tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176313032024-03-23T11:00:10.734-07:00UsAn and Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013054612795980512noreply@blogger.comBlogger228125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17631303.post-49302034992529862052012-06-01T09:28:00.002-07:002012-06-01T09:28:41.844-07:00Wowsers trousers, I'm actually updating the blog!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My tree climber</div>
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Mini tree climber</div>
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Love this little man. Still not sleeping well at night, but what a honey during the day. So content. So well loved by his sibs.</div>
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Soccer star! Scored her first goal ever this week.</div>
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Track & Field Twins</div>
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Super jumper!</div>
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Ready to race! Tied for 1st. </div>
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Geneva got 2nd. Funny how such a pokey kid for everything else (brushing teeth, getting out of bed, going to bed, practicing piano, etc, etc) can run so fast! No pic of her though. </div>
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Brooke trying to lift Micah. He was the baby, she was the queen mommy.</div>
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<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz5fqhxN88xidwdk3B6wJOebXoMMjlBfUoMDLGzCugOJcZjtuBlutsKDrdbA-Y-i_-KCY-Snx7rJp4' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>An and Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013054612795980512noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17631303.post-20743149660248816142012-02-09T06:30:00.000-08:002012-02-09T06:31:36.438-08:00Peekaboo!<iframe height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/r4hWqZVUCdk" frameborder="0" width="560"></iframe>An and Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013054612795980512noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17631303.post-42212360695283899482011-11-26T03:56:00.005-08:002011-11-26T04:18:17.742-08:006 am update<div align="center">Just a quick update while I nurse a baby who was up for 2 hours in the night (little stinker!) Hopefully he goes back to bed now so momma can catch up a smidge on sleep.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">Things are going well here: Ian will be 6 weeks soon!</div><br /><br /><div align="center">He's awake a lot more these days, and usually up for a good 3 hour stretch in the evening. Then he usually (although it's hard to say "usually" with a newborn) sleeps for a longer stretch after that: the other night he slept for 5 hours. Last night, only 3. Sigh. What can you do.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">Tomorrow is Ian's baptism: will post pics of that sometime. :) SO excited to see my family and Derek's family again!! </div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">We're so thankful for our little Ian and love him to smitherenes. (where on earth did that word come from?)</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">Time for me to go back to sleep for 2 minutes before the big kids wake up! Although, Ian is looking quite wide awake in his bassinette at the moment. . .</div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGy57VUJSvyi2_L3rz38BHOLsGXKxP2TiAE5FojuBqhAmJ5AbVBaCrts7g87eqhDtvsvh0PjgVk1DrD61EHvdmDn82Tm59UUumd-6t9WOB3vXxY3Sdd_g-nZLw8lKp-istz7zJ/s1600/end+Nov+018.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679276000589822082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGy57VUJSvyi2_L3rz38BHOLsGXKxP2TiAE5FojuBqhAmJ5AbVBaCrts7g87eqhDtvsvh0PjgVk1DrD61EHvdmDn82Tm59UUumd-6t9WOB3vXxY3Sdd_g-nZLw8lKp-istz7zJ/s400/end+Nov+018.JPG" /> <br /><p align="center"></a>I'm ready for our walk, Mom!<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7pH4eTl-6z7jTKfhjFFEoHkR7vBYDQMoUdMjrqWSGw2T1V6NHfI31B8m6uzObFZYyBIdO95QmP8wqkxO_B_GXQ3A66Rc6l02Ee1kqRV_vUqLVAR2J40BHLv2AZPxSYI4kOIC5/s1600/end+Nov+024.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679275991554733234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7pH4eTl-6z7jTKfhjFFEoHkR7vBYDQMoUdMjrqWSGw2T1V6NHfI31B8m6uzObFZYyBIdO95QmP8wqkxO_B_GXQ3A66Rc6l02Ee1kqRV_vUqLVAR2J40BHLv2AZPxSYI4kOIC5/s400/end+Nov+024.JPG" /> <br /><p align="center"></a>Ian and his friend Molly (thoughtfully posed by Molly's owner, Brooke)<br /><br /><br /></p><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjssi7t7YuvYLiGEu7bjmAPylueK_k6GAfJjDCAKE2VU_MHj3jU3n4qUZ2oS7cTF9Rv8_LXFWPgUE_8K4_pCGMiHQ-nRK_N6hZXmci0Hem3nXE1vrHiPUN5M6Md1Q_EwfSqgid6/s1600/end+Nov+016.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679274881874408706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjssi7t7YuvYLiGEu7bjmAPylueK_k6GAfJjDCAKE2VU_MHj3jU3n4qUZ2oS7cTF9Rv8_LXFWPgUE_8K4_pCGMiHQ-nRK_N6hZXmci0Hem3nXE1vrHiPUN5M6Md1Q_EwfSqgid6/s400/end+Nov+016.JPG" /></a> All bundled up with nowhere to go (other than around the block)</div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmkDZTpsvFtzwE60QmurfMkTC26oUE2QLf_5wKqKwxLFdgAv42xowMY8mHOIhk4FW-zvCRXi-ladCLSVq0fSkF3xody5Ya4njQiCPECDsYoPLT4WuoyQAwImGw5pmdH_s0mpzm/s1600/end+Nov+013.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676174728749800674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh50fILKRxQ1mAqTKhylw1rkvqwA4aUbOaSOBvzaNYT9wDaFCQUVv1_7ZFMTycW7b6Jazsp-WiLPxZUg6QHbdqN3QfilUmRL17qrtKeNYne6FsOAIT4SK01DEwHKL_I7pe5j8z0/s400/NOv+001.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-14UIAqdv0VfsvjVuOJD60nH6jvU11pJ1gFDDwg4m2PfdYV2ZO0PtxKTTohUzBTWac8mVKshpRsuGerX0k6oxMeM7v5JSWJIPx5AOeIly8ep8BypA2L1wqLYClULy4s9M_pxb/s1600/NOv+006.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676174723327384578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-14UIAqdv0VfsvjVuOJD60nH6jvU11pJ1gFDDwg4m2PfdYV2ZO0PtxKTTohUzBTWac8mVKshpRsuGerX0k6oxMeM7v5JSWJIPx5AOeIly8ep8BypA2L1wqLYClULy4s9M_pxb/s400/NOv+006.JPG" /></a> Our little Ian is a month old tomorrow! Where does time go? Although he's still rather newbornish, he's really starting to change. He's grown out of his newborn clothes (because he's so long!) his neck's getting stronger and his skinny little chicken legs are starting to fill out! He's been awake a lot more lately and although he's still waking up twice a night, he's at least starting to figure out that night time means sleeping time... A few nights ago he slept from midnight til 5: That was a treat! </div><br /><br /><div align="center">Here are a few pics from the last few weeks<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0fYLeTuAP5vceKNG_PFcC0shlg0YDAfl4dLC-BMFVIKjFCAG58gRkATRQSaocmOdgjJCmCEZxB5-ZVAKrHDOMrW4A5TQ65is7a31qhOil1BlnuZ85RQa6j7Acqgs_8yUXM8iu/s1600/NOv+011.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676171287980439506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0fYLeTuAP5vceKNG_PFcC0shlg0YDAfl4dLC-BMFVIKjFCAG58gRkATRQSaocmOdgjJCmCEZxB5-ZVAKrHDOMrW4A5TQ65is7a31qhOil1BlnuZ85RQa6j7Acqgs_8yUXM8iu/s400/NOv+011.JPG" /></a>Check out the skin colour difference between these boys. Jaundice city! It's pretty much gone now, but it took a good 3 weeks.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZc7KH7WNGKv09w4r0pr-vPhiy12CrorI9TuOhwz39qp6snfR0OcWEZJebckZKsIzQEDzAjFOvkeh5KoUW-N9DPrpxz8sqgOJYUwXQDBz4Q-g44NdTe-5Nc1MC9AetWAMEuICf/s1600/NOv+014.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676171277693200706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZc7KH7WNGKv09w4r0pr-vPhiy12CrorI9TuOhwz39qp6snfR0OcWEZJebckZKsIzQEDzAjFOvkeh5KoUW-N9DPrpxz8sqgOJYUwXQDBz4Q-g44NdTe-5Nc1MC9AetWAMEuICf/s400/NOv+014.JPG" /></a>Huisman hike w/ Ed and Lori and fam<br /><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUYz2_-NIsSc7gUOZfwLX54AxKe-xV8P4Gt4DhxLQtEvGm7_RWj0QsE2Fvx1PU1GbomvIYYQFdA7EZsnzVPvIaRo672naoKFvW8GBKDEUWC5Y_kWYDJ645x8FhcUy_vXVb-zHV/s1600/NOv+019.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676171273370101090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUYz2_-NIsSc7gUOZfwLX54AxKe-xV8P4Gt4DhxLQtEvGm7_RWj0QsE2Fvx1PU1GbomvIYYQFdA7EZsnzVPvIaRo672naoKFvW8GBKDEUWC5Y_kWYDJ645x8FhcUy_vXVb-zHV/s400/NOv+019.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtSNDp-4muvaqXmO0t3pvUzklfzxkpixMJftD_zK4XmjNNT_IKhd6ysAPX2zS7l_KQ1XjDm1aeFyWCh6AxjX-rUbOJ4ORl3xxP_zAuGIUkzEFTvyQIueIUDFpuuWmFLWhHKPxG/s1600/NOv+021.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676171265183848594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtSNDp-4muvaqXmO0t3pvUzklfzxkpixMJftD_zK4XmjNNT_IKhd6ysAPX2zS7l_KQ1XjDm1aeFyWCh6AxjX-rUbOJ4ORl3xxP_zAuGIUkzEFTvyQIueIUDFpuuWmFLWhHKPxG/s400/NOv+021.JPG" /></a> Checking out the Baltimore Oriele nest<br /></div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgigQ28yjI-Jw2N4D9U4CAP_XC1jgv1ftDNIcsYLolse_AF6CewOOGlPGSPl1OguJvhw4CmbW-HPykV7cYre7biFEMG6Zn9rbmvYuy9ax4Ko7oHlmwbnJOiDQ0V5SsAVMgQ6MHg/s1600/NOv+022.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676169649842087474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgigQ28yjI-Jw2N4D9U4CAP_XC1jgv1ftDNIcsYLolse_AF6CewOOGlPGSPl1OguJvhw4CmbW-HPykV7cYre7biFEMG6Zn9rbmvYuy9ax4Ko7oHlmwbnJOiDQ0V5SsAVMgQ6MHg/s400/NOv+022.JPG" /></a>All the Huisman girl grandkids<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc0KuTzPw0JsXeUZLTw1IIdSIHaEj_ak-bBT9DKKttId5PVbgk8_e-me_aOsCty1aqJIA-kf-BOx_DEEWr6z42d-qnTSkAhd8gTOfoEBSCZkJ_Y_Zvrmj0pcIHNYJ4-N8_DwMm/s1600/NOv+026.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676169645519035218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc0KuTzPw0JsXeUZLTw1IIdSIHaEj_ak-bBT9DKKttId5PVbgk8_e-me_aOsCty1aqJIA-kf-BOx_DEEWr6z42d-qnTSkAhd8gTOfoEBSCZkJ_Y_Zvrmj0pcIHNYJ4-N8_DwMm/s400/NOv+026.JPG" /></a>Snug as a bug<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid30_bUqpVES2Ylw1VJgLxQwnIgRZzkohAo5ra5ANK2Z3c1V6aTSqgunNzmAsT-Un57kENd8ciQRr6B5ffIP9OcnYiJO3RQUx3Su_UR9E9LbIN-uCqV9w8gjrzHjNzEzwwN1ZT/s1600/NOv+035.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676169644420544130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid30_bUqpVES2Ylw1VJgLxQwnIgRZzkohAo5ra5ANK2Z3c1V6aTSqgunNzmAsT-Un57kENd8ciQRr6B5ffIP9OcnYiJO3RQUx3Su_UR9E9LbIN-uCqV9w8gjrzHjNzEzwwN1ZT/s400/NOv+035.JPG" /></a>With big sis </div><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtIQVpRCh94ZH4jrc7uOtaXWxHVrIsHTPs0_4vuuqzZfDfpCybWYrog7wUfUO2WzBDCg4gTlcobU9yNi2b6FETv0RW5Zp5Iil2zeNJWFBBrtjyqpM4z5gb9XBMnNF3CuBPkdIH/s1600/NOv+041.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676169640468703202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtIQVpRCh94ZH4jrc7uOtaXWxHVrIsHTPs0_4vuuqzZfDfpCybWYrog7wUfUO2WzBDCg4gTlcobU9yNi2b6FETv0RW5Zp5Iil2zeNJWFBBrtjyqpM4z5gb9XBMnNF3CuBPkdIH/s400/NOv+041.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV1O7IqCOjE2mb49_HqRbMpQzV3t3jnL0bUqaxjTP-nHNBKALeU8IfjDIEm0Qh496l834yJ1VAN7IRO_eYIxMwT-6YQcmxVjcSweV1vlpLLieZi_zEztC3Qiv66obxWBbjrnD9/s1600/NOv+044.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676165190932908210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV1O7IqCOjE2mb49_HqRbMpQzV3t3jnL0bUqaxjTP-nHNBKALeU8IfjDIEm0Qh496l834yJ1VAN7IRO_eYIxMwT-6YQcmxVjcSweV1vlpLLieZi_zEztC3Qiv66obxWBbjrnD9/s400/NOv+044.JPG" /></a> AWWWWW<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN9MdNfHFdnPob8T7wDStB_CyzGdhaESSG2COd4axhuilP6jkZAt1qoqmneunBFSW0TPRKz7ORjjNynzSQvHkD1Pm2KfoaCMTrePHDogn_oXDMcrOgb2ixCc6nGLsbLqZKZsB3/s1600/NOv+049.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676165182486215314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN9MdNfHFdnPob8T7wDStB_CyzGdhaESSG2COd4axhuilP6jkZAt1qoqmneunBFSW0TPRKz7ORjjNynzSQvHkD1Pm2KfoaCMTrePHDogn_oXDMcrOgb2ixCc6nGLsbLqZKZsB3/s400/NOv+049.JPG" /></a>Huisman hoagie!</div><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1x_5FQLfMlUbErseG0aWomvB9kRglw1ObBRpFVSj5DC4mZk2kDOIIgZXoCsQVIldfHnO2lagPzbJ9wD-VpSjfD_57HAa96mMob6iMp7MOtft3IZX20joyxlFBepRcpOuckjkW/s1600/NOv+050.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676165170638197682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1x_5FQLfMlUbErseG0aWomvB9kRglw1ObBRpFVSj5DC4mZk2kDOIIgZXoCsQVIldfHnO2lagPzbJ9wD-VpSjfD_57HAa96mMob6iMp7MOtft3IZX20joyxlFBepRcpOuckjkW/s400/NOv+050.JPG" /></a>M' boys<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYJMC3QwMchyphenhyphenEwK0eWzkl9gdflAnQ_wXk1ZF6nzpUEJQwRc3VBDoa1UapGffAXb3EE8Sok2qSp-myyR2kIO_y4CIRL3wj-qN1m2mwUHJPB4aNn18nKJLpQckUBqpTw1A5QJGSK/s1600/NOv+052.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676165169262459570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYJMC3QwMchyphenhyphenEwK0eWzkl9gdflAnQ_wXk1ZF6nzpUEJQwRc3VBDoa1UapGffAXb3EE8Sok2qSp-myyR2kIO_y4CIRL3wj-qN1m2mwUHJPB4aNn18nKJLpQckUBqpTw1A5QJGSK/s400/NOv+052.JPG" /></a>Can you tell who's <em>actually</em> sleeping?<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxLr7zWToZlt7Uh7ma3mmvUayb1R5ir6urC2Ptj8HOPb89FNm8SrQrW2-S_EuvXNiak0y9_j4sj9pnevsgfhhmjnqu21CF4konuyW9uMw8FxDoWSyBz4n1Qbu15vw9m0ROylb1/s1600/NOv+053.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676163804696152018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxLr7zWToZlt7Uh7ma3mmvUayb1R5ir6urC2Ptj8HOPb89FNm8SrQrW2-S_EuvXNiak0y9_j4sj9pnevsgfhhmjnqu21CF4konuyW9uMw8FxDoWSyBz4n1Qbu15vw9m0ROylb1/s400/NOv+053.JPG" /></a>These kids LOVE their baby bro</div><br /><div>(the oldest kid does too, she just didn't make it into a lot of pictures lately) :0)</div><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLTPagrd2FSlDHNIzR_7OHwmlxX35vybmUEORlDQKRXGkLK2ofMlWkgwWF5IN7TnRRktBgMDA_a7UBwzmkQ4Eynl9RB7Cs7hPPPLnn_dC9iWek69hgBBu79D6btYQlhZxsYCXV/s1600/NOv+064.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676163823234391234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLTPagrd2FSlDHNIzR_7OHwmlxX35vybmUEORlDQKRXGkLK2ofMlWkgwWF5IN7TnRRktBgMDA_a7UBwzmkQ4Eynl9RB7Cs7hPPPLnn_dC9iWek69hgBBu79D6btYQlhZxsYCXV/s400/NOv+064.JPG" /></a> Chel came for a visit last weekend! What an awesome time I had with my college roomie! The kids absolutely loved her. She was so helpful with the kids: playing with them, babysitting them, burping them (ok, that one applies to just Ian) Thanks Chel Chel for a great weekend!!!<br /></div>Thanks J and Rick for wanting to go on a road trip to TO and bringing her. I'll talk to the government about those confusing Canadian road signs for ya.<br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirBe7ZjIujgU7ujnd-mNc4pavmvgP5Scth0UmcaZJrpHSI7_pyVPcjJjwdUHNIOkh992Zr_R1_n44W8vrID9HCesQUxeE0iXPJoRHRqqp61f7utE7y_Z2YGNwkBo7_HwZBBN_u/s1600/NOv+068.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676162235319158018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirBe7ZjIujgU7ujnd-mNc4pavmvgP5Scth0UmcaZJrpHSI7_pyVPcjJjwdUHNIOkh992Zr_R1_n44W8vrID9HCesQUxeE0iXPJoRHRqqp61f7utE7y_Z2YGNwkBo7_HwZBBN_u/s400/NOv+068.JPG" /></a>Building with Aunt Cheli<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIk0-ay4t1FJlcwolrS75HADfvlEIhflSa6FpyjywyEF8bP5T1PxtcA4C-4Vx3FffQPHGxtvQs7YGlpmq1ocfJbx8oWuVvfoVvNG4dzduJPM7o7CWhE4EL0b8AZehdRbKExgrk/s1600/NOv+073.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676162225613787330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIk0-ay4t1FJlcwolrS75HADfvlEIhflSa6FpyjywyEF8bP5T1PxtcA4C-4Vx3FffQPHGxtvQs7YGlpmq1ocfJbx8oWuVvfoVvNG4dzduJPM7o7CWhE4EL0b8AZehdRbKExgrk/s400/NOv+073.JPG" /></a>Puzzling with Aunt Cheli<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_HhyphenhyphenP-UwWGerg9WOmzShGd2_w-9LcdJ1akhGA31WHrmVjYvMDAX8JhPdP6nMX3KHSaErHyrKzHdg_G0HvlZIv_u22iXinIiggU8GyY-YbfarDoCU300lTBcTO7L-Ww9Fyke_/s1600/NOv+063.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676163818387344930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_HhyphenhyphenP-UwWGerg9WOmzShGd2_w-9LcdJ1akhGA31WHrmVjYvMDAX8JhPdP6nMX3KHSaErHyrKzHdg_G0HvlZIv_u22iXinIiggU8GyY-YbfarDoCU300lTBcTO7L-Ww9Fyke_/s400/NOv+063.JPG" /></a>Crystal came on Saturday too! SO much fun to spend time with my great gradeschool friend.<br />We had some good giggles. :)<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQq2zUL-pB8kejk_XyfDkDJrBz63kLEsi6P-5Gn_9zSeZB4V7ZNM6XaWkOQja_jQFgfmq7bTZgm7qlr1SuON3s3FXbTreVvWdsv43ZFcnnxdEIcCf4kS9Jzru7JBgTerjhNhjt/s1600/NOv+055.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676163809351049570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQq2zUL-pB8kejk_XyfDkDJrBz63kLEsi6P-5Gn_9zSeZB4V7ZNM6XaWkOQja_jQFgfmq7bTZgm7qlr1SuON3s3FXbTreVvWdsv43ZFcnnxdEIcCf4kS9Jzru7JBgTerjhNhjt/s400/NOv+055.JPG" /></a>A fairly typical look for Ian</div><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNDOoqCVs_8Q9P7c659lyZrk7OeUu-sM6Gx6RNEI3VXxrrMQSOzuEfrfOiPRe5Dh5d341ypxRANb0BdM__aiUQLSJdKAy1GzOmKG5KLJNg1WsLjjQXaIgUggXIb5peWFQlsuSi/s1600/NOv+093.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676162218859156130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNDOoqCVs_8Q9P7c659lyZrk7OeUu-sM6Gx6RNEI3VXxrrMQSOzuEfrfOiPRe5Dh5d341ypxRANb0BdM__aiUQLSJdKAy1GzOmKG5KLJNg1WsLjjQXaIgUggXIb5peWFQlsuSi/s400/NOv+093.JPG" /></a>So sleepy!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiZEAqHruxsRttpWCA6vDYMqk2UH32rutbia6kmyH09ZREZ6BFPuWOCphnRE4fLrF4nqjJvuPH6rkVi_PZBABpklehhJpsH5tRmnA3hua00qSBftR97XE6nIhbwcVUm_T3xfQ9/s1600/NOv+095.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676162213689577090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiZEAqHruxsRttpWCA6vDYMqk2UH32rutbia6kmyH09ZREZ6BFPuWOCphnRE4fLrF4nqjJvuPH6rkVi_PZBABpklehhJpsH5tRmnA3hua00qSBftR97XE6nIhbwcVUm_T3xfQ9/s400/NOv+095.JPG" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>An and Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013054612795980512noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17631303.post-50364046874298935582011-10-24T17:27:00.003-07:002011-10-24T17:59:20.263-07:00<div align="center">Our boy is a week old tonight! It's gone by very quickly, but at the same time, it feels as if this little creature has been here for a lot longer already! All 5 of us are absolutely ga-ga for this sleepy little sweetheart. He's pretty dozy, dozy and not the worlds' greatest eater: a week in and he's only 7 lbs 6 oz. We're hoping this week will be better than last! Nursing takes a good hour, and we've been having to wake him up to get some milk into this little guy! (hardest thing EVER to do in the middle of the night when you just want to sleep) Difficulties aside, we are just truly enjoying our little blessing! We can't stop staring at him! :)<br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBs8LrZN4E0Vsuo5mGGyzW_ciNKnXrz-Vwo1ZYSKLlk6cw1DRQklzYFT7n3m4nB1yU4MwDCJGO4ewdZv9HcNhcHL9IHRm_DjQ7VACyDKkmjtlRNq761xIVCir5GLQUkujK2HFf/s1600/Ian+October+085.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667223725228838402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBs8LrZN4E0Vsuo5mGGyzW_ciNKnXrz-Vwo1ZYSKLlk6cw1DRQklzYFT7n3m4nB1yU4MwDCJGO4ewdZv9HcNhcHL9IHRm_DjQ7VACyDKkmjtlRNq761xIVCir5GLQUkujK2HFf/s400/Ian+October+085.JPG" /></a>Loving on his baby brother after he missed him all week! Grandma said he was asking about his baby brother Ian every day while at her place.</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkAFM9hm9c0AbMbm48QIRqIdFJ34BA7Hm2MEuSnS5mN7VYY3L2DqKMAoWHNe6442rAlzSt9-DXeaDcsC6tf78g0gGgYvj0gbof4IBq8RiKf7z9vx-Svz0CVFgYaqClo71tScv7/s1600/Ian+October+080.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667223722061659922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkAFM9hm9c0AbMbm48QIRqIdFJ34BA7Hm2MEuSnS5mN7VYY3L2DqKMAoWHNe6442rAlzSt9-DXeaDcsC6tf78g0gGgYvj0gbof4IBq8RiKf7z9vx-Svz0CVFgYaqClo71tScv7/s400/Ian+October+080.JPG" /></a>Grandpa meets Ian<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzaFt5waEXBuJQEBPZgWKWC6nINop9K6uZM8hUjyc9vN68noP1GaxIY6ucE69PfpxZv4MW_yIeexsFwHE2DzZ_z_AVdzbfkR7UKefd2zMWXiuQZShDNiid171apu5ljllYdSED/s1600/Ian+October+070.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667223717721824562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzaFt5waEXBuJQEBPZgWKWC6nINop9K6uZM8hUjyc9vN68noP1GaxIY6ucE69PfpxZv4MW_yIeexsFwHE2DzZ_z_AVdzbfkR7UKefd2zMWXiuQZShDNiid171apu5ljllYdSED/s400/Ian+October+070.JPG" /></a> Catching some rays to help get over some jaundice<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2eQMtqIbszva7z8w2ZieoupDwge6_s2XL4Ta8MsdLbAFg0KH6yQEDCMkqU2WH8biWakSZxf3jR_W1h8B12qmW-bw3Tmac8jdM8HZ_4hSUux4jvRrs4I7k9D2M6Eg7TAgA1Xx/s1600/Ian+October+049.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667222434029850626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2eQMtqIbszva7z8w2ZieoupDwge6_s2XL4Ta8MsdLbAFg0KH6yQEDCMkqU2WH8biWakSZxf3jR_W1h8B12qmW-bw3Tmac8jdM8HZ_4hSUux4jvRrs4I7k9D2M6Eg7TAgA1Xx/s400/Ian+October+049.JPG" /></a>My big helper: Possibly a future midwife?</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhByDh0jcM_nHwLlGKalOCN1ogvo_ds5cBu-iRrd78zmlrlz1h9rF29KM3QNfRMHgNmZ81bVnx9CNU7OMUWvbh8zfndbsiXUGtFtod_QZMaQ_EEdKSjbHcpcEG8GUdVdUIDkJWP/s1600/Ian+October+042.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667222425472295810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhByDh0jcM_nHwLlGKalOCN1ogvo_ds5cBu-iRrd78zmlrlz1h9rF29KM3QNfRMHgNmZ81bVnx9CNU7OMUWvbh8zfndbsiXUGtFtod_QZMaQ_EEdKSjbHcpcEG8GUdVdUIDkJWP/s400/Ian+October+042.JPG" /></a>My sweet sweet little man<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7vKIhJGQtCfg3exGfKzE7D-khK-hGQeZ0UqXlUzrTnHAPOhp6Pe_vny8LAP5uARJeqgEvehZ0agOSvOWsCTaEq5EkVbeZD1sxUv2hXY1IgohacyKjkG7Z8eWxjYbivI8f9qf4/s1600/Ian+October+036.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667222422786681250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7vKIhJGQtCfg3exGfKzE7D-khK-hGQeZ0UqXlUzrTnHAPOhp6Pe_vny8LAP5uARJeqgEvehZ0agOSvOWsCTaEq5EkVbeZD1sxUv2hXY1IgohacyKjkG7Z8eWxjYbivI8f9qf4/s400/Ian+October+036.JPG" /></a>Our big helper at it again!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA01IU4tFQV2nt7Fqo0IpdNpry5UTv-v4yvHXeR_JjG8rgeJxXIW9kJMOJJAJLnq-kNQRFK7jyXB-RV0BrjstNCSrqRsVRNgE_JiYS0xJVoYgCRHnpOdtN51hAfbOtZQ2ztL-n/s1600/Ian+October+025.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667221373533207490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA01IU4tFQV2nt7Fqo0IpdNpry5UTv-v4yvHXeR_JjG8rgeJxXIW9kJMOJJAJLnq-kNQRFK7jyXB-RV0BrjstNCSrqRsVRNgE_JiYS0xJVoYgCRHnpOdtN51hAfbOtZQ2ztL-n/s400/Ian+October+025.JPG" /></a>Opa and Nana's enjoying their "last" grandchild. </div><br /><br /><div>(unless Ann and Matt change their minds and decide to have another! hehe)<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjApfSAyfgnmTQFhHVw-_XefVZn5SiRGRLNyOGDyZ38Xq8PbwXFJQP4AUPnuSG0DcBAk9_7n9JXeVOtWe-oPkr6mA14xaI7rZitxPUihVKNJJ3kXqCeWrZbF1T6H3gkGMb9sIIL/s1600/Ian+October+020.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667221366700783746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjApfSAyfgnmTQFhHVw-_XefVZn5SiRGRLNyOGDyZ38Xq8PbwXFJQP4AUPnuSG0DcBAk9_7n9JXeVOtWe-oPkr6mA14xaI7rZitxPUihVKNJJ3kXqCeWrZbF1T6H3gkGMb9sIIL/s400/Ian+October+020.JPG" /></a>Opa meets Ian<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKIvfIM0kFkCaNMaRrc-Tue3xz_YgPqX0gSl3hlPbuFePGKmVFE3irBi8OXBky5L-ZApP1PZ9JNiF2hu5W1mLVN44GdLsZjN4R5379zd-B-0n3s3bzy1ovexQJRQU-YKD1jjbN/s1600/Ian+October+012.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667221362131133618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKIvfIM0kFkCaNMaRrc-Tue3xz_YgPqX0gSl3hlPbuFePGKmVFE3irBi8OXBky5L-ZApP1PZ9JNiF2hu5W1mLVN44GdLsZjN4R5379zd-B-0n3s3bzy1ovexQJRQU-YKD1jjbN/s400/Ian+October+012.JPG" /></a>Brooke getting some cuddles in on her day home from SK.<br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>An and Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013054612795980512noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17631303.post-87556454891265524662011-10-19T12:09:00.009-07:002011-10-19T13:32:05.070-07:00It's a boy!<div align="center">Introducing....</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center">Ian Nathaniel Huisman</div><br /><div align="center">October 18 @ 3:26</div><br /><div align="center">8 lbs 21 inches</div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH9j9LkGZln6bDFLAm2cTWaMkmJFt-EwnhNJlpmPmGuyNWoKaAW9JMUOIfxxG7GPcuxCsvzc52g8PZUvMg8-fE0xyBx8Lw0Uw0DLPOMnO1LB__2zSzSZEPmefbw4hx7SHjuvbY/s1600/Octobe-Ian+084.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665295849216582770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH9j9LkGZln6bDFLAm2cTWaMkmJFt-EwnhNJlpmPmGuyNWoKaAW9JMUOIfxxG7GPcuxCsvzc52g8PZUvMg8-fE0xyBx8Lw0Uw0DLPOMnO1LB__2zSzSZEPmefbw4hx7SHjuvbY/s400/Octobe-Ian+084.JPG" /></a>Our 'lil man, fresh out of the oven.<br /><br />Ian's name means "God is gracious" and indeed, He is!<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1iZDWtfejskwzQzcc6lKj1CbHVQcpHK9_TYryuJR94tIZz-C2h0Utv3Pfr4Nxc61tRsj2HN_F_6U5lu4HkonXFRrH29FU7fn9OALpUg6n2TGfdlDGzRi3dHcugGBNkzEuNUAp/s1600/Octobe-Ian+069.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665293871979456642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1iZDWtfejskwzQzcc6lKj1CbHVQcpHK9_TYryuJR94tIZz-C2h0Utv3Pfr4Nxc61tRsj2HN_F_6U5lu4HkonXFRrH29FU7fn9OALpUg6n2TGfdlDGzRi3dHcugGBNkzEuNUAp/s400/Octobe-Ian+069.JPG" /></a> It's a.... boy!!! I was so shocked, I really, truly, honestly thought we were having a girl! Not that I'm disappointed. I wouldn't trade him for all the girls in the world: and really, I was secretly hoping for a boy. As was Derek. Although perhaps not so secretly: in his words to the midwife, just a few hours before Ian arrived: "We'll be happy with whatever we have" and in the same breath: "But a boy would be nice." :)</div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil365cY3yFixs6-pI1OGHiaU9MWLAydxUvecaw6EeNQvNm5M1pZPzC9GJFuCkiSWpS_riZhQpM_DWQWPOZ7_BtV5gW2AVqLREpukhyphenhyphendQJRmTvRyiprfvr9MYemS93Tpl4k1DhN/s1600/Octobe-Ian+081.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665294930543791714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil365cY3yFixs6-pI1OGHiaU9MWLAydxUvecaw6EeNQvNm5M1pZPzC9GJFuCkiSWpS_riZhQpM_DWQWPOZ7_BtV5gW2AVqLREpukhyphenhyphendQJRmTvRyiprfvr9MYemS93Tpl4k1DhN/s400/Octobe-Ian+081.JPG" /></a> Our secondary midwife, Rhea.<br /></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifGIVWB4VX9ci2A1aa4AxJ_eDPev5HAL-bl2LYM1-1hmoZNxrPUY6ODNU4lFCdweL3qXpaa_4DzVmElTIz9by34V6Wm_O0WwLjLIAC1c3LMflzMayZC5z6vsui-cDc4gp7cQUO/s1600/Octobe-Ian+080.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665294924223875378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifGIVWB4VX9ci2A1aa4AxJ_eDPev5HAL-bl2LYM1-1hmoZNxrPUY6ODNU4lFCdweL3qXpaa_4DzVmElTIz9by34V6Wm_O0WwLjLIAC1c3LMflzMayZC5z6vsui-cDc4gp7cQUO/s400/Octobe-Ian+080.JPG" /></a> Our primary midwife, Sarah. Awesome Burlington midwives!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpHffuzecAfSmjQcKQIkXuyNokHKpX83KpmXCY4DsHzhz662AM3zCOwHV16SZfastxgpj32u5HCCQmISv1IsJIdXgXSjcbJNSFRSFK2aAyKh-KT-BdlPJt3sgWz1Y8pnKG4Faq/s1600/Octobe-Ian+078.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665294921094214034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpHffuzecAfSmjQcKQIkXuyNokHKpX83KpmXCY4DsHzhz662AM3zCOwHV16SZfastxgpj32u5HCCQmISv1IsJIdXgXSjcbJNSFRSFK2aAyKh-KT-BdlPJt3sgWz1Y8pnKG4Faq/s400/Octobe-Ian+078.JPG" /></a> Round that up to an 8!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHoslHJhFhL9Rljyjxk38vtUTh6ZtQ8yN-t6rUbk-zUyNDpExJnbXIyG6h_olTwLNJimtisOzixizU0cOAffDPFMOGsjjQ_YwmyVXwx4MdjqpztChyV7TCgWUBAgDEk4HG0HsJ/s1600/Octobe-Ian+066.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665293866547800418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHoslHJhFhL9Rljyjxk38vtUTh6ZtQ8yN-t6rUbk-zUyNDpExJnbXIyG6h_olTwLNJimtisOzixizU0cOAffDPFMOGsjjQ_YwmyVXwx4MdjqpztChyV7TCgWUBAgDEk4HG0HsJ/s400/Octobe-Ian+066.JPG" /></a> Proud poppa of 4! Couldn't have made it through without him there. :) </div><br /><div><br />It was a quick labour/delivery, but very very very intense. To sum it up quickly: Light contractions started at 8, went away by 10. They were back at 11pm, we were at the hospital just after midnight, and he was born 3 hours later! Crazy painful, intense, but WHAT a reward at the end! Wowsaz.<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNF1DDZz_D8vogdvUe-fFPIzFhfNdcNKIEox6U8GQLcQnHfEm9hXAirDUds-oKHZl2SqEpBDRM4JDSpLlkY7sG1ieQE_fgtNzi-SkkOtoXnFcKYjt_AnhZoiSr_Obiqx55c5pn/s1600/Octobe-Ian+096.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665296703652429074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNF1DDZz_D8vogdvUe-fFPIzFhfNdcNKIEox6U8GQLcQnHfEm9hXAirDUds-oKHZl2SqEpBDRM4JDSpLlkY7sG1ieQE_fgtNzi-SkkOtoXnFcKYjt_AnhZoiSr_Obiqx55c5pn/s400/Octobe-Ian+096.JPG" /></a> My peeps! (and perhaps the noisiest hospital visitors!)</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGrObUWe35diQukoDp8fXxPrzvG3XIHv14U_J2uVhBvlcl6Kq82Gnomqeav_rHZjaRpaKnmi0LR0lOz7IdDFmNDw-qMeVTy1o7MoUFtwRO0gXXVMXP8s58NwqA4A7mOXrd5_nI/s1600/Octobe-Ian+089.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665296701371383138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGrObUWe35diQukoDp8fXxPrzvG3XIHv14U_J2uVhBvlcl6Kq82Gnomqeav_rHZjaRpaKnmi0LR0lOz7IdDFmNDw-qMeVTy1o7MoUFtwRO0gXXVMXP8s58NwqA4A7mOXrd5_nI/s400/Octobe-Ian+089.JPG" /></a> Big, big sister Brooke<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYvsuVM4zmYOZ-hJQp3Jw78lPrRRHuyqwiT1mHr2korBo1AHDmGjTOJAzbtAQhVA38Nl3x4yf0irsXbvHlhH2KDw4MBrVohsJWPzpn_7tluRorXrA5pd1Nr9dIHKirbEvn7FrF/s1600/Octobe-Ian+092.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665295857738176658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYvsuVM4zmYOZ-hJQp3Jw78lPrRRHuyqwiT1mHr2korBo1AHDmGjTOJAzbtAQhVA38Nl3x4yf0irsXbvHlhH2KDw4MBrVohsJWPzpn_7tluRorXrA5pd1Nr9dIHKirbEvn7FrF/s400/Octobe-Ian+092.JPG" /></a> One of my favourite pics: can't you just see this big, big, big sister just a beaming!!!</div><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUfcwQO1cI_gcETn-ATaF8NugX2hE_lvoGGBlPFE5hmSO__D0tuKzu2IbU5AqhKipzhgq8h3gMtXOI_SWKk_U4Ty5XULPkeNf05uiRzYPjdSuQFaj9qLUGKsSQGgtYF04frOym/s1600/Octobe-Ian+086.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665295856139445842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUfcwQO1cI_gcETn-ATaF8NugX2hE_lvoGGBlPFE5hmSO__D0tuKzu2IbU5AqhKipzhgq8h3gMtXOI_SWKk_U4Ty5XULPkeNf05uiRzYPjdSuQFaj9qLUGKsSQGgtYF04frOym/s400/Octobe-Ian+086.JPG" /></a> Guess who's a big brother now!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOP0ZPvxSGuxLJUwFCo887kaWbNQ9o3jyrHtX7hRhe2trQOZ3PK2BhCkAqVyLNDW94Mo0D0nvGJ8X-oU9pxFS05xWykT9NZPxoLKGCu1mMYORI0aNUsKHoQWgNgmHFig_jxkT/s1600/Ian+October+027.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665293863011028066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOP0ZPvxSGuxLJUwFCo887kaWbNQ9o3jyrHtX7hRhe2trQOZ3PK2BhCkAqVyLNDW94Mo0D0nvGJ8X-oU9pxFS05xWykT9NZPxoLKGCu1mMYORI0aNUsKHoQWgNgmHFig_jxkT/s400/Ian+October+027.JPG" /></a> Home! Was so glad I was able to come home to sleep. (although sleep proved somewhat elusive...) No private rooms available at the hospital: a ward with 3 neighbours: not so bad, quiet babies and all. BUT they had noisy visitors ALLLL day long: very annoying!<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcOHP_cFKoK60gRrjK0xJWsHjDcRtrhL-mu8024JdJQhUFR0SZgsyPo_9nf0eI4rtn-QQfX8OGStH7G7SJsmReSNsSmsnTGPru_pXC-O3QTknBCkdqI7da3IcE6QJ1ifIX68Lq/s1600/Ian+October+022.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665291746339445458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcOHP_cFKoK60gRrjK0xJWsHjDcRtrhL-mu8024JdJQhUFR0SZgsyPo_9nf0eI4rtn-QQfX8OGStH7G7SJsmReSNsSmsnTGPru_pXC-O3QTknBCkdqI7da3IcE6QJ1ifIX68Lq/s400/Ian+October+022.JPG" /></a> Our lovely neighbour Margaret who stayed with our big kiddos in the middle of the night!<br /></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj82GsO-9u7zhvKX-2ggEzD_xzOLzGi9YGDBr1QMGzdWNKxncXEeK_7idDEdiA4SSTMvcify-dkhGXr_DPlgIcpbte4s5EYLkPMFYNYo3gL1q5pV-l88ovBnP2Ntu477ivy2S-v/s1600/Ian+October+021.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665291737632412866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj82GsO-9u7zhvKX-2ggEzD_xzOLzGi9YGDBr1QMGzdWNKxncXEeK_7idDEdiA4SSTMvcify-dkhGXr_DPlgIcpbte4s5EYLkPMFYNYo3gL1q5pV-l88ovBnP2Ntu477ivy2S-v/s400/Ian+October+021.JPG" /></a> Me and my babies! No chance to get a family pic of the 6 (!!!!) of us together yet!<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTraMp-32QhrhxIfHy997_aE6ws55uYHVUYIP383m4xvFNhZW0aRfIUKS2BGMEE4bcs75imbm10JD8AIXp2CY3NVMBKkj3mXEO-NCkQ-CC7Ghi-2xsbSzlXcL8rnN6ZplAbj1W/s1600/Ian+October+020.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665291732721032562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTraMp-32QhrhxIfHy997_aE6ws55uYHVUYIP383m4xvFNhZW0aRfIUKS2BGMEE4bcs75imbm10JD8AIXp2CY3NVMBKkj3mXEO-NCkQ-CC7Ghi-2xsbSzlXcL8rnN6ZplAbj1W/s400/Ian+October+020.JPG" /></a>We got home from the hospital just in time to let the kids say hi and goodnight to Ian.</div><br /><div align="center">Micah really wanted to hold "my baby bother" and was quite interested in touching and holding him (and beeping his nose.)<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFcbRupdH3NyLi0raZhvtN2Fa1PL0eu_pQleBf_qweRuGlzudZhF-VWzkQa3gQGoseLz0SjExFjVud-Q3GYUaFw8TQLRixSlKaTtsIeZSue18wmO21YPKpeTXOqw6j1c2qb_fD/s1600/Ian+October+016.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665288911400130850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFcbRupdH3NyLi0raZhvtN2Fa1PL0eu_pQleBf_qweRuGlzudZhF-VWzkQa3gQGoseLz0SjExFjVud-Q3GYUaFw8TQLRixSlKaTtsIeZSue18wmO21YPKpeTXOqw6j1c2qb_fD/s400/Ian+October+016.JPG" /></a> My 3 boys! Aren't they handsome?</div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIibe171p5c-wOw98J4pwOWPS5LJJS4iZkTfc5YJezPG5P-9-leKkztQiucDhH3V5N3fHJ43U1IzRd-PQ590bcgHsPXuqD470MlTm66POkpuOzBR8w9A6OOcWbZmSQY15Y7wh6/s1600/Ian+October+010.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665288907306871906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIibe171p5c-wOw98J4pwOWPS5LJJS4iZkTfc5YJezPG5P-9-leKkztQiucDhH3V5N3fHJ43U1IzRd-PQ590bcgHsPXuqD470MlTm66POkpuOzBR8w9A6OOcWbZmSQY15Y7wh6/s400/Ian+October+010.JPG" /></a> Chillin' on Grandma's lap<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxJrk3lcsffBenGm1floJZLJUeZZ25WxIMiK8xrjRAwJxyKFoDGyZC7MUpiCQn3H2QLGOjs8lya7d7UbOEk5_dhnxwgG75Uux9YbjH79pkQ5s2LBwsJhRatyLG3rposhsk4vxG/s1600/Ian+October+004.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665288899350944498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxJrk3lcsffBenGm1floJZLJUeZZ25WxIMiK8xrjRAwJxyKFoDGyZC7MUpiCQn3H2QLGOjs8lya7d7UbOEk5_dhnxwgG75Uux9YbjH79pkQ5s2LBwsJhRatyLG3rposhsk4vxG/s400/Ian+October+004.JPG" /></a>Sleeping lots during the day today... too bad that wasn't the case last night. To sum it up, this sleep-deprived Momma wasn't good and asleep til 4 am!<br /></div><br /><div>More pictures another time! The girls are home from school now and are having some Ian-time. Micah's gone to Grandma's for the rest of the week, so things are relatively quiet around here. Relatively. :) Feeding time!<br /><br /><br /><div>Come and visit us: we'd love to show off the newest Huisman. :) </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div></div></div></div>An and Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013054612795980512noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17631303.post-23336936991572838242011-10-04T12:12:00.006-07:002011-10-04T13:32:18.436-07:00September!<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirSkpKilXWaQ9I6M7QJN8O95JNFUL8-4DrQbxHzPHQzv1y8Hlz1iZkKDgJ01SSsMb2ddSe0uTwv19qFfTe1XBNAYkKjHOqHDggP5J1D5jcezgPpdeGdh6qTDDDJQrOnGqM-JeA/s1600/end+of+summer+2011+073.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659735569755926050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirSkpKilXWaQ9I6M7QJN8O95JNFUL8-4DrQbxHzPHQzv1y8Hlz1iZkKDgJ01SSsMb2ddSe0uTwv19qFfTe1XBNAYkKjHOqHDggP5J1D5jcezgPpdeGdh6qTDDDJQrOnGqM-JeA/s400/end+of+summer+2011+073.JPG" /></a> Grandma and Grandpa came over on Saturday and we made lots of yummmy applesauce. The girls were great helpers.<br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjdDkmgV9iPQ6dxeUNFrUELlYndny818rmom0bqrt_UqQDTxyeVqz_wnb1EYA9-ERoFDMIsSGcRhCGeXQ6iDu1nvOeJwMo5xTms8ooQFNg8484JrJNjxQ6GqUIFN4ErMaStI2/s1600/end+of+summer+2011+069.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659735561620859522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjdDkmgV9iPQ6dxeUNFrUELlYndny818rmom0bqrt_UqQDTxyeVqz_wnb1EYA9-ERoFDMIsSGcRhCGeXQ6iDu1nvOeJwMo5xTms8ooQFNg8484JrJNjxQ6GqUIFN4ErMaStI2/s400/end+of+summer+2011+069.JPG" /></a> Working hard<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-YfMB_c61cRYJKcLbIrknTlEIwvgI2a9e5_K__t8116zyNxbQsSeE2YZ8UilwO4GYJTojU6X9ndfZzRqNu37Al8JY31XXBB5W__a_8LlMQnosMI7waGS72pSggmS2bWo270P/s1600/end+of+summer+2011+066.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659735557799576914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-YfMB_c61cRYJKcLbIrknTlEIwvgI2a9e5_K__t8116zyNxbQsSeE2YZ8UilwO4GYJTojU6X9ndfZzRqNu37Al8JY31XXBB5W__a_8LlMQnosMI7waGS72pSggmS2bWo270P/s400/end+of+summer+2011+066.JPG" /></a> They also brough a big boy bed for Micah!<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCV3v6BqMRrzZKQoLX6nirzcnmKeGvtVZ_Le9teIUWq61U79EuKrqrgf7Bb8QOxYCuEP2Krh9_GP3t6_EMPiPgqESN-LIm2PE_qlaX9gWv3C-uo4a3HJK1PSHZfc4BgoI1sp-d/s1600/end+of+summer+2011+059.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659733359037869282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCV3v6BqMRrzZKQoLX6nirzcnmKeGvtVZ_Le9teIUWq61U79EuKrqrgf7Bb8QOxYCuEP2Krh9_GP3t6_EMPiPgqESN-LIm2PE_qlaX9gWv3C-uo4a3HJK1PSHZfc4BgoI1sp-d/s400/end+of+summer+2011+059.JPG" /></a> Our trip to African Lion Safari. This was our favourite part: the elephant show! These guys could play basketball, soccer, paint, do handstands, all kinds of neat stuff! It's the only show Micah sat still for and was completely mesmerized. </div><br /><div align="center">We pretty much had the whole park to ourselves in the morning: a PD day Monday!<br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha3y22r4rV7ShXyDliNQIJvtk1RdHZkPc9pQt1EEEBDLQNURf-RKP-8a_xNWsZ9V2Ggzf3evwnTMW70KkU5Jx_axf9_aAnqv7gGyDQMPcZXHjZpqcsRFWYlhe2y90urluMlL_5/s1600/end+of+summer+2011+045.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659733346284467522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha3y22r4rV7ShXyDliNQIJvtk1RdHZkPc9pQt1EEEBDLQNURf-RKP-8a_xNWsZ9V2Ggzf3evwnTMW70KkU5Jx_axf9_aAnqv7gGyDQMPcZXHjZpqcsRFWYlhe2y90urluMlL_5/s400/end+of+summer+2011+045.JPG" /></a>Train ride!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPeQUk9tnkoF20RNkhdwwx3NJWYrDFgQwHKiKsKL7ajFvvPNxYvNsPq8yp5THd7RKJLEbeYGUT4F9qP1vXKlBbzt19be5ijpdIBcCcOSOg_9xf-XDzURNf8CQXcjx9KwrMZj3m/s1600/end+of+summer+2011+044.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659733336183196162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPeQUk9tnkoF20RNkhdwwx3NJWYrDFgQwHKiKsKL7ajFvvPNxYvNsPq8yp5THd7RKJLEbeYGUT4F9qP1vXKlBbzt19be5ijpdIBcCcOSOg_9xf-XDzURNf8CQXcjx9KwrMZj3m/s400/end+of+summer+2011+044.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA_0-RP8d5UgnnJ-w6F_0hIlgvMNHbKBFkSEFtA63n6joW4pxeoWxiTH9yTeJjhONXHCKWmY7X3b3aY78EqddmJh4H_InYdaPppdGJKj5M1jvHCPKuw8LUo8Fa7vRjd5kEb_ci/s1600/end+of+summer+2011+031.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659725890144064146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA_0-RP8d5UgnnJ-w6F_0hIlgvMNHbKBFkSEFtA63n6joW4pxeoWxiTH9yTeJjhONXHCKWmY7X3b3aY78EqddmJh4H_InYdaPppdGJKj5M1jvHCPKuw8LUo8Fa7vRjd5kEb_ci/s400/end+of+summer+2011+031.JPG" /></a> Fireman Micah<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMaPQ5aq2dD32p7RqutwGSZ3G8-GeqIFeKs6Enxn6ChtyW4spDmWCqmVPOvvEidzoMwD8yEIw-2OMRWLfkLAY7jBHiumucOxiROmwvo0xPT6WIh-RdcjwTF7s2jmBajVcIMXi/s1600/end+of+summer+2011+019.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659725881634953442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMaPQ5aq2dD32p7RqutwGSZ3G8-GeqIFeKs6Enxn6ChtyW4spDmWCqmVPOvvEidzoMwD8yEIw-2OMRWLfkLAY7jBHiumucOxiROmwvo0xPT6WIh-RdcjwTF7s2jmBajVcIMXi/s400/end+of+summer+2011+019.JPG" /></a> My tree hugger<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgieVwqxB442jyx44dJO0MSj7OZrjyX63_WcHF-tUJZyg32_KJnn7slpQu7DOL25Rxai5weY55FLZHjfpu30n8VovA5Q0IZ7lrvEDckeNxC7qQDlrQDvWQt4L0QUfBXCldPhCbG/s1600/end+of+summer+2011+017.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659725871763490578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgieVwqxB442jyx44dJO0MSj7OZrjyX63_WcHF-tUJZyg32_KJnn7slpQu7DOL25Rxai5weY55FLZHjfpu30n8VovA5Q0IZ7lrvEDckeNxC7qQDlrQDvWQt4L0QUfBXCldPhCbG/s400/end+of+summer+2011+017.JPG" /></a> My little shadow<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTm2Y9h0XaIZd_OWb4uEPAPcHl-ZCJCsSIJtSMjLrXCAC7RytEJu48-JS1X_GRcRLXXW5PQ8OC5PxhTFyYADQ3IFqWEJN4PwBTWPPQuaLduTD6Dno_sWGDXKiYf0kGBlx8fnDo/s1600/end+of+summer+2011+012.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659718635407425954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTm2Y9h0XaIZd_OWb4uEPAPcHl-ZCJCsSIJtSMjLrXCAC7RytEJu48-JS1X_GRcRLXXW5PQ8OC5PxhTFyYADQ3IFqWEJN4PwBTWPPQuaLduTD6Dno_sWGDXKiYf0kGBlx8fnDo/s400/end+of+summer+2011+012.JPG" /></a> Me & baby! (around 35 weeks)<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2L8U65OS1Qf4CoTVnCPb504_6nCrRtMWj7Wv33B9CVJiccKX7lldOHlDBu3QhJBIXFRS76PwH1IUc5Nfc5nyNat1QAcHQ0PPbz6uCk2akEHylddt15QNgJl_dD-X2TwxKRAP5/s1600/end+of+summer+2011+009.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659718627519382386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2L8U65OS1Qf4CoTVnCPb504_6nCrRtMWj7Wv33B9CVJiccKX7lldOHlDBu3QhJBIXFRS76PwH1IUc5Nfc5nyNat1QAcHQ0PPbz6uCk2akEHylddt15QNgJl_dD-X2TwxKRAP5/s400/end+of+summer+2011+009.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE_ipdh_rpz-u-LPal1wy5_5HY4F7Fgt-_YqvynxlYnRPzbezAoE255O5C-ocgYN_f3FCv7BLzbd2vIZr5dsO_dIizA9u2pxUq1_rScVhHIajFJ_ySP4_NHXsdQXkKQUg4n9EF/s1600/end+of+summer+2011+004.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659718610083255730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE_ipdh_rpz-u-LPal1wy5_5HY4F7Fgt-_YqvynxlYnRPzbezAoE255O5C-ocgYN_f3FCv7BLzbd2vIZr5dsO_dIizA9u2pxUq1_rScVhHIajFJ_ySP4_NHXsdQXkKQUg4n9EF/s400/end+of+summer+2011+004.JPG" /></a> Rollerblades, kneepads, elbowpads, wristguards = $3 garage sale steal!<br />They're Geneva's size but Brooke put on 3 pairs of socks and gave them a spin. Not bad! (no injuries to report as of yet!)</div><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrpcm71LfL4krfFICkVhU99z872zJiIhs_AWngkOJ9dIAgV92orqW2HCsebYh3Q4E5cMFgJL92pTujtfk7I5B_i_KrFnSfOCkqLy73MlO6P8CnWKuBwY_WU4aHWUeC9gKj-wTW/s1600/end+of+summer+2011+002.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659718600921715010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrpcm71LfL4krfFICkVhU99z872zJiIhs_AWngkOJ9dIAgV92orqW2HCsebYh3Q4E5cMFgJL92pTujtfk7I5B_i_KrFnSfOCkqLy73MlO6P8CnWKuBwY_WU4aHWUeC9gKj-wTW/s400/end+of+summer+2011+002.JPG" /></a> This girls' a natural skater<br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>An and Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013054612795980512noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17631303.post-25646057583312894142011-09-13T17:51:00.004-07:002011-09-13T18:06:30.536-07:00Just for fun...<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieIQguN_PocV87jjuud3zLkzwE2IutxzisRyDJEIVmyY2WNUmkqC6V0096tjrJlwrjZqfnidJwDYodA5xGCmMg2s6zXdyLUFUyRuQtuJX3TlskFvsD6WfLiOYpCIr8NT9AlWnn/s1600/BABY+4+around+30+weeks+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652014888261879122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieIQguN_PocV87jjuud3zLkzwE2IutxzisRyDJEIVmyY2WNUmkqC6V0096tjrJlwrjZqfnidJwDYodA5xGCmMg2s6zXdyLUFUyRuQtuJX3TlskFvsD6WfLiOYpCIr8NT9AlWnn/s400/BABY+4+around+30+weeks+2.jpg" /></a><br />Well, just over 6 weeks left to go, and we're purty eager to find out who this little guppy is! :)<br /><br />I've never done this before for any of our kids, but I'm curious to know what people think, so here's a bit of a poll...<br />When do you think this babe will arrive? Boy or girl? How big?<br /><br /><br />Some stats to keep in mind...<br /><br /><br />I'm due Oct 28<br />Geneva: 1 day late, 8 lbs 9 oz<br />Brooke: 5.5 weeks early, 5 lbs 13 oz<br />Micah: 2.5 weeks early, 7 lbs 11 oz<br /><br /><br />Leave a comment... Whoever's closest wins a prize! K, I haven't actually thought of what a good prize is... but I'll come up with something! :)<br /><br /><br /></div>An and Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013054612795980512noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17631303.post-72218281638063543462011-09-08T18:29:00.005-07:002011-09-08T18:55:25.789-07:00Camping again! (and a baby belly shot)<div align="center">At the end of August we headed to Paradise Valley Campground for 3 nights. A GREAT trip! We had visitors every day since we decided to camp close to Wyoming (Derek's family and friend Joel and family) which was awesome. The kids were happy and soooo good, and it just was a lot of fun!<br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUp39w9BEr9yjCaJZ4RptszBAAD8ZZtAPJOFORPEhlcqiyd6qQKyvGlCSHL3FMIsbnLEFcK8evMnv7eXKSmqDVFs4y5VtDqli-wXmmvhNwpAqROck9l5fe6WXojkHAl8uK45Ro/s1600/pool+table+054.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650169230249397266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUp39w9BEr9yjCaJZ4RptszBAAD8ZZtAPJOFORPEhlcqiyd6qQKyvGlCSHL3FMIsbnLEFcK8evMnv7eXKSmqDVFs4y5VtDqli-wXmmvhNwpAqROck9l5fe6WXojkHAl8uK45Ro/s400/pool+table+054.JPG" /></a> Fun with glow sticks. Can you tell who this is? </div><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWB2_G2vxcr-CtnczskzwhM1Q50c7OrUFI7q5qFpq2lCeVK1oU2SqK41NKoJrrPOQKDje_HfZVY1mhfRfDlOzTVpOZ_jZLHlcc9mDXcWvwdq0yTanhaQNOd3NBzhfOTIo7ePP/s1600/pool+table+044.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650169221402166626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWB2_G2vxcr-CtnczskzwhM1Q50c7OrUFI7q5qFpq2lCeVK1oU2SqK41NKoJrrPOQKDje_HfZVY1mhfRfDlOzTVpOZ_jZLHlcc9mDXcWvwdq0yTanhaQNOd3NBzhfOTIo7ePP/s400/pool+table+044.JPG" /></a> Cousins (and other creatures)</p><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJDIGcbDDNYCLFDwD2AuKEKD1VsM5Kb1sk_rujf2x3oQSHyYQ0MaaO0C_vp8R756EERNKUHlJ1_jX3dY7y4LuGaXI6K7gxsiJNH9vEzdaELGftkc8IiG2INmZm7tXR9CaMJnRh/s1600/pool+table+034.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650169112733566418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJDIGcbDDNYCLFDwD2AuKEKD1VsM5Kb1sk_rujf2x3oQSHyYQ0MaaO0C_vp8R756EERNKUHlJ1_jX3dY7y4LuGaXI6K7gxsiJNH9vEzdaELGftkc8IiG2INmZm7tXR9CaMJnRh/s400/pool+table+034.JPG" /></a> Practicing for having a new brother or sister in a month or so!<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFxTgQpNaEiKakSabeIkrsieBmyUbBkEnKN961ZihRMVp88eJPpaILm7AmtCJNY6jZOzPp7Ul503H63Mtt1lA183EoSnlrQvBqgZd78jT3IXEdppOE5hOhbXhqVJYtWmFr4L6y/s1600/pool+table+028.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650168128251635394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFxTgQpNaEiKakSabeIkrsieBmyUbBkEnKN961ZihRMVp88eJPpaILm7AmtCJNY6jZOzPp7Ul503H63Mtt1lA183EoSnlrQvBqgZd78jT3IXEdppOE5hOhbXhqVJYtWmFr4L6y/s400/pool+table+028.JPG" /></a> Happy Camper boys!</div><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEaMV63Z4iNhmvxjqVPy7r2LC7ogjOs0KHvUIFlUHLasx5izk6z-v2FIqLg6Cd69RROrF0Wf4pQyd4EB23JsmOKY89-Wag5hfStSn_P6rrMB4wM94Qhy0Ko8fhrChlkgzQ7nsn/s1600/pool+table+021.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650168125948814194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEaMV63Z4iNhmvxjqVPy7r2LC7ogjOs0KHvUIFlUHLasx5izk6z-v2FIqLg6Cd69RROrF0Wf4pQyd4EB23JsmOKY89-Wag5hfStSn_P6rrMB4wM94Qhy0Ko8fhrChlkgzQ7nsn/s400/pool+table+021.JPG" /></a><br />We opted for a cabin so I wouldn't have to sleep on the floor... and ended up sleeping on the floor. :) Ah well. The beds were triple bunk which the kids thought was AMAZING! It was really nice to have a cabin though, especially when it started to rain. AND the fact that we could block the windows off: the kids slept in til past 8 every morning! Unheard of!!! (Especially compared to our last trip when we saw everyone up by 6 every morning)<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7fqs-Nt2_nQowG97DjYpCKfJJuR7bp1Ww5Wa0gXEy2MIHXvJR_kA9ctweJ8RDldLYlkNzKURdHgPB_PPMLtJ_foxYnMvUxMRl1Tr9HxsQwo4o9BL7quvRw-sC58-CQcWV9Tll/s1600/Geneva%2527s+pics+2011+018.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650168117740517858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7fqs-Nt2_nQowG97DjYpCKfJJuR7bp1Ww5Wa0gXEy2MIHXvJR_kA9ctweJ8RDldLYlkNzKURdHgPB_PPMLtJ_foxYnMvUxMRl1Tr9HxsQwo4o9BL7quvRw-sC58-CQcWV9Tll/s400/Geneva%2527s+pics+2011+018.JPG" /></a>G took her camera to the beach</div><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-LXsRBrvB9eEHW6QI0L58fUHopjKBqdOQLo-Jy5F3IQkM83jTk6Blr3DFHHqASJc9JXpei4HP0TPzEjcNpWTtPdXeaI2Zevebry7BRAS9rOkxAtvbefIND2KIx676tPn4sRrW/s1600/pool+table+057.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650168112467888162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-LXsRBrvB9eEHW6QI0L58fUHopjKBqdOQLo-Jy5F3IQkM83jTk6Blr3DFHHqASJc9JXpei4HP0TPzEjcNpWTtPdXeaI2Zevebry7BRAS9rOkxAtvbefIND2KIx676tPn4sRrW/s400/pool+table+057.JPG" /></a>me = 31 years </div><br /><div>babes = 31 weeks </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I'm 33 wks now, just 7 more to go! (Give or take a few weeks I guess) Who knows this little babe will arrive on time like big sis Geneva or be early like big bro Micah or super early like big sis Brooke!<br /><br /><div></div></div></div><br /></div></div>An and Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013054612795980512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17631303.post-65916779562090885652011-09-08T18:13:00.003-07:002011-09-08T18:29:15.217-07:00First Day!<div align="center">G had her first day on Tuesday and B on Wednesday. They were pretty excited and both had great days. Happy schoolgirls make for a happy momma. :)<br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi63PVwTJ2qXoNjNMo08r48HIDfnIqP7XZOh1RdT9eVvHGOjQ_ySyMwjAT5x3HxzGntkeGHW5SN3ugeF4byProfktct4UsZ9C_k1AUZt6JOW5vh3OF1LljHDq0SKsYaRh7YLfU5/s1600/pool+table+063.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650163471453915938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi63PVwTJ2qXoNjNMo08r48HIDfnIqP7XZOh1RdT9eVvHGOjQ_ySyMwjAT5x3HxzGntkeGHW5SN3ugeF4byProfktct4UsZ9C_k1AUZt6JOW5vh3OF1LljHDq0SKsYaRh7YLfU5/s400/pool+table+063.JPG" /></a> Pumped!</div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi05yBUetszQ7tG5_DSH2XYEKKn0IgUb-aENqjVgDlci8HzeLpVmGnzy4zNitbe0mHMnd2DSGfjl6JDrUUhy27h7k_dlub5RZ1uPyWr6IJm_bXtYlifpoqq1zo1szBavHacEnmz/s1600/pool+table+059.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650163464967160818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi05yBUetszQ7tG5_DSH2XYEKKn0IgUb-aENqjVgDlci8HzeLpVmGnzy4zNitbe0mHMnd2DSGfjl6JDrUUhy27h7k_dlub5RZ1uPyWr6IJm_bXtYlifpoqq1zo1szBavHacEnmz/s400/pool+table+059.JPG" /> <br /><p align="center"></a>Out the door by 7:35 am! (20 mins earlier than last year... ack!)<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRp9l2ilX4Dspnwjg3eq4ZrMopHYoXYqW6ClSiMo-KawKddSJP_6qLM4nyL7A-fwn6r_hYxv8APzAkZEIPBk_1ORGad2FCO6FruL-UWm4zuXi2VrZVUWcE7A38WTQ0xbMqhjnv/s1600/pool+table+066.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650163348843679058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRp9l2ilX4Dspnwjg3eq4ZrMopHYoXYqW6ClSiMo-KawKddSJP_6qLM4nyL7A-fwn6r_hYxv8APzAkZEIPBk_1ORGad2FCO6FruL-UWm4zuXi2VrZVUWcE7A38WTQ0xbMqhjnv/s400/pool+table+066.JPG" /> <br /><p align="center"></a>Brookie's first day<br /><br /><br /></p><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-e5sxgTCEPtOhj1uNCZzhQgwNIy1Lv_En_r331MlQnORw_0Wqh9GeK0i2bvtUZ6VjhaET3qzIn4mIZjZaVCXIzKU_tfQZRh05uQc42bzhyokZjcKd_aK-vnRrOCqPnse4ZA_X/s1600/pool+table+067.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650163325105831202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-e5sxgTCEPtOhj1uNCZzhQgwNIy1Lv_En_r331MlQnORw_0Wqh9GeK0i2bvtUZ6VjhaET3qzIn4mIZjZaVCXIzKU_tfQZRh05uQc42bzhyokZjcKd_aK-vnRrOCqPnse4ZA_X/s400/pool+table+067.JPG" /></a>They wanted to be twins (I think Micah was distracting them from looking @ the camera)<br /><br /></div>An and Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013054612795980512noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17631303.post-52105464231051474612011-08-17T12:24:00.003-07:002011-08-17T15:17:09.653-07:00Worker guy (and gals)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7i-kV5rdvR-SyLeBtoJLse0sthWmp4JieC4dvMF8npWEIRxqwHS8PPmKcRbSV9axSxPyqfXHqz6PDgjkyAdRCgbvtnaK4cL3lDRkxDYjtLlnPbLAe2X2Axl80nomSckYS4T7/s1600/end+July+beg+Aug+214.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641952102282590194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7i-kV5rdvR-SyLeBtoJLse0sthWmp4JieC4dvMF8npWEIRxqwHS8PPmKcRbSV9axSxPyqfXHqz6PDgjkyAdRCgbvtnaK4cL3lDRkxDYjtLlnPbLAe2X2Axl80nomSckYS4T7/s400/end+July+beg+Aug+214.JPG" /></a>
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<br />An and Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013054612795980512noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17631303.post-26025171123528174162011-07-17T19:07:00.004-07:002011-07-17T19:34:40.374-07:00summer camping trip #1The long weekend in July we decided a few days beforehand to go camping! Took us a while to find a campground that had openings, but discovered a little place called Jordan Valley Family Campground. Cute little place: grassy site, pool, playground, etc. The kids LOVED it and can't wait to go again. Aside from a missed nap or too and 2 very early mornings x 3 kiddos we considered our first camp of the summer a success!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3DES1aEUOR7Vai7bHEuVctIolIwGMSLNX5Q0MiF9aT88nXhj1ugcr3dHwGXzlyjMrGo1LDsMWMLE4607ZUnJ3boGIYk9CWULaOuaGSg2qBVS0qznx3sQ_-957E9giH-kGwDVC/s1600/end+june+beg+july+2011+089.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630512745252480722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3DES1aEUOR7Vai7bHEuVctIolIwGMSLNX5Q0MiF9aT88nXhj1ugcr3dHwGXzlyjMrGo1LDsMWMLE4607ZUnJ3boGIYk9CWULaOuaGSg2qBVS0qznx3sQ_-957E9giH-kGwDVC/s400/end+june+beg+july+2011+089.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsLSb-tJxa4V5WXzcar-JOKt-hi4iqUOTjFup_A5SwSRzsJp5P9M35Xg7yo3gQkTmiM2nRxiGIOXC91ULrCknT44DcKrJNsSahpgM0_Fl3l7UmVLyVii6pcOwANPmNT_PlOBIg/s1600/end+june+beg+july+2011+085.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630512742622351586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsLSb-tJxa4V5WXzcar-JOKt-hi4iqUOTjFup_A5SwSRzsJp5P9M35Xg7yo3gQkTmiM2nRxiGIOXC91ULrCknT44DcKrJNsSahpgM0_Fl3l7UmVLyVii6pcOwANPmNT_PlOBIg/s400/end+june+beg+july+2011+085.JPG" /></a> Our best attempt at a family pic... not too bad I guess!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDDbL1MMHsr2hIKzxGjBzdSPLUTKf_Z4YgL2-IkOu8F5OWWo_hVK5BO-D500H2QxXBrFqhBTog_dGtpJF-sJpYVGFJ7tl2_Wrftpx_hPkiAw_AAbzi1C0aQ-9hPjr8oH9yBYa2/s1600/end+june+beg+july+2011+078.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630509785369229314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDDbL1MMHsr2hIKzxGjBzdSPLUTKf_Z4YgL2-IkOu8F5OWWo_hVK5BO-D500H2QxXBrFqhBTog_dGtpJF-sJpYVGFJ7tl2_Wrftpx_hPkiAw_AAbzi1C0aQ-9hPjr8oH9yBYa2/s400/end+june+beg+july+2011+078.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtnsMjMj-cd1pj2EeUPESUyMaH01LLbxXsCnEIhUUw1v5DQRkQV0JEIyd9ntb-p6yDKnMcf-n5zZQMNPv04h7OB2HX5b0AuATMZQQiVpWfb1rM2HTz9YiolPPKEADr1bdoqfVR/s1600/end+june+beg+july+2011+071.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630509780021714962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtnsMjMj-cd1pj2EeUPESUyMaH01LLbxXsCnEIhUUw1v5DQRkQV0JEIyd9ntb-p6yDKnMcf-n5zZQMNPv04h7OB2HX5b0AuATMZQQiVpWfb1rM2HTz9YiolPPKEADr1bdoqfVR/s400/end+june+beg+july+2011+071.JPG" /></a>Can you see the fish? It's HUGE!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeOETcT6R1Fkv3lkjUhZ1YHqfjv3Sf5t6VIeGIeAy4VgZbDm7-pX1OlMO2Usgz5kqIydc8_kyD_Jehofy-UnXyrOzVN5eaTHyt-IWBeYnvu7vnIjn3sLsCYPr5XvP8IkIXHyw_/s1600/end+june+beg+july+2011+068.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630509773899482450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeOETcT6R1Fkv3lkjUhZ1YHqfjv3Sf5t6VIeGIeAy4VgZbDm7-pX1OlMO2Usgz5kqIydc8_kyD_Jehofy-UnXyrOzVN5eaTHyt-IWBeYnvu7vnIjn3sLsCYPr5XvP8IkIXHyw_/s400/end+june+beg+july+2011+068.JPG" /></a> D's big catch of the day<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7t2Arrlhc-al-GqPcnySiuVir4UUVbnsSSjrMCwjquuitLeyobvBRQqKfMSIeXLMevWlcWf9-hQ4Ob_mluM6qSPL1pZ4iz8fwEI1DHrzghD2flP5UaYP0g9qSPx7MSBBIiVCE/s1600/end+june+beg+july+2011+056.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630509769295375154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7t2Arrlhc-al-GqPcnySiuVir4UUVbnsSSjrMCwjquuitLeyobvBRQqKfMSIeXLMevWlcWf9-hQ4Ob_mluM6qSPL1pZ4iz8fwEI1DHrzghD2flP5UaYP0g9qSPx7MSBBIiVCE/s400/end+june+beg+july+2011+056.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeHL2FUMX2K93WyQeAt2RX_XVKBb9090b2azr1IzF4lwlagmb5OVfD3SBqbO1bjrh4k3HH6UvMvZkrSdGTBzk1vA6A4K2-Dmlx42OaefY1wKR5fIW5L1fkuHSzTtqrs2OkXKJ1/s1600/end+june+beg+july+2011+100.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630512763469233154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeHL2FUMX2K93WyQeAt2RX_XVKBb9090b2azr1IzF4lwlagmb5OVfD3SBqbO1bjrh4k3HH6UvMvZkrSdGTBzk1vA6A4K2-Dmlx42OaefY1wKR5fIW5L1fkuHSzTtqrs2OkXKJ1/s400/end+june+beg+july+2011+100.JPG" /></a> These monkeys played camping for a few days when we got home. LOVED their first trip of the summer!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3mxFXS_97QCR7WbV0pMeG2aSu-eo8xCzw3Y6i_UqA_mJ7xYl9jU78dLPvoj6OIOzMkOpLsTZJVvllKbb-YPmKZeakxoMV4yOdSJxlCd3Tnk8TV11lx_FcRUG8WS4RNfoM-Er/s1600/end+june+beg+july+2011+098.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630512753721624562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3mxFXS_97QCR7WbV0pMeG2aSu-eo8xCzw3Y6i_UqA_mJ7xYl9jU78dLPvoj6OIOzMkOpLsTZJVvllKbb-YPmKZeakxoMV4yOdSJxlCd3Tnk8TV11lx_FcRUG8WS4RNfoM-Er/s400/end+june+beg+july+2011+098.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>"When can we go 'real camping' again?"</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>An and Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013054612795980512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17631303.post-21961123719828493772011-07-17T18:29:00.003-07:002011-07-17T19:07:16.275-07:00June!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_zkknXgwdRdESTmQujOdkpCJ3gb3lkcCJUweKH4y8wU9A5HT55sgo0MvtZy_2HJXGivqVlkFMJG0xjQR3oK-4UMX4IcQnSDL3Pj2ib0G3n6pBBJDQ__6OodB-2uCiz0MVVYS/s1600/end+june+beg+july+2011+051.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630506832892885090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_zkknXgwdRdESTmQujOdkpCJ3gb3lkcCJUweKH4y8wU9A5HT55sgo0MvtZy_2HJXGivqVlkFMJG0xjQR3oK-4UMX4IcQnSDL3Pj2ib0G3n6pBBJDQ__6OodB-2uCiz0MVVYS/s400/end+june+beg+july+2011+051.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk7Zir0gz6Wz6kYZ0voffxOgP-CpIPzctI4mnRyh-QFowfTDUuerjXueM8X7M6DOP8IIZrNjDNG5Pcf20UvCcBry-uSBJksc8i-FgqbBnZyLMIqIq2ZuxIjvaNO41_NF0jHWUC/s1600/end+june+beg+july+2011+040.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630506825609195618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk7Zir0gz6Wz6kYZ0voffxOgP-CpIPzctI4mnRyh-QFowfTDUuerjXueM8X7M6DOP8IIZrNjDNG5Pcf20UvCcBry-uSBJksc8i-FgqbBnZyLMIqIq2ZuxIjvaNO41_NF0jHWUC/s400/end+june+beg+july+2011+040.JPG" /></a> Brooke turns 5!<br /><br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-3poB1JSCaCbCs3JWuJUOt0MboSs5-Fwk67bhuGHgI5cVjH_Oydr7yZwTk5jvCYHHPasu_3CW8oh-5TRYo5z48S-EFJzWCzUDspx3gaTnhw8wfD40frDrFrPa9mgyu5H8Kw3/s1600/end+june+beg+july+2011+026.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630504173791595650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-3poB1JSCaCbCs3JWuJUOt0MboSs5-Fwk67bhuGHgI5cVjH_Oydr7yZwTk5jvCYHHPasu_3CW8oh-5TRYo5z48S-EFJzWCzUDspx3gaTnhw8wfD40frDrFrPa9mgyu5H8Kw3/s400/end+june+beg+july+2011+026.JPG" /></a>A few of the party-goers.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi5LoBO8tYfazuRfZ7IJ776OGPjzo3Tlu3bXmrgwjWMo8v5KNwlZdPB34vSnI6OrRpmfXBd6gOtcRu1MTu5EK2H75cmSL7XVFLwy1qsQAc2UpXKthUgHPzSqrZ10fEi_ZroYt/s1600/end+june+beg+july+2011+017.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630504168806868834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi5LoBO8tYfazuRfZ7IJ776OGPjzo3Tlu3bXmrgwjWMo8v5KNwlZdPB34vSnI6OrRpmfXBd6gOtcRu1MTu5EK2H75cmSL7XVFLwy1qsQAc2UpXKthUgHPzSqrZ10fEi_ZroYt/s400/end+june+beg+july+2011+017.JPG" /></a>Mikers helping Daddy change the oil<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1vwhIZNNd2zCntVvqs28T3D9K-c-cvrZslSZsz2Xm1fzD9i-Yt_sIjerxO0g4NQUgcHuvbH5rETQmIy-kIdOLxSch6rSA7uhht1QOa7cvgTRKY9DxObJ5r-5SG0_l885oOYcF/s1600/end+june+beg+july+2011+110.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630506840269039474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1vwhIZNNd2zCntVvqs28T3D9K-c-cvrZslSZsz2Xm1fzD9i-Yt_sIjerxO0g4NQUgcHuvbH5rETQmIy-kIdOLxSch6rSA7uhht1QOa7cvgTRKY9DxObJ5r-5SG0_l885oOYcF/s400/end+june+beg+july+2011+110.JPG" /></a> I love my big sis!<br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>An and Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013054612795980512noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17631303.post-42749427561115675242011-06-05T11:28:00.007-07:002011-06-15T18:54:50.427-07:00We love spring!<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Eywt7XpEDABu3XMxeHImBv58I8_5uM_q1Unx8kZEAaqp2OUQogngoRaQnRgu6zpkDy0sXXrYEnvs9BtAC-mZ6dwAzfUeJ8iEGKHgQbwQ3PkPs-hXnogIY7tD0FuroIn2XLvj/s1600/May+2011+233.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618621273911546674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Eywt7XpEDABu3XMxeHImBv58I8_5uM_q1Unx8kZEAaqp2OUQogngoRaQnRgu6zpkDy0sXXrYEnvs9BtAC-mZ6dwAzfUeJ8iEGKHgQbwQ3PkPs-hXnogIY7tD0FuroIn2XLvj/s400/May+2011+233.JPG" /></a> My favourite people!<br /><br />My biking babies! Brooke learned to ride a 2 wheeler at Grandma & Grandpa's on Mother's Day and our bike rides have picked up, in terms of pace, about 200 percent. So fun! Now if we could just get Micah to learn to pedal, we'd be even faster! He's a bit too big for the baby seat on the back of my bike (although I still do it, even though I probably shouldn't since he's like 38 pounds) but he's waaaaay too poky to go on his own.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9XyjMbOactT2x7yrQx_9qyRSdYMrpiMskobkWTr8XEnfOyBAcPq6Cfnem1-rdjDhGYKbooPEHCsndVWBFBG93D_wu-74gwX1tBE7eFTtKvrFo7hdYhs9nHmSCt5XUKlvGVUR5/s1600/May+2011+244.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618622374213755794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9XyjMbOactT2x7yrQx_9qyRSdYMrpiMskobkWTr8XEnfOyBAcPq6Cfnem1-rdjDhGYKbooPEHCsndVWBFBG93D_wu-74gwX1tBE7eFTtKvrFo7hdYhs9nHmSCt5XUKlvGVUR5/s400/May+2011+244.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM6niwFCK-aYx3WQT10ko9F-gPAk0DW4FIvbzyD6I9A5fDVwGcXDpWeHwYfbIAeUr3ncmKOaS04hGGPXFc_-d8YLA1QdKgU1or4H3cijQn-Kj0ffvCPMdcLW9XS2-3SeOZnBMu/s1600/May+2011+240.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618622366048833090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM6niwFCK-aYx3WQT10ko9F-gPAk0DW4FIvbzyD6I9A5fDVwGcXDpWeHwYfbIAeUr3ncmKOaS04hGGPXFc_-d8YLA1QdKgU1or4H3cijQn-Kj0ffvCPMdcLW9XS2-3SeOZnBMu/s400/May+2011+240.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibmfHike52spKBpAzlWyczm3QboaaPiXX2OJysODhizGb6-hAIC1A6rVeFbyLJHnXledBW-S1dtjtDs_019WQK6i8Rr_-Anp85J_mUGPiUVAoedjgpVyMgbMIwui26wvEGYoTj/s1600/May+2011+242.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618622355488295666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibmfHike52spKBpAzlWyczm3QboaaPiXX2OJysODhizGb6-hAIC1A6rVeFbyLJHnXledBW-S1dtjtDs_019WQK6i8Rr_-Anp85J_mUGPiUVAoedjgpVyMgbMIwui26wvEGYoTj/s400/May+2011+242.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFYkXe83OG9JZ5VeEecolSQhi8FGPJyU-7mfSXHfcHH6CNFBfv0oDy7G5mpVgNxagLKDra3zXVRxKwcoqFc3Pw215Shs1kyDO7e2ajti8NJMvkBOlteOR0F2VIkk1BFYHQuMz2/s1600/May+2011+246.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618621278084888450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFYkXe83OG9JZ5VeEecolSQhi8FGPJyU-7mfSXHfcHH6CNFBfv0oDy7G5mpVgNxagLKDra3zXVRxKwcoqFc3Pw215Shs1kyDO7e2ajti8NJMvkBOlteOR0F2VIkk1BFYHQuMz2/s400/May+2011+246.JPG" /></a> The Jorritsmas came over for a hike! Fun times jumping mud puddles and trying to get birds to land on our hands. We didn't have any birdseed, and they didn't seem appetized by bread.... which my children ended up eating anyways. </div></div></div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4p9aBpsVSQHHH9WshyphenhyphenVq4tZZvT8eLsXXlzjV2U6_F4ngRIbfPjnimrXUF8myLC1MnFb3tsNlT7qE8_mgav5eFz4caYZ7gHeMSyoFJflxvLnq9g9ZEyRgwxRFj-AlyYsTSYUd/s1600/May+2011+271.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618626369837180258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4p9aBpsVSQHHH9WshyphenhyphenVq4tZZvT8eLsXXlzjV2U6_F4ngRIbfPjnimrXUF8myLC1MnFb3tsNlT7qE8_mgav5eFz4caYZ7gHeMSyoFJflxvLnq9g9ZEyRgwxRFj-AlyYsTSYUd/s400/May+2011+271.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbll5tQJFPH0ZfW3BaZKutdIw3nOztSY1JDASd_eiEa1EyKDRrAgb0t42KyrBYNwhv50yV-WWdRU0cAPvxqcl_8wNUjbSylJoEAGu4gToaP8BmjosnNeXFeSrGgPQynd59frxQ/s1600/May+2011+254.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618626362122257906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbll5tQJFPH0ZfW3BaZKutdIw3nOztSY1JDASd_eiEa1EyKDRrAgb0t42KyrBYNwhv50yV-WWdRU0cAPvxqcl_8wNUjbSylJoEAGu4gToaP8BmjosnNeXFeSrGgPQynd59frxQ/s400/May+2011+254.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO1YqHMaCJhUo8xEJYoOtS7pxnDUbHVT3RsD8jQzjDAl0jWLlY4coO6VpuZmh72K13vfoKTEpVzqXkx8sAkM5tVeNZr7iNWhCGUVvQ7_0hO6GTutKiMcEBtz0TNkmInp2J9eNI/s1600/May+2011+252.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618626345827749490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO1YqHMaCJhUo8xEJYoOtS7pxnDUbHVT3RsD8jQzjDAl0jWLlY4coO6VpuZmh72K13vfoKTEpVzqXkx8sAkM5tVeNZr7iNWhCGUVvQ7_0hO6GTutKiMcEBtz0TNkmInp2J9eNI/s400/May+2011+252.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnjoIKEhwAt_fitenp_ffllJaJ1gBTLcTUTCLs9XcJbZ_EQwtFQQvkBjIWFb9ueLngX-UhyphenhyphentwAMpEyeDJHRSnzZXQznyt92W_fd4o5un4NBDeIfFWr4nVjor_9T6HZcpX8mNMi/s1600/May+2011+257.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618627731835814450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnjoIKEhwAt_fitenp_ffllJaJ1gBTLcTUTCLs9XcJbZ_EQwtFQQvkBjIWFb9ueLngX-UhyphenhyphentwAMpEyeDJHRSnzZXQznyt92W_fd4o5un4NBDeIfFWr4nVjor_9T6HZcpX8mNMi/s400/May+2011+257.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUzDhLzM6XBMj9X38lgi1x5syRSon3cXD6J0xB7u8ZJtIV2eyN8VZnfCKyTXvAWKdjE33buIIiB3gzt9nuP-FpuJTSqnK76YkSf8xjoMtR9PU4qXKVrnzg69gwLHhmm-l_d-qP/s1600/May+2011+266.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618627714410283346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUzDhLzM6XBMj9X38lgi1x5syRSon3cXD6J0xB7u8ZJtIV2eyN8VZnfCKyTXvAWKdjE33buIIiB3gzt9nuP-FpuJTSqnK76YkSf8xjoMtR9PU4qXKVrnzg69gwLHhmm-l_d-qP/s400/May+2011+266.JPG" /><br /><br /><p align="center"></a></p>Technology & Hiking go hand in hand.... apparantly. :)An and Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013054612795980512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17631303.post-18900724027906405202011-06-02T18:35:00.003-07:002011-06-02T18:51:33.459-07:00girls weekend!<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLUl_7njBZGnyH5K_U3ALPtPdtRD13QiPGxloYzK4Ta7jOnt8TsJVzwbKP9nQ5zOP5EO1bLoo9oTCzv9qzFnVJzVb8Sty4oriL5cHPeaSm38lugM2W27Njoy0rx2pH818dlPmd/s1600/May+2011+183.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613802234972978418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLUl_7njBZGnyH5K_U3ALPtPdtRD13QiPGxloYzK4Ta7jOnt8TsJVzwbKP9nQ5zOP5EO1bLoo9oTCzv9qzFnVJzVb8Sty4oriL5cHPeaSm38lugM2W27Njoy0rx2pH818dlPmd/s400/May+2011+183.JPG" /></a> Don't you just love the matching outfits? NOT planned.</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr9lET2RXH-Im1jPQcBZvUt_n8gd0tMlvdIKMhDb0WsKYL3qYdI8dvkzJCJ4noHPAFS15QQROHwDDAMRS4Z69cwoyymxDgQ9afZ7lZr1fGV8Bl5R-0HA0f54P752iEMXa64X5R/s1600/May+2011+176.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613802225917123506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr9lET2RXH-Im1jPQcBZvUt_n8gd0tMlvdIKMhDb0WsKYL3qYdI8dvkzJCJ4noHPAFS15QQROHwDDAMRS4Z69cwoyymxDgQ9afZ7lZr1fGV8Bl5R-0HA0f54P752iEMXa64X5R/s400/May+2011+176.JPG" /></a> Me and my girls!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2nKESNKCpjTINjDh7cDUZmHCvvyxD1V83sj0hgt6WMHaJBmUqsZrza2WzDMsSnnGvgIUyJhKnhUj4chsETXC68H5KV42YTq6dU-BLB5iAQrHF9OAVJKq4yR-QpcOypv2KcHKs/s1600/May+2011+168.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613802216008125090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2nKESNKCpjTINjDh7cDUZmHCvvyxD1V83sj0hgt6WMHaJBmUqsZrza2WzDMsSnnGvgIUyJhKnhUj4chsETXC68H5KV42YTq6dU-BLB5iAQrHF9OAVJKq4yR-QpcOypv2KcHKs/s400/May+2011+168.JPG" /></a> Megs and Chel</div><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwqDAfd5wbyGnhsoLj5VtKt2xdVG8xoobCsSPQzy-cA7dhYVjdbtojZxyD-bTtnThllu0swleRLIjOVu60WArPiRVXU-Mlmpg6gDSmfkpOlsNwi_yyC39gDwICy_JGinqTjem8/s1600/May+2011+166.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613802209198502098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwqDAfd5wbyGnhsoLj5VtKt2xdVG8xoobCsSPQzy-cA7dhYVjdbtojZxyD-bTtnThllu0swleRLIjOVu60WArPiRVXU-Mlmpg6gDSmfkpOlsNwi_yyC39gDwICy_JGinqTjem8/s400/May+2011+166.JPG" /></a> me n' Sarah<br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiZvbOWDcy4VziuklWd9VtPQwwCe0FSZUFPT8HivxDs65M9wfLq4YGyXJJ9mjvBhPxxYixnePLh4mmPkfgskf9vVvbeHyM3oN1D2S7ysI8Hug0Mgb0R8DY-WC40CSb34ukAUJs/s1600/May+2011+161.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613802200222019746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiZvbOWDcy4VziuklWd9VtPQwwCe0FSZUFPT8HivxDs65M9wfLq4YGyXJJ9mjvBhPxxYixnePLh4mmPkfgskf9vVvbeHyM3oN1D2S7ysI8Hug0Mgb0R8DY-WC40CSb34ukAUJs/s400/May+2011+161.JPG" /></a> View from our cottage on Lake Mac<br /><br /><br /><br /><div>An amaaaaazing time away in Holland Michigan with my ol' roomies! Love you girls! We will definitely have to do that again!!!</div></div></div></div><br /></div>An and Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013054612795980512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17631303.post-63571735231950838982011-06-02T18:17:00.006-07:002011-06-02T18:35:01.348-07:00April/May<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9EA8BrHTojoBOadmA2ptgjl64Zm0g0AUXJkCgrupBGqlYVcF_PUV63HPB3Y7HUwo3wkxV1lS8-glTZHZLY4ahNHb7k1bRTOEDxEQSYc6Gs_uBvTic1Br20ybTcOkYPOMakV8c/s1600/May+2011+148.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613800007564224578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9EA8BrHTojoBOadmA2ptgjl64Zm0g0AUXJkCgrupBGqlYVcF_PUV63HPB3Y7HUwo3wkxV1lS8-glTZHZLY4ahNHb7k1bRTOEDxEQSYc6Gs_uBvTic1Br20ybTcOkYPOMakV8c/s400/May+2011+148.JPG" /></a> May 1st: 5k run with some of Derek's family. The kids and I had a fun time watching the race!</div><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjsHujHP_or4wIrZ35l_rdyRRy7Yc2fBLT-UdKnu5D6xPfFdqa24Db5jNz_VMi9bBc2bXs27LRabuBq6UgUGNQEWQghkVjg0rqhe-1luBDOfm5QGRxIVdRn1Klhmd5MaoVQR0N/s1600/May+2011+126.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613799539375755746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjsHujHP_or4wIrZ35l_rdyRRy7Yc2fBLT-UdKnu5D6xPfFdqa24Db5jNz_VMi9bBc2bXs27LRabuBq6UgUGNQEWQghkVjg0rqhe-1luBDOfm5QGRxIVdRn1Klhmd5MaoVQR0N/s400/May+2011+126.JPG" /></a> Sistery love @ the pool in our hotel<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO0U5qx-0jHud7OYtLEDBzjWTYogRocOdTB-0HNRTXoI_9qc-quqeWxcEJFebj1iH8mwU3-4Oad_ga0gcTeFvQbBt693uRgsPuFuUWH6VjRJLfrICnrWfepwR0sCFrg4tGedJq/s1600/May+2011+124.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613799532251698738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO0U5qx-0jHud7OYtLEDBzjWTYogRocOdTB-0HNRTXoI_9qc-quqeWxcEJFebj1iH8mwU3-4Oad_ga0gcTeFvQbBt693uRgsPuFuUWH6VjRJLfrICnrWfepwR0sCFrg4tGedJq/s400/May+2011+124.JPG" /></a> Notice the nice scar 2 stitches left behind (run in with a table at preschool!)<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvsoHWFPIuGuhxT6UY5lG9pp-jSegotY47nH1shw0JNvUeeRtjK6RQCP8kNi6mdYT9JHkousqzRuxlZ53EJioxHPym4DGXirHNYa_1iF0_1jP5KcGCSDxWpxuRb5pgORzX-FS-/s1600/May+2011+122.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613799520651422370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvsoHWFPIuGuhxT6UY5lG9pp-jSegotY47nH1shw0JNvUeeRtjK6RQCP8kNi6mdYT9JHkousqzRuxlZ53EJioxHPym4DGXirHNYa_1iF0_1jP5KcGCSDxWpxuRb5pgORzX-FS-/s400/May+2011+122.JPG" /></a> my little fish<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWctlkp8HRG_ulQcIxfLInxEszU5uueECuf6hLv4z6CXPgVRxQkbMQmkRMUlgKDWtXUsEr-mY-lhBIFNwyZXs0VMEKtwyaVbIP2aiVoxyyQKGA_IDr7gCzprPt8v-PdNC8AS2j/s1600/May+2011+116.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613799512498873330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWctlkp8HRG_ulQcIxfLInxEszU5uueECuf6hLv4z6CXPgVRxQkbMQmkRMUlgKDWtXUsEr-mY-lhBIFNwyZXs0VMEKtwyaVbIP2aiVoxyyQKGA_IDr7gCzprPt8v-PdNC8AS2j/s400/May+2011+116.JPG" /></a> some more fishies<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNYGhpzgS2OnVG_waVqwHcivL3mrffwjl3uSKiyxxQPnR4n01_XBIk5xFHbYsjMLr3zY7alhYxzd8zifSkE361xQch1_ULtGU0IXOX50n7ULN56jpvv2G00vpVCWM14m4froT5/s1600/May+2011+057.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613799507415484962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNYGhpzgS2OnVG_waVqwHcivL3mrffwjl3uSKiyxxQPnR4n01_XBIk5xFHbYsjMLr3zY7alhYxzd8zifSkE361xQch1_ULtGU0IXOX50n7ULN56jpvv2G00vpVCWM14m4froT5/s400/May+2011+057.JPG" /></a> playing "preschool quiet time"<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihcPX1EzuDUOMJvOAdsgsoCQSTL_2IVtZh7xSQEYMkb0fZiNEEqiumfmQUxc9QDDBgI-NKXlDmKJPDbG_6qh62NFPHbDzr03dGn6hlDw8lljHMfmYH9S0O-8Ge2H551Kay0xNi/s1600/May+2011+049.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613798375991893458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihcPX1EzuDUOMJvOAdsgsoCQSTL_2IVtZh7xSQEYMkb0fZiNEEqiumfmQUxc9QDDBgI-NKXlDmKJPDbG_6qh62NFPHbDzr03dGn6hlDw8lljHMfmYH9S0O-8Ge2H551Kay0xNi/s400/May+2011+049.JPG" /></a>G<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp_7E57OOc9RdLcENBd8aO05apIbIekhPSuh2-cDnh-l39wqIHaB739cDv4jYizi5Gtu9nzdbYJCRIdfib_eEZA7RBw00rXA29P3AJSsgWKuSZgQ8ACMLWKr1b9czd1tegR8Hi/s1600/May+2011+047.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613798368039507106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp_7E57OOc9RdLcENBd8aO05apIbIekhPSuh2-cDnh-l39wqIHaB739cDv4jYizi5Gtu9nzdbYJCRIdfib_eEZA7RBw00rXA29P3AJSsgWKuSZgQ8ACMLWKr1b9czd1tegR8Hi/s400/May+2011+047.JPG" /></a> M<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgva6BUrkRy9i2H3v7i0wTresGQIxxwkh17anO5Bgqjtj_c4Fqe-tsFRVaGOHbndQ2kc5qHNpBWN9XN8wcFaa7KMrFDBG4HQgPqmT8HDLvl2VZyh7QiNFZz0g5pok5lPIKwb8Kh/s1600/May+2011+031.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613798358582954418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgva6BUrkRy9i2H3v7i0wTresGQIxxwkh17anO5Bgqjtj_c4Fqe-tsFRVaGOHbndQ2kc5qHNpBWN9XN8wcFaa7KMrFDBG4HQgPqmT8HDLvl2VZyh7QiNFZz0g5pok5lPIKwb8Kh/s400/May+2011+031.JPG" /></a> Uncle Bri came in April!!! Oops, this is one of the only pictures I took. Too much time spent having fun to take pics I guess...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtG00_J1-HfifUfOwTUahAPuwPJwQ3U2W0-O0qDPc9RjkEDE7xfZICfxWdOOOzScQ9ccwciZryT0JYZ-phkKyl61fUuSM-QLX5dY54L8iCfbShh6umXFb15IZ_mYrfjaQiPRxX/s1600/May+2011+012.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613798354079672098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtG00_J1-HfifUfOwTUahAPuwPJwQ3U2W0-O0qDPc9RjkEDE7xfZICfxWdOOOzScQ9ccwciZryT0JYZ-phkKyl61fUuSM-QLX5dY54L8iCfbShh6umXFb15IZ_mYrfjaQiPRxX/s400/May+2011+012.JPG" /></a> Maple Syrup Festival @ the beginning of April. Derek's birthday I think, actually.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDsUpglAjMTCTWWdK95fQ5N9nOX-SdoBysTO7JHfGjazlysRaqltUFm-JnByp8PJouQfF9uX1NW6A-i2ritNbNdML6f0MmQnuJ6By145wJ-ll8pAuEKn3NEX4hE6q-kFHeGk0/s1600/May+2011+010.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613798347009505554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDsUpglAjMTCTWWdK95fQ5N9nOX-SdoBysTO7JHfGjazlysRaqltUFm-JnByp8PJouQfF9uX1NW6A-i2ritNbNdML6f0MmQnuJ6By145wJ-ll8pAuEKn3NEX4hE6q-kFHeGk0/s400/May+2011+010.JPG" /></a> B<br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>An and Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013054612795980512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17631303.post-29432838771898069172011-03-27T14:29:00.006-07:002011-03-27T17:44:16.388-07:00March<div align="center">Time for my monthly update! I'm writing this while feeling quite crummy... bad cold, sore throat, very tired. But it was a beautiful day today and the sunshine made things a bit more bearable. The kids played outside for a few hours, and after an afternoon snooze I was feeling much more.... human. :) </div><br /><div align="center">Anyway, here's some pics. There's actually a few of me this time!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghSO_LK_8a0R8Xt4Egr9HY3TN2hrh8bSw5rS58TzdQVh1AFa8Jg43oA-lPjeeNw1nSqdOtQG_d9nFTjxgI60pr1tuIpXhGS4_BzKmN1cQ3Rs_oZ9i7qzNUFrfA0cCyHxeeFzCr/s1600/March+2011+017.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588919838079886802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghSO_LK_8a0R8Xt4Egr9HY3TN2hrh8bSw5rS58TzdQVh1AFa8Jg43oA-lPjeeNw1nSqdOtQG_d9nFTjxgI60pr1tuIpXhGS4_BzKmN1cQ3Rs_oZ9i7qzNUFrfA0cCyHxeeFzCr/s400/March+2011+017.JPG" /> <br /><p align="center"></a>Buzz chowin' down some goldfish.</p><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxZ6XcA82VFPjAIYd77vieB4frvh3iUjuHrNlrD3nAuPJGFd0ZpgI8LZnl3e0W2x6pOVQOx_tgVGCW27vDlUnfhUtFLPGWcRVN38EpQJhfN9WW_Mf_X8S5VISddULn_UANlh_y/s1600/March+2011+016.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588919833822045042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxZ6XcA82VFPjAIYd77vieB4frvh3iUjuHrNlrD3nAuPJGFd0ZpgI8LZnl3e0W2x6pOVQOx_tgVGCW27vDlUnfhUtFLPGWcRVN38EpQJhfN9WW_Mf_X8S5VISddULn_UANlh_y/s400/March+2011+016.JPG" /></a> Isn't this the greatest costume? My friend Karen came over with her kids and brought it along, Micah loved it!</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhbK_C5blv_kDsTq2woAP4XmW1-FI8Oytlc_Bv-hNKOWDyTnj2uZOu6RvoycALmHITcHrtjpVItDSEh5tV-C5tqEX6dRpc0Q-k3Qc1JncSMXKpiRLKmpJBPhFo33OLoCIW3Yh6/s1600/March+2011+011.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588919826017053058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhbK_C5blv_kDsTq2woAP4XmW1-FI8Oytlc_Bv-hNKOWDyTnj2uZOu6RvoycALmHITcHrtjpVItDSEh5tV-C5tqEX6dRpc0Q-k3Qc1JncSMXKpiRLKmpJBPhFo33OLoCIW3Yh6/s400/March+2011+011.JPG" /></a> One of the birthday boys! It was hard to get a shot with both of them... Too much fun stuff to do at the Y! These special twins are 3 already! </div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-oizxvn9hyphenhyphenXyfJBVAT0XQij8nUvHhqXowd60OefQpTX2Wq2vEUNyVPh9SBWPoutAOQLVj4npwEL4I11e0iZwukRG7wWcUwF4CSZ9CM0o01dcxCAFbfKF5tePHCgcuI9jtUQ1e/s1600/March+2011+005.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588919818078600130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-oizxvn9hyphenhyphenXyfJBVAT0XQij8nUvHhqXowd60OefQpTX2Wq2vEUNyVPh9SBWPoutAOQLVj4npwEL4I11e0iZwukRG7wWcUwF4CSZ9CM0o01dcxCAFbfKF5tePHCgcuI9jtUQ1e/s400/March+2011+005.JPG" /></a> G and her cuz Abigail. She stayed with us for March break during Sports Camp week. These 2 were quite the cheerleaders! SOOO much fun. The girls absolutely adore their big cousin. They mentioned quite a few times that week that Abigail is special because she's "their ONLY girl cousin!"</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizszjbOxtrjchWk0fCqEIK7k1u8X49QjAs3FbI2pT7wa5Ba3pcqw_TuqLPZ4M5GvOm1J82NS5nowSa_IewqwapuGKpeFopmNiBFUad33d95WnIWjqmozYBM4KrriHipNu5vWx3/s1600/March+2011+002.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588922815565626626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizszjbOxtrjchWk0fCqEIK7k1u8X49QjAs3FbI2pT7wa5Ba3pcqw_TuqLPZ4M5GvOm1J82NS5nowSa_IewqwapuGKpeFopmNiBFUad33d95WnIWjqmozYBM4KrriHipNu5vWx3/s400/March+2011+002.JPG" /></a> The Huisman girls </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxmp4Qb3tgJEBi3P_8P4S2yEsFm1DcBF9JL1KxMmL-6IQ5EjhyphenhyphenxQ2_1UfO7IdDs51trQy9uiHx1PQUY4ke-qez_pl96lptl0pJwT9nidcYgHBZt6HP7uo3v59SlhaQ3P3CqQVg/s1600/sports+camp%2521.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588921561282652194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxmp4Qb3tgJEBi3P_8P4S2yEsFm1DcBF9JL1KxMmL-6IQ5EjhyphenhyphenxQ2_1UfO7IdDs51trQy9uiHx1PQUY4ke-qez_pl96lptl0pJwT9nidcYgHBZt6HP7uo3v59SlhaQ3P3CqQVg/s400/sports+camp%2521.jpg" /> <br /><p align="center"></a>The whole camp! </p><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghBdSGJDr_4YdaHzZlsCng41ywS2xxIHAxBhHR0HtlWGBFydT7_Dbp6d45Ks7cTvXrxIXlOcST9GoRCzs_alkmtOg4hp5l74QC5FvpOqwdrdwxyYWrX6NYgsBvSKBIAWko226j/s1600/sports+camp2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588921881446981970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghBdSGJDr_4YdaHzZlsCng41ywS2xxIHAxBhHR0HtlWGBFydT7_Dbp6d45Ks7cTvXrxIXlOcST9GoRCzs_alkmtOg4hp5l74QC5FvpOqwdrdwxyYWrX6NYgsBvSKBIAWko226j/s400/sports+camp2.jpg" /></p><br /><p align="center"></a>How I spent some of my March Break...</p><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs0lG9aLIJSHSIpIlVPd6sS6b0wWJBkXpkv1LrAOyaPj6cZ5RS5bFHfr50_Nemfh4I1GLtU9T9k8W7W81i-Daan0MjRcDe7UKj6NLP_L_MgdSfMq4FBzKJwSJaunv5aYLD9Kan/s1600/March+2011+001.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588921554802378034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs0lG9aLIJSHSIpIlVPd6sS6b0wWJBkXpkv1LrAOyaPj6cZ5RS5bFHfr50_Nemfh4I1GLtU9T9k8W7W81i-Daan0MjRcDe7UKj6NLP_L_MgdSfMq4FBzKJwSJaunv5aYLD9Kan/s400/March+2011+001.JPG" /></a>And some more of the week... It was sometimes really tough teaching 5-7 yr olds basketball skills. Like how to PASS the ball. Oh ya, and how to not travel. We had one adorable little guy who would literally push his 'defender' out of the way when he had the ball and say "give me space!" <em>sigh</em></p><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja5kohfT4FWYP_B17SVGZNbMZ6YNXxO8l_FtlR5q5tFKUgxZxUdGUwWJW9SNx-1zVRB0CYUqAiOsBHEi6-la3hvVhWQUkEgYa5CpjnWYZZfzRbbhjdkXoEqyTXrn7VeKY5RsXX/s1600/March+2011+030.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588921545063374050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja5kohfT4FWYP_B17SVGZNbMZ6YNXxO8l_FtlR5q5tFKUgxZxUdGUwWJW9SNx-1zVRB0CYUqAiOsBHEi6-la3hvVhWQUkEgYa5CpjnWYZZfzRbbhjdkXoEqyTXrn7VeKY5RsXX/s400/March+2011+030.JPG" /></a> Playing rock star.... not sure where this idea came from... </div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1r2otWgGP-QVyotiTK9_b2DwMCEsJ89-UMYGpUxL4nBj25AMA519BGxE5PN0x1V5lxmbHhCt_-YhtXr4fOMc-V3af9RM9bIF0jx6t71w4i9rPRan_G91c0SOPBFkMiIF6r-UK/s1600/March+2011+024.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588921534856959650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1r2otWgGP-QVyotiTK9_b2DwMCEsJ89-UMYGpUxL4nBj25AMA519BGxE5PN0x1V5lxmbHhCt_-YhtXr4fOMc-V3af9RM9bIF0jx6t71w4i9rPRan_G91c0SOPBFkMiIF6r-UK/s400/March+2011+024.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBDa6NtcWNJ38-T0rrMB51xKMvqE2_7tX7ESnv1VJmU8M-h-aNXbOc5p1661o7cYdoXIckZqbfoe9_LipQBiPmn_hepkzp_jlhSZoWA9IimoeXrJKBE82xfIXG3xsz6bd2Jry7/s1600/March+2011+019.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588921528524739570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBDa6NtcWNJ38-T0rrMB51xKMvqE2_7tX7ESnv1VJmU8M-h-aNXbOc5p1661o7cYdoXIckZqbfoe9_LipQBiPmn_hepkzp_jlhSZoWA9IimoeXrJKBE82xfIXG3xsz6bd2Jry7/s400/March+2011+019.JPG" /></a> Was anyone else perterbed with the amount of snow we got at the end of March!?! Ok, it was pretty, but really... it's spring! </div>An and Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013054612795980512noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17631303.post-18038001416286412512011-03-09T10:53:00.006-08:002011-03-09T18:48:04.808-08:00February!!!<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzKeTUWy_CQ87YeQ7KkKtIGKAklt9zP4CQCe-d3P7SuYXIcERWNIqyPVHUcF4oMWNhyphenhyphenst5q5ubl2jlaQ1hSjQXJHx4_dtdXk3FlvBFN79BSK5fn4wSBCQiGrWYKm303Samvr8a/s1600/Feb+2011+105.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582275026218703394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzKeTUWy_CQ87YeQ7KkKtIGKAklt9zP4CQCe-d3P7SuYXIcERWNIqyPVHUcF4oMWNhyphenhyphenst5q5ubl2jlaQ1hSjQXJHx4_dtdXk3FlvBFN79BSK5fn4wSBCQiGrWYKm303Samvr8a/s400/Feb+2011+105.JPG" /></a></div><div align="center">My little cheezer. </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Here are a few pics from a day in the life of Micah and Brooke at home...</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWL6GJ6_Ibe84RzJEU5RW-gRd0s-fO5LGVrAVXbrzqeXw_Knb37FmjWdqDnyIfuSBCkMwkXOJ3LDOy-f_svbr78h4iNze2szOCKEQPRE1kdf06uDTNHdd1LEGXSFJluAHdzJ0j/s1600/Feb+2011+100.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582275023323813618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWL6GJ6_Ibe84RzJEU5RW-gRd0s-fO5LGVrAVXbrzqeXw_Knb37FmjWdqDnyIfuSBCkMwkXOJ3LDOy-f_svbr78h4iNze2szOCKEQPRE1kdf06uDTNHdd1LEGXSFJluAHdzJ0j/s400/Feb+2011+100.JPG" /></a> Making a fort<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJmcDm4kTCTG2KpJ_QwUL2nBWXqO9b0TzYoYZSsuQS7baC3ClrDUNSzZi5PQxw2A-8Fv1SnUAfzEg4GWafAEJkhr5ye7EGrkAKfZlLMVv9DSprwGpbsJg9BHHyyEuYSUyOsO25/s1600/Feb+2011+095.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582275011915310834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJmcDm4kTCTG2KpJ_QwUL2nBWXqO9b0TzYoYZSsuQS7baC3ClrDUNSzZi5PQxw2A-8Fv1SnUAfzEg4GWafAEJkhr5ye7EGrkAKfZlLMVv9DSprwGpbsJg9BHHyyEuYSUyOsO25/s400/Feb+2011+095.JPG" /></a> Getting wrapped up "like babies" (They actually couldn't move for a few seconds, kind of nice!)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdePHFkF8tIxMvGJ_9TnGrBYCZM01-8nusRE06-1gwbSyUj1ViWXe7QQ_gDWPWlTKvc6XGkMaUXQckDgocugP2SDKRELGvtR9nayhdBwXFlU0mu1uqHC0xaZPQh2jMNifmdTnJ/s1600/Feb+2011+088.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582275010969262434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdePHFkF8tIxMvGJ_9TnGrBYCZM01-8nusRE06-1gwbSyUj1ViWXe7QQ_gDWPWlTKvc6XGkMaUXQckDgocugP2SDKRELGvtR9nayhdBwXFlU0mu1uqHC0xaZPQh2jMNifmdTnJ/s400/Feb+2011+088.JPG" /></a>Playing in the new dryer box fort (which mommy squashed 2 days later due to WAY too much craziness/arguing! I'm such a kill-joy, hey?)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3tyhOWjrvwMe_rQp8zqW732BWGlw5ARWAZ11dJiyt2O6XXZn3OHu5jUMLT_bXr99KhtYZ0Tv6il9i4_JF4o6rALq04bXqD25g3Vdd1d6G-vb3Z2vHOrG7RnLRbm9JsrXXa0VM/s1600/Feb+2011+086.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582274996558092946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3tyhOWjrvwMe_rQp8zqW732BWGlw5ARWAZ11dJiyt2O6XXZn3OHu5jUMLT_bXr99KhtYZ0Tv6il9i4_JF4o6rALq04bXqD25g3Vdd1d6G-vb3Z2vHOrG7RnLRbm9JsrXXa0VM/s400/Feb+2011+086.JPG" /></a> Checkin' out the new dryer! Watching clothes spin is very mesmerizing. :)<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxdHnP761yYKH36ShTUcn2xpLLzkwFxBTcKf-Qlb-77dr6qOh5SIGGW3AHYCKHjw-Vw0UWPX5ae4T-lYVeCxfHo_F6ZXsUc2E1xVR3NL1jVzi0nYC7zQKA-a60rPdvNtSX7XFM/s1600/Feb+2011+073.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582271799157979362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxdHnP761yYKH36ShTUcn2xpLLzkwFxBTcKf-Qlb-77dr6qOh5SIGGW3AHYCKHjw-Vw0UWPX5ae4T-lYVeCxfHo_F6ZXsUc2E1xVR3NL1jVzi0nYC7zQKA-a60rPdvNtSX7XFM/s400/Feb+2011+073.JPG" /></a> At the Dino Exhibit in Midland with cousin Eli.<br /></div><div align="center"><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI7ltc3YH0f95aeFydHt__KyD07rzP-Y_iY8fQfg9bZG1CawNaSD07R2Qyp8OvkYIJRVEE6EsQSO3RDNNiI89WMKsFm2WwIb50AYmzydd2fQ5qmiN1D3NPj_CC32FYCRH_gN9o/s1600/Feb+2011+067.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582271791607363490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI7ltc3YH0f95aeFydHt__KyD07rzP-Y_iY8fQfg9bZG1CawNaSD07R2Qyp8OvkYIJRVEE6EsQSO3RDNNiI89WMKsFm2WwIb50AYmzydd2fQ5qmiN1D3NPj_CC32FYCRH_gN9o/s400/Feb+2011+067.JPG" /></a> Micah getting eaten<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6v1Fmz4TtNIZH-x0eYraR0lfDyhBxjqC_982Ku8u6QWW7ax0-samozXHT_kbVlBuD6pWJgSIZdF7gFHF1lCbPhyphenhyphen9WLAmYltzPnVkOIQbC7RvdammNt9pZqoQ_It5uyqMtS4J2/s1600/Feb+2011+066.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582271790025744802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6v1Fmz4TtNIZH-x0eYraR0lfDyhBxjqC_982Ku8u6QWW7ax0-samozXHT_kbVlBuD6pWJgSIZdF7gFHF1lCbPhyphenhyphen9WLAmYltzPnVkOIQbC7RvdammNt9pZqoQ_It5uyqMtS4J2/s400/Feb+2011+066.JPG" /></a>G: "Hey, my mouth is almost the same size..." </div><div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxtgOVONkuQwwdyju-CwsCmQnB2jWStAYRB9kkNVNsnTHaMsu4aZRB6x2Jx1xldke2O4UYBifJzT7k' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center">Gotta love Brooke's style of paleontology...<br /><br /></p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiupi-CCEH2jnl6de34olqFu9ImqxPMRtOvuIvn5FFxDv71AQQRfiZeQESIDD3pZTh5Q7nQzWrWOOobjKXiRnmm-rjX_MjNeScNP0nTFTNMTIMRvKCqnLk4lQ_yR3Mn3zDG1ypN/s1600/Feb+2011+062.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582271780134270866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiupi-CCEH2jnl6de34olqFu9ImqxPMRtOvuIvn5FFxDv71AQQRfiZeQESIDD3pZTh5Q7nQzWrWOOobjKXiRnmm-rjX_MjNeScNP0nTFTNMTIMRvKCqnLk4lQ_yR3Mn3zDG1ypN/s400/Feb+2011+062.JPG" /></a>Our 2nd annual trip to Zehnders in Frankenmuth! Fun times!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgce8ONpBPMt7-ohWP4UfWNITM3XFvYScIAzmVqS9y6f3RyN1GjJlikUFe07fY1b_fGOWdUP7McKQxKgTuK0u3Z8NsTvkh6MRvFq5NOk_Onk2SWVgFC7963S17ke7e6fmxFgrDI/s1600/Feb+2011+058.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582271771604893282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgce8ONpBPMt7-ohWP4UfWNITM3XFvYScIAzmVqS9y6f3RyN1GjJlikUFe07fY1b_fGOWdUP7McKQxKgTuK0u3Z8NsTvkh6MRvFq5NOk_Onk2SWVgFC7963S17ke7e6fmxFgrDI/s400/Feb+2011+058.JPG" /></a>The smiles did not leave their faces alllll day.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCYgZQ2uzzSg38h5FDiyh0UAXM7oi9FV7SsPA6FoJO5OedtUMV6reLgl12yjalyY2nxasbTHfSFZkVQEK3THkfEhtB2kDOJrvIMBPNhRcRB3yi_EZH44RhivYAFV8HS18nUOvr/s1600/Feb+2011+022.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582157720996825058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCYgZQ2uzzSg38h5FDiyh0UAXM7oi9FV7SsPA6FoJO5OedtUMV6reLgl12yjalyY2nxasbTHfSFZkVQEK3THkfEhtB2kDOJrvIMBPNhRcRB3yi_EZH44RhivYAFV8HS18nUOvr/s400/Feb+2011+022.JPG" /></a>The weekend before our Zehnders/Midland trip, we hung out with the Huisman side of the fam. (Family Day wkend) The kids went out with D and Opa to build a snowman, but they decided a homemade toboggan hill would be much more fun. </div><div align="center"><br /><div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxPc7G6OhB71ZdQX_xc3kjWQRldAbCt2THzJUv95_zF0BGO2f6pzeq3FeFnLjxLXUy1PvrT_w9qQL8' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS4YW6AsV7vIocgb00JbbboHdBfbgr4QKbcWmh8iYGjgeU341YvbYxCo9YnqHaSgluM3dNofeHaI01G1Qz6UTS0AbTeWwt4KSBWO6zr2KFro7YW5JPht4c9UvgYhPPcJ46Q0v3/s1600/Feb+2011+030.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582157707653953298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS4YW6AsV7vIocgb00JbbboHdBfbgr4QKbcWmh8iYGjgeU341YvbYxCo9YnqHaSgluM3dNofeHaI01G1Qz6UTS0AbTeWwt4KSBWO6zr2KFro7YW5JPht4c9UvgYhPPcJ46Q0v3/s400/Feb+2011+030.JPG" /></a> <div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4c68QsL8sxTf5RYgBDq9xAeJCBwrPGLiqpTlIsKbrHnCP4KarJ86RB-QG6pDXrXFEiDCWKlVcTRMZW-FIf-q11iYkK9f-dMBV4LOCQFzH1sJ2sd9_qULdyNOa7O8RvJONFIb/s1600/Feb+2011+013.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582157707370980482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4c68QsL8sxTf5RYgBDq9xAeJCBwrPGLiqpTlIsKbrHnCP4KarJ86RB-QG6pDXrXFEiDCWKlVcTRMZW-FIf-q11iYkK9f-dMBV4LOCQFzH1sJ2sd9_qULdyNOa7O8RvJONFIb/s400/Feb+2011+013.JPG" /></a>Skating on the HUGE rink at Rudy and Tina's. </div><div align="center"><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLQuE3jCCID1Ww0AQcvqkIrIGQ5j7IiHXsxgu0R6jmVoYsK6kdmrUsu7KLuaShMhyIgbfAoKONSCiiThfafjroTaJScefZSv7SfB6RCejGlhcb_gyAM0Oo3U52LjhMAiq0XIwQ/s1600/Feb+2011+012.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582157695350882914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLQuE3jCCID1Ww0AQcvqkIrIGQ5j7IiHXsxgu0R6jmVoYsK6kdmrUsu7KLuaShMhyIgbfAoKONSCiiThfafjroTaJScefZSv7SfB6RCejGlhcb_gyAM0Oo3U52LjhMAiq0XIwQ/s400/Feb+2011+012.JPG" /></a>The newly teenaged b-day boy (and cuzs)</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFwMPv7PyYdZDcCBtGsHhlz_XM6fELuA60MXMTyslDUxK-81v-5xmgW-uVYlhskgNglD23gmcqG9oOa9Va5B1yT_qAkwczuYUXC7n_kx_R0ok9_A2RaFLyKPXtSyTHxSnnFgM3/s1600/family+cropped.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582157686247954066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFwMPv7PyYdZDcCBtGsHhlz_XM6fELuA60MXMTyslDUxK-81v-5xmgW-uVYlhskgNglD23gmcqG9oOa9Va5B1yT_qAkwczuYUXC7n_kx_R0ok9_A2RaFLyKPXtSyTHxSnnFgM3/s400/family+cropped.jpg" /></a> Where's Oma? On my Grandma's 92nd birthday we all got together in Woodstock. Just a few people missing. Quite a legacy, huh? FUN times with the relatives! </div></div></div><br /></div>An and Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013054612795980512noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17631303.post-77040992200920717482011-02-10T18:56:00.006-08:002011-02-10T19:13:18.962-08:00a few pics and videos...<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ6TNMVJB226EUSwhrF3YHRap7Y2hnDdXMLJYCU_ylzvTn_8Jrl_kacFFXdLXcCEaM7WgEWFQTwmRPIxOSJnuaJ-A2oYpYh74xYKTbKgNEPOOzRKBifUAU2Ux-N2eYkFFhHrIe/s1600/jan2011+014.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572263486036142210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ6TNMVJB226EUSwhrF3YHRap7Y2hnDdXMLJYCU_ylzvTn_8Jrl_kacFFXdLXcCEaM7WgEWFQTwmRPIxOSJnuaJ-A2oYpYh74xYKTbKgNEPOOzRKBifUAU2Ux-N2eYkFFhHrIe/s400/jan2011+014.JPG" /></a> awww<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKP2U3QWcQF4okpWWwi8GLlclWBAc1csblwRV5ZCKVa_2BB1U0SDm51rVdkyYXpJTJW_JoVtrvhkLx94heo5jNRNtkKpB6Qd8Csqdp0kdJgh5v7UTmkAGQTljK1ah2qKk3U7C-/s1600/jan2011+019.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572263494668829266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKP2U3QWcQF4okpWWwi8GLlclWBAc1csblwRV5ZCKVa_2BB1U0SDm51rVdkyYXpJTJW_JoVtrvhkLx94heo5jNRNtkKpB6Qd8Csqdp0kdJgh5v7UTmkAGQTljK1ah2qKk3U7C-/s400/jan2011+019.JPG" /></a> poor boy<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEFcqINBPMXlCQGEj3KGuXnkflG9_iHG5TmTBP-tojHIkjxmJ2w9r8hNv2d-mVen3pzPcvOvHDp4zuE3gBt-9dZDiLJWw0LJ2DqcKX_RN4pISAIPKapEwt98h8KEMrCMmzo8VY/s1600/jan2011+012.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572263483440097170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEFcqINBPMXlCQGEj3KGuXnkflG9_iHG5TmTBP-tojHIkjxmJ2w9r8hNv2d-mVen3pzPcvOvHDp4zuE3gBt-9dZDiLJWw0LJ2DqcKX_RN4pISAIPKapEwt98h8KEMrCMmzo8VY/s400/jan2011+012.JPG" /></a> Oliebollen time! Derek was sent to the shed to fry up these tasty New Year treats.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4cH95knGTrjANNVpVdomfI0HTAtIKgD_nNcKknlyUv7IphMGrbPV9L3Oj6TuuEAGCBDzCxq_tvlnvAroX-QKGYtTXsQFWkG9oVaaEQ78ZubrXFCVAfQhnhu8_wVQBRaR3w0vl/s1600/jan2011+009.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572263474409953858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4cH95knGTrjANNVpVdomfI0HTAtIKgD_nNcKknlyUv7IphMGrbPV9L3Oj6TuuEAGCBDzCxq_tvlnvAroX-QKGYtTXsQFWkG9oVaaEQ78ZubrXFCVAfQhnhu8_wVQBRaR3w0vl/s400/jan2011+009.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimBpxiPRrlZcOa2Xp30Mq1oRGg6rjgIrmEF3OsLF6S-GJbAHdBY-VxPTcEHDqWZlOS0BF-FaGg93RjuUCatJnS6h7V9Aw-FlKwsTac5QJ_wjAy4XrTyWBtWAuVuUYeqaapaU_K/s1600/jan2011+007.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572263472349801794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimBpxiPRrlZcOa2Xp30Mq1oRGg6rjgIrmEF3OsLF6S-GJbAHdBY-VxPTcEHDqWZlOS0BF-FaGg93RjuUCatJnS6h7V9Aw-FlKwsTac5QJ_wjAy4XrTyWBtWAuVuUYeqaapaU_K/s400/jan2011+007.JPG" /></a> <div><p><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz0IwgXZ1oBMHx_pXsSbKRJSEYuUEJvO6uJcI8-YQisApTuToFrl8gM__IeT-9vAtNc5drVp7ZAPXk' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><br /><p>There's a "random" girl skating (very well, mind you) at the beginning of the video for a few seconds. That's our neighbour, Jenna. :) </p></div></div></div>An and Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013054612795980512noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17631303.post-84946745185955889562011-02-10T18:18:00.007-08:002011-02-10T18:55:31.266-08:00look! I'm blogging!<div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Sigh... I haven't been very good at this blogging thing, have I? Ah well. Not sure how many people are actually checking it anyway since I don't get any comments! haha, doesn't that make you feel guilty? :)<br /><br />Anyway, here are some pics I stole/borrowed from my friend Karen's facebook. We had a fun skating/sledding/hiking date with them a few weeks ago, and have vowed to do something together as families 1 Sunday a month. We'll see if we can do it!<br /><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572254568954897250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZrV_ZHnDwRiFKElgkdw4qFZ2I1Suzr8BpOSKB28vGDDfduaGOboYL-xHZEm-hJX49Oi8XDsgJ3NwwKgxJRFeE0CecC56v9ZS_27kJoP3Fg6ijeijnvz8ZZ5lXuqD1D2A5hQic/s400/the+girls.bmp" /> <p align="center">m'girls<br /><br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEGod6d5RD43tOUWLiLp9ZTPXg-1tP5BJrN-iqSacjh1-0pMCEcLZxT_obnOjWIShjmz_wCKvpnxU7WiM0NbNQgqasUTh8TWPT4nGKLYPSsTEBIkp4R3Ogw3CWSPKDuppXkEnl/s1600/me+n+karen.bmp"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572254566911912754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEGod6d5RD43tOUWLiLp9ZTPXg-1tP5BJrN-iqSacjh1-0pMCEcLZxT_obnOjWIShjmz_wCKvpnxU7WiM0NbNQgqasUTh8TWPT4nGKLYPSsTEBIkp4R3Ogw3CWSPKDuppXkEnl/s400/me+n+karen.bmp" /> <p align="center"></a>my buddy Karen<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT7CMtgw_ATrXj7z8L93sfVrh8dnTKtZ3-tAhgw9KAieXttViuSYz7duPKzOeTxrrOeFfvOJ8TaHLFQJ5Jc75MLKhkRzFdd2MkbKX9Oeh1Zf6zRKjw1DUL6m-i9ZdKofS5wjpb/s1600/JanFeb2011+004.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572254560086550258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT7CMtgw_ATrXj7z8L93sfVrh8dnTKtZ3-tAhgw9KAieXttViuSYz7duPKzOeTxrrOeFfvOJ8TaHLFQJ5Jc75MLKhkRzFdd2MkbKX9Oeh1Zf6zRKjw1DUL6m-i9ZdKofS5wjpb/s400/JanFeb2011+004.JPG" /> </a>The girls eating cookies in their "fort" The walls were about 3 inches high. Within a few days after this, we had enough snow to have 3 feet high walls instead!<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEine_8gxG0OoqLY9tRoGjsazVlJDxoJPbeH5oYXzeHW7IE-kbS-eRYafSTKrzNHxl01WDIceXyID6Mn5pNxw1ayFo-TV-B_donvaSkJF7zSAQiYyPlMowNq4YJH4-LhOcVeJGLd/s1600/derek+pulls.bmp"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572254551063031138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEine_8gxG0OoqLY9tRoGjsazVlJDxoJPbeH5oYXzeHW7IE-kbS-eRYafSTKrzNHxl01WDIceXyID6Mn5pNxw1ayFo-TV-B_donvaSkJF7zSAQiYyPlMowNq4YJH4-LhOcVeJGLd/s400/derek+pulls.bmp" /><br /><p align="center"></a>Derek getting his workout for the day.<br /></p><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BO5wLSi4Vamx7XlzwH-LU4IGVoNpMUUYNfI6YXVd1l1-Y6vfik0mbYKFLGJtMY7Z30ND8PI9X3nA8CAS6I7W9CxSR8qprIjIbdRq6oWbQh7VbGLBo40eDyblq1DKi4pLX5IQ/s1600/us+and+anneka.bmp"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572254573795689970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BO5wLSi4Vamx7XlzwH-LU4IGVoNpMUUYNfI6YXVd1l1-Y6vfik0mbYKFLGJtMY7Z30ND8PI9X3nA8CAS6I7W9CxSR8qprIjIbdRq6oWbQh7VbGLBo40eDyblq1DKi4pLX5IQ/s400/us+and+anneka.bmp" /></a> Anneka wanted in on this pic.<br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXWn8ZM5ZiuFCQGL1I_KouvQ9_TEEOek_PP34HBoztPSCqQl9g5-xtD0u_7lrcqYJXqCOJMxbUyd2Q_gtMZjT5TuUN65TyIh8VzvkkhvRccrzlspwEgmkSSZHtO76cSe8-GXZg/s1600/JanFeb2011+034.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572257540880905282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXWn8ZM5ZiuFCQGL1I_KouvQ9_TEEOek_PP34HBoztPSCqQl9g5-xtD0u_7lrcqYJXqCOJMxbUyd2Q_gtMZjT5TuUN65TyIh8VzvkkhvRccrzlspwEgmkSSZHtO76cSe8-GXZg/s400/JanFeb2011+034.JPG" /></a>some indoor fun </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlAOEUf6IeOkuJnfQ4iAQEXkFH6AGBJ1j8_D0CWGRq8ka4A5U2kHgSd2IZn3dos5Cmom_ePKkudpfElnEfeGFJcwDmMLusqUE-UEeU2-lPAud2ggQ614s8B8Lj_JRfjXxdkpR/s1600/JanFeb2011+026.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572257531047568354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlAOEUf6IeOkuJnfQ4iAQEXkFH6AGBJ1j8_D0CWGRq8ka4A5U2kHgSd2IZn3dos5Cmom_ePKkudpfElnEfeGFJcwDmMLusqUE-UEeU2-lPAud2ggQ614s8B8Lj_JRfjXxdkpR/s400/JanFeb2011+026.JPG" /></a> playing house with all her stuffies<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLzj_aARKPwlbui42Nye2YHS0QmYglfn4ZNmFPnIEOr22K7Vn5bEHbgwGnsvxQDQYlzhKjK0ed-I0o8eMQR1AeZtCToUDUUyFrkdYnRJBFo7Hx9ZPYwzD_j2DOfT0OEzMNeEwq/s1600/JanFeb2011+017.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572257522979247234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLzj_aARKPwlbui42Nye2YHS0QmYglfn4ZNmFPnIEOr22K7Vn5bEHbgwGnsvxQDQYlzhKjK0ed-I0o8eMQR1AeZtCToUDUUyFrkdYnRJBFo7Hx9ZPYwzD_j2DOfT0OEzMNeEwq/s400/JanFeb2011+017.JPG" /></a>this boy lovvvves winter<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh47yAbX9ExvPjRcHIRuqfuPFo9lEj7V_ZmFczxQFr4d_zj-TSRhviceuFIjEVvbojFHcRxlQArEufzE8A-xTXs-XuN-mOJTsXkaqVWotmzzZrO-WnJEsy_0Ub9EGyHmfviNIrc/s1600/JanFeb2011+011.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572257517462382994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh47yAbX9ExvPjRcHIRuqfuPFo9lEj7V_ZmFczxQFr4d_zj-TSRhviceuFIjEVvbojFHcRxlQArEufzE8A-xTXs-XuN-mOJTsXkaqVWotmzzZrO-WnJEsy_0Ub9EGyHmfviNIrc/s400/JanFeb2011+011.JPG" /></a> with G's friend Jenna. Derek just said "look at the girly scarf he has on" :)<br /></p><div align="center"><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ2juLkoBn1dtV1DA1_Y6wpM-1pgZEINbY6RnG0PA28HZz3qRE1g_9nAF6mMLuPk4hN3uxHjCV7ugHm3yoZKpbJQUjzkdunhztLw1pwBX4zP-ngAT6nhr6YN394FqdUeJQG6c-/s1600/JanFeb2011+010.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572257515052000386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ2juLkoBn1dtV1DA1_Y6wpM-1pgZEINbY6RnG0PA28HZz3qRE1g_9nAF6mMLuPk4hN3uxHjCV7ugHm3yoZKpbJQUjzkdunhztLw1pwBX4zP-ngAT6nhr6YN394FqdUeJQG6c-/s400/JanFeb2011+010.JPG" /></a>Snow day!!! These girls spent about 4 hours outside on their first snow day of 2011.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZRnnzq7ObTKbY5916JXCIFbr0RXXpFHqKxc4TTnfmf_s5Utv5bcvN0QuhioUTBT1j19vdTR0bxwJyK0IcfZb2LWOrgGqPL6zad1EPpqW47tEaBOl_UUb-1grTtyNEe8etCId/s1600/JanFeb2011+040.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572258834355751634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZRnnzq7ObTKbY5916JXCIFbr0RXXpFHqKxc4TTnfmf_s5Utv5bcvN0QuhioUTBT1j19vdTR0bxwJyK0IcfZb2LWOrgGqPL6zad1EPpqW47tEaBOl_UUb-1grTtyNEe8etCId/s400/JanFeb2011+040.JPG" /></a> lovin' on froggy<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx9M_j0AiIiP1kv2w5Z_uTCXXcf2-MlIgaCIOfwXwRhGE6HJIxy57nWYyhSDeImVH2gaVHanw0X9IBfA-_9uIplk8gstzDJ1WMeFKP4iEjOFHP8rcZ9zR38P4w-0ABmwHIsa7p/s1600/JanFeb2011+038.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572258832738425538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx9M_j0AiIiP1kv2w5Z_uTCXXcf2-MlIgaCIOfwXwRhGE6HJIxy57nWYyhSDeImVH2gaVHanw0X9IBfA-_9uIplk8gstzDJ1WMeFKP4iEjOFHP8rcZ9zR38P4w-0ABmwHIsa7p/s400/JanFeb2011+038.JPG" /></a> my bed head boy<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbctLekHbextWGyXbMUArd5FbrURL9iGlpBxaib66MCvAT_AxPK8EKhAfx9Pem7qP_YO_2jLzMkCfWgljSv9Lc2BNSLShM9nNx6UM6CFkNmixwq74KoxleNChg0o7M-minULTI/s1600/JanFeb2011+036.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572258821666680482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbctLekHbextWGyXbMUArd5FbrURL9iGlpBxaib66MCvAT_AxPK8EKhAfx9Pem7qP_YO_2jLzMkCfWgljSv9Lc2BNSLShM9nNx6UM6CFkNmixwq74KoxleNChg0o7M-minULTI/s400/JanFeb2011+036.JPG" /></a> sweetie boy<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7pPpqXkWYYKYA4KUEB-Plij3fBP0uM_S6sMJmqCY3w2EJPccf4w2d149lvxqfuotlw5PAecPnHVlIgzImHEru1-agP_9RlGNGy4FQpt5AIyz7G_DBpdfIq-ZEHraPBFhNrgTb/s1600/JanFeb2011+042.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572258839902457266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7pPpqXkWYYKYA4KUEB-Plij3fBP0uM_S6sMJmqCY3w2EJPccf4w2d149lvxqfuotlw5PAecPnHVlIgzImHEru1-agP_9RlGNGy4FQpt5AIyz7G_DBpdfIq-ZEHraPBFhNrgTb/s400/JanFeb2011+042.JPG" /></a> not so sweetie boy</div><div>Just had to show that's he's not all sugar and spice. Oh wait, that's not what you say for boys, is it? "Snips and snails and puppy dog tails, <em>that's</em> what little boys are made of."</div><div><br /><div><div align="center"> </div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>An and Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013054612795980512noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17631303.post-63336976334578118932010-12-31T13:15:00.004-08:002010-12-31T13:33:01.398-08:00at Opa and Nana's<div align="center">After a few days in Midland, we headed back to the homeland for Christmas with the Huismans!<br />Highlights include: Yummy food, Rubikub, a flag raising ceremony, more yummy food, gifts, visiting family and friends, even MORE food, playing in the TONS of snow, Geneva getting to sleep over at her "only girl cousins" house (aka, Abigail!), and lots and lots of fun! </div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-d7z4R0kTwDweBX_D5rMvtDAd6rISFt333GJsa1j1Rvj_ku7mjs31UDLRHsbyqz_ezjdInDVm-68eTbTGlKH9wS6ABm2xFn74qCLYjJ2yOlNcZWx_QyjNwHG_dfQCOImM-bDE/s1600/Dec+2010+097.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556961735612875010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-d7z4R0kTwDweBX_D5rMvtDAd6rISFt333GJsa1j1Rvj_ku7mjs31UDLRHsbyqz_ezjdInDVm-68eTbTGlKH9wS6ABm2xFn74qCLYjJ2yOlNcZWx_QyjNwHG_dfQCOImM-bDE/s400/Dec+2010+097.JPG" /></a> Lighting hat!</p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggAq8bvJ9ebXffPp5U4bIqILdtrWsyujueuiJRU31AHYCMu6VrGgPqcjGlFIj1KjEz19rs0yxpnEI8CqDXBXOTg0vPenpsCkFVPNJKwkJkuWHUN1tk00N7SJUuGFZIg5L-C94f/s1600/Dec+2010+101.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556961729561544306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggAq8bvJ9ebXffPp5U4bIqILdtrWsyujueuiJRU31AHYCMu6VrGgPqcjGlFIj1KjEz19rs0yxpnEI8CqDXBXOTg0vPenpsCkFVPNJKwkJkuWHUN1tk00N7SJUuGFZIg5L-C94f/s400/Dec+2010+101.JPG" /></a> Twin presentage<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCxcRrHfqxggT9vmLfjRPN2o2aEN1A8_KHIcy_SQcMJyqPMmd0Hb9QQiaTNcy0cRJFVAl_R5o00qAY6FPeOo8C1mPAvjtaRRO907sz5uq24GUuwza2aFGKYjorh3J3LAJeMQhk/s1600/Dec+2010+108.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556961720121933986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCxcRrHfqxggT9vmLfjRPN2o2aEN1A8_KHIcy_SQcMJyqPMmd0Hb9QQiaTNcy0cRJFVAl_R5o00qAY6FPeOo8C1mPAvjtaRRO907sz5uq24GUuwza2aFGKYjorh3J3LAJeMQhk/s400/Dec+2010+108.JPG" /></a> The spectators<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwal7oC-wpF_x2rYKAl1BUABXoelsq-k7PEgG9ByXWC85_9R7VFDBzPWbBwTx0A3BNuTF16x47WOC5J-3lz136GSA7wdAdRqffbLJQzx1c3aDS00qwpx0gX4WHcSNZi8hRpvI5/s1600/Dec+2010+112.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556961718298615746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwal7oC-wpF_x2rYKAl1BUABXoelsq-k7PEgG9ByXWC85_9R7VFDBzPWbBwTx0A3BNuTF16x47WOC5J-3lz136GSA7wdAdRqffbLJQzx1c3aDS00qwpx0gX4WHcSNZi8hRpvI5/s400/Dec+2010+112.JPG" /></a> A little scared of his new car which drives by itself...<br /><div align="center"><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlX-u4cfA0hF-HvqzkJC2cn_m-IC6RTOFDt-98lWirFDA8-fdzkhMjpndEIgXxlX57eNZ6eW4VxSuuZlGpOQw2ODFQp7DmPq9ABPrhLhzyAuTSpJ34eb9vdCBQTheVRwKF7e-W/s1600/Dec+2010+116.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556960021733457746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlX-u4cfA0hF-HvqzkJC2cn_m-IC6RTOFDt-98lWirFDA8-fdzkhMjpndEIgXxlX57eNZ6eW4VxSuuZlGpOQw2ODFQp7DmPq9ABPrhLhzyAuTSpJ34eb9vdCBQTheVRwKF7e-W/s400/Dec+2010+116.JPG" /> </a>Joel and Lisa's new baby girl, Taylor. So sweet! I just had to have a few snuggles.<br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUJPBML-z3xgg9lD8RWAba6m4pnC4p01sjVJ2upv3l_2eYsEAyxh-51OrljbkOZixem_D3OpC-TmoU7aslOGP5IxQ0xXcFgGm161XLNZqZrkD8HedR51D9H1PslQ9_G6lppKD/s1600/Dec+2010+118.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556960011544307026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUJPBML-z3xgg9lD8RWAba6m4pnC4p01sjVJ2upv3l_2eYsEAyxh-51OrljbkOZixem_D3OpC-TmoU7aslOGP5IxQ0xXcFgGm161XLNZqZrkD8HedR51D9H1PslQ9_G6lppKD/s400/Dec+2010+118.JPG" /></a> One of Brookie's pals @ Ed and Lori's. Oscar is massive!</p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUwwsLVLjnA8oDbX2quZGiNipVYL7bXql8N9IrgJcmOSbT7BigwzZpLKE_jNLvIC0xnnb-UBjMAtvacaon9jWqJnq9Bmwlm0z8Lfeg_NngqOzggprFNWzWIPqdznfC6Xa-hd2N/s1600/Dec+2010+136.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556960009365090418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUwwsLVLjnA8oDbX2quZGiNipVYL7bXql8N9IrgJcmOSbT7BigwzZpLKE_jNLvIC0xnnb-UBjMAtvacaon9jWqJnq9Bmwlm0z8Lfeg_NngqOzggprFNWzWIPqdznfC6Xa-hd2N/s400/Dec+2010+136.JPG" /></a> Not much left of Opa's flag. We thought he needed a new one (badly!)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYynqfysDoi_YQqK5fEEBBP05JR6M4uPA3Ky2SZTiqq6j8NbeiTJvUe42vTd1t0bNOceEj34xUbeO4M1Of4STNlYGU2VtPS9CateiAeZ9IoYd4r5zJthLAw-bZftgqV0U-100X/s1600/Dec+2010+140.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556960005716026770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYynqfysDoi_YQqK5fEEBBP05JR6M4uPA3Ky2SZTiqq6j8NbeiTJvUe42vTd1t0bNOceEj34xUbeO4M1Of4STNlYGU2VtPS9CateiAeZ9IoYd4r5zJthLAw-bZftgqV0U-100X/s400/Dec+2010+140.JPG" /></a> A group effort to get the new flag up.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXW3DlCrVr_ftbxqDUBZoLTPtdfOEOdIqQPg-hMw6HUjbFGfdakAk7-aycJ7XLDE2Ir_mt_Lk_Gnbcrp4GE-JKC6cufdz-MAJJgu-xz-IXDtHbrbCay9qftpB8ZrI225m3W8HC/s1600/Dec+2010+144.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556959999998541570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXW3DlCrVr_ftbxqDUBZoLTPtdfOEOdIqQPg-hMw6HUjbFGfdakAk7-aycJ7XLDE2Ir_mt_Lk_Gnbcrp4GE-JKC6cufdz-MAJJgu-xz-IXDtHbrbCay9qftpB8ZrI225m3W8HC/s400/Dec+2010+144.JPG" /></a> It's up! O CANADA! </div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>An and Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013054612795980512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17631303.post-75494879399917169692010-12-31T11:23:00.004-08:002010-12-31T11:49:25.403-08:00at Grandma and Grandpas<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5cShYFbpkPiYQFDRCkjwZQHklK3j4BG1KeHAleA597Q0CFfE8exurIq9UMqscc0FNAL8InOfwsXPW0_JBzFs8OBglH_J46grpflwU0FzH1duws_UTfKvS1-UOor5Ae5j9Vp8Z/s1600/Dec+2010+061.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556933106664033362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5cShYFbpkPiYQFDRCkjwZQHklK3j4BG1KeHAleA597Q0CFfE8exurIq9UMqscc0FNAL8InOfwsXPW0_JBzFs8OBglH_J46grpflwU0FzH1duws_UTfKvS1-UOor5Ae5j9Vp8Z/s400/Dec+2010+061.JPG" /></a> With Gma and Gpa</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2HP-Bp3YGFNd83KV6Z__l3iUkfu0s7AX8_zjM6X5uW4T-di98IdwJnQdcgxuM7glGFXAAMLOCUnbS7LRUoESwwRAIrENVvVeWIb7wlDeQH-u_c02sqvaGI0_yBhs_AaZJyo4/s1600/Dec+2010+064.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556933101044229298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2HP-Bp3YGFNd83KV6Z__l3iUkfu0s7AX8_zjM6X5uW4T-di98IdwJnQdcgxuM7glGFXAAMLOCUnbS7LRUoESwwRAIrENVvVeWIb7wlDeQH-u_c02sqvaGI0_yBhs_AaZJyo4/s400/Dec+2010+064.JPG" /></a> The name "Bobby" was said numerous, numerous times...<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtSw7VNskm_A6UkuiBfR7B91ON0on79CuNEpU7-msr7-1u6dQxqIrQs16GqqKH5eTqOKqghE-7V0IzqssxWnwWgX5_rehlFOyOeBbt5EYnl8_fcMXeefPUXoU__lDL_vg7lEJi/s1600/Dec+2010+062.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556933091967020946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtSw7VNskm_A6UkuiBfR7B91ON0on79CuNEpU7-msr7-1u6dQxqIrQs16GqqKH5eTqOKqghE-7V0IzqssxWnwWgX5_rehlFOyOeBbt5EYnl8_fcMXeefPUXoU__lDL_vg7lEJi/s400/Dec+2010+062.JPG" /></a> Celebrating Jesus' birthday!<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl6fszWdCxPIO9jXnXhpwBS3-10FUCheNbABd5vz96hpS6yYR9COjgR88z3mOegqX4e9UnRC1aeT9rwOJB19b-P-hSiA2vwX1CCvqdMIC8k4iNNb4rpTTZbSqVN7A2fvBQHw9f/s1600/Dec+2010+055.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556933088395203378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl6fszWdCxPIO9jXnXhpwBS3-10FUCheNbABd5vz96hpS6yYR9COjgR88z3mOegqX4e9UnRC1aeT9rwOJB19b-P-hSiA2vwX1CCvqdMIC8k4iNNb4rpTTZbSqVN7A2fvBQHw9f/s400/Dec+2010+055.JPG" /></a> MERRY CHRISTMAS! All ready for Christmas Eve Candlelight service at church.<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwbrvZinG6cNyH8_4qTJP72CTYBj1lBNCekV63_v_cpuCT8DRLb789R2VykESp9wpKkyEwnnF-5Ye_utYmTgLABImfXNeK9aXHlEbxcifPna8wD-dyOvUkMITSlE5ag19rfKU7/s1600/Dec+2010+050.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556930353699364530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwbrvZinG6cNyH8_4qTJP72CTYBj1lBNCekV63_v_cpuCT8DRLb789R2VykESp9wpKkyEwnnF-5Ye_utYmTgLABImfXNeK9aXHlEbxcifPna8wD-dyOvUkMITSlE5ag19rfKU7/s400/Dec+2010+050.JPG" /></a> In BIG need of a haircut!</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjieR9Ob8deRQuVaLgW-avr_0BtIXt8a5CnkhkTQF8SFj9vCP51fn5xr3ZdVWycZ0ilQ555yrdB6WFIDmzPz5koRZ5Wf0OAyvkkUQcLJL_lfk5wIWiXhdydE4-yf7RxY3N1fvTj/s1600/Dec+2010+048.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556930346042201666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjieR9Ob8deRQuVaLgW-avr_0BtIXt8a5CnkhkTQF8SFj9vCP51fn5xr3ZdVWycZ0ilQ555yrdB6WFIDmzPz5koRZ5Wf0OAyvkkUQcLJL_lfk5wIWiXhdydE4-yf7RxY3N1fvTj/s400/Dec+2010+048.JPG" /></a> Uncle Bri cut it right after Micah woke up, so he was DOZEY which made him sit really still! Worked well. Thanks Bri!!<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOyg5VEMohtCof794pNe3YdMpg2_QeFPUHioCl2TYG2JA4z6r2g9cASiyaA7a9s38PFDE1euVoTIlVNdi8NC47HckFUWnCke24djre3v9ccFf-ve61S3CsKXnJ9kZxn3gli3yA/s1600/Dec+2010+053.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556933084237460978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOyg5VEMohtCof794pNe3YdMpg2_QeFPUHioCl2TYG2JA4z6r2g9cASiyaA7a9s38PFDE1euVoTIlVNdi8NC47HckFUWnCke24djre3v9ccFf-ve61S3CsKXnJ9kZxn3gli3yA/s400/Dec+2010+053.JPG" /></a> Finished product. So handsome!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_fiGXLV96kLxv8uPX9NR5lbXMjSmiBPn2EOEtuGBwjRG8HARaTczI2R7-FIZ71zczQCnHsZRXyffziXk_3c2XdZ2Z8kLvF2Nf9rK8_PXKQlhdYkV-b4oJXQt8pD2qb-CPODY7/s1600/Dec+2010+044.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556930341873760210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_fiGXLV96kLxv8uPX9NR5lbXMjSmiBPn2EOEtuGBwjRG8HARaTczI2R7-FIZ71zczQCnHsZRXyffziXk_3c2XdZ2Z8kLvF2Nf9rK8_PXKQlhdYkV-b4oJXQt8pD2qb-CPODY7/s400/Dec+2010+044.JPG" /></a> Skating in the backyard.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiRxaMuZe9MP_0oireLzGVmnWkcDZ637U4NgaME31YrbQmUG-_VZlxaYEPzmPvVRNP2K8sP7gwP33xD9LYTi7xJrn6CpiEYqnetpYtE3fIz_pA7c3ma9yod83_pzyBAWW6uKVh/s1600/Dec+2010+043.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556930335747667842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiRxaMuZe9MP_0oireLzGVmnWkcDZ637U4NgaME31YrbQmUG-_VZlxaYEPzmPvVRNP2K8sP7gwP33xD9LYTi7xJrn6CpiEYqnetpYtE3fIz_pA7c3ma9yod83_pzyBAWW6uKVh/s400/Dec+2010+043.JPG" /></a> The girls are getting to be pretty good skaters, but this was pretty fun too!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdgNbQ7NhoHAWBy9_daH21hA0_S9FRBRQBTvD0m9QwK_stuZH2nLOcAa15NfftHPaPEIXHao4kQcMwKZLt43WuLRwGLejLuwSACS_LoYyETtkAQBSXsBkr1SqnkuPV497pZxrl/s1600/Dec+2010+035.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556930328544150594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdgNbQ7NhoHAWBy9_daH21hA0_S9FRBRQBTvD0m9QwK_stuZH2nLOcAa15NfftHPaPEIXHao4kQcMwKZLt43WuLRwGLejLuwSACS_LoYyETtkAQBSXsBkr1SqnkuPV497pZxrl/s400/Dec+2010+035.JPG" /></a> Sistas </div><div> </div><div>UNFORTUNATELY, no pics of sledding, curling on Dave and Christel's pool, ping ponging, playing hide the baby Jesus, Settler-ing, Dutch Blitzing, and many other festivities!!!</div><div>What a great few days we had!! </div><div>We didn't even get any cousin pictures!!! Sigh, next year.</div><div>Love you all!</div><div>Pics of Wyoming-Huisman-fun to come. I'm done blogging for now, the kids are getting antsy!</div><div></div></div><br /></div></div></div></div></div>An and Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013054612795980512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17631303.post-11859878775671717752010-12-31T11:07:00.002-08:002010-12-31T11:23:09.844-08:00Niagara Falls<div align="center">Last week we took advantage of the fact that Brookie was gone (to Grandma and Grandpas for teh week) and went to check out the lights at Niagara Falls. It's less than an hour away, so not too bad, and we knew that we'd have no one complaining about a long walk in the cold weather. We took our big girl and our little boy out for dinner and then checked out the cool lights and the amazing falls!<br /><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCnALBCHPEoKsZkV3rI3Roh3xnAqETQE-wXOBBvxHlAqG06u5DFr0tmVMce5XcNl5luzhtUbDxVysU77wEFF1dSA2qAI7UFq5jkxJYeYEqEIP0Sh3L0BMqJXunAplMOxBuC5B-/s1600/Dec+2010+031.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556926502155410530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCnALBCHPEoKsZkV3rI3Roh3xnAqETQE-wXOBBvxHlAqG06u5DFr0tmVMce5XcNl5luzhtUbDxVysU77wEFF1dSA2qAI7UFq5jkxJYeYEqEIP0Sh3L0BMqJXunAplMOxBuC5B-/s400/Dec+2010+031.JPG" /></a>We had the falls pretty much to ourselves!</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAj1_ztFjZxkwgfE-L9Bv0oxuqiApkJw9saoQrOmRSVC342x9X0Ng8_LQsVakLnGxLKHT6fTc9FDF_mtYeBGGuRCxgNkKdkIbnW7XohdYFtF8ehmbgyYGrcUS8GMBKabzcjeB6/s1600/Dec+2010+024.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556926497742425426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAj1_ztFjZxkwgfE-L9Bv0oxuqiApkJw9saoQrOmRSVC342x9X0Ng8_LQsVakLnGxLKHT6fTc9FDF_mtYeBGGuRCxgNkKdkIbnW7XohdYFtF8ehmbgyYGrcUS8GMBKabzcjeB6/s400/Dec+2010+024.JPG" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz2220aQYFeAQymqrKHEmJ6k0cNtFC6bbKDFesS3grjrqcqDkLanWx1R3HiN_sfIB6tEy6dPjX44DJp-1kYD3Q-4X3ZVL2S5if3UKIbnwX6Z5lV9mnPWmwfWk5mSGwptghcZMV/s1600/Dec+2010+015.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556926496171015346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz2220aQYFeAQymqrKHEmJ6k0cNtFC6bbKDFesS3grjrqcqDkLanWx1R3HiN_sfIB6tEy6dPjX44DJp-1kYD3Q-4X3ZVL2S5if3UKIbnwX6Z5lV9mnPWmwfWk5mSGwptghcZMV/s400/Dec+2010+015.JPG" /></a> Micah traveled in style.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoUNG5aXv9Fza-N7KM3ss_4ucIUdeEmtn_ezh7uRrBwcQ7UUrAvF0YKEBEmWSw7WWDzb5zlA8KIIpihfUdIlwx43uHQyJeelM9UWBdUic2V_H3oGt6F-c365pwWht63lNVd_1U/s1600/Dec+2010+010.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556926488878896962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoUNG5aXv9Fza-N7KM3ss_4ucIUdeEmtn_ezh7uRrBwcQ7UUrAvF0YKEBEmWSw7WWDzb5zlA8KIIpihfUdIlwx43uHQyJeelM9UWBdUic2V_H3oGt6F-c365pwWht63lNVd_1U/s400/Dec+2010+010.JPG" /></a> Admiring</div><div align="center"><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAzCrSnHLpa7ExMKVTHQXZQMvdJVq3zyAOThIYDe_XuD2S6OId1-bSQasJS_UxxF8swxVPvnJWR2lNU7J-9ASOB92tHYP62juO9AwPIipP6LhGTTb7YOLReCowsGmftMOvbKOo/s1600/Dec+2010+006.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556926483944601698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAzCrSnHLpa7ExMKVTHQXZQMvdJVq3zyAOThIYDe_XuD2S6OId1-bSQasJS_UxxF8swxVPvnJWR2lNU7J-9ASOB92tHYP62juO9AwPIipP6LhGTTb7YOLReCowsGmftMOvbKOo/s400/Dec+2010+006.JPG" /></a> My favourite light display next to some of my favourite people.<br /><div></div></div></div></div>An and Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013054612795980512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17631303.post-656046606233768922010-12-31T10:59:00.002-08:002010-12-31T11:07:03.951-08:00Grade 1 Class Trip<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEYB1aazfpksghVmuPkWWSaUnSCmGb2G-BkpZL21BsIFQpUsjyU8vDz7XjVLnw8uuaB8EYcFd_3DnBjaFch6I9VKa7eBGQvGvzgIwAkkDyisdjfSgFMbMXO2K5956YUGvnwS47/s1600/December+2010+076.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556924387461587602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEYB1aazfpksghVmuPkWWSaUnSCmGb2G-BkpZL21BsIFQpUsjyU8vDz7XjVLnw8uuaB8EYcFd_3DnBjaFch6I9VKa7eBGQvGvzgIwAkkDyisdjfSgFMbMXO2K5956YUGvnwS47/s400/December+2010+076.JPG" /></a> G chillin' at Springridge farm</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz87Qut8ysIb8zFk78q4kXj9BBQwYx2C5KnOGmykZuhtcYzgszVUEmSqLbpXwME3xGIm3uzdInQ46LRh33QJUga_yvKy50xgkBikbPQmZk5g8HbIN5nU9pscjHHl28ysn83bC7/s1600/December+2010+074.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556924377138704498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz87Qut8ysIb8zFk78q4kXj9BBQwYx2C5KnOGmykZuhtcYzgszVUEmSqLbpXwME3xGIm3uzdInQ46LRh33QJUga_yvKy50xgkBikbPQmZk5g8HbIN5nU9pscjHHl28ysn83bC7/s400/December+2010+074.JPG" /></a> All the Grade 1s.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiT59o6-Giju2nooogq2BKdThSkkzgcvT2-htCZG1dgoloA9B4kXKFvVN0l4yxUbDh5SH4x2m8OClEdXj8yrvjuUM3Xmy97HaAgN4P0DhJ1eUFig4skzaQOjal-S_WsyttE-4n/s1600/December+2010+060.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556924369989589314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiT59o6-Giju2nooogq2BKdThSkkzgcvT2-htCZG1dgoloA9B4kXKFvVN0l4yxUbDh5SH4x2m8OClEdXj8yrvjuUM3Xmy97HaAgN4P0DhJ1eUFig4skzaQOjal-S_WsyttE-4n/s400/December+2010+060.JPG" /></a> Making gingerbread boys and girls.</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH4XToeS5GOP3W3eyQDniQ7cNHc9gdnZsTi5zbxptMRtXD6O2fQL9yPvxb8DJLI1roC19-3GtscLs38ant543MmvWXUks5_lYp_dOisnJq0mq4_7oqmLCO53Gc_Jn6kAowCcdo/s1600/December+2010+055.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556924365896004834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH4XToeS5GOP3W3eyQDniQ7cNHc9gdnZsTi5zbxptMRtXD6O2fQL9yPvxb8DJLI1roC19-3GtscLs38ant543MmvWXUks5_lYp_dOisnJq0mq4_7oqmLCO53Gc_Jn6kAowCcdo/s400/December+2010+055.JPG" /></a> Even I made it on a picture.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe-Z3_13Ccukr_j1TzAvcid8mTthwGjz2n7CRngEXKmuW4BjTzm_Qu4Oqw_u5vMfmjtlGrPKtE9DbMUzKEY6LUQR_yERoJJuIgB0uMo8QZdfXJiFyci0cAYJ7nMdjBs6Lx8q1b/s1600/December+2010+048.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556924361781876562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe-Z3_13Ccukr_j1TzAvcid8mTthwGjz2n7CRngEXKmuW4BjTzm_Qu4Oqw_u5vMfmjtlGrPKtE9DbMUzKEY6LUQR_yERoJJuIgB0uMo8QZdfXJiFyci0cAYJ7nMdjBs6Lx8q1b/s400/December+2010+048.JPG" /></a> Derek showed up during his work day since the jail is only 10 minutes away from the farm. Geneva was pleasantly surprised! "What are <em>you</em> doing here?!"<br /></div><div>A very fun afternoon!<br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>An and Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013054612795980512noreply@blogger.com0