a spa day. We got a deal through city deals or something for a chocolate facial, a pedicure and an eyebrow wax for only $45. at a beauty college. This was a lot of firsts for me. I had never had a facial or my eyebrows waxed. The chocolate facial was amazing - I loved it! I was happy to get my eyebrows waxed and while the girl was waxing I told her I wanted to have my lip waxed sometime too. By the time I was done she had done my eyebrows, my lip and my chin! I was thrilled! Then we all got pedicures, which always feels so good. The girl who did mine was very strong and worked my feet over - which was great! We were there getting pampered for almost 3 hours and left feeling so good. This is a picture of us after we were done! The beauty college we went to was very nice and they did a great job.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkRq1woHjb1mwiy4lx1GfJUOjO9A0W7TnqI9eTBM7yrEM3HRyE6epxFj4trip3Hc-OAGuZvR7zAV9qCI7FZiV1rBNRbCURHxZSX2FWTy-uiBcRaTAIIzob3cSuXnmsP1k6MTQ0wSExAXBf/s1600-h/facials.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342893191915138386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkRq1woHjb1mwiy4lx1GfJUOjO9A0W7TnqI9eTBM7yrEM3HRyE6epxFj4trip3Hc-OAGuZvR7zAV9qCI7FZiV1rBNRbCURHxZSX2FWTy-uiBcRaTAIIzob3cSuXnmsP1k6MTQ0wSExAXBf/s320/facials.jpg" border="0" /></a>We ate at Paradise Bakery on Saturday afternoon. I love this place! This piece of carrot cake was the first thing I saw when I walked in and I couldn't pass it up. There was seriously 1 1/2" of frosting on the top, with huge chunks of nuts and carrot. It was DELICIOUS!!! I got a small salad to go with it for lunch. :) That night we ate at The Macaroni Grill - and had some yummy pasta! We stayed up late talking and laughing and soaking in the hot tub. It was a perfect weekend. I have such great girl friends and a wonderful husband who stays home and watching 3 crazy boys while I get away! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSSKQyrhgZqSTL7VmF83y1DmfwTI2YJKkaYngmvG0vgnpSKnbxmY_PumkhnYSZgQdG02Z06nmYuZPSFzYL8hHxYcSKzXRayYAru2iCHCUcj7LFl74ey3J3nXtdSMhlnQosTiOXIpzr3OeG/s1600-h/carrot+cake.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342893089237107538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSSKQyrhgZqSTL7VmF83y1DmfwTI2YJKkaYngmvG0vgnpSKnbxmY_PumkhnYSZgQdG02Z06nmYuZPSFzYL8hHxYcSKzXRayYAru2iCHCUcj7LFl74ey3J3nXtdSMhlnQosTiOXIpzr3OeG/s320/carrot+cake.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /></div>Buffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052480726189740485noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305972429422243006.post-4019214795482813432009-06-02T15:04:00.000-07:002009-06-02T17:31:41.136-07:00Kindergarden field trip<div align="center">We had another field trip to Tautphaus Park Zoo last week. Thankfully the weather was really nice and sunny that day. It was cold and rainy when we went with Ty's preschool. The alligator was a big hit with the kids and the monkeys are always entertaining.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUCnTs-AXXLba9VOaj0WXG4U_0T0iq7GuVPI_41HQVM_dkOv_DEl7lSOYkfdzTdFYWcVZ1iBd4-vgK9Ql77B8tXcbFCa3xuqlWUMTdHtu1_z5dgwcz6PXlAzhqazXGch-5cf_lZN9cZUR/s1600-h/boys+at+zoo.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342855180491947858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUCnTs-AXXLba9VOaj0WXG4U_0T0iq7GuVPI_41HQVM_dkOv_DEl7lSOYkfdzTdFYWcVZ1iBd4-vgK9Ql77B8tXcbFCa3xuqlWUMTdHtu1_z5dgwcz6PXlAzhqazXGch-5cf_lZN9cZUR/s320/boys+at+zoo.jpg" border="0" /></a> Making a big doggy pile on Kade is always a good time.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsGQ4Q3jI_HS-t9vP7vz5c4vuVN4GwAL7pTowgYY93efmiQnkBvmSB4F7F79xM0kIE7TvdNGIai1k0TgYxEMfHqV6WLjoCKrmQ9RUPPqgfvYErBZG_lIs13hkpwI-faasdQCWdrgysHFNu/s1600-h/boys+on+tiger.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342855071263523970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsGQ4Q3jI_HS-t9vP7vz5c4vuVN4GwAL7pTowgYY93efmiQnkBvmSB4F7F79xM0kIE7TvdNGIai1k0TgYxEMfHqV6WLjoCKrmQ9RUPPqgfvYErBZG_lIs13hkpwI-faasdQCWdrgysHFNu/s320/boys+on+tiger.jpg" border="0" /></a> Kade and some Kindergarden buddies on the Tiger<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2bG5Hyp19nF2X6dRTCPmlX5JPk9Z4kt7xqteZOFZV4KQpuYJy8pAL0xWCC2J9VicandES9An1V6ZN-2yeN9rZpk29I7ucgA-QOJvGbpadWuc6XZyMFyDiNo8m3GDbKT-T5C_sxJPRg9PR/s1600-h/ty+on+slide.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342854938835363554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2bG5Hyp19nF2X6dRTCPmlX5JPk9Z4kt7xqteZOFZV4KQpuYJy8pAL0xWCC2J9VicandES9An1V6ZN-2yeN9rZpk29I7ucgA-QOJvGbpadWuc6XZyMFyDiNo8m3GDbKT-T5C_sxJPRg9PR/s320/ty+on+slide.jpg" border="0" /></a>Typical Ty face as he's playing at the park waiting for Kade's class to show up at the zoo.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMFqGz5ArrdLsv6qFf-znaZBjduTLn72hVPyry285-RwKGdtM7N1xvLh11WDQ80P4WZLp9o0EeVfBOxPFqhU5sKYnpKOlfHVTZZk3D6Gdw-Z224KLDukJw3ksDI51pe1dkEMiRnOViBuoT/s1600-h/zack+looking+at+ducks.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342854735556131794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMFqGz5ArrdLsv6qFf-znaZBjduTLn72hVPyry285-RwKGdtM7N1xvLh11WDQ80P4WZLp9o0EeVfBOxPFqhU5sKYnpKOlfHVTZZk3D6Gdw-Z224KLDukJw3ksDI51pe1dkEMiRnOViBuoT/s320/zack+looking+at+ducks.jpg" border="0" /></a>Zack loved all the animals - he'd get so excited to see them move and make noise. Here he is watching the ducks swimming.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div><br /></div>Buffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052480726189740485noreply@blogger.com2